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4 ClicjHoniingl)cius Morninp News Building, Savannah, Ga. ' TUESDAY. AUGUST 9, 1887. Registered at the Poet afire in Savannah. The MorkixO News is published every day in Ihe rear, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and can iers. on their ow nae COimt at 35 cents a week, $1 00 a month, S5 CW for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Mornixo News, by mail, one month, $] 00: three mouths, $3 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Mousing News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three mouths, %S 00; six months. #1 00 one year, s no. The Morning News, Tri weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and ‘Saturdays, three months, $1 35; six months. $3 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, !/ mail, one year, $3 Oil. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. $1 35. Subscriptions pavahle in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. letters and telegram* should be addressed “Mousing News, Savannah, tia." Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW MEKTISEMENTS. Meetings—Chippewa Tribe No. 4. I O. R. M.; Ancient Landmark Lodge No, 331. F. & A M. Special Notices -Notice to Water Takers; Notice, T. M Cunningham, Cashier Central Railroad Bank; As to Bills Against Br. Bark Pohona. Base Ball—Orientals vs. Amateurs. Educational—Asheville Military Academy, North Carolina; The Hanuah More Academy for Girls. Reisterstoivu, Md. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ad; Employ nient Wanted; For Rent; F'or bale; Personal; Miscellaneous. Auction Sale— Fine Located Property, by D. It. Kennedy. The New York Tribune undertakes to an swer the question, why does the earth mis behave ? It ought now to answer the ques tion,why do the Republicans the bloody shirt wave? _ _ The present year has not been a good one for speculators. Wall street has been dull And all the big wheat corners have inflicted heavy damage on those who engineered or took stock in them. The impression that the Volunteer is the Castest of the fast American yachts may prove to bo erroneous. The Puritan is put ting in a strong claim to the position of leader of the fast fleet. The New York Times says that Russell Bagi has sold more privileges within the last <hree weeks than In any preceding three months since 1884. Well, ho lias only been exercising his privilege. Boston people say that the proper way to eat watermelon is with a spoon. Tho aver age colored citizen thinks that his fingers are far preferable to a spoon, and there is some reason for thinking that ho is right. Energy and determination is necessary to the settlement of the South Broad street cem etery question. Tho people want it settled, and if the authorities pursue the right course they will settle it and give tho county a fine court house site. Tho French are a rather queer peoplo. One of them wan|od to marry his mother in-law near Toulon tho other day, and be cause she refused he killed her. Mothers-in law must boa little more passion-inspiring in Franco than in other countries. Vogue statements will never oust Higgins from his present position. If tho civil service reform association of Maryland ■want to get Higgins’ scalp they must make their charges more definite and must back them up with convincing evidence. It can no longer bo said that all Ameri cans refuso to take recreation. It is stated <hat. 700,000 people have paid to see the Spectacular “Fall Of Bubvlon,” at St. George, Staten Island, N. Y Among the number were over 1,000 clergymen McGariglc, the Chicago boodler who re>- caped to Canada, thinks that it is strange that the reporters found no difficulty in keeping track of him, while the detectives claimed that they could not find him. The newspaper men aro much smarter titan tho detectives. Tli colored i>eoplo of Southwestern Kan sas own 707,000 acres of land, valued at $1,230 .01)0, and have besides town property ■worth #‘.k)5,000. The most of them emigrated to Kansas from the Southern States within the last dozen years. They appear to have been quite thrifty. Henry Watterson and Mine, do Valsayr differ vtydely in the matter of clothes. Wnt terson thinks men would bo happier in Mother Hubbards while tho French woman is petitioning the French Legislature to per mit women to wear trousers. The difficulty of pleasing everybody will uover be over come. It teems that Mooney, the man who at tempted to destroy the British steamer Jueeii at her wharf in New York the other ly by mcuus of lire, lias a bud record. He has been a persistent dynamiter and has been coneerned in several attempts to blow up buildings. He is too bad a man to be at lai'ge. The minority portion of the Democratic party of Maryland appears to devote its energies almost exclusively to making war on Higgins. As Higgins is a rather unim portant individual it k pre tty fair to assume that tho minority faction is a very insig nificant part of tho Democratic party of Maryland. Tho States in which there is the least harmony in tho ranks of tho Democratic party are those in which tho'response of ■tho administration to tho demand for .a clean sweep in tho offices has Ix-on tho most generous. This would seam to indicate that patronage is harmful rather than lauieflcial to the party. It is alleged that the t'ivil Service Com missioner* in Washington have been shocked by the publication of their secret confiden tial instructions to examiners relative to tho marking of examination {tapers. They must be very easily shocked. Perhaps they arc afraid that the critical eye of tlmpublic will find some defects in their English, The assertion is made that no colored man has ever boon treated for sunstroke lu the Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia. This