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IV C|cMoniingfldi)s Morning News Building' Savannah, Ga WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1887. Reg iat cit'd at the Pont Office in Savannah. The Mokmnu News is published evi ry day hi the mar, and is served to Mihsc*rilx;rs in the t;fy, by newsdealers 4ind can iTs. on their own ar count, at 2.*> cents a week, $1 On a month, $5 dO for six months and #lO 00 for one year The Mon NINO News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, #2 50; six months, $5 00; one year. $lO Oil. The Morninu News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issued three months, $£ 00; six months. #1 (X) one year, $S 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or 'l'uesdays, 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, l>y mail , one year. #1 25. Subscriptions payable 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 rate.'- made known on application. INDEX TO*NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Golden Rule iAxlgo No. 12, I. O. O. F.: The Merchants 'und Mechanics' Loau As* ■ociation; Pulaski Loau Association. Special Notices—'To Tailors; A Festival, Tvbee Island -Schedule for Wednesday. The Longest Pole Knocks the Persimmons— U * B. S, M. H. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Strayed or Stolen; Miscellaneous. Steamship Schedule —Ocean Steamship Cos. Lottery—Louisiana State. Cabiiaoes, Potatoes. Etc. —T. P. Bond & Cos. Educational —Vanderbilt University. Notice—Savannah Street and Rural Resort Railroad Company. The Morning News for the Summer. Persons leaving the city for the summer can 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 tor three months, cash invariably in ad vance. The address may bo changed as often as desired. 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 man who never consults the ther momoter is the coolest. It is understood that the next Prohibition fight under the local option law will be in Columbus. All good citizens will wish suc cess to the right sido. The venerable historian, George Bancroft, is again seriously ill. He is at Newport, R. I. It will he difficult to find a capable person to go on with the historian's work when he dies. It will lie a bad day for the State Univer sity when it is again placed in the hands of politicians. The University’s experience in the past ought to kill the “Senatus Aeadetu icus" project. The Georgia cracker who said, “This here feller New Bill seems to be ’tractin’ con sid'ble 'tention in the Gin’ral ’sembly,” was more than half right. “Now Bill” is an im portant personage. Tlie bill of Representative Glenn, of Whitfield county, to compel the separation Of the races in the State schools ought to pass without op|iosition. It is based upon sound public policy. Out of eighty-eight persons who died of summer diseases in New York on Saturday, seventy-nine were babies. Tho sun’s slaughter of the innocents in that city seems to grow worse every day. Even the most patriotic citizen wants pay for his services to tho State. After it is agreed to pay tho Board of Visitors to the University #4 a day, perhaps those who at tend tho commencements will also want re muneration. Secretary of tho Navy Whitney appears to lx* a rather lucky buyer of Washington real estate. Two years ago he purchased a farm of 100 acres in tho neighborhood of Washington at S3OO per acre. A year ago ho sold 25 acres at $1,500 per acre, and now he has sold the remaining 75 acres for $75,- 000. A good many fortunes are being made in Washington real estate. In France General Boulanger is the hero of the hour. TLo populace declare that he must return to the position of Minister of War. The powers that ho, in the meantime, are trying to get him as far out of tho way as possible. If a war wifi. Germany should O X'ur, and under the leadership of General Boulanger the French should not lie victo rious, ho would quickly havo proof of the fickleness of the people who now almost ■worship him. The invitation to President Cleveland and his wife to visit St. Louis Ims become a State instead of a city affair. It is projxisod that *vu-y county in Missouri shall Bend a repre sentative with the St. I<ouis delegation to Washington. Tho number of counties is 115, so that the delegation will he increased to 200. Men of all }K>litical parties will bo included. The invitation will be a triumph of lue engraver’s art. Misssouri evidently and >cs not imlorso tho mouthings of Tuttle and his foolish G. A. Tl. as.xx-iates. Tho Marquis do Leuville, who was re ported a year or two ago, when ho was a well-known figure in Now York city, to be engaged to Mrs. Frank Leslie, is making lifo rather unpleasant for that lady in Lon don. Mrs. Leslie and a lady friend, under tlie escort of a Russian Prince, were riding in Hyde Hark, London, a day or two ago, when the Marquis rode up and slashed tho Prince across the face with Ins riding whip. If Mrs. Ixmlie wants to avoid notori ety she will do well to avoid the society of prince;: and marquises. Mrs. Pickett, widow of Gen. George E Pickett, has written a letter of thanks to Pickett's Division for courtesies extended her upon the occasion of the recent reunion ut Gettysburg. Among other things she says: “Asa result of tho reunion the Lit te: nesses of the post are buried and the brave and loyal hearts of both North and South are firmly cemented under the old Stars and Stripes, the emblem of our fathers, in defense of which at liome and on foreign land tho sons of the South have fought as valiantly us