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everything that heljw to make up its wealth and
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Inducements which it offers to those who are
seeking homes in the South.
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tained upon application to the Business Office.
The convict population of the United
States is said to number (‘4JS4O. It would
be greatly increased if every criminal had
his just dues.
The ladies who crowded the House gal
leries in the eapitol at Atlanta during the
Felton-Simmons wrangle doubtless wished
they had stayed at home. The wrangle
verged close upon the indecent at- times.
A Western newspaper has tho motto:
“Our aim is to fear God, tell the truth alid
make money.” If the editor is at all like
Chicago editors he may make money, but
he will not succeed in the other two parts of
bis aim.
On Aug. 10 Mr. A. S. Abell, the founder
and senior proprietor of the Baltimore Sun,
completed his Mist year. Mr. Abell’s oltl
age is crowned with one of the greatest of
all blessings, the respect and affection of
those by whom he is surrounded.
The statement is made that within the
last year Mi' George I. Sc rev has added to
his collection pictures valued at $250,000.
He has entirely recovered his fortune. His
friends in Georgia will be glad to know that
he is no longer financially embarrassed.
The Baltimore American joins in the ef
fort to extend the fame of the Hon. W. C.
Glenn, of the county of Whitfield. Refer
ring to the honorable gentleman's poem en
titled “Rest,” the American says: “We
would advise the poet to eat less water
melon.”
Senor Zuniga, a Mexican Wiggins, who
predicted that a disastrous earthquake
would occur on August 10, has had to fits?
in order to avoid rough treatment. The
earthquake did not materialise. Benor
Zuniga and all his tribe aro nuisances that
should receive no attention.
Mnhonc and his Republican allies in Vir
ginia have decided that a Republican con
vention in that State will not lx* necessary.
The Republican Ktute Central Committee
will issue an address and then trust to
Mahone’s schemes to get control of the
Legislature. A bitter disappointment is in
store for Mahone and his satellites.
The colored editors at their I/iuisviile
convention seem to have been in the mood
to denounce nearly everybody and almost
everything. They apixxmd not to know how
to make friends: or, if they did know how
to make them, they seemed not to care to
do so. The oolorod editors would find con
cilitation a more profitable policy than de
nunciation.
The Atlanta .Journal says: “It is pain
ful to learn that Col. Light, of the Salva
tion Army, plucked in elussic Athens only
one ‘brand from tlie burning.’ Tho single
convert went with him to pastures green in
Savannah.” If the Colonel and his convert
started to Savannah they must have gotten
lost on the way, for they have not yet ar
rived. That is, the jxaceful calm ot the
night in this neighborhood has not yet been
broken by the dismal tonus of a religious
Utu> drum.
Building Up the Navy.
Secretary Whitney’s management of the
: Navy Deportment commands the respect
| even of his political opponent-. No Ro
: publican newspaper pretends that in huild
| ing the new navy ho is governed by any
j tiling but the purest motives and the strict
!i st business principles. Bids are invited for
I tlie new vessels as fast as the government is
I ready to give out the contracts for them,
and the bids which are received contain no
| hint of jobbery. They are made by re
sponsible men who understand that all will
be treat-sl alike, and that no favoritism will
he shown on account of politics or anything
else.
This is all very different from the con
dition of affairs which existed when
Mr. Robeson and Mr. Chandler
were •at the head of the
Navy Department. These two men, during
their respective administrations of the de
partment, spent many millions of the pub
lic money, but neither of them left anything
in the shape of naval vessel*, which showed
what they had done with the money which
had passed through their hands. Indeed,
there was always about the Navy Depart
ment while they were at the head of it a
suspicion that there was a lobby somewhere
about, and that contracts could only lie
obtained through its help. Old vessels
were repaired at art enormous cost, and
when all that could tic done upon them hail
lieen done they were generally unfit for sea.
If there was not dishonesty there was at
least extravagance which came so near dis
honesty as to be scarcely distinguishable
from it.
A fen days ago bids were opened at the
Navy Department for three new cruisers
and two gunboats. Merabersof the bidding
firms were present and everything was done
inanopon and straightforward way. Every
body was satisfied, lieoause it was evident
that everybody was justly treated. Tlie
bids covered all the vessels, but the one for
the cruiser Newark will hardly lie ao
cepteil, as it was not based upon the plans
furnished by the Navy Department, but by
the bidders, who agret-d to give a guarantee
that they would build a vessel that would
answer the government’s requirements and
give satisfaction.
Gradually the new navy is taking shape.
If Mr. Whitney remains at the head of the
department a few years more, or if he is
succeeded at the end of his term by an
honest and thoroughly capable man, it will
not be long lie fore we shall have a navy of
which we shall have reason to be proud.
Judge Endicott’s Horses.
Some of the Republican journals are try
ing to amuse their readers at the expense of
Judge Endieott, the Secretary of War.
Judge Endieott wanted a pair of horses be
cause the pair his predecessor, Mr. Lincoln,
left him were worn out. He notified Col.
