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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Of Citizens Opposing Factors'
Walk Transfer: For Organization of Trades
Unions.
Special Notices—As to Crew of Spanish Bark
ObJulia; To Water Takers; Townsend on Top.
Amusements. Testimonial Benefit to Mr.
Lawrence llanley.
Exceptional Reductions in Summer Goods.—
Crohan & Dooner.
Change ok Schedule.—Savannah and Tybeo
Railroad.
Regatta. —lsle of Hope Yacht Club.
Educational.— Miss Maddnck, M. A. O'Brien.
Fall Exhibit. —Savannah Floral and Art As
sociation.
Grand Reduction in Prices—Gustave Eck
■tein & Cos.
Undertaker— John H. Fox.
Doors. Sashes, Blinds. Etc.- Andrew Hanley.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted ; Employment Wanted; For Kent; For
Sale; Photography Ixist; Miscellaneous.
Special Sale of Fans F. Gutman.
Auction Sales— Central Railroad Stock, by I.
D. Laßoche’s Sons; A Desirable Residence and
Store, by C. H. Dorsett.
A Bull’s Eve—Gray & O'Brien.
Business Stand for Rent—A. P. Wright &
Cos., Thomasville, Ga.
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quickest routes.
Mr. Blaine's peculiar antics in Scotland
suggest that he is getting ready to havo an
other sunstroke.
In Savannah Sundny is peculiarly a day
of rest. It is fortunate that so many
“breathing places - ’ are provided for the
people close by.
Ex-Mavor Grace, f New York, says of
Dr. McGlvnn: “His brain is addled—
addled -with vanity.” The ex-Mayor is not
far from the truth.
The convict is attracting inoro attention
in Georgia, just now, than anybody else.
Well, he should havo his rights, which in
clude humane treatment.
Soys Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, of New Jer
sey: “It will lie impossible to defeat Gro
ver Cleveland m the next campaign.” A
great many people share Gen. Fisk's opin
ion.
The invitations to President < 'leveland to
visit various e-itios invariably include Mrs.
Cleveland. Her popularity is as great as
his, nud the people will do honor to lKith
alike.
A remarkable illustration of the force of
the imagination is found in the fact that Re
publican newspapers profess to believe that
tho color line exists nowhere except in the
•South. _
A Labor party man says that his party
will cast '.10,000 votes in the election next
year in New York. Perhaps so, but most
of them will he cast for tho Democratic
candidates.
When Canada seizes American fishermen
and their vessels she knows that she is back
ed by England. She also knows that this
country is without a nnvjr. Altogether,
Canada plays rather a safe game.
Hon. Thomas E. Powell, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio, is red
headed. If ho is like other rod-heuded men
1 will wage a fiery campaign against the
demagogue the Republicans lia ve nominated.
Barber county, Kan,, is trying the ex
periment with considerable success of
raising cotton. If the West becomes a cot
ton producing section it is likely that the
king of plants will become more of a king
than ever.
It is said that during the hottest days of
the heated term the one cool spot in this
country was the Chicago jail. It is hard to
believe that tbo place in which arc conllned
Spies and bis associates could bo cool even
in mid-winter.
Senator Butt, of the General Assembly,
■ltfiuUl remember that it is never well to put
oif for to-morrow what can lie done to-day.
The Western and Atlantic railroad matter
ought to bo settled by the present General
Assembly. Delay may result in a 'greater
snarl.
Hon. Jefferson Davis having written a
letter opposing prohibition the Houston,
Tex., l’ust says that the anti prohibition ma
jority in Texas will lx) 100,000. Tho I but
may be right, but the indications as soon
at this distance suggest u much closer vote.
• A Western genius has patented a chair
with a clock fastened in the back. It will
doubtless In - in demand among parents, pro
vided the clock has an alarm attachment
which will warn the young men who visit
their daughters that it is time to go home
about 10 or 11 o'clock p. m.
It lias been suggested that the country
ought to have a grand naval review on
Bept. 17, tho centennial anniversary of the
constitution. Tho only trouble in tho way
• that the country hus no navy, Porhn]is
Buffalo Bill might induce (Jueeu Victoria to
lwd Esgluirrs lor tho occasion.
Prohibition in Georgia.
Not a few of the loading Georgia Prohi
bitionists are confident that every county
in the State will havo adopted prohibition
within the next two or three years. One
hundred nnd fifteen counties havo adopted
either prohibition or high license, and in all
tho others of the KIT the prohibition senti
ment is more or less strong. Every onro in
a while the announcement is made that an
other town or county has voted for prohi
bition, nnd it would not bo at all surprising
if within a comparatively short time tho
whole State were captured by tho Prohi
bitionists.
When prohibition was adopted by At
lanta there was a groat outcry against it in
that city. It was said that real estate hail
depreciated in many instances to an alarm
ing extent, that the business of the town
had been mined and that improvements of
all sorts had been checked. Tho picture
which the anti-Prohibitionists drew of At
lanta’s futuro was a very gloomy one in
deed. They insisted that the town was
on the down grade, and created the impres
sion that it would soon bo not much better
than a deserted mining camp.