under our lovod and cherished Stars and Bars, now laid uwny sacred only to memory.” Tlie war is over. The rabid Republican warriors who insist upon keeping up the fight aro too insignifi cant to count. The Claim for Betterments. The claim of the lessees of the Western | and Atlantic railroad for compensation for : 1 let torments very naturally creates some surprise. Tho impression has prevailed that at the expiration of the lease the road, just ns it is, with its equipment, would pass into the possession of the State, and, that too, free from any claim of tlie lessees. The letter of President Brown has destroyed this impression, and it now appears that the lessees expect to lie paid for all the im provements they have made, and for all tho rolling stock they have purchased beyond what is necessary to leave the road with about tlie same amount of rolling stock it had when they came into possession of it. It. is, of course, impossible to say whether the Legislature will admit that the lessees have a just claim for betterments. If it does not admit that they have, their purpose is doubtless to appeal to the courts. The Impression gained from the lease is that, the lessees arc to lie allowed nothing for betterments. All that is said in that docu ment on that point is that the lessees shall return the road to the State in ns good con dition as they received it. This clearly menu;? that tho property should not be per mitted to go to ruin and become practically worthless, and it also contains the implied obligation to make till necessary improve ments and to increase the rolling stock to any extent that might Iks necessary to meet the demands of business. If tho understanding of tho State and the lessees was that additional rolling stock and improvements were to be paid for, on tho termination of the lease, it would have been so stated in the contract. The fact that there is no such statement would seem to be quite conclusive that the lessees expected to put the'property in a condition to meet all the business demands upon it, and to keep it so without tiny compensation therefor. Un less they had improved tho road and its fa cilities they would not huve been able to make the rent out of it. It would have been a burden to them instead of a dividend yielding property. President Brown says that when the les sees took tlie road the freight cars had onlj lmlf the capacity which the present freight cars have, and that the engines were worn out and generally unfit for service. From his statement the entire rolling stock has been renewed, and it is now first, class in every resjiect. Well, when the lassies took the road did they not expect to renew the rolling stock, build new bridges and make such other improvements ns their busi ness demanded? Why did they expend so much on betterments? Clearly lie cause it paid them to do so. They have not spent a dollar that they were not absolutely obliged to spend. They knew that the road would pass back to the State at the end of a stated period, and that there was no agreement that they should lie paid for improvements. Hence they cannot justly ask to be paid for doing what they Were obliged to do. There is another light in which this claim for betterments may be viewed. It is this; When the lessees received the road it. was in a condition to do all the business that was offered to it. That is its condition to-dny. Tho business of the road has increased, and the traveling public has become more exacting. If the road were to be stripped of its betterments, as threatened by President Brown, it could not accommodate its business nor meet the demands of its patrons. It would not, therefore, be in as good condition as it was wheu the lessees obtained possession of it, and if returned to tho State in that condi tion the terms of tho lease would not be complied with. Doubtless every dollar spent in better ments has returned two dollars to tho les sees. Every improvement made has in creased the public confidence in the road and brought it business. The improvements also have made it possible to do the business of the road at less expense. The lessees, therefore, were only consulting their own interests when they spent money for better ments, and It is rather remarkable that they- should now want, pay for what has ulready paid them so well. If the lessees had purchased any more cars and engines than wore absolutely nec essary to handle the rood's business they might reasonably claim pay for this extra rolling stock if the State want'd it, but no such claim as that is set up. The road has only what rolling stock it needs, and that was about its condition when the lessees took it. Unloss President Brown makes out a better case for tlio lessees than he has in his letter the chances are that the Legis lature will not allow tlioir claim. Tae Morning News has already said, however, that if the lessees are entitled to anything they ought to have it. The State only wants whut belongs to her. Debuting- With Himself. On Sunday night in New York, at the meeting of the Anti Poverty Society, Dr. McGlynn boldly defied tho Pope and the Catholic church. A largo audience hom'd him and enthusiastically cheered him. With regard to his future career and intentions Dr. McGlynn said: ‘‘By kicking me in the mouth, ns they have done, they have left me froeasair. I can do anything now. 1 suppose 1 shall continue to go up and down through the land preaching the doctrines of the new crusade. It is not unlikely that I may end 141 by preaching in Italian from the tale end of a cart in tho Pope's own domin ion ; for 1 can speak in Italian quite ns flu ently as in Kugllsh I havo all the freedom now that any private citizen enjoys.’’ Rela tive to accepting the nomination for a political olHco I)r. McGlynn said: “t do not see that there is anything which could logi cally prevent my adopting any mode of life I choose. While I was a clergyman, actively employed in ndminstcring the affairs of my parish, my allegiance to my Bishop would naturally have prevented liie from embrac ing any other duties, political or otherwise. Now, however, it is different. I am no longer a clergyman, but a private citizen, and as such free to choose what employment I think best . At the same time, as I have never considered the matter of holding jiolitical office. lam scarcely prepared to say that I would do so if such on opportunity were at forded mo.” It is yet too soon to predict just what effect excommunication will have upon Dr. McGlynn. It is not probable, however, that he will ever hold a political office of much Importance. Much offices do not go to men holding views as impractic able bis. Senator Rufus Blodgett, of Now Jersey, appears to bo a popular man in his State. It i- said that ho has hud more babies named after him than any other man in the coun try in the same brief space of time. Up to Juno I twenty of his namesakes wore squalling in different parts of the .State. Ho intends to visit them all in the fall, and no doubt will eclipse Gen. Sherman s efforts in the kijoiiig line. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1887. The Increasing Strength of Prohibition. The temperance cause is making steady progress. It is doubtful if ever before in the history of the country was the liquor question so generally agitated. In one place prohibition is adopted, and in another higli license. There is no doubt that there is a determination all over the country to so limit tlie liquor traffic as to rid society of its gravest evils. It is not probable that prohibition will become gen eral very soon, but it now appears to be certain that temperance laws of some kind will lie quite generally adopted in tho near future outside of the cities, and as the tem peranre sentiment grows in tho country districts tho efforts to restrict the liquor traffic in the cities will become more marked. It will lie a long time jierhaps liefore public sentiment in the great cities will lie sufficiently strong to sup port stringent laws limiting the sale of in toxicating liquors, but it certainly begins to look as if even there the opponents of liquor would eventually prevail. Recently, when the law against selling intoxicating liquors on Sunday in New York city was enforced the decrease in the number of arrests for minor offenses was so marked as to attract a great deal of attention in that city, and to raise the question in the minds of many thinking men there whether it would not lie u good t hing either to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the city alto gether or at least place it under such re straints as to deprive it of many of its worst features. Tho high license law that is now in force in Pennsylvania appears to tie working sat - isfactorily. It has had the effect of increas ing the demand for prohibition, and it would not lie surprising if the prohibition senti ment should, in future elections, manifest itself more strongiy throughout the State than it has yet done. The contest in Texas is lieing watched with great interest, and if prohibition should lie adopted by that State it would be urged in all parts of the country with more vigor than ever before. The prohibition contest in Floyd county m this State last week was a notable one, and gave the Prohibitionists great encourage ment. They are certain to follow up their victory there by efforts to bring the few re maining counties of tho State, which have not adopted prohibition, under prohibition rule. Rome, the county seat of Floyd county, was carried for prohibition by a handsome majority, and some of tho scenes which were witnessed in that city on tho day that, prohibition was voted upon show that the temperance cause has taken a vory strong hold upon tho people there. One good thing in connection with the temperance movement in this State is that it has been kept free from politics. This has undoubtedly contributed to its success, tiecau.sc it has not only made votes for tom peranee, but it has insured a sentiment strong enough to enforce prohibition where it has lieen adopted. Avery few years ago the prohibition movement was laughed at by the great ma jority of peoplo, and the prediction was freely Viado that it would never amount to anything. It is not laughed at now, and it is admitted that it has already amounted to a great deal. What its future will be it is impossible to say, but if the number of its converts continue to increase as rapidly as it is now increasing it will not bo long be fore it will be in a position to defy attacks of any kind. The Hawaiian Revolution. Queen Kapiolani will doubtless make her way to Honolulu as fast as steam cars and steamships can carry her. She arrived in Now York from London on Monday, and was met by Mr. Carter, the Hawaiian Min ister, who no doubt quickly informed her of the unhappy state of affairs in Honolulu. Her presence there may have a good effect upon the King, who appears to have com pletely lost his head immediately after her departure to take part in Victoria's jubilee eelel iration. This government has sent a war vessel to Honolulu