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MONDAY, JULY 1 1. 1887.
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MEPTisria — DeKatli Ivice No. 0, I. O. O. F. :
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ed: Miscellaneous.
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quickest routes.
Secretary Lamar lias subscribed $lO to
the New York Star’s Grant monument fund.
He did not slop over, however, in doing so.
The citizens of St. Louis appear to be de
termined that the President shall visit their
city next fall. Probably he will make it
convenient to go to St. Louis after he has
been given a rousing reception in Georgia
; n October.
Congressman Herbert, of Alnlmma, says
that there is no prospect of a break in the
solidity of the South, and that President
Cleveland is stronger in every Southern
State at present than he has been at any
previous time.
A Philadelphia paper announces with
somewhat of a flourish that a Pennsylvania
dog has been loft a legacy of $1,500, tho in
terest to lie used for its support. There is
nothing strange übout that. Much lurger
legacies have been left to some other dogs
—“sad dogs.”
The Chattanooga Ti meg and the Mobile
Register appear to have been hit hard by
the Morning Nkws’ statement that the
Protectionist organs substituted abusive
epithets for argument. The truth is, if the
Protectionist organs should pursue any
other course their occupation would be gone.
A prominent young memlier of the Gen
eral Assembly protests against l icing called
“Colonel.” He was not old enough to serve
iu the war, and does not like to have a title
given him which he does not deserve. He
is sensible, and is just the man to head a
society for the suppression of the “Colonel.’’
Mrs. Margaret Green, of Swallow Branch
township. 111., died ou Thursday last aged St!
years. When Abraham Lincoln had the
small-pox many veal's ago, Mrs. Green was
las nurse. The facts arc mentioned merely
to point out that the nurses of prominent
public men seem to possess the secret of liv
ing to a green old age.
Regarding George Francis Train, who
still makes New York his home, the World
says that he now allows adults to approach
and address him, having abandoned his rule
of not allowing them within arm’s reach
and compelling them to communicate with
him in writing handed him by a child.
Train is one of the curiosities not possible
anywhere except in the United States.
The statement is made that Senator Slier
man, who has recently taken up and advo
cated the subject of reciprocity with Canada,
will make a tour of the Dominion during
August and September. Congressman But
terworth, who has already made speeches on
the subject iu Canada, will accompany him.
Thus the Senator will follow the example of
other Presidential candidates who are
figuring ns tourists.
A judicial crime is agitating Scottsboro,
Ala. In August, George Smith, George
Hughes and Asbury Hughes were hangtd
for burning a barn lielonging to a man
name I Porter. They were all convicted on
the testimony of the women of Porter's
household, who swore positively aguinst
them. Adam Freeman, who was sent to
the penitentiary a short time ago for for
gery, now confesses that he burned the barn.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Star says that it is understood
that ns soon as Minister Lawton is officially
received at Vienna, Mr. Fenner Lee, Sec
retary of Legation uud. during the ab
sence of a regular Minister, charge d'af
faires, will resign. His successor has been
agreed upon, and will ho announced as soon
as Minister Lawton has been heard from
notifying the State Department of his re
ception by the Austrian government.
The prevalence of democratic ideas
in England is indicated by the way
•ocioty people are rushing into trade.
It lias recently been discovered in
Loudon that one member of the aris
tocracy is a look-maker, another the keeper
of a cigarette shop, and a third a dress
maker. Two or three other members have
clubbed together and started a washing
company. Perhaps the English aristocracy
is preparing for the coming of a republic.
Ratlway Construction.
The Railway Aye for July 1 contains an
interesting summary of the railway con
struction in the United States during the
first six months of tho present year. Be
tween Jan. 1 and June 30 there were laid a
little oyer 3,754 miles of new main lino
track, besides several hundred miles of
sidings. This is an addition of 1,403 miles
since tho statement published Juno 1, which
is a very large increase for a single month.
During the period mentioned traeklaytng
was going on in thirty -even of the forty
seven Slat land Territories, the number of
lines concerned Iteing 130. The showing of
new construction was far larger than that
for the corresponding period in any pre
vious year excepting 1882, when nearly
5,000 miles wore laid in the first six months
and 11,508 iu tho year. Tho nearest ap
proach to this tvas in 18SI, when about 2,500
miles were reported in the first six months
out of it, TOO for the year. The Railway Aye
does not regard it as safe to base estimates
of the total year's work very closely on the
record of tho first six months, because in
some years the work begins much earlier
and continues much later than iu others,
and various othor unforeseen conditions
affect the result; yet from a study of the
field the prediction is made that the total
new mileage laid in 1887 will not be less than
10,000 miles, with the likelihood, perhaps, of
surpassing tho record of 1888.
