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4 CkjHtmiingTlclus Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. THURSDAY. JUNE Ki. 1887. Registered at the Jurist Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in fhe j ear, and is served to snliscriber3 in the city , by newsdealers and earriers. on their own ac court, at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six •ninths and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, S'! 50; six months, $3 00; one veai. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail , six times a week {without Sunday issue), three months, jt'MO: six months. $4 (X) one rear. $S 00. The Morning News. Tri Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months. $2 50; one year, $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, cue year, $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, cheek or registered letter. Cur rentv sent by mail at risk of senders. letter- and telegrams Mould be addressed "Morning News, Savannah. Ga.” Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting— Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M. Special Notices— Notice to Stockholders Southwestern Railroad, Paris Novelty Stock, A. 3. Cohen. Aroand Stoves- Cornwell & Cbipman. • Fashion Magazines- At Estill’s News Depot. Auction Sale— Cigars, Cigarettes, Etc., by J. McLaughlin & Son. A Large House eor Sale— C. H. Pqrsett. Oak Tuns—A. M. <6 C. W. West. Railroad Schedule— South Florida Railroad. Cement— Andrew Hanley. IttoN Founders, Machinists, Etc.—McDon ough & Ballantyne. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Personal; Miscellaneous. A Yacht Race— L. &8.8. M. H. The Morning News for the Summer. Persons leaving the city for the summer ran have the Morning News forwarded by the earliest fast mails to any address at the rate of 25c. a week, $1 for a month or $2 50 for three months, cash invariably in ad vance. The address may lie changed as often as ties tied. In directing a change care should be taken to mention the old as well as the new' address. Those who desire to have their home paper promptly delivered to them while away should leave their subscriptions at the Busi ness Office. Special attention will be given to make this summer service satisfactory and to forward papers by the most direct and quickest routes. The Morning News will begin the pub lication next Sunday of a very bright and intensely interesting story, entitled “Nora of the Adirondacks,” by Anne E. Ellis. This story was written for the Morning News. and it will be found to be well worth read ing. It contains thirty-eight chapters, and grows in interest with each chapter. The President's annual fishing excursion to the Adirondacks lends new interest to that sec tion of country, and a story in which some of its features are described can hardly fail to be appreciated. Senator Colquitt announces himself in favor of free trade. In doing so he voices the sentiment of tht people of the State. It is announced that Boston newspaper talent is preparing to spread itself over Georgia. In the shape of canned lieans? Francis Murphy, the temperance lecturer, declares that a dollar goes further now than it used to. Perhaps this is the reason why when once it is gone it is so hard to get back. John Most, the New York Anarchist, says; “Let me stand at the bar of my coun try.” If John's country is the 11 nited States he probably means that he wants to stand at the bar reported to be kept in the capitol at Washington. The yacht Atlantic continues to win races and reputation. In the Corinthian Yacht Club race at New York, on Monday last, she outsailed all her eonqiotitors, winning her fourth cup. On June 21 she will sail in the race at Marblehead. It is rumored in New York that Mayor Hewitt may be a candidate for President before the next Democratic national con vention. It is significant that nobody but the opponents of President Cleveland take any interest in the rumor. The liondoners, it is said, are in a stew over the question whether to name the Wild West show the “Yankeries” or the “Buffalo Billeries.” An appropriate name would be the “Catch Ponnyries,” as it is pence that the Wild West is trying to catch. A McGlynn-George anti-poverty society was organized in Philadelphia on Monday night last, and John Russell Young, ex- Minister to China, was elected President. Young’s residence among the celestials made him just cranky enough to be the Pi-esident of such a society. It is announced that New York capitalists have loaned money in the West on farm mortgages to the extent of millions of dol lars. Everybody knows that n similar thing has been done in the South. It begins to look as if the whole country would be owned by New York capitalists in the course of a few more years. It is announced from Pittsburg, Pa., that considering the inmienso quantity that has been turned out in this country in the last year, the demand for iron and steel is still great. Orders are being received at the rate of GOO tons a day. There is not a ton of un sold pig iron within several hundred miles of Pittsburg. All the iron and steel mills In the city, except two, are in operation. Col. Roliert Ingenoll saya he doesn’t know who is going to be the next President, and he doesn’t care. “To be a candidate for any office,” ho declares, “is a very moon thing. Office-holding should bo but an inci dent,” Whether to be a candidate is n mean thing or not, there ore many men that are in that position, and the last one of them hopes that in his case office-holding will be anything but an incident. On his way from Macon to Washington, Becretary kmnr jiermitted himself to be 1 interviewed at Richmond. According to ! the interviewer the Secretary said that he did not expect to succeed the late Justice W nods, ami that the President hud never mentioned the matter to him one wav or It” ? U T r / *** ** kratifying