A few days ago, in answer to inquiries
from Chattanooga, many of the business
men were asked what the effect of prohi
tion bad been. Almost without a dissent
ing voice they declared that it liad helped
tho town wonderfully. Even those who
had voted against prohibition willingly ad
mitted that tho result had been very differ
put from what they hnd expected, and that
prohibition, instead of hurting, had helped
business. Some of them even went so far
as to say that they believed the city was far
more prosperous than it would have been
hnji prohibition been, defeated.
There was one feature of the interviews
with business men that was particularly
noticeable. It was that which reiatud to
collections from workingmen and their
trade. It seems that since the adoption of
prohibition tb<> labeling class has spent
more money for the necessaries nnd com
forts of life, and have paid their bills more
promptly. A fair inference from this con
dition of affairs Is that there are hioro hap
py homes in Atlanta than there ever were
before.
In all the country districts where pro
hibition prevails there is tin* greatest satis
faction with it. Labor is far more reliable
and crimes of violence arc much less fre
quent. There are evidences of thrift and
prosperity where there were only indications
of neglect and poverty. The people seem
to be happier and look to the future more
hopefully. Tho reason is that their home
life is more attractive, being free from the
poverty and deeds of violence for which
strong drink was responsible.
No one will deny that the Prohibitionists
have managed wisely in Georgia. They ha ve
not forced prohibition upon communities
by legislation which did not want it. They
converted the people to it, and when it was
adopted it had a solid foundation to rest
upon—a foundation that promises to grow
more solid with time. Wherever public
sentiment is for prohibition there it will 1 e
enforced, and its beneiioial results witnessed.
If the Prohibitionists pursue the same wise
courso in the future that they have in tho
past it is probable that the prediction of
leading Prohibitionists, that at no distant
day every county in the State will have
prohibition, will be realized.
A Suggestion.
The suggestion has been made and favor
ably received by those who have had their
attention called to it, that tlio county court
house be offered to the government us a site
for the public building. Tlio location is an
excellent one for the post office and it is
equally as good for the Federal Court. The
lot is large enough and it’s situation offers
opportunities for architectural display. The
county, doubtless, could be induced to sell
it at a very reasonable price. Anew county
court house is greatly needed, and the pro
ceeds of the sale of the site of the present
court house would go a long way toward
erecting u*nw county building.
The county may hesitate about parting
with the present court house site, unless it
can got another equally us satisfactory.
Thorn is another which it ought to have no
trouble in getting. It is the old cemetery
on South Broad street, that is now over
grown with weeds and bushes. This ceme
tery, in its present unsightly condition, is a
blotch on the fair face of the city, and there
is no doubt that nine-tenths of the people
w-ould like to sett it improved. It could be
made a very pretty spot, and tho county
would undoubtedly make it so if it could
get tho opportunity. If it cannot get
control of the entire cemetery at once it
ought to have no difficulty in getting control
of enough of it for a court house site. It
would doubtless be willing to keep the re
mainder in good condition if a part were
used for a county building. The ceme
tery is the most eligible site for a court
house probably in the city. It is near the
jail and the barracks, aud the court house
ought to he, for several reasons, near those
buildings. Lot the County Commissioners
consider this suggestion, and they may find
a way for adopting it.
Says the Mobile Hegister: “The Morning
News seems ignorant of the fact that a
man who takes wine with hisdinner is more
temperate than the man who dot's not, and
who drinks strong liquors during tho day
aud night.” Tho Morning News is not
ignorant of tho fact mentioned by the
Kei/ister , nor is it ignorant of the fact that
the man who drinks no intoxicating liquors
is more temperate than the man who drinks
wine with his dinner.
Tho statement is made that, the Indian
name "Chautauqua” means "easy death.”
At the Chuutauquas that have been estab
lished in various parts of the country lit
tie else goes on but talk, and the general
impression is that to bo talked to death is
the hardest hondblc way of dying. Soine
liody ought to hunt up another meaning for
Chautauqua.
A noted preacher says that lie can marry
a couple in eighty seconds. Out West p.i>-
ple have been divorced in thirty minutes,
and it is probable that the time will bo still
Wirt her reduced. Tho Western courts will
not permit a preacher to join people quicker
than they ran unjoin them.
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The body which makes law s for llayti sits
only three hours a day. In order tp expo
dite legislation these hours are the hottest
of tho twenty-four. Not even a negro will
do much talking over proposed laws while
tho mercury in the thermometer is climbing
out of roach.
In Brooklyn, the other day, a young man
named Christopher met a pretty girl tunned
Hattio Boylo on the street, ’j'liey took a
drink together and then caught, a preacher
and were marriid. Married life which be
gins with a drink is not likely to be happy.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, and ULY 31, 1887.
A Delayed Report.
What has become of the report of the
committee which was appointed at the regu
lar session of tho Legislature to investigate
the charges against Judge Fain, Hon. W. R.
Han km and Mr. James ]’. Harrison in eon
noction with the $90,000 donation to tho
Marietta and North Georgia railroad, and
to find out how that railroad managed to get
the legislature to authorize the donation!
Does tho committee intend to make a re
port? If so it is about time that it was
showing signs of such an intention. The
legislature has been in session several
weeks and there has been ample time to
prepare the report.
The people never did understand the rea
sons which induced the Legislature to
donate $90,000 of their money to the Mari
etta and North Georgia railroad in the face
of a constitutional prohibition, and they are
very anxious to hear what this investigat
ing committee has to say about it. They
have a right to know all about the transac
tion, as they are particularly interested, and
the chances are that before it is finally dis
posed of they will get the bottom facts of it.
