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4 wiring Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. MONDAY. AUGUST 89, 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 ae count, at 85 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, bp mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 (*); one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $2 00; six months. $1 <X> one year. $8 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs davs and ’Saturdays, three months, $1 25; sLx months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 no. The Weekly News, op mail, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit 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 te ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers’ Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. tetters and telegrams should be addressed ‘‘Morning News, Savannah, Ga." Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—BeKalb Izxige No. 9,1. O. O. F.; Forest City Lodge No. 1, K. P.; Georgia Tent 151, I. 0. of It. ' Special Notices— Notice as as to Absence, D. L. Cohen; Quarantine Notice, Dr. J. T. McFar land, Health Officer. Amusements—Grand Concert by the Alabama Quartette. Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship Cos.; General Transatlantic Cos. • Insurance Statement- The Fire Insurance Association of England. Circular No. 91- Georgia Railroad Commis sion. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed; For Sale: Miscellaneous. The celebration of the constitution’s cen tenary at Philadelphia next month promises to be an imposing demonstration. It is thought in Chicago that a railroad freight war is impending, with a revival of the export trade in grain as one of its re sults. The recent attempt of Eastern parties to corner the wool market seems to have re sulted in profit only to the farmer. This is as it should te. Mr. Conkling, in declining to attend a re union of old Federal aud Confederate vete rans at Evansville, Ind., does so in language which does him honor. A Chicago paper predicts a beef famine, estimating that 1,500,000 head of cattle perished on the Western plains from the excessive cold of last winter and the summer drought. The New York Star, after months of ef fort and resort to different advertising dodges, has raised a little over $4,000 to build a monument to Gen. Grant. Gen. Lee's monument at Richmond is being built. The leading representative of negro jour nalism in the United States, the New York Freeman, in its issue of Saturday, gives in its enthusiastic adhesion to tho Prohibition party. This is further proof that tho Re publicans are losing their grip on the negro. It is stated that Admiral Luce will insist on retiring from the command of the North Atlantic .Squadron on Sept, (i, in spite of the fact that Secretary Whitney, during the festivities at Bar Harbor, gave him oppor tunity to withdraw his request to bo re lieved. Mrs. Langtry has quarreled with her leading actor, Coghlan, and, to judge from the comments of the New York press, the chief cause for regret felt there is that the famous beauty will not, have opportunity to appear, dressed in clothes, in a play he was writing for her. A letter from a young lad to Mayor Hewitt, of New York, discloses a curious state of affaire in that city. In all the island of Manhattan there is no spot where boys may engage in base ball and other games of a like healthful character without interference from the police. The New York Tribune says Secretary Lamar's public land policy is only a con tinuation of that of Teller. Hardly anyone else would have thought of the resemblance between the twe, but it is pleasant to see the leading Republican journal indorse tho Democratic administration in this way. The New York Sun, having attacked the President in every other way possible, now criticises his English, objecting to tho phrase “centennial anniversary.” Mr. Cleveland’s grammar may not te faultless, but in this, as in mot.t other things, ho has a vast majority of his countrymen with him. A correspondent from Panama to a New York paper again describes the fearful waste of life and money in the prosecution of DcLesseps’ great scheme. It is probable tho Frenchman jiermits the first of these to bother him very little since there ap pears to be no difficulty in gotting all tho laborers wanted. It has been stated that several members of the board of naval officers who are in charge of torpedo experiments have a finan cial interest in the Howell torqiedo. In con sequence, Secretary Whitney, with his usual discretion, has announced that ho will not commit himself to any recommenda tion of the board. The National Oliera Company of New York deserved a tetter fate. But it has been wavering between life and death so long that its friends thought it “dying when it lived and living when it died.” The worthy lady who spent her foftuno to main tain it deserves the sympathy of all lovers of tho refined stage. Dr. MeGlynn has advanced anew reason for his bail standing with his ecclesiastical superiors previous to his unfrocking. In an nddn>ss to several thousand of his former parishioners Friday, he said these superiors were jealous of his great influence, or, as he put it, the jxipularity of his church. It wus apparently with some reason that on a former occasion the doctor bogged his hear gfs not to praise him too much, for fear it might cause him to be vain. The tragedian Thomas Keene is the de fendant in an odd kind of suit, which is nothing less then nn effort to take hi* name from him. His old manager, Hayden, claims that he picked up an unknown stock actor at Boston, called Eagleeou, named him Keene, advertised him, and conferred on him