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4 C|e Pining Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. FRIDAY. AUGUST 26, 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count. at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 <M tor six months and 510 00 fctr one year. The Morning News, by moil, one month, $1 00: three months, $2 30; six months, $3 00; one rear. $lO (XI. The Morkino News. by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, |2 00: six mouths. 54 00 one year. 5* 00. The Monsisn News, Triweekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, 5l 25; six months. 52 50: one vear. $5 00. The Sunday News, bp mail, one year, 52 00. The Weekly News, by mad. one year, $1 25. Subscriptions pavable in advance. Kemit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency- sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may tie ascertained at the oflioe of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers’ Association, 1' 4 Temple Court, New York City. Loiters and telegrams should be addressed “MnusisQ News. Savannah, Ga." Advertising rater made known on application INDEX T(f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices—To the Patrons of the Bur glar Alarm Company ; Coat*. Vests and Pants, at Jaudon’s: Notice, Smith A Berry, Auction Salk-Trade Sale of Groceries, by D. R. Kennedy. Cheap Conns Advertises: ents Help Want ed: Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Personal: Miscellaneous. Steamship Schedules — Ocean Steamship Cos.; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Pianos— Davis Bros., Best Tijned Pianos. Educational— Newberry College, Newberry, S.C. Direct Importation of Pianos— Schreiner’s Music House. AKNOALSPECIALEDITION —or THE - Savannah Morning News —AND THE - Savannah Weekly News, —TO BE— ISSUED ON SKPTKMBI.R 3d, 1887. The Annual Special Edition of the Daily and Weekly News w ill be issued Sept. 3. It will contain a complete and comprehensive review of the trade of the city for the past year, and will show the progress the city has made in everything that helps to make up its wealth and that contributes to its prosperity. The facts relating to cotton, naval stores and the different branches of the city's wholesale trade will he so presented as to give a clear idea oMie city’s business for the year ending Sept. 1. The business men of Savunnab cannot make a 1 better investment than by baying copies of the Mora-'! no News Annual Special Edition and sending them to their friends and correspon dents. A newspaper like this Special Fxlition, containing an accurate account of the business of this city, is the liesrt advertisement of the energy and activity of the people of Savannah Every citizen, whether he is a capitalist, mer chant. manufacturer, mechanic ora man of leis ure, should feel a pride iu the progress the city is making, and in presenting to the world the inducements which it offers to those who are seeking homes in the South. This Special Fxlition will he sent to all sub scribers of the Daily and Weekly News, and a large number of extra copies will be mailed, thoroughly covering tho territory tributary to Savannah. Advertisers will find this Special Edition of great value, and space in its columns ran be ob tained upon application to the Business Office. The Morning News will begin next Sunday the publication of a very interest ing story by Miss S. Lucy Joyner, of North Carolina, entitled “Five Old letters.” Tho story is a comparatively short one, but it will be well worth reading. Mrs. Cleveland, it is said, is about to construct a genealogical tree of tho Presi dent’s family. She may run across some branches of it which may not command her unbounded admiration. Quooji Victoria now knows whore Chicago is, but it is doubtful if she have any idea of the location of St. Louis. It is rather funny that St. Louts should have the mis fortune to be overlooked so often. But she may grow and finally get to be as big os her bridge. Admiral Franklin, who is about to bo put on the retired list, has lieen in active service forty-six years, continuously. He hasulways acquitted himself like a brave man and a gallant officer, and ho will carry with him iu his retirement tho respect of the entir country. Tho Bostou Globe says that the coin in tho Treasury represents the earnings of 1,000,- 000 for one year. The best thing to do with regard to it is to put it into circulation as quickly as jiossihlo. This surplus problem appears to be too difficult for the average statesman to solve. The young Wall stroet financier, Ives, pretends that he doesn’t know where his books are. If he were put into jail, with the understanding that he should stay there until the books were forthcoming, it is prob ate that they would lie found mighty quick. Ives’ creditors make a great mistake in dealing gently with him. General Master Workman Powderly wonts it distinctly understood that bo is not the leader of the new American party. He says that he has no wish to see the toma hawk and scalping knife flourish again in this country. It is probable that Mr. Pow derly bus as much to do as be can attend to in looking alter tho Knights of labor. Merchants alt over tho country are look ing fora good trade this fall, and the indica tions ure that they will not be mistaken. Tin orders received by merchants in the large cities already exceed anything known in re cent years at this season. In this city busi ness has lieen unusually good for the sum mer season, and the outlook for the fall tratio is excellent. The World is authority for the statement that Mr. Chauneey M. liepew has become a pronounced Presidential candidate since bis return from Europe. Perhaps he had a talk with Maine while abroad. It is claimed that Ho could get