It can hardly be possible that the commit
tee is waiting uhtil tho tail end of the ses
sion to make its report? so as to prevent any
discussion of it, or action upon it. It is
making a grave mistake if that is its pur
pose. If it is not ready to report, let it
state why it Is not, and when it will lie
ready. Let it appear tliat there are no roa
sons for delay which the public shouldn’t
know.
Perhaps the effort which the Marietta anil
North Georgia railroad is making to get a
charter from Marietta to Atlanta has some
thing to do with the delay of tho report.
We do not know that it has, but in hunting
for reasons tills is the only one that presents
itself. The chances are that the road will
not get the charter in question, because the
legislature is not likely to do anything that
will cause a depreciation in the value
of the State’s property. The
investigating committee, therefore, need
not hold back its report from any fear of
damaging the road’s ciiances of getting the
charter. The House has already twice re
fused to grant the charter, and, if the com
mittee waits for another refusal, it won’t
stand much qhanee of getting in its report
at all.
If the report isn’t ready let the committee
get it ready at once. It might boa
good idea for some member of the
Legislature to make an inquiry about
it for the purpose of finding out what is be
ing done with regard to it, and when it will
probably be presented. Tbo interest in it
is too great for it to remain in the hands of
the committee much longer.
The Story of Anna.
A correspondent gives the Boston Gtohr
an account of n wonderful achievement by
a young woman who is partially blind. Her
surname is suppressed, hut for the purposes
of this article it will suffice to call her
Anna.
She was born of parents in liumblo cir
cumstances. When hi']' mother died her
father failed to supp >rt her, ami sho was
placed in an alms-house. With the exception
of a short period, she was in St. John’s
Hospital at Lowell, Mass., from May, 1870,
until 1880. In 1880 sho was admitted to the
Perkins Institution for the Blind, when a
surgical operation improved her sight.
Afterward she was educated after the man
ner of the famous school of which sho was n
pupil.
In the summer of 1 885 a Southern gentle
man visited the Perkins Institution in search
of a teacher for his daughter, who was born
blind, deaf and dumb. lie employed Anna
She proceeded to lit herself for her difficult
task upon the plan used in the education of
Laura Bridgeman. After being introduced
to her work in her Southern home, she ac
complished her task in six months. The
correspondent fails to state definitely what
sho did for the young Southern girl, but
leaves the impression that she accomplished
even tnoro than was done for Laura. Bridge
man.
The story of Anna and her pupil teaches
an important lesson to people possessed of
all their faculties and yet who do not use
their talents as they should. If a young
woman, partially blind, can make a second
I<aura Bridgeman of a girl born blind, deaf
and dumb, there is no excuse for failure to
make the best use of their talents upon the
part of other p<>op!e. The young, especially,
may profit by the story. Patience and per
severance will accomplish astonishing re
sults, and with their aid nothing that is
within the reach of human attainment is
impossible to those whoso faculties are un
impaired.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herahl says that Mr. Kuki, the
Japanese Minister, and Public Printer Ben
edict have had several conferences of late
regarding the employment of some of the
government printing force by the Japanese
Emjieror. The Emperor has decided to es
tablish a government printing office at
Tokio. He is anxious that the nucleus of
the force shall bo composed of Americans.
Minister Kuki lias submitted a projxwition
to twenty compositors, bookbinders, stereo
typers and pressmen in Mr. Benedict’s office
to proceed to Japan under a five years’ con
tract with the government. Each of those
persons is to receive $2,<XK> a year, and ex
penses to and from the empire.
At Saranac, Mich., the other day, Julian
F. Mills was arrested on the charge of
drunkenness and fined. lie was engaged to
he married and the lady interested declared
the engagement off when she heard her
lover hud iieou arrested. Mills declared the
arrest unjust and has sued the town for
B:.\),(KX), alleging that the arrest alienated
his sweetheart's affections. Perhaps there
never was a ease like this. It suggests that
ik might he well for police officers to inquire,
before arresting a man, v bother or not lie is
engaged.
Tlie National Woman's Ruffrago Associa
tion is circulating slips in Ohio for the sig
natures of women who wish to exorcise the
elective franchise and of men who lieliovo
in their doing so. The association would do
well to confine its attention exclusively to
the women. The men will be more willing
I to grant the suffrage to woman when they
are satisfied that she really wants it.
Prince Devamongse, Minister of Affairs of
Siam, who is visiting this country, travels
in royal style. He is attended by a suite of
ten persons, not including servants, and has
an unlimited amount of money. It is not
likely that the color line will lie drawn on
him in fastidious Northern circles.
A member of the Calumet Club in New
York lias invented a soothing mixture
which he calls "Sabbath Calm.” It Is made
of brandy, eggs and coffee. Jf a man drink.-,
enough Of it lie is likely to sleep oft its sooth
ing offocls in the police barracks.
CURRENT COMMENT.
But They Will Not be Carried Out.
/'Yoni the Netc York World (Dem.)
John Sherman's Republican Convention in
Ohio demands the wholesale pensioning of
soldiers and soldiers' widows. There will be no
Treasury surplus when John's ideas are carried
out.
How Thoy Do Hang On!
From the Bouton Globe (Dem.)