news to , V " ~f candidates for the ]**<ition, | and will c.ouliUcfe cause another brigade to , conn,- to the h unt. Powderly’s Talk at Lynn. General blaster Workman Powderly, in his address at Lynn, Mass., on Sunday after noon, said several things to the assembled Knights of Labor that have excited con siderable comment. He condemned the lockout and the lioycott, and warned work ingmen against strong drink. He con demned anarchy,,and insisted that sectarian and religious prejudices should have no in fluence ui>on the conduct of the organization of the Knights of Laiior. Mr. Powderly’s speeches generally attract a good deal of attention. If the organiza tion of which he is the head always acted in accordance with the ideas which he ex presses on the platform it would not often be adversely criticised. The truth, however, apiiears to lie that he cannot direct it as he would like to. He sees in most eases the course it ought to take for its own good, but he lacks the influence and power to make it take t.haj course. He understands plainly that the strike and the boycott do the Knights more harm than good, but he lia". not been able to prevent either. In most of the strikes that have been declared the Knights have been defeated, and of the boycotts which have lieen declared not 5 per cent, of them have been based on justice or reason. A desire for retaliation or the determination to accomplish a certain thing that could not lie accomplished by lawful means, has •been the cause of most of them. Eventually strikes and boycotts, if they are continued, will be the destruc tion of the organization. These two weap ons would tie more effective if they were used only after arbitration had lieett re sorted to and failed, hut to use them upon very slight provocation brings them into disrepute, atul deprives the Knights of the support of public sentiment. A lockout w ithout cause is, of course, un fair, and ought not to receive any support from the public. A proprietor has the right to close Ins mill or factory, but he ought not to close it until after he has given his employes fair notice so that they may se cure places elsewhere without loss of time. But the Knights of Labor have not taken the notice of the drink evil that they ought to. They waste their time and vex them selves with minor matters, while they pass over in comparative silence the greatest, thing with which they have to contend, and which brings them more misery than any thing else. If it were not for strong drink the workingmen of this country could live in comfort and enjoy many of the luxurins of life. It is estimated that they spend between $400,000,000 and *500,000,000 an nually for whisky and beer. If this enormous sum were applied to the purchase of homes, or invested, the work ingmen would never have occasion to be uneasy respecting the future. It must be said to Mr. Powderly’s credit that he has alwayS advocated temperance, but his words have not been heeded. Nothing could happqp to the Knights that would tend more to their material benefit than a vigor ous temperance revival within their organ ization. It will take a stronger man than Mr. Powderly, however, to inaugurate and carry forward successfully such a revival. In fact his announcement that he will not accept a re-election to his present position is pretty good evidence that the organization is beyond his control. A Chance for Sanitary Work. There was a good deal of talk a day or two ago about cleaning up the city. There ought to be work as well as talk. The re moving of garbage, from the streets is not all that is necessary to be done in order to put the city in first-class sanitary condition.- There have been complaints of offensive odors arising from outbuildings and vaults in the older part of the city. These places are so old and so saturated with the filth of years that no amount of disinfectants will put them in a harmless condition. Asa rule, they are on premises rented by the room, and crowded with people. All the filth, slops and soap-suds go into these receptacles, to become offensive and danger ous to the public health, under the influence of the summer sun. People living in the vicinity of these places keep as from them us they can, because they are not only offensive but also because sickness has been traced to them. These places should be thoroughly in spected by persons competent for the work, and the Sanitary Board should see to it that they are put in good sanitary condition. Those who own the premises on which they are situated should lie made to bear the expenses of the abatement of such danger ous nuisances. Whatever sanitary work of this sort that is to be done should be done at once. In a craftily worded editorial the New York Evening Sun vftinly tries to prove that the girls of New York are as beautiful as those of Savannah, and then throws this cop to the latter: “Then, too, the stately and most dignified girls of Savannah are no doubt well worthy of the admiration of all who behold them, and none would acknowl edge these merits sooner than those whb observe the beautiful young women who arc to be found any fine afternoon ujion Four teenth street or Twenty-third.” Acknowl edge these merits, indeed! If the Evening Sun will send one of its young men to Savannah he may behold any fine afternoon upon Bull and Broughton streets such a vlson of female loveliness as w ill cause him to declare that the girls of New York have never come within touching distance of beauty*. The New York Herald is authority for the statement that Wewha, the Zuni priestess, who was in Washington so long last year, greatly admires President Cleve land. She wants him to have a second term, and when she returned to her home prayed that he might continue in office. She induced the Zunis to hold a Cleveland nominating convention, at which the whole trilie prayed that he might have another