every Republican vote in New York, and would be certain of the votes of the 15,000 employes of the New York Central railroad. The Hepubli eons might stand a better chr ooe with lXipow than with Blaine. The American Party. It is not prot%ble that the proposed Amer ican party will become as great a power in politics as some of its promoters appear to think. There are doubtless a great many people in different parts of the country who are opposed to permitting foreign bom citi zens to exercise as much influence in politi cal affairs as they do, but the number that is ready to join anew political organiza tion, whose object is to antagonize citizens of that class, is hardly groat enough to make such an organization formidable. Those who remember the old Know-Nothing party, whose cry was “America for Ameri cans,’’ and who recall the history of that organization iu Baltimore and some other cities will hardly view with favor any simi lar organizatioiL The convention to organize an American party that is called to meet in Philadelphia next month, will, no doubt, be very well at tended, and a platform may be adopted that will contain some admirable features. The central idea of the new party is understood to be the restriction of immigration. There can be no reasonable objection to a restric tion of that kind, provided it is not intended to shut out iinmigrants who are desirable, and who make good citizens. The feeling has boon gaining strength for some time that it would be better for the coun try if our doors were closed against certain classes of immigrants. Indeed, I Kith of the great political parties have taken stops to give expression to this feeling, and it is not improbable that there will be some legisla tion on the subject by Congress next winter. The immigrants we don t want are those who quickly find their way into our alms houses, prisons and asylums, and also those, who do not appreciate the advantages which our institutions offer to those who arc anxious to better thoir condition. We have no placo for Anarchists, Socialists, dyna miters and conspirators, but we should con tinue to welcome tho honest, earnest and healthy people who are capable of taking care of themselves, and whose purpose is to become Americans in every respect. Im migrants of this kind have contributed toward making this country what it is, and they will contribute a great deal more. It is said that the American party has adherents in every State in the Union, and that it already numbers a million and a half of voters. That statement will hardly be accepted unless it is supported by a good deal of convincing evidence. In fact, the only evidence that will be entirely satisfactory is that which is obtained through the ballot box. It is stated that the new party will |>artieipato in the next national election. If it does it will thou he seen whether, in the estimation of tho peo ple, there is a need for such a party. Robbing Immigrants. • An investigation is being made of the charges against the Commissioners of Immi gration at Castle Gardon, Now York. About 300,000 immigrants land at the Gardon every year, aud it is alleged that all sorts of schemes are adopted to get their money away from them. Fees, for which there is no authority whatevor, are charged them for all sorts of services. Complaints have been made frequently of the abuses at the Garden, but for some reason or other little attention has been paid to them. The immigrants have no in fluential friends to plead their cause, and doubtless the great majority do not know that they are being robbed. Asa rule they haven’t much money, and hence the filchings from them are small, but what little of their savings is taken is a great deal to them. One of tho agents of the White Star line testified that ho had seen immigrants con stantly compelled to pay fees to employes of Castle Garden in order to get thpir baggage, and in reply to a question of tho examiner he said he considered a foe of this sort “blood money.” The New York World says that this expression of Agent Anderson caused a genuine sensation in tho room where tho examination was being held. “It struck,” says the World, “tho keynote of the whole treatment of immigrants under the manage ment of the worthless and unfaithful Com missioners. There is Wood-money in the unjust charges and swindling inpositions of tho railroad pool; blood-money in tho ex tortions practiced on the unfortunate immi grant in tho baggage delivery run by a machine politician; blood-money in the loaf of bread sold to the immigrant at the lunch counter at double tho price It could bo pur chased for outside the Garden; blood-money iu the boer for which tho brother of a fugi tive boodle Alderman is allowed to charge double prico. From the time the immigrant sots his foot iu Castle Gordon to the moment lie is shorn and releasod, blood-money is ox tortod from him at evory turn by the pools, the rings and the employes." Doubtless those abuses at Castle Garden have boon going on for years, and tho im migrants have boon robbed in tho shape of illegitimate foes to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars. * It is difficult, indeed, to keep track of all tho rascals who are in office. The lowa Republicans still protend to think that the negroes are denied the right of free ballot in the South. They ought to send a committee to tho South to get at the truth of this matter —that is, if they want tho truth. Tho probabilities are, however, that the truth is the very thing they don’t want. Dr. McGlynn says that the campaign of the Unit'd Labor party in New York will be a vigorous ofte. He is probably right, From the present outlook the Socialists in tend to give the McGlynn and George party a chance to have just as lively a campaign as