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Letters and telecrnms should be addressed “Mohmno. News. Savannah, Advertising rates nm<l** known: on appMcnrion. \m:\ TO NEW ADVKKTISKMENTSL Meetings Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, I. O, O. TANARUS.: Magnolia Encampment No. 1,1. O. 0. K. Special Notice liaso Hull between Savan nahs and Amateurs Excursion to Warsaw-Steamer Pope Catlin on Sunday. Stcamship ScnxniT.r—Ocean Steamship Cos. OncAP Coi.um.n Advertisements Help Want ed. For Kent; For Sale; Lost; Miscellaneous. Dissolution Paxton Bros Educational The Oglethorpe Seminary, Sa vannah; Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Vs. Auction Sale Groceries, Furniture, Wagon, Etc., by C. H Dorsott. The Morning News for the Hummer. Persons leaving the city for the summer can have the Mousing News forwarded by the earliest fast mails to any address at the rate of 25c. a week, $1 for a month or $2 50 for three months, cash invariably in a<l vance. The address may bo changed as often as desired. In directing a change care should be taken to mention the old as well •s the new address. Those who desire to have their home paper promptly delivered to them while away should leavo 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 figurehead of Gen. Paine’s yacht Volunteer will lie an eagle’s head. Nothing could be more appropriate. Cold weather cannot lie far off. The coal companies will advance the price of coal 10c. a ton at the end of the month. An advance in the price of pig iron is predicted for next month. It is gratifying to note in this connection that the Southern iron companies continue to lie wonderfully prosperous. All of the steel rail mills in the country have orders enough in hand to keep them busy through the remainder of the year. It is not likely, therefore, that railroad build ing will be set back during this year, at least. Some of the New York Sunday papers are printing descriptions and illustrations of bathers at the seaside resorts that are out side the pale of decency. A “blue law” to suppress such publications would be in the interest of good morals. Ex-Gov. Foster, of Ohio—" Calico Char ley”—is again ty the fore. This time he says: “I believe the Republican nominee will win next year, whoever ho may be.” The ex-Govcrnor’s faith is of the kind doomed to disappointment. The Montgomery Advertiser is authority for the statement that in Alabama more than three-fourths of the territory of the State is under prohibition law. In Georgia prohibition prevails in 115 counties out of a total of 137. No other Southern State has ao nearly driven liquor outeido of her boundaries. Regarding the recent meeting of the Cen tral Railroad Directors, the New York Times says: “A big deal is afloat, as big as any that Wall street lias heard of in a Southern security for many a day.” It comes in good time, for without it the col lapse of the Baltimore and Ohio deal would leave tho country no sensation of that kind. Another woman lias been discovered in New York, whose affection for cats passes tl bounds of reason. She is a Mrs. Hud son, and she worships the animals somewhat after the fashion of the ancient Egyptian. Tho police found fifty-one cats in her house, of all sizes and colors. They were removed, and now tho boot jacks of the neighbors are enjoying a well earned rest. It is not believed at Washington that President Cleveland will jmrdon James D. Fish, of Grant & Ward bank notoriety. The papers in the case have not yet been examined. Ferdinand Ward, Fish's former partner, opposes the pardon. No doubt the two financiers are undergoing just punish ment, and them is no reason why President Cleveland should interfere. It is reported that Miss Alice E. Freeman has placed her resignation as President of Wellesley Collego in tho hand* of the trus tees. The reason assigned is her approach ing marriage with a professor of Harvard University. Miss Freeman’s work at Wel lesley has been of the highest order, and those who nre interested in the thorough education of women will regret that she is r.o longer to he connected with the iustitu tion. The New York Times is authority for the statement that .Jay Gould has lieon asked to tiuild anew church on the spot in the Cuts -1:111 Mountains where used to stand the church of his boyhood's memory—the church where his fattier was n deacon nnd Sermons la- tod from Sunday sunrise till Sun day si'inot. If he grants the request ho will doubtless do to upon condition tliut tho ser mons shall bo limited to thirty minutes mels. The Chicago News prints a cable dispatch which snvs: “The admission has lieon made by Mr. Hr.li? to a Sketch dignitary that Mr. Blaine is severely ailing, and that ho is linlf determined to abandon his summer trip to Paris and tho Stanley Club entertainments.” A few days ago Mr. Blaine was reported to be in splendid health. Wliut hes cfm.->od his rgldcn indisposition is not apparent, hut it may lie thnt it is duo to grief on account of Vie failure of Gen. Fairchild’s throe palsies and get in their work. Tho Future of tho Knights of Labor. The assemblies of the Knights of Labor are beginning to elect delegates to the an nual convention of the order, which meets at Minneapolis in October, and in connec tion w ith these elections rumors are lining circulated that the Knights are not as strong ns they once were, and that there are indi cations that their organization is under going gradual disintegration. It is, of course, impossible to say how much truth there is in these rumors, hut there is no doubt that there are a great many faction fights, and many thousands have either wholly with drawn from the order or have ceased to take an active interest in it. A year or so ago the Fall River Assembly, known as district No, 30, was the largest in the organization. Now it ranks only second or third. It has lost a great many members, find, it is said, is likely to lose a great many more. At its meeting a day or two ago for the purpose of electing delegates to the Minneapolis convention n great lack of har mony was noticeable. The assembly seemed to ho divided into two factions, and tho lend ers of each exhibited great bitterness toward the other. The same condition of affairs is reported to exist in many