Of the 8,7.54 miles already laid this year
over 2,060 wore contributed by seven com
panies. Thiy were tlio_ Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, 632 miles; the Missouri Pa
cific, 332 miles; the St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba, 310 mill's; tho Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, 252 miles; the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul, 215 miles; the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, 811 miles; the
Southern Pacific, 100 miles. Of the South
ern States, Alabama, Georgia and
Florida made the best showing, they
having constructed respectively 107, ill
and 78 miles. Of the Southwestern Stofcs
Texas made the best showing, with ,Jsl>
miles. In the New England and Eastern
States very little was done. The only States
and Territories from which no track laying
was reported were Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Rbodo Island, Connecticut, Dela
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, Idaho and
Nevada.
The Railway Aye concludes its sum
mary with the statement that the railway
system of the United States now aggregates
in round numbers 141,300 miles. This is
almost double the total mileage of tho
country thirteen years ago, and is more
than three times that of twenty years ago.
It is thought not improbable that tho end
of the present century, twelve-and-a half
years hence, will see the railway system
increased to more than 800,000 miles.
Christian Science Healers.
It is doubtful if many of the readers of
the Century Mnyazrr.e know tho extent to
which “Christian Science Mind Healing” is
believed in until tho publication of the Rev.
Dr. Buckley’s article on that subject in the
July number. It appears that there are
nine institutions devoted to graduating
“Christian Science Mind Healers,” and they
must make good incomes, as their prices for
tuition are pretty high, and they do not
seem to lack students. Four of these insti
tutions arc in Chicago, two in Now York,
one in Milwaukee, ono in Brooklyn and one
in Cincinnati.
Those “Christian science mind healers” do
not use mediaine of any kind, and do not
pay any attention to diet or exercise. Their
theory is that as flesh and bone cannot
suffer, all disease is in tho mind. They,
therefore, operate on tho mind, and proceed
upon the theory that if a person who is ill
can bo mode to Iwlicvo that he is not suffer
ing and is well ho will speedily bo cured.
Their whole treatment, therefore, consists
in efforts to make tho sick person believe he
is well. They repudiate any connection
with “Faith Healers,” and say that in their
system there is no dependence ujxin Divine
assistance. If one have an aching tooth or
a painful corn ho has only to mako himself
believe that there is nothing the matter with
him to lie freed from suffering.
There is no doubt that those “Christian
Science Mind Healers” effect some cures,
but the eases, as a rule, arc those in which
the jiatients have nothing serious the matter
with them, but think they havo, or are physi
cally prostrated from mental worry. It is
probable that every physician meets with
patients of this sort in his practice, and aim
to cure them by inspiring them with a buoy
ant, cheerful feeling, rather than by the use
of medicines. He may prescribe some harm
less remedy merely to satisfy them, but he
does not deixaid upon medicines to effect u
cure.
“The Christian Science Mind Healers”
make u great deal of tho eases in which an
improvement is effeettd by their treatment,
but they are careful to keep in the back
ground those in which they fail; und if the
truth were known it would probably appear
that iu most of the eases in which they claim
to have been successful, nature would havo
worked a cure without the aid of the mind
healers or of drugs.
A lawyer and Democratic politician of
Carson, la., was invited to respond to a
toast at a G. A. It. meeting at Macedonia
iu the same State, a few days ago. .Just
before his name was called lie wus told that
it would be better for him not to try to
speak, us some of the G. A. R. men had or
ganized to prevent it. He replied that he
hud been invited to respond to a toast, and
that he would do so unless forcibly prevent
ed. When his name was called lie was im
mediately surrounded by a howling mob.
He was cursed and otherwise abused until
he withdrew. This incident needs no com-
ment.
Tho question is being quite generally
asked in the press of the country why Jacob
Sharp's lawyeiss should bo permitted to go
free while he is sent to the penitentiary.
They were his agents and advisers. He took
no steps apparently in tho business of
bribery until he had consulted with them.
They profited by his crime. They charged
enormous fees, which wero jiaid in money
reeeivod through illegitimate transactions.
From a high moral standpoint they do not
appear to be much better than Jacob Sharp.
Dr. MeGlynn now baa a chance to show
whpthor or not ho is able to maintain him
self in the position which ho has dclilierate
ly chosen. He is shut out from the church,
and it is probable that many of those who
gave him encouragement while he was a
priest, will now abandon him. If he has the
right sort of ability, however, he will be
able to make for himself a place in the local
politics of New York city.
The marriage of Min Jennie Lamar,
daughter of the Secretary of the Interior,
and Mr. W. H. Lamar, of Washington, will
take place at Macon, Ga., on July 21. It is
expected that a large number of the Secre
tary's friends will be present
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 11, 1887.
Authors and Newspaper Men.
Some time ago a youug man who is ambi
tious to make a name in literature wrote to
the editor of a leading daily newspaper ask
ing advice. Tho reply was in the form of a
short letter, in which the editor said: “If
there is anything else you can do to make a
living, let literature alone. There is room
for very few literary men in this country.
As to newspaper work, don't think of it.
Newspapers employ none but men of ex
perience.”
Naturally, the young man was discour
aged. He was spirited enough, however, to
write to the editor and ask him these two
questions: “When tho few literary men for
whom there is room in this country die,
who is to take their places! Where do tho
men of experience employed by newspapers
get their training?”