lends tho News of tlmt city to say that “in the flint surprise at this information one might imagine that a good way for [icoplo to avoid being overcome by the torrid heat of summer would be to make liberal appli cations of burnt cork to tbeir skins. There is something so simple and easy in this sug gestion that, if it were not for appearance's, it might, be experimented with by the whole pODUlattou of Philadelphia.” Does Germany Want Holland? Tho New York Herald publishes a sensational dispatch from Frankfort, Germany. It is to tho e fleet that Germany is preparing to take possession of Holland and her colonies. It does not appear to have any other founda tion tlrnr. tho imagination of a diplomatist who, according to the Herald, lias extraor dinary advantages for finding out Bis marck's plans and purposes. If this diplo matist is to be relied upon Bismarck does not think that Germany and France arc such enemies that they cannot be easily reconciled to each other. If Germany should restore Alsace and Lorraine to Franco the two countries would become friends at once. But what excuse can Bismarck find for restoring these provinces? The German people would never consent to their restora tion without receiving somo compensating advantage. Germany would be ever so much better off with Holland and her cola nil's than she is with Alsace and Lorraine, because these two provinces ®ro of very little benefit to her, and it will take a cen tury to make them a harmonious part of the German empire. Germany wants colonies to which she can send her surplus population. It grieves her that so many of her sons and daughters seek homes in America, whore they are lost to her forever. She would like them to go whore they would contribute to her greatness. Holland has colonies which, under proper management, would become rich and power ful. If Germany possessed them they would absorb her surplus population. But Germany cannot touch Holland while France is unfriendly. She does not dare to invade Holland while France is waiting for an opportunity to invade her. Bismarck’s plan, therefore, is said to be to restore to France Alsaco and Lorraine, if France will agree not to interfere with Germany's plans with regard to Holland. Tho scheme thus outlined may exist in the brain of Bismarck, but it is doubtful if any one has any evi dence that it does. There aro plenty of such schemes to bo found in the talk of diplomat ists who are out of a job, and who think that they could manage the affairs of the world much better than they aro being man aged. England does not intend to permit the continental powers to manage the uffairs of tho continent to suit themselves. She has possessions in different parts of the world which she intends to protect. These posses sions would lie greatly endangered if Ger many, Russia and Franco were to fix up a slate that would be satisfactory to each of them, because such a slate would mean an assault on England at somo point. It is probable, however, that Hollauil has no reason to think that Germany is looking upon her with covetous eyes. The Bibb County Tragedy. Tile public would like to think that Thomas G. Woolf oik is not guilty of the awful crime with which he is charged. That a son who bad been tenderly oared for could be so wicked, and so lost to all tho better feelings of humanity, as to deliberately kill nine per sons, including his father, mother, brothers and sisters, for no other reason than that he might inherit his father’s estate, seems too horrible for belief. And yet facts bearing upon tho tragedy point directly to this con clusion. If Thomas G. Woolfolk is tho criminal, lie is a hardened one. He shows neither remorse nor sorrow. There is no statement that he bos exhibited the least feel ing on account of the death of thoso who should have been dear to him. The only concern that he has thus far shown is to escape the penalty of the crime with which ho is charged. Only a few hours after the tragedy ho expressed his ability to jwiy a big foe to a lawyer to defend him, because nearly tho whole of his father's property would now lie his. The feeling is that hanging would be too fight a punishment for him, and there is re gret that tho law does not provitlo a punish ment commensurate to his crime. The Bibb county tragedy will probably long remain the most horrible one in the criminal history of Georgia. Tho Froehet. Tho freshet which overflowed Augusta a week or more ago stopped her mills and de vasted the farms on the river in her vicinity lias reached the plantations above this city and is destroying the rice crop. It was UojK'd thut tjio swamps would ab sorb the water and that the rise in the river would not lie sufficient to break or pass over the banks of the planta tions. This hope has been dissipated The ilotxl lias come, and the rice fields, to a great extent, are under water. What tho damage will be is of course im possible to say. Much will depend upon tho length of time the water remains upon the fields. It has boon so long since there was a freshet in this part of the river, equal to the present one, that there is a lack of dntn upon which to base an opinion respecting the possible damage. It is certain, however, that the damage will bo great. Tho rice planters have been having a pretty hard struggle to make their plan tations jviy during the last few years, and a loss of the whole, or even a part, of their crop this year will bear heavily upon them. The New York Sun will havo to look af ter its Presidential candidate, William T. Coleman, of California, and give him some good advice. Ho is trying to foist Chinese labor on tho people of Tacoma, W. TANARUS., where lie owns some salmon tanneries, and there is some indignation at Tacoma in