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imn>AY. JX T LY S*, 1887.
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INDEX To” NhW ADVLiITISKMEMS.
Sex. ial KoTIc-rs Notion to Storekeepers,
Savannah Steam Bakery; To Petit Jurors Su
perior Court; Chatham Superior Court, June
Term. 1887.
Bas:: Eau.—Amateurs vs. Orientals.
Auction Sai.u-- -Furniture, by J. McLaujchHu
.t Sou.
Steamship ScncDVLC—Ocean Steamship Cos.
Fruit JAKR-Jas. 8. Silva & Soil.
Cheap Co:.v:jn AovEtmsEXKNTS—ltelp Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Ueut; l or Sale;
Buntm"r Resorts: Miscellaneous.
Boynton Fuhnacer—Cornwell & Clitptnan.
Fou Sale at Griffin, Ga J. 11. Keith.
Tho Morning; News for the Summer.
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ness Office. Special attention will be given
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quickest routes.
“Sleeping on the Green” is a popular song
in Savannah just now.
Mrs. Cleveland is proving of great value
to her husband as “the great anchor on the
right.”
The loafers are excusing themselves just
now, upon the plea that they are “para
lyzed by the thermometer.”
The man who says “Never mind the
weather so the wind don’t blow,” must be
impervious to both heat and cold.
The handies of most of .the imported
toothbrushes are made from the thigh bones
of horses. The fact is not a pleasant one.
The prompt conviction of men known to
be criminals will go further toward making
the laws respected than anything else that
can be done.
A by no means inconsiderable number of
Georgia farmers are trying to figure out
whether a fair puts more money into their
pockets titan it takes out.
General Paine's yacht, the Volunteer, is
nearly ready to take her first sail. Site is
said to be a beauty, and it is believed that
she will be wonderfully fast.
If he succeeds in becoming the ruler of
Bulgaria, Prince Ferdinand may live to be
as anxious to get out of that country as he
now seems to be to get into it
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican is
“booming' Robert T. Lincoln for the Presi
dency. The hot weather has caused the
Re/mUiitin to be attacked by a mild type
of insanity.
The French seem to be under the impres
sion tliat Franco can accomplish as a
republic w liat it could not accomplish as
an empire. Perhaps it can, but republics
thrive best iu peace.
The number of murders recently commit
ted iu this country is appalling. There
never was a time when the vigorous enforce
ment of the laws was uioro urgently needed
than at present.
Milwaukee, Wis., has a newspaper called
Die Deutsche Amerikanische Oewerbie unit
Industrie Zeitung: Fortsehritt dcr Zc.it
It must require a squad of newsboys to cry
it on the streets.
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Ex-Senator Dorsey’s silence regarding
“soap” for next year’s camnaign doubtless
causestheßepubiicanspoin. The ex-Geuutor
has not forgotten tho ingratitude of bis
party associates.
Boston is said to be more active in stock
speculation than any other city in the
country. Since Boston departed from or
tbodox ways in religion, she has exhibited
great interest in all kinds of gambling.
Quite frequently itis announced that srmo
gunner, or bicyclist, or other sportsman litis
“broken the record.” This is ail well enough,
biit it is somewhat strange that no plowman,
or cottou-hoer, or other laborer ever breaks
the record in his specialty.
It is announced that the visitors at tVest
ern summer resorts are dazzled by the
beauty of the Southern girls who are sum
mering out there. It is probable, however,
that the Westerners will not kick against
this sort of “Southern outrage.”
Mr. Biaino has dcvelojied u wonderfully
sympathetic vein since he went to England.
Ho sympathizes with everybody he meets
and with n gc<xl many ho does not meet. It
is noticeable, however, that lie kisq well
out of the way of tho poor Irishmen.
Government Isuids are said to bo rapidly
concentrating in the bands of large holders,
and the interest checks oil the registered 4’s
have lately decreased from 00,(00 to :iO,oon.
It is more apparent than ever that a small
clique controls the funds of tho country.
The Democrat* of Ohio have made a gold
selection for Governor and have adopted a
got si platform. Thomas Edward Powull, of
Delaware county, is a staunch Democrat,
who believes that Mr. Cleveland is making
a good President and that tho revenues of
the government ought to bo reduced by re
ducing the tariff, and not by talcing the fax
off whisky, and the Democrats of Ohio en-
tha st-.n;;) vii’tvz.
A Feature of Convict Camps.
While the Logklnture is inquiring into
the management of tLo convict camps and
the complaints of abuses alleged to be com
mitted there, would it not be well to make a
pretty thorough investigation of the extent
to which freedom is permitted to convicts
who arc known as “trusties?” There is an
impre. ..ion that there are a great many con
victs who eujoy about ns much liberty as if
they wore not under a sentente to hard labor
in ti;o penitentiary for a term of yours.
This impression may l* erroneous, and if
it is it ought to bo corrected, and if it isn’t
proper stops ought to lie taken to compel
the lessees to resjiect the action of the
courts.
It is tho purpose of tho State that convicts
shall lie punished for their crimes. It costs
a great deal of money to secure their con
viction, and it is an outrago upon justice
and a clear indication of contempt for the
State's authority for minor officials to nul
lify tho purpose of tho courts by granting
convicts privileges which relieve their prison
life of about all of its disagreeable and bur
densome features.