fame and fortune, only to lx; desert ed by his protege. He thinks tho name Keene his property, and wants the courts to protect his trade mark, as it war*, from piracy. A Western Vioe Presidential Candi date. There is a strong and growing sentiment in the West for Geu. John C. Black, Com missioner of Pensions, for Vice President. Gen. Black is at present in New Hampshire, suffering from an attack of rheumatism. The prospect, however, is that he will soon be able to attend to his duties. He is one of the most capable and faithful officers in tho public service, and ho has discharged the delicate and difficult duties of his position to tho satisfaction of tho entire country. Gen. Black is a man of splendid ability and strong character. He played a con spicuous part in the war between the States, and made a fine reputation as a soldier. The Grand Army of the Republic respect and honor him as a comrade. Lately he was given a reception by the Brooklyn con tingent of the Grand Army, and a few days ago many meinters of the Grand Army of New Hampshire expressed their apprecia tion of him and their satisfaction with his administration of the pension bureau. Portions of the Grand Army in different parts of the country have expressed their hostility to the President because he vetoed the dependent pension bill. On Friday, at Wheeling, W. Va., a procession of Grand Army men foolishly refused to march under a banner stretched across the street because it had a portrait of tho President upon it. There is no hostility to Gen. Black, however, in tho Grand Army. His record as a sol dier will compare favorably with that of any of the ex-Union soldiers, anil his scars show that he bore his full sharo of the bur dens of tlie war. If he were to be nominated on the ticket with Mr. Cleveland, therefore, ho would strengthen it with the soldier (dement. His nomination as Vice President would close the mouths of Republican demagogues who are trying to make it appear that only Re publicans fought iu tbo Union armies, and to them ex-soldiers are indebted for the lib eral pensions which they enjoy. Asa matter of fact, no pension commis sioner has been so careful of the interests of pensioners as Gen. Black, and it is also true that Mr. Cleveland lias signed more pensiou bills than any other President. The demagogues, however, have to some extent made the people believe that the President is the enemy of the ex-soldiers, nnd that he has thrown every possible obstacle in the way of their getting pensions. The truth cannot always be hidden, however, and the Grand Army people will find out before the next national campaign is over that they have no better friend than the President. Gen. Black is not known ns a candidate for Vice President, but there is no reason to doubt that he would consent to be a candi date for that position. While he suffers great ly from injuries received on the battlefield from which ho has never fully recovered, he is nevertheless a vigorous man, and would fill the office of Vico President admirably. Ohio Politics and John Sherman. Ohio Republican politicians have, for the past quarter of a century, sought to domi nate national politics. Foremost iu speak ing ill of their neighbors, they have vaunted their loyalty from the housetops and kept alivo the bitter memories of the war be tween the States. They succeeded, by tho doubtful methods of “visiting statesmen” and returning boards, in installing in the White House one of their number in defi ance of the expressed wish of tho Four years later, by tho. assertion that Ohio was a doubtful and pivotal State, they ugain conqiellod tho nomination of an Ohio man. That Sherman, tho only politician of the number rising above mediocrity, lent his in fluence to the fraudulent seating of Hayes, and was loyal to the candidacy of Garfield, lias not, it seems, been sufficient to bring him his party’s support to further his aspira tions for the Presidency. The Fosters and Forakers have given him only a half-hearted support, and have stood ready to betray him whenever they felt it to be to their interest to do so. The history of tho last three Re publican national conventions is likely to be repeated next year. Foraker is insane in his ambition to get to Washington as tho tail of Blaine’s kite. Sherman recognizes this, and hod himself sent as a delegate to the recent convention of his party in Ohio to guard his own in terests. Each buttered their words about the other—neither was sincere. Sherman’s canvass was shadowed at the outset by a more than half-whispered threat of opposi tion on the floor of the convention if it were sought to pledge tho State to his can didacy. It was not until the emptiness of the proposed compliment was made clear to the Foraker contingent that it was as sented to. Sherman, it will be seen, has made no further progress in his State this year than on other like occasions. In fact he had to be present this year to secure the usual certifi cate of character, which is good for this year only. The Ohio politicians are different from those of any other State. Office-holding with them is a mania. The Ohio Republi cans doubt the loyalty of all who differ with them. From among thoir number they want all the offices filled. From the fastnesses of the most remote hoop-polo township to the aristocratic mansion of the Lincoln Club, the road is lined with alleged statesmen, who want to be President ;’who believe tho war is not yet over; that the negro is still in enforced servi tude, and tuat the government will go to tho denmition bow-wows if they are not given a chance at tho public teat. With them office-holding is a trade, or profession, and Sherman is a conspicuous tyjxv of them. Once in office