Batehelder to purchase a pair, and he told
him that while he did not want expensive
horses he was particular about their color.
He wanted bay horses, though why he pre
fers bay to black, or white or gray horses
ho did not say. Doubtless ho has a very
good reason for his preference.
The horses were purchased and the voucher
forwarded to the accounting officer of the
Treasury. That official promptly refused to
pass it. because money appropriated by Con
gress for army transportation cannot be
legally used in purchasing horses for the
Secretary of War.
The cost of tbo horses was #SOO, and
doubtless they are very handsome animals.
If Judge Endieott keeps them he will have
to pay for them himself. Congress, how
ever, may reimburse him for the outlay,
liecause Judge Endieott regards them ns
lielonging to the government and not to
himself.
This little incident shows how careful
Democratic officials are in distributing the
people's money. Doubtless Judge Endioott’s
predecessor had no trouble in having tho
vouchers for horses for his use paid, although
the law that is in force now is the same that
his been in force for years. Judge Hndicott
has not complained that he has been un
justly treated. He is willing t.o abide by
the law. Precedent led him to believe that
tho course bo adopted was the right one.
When he found that it wasn’t, he simply re
gretted that he luid not examined the law
instead of following a Republican prece
dent. Republican precedents are bad
things to follow if one desires to go straight.
Col. Canaday, Sergeant-at-arms of tho
United States Senate, went to Moptreal the
other day to have a conference with Sena
tor Sherman. He was accompanied by
John Lynch, tho mahogany-colored indi
vidual who beat Geti. Powell Clayton for
temporary chairman of the last Republican
National Convention. Lynch is a power
among theeolored Republicans of the South,
and has an especially strong hold in the
State of Mississippi. It is said that Col.
Canaday and Lynch wanted Senator Sher
man to furnish money enough to buy up the
Mississippi delegation to the Republican Nn
tional Convention next year. It is also said
that Senator Sherman agreed to furnish
whatever amount might be deemed neees
sary. Mr. Blaine would do well to come
home and open his barrel.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says: “Georgians are still men of honor.
On Sunday two prominent citizens of At
lunta resorted to revolvers in the discussion
of a grievance, anil one killed the other. It
is not probable that he will be severely
punished.” The Advertiser seems to lie un
able to print the truth where Georgia is
concerned. The prominent citizen who was
killtsl itt Atlanta lost his life while acting as
a peacemaker. The man that, killed him
was not a citizen of Atlanta.
The Utica, N. Y., Observer says: “Mr.
Fennimorc Cooper King, our colored fellow
townsman, is contemplating a trip to Wash
ington. A Mr. King once started for 8a
vannah, Go., with only 2.V. hi his pocket
awl got there with .‘lsc. left, no doubt he
call go to Washington if ho wants to.” As
a rule men of Mr. King’s color incroa-e
their capital by traveling. They have no
fuith in tho saying that a rolling stone
gathers no moss.
William Carson, deputy sheriff of Conejos
county, Colorado, and well known through
out tho West as tho eldest sou of the great
path-finder, Kit Carson, was murdered on
Thursday of last week by a man named
Virgil. Many who have read of the ex
ploits of Kit Carson with deep interest will
regret that his son has been overtaken by
such a fate.
A school teacher at Chestnut Mound,
Tettn., lias been notified that he cannot
teach in that community because he favors
prohibition. A b)xly of armed men have
taken possession of tho school house and
threaten to kill him if he tries to enter. In
cidents like this aro always an aid to the
wolnbitiou causa
TITF. MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST I?,. 1887.
A Resolution Which Caused Surprise.
The resolution of the City Council op
posing tiie course of the county in the old
cemetery matter was doubtless something
of a surprise to the County Commissioners
and tlie public. The impression all along
has been that it made no difference whether
tho city or the county got ]tot-session of the
cemetery provided steps were at once taken
to improve it. The improvement of tha
place is what the public wants.
Doubtless the county does not want to get
into a controversy with the city over tho
question of which has the right to the pos
session of the cemetery. Tlie city has boon
trying for years to get possession of it, and
has not succeeded. The county had the his
tory of the cemetery looked up, and reached
tho conclusion that the title to it rests in the
.State, It concluded, therefore, to ask tho
State for it. If the title docs not rest in
the State, then the State will not undertake
to give the county a title.
But there should not l>e any wrangling
between the city anti county concerning the
cemetery, liecause that will still further tie
lay its improvement. If tho city objects to
the bill which the county has hail intro
duced into the Legislature with regard to
it, let the city mid county authorities have
a conference with the view of reaching a
basis for harmonious action. A little mis
understanding now may result in complica
tions which will keep tho cemetery in its
present condition for ten years or more.
If tho city wants a part, of the ground for
a city hall it ought to have no difficulty in
getting it. There is room enough for a
court house, city hall, and even for
a church, if it shall appear that the
claim of Christ church is a valid one.
In fact, the old cemetery will accommodate
all of these buildings, and there will lx?
room enough for armory sites for which
several military organizations are now look
ing. .