to watch the revolution and to see that American interests do not suffer. It is not probable that any interests will suffer, ns the foreign element appears to be in the ascendency, and the aim is to put tho gov ernment iu such a shape that evory interest w ill Vie protected. The King has never been much more than a figurehead, and whut little power he had will now be taken from him. The Hawaiian army, which consists of 140 soldiers who aro not at ull bloodthirsty, lias sided with the revolutionary party, and tho King cun liot do otherwise than to accede to the wishes of the revolutionists. He would lie deposed altogether, doubtless, if it w ere not for the fear of interference on the part of foreign powers. To depose the King would offer mi excuse for interference. A more change in the Cabinet, however, offers no such excuse, and nothing lias been done be yond that. The readiness with which the King dismissed his old Cabinet and accepted the Ministers suggested by the revolutionists shows that he has no supjiort whatever, and that he realizes that his position is a pre carious one. There has been dissatisfaction with him for a long time liccause of his extravagance and his indifference to the welfare of his kingdom, and when it became known that he hud accepted a bribe of $71,000, and had repudiated his promise to the man who brilx'd him, the people thought it was time that ho should bo made to understand that such disgraceful conduct would no longer be tolorntod. The Queen will probably give the King a curtain lecture when she reaches home. It is doubtful if a half-dozen curtain lectures would cause him to reform. Tho Tampa Quarantine. Dr. Duncan's letter on tho efficacy of tho system of the Havana and Tampa steamship lino to prevent the introduction into this country of contagious or infectious disenses deals with tlie subject very fully and care fully. There is no doubt that the lino takes every possiblo precaution against the introduction of yellow fever, and that all its rules and regulations for that purpose are not only based upon tho best obtainable medical authority, but aro conscientiously enforced. Notwithstanding its compliance with every reasonable re quirement, however, it is still hampered and obstructed by exactions which, it thinks, do not secure greater immunity from danger than the system which it en forces and lias found to bo so satisfactory. Dr. Duncan in his letter makes several in teresting |x lints and reaches the conclusion that tho steamship line is doing all that, hu man intelligence can do, if intercourse is permitted ut ull, to guard against the intro duction of infectious diseases. Chicago is u city jieouliar unto itself. On the wall of n saloon on a prominent street is this sign: “Pocket Pistols for Picnics.” Pistols and whisky must make Chirago pic nics charming affaire. CURRENT COMMENT. Sunk Into a Faint, Weak Whisper •Warning to Randall. From the Missouri V.rpv.bl iron (Peru.) If the Hon. Samuel Jackson Randall adheres to his purpose to resist revenue reduction os stubbornly as he has resisted tariff reduction, lie may wake up some fine morning and find himself a kind of Democratic Dr. McGlynn. From the Philadelphia Pres* (Rep.) The demand for an extra session of Congress, like the demand for an extra session of the Pennsylvania Legislature, has sunk into a faint, weak whisper. The howlers are almost as weary as the people who have had to listen to them. Let It Goto the Wash. From the New York World (Dem.) It may not tie approved by the volcanic Mr. Tuttle, or the eruptive Gen. Fairchild, but the general feeling is now that after t he Grand Army of the Republic shall have painted St. Louis with fraternity and given plights of eternal troth, that bloody shirt might go to the wash. Dr. McGlynn’s Case. From the New York Herald ( Ind .). Dr McGlynn has committed no crime. He has preached certain doctrines not approved. That is all. He has been asked to go to Rome to explain. He has, however, no explanntion to make. He simply says: "My belief is mine. I have a title to it in fee simple.” Ail right. That is manly. When told that he cannot re main in the church he replies: "Then I will go." That is the whole story. He is personally ready to take the consequences of his freedom and no one can blame him. BRIGHT BIT3. At Delmonico’s, the day after Blue Friday. “Got any champagne on ice?" “Yes, sir.” “Weil, that's a good place for it. Bring me a glassof beer.”— Town Topics. Little Dick—l don't want to do that. Omaha Mamma—But you must. “Why*” “Because I say so." “What's the reason I have to mind you? I ain’t your husband.”— Omaha World. Stately Old Gentleman (newly arrived at the summer hotel)—Will you please tell me howl can get down stairs, my little man? Rude Boy—Well, yer can roll down; yer can jump down; yer can slide down the banister, or yer can take the elevator. Stately Old Gentleman falls down in a fit.— To ten Topics. Mrs. Foshay (to pros)etive nursery maid) — You are fond of children, of course ? Applicant Fond of'em? I should say I was, ma’am. If I hadn't a been I wouldn't a nursed my sister's nine young ones that was down with scarlet fever till every blessed one of them died, ma'am; and buried the last of ’em a week come Friday.— Tid-Bits. Sardonicus—l should think there would be more embezzlement in summer than in winter. Ukerdek—A ml why ? Sardonicus—The weather is so much nicer in Canada. Ukerdek—Yes, but the jails are a great deal more uncomfortable in warm weather than in cool.