of the other as- semblies. Two things have contributed to de stroy the harmony of tho Knights. One is the light against trades unions, and tho other is the lack of discipline. The dream of the most enthusiastic of the Knights has been to bind all the working men in the country together in ono groat organization, which, in an emergency, could be handled like a thoroughly drilled and disciplined army. With an organization like that they felt that they could show a bold front to capital, and in contests with it could come off victorious every time. They have not been able to effect such an organization, mainly because they cannot control the trades unions. Tho unions, even where they have joined the Knights, have refus'd to give up their trades organi zations, and they have lieen sustained by a very strong minority of the Knights. This has brought about dissensions and caused many desertions Thinking men in the order have been led to doubt whether tho loaders who devote so much time to fac tion fights could properly attend to their interests, and this doubt has made them in different to the success of the organization. It is found to be much more difficult to col lect duos now than it was a year or two ago, anil when dues arc not paid it is quite evi dent that the members have lost much of the interest they once felt in the order. Rut, injurious as the faction fights arc, they are not more injurious than tho lack of discipline. Mr. Powderly and his executive board have, if reports are true, found it im possible to secure obedience to their orders. Statements now and then appear in the pub lic prints that they are often openly defied, and it is certain that tho General Master Workman has on a number of occasions lieen harshly and even bitterly attacked. Strikes ami lioyeotts have been inaugurated without proper authority, and as they were mainly inspired by passion and were with out any material support, they generally proved to he disastrous failures. Still, tho order is a very powerful one, and under proper direction may perhaps lie made to serve the purpose for which it was originally intended. It will hardly be de nied, however, that its prospects for success are not as bright as they were, and that be fore it can hope for success it must have better discipline and management. The Outlook in Ohio. Tho Ohio Democrats intend to make an extraordinary effort to carry that State this fall. They have a good candidate and a good platform, and the outlook is that there will be much greater harmony among the different factions than there has been in State elections for the last few years. It is true that they have rarely been alile to eloet their Gubernatorial ticket, but the loaders believe they will be alilo to do so this year. There is no doubt that Gov. Foraker will to renominated 1 1 v the Republicans. Ho is popular with his party, and there does not appear to lie any other candidate strong enough to wrest the nomination from him. Tho convention will meet at Toledo on July 27, and will doubtless nominate a ticket very quickly. It is prolialile that the Prohibitionists and the Labor party will nominate tickets. While, of course, neither has any chance for success, each will have considerable influ ence on the result of tho election. The Pro hibitionists will draw their strength mainly from the Republicans, while tho Labor party will cut into tho Democratic vote. Tho strength of the Latior party is an un known quantity, but it is not believed that it is anywhere near ns groat as that of tho Prohibitionists. Last year tuo Prohibition ists polled 39,000 votes, nnd there is good reason for thinking they will have a greater number this year. The larger the number is tho better it will be for tho Democrats. Of all tho cities thnt are nursing “booms" Omaha is several lengths ahead. Mr. J. E. Burton, a capitalist of that city, says of the real estate craze out theve: “It is more than wonderful. Tho remarkable feature utomt it is that fabulous prices are attached to out lying properties—the farm lands that lmvo lieon staked out into town lots. Property in the city is held at a fair price, but if you drive out eight or ten miles from Omaha you will find farms staked out into town lots for which SI,OOO a lot is demanded. You would think it would lie impossible that they could bo sold. But the fact is they arc being sold right along.” Birmingham lias never equalled this record. The captured Hags episode Ims been tho cause of a most ridiculous occurrence at Lnwrencovlllo, Pa. It seems that the young men of a literary turn of mind connected with tho Catholic Church, of tho town d**. bated the question: "Resolved, that the Confederate flags be restored to their respec tive Slates." The Rev. Father Gregory, the pastor, and two members of the church, who acted ns judges, decided in favor of tho I affirmative. A number of Grand Army of tho Republic men wore present and when the decision was announced they became very indignant. The amount of lunucy con cealed in the Grand Army of tho Republic seems to have no end. A late utterance of General Master Work man Powderly i;. tbis: “1 deny that I am an autocrat: but in one tiling I wish I could to. If my word should lie law there would lie no moro intemperance, ami with no more intonqieranco there would soon bo fewer labor troubles.” The General Master Work | man hits the nni! cn tho head when he sug- I gests that intemperance is the cause of | inur v labor troubles. It is a pity that all I tho Knights of Labor are not as friendly to 1 luu'neruucu as bo is. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JULY 23, 18S7. The Baltimore and Ohio Deal. On Thursday when the announcement was made by Mr. Rollout Garrett that the nego tiations to secure a controlling interest in the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were ter minated it was thought tjiat no more would be heard of the Baltimore and < thio 'teal for a time at least. It now appears that Messrs. Ives and Staynor, who held a con tract for the purchase of tho stock, do not think they have been treated fairly, and have given notice of their purpose to insti ture a suit against Mr. Garrett for dam ages. The chances arc. therefore, that the public will bear a great deal more of the iushle history of the transaction than it has yet heard. No doubt Messrs. Ives nnd .Staynor are out of pocket many thousands of dollars, because it is pretty certain that Mr. Garrett would not have given them an option on the property unless they had ad vanced a very large sum of money, which Mr. Garrett was to have in the event of their failure to carry out their part of tho agreement. The deal was the talk of Wall street for about four months, and tho lawsuit may have sensational features which will cause more talk than the original deal did. Mr. Garrett, said that tho ownership of the stock remained as it was before the deal was contemplated, and that the property had suffered no depreciation. It was to he expected, of course, that he would authorize the statement that tho road had not suffered in any respect, and, perhaps, it has not. He must have obtained a pretty largo sum from Messrs. Ivea nnd Staynor, and this money, doubtless, is considered when tho statement is made that the road, has sufferred no loss whatever. Messrs. Ives and Staynor found that they were unable to raise the money with which to make good their option, and Mr. Garrett got tired of waiting for them to do so. Mr. Garrett, from the facts published, appears to have acted in good faith, nnd it is possible that Messrs. Ives and Staynor did also. The latter undertook more than they could handle The legal proceedings will doubtless lie watched with deep interest by the public. Mr. Garrett starts for Europe to-day for a brief vacation if this law suit does not re quire liis immediate presence. He claims to have gained a better connection with St. Louis by his dealings with Messrs. Ives and Staynor, and it is not improbable that this connection, together with the securities which were forfeited to him, has put him so far ahead in the deal that he can afford to laugh at the lawsuit It is probable that lie will not permit the suit to interfere with the pleasures of his trip abroad A Lesson for Young Men. There are too many young men who waste time. Recreation is, of course, necessary to good health, but it is not the part of wis dom to take too much rest or to spend too many hours in amusement. Time may be economized by projicrly dividing it. The young man, for instance, who is busy in a store all day may yet find time to cultivate his mind. He may obtain all the recreation he needs early in the morning or late in the afternoon, and devote a few hours every uiglit to study. It is better to spend the evening hours in this way than to spend them in the barroom, the billiard hall or in other ways equally as profitless. A distinguished physician of a neighor ing State relates an interesting story of his young manhood and the use to which la put his time. Necessity compelled him to seek work ut an early nge. He obtained a position as errand boy in a drug store. He was busy all day, but at night he regularly spent two hours in study. In this way he acquired a fair English education. His steady habits and evident determination to improve his mind led his employers to pro mote him. They gave him a place among their clerks. Promotion increased his am bition. He determined to make a physician of himself. Preparatory to entering a medical collego he became a pupil in a night school. For two years he attended to his duties in tho store and yet man aged to keep up his studies without interruption. In that period ho became a master of English and Mathematics, ob tained somo knowledge of tho natural sciences, anil made himself a much better Latin and Greek scholar than the average college student. Considering himself ready to begin tho study of medicine, he left the store and entered college, 110 divided his time so that after his hours of sleep, study and recitation, ho still had six at his dis posal. Two of those ho devoted to recrea tion. The other four ho spent wielding a hammer in a blacksmith sh6p. Ho was without means, and he worked in the black smith shop to earn tho money with which to pay his expenses. After his graduation lie devoted purt of every day in assisting another physician until his own practice yielded him a livelihood. Any young man with tho will to do so may succeed, as the physician did, for r. inau may make of himself what he pleases At tho State convention of the Junii r Order of United American Mechanics at Erie, Pa., 300 delegates were present, repre senting a membership of 100,00,1. In the business transacted was the adoption of a resolution to present to the next Congress a memorial asking that a per capita tax be imposed by law on foreign emigrants land ing at American ports. Congress will also bo asked to prohibit the landing of pauper emigrants, nnd also to pass a law requiring that foreign-born residents shall live as citi zens twenty-one years before becoming eligi ble to office. The landing of pauper emi grants may be prohibited, but it is not likely that Congress will grant the other petitions. Says the Baltimore Nun: "The President’s utterances and acts ns an advocate of re form have restored to tho office of Chief Executive the dignity anil power which it had lost; have set the seal of condemnation on the spoils system; lmvo redeemed ono of the pledges made to the pooplo in his in augural; have given tho lie to tho evil prophecies of his and his party's slanderers, and have impressed the masses with a confi dence which exists in tho present and over laps into the future." The Sun aptly ex presses what nil fair-minded men must admit. It is thought in Washington that tho President will soon (111 the vacancy on tho bench of tho United Htntos Supremo Court. It is still believed that the position will be given to Secretary Lamar, ami that Sena tor Colquitt will suooood him in the Interior Department. If this turns out to be true, the General Assembly of Georgia will have its hands full indeed, for tho election of Senator Colquitt's successor will causo a considerable delay to legislation. A Western |wper announces that a dead man is the sole inhabitant of the once flour ishing town of Solitaire, Ari. It is oidy in tho West that dead men inbalrit towns. CURRENT COMMENT. Prosidcnt by Proxy. Worn the Xnp York Herald ([nd .) It is growing clearer every day that in 1880 Mr Blaine will become