term. It rained next day, which the trilxi considered a favorable answer to the prayers. The President, it seems, has treated the Zunis kindly, and has given them an honest agent. Jay Gould has returned to New York from his cruise in his yacht Atalanta much improved in health. He says that ho in tends to take it easy during the summer, and that he will enjoy many short cruises in his yacht. It is said that Gould wants to get into society, so that his son Goorge and the latter’s pretty wife may shine. He ought to be üble to carry out his pur pose. Money Ijoh heretofore bought a place in New York society for almost anybody. It is said, also, that George and his wife are very pleasant young people, and no doubt society will be glad to receive them. Vi omen in Mother Hubbards are not allowed on the streets of Albuquerque, N. M. Mou in shirt-sleeves, however, may be found ut ovary comer. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE l(i, 1887. Protect the Terrapin. An effort is to be made at the approach* ] ing session of the I-egislature to have strin [ gent laws passed for the protection of terra pin. It is stated that they are rapidly dis appearing in this section of the country, and j the reason is that they are c-aught in large I numbers prior to and during the laying season. A few weeks ago the Morning News published some facts bear ing upon the disappearance of the terrapin from our waters, furnished by Dr. Falligant. The doctor lately addressed a communica tion to the Fish Commissioner of the State, and it is expected that that official will have the matter brought lief ore the Legislature, and will at the same time present such argu ments ami facts in favor of affording pro tection to terrapin during their laying sea son that laws will he enacted on the subject which will meet, with very general ap proval. There is quite a large number of persons engaged in catching terrapin in the vicinity of this city. It is estimated that between SIO,OOO and $15,000 worth of them are taken to market every year. This estimate indi cates that a good many families, partly or wholly, depend upon them for a living. It is apparent, therefore, that those who make a business cif catching them are more inter ested in having them protected from being caught out of season than those who only enjoy them as an article of food. In locali ties where they were once plentiful they are now becoming quite scarce. They will lie come still more scarce if they are permitted to lie taken in future with the same disre gard of the laws of their propogation as at present. The laying season of the terrapin includes May, June and July, during which period they lay several times—seven or eight eggs at a time. When they are caught in March and April their natural product, w hich is from twenty to thirty young terrapin to each okl one in May, June and July, is totally lost to future supply and increase. The very general conclusion reached by the fishermen is that no terrapin should be caught between Jan. I and July 15. At the latter date the laying season is about over. The dealers advocate the catching of ter rapin in the spring. It is apparent, how ever, that if permission to catch them at any time between the dates named is grant ed the object aimed at by protection laws will not be accomplished. If they are per mitted to lie caught at any time between Jan. 1 and May 1 they will be brought to market in May and June under the pretense that they were caught prior to May 1. The only safe plan is to prohibit the catching of them lietween Jan. 1 and July 15, and fishermen will willingly assist in enforcing such pro hibition. The Prohibition Idea Abroad. A committee of anti-prohiliitionists from Texas is visiting Western cities soliciting subscriptions from brewers, distillers and wholesale liquor dealers, with which to fight prohibition in their State. They say that unless they make a very vigorous campaign they will be beaten. The vote tin the pro hibition amendment to the constitution is to lie taken in August, and the Prohibitionists are already organized, and are making the liveliest sort of a campaign. In the towns the liquor men are certain Of majorities, but in the country districts they are outnum bered more than two to one. The chief trouble the liquor men are ex periencing at present Is that of getting good campaign speakers. There appears to be an impression that there is a big fund some where in the keeping of the anti-Prohibi tionists, and the best speakers want big pay for going on the stump. The fact is said to be, however, that the liquor men are with out funds. The Texas saloon men have been taxed so often and so heavily lately to prevent the enactment of hostile laws that they are poor. The committee that is soliciting help in Western cities doesn’t meet with a great deal of success. It Is told by the brewers and distillers that the prohibition idea is abroad in about all the States, and that they are unable to answer all the calls upon them for help. It is expected that the prohibition issue in Texas will hurt the Democratic jmrty pretty badly there, though if the party keeps out of the contest it is difficult to see why it should lie harmed. Democrats are divided on the liquor issue, but that, need not keep them apart on other State issues or upon national issues. The papers, just now, are printing some interesting sketches of people who have passed three score and ten. Mrs. Dice Bob bills, who lives near Moberly, Mo., is 95, and is still active. A short time ago, near Platte City, Mo., Valentine Winston Ber nard died at the age of 93. He retained his vigor until the day of his death. Hon. John H. Ewing died at his home in Washington, Pa., a few days ago, aged 91. He was an uncle of Mr. James G. Blaine, of Maine, who wants to be President. Mine. Candelaria, of San Antonio, Tex., is !