— Detroit Free Press. “Can't somebody stop that runaway,” yelled a stranger in Detroit, excitedly, as a call came tearing down the street at breakneck speed, driver and passenger both apparently frantic with terror. “That ain't no runaway," said an old resident, carelessly; “it's an umpire getting away from the base ball ground. The boys must have got beat.”- Chicago Tribune C'ARniE—Oh, Frank! Tillie has been telling me about composite photographs. How are they made? Frank—Very simple. You draw the portraits of any number of persons on thin transparent paper, and then place one upon another, right eye upon right eye, left eye upon left and mouth upon mouth— Carrie—But, Frank, can't the thin paper be dispensed with ? It could and was.—Boston Transcript. You go upon the board of trade, Where margin merchants meet And take some little options On January wheat : You watch n little ticker. Till the hands swing round the ring, Then you find your little boodle Has gone a-glimmering That's business. You go into a faro bank And buy a stack of chips, And watch the cards come from the box Which the dealer deftly Hips; When your head is dull and aching, At the breaking of the day. You see that fickle fortune Has gone the other way. That s gambling. —Cincinnati Telegram. There’s something aliout a lawyer that gives him away all the time. You can’t mistake a lawyer even for a book agent. The ingenuous and unsophisticated cowboy knows him, and the hardy miner, who may have spent his life under ground, will recognize him even in the dark of the lower levels. A well known leg of the law, I mean limb of the law —the policemen are the arms and the lawyers the legs of the law went up into Modoc county He had with him a patent india rublier bed, w hich he filled full of air when he. wanted to and made it com fortable to lie on. This was on entirely new fangled thing tothecowboys, and tliev inspected It with great curiosity. the lawyer explained the whole process to them, how lie inflated it. and all about jt. One of the cowboys listened thoughtfully, and then he said: Well, it does seem kind o' natural for a lawyer to sleep on wind.’’—-Via Francisco Chronicle. PERSONAL,. The Prince and Princess of Wales will cele brate their silver wedding next year Tuna: are fifty persons named Bernhardt in the New York directory. There is no Sarah among them, however. Jri.ES Verne is M, and, with the exception of a stiff knee, caused by a shot from an insane nephew, is halo and hearty. Lawrence Barrett, Edwin Bootli and T. B Aldrich will cruise along the Maine coast in a steam yacht later in the summer. Vai.ENTIRE Baker Pasha never drinks any thing except brandy and soda. He says it kept him ulive in tils Egyptian campaign. Tiie Pope sent an autograph letter to King Kalakana, of the Hawaiian Islands, expressing his regret at the news of the recent death of the Princess Lilrcllko. Dost Pedbo, of Brazil, will take the waters at Carlsbad for a month. His majesty does not expect to return to his dominion until the last week in September. 'lns Mac kaY has presented her tiny grandson, Prinee Colonna, with a magnificent dressing ease, all I lie appointments being gold, richly encrusted with jewels. Prince Wii.i iam, eldest son of the German Crown Prince, has one arm uiisymmetrical with the other, a deformity which is carefully con cealed by the tailor's urt. W ii-l.lah Wai.ter I’nnnps' son, John J., the skipper of the yacht Brunhilde, which lias just completed a two years’ cruise around the world, has as handsome a Ivang as Ills father. Oursr in Mariei.ori. sou of King Victor Emmanuel, is one of the greatest wine makers of Italy. His vineyards at Lucca cover nearly 7,000 acres. The rooms of the late Mrs. A. T. Stewart at the Grand I nlon Hold. Saratoga, are tenant less. They will be kept vacant all the season out of respect to the memory of their occupinl for so many summers in the past, W. Ci.ark Krssr.u,,*t he author, gave a corres pondent of the lietroit Free Press the other day this account of his e\|ierieDcu as a sailor: “I suppose I took to the sea os most boys do. In order to sre the world nud meet adventures.” Senator-Erect Favi.knkii, of West Virginia, recently called at the White House, lie is a stout, square faced man, with gray eyes and a hluek moustache and goatee. lie never bun’s nor tishes, and does not knowhow to play poker. Van Pho.n Lee savs that “Van Phou” signifies “Wealth by Imperial Favor." It appears, how ever, that Yan has obtained his wealth bv ma trimonial favor. His wife is worth #llXl,nod. The couple now register at seaside hotels as Mr. and Mrs. 100 After many years' absence from this coun try, the Rev In Abel Stevens, the Methodist historian, lias arrived in California oil his way around the world. He happily reuehed there Just In time to congratulate Ills sou, a well known journalist of Loh Angeles, on his recent marriage. Tin: eloquent Indian woman “Bright Eyes,” who is now Mrs Tibbies, is making arrange mollis for a series of lectures in London on the wrongs of the North American Indians She has well chosen her time. The Wild West show has awakened interest in England in the rednien of this eontinenf. A kkw pays ago Freilerr von Faber, the founder of the lead pencil firm of A. W. Faber, o! stejn, ill Germany, celebrated his Toth birth day, lh‘ lias changed the village of Stein inear Nuremberg) luto one of the tlnest, in Germany, founded the famous Germanic Museum in Nu remberg. ami will lie remembered fur many other chanlubio bequests. A MOUSE SINGING SOLO. The Cobra Which Was Listening Might Have “Graveled” a