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4 f|e||ffnting|lch)s Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. THURSDAY. MAY 19. 1887. Registered at the Poet Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in the year, and is served to siibscribere in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac quit, at 35 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 00 Wr six months and $lO 00 for one year. The MorniNO News, few mail, one month, $1 00: three months, $3 50; six months, $5 00; ©ne year. $lO 00. The Morvino News, fey mail, six time* a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $3 00: six months. $4 00 one year, 00. The Mornino News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 35; six months, $2 50; one year, $5 00. The Sunday News, few mail, one year. $2 00. The Weekly Nrws. by mail, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions pavable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News. Savannah. Ga.” Advertising rates marie known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetinos— Solomon's Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M.: St. Andrew’s Society. Special Notices— To Shippers, S., F. and W. Ry.; Note Lost; Lumbermen's Association No tice. Amusf.uents— Base Ball between Savannah and Mobile. Summer Resorts— United States Hotel, Long Branch, N. J.; Salt Spring Hotel, Austell. Ga. For the Teeth -At Strong's Drug Store. Cheap Column Aovertisemknts Help Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent; For Sale; Summer Resorts; Miscellaneous. New BooMw-At Estill's News Depot. White Pi Andrew Hanley. Auction Salks— Crockery, etc., by C. H. Dorsett; Household Furniture, by T>. R. Ken nedy; Postponed Sale of Barroom Fixtui-es, etc., by I. D. laißoche's Sons. The Morning News for the Summer. Persons leaving the city for the summer -jjSahavc the Morning News forwarded by Ikßarliest fast mails to any address at the 25c. a week, $1 for a month or $2 50 months, cash invariably in ad yHP' The address may be changed as fSHp as desired. In directing a change care be taken to mention the old as well new address. HHose who desire to have their home paper delivered to them while away, leave their subscriptions at the Busi- PPfc Office. Special attention will he given this summer serv ice satisfactory and papers by the most direct and routes. CMW. Knott, of Kentucky, has i>ecn hung . He can now ride in the same boat Taylor, of Tennessee. PjTfcg trouble wit h the Southern Base Ball ' is that the umpires arc too good. will not patronize ttase tmll unless ■HKyuiipire gives them frequent opportuni ‘ i-Hp abuse him. York Herald has decided not to Georgia man for Vice President. It that, it will lie satisfied with Mr. Watterson, of the Louisville Conner- Joumal. The Boston Herald suggests ex- Carlisle. Inthe end it will be found l|ps|Hthc IVmocrat-t will choose a man from the Mississippi. Curtin of Peimsylvania. an ‘ that he is in favor of President fpWfl.ind for a second term. He says that president grows in popularity, because iHflls won the confidence of the people all ' country. The ex-Governor thinks i' Wl'fh'i-sident will Ik> nominated by acclama ■ 'MBaud he considers a nomination equiva Iftto an election. Igger John L. Sullivan is having trouble Sparring tour. At Rochester, N. Y., Jhief of Police prevented his exhibi- Pat Sheedy, the slugger’s manager, tens to appeal to the courts the next the police interfere with the great ran “aggregation.” It is worthy of t that nobody but the police seem to be >o knock the slugger out. t trustees of the Ohio State University offered the presidency of that institu -0 Mr. R. B. Hayes. It is proposed to re him of all details, by placing them s hands of a vice president elected for purpose. Mr. Hayes will probably ac- He will certainly accept it the trus vill allow him time to pay an oeca 1 visit to his chicken furm. B Secretary of AV'ur thinks that Lieut J. Slrnw, recently dropped from nny, possesses an abundance of irnpu f. Shaw obtained pay nineteen times le same voucher, and then disappeared. Jther day he sent a letter from London ing his resignation to the Secretary, letter ought to he marked “cheek” and id in the National Museum. Boston is preparing to entertain Editor O'Brien on May '£>. A great meeting will be held in his honor. John Boyle O’Reilly will preside. In the evening a banquet will bp riven, and a diplay of fireworks will ta in place in the harbor. It is altogether appropriate that such a city as Boston should honora man who is doing battle for the cause of human rights and liberty. i The Chicago hotel keepers waut the inter state commerce law repealed. They de ware that since persons who went about on Eanaes have been compelled to pay fare or Ktay at home their business lias greatly de- | creased. The railroads, however, are profit- F Ing by tho abolition of passes. It is stated that railroad receipts for the month of April were much greater than for the same month last year. Congressman W. D. Kelley, of Pennsyl vania, tells a Washington correspondent that of progress in the Houth are plaiif on every side. While in the Houth re cently he visited Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. It is his purpose to p’vi the public the benefit of his observa tions through the medium of several papers over his own signature. They will be awaited with great interest. William N. Ellis, the missing Norristown (Pi.) Assessor, seems to have been a literary genius. Among his pajters were found a play and a poem on love. In the play, which is called “Where There's a Will There's a Way,” Ellis makes the villain marry the heroine. In the poem Ellis com pares the wooing of a lover to the “lapping wavelets that cream murmuring up tho shingle.” The |>eoplo