con sequence. If Mr. Coleman wants to seo his Presidential boom grow ho will have to drop tho Chinese. Ho can’t havo both the boom and the Chinese. The new President of tho Mormon church, William Woodruff, is 80 years of ago and possesses only moderate ability. The Ed munds law sent him into retirement, ns it were, and ho is still invisible to all save tho faithful. He is a Connecticut Yankee, and first heartl Morinonism preached at Oswego, N. Y. The number of his wives is not known to the general public. He married one of Brigham Young’s daughters tell years ugo. Ex-Attorney General Colt, of Rhode Isl and, says it is rnposwiblo to enforce the prohibition law in that State, beenuio juries will not convict offenders. Rhode Bland ought to import jurors from Georgia. There are certain violators of the prohibi tion law in Atlanta who have reason to know thut juries iu this State do their whole duty. It seems that tho Bianftse princes me not at all pleased with their reception in this country. They expected that a great deal iivne attention would lie paid to them. Perhaps they are better off for being let alone. They wifi seo all tho sights and they ought (o bo minified. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1887. The Canton Meeting. Tho State Agricultural Society meets at Canton to-day, and it is expected that tho meeting will be a very interesting and profitable one. There arc -112 delegates, but it is not probable that all of them will be present. The proceedings will include a great deal that will ’.>o valuable to the fann ers in all parts of the State. Those of the delegates who are farmers will not bo in as happy a frame of mind as they would have been bad the convention mot liefore the recent severe storms. No doubt many of them have suffered severe losses. The outlook for cotton and corn is not, as good as it was a few weeks ago. Then the farmers expected to have a little stir plus after the expenses of making their crops were settled, but now many of them will be satisfied if they do not find them selves in debt at the end of tho year. The State Fair is under the direction of the Agricultural Society, and tho Society should seo to it that the fair is a success. Last year it was somewhat better than it was the year beforefbut it was not by any means what it ought to have been. The fact is, it is neg lected by the farmers. They do not take sufficient interest in it. They have the means to make it a credit to the State, but for some reason or other they fail to satisfy themselves or the public. This year the fair wifi lmvo a rival in the Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta, but no less interest ought to be taken in it on that account. On the contrary, an effort should be made by the managers lo excel the exposi tion. The fair will differ materially from the exposition and its object is somewhat different. It is an established institution, and its improvement year after year should be marked and steady. Anticipating tho Interest. From the statement in our dispatches this morning there does not appear to be a great deal of anxiety to accept Secretary Fair child’s proposition to prepay tho interest on tho bonds. Tho bondholders know that their interest is snfo in the possession of tho government, and they do not see perhaps any immediate chance for investing it. They are not in a hurry, therefore, to re ceive it before it is due. The financial condition of this country is in striking contrast with that of tho great powers of Europe. The revenues are far greater t han the needs of tho government, and the government bonds command such a premium that thoro is very general opposi tion to applying the surplus in the Treasury to purchasing them. The debt has been steadily reduced ever since the close of the war. In 1805 it was $2,381,000,000. On Aug. 1 it was $1,01(1,- 000,:i(ii3. This amount includes tho Pacific railroad bonds. Without, those bonds, for which the government holds security, tho debt is $1,002,000,000. The annual interest charge has been reduced from $150,977,(508 — tho amount of it twenty-two years ago—to $41,188,374. Notwithstanding tho groat reduction in the amount of interest and tho increased ability of the country to meet its obligations, there has been no very great reduction in the revenues in a quarter of a century. The money is being piled up in the Treasury because there are no more obligations that aro duo, and there is no legitimate way to get rid of it. Congress refuses to reduce the tariff because the protectionists don’t want to lose tho monojioly they havo in certain manufactured articles, and it will not abolish tho internal revenue taxes, lie -.ausc it is manifestly unjust to make whisky and tobacco free while the necessaries of life art' taxed. It is apparent, however, that something will have to be done to lessen the revenues, and that, too, very soon. Tho policy of drawing tho money of the country into the Treasury, and keeping it there, can not be continued much longer without pro ducing financial troubles. The talk of war between Germany and Franco is being boomed again. Somo of those who claim to know all about the re lations between the two countries insist that war between them will bo declared before October. They insist that tho Germans be lieve in war and intend to force it on. The statement is attributed to Von Moltke that Europe is on the eve of a general war such ns prevailed in 1815. Ho is reported assay ing that the situation now is similar to wliat it was then, when every country was burdened with an enormous army and when all were able to get back to a peace footing only by means of a general war. There lias beonso much war talk during the last year that but little attention is paid to it outside of the two