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4 CklHoniiiuiHcbs o v O*~ y ** - Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. WEDNESDAY, JULY SO, 1887. Registered at the Office in Savanti i h. The Morning News is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers. on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week, $l (H)a month, $5 bO for six months and $lO 00 for out* year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months. $2 50; t>ix months, $5 (XI; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail , six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months, $4 00 oue year. $8 00. The Mor.nino News. Tri Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three mouths, $1 25; six mouths. $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. $2 00.^ The Week.lv News, by mail , one jear. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance Remit by postal order, cheek or registered letter. Cui rency sent by mail at risk of senders. 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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 2oe. a week, $1 for a month or $3 50 for three months, cash invariably in ad Vance. Ths address may lie 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 kess Office. Sjiecia! attention will to given to make this summer service satisfactory and to forward papers by the most diroct and quickest routes. The toys of Savannah are holding Salva tion Army meetings on the streets. The hot weather is burden enough without this. Even the summer resorts no longer claim exemption from the heat. The sun deserves credit for having forced the truth from such places at last. As far as the condition of the weather out of doors is concerned, a thermometer in an ice house just now is ns unreliable as the man who tells snake stories. It is stated that Mr. Rlaino is ttie favorite of the Arkansas Republicans Well, they may count in a nominating convention but they are useless in an election. When the General Assembly moves into the new capitol that body ought to signalize the event by solemnly resolving to make no more attacks upon the Georgia Code. Philip D. Armour does not confine him self entirely to pork-packing. Recently he has been n heavy buyer of stocks on Wall street. New York. Pork pneking is a safer business, as he may yet find out to his cost. Young Edward Gould, who seems destined to to a king in 'Wall street, says that lie gets no tips from his father. Perhaps he does not directly, but it would not to difficult for him to pick them up by watching his father closely. The Memphis Avalanche has purchases! a new |>erfecting press and lias put on a hand some now dress. These evidences of pros perity will give pleasure to the A valanehc's friends. No journal in the South is brighter or of more service to its section. Rich girls in New York are having then decayed teeth replaced with diamonds. They are literally illustrating the old fairy tale about “gems in tho mouth.” In case they marry poor men their diamond teeth may provo handy at the pawnbroker’s shop sumo day. Gold is coming from Europe to this coun try in large sums. On Saturday one firm in New York received $500,000, and it is estimated that within the next fortnight more than $(>,000,000 will arrive. Some of it will doubtless find its way South to aid in railroad development. The extreme heat in Chicago Sunday caused a horse to go mad. The infuriated animal fatally bit George Scott, an employe of the Western Transit Company. While the heated term continues it would to well for everybody to look out for mad dogs, ntad horses and other mad animals. Tho men who own the yacht, Thistle are the following: James Bell, James Coats, Henry Bell, the Marquis of Breadalhane, John Clark, of Paisley, J. B. Hilliard and O. C. Watson, her designer. After the race for the America's cup they will be much sadder and perhaps a little wiser thau they are now. A diabolical outrage was committed at Mingo, 0., on Saturday night last. While a negro I*ll was in progress a mimtor of white men blew up tin- ballroom with dyna mite. Many of the negrotst were hurt. As this outrage occurred in Ohio it is not likely that the rabid Republicans of that State will waste nuy sympathy uj>on the unfortu nate victims. President It. R. Cable, of the Itock Maud l-aiii-oad, says that lie does not recall any season when there luivo been brighter crop prospects all over the Northwest than just now. Tlie same condition of aifaius exists along aii the loading railroads in agricultural districts. The uewn is cheering, indeed. When the farmers prosper the country pros pers. Notwithstanding Virginia’s failure to make a satisfactory settlement with her English bondholders, it is said that Euro pean interest in the stock market of this country is reviving. European investors are doubtless a ware that honesty ha* been at a premium on this side of the Atlantic since tho Democrats obtained control of tho government. Randall’s Plan for Harmony. The Missouri Republican a few days ago addressed a few inquiries to Democratic members of the House lor the purpose of discovering if there was any possibility of an agreemeut on a tax reduction measure which would have an “unmistakable party stamp.” A number of answers wore re ceived, and among them one from Mr. Sain J. Randall. The answer of Mr. Randall was ruthor lengthy, ami was an argument to show that the position which lie has aii along