of Norristown would no doubt consent to listen to both play and poem if Ellis would come bock and bring j their money with him. * I Remnants of the Carpetbag Era. An effort Ls being made to secure a par don for Franklin J. Moses, ex-Gov eraor of South Carolina, who is an inmate of the Massachusetts penitentiary. It is claimed that he is broken down mentally and physically, and that if he is not released he will die in a short time. The fact should be kept in mind that Moses was not the kind of a Governor that the poople of South Carolina are accustomed to. He was a scalawag Govemor.and reached the high position he occupied by means of negro votes and Federal bayonets. He was no more the choice of the people than was Bullock, of this State. The carpetbag and scalawag Governors of Southern States have not, as a rule, had a happy time of it since their descent from places of influence and power. They have had a pretty fair share of punishment in this world for their crimes, and they have no reason to expect a happy time hereafter. Their negro allies have also, in many in stances, suffered just punishment for their misdeeds. IV. J. AYhipper is the leading col ored man of South Carolina. He is smart and bad, a combination which makes him a very undesirable part Of any community. For a number of years he has been Probate Judge of Beaufort county. He does not occupy the bench now. He is in jail. The charge under which he rests is that of defrauding orphans committed to the care of his court. It seems a little remarkable that his friend, the colored ex-Congressman, Small, should have caused him this trouble, but such, it seems, is the case. There are three South Carolina Republi cans of the reconstruction period who can lie accounted for at once. They are ex-Gov. Scott, who is now in Ohio and who killed a man soon after he returned there; ex-Gov. Moses, who is in the Massachusetts penitentiary, and Judge WTiipper, who is in the Beaufort (S. C.) jaiL Their present positions are very different and not quite so desirable as were the positions they occupied when carpet baggers and scalawags held the Southern States in their grasp. A Remarkable Conspiracy Case. The trial of Hiram B. Everest and his son Charles, at Buffalo, N. Y., for con spiracy, attracted a great deal of attention. A verdict of guilty was returned a day or two ago, but the case is not yet disposed of. The defendants have given bail for their appearance when wanted, and in the mean time their case will go to the Court of Ap peals if anew trial is not granted them The interest in the trial arose mainly from the belief that the defend ants represented the Standard Oil Company, and acted in all things in har mony with its policy. Nobody appears to have a doubt as to what that policy is. If the general impression is correct it is to wholly monopolize the oil refining business. The statement has been made frequently that it has ruined many of its small com petitors in its efforts to get the business into its own hands. Three of the Standard oil men were indicted with the Everest*, but they were discharged before the trial was ended on the ground that there was not suffi cient evidence against them to justify the court in holding them. The story of the alleged conspiracy is an interesting one. The Everest* owned the Vacuum Oil Works at Rochester, anti sold a three-fourths interest in them to the Standard Oil Company. Three of their employes started at Buffalo what was called the Lubricating Oil Refinery One of these employes was Albert A. Miller. Ac cording to the evidence given at the the trial the Everest* tried to induce the three men to abandon their enterprise by threatening them with ruin. They wore told that the entire $75,000,000 of the Stand ard Oil Company would tie used to break down their business. The threat made no impression upon them. The Everest* then approached Miller, who had the manage ment of the new refinery, and offered him a large bribe to destroy it. It seems that this offer was acceptedT The first time an at tempt to use the refinery was made there was a terrific explosion and the reflnei'y was destroyed. Miller was kept out of the way. He finally became tired of wandering about and went back to New York and told one of his partners the entire story of the destruc tion of the refinery. Of course, indictments followed, and the Everest* were convicted. If no mistake has been made the Everest* ought to go to State's prison for a very long term. It is probably time that no member of the Standard Oil Company had anything di rectly to do with the conspiracy to destroy the Buffalo Refinery The fact, however, that there are many oil refiners in differ ent parts of the country, who claim that they were ruined by the Standard, gives color to the suspicion that the Buffalo Re finery was destroj ed in pui'su&nce of the wishes of the Standard. Huge monopolies are dangerous. It is hardly possible for them at all times to be controlled by honest men, and when in the hands of had men they are liable to lie used for bad purposes. Their power is so great that they have uo difficulty in becoming still more powerful by destroying all opiKwition to their plans. Even if the Standard is wholly guiltless of any imtticipation in the Buffalo affair it might be wise to keep it under surveillance. The money-making faculty is a natural, not an acquired, one. A writer in the Bos ton Globe tells how the editor of Judge, Mr. Arkell, made money on Oscar Wilde, the long-haired aesthetic English poet. When Wilde was in thus country Mr. Arkell asked him what he would charge to go to Mount McGregor and to pretend to be the recipi ent of a complimentary breakfast. Oscar asked 8200. Arkell paid it, and invited eighty Saratoga visitors to meet