Man. From Wanderer's Life. I was visiting at a friend's bouse in Calcutta, arid was on this evening sitting at dinner alone. The table had been some time waiting for the host, and I bad at last received a note that he was not coming home, so 1 sat down alone. I had finished/]inner and was still lingering at the table when a little mouse ran up on the top of a bowl with a sort of basket-work cover on it. I should not have thought that of itself very singular, for the “tribes on our frontier" made most unexpected incursions. But when he did get perched on the cover of the bowl the little fellow rose upon bis hind legs, with his hands before him, and be gan to entertain me with the funniest little mouse song you can imagine. “Chit-chit, cheep cheep-chit, he whistled, and kept it up before me in a most unembarrassed and self-possessed little way. I must have been a trying audience, fori leaned back in my chair and roared with laughter. As I looked at the little performer I gradually became aware of a shadow, a some thing strange gliding out from behind a dish toward the mouse. Silently and slowly it neared the mouse. In another minute a beady snake's eye glittered in the lamplight. My hand stole softly for the carving knife. The snuke reared his head level with the mouse, aud the poor little fellow's song, which had never ceased, became piercingly shrill, though he sat rigidly erect ami motionless. The head of the snake drew back a little to strike. Out dashed the carving-knife. The sjxdl was broken instantly, for the mouse dromn-d and scampered. The snake was wounded, ror there were spots of blood on the table cloth, and it was writhing about among the dishes and plates. I could not make a bold stroke at any part of it for fear of breaking the crockery, and whenever I made a dig with the point it was like pricking the gar bs*. I would not have believed, until 1 had seen it. how much of himself a snake can stow away under the edge of a plate. At last I saw the end of his tail projecting out from under a dish. A snake hold by the tall and swung rapidly round can not turn back and bite. I grabbed the tail with my left thumb and finger and drew him out out until I judged the middle of his body to l>e under the knife, then I cane* down and cut him in two. He was another cobra —a little one about two feet long, hut quite long enough to settle a man with a single bite. “RATS HEZ GENIUS." An Olcl and Truthful Miner Tells Some Stories About Them. From the New York World. “Wur you a-sj>eakin' abaout rats in coal mines?*’ Inquired an old miner, who never tells a lie, up in Hazleton, Pa. “Wal. naow, I kin tell ye they’s almighty pow'ful critters, ’n don't you make no mistake. Big ez cats, they is, an' pow’ful smart, smart as operators, b'gosh! Ye've got ter git up almighty early in the mornin* t ’ ahead of them rats. "Wat brings ’em thur? Why cussedness, I reckon; thet an’ the grain w'ich goes daown the mules. They scrapes a livin' somehaow. Ef they can t git anytning better, w'y, they eats a miner onct in a while. Many a miner has gone to git his dinner out of his box only to find the rats bus been thar tofore him, gnawed a hole in the box 'ithout askin’ no questions an’ toted off the grub. Thet’s common, tbet is. “Naow, don't ye believe tbet story aboout the mule tenders flndin' three feet of (lead rats be hind the mules in the mornin', where the mules hez kicked 'em to death. Tliet's chestnuts. But ther's somethin' you kin lxdieve, an' I seen it with my own eyes’a hundred times Ye know us miners hez to take a can of ile with us to work with. Naow, them rats is pow’ful fond of ile, but as the ile qn has a narrer neck it takes genius to git at it leastways fur a rat. Wal, do ye think a rat gi to discouraged? No, sir: He jes* sets strarldlewise of t het 'ere can's shoulder, dips bis tail into the ile an’ then purceeds to mastercate thet tail. Fact! Any miner of ’sperience *ll *‘ll ye so. “Course ye know haow rats steal eggs. Hat No. l takes an egg in his paws an’ lays on his back. Hat No. 2 lie lays holt of rat No. l's tail an' hauls him along, egg an' all, to his hidin’ Elace. I tell yeou, rats hez genius—that they ez.” A Tragic Love Story. From the Overland Magazine. At about this time, October, 1859, a white mao, named Bland, was killed by the Wylackies under the following circumstances, as stated in the official military report of that date: One day this man, in his rambles in the moun tains after game, came across a young Indian girl and fell in love with her at first sight. He carried her away from her people by force: but she escaped from him and came to the reserva tion. One dark night, soon after, having ascer tained her whereabouts, he came and forcibly carried her away again from among the Yuka women, where she had been placed while wait ing the arrival of her people. The officer in command of the small detachment of regular troops stationed iu the vicinity, gave orders to arrest him, but Bland escaped and could not be found. Very soon after this the girl again es caped from him, and this time got back to her people; but Bland searched the mountains for months, harassing and annoying the Indians, in his endeavors to repossess himself of the woman, until one day ne met what was in all likehood a well merited death. He came across a large party of Wylackies one evening, and after a desperate resistance he was overpowered and burned at the stake. < loeof the finest moun tains east of the valley has borne his name ever since on account of its proximity to the sceue of bis