occupied with regard to the course to pursue to reduce the revenues is the right one, and that that, occupied by tho great majority of liis purty is the wrong one. To tho question, whether there “is a prac ticable basis of compromise through which the Democrats of tho House can unite,” ho replied in tile affirmative and proceeded to show that if tho party would accept his po sition there would to no difficulty in reach ing an agreement. Of course the Missouri Republican and every one else knew that, and it was not necessary for him to go to tho trouble of stating it for publication. To ac cept Mr. Randall’s position would not to a compromise however, and it is not easy to see how he could have answered the question in the affirmative while virtually assorting that there could lie no agreement unless the majority of the party accepted absolutely tlie views of the small minority. As is well known, Mr. Randall favors rc pealingthe internal revenue taxes on whisky, beer and tobacco. Ho is opposed to reducing customs duties unless it appears that the re peal of tlie internal revenue taxes is not suffi cient to rid the Treasury of the surplus, and he is not willing to consider any measure which provides for a reduction of both the internal revenue and tlie tariff taxes. Tlie position of the great majority of tho party is that the revenues should to reduced by re ducing tin* tariff. There is no demand, ex cept by the tobacco growers, for a reduction of any of the internal revenue taxes while there is a very general demand for the re duction of the tariff. It is plain from Mr. Randall’s letter that the majority and minority of tlie Demo cratic members of tho House will to as wide apart in this Congress ns they were in the last, and with no totter prospect of reaching an agreement. The Democrats haven’t a large majority in tlie House, and if Mr. Handall controls as ninny Demo cratic votes on tariff questions as lie did in the last Congress it is doubtful if they can pass a tax reduction measure. The situation is a rather remarkable one. Tho country is clamoring for a reduction of tlie revenues because tho money which is needed in circulation is being stored in the Treasury to the amount of millions of dol lars monthly. The Democratic party, hav ing a majority in the House, is unable to ef fect the required reduction because a few of its members acting with the Republicans want to dictate what taxes shall be reduced. If the Democrats were to accept Mr. Ran dall’s position their party would suffer a signal defeat, and tlie Republican party would claim a victory, and the claim would to recognized. Mr. Randall seems deter mined to assist tlie Republicans to gain a victory. Ought he be permitted to render this assistance and at the same time to to recognized as a Democratic leader? A Reluctant Admission. A portion of the Northern press seems dis posed to admit that there is about as much race prejudice in that section of the country as there is in the South. The Asbury Park incident apjiears to have opened their eyes a little and shown them that in tlie discussion of this race question they have not been al together free from cant and hypocrisy. The New York Sun, commenting on this question, says: “In truth, the color line is sharply drawn at tho North as well at the South, against which we have no right to bring the charge of •min-ow and un christian race animosity. Asa colored preacher said tho other day, tho only differ ence is that tho South is honester in express ing its antipathy and its determination to keep the races apart. Here there is a dispo sition to hide the same fooling and pinqiose under a cloak of cant anil humbug." Tho Boston Herald lias this to say on the same subject, “Tho fact is that preju dice does exist in botli sections. It would to strange, indeod, if it did not exist in tho South. A people who in themselves and tlioir ancestors have lived for several gener ations with tlie black race in slavery to themselve*, and who—even admitting the natural inferiority of tlie black to to less than is charged—have seen them in entire ignorance of what is taught by school edu cation, cannot be expected to accept a feel ing of equality with such a race readily. Personally, the Southerner is often kinder to the ignorant black man than are those of white blood at the North. He is more used to personal association with him, and lias loss of that antipathy to personal contact that often prevails here. But there must always be with ttiis tlie assertion of personal superiority." Tlie Northerner is not in a position to lec ture tlie Southerner for his prejudice against the negro. When it comes to the point of associating with the negro on terms of equality he finds that lie lias the same preju dice that tho Southerner has, and that, too, without the kindly feeling for him which the Southerner has. The Northerner does not want to to brought into contact witli tlie negro in any way, while the Southerner only objects to his assumption of equality. It may to true that tlie negro has admission to places at tlie Nortli to which he is not admitted at the South, but this is because of the overwhelming numbers of tno negroes at tlie South. If the negroes were as numerous at tho North as they are at tho South, the prejudice against them would to even more marked there than it is here. That tiiis is true is shown by the hostility to them that cropped out at Asbury Park as soon us they began