him. Then he ran frequent trains up to the mountain hotel. Thousands made the trip to see Wilde eat. Wilde was then paid SSO for telegraphing a regret to an invitation in Saratoga, and saying he couldn’t persuade himself to leave the trees on Mount Mc- Gregor. Arkell cleared almut $.'1,000 on the job. Arkell declined to tell how much he ex pended to secure the keeping of Grant’s body at Mount McGregor a week after his death, and also how much he cleared on the extra trains he ran. but the multitude was great and the profits must have been enormous. P I Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, made a rather good speech nt the dinner given him a few days ago in that city by the Federal Club, and on ,tlie strength of it the Harrisburg Telegraph has nominated him for Vice President on the Republican ticket. Mr. Roosevelt will have to do some thing more than make a good after-dinner speech before the country wifi consider him tit for the Vice Presidency. TIIE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1887. Mr. Randall and the South. In a speech at Alexandria, Va., on last Saturday Mr. Randall criticised quite severe ly those Democratic leaders who are advo cating a reduction of the tariff, and declared that almost every State south of the Potomac is drifting towards protection. He expressed a strong desire to help the South, and in the course of his remarks on this line said: “If the South’s own leaders, I mean many of them, don’t see the crisis ahead by turning in with the current, and keeping it in the line of friendship there will be a sudden ness and overwhelmingness of reckoning such as has never been seen here or else where.” Mr. Randall makes the mistakeof thinking that the development of the iron industry in the South is causing a revolution in South ern sentiment on the tariff question. There is no doubt that the South is as solidly in favor of a radical reform in (jho tariff now as she ever was. There may be a notice able protection sentiment in the sugar pro ducing section of Louisiana, and in Alabama and Tennessee towns where iron is manu factured, but, taken as a whole, the South is now, as she has been for years, in favor of a tariff for revenue, and not for protection. Mr. Randall does not hear of a demand for protection from the Presidents of the largest Southern cotton mills. Now and then there is a manufacturer who is a pro tectionist, but it is doubtful of any one of them noticeably influences public sentiment in favor of protection, even in his immedi ate locality. It would be interesting to know, therefore, on what Mr. Randall bases his statement that almost all of the Southern States are drifting toward protection. It is safe to say that the growth of the sentiment in favor of tariff reform has been much greater in the North and West, within the last few years, than the growth of the sentiment in favor of protection has been, in the same period, in the South. The Philadelphia Record , in commenting upon Mr. Randall's Alexandria speech, calls hi* attention to the growth of the tariff reform sentiment in his own State, Pennsylvania. It says; “But, instead of going South with his old Whig doctrines of protection to hec tor Democrats because of their adherence to the honored principle of their party, let Mr. Randall be admonished to look to his own rear. We recommend to his attentive perusal the interviews with the Democratic editors of Pennsylvania in the Pittsburg Post. If he be not struck with judicial blindness, such a perusal must con vince him that he cannot maintain his policy of tariff obstruction in Peimsylvania—much less carry it into the South or any other por tion of the country There are more Demo cratic journals in Pennsylvania favorable to the principles of revenue reform as advo cated by Carlisle, Morrison and nine-tenths of the Democrats in Congress than there are Democratic organs of protection in the en tire South. The cause of tariff reform has made more progress in Pennsylvania in two years than the protectionist reaction in the South has made in ten.” (The truth is Mr. Randall set* that he is losing ground in his fight for protection, and is trying to excuse himself for obstructing the cause of tariff reform in Congress. It is not yet known how the present Congress will stand on the tariff question, but there is no reason to think that Mr. Randall will be able to muster a* many Democrats hffipprK sition to tariff reduction neSt wffijef as fra did when that issue was hefore the Tfrtnse hi' the last Congress. He will have')# act with his party on the tariff or he will span enjoy the notoriety of being the only Demoertitfd Congressman who stands with the Republi cans on the greatest issue between the twj great parties. Having been requested to contribute to the fund for the proposed celebration of Queen Victoria’s jubilee in New York, Mr. Andrew Carnegie writes a very sensible let ter declining to do so. He says that as an American citizen he rejects the monarchical idea as inconsistent with and insulting to his manhood. He cannot see what natural ized Americans have to do with celebrating the reign of any monarch., He thinks that even aliens who are indebted to this country for hospitality should have too much good taste to parade their preference for political institutions vitally opposed to those of the land in which they dwell and prosper. He concludes the letter by sug gesting that if Scotchmen in New York wish to celebrate something, they should make a demonstration on the Fourth of July, “and pray that the day is not far dis tant when our less favored countrymen at home shall share with us the blessings of institutions founded upon the political equality of the citizen —the day when hered itary privilege will be unknown and