always an office-holder is their idea. Shcrinan, surrounded by such a crowd of ambitious nnd treacherous politi cians, is not a dangerous rival of Blaine’s for tho Presidential nomination of his party. j i No sooner has the (ihilzai rebellion in Af ghanistan eollai>sed than another untoward event occurs to mar the policy of tho Brit ish government. Ayoub Khan, who routed and almost annihilated a British brigade at Mai wand in 1881, has escaped from Persia, where he has been detained for several years, and fled to tho Russians, to become, in their hands, an effective weapon against the rulers of India. It seems that no settle ment of their long-pending quarrel is dual. The Piedmont Fair, however successful it may prove os an exposition of Georgia's re sources, will not, it is thought, be a money making enterprise for it* projector*. It is stated that every director is willing now to give a handsome premium to nnybody who will assume his liabilities and take what will come to him at the close of the fair. Tho Pliiladelphia Hr cord tielieves that the Pemiaylvania Democrats in their coming convention Will indorse the President and demand in plain terms a reduction of the tariff. The issue should ho mado. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1887. Georgia’s Forest Wealth. Two or three events of recent occurrence have served to emphasize the opinion, long j held by thoughtful men, that measures looking to the preservation of the forests of the South, or their Renewal, by planting as they are removed to meet tho demands of commerce, should not long be delayed. One of these circumstances has been the pur chase by a Western syndicate of lumbermen of several hundred thousand acres of timber lands in the mountains of North Georgia, and by another company, headed by Mr. Jackson, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Maryland, of an even larger stretch of territory in the pine belt of South eastern Alabama. These lands are probably destined to speedy denudation, as are many thousand acres in Southern Georgia now in the hands of lumher companies. The effect of the destruction of the forests is well shown in the recent experience of several Georgia cities, which have been damaged to the extent of many thousands of dollars by swollen rivers, and of thou sands of farmers, whoso best lands have been overflowded nnd crops destroyed. Each year these rivers rise after heavy rains to greater heights than before. The reined)- for this great evil is suid to be the renewal of the forests. It is of course to lie desired that Georgia’s lumber business shall increase, but the lum berman's ax should not leave desolation be hind, nor should improvident waste and want of foresight exhaust in a few years a source of wealth that should Vie perennial. It is a matter of regret that so much of the timber land of the State has passed and is passing into the hands of residents of other communities. Some of the most im portant lumber industries are operated by men who live in other parts of the country, and only the working expenses, not the profits, are left among us. The most valuable timber lands remain ing in Georgia are in the southern half of the State, and over a large part of this ter ritory the title to land rests oil the old head right established in colonial days. The records have in nupiy instances been carelessly kept, making it diffi cult to establish in many cases an indisputable title, and giving opportu nity to unprincipled men, by the use of forged papers and other devices, to swindle purchasers. This practice has so clouded tho title to much timber land, as to make it practically the booty of the first man bold enough to seize it and defend his claim in the courts. Perhaps the Legislature can find a reined)- for this evil. It is important that it should be remedied, as it is easy to un derstand that land held by so uncertain a tenure will be made to yield the utmost present profit, without reference to the future. The Danger of War in Europe. The action of Prince Ferdinand in 1 mildly assuming the station to which he had been called by the Sobranje of Bulgaria, in spite of the fact that none of the great powers, to whose keeping was confided the future of that weak principality by the Berlin treaty, dared openly to support his action while the great empire most interested opposed it, has had one happy effect. It has at tracted to a great extent tho at tention of Europe to the ever re curring Eastern question, and to tho im provement of the relations between Ger many and France, whose mutual hatred has so long threatened to repeat the horrors of Gravelotte and Mars le Tour. This im provement haa ( come about through the less oned confidence of France, who had hoped to find in Russia a powerful ally in her crusade to recover tho lost provinces. But the Czar’s interests in the Balkan provinees, which lie in his pat h to Constantinople, are paramount to all others, and when these wore menaced by Ferdinand’s movements, he made haste to come to terms with Germany whieh allowed each govern ment liberty of action. It is true that in this Eastern question lies danger of war that may involve most of Europe; still it is not the pressing danger that sprang from the deep resentment of the French people for their humiliation of half a generation ago, joined with a growing confidence in the strength of their army and their com munity of interests with their enemy’s great neighbor across the Vistula. The danger, therefore, is shifted from one quarter to another and is loss, but it has not disappeared. When whole nations are armed,when causes of quarrel are many and national jealousies and hatreds strong, the time may come shortly when scenes will lie