*9. She is in the full possession of all her faculties, and moves about her house as bright and as busy as a bee. She nursed the wounded at the siege of the Alamo, and saw all of its noble defenders die. She saved the life of Henry Cannon, a child who escaped from the Alamo, and when he ro rcturned to San Antonio the other tiny, after an absence of fifty years, she had the pleasure of seeing him and talking over old times with him. Mix Ellen Rudden, of Newark, N. J., died on June 11, agod 105. She was a native of Ireland. She was always a hard-working woman, and re tained her faculties until a short time be fore her death. On June 15 a statue of Nathan Hale, the “martyr spy” of the revolution, was un veiled at the eapitol in Hartford, Conn. Charles Dudley Warner delivered the ad dress presenting the statue to the State, and Gov. Lounsbury delivered the address receiving it. The statue was male by the sculptor ICurl Gerhardt. Connecticut waited a long time before showing proper appreciation of Hale’s services to the coun try, but it was lietter late than never. The statement is male that of the Har vard students who want to work this sum mer, most want to teach, several want manual or farm work, two want places as deck hands on steamers, several want to lie hotel clerks or salesmen, two want to lie horse ear drivers or ticket takers, one wants a place in n box factory, while several want “anything but canvassing.” It is not stated how many want no work, but no doubt the number is large. There seems to be a determination in all parts of the country, this year, to hnve an “old-fashioned Fourth of July.” Many of the large cities in the North ami West are making gi-eat preparations for the event. Southern cities should seize tho occasion to show their patriotism. CURRENT COMMENT. Buryingr a Relic of the War. fVom the New York Evening Post ( Ind.) When anybody talks about burying the in ternal revenue system as a relie of the war he means that free liquor is a better thing for the country than free sugar, free wool, or tree shirts. The Anarchists’ Tyrant. From the New York Evening Sun (Ind.) There is one tyrant to whom the Anarchists of this city, and every other city, pay most willing and abject homage, and be is ttie monarch or guzzling. The Anarchists yesterday paid tribute to King Whisky, and then obeyed his behests by trying to kill half a dozen persons. Red Shirt of the Republican Sioux. From the Poston Globe iDem.) William E. Chandler is the Red Shirt of the Republican Sioux,and after reading his Concord speech we ate ready to predict that he could tomahawk a whole family while Buffalo Bill's leading man of the same gory name would lie wrestling with the watchdog. The sanguinary Hampshire man ought to bo sent to a reserva tion. He makes us nervous. Not as a Reminiscence. From the New York World (Item.) A glorious effort is being made by the Chicago Inter-Ocean to boost Robert T. Lincoln into prominence as a Republican candidate for President. Mr. Lincoln is a sensible, modest, well-behaved gentleman, but no man can be elected President of this country as a reminis cence. The Republican party will not make the mistake of placing a man in nomination for this great office simply upon a platform recounting the deeds of his illustrious father and.under a banner bearing the inscription, "Stat Mag in Noniinis Umbra.” Here in New York it has just snubbed the son of Gen. Grant, who was willing to accept the small office of Quarantine Commissioner. BRIGHT BITS. Honesty is more precious than gold, although it cannot equal gold in opening the way into a fashiouable city church. Whitehall Times. Patient (dissatisfied witli dietaryrestrictions.) —Say, Doc, I'm blamed if I'm going to starve to death, just for the sake of living a little lynger. Harper's Weekly. “Let's go fishing, Johnny.” “.Saw. i dou t uaufc to. “Why!” “(lb. I can’t catch anything.” "Well, I can. I catch a lickin'every time 1 go." —Newman Independent. Cassvillb, Wis.. has a cow which has lieen struck by a locomotive and hurled from the track three different times without affecting the quantity or quality of her milk. The stock of the railroad which passes through Ccssville is probably highly watered. —New Haven News. "What occupation did you say your friend followed?” "1 said he was abroker, sir.” "A broker? In what way?” “Why, a broker in jail, to be sure. He’s broke jail oftener than any. gentleman of his class I know.” —Yonkers Gazette. Fl ip -They say virtue is its own reward, but 1 don’t believe it. Flap—Why? Flip Because my mother-in law, according to herself, possesses every virtue, and still Ui< an gels don t seem to think she’s ripe for paradise yet.—Charlestown Enterprise. “Going to Newport?” Miss Flighty—Yes. Then to Bar Harbor and Norragansett. anil possibly to the Catskills. “You will enjoy yourself immensely, no doubt,” "Yes. indeed, and by the middle of September (’ll )>■ made to go somewhere and rest.”—Phila delphia Call. Fair evuestrian (coquettishly)—What ! not going to keep a horse this season! Then we snail t have any more delightful rides together! Stout Adonis twith deep emotion)—Ah, yes. I shall lose a great deal by not riding! Facetious Youth—Well, that won’t do vou any barm. Just a couple of stone or so! — London Punch. Miss Strainer— l’m just through with trigo nometry, and next week I review the different enlculni for the .Tune examinations. How far are you advanced? • Mr. Harold—l Know how many apples John had if he had two and his father gave him one more, and I can knock a Imlltoshort step before it touches the ground.— Puck. “O'Grady, the base hall man, is the most tender-hearted fellow in the world,” remarked a traveling man the other evening. “Why, he wouldn’t harm a fly.” "Yes,” was the reply, “I guess that's so. I've seen him many a t ime when he seemed to he positively getting out of the way of flies for fear of doing them some damage.”