when ‘government of the people, by the people, and for the people’ will be the watchword of English-speaking men throughout the world.” For sometime past Camden, N. J., has been the theatre of numerous sensational marriages. Runaway couples from other cities go there and prominent ministers marry them. In some eases it is said that the law has been violated. Rev. Madison C. Peters, pastor of a Philadelphia Presby terian church, severely criticised Rev. Isaac W. Bagley, Rev. J. J. Sleeper and Rev. John Y. Bobbins, of Camden, for marrying couples that ran away from the former city. Much incensed, Rev. Bagley threatened to whip Rev. Peters on sight. The latter replied to the threat, informing Rev. Bagley that two could take a hand in the whipping business. It is said that reputable citizens of Camden intend to take step* to punish the ministers that have violated the law. Burns and Sullivan, members of the Chi cago Base Ball Club, called on President Cleveland the other day. The former called the President’s attention to the fact that when the Chicago* were in Washington, sometime ago, they were defeated in the first game with the local club. Next day they called on the President in a body, and that nftenioon walked away with the local dub by a score of 20 to 0. The Chicagocs now consider the President their mascotto. Ex-Gov. Homily announces that, he is not a candidate for the position on the bench of tho United States Supreme Court, made vacant by the death of Justice Woods. He also announces that lie would not accept the position should it lie tendered him. It seems, therefore, that, the statement that the ox-Goveraor moved from Ohio to New York in order to be in the line of appointment should there be a vacancy on the Federal Supreme bench was untrue. A Louisville (Ky.) man is responsible for the following remarkable advertisement: “Wanted to exchange for whisky: Desirable lot on Sixth street, 117 feet front by 200 foot deep." It mny lie that the man intends to run for office and is preparing to “set’em up for the boys.” CURRENT COMMENT. Immigration and Wealth. From the Providence Telegram (Dem.) Immigrants are coming in at New York at the rate of 10,000 a day. Statisticians say that each able bodied immigrant is worth to the country SI,OOO the day he lands. Ten thousand dollars are $10,000,000. Besides, each immigrant brings, on an average, $23 in money. Twenty-three multiplied by 10,000 is $230,000.' Ten million two hundred and thirty thousand dollar-; is a hand some daily addition to the national wealth. The Pickett Monument at Gettysburg. From the yew York Herald (Ind.) Yes, and wheu the monument is built the sur vivors of that light can meet arid shake hands. We are not to forget that we are Americans, all of us; that Southern bravery and Northern bravery are the common pride of the country. The only thing that remains of the past is that the two armies were made of (he test fighting material in the world, and the glorious fact of the present and the future is that North and South are shoulder to shoulder, and nothing under heaven can again draw us apart. Arbitration the Remedy. From the yew York Tribune ( Rep). The miners at Wilkesbarre. l’a.. are nearly as foolish as workingmen ever can be. They quit work because, os thev say, they are unjustly “docked” of a part of their wages when they send up loads of coal containing too much slate; and yet the mine owners declared last night that they had not been informed as to what the men complained ateut. Jn other instances the men wanted more wages, which possibly they were entitled to. But a stirke was not the remedy. Arbitration was the plain cure for all these troubles. Next Year’s Vote. From the Boston Herald ilnd.) The Herald does not undertake to make so close a calculation as to predict how nine hun dred and ninety-nine of each thousand of the Independents of 18KI will vote next year What It did say was that the claim made that nine hundred and ninety-nine of each thousand of them would support John Sherman next year as a candidate for the Presidency was not true. It believes, also, that with President Cleveland as a candidate for President next year, the Independent contingent in the vote will te much larger than it was four years earlier. BRIGHT BITS. “What is man?” sighed Haroun Alraschid. “To-day he is here and to-morrow he is in Can ada. and the next day nobody knows where in thunder he is.”— Tid-Bits. Bedla Jones, ayoungladyof Del., Of the fashions was not very wel., So a handkerchief red She wrapped round her head. And this ng to the ball did Miss Bell. -Life. “Jn,” said a lusty tramp to a companion, “this is beautiful weather, ain’t it?” “Betcherlife.” “We’ve got er lot o’ things to he thankful for, ain't we?” “You bet we have, and ’specially that wood piles is out o’ season.”— Exchange. Conductor— B-o-ston—next station! Granger-(catching up carpet bag and um brella] —Say! does the train stop there? Conductor—No; passengers have to jump as we go over the bridge. Granger makes for the platform with the car pet bag bouncing from seat to seat. — Burlington Free Press. Why doth the little busy boy With'eagerness the papers scan? Is it because he’s grown so wise He wants the news just like a man? Ah. no. He's not in search of truth, Philosophy or current fun; He hunts the paper through because The base ball season's just begun. —Utica Observer. Tired Wife—John, I wish you would bring in some wood. Husband—l would, my dear, but I have the lumbago again. Tired Wife—You have? Husband—Yes, the pains up my bock are just terrible. Tired Wife—Why, what have you been doing? Husband—There were no seats left at the ball ground, and 1 had to stand up.