enacted that for the suffering inflicted may exceed any in past history. A Newspaper Complication. Some interest is felt, among newspaper men especially, in the final solution of a complication which arose in Birmingham several weeks ago, and of which the parties immediately interested are probably very tired. Tho only morning paper of this best advertised of towns, for several years past, has been tho Age, which enjoyed tho exclusive use of the news furnished by the New York Associated Press. At the time mentioned, however, anew and vigorous rival appeared in the field, the Herald, the owners of which had a large capital and had secured at considerable out lay equal privileges with tho Age in the news service already alluded to. Here is where the complication liegins. The old paper, believing it had a right to exclusive service, got out an injunction to prevent the telegraph company from delivering the dispatches to its rival and the latter from receiving them. The Asso ciated Press, to protect its franchise to the Herald, immediately withdrew its service from the Age, and both papers were left iu the lurch. In on effort to beat off opjiosi tion the Age had seriously crippled itself. The Chancellor who granted the injunction sewn after went off on a summer jaunt, leaving tho warring newspapers to engage in the trying business of ex perimenting as to the length of time necessary to roach the bottom of their strong boxes in paying for a special service, while he forgets the cares of the world in catching mountain trout or listen ing to the music of the sad sea waves. It is not his fight, nor his money which is 1 icing so lavishly expended. By tho time he re turns to his duties both palters may be in a frame of mind that will admit of compro mise or arbitration. It is said that 50,0000f the miners of Penn sylvania, who are enabled by the protective tariff to earn only 80c, each a day, nit' likely to soon go on a strike for a larger share of the protection boodle. There is an alarming outbreak of the epi zootic among horses in New Jersey. It is to lie hojied that the dim ase will not, as it did a few years ago, extend into the South. CURRENT COMMENT. The “Third" Parties Contrasted. Prom the New York Star ( Dem,) The resolutions of the Prohibition State con- I vention are in marked contrast to those of the body that nominated Henry George. There is no compromise or ambiguity about them. They strike out straight from the shoulder for the faith their authors profess. Ivesism Defined. From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.) When n New York banking firm, by any sort of adroit manipulation, secures authority to issue bonds of a railroad company, makes a fic titious quotation at the Stock Exchango of the value ot such bonds, and uses them on this fic titious valuation as collateral for loans of ready money, the process is not called swindling. It's merely ‘'lvesism.” The New Whisky Trust. Prom the Springfield Republican (Rep.) There is one trust that nobody should distrust —the whisky trust. The meaner, more grasping and more effective this trust, the better for the public. The trustees of this gigantic combina tion intend to so regulate the manufacture that it will pay 10 per cent, or more to the old dis tillers who hold certificates. They should be given all encouragement in this scheme to gouge consumers. The Democratic "Bolt” in Maryland. From the St. Ixtuis Republican (Dem.) There was a sepulchral and chest nutty ring to the hallelujahs shouted by Maryland Republi cans on account of the appearance in their State Convention, in Baltimore, the other day, of a corporation lawyer, ('ailing himself an ‘‘ln dependent Democrat.” Citizen John K. Cowen over whom all this noisy “enthoosiasm" was expended, is described as “general counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company,” and seemingly belongs to that class of legal talent, which shapes its politics in accordance with the exigencies of professsioual business. His sudden realization of the horrors and atrocities of Democratic rule in Maryland, and the eloquent manner in which he denounced them in the Republican Convention, ought to add largely to his fees from a certain class of monopoly corporations. BRIGHT BITS. Drawing-room car: First porter (in a hurry) —Another washout.’ Second Porter (excitedly)—Where? where? First porter (as he disappears through the next car) —On the clothesline.— Ronton Ilrrald. “My friends,” said a temperance lecturer, lowering his voice to an impre.ssiue whisper, “if all the grogshops were at the bottom of the. sen what would be the result?" And the answer came, “Lots of people would get drowned!”— Puck. “Have you any of Dr. Leed’s patent cough syrup?” asked a gentleman of a drug clerk. No, sir; but I have some of nijr" own make, which is os good, If not tetter. Can I give you a bottle?" "no i thank you; lam Dr. Leed."— The Judge. “I'm not going to play with Willie Waffles any more,” was Flossie’s dictum. “Willie is a very nice little boy,” said her mamma. "I don’t like him. In foot I don’t like hoys at all, mamma. I guess it’s because I'm not old enough.’’ —New York Sun. Between the acts: She (reproachfully)— Edward you’ve teen drinking. He—Only a glass of milk, my dear. She—But your breath smells horribly of whisky. He (with concern)—ls that so. The cow must have lieen fed on distillery slops—Buffalo Ex press. “Patrick, do you know that you talk too much ?’’ “Oi do, sor.” “Well if you'd make it an unvarying rule to keep your mouth shut, don’t you think you'd get along tetter?" “Faith, sor; Oi’d stairuv to death, sor.”