— Merchant Trav eler. Among some old papers sent to the Austin jail was the election circular of one of the local candidates. One of the prisoners, who has been in the jail fqr the last year, looked at it and said; "ixiok here, boys, this is not intended for us. It is addressed To the people at large.' That don’t mean as."— Texas Siftings. “See what athletics are doing for our young men?" exclaims a writer. Yes. we see. Our young men's hands look aR if they had be#i struck by lightning. Our young men's shoulders are so round from riding bicycles that you can’t fit, ’em with ass coat. Last week one of our young men was carried off the field at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, Conn., a raving maniac. He had overtrained. Yes, athletics are doing lots for our young men—almost as much as cigarettes.— Burlington Free Press. PERSONAL. Gov. Hill likes Mrs. Cleveland because she is entertaining and “a good Democrat.” Secretary Lamar is a Jersey cattle fancier, and has a small herd at his home in Oxford. Miss. Lewis Morris will write the inaugural ode for the Imperial Institute, which Mr. Tennyson could not undertake on account of the gout. F.x-Oov. James L. Kemper, of Virginia, hns been nominated for Vice President by a country -•pier, which says its ticket is Thurman and Kemper. t Slit. Swift, the “dresfced lieef king.” has signs ill over bis business promises in Chicago, “No profane language allowed here.” He is a fre quent leader in prayer meetings. Coi.. Mike Warren. of North Carolina, is or ganizing an evi,edition to the new gold fields in Alaska. Col. Warren has a fist so hard he can crush a nugget in it without trouble. Mrs. Hcbraud, the mother of Attorney Gen eral Garland. who presides over liis household, hns been ill She will come. North ns soon as she is strong enough to travl. The Attorney Urn oral Will visit Hominy Hill about Aug. 1. , The. Emperor of Austria lately attended a matinee performance for the first time. The oeeasion was the rendering of “l’atienee” by Mr. Il'Ovlv Carte's company in aid of the fund for establishing in Vienna a Jubilee Memorial Home for British Governesses. Mae. M A roar FT Df.!.AN'D, the poetess, of Bos ton, takes long strolls about the city, and is nl ways accompanied in tier walks by a big mastiff, who is k“pt muzzled liecause of his eagerness to enter into fierce combat with every other dog he meets—a ddeided literary trait. Mrs. Ober. once manager of the Boston Ideal Opera Company, purchased last fall of ev-See ret ary Rob will a tract of land on the heights to the north of tlje city of Washington. She paid <tHi),noo for the property. She has just sold If to a syndicate for SIIO,OOO. The land consists of eighteen acres and was once the home of John Quincy Adams. Frank James, the famous desperado, is at present acting as salesman in a clothing store al Balias. Tex. He says he has never carried a weapon since he surrendered his revolvers to Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri. He does not drink liquor. He attributes liis success ns a highway man to the fact that, ho never heated his blood by alcoholic stimulants. Dion Borcicacvr has had the usual experi ence in money matters that waits upon most artis's. "Fortune hns perched upon my ban ners,” he says, “and 1 have earned large sums of money, but 1 have not reserved very much My family have had it. Besides. I hope that i shall die without more than enough to bury me decently"—a wish it will not be hard to re alize. There is in Philadelphia a pianist of consid erable renown, who was a warm personal friend and great admirer of the late Abbe Liszt, anti to whom belongs the honor of compiling a most lieatllifl'l album in memory of the doth of the great master. It is Mr. E. Zerdahelyi, a musi clan of the highest rank, and in all probability the only person in America who ever appeared in public with Liszt. UroiiriK W. Beach, the superintendent of the Naugatuck railroad, lust leaned by the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, lias. I tee 11 with that corporation slr.ee be was 17 years of age. Is*ginning ns a brakeman and rising to conductor, then to assistant siiperin Undent. He has mndo It a practice to walk over the entire length of the road, examining its tied, rails aud bridges and rolling xt|r snrlug and autumn, fils son Henry. I Kirn when Mr Botch was conductor, is assistant superin tendent of the road aud suucruit eudeut of the roilL - stock. CARL DUNDER. He Tells the Children a Story About a Boy Who Lied. From the Detroit Free Press. If you shildren vhill kliecp stbill some more 1 go on mit iny sthorjes. I like to shpeak mlt shildren. In a leedle time you vhas all grown oop and pecome men and vhomans und us olt folks vhas all in der graveyards. It vhas petter dot you pegin all right. Now, shildren. once upon a time dere vhas a poy who tells lies. He lies mit his mother und mit his fodder. If he preaks something—if he loses something— if he stheajs sugar or shweet cake he uoan’ slitaml oop like Sheorge Washing ton vhen he cut dot cherry tree, but he lies aboudt her. I like you to know dot der liar vhas more to be despised as a tief, und dot vhen he vhas in trouble nobody feels batit for him. Vhell, dis poy, who vhas named Shoseph, keeps on lying for a goodt while, und he gets • aferybody arouudt him into troubles. One day lie goes oudt to walk py himself, und he finds a ring in der roadt. it vnas a gold ring, und vhas wort ten dollar. Shoseph puts him in his pocket und says he vhill sell him und puy a pistol. lie vhas going along when he meets a leedle oldt womans who vitas crying mit all her tears, and she wants to know: “My poy, I vhas in grout grief. In coming along dis roadt I lost a gold ring. It vhas come down to me from my great-grandmother, und if I can't find hint I vhas all proke oop. Maybe you find him?” “No, I doan 1 *ee him,” says Shoseph, und he doan’ e \ en