The suggestion that a memorial tomh be
erected in some part of tlje cemetery, in
which to place the bodies which may !x
found there, appears to have allayed what
ever opposition there was to the improve
ment of the place. It is to lie regretted,
therefore, that the city proposes to antQgo
nize tho county in its ofTort to make the
cemetery a place of beauty. It ought to
welcome any chance to get rid of such an
unsightly blotch oir the fair faco of the
city.
Sure of tho Mugwumps.
In the current number of Harper's
Weekly Mr. George \V illiatu Curtis has
something to say about his address at the
Newport meeting of the National Civil Ser
vice Reform League last week, and also
about the resolution which the league
adopted.
Rethinks that tho criticisms on his ad
dress and the resolution which have ap
pears! in the Republican press are not sup
ported by the facts. While tho league is
dissatisfied with the President’s civil service
reform record, it is not ready to abandon
him. It looks upon him as certain to be a
candidate for a second term, and as between
him and other probable candidates tlie
leaguo will support him, because it regards
him as very much more tho friend of civil
service reform than any one of them.
This is a sort of a confession that the
President has really acted honestly and
squarely with the [teople and has kept all the
promises that he made to them, and it is an
ndmisssion that it is about impossible for
the President to put into practical operation
the civil service notions which are enter
tained by reformers of the George William
Curtis type, tM course Mr. Curtis does not
say this in so many words, hut it is a legiti
mate inference front what he d.xjs say. It
is evident that Mr. Cleveland will have the
support of the Mugwumps for a second
term.
The Constitutional Centennial Commis
sion announces the following outline of the
principal ceremonies at Philadelphia on
Sept. 15, lti and 17: Oil the loth a proces
sional industrial display will take place, and
the Governor of Pennsylvania will hold a
public reception in honor of the Governors
of tho States and Territories present at the
celebration. On the Pith a military parade
and review will occur. It is extteetod that
from 12,000 to 15,000 State troops will take
part, aided by tho Governors and their
staffs and detachments from the United
States army and navy. In tho evening of
tho same day a reception in honpr of the
President of tho United States will lie held.
On the 17t.h special services of commemora
tion will ho held, at which tho President
will preside. The oration w.ll be pronotincd
by Justice Miller, of tho United States Su
preme Court. There will also be a poem,
national hymns and vocal and instrumental
music. Gov. Gordon will attend the cele
bration. He has requested the members of
his staff to accompany hint, and it is proba
ble that all of them will do so.
Ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, is rapidly
degenerating into n condition not far re
moved from idiocy. Ho objects to preachers
voting with either tho Democratic or the
Republican party, and places the responsi
liility for the evils of the liquor traffic at
tho door of the church. At Mountain Park,
near Wilkexbarre, Pa., the other day, he
saitl that if preachers, deacons and members
of the church did not vote for the continu
ance of the traffic by casting their ballots
for the candidates of one or the other of the
old parties it would be stnmptsl out within
a year. He held that no man who professed
to be a follower of Christ could, if lie acted
according to his professions, vote with any
other party than the Prohibition party.
Ex-Gov. St. John dot's the temperance cause
more injury titan good by such utterances,
and confirms the impression that he hop's
to become President with the aid of the
Prohibition party.
There is not entire satisfaction with tho
Atlantic cable anti swift European steamers.
A yo.ing Frenchman. Lieutenant Mallet, of
tho French balloon Society .says that within
the next twelve months the Atlnntie ocean
will bo crossed by French bulloonists. Mr.
Mallet is quite a young man, not more than
2(1 or 28 years of age, a capable aeronaut
and a thorough enthusiast on matters con
nected with tho construction of balloons. It
was he, says the Paris correspondent of tho
Philadelphia I'cess, who designed the Ho
rila,on which Capt. Jovis, Guy do Mautias
stint and a party of journalists and himself
went down from Paris to Heyst, a little
Belgian town, last week. Lieutenant Mal
let says that he expx'ts to start from this
country for Europe in a balloon sometime
between October and January next, with
tho hope of making tho journey in about,
thirty-five hours.
Of the 2.i0 captains in the regular army ;
lllfi are more than 45 years old. The other
57 will likelv be thrice 45 years old before
being promoted.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The South Against the Republican
Party.
fYowi the Xric York Evening Post (Ind.)
He must. Ik* very simple who wipposes that a
party with nrh a record up to August, IW, can
by any invisible device attract the votes of
Southern States in November, 1888.
Three Booms.
From the Missouri Republican (Dent.)
The Sherman boom has gone to Alaska and
the Blaine boom to Ireland, but the Cleveland
boom is staying right lien* in our midst, where
it properly belongs, reaching for a low-hanging
l>erfiirnmon with a high reaching pole.
This Is Our Country.
From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.
We trust that the Northern people will soon
learn that the Southern Confederacy is defunct
—‘‘died on the field of honor” -and that there
is no more probability of anew Southern con
federacy than there is of a confederacy between
Virginia and the Northwestern States. This is
our country.
Separate Schools North and South.
From the Washington Post (Dem.)