countries interested. King Kalnkaua is only a figure head now, and not a very handsome or desirable otio either. IVhen ho signed the new constitu tion he stripped himself of about all power. Ex-Premier Gibson says that while the new constitution has many admirable features, it is what may lie properly termed o “shot gun” constitution. If that is its character it will not be obeyed long. It is not im protaablo that someone of the European powers will endeavor to obtain control of the Sandwich Islands before many years. If they do not make the effort before we get our new navy built the chances are they will not succeed. Secretary Fairchild’s announcement of his intention to anticipate tho payment of the interest on the bonds, and to purchase bonds for tlie sinking fund, seeins to have created u tietter feeling in Wall street. If he is suc cessful in carrying out his purpose, some thing over $41,000,000 will be put into cir culation. This nmuuiit will probably pre vent any stringency in the money market, before the meeting of Congress. Tiie sur plus in the Treasury, however, is accumula ting quite rapidly, and Congress, when it meets, will lmvo to act promptly to avoid financial troubles. A Loudon letter announces that it is dan gerous for a man having cork legs to go fishing. A cork-legged man was fishing in the Thames tlio other day, and by somo means was thrown into tho water. His legs persisted in coming to the surface and forcing his head licneath tho water. Some men on the shore seeing t hat, lie was appa rently standing on his head went to hU as sistance and sueceoded in saving him. It sooms that tho man who led the mob which lynched James Moore, of Macon, a year ago, has been arrested at. Chattanooga and returned to the scene of his crime. It remains to bo seen whether a Mi von juvv will deal ns leniently with lynchers as the Edgefield, S. G., Jury did the other day. There is a rumor in Noiv York that that city is again to lie inflicted with Violet. Cameron. If she have a til.qvwilem to ilo the right thing by the Now Yorkers she will leave her husband at home. To see him unco is to aoe him too ofUtu. CURRENT COMMENT. Whisky History Summed Up. From the New York World (Dew.) The history of contemporary whisky may lie siinuned up in the words "from corn to cor ner." Everybody Satisfied. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Devi.) The business men and laboring classes are all thoroughly well pleased with the present national administration and will vote fur the Democratic ticket in order to sustaiu it and let well enough alone. Mr. Ives a Bad Man. From the Brooklyn Eayle (Dem.) There seems to lie an impression in Cincin nati. whither Mr Henry S. Ives has gone on im portant, business, that our young Napoleon of finance is a bad man. The intelligence of the existence of this belief is all the more unwel come since u niAi to be considered bail in Cin cinnati must bo bad indeed. The Fossils Astonished. Fi om the Philadelphia Record ( Dem.) Quite to the astonishment of the barnacles and fossils of the Navy Department, Secretary Whitney has refused to i>e convinced that a worn-out old tug that could lx? replaced with a new r vessel at a cost of $,'0,000 is a projjer object for repair# costing an equal sum. The thieves and fords of the old naval ring are having a dull time of it during the incumbency of the present administration. BRIGHT BIT3. Wife —What a pity, it is that Mr. Bibber should 1)0 so awfully internperate! But he's very rich, isn't he? Husband—Yes; it's a case of rocks and rye, as it were! Facetious Customer—l don't think you ought to charge full price for a head like mine; ought to reduce about half. Barber—No, sab. Couldn't afford, vo' see. Hit’s offset on account of having to hunt for de lv*yar to cut. — Harper's Bazar. Caller (to old Mrs Bently)—The new minister I is making himself quite popular, is he not, Mrs. Bently ? Old Mrs. Bemtly—Well, I ain't much sot by him. For the last throe Sundays he's prayed fer rain, an' there ain't a drop fell yit!— Puck. Tnn other night fair little Margherita attend ed a children's party, and after the return home her brother spolce in admiration of a little girl whom he had seen then*, and whom he pro nounced very nice. “All little girls are nice,” said Margherita, gravely. “I’m nice.’’— Boston Transcript. On the Howland piazza. “Gerfcy. did I show you this engagement ring of emeralds and diamonds that Charlie Brown gave me?” “Oh, I have seen it before!” “Seen it before?” “Yes, l w'as engaged to him the first part of July!” —Toim Topics. Tue other evening a young couple w ere stand ing in front of the court house listening to the Excelsior's open-air concert, and each was suck ing an orange. Avery pretty piece was being played by tin* band, which seemed to strike the fair one favorably, for sho turned to the young man with the remark: “What a sweet sympho ny. John.” “Yes,” said John, “yours may bo sweet, but mine's sour.”— Napa (Cal.) Reporter. “Ray,” said Berkey to his w ife yesterday at dinner, “you didn't say anything to anyone about what I was telling you night before last, did you? That's a secret.” “A secret? Whv, I didn't know it was a se cret.” she replied kind of regretfully. “Well, did you tell it? I want to know.” “Why, no, I never thought of it since. I didn't know it was a secret — Newport (Ky.) Journal. “Why don't you propose to her, Joe?” “Well, I'm half afraid.” “She loves you, doesn't she?” “Ob, awfully.” “You agree with her father in politics?” “Yes.” “And with her mother in religion?” “Yes.” “And with her brother as to who is the best pitcher?” “ Y**s.” “Tlu*n Mow me if I can see what you’re afraid of ."'