The New Orleans Picayune, a few days
ago, called attention to this matter of
“trusties,” and quoted from a number of
the Louisiana parish papers pub
lished in the vicinity of the con
vict camps, to show that many of
tlie convicts enjoyed about ns much freedom
ns if they wero under no restraint what
ever. One instance was mentioned where a
“trusty” was found in the town of Iber
ville roaming about the streets and conduct
ing himself in a very insolent manner, and
when told by tiie fawn marshal to go back
to his camp he replied that his bosses per
mitted hint to go and come as lie pleased
and that he didn’t propose to pay any atten
tion to the instructions of the marshal. In
another instance a number of “trusties” de
termined to escape, and to get the clothing
and money necessary to make their under
taking successful attempted to rob the
house of a planter in Ascension parish and
would have murdered tiie planter hud they
not been prevented by the timely arrival of
tiie planter's son.
The Legislature ought to find out how
many “trusties” there arc in each camp,
and who confers the degree of “trusty” on
a convict. It would also lie interesting to
know by what authority the degree is con
ferred, and whether it is not conferred upon
more white than black convicts in proportion
to their number. Reports now and then find
their way into print that a convict that hits
influential friends is treated more like a
guest in tiie camps than as a convict
condemned to hard labor. Tho Legis
lature should find out, if possible, whether
the lessees ever nullify tiie sentences of the
courts by treating convicts more leniently
than it is intended they shall lie treated.
This matter is of more importance than it
appears to be at first glunce, and the legis
lature will act wisely by giving it careful
attention.
Uphold the Officers of the Law.
Tiie sentence imposed by Judge Adams
niton Fogarty is doubtless very generally ap
proved. The Judge is evidently determined
to do what he can to lessen tiie number of
crimes of violence in this community; and
ovefy good citizen ought to give him every
possible encouragement in this work. He
said very justly that he could not understand
the puri>se of the jury in coupling n recom
mendation to mercy with their verdict.
There were no extenuating circumstances
connected witli the case. If Fogarty were
accountable, and tho jury clearly considered
that lie was, then there was no excuse what
ever for his deed, and if he wero not ac
countable he should not have been tried for
tho crime with which ho was charged, but
should have been sent to tho insane asylum.
Of course tho Judge has sympathy for
Fogarty’s family, and no doubt every citi
zen who knows anything üboul the ease
sympathizes with them, but sympathy ought
not to lie permitted to interfere with duty.
There is nothing to be said in condemnation
of the efforts which have been made tosliield
Fogarty from the jicnolty of his
crime. His family hav’o done, and
are doing, just what other fami
lies under like circumstances would
do, but tiie court, the prosecuting attorney
and tho jury had tiie good of society to
consider, and that is of far more impor
tance titan tiie feelings of the family >f the
criminal. The laws are made for the pro
tection of society, and if they are not en
forced in letter and spirit they will afford
no protection whatever. 1s t every citizen
assist in bolding up tho hands of those who
are entrusted with administering the laws
and there will soon tie a noticeable decrease
ia tho number of crimes of violence.
It is strange tliat the negroes of Atlanta
should opiHi.se Representafativo Glenn’s bill
preventing the coslucation of the races in
tbo Atluufa University. These aro the
same negroes who, not long ago, so earnest
ly opjiosed anything like a mixture of tiie
races in schools tliat they sought and ob
tained none but negro teachers for negro
schools in Atlautn. In this case it is more
than likely that tnoro is a whito man “in
the woodpile” instead of a “nigger.” If
there is, he ought to bo run out so that lie
may be known.
Mr. John D. Perry, of St Louis, father
in-law of Mayor Francis, of tho same city,
says: “We arc going to bnvo President
Cleveland in St. Louis iu spite of the Repub
lican press, and we shall do him honor when
lie comes.” Mr. Perry might add that not
only will the people of St. Ia uis honor tho
President should ho visit their city, but that
they will give him a rousing majority next
year.
1 What is tho trouble with this man f” asked
his honor at the Mayor's Court yesterday
morning. “lie was found (’routing a breeze
on tho corner of Bull and President streets,’,
replied tiie officer. “Hot him g<>! let hint
go!”exclaimed his honor. “Tho man who
creates a breeze in t his sort of weather is a
public benefactor.”
Certain citizens of Kansas make n grave
charge against Prof. Wiley, of tho Agricul
tural Department. They assert tliat he is
secretly in tiie pay of European beet-root
sugar producers to make a had showing for
the sorghum industry. Prof. Wiley ought
to demand an investigation.
Roscoo Colliding seems to liave convinced
the Republicansthatiieisnota disapimintcil
man. Indeed, they are now much iii|iosed
to curry favor with him, hoping, no doubt,
that ho will aid Mr. Blaine next year to
forget tho disappointment to which he was
subjected in IBS4.
Of twenty-six tramps recently arrested in
Central Park, New York, not one was un
der (10 yeans of ago. It would seem that a
man (10 years of age would rather do any
thing cltiuui tramp.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1887.
The Naval Stores Eill.