Attention is called to the fact that Conuncti
out did not abolish separate schools for white
and colored children until 1835, that not until
IKV) was the sei>arate school system done away
with in Maaftacnuset tand not until 1887 in Ohio.
It may lie added that if there were as many
negro children in these Status in proportion to
white children os in the District of Columbia
Virginia or Georgia, separate schools would
have continued to t his day.
BRIGHT BITS.
An Ohio tame crow has lived to pass his thir
ty second birthday Funny that some of the
politicians didn't eat him long ago.— Detroit
Ever Press.
It is probably untrue that Jay Gould clips off
his coupons with a lawn mower. He keeps hjs
bonds in a water main and the coupons float off
into a tank. -Springfield Union.
Girr in Nebraska a man invented anew flv
trap a blanket saturated with coal oil which
he hung np in his house and burned after it was
full of (Jies. Now he's trying to find the house.
Buffalo Express.
Shf. —Are 3*oll going to the picnic on Tuesday,
Georg* ?
He Oh, yea.
She (with feeble hulifferenee)—Alone. George.
He—No; I shall take an umbrella.— Puck.
Our little May
For want of breath.
Was called away
All gourd to death.
Duluth Paragrnpher.
Politiciak— lf you people don't like the can
didates we why don't you attend the
primaries and shape things t.o suit >*ourselves?
Citizen—l can't afford it.
“Did you ever try?"
“Yes. three times, and had m3’ pocket, picked
each time."— -Omaha World.
A reporter was chatting with half a dozen
Wall street men yesterday, and was accosted
by a tramp who wanted anything from a cent
to a house and lot. Tin* reporter gave him a
dime to get rid of him. Tlie tramp was all
thanks and consideration, and, putting on his
Sunday gratitude. In* said <as conferring a
boon): “You're a brick boss. This is my
beat, and I'll strike you every time I see you/’
—New York Sun.
Mrs. Wii.liam Thomas, of Pendleton avenue,
gave birth to twins ten days ago which will In*
classed as among the wonders of infantile his
tory. When born, tin* united weight of the
twins was hardly three pounds. One of the
babies was particularly small: in fact, so dimin
utive that it was predicted that it could not live.
The prediction proved time, and it died last
week. The larger twin was seen yesterday
wrapped in cotton hatting and a shawl, and
with those appendages it weighs two pounds.
Tho* visitor was somewhat staggered by the
father s asking: “Whom does it look like?"—
Springfield Union.
Thf. removal of the old drug store at Norwich
calls out this anecdote of Dr. Daniel, the senior
partner in the first firm that did business n
profitable one. t<*o. in the place: A sharp old
lady called at the shop on** day with a prescrip
tion. When the doctor had prepared tne same
she inquired* “Wimt shall T pay?" He replied:
“Three and sixpence" “Now. doctor,'* said
the lady, "do be liberal, abate the <xld and let
me par the even." “I will, with pleasure," he
replied. "Then as three is odd nnd six- is even,"
said the Indy, “here is a sixpence and that set
ties it .'* “That is too bad," groaned the doctor,
"but I have this to console me: I have made
fourpence halfpenny out of you as it is."—
Worcester Spy.
In a home on St Charles street, overlooking a
lovely rose garden, there swings a parrot; near
b3* is the cage of a ycung mocking bird. The
other evening such a flood of melody burst from
the throat of the mocking bird that polly was
quite overcome. “Ani I," thought he. “to be
cast entirely in the shade by this youngster who,
in his first song, bids fair to he a very marvel
among birds? Oh no, oh no! I'll shut him up,"
And thereupon the parrot raised his croaking
voice ami sang, “Prerty Polly Hopkins, how do
you do to-day?" ov< r ami over, each time grow
ing louder. until he completely silenced the
young singer, who has not since dared to sing a
note before his less musical, but more confident
companion. —New Orleans Picayune.
PERSONAL.
President Cleveland writes to his wife every
day.
Hon. Grottos D. Wise, of Virginia, is travel
ing in California.
Mrs. Langtry's 7.000 acres of California land
cost her just SIOO,OOO.
Mme. Nevada Palmer has gone to Ems to re
main until September.
Daniel Canary, the famous bicycle rider, of
Meridan, Conn., is lying ill at Madrid, Spain.
Comsioqpre Nrrr, who rivaled Tom Thumb as
a dwarf some years ago. is selling tickets for a
dime museum in Boston.
Tun late Francis Gardner, long at the hsad of
the Boston Latin*>chool, used to say that “the
only satisfaction in life is in being as saucy as
you please."
Pom Pf.pho paid much attention to the Pas
teur Institute in Paris with a view of founding
a branch of it in Brazil, where mad dogs
abound.
George Baer, a Pittsburg mill hand, has in
vented a device for drawing the coke ovens
which is expected to perform the work of
twenty men.
It is believed in that the health of the
German Emperor is really much worse than is
known, and that reports of its true condition
are suppressed for reasons of state.
Moses Fraley. the St. Louis speculator, is
reported to have made $900,000 in Wall street
since June 10. He calls a purchase of 3,000
shares of railway stock “a little fl3*er."