There is a great deal of nonsense in tho
advice given to those who tiro impressed
with the belief that they may achieve liter
ary success or earn a fairly good place in
the ranks of newspaper workers. In litera
ture it is difficult, of course, to win renown.
Only a few do so. But this is no reason why
those who desire to enter that field should
he discouraged. Nothing is achieved with
out effort. The best thing to do in what
ever vocation ono may choose is
to work earnestly, determined to succeed.
If failure results, the ex]ierience obtained is
at least worth something. Some of the most
successful authors wore advised to give up
their aspirations and engage in some other
work. Supirise they hail accepted the ad
vice? He that determines to engage in lit
erature should lie as independent as he that
enters upon any other vocation. Let him
ask nobody’s advice, hut work out his own
success or failure, just as men do in the le
gal or medical profession, or in business. As
to newspaper work, the young man’s ques
tion is pertinent. Experienced newspaper
men were once without experience. it is
sometimes said that the journalist, like the
poet, is born, not made; but, unless he is
permitted to work for a newspaper, it goes
without saying that he is not likely to dis
cover for what he is born. The trouble
with most young men who desire to engage
in newspaper work is that they are not con
tent to begin on the lowest round of tho lad
der. They wish to take positions that re
quire the very training they cannot obtain
except by beginning at the bottom. Content
to begin in this way, there is no reason why
any bright young man should be deterred
from undertaking newspaper work. He
will soon discover w hether or not he has
fitness for what he wishes to do. One thing
is certain: It doesn't pay to ask ail vice on
the subject. Every man should strike out
for himself, following the bent of his in
clinations nnd remembering that where
there’s a will there’s a way.
Methods of Suicides.
Attention was called by the Morning
News some time ago to the awkward meth
ods adopted by people who take their own
lives. It seems that these unhappy people
exhaust ingenuity in devising painful and
horrible ways out of the world. Many of
the cases reported are rendered doubly re
volting on this account. Among recent
cases ono reported from Bullitt county, Ky.,
is specially horrible.
The victim was George Sawder, a young
farmer who was married only a few weeks
ago, and who, up to ten days preceding his
rash deed, appeared to be happy and con
tented. At tho time mentioned, however,
he lieeame suddenly morose and sullen, and
refused to hold any communication with his
wife or any of his relatives. His friends
thought him deranged, but as he gave them
no reason to believe that he contemplated
suicide, they supposed his queer conduct due
to some domestic trouble. His young wife,
said to be of most estimable character,
could give no reason for his condition. Sho
was unable to do anything with him,
hut as ho appeared to lx: perfectly harmless,
she thought he would eventually lx: restored
to his wonted reason and good humor. On
the day he took his life he seemed to be more
rational. He asked for his razor, and when
it wus given to him, sharpened it, saying
that he was going to dress himself nnd nmko
a visit, hut would not return before the next
day. He loekod himself in his room and
remained quiet for two hours. Becoming
alarmed at his silenee, his wife forced her
solf into tho room. Sho found him
sitting on the floor in a pool of
hlixxi. He had cut himself all over tho
body. He still held the open razor in his
hand, and made several efforts to use it,
hut from loss of blood was too weak to do
so. When aroused from the stupor he was
in he spoke to his wife and others, hut would
give no reason for his terrible deed. He
died a few duys after.
In cases like that of Sawder's, where in
sanity is plainly evident, it would seem that
the friends of the ulflieted persons would
provide for their protection. It is, however,
unfortunately a fact thut the proper thing
to be done under such circumstances is not
generally thought of until it is too late.
Baron do Gordoris, of Kara. Brazil, is in
New York on his way to Portugal. On the
subject of freeing tho slaves in Brazil he
says that the question takes precedence of
all others in politics. The general sentiment
is in favor of the abolition of slavery, tho
differences in opinion being upon the
methods of procedure. One party desires
that tlie slaves shall he freed at once with
out compensation to the owners. This is
known as the Liberal party. The Conserva
tive party favors gradual emancipation
under conditions similar to tlioso which
already exist. Under present laws the chil
dren born of slave parents are free, and no
slave can he held after the ago of 70. Baron
Gordoris does not express an opinion as to
which party will succeed.
At Lancaster, Pa., it seems that to grad
uate costs somebody a good deal of money.
At a meeting of the School Board, the other
day, a comtuitteo was appointed to deviso
some method of reform in the commence
ments of the high schools, these affairs hav
ing recently become very extravagant,
checks for large sums of money, gold
watches, diamonds, and even pianos being
among the gifts to the graduates. It would
be well to reform the commencements of
other schools, some of which are situated
in tho South.
That man Cronan who tried to swim the
Niagara river below tho cataract, was from
Boston. It is snpposod that he allowed him
self to bo drawn into the whirlpool and
drowned because no Bostonian could be in
ducod to leave Baseballist Kelley's neighbor
hood long enough to witness his feat.
They are criticising Gen. Sherman for run
ning away from the Fourth of July celebra
tion in Providence, R. I. He sought a cooler
place, upon the principle, ]ierhnpt<, that there
is no occasion at this |ieriod in the country's
history for a man to allow his patriotism to
make him too warm.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Effect of the President’s Letter.