Senator Brantley's bill to regulate the in
spection and sale of naval stores, published
in our dispatches yesterday, does not ap
pear to have treated a great deal of inter
est among tl.e naval store's factors ar.d buy
ers in this city. Of course they are inter
ested in all legislation which in any way
tout hes their business, but apparently they
do not regard this bill as particularly hurt
ful or iicneficitfl to them. Some of the fac
tors at first thought about calling a meet
ing of the Board of Trade to consider the
bill, but after they had studied it a little
more carefully it seemed to be the better
opinion that it called for no organized ac
tion from them. Home of them said, and it
is not improbable that they voiced tho sen
timent of the majority, that they would pre
fer no legislation at all, because they did
not think there was occasion for any, but
that there was nothing in Senator Brant
ley's bill to call for aggressive hostility to it
front them.
Tho hill fixes the inspection fees at just
w hat the inspectors now receive. It is true
that the producers pay the factors a little
more than these fees, but that is a matter of
contract between tho producers and factors,
which tho contracting parties can arrange
to suit themselves.
As for the praetico of “homing” the fac
tors say that they are not, tujd never have
been, guilty of that, and, hence, there is no
necessity for prohibitory legislation with re
gard to it, so far as they are concerned. The
bill scents to legalize the practice with ro
spect to buyers. At least it permits them
to remove the inspectors' grade marks and
to substitute their own, provided they do
not use those of the inspectors.
The practice of "horning” would, perlitjps,
be abandoned altogether if the purchasers
in the final markets were to demand of their
brokers or buyers certified copies of the cer
tificates of inspection which tire furnished
the buyers here. The practice of “horning”
might also be prevented, perlia;®, by requir
ing tho inspectors to brand their grade
marks upon the barrels, but that would be
a rather tedious and expensive method, and
might not meet with favor even from the
producers if they were called upon to bear
part of the expense of it. From present
indications tho Brantley bill w ill not have
active opposition from the naval stores trade
hero.
The Oglethorpe Seminary.
The announcement elsewhere in this issue
of the opening of the Oglethorpe Seminary
for girls this fall in Savannah will doubtless
be received with general satisfaction. It is
a singular fact that while Charleston has
nearly always had a fine school of this class
it is many years since one existed in Savan
nah, if indeed any were ever here coming
up to the projier level. The result is that
for a long time many daughters of parents
.able to afford the expense have been educat
ed at the North, while at almost anytime
equal advantages could have been combined
for them here at far less cost. The item of
cost, however, is not the only consideration
making a finishing school in Sa
vannah a prime necessity. Equal in
importance and of gravity upon the lives of
the girls, and to the society of which they
subsequently^become members, is the tone
of feeling and thought imparteil to them
by tiiis foreign education, and the loss of
a sincere appreciation of those things really
admirable in their own city and State. It
is most fortunate that a lady of culture and
capacity has at last undertaken the task of
bringing together the ability for instruction
in all branches that can bo found here, and
of organizing a school which proposes to
send out its girls as completely educated
and equipped as they would be anywhere
else. In this there is lfbthing antagonistic
to the purposes of a public school system.
Education costs money, and it goes without
saying that it is not intended that tho public
schools shall afford all the educational ad
vantages to be found in the best private
schools where tho amount of instruction
given to each girl separately is necessarily
greater than that furnished by the State or
city to scholars bearing a much larger pro
portion in number to the teachers. The new
enterprise certainly deserves encourage
ment, and there Is every reason to believe
that it will meet with success. Savannah
is a beautiful city and hus many attractions.
Why should it not add to its attractions
seminaries of such excellence as to draw
students of both sexes front all parts of this
State, and even from other States, to enjoy
its educational facilities!
Every time Jay Gould turns around the
Wall street financiers in New York lose
their heads. Somebody discovered ustcamer
chair, the other day, displayed in front of a
furniture store with Gould’s name and tin
words “Steamship Etruria” painted on the
back. Immediately there was a rumor that
Gould was going to Europe and tho Wall
street financiers rushed about excitedly in
quiring: “What is lie up to now;’’ A
prompt contradiction of the rumor pre
vented stocks from taking a tumble.
It ir. stated that Mr. James Fenner Leo, of
Maryland, may reconsider his determina
tion to resign tho secretaryship of the
American Legation at Vienna. It scents
that tho report that he had already resigned
was untrue. Before the appointment of
Gen. Lawton ns Minister, Mr. Lee's salary
was about $0,1)00. It will now he reduced
tosJLHKi, that being the regular salary of
tho secretary. Mr. 1-eo is regarded its of
great value to the legation.
C. A. Buckley, tho blind Democratic poli
tician of Matt Francisco, has just returned
from Paris, where he went to consult ocu
lists as to the probability of regaining his
sight. They gave him hopes of its restoration
in the course of time. But whether lie ever
sees sunlight again or not, it is likely that ho
will continue to lead the Republicans of his
city a dance they will not like.
The Courier, of Koine, fought prohibi
tion in that city with great vigor, but now
that the tight is lost amiouuces that it will
place no obstacle in the way of tho enforce
ment of the law, but will lend its aid in up
holding it. This is tho right course. If a
majority of the people in a community say
that they want prohibition, tho minority
should cheerfully acquiesce.
About 1,000 female educators attended
the teachers’ meeting recently held in Chi
cago. Only one of them called herself a
“lady teacher.” The others, when s|leaking
of themselves, used the word “woman."
They wisely refrained from enoroaching
upon the rights of the “wash ladle*" and
“cook ladies” of the land.