Senator Mahone's frilled sleeves are orna
m-ntH with gold buttons as large as silver half
debars; a large cameo ring adorns his left
hand and a diamond Hashes through his long
thin beard.
Manvel Barriant nnd wife of Matamoras,
Mux.. re*ently celebrated the eightieth anniver
sary of their wedding. Tho husband is hale
and heart v at 102, while his wife enjo3*s good
health at 90.
Has Col. Torn Ochiltree a double? His pres
one* at Saratoga. l*ong Branch, Caj>e May and
Coney Island was announced on the same day
last week. Perhaps the return of the red sun
sets hail something to do with this.
“No man," says Mr. Buskin in one of his
latest essays, "should marry tinder four and
twenty; no girl under eighteen." And he adds
that the young man should choose his bride "as
he would choose his destiny, with range of
choice from earth to heaven."
J. I'. Caldwell, who receives a large salary
for start ing races at Jerome Park, Monmouth
Park and ShiNpshe id Bay, is a man nearly (k)
years of age, but lie is in splendid physical con
dition. He is as agile as a boy, ana his lung
power is tremendous. The lift* of a starter
seems to lx* a healthful one.
In their personal habits Gov. Hill and Roscoe
Conkling have various points of resemblance.
They seldom touch liquor in any form; they are
not fond of tobacco: they cat sparingly, think
dtoply. and sleep well. Both arc in fine ph>*si
eal condition, and mv able to perform a groat
deal of work iu the hottest kind of weather.
Sarah Bernhardt is said to have shocked her
dear Paris hv emphatically declaring: “I can
not play any more in Paris. You Parisians are
too |k*oi\ 1 like butter on my bread. So I will
have to return to America." Her pet tiger,
which she is pleased to call an Algerian blnok
cat, haa lieen fined 100 francs for disturbing
neighboring families.
Oex. Miles well deserves the sword to be pre
sented to lum by the inhabitants of Arizona Ter
ritory on the anttiverairy of the surrender of
Oeronimo. He is to-day the most popular man
in Arizona, and justly so. The difficulties which
confronted him when he undertook the task of
freeing that Territory of hostile Apaches will
never 1' understood outside of tlie district most
interested in the result. His success has en
dcared him to the )>eople of Arizona, who for
the first time in years are free from apprehen
sions of lndig.ll outbreaks.
A Wish.
Translated from the German of Heinrich Heine.
How fair, how pure. how lovely.
How like a rase thou art,
I ga/e at thoe and sadness
Softly invades my heart.
I fee! like gently placing
My hands upon thy hair,
Praying that God may keep thee
So lovely, pure and fair. K. K.
He Gave Himself Away.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
She would never have been sure if he had not
given it away himself. He lmd been spending
his vacation at a camp up in the country. She
knew there had been several camps there, and
some very pretty girls were alleged to have U*eu
seen in the neighborhood. She suspect ed. Girls
always suspect. They always say they never
would l>e so wanting in proper pride as to sus
pect, but they do an the same. He had come
hack and, of course, he went up to her.
They sat on the sofa. The first thing that struck
her was that he sat closer up than usual, and
when he put bis arm aiound tier it lapped clean
over on the same side. *\be didn't like that, hut
when he looked into her eyes and said: “My
dearest darling, how thin you have grown!"she
rose up and left the room. It dawned upon him
as he stumbled down the front steps that the
stout girl in the woods wasn't the same at all.
Crime Must Be Punished.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"I want to report a burglary at our house,"
said a little chap not over 7 years old as he en
tered the Central station the other day.
“Where do you live?"
"No. Congress street."
"So there was a burglary?"
“Yes, sir -an awful burglary."
"Well, how was it?"
"Why, I went to bod last night and 1 had 3c.
in my pocket. 1 never woke up once. This
morning when I felt in my pocket one o’ them
cents was gone. It was a big one w ith a hole in
it. Some burglar must have got it,"
"Why <to you think so?"
" 'Cause pa didn't take it, and ma didn't take
it. and it must have been a burglar. Please
catch him. sir, and if you want any reward I'll
give you the cent. It's against the law to
burglar anybody, and I shall have him sent to
State prison.”
A Necklace of Human Fingers.
A Washington dispatch to the New York
World says: A curious and interesting relic of
Indian barbarism was received at the War De
partment a few days ago. It consisted of a
necklace of human fingers. Originally there
were eleven fingers, strung together atter the
manner of necklaces of bears’ claws, but three
of them had been lost. The ghastly adornment
was captured in an attack on the Northern
Cheyennes is 1876. and each finder represented a
lire taken by the owner, the big medicine man
of th * t ribe. The fingers had been preserved by
opening the skin, removing the bones, scraping
away all tissues and fatty substances, replacing
the bones and subjecting the skin to some tan
ning process. The necklace was sent to West
Point by C&pt. Bourke, who is engaged in pre
paring historical matter relating to the Indians.