it is possible to have. It is said that. Col. Switzler, the chief of the Bureau of Statistics, is in trouble. He evaded the civil service regulations and then boasted of the matter. Before he get* through with the Civil Service Commission he will liavo impressed u[>on his mind that silence is golden. Gov. J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, talks of becoming a journalist. Probably Bill Nye’s success has U><l him to believe that fortune and fume uwuit him in newspaper work. His Duluth speech would doubtless secure him pretty good pay as a humorist. Louisiana's “baby” bonds are selling nt a liuhv price. If the factions of the Uemo cratie party in that Htato keep on wrangling there will bo some difficulty in giving the bonds away in the course of a year or two. Prince Ferdinand and little Bulgaria may not lie able to do mueh fighting, but they can do a gobek deal toward arraying against each other nations which are prepared to do a good deal of fighting. Tim Thistle’s big topmast astonishes “old sailors.” If she wins the America's cup she will to cotit!**d to Imvc tho “bin heed ” THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 2(1, ISS7. The Thomas Water Resolution. The City Council made a mistake on Wednesday night when it refused to con sider Alderman Thomas’ resolution relative to the scant water supply. There have been very general and very bitter complaints concerning this matter, and the public has a right to know from an authoritative source whether their complaints are well founded or not. No one ought to be blamed if the enlarging of the capacity of the pumps at this time was a ne cessity, or if, all things considered, it was better to make the improvement now than later in the season, but there is an impres sion apparently that tho improvement was begun without a full understanding of all the possible consequences attendant upon a scant wator supply at this season of tho year. There is a belief also that a longer time is being occupied in making tho im provement than is actually necessary. Whether this belief and this impression are correct we are not able to say. If they are not correct, the Thomas resolution gave the Council a chance to say so, and if they are correct, and there is blame anywhere, an investigation would have placed it where it belongs. We have not criticised the authorities for their course in connection with tho improve ment at the water works because, from what has appeared in print, it seemed as if they were doing what was best for the public good, but the re fusal to entertain the Thomas resolution wns calculated to create a sus picion that an investigation was to be avoided rather than courted. It is true that in a very few days now, if everything turns out as expected, the city will have an ample supply of water, but would it not be wise for the Council to make a thorough in quiry into all tho circumstances connected with the reduction of the water supply for the purpose of showing, if possible, that the improvement at the waterworks is being made within the shortest passible time and that it was delayed as long as it was safe to do so? Mr. Thomas doubtless believed that a satisfactory explanation relative to tho matters referred to in his resolution could be made, and he recognized that tho public was entitled to an explanation of soma sort. Postal Bervice Irregularities. The Morning News has received a great many complaints within the last few weeks relative to the mail service in this State and in Florida and South Carolina. As far as can be ascertained the post office route agents are responsible for tho delays and other irregularities of which complaints are made. The attention of Superintendent Turner has been called to these irregularities, but thus far they have not been corrected. Heavy mails and fast trains require strong, active and intelligent men to discharge the duties of route agents satisfactorily. A correspondent of the Jacksonville Timcs- Vnion, in a communication to that paper, offers an explanation of the irregularities, which may be the correct one. He says: “The following linos have clerks on them who cannot meet the requirements of tho civil service rules, viz: Wawcross and Chattahoochee R. P. O. has a clerk that cannot take a step without the aid of a crutch. He was thus crippled when he entered the service. To say noth iug of the law, it is evident that ho cannot properly discharge his duty on that line. But he retains his position because of his po litical influence, and contributes (unavoida bly, I think,) his part to the demoralization of the mail service. On the Wilmington and Jacksonville R. P. O. there is a clerk who is physically disabled, because one of his hands is almost fingerless. From per sonal oliservation of him 1 know that he cannot handle tho mails, pickup the letters, etc., as quickly as it should be done on the fast mail.” Al>out everybody is interested in the mails, and the mail sorvire should, there fore, be about as perfect as it is possible to make it. The delay of a day, or even of a few hours, of a large newspaper mail causes annoyance to a groat many people. While no one would willingly deprive a route agent who is> doing tho ljest he can to meet the requirements of his position, yet it is evident that tho public cannot l>e expected to quietly submit to irregularities in the mails in order that an ineomjietent agent may retain his position. If Congressmen are responsible for the npjwintment of agents of this kind the fact ought to he inado known at once. They will find that it is much more to their interest to serve the public than personal friends. If they have friends whom they want the government to provide places for, such places as they can fill ac ceptably should be secure 