plush mit shame. “You vhas sure?” “Oh, yes. I vhas sooch a goot poy dot if I find somepody's ring I gif him oop right off queck." “Doan’ you meet somepody?” asks der oldt womans. "All? Yes! It vhas a poy like me. only he haf on an oldt hat mul vhas parefoot. I see him shtoop down in der roadt. und I vhas sure he finds dot ring. Poor oldt womans, but how sorry I vhas for you!” “You see, shildrens, dot vhas all a liie. und Shoseph haf der ring all der time, like I told you. He laughs, ha! ha! ha! to himself to relief he vhas so shmart, and lie doan' care for dot oldt woman's tears. Of you pelief dot vhas right? You shall see how he came audt. “do my ring vnas gone!” screams der oldt womans. “Vhell, I plow oafer my finger like dot, und I cross my tnums like dot, und I wish dot ring to turn into a serpent und bite tier poy who finds him und lies aboudt it.” Shildren. dot vhas awful! Shust as quick as I drop my hat dot gold ring vhas a snake, und dot snake he bites Shoseph all oafer his body! Der poy shnmp and yell und call for his mother, but it vhas no use. He vhas gone oop In a leedle time he falls deadt; und der poison shwell him oop until he vhas almost too big for a wagon. Dot vhas his sadt end. He vhas butted in der graveyard, und sometime vhen you see der shpot eatery body vhill tell you dot a liar vhas buried dere. Dot vhas all. shildren. It vhas now time to go to bedt, und I ask you to took notice dot der poy who tells der truth vnas all right. A Society Incident. From the San Francisco Chronicle. There is a story about two Bowery gentlemen in New York that’s not too dried. -One of them was moving in what the other considered swell society, and he was puzzled how he managed to keep up the style. “How do you do it?” he asked. “Veil, you see, I buys me a dress coat mit tails at an auction, an’ when I gets on dat coat I gets blenty of invitations, an’ I goes oud.” “But vere does you get the monish?” “The monish? You see venever I goes I takes away mit me a silver spoon or a knife or some things, an’ I gets $3 or $3 for them. It’s easy as pie. Vy don't you try it?” “Me! I vas honest. I couldn't do no such pizness.” flow ever, he was persuaded to buy a cheap dress suit and go into society under the guidance of his iugenious friend. The first party they at tended the old bird said: "Vy don't you make away mit somethings? It’ll never be known. We’s pizness men.” “No; I couldn't. Vat? accept of their hospi tality. an' den —no—no. I couldn't do it.” “Look here. This is de vay.” And he pulled up his trousers and showed two knives and a spoon sticking in his boot. The other was too honest to follow his example. 'Vhen the supper w-as in progress the honest one got up and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, I vas much obliged for your hospitality. I was not good at speech making. but I vas able to do some sleight-of hand tricks. You see I takes dem two knives undone spoon, so You see I puts dem in my pocket, so. Now, I say presto, queeck! You looks in dat man's boots und you finds dem knives and spoon.” Then he said good night and went home. Tribulations of Two “Johns.” From the San Francisco Bulletin. Two Chinamen were looking into a Kearney street shop window yesterday when a mischiev ous small hoy slipped up behind them with an impish grin on Ins physiognomy and tied the two pig tails together. The rogue then seated himself on a hydrant nearby to wait the fun. Presently one of the heathen started off on his way down the street, but of course came to a sudden halt when the limit of the tails was reached. His surprise was only equalled by that of his countryman. For a second both glared at each other. Then, perceiving the cause of their predicament sitting on the hy drant convulsed with laughter. they simultaneously made a rush for him. Of course the boy ran. The Chinamen, their queues still fastened securely together as the voung imr> left them, followed at a breakneck speed, yelling and gesticulating at every step. The boy suddenly turned off the sidewalk just where a telegraph pole stands and sped across the street. The enraged Mongols turned off too, but, for getful of their united condition, passed on op posite sides of the telegraph pole. If js needless to say that they were rather forclhiy reminded of their blunder a second later. They came to gether on the other side of the mast like two locomotives moving in opposite directions. A crowd gathered about and a kind-hearted po liceman, who happened by. untangled the de moralized and chagrined Chinese. The small boy vanished. Keep Out of the Past. Keep out of the past! For its highways Are damp with malarial gloom; Its gardens are sere and its forests are drear, And everywhere molders a tomb. Who seeks to regain its lost pleasures Finds only a rose turned to dust. And its storehouse of wonderful treasures Is covered and coated with rust. Keep out, of the past! It is haunted; He who in its avenue gropes Shall find there the ghost of a joy prized the most, And a skeleton throng of dead hopes. In place of its beautiful rivers Lie pools that are stagnant with slime, And those graves gleaming white in the phos phorus light , Cover dreams that were slain in their prime. Keep out of the past: It is lonely And barren and bleak to the view; Its fires have (trown a Id arid its stories are old. Turn, turn to the present, the new! To-day leads you up to the hilltops That are kissed by the radiant sun; To-dav shows no tomb- all life's hopes are in bloom And to-day holds a prize to lie won. Ella 11 A, < U r Wilcox. Powdorly on Rum. From hi* Recent Ra*ton Speech. Now.a won! about the great curse of the labor ini' man drink. Had I 10,000,000 tongues and a th®P for each tongue, I would say to each man, woman and child here to night: "Throw strong drink aside as you would uti ounce of liquid hell." [Tremendous applause.] Its sears the conscience, it destroys