It was brought from West Point here to be re
produced in papier made* at the Smithsonian
Institution. Tim scientists there are quite en
thusiastic over it, regarding it as a precious
specimen of the barbarous habits of the Indians
who are fast disappearing. War Department
officials, however, look upon it with disgust
whenever they are able to summon up sufficient
hardihood to take a peep at it.
Millionaire Crocker’s Revenge.
(!. 11. Pitch in the August Cosmopolitan.
It i.s Mr. Crocker* custom to ride home from
the railroad offices in Sau Francisco in the
democratic street car. Any one who sees him
leaning his weary face on his large gold-headed
cane would take him for a deacon or a philan
thropist, so benevolent is his expression and so
immaculate his clerical looking uecktie; but the
obserfer would bo greatly mistaken. Crocker
has the reputation Or the most merciless
of all the millionaires. Some idea of his char
acter may be gained from this incident: When
he bought the block on which his present resi
denee is built the owner of one lot. a stubborn
German, at first refused to sell. When his
avarice became excited by the millionaire’s in
tent eagerness to buy, he gradually increased
bis price after each successive offer. Finally
< 'rocker became enraged and swore a mighty
*>ath that never while he lived would he buy
that property. So he built a huge fence, 25 feet
high, around the house and lot of the German
The latter soon had to remove his house, and
the fence, somewhat reduced in height, still re
mains to mark the millionaire’s wrath, although
the German has been in his grave for several
years. Crocker is regarded as worth $30,000,000,
of which much is in real estate.
Ke Didn’t Enjoy Sea Bathing.
From the New York Evening .Sun.
An old man with very thin legs, t hin hair and
long gray beard emerged from an Asbury Park
bathhouse at Fourth avenue bust evening and
looked sorrowfully toward Europe. The bathing
suit did not fit him by many degrees, and
besides it was torn in the back. The old man
hesitated for a moment as he observed that the
beach loungers were taking him in. He appeared
to be entirely alone. From a general survey
and his physique one would select him for a
deacon in the Baptist church or treasurer of
some Sunday school who had escaped with the
funds.
After looking sadly at the sea, which rolled a
healthy swell the sands, he went
toward the wafer’s edge at a funeral pace. He
folded liis arms and looked some more at the
sea, gauging with his gray eye the distance
reached by the swell as it came in.
It was quite clear to those who watched him
that he had never been in the ocean before.
“G > on.” shouted one of the dudes, who lay
in the sind reading n seaside novel. “Go on;
the water won’t hurt you.”
The "U man took courage and stepped down
to tin* lift* line. He grabbed it with both hands,
in came a swell and tickled his hare feet. Fie
jtanped to avoid getting his feet wet, but the
-alt water had caught him. He danced around
a moment on ihe wet sand, as the waves reced
ed, and took another step toward Europe. He
still bar! hold of the line with one hand. He
was about to take another step eastward, when
i good round swell came in and knocked both
feet from under him. When he came down he
lug a hole in the sand, and slid along seaward
as the wave went out.
Think ng he was gone, he gave one whoop.
Hopped over on his stomach, and made for shore
<*n all fours like a crab. He did not stop run
ning on his hands and knees until he had
reached the dry sand. Then he got on his feel
and dug sand for his bat h house. He didn’t
stop for anything. H** hurriedly threw on his
clothes, and walked briskly away, saying not a
word to anybody. He will go home and dis
courage sea bathing.
How a Bottle of Champagne was Won.
Narn.4(i ANSETT I*IER, Aug. G.—“l'll l*?t you a
bottle she hasn't.” says Mr. Ilrauder Mat tin* ws.
‘Til l>ct you a bottle she has,” says Mr. George
Jessop.
The Ki<l is sent to ascertain. The Kid is a
human roll of butter. 10 years old and painfully
curious concerning everything in the heavens
above, the earth beneath, and the waters under
the earth. Mr. Jessop, in an omnge and black
suit, thereupon lies placidly back upon the wet
bench, brushing a hot and impertinent sunbeam
from his arid but intellectual poll. Mr. Mat
thews thoughtfully writes a witticism in the
sand, using as a pencil the most intelligent of
his dexter toes
The momentous question —one which was then
agitating the entire crowd of spectators—is
whet tier or not a certain New York belle has
stockings on She is promenading up the beach
with a moist young capitalist. She is entirely
in dripping white, with a white poke bonnet.
The young woman is evidently one to whom
notoriety does not mean anguish. As she stands
still, with several soaking admirers about her.
the light falls on her symmetrical legs and fe t,
and they seem absolutely bare.
The kid, wno has dep u rfcu at full .speed, stops
when near her. He approaches her cautiously,
as if stalking an antelope with great care: but
she is not shy. He gets so close that it is clear
that he intends to ho sure of the facts. But he
turns and conies thoughtfully away. The Kid
is palpably disappointed.
‘ H is she got any on?'* asks Mr. Matthews.
“Ye-es,” he says, in disgust. The Kid is old
beyond his years.
Whereupon Mr. Mathews confesses the bottle
of ehrunpagne. and Mr. Jessop foreshortening
himself with great artist inability, becomes
iiolhiug but a huge pair of feet outlined against
the face of the curving roller into which he
dives.