— Tid-Bits. Chicago Editor— Write a leader on Chicago culture and mention the fact that Prof. DeSci ence, A. B. DD. C. E. FF. G. G. G., recently spent some time in Chicago. New Assistant—lie merely passed through Chi cago on his way from Pekin back to London. “Well, he had to hang around a railroad depot three or four hours waiting for the trains to connect, didn’t he?” “Most likely.” “If that isn't sending some time in Chicago, what is it?”— Omaha W orld. “Anybody pass here within an hour?” asked a Detroiter of a Wayne county farmer standing at his gate. “Yes.” “Man with a black horse?” “No; man with a white hoss.” “Wasn't a tin peddler, was he?” “O, no. He was the editor of an agricultural paper.” “How do you know that?” “Because he came out on purpose to ask me whether potato planting or corn cutting come fust. He s started anew paper and wants to get things reliable, — Detroit Free Press. “Gen. Dominis, look here at this newspaper,” said Queen Kapiolani the other day, while the General reached for the journal and won dered if he had allowed himself to be over-inter, viewed. “Read that,” she said, placing her choeo late-and-cream forefinger on the following para ' “Icing Kalakaua has twenty dancing girls re tained in the royal service.” The General read it, and as he dropped the pa per the Queen asked: , “General, how soon do we start for home?” Mr. Dominis looked at his interrogator a mo ment and then replied: “Right away, your highness. Just as soon as we can get ready. - ' And as the General went up stairs to pack his trunk he murmured softly: “There’ll be a corps de ballet out of a job in just about three weeks.”— Washington Critic, PERSONAL. It cost Boston $15,000 to entertain Queen Kapioloni. President Cleveland's visit to Mount Vernon last week was the first he had ever nude to that place. Meat-ax cjutics in the aesthetic West de scribe Mis Langtry's stage hiss as “a gurg ling gurgle, as of water trickling from a kitchen sink.” John Bknnetto, of the Yale senior class, has been awarded one of tbe Townsend prizes. Mr. Bennotto is a comt>ositor. and bas paid a part of his college excuses by type-setting during vacations. The remains of “Hank"’ Monk, the historic stage driver of the Pacific slope, lie in the city cemetery at Carson, Nev. An effort is being made to decorate his grave and enclose it by a handsome railing. The Pennsylvania Legislature is a courteous and generous body. The Senators have ordered for President pro tem. Smith a SI,OOO set of silver, while the House has purchased a law library worth $2,000 for Speaker Boyer. On the day that the Prince of Wales went to the Wild West combination. Gen. Sheridan re ceived a cable message from Mr. Cody saving: “First performance to Prince and Princess of Wales and royal family. Everybody delighted.” The country is safe. While Gens. Sherman. Sheridan and Rose crans were riding together at the dedication of the Garfield statue someone in the crowd cried out: “A tattle of whisky would stand a mighty poor show with that trio.” And the warriors tuughed and nudged each other. The Senate of Gottingen University has asked Emiieror William to sanction the celebration of that institution’s one hundred and fiftieth anni versary. this year, and to accept for himself the dignity of Rector mognifioentissimus. He has given his sanction to the pi opened celebration, but declined the Rectorship In favor of Prince Albert of Prussia, Regent of Brunswick. Dr. Elliott Coves, the noted ornithologist of the Smithsonian Institution, recently became Impregnated with the doctrine of the theosophs, and is now a Buddhist from bis hair to his heels. Some days ago he made a farewell address be fore a learned body of which he was a member and which had given him the cold shoulder. This learned isxly refused to have the address put into print, and so Dr. Coues Ims bad the dis course struck off at Iti.-i own expense. He con siders himself as one persecuted for conscience sake. A coerespondent writing from Italy says: "I was passing through Turin a few w eeks ago aud had the good fortune to be taken by a friend to visit the widow Garibaldi. Her home is situ ated in a modest and quiet street: the hum from the leading thoroughfare can be but indistinctly heard. Her little sitting-room is full of memo rials of her beloved husband. The cabinet* con tain many medals, (Tosses, and orders, while tho walls, on the occasion of my visit, were hung with flags of historic renown. The old Indy ap pears to lie wrapped up in memories of the past, and her conversation, turning on the career or the dead, tare, us was natural, a melancholy tinge.” THE INQUISITIVE ELEPHANT. A Story of An Infatuated Youth and His Priceless Cane. From the Fete York Times. A highly dressed youth whose supple form was tightly encased in a horsey check suit, and who, in spite of the fact that the thermometer was at something lofty in the shade, earned his well worn tan gloves in his left hand and strolled into Central Park at the entrance opposite the arsenal. He was alone, save for the mute com panionship of a large silver-headed rattan cane, with which he toyed in his foolish, inimitable way. His gait suggested that he had nowhere to go, hut his leisurely steps brought him to the arena where, apparently unconscious of the fact that they were being ardently gazed at. the sportive elephants frolicked in' the sunshine. Hundreds of people watched the unwieldy gam bols of the drab beasts, and the advent of the leisurely youth and the silver-headed rattan was comparatively unrecognized. He stood slightly apart from the democratic crowd, and as he was taller than most of the people he looked serenely over their heads. A casual observer might have supposed that he was regarding the elephants with as much in terest as anybody else. It was a mistake. The eyes of the leisurely youth were fixed