President "by proxy, and that Cleveland will be the proxy. Effect of Protectionist Exaggeration. From the fsyuUville Courier-Journal i D*'in.) The protectionist exaggeration as to high wages in this eotuitry has dr twn so nflieli for eign iiutqier labor here that there is now little forau American workingman to do unless he can get himself appoint-,i on the l'iukertoa force to help suppress labor riots. All a Mistake. From the Missouri Republican (Dnn.) It is all a mistake in lielieve that Blaine prompted the Cuban tsindiis who tried to make an assignation with John Sherman last spring. In the lirst place, if Bi lire ■ planned the seller in the job would not have been s.jch a woful lizzie. In the next place, there is no earthly reason why Blaine should desire Sherman out of the way. Sherman is not in Blaine's way. Decay of the White House. From the Washington P int (Bern.) It isn’t pleasant to bo assured that the White House, as to its woodwork, is slowly and surely rotting away, l>ut something has for a longtime Ie - -11 needed to convince C- ingress that the i.mill ing itself is not suitable for a residence and office combined. The knowledge that it ri gradually falling to pieces of its own accord shows that it Inis a much better idea of its unfitness than our lawmakers have. If it leads to a little more in terest being taken by the latter, its natural de cay may not be so much regretted. BRIGHT BITS. An exchange says: “Never make a bet with a woman." In case of a winsome woman this is no douht good advice. 77 / Hits. “John,” said the wif ■ of a base toll umpire, "Tommy lias been a very bad little boy to-day.” “Is that so?" he replied absent mindealy. “Well, I'll fine him $25. Harper's Bazar. “Resolved, that the common schools of this country have done more for its prosperity than the circus," was the question before a Dakota debating society last week. Decided in the negative. Dakota Bell. “There is no R in the month, you know,” So spoke to the maiden fair her lieau, Tho maid whose heart he’d won; “I’d gladly give you an oyster treat. But there is no R in the months, my sweet, And the oyster season's done.” She blushed and answered in accents low, “There is no R in the months, I know. But in ice cream there is one. —Boston Courier. Omaha Husband- The theatre will be hatf over before we get started. Young wife—Well, I can’t get these gloves buttoned. "Don’t see why you should Is- so slow and awkward about a common tiling like that." “I never hiul a chance to practice before." “Nonsense. Never had a chance to practice?” -‘No, there were always plenty of men around to do that for me, you know, dear.”— Omaha World. Nellie McHenry, who used to live a few doors above here over a piano store, suffered the tortures of the condemned. In her usual cheery waV, however, she made a joke of it, ami used to describe her horror-stricken feelings when she heard the proprietor rumble out in a deep bass voice: “John, varnish Mrs. Smith's legs and take them to her early this afternoon.'’ It took her some time to see that the legs - d’M rs. Smith’s piano wore thus ambiguously referred to.—New York Tribune. A Kinoston man who carries a cane with a silver head was considerably flurried the other night. He had been in a neighbor’s house, and in going away he forgot his stick. He stepped to a window, tapped on it. and asked his friend to hand him liis cane. His friend did so, hand ing it out point first. “Thank you, thank you.” said the owner of the cane, as he stepped briskly away. He soon returned, and. tapping on the window, said he had lost the head of his stick there. A search was made throughout the room with no success. This was reported to the man. who was much chagrined. He started off again, anil after a little while he again came hack, tapped on the window, and said: “You needn’t look any more for the head of that cane. Good joke, good joke, by jocks, I had hold of the wrong end.”— Kimjstun Freeman. Teacher—How many legs does a dog stand on? Hcholar— Four. Teacher Then he is a quadruped, is he? Scholar—Yes. Little Boy— When my dog was lame he stood on three. Teacher -Then what was he! Lime Boy—Lame, sir. Teacher- All right. What are logs! Scholar Things to stand on. Teacher What does a tub stand on! Scholar—On the bottom. To-o-her Tl-'-n what is the bottom! Scholar—A leg. ii aider mo juu ever see anything else with one leg? Scholar- Yes! yes! Teacher What? Scholar— The man with the hand organ on Washington street. Teacher Where is his leg? Scholar—On the top of the organ.— Boston Journal of Education. PERSONAL. Mrs. Loo an is rapidly recovering from the shock of her recent accident. Ex-Speaker Carlisle reiterates his opin ion that Congress will reduce tho revenue next winter. The Czar has not expressed himself as favor ing any particular candidate for the Hawaiian throne. Robert T. Lincoln is building a house for himself on the Luke Drive, near Lincoln Park, in Chicago. The daughter of Speaker Carlisle is said to be th - en-ttiest girl at the Greenbrier White Sul phur Springs. Mme. Charlotte Erndkn, sister of the dead poet Heine, was recently visited by the Em press of Austria. Miussnxirn is said to be almost friendless be om.-c of liis marn-lsomodisposition. His health, also, is now tod. H, Rider Haigarp'r mysterious “She” has been dramatized and produced at the Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco. li was Frank Bellt-w, the New York artist, who bought a $1 suit and found that the dye stained hint blue the first time he wore it. Dwiciit L. Moody, the evangelist, is contem plating an extended tour of India. He thinks India a Unit-rate field for missionary labor. Mgr. Rurro Sen la, the Papal envoy at the Jubilee, bus reebwd from Queen Victoria one if the gold medals intended solely for royalties. No other envoy got one. Tiir. late William Halm, the artist, whoso death at Dresden has lieen announced, was formerly a resident of California and was mar ried to u daughter of Judge Rising, of Nevada. Tur monument to Sir William Wallace re cently unveiled nt Stirling is on an eminence 800 feet above the plain. The pedestal is fifty feet high and on this is a statue of tho Scotch hero twenty-one feet high. The Karl of Aberdeen wears hi I coronet some what insecurely, ills right is liable at any time to !h* questioned by alleged or real male issue of his elder brother, who mysteriously disappeared years ago in America. Senator Dan v,'. Vooubees, who is fighting rheumatism at Hot Springs, bus written a letter to s. S. C 'A complimenting him on his Fourth of July speech, in w hich he laid out Fairchild and For.iker with the story of the braying don keys of the Island of Puiukipos. The health of the Ernpross Fhigenle has greatly improved -.inco her stay in Amsterdam. The treatment 'if the Dutch doctors appears to suit her eoustilutioii, ller bronchitis has been practically cured, and the rheumatic pains from which she lias suffered for so many years have decreased considerably. 