The most persistent bat hers here are two old
people, who must Ixj marly 70. They are man
and wife. She weai*s a gray cap and pantal. t tes
that make her legs entirely presumptive. First,
he teaches, her to s\G:n. holding his wrinkled
old hand under grandma’s short chin. Then she
• lo**H likewise for him. It i< truly the blind
leading the blind, but they are happy, and al
ways the 1 1.- 1 to come out. Ye derdny she was
teaching him to float. She was so interested as j
he l in on bs buck, and she supported him with
her.hand at his fifth vertebra, ti.ai she did not !
notice a. fg roller oomlug. It tumbled her owr i
on top of him. and for some minutes those two j
people were two venerable and eccentric gyui- j
luists. They were terrtoly mixe 1 up. but they i
fiuuljy got straightened out. Everybody hopes
that they may learn to swim, they lire so earn
est about it. Their remaining years aref few,
hut it does not seem possible that the grim
reaper, however ripe the g<nin may be, will per
mit himself to disturb a task that, lx at once so
uuaiul. so amusing, and so pathetic.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The toboggan slide has been introduced at a
bathing resort at Bridgeport, Conn. It carries
bathers out a long distance iu the water with
out exertion on their part.
A Texas actress has had the following from
Matthew, ii 10, placed at the head of her an
nouncement bills: “And behold, when they saw
the star they rejoiced greatly."
The Conrad family, of Perryville, Mo., have
lived a good many years between them all.
David R is 77, Elizabeth 75. Jacob 73. William
71. < ’laria 60, George 67, Mary M. 65; total, 407.
The family are all in good health.
A clerk in the Treasury Department. Wash
ington, salary $1,600. has joined the few that
resign rather than becoming an exception
to the other part of the proverb, on account of
the unwholesome condition of the apartment
in which he was employed.
Two insane persons, occupying the same cell,
were cured by a shrewd physician in a curious
way. Each of the unfortunate men was pri
vately intrusted with the care of the other, and
was made to believe that, while he himself was
regarded as mentally sound, the other was not.
By the constant and active use of their mental
faculties in this work both were eventually re
stored and discharged as sane.
The Ameer of Afghanistan is not a desirable
patient, if a story in an Indian journal may Ye
trusted. Irately he was very ill with a boil at the
back of his neck, and his doctor prescribed some
lotion to bring the !>oil to a head. Naturally
the pain was temporarily increased, and Ab
durrahman was so enraged with his doctor that
he sent for him the first thing in the morning
and had him beheaded on the spot.
A Washington man tells of a quarrel between
tween two negro boys. The larger boy, with
great volubility, was applying every sort of
abusive epithet. The younger boy, leaning
against a fence and steadily regarding the
speaker with a sullen scowl, waited for a halt,
at last it came. “Is you done?" “Yes I is done."
Then slowly and cooly the younger said: “All
dem tings you said I is, you is deni.”
They have had the jubilee fever very strong
in New Zealand. The Herald of that colony,
contains abundant evident** of the fact. Here
is on* advertisement: "Wanted—Two Jubilee
1 tdies went two Jubilee husbands. Apply 25
Queen street." Here is another: "Wanted—
Jubilee wives, husbands, housemaids, waitresses,
housekeepers, barmaids aud general servants
can he had for the asking. A. McLeod, 25 Queen
street.”
According to the latest review of the bureau
of statistics, the foreigners who landed on our
shores for the three months ending March 31
hailed from fifty-three different countries, be
sides eight little strangers who were horn at sea.
Every country in Europe is represented, aud
delegations came from Armenia, India, Japan,
Egypt. South Africa, most of the South Ameri
can countries, the West Indies, the Azores, Aus
tralia, Hawaii and Micronesia.
An Albany newspaper says that there are
families in that town who have got the art of
keeping up appearances reduced to a science.
When they want to make their neighbors think
that they have gone into the country they are
not content with the old plan of shutting the
front blinds and living in the hack of the house.
They leave their newspapers on the front piaz
za. apparently neglected; but they take tnem
in at night and road them, at the same time
supplying the piazza with old papers for the
next day s masquerade.
Dr. Cyrus Edson reminds us in the Epoch
that it]is best to wear dark clothing in the sum
mer. "The black," he says, "absorbs heat
when it is in the sun's rays. On the other hand,
the heat will pass out through the black tex
tures rapidly so Unit the radiation of the heat
from the body would l>e much freer in a person
clothe*! in black than white. This statement is
forcibly illustrated by the whitecoats of animals
who live in the* Arctic regions. They are
clothed-that way for the reason that the color
holds the bodily heat, and does not allow it to
radiate as rapidly as black."
Queen Margaret of Italy is very anxious not
to appear too youthful. At the beginning of
the summer she asked King Humbert whether
she was not grow ing too old to wear her favorite
style of dress—white muslin. "That point 1 needs
consideration," replied the King Nothing more
was said on the suojoct for several weeks, but
one morning the King's Chamberlain entered
the Queen's apartments announcing that he
brought the royal answer to Queen Margaret's
inquiry. The answer consisted of a huge trunk
containing six elaborate white muslin dresses
from Paris.