—Harper's Bazar. A young Aberdonian, bashful, but desperately in love, finding that no uotice was taken of bis frequent visits to the house of his sweetheart, summoned up sufficient courage to address the fair one thus: “Jean, I wis here on Monday nicht.” “Aye, ye were that,” acknowledged she. “An' I wis here on Tuesday nicht.” “So ve were.” “An 1 wis here on Wednesday,” continued the ardent youth. “Aye. an’ ye wore here on Thursday nicht.” “An' I wis here last nicht, Jean.” “Wool,” she said, “wliat if ye were ?” “An' I am here this nicht again.” “An’ what aboot it, even if ye cam' every nicht ?” “Wlmt abfx)t it, did ye say. Jean ? Div ye no t*gin to smell a rat ?”— Pittsburg Dispatch. The Latest on the Dude. —A pretty advanced speci men of this class was paying court to the daughter of a clergyman. He was invited to dim* at the house, and the young lady assured him that he had better prepare himself to re turn thanks at tho dinner table, as her father always asked his guests to do so. “1 really cawnt. 1 couldn't do it, ye knaw.” “But you must,'* said bis sweetheart, “or your chances are gone.” “Ah, well, I will twy, but I*ll make an aw’ful mess of it, ye knaw.” Dinner time came, and theclergynmn politely called upon the young man to return thanks, as the young lady had predicted. He gave a despairing glauoe at his sweetheart, folded his hands, ami said: 'Ah there! Jesus. Awfully jolly spread. Thanks awfully!” There was no marriage.- Truth, PERSONAL,. Rev. H A. Young, a Methodist minister of Sutton Falls, Ont., has Just been blessed by an addition to his family of a fourth set of twius. Ex-Gov. TajjorV. first w’ife is living quietly in Denver. Hit mining properties are flour ishing ami she is worth considerably over sl,- ow,ouo. Gov. Foraker is reported in ill health at his Columbus, 0., home. His physicians say he is simply overworked and needs a mouth's va cation. The venerable Mr. Caleb Cope, of Philadel phia. now more than 9 > years old, is the only survivor of the directors of the United States Bank elected in 182). Gen. John 0. Black. Commissioner of Pen sions, is to visit Brooklyn Aug. ID. He is prom ised a hearty reception by tho Grand Army )>osts on that occasion. It is cst if not )d t hat 8,000 Boston servant girls carry books or n music roll on the streets when they go out, thinking thus to deceive the public as to their occupation. Mme. Dif.' iakay, of Paris, who recently ro ceived the (Voss of tin* legion of Honor for her scientific researches in Asia, is organizing an African exploring expedition. Smith Teriiunk. a salesman employed at Halifax, is confident tlmt he enn make good his claim to tin* ownership of the T wharf, iu Bos ton. Tin* wharf is only worth s!,r>oo,ouo. Miss Bessie Kvim is said to lie the best look ing young woman in Washington society. She is neit her of the pronounced blonde or brunette type, but her features are purely American. Rev. Thomas Edwards, a Welsh pastor of Pitt sburg, has mysteriously disappeared, taking wit h him his savings of $30,000 in a valise. He is 84 years old ami is thought to bo slightly de mented. If 11. Warner, the patent-medicine proprie tor, is at Saratoga. He is a tail, vigorous man with gray moustache and goatee and a bronzed, unwrinkled face. He is 15 vein's of age. His fortune is a large one and he spends his money frcclv. Like most great in* nbois an enthusias tic fisherman Oak View has Income for tho time a Jolly re sort, when* the President is entertaining Secre tary Lamar. Postmaster General Vilas mid Pol. Lament. The veranda* of the lions*• present a lively appearance in the evening as the stag party assembles after dinner t<> smoke cigari and indulge iu conversation. Eugene Higgins is having a very good time at I>uig Branch, where lie hits attracted a great de.d of attention. There is nothiug Mephis tophelean inhisap}N*arance. In fact, the ladies, sharp tongued critics though they lie, consider him a very gentlemanly and prepossessing man n looks. Mr. Higgins bathes every morning in the surf, attends tn** races in the aftemoou uml spend * his evenings nt the dubs. If is said that he has won some hundred* of dollars at the race*. His favor.te drink is champagne. >lns Cleveland's sudden uud unexpected desertion ot Oak View is a source of a great fle dof goA.sii). The President's socks, upon which his wife hm Itoon at work for some days, were left behind unfinished, and the Western cities w hich expect to welcome President Cleve land I • t kstober are much excited over thi* fact. A national interest has l*een awakened in those socks, and Mrs. Cleveland's unexplained cessa tinn of tier to** bos caused something of a sen nation Mrs Cleveland should be interviewed on the subject. A Sod Oversight. From the Texas Siftings. Detective 10 Banker—You say your bank lias been entered during tbe night? Hanker -yes, the burglars got into the bank, but they failed to open the safe where there was SOOO,OOO in bond3 and securities. “So the burglars didn‘t get any of the bonds or money?" ‘ Not a cent.*’ “What a pity. If they had gone off with the contents of the safe, we could have had a clew." A Disturbed Court. From the Philadelphia New*. Scene—a local court room; time last Tuesday; daamatis persona -a grandiloquent lawyer, pert but ignorant witness, dignified Judge, spec tators, etc. O. L.—You got into an altercation with the plaintiff, didn't you? P. B. 1 W. Navv; “twore a fiu*niture van I got into wit! him. O. L. You made a violent personal assault upon him with some sort of an agricultural im plement, didn't you? 1* B. I. YV.—Jleh? Guess not;l>ut I pelted the blackguard over de head wid a hoe-handle. G. L.—Didn’t you also apply opprobrious epi thets to him, attacking bis character for verac ity. accusing him of larceny, and menacing him with bodily harm? P. B. I. YV,—Nope! (Very positively.) G, L.—What di'l you say to him? P. B. I. W.