to gather there in large numbers. If tlie Northern people will look at this matter fairly they will find that they are not sincere when they condemn race preju dice at the South. It is noticeable that those of them who come South have a great deal less sympathy for tho negro than the South ern people have, and ore tlie quickest to re sent anything that looks like an assumption of equality. They are not at all anxious to prove by their conduct .tho sincerity of the opinions which they expressed so freely on the race question nt the North. When the Northern people show that they are free from race prejudice their criticism of the Southern people for entertaining this preju dice will to in totter taste. Another citizen of tlie United States has been arrested and brutally treated by the Mexicans. His name is Brecker.ridge. In addition to doing him bodily injury, the Mexicans have stolen his property. It is boo bad that Mexico cannot to taught to treat citizens of this country with proper rouped. ' THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ft, 1887. A Needed Restriction. It is not improbable that tlie agitation of the immigration question by the Knights of Labor will cause Congress to enact legisla tion of some sort tending to restrict immi gration. ‘While public sentiment is still in favor of permitting immigrants who are ca pable of earning a living, and who are sound in mind and tiody and are willing to accept our laws ami institutions, to land on our shores, it is certainly opposed to the recep tion of pauper criminals, Anarchists, So cialists, contract laborers, and those who nro likolv soon to become a burden upon the tax payers. Tlie census of 18-80 shows that while only one-eighth of the entire population was at that time of foreign birth fully one-third of those in the insane asylums, almhouses and prisons were foreigners. It is probable that a census at the present time would show pretty much the same condition of things. While healthy immigrants of good morals and a little money who want to make homes for themselves and become good citi zens are desired tho riff-raff of Europe is not wanted. There is no reason why the people of this country should to saddled with tho burdens which European countries are anxious to got rid of. The immigration laws ought to to so amended as to permit the reception of only such immigrants as are desirable. While we have plenty of unoccupied land and can accommodate a population many times greater than wo have, we ought to exercise great care in choosing those who are to share our privileges. We ought to say emphati cally that wo want only those who will to a help, and not those who will be a burden to us. The Knights of Lator will do the country good service if they force this immigration question on the attention of Congress and succeed in getting such restrictive legisla tion as is needed with regard to it. If only those immigrants were permitted to laud at our ports who had certificates from our consuls, showing them to to the kind of people wanted here, the country would bo relieved of a very large percentage of im migrants who eventually drift into chari table institutions and prisons. Pistols and Whisky. In a neighboring State, a few days ago, a party of young men went on an excursion from tho town in which they lived to another town about fifteen miles distant. They were regarded at home as law-abiding citizens, and, in tlie main, they were. Oc casionally more than one of them carried a pistol, and sometimes all of them got more uniler tlie influence of liquor than was proper. On tlie occasion in question every member of the party was provided with a flask of whisky and at least two were armed. Late in tho afternoon, when the whisky had made the party about half drunk, the two young men who were armed iieoame involved in an altercation with each other about some trivial matter. They drew their pistols and fired at each other, and one was shot through the heart and in stantly killed. Since the first of May the newspapers have recorded a large number of cases like that just described. It seems that many young men regard it as the propier thing to carry a pistol on excursions, and, as a rule, a flask of whisky is considered the fit com panion of tlie pistol. In a ease of murder on an excursion, reported from Ohio, the young man who took tlie life of his com panion said: “It was all due to whisky. I thought I couldn’t have any fun unless I car ried whisky with me. I drank too much, and l fired the fatal shot hardly knowing what I did.” Inanther State a murder was commit ted while a Sunday school was on a steamboat excursion. In this case a pistol and a flask of whisky were again companions, and tho young man who she 1 another’s blood said: “I was drunk. He angered me and I shot him. I carried a pistol because I was afraid there might to a difficulty. One often oc curs on excursions. I carried a flask of whisky because I wanted to have a lively time.” . If ever pistols and whisky are out of place it is on excursions, t)n such occasions people are seeking pleasure. They do not anticipate trouble, and the young men who carry pistols for fear there may lie a diffi culty, and whisky in order to have “fun,” are generally responsible, if trouble comes. There is as much sense in taking a pistol to a wedding as there is in taking oue on an excursion, and the “fun” caused by whisky is always to to regretted. There is a grave