Bon Butler Is In Maine having a generally
good time. The jieople meet hint in crowds,
shake bunds with him, and then listen to
sixx'cheti from him. Next year he might
find amusement by running for President
in Maine. It will not do for him to try it
anyavhero else in the couutry. I
CURRENT COMMENT,
What Troubles Them.
Ft fw the Multite I>>j:■•:!< ! en.)
Jr.d&ring from savage rri*i:i-i uißile by Re
publican papers of tne j artusao stripe of Mr.
rlevelaiiff's sptKcbes ana they must be
<livad£ully afi-aid that lu is with tho
people.
Nobody Is Boosting Him.
From the Ronton Glo'se (Dem.)
S*iiator Khorman is n ported as saying: “I do
not want to b? held up to the people of tho
United States as a Presidential candidate if
there is auy doubt about Ohio." We cannot
discover tliat there is uny one holding him up lo
any jfn ar extent, it dead certain that nobody
is boosting.
Prevent Els Doing Damage.
From the Tieio York Star (Don.)
In other words, Mr. Itandall is a protectionist.
He believes in methods of taxation which the
gr*at body of Democrats disavow and disap
prove. Of course, Mr. Randall is entitled to his
opinions. We cannot nav that his heresy upon
so important a subject oi federal taxation places
him out of the Democratic line, but we do say
that he should not be placed in n position in the
House of Representatives which will enable him
to force his ncresies upon the administration
and the party.
With Serene Enjoyment.
Front the Washington Foe* (Dem.)
With serene enjoyment of the thing the Presi
dent keeps right on making keen but good-na
tured thrusts at his blatant censors. Talking
yesterday at Fayetteville. N. V., about his boy
hood there he told of the howling panther near
the lake, the dread of which often hindered his
going a-iLshing. “Hut added the President,
“since I have been in Washington I have hoard
so much howling that 1 don’t believe that pan
ther could have any terrors for me now.” Evi
dently it is tho President's innings, and he is
scoring some good hits.
BRIGHT BITS.
He—And did you see Monte Carlo while you
were in Europe y
Sin* -No; Papa called on him, I believe; but
from his disappointed appearance when he got
back to the hotel 1 think Mr. Carlo must have
been out.— Rostoit Traveller,
' Misthicii Copy,” said one of Buffalo Bill's
Indians Iho other day, “Can I lave the aggre
gation temporarilyV*' “Why, Bounding Pan
ther?” asked liuilalo Bill “Sure, an' I'd like to
visit me old homo at Bally Kilmucky when I'm
so nare it.”-' “All right, you can have a week’s
furlough.”— Pittsburg Chronicle.
Tiie Waco Day asks who ever heard of a man
“smoking his way into heaven?” The Sen's
won’t undertake to answer the question, but
will simply suggest that the Good Book tells us
that the Prophet Elijah went to heaven in a
chariot of fire, and where there was so much
lire there must have been some smoke.— Deni
son \ Texas) Ne tvs.
As old farmer come into a suburban village
one day this week to hire help for mowing
But they were not to be had at any price, and
the old granger left disgusted, saying: “It
beats all natur’; help ain't wuth nothin'now
days, and they want twice as much wages as
the're wuth. ' This problem will tax the jumbo
intellects to find what “the're wut!i. v—Provi
dence Journal.
A farmer stood at the Ithaca gas well yester
day and sadly declared it was just ruining Bible
prophecy to dig such tilings, i>n being asked to
explain he said: “If the oil and gas is all pumped
out of the earth, don’t it stand t reason that
there will lx? nothing left inside for the final
burning up of tin- world. It is just spoiling
Bibl* prophecy, and ought to be stopped.”—
Elmira Gazette.
A lady walked into a city store a few days
ago and inquired for the carpet department, to
which sli* was conducted. “You see,” she ex
plained, ‘I bought a piece of carpet here for'
my mrlor, and Samuel, my husband, says
nothin' ’ll do but we must have more like it So
1 want to get the remnant. I don’t remember
the clerk that waiUsl on me, but I’d know the
carpet if I set eyes on it.”
Three clerks w re kept busy an hour .and a
half unrolling carpeting for her identification,
but the desired remnant didn't come to light.
“Dear me, this is very disappointing,” said
the lady, with a tone of vexation, “I felt sure I
could find the rest of it.”
“When did you buy the goods, madam?” in-
quired the clerk.
•'Oh, twenty-two or twenty three years ago.
I know it won just about the time of Lee's sur
render and Samuel wished to celebrate, null — "
“Ah, madam,’’ said the clerk, "I fear the
remnant has been sold " -Buffalo Courier.
Attorney for Defendant.- I will now ask
the witness what lie was doing on the evening
of.Jan. I'd?
Counsel for Plaintiff—Objected to as incom
petent. iijtxcusablo, irrelevant- and incompre
heusible? ''
A. for D.—Your honor. T insist upon,the wit
ness answering tliis question!
The Court Come, gentlemen, no quarreling:
let ns proceed with the case—the objection is
sustained.
A, tor I’.- Very good: now then, Mr. Pluck
etn, on lit" evening of Jan. 12 you were seen- .
C. for IV—You miserable old shyster, the
court rules that question out.