— Oh! I said as how he were a dhirty scoundhrel of a lying loafer and a thafe, and thet ef he ever thried any of his old thricks agin, I would tear his rotten liver out uv 'irn. General disturbance of the dignity of the court. An Offended Author’s Atonement. From the Temple I a>\ Just before Mortimer Collins* death, he hap pened in some way to run counter to the preju dices of one of the most brilliant and rugged of men of letters, with whom he was personally acquainted. Ilis sin brought upon his head- in “The Athenaeum" or “Notes and Queries," I think a very lava-flood of scathing denuncia tion from the offended Olympian. Before he had time to answer, Mortimer Collins was dead. Three years liter, when his widow was in trou ble at Isle worth and saw no one, her little maid refused to unlock the gate to a white-haired burly stranger. Standing outside, he shyly mur mured something about a "friend of Eamund Yates." This acted like magic, as many were the packets and letters the girl had posted to that address, and ne was shown in. Mrs. Morti mer Collins, I think?" “Yes." “God bless you. Take this." He thrust a roll of bills into her band, and was off in his carriage again without another word, leaving her to look blankly after him. It was a little time before she learned that her visitor was Charles I 'eade, and that the timely kindness, was his atonement for bis haste. Jle kept the atonement up, and one of the first literary boarders who cam** to lighten Frances Collins' burdens at her Eastbourne house was Charles Reade. It was not long before his death. Of the Olden Time. From the Charleston News and Courier. A young Northern lady, visiting this city some months ago, had a little incident happen to her which she seemed to take pleasure iu relating. In crossing a quiet side street one day, a vege table cart, drawn by a small donkey and driven hj* an tiffed negro with shining black face and very white wool, was about to pass at the same time. As she hesitated, the donkey " *is stopped with a peremptory: “YVoa. Squash! YVoa. sah! I tells yo'!" and while slie crossed, nodding in recognition of the clear passage thus afford <1 her, the van arable darky took <>tf his tattered remnant of a hat and said, with a flourish: “Pass on, my missus, pass on; Squash and me. we alius waits on the ladies." She was charmed with this as a sample of the courtesy of the colored race, and said Sir YValter Raleigh's gallantry fell far short of it, inasmuch as it had interested motives. Her hearers were loath to tell her that she must look upon this burnished Chesterfield not as a type, but as a survival and one which is passing away to leave no trace behind. With the general acquisition of the three It's and the abolition of headkerebiefs and the fa miliar titles of “Daddy" and “Auntie." the col ored race has undoubtedly lost much that was picturesqely nolito in manner. The reason for this is a self-evident one. Freed violently and suddenly from a state of thraldom, and forced to evolve for themselves a new’ scheme of life, something like chaos was the tempo rary result. The only thing at all clear seemed to 1 o the importunate idea that to prove their independence it was necessary to eliminate every sign of respect or even civility from their intercourse with the domi nant race. The old ones strove laboriously to forgot natural and acquired politeness; the young ones sucepded without difficulty in being aggressively rude.. Time, also a glimmer of good sense show ing the necessary interdepend ence of the races, has somewhat mended mat ters. But the bloom is gone from the old-time negro courtesy, and with the death of a few others like the owner of “Squash," their stately politeness, which used to l** the admiration of all visitors iu the South, will have departed for ever. One of Corwin’s Stories. Ben: Per ley Poore in the Boston Budget Tom Corwin used to tell a good story about a Cincinnati dealer in clocks, who sold to a widow woman residing in “Western Row," in the out skirts of the city. The clock wo* put up and “warranted," of course, to keep good time at least one year, if not forever. Some threo or four days after this, the clock seller was re quested to call up, as the clock did not keep good time, and make repairs. He went, but found little out of the way; two or three more days passed, and the widow wasafter the clock mer chant aga n, alleging that her clock did not keep correct time, and it was again repaired, and that most thoroughly; in fact the merchant sat an hour, and made comparisons lictwiten the widow 's timepiece and his watch, till he was sat isfied all was right. Two more days had not rolled by before the widow again made her ap pearance. much to the annoyance of the clock merchant. Another ?iredo ne trip to YY’estern Row flashed through his mind, us well as a return of the clock to his shelves, a calamity in itself to any clock seller. The widow soon made known her errand. It was the same old story. * Mv clock does not keep correct time! ' The clockmaker hesitated. “A trick," thought he; “this widow Is just mak ing an excuse to entrap me to ruin! Widow’s, I've heard, are sly! I must lie cautious." The clock merchant looked searchingly into the simple face of the widow, and felt convinced that such a countenance was not the index of a bad heart. His suspicions of her flew away. He w-as alKiut taking the tour to Western Row again; probably there might lie a weak plac** in the works he did not discover on previous trips. Hat in hand, and near the door, a thought struck him. “Perhaps," said he, “madam, you do not compare .vour clock with a good time piece; they may lie regulating the town clock, or something. I‘rny. madam, what do you com pare your clock with to know that It was too fast r too