responsibility upon tlioso who manage ex cursions, and whenever it is possible they should sec that the young men who carry pistols and whisky ary compelled to stay at home. Ex-Gov. Foster, of Ohio, ho that once figured as “Calico Charley,” went all the way to New York to tie interviewed on tlie captured* flags episode. When ho had dropjxxl liis carpet-ling on tlie counter of a Fifth avenue hotel, he thus spoke to a re- Iwitter about the President’s letter declining to visit St. Louis: “Acanard,sir—a canard. He has ruined tlie little prestige he ever en joyc<l in Ohio. There is no difference of opinion among the Grand Army posts in our State concerning liis action, sir. They condemn it to a man." “Calico Charley” is a mighty man—in his own opinion. He will find, however, that tho President has not been injured among right thinking people in Ohio, or anywhere else. In Chattanooga tho other day, a man named Taylor, a brawling communist, made an incendiary speech on the public streets. Commenting on the occurrence the Times says: “Wo neither want, nor will Chattanooga have, n repetition of tho Chicago Anarchist riots, even on a small scale. We call the attention of the grand jury to Taylor's incendiarism and to all like nuisances, and demand of that tody to pro ceed with abatement measures.” The Times is right; in such cases prevention is better than cure. The statement is made tliut Sam Jones, the evangelist, recently preached four days in Henry county, Ky., without making a single convert. At the close of his last ser mon he remarked: “The sermon which 1 have just preached at you wits tho ono which converted Sam Small. 1 therefore thought it ought to make at least one con vert here, but 1 had forgotten that this con gregation is eonqiosed of citizens of Henry county." Sam is well known in llonry county, which, perhaps, accounts for his failure. Mrs. Lucy Para ms, m ife of the condemned Chicago Anarchist, has toeomo a took agent. She sells Nina Van Zandt’s biogra phy of Anarchist Spies. Mrs. Parsons is a greater )>est than was generally supposed. During the month of June 113 railroads earned $37,677,658, nn increase of $8,300,000 over the same month last year. When rail roads are operated as investments they gen erally pay handsome profits. CURRENT COMMENT. Their Losing Platform. From the New York Herald (Ind.) Gen. Tuttle snvs that “the Southern people hold just as bitter feelings toward tb* North as they ever have.” That is good Republican doc trine. It is the platform on which the party will fight and lose in 1888. His Case Is Hopeless. From the Missouri Republican (Dcm.) John Sherman is begging the Ohio Republi cans for an indorsement anv sort of an indorse ment. His Cincinnati organ declares that a mild one will do, but even if he could commit the To ledo convention to Imre tolerance of his preten sions liis case has become hopeless. He was never popular, and his Springfield speech was as peat a blunder as liis jaitronageof Eliza Pinkston. It Is Not the Proper Way. From the New York ll 'arid (Don.) In defending the protective system Mr. Ran dall says? “We would be worse than heathens not to take care of our own.” But it is a poor way to “take care of our own” to tax them needlessly $125,000,000 a year, under a 45 per cent, tariff, 75 per cent, of the duties l>eing col lected from the necessities of the people. The Public Appreciates the Difference. From the New York Star (Don.) The Blaine organs seem to think that they can injure President Cleveland by describing him as “an astutv and able politician.” The public very quickly appreciates the difference between t hat commanding ability in politics that secures the support of a great party and adds to its strength and the petty trickery to which small schemers resort for the sake of personal ad vantage or local prominence. BRIGHT BITS. Hatter to friend -There goes Mr. X. See he wouldn’t even take of my hat to me, and it isn’t paid for.— Town Topics. Father--He’s a brute, my dear, but don’t crv. 1 gave you to him l**cause he said he knew the secret of making you happv. Daughter -Well, he's kept his secret admira bly.—French Fun. Someone says that the latest fad of New York girls is to practice smiling before the mirror. The boys, we understand, don’t car*? whether there are any mirrors lie fore them or not when they smile.— Pittsburg Chronicle. The Labor party of lowa is running Mr. Cain for Governor. Now, fyere is a chance to settle an old controversy to the queen's taste. Let his opponent make him tell who his mother in law was iu tho Band of Nod.— Sait Francisco Alta. In Chicago—Young Penny wait—Oh, Ethel! I love the very ground you walk on. Ethel (aside)—Dare say. Corner lot, worth $75,000. Tho engagement is not yet annouced.-r Town Topics. “How old are you, mv son,” asked an old gen tleman of a “tot” who was celebrating his birthday, Tin 4,” was the reply, “and I’m mighty glad of it: I was getting very tired of being 3 all the time. ” —Leisure Hours. “My dear old friend, how were you able to acquire such an immense fortune?” “By a very simple method.” “What method is that y ' “When I was poor I made out I was rich, and when I got rich I made out that I was poor.”