'lit. Wooi.NT.R has completed his statue of the late Bishop Frazer, to be erected in Albert Square, Manchester It is of colossal size and represent* tho lamented prelate in ordinary dress, and in an attitude as if addressing a nv-etlng. It Is pronounced by critics to lio an admirable piece of work. Duke Aliiueciit, of Wuftomborg, Ims just crniisl n prolonged visit nt the German imperial court, mid rumor* are rife of his engagement to one of the daughters of the Crown Prince. TANARUS! ' Wurtemtorg family the Queen is a sister of the present Czar of Russia—is the wealthiest of tho tier man dynastic houses. T*KnK i* some talk of Sir Henry Maine suc ceeding Mr. lleresfnrd Hope as Member of Par liament for Cambridge University, lie Ims won eminence by his work on "Popular llovern meut" and as a jurist, and is a man of high ability. Politically he is a strong Unionist, and a follower of Linl ilariington. I’rince Ferdinand, who bat lieon chosen to the Bulgarian throne. H described a* an ainH tlnus and fearlie s young man whom cares and trouble* will not deter from accepting tho posi tioii offered to him. lie is. however, though' fu) and cautious far beyond his years, mid will U'. e no '<*p without careful wounidcra'leu. SHE UNDERSTOOD RACING. Still She Was Willing to Risk a Little on a Good Pointer. , From the Dakota Bell. A middle-aged woman with a solemn cast of countenance, and wearing a plain black dress, approached Col. I)an Scott, Secretary of the Sioux Falls Turf Association, one day this week and said: “Sir, I understand there is going to be some how racing hero next wecntf" “We expect to have some races, madam." “So 1 heard. A lot of gawkies are going to get on the tflack with two-wheeled sulkies and tence-rail horses, and kan over and saw on the li:ies and crack tie* poor Leasts with a short whip and holler, and crowd and tr> to get ahead of each other.” “Why, why, madam-—" "Then a big of bald-bead old hypocrites and corn-stalk dudes; t: lAI stand around and bet on the bosses:c * 1 ' "Why, madain, T siippW.se there will be 6orne betting." "Then there will he a lot of old blokes up on the judges' stand too drunk to tell which boss does come in ahead." “N-o, O, no " “Don t you ‘no' me. I tell you they will ail be drunk I Then a man with a mouth like a new cellar will stand up and sell pools on the races, and lie, and cheat, and break the law." “I’m sorry, madam, but—" “I know it's all so! And the race will be sold by the owners or some miserable driver will be paid to throw it, and if an honest man does bet on it he’ll get beat out of his money.” “Madam, I am sorry that you appear to be so much opposed to horse racing." "Me opposed to hoss racing ?" “I gather so from your remarks." “No, sir, not much ; I just understand it, thaFs all. What I called for was to see if you couldn't give me a pointer on which is going to beat. I've sold a heating stove and a winter cloak, and I’ve got my eye on a long-legged gray mare, but I don't want to go and put the money on her unless she's going to get there on the homestretch. I’m willing to whack up what I got for the cloak to anybody that’ll put me on to a dead sure thing to pul the stove money on!" A Cure for Whooping Couetll From Notea and Queries. Maryhill is a large and important suburb of Glasgow. On Thursday a traveling candyman and rag-gatherer, with a cart drawn by an ass, drew up in front of a row of houses known as Pirrat's-rovv, a little ofT the highway at Mary hill, Glasgow. Two children living in this quar ter are si uTering from whooping cough. After a short conversation with the proprietor of the ass, the mothers of the two children took up a position one on each side of the animal. One woman then took one of the children and passed it below the ass's belly to the other woman, ;lie child's face being toward tlm ground. The woman on the other side caught nol l of the child, and, giving it a gentle somersault, handed it back to tne other woman over the ass, the child's face being toward the sky. The process having been repeated three times, the child was taken away to the house, and then the second child was similarly treated. While this was going on two other children were brought to undergo the magical cure. In order that the operation may have its due effect the ass must not Is* fo gotten, and at the close of the ceremony each mother must carry her child to the head of the animal and allow it to eat something, such as bread or bis cuits, out of the child's lap. This proceeding having been performed in turn by the four mothers, the prescribed course was concluded. When it began there were not many jieoule present, but before it was finished quite a num ber of spectators had gathered. From inquiries made yesterday morning, ami again last night, it seeing the mothers are thoroughly satisfied that their children are the better of the enchant ment. Bad Temper Among Englishmen. From the London Spectator. If Mr. Francis Galton is right, temper is even a larger factor in the household unhappiness of English people than is commonly imagined. Ib* declares that rather more than every second adult person in England is in some way or other bad-tempered. Out of 1,981 persons of whose characteristics he has received what he believes to be accurate descriptions, given under a seal of secrecy, he finds that 52 per cent, are reported bad-tempered and only 4$ per cent. good. The women are a little better than the men —which we should not have expected, women suffer ing far more than men, both from the querulousness duo to ill health and from the