— Washington Critic. Passenger (to Chicago drummer)—Do you know, sir, that the Interstate Commerce Com b-s >wiared that drummers are not privileged persons. • ,iu n u a...... ~ -r (easily)—l've heard so. Passenger (politely)—Well, will you be kind enough to take your feet off the only vacant seat in the ear and permit me to sit down?— New York Sun. First OHfluiA Girl—The paper says that Queen Victoria has recommended President Cleveland to the protection of the Almighty. I wonder wbat that means? Second Omaha Girl—l suppose she ordered him included in the prayers for rulers. “Perhaps that’s it, but what did she do it for, I wonder.” “I’m sure I don't know, unless she heard that the President intended to take a trip to Mis souri."—Omaha World. She Wouldn't - B.—A printer’s proposal: Dear maiden, * cf all the race, Before thine iii I bow; Please do not hide thy pretty face, But hear my ? now. Tin* . has come, my own, When 1 must take a mate, And ns I 0 thee alone, We’d tetter - 8. The maid looked ttt at the bore. And hit him on the nose; Then •=■ upon the floor He lay quite , tose. — Toronto Grip. Eastern Postmaster—Yes, Cleveland gave me my place, but he is a miserable Mugwump, all the same. He don’t seem to have the first idea about statesmanship. Omaha Man—l thought Cleveland was doing pretty well. "Well, vou don’t know him. I went to him and told him the force of my post office ought to he doubled, and what do you think he said?” “Give it on " “Hesaid if l had enough men in June I had enough in October.” “Haven’t you?” “>v eli, you are a green one. There ain't any elections coming on in June.”— Omaha World. PERSONAL. Gen. John D. Parke, of the Engineer Corps, is at West Point to assume the duties of super intendent of the military academy. Congressman McShane. of Nebraska, says that the present valuation of the Omaha prop erty, In which the President's wife anil her mother have each an eighth interest, is $BOO,OOO. Henry 8. Ives & Cos. have already paid Sulli van and Cromwell $70,000 for legal advice. Lawyers come. high, but in a case like that which 31 r. Ives has ou hand, it is toiler lawyers or mayhap the penitentiary. In Washington county, lowa, five ladies, the Misses Swisher, Tate, McMillan, Smith and Bu chanan. are candidates for superintendent of schools. The primaries will be held this week and a fair count is demanded. Mrs. Frederick Lenoir, of Springfield, Mass., expects to lie the wealthiest woman in the Bay State at no distant day. She is one of the three heirs of the late Thomas Bain, of Frederickton. N. B„ who left a $10,000,000 estate. A novelty for Ashfield, Mass., is a sun dial which Mrs. John W. Field has placed upon her grounds. Mrs. Field's gifts to Sanderson Acad emy’in money and land are $lO,OOO, besides many other gifts she has in contemplation for the benefit of the townpeople. One of the jubilee peers, Baron Deßamsey, is dead, batting bees a i>cer only a month. He was raised to the peerage when it was certain tie could live only a short time, because the Ministry did not dare to give it directly to the son, W. 11. Fellowes, a Tory member of Parlia ment, for whom it was intended. Miss Rebecca Beatii. 15 years old, of Detroit, is til ■ latest Michigan heroine. Last Thursday a boat containing six persons capsized on Lake Orchard, near Pontiac. Five of the pleasure seekers could not swim. Miss Heath swam to the rescue and conducted three of the number safely to shore before n teat came along ami took off the remaining two. The venerable Washington philanthropist, W. W, Corcoran, is still at Deer Park, xhere he will remain until the cool weather drives him home from the mountains, his health being so much tenofHed by the bracing air of the spot that lie has long ago given up all idea of visiting his favorite resort, the White Sulphur. Mr. Cor coran lias lately teen able to enjoy a short walk. Capt. Bove. the African explorer who re cently committed suicide, was with the Nor deimkjold expedition in 1878-9, and undertook the exploration of the regions of the Congo on tehult of the Italian government in 1884-5. In consequence of the privations he had to under go in Central Africa, he was laid up with a severe illness, liich seriously affected his mind, and, It is thought, led him to commit suicide. Col. John a. McCaull, the well-known comic oliera malinger, was a soldier in the Confeder ate army, lie has a single answer to everyone who attempt*, to cluf? him alxnit the Confedor ate flags. “Confound your impudence,” he says, "who made this country anyway? Where would the developed greatness liove been if it hadn't lieen for the Mar? Who gave you fel -1 iws up North* chance to get rich and rob each other? Who enabled Grant to leave the tan tier’s store' Who gave Phi!' Sheridan a chance? Wouldn't Sherman still have lieen out on the frontier mixing with Indians hut for us' Why gentlemen, we have mode vou, Vou can’t crow over us." DRAW POKER IN PARIS. How an Amateur was Drawn Into a Game and Won $7,000. From the New York Evening Sun. “Some big games of poker are played in Paris nowadays,” said a gentleman who had re cently returned from abroad. '‘Baccarat, rouge et-noir, roulette, and vingt-un naturally have the call still; but in a great many places, particularly among merchants and others hav ing connections on this side of the Atlantic, p< liter has come into great favor. "When I went to Paris last spring I was the agent here for a big French exporter of a cer tain line of silks and of course met him quite frequently. He is Mr. Aube, a widower, wealthy, and of generous impulses. He keeps house in magnificent style and his cuisine is noted throughout all Paris. I took dtuner with him one evening in company with two other invited guests —Bob Cummings, an American living abroad, and a 31. Dessais. a Parisian. "Afterdinner a game of poker