— Texas Siftings. Flies wore very troublesome in the dining room of a seaside cottage, and a trap was set for them. It did its work well, and the room seemed clear of them. But when dinner was served they were as numerous as ever. The three-year-old child explained their appearance by saying: “Papa, I tot dey was in dere long enuf.' ’ — The-Epoch. “Do you think you will gain your lawsuit?” asked Gus de Smith of Col. Yerger, who had been run over bv a fire engine and was suing the city of Austin for damages. “Yes, 1 think I will conn* out ahead.” “Has your lawyer given you grounds to think so?” “No, but I have given him grounds to think so. I've deeded him two lots on Austin avenue as a fee.”— Texas Siftings. A young lawyer in a Texas town invited some of his friends to a game of cards in his room, to lie followed by a little supper. Frogs were a new specie of food in that latitude, and a dish of them cooked in the choicest way was the feature of the occasion. Supptsr time ap proached, and during a temporary lull in the conversation, the door suddenly opened, and a Milesian waiter, in a loud voice, announced sup per thus: “Mr. E., them tuls is done and sup per is ready!”— Texas Siftings. “What’s the matter now?” inquired the doc tor, as he mot one of his regular patients, look ing rather dilapidated. ‘Tle got a bad cod, that's all. Id'll soon be offer.' “That's all, is it? That's the way all you peo ple talk. Some time you'll find that a cold isn't to be sneezed at.” “I always thoughd id was,” replied the suf ferer. Now he couldn’t secure the services of that physician at any price.— Washington Critic. Omaha man (just returned after a long ab sence)—What has Income of Deacon De Goode? Old Citizen —DeGoodeV DeGoode? “Yes, he was a sort of philanthropist, don't you know: was President of the Society to Make Great Criminals Happy.” “Oh, I remember now. He spent his fortune trying to invent a nice, easy, painless substitute for hanging.” “That's the man.” “He's dead.” “Eh! What did he die of?” “Burglars. Omaha 1 Vorld. PERSONAL. James Anthony Froude is writing a book abt ut his recent visit to the West Indies. Adjt. Gen. Drum is now said to be in failing health. He expects soon to retire from active service. Horatio C. King says it was Roland Hill and not Henry Ward Beecher who first said: “li is and hot.” Secretary and Mrs. Whitney are said to have given away $lOO,OOO in charity since last September. Robert M. Wilcox and his wife, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, have gone to Shelter Island, L. 1., to ppend a couple of months. Thomas Nelson Carter, a cousin and law partner of Thomas Nelson Page, recently hud an excellent dialect sketch in a New Orleans periodical. Gardner F. Williams, a well known mining man of California, has been appointed manager of the lie Beer diamond mine in South Africa, one of the largest in the world. Mayor D. R. Francis, of St. Louis, is only 82 years oil. He made a fortune in grain, and is now making a reputation as the. best Demo cratic Mayor that city has ever known. O<L Jacob F. Leksk. of Ohio, has gone back to California to spend liis remaining years. He first went there iu 1833, and in 183# was the only American who took part in the first Fourth of July celebration on the Pacific coast. The Brahmin Mohini M. Chatterji, who has been touching Brahmlnism in New England, is passing th** summer at Newton, Mass., and mak ing a literal prose version, with annotations, of the poem “Bliaga vat-Gita.” Rev. William N. Cleveland, the brother with whom tho President is now visiting at Forest Port, is a Presbyterian preacher that preaches at three different churches, alternating between them and preaching three times every Sabbath. His charges are six miles ai>art. Flanagan, of “What are wo here for?” fame, is one of the most effective fighters for prohibi tion in Texas. He is not making manv public speeches, but it is represented that in the little matter of w ire pulling he is giving the anti-pro liibitionist s more trouble than any other ten men in the State. Senator < 'oke, of Texas (Democrat), is quoted as expressing the opinion that three-fourths of the Democrats of that State favor the prohi bition amendment. Mr. Coke's term expires In 1889, aud it is significant that lie is neutral in the canvass, although two years ago he was outspoken against prohibition. Du. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ ancestor, “Dorothy ij,” lms become more than ever an historical character siueo there has been recently found tlu* original deed of the land where the Massachusetts St ate House stands, in which she, jis the widow of Gov. Hancock, conveys the estate for the nominal fee of five shillings. A lectern of antique oak has been placed in the church at the White Sulphur Springs ns n memorial to the lute Bishop Pinkney, of Mary land. The donor was MiasHuiiie Stuart, daugfi ter of William Alexander Stuart, a citizen of White Sulphur. She lias recently been married to Alexander Archibald Campbell, of Virginia, u nephew of Ueu. Roger Pryor. Rev. Ih. John Murray Forbes Ip the only Ro man Catholic priest ever excommunicated in this country before Dr. Mctjlvnu. Forbes whs an F.pUcopnl clergyman who joined the Roman communion in 1849, uud was appointed pastor of u church iu New York Ten years later he renounced Catholicism and went lack to the Episcopal church. Archbishop Hughes oxcom lrmniraffNi him after he had preached again in a Prolcstaul pulpit. Escape of Mrs. Cleveland’s Canary. From the Baltimore Sun. When Mrs Cleveland returns to the White House next Wednesday she will find her favorite canary bird missing. The little songster took liis freedom and flew away with it yesterday