death. Bland Mountain is one of the best known landmarks in the vicinity of Hound Valley. Although characterized in the reports of the army officers as a lawless ruffian. Bland, like all the men of his stamp In those early days, had many good points about him. and to his utter fearlessness he added an inexhaustible fund of good humor and reckless jollity. To Apple Pie. From the San Francisco American Delicious ration. Rare combination Of fruit preserved by Eve; Should I tell it to thee, All that is due thee, Half, thou would'st not believe. Half of my pain Is owed in main To sheltering thee at night; Half of my pleasure To generous measure Of thee at seasons right. Crusty replies, Dcen quivering sighs. From my neart's inmost core Sins I've committed. Good deeds omitted, All owed to thee—and more. Yet. do I love thee, And naught above thee Or on this earth below. Shall ore induce me, When friends produce thee, To answer to them—No! Record this vow Henceforth from now And ever from this night. Her most I’ll prize, Whose um>lew>ies Can fill me with delight. Frighted at a Ball of Fire. A dispatch from Detroit, Mich , to the New York World , says: A curious and frightful phenomenon occtired yesterday afternoon dur lug a rain-storm. It was in the shape of an in tensely brilliant ball of electric fire, and greatly terrified the family of Capt. J. T. Patten, of No. 88 Hancm-k avenue west Hearing a strange noise, Miss Patten entered the darkened sitting-room just in time to a blazing toll of tire, which she subsequently de scribed as larger than a cocoanut, hurst through the wall-paper from the chimney. Mrs. Patten saw it at about the same time. The toll floated slowly around the room with the buoyancy of a toy balloon, emitting a hissing sound and throw ing an intense glareon the surroundings. Clouds of Noot burst out from the chimney with it and floated in the blinding glare. The Indies, l ull of terror, placed their hands over their eyes and turned from the sight. Just then Mrs. Frank Frisliee, who lives across the st reet, ran over for a short call. She opened the door and a draught was created, and the blaz ing visitor darted out. Mrs. Frisliee, almost paralyzed with fear, dodged just in time, and the ball, with a loud hiss, swwiped out the door and disapi>earod One side of Mrs. Frisbee’s face was blackened by the soot or discolored by the ball as it ]>assed her. The Court for Him. /?// Carl Pretzel. A railroad switchman had been devoting his spare time to the study of Blackstone, and when he had considered himself well versed in legal lore, he sent in his resignation to the company. The vardmaster met him one day and said: “Well, Johnnie. I set' you have been admitted to the tor?” “Yes,” replied Johnnie. “I have l>eon success ful in getting through all right, and I will hang out my shingle as a lawyer in a few days.” “I suppose you will soon to board from in the courts of tlif* country defending great crimi nals?” “No, slier.” replied John, “1 shall confine my practice to courts that hear evidence in divorce matters, for in that court. I believe I shall ie eminently successful, because I tovo had so much experience in uncoupling.” For more than half a century In use. The Kmine Browu's Ginger. Frederick Brown, iladolDhlo. 1888. ITEMS OF INTEREST. All the stores at Evart, Mich., close at night when the “curfew bell” is rung by the secretary of the Business Men’s Association at 8:30. A Drk.srm-\r.eu in Portland, Ore., got mad at a neighbor in the room beneath, and cutting a hole in the floor, doused the other woman, while i:i tod, with hot water. A woman whose age was stated to be 103 years was before the Ilarlem Poljce Court, N. Y.. for drunkenness on Sunday, and she’s said to be an old offender in a double sense. Among the queer names in the Chicago direc tory for 1887 are the following: Woggow, Smrz, Smairkivolez, Smuczvnski, Hep, Wow, Yshick, Yskia. Zwierzchouska, Szclniochowski and Trjnak. A Detroit citizen is building a novel toboggan slide for bathers at his bath-houses. Toboggans on rollers will carry the bathers down the slide into the shoal water, giving a plunge that must be taken to be appreciated. An owl attacked a Jersey City man the other evening and fought for several minutes before it was frightened off by the noise of a passing milk wagon. Shortly after it renewed its fight with another citizen, who choked it to death. A San Francisco man who bought a lot in a cemetery on the suburbs and then made known his intention of setting up a drinking saloon on the site has been notified by the trustees that a cemetery is a place for bodies, not spirits, and he consequently abandoned the enterprise. The women will be interested to know that the bustle is of Persian origin. Nott, iu his notes on the “Odes of Hafiz,” defines the “refaighfc” as a kind of bolster which the ladies fix to tne under garment to produce a certain roundness, thought by them to be becoming. A London dog once saw a performing beast of his own species at a fair. The tricks and lau rels of the performing dog did not permit him to sleep. His master missed him often, and one day found him practicing his steps by himself in an empty room. When he thought himself perfect he had an “at home” and exhibited be fore the dogs in the neighborhood. Last week there was celebrated at the Aca lares rancho, in Contra Costa county, Cal., the 90th birthday of the Hon. Elam Brown, one of the earliest pioneers who crossed the plains and founded homes in California. He was born in New York State in 1797, the year