The convict 3d Commissioners of Cook county,
111 . made a stir when they entered the prison.
Fred Hagerman, 16 years of age, had the honor
of occupying a cell in the same row with the
"hoodlers.” His face beamed with pleasure
when he saw the famous gentlemen moving in
to keep him company for the night. "What
are you in for?" he was asked. “Burglary"
i rat her proudly). "How long did you got ?"
(sympathetically). "A year" (in a dignified
tne). “What did you steal?" "I only got
three boxes of cigars.” replied the young pris
oner, evidently somewhat embarrassed. “But,"
brightening up, "I didn't have no go and show*."
Boston has just receive 1 from Africa the
largest gorilla ever landed in this country. His
name is Jack, and ho is 5 feet in height when
standing erect, and measures 7 feet from th *
end of one outstretched hand to tho other. 1 e
weighs about 125 pounds and exhibits enormous
strength, compared with which that of man
seems like a child's. He arrived in a large box
made of planking inches thick, and when
being removed from the ship ho tore large
splinters from tho hardwood planks with as
much ease as a child would break a twig. The
hair, which is very coarse and from 2 to 4 inch s
in length, is of a gro nish-gray color, and on ill •
hack, logs and arms incline* to a black. His
shoulder* an* immense. Tho expression of the
face, which is black, is scowling. The eyes are
small sunken in the head, and the lips large
and thin.
Mme. de Valrayre, a well known Parisian
lady. has addressed the following petition to the
French Chamber of Deputies! ‘ Messieurs: In
all the accidents of human life, whether on sea
or land, woman, in consequence of the dress she
is obliged to wear, is predestined to become a
victim. The catastrophes, fatal or otherwise,
wnich result from this cause are of daily occur
rence. The mere thought of the unfortunate
beings thus prevented from escaping from the
flames of the Opera Comique must suffice to
prove that it is not only urgent, but also logical
and human, to abolish tin* old routine law which
prohibits women from wearing masculine attire.
This sort of custom, whatever may Ik* said to
the contrary ,is just as decent as the present
fashion of female garments. It has also the ad
vantage of being more healthy In the name of
f ho'M* who are not slaves to frivolity or luxury. I
humbly pray you to pass a law enacting full and
entire liberty in the matter of women's dress.
Such a law would benefit thousands, and do no
harm to anybody.”
Dan Emmett, the man who wrote Dixie, is
still living in Chicago, lie is, as people who
keep posted on theatrical matter may remem
ber, one of the founders of minstrelsy iu this
country. He is an accomplished fiddler and a
natural musician. He is Also a good citizen,
which means, of course, that he favors law and
order. Once* when Luther Latliu M ils was a
prose utor he found Dan Emmett before him as
a possible juror, “1 didn't know nl the time,”
said Mr. Mills, “that he was a negro minstrel,
but that in itself would have be *n ao bar. But
1 liked Ins face and the shape of his head. After
asking him a few (mentions I was satisfied with
him, and, the de ense making n > objection, lo
was accented. The jury was out several hours
and finally returned a verdict of guilty. Some
tinv* after I made an inquiry as to the’ cause of
the delay and was astonished to learn that Dan
Emmett was the cause. He was about the only
ore* of the jury who voted ‘guilty’ on the first
ballot. The others, or nearly ail were against
him; but they were won over by Dan Emmett's
logic. The next time T saw Dan I complimented
him on his staving qualities, and remarked inci
dentally that I had heard that he was a great
fiddler. His reply was; “Come down to the
house some time and I'll fiddle for you. 1 ”
One of the most prodigious engineering proj
ects now on the tapis is that for tunneling the
Rocky Mountains under Tray's Peak, which rises
no less than 14,441 feet above the level of the
*. It is stated that at 4,111 feet below the
peak, by tunneling from east to west for it,ooo
feet (lireet, communication could lie opened 'be
tween the valleys ou the Atlantic slope anil those
on the Pacific side. This would shorten the dis
tance between Denver, in Colorado, and Salt
bike City, in Utah, and consequently the dis
tance between the Missouri river, slay at St
Louts and San Fr ancisco, nearly :soo miles, nmi
there would Is- little more required in the way
of ascending or descending or tunneling moun
tains. Part of the work has already been ae
ootnnlisbed. The country from the Missouri to
tlie toot of the Rockies rises gradually in rolling
prairie until an elevation is reached of 0,200 feet
above the sea level. The Hookies themselves
rise at various places to a hoitrht exceeding *l,.
000 feet. l lf the twenty most famous |,as.se
only seven an- below lO.Otki feet, while five aru
upward of IV.OUO nmi one Is IS.OOu feet. The
point fmm which It is proposed totunjiel is sixty
miles due west from Denver, and. although one
of the very highest tteaks. It Is by far the nar
rowest in the great backbone of the American
continual.
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