From the Boston Globe (Bern.)
Differ as much as we may with the writer's
idea of the “prevalence of unfriendly feeling"
toward him among the sober and patriotic men
who will attend the Grand Army encampment
in St. Louis, the latter is certain to produce a
feeling so general, profound and resentful as to
seriously affect whatever standing and import
ance ma3' have been enjoyed heretofore by the
blind und self seeking partisans whose unseem
ly mouthing* provoke it.
Foster the Agricultural Interests.
FVom the Feir York Tribune (Rep.)
The new South cannot do a wiser thing than
to foster her agricultural interests. Tin* Condi
tion of file farmers of a State or a section is a
pretty accurate index of the general condition
of all classes of the people. Of late the men of
the new South who own timber and mineral
lauds, and the men who own valuable water
privileges have been booming their respective
properties. It is time that the farmere of the
new South were given a chance.
Patriotic, Manly, Sincere, and Dignified.
From the Missouri ReptMican (Pcm.)
President Cleveland’s letter withdrawing his
acceptance of the invitation to the
of the Republic's encampment is such a letter
as the President of the United States should
have written under the circumstances. To say
that it is patriotic and manly, sincere aud digni
fied, is to give it no higher praise than that. It
shows Mr. Cleveland above the meanness of
vanity, pique or petty ambition, which have ac
tuated the insulting course of the Republicans
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Moaning of the President’s Letter.
From the Tjouimnlle Courier-Journal (Pern.)
But back of ull such considerations, which are
only those of courtesy, the letter of the Presi
dent has a meaning and a rebuke which should
not pass unheeded. Partisan rancor has in the
past six months exceeded all legitimate bounds.
It is not Tuttle alone who hurls threats at the
President, but it is Fairchild, the head of tho
veteran organization; it is Senator Sherman,
who believes ho is a candidate for the Presi
dency; it is a fool who happens to be Governor
of Ohio; it is an experienced veteran who has
in his newspaper been breathing out threaten
ing* and slaughters in a wild fit of rage and
malice, who have indorsed Tuttle and given him
countenance and approval such as Guiteau
never secured.
BRIGHT BITS.
The musical composition, “Warblingsat Eve,"
is the first intimation that Adam was a singer.—
Detroit Every Saturday.
A scientist declares that rocking chairs make
people deaf and near-sightod. We have noticed
this, especially when two young people are in
the rocking chair.— Burlington Free Press.
"What did Adam and Eve wear before they
put on apronsV*' asked the teacher. And after
a moment's silence the new boy from Hardacre
Crosslots said: ‘‘Nothin' but bathin' suits.*’
Burdette.
Compassionate Clara Isn't it sad? Poor Mr.
Littlowit has gone out of his mind.
Satirical Sallie- 1 wonder he staid there as
long .'is he has. Awfully cramped quarters, you
know. —Chicago Tribune.
Brown T saw you cnrrvinghome a big water
melon yesterday, Robinson. Aren't they rather
expensive this early in the season?
Robinson—Very. Including the doctor's bill,
that watermelon cost me about sl7. —/hi ck.
“No, Bobby,” said his mother, “one piece of
pie is quite enough for you!” “It's funny, v re
sponded Bobby, with an injured air, “you say
you an- anxious that I should ieum to eat prop
erly, and yet you won't give me a chance to
pract ice V'—Puck.
A DOWN-TOWN DERATING CLUB is discussing
“Were the hills heaped up to make the valleys
or were the valleys scooped out to make t tie
bills?” Seven women and one man have already
resigned, and the President's hair is turning
white. Philadelphla Call.
“I say, stranger,” whispered a Western inan,
who had struved in an uptown theatre where
the play of “ftomeoand Juliet ' was going on.
“I can't make nor tail of this thing.
What's the name of this play, anyway ?”
"Kouieoand Juliet. *
“Well, it* I'd known that,” said the disgusted
Westerner, “l wouldn't have come in. I under
stood the feller at the. door to say It was some
thing about Omaha and Joliet.”— Life.
Omaha Bride Dear me, you don't seem to
have the first idea about cooking.
New girl—You see, ma'am, i haven't any one
to show me.
“Why l don’t know anything about it. You
ought to ku*u% you 6aid you had had ten years'
experience.”
“Yes ma'am, but I've always lived with young
married leddies like you, an' every one ov' cm
was as big a dunce as you are about things.”—
Omaha World .
A little girl who recently completed her
seventh year was down town with her elder
sister the other day, and they entered a store
for the purple Of getting the junior a pair of
overshoes. “We want some rubliers for this
child,” said the lady. At this the small miss
gave tbe skirl ot the other s dress a tug to at
tract her attention, and exclaimed in an under
tone: “Why don't you use big words?” anil then
to the gentlemanly shoe clerk, “1 want a pair of
erasers"- Buffalo Courier.