slow?" “Ob. 1 compare it with the on mi busses; they generally pass you know, about such tine s of a day, and it s never right by them!" It was with some diftlculty the clock merchant held his rage, and kept himself from insulting a widow lady of Western Row by a voluminous curse. Without Me, Lines by a Convict in Prison. How does the active world go on Without me? Its laugh of joy, its sigh, it s groan, The sou. the stars, the rolling moon, The brinks, the rivers, oceans moan Without, me. Say, is the busy world the same Without me? Do men sook fortune still and fame, Beam with goo I will, or blush with shame. Or is existence but a name. Without me? And how along the paved street Without me? Ho friend • once daily want to meet, And in the bonds of friendship greet Each other, smile in union sweet. Without me? Within the realms of “home, sweet home," Without me? Listening for si cut that never come, Of a weary wanderer’s endless roam And is it silence, sadness, gloom, Without me? Is there o’er all n death-liko calm Without mo? I'o “hearts that onee beat high and warm” With love, now fed that greatest charm Broken, and elsewhere seek a balm Without mo? 0 God forbid: O world go on! Without me. Yo-raoon and stars, unfading sun, All nature’s endless courses run, And friendship's webs lie deftly spun Without me And in that circle broken still Without me. Kind up those heart,, by Thv sweet will, And in their lives Tliy peace Instill, Protect them, lord, from every ill, Without toe Will tiicii' hereafter come a dav Without me? • Whoi time ends and worlds pa < away, When Christ o’er ill resumes his sway, lajt then 1 be no ItnCveii, 1 pray. Without me IPEMS OF INTEREST. Johjv StiArt, of Four-Mile township, near Altoona, la, brought home some cornmeal. As it was a litte la**. Ids wife concluded she would not hake h&acl out of it f*r supper, and told him to givdtlie chickens a feed out of it. Ho did so, and the follov. ing morning Lie gathered up forty-three dead chickens. It is not known what was U the meal. The Michigan Central grounds at Marshall, Mich., are made up of a mucky soil that is noth ing less that peat when dry. About a month ago theycaight lire, and have been burning ever since, despite the efforts of the company to stop it. The Are has now traveled some fifty rods from whtre it started, and is still going. It burns several loot deep in some places. L. B. Goldsmith, one of the oldest Captains on the great hues, was in the pilot house the other day when his boat, the Progress, stopped at Oakland, Mica. As she w-as making the dock the crew noticed that something was wrong with the Captain's signals, and one of them went up and found the old man lying dead with the bell rope in his hand. He was 76 years old. The Omaha Wolld cuts off one of Col. Buffalo Bill Cody's titles atone fell swoop when it says that he was never a member of the Nebraska Legislature. It declares that he ran once in Buffalo county against a man named Ashburton aud received his certificate of election. Ash burton contested tie seat and won, but before the case was decitfcd Cody sent iu his resigna tion. At his St. Paul reception the Earl of Aberdeen wore black silk stockings, low patent leather slippers with a blade ribbon bow, the customary black coat and trousers, the former almost im perceptibly “cutaway:" a white vest with lapels and four buttons di*plny<*l, a still whiter and polished shirt front with two pearl studs. A standing collar with turned over |>oints and a white necktie completed bis outward attire. The elementary schools in England and YVales have been more than doubled since 1870. and the number of teacher has more than trebled. Though there has been a considerable increase in board schools duriig the year, they are still comparatively few compared with the Church of England schools, tie number l>oing 4.40*2 and 11,797. The expenditure per scholar is greater in the former than in the latter—in other words, board schools cost the rate-payers more, but the parents less, than thechurcn schools cost their subscribers aud parents. The first name of LeadviHe, Col., was Agas siz, but it did not suit for some reason, and when the time came for tho formal adoption of a legal name there wag something of a contro versy. a strong faction desired to call t! I ** camp Harrison, after a. St. landsgentleman, but a storekeeper named Tabor was bent on having LeadviHe. As he was the oldest resident and carried many of the inhabitants on his books for flour Mid bacon, he won the choice of names. To please the other side, however, the principal avenue was named Harrison. A Washington dispatch states that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is opening aud collating the testimony in contested election cases in the list of membership of tfcat branch of the Fiftieth Congress. The contest of Thoebe against Carlisle has apparently been abandoned, as no papers have been received by th** Clerk on that subject. The Democratic ma jority is sixteen, with two vacancies—one in the Second Rhode Island district and one in the Twenty-fifth New York district, in the place of Hiscock, elected to the United States Senate. Charles G. Lelavd has been folk-lore limit ing in Florence. He writes to the new number of the Folk-Lore Journal to say that he finds it a land of promise of the most abundant fields that he has ever examined. His letter contains a story of a witch's ladder, which exhibits anew phase of superstition. “Eight years ago a child died here in Florence by witchcraft. It began to waste away. The parents took it about everywhere for cure or advice, but nothing did it any good. It withered and shriveled up and died. Then they found one da}’ in its bed la streghria, or the witchcraft, which had killed it. First there was a figure like that of a cock made of cotton, stuck full with feathers. With this was a long twisted cord also stuck full of feathers, put in cross wise." One of the oldest landmarks of Pennsylvania Democracy, Oramel Barrett, died on Wednes day evening, at the home of his non, in Alle gheny City, at the ago of 80. 