with a pe culiarly expressive ardor upon a comely damsel of some 18 summers who was gazing into the arena from the other side. There vyas not the least doubt that the comely damsel was amused at the ultra-metropolitcm costume of the leisurely youth, but be evidently interpreted her smiles to mean that she reciprocated his fascina tion. Though it was very warm he daintily elbowed his lissome self through three rows of people, and stood next to the railings. Though he considered the elephants no curi osity, they apparently thought he was one. They stared as though they would have stared him out of his little original pallid countenance, and they came closer to the railing, as though to make sure he was alive. The leisurely youth, however, was too interested in his flirtation to look about him. His neighbors, however, soon became alive to the fun of the situation. The youth twirled his sparse hirsute decorations, set his light brown hat away from his perspiring forehead, put himself in a graceful and ex pectant position, screwed up his eyes t the comely damsel, whose face was now wreathed with sunny smiles, and involuntarily stuck his cane through the railings and waived it very slightly in the air. Theu he withdrew it from the arena, held it a little in the air over the top of the elephannta retreat, and looked again at the damsel, who was now a few yards to his left. Suddenly a loud burst of laughter from the spectators rang through the air. The most inquisitive of the elephants had vigorously moved his trunk and struck the leisurely youth's rattan companion from his hand, yards into the arena. Toe bereaved one, aware of his affliction, but not knowing how it came to pass, looked round angrily. , "Give me my cane. ' he shouted. No one spoke. “Come, no fooling.” A shriek of laughter followed this, and the comely damsel, in a convulsion of mirth, was obliged to clutch the railing. “Get me that cane,” cried the youth, “or I'll have seme one arrested. Come, I won't stand this. I-” At that moment his eye fell upon the recum bent form of his companion ana he seemed to see the situation. In a moment he had vaulted over the railing, taking even the elephants by surprise, picked up nis cane, jumped back again, and accompanied by a perfect chorus of laughter, taken his departure, and quickly and Sacefully left the upper entrance, whence he and come. The Romance of a Season. Though to the country, fresh and fair, There are many people going, I'd rather breathe the seaside air— I’m fond of boats and rowing. But why the country I detest, If you would know the reason. I'll tell a tale I’ve ne’er confessed— The romance of a season. My summers have been always spent Beside old Neptune s waters, So for a change last year I went To woo the farmer's daughters. But though the rural maids ware fair, I found a maiden fairer; To any country lasses there I never could compare her. She was the nicest girl I'd met; Her home was in the city. But. ah! she was a cruel coquette, Although so sweet and pretty, She dabbled in photography. And took much pleasure in it; Whene'er a pretty thing she’d see, She’d “take it” in a minute. She’d take her cam’ra pleasant days— She never would forsake it— And whatsoever met her gaze, She always had to “take it." One day upon my bended knee— My ha ndkerchief was under— I asked this maid if she’d take me; She stared in open wonder. * • • • * • There’s but a little more to give; ’Twould seem as if she “took me:” At least I got a negative— And I confess it shook me! And so although the country’s fair. This year I shall ignore it; It may he full of pleasure's rare— But I shall ifot explore it, —Van Dyke Scribbler. King Leopold’s Daughters. Brussels letter to the Chicago Times. I have it on the best authority that the recent visit of the King of the Belgians to the Prince and Princess of Wales had something to do with the project of his daughter Clementine's marriage with Prince Albert Victor. Well-in formed persons, however, assure me that such a union is practically impossible unless Leopold's daughter abjures her religious belief and be comes a Protestant. As Albert Victor is looked on as a future King of England it is out of the question that his Queen could be a Roman Catholic. The well-known sentiments of his grandmother, as well as those of her subjects, m that regard, confirm the accuracy of such a view of the case. Leopold had somehow or other got it into his head that he will be able to persuade Leo ’XIIT. to allow Princess Clementine, by special dispensation to embrace her future—or supposed future—hus band's faith, but such an idea is as absurd as it is utterly impracticable, for there, is no record of any such dispensation in Catholic ecclesiasti cal history, and no pontiff could permit on any account any of his spiritual children to renounce the Church of Rome for Lutheranism or any other religion. It is said that the Belgian King threatens, if the dispensation is not secured, to act just us if it wes not absolutely necessary. In other words, his majesty will have his daughter a Lutheran in order that in due time he may be come the father-in-law of the Emperors of Aus tria and India an ambition which is certainly, from other points of view, very commendable in itself. His daughter Stephanie will, if she lives, lie Empress of Austria, while his daughter Clementine, as Albert Victor's spouse, may en tertain reasonable hopes of lieing Queen of the British juggernaut on the banks of the Ganges. Does not Leopold look very far ahead * Private Secretaries. From the London World. An interesting and memorable passage in “Endyinion" records Lord Beaconsfleld’s esti mate of the relations that ought to subsist be tween a minister and his private secretary. In his judgment they are