Gintlkmin,” exclaimed an Emerald-Islander
who was holding forth t. an assemblage of men
on the advantage of belonging to a society of
which he was President—“Gintlemin, I couldn't
begin to tell ye half the privileges appertainin’
to a mimlw'rsuin in this society, out I'll thry to
tell ye u few. First, whin ye are sick, it'll not l>e
pertaters an’ tuy ye'll liegittiif, but foine cuts
of roast bufe an' lashins of the best whisky.
Nixt. whin ye are dead, ye'll have such a foine
funeral that the folks on the sidewalk'll he
afther askin', wid their eyes stickin* out like
a lobster's, ‘Shore who's in the coflin?’ An'
wliin ye arc buried we’ll take such exsadin' good
care of your wives and children that they'll all
l* rejoicin' greatly because they're widdcis an 1
orphans.”— Harper's Bazar.
PERSONAL.
Queen Victoria was badly mobbed by her
S, CUM guests at the Buckingham Palace garden
party.
Count Corti, once Italian Minister at Wash
ington. is now Ambassador at Constantinople,
He is iu very poor health.
Miss Lily St. Hei.ikr is the name Mrs. Lang
try will assume after she has secured her di
vorce from bur husband.
Millionaire Mackay has sailed for England
for the purpose of being presented, not to the
Queen, lint to Ills cvcr-abscnt wife.
William Walookk Astob, ex-minister to
Italy, is noted for his unstudied dress and unaf
fected maimers. His father always calls him
"Hill.”
Citizen ess Langtry has been talking politics
to a Ban Francisco reporter. She says that the
Chinese must go. It seems that lUr. Langtry
will have to go also.
Mas. George Gould is admitted by every
body but the members of her own sex to be the
prettiest woman that lull lies in the Coney Gland
surf during the present season.
Collector Jon At. of the port of New Orleans,
is in danger of total blindness. The injury to
Ins eves was caused by a copy of the Congres
tiunul Record which Ills sou playfully tossed
him from across the room.
Frank L. Norton, D. IX, of Lynn, Mass., is
spending the summer at Mount IVsert. He is
considered the richest clergyman in the United
States He is an eloquent preacher, and a man
of much i>ersoiml magnetism.
Miss Constance Fkmmore Woolbon is spend
ing the summer ai Florence, at the Villa Hri
chieri. mentioned l y Mrs Browning in "Aurora
laugh." She thinks that poet has not done jus
tice to the splendid view commanded from the
terrace.
In comparison with tho enormous sums some
times received by specialists, who attend to pa
tients at n distanee. Emperor William’s fee to
Dr. Mai'Keuzie. of London, for bis three visits
to the Crown Prince does not seem large. It
was only sg,!>iO.
The Queen Regent of Spain is described as a
woman full of force belli in reserve, with intol
kvtuul featui es and large expressive eyes. The
whiteness of her skin, set on by golden hair,
gives tlie idea of a delicate constitution to the
dark-skinned Spaniards.
Mrs. Pickett, widow of Gen. George E. Pick
ett, was married w lien she was 15 years of age.
H*t son mis horn liefore bis mother hud reached
her Kith year. Mrs. Pickett in ot ill a very young
looking woman, superhly handsome. Hers Is a
dark, voluptuous style of beauty Since the
war olio has persist out (y avoided society. Her
appearanoc st Gettysburg was the first she has
made in public for years.
Tiir discussion as lo who is the oldest Mason
bids fair to lie east into the shade by the con
test regarding the first woman to become a citi
zen of the United States. Mrs Isingtry cannot
claim this honor, and Mrs. Hraokenridge. of
Pennsylvania. Is also "out of the race." So far
ns oan !■ learned from a nund>er of communi
cations received. Mrs. E. C Woolson. a Cuban,
living in Essex county, New York, was the first
woman to liecome naturalized in this country.
She took the oath of allegiance on Jan. 8. INJTf.
Mrs Delacroix, of Youters, was made a citizen
in 18iii.
A HUNGRY PLACE.
An Incident of the Attorney-General’s
Sojourn to Hominy Hill.
While Attorney-General Garland was sitting
under a tree in bis Hominy Hill retreat, says the
Arkansas Traveler, an old fellow, followed by
six or eight dogs, came along, stopped, looked
searchingly at Mr. Garland, seated himself on a
log, slapped a brindled cur anil said:
“I've been eround here several times, but this
is the fust time that I’ve cotch you at home.”
"Yes, I don't stay here much of the time.”
“Don’t try to raise a crap it seems?"
“No.” *
“Didyou ever try’,”
,‘No.
“Do you reckon this old dirt would sprout a
black-eyed pea?"
“Not if the eye were too black.”
"Ef you wuz to take away the crickets, do
you believe a woodpecker could make his living
on it?”
"Don't believe he could.”
“I reckon you stay here till you git hungry an'
then go way?”
’’Yes."
“Is that yore eow that’s down an’ kamtgit
up o\ er yander?”
“I haven’t any eow.”