that John Adams was inaugurated second President of the United States. He danced two hours ou the oc casion. The Centrablatt Elektrotcchnik announces that the Edison German Society has constructed an electric kettle in which the source of heat is constituted by a bobbin of resistance, placed in a recipient placed exteriorly by a circular pro tuberance in the form of a cushion, with a hole in the middle, and on which the kettle rests. With this apparatus a liter of water can be made to boil in fifteen minutes. Married women at Kaufman, Tex., are said to frequently take in the sights in male attire. A young girl at Dallas was sent home by the police while masquerading in male attire. A Waco girl was photographed in her brother’! spring suit for fun. aud tlie picture has raised a pretty scandal. Marion Biggs, a Cass county farm hoy, has turned out to be a farm girl. She wore trousers for a year before discovery. Parisian street hoys have invented a new topical game—“carrying off the commissary.” They divide themselves into two bodies and enact the recent capture of M. Schnaebeles at Pagny, on the Alsatian frontier, which caused such serious agitation. A chalk line marks the boundary tot ween France and Germany, and the lads take turns to represent the obnoxious Teutonic officials who drag M. Schnaebeles over the frontier. Walter Webster, of Hamilton, 0., while calling on Whitehead asked her for the sixth time if she would marry him. This she refused, saying they were too young. Then he asked her to promise him that she would marry him when she was 31, and during that time she would not keep company with any other young man. Again she refused. On leaving the house h* asked her for a good night kiss, and on being refused he drew a revolver and shot him self dead. Marshall, Miss., boasts of a toby 11 months old that whistles. Battle Creek has got a baby boy 3 years old that spends all his pennies for cigars and has been known to smoke five in one day. He will steal a pipe and beg passers for smoking tobacco. The bov has a perfect mania for tobacco that developed itself before he could talk, when the youngster would crawl up to his father's clothes and steal cigars out of his pock ets to smoke. He wears dresses, and is small for his age. There is a place in New York where the finest of wedding trousseaus, even down to the shoes, stockings and everything else, may to hired for a The owner of the place says that prominent society women get. married in suits furnished for the night. When asked by friends after the marriage why they do not wear the dresses they tell them that they intend never to wear them after the first night. Men are also rigged up in wedding finery for $3. The ladies pay from §7 to S4O for their outfits. The remains of an ancient Gaulish burying ground have been found at Adamville, near Paris. An architect superintending road-mak ing operations in the district noticed that frag ments of old )>ottery, etc,, wen* dug up, and so began careful researches. He has now uncov ered flfty-two tombs containing twelve skeletons of ancient warriors buried with their arms, and the remains of numerous women and children. All wen* covered with heavy stones. Bronze ornaments, iron weapons, and pottery lie scat tered around, but no coins to fix the date. Sir John Lubbock, M. P., has succeeded in teaching a black poodle dog “a little light read ing.” He took pieces of cardboad and painted on them the words “food” “out,” “bone,” “tea,” and so on. Then by associating food in the ani mal's mind with the card hearing the word “food,” he succeeded in getting it to pick out the card bearing that word. Again when asked if he wanted to go out. he fished “out” the card toaring that word, and so forth. Pub lic Opinion, of London, says: “The teaching took a long time, and. though to a large extent futile, it shows what may to done with some dogs by proper methods of training.” Thousands of young German girls are ing the death of their favorite novelist, “Mar lift”--whose real name—Eugenie John—is known to few of them. She was tom iu 1835, and as a young girl made an attempt as an opera singer; but her bashfulness and an ear disease prevented her from winning success iu this direction. So she settled iu a lonely village, where she si>ent the remainder of her life writ ing stories tor the weekly Gartenlanbe. As the author never had anf experience of life, these novels are of the most naive description, but they appealed to the taste of young girls, and “Marlut's” fame anti fortune was soon made. The still form of a little toy lay in the coffin, surrounded by mourning friends. A mason catnc into the room and asked to look at the lovely face. “You wonder that I care so much,” he said, as the tears rolled down his checks. “One t ime I was coming down by a long ladder from a high roof, and found your little toy standing close toside me when 1 reached the ground. Hr? looked up into my face with child lull wonder, and ask to frankly: 'Weren't you afraid of falling when you were up so high?’ and. before I had time to answer he said: ‘ Oh, I know why you are not afraid; you said your urayers this morning before you began work!' I had not prayed, but I never forgot to pray from that day to this.” Gen. S. N. Southard, formerly of the Four teenth Vermont, was among the veterans who Attended the reunion at Fairhaven, in that State, a few days ago. On the day before the reunion ho and his family had celebrated the anniversa ry of hia marriage. 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