among the finest and most sacred bv which two persons of the same sex can be united together; and he does not hes itate to assert that .except the married state, there is none wherein a greater degree of confidence and sympathy is involved than in that which they necessitate and imply. It may be conceded that on this subject Lord Beaconsfleld spoke with an authority which was the result of a long, varied, and fortunate experience. It is probable that no minister was ever under larger obligations to his private secretaries, and it is certain that no minister has ever recognised the fidelity of his private secretaries with more ample generosity. Lord Rowton. indeed, will always be remembered os the Benjamin of the illustrious Benjamin, with whose later fortunes he has so conspicuously connected, and as par excellence Lora Beaconsfleld's private secre tary. But the domestic services which he ren dered to Lord Beaconsfleld in his declining years should not be permitted entirely to secure the far more important political services which were rendered to Mr. Disraeli by Mr Earle dur ing the whole of the most critical period of his career as a Parliamentary leader. The “Pen” Mightier Than the Sword. From the Near York Truth. John B. Parson, the well-known railroad mag nate, was showing an English friend the bu ties of Bt. Louis a little while ago. “Who lives there?” asked the Englishman, pointing to a magnificent marble palace. “Mr. Brown, the great pork-packer." “And there?” said the Englishman, pointing to another magnificent dwelling. “Mr. Jones, the famous pork-packer.” "And there?" pointing to a neat little frame house. "Oh, that's Gen. Sherman's house," said Mr. Carson. “Ah!" remarked the Englishman, "another evidence that the 'pen' is mightier than the sword.” y Littlb mm, has just returned from market. Mother—Well. Mary Ann, didn't the butcher have pigs' feet ? Mary Ann—Ota, mamma: I went and looked, hut 1 could not see whether he hud pigs' feet or not. for he had his bools o ßatar. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A biia has passed both branches of the Con necticut Legislature providing for the perma nent incarceration of incorrigible criminals. Ho.no Yen C’hano, who is said to be the only Chinese lawyer in the country, appeared as counsel in a case at Brooklyn a day or two ago. It is estimated that between 8500.000,000 and §600,000.000 will be expended in railroad con struction in the United States during the cur rent year Davin Burke, of Kingston, N. M., quarreled with Con Ryan and challenged him to fight with pistols. Ryan being unarmed, accepted a pistol from Burke, and the result was that Ryan was killed. Victoriano, an Indian of San Jacinto, Cal., once chief of the Seranos, is thought to be at least 125 years old. His narration of scenes at the San Gabriel Mission, where he worked when a bov, confirms this belief. His mind is active and Ills memory good. Georoe Francis Train has shied a legal bombshell into the booming city of Omaha in the shape of a suit for 600 acres of its valuable land, estimated at $10,000,000. Great conster nation prevails. Citizen Train bought the land in 1865. and be claims to still hold the title. He was the prophet of Omaha’s future greatness, and did much to make her good points known to the world. . A strange coincidence recently occurred in a divorce case before a Massachusetts court. The defendant bore the historic name of Daniel Web ster. Strangely enough the woman who sued for divorce was Catherine Le Roy, which name was borne by the second wife of the great New Hampshire orator and statesman. So far as could be learned, the plaintiff and defendant are not in any way related to the famous people whose names they bear. Or the amount of silver in existence $4,000,- 000.000 is estimated to be in coin and bullion, $1,200,000,000 in watches, and the remainder in plate, jewelry and ornaments Of the amount in existence, $4,754,000,000 is estimated to have lieen obatined from North America, $736,000,- 000 from South America, 863,000,000 from Europe. $-17,000,000 from Africa and $81,000,000 from Asia, including Australia, New Zealand and Oeeanica. The amount of the precious metals in existence is estimated at $13,974,000,- 000. Gen. Butler is merciless when cross-examin ing witnesses Once, on a trial in Massachu setts. at which Prof, Horsford, of Cambridge, a compeer of Dr. Webster, the eminent anato mist, was a witness, be used the distinguished gentleman so roughly in his cross-examination that the court interfered, saying: “Perhaps, Mr. Butler, you are not aware who the witness is. It is Prof. Hereford, of Cambridge.” Where upon the terrible advocate, fixing an eye upon each, replied: “Oh, yes. your honor, I know, a Harvard professor; we hanged one of them a while ago.” The Captain of the bark James Borland, which has arrived at New York from Nuevitas, reports that May 6, on the edge of the Gulf Stream, off Body Island, a concussion which shook the vessel from stem to stern was felt, and for a moment the Captain thought the vessel had struck a rock. Immediate! y after wards a huge wounded whale raised itself under the bow and theu sank. As far as the eye could see astern in the wake of the vessel the sea was streaked with blood. The Captain thinks he was lucky that the shock of the collision did not send the Borland to the bottom. It is said that the memory never entirely loses what it has once taken up; but not everybody remembers to such good purpose as did Mrs. Nancy Freeman, of South Norridgewock, Me., 93 years old. Mrs. Freeman's husband died seventeen years ago, and some time before his death he hired a man to split some wood for him. Not paying for the work at once, Mr. Freeman asked his wife to see that the matter was not