“She’s somebody’s. I reckon she got on yore
place an’ fell away so fast that she kain't git off
no mo'. Wuz that yore oie boss that died out
yander in the thicket the other day?”
“No.’|
“Them yore sheep starvin’ down yander in the
bottom?"
"No." . ,
“Is that yander yore dog that's tryin to jump
over the fence?”
“No."
“Look a here, what in the deuce have you got,
anyway?"
“This farm.”
“That all?”
“About all, I believe."
“Whar air they goin’ to bury you?"
"Do 1 look like a man that’s going to be buried
pretty soon?"
“Well, r.o; but ef you ain’t got nothin’ but
this farm you ail’ mighty apt to drap oft at any
minit. What'll you take fur this old po’ place?”
“If it's so poor, what do you want with it?”
“Wall, you see, I've got a spite at a feller, and
I want to turn his cattle in here. I’m sorter
hungry. Did you fetch a snack with you?"
“No.” , .
"What air you goiu’ to do for somethin'?
You'll starve to death before you ken git away
from here.”
“I’m expectin' a friend with a loaf of bread
pretty soon.”
“What business air you in?”
“I'm the Attorney General of the United
States."
"What! Is this Mr. Garland?"
“Yes.”
“Wall, Gus, you come over to my house. I’ve
got a hunk of corn bread and some sorghum
molasses over there, and I'll tje dinged if I'll see
you go hungry. It don’t make no diffunco to
me if you air a Turney General; I’ll treat you
like a white man.”
The Now Fangled Fashions.
From the Colonel.
How loose ’round my waist were the clothes of
my childhood,
As my double-laced corset reminds me with
pain.
The slip that I wore, when I used to chop stove
wood.
Had more real enjoyment than this bustle and
train.
The bustle, I know, is a thing highly treasured
Hy all ladies built on the mocking bird style,
But give me that garment with looseness un
measured,
The old mother hubbard, which w-eak men
revile.
The dear mother hubbard,
Fbe loose mother hubbard,
The time-honored hubliard.
W hich beats any style.
In this modern day the loose hubbard is
slighted.
'Tis not 'lowed to grace female forms on the
street;
But the back-action bustle is too large to be
blighted,
So holds perfect sway with the light weight
elite.
There’s all kinds of bustles, all shapes and all
sizes;
Thev’re all artificial, but wonderfully made;
There's the cloth, steel and wooden, and each
harmonizes
With the size of the dear one who needs their
said aid.
The iron-bound bustle.
The wire-woven bustle,
The old-fashioned bustle
So wonderfully made.
Now, the work of real art is in feminine com
plexion
And not like the bustle, concealed from our
view,
But it stands out triumphant, and defies all de
tection.
As if we were color-blind and o’er-sighted,
too.
There’s the blondine decoction, the hair-wash
infection
“And the best hair killer," say a baldheaded
few.
And the war-paint complexion which greets our
inspection,
As the whitewashed make-up and flesh
colored stew.
The blondine complexion,
The whitewash complexion,
The war-paint complexion,
Will curry you through.
A Satisfactory Test.
Prom the Manchester Courier.
“Five pounds to the man who can prove that
any two things put into this refrigerator will
taste of the other" He was a cute Yorksliire
man, and, having placed a refrigerator at his
shop door one hot summer day with the above
sigu hung over it, retired inside to await the ex
pected rush of customers. People passing up
aud down the street jostled each other in their
hurry, glanced at the refrigerator and its sigu,
and went on.
After some hours of disappointed hope and
expectation the tradesman saw a pedestrian
halt, calmly peruse the wonderful announce
ment and rather unhesitatingly advance to the
door. “Do you mean it?” fie inquired in an
anxions tone, pointing over his shoulder to the
sign. •Yes, sir,” emphatically responded the
shopkeeper. "Put down your money?" insinu
ttid the stranger. “No, sir,” replied the trades
man, in pompous style, “mv word is as good as
cash.” “AII right, I'll take you,” responded the
stranger, and departed. He returned shortly
after with a box under each arm. “Stick to
your agreement?” he queried. “Of course I
will!” answered the shopkeeper, wondering
what he hail in view
The stranger set his box down on the pave
ment, und a crowd began to collect. He told
the tradesman that, liowasufraid that he (the
tradesman) would back out of his bargain, but
the latter asserted his readiness to put down the
money if necessary. The strauger opened a
box. lifted out a cut and placed her in the re
frigerator. Then he opened the other box aud
took therefrom a wire cage containing a large
rat. "Now, sir,” said he, “you just shut that
door in a hurry when 1 flop Ihe rut inside, and
I’ll bet you another fiver that one will taste of
the other in less than five minutes!" The crowd
Hliouted, the shopkeeper slammed the refrigera
tor door aud rushed into the shop with a remark
aliout fools and swindlers. He still refuses to
recognize the stranger's claim to the five
pounds, but has taken iu his sign.
He Poured Salt Water on Them.
From the Chicarjo Tribune.
“John, dear," said the young wife as she came
in from the garden. “I can't und-'i sland why
those choice tomufo plants over by the fence,
that wo have tended with such care, should turn
yellow and die ull at once."