was suggested, but I declined to play. Aube and the others pro tested, saying that a three-handed game would be little fun, and finally said that Mandell, an other American, was expected at 11 o'clock, and that I would be excused when he cam". “ ‘What shall it be?" said Dessais. “ 'Oh. the same old thing,’ answered Cum mings, and Aube acquiesced. "I asked what, ‘the same old thing' was, and was told ‘no limit.' I objected, and said that I would not play for more than 25f. limit. This was agreed upon and we began. Aube sat on my left, Cummings on my right and Dessais op posite me. I had an amateur's luck, and soon Cummings and Dessais insisted upon raising the limit It went t050f., then to lOOf. Iwasabout 1,500f , or S3OO, ahead. When I went into the game I had a roll of $7,000 in my inside vest pocket, and as fast as mv winnings accumulated on the table I would add them to the roll. I knew Cummings well, and that he was a con firmed and greedy gambler. I noticed his eyes twinkle with envy whenever I produced that roll, although he was worth $500,000. At last he said rather impatiently: “ 'l.,et us play poker!’ “I knew what that meant,and flushed with the wine I said I didn't care, but that I would quit at la.m. Mandell had not come, and it was then 12:30 o'clock. "Dessais dealt the cards, and Cummings made it l’Xlf. to come In. I looked at my hand, and saw that I had four clubs, I put it down on the table with the odd card on top. after going into the pot. Aube also went in, and Des sias raised It to 200f. Cummings raised it again, and I saw it. Aube stayed, and no more raises were made before the draw, I took one card, Aube one, Dessais two, .and Cummings two. I glanced at the.card I drew and seeing that it was a dub, bet lOOf. Aube raised me, Dessais raised him. Cummings followed with another raise, until when it came to me, it re quired SOOf, to see the raises. I stayed, and so did Aube. Dessais raised it 250f. on Cummings's last lift, and Bob hoisted it SOOf. I saw the ?30f., and again Aube stayed. Des sais lifted it again, and so did Cummings. I kept 'seeing' but Aube threw down. ‘‘lt went on that wav for a few more lifts un til 1 raised it 500 myself. Dessais called, and so did Cummings. 1 had just skinned my hand and Haw that I had the trav, four, five, six, and seven of clubs—a straight flush. Although I was called, I asked Dessais what he had. “'An ace full on jack,’he said, showing his band. “ 'Four kings,’ said Cummings, throwing them face upon the table. “ ‘Oh, the devil ” I remarked; and Cummings reached out his hand to rake in the pot. “ ‘Wait a minute,' I said, showing’my hand. “Everybody was disgusted, and although I had won nearly $7,000 Aube was so angry that I had not made Cummings bet his four kings heavier that it was all I could do to appease him. Aube had thrown down four tens.” A PROBLEM FOR JOCKEYS. How to Reduce Weight and Not Bring on Great Bodily Weakness. From the Chicago Herald. There is always a vast quantity of absurd talk about jockeys being weak and unable to reduce weight without great effort. McLaughlin has been known to reduce from 126 to 110 pounds in five days and feel all the better for it. "1 am stronger and healthier when in train ing," he declared to a reporter the other day, "anil enjoy life a groat deal more at 110 than at 135 pounds.” This Is true also of the majority of naturally heavy-weight riders. Tomkins is one of the best known jockeys now l at the West Side Driv ing Park, and ho rides onllnardy at 115 pounds. Last Tuesday he was engaged to ride Em ma Manley in the fourth race at 105 pounds, and in order to lose the necessary amount of avoirdu pois, abstained from food for thirty-six hours, besides sweating and taking a number of Turk ish baths. This was reducing in more haste than is usually the case, and, in consequence, the jockey was very weak when he leaped into J tie saddle, and expressed himself as having un dergone a severe strain on bis nervous system to no purpose, as his horse could not possibly win the race. In fact, so confident was be of being unable to win that he sent his money into the ring to be played upon Hindoo Rose, the favorite. Emma Manley was at comfortable odds in the betting, but won her race in the end by a head only, due to Tomkins' masterly finish. In the mean time the rider had given orders at bis stable to have a hearty meal prepared, as he wanted to eat immediately after the race. Weighing out after his victory, he tipped the scales at 105 pounds, including the saddle. A half hour later he again sauntered toward the weighing room, a toothpick in one hand and a cigarette in the other, having partaken of his much relished meal. Out of curiosity he re quested that his weight be taken, and to the amazement of those in the little room, he bal anced the Fairbanks at just 114 pounds He had eaten a nine-pound supper. Mr. Beecher’s Old Home. From the Few York World. In a few weeks strangers will be domiciled under the roof of the spacious house on Hicks street, Brooklyn, where for several years past, the Beocher family has resided, and where the last moments of the great divine were quietly passed. All the old furniture has been removed; in fact, the house has been stripped entirely of its old belongings and is now being entirely re furnished. It has been leased by Col. Beecher to Mrs. 3!aria White of No. 02 Clark street, who will use the premises for letting out furnished rooms. 31rs. White is an old friend of the family and a member of Plymouth church. For tern years her husband was connected with the May flower Mission, he holding the position of Super intendent at the time of his death. Since hiring the house Mrs. White has been the daily recipi ent of visits from persons who desired to see the room wherein 31r. Beeeher died. These reouests Mrs. White has refused to grant, thinking it nothing but idle curiosity on the part of those who de.