3lr. Barrett edited the Keystone, a Democratic weekly, at Harrisburg, from 1851 to 1856, when he and his partner. Haldemand, started the daily and weekly Patriot and Union. During the war he was imprisoned because of a burlesque placard which his printers got up to ridicule the first call for colored troops, hut was released through tho mediation of Simon Cameron and A. K. McClure. The deceased was a prominent Mason and was with Thad Stevens during the Morgan riot in Harrisburg in hfcs flight through the rear window of the State house and in his place of concealment on the river bank. In 1806 lie went to Pittsburg and was employed in an editorial capacity on the Pittsburg Post. He consistently refused all offers of support for public office. An exciting sc°ne which occurred in a me nagerie at Salford, in England, is thus described by the St. James Gazette : “A woman named Mary Dean, who was accompanied by a child, was inspecting the animals, and eventually came to the cage in w hich a young leopard was con fined. In order that it might obtain a better view’ of the animal, she lifted the child up in front of the cage, and then put forward her hand as though to stroke the leopard. Her hand almost touched the bare oi the cage, and before she could withdraw it the leopard had seized her arm between its paws. The screams of the woman, who had been previously cautioned no* to go too near the cages, brought several people around her, including a young man who tried to wrest h**r arm from the clutch of th*' leopard. Not succeeding in this he hit the animal, w hich had forced its head against the iron bars, a heavy How on its nose. This compelled it to re linquish its grasp. The woman's arm was seri ously lacerated." The President is entitled to hearty praise for his selection of Miss Alice O. Fletch**r as Indian agent to allot lands in severalty under the Dawes bill to the Indians of the Winnebago res ervation In Nebraska. The agents who are to have this matter in charge on the various reser vations have it m their power to materially as slat-the work or t*> seriously obstruct it. Miss Fletcher by her noble labors among thet Mnabas of Nebraska has shown her ability to win and hold the confidence and respect of the Indians, and also t<> Induce them to undertake tho white man's path of civilization and self-support. Miss Fletcher herself drafted the bill securing to the Omahas their reservation and allowing them to take lands in severalty, and she herself at the request of tho department, supervised the work of allotment, an arduous task, the hard ships of which nearly cost her her life and have left her a cripple. She has the missionary spirit and a faith in the success of the new departure which is founded on knowledge of the Indian character. In her new work she will have the sincere good wishes of all w ho know her. A Paris correspondent of the London Stand ard telegraphs; “On Saturday last the Police Commissary at Belfort received instructions to look closely to a luggage train due cm that day on tho frontier from Hamburg, and partic'ulary to search any package addressed to a M. G&dala, at Lyons. No contraband wns spoken of in the instructions he received, and he was to detain nothing that might law fully pass, but to make a report <u anything that struck him as nofe w rthy. The luggage train arrived punctually, and the merchandise was looked into. Nothing out of the way was found, until a rough deal b x addressed to (ladala, Lyons, was opened. It contained Jl.OdO handsomely o.vcuUhl chromo lithographs bearing Iho stamp of a Hamburg house. They were equestian portraits of Gen. Boulanger saluting an enthusiastic French crowd. The only moral to be deduced fr,m this is that traders will try and seize their ral vant&ce wherever they can find it . M. Ondnla and mbfWs wanted to do a stroke of business, and thinking he could obtain the article he wanted cheaper in Hamburg than in Paris, went to the former city in quest of It." A writer in the Christian Leader (England), describing Dr. Murray aud his work on the great English Dictionary.says: “Notwithstanding his heivulean labors, lie is a quiet, placid, genial man, taking things in t he easy fashion that does not wear a man out. There is y.t u strenuous, decided wav about him. which wins its way by winning help from many quarters. A rippling humor belongs to the man with all liisflx.ty or purpose. 'Die work he is doing for the English language must stand on a level with WycllPs translation of the Bible Some have found a likeness of him among the hoods of the philoso pher* that adorn the pillars in front of the Ash molean Museum; but I could not discover which. I have myself detected a curious simi larity between the look of Dr. Murray and some engravings of Wyciif. This was confirmed in the afternoon, for, turning to come out of the hall at Bailiol. I saw to the right of the door a portrait which at once drew my at tuition, and turning to ray companion, who sees much of Dr Murray, I exclaimed: ‘Why, who in the world is that? It’s th very image of Murruy.' *lt. certainly Is like him,' said my friend. Aud on drawing closer we found it was old John Wyciif himself. Then I remembered that he hod lieeu com oeied with both Merton and UulliftJ *’ BAKING POAVDKR. Wf ESQ R E Used by the United States Government. En dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities a the Strongest. 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