while the housemaid was cleaning its cage. The presidential bird, with truly democratic in stincts, fraternized with the humble English sparrow, the catbird, the graceful robin and the republican blackbird, whose nests are built in the trees surrounding the executive mansion. The entire domestic force was called out to try and persuade the truant bird tf> return to his cage but without avail. A step-ladder was brought out and on it was placed another cage, con taining his mate, with the hope that the wan derer would return, but the latter was still en joying his summer vacation when darkness settled around the President's house. On Foot and Horseback. From the Baltimore American. It is said that Attorney General Garland at tributes bis good health and appetite to the fact that he is fond of walking. Up to the time of Mr. J. C. G. Kennedy’s death it was cus tomary for him, at the close of office hours, to call at the former's office, which is around the corner, and the two would walk to their homes together. He is the pedestrian of the Cabinet, although Secretary Bayard does a little of it at times; but tlie latter's principal enjoyment is horseback riding. Secretary Lamar is like Mr. Bayard in both matters. Secretaries Endicott, Wlbtney, and Postmaster General Vilas, always ride home from their offices in t heir carriages. Secretary Fairchild at times takes a gallop on his saddle horse. Secretary Whitney is very much like “Jack on Horseback” when he tries the equestrian “racket.” At the paper-hunt it is said that the genial naval secretary gave room for plenty of wind and light between him and the saddle. This may be a slander on “his excellency,” but it comes from those who seem to know. A Famous House for Sale. From the Baltimore American. The historical house in which Payne, the as sassin, attempted thg life of Secretary Seward at the time or Lincoln's assassination, is now offered for salt*. As is well known, Seward was confined to his bed by sickness at the time, and his escape was almost miraculous. After this the house was purchased by the government , and lias since been used by the Commissary General as his headquarters. * The approaching completion of the new wing to the State, War and Navy Department building removes the Commissary General's office to that building, and it is on this account that the government now offers the house for sale. It is located in full view of the White House, on the east side of Lafayette Park, which makes it very valua ble. It was in front of this house that the tree once stood into which one of Gen. Dan Sickles’ bullets was imbedded when he shot Barton Key for undue intimacy with his wife. The tree from that time was literally cut to pieces by fa natical relic-hunters, until it finally died and was removed. Washington Cranks. From the Baltimore Sun. It is generally conceded that there ar** more cranks in Washington in proportion to its popu lation than in any other city in the United States. None have a better opportunity to judge of this fact than those who are engaged in newspaper work there. There are several positively dangerous female cranks who hang about the dejiartments pursuing imaginary claims. The wild, hungry look in their eyes es tablishes their identity at a glance. As long as their rambling, disconnected utterances arc tolerated they appear harmless, but when they are treated with apparent indifference they l>e coine violent, and considerable tact is necessary to pacify them. How these poor creatures manage to exist is a mystery, as they have worn the same old, shabby clothes for many seasons, and their faces have a pinched and half-starved look, while their eyes at times seem almost starting from their s'lekets. Absolute despair will sooner or later take possession of these un fortunates, and there is no telling w hat the result may Ik*. Arthur and Conkling’s East Meeting. From the Philadelphia, Times. Among the celebrities at Atlantic City is John Chamberlain, looking a little the w*rse for his last touch of the gout. Both Chester A. Arthur and Roscoe Conkling were always fond of Cham berlain, His restaurant in Washington was their headquarters during the political war be tween Blaine and Garfield ana Conkling and Arthur, which ended in the resignation as United States Senator of Conkling and Platt. Chamberlain tells of the last meeting between Arthur and Conkling. The latter cant'd at the White House. Conkling made no secret of his desire for the immediate removal of Collector Robertson. Arthur refused. Conkling came back in a towering rage to John’s from the White House. “Next morning,” says Chamberlain, “came a kind and conciliatory letter from President Ar thur (and he nas afoi ays the gentleman) I U ink ling was taking his breakfast at my house at 10 o’clock. He opened the letter. He read it. It was an invitation to spend the day with Arthur at the Soldiers’ Horne. Conkling tore up the letter, saving: ‘lt is too late. Life is too short to open that subject again.’ Conkling and Ar thur never met Again.” Cutting Down Expenses. From the Dakota Bell. “Pullem,” said a Dakota real estate agent, in a town which is enjoying a boom, to his part ner, “I closed the deal with that man from Philadelphia.” “Is that so?” “Yes, he takes tho five lots and pays $lO,OOO. Let's figure up and see how we came out on them.” “Well, they cost us sl,ooo.'