A. for D You pettifogging final proof thief,
if it wasn’t for his honor's presence I'd sweep
the court room with your contemptible carcass.
Withdraw your objection, you white-livered cur,
or arm yourself.
c. for I'.—l throw myself on the protection of
the court.
The court here produces a forty-four self
cocker: the at ti nicy for the defendant yields the
• "cut and harmony is again restored.— Dakota
Hitt.
PERSONAL,.
The health of Minister McLane’s wife contin
ues in a precarious slate.
Allan Arthcr, son of the late ex-Presidont
Arthur, has arrived at Paris.
Marshal MacMaiion is concluding his me
moirs entitled "The Journal of My Life."
Air.. Irtino's friends say that the actor's
profits for the last year will not fall short of
jfHKi.O o.
Hkenmardt looks forward to one winter it:
Paris bcioix, he .’inning her three years’ tour of
the world.
Sena ron Qrxv is not, a great orator, hut be is
repuP’J to be one of the most terse anil vigor
ous of writers.
( )njector Holy an. according to the testimony
of an intimate friend, pro) loses to end his Con
gressional career w ith the present Congress.
Neal Dow has accepted an invitation fo de
liver an addre on prohibition ill Massachu
setts. lie will then take purl in the canvass in
New Volk.
Ex (!ov. Shepherd says he has succeeded
splendidly with his mines at lJat< pelis. Alex.,
.and will continue the work, but wail reside m
Washington.
Lam Hi rdftt Coptts has been received back
into Queen Victoria's favor. Since her mar
imp' to Ist youthful husband th ■ baroness has
been persistently snubbed at court.
William K. Vanderbilt, who is stil! in Lon
don, lias leased Beaufort Castle. Lord Lovat’s
new and picturesque seat in Inverness, for two
months, at a rental of $lO,OOO. It is said tube
tlie very ideal of a sporting estate.
Minirteii IIt'BBARD writes to the State De
partment that the English are recovering their
lost ground in Japan, and before long may be
ex|'ete,l to take the reins from the Hermans,
who have had everything for some years buck.
Queen Victoria lias contributed numerous
relics to the Mary Stuart Tercentenary Ex
hibit inn at Peterborough; among them a Bible
with tlie Queen Scots' autograph, and a print
of the Queen and Lord Dormcy, of which only
three copies exist.
The ladies of St. lain is. anticipating the Presi
dent's acceptance of the invitation to visit the
city during i'air week, are making special prep
arations for tl.e entertainment of Airs. Cleve
land. A grand rceept ion and banquet have been
projected for the occasion.
Frank Vincent, who wrote "The Land of the
White Elephant." has just returned from a 86,000
mile journey in south America, where be had
been in every capital and important seaport and
explored many leagues of unknown territory,
lb- is a quiet man. tall arid slim, with a dark
brown moustache and a woll-Uumed face.
Accord;no to an old custom (Jeorge W. Childs
is acting during tln* summer us sexton nt the
little Episcopal church at. Elberon, N. J. He
scuts visitors who liave no pews of their own,
and also passes the contnbution box. Air.
Childs is very proud of Ids ofHee, and will not
accept dny ether in the ijift of the little church.
Thomas Adolphis Trollope, who has lieen
resjdlu;: in Italy for Inoro than thirty years, is
about to return to England and has taken a
house nt Burtleigh Hal tenon. in flevonahlre Mr.
T. A. Trollop, was for a long time the Italian
correspondent of the Daily AVn , first nt Flor
ence and subsequently at Rome, and lie has
w ritten several capital novels, none of which,
however, gained as much popularity ns the
works of his younger brother, Anthony, who, bv
the way, was indebted to "T. A." for the plot o'f
"Dr. Thome." one of his most successful stories.
It may lie hoped that Air. Troll,ah' will some
day publish Ins reminiscences of 1-andor. I-ever
ana nt my other political and Uterir • eel. britles
with whom he enjoyed mucu iaturoouPM.
A Timely Tribute.
From the Xew York World.
Biased is the bath!
Be it in th* mighty wean.
With its ever swelling motion.
Clasping maidenhood divine
In its ••green and glassy brine,' 1
Choking off the man who chatters,
Tearing dignity to tatters.
Lighting up Ua*. bathers pay
With an aureole of spray.
Fondling beauty as it swims
In a maddening swirl of limbs,
Nature few such tonics hath
As the bath!
Blessed is the bath!
Be it by the river side
here the gamin doth abide.
Where he dresses “on the run,"
Where his towel is the sun,
Where his bold ablutions eeaso
When his sentry yells “Police,”
Where he flaunts without distress
His barbaric nakedness.
Plunging downward, hissing hot,
From the most unlikely spot,
Plowing deep his watery path
Through the bath!
Blessed is the bath! - >
Where you’re roasted, grilled and boiled
Till you're satisfied you're spoiled;
Where you're rubbed and drubbed and scrubbed,
Thumped and kneaded, steamed and tubbed;
Thrown on beds—but not of roses— \
Played upon by various hoses, f
Hammered at an awful rate,
l ire you lose your real estate,
Then when all the torture's over
Tucked away in blissful clover,
Drowned forever is yum* wrath
In the bath!
Blessed is the bath!
Though your basin is a small one.