effects of continuous anxiety say by about 10 percent.; but even among the women 15 percent, strike their relatives as displaying in one way or another bad tenqier. It is true the word is employed to cover an extraordinary variety of forms of disagreeableness, the epi thets employed bv the narrators being as fol lows: “Acrimonious, aggressive, arbitrary, bickering, capricious, captious, choleric, con tentious, crotchety, decisive, despotic, domi neering, easily offended, fiery fits of anger, gloomy, grumpy, harsh, hasty, headstrong, huffy, impatient, imperative, impetuous, in sane temper, irritable, morose, nagging, obsti nate, odd-tempered, passionate, peevish, pep pery. proud, pugnacious, Quarrelsome, quick tempered, scolding, short, harp, sulky, sullen, surly, uncertain, vicious, vindictive." (Forty six epithets in all.) A Curious Meteorite. From the New York Times. During the most violent portion of the storm of Sunday, about 1 o'clock p. m., something re sembling a meteorite struck the sidewalk iu Brooklyn, at Troy and Fulton avenues. When first seen it was said to have resembled a ball of about the size of a man's head, hut was broken into fragments by the fall. All tbe small boys in the neighborhood were yesterday iu posses sion of portions of this fallen object. and pieces of the size of a pigeon's egg find a ready sale at Si. The substance is of a bright vivid green ami porous. When first procured it was soft and plastic, taking the impress of the fingers. After remaining over a day it became brittle and fria ble. It resembles precisely In appearance the green deposit left, on a battery. At first it was thought that the lightning had struck a copper wire or roof, had melted portions of it, and, oxi dizing if. had carried it a great distance. Anal ysts showed its probable meteioric source, as it gave with the reagents and the blowpipe unmis takable evidence <>f tbe presence of cobalt and nickel, which twin metals are always found in meteorites. There were no traces of copper and faint indications of iron. From the quantity of material it is thought that the ball when intact must have weighed twenty pounds. Portions have been sent to tbe Smithsonian Institution. Ochiltree’s Borrowed Dog. From the New York Evening Sun. David G. Yuengling owns a beautiful summer residence and hunting lodge at Brant Lake. Adirondack Mountains. Yesterday he met Col. Thomas Panacea Ochiltree in the Hoffman House, and he invited him up to the lodge to re vive the drooping spirits of John Knelling, who is there laid up with the gout, and also to join Mr. Yuengling on a hunting trip. In an un guarded moment Col. Ochiltree asked David if he limited with dogs? "Yes.” said Mr. Yuengling; “when visitors take along their own dogs." "Then 1 shall borrow one from my friend, the Mayor,” said the Colonel, as he arose to shake hands with anew comer. Fi\-Senator Fred Gibbs and the Hon. Jacob Hess left the party and went out the side door. They had Vieen gone about fifteen minutes when in walked a messenger leading the mangiest cur that ever graced the dog ]>ound. "1 have been instructed to deliver this dog to Col. Ochiltree," said the boy, “and the gentle man says he wants an answer." What answer the' hoy received will never be known, but when lie was asked if he was sure he delivered Uis charge to tin* right party, be replied. “Oh, yes. He was a light complex ioned manjwith a fiery moustache and sun burned face, and while he was a blowing me up he was looking At someone else.” A Little Maid’s Whims. From the Bessemer. O, whom does a little maid love? Surely, someone or other! Ah. better tlmn anyone else, my friend, A good little maid loves her mother. To kiss is a maiden's delight. And yet they're so few who have kissed her; There is Always one who has done it— Have you forgotten her sister? But whom will a maiden tense? Always this one or t'other. Ah. inre than anyone else, mv friend, A little maid teases her brother. But whom will a maiden caress? Surely, no one! 'twould be too much bother! A sw*et little maid, my friend. Will always caress her dear father. With whom will she flirt ? Snell conduct sure is above her I Alt, no, my friend, you mistake, She ever will flirt with her lover. Omaha Reporter— Had a big drought down In Texas. 1 hear. Texas Man—Worst kind. Why atone time it got so bad that our local paper actually printed a regular church prayer for rain in the editorial page. "Did it rain?" “Well, we had a sort of shower a week or so ago • “Yes, nothing Uk* ••taring. —Omaha H ITEMS OF INTEREST. A rattlesnakE heinpr pelted with stones by a Washington Te rrJUMjbt my, freed him in a peach tree and kept him f&tte for two hours. The orange crop of Southern California this season lias nearly all been marketed. It is con siderably lighter than usual, being only about 900,000 boxes. Those three prosperous Kansas cities, Atchi son. Topeka and Wichita, are growing very rapidly. The land for a distance of five or ten miles around each of them is held a! $5,000 to SKM*X) an acre. It is estimated that the corn cron in Kansas this year will be about 250,000,000 bushels. The color line has been drawn again, hut this time it cannot be charged to Southern military companies. Gen. C. S. Bentley, general mana ger of the international military encampment to be held in Chicago next Oetoljer, officially an nounces that colored troops will not be permitted to attend tne encampment. Patrick Prince, an old colored man who has for a score of years blacked boots at the Ebbitt House, Washington, is dead. He had in his time polished the shoes of nearly all the public men in the country. He was a war veteran and was covered with scars, of which he was very proud. He died from the effects of the recent excessive heat. A recent report of the Religious Tract So ciety of England states, in illustration of the growing taste for Western literature among the Japanese, that when a number of “Present Day Tracts" were sent out the entire consignment was bought by men in business and the seamen in harbor before the Christian part of the com munity had time to send in their orders. The annual death rates per 1,000 in the princi pal foreign cities, according to the recent weekly returns communicated to the British Registrar General, are as follows: Calcutta, 29: Bombay, 21; Madras, 37; Paris, 24; Brussels, 23; Amsterdam, 20: Rotterdam, 18; The Hague, 19; Copenhagen, 23: Stockholm, 28; Christiania, 19: Sr. potei-sburg, 28: Beilin. 