1 for them. It is lit tle less than an outrage on the public to put iuoompetent men into positions where thoir incompetoncy daily causes annoyaneo to thousands of people. . Ex-Congressinan Albert Willis, of Ken tucky, gives n new explanation of the re duced Democratic majority in the Into election in that State. He says that the young men, who did not pnrticij>ato in the war of secession, are tired of the soldier business. They want to get a chance at the offices themselves, and object to making up any ticket front the ex-soldier element. After a few more explanations of the re duced majority it will lie generally doubted whether the Democratic leaders of Ken tucky know anything about the matter. * Mrs. Hendricks, widow of the late Vico President, has quieted the apprehension of a number of prominent men, who wrote quite freely their views of men and current events to Mr. Hendricks, by the statement that all such letters were destroyed by Mr. Hendricks. There is no occasion, therefore, for any of the writers of them to fed the least alarm. The letters which Mrs. Hen dricks proposes to put into print will be en tirely harmless and, it may be, wholly un interesting. It seems that, there were giants in the neighborhood of Cincinnati ages ago. In excavating for a sewer in ti nt city a few days ago a section of human vertebra', in a petrified state, was discovered. It was of such dimensions as to indicate that it be longed to a race of giants at least nine feet high. Of course scientists are puzzled, but the finding of the vertebra l is not re garded as indicating that John Sherman's boom for the Presidency has any extraordi nary amount of backbone. It is now hinted that when Sam Jones said in Baltimore u few nights ago thut lie eoujd get along with un old sinner or a drunken sot, but, couldn’t stand a mean Christian, he had reference tocertuiu gentle men who were asked hi contribute some thing towards jsiying him |IAO a night, and refused. Jones must be careful not to let n desire for gold destroy his usefulness us a preacher CURRENT COMMENT. The Way to Abolish Poverty. From the Kew York Tribune (Rep.) Voting will not abolish poverty, however. That will only be (lone when every one spends less than he makes. A Strong Argument. From the Quincy (III.) HeraUKDem.) The ever-increasing surplus, the terror of the business men of the country, has made more tariff reformers than has all the argument of the free traders. Yes, Rather Queer. From the yew York Son (Dem.) The latest paradox: The United Ijibor party reject their Socialist delegates for belonging to another party, and Mr. John McMaekin, the Chairman, asks a Republican Police Commis sioner to appoint the United Labor inspectors of elections. Queer. The Moral of Sharp’s Life. FVom the Denver Republican (Rep). It is tor him a race between death and the im firint of dishonor. It is a ((uestfou ns to whether le shall live long enough to wear the felon's garb and have his name entered among the list of felons, or whether death shall come in time to save him, his name and his descendants from this disgrace. The career of Jake Sharp is full of warning to men who might be inclined to follow in the path he pursued. • BRIGHT BITS, It is refreshing to think that just about now the magazine poet is grinding out a seasonable ode to January Burlington Free Press. Flip -There goes a tou(e)y girl. Flap —Who is she? Flip The soprano of our choir.— Charlestown Enterprise.. A religious weekly recently spent much time in discussing “how to bring young men into the church.” The girls know now to do that much better than the editor. “Ha, Dcsewberry, I wish you wouldn't smoke so much." “Why, the chimney smokes, my dear." “Well, if it does, it doesn't spit over every thing.”— Philadelphia Call. Is the palmy days of Greece, girl babies, when they became too numerous, were fed to the vultures. Tbev don't u’aste them in that way nowadays; there are too many men to be supported through life.— Charlestown Enter prise. We are filled with astonishment at the report that a Boston lady recently spelled "hazardous" “hazardess,” and'defined it as “a female haz ard." But the Bostonians are weak if you take them away from their native Greek.— Pittsburg Chronicle. "Webe you intendon to carve the fowl, Mr. Samson';” asked the landlady insinuatingly. “Sinew insist upon it. I will," replied Mr. Sam son, and all the spectators veiled their faces as the strong man bowed himself for the struggle. —Burdette. Mabel (innocently)—Clara, is that Mr. Twid dlestone an Englishman? Clara -No, dear: he was born in Boston. Moled—Then where did he get that strong English accent? Clara He lived six months in New York, darling.— Harper's Bazar. “No, Maria," said a Jersey granger to his wife as they were about retiring at a summer resort hotel; "I think I know too much to blow out the ga-s. I brought something along that will fix it." So he drew out a monkey wrench from his gripsack and twisted off the burner. But the next morning the Coroner's jury rendered the usual verdict.