Mercy on us, how these over-fed spoilsmen of
the Republican party do hang on to the public
teat! They have not given up a thing to the
Democracy, from the Presidency to the smallest
poundkeeper, without a whimper and a whine.
Some people use,l to think that offleeholding
was part of a Republican's religion, but now
no one doubts tliat it was simple, gnawing hun
ger.
Republican Dark Horses.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
There is a good deal of anxious looking
around for possible dark horse to make the run
ning for the Presidency on the Republican side.
The name of Robert T. Lincoln is sometimes
mentioned, but timorously. The name would
count for something, but there is nothing note
worthy behind it, Mr. Lincoln is an amiable,
common-place gentleman, with no smack of his
father's natural force and capabilities. He
might do for the Vice-Presidency.
Running the Other Way.
From the Galveston News (Dem.)
One of the most interesting features of the
political situation is the apparent enthusiasm
with which Democratic politicians wholessthan
a year ago were abusing President Cleveland in
most emphatic language are now praising him.
There is nothing that can cause the average poli
tician to revise his opinions so completely, and
wit h sue'i a degree of promptness as to ascer
tain that the popular current Is running the
other way, and that he is about to get lodged
against the shore by an eddy.
BRIGHT BITS.
“You musn’t call me a salesperson," said a
pretty shop girl, bridling, to a rather elderly co
worker.
“Then you shouldn't have told Mr. Crash that
it was very appropriate putting me at the rem
nant counter,” was the indignant reply .—Life.
“Ah! I beg pardon, but your name is Gray?"
he said as he met a man coming out of the post
office.
“No, sir—no, sir—my name is not Gray."
“Oh—oh it isn't, eh! Then I beg your par
don for begging your pardon,"— Detroit Free
Press.
Irate Customer—Won't trust me for a pound
of butter ? Won't trust me, eh ? I'll—l'll
Big Guoeer—See here, if you want to fight
about it, just off with your coat.
“Oh, well, when it comes to that, a fight in
this store wouldn’t he an even thing, you know.”
"Oh, it wouldn’t ?”
“Mo, you’ve got your butter to back you.”—
Omaha World.
The sunstroke falls on city walls
And men are petulant and beery;
Ttie long light shakes across the lakes
And makes the people hot and weary.
(•low. pavements, glow, and let men's comfort
mizzle,
And answer, sunshtue, answer, sizzle, sizzle,
sizzle.
—Chicago News.
“Tell me,” he whispered, with the hoarse
ness of emotion, whispered if he feared the mur
muring surf might catch the question and bear
it to somo other ears. “Tell me, have you ever
lQved?"
She trembled. She hesitated for a moment,
and he thought he felt let blushes glow into his
eyes. She trembled, and in a still, soft whisper,
gentle as the summer breeze, answered:
“Not this summer."— San Francisco Chron
icle.
She I saw a funny thing in the paper. It
says that somewhere out West the weather is
so hot that a farmer who went out into his
corn-field found that all the corn had popped.
It must be awfully nice to have such weather.
He—Why, what are you talking about?
Think how you'd suffer!
She Yes, I might suffer. But then, perhaps,
other things besides the corn might pop.
He popped.— Boston Transcript.
Mu. Blaine— By the way. Hi ’ad a glorious
time hattending the Frincc of Wales' recep
Reporter—Eh! what? Did you go to the
I'rince's reception?
"Why, you don't misplace jour haitehes—l
mean aitches—at all. Are you an H'American
- I mean American?”
“Yes, sir, 1 am an American newspaper cor
respondent. You didn't attend the Prince’s
reception, did you?”
“No, begorry! Oi hnd a pravious ingagement
to attind an Oirish wake, an’Oi wint there, av
coorse.’’— Omaha World.
Philanthropist—My dear little children, you
should not play in these dirty alleys. Don't you
like the public parks ?
Chilli—Oh, yes, Ihey are beautiful.
"Yes, indeed, and you should go to them as
often as possible, breathe the fresh air and learn
to love the beauties of nature."
"Yes sir.”
“Remember, my dear little ones, that God
made the country, but man made the town.
Now, my good little girl, 101 l me what you first
observe when you visit those delightful homes
of nature ?"
“Keep off the grass."— Omaha World,
“Sary’ ” said a Dakota man to his wife, “did
you take them ten bitches of wheat I brought in
an' put ’em all together an' mix the roots all
up, an’ plaster some mud ou 'em in good
shape ?"
“Yes, I fixed ’em.”
"Put the bunch in the wagon, an’ I II take it
to town an' give it to the ed’tor an' tell him it
all grew from one seed. And then he will sat
in liis paper that, he 'was on Wednesday showed
a stool of wheat by farmer Doozen’bcrry, in
which there went over 400 stalks an' heads.
This remark'hle product is all from one grain of
seed. Dakota agin the world! Next '."—Dakota
Belt.
PERSONAL.
Anew hotel to bo erected at Baltimore by
Roliert Garrett will be seven stories high and
cost $500,000.
lx the new Congress will lie two veterans of
the Mexican war Mr. Rice, of Minnesota, and
Mr. I lure, of Texas.
Ri.so Wise, proprietor of a Chinese laundry
in New London, Conn., was recently baptized in
a Congregational church.