20; Hamburg, 23; Dresden, 17; Breslau, 23; Munich, 38; Vienna, 29; Prague, 31: Buda-Pesth, 28; Trieste, 20; Rome, 31: Venice, 20; Cairo, 46, and Alexandria, 32. At the court in Barnes county, Minn., last week, says the St. Paul Globe a juror asked to be excused on the ground that his wife was at home alone with six small children, the oldest under eleven years of age. Ho was excused. Up sprang another with the excuse that he had seven under ten years of age; a third said his wife had two pairs of twins and he feared at an early event would mid another pair- and about all the jury seemed bobbin : up. when the judge called a halt. Wheat might be short, but he knew one crop that never failed in that section. Lewis P. Hathaway, while fishing at Clear Creek, Mo., some time since, captured six or seven large bullfrogs, which ho brought home and placed in a pond. Mr. Hathaway has a turkey with a dozen young ones. Some of the latter, it appears, have been disappearing mys teriously. The other morning Mr. Hathaway was watering his horses at the creek, conven ient to the frog pond, when he heard the mother turkey making a racket at something in the creek. On investigation Mr. Hathaway saw a monster bullfrog in the wat* r with a young tur key in its mouth, endeavoring to swallow the young fowl, which had attained the age of three weeks. John Dolan, of Pittsburgh, before starting for Ashtabula the other day, said that he felt sure that some accident would befall him on his journey, and that he particularly dreaded cross ing the ill-fated Ashtabula Bridge. Upon his arrival in the town he was met by nis two brothers, who were among the members of tie* Murphy Club, encamped about a mile, east of the bridge, and he mentioned to them the fact of his not wishing to cross the bridge, and that he would prefer driving around by road. He was laughed at for his fears, and was induced to walk the short distance to the camp. "While crossing the bridge a freight train came over, and they stepped to one side. An express train came rushing along, and John was struck and killed. Mayor Roche, of Chicago, is said to bear a close physical resemblance to ex-President Hayes in his earlier years. At the National Educational Association's meeting the other day Thomas' orchestra was playing and tne audience was enthusiastic over the music, while Mayor Roche, who had to make a speech when it was over, grew very nervous. “What is there about that tune to go wild over?” he "Now, I like music, but I can't see anything particularly good in the high-toned symphony business. These men like Beethoven and Strauss and Bach make me very tired. I must confess that I like popular tunes—the kind the Spring field band played last April w hen I was escorted from the capital over to the Leland Hotel." Strange means are resorted to in order to obtain property, but a case near Waterloo, 111. beats them all. It api>ears that the wife of Nelson I). Bromley was taken sick and Emily I>. Arndt, a spiritualist doctor, was called in. Bromley is also a spiritualist. The wife died, and after her death Emily Arndt was the medium between the dead wife and the living husband. While acting as such medium, the dead wife willed that all the property of the living husband should be transferred to Emily I). Arndt. And, strange to say, the old gentle man did it. The transfers of mortgages on record at the Register of Deeds give as a con sideration $1 and for valuable services rendered heretofore. The entire amount transferred w ill amount to about $30,000. Some very odd figures are in use in dancing the german when particular novelty or variety is desired. One of these is the “Walking Church Tower." The gentlemen in this require hats representing a church tower. The ladies receive admission tickets. Each tower clock shows a time corresponding with a lady's ticket. When the lady finds the time indicated on her ticket she pulls the cord on the tower. This rings the bell and opens the door, showing the face of her partner for the dance. Another odd figure is known as the “Tonsorial Parlor." Six razors and six napkins are required, Six gentlemen are seated in the centfv of the room and the leader hands the napkins to them, and they fasten them around their necks. He then dis tributes the razors among the ladies and they select the gentleman whose number on the nap kin corresponds with that on the razor for a tonsorial iierformance, and finish the figure with a dance. Mgr. Persico, who is to discover for the Pope the truth about Ireland in a six weeks' tour from diocese to diocese, belongs to the order of Capuchins, and is a perfect English scholar. He has Ihhmi in Tart ary, Thibet and Afghanistan. At Darjeeling he founded and directed the col lege, arid was the Roman Catholic chaplain of the British troops. He succeeded in healing the Indo-Portuguese schism in 1853, and obtained considerable concessions from the English gov ernment. During the Indian mutiny he was made prisoner and confined in the Fortress of Agra. He returned to Europe and collected large sums to repair the losses the missions in India had sustained. In 1859 he was again sent on a mission to London connected with Catholic interests In 1863 Pius IX. sent him to South Carolina to pacify the people, who was excited bv the war of secession. He took part in the (.Ecumenical Council, going afterward to Mala bar to settle a serious dispute. The Philadelphia Pi ess has been collecting some figures to indicate what the workmen of the country have lost during the past six or eight months by strikes. The greatest of these was the shoemakers'strike, iu which the Shoe and leather Reporter estimates that between ss,(fc)<>,ooo and $6,000,000 were lost in wages. Nearly half this sum was lost in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where more leather is cut Ilian in any other county in the country, as the result of a five months' strike. The Wil mington strike of morocco workers lasted seven mouths and coßt about $225,000 in wages; the strikes at Salem aud i’eahody about $300,000 m wages. The