— Hotel Mail. A magazine, devoted to spelling reform, says: “When peopl beeum accustomed to the new at tire of sum familiar words they wil more redily assent to more and more changes." Don’t be liev we'd ever lorn to spel in such a ridiculous manr. The old stile spein is gud enuf fur us, and flologists had betr let our ortbografy alone It is tu late tu mak nu departure of this caractr. Norristoum Herald. Miss Goldichfaq—l am having such a lovely dress mode for Mrs. Midas’ lawn party ' Miss Wishiwas. of Brooklyn—Oh, you are going? Ido wish I was. but lam not invited. Miss Goidicheaq—Oh, neither am I; but we lived in Washington two years, you know, and got rid of all that cold, formal conventionality that is such a painful feature of American so ciety, otttside the capital, Heh duties were circumscribed: Applicant— I have hud considerable experience with children, ma'am, and never had any trouble in making them Uke me. Mistress—That is very important. Applicant—And I am sure I would get on with your little dog. Mistress (stroking the animal)—You would have nothing to do with Fido, dear little fel low ’ He is my special charge. Exchange. Oi’ibollard and his two friends, Cabassol and Mitouflet, agreed to dine together at St. Ger main, outside of Paris. Guiboliard and Cabassol kept the appoint ment, but Mitouflet turned up missing Thetwo friends, in consequence, dined alone. After dinner they were enjoying their cigars and feasting their eyes on the delicious view on the, terrace. < "Ah!" exclaimed Guiboliard, in a burst of en thusiasm. “if Mitouflet were only here how ho would regret that ho hadn't come.— Exchange. PERSONAL.. Prince Ferdinand's motto at present seems to tie "Sofia and no farther." John Mobley has been visiting Andrew Carnegie at the latter's residence In Perthshire. Qi'een Kapiolani, on her arrival at Honolulu, found King Kalaknua’s constitution completely shattered. It is said that Eugene Higgins is writing a humorous poem, beginning "Hope, for a season, bade the Mug. farewell." Gun Fit/. John Pouter has just finished a memoir of liis friend, the late Gen. Charles P. Stone, of civil war and Egyptian army fame. Qveen Victoria has resumed lior old style of dress, having luid aside the white and mauve with which she relieved her mourning during the Jubilee Jldoe Wei.rorn, who was one of the Texas Congressmen in the last House, is now making Jij.o.n) a year in the practice of law. He is at tor. ley fertile Atchison and Topeka road. A San Francisco paper hears that the next Republican candidate for President is now a resident of I ilifornia and answers to the name of 1-elan i Stanford. Perhaps on a platform of "this country was created for the railroads." Maroaret Dale Owen, granddaughter of the famous Englishman whom the early Commun ists gave such a warm welcome in 'his country, is writing and speaking in l'avor of an original dress reform garb which is called tlio. Dale-Owen rolie. Cincinnati is to have a monument to th“ memory of President Harrison. Arti ts are now at work on the designs and a selection will soon he made. The statue will Ite unveiled in the fall of Is I ', on the centennial anniversary of the city of Cincinnati. Two years aoo Mine. Modjeska. the actress, said that she shouldn't play "Juliet" again until she iv is a grandmother. Mine. Modjeska cau now play "Juliet’' just as soon as she wants to. Her grandchild arrived in Omaha on Saturday, and is a strong-lunged Polish boy. Mrs. Landry is occupy! ng a cottage at Long Brunch, and proposes to stay a month. She is apoompatmisl by her manager, a corps of ser vants and her liloiided horses. Tlv* cottage is next to Brouksfile Villa, the costly home of Philip Daly, of the Pensylvania Club. Harwood, the owner and rider of the steeple chaser Wheatley, is the only "gentleman jockey" at Saratoga He rides his own horse and often lands him a victor. Harpni id is con sidered one of the host ste iplechase riders in the country when lie is i>i good condition. The bondsmen of Maj. Hash, paymaster in the army, are bowed down with weight of woe. The ■Major li.as been relieved from duty until his bondsmen make good JTT.MO. of which he was robbed by a Texas cowboy. Be left his valise in Ins amhu.an v and has list seen it since. Sir John Pope Henneshy, who h g.m public life a* a leader writer to the London Slanrlard, was for a short time a member of Parliament, lie was first olTored a colonial appointment on account of bis propensity for asking awkward questKms in the [inline. In appearance he hears a strong resemblance to Henry Irving. At Duxbury. Mass., there lives in a lonely old house a most interesting character, (.’apt. John Aldeti, an old man of 74, is the only occupant. He is able to trace his descent through seven generations Intel, to John A Men. who came over In the Mayflower The house in which he lives was built in 1608. The Captain is a veteran of the civil war and draws a pension. He is very proud of his descent from John Alden anil PrtoclUa. Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, who has just completed thirty years of service In the Congress of the United States, does not look like u man of 70. He is in fine health, walks with a firm St.■!>. and his eyes are bright with vigor and intelligence lie generally dresses in black, wearing a soft black hut. black cost, white vest In Summer and dark trousers He lids always been a hard st udent and a great worker, hut has taken good care of his const!- tut inn HELL'S KITCHEN. A Couple of Moral Plague Spots in New York. From a Kinc York Letter in Chicago Mail. The particular spat known as Hell’s Kitchen is a group of tenement houses on the West si p* of New York, in the vicinity of Thirty-ninth street. The policemen in the night patrol in the middle of the street. Otherwise they would le killed by bricks and rocks that are cast at them from the housetops. Something like 900 arrests were made in Hell’s Kitchen last year, and ordi nary fights, scuffles, wife beatings and inhuman t reatment of children are obliged to pass un noticed. About 1,000 squalid, wretched, ill dressed, dirty and repulsive men and tromenand children are crowded into a few tenements there, and their only ambition ap parently is to kill a policeman on the beat and take an occasional drubbing out of each other. Young thieves are trained in a most artistic manner, and if a petty criminal can only get away from the police and secrete himself some where in the kitchen, it is the labor of a life time to find him. There are a lot of queer old rookeries in some of t he yards of the tenements, and some of these are furnished with all sorts of underground passages and queer dives and ferret holes. Sebastopol is a block off from Hell's Kitchen. 