Though your room be hut a “hall” ono,
Though you cannot make a plunge
With a pitcher and a sponge,
Though you nervously may grope
For tin* hard and slippery soap,
And despite of ail objections
Have to bathe yourself in sections,
Standing while you drip and drain
Till youi* towel dries again—
Surely e'en s.*me merit hath
Such a bath. Edward E. Kiddhr.
Fly Fishing Extraordinary*
From the American Angler.
Oscar Sinedberg, the excellent lawyer, culti
vated. bright and \sdnninggentlemau, whose stui
ami untimely death near ten years since brought
grief to the Hearts of ft host of friends in New
York and elsewhere—he and the writer, some
time in the •fifties,” were wading down the
Beaverkill side by side casting flies with “emu
lative zeal.”
The sun had just disappeared behind a west*
ern mountain, while its rays glided the tops of
many more that encircled us.
The soft evening air was filled with bird and
insect life and the trout were leaping in every
pool.
It is needless to say wc were content and
happy.
Smedberghad straightened his long line be
hind him and commenced making the forward
east, when liis hand was suddenly arrested. We
both instinctively looked back and saw that a
swallow had taken one of his dies and was soar
ing aloft like the lark. Fora moment Smod
berg stood a:; if paralyzed, his rod perpendicu
lar, his reel (which chanced to have a weak
click i singing as the line was rapidly drawn ofl
When he bad taken in the situation he reeled in
until only his easting line separated the bird
from the rod, lowered its tin so that 1 was ena
bled to seize the leader, tako the bird in my
hand and remove the hook from its bill. For
tunately the bird was not seriously injured, and
on being released went its way, a rejoicing, but
doubtless much astonished swallow.
Upon another stream, at another time over a
score of years, another friend and I, while en
gaged iu tty ILshing, stopped at a farm bouse
for a glass of milk or water. I leaned my rod
against the house, entered it and made known
my wants. Before they were supplied I heard
my rod fall, and upon looking out of the door
saw it moving oft in tow of an old hen, evident
ly in a very excited state of mind. She, to
gratify her own appetite, or that of one of the
brood of chicks that surrounded her, had taken
one of my tiles as it swung in the air. With
some difficulty, and amidst much cackling, “fuss
aud feathers," I secured the fowl, removed the
hook aud gave the mother to her offspring.
Why Sam Couldn’t Whistle “Croppies
Lie Down.”
From the Xew York Evening Sun.
“Say, Sam, whistle us “Croppies Lie Doon ”
“I don't know it, sail ”
“Oh, yes, you do. (jive it to us and we’ll give
you $5.”
While Sam was considering the proposition a
bystander explained to the reporter that the
short, thick-set, and very black negro to whom
the offer was made lei i a reputation all over
the country for his marvelous powers as a
whistler. In fact he made his living by whist
ling. In the summer he visited the watering
places by the seashore, in the mountains—any
where in fact that people gathered on pleasure
bent . In the winter he worked the larger cities
of the South and West. He was said to have
laid aside a comfortable store against a rainy
day.
Meanwhile Sam had sized the party up and
readied the conclusion that there was not a
North of Ireland mail among them. Solemnly
shaking his head, he pronounced his ultimatum:
"No, sah; T would like de money, but 1 can't
whistle dat piece. De las’ time i done whistle
it a big Irishman lie lit onto me in de back. He
wasn’t sasefied to hit me wid he flat. lie
slugged mo iu tie head wid a tree. Looka
hyur.”
He took off his old slouch hat and exhibited a
deep scar extending clear across the skull, and
then continued:
"Since dat time I have done eliminated dat
s’lection from my ripurtry.”
The OUe3t Newspaper in the World.
Prom the Poll Mall Gazette.
It is generally believed that the Timex, of
London, and the Gazette de Frame, of Paris,
are tl e oldest papers in existence, but this ap
pears to he a mistake. The honor belongs to
the Chinese, who possesses a journal started
nearly 1,000 years ago. Its name is the King- Pan.
It was founded, says a learned bibliophist, in the
year illl of the Christian era. At first it was
published at irregular periods, but in 1381 it be
came a weekly. In iso! it underwent another
transformation and apiieared daily. It costs a
halfpenny, and issues three editions. The morn
ing edition, printed on yellow paper, is devoted
to commerce; the noon edition, printed on
white puper, contains official acts and miscella
neous ivuvs: while tlio evening edition, printed
on red paper, is taken up with political informa-'
tiuu mid leading articles. It is edited by six
members of the Academy of Science, and the
total sale of the three editions is 14,000 copies.
The Sudden Doath of a Pittsbu rgr Mule
/"nim the Pittsburg Dispatch.
“Whoa!” veiled the driver of one of Alderson's
brick wagons on Second avenue about 2 o'clock
yesterJuy afternoon! at the. same time giving
the n ins a sharp jelk. One of the team, a big
mule, droppe 1 over as quick as if it was shot.
"What in ,” said the driver, and then
stopped short, scratched his head, climbed down
and kicked the mule carefully. Tile muledi In't
kickback, ami the driver scratched lh.s head
again, and said: “Well, I’ll be .’’ He didn't
liuish. but scratched his heed aguin and re
marked:
“Wh*, he's dead!”