Chicago builders’ strike cost $2,500,000 in wages to 88,000 w orkers. The coke makers' strike iu the Connellsville, Pa., region cost over $750,000 in wages. And so the list might be lengthensl out with dozens of smaller strikes, swelling the aggregate of wages lost away up into the millions. This estimate takes no account of the losses to capital, which, while not ns heavy as to labor, have been by no means insignificant. A correspondent of the London World writes: "As Mark Twain would remark, this is a true jubilee story. In the town of St. Gal Jen, in Switzerland, the seat of the Swiss embroidery trade, there is a large colony of Englishmen, and on jubilee day they decided to dine under the presidency of a Mr. Finlay at Wei.sbad, iu Canton Appenzell, and to send a telegram of congratulation to the Oueen. They did so, and received two replies. An American met a Brit isher iu Paris on the very day. and related to him what was going on at St. Gallon, and off to the nearest telegraph office they went and sent the following to the chairman: 'Sir John Finlay, Weisltad, Appenzell. Victoria's gratitude. Rise, Sir John.' It arrived at the feast, and was con sidered a prompt reply, and the new knight ut one** ordered a dozen of champagne. At 5 o'clock came another telegram : ‘Gen. Ponsonby is com maud* si by the Queen to thank the Brit ish residents at St. Gallon for their good wishes.' The two w ere then compared, and it was seen one came from Buckingham Palace and the other from Paris Poor Mr. Finlay has to face in every warehouse Hr II! .JGalleu a oopv of.tLo m- Jar * UAK INGVOWDrR. pwl , ... ’ ! SPECIAL t _ I fIMNs jAKINg ! ® PQtygEK extracts t J ! Ell NATIifIAIFRUIT ! Ijjtjl K-avobs MOST PERFECT MADE Ured by tlio United States Government. Endorsed by the beads of the Great Uuiversitiei and Public Food Analysts as The Strongest Purest,aud most Healthful. Dr. Price’s the onl7 Bakina; Powder that does not contain Ammonia,' Lime dr Alum. Dr. Price’s Extracts, Vanilis, Lemon, Orange, Hose, etc., flavor deliciously PRICE BAKING POWDER COMPANY. EDUCATIONAL. THE OGLETHORPE SEMiNARf. \HIGH GRADE and Finishing School far Girls will be opened on the 11th DAY Or OCTOBER next, in the city of Savannah. T ANARUSx 4 $ Faculty of the School will be: Mrs. LOUIS G. YOUNG, Principal, and Teacfc er of History, English Literature and Philoro phy. MissL. M. BANCROFT, Teacher of Math* matics, Natural Sciences and Latin. Madame GHAUBERT, Teacher of the French Han gunge and Literature. --, Teacher of the German Language and Literature. Miss ANNIE D. MACCAW, Primary Depart ment. Special instruction will be given by Professor LESSING and Mis* COBURN in instrumental Music. Mr. STEWART in Vocal Music, Mia* WEYMOUTH in drawing. A post-graduate course for young ladies de sirous of continuing their studies will be made a specialty of the school. Arrangements have been made for Special Lectures in Art. Science, History and Shakespeare by gentlemen emi nently qualified. Boarding pupils will bo accommodated on reasonable terms. For all desired information apply to Mrs. LOUIS G. YOUNG. Principal, Savannah. Ga. Y7TRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. LexiDg- V ton, Virginia.—The forty-ninth session of this well-known State Institution will open on the 6th September, proximo. It provides a sys tem of the rough military training, a distinctive academic course of Instruction, and technical in struction in the several branches of applied science which enables a graduate in tbe aca demic school to attain to a professional degree as Bachelor of Science or Civil Engineer. These advantages are secured on terms not exceeding SB6 per month, including clothing in addition to the ordinary collegiate necessaries. For cata* logue apply tc General FRANCIS H. SMITH. 0 Superintendent. N~ EW ENGLAND CONSERVATOR Y MUSIC, IIN E ARTS, ORATORY, Literature, English Branches, French, German, Italian, etc. Largest and best equip ped in the world: 100 Instructors; 2,180 Student* last year. Board and room, with Steam Heat and Electric Light. Fall term begins Sept A 1887. Ill’d Calendar free. Address E. TOUR JEE, Dir., Franklin, Sq., Boston, Mass. rtIVIL, MECHANICAL AND MINING ENGL V NEERING at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. The oldest engineering school in America. Next term begins Sep'am her 14th. The Register for IHB7 contains a list of the graduates for the past 62 years, with their positions; also course of study, require ments, expenses, etc. Candidates from a dia tanee. or those living in distant States, by special examinations ut their homes, or at such school* as they may be attending, may determine ill* question of admission without visiting Troy. For Register and full information address DAVID M. GREENE, Director. HOME SCHOOL FOIi YOTXTNTG L. AXUlnls*. ATHENS, OA. EXERCISES RESUMED SEPT. 21st, IjiM. Madame S. SOSNOWSKI, Miss C. SOSNOWSKI, Associate Principal* WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, Lexington, Va. I NSTRUCTION in the usual Academic Stud.e* and in the professional schools of Law i.at Engineering. Tuition and fees, $55 for seaMQ of nine months, beginning Sept loth. CataldTU* free. Address G. w. C. LEE, President Bellevue High School BEDFORD CO.. VIRGINIA. A thoroughly equipped School of high grad* for Boys and Young Men. r pHE 221 Annual Session opens Sept. 15, 188?. I For (Catalogue or special information appif t* W. R. ABBOT, I’i'in . BellevueP <>. EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL. N*ar Alexandria, V**. L. M. BLACKFORD. M. A.. Principal; L. HOXTON, Associate Principal, With able Assistants. A. Preparatory School tor T3oyi. Founded 1889. Session opens Sept. 28, 1887. Catalogues sent on application. Rome Female College. (Under the control of the Synod of Georgia > Rome, Ga. Rev. J. M. M. CALDWELL President. rpiliKTY FIRST year begins Monday, '4ept \ 1 )87. For circular* unu information addre* 8. C. CALDWELL, Rome, Ga Lucy Cobb Institute, ATHENS, GEORGIA. rpHF. Exercises of this School will bo resume* 1* SEPT. 7, 1887. M. RUTHERFORD Principal.^ V' T MARY'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Estate Ct lished in 1842. For Catalogue address the Rector, Rev. BENNETT SMEDES. 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