1 went there ouce with a police sergeant and some friends from Cincinnati. They went to see what the squalor of New York life really was. My purpose originally was to visit the place late at night, but the police would not bear of that, so we went around between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening. The door of the first tenement we came to was black with peo ple. Half-naked children lay sprawling on the sidewalk, slatternly" and repul sive-looking women leaned out of the windows, and men who were only partially dressed lounged about the hallways and on the steps. Droves of dissolute and dirty-looking girls and women were gossiping in One halls, and three brawny workmen who had just come in from the gasworks diffused the odor of that useful illuminating agent throughout the place. The variety of odors was something appalling and the intensity sickening. The inmates stared at us first and then began to groan, yell and howl like so many derisive maniacs. One police man had been killed and three badly wounded on the beat during the month. Many of the tenements in New York are inhabited by people who, though just as poor as the inmates of Hell’s Kitchen. Sebastopol and Rattle Row, are never theless cleanly and decent in the matter of at tire and personal surroundings. But in these cesspools of vice and wickedness there is not a single feature that elevates the inmates above the level of the brute creation. AMERICAN RAILROAD SPEED. Fewer Accidents, But Less Speed Than the English Railways. From the London Standard , There is an impression on this side of the At lantic that railway accidents in America are mainly due to the craze for swift travel which characterizes our cousins in the New World. In reality the American trains travel, as a rule, much more slowly than ours, and with a less average of casualties than is yearly put at the doors of the English railway com panies. For instance, the express trains between New York and Albany average only twenty eight and two-eighths miles per hour, though t he track is almost level, while the "Flying Scotch man’’ averages fifty miles |over a'considerable part of the distance between London and Edin burgh. Between New Ycrk and Boston the speed is rarely over thirty two and two-thirds miles an hour, though the course is much easier than that between London and Manchester, which is sometimes traversed at the rate of forty-seven and three-fifths miles an hour. This speed is. indeed, only attained by one American line—what may be called the “Limited Mall," between New York and Chicago, which charges a heavy extra fare for the accommodation af forded. Taking them all round, the best Eng lish trains exceed those of America fully 23 per cent , in speed. A Dead Summer. What lacks the summer? Not roses blooming. Nor tall white lillies with fragrance rife, Nor green things gay with the Miss of growing. Nor glad things drunk with the wine of life, Nor flushing of clouds in blue skies shining. Nor soft wind murmurs to rise and fal’ Nor birds for singing, nor vines for twining— Three little buds I miss, no more, That blossomed last year at my garden door— And that is all. What lacks the summer? Not waves a-qulver, With arrows of light from the land of dawn, Nor drooping of boughs by the dimpling river, Nor nodding of grass on the windy lawn. Nor tides unswept upon the silver beaches, Nor rustle of leaves on the treetops tall. Nor dapple of shade in woodland reaches— Life pulses gladly on vale and hill, But three little hearts that I love are still. And that is all. What lacks the summer? O light and savor. And messages of healing the world above! Gone is the old time strength ami flavor. Gone is the old time peac<*and love; Gone is the bloom of the shimmering meadows. Music of birds as they sweep and fall— All the great world is dim with shadows. Because no longer mine eyes can see The eyes that made summer and life for me— And that is all. Mary E. Blake. Too Fly. Prom the Detroit Free Press. “Say! lemma use your telephone a minit!” he exclaimed, .os he rushed into an office on Gris wold street. “Certainly.” “Hello! hello! Give me G 205. Is that you, darling?” (“Yes.”) “Say, pet. I left inv wallet on the dresser with $250 in it. Did you find it?” (“Yes.”) “Good! 'Fraid I'd lost it on the street. Big load off my mind. Shall I bring up those shoes?” (” Y ■ “I'm dead broke, you know, hut perhaps I can borrow $5 until after dinner, so as uot to disap point you. Good-bye. darling.” (“Good-bye. sweet ness.'’) “Say,” he said to the man at the desk, “per haps you overheard what I said, and will lend me the $5?” The occupant pointed over his shoulder to the door. “What? Skip?” “Yes.” “Too old?” “Yes.” “Boon caught before?” “Yes.” “I skip! Good-bye!” A Htgrh Tribute. From Texas Sifting*. A Texas gentleman traveling in a Pullman palace car in Pennsylvania eappened to say that lie was from the Lone Star State. “Do you live in the western portion of the State?” asked a man opposite. “I do.” “In Tom Green county?” “That'smy county.” “Live near Carson?” “That's my town.” “Perhaps you know my brother William Henry Jones?'' ■ Know him? Gimme your hand, stranger. 