"There must be some bug or worm at work at
the roots" replied John. S ‘l have taken more
l<nins with those tomato plants than anything iu
the garden. 1 keep them clear of weeds and I
water them regularly and between times. It was
only four mornings ago that I poured the water
that wa* left in the ice cream freezer from the
night before over those very plants. 1 don’t let
any water go to waste, I tell you "
“You poured that salt water on those toma
toes?" screamed the young wife.
'Certainly, I—“
"Aud 3)011 didn't know it would kill them, you
great big fool ?"
Perhaps it would be best for us to retire from
the scene. There are sacred confidences in
every domestic circle upon which the prying
public has no business to intrude.
A Church Built of Salmon Boxes.
From the Portland Oregonian,
Yesterday morning for the first time in the
history of Clifton Oregon, religious services
were hold there. Dr. T. L. Elliot, Paster of the
Unitarian Church, was visiting Messrs. J. W. A
V. Cook, and they hastily built a "moetin'
house." It was In the cannery warehouse. A
lot of empty salmon boxes were used to make
four walls, openings being left for a door in the
rear and windows at the side. In the front the
boxes were piled so us to form a semi-circle, ami
directly hi front of this the pulpit was erected,
also of salmon boxes Boxes likewise served as
seals. Tile congregation numbered sixty tin to
men, women and children, who listened with
perfect attention to the scholarly, earnest,
thoroughly Christian gentleman, and he ap
peared as much at home In his novel surround
mg* as 111 Ills own comfortable church in Port
land The religious service was complete with
one execution—u-" (vl'Zriion way mndo.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Hindoos invariably talk to their elephants,
and it is amazing how much the latter compre
hend.
Dr. H. B. Garner, of Hopkinsville, Ky., is the
owner of a curiosity in the shape of an eight
legged kitten.
It is estimated that SO,OOO trees have been
planted in Nebraska i '3' female hands during the
past three years.
The running expenses of the village of Es
telline, Dak., for the last year were $4B, the
chief item being the marshal's salary, $l9.
An average of about 150 gallons of wat3r per
day for every resident is supplied Washington,
anil of this amount it is stated one-half is
wasted.
James Welch, of Ritchie county. West Vir
ginia, cut down a hollow maple tree the other
day, from which ran twenty-seven full-grown
squirrels.
The little old town of Paris, Me., has furnished
one Vico President of the United States, two
United States Senators, four Governors of
Maine and eight Congressmen.
Sydney, Australia, boasts a 180,000-candle
electric light which throws its lays fifty miles
out to sen. One of 24,000 candles, at San Jose,
Cal.. is the biggest in this country.
Emigrants are now flocking to the Pacific
Northwest at the rate of 1000 a month, mostly
from Kansas and lowa. They settle chiefly in
Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory.
A dog was about to attack a monkey belong
ing to an organ grinder. As the dog rushed ou
the monkey lifted his hat and gracefully saluted,
when the dog's head aud tail dropped and he
sneaked away.
An owl and snake, both dead, were found by
Edward Schwartz, of Gila Station. Ari. The
snake was tightly entwined around the neck and
left wing of the owl, the latter having the tail
of the snake in its beak.
Jennie Sullivan, of Fonda, N. Y., is still suf
fering severely from the hiccoughs, with which
she was attacked more than three months ago.
Slio subsists entirely upon milk and broth, and
is said to be “dying by inches.”
The troops who followed the raiding Apaches
through the mountains of Southern Arizona re
cently say that in crossing the San Pedro Valley
the hostiles traveled nearly fifteen miles on tip
toe to hide the trail, but the Indian scout who
accompanied the soldiers held the track just the
same.
A sky terrier belonging to a London gentle
man says the Field , is caring for eight little
chickens. They occupy a basket and the chick
ens nestle in the dog's long hair and seem com
fortable. They follow the dog alwut, and the
brute strives to give them all the personal care
possible.
Nearly ail the black-headed pins in the mar
ket are made from needles which are broken in
the factories in testing the eyes. Any one who
has handled the black headed pins has probably
noticed their remarkable sharpness as compared
with the ordinary white pins sold in the mar
ket. This is the explanation—that they are old
needles.
The loss of life in India from man-eating ti
gers was appalling last year, and some st udy of
the fierce beast has lately been made by Eng
lish officers. Tigers, it appears, do not attack
hnmau brings until they liecome very large and
old and unable to run down animals that are
fleet of foot. One of these creatures is known
to have killed 108 persons in the course of three
years. Another caused thirteen villages to he
deserted. A third is credited with Killing 127
travelers on a public road.
Coming from California in a train recently
were a number of men who, at the suggestion of
the porter, got up a base hall pool on which
clubs could wiu the four league games. It was
SO a guess. The porter, too, went in the pool.
When they got a paper the next day they found
that but one man had guessed correctly, and he
was the porter. He scooped in the $4O with a
smile. When the guesses were made it was 3
o'clock in the afternoon out there, but 5 o'clock
in the Eastern cities. The porter had got out at
a small town and got the results 117 telegraph.