-ired to see the rooms. “One day last week,” said 3lrs. White last night, “while in the house 1 received a visit from an elderly, well-dressed man, who asked, to sec the Rev. Mr. Beecher. He did not look like a stranger in the city, hut appeared very surprised when informed that Mr. Beeeher had been dead some months. No; I shall not make any distinction in the room wherein 3lr. Beecher died. It will be let out just the same as any other.” A Bouquet of Girls. Bar Harbor letter in Bouton Pont. It in amusing to see the different types of Kiris in this choice rosebud garden. There is the lux uriant, full-petaled Jacqueminot, pronounced in color, graceful in form. This is the New York girl, whose gay and self-possessed air makes her always mistress of the situa ion, high-bred but assured, gracious hut ceremonious, careful in discriminating, fashionable but pious. Nextthe sweet and beautiful white rose, full of subtle charm, graceful and persuasive. This is the Philadelphia girl. You would never confound her with her sister from New York; less bril liant and less pronounced she may be, but not a jot less charming: quieter and more reposeful, if not so finished in society manner. And now how can one do Justice to the third sweet flower —the Boston bua. in the midst of tile showier blossoms? On a florist's counter one will some times look along the exquisite array of hybrids —of creamy Catherines, of the prom 1 Barone sse. of the luxurious laFrance, of rieh. velvety Jacks, and all the while lie conscious of are lined, refreshing, delicate odor above all the lest. You will not tind it unless you look care fully among the showier blossoms. It is the modest Bon Seline. This is the Boston girl. Across the World I Speak to Thee. Across the world I speak to thee, Where'er thou art il know not where) Soud thou a messenger to me. I here remain who would be free To soek thee out through foul or fair; Across the world I speak to thee. Whether beneath the tropic tree. The cooling night wind fatjs thy hair; Send thou a messenger to me. Whether upon the rushing sea A foymy trwek tbvlntel doth wear; Across the world I speak to thee. Whether in yonder star thou be A spirit loosed in purple air. Bend thou a messenger to me'. Hath Heaven not left thee memory Of what was well in mortal's share? Across the world I speak to thee; Bend thou a messenger to me' —Editfi Thomas. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The 20,000 estimated membership of the Uni tarian body of the United States remains the same as it was four years ago, while the 3-1.238 of the Universalists of that date have fallen to 85,550. A hotel clerk says that his hardest task is al ways to smile at the guests of the hotel. He would have no difficulty, probably, in smiling with them. But the hard-hearted proprietor won’t let him. Ix the eighty-nine higher grammar schools in Germany which are entitled to grant certifi cates of proficiency requisite in order that mill tary service may be reduced from three years to one, French and English are the only foreign languages taught, Latin being excluded. Perhaps one of the most primitive of inde pendent kingdoms is the little island of Jo hanna, in the Comoro group. The Sultan boards any ship that may calf there, and en deavors to secure the washing for his wives, whilst the Prime Minister peddles cocoanuts and bananas. Five men, who had been arrested for plunder ing a sleeping ear on the Baltimore and Ohio train, of the satchels belonging to passengers, escaped from the jail at Grafton, W. Va . on Friday night. They overpowered the jailer while being locked up and made their way through the window of the office. 3lany New York truckmen are showing a spirit of true kindness toward their horses dur ing this hot weather, For instance, ns many of them are at times forced to wait for loads, they have a contrivance of ropes and adjustable pul leys by which the weight of the shafts is lifted from the horse. The horse remains between the shafts, but ail that he has to do is to stand on his feet. Friedrich Froebel founded the first kinder garten at Blackenburg, Thuringia, in 1837. It became the model for similar institutions In many parts of Germany and other countries. The name means child's garden or child's school. Froebel’s system was at first regarded as dangerqus, from the great freedom allowed childi en, and in 1831 a kindergarten established by his nephew was closed by the Prussian gov ernment. ; The dog messenger corps for the German army is being carefully trained just now by the Schwerin garrison. Swift aid intelligent dogs are chosen, and are taken out by the patrols reg ularly to the outposts,where pencil notes are tied to their collars.and tije clogs are dispatched back to a given .point. When an vof the garrison are maneuvering at niglit the dogs accompany the advanced sentinels of the bivouac, and are taught to watch for and bark violently at the faintest sign of any one approaching the camp. While Collis P. Huntington was away in Eu rope a report was circulated to the effect that he had bought the steamships of the Monarch line and would run them in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio system at Newport News. Mr. Huntington was at his office in the Mills building Wednesday for the first time since his return, and he stated that Jie hadn't bought the steamships mentioned, and hadn’t contemplated any purchase of that, character. “I Intend, how ever,” he added, “to build new steamships and sail them from Newport News in connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio.” A former resident of Springfie’d, 3lass., writes home from Candler, Marion county, Fla., that he is delighted with the land of flowers, adding: “I have had four years of practical experience, and have learned something every year. Florida has treated me kindly, so that I hause no cause to murmur. My health has -been tbe best. My orange grove has done well and Is now quite large, being, in fact, a thing of beauty,’ and I hope that it will lie ‘a joy forever.’ I have 1,000 fruit trees of different kinds to care for, and my peaches, bananas, grapes, figs, guavas, plums and persimmons are all doing well.” The New York World's London correspondent telegraphs: The fortnight's sleep of the French commercial traveler Chaffat, which created such a sensation in London last spring, has been com pletely eclipsed by a Russian sailor at the Wal ton workhouse, near Liverpool. Winstoffsky was brought to the workhouse in a sleepy con dition early in July, 1886, and at once went off •into a pleasant, doze, which lasted until last Sat urday week, when he woke up. apparently much refreshed. On awakening, Winstoffsky was quite convinced that he had only taken his usual night’s rest. He had beep fed regularly, ami his general condition of health was excel lent. A correspondent, writing to Nature from Pollokshields, Glasgow, says: “My children and their governess, when staying in the north of Ireland lately, witnessed the following curious display of feeling in animals not usually credited with feelings. A boar pig was in the habit every morning of going to the basket where a blind kitten of about six weeks old was kept, allowing tbe little thing to creep on his back, and then taking it about and caring for it during the day. The kitten got its food at the same time as the pig, aud at the same trough. In the evenine the man who saw to the animals used to carry the kitten back to the basket to pass the niglit. ‘Oh done la vertu va-t-elle se nicher?”’ Why two pieces of wood sawn from the same section of tree should possess very varied char acteristics when used in different positions, a scientific writer remarks, has often puzzled ob servers. For example, a gate-post is found to decay much faster if the butt end of the tree be placed uppermost than would be the case if the top be placed in this position, the reason being that the moisture of tbe atmosphere will per meate the pores of the wood much more rap idly the way the tree grew than it would in the opposite direction. Microscopical examination proves that the pores invite the ascent of the moisture, while they repel its descent. The familiar case of a wooden bucket is in point— that is, some of the staves appear to be entirely saturated, while others are apparently quite dry. This also arises from the same causes — namely, the dry staves ore in the position in which the tree grew, while the saturated ones are reversed. At the meeting of the French Academy of 3ledicine ten days ago Dr. 3lesnet communi cated to his colleagues a most curious case of hypnotism. A young woman, at the age of 22, who is now at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, at Paris, recently brought into the world a little French citizen while in a state of hypnotic sleep, with out feeling the usual labor paius, or, in fact, knowing anything of the matter until she was aroused from her slumber after all was over. For several years past she has been a favorite subject for hypnotic exiierlments at the various hospitals at Paris. At the moment when the labor was about to begin Dr. Mesnet hypnotized her. He closed her eyelids, and while the work of nature was proceeding in the most normal manner possible, the patient was away in dreamland. “Do you feel any pain?” asked the doctor. “Very little,” replied the sleeper. “You shall suffer no more." commanded the doctor, and repeated this order from time to time during the following twenty hours which elapsed before the birth took place. To every inquiry as to whether she was suffering she re plied in the negative. At length, after every thing had been brought to a satisfactory ter mination. she was aroused from her slumber. Looking around about her she tried for a few moments to gather her thoughts together, and expressed surprise that, she should have slept so long. Then suddenly with u cry of astonish ment she exclaimed, “But what has happened to nio?“ The doctors placed the Infant m her arms and thereby gave her a pleasant explana tion of what had occurred. Dr. Mesnet remarks, with reference to this case,that it is quite likely that hypnotism may eventually take the place of anaesthetics in surgical operations. It is AtmorticED that Mr. Andrew Carnegie is about to purchase Ahoyne Castle, the magnifi cent estate of the Marquis of Huntly,who passed through New York about a fortnight ago on his way to England. The sole, if it does take place, is more likeiv to benefit Lord Huntly's creditors thanhimself.forthere is hardly a square foot of the domain which is not overburdened with heavy mortgages. There really seems to lie a kind of curse resting on this Gordon family, one of the noblest aud most anciejc iu Scotland. The Mar quis is the head of the clan. Ho is so persist ently in debt that even his father-in-law the wealthy banker Sir Cunllffe Brooks has refused to come forward any more to help him out of his financial difficulties. In 1881 he was the hero of a very painful scandal in London, which in volved his sudden resignation of the captaincy of the Queen's Body-Guard of Qentlemeu-at-Arms and a precipitate departure for the wilds of AL banla in order to avoid arrest and a criminal prosecution. 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