1 helped hang William llenry the night before I left. He was a horse thief, hut a good one.” Col. Watterson and the Throe Rich New Yorkers. From the Courier Journal. New York. Aug. 17. * * *— “Your smart at torneys in Congress and in the lobby, your learned lackeys in the press cannot forever blind the eyes of the poor devils who work your mines and mills with the chaff about the 'pro tection of home industry and the American workman.' Soon or late this American work man will learn for himself the way you cheat and pluck him: and woe he to yon when he does find out how he has been used by the tariff. Woe "W o-ob!” cried my trio with one voice. "Cut it. and let's go and take something!" And this is the way the rich men of the East dispose of all troublesome (picstlons of internal economy. A Case of Wearing Apparol. From the Washington Critic. A passenger, about to leave a steamer and pass muster of the custom house officers, was asked what he hail in his satchel. “Nothing but clothes," said he. "Look for yourself. The inspector examined his valise, and found a bottle wrapped up in some of bis wearing ap peret. "1 thought you said you only had clothes in your satchel, said the inspector. "So I have." "What's in this bottle, them" “Nightcaps." "Pass on For sour stomach or heartburn, nothing so good ns a dose of Fred Brown's Jamaica (linger, (let-(tie cetuitua. Philadelphia, IS". ITEMS OF INTEREST. ■ 4 A. N. Beard, of Rautoul, 111., is 75 years old, bat the other day he churned 110 pounds f but t t. worked it, packed it and sold $lO worth, all before dinner. It is said that a Chicago drummer wears for a scarf pin a small thermometer with a pointing to 70°, and the legend: “This is hot enough for me.” A gentleman writes from Albany to say that there is in that city a 7-year old boy. Albert Blum by name, and a match peddler by occupa tion. who can multiply “two numbers not to ex ceed 2,000 in his head and give the correct cn swer.' This gentleman “saw Albert multiply 1,227 by 438." Mrs. Phcpbe Bruce, of Philipsburgh, Pa., died on Saturday, leaving seven children to mourn her losv. Her husband recently got into finan cial difficulties, and disappearing, it M as rumor ed that he was droM'ned. Other persons claim to have seen him since. But his poor wife, after working hard to support the family, has been worried to her death by his desertion or death. Lightning struck Charles M. Leo, a cowboy, and also his horse, and killed them both, near Cheyenne Wells, Col., the other day. The stroke broke the iron horn of the saddle, exploded all the cartridges in his belt, and set lire to the leather of the saddle, picket rope and blankets, tearing his hat, boots and shirt to pieces, and the fire consumed the flesh of the left leg from the knee to the ankle. One bibulous lady of middle age at Branch has earned the inglorious title of “Mrs. Tank,” because her capacity for consuming “carte blanche” is abnormal, and she always requires a quart bottle before she can eat her breakfast. Her husband, who does not approve of her, except when he wants to borrow money, come-s down to see her about once in two weeks and mysteriously disappears towards evening with a check in his vest pocket. The Sydney (Aus.) Morning Herald quotes an official report relative to attempts to sup press the rabbit plague in Australia and says: “The evidence goes to show that the present system for the destruction of the rabbits has been a complete failure. There has been £361,- 492 st**nt, and 7,863,787 rabbits have been killed. That is, every rabbit has cost nearly a shilling to kill, while the lamentable fact remains that the rabbits have not decreased iu numbers, but have rather increased.” Of the forty members of the French Acad emy, the American Register states, nine are writers, seven playwrights, four historians, three poets, three journalists, two philosophers, two lawyers, one economist, one piercer of isthmuses, four Senators, one deputy aud one bishop. One academecian M Dumy. belongs to three classes of the institute, and nine be long to two. namely, MM. de Lessens, Jules Si mon, the Due d'Aumale. Bertrand, rasteur, Ke nan, Boissier, Leon Say and Greard. A rich, and therefore economical, farmer in Goshen, Conn., who has a cow that does not give milk this summer has adopted a plan whereby the dry cow is made to suffer for her dryness and in a manner tarn her own living. He has attached to her head a contrivance w hich makes it impossible for her to get her Load within six or eight inches of the ground. There fore she has to eat thistles, weeds, and tall swamp grass, thereby saving the white honey suckle and low* sweet grass for bis cows that give milk. There appeared last week in tho obituary col umn of the Public ledger notices of the deaths of seventeen persons, eight men and nine women, who had lived to or beyond the ad vanced age of 80 years, to w’it: Denis Brogan, E. D. Marehant. 81 years: Henry Einstein. Rachel t hose. Charlotte Burnett. 82; John G. Robinson, Elizal)eth Sharp. 83; Sarah A. Flick, Sarah Jacoby, 85; George Hough, Susan L. Wardle, 86; Elijah l*ugh, Amalia Buckheister, 87; Samuel Lawson. Sr., william J. Munn, Eliza B. Jean nes, 88; Mary Briner, 94. The Bodleian Library purchased at a sale on July 26 a small volume described in the cata* logueas “Quatuor Evangelia, saec. XIV.” This is now found to be the Evangelistaiium or por tions of the Gospels recited during the ma is, which belonged to St. Margaret, ( t *ueen of Scot land. the granddaughter of Edmund Ironsides and mother of Matilda, the wife of Henry I. and the foundress of Dunfermline Abbey, who died in 1093. It is beautifully illuminated with four full page pictures of the Evangelists in the English style of the first part of the eleventh century. From a passage in “Life of tho Queen 'by Turgot, compared with an inscrip tion in the volume, it is clear that this very book was believed to have been the subject of a miracle, in having been immersed in a river for a considerable time without receiving injury. The MS. was subsequently in the pos session of Lord William Howard, of Naworth, who gave it its present binding. A young