* “Yes, and it took about $*JOO to treat and en tertain that man from Chicago whom we tried to sell to.” “And I let the St. Paul man boat me out of $3OO at poker in the hope of selling to him.” “Then I cashed a bogus draft of $250 for that man from New York, and then he skipjied out without buying.” “Then that lowa man took up two days of our time at $5O a day.” “Yes, and said he wanted to think about it before buying. And then the St. Duffs man I took home to dinner with me, he stole silver ware to the value of $l5 and skipped like the rest.” “And I paid a $lO drunk and disorderly fine for the Milwaukee man.” “We mustn’t forget to figure in aliout $5O for livery bills.” “No, nor $25 for spending half a day to go to church with that Boston man.” “And put down $lOO for advertising and $5O that I had to nay Jones for keening still when he accidentally overheard me tell this man we Kidd to that the marsh just behind the lots was An artificial lake put in by the city at a cost of $80,000.” *’ I <et s see total s2,oso—profits $7,950. That won’t hardly do - we’ve got to make more than that.” “Yes, we must cut down expenses on the next deal somewhere. 1 guess we had better not sjhmuJ time going to church with any more men.” The Man in the Moon. Now, all my life long my heart it has ached For the lonesome old Man in the Moon: I’ve wondered why he, of all men was denied A bountiful heaven’s best boon. Ah, who with a heart but would pity him, too? What mortal, who knows what it means. But feels for the man who makes his own bed. Ami bakes his own brown bread and beans? I've thought of him sitting awenrv, alone, With wildly dishevelled gray locks, Of a Saturday night when the Moon it beamed bright A darning his tattered old socks. I've thought of him oft, with the Moon at the full. Ami wondered if he was full, too; And, with no one to lot, him in when he came home. What the fuddled old fellow would do. Oh! many's the night I’ve gazed up at him, And thought'twasn't far t<> the Moon. Ami wondered—we’ve so many women to spare— If a wife could be sent by balloon. Biff, ah, me, I find that this eminent fraud Hus been fooling mo ull of my life, For a wiseacre down in New Jersey says now That the Man iu the Moon has a wife. At least, he is willing to swear he has seen A woman's face up in the moon: And, of course, the legitimate inference is She's the wife of that cunning old coon. After all 1 ought to have known by the light Of Nature that some female fair Dwelt along with him way up aloft in the moon, Or the man himself wouldn't be there. Buy why don't the rest of us see Mrs. Man? In what lunur lair does she keep? The Jersey man soys she's an “air of repose,” So perhaps she is always asleep. But woman we know'scorning fast to the front— Mrs. Man she will wake up full soon; And once she’s on dock ami asserting her rights, It's good-by to the Man iu tho Moon! __ M. N. B. When cramped you have no time to experi ment. You w ant relief, if possible, at ones*. Tell your druggist you want Jrxid. Brown's Ginger— the genuine. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Nebraska sustained a loss of $2,000,000 from Texas cattle fever last year. A oramte tower, sixty feet high, has been adopted as the design of the Portland (Me.) soldiers’ “monument.” There are suits amounting to millions pend ing against New York elevated railroads for damages by obstruction of light and air. Only one woman voted in the recent school election in Sparta, Wis., and the Female Suf fragists of the Northwest are in a despondent mood. In the English Australian colonics there are not only more males than females, hut the ten dency seems to be in the direction of increasing the disproportion between the sexes. A convention of the National Colored Press will be held at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 9. There will be reports and discussions on “Power of the Negro Press’* and on the “Religious, Educational and Social Status of the Negro.” Anew German dialect hits been discovered in Kaiser William’s land. The natives speak German, but F becomes B, while H and F are totally dropped. Moltke becomes Motseki, and Kaiser Wilnelm, Kaisar Weilleim. Tae clergy of Pueblo, Mexico, have collected over $200,000 for the coronation of the Virgin of Guadaloupe next December. It is estimated that the total contributions of all the Catholics of the country will amount to $1,500,000. When a burglar awoke a young lady in Port land, Me., lately, inste ad of putting a pistol to her head he kissed her and said: “Keep still, sis, I won't hurt vou.” Then he took his bundle, containing everyMiing that was portable in the house. Mils. Parker, of Dundee, Scotland, the founder of the British Womens’ Temperance Association, is going to bring 1,000 Scotch women to California to be domestic servants. And the editor of the San Francisco Alta says: “We will guarantee a good place to one maid of Dundee if she cau cook a haggis.” The Village Improvement Society of West borough, Mass., has put in practice an idea which may yield rich results in the develop ment of neatness. Large baskets have been placed in the corridor of the post office, and there are conspicuously displayed printed re quests that people, instead <>£ throwing en velopes and newspapers on the floor or side walks will drop them in the baskets. One of the hens of John Aldrich, of Nauga tuck, while devoting all her energies to hatching out a lot of eggs, was taken sick and died. The rooster of the flock immediately took her place, and has now been sitting on the nest of eggs for nearly three weeks. He daily leaves the nest at a certain time, bristles up and clucks as natur ally as any old lien, and to all appearances and purposes is a full-fledged motherly old hen. The fortress of Gibraltar is declared to be no longer impregnable. The armament of the famous stronghold consists almost entirely of old-time smooth-bore guns. There is not a shell gun, or a machine gun, or a quick-firing gun of any kind on the rock, and only two torpedo boats of questionable value for water service. Any ironclad could knock the whole face of the r<x.