Sure enough, heart disease, nr some other
electric ailment, had got in its work on the mule,
nml the thousand or two jieople who had gath
ered in the two minutes in which all this oc
curred. each seemed to think it was his duty to
touch the driver ou the shoulder and ask couil
dentially:
“How d'Ju come to kill him !’’
Tlio Heart After Decapitation.
From the London Figaro.
Pr. Charcot, the famous hvpnotizer, lias re
cently had a chance of examining immediately
after decapitation one of the -1 i>or cent, of
French murderers who get executed. Thanks
to the assistance of the police, his examination
commenced two seconds utter the knife of the
guillotine had fallen; and the head even then
had ceased to give any sign of life, though mus
cular movement continued in the neighborhood
of the Jaw until the sixth second. But theheat
ing of the ln art, caused by the influx of blood,
actually continued for sixty minutes. The con
elusion finally arrived at was that the death of
the guillotined man luul not been .caused l.y
uspliyxia The violent irritation of the nerves
of the neck, it was decided, had reacted upon
the heart, and death followed Ihu shock.
Florry Dunn’s Achievement.
From the. Pall Mall Gazette.
The most ini cresting thing nlsiut the children's
Jubilee in Hydf i**rk has not yet, we think. ls?en
mentioned liunti tba; paragon of
punctuality, who '•, presented to the qnm n as
the scholar who hart never missed a single at
tendance, is an Irish gild. Wnat a just retribu
tion, to be sure! The Daily Telegraph, which
vies v, ith the Times in Its incessant railing at the
Irish rare, organizes a great, fete, uni 1 tin• cen
tral llgure In the show turu* out to lie a little
Irish girl. Hundreds of her kith and kin." says
our informant, "are living in my neighborhood
in the heart of Tipperary.” Bravo, Flurry Ihi"n!
If every Irish girl and boy will peg away with
your exemplary pertinacity, old Ireland w ill get
bur meed of justice sooner than some of her
eaomioi. expect.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
I.v Prussia it is the railway employes who are
generally the victims of accidents: the percent
age of passengers Injured or killed is very small.
A Brooklyn woman stole a waist from a
fancy goods store, and the next day took it
back to exchange for one that would fit her.
She was handed over to the police.
The Empress of China has presented 600
stanzas of poetry of her own composision to
the Haulin College, while Prince Chu’un has
written a collection of verse in which he has
described the novel objects that he saw in liis
tour through China last year.
In Salem, Mass , the other Sunday, Pr. Bolles,
of the Universalist church, preached in the
Baptist church, and Dr. Bishop, of the Methodist
church, preached in Dr. Bolles’ churc’". Both
gentlemen preached from the text. “For now
we see through a glass darkly, but then Face to
face ”
A Boston man, after getting on a Brooklyn
street car, discovered that he had no change
less than a SSO bill. The conductor lent him his
fare and the man took his name and address.
Next week the conductor received a check for
S3 from the Boston man in appreciation of his
kindness in lending the nickel.
An American in London says that the in
creased popularity and growth in number of the
large betels are a noticeable feature of change
during the last ten years. The business advan
tage of a large hotel has been learned from
Americans, and the "big taverns” which wore
once an object of ridicule, are now quite com
mon.
CorNT Hochberg, manager of tho royal thea
tres at Berlin, has just made an arrangement
whic]) might be advantageously copied else
where. lie has secured the services of three
well-known artists, Bracht, Dieiitz and Heyden,
who are to be consulted with reference to the
scenic arrangements whenever anew opera or
play is placed on the stage.
San Francisco has a most commendable club,
called the “Sight Seers.” It is a walking club,
with no initiation fees and no dues, the only re
quisite being that each member bring his lunch
on the regular weekly tramps. The club re
cently ascended Mount Tamalpais, from which
one may overlook San Francisco and the sur
rounding country for fifty miles.
An old German fanner, living about ten miles
back of Sebewaing, Mich., has a wildcat for a
pet. It was caught wjien very young, but has
now been the familiar friend of the farmer for
eight years. It follows him like a dog. and is
truly loyal, with but one exception, anil that is
that he dotes on chickens. This is-slightly off
set by the fact that he can kill more rats than a
t housand tame cats.
The lady artists have recently been giving a
masked ball in the city of Munich, which was
attended by COO ladies. Gentlemen were re
fused admission, nevertheless we are told that
they had a merry time of it. A large propor
tion of the guests appeared in gentlemen's cos- |
tume, as officers, etc. As may be naturally sup
posed, the waiters and other attendants ail be
longed to the fair sex.
The District Commissioners at Washington
have decided that no more fire alarms shall be
rung from church or tower bells, and that bells
on street car horses shall be prohibited. They
argue that fire alarm bells are worse than use
less. excitihg the people, and drawing crowds
that interfere wiih the firemen; and that the
bells on the car horses make unhecessary noise,
and do not prevent accidents.
During a thunder storm at Hazelton, Pa.,
lightning struck a penknife in the hands of
High Sheriff Zierdt, who was bathing in a tub.
When he recovered consciousness he found
nothing but small splinters of the tub he had
breri bathing iu, and the water it contained was
equally distributed over the floor, as if done
with a mop in the hands of a scrubwoman.
The niettU in the knife was melted. No other
evidence that the lightning had entered the
room could be fouud.