Justice Guay, of the United States Supreme
Court, is about to build a house at Washington,
and the gossips are certain he is going to bo
married.
McGarioi.r. the missing Chicago boodler, is a
man about 5 feet 11 inches in height and of slim
build, llis complexion is dark and he has very
little hair on Ids head.
Crown Prince Redoeph, of Austria, during
three bunting days at Berczenoze recently, shot
with his owa giiii forty-seven roebucks, a feat
unpa-ci-dented in the annals of European sport
Ex-Senator McDonald is for Cleveland for a
second term because he "has inode a good
record, is a thoroughly conscientious man ami
lias not done a single thing to curry favor with
the public.”
Ernesto Rossi has recently published the
first volume of his memoirs. “Forty Years of
an Artistic Life." in which the beginnings of his
artistic career aud his first journeys to foreign
lands tiro described.
Wst. Hearst. son of the Senator, is described
ns a tall, lair link ed young man. qui-'t and self
possessed. He has taken charge of the Ran
Francisco /Crumbier in earnest and is said to
work harder than any other man In the estab
lishment.
Richard T. Booth, the temperance advocate,
has returned to Boston from a seven years' tour
around the world. In the course of his labors
he has induct'd more than a million persons to
sign th" pledge He is about to set out for
another foreign campaign.
Gen WoLsui.rv holds the post of Adjutant
General of ill" British army on ail annual salary
of r ih. '-r To Field Marsha! von Mull In*, who
p-iTorms Lie same duties in the German army,
only ?M.nod is paid, and the Adjutant General iif
the French army only gets $4,000.
Muss Daisy Hampton, Gen. Wade Hampton's
daughter, has a hobby. It is the healthy one of
p-Jest rianlsm While the General was away on
Lis last fortnight's Northern tsiur. Miss Hampton
walked from Iter home to Charleston, a distance
of 145 miles, making a record of twenty-five
milesln sate day.
Tra Bp Ban Cpßin. a Chinese graduate of
Yale in t he clasts of '7H. recently visited Saratoga.
Hetsa Hong Koucteamerchant.hAkalsout 45,000
acres of tea under cultivation ami employs
4,000 coolies, lie is of medium height nn<L has
• lisp-used with his queue In conversation
he is most interesting, speaking perfect English
He remained but a short time at Rnrntogn and
is now on his way to Hong Kong.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lattis. of New York,
an-making sonset hing of a sensation at Sura
toga. Mr. laytln is Hie owner of a fleet of Fast
River ferryboats, and a very rich man. tin IPs
arrival at tin- Uniiui Union Hotel, Snratogu. lie
Upp -sl tin- beast waiter with a $fl(l i.pl, according
to rumor, anil Is therefore well served sit his
meals. Mrs iaytiu has 000 costumes with her.
Sescuty-fivo of these are for out-of-door wear,
uni ii.s.e hats, uurusvL and fuue to match.
A LUCKY VERMONTER.
How a Jeweler Cleared $150,000 by
Hie Knowledge of Geology.
Drattleboro Letter to Sprt u afield Republican.
The wife of one of Brattleboro's well-known
business men has recently received a letter from
the family of her nephew residing in Vergennes,
with interesting details concerning the discovery
of a rich vein of granite just across Lake Cham
plain from Vergennes and the organization of a
stock company of capitalists for the purpose of
developing the quarry. The Bnittleboro party
is more particularly interested in the fact that
the nephew, through this discovery of the vein,
comes into possession of a large fortune. The
story told by the relative is interesting.
Howard Burt, it seems, was for sev
eral years a jeweler in Vergennes
and, although he was economical and indus
trious, his little business hardly afforded more
than a comfort able living for himself and family.
Gradually he became deeply interested in the
subject of geology, to the study of which lie
gave much of his leisure time: and finally it re
sulted in his being recognized as one of the most
scientific geologists in that section of the State.
He was daily investigating the different strata
comprising thf earth's crust, and he was par
ticularly fond of gathering specimens of min
erals and fossils. One day he crossed the lake,
and in rambling about came upon a vein of
granite which subsequently proved to In? of
great value and utility, He confided the fact of
bis discovery to a leading Vergennes physician,
who became interested and was finally offered
an interest with the understanding that he was
to furnish the capital for developing the quar
ry, which he did. The buildings and derricks
were erected and t he work of quarrying was in
time lx'gun, but, the capital being limited, im
mediate results were not encouraging, and the
work was, after the lapse of some time, dis
continued. though as it lias since turned out the
quality of the stock was such as to insure a
large demand. Mr. Burt, fully imbued with the
idea that the quarry was rich, and satisfied that
ultimately it would be profitably worked, de
cided to remain on the ground, title to which he
had in some manner secured, arid thus hold it
from trespassers.' And now comes the interest
ing part of the story, which proves the wislom
ot his course and snows how he was amply re
warded for his patience. His faith in his dis
covery and his determination to hold on has
been heroically maintained through a period
fraught with frequent discouragements. A
syndicate with ample capital comes for
ward at last and takes possession of
the quarry, which turns out to be of
groat value, and the aged geologist and dis
coverer Is paid $1.10,000 and still retains a profit
able interest in the company. The little town
of Westport gets quite an impetus in conse
quence of the discovery, while the pecuniary
oiroumstaiif* s of one who has experienced the
hardships of life are most pleasantly trans
formed. People acquainted with the circum
stances tell of the discovery by this same Burt
of a fossil in the shape of a large serpent, which
the geologist has partly unearthed from the
rooks in the vicinity of the quarries. He has
already got out about eight feat of the monster,
the largest part <*.' which is some five inches in
diameter. Beginning with the tail, every joint
is said to be perfect in detail, as are the fine
petrified scales, while the cavity which held the
intestines is a perfectly smooth surface. Burt
continues to unearth the fossil as time permits,
and he feels sure of obtaining the head, which
he thinks, like the body, is encased in solid
rock.