forgotten. Both Mr. Freeman and the man who did the work died soon after, and Mrs. Freeman had not thought of the debt until it flashed upon her mind the other day. She im mediately sought out the widow of the dead man and paid the bill. In Chicago there are said to be twenty-seven distinct schools or factions of “mental healers;” but they, together with all other irregulars, will have to pass a satisfactory examination if a bill now before the Illinois Legislature becomes a law. It provides: “Any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine, within the meaning of this act, who shall treat, oper ate on or prescribe for tbe,ick or afflicted. It is furthermore provided that a fee of $25 shall be paid for the examination of non-graduates, and that itinerant vendors of anything intended for the treatment of disease, or who in any way profess to heal disease by any drug, nos trum. manipulation or other expedient, shall pay a license of SIOO a month to the Board.” The schooner Anna E. J. Morse, of Ports mouth, was struck by fierce northeasters off New Point the other night, and Skipper Lansil at once made harbor. He anchored with his sheet anchor, paying out 100 fathoms of chain. A second anchor was dropped and 75 fathoms were given it. The schooner's tugging at her moorings parted the last chain at the hawse pipe and left Capt, Lansil to reflect that his freight, money would have to pav tribute to re place the loss, which amounted to about SSOO. On Sunday morning he began heaving in his only anchor. When it came in sight hanging to one of the flukes was a chain, which proved to belong to the 75 fathoms lost the night before. A man was ordered over the bow, a line was made fast to the missing chain and soon the lost anchor was at the cathead. A correspondent, writing of a reception at the American Legation in London, says that Mrs. Phelps, the Minister’s wife, is a striking looking woman and receives her guests with great ease and cordiality. She is about the medium height, with a full, round figure. Her nose is nearly straight, and her mouth is small anil very pleasant in expression. Her eyeß are a soft gray, full of expression, and showing a great appreciation of fun when she laughs. Her hair, which is almost white, w-as arranged in small, short, soft rings about her face and over the top of her head. At the back it was twisted into a soft coil. Mrs. Phelps wore a plain black silk, the neck cut square and filled in with white silk tulle. In her hand she carried a long shell handled binocle. She wore dark tan mous quetaire gloves, but no jewelry of any kind. A gentlewoman in straitened circumstances recently offered for sale through a sympathetic society womaua very handsome old silk gown —it was at least 100 and perhaps 200 years old— a heavy, rich, and tasteful dress. Its owner thought it intrinsically worth about $l5O, but was willing to sell it for SIOO. The first person to whose attention her friend brought the gown was Mrs. llearst, the generous wife of the silver Senator from California. When she had heard the little story and seen the elegant dress Mrs. Hearst asked the price. “One hundred and fifty dollars,” was the reply. “Oh, I couldn’t think of giving that for it," said Mrs. Hearst. Her hostess was on the point of saying: "My friend would take SIOO for it,” when Mrs. Hearet went on: “If you will take 8260 for it I will gladly buy it—but I couldn't think of giving any less for it.” It is useless to say that she got it at her own generous price. The farms in the United States, according to the last census, were worth $10,197,000,000. The residence and business real estate, including water power, was estimated at $9,881,000,000; and the railroads, with their equipments at 85.580.000,000. Tbe telegraphs, ships and canals do not make a large showing, their total value only reaching $419,000,000. But the live stock, on and off the farms, farming tools and machin ery make a very respectable amount, the total rising to 8”.406.000,000. A still larger item is to be fouud in the household furniture, paintings, books, clothing, jewelry and household supplies of food, fuel and the like the total being placed at. a round $5,000,000,000. The mines, petroleum wells and quarries add a trifle of $781,000,000; while three-quarters of the annual product of the farms and factories, supposed to remain on hand. rise to a total of $6, 160.000.000. Churche*. schoolbouHes. asylums, public buildings and other real estate exempt from taxation are esti mated. fancifully, of course, at 82,000,000,000, specie at $612,000,000. and miscellaneous ob jects, including the tools of mechanics, at $050,000,000 the total being $43,623,000,000. Queen Victoria visited the interior of the Monastery of the Grand Chartreuse. The visit will be historical. So strict are the regulations forbidding the entrance of any female within the portals that up to the time of her majesty's visit only one woman, and she a Roman Catho lic, had ever been allowed to enter it. This was the Queen of It-l.v, To enable Queen Victoria to pay a visit a special dispensation from the Popchart to be obtained. Tbe royal party left Aix at 10 o’clock by a s)*cinl train for St. Berod. which was reached at 11 o’clock. Here three carriages, including the Queen’s own, were waiting to convey the party to the monastery. The drive occupied two and a half hours. On arrival tlie Queen was met at the principal en trance by the second fattier, who conducted her majesty across tbe court to the apart ment of the father superior, who was waiting to receive her. The Queen was then conducted by the father superior and a large number of the fat hers through all the principal apartments, galleries and chapels. 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