‘k to pieces without receiving a shot iu re turn. so far as the fortress is concerned. The ancient coronation chair at Westminster Abbey, the shrine of the traditional fragment of rock upon which Jacob rested his head at Bethel, “the stone of destiny” of the Irish kings, brought by Edward I. from Scotland, and ever since used as the throne of succeeding English sovereigns, has been “restored”—the missing portions having lieen replaced wit h new work, and the parts smeared over with brown paint to give them a spurious semblance of antiquity. During a recent severe thunder storm near Beehtelsville, Pa., lightning struck a gypsies’ camp, and two young gypsy girls, who were sit ting under a tree, were prostrated by the shock. They were terribly burned about the body and blood oozed from their wounds. The injured girls were laid in one of the large wagons, where they are slowly recovering. The girls were Sophia and Jennie Stanley, members of the great Stanley tribe of gypsies, and very beautiful. As regards accuracy of detail “Ben Hur” stands in the front rank of historical novels. A curious slip, however, occurs at the beginning of book <5. where the author speaks of the trav eler in the year being able to see the “smok ing coue" of Vesuvius. It was not till 79 A. D. that Vesuvius again l>ecame active. Since that period Vesuvius has undergone great changes. It is probably higher now than ever before. Indeed, from 1815 to 1838 it is said to have in creased in height over 800 feet. Joseph Gray, of Trail Creek Township, Mo., is lOxljAi years old. He was born in Virginia, Jan. 15, 1785, has been married sixty five years, is the father of eleven children, cast his first vote for Thomas Jefferson, has always voted the Democratic ticket., never smoked in his life, lias chewed tobacco since he was a small boy, has always used liquor in moderation, was never drunk in his life, has been a member of the Methodist church for over seventy-five years, and is still quite vigorous. A man near London recently made a bet that he could kill, clean, cook, and eat a spring chicken in fifteen minutes. Preparatory to the contest he secured the chicken and provided himself with a pot of boiling water, a bucket of cold water, a hot skillet, and a hot flat-irou. When time was called he jerked the chicken’s h*ad off, doused it in a pot of boiling water, slipped the feathers off. cleaned it, and then laid the fry flat in the pan, with the flat-iron on top to cook the upper side. At the close of eleven and a half minutes he had the chicken bones beautifully polished. President Cable, of the Chicago, Rock Island ami Pacific railroad, and its directors have recently returned from a tour of inspection, on which they made remarkably fast time. The train, consisting of a locomotive, baggage car and two official cars, loft the Missouri river at 5 a. m. Saturday, arriving at Chicago at G p. m. the same day, making the entire run of 500 miles in exactly thirteen hours, or an average of 38.40 miles per hour, including stops One run of 4-4.7 miles was made in forty--eight minutes, and an other of 9.8 miles iu eleven minutes. Last spring two wrens began housekeeping in the lattice work of the porch of N. W. Dutton, of Lewiston, Me. They were made welcome and so well treated that other wrens came there to live also. There are now over twenty in the little colony. The other day a cat appeared in the yard, whereupon the wrens set up a great chattering. Mrs. Dutton went out to sei what was the matter, and when she appeared the birds flew to her and perched on her head, and shoulders and arms apparently knowing that she would protect them from their enemy. The continued action of the wind on the sand bluff at Union Pier, Mich., recently uncovered the skeleton of an Indian squaw, apparently buried there long ago. About the wrists were two pairs of bracelets made of a metal of silver and copper mixed, and by the head a pair of earrings of the same material, and a gill or more of small beads apparently made from bone and some kind or shell. The pieces of metal contained sufficient copper to form a thick coating verdigris. There was also a round iron box, about, three inches in diameter and an inch deep, but entirely eaten by rust, and wrapped about it a covering of some coarse cloth, the threads of which were plainly seen in the rust. “The other day,*’ says a Boston correspond ent of the Minneapolis Tribune, “a countryman from Cape Cod sought out the office of Zion's Herald , which is near the top of a large build ing in Brumfield street, one of the upper small rooms, whose location is not readily learned from the street signs. He was looking for‘Mr. /ion.' He had been a reader of the pajier for years w ithout parting from the fallacy that Zion was the name of the editor. 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