Shmilingf Betty.
Shmiling Betty,
Shweet and pretty.
Like dose budding flower,
Haf completely
Shamed me shweetly
Mid her vitching power.
so merry,
Lips like cherry—
Ach, dose eyes of azure!
Sbeeks so rosy,
Form as cozy.
Fill mine heart mit pleasure.
Of she only
Knew how lonely
Dot I vas mltout her,
She not sbcold me,
But would told me
Nefer more to doubt her.
Ha! she*s coming,
Softly humming,
Down der shtreet a-sailing.
Guess I'll hold her,
Und vill told her,
Vat mine heart was ailing.
“Shweetest Betty,
You alretty
Had mine heart gebroken;
Von't you lof me—
Only gif mo
Youst von leedle token/”
Yah, she like me!—
Y oust vat shtrike me
1 haf not discover.
Blizzard may be,
Or a"baby
Cyclone" blow me ofer.
Hold. I bit it-
Dot’s vat did it:
Shon L. must haf dress hin
Like a lady,
Dot for Betty
I tried to caress him.
Any way, I
Cannot say I,
Find her more so pretty:
After all, she
Radher tall, she
Freckled, too, alretty.
Eyes of green und
Figure loan und
Shtyle shoost like a Quaker;
Ugly mout\ I
Y'oust found out: 1
Guest I potter shake her.
Emilr Pickhardt (“Mentor.")
He Wasn’t Built That Way.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There were half a dozen of us sitting around
the depot at Verbe a. Ala., when an old darkey,
evidently just in from the plantation after
'baccy or groceries. hove in sight.
"Now, boys." said the Colonel as we all re.
marked the old man. ‘ you keep still and I’ll
scare that old nigger out of a year's growth,”
With that he called to Sambo and the old
man came up, doffed his hat and asked what
was wanted.
“I’m (Jen. D. Krastus Longfellow, and have
been sent down her,' by the United States gov
ernment to look up the marriage certificates of
colored people. Have yougot yours with you?”
“N-no, sau.”
“What: Have no marriage certificate to
show?"
"Deed I haven't, salt"
“Then, sir, lot me inform you that the penal
ty is five years in State prison! Bid you lose
your certificate?”
“Reckon not, sail.” •
“Never had one?”
“Neither. ”
“Great snakes! but it will go hard with you.
Uncle Moses! I hate to tear you from your
family and send you to prison for the rest of your
days, hut duty must be obeyed. No certificate
of marriage, never had one, and I don't suppose
you can remember who married you?”
“No. salt. I can't.”
“F Pluritnu ITntim' Rut won’t you catch it!
Where and when were you married:"
“Nowhar, ear! Neither got mur'd 'tall. Alius
dun bin what you white folks call an old bach
—haw! haw! haw?”
Watertown's First Boom.
From the Pittsburg I‘ost.
Rome five or six years ago. when Watertown
link., was anew place, the business men raised
$5OO with which to build a church. A meeting
was called to talk over the plans.
“You've got the $5OO, have you?” said Judge
R. J Conklin, who was at that time Mayor of
the city.
“Got it right here." replied the chairman of
the soliciting committee.
“It strikes mo,” eontiuued the Mayor, “that it
is a good deal of money Pi put into a church.”
"Yes. that's so.” said another prominent citi
zen. "I suppose we can do what we please
with it."
"That's It exactly." relumed Conklin, “and
my idea is to put it hit > something of more per
manent value to the city than A church.”
"That's my opinion, t oo,” raid another lead
ing citizen, "how would a school-house do?"
“School-housereplied the Mayor, “what
we want to nut that money Into Is something
that will stand as a monuments to the lilierality
and public spirit of the citizens of Watertown,
and something, also, which will Is- useful and
of lasting benefit to the place. I move that
fAOil be used to lav out a fom mile race track
that shall be the finest west of the Mississippi.
If w e're boomers let iis boom!”
They finally compromised on n mils track
and offered wmat money was left as purses for
the Fourth of July races.
The Guileless Landlady.
From the Deh-oit Free Press.
“How much for tills melon?" she asked at
the market yesterday, as She Indicated her
choice.
' That melon, madams, is a green one."
“But how much?"
“You wouldn't want It at all. madaino, as it
would disappoint you."
"Hut Ido want It, sir, and here's a dime for
it."
‘‘Ah, how dull I am to day to he sure!" sighed
the man ns tie looked after her. "bho keeps a
boarding houae, ul course.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
At Woodsville, Newaygo county. Mich., last
week, a social black hear quietly walked past a
lady who was picking berries. “They did not
speak as the)' passed Dy."
The “Pickwick Papers," Dickens' best literary
work, owes its origin to tho publisher of a maga
zine upon which he was doing job work deal ing
him to write a serial story to fit some comic
pictures which wore in the publisher’s pos
session.