A centenarian BEGGARMAN, Pierre lirouin by
name, who has for many years been a Parisian
curiosity, was unceremoniously arrested a day
or two ago outside the Madeleine by a merciless
policeman and inarched off .to prison For up
ward of forty years he amused the nurses, the
babies and the small boys by standing in the
Place Vauban and allowing tame white rats to
run all over him, sometimes making them climb
up his long white beard until they reached his
mouth, where they found a bit of meat or some
other luxury protruding between their master's
teeth.
It is authoritatively stated in Nashville. Tenn.,
that quantities of the finest character of litho
graphing stone have been discovered in that
State, and some of it placed quietly on the mar
ket in New York City. The exact point where
the discovery was made has not been made
public, hut a gentleman well informed says that
it can be placed ou sale in Nashville at a cost of
forty cents per 100 pounds. Superior qualities
of stone, such as this is described to be, ought
to fetch at retail from six to twenty-eight
conts per pound, according to the degrees of
fineness.
Icebergs are quite numerous this summer in
the path of European steamers, according to
the reports sent the hydrographic office from
the captains of various vessels. Since June 3
there have been sighted as many as thirty-three
bergs. Capt Banker, of the Dutch steamer
Seholter, saw one 300 feet high, at a distance of
seventeen miles, and passed within a mile und a
half of it. Capt. Itrockelman, of the Adolf,
saw one 240 feet high, with two others 100 feet
high, on succeeding days. Capt. Campbell, of
t lie English ship St. Hovans, saw a berg two
miles long and 200 feet high on June 16 In lati
tude 4-I°, longitude 48°. Fourteen apparently
new derelicts are reported this month.
Dr. E. H. Bartley, chemist to the Brooklyn
Health Department, has recently mode some
discoveries which it will not be pleasant for beer
drinkers to contemplate. His examinations of
different kinds of bottled beer, including some
of the Western beers, show that they contain
salicylic acid. The Medical Record states that
the amount of this acid required to preserve
beer is about twelve or fifteen grains per gallon,
and it adds that "salicylic acid, if taken contin
uously, tends to injure digestion and irritate the
kidneys.” The employment of this drug in the
S reservation of different articles of food and
rink has increased so much in Paris that the
French government has already twice taken
action in the matter.
It is a remarkable fact, but none the less
worthy of record, that Queen Henrietta of Bel
gium is popular everywhere but in the country
of her adoption. In Austria, while staying
tinder the roof of her parents, the Emperor and
Empress, the little archduchess was loved by
every one, and even to this day her memory is
held in deep affection. In England, also, her
Majesty is much esteemed, hut in Belgium it is
quite the exception to find any one who has a
good word to say for her. Some stat e the reason
for this is her leaning toward an open encour
agement of the Jesuits, and, us the Queen affects
complete contempt of public opinion, her feel
ings for the Papists have never been disguised in
the least. Asa general rule the Queen Is seldom
seen in the town of Brussels itself, her daily ex
cursions in her pony carriage, drawn by six
cream-colored animals, which she drives herself,
Ivins confined to the Bols de Boulogne and
Ixelles, the suburbs of Brussels, or to the beau
tiful grounds surrounding the summer palace of
Laekcn. The Queen is ruther short, not by any
means ill-lookiug, and dresses in the plainest,
some say the shabbiest maimer possible. Like
her cousin, the Empress of Austria, her Majesty
is passionately devoted to horses, and passes
most of her t Ime in her stables, which are iuva
riably kept to the pink of perfection in point of
cleanliness and order.
The renegade Queen—or cx-Queen—of Servia
was of course rapturously received in Russia,
especially at her old home. Kischineff. hong
before her arrival preparations had been made
by the inhabitants, and on the day of her arrival
the stns'ts were crowded with spectators await
ing the royal visitor. In one of the finest streets
of Kischineff stands a splendid mansion, for
merly belonging to the late Col. Koacbko, father
of the Queen, and now inhabited by her two sis
ters Tb" house is situated In a garden almost
smothered in beautiful plants and flowers. The
Queen, ns well as her sisters, is passionately
fond lif flowers, and the former has done mnen
to Improve the garden. The inhabitant* of
Kischineff are naturally very proud of the
Qiieim of Servia, and nil kinds of anecdotes are
told nlsuit her Once she is said to have rescued
a little gir! at Belgrade out of the very teeth of
a mad dog Tin- Russian medical men at Kisch
ineff who were iu Bervia during the Kusso-Bul
garian war say that the Queon was day and
night to lie found at the hospitals and that she
never shrank from approaching even the worst
invalid. Deeply touched by the sight of her old
home, the Queen left her carriage at her recent
visit with tears iu her eyes, and even little
Sasha, the Crown Prince, whose education is
left entirely In the Quean's hands, seemed
touched by the sight of his mother s former
home. Tie' Governor and the magistrates of
the town received the Queen at the station and
offered her the customary bread and salt, the
public meanwhile breaking out In loud aud en
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