SiXTEEN-YEAR-OLD CH.VRLOTTE McKaY, of
Philadelphia, had the entire charge of her three
small brothers and sister, and of the household
as well, her mother being in an insane asylum.
She is a nervous child, anil the work was too
much for her frail body. A day or two ago a
neighbor thought Charlotte ■ did wrong, and
threatened to tell her father and have her
whipped. The threat resulted in the girl's try
ing to kill herself by swallowing poison. She
was discovered in time and her life saved.
The Sultan of Johore has a wonderful palace
near Singapore. Its wealth and beauty rival
the “Arabian Nights” tales splendor; and he is
always willing to show his marvels to the many
strangers touching at his shore. He entertains
bis guests at meals with food served in golden
vessels, which service cost S7tiO,UUO. Tile regalia
he wears is valued at §500,000. a sword Queen
Victoria presented cost the neat sum of §50,000,
and he delights to dazzle the eyes of his en
chanted spectators with these wondrous visions
of wealth.
Kev. Dr. Torsey, of Lewiston, Me., says that
once he went to marry a couple. On arriving at
the bride’s home he found a physician in at
tendance. The bride was alarmingly ill. “If
you can many these people iu five minutes, you
may do it," said the physician. “You hold her
pulse, and 111 hold the watch,” said Dr.
Torsey. “I performed the ceremony,” saiil Dr.
Torsey," and on concluding, looked at my watch
and fuund I had been eighty seconds perform
ing the ceremony. The groom handed mo slu
and I retired.”
There is a had coon in Brockville, Canada. It
recently attacked a sow with a litter of pigs.
She fought him off as best she could until the
uproar attracted a squad of other hogs, which
rushed to the sow’s Assistance and succeeded in
driving the coon away. The latter, however,
after abandoning the contest, stood, bristles up,
sulkily watching the hogs, whereupon a woman
who was looking on threw a stick at him. To
her astonishment the animal at once pounced
upon iier and began tearing her dress to pieces.
After much exertion she succeeded in beating
him off.
A Des Moines (la.) man, while chopping a big
block of ice, noticed embedded in its very- centre
a black object, which appeared to be a small
stick. Upon breaking the ice at that point.
however, it was found to be a worm about three
inches long, encircled with yellow rings. When
exposed to the sun it lay dormant for a while,
and then crawled off, greatly to the surprise of
the neighbors who had gathered around. No
record of the existence of an ‘.‘ice worm” is to
lie found, and the owner of this new specimen
is waiting for enlightenment ou the subject of
his discovery.
A distinguished clergyman once asked the
head of the New' York T’olioe Department
whether the report was true that ho was opposed
to capital pnuisliment for the crime of murder.
Mr. Kennedy’s reply was clear and strong:
"Should the Legislature of New York ever abol
ish capital punishment in this State, 1 should re
gard the vicinity of this city as a very unsafe
place as a residence, or even to visit. I should
bid the locality a final adieu.” The superin
tendent added, that “when the lion shall eat
straw like the ox,” he may chungo his mind,
but not till then.
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Deruty County Clerk Elijah Mann, of
Louisville, lias the bad habit of playing policy.
The other nigut, after hours of restlessness, ho
fell asleep and dreamed that he was in a policy
shop, where the numbers were being chalked
down as they came out. The mail at the lilack
boa'.xi had written “11. 13, If,” when Mr. Muun
sudd inly awoke. He got up at once and started
for a policy shop, and put §ls upon the numbers
which he had seen in his dream. He took a
“row,’’ as it is called, with the numbers 11,13,
IV, playing a§s “gig,” a§s “saddle,” and $2 50
each that the numbera-would either come out
in the first nine drawn or in the last nine, twelve
being the entire number to come out. The
three lucky numbers were chalked upon tho
board at the midday drawing in the first nine.
For his “gig" lie got SI,OOO, for his three "sad
dles" S-iii 05 each, or $139 05 in the aggregate,
and, ns the numbers came out in the first nine,
$1,950 additional, making a total of $3,383 05.
The beginning of the modern art education
movement in the United States can be as defi
nitely assigned to the year 1870, says I. Edwtirds
Cl nine in the American Magazine tor August.
The lives of the three remarkable men by
whoni this great educational reformation was
liegim terminated within a few brief months of
each other; that melancholy coincidence marks
in I*Bo the close of the Mist period of this move
ment, destined to exert immeasurable influence
over the future ol' America. The lamentable
carriage accident to ex Secretary Kvarts and
his guests, when driving near his country resi
dence in Vermont in the summer of lssfi, which
resulted in the instant death of Mr. Charles c.
Verkins, of Boston, drew public attention' to
the remarkable service* rendered 'during a
lifetime to the community by this most estima
ble private citizen, the possessor of large Inher
ited wealth, high culture and rare taste. Dr
John D. I’hilbriclc and Walter smith, are. oi'
course, muiiiil as the other members of the trio
Mr. Clarke says: What these threojmen,sided by
their public-spirited coadjutors m Massacliu
setts, did w as to demonstrate, beyond cavil, that
it is as possible, 'u the some time, to teach a
subject by means of drawing and objects shown
and explained by a teacher to a eluss, to mauv
pupils simultaneously, as it Is to tench the samo
thing to a single pupil The effect of this discov
ery we* U nine in multiply indefinitely the
power e.jJ . mucity of ilc public uehooi.
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