There is a law in Washington Territory com
pelling the teachers of public schools to teach
physiology and hygiene, and if they do not teach
the same they cannot draw school money; also,
if the pupils will not study those studies they
can be expelled from the school.
Ray Mitciiell, a 7-year-old boy of Reno, Cal.,
recently stole $2:3 75 from a hotel till, and was
sneaking out the back way when the hotel keep
er started in pursuit. The boy ran, but finding
his pursuer was gaining on him he threw the
odd change on the street, and thus, delaying the
pursuit, Ray escaped with the rest of the plun
der.
John 11. Arnold, of Ballston, N. Y\, has a cu
riosity in the shape of a parrot. Some time ago
it was noticed that the bird would try and fol
low Mr. Arnold’s little girl when she said the
Lord's prayer on retiring at night. The bird
has kept on from night to night, until he can re
peat the whole prayer. Some evenings he will
repeat it several times.
Six Scotch bailies came to present an address
of congratulation to Queen Vietori.a. They ask
ed wbat they had to do on entering the Queen’s
presence, and ware told they should kiss hands.
Thereupon bailie No. 1, as he solemnly stalked
past the throne, raised his hand to his mouth
and blew her majesty a lass. Tnc remaining five
followed suit Queen had a fit of the
heartiest had enjoyed for a loi g
time.
The Virginia City Enterprise says: “The
Piutes now have a squatter's claim upon the site
of the old opera house (burned in 1875 in the big
fire) on the east side of D street. Men, women
an l children squat there daily, hour after hour,
engaged in the fascinating game of poker.
Sometimes three or four games, with ten to
twenty Indians in each circle, are to be seen in
blast at the same time. Their games are for
coins and for keeps.”
Lou Scarheriiy, a Scotia (Neb.) butcher, ac
companied by a peace-persuading bulldog, was
invited, while meandering homeward Sunday
night, to “throw up your bands.” Lou’s dukes
went up and the dog went out into, the dark
ness. A mighty struggle ensued. Bones cracked
and wild yells were heard, in the midst of which
Lou scampered off unharmed. The bulldog
turned up a few hours afterward, loaded with
scraps ot old clothes and masticated cuticle.
Fred Irish is the 14-year-old son of Mart
Irish, the village blacksmith of Deerfield, Mich.
The other day he was loading a revolver, and,
finding the cartridges too large, he look the
chamber from the revolver and essayed to push
them in with his teeth. The cartridges stood
this, but when he proceeded to pound them in
with a hammer they rebelled. The chamber of
the revolver is a total loss, but Fred saved one
of the balls, catching it in his leg, and he has it
yet.
The fish story of the season is told by the
Perkiomen e respondent of the Reading Her
aid, who describes an exhibition made by a resi
dent of that place of two t rained catfish which
were harnessed to a boat and drew rheir owner
.through the water at the rate of fifteen miles an
hour. “After the trip the novel team seemed
none the worse, except that one of them was
slightly blown and the other had ohe shoulder
chafed by the harness.” The owner is reported
to be coming to Philadelphia to exhibit his team
on the Schuylkill.
The Reno Journal says: “When Mr. Gibson
took charge of the Pyramid agency he con
cluded to give names to all the Indian children,
and has named them after his friends or public
men. The little folk are proud of their Ameri
can names and like to near the history of the
great men they are named after. Among the
boys there is Mark Twain. Professor Young. Bill
Gibson. Andy Jackson, Pete Dunn, John Logan,
James G. Fair, J. P. Jones, John Gillig, Jim
Blaine, Dr. Dawson, George Cassidy, Jeff Davis,
and many others. The girls have an Emma
Nevada, Adelini Patti, Clara Morris, Ella Ben
der. I.a ura Holman, Maud Doane, Lilly Snyder,
and others.
An editor who has started a newspaper in
Wuddy, Buford county. Dak., says: “At the
present writing there are the following business
houses here: One newspaper, 7 restaurants, 1
drug store, 4 lodging houses, 3 hardware stores,
2 general merchandise houses. 2 meat markets.
4 barber shops, <> livery stables, 8 bakeries, 2
harness makers, 4 music halls and 24 saloons
and club rooms, besides various other industries
overlooked in our enumeration.” A determina
tion to make the paper of some use in elevating
the moral and social tone of the place is evi
dent from this paragraph from the same issue:
A man must have a horrible disposition who
can take .delight or pleasure in the brutal pas
time of shooting at a woman.”
A tablet has been placed in the chapel of St.
Faith, Westminster Abbey in memory of Bishop
Mcllvaine and of the shelter given there to his
remains by Dean Stanley while on the way from
Italy to Ohio. It bears the following inscrip
tion: “In this chapel, during Easter week of
1873, by request of the Dean, Arthur Penryhu
Stanley, rested the remains of the Right Rev.