everything it touches. It reaches into the family circle and it takes the wife you have sworn to protect and druf from her pinnacle of purity into fffini which no decent woman ever alive. | Applause.] It induces the father ®take tim furniture from his house, exchange ft for money at the pawn shop, and spend the proceeds In rum. It damns everythin* It touches. I have seen it in every citjfeast of the Mississippi, and I know that the m'ost damning curw to the laborer Ls that which gurgles from the neck of the bottle. [Cheers,] I had rather tie at the head of an organization having JflO.Onn temperate, honest, earnest men than at, the head of an organization of Id.ooo.Ode drinkers whether moderate or any other kind. Hadn’t Seen His Name Lately. From the Concord Monitor. A well preserved old gentleman walked into the Senate R ullery a day or two a*o when that body was in .session and took a front seat. Af ter taklnp in the situation lie leaned over the railing and engaged in conversation with one of the Senate officers who happened to 1* present Asa leading question he asked: "Are those the pictures of the Governors*" “No, sir! Those are the Presidents of the Senate.' “Which is Franklin Pierce?" "Neither of them. His picture is in the Ren resentatlves’ hall.'’ "Let's see. Is Pierce alive?" “No, sir. He died in IWW, 1 believe." "Well. well. | hadn't heard of It. but, I hadn't seen his name In my paper lately, and I didn't know but lie might tie dead 1 voted for him for President, ami rye tUointUt a sight of him ever slue*. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A long, thin youth of Pittsburg can imitate a steam whistle perfectly. The other day the hands in one of the factories quit work at 11:3(5 when they heard him toot. They thought it was noon. Di.sqt.-K, who was hangod in Jersey City the other day, was formally introduced to the hang man, and he bowed and said: “Glad to see you, sir—hope to know- you better.” Twenty min utes later he was dangling from the end of a rope. The Pima Indians have as much talent for imitation as the Chinamen. They are all busily engaged now- iu the manufacture of old relics, which they bring to Phoenix and sell for 10c. apiece. The latest is a good imitation of a Gila monster, life-size. In the pockets of a negro killed by lightning in Texas were found two horseshoe magnets, two copper cents that had melted together, a nickel that was partly melted and stuck to his watch, and the nickel rim around his money pur3e was also melted. Two sailors of a wrecked Gloucester schooner were adrift on the ocean for six days without a morsel of food or drop of water. After trying all imaginable experiments to allay their thirst, one man cut his arms in order that they might drink his blood, but blood would not flow. They were picked up shortly afterward. The Boston street directory, a Providence Journal man has discovered, shows H. W. Long fellow to be pursuing the avocation of grocer. K. \V. Emerson sells shoes in Boston, Walter Scott is both baker and tailor, Francis Bacon sells shirts, Charles Lamb is a salesman, while Matthew Arnold works humbly in brass, with no more fitness of place than may be found in the fact that he dwells on Athens street. A noted rebel chief in Tonquin was recently captured and executed. After ho was taken, to the questions put to him the prisoner would give no answer, but as soon as he was captured he tried to commit suicide by tearing open bis stomach with his nails, biting liis tongue, scratching his eyes out, and mutilating himself in still more horrible ways. He had very great influence with the literati. At his last examina tion he obtained first place and he was president of the important association of Tliuu-ban. Mrs. Gordon, of Clayton, 111., was lying on a sofa in the sitting-room the other evening think ing of her little Nora, who died several years ago. A strange feeling seemed to come over her, and looking up, as if by accident, at the mirror in the room, she saw distinctly- outlined there the features of her dead child. She could not believe her eyes at first, but the picture is still there and hat, been seen by her neighbgrs. It is natural and lifelike, and represents the little child in the dress she had on when she was seized with her fatal illness. There is a great deal of phosphorescent light at night on the marshy land around the sloughs which run into the Mississippi between Keokuk and Quincy, and belated duck huntei-s claim to have seen some uncanny beings roaming around the marshes this spi-jng. One party beard soft and ghostly- music one night, und following it up. saw a group of weird beings dancing around a stump in the open to the music of a white robed flute-player. After watching the strange group forawhile one of the hunters fired his gun, w hereupon the ghost-like dancers vanished into thin air. It is to be noted,, however, that the huntsmen’s bait bottle was absolutely empty when they- returned to the city. Mohn. a Norwegian physician, is reported to have been able to cure whooping-cough by means of inhalations of sulphurous anhydride. In the first instance this was done accidentally while disinfecting some rooms, subsequently it was done by burning six drachms of sulphur per cubic metre of space, the lied ding, etc., be ing well exposed to- its influence. After the room had been elosed.fwr fpur hours, ventilation was restored, and the children put to sleep in the beds impregnated, -with the sulphurous vapors. In the morning the congh had ceased. As there is a decided epidemic of the distressing complaint all over the country, there will be no lack of opportunities for putting this treatment to test. The gentlemen who advertise that they “will not be responsible for debts contracted by their wives,” says the St. James' Gazette, should digest a case recently tried at Aix. The Count de Chamhrun, who had issued such an intima tion, was sued by a dressmaker for articles supplied to bis wife. He was ordered to pay the full sum owing, and the Judge, in summing up, delivered a homily on the privilege of husbands. One of these is to “render the wife’s existence agreeable," and a way to do it is by “embellish ing” her. If a man has an “elegant” wife, and her toilettes an* admired, this “benefits the hus band in a direct manner."’ It is not stated whether the learned Judge in this case was a married man himself, but that is immaterial. Senator Conger, of Michigan, was married for the second time, when he was a member of the House, to a stout, pleasant old lady, who had dark hair, arranged in the old style, and gold-bowed spectacles. She was his first love, A quarrel separated them. Each married. Twenty years after, he, a widower, was in Con gress; she, a widow, sat in the gallery and lis tened to his speech, It was the first time they hnd seen each other since their early- days. She sent her card to him: he came at once to the gallery. After a little talk she asked him to call upon her at her friend's, Mrs. Dahlgreen's. He said he would call if he could come as he used to in those long past days of youth. In a few weeks they were married at Mrs. Admiral Dahlgreen's residence, and were completely infatuated with each other. One of the best known of the French vine yards—the famous Clos-Vougeot—is soon to be sold at auction. It is only a plot of a little over 100 acres, but the product which it yields heads the list of the great Burgundy vintages, which is equivalent, in the opinion o"f many, to saying that it is the first wine in the world. As the French owe their choicest liquer to the Carthu sians, so they owe their finest Burgundy to the Cistercians: for it was they who. in the twelfth century, first planted the grape which produces it and from which it has taken its name. It soon acquired a European reputation. A hogs head of the generous eru was a gift for a king. Jean de Bussieres, one of the priors of the order, received a red hat from Gregory XI. in exchange for thirty casks of the wine—a tithe of one year’s produce. The yield rose to 700 casks in 1835, but it does not average more than about half that quantity. Mrs. Steckel, of Allentown. Pa., has been immortalized by an account that was given of her walking into church last Easter Sunday and presenting the minister with a basket of eggs. On a recent Sunday she made an improvement on that gift. Just as the minister was disnvss ing the congregation she appeared in church clad in n white dress and having a flaming red sash bound about her head and crossed over her breast, the ends hanging loosely to the ground. A yellow girdle was bound around her waist. On her head she carried a hoy’s express wagon, the tongue of which pointed upward, and was trimmed with evergreens. The body of the wagon was full of oranges, lemons, onions, and other fruits ami vegetables. A large live goose* securely fastened to the wheel, with outstretched pinions, was seated in the wagon. The goose made a great noise as it was borne aloft. With out saying a word Mrs. Steckel deposited her burden in the church and departed. The old practical joke of half a dozen young fellows raising dripping wet umbrellas In the main doorway of a public hall at, the close of an entertainment before a crowded house on a starlight night was played with entire success a few evenings ago in Harlem. N. Y. The news of (he unexpected and most unwelcome storm was communicated to others by those of the audi ence that first saw the umbrellas, und in that way it became the exciting and exclusive sub ject of conversation throughout the building Gentleman carefully covered their silk tiles with their handkerchiefs, rolled up the ends of the legs of their trousers, and turned up their mat collars Indies prepared themselves in the conventional way for n provoking walk to the cam, and others sent their gait ant escorts flying after umbrellas, coaches and water proofs. In about ten minutes the real state of things, the pretty how-to-do, had heen discov ered, and then came unbounded hilarity and a resolve on the part of the went her-bound boys to try it on somewhere themselves. A man, who requested that his name should not lie asked for, lately called upon the I’l-asl deat of the Teachers’ Mutual Benefit Associa- Mon, of New York, and, after talking over the obiects and plans of the assoc atlm, left an cn velopc containing three SI,OBO gold notes with a request (hat the amount he handed over to the association ns a contribution from himself and wife. He was enthusiastic over the objects of the association, a id expressed great plensur> in being able to assist in earn ing out its plans During the lost two years it lias accumulated a permanent fund of $8',510 from admission lees I und dues. It now enters on the third year of its existence, arid the first of its practical useful- i ness, with a membership of over l,a)0 and a 1 permanent fund of over $85,000. Hereafter one half of the receipts will be used as benefits to re I tired members Under the provisions of Itscon i st. tut lon iieeunbry aid will lie extended to such I of Its members as Mfome Incapacitated for I school work, and also to those who have served ! long terms— females thirty-five years and males fort; years. I t BAKING-POWDER. A 11 I I SPECIAL jfe? i MOST PERFECT MADE Used bv the United States Government Endoiscd by the heads of the Great Universities and Public Pood Analysts as The Strongest Purest,andmoet Healthful. Dr. Price's the on I v Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia Lime or Alum. Dr. Price’s Extracts, Vanill? Lemoii’ Orance Rose. etc., flavor de iclouslv PRICE BALING POWDER COMPANY^' DRY GOODs! iiiiiii Mourning Goods! Grohan & Dooner, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. 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