man Darned Stamper, a solicitor's clerk of Louth, was courting a youn? lady it Lincoln, and on bank holiday rode on his ma chine from Louth to Lincolu to see her. In stead of descending Lincoln Hill by an easy gradient known as new’ road, he came down the Ball from the Castle Hill. As soon as he had commenced the descent he lost control of his machine, and by the time he had reached Danes gate was going at tho rate of at least thirty miles an hour. Down Danesgate road, which is roughly metalled, there is a fall of one foot in every six, and with lightning speed he weut down this declivity. He kept upon the machine some distance, when a wheel caught a projec tion in the road, the tire was torn off, the ma chine swerved partly rouud, and Stamper was dashed head foremost against the buildings on the roadside, his body rebounding on to the road* He was picked up insensible, and never recovered consciousness, dying the next even ing. In her petition to the French chamber Mme. de Valsayre says; “In all the incidents of hu man life, whether on sea or land, a woman, in consequence of the dress she is obliged to wear, is predestined to become a victim. The catas trophies, fatal or otherwise, which result from this cause are of daily occurrence. The mere thought of the unfortunate beings thus pre vented from escaping from the flames of the Opera Comique must suffice to prove that it is not only urgent, but also logical and humane, to abolish the old routine law which prohibits women from wearing masculine attire. This sort of costume, whatever may be said to the contrary, ia just as decent as the present fashion of female gnrmentn. It has also the advantage of U*ing more healthy. In the name of those who are not slaves to frivolity or luxurv, I hum bly pray you to jxiss a law, enacting full and en tire liberty in the matter of women's dress. Such a law would benefit thousands aud do no liarm to anybody.” Louisa M. Alcott says: “Girls, don't be iu haste to wed. Build up healthy bodies by good food, plenty of exercise and sleep. Learn all the useful household arts liefore you attempt to make a home Cultivate your minds with the best Imoks, that you may be able to teach your children much that school training alone will in rer gtre you Oioow your amusements wisely, for youth must have pleasure, but noed not waste itself in harmful frivolity. Above all, select your friends with care. Avoid girls who live only for fashion, flirtation and enjoyment, and use the privilege all women may claim to decline, the acquaintance of young men whose lives will not bear inspection by the innocent eyes of women. Let uo delusion of wealth, rank, COQiellllMl 0T love tempt you to trust your happiness to such a one. Watch and wait till the true lover comes, oven if it be all your life, for single blessedness is far lietter than double misery and wrong. Spinsters are a very useful, happy, Independent race, never more s > than now, when all professions are oj*?n to them, and honor, fame and fortune are bravely won by many gifted members of the sisterhood. Set your standard high and live up to it, sure that the reward will come here or hereafter, and in the form best suited to your real needs.” Persons from Paulding county, Georgia, re port great damage from n>cent waterspouts In the Blue Ridge valley of that country. The most noted of these occurrences are reported from the headwaters of the Big ltaecoon creek, at the north spur of the Bine Ridge Mountains. Great pits are to be found along the mountain side, made by the dashing waters, ttie excava tions being fully fifteen feet deep. It has the appearance of having been gyratory, first strik ing against the mountain side and then rising aud striking against it again a: a point further on. Mr. Trapp, a reliable citizen of that sec tion. says that tliree waterspouts have visited it recently He reports that trees measuring eighteen inches through were torn off two or three feet from the ground and the tojw thrown on the stump; that some of them had been cut off ns smoothly ns if it had lieen done with a saw and the tops carried away. One tree meas uring two feet was rut down in this way and the top could not be found. One of the g|>outs struck a feuce am l fifty yards of it was carried away The rails also disappeared. In place of tin* fence a trench ten feet di-ep Is left. Hocks weighing a ton were moved long distances from where they originally stood. Others Is-side Mr. Trapp tell of the strange freaks which must have been occasioned by the waterspouts around and near Rxkmart, because even the heaviest rains could not have guftlcient cooccntratire force to leave such traces behind. Old GKNTt.xuA.N -My! what a nice little hoy you are; aren't you? 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One lot of Press Ginghams, choice style%' regular price a yard; now 10c. 36 Imported Marseilles Quilts, slightly soiledr formerly sold at S3. We will close the lot ou| at Si 83 each. Hosiery and Underwear, 100 dozen Unbleached Black and Colored Hose, regular price 12Hje.; now 9c. a pair. A mixed lot of Misses’ Fine English Hose.t Ribbed, Plain and Silk (".oeSJDd. regular price of these goods from 25c. to 50c. We will close the! lot out at 170. a pair. 50 dozen Ladles’ Gauze OUdervests, regular prices 25c. and 35a; now 19c. each. .35 dozen Ladies' extra fine quality Gauze Un der-vests, regular prices 50c., 65c., 75c. and 85c. We will offer the lot at the extraordinary low price of 47c. each. Onr $1 Colaundried Shirts Reduced to 90c. 75 dozen Gentlemen's Unlaundried Shirts, re inforced hack and bosoms, the best $1 Shirt manufactured. In order to reduce our large stock we will offer them at 90c. each. ORPHAN & DOOm ZOSWIIM CKKAM. 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