Charles Pettit Mcllvaine, 1). !>.. D.C.L. (Oxou.),
LL.D. (Cam ), Bishop of Ohio, U. S. A., on their
way from Florence, where he died, to their in
terment in his own diocese. This tablet com
memorates an honor paid a prelate widely re
spected and deeply beloved, whose life and work
helped to draw together England and America
in one communion of faith and love,”
Three Scottish miners, who spent an entire
night diving for the body of a companion who
had been swimming with the party and was not
seen to emerge, were completely fagged out at
daybreak, when, at the suggestion of a police
sergeant who joined the trio, one of the men
started otT to gently notify the "drowned"
miner's wife of his fate. Shortly the messenger
returned, almost, breathless, with the news that
lie had found the missing man asleep on the
hank near by, and that he was "no more
drowned than we are." It was subsequently
learned that he was "under the weather*' whoii
he took the dip. had scrambled out of the water
unobserved, climbed the bunk and lain down on
the grass by the road, where he slept the night
through.
At Higgins Lake, Roscommon county, Mich,,
Mrs. Charles H. Pettit and her little daughter,
aged 3 years, were boating, when the little one,
while gleefully capering about, sprang into the
water. The mother, in her anxiety and frignt,
then upset the boat, and as they were alone the
chances were excellent for a double funeral.
Indeed, such would have been the ease had not
their horse, an intelligent French ponv. which
had been turned loose to graze on the shore of
the lake, come to their rescue. Alarmed hy the
screams of the mother and by the commotion
which the two made in the water the brave ani
mal swam boldly out to them, and when they
had taken a secure hold of its mane struggled
back to shore, a tired but heroic pony. The
animal was inclined to he balky and he never
would null anything hut a light load, but, it will
lie eolif weather when he isn't a prime favorite
after this.
"Tiik arrest of the Bishop of Argyll and the
Isles and Ids son as spies at Buxarea, in Algeria,
is the latest illustration of tbe spy fever in
French territory," says the St. James Gazette.
"Tile excuse for tile oftleiousncss of the gen
durmes ill this ease is that the Bishop was at
the time studying t! e lav of the country
from a hill by the aid of a‘map. All remon
strances, as usual in these cases, proved vain.
The Bishop and his son were murchisl off un
foot to Algiers and brought up tiefore an ofli
cial. who was with some difficulty induced to
set them at liberty cm parole Sir Lambert
Playfair, lhe British Consol, at once laid a com
plaint liefere tin- French Governor Generri
and some days latm- official apologies were tme
liered to the Bishop. The Consul his report "and
the enre to Lord Salisbury, but nothing more
Will, of course, be hoard of it. The sforv affords
a warning to tourists thill even in Algeria they
will do well to leave their maps at home.” 3
“The Governor of Heligoland Is not a man to
stand nny nonsense,” says the st. James
Gazette. “An attempt has lately been made to
corrupt the morals of the islanders by the set
ting up of a roulette bank; but the organizers of
the scheme must feel now somewhat as the
Artful Dodger predicted that his judges would
feel bet ore be had done with them'. They w ere
haled before the Governor’s court and inconti
nently fined .Oi each; while,the owner, of the
house in which the bank was held was fined
LldO. All the found in the gaming- rooms
was confiscated, and the enterprising croupiers
and the rett of them were bauislesl from tnc
island And even tha* was not all The inhabi
tants and summer visitors were treated (like,
wise by enter of the Gevernnri too tine bonfire
to celebrate the event : t.„. f ue i consisting of the
roulette boards, drakes, the cloth and cards
und a chest in which tbev were secreted w hen
they were not in use. The burning took place,
very appropriately, opposite the house of the
isiliis’ magistrate. Il ls unlikely that tbe seduc
tive’click' will bn heard in Heligoland again
during tlie urwui Governor's tenure of office,” |
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contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in
Cans.
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MILLINERY.
Piatshek’s,
138 Broughton St.
Positive Clearance Sale
OF OUR ENTIRE REMAINING STOCK OF
SUMMER GOODS
IN
Millinery,
Parasols,
Gloves,
Hosiery,
Embroideries,
Laces, Collars,
Infants’ Lace Caps,
Ladies’ Muslin Underwear,
Canton Mattings,
Linen Ulsters,
Knit Underwear,
Jerseys, and
Our Great Line of Novelties
Those wishing to buy real, live bargains can
never avail themselves of a better chance than
we are now offering, for what we state is posi
tively bona fldo.
N. B.—Country orders will receive the same
benefit of reduction given to our home trade.
Four orders we respectfully solicit.
SHOES.
Ask your Retailer for the ORIGINAL $3 SHDJBs
Bov. are of Imitations.
None Genuine unless bearing the Stamp
James Means’
$3 SHOE.
Made in Button Congress *
M Lace, Best Calf Skin. Un
\ 'fy. da excelled in Durability, Com-
W; I \ ttlort and Appearance. A
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V- ’’-Sk bring you information how
Wt • V-.®' saL to get this Shoe in
m Vw l&v any State or Territory
MEANS*CO,
This Shoe stands higher in the estimation of
wearers than any other in the world. Thousands
who wear it will tell you the reasou if you usk
them. For sale by
S. ISTicliols,
ISW Broughton street. Savannah. Ga.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Don’t Do It! Don’t Do What?
\ don't walk our tony streets with that
▼ t nice* dresa or suit of clothes ou with Stains
or Grease Spots in, to which the Savannah dust
sticks "closer than a brother,” when
Japanese Cleansing Cream
will take them out clean as anew pin. 85c.
bottle. Made only by
J. R. HALTIWANGER,
At his Drug Stores, Broughton and Drayton,
Whitaker and Wayne streets.
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