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4 Cl)c|Uoniingilctos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1887. Kegisierrd at the Post Ojlicv in Savannah. Morning New* is published every day in the vear and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and ean iri-s, on their ow n an count, at *5 cents a week. $1 00a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail , one month, $1 00; three months, $0 50; six months, $ 00; one vear. $lO 00. The Mossing News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $2 00; six months. St 00 one year, $s 00. The Morning News. Tri Weekly. Mondavs, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. Thurs day’s and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months. $2 50: one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, bu mail , one year. $2 00. _ The Weekly News, by mail, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent bv mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Oa." Advertising rates made known on application. Six TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting—Chatham Gun Club Special Notices —Methodist Mutual Aid As sociation Notice; Telephone Subscribers: N. E. Solomons, Teacher of Music; The Fossil Hunter Can't Find Townsend; Oriel Quintette Club at the Theatre; Temperance Union Meeting. Choice Goods—At Platshek’s. Publications— Magazines for September at fetid's News Depot. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Board; Lost; Miscellaneous. Educational Boarding and Day School, Philadelphia. Popular Dry Goods House—Gustave Eck ctein's. For Rent and For Sale— Pianos, by Davis Vfos. Pianos and Organs— Schreiner's Music House. Auction Sales—A- Fine Stand for Grocery And Liquor Store, Beautiful Building Lot, by I. f). Laßoche's Sons. Now that Villard has again turned up in railroad circles with plenty cf money, Field Marshal Halstead may have opportunity to ippeat his old-time demand of "small bills, please.” The Brady bill was knocked out yester day. The fight against it was a long one. The fertilizer dealers will now feel easier in their minti, and the farmers will lie thank fill that a measure that promised no benefits to them has been finally disposed of. Editor Singerly, of Philadelphia, has dis covered that it is much easier to handle a Holstein heifer than a political convention. What he doesn’t know about the manage ment of conventions would make fully as interest reading as what he does know about heifers. The TTnftod Labor party of New York has determined to establish a daily news paper to piry-xgate its theories. It ought not to be difficult to obtain the money aeeos sarv from’ "te people who would profit most by its sitAcss —say from the Republican campaign fund. The Florida Legislature might, with much profit to the people, hire a man to guard the laws it passes until they are in ■uch a conitiou that they cannot be tam pered with. Tile re appears to be a bad man around the legislative halls who delights in undoing what the Legislature does. The voluntary retirement of the old firm of A. A. Low &, Brothers, of New York, calls attentive to the utter decay of our East Indian trade. The firm was estab lished many years ago and employed a large capital, but found that there was no longer any money to be made in the busi ness. The friends of the Emperor Maximilian in Mexico have made prompt reply to the charge that he proffered at Querutaro to surrender his army and friends to the ven geance of the Republicans in return for a promise of his personalsafety. The answer is almost a conclusive one, and Americans,* though they had no sympathy with his am bition, will readily believe he met his death in a manner that became bun. Thoflghjfenator Stanford would not an swer questions put to him by the Pacific Railroad Commissioners, he-is said to be busily engaged in making out a list of inter rogatories to himself and answers'to them, which will soon be published. This shows what a shrewd mad the Senator is. Those bungling commissioners might have asked mil sorts of awkward questions, but now ho, can make the answers fit as neatly as if they were ready beforehand. Dr. Hawthorne’s reply* to Lawyer Benet’s charge of plagiarism will probably convince his friends of his innocence. It consists principally of abuse of his opponent and the plea that he did’not intend to deceive. Yet one of his admissions is that he omitted to State the source from which his statements were drawn because many of his audience bad cause to dislike their author (Dr. Strong) and would, therefore, distrust them. Was not this an attempt to deceive? Consul Brigham, at Paso del Norte, who. was struck the. other day by a Mexican Judge, does not propose to wait for the gov ernment to right his wrong, but, it is said, will challenge his enemy to a dnel, making the quarrel an entirely persona) one. It may tie wrong to fight duels, but the Con sul will probably save Jbis government a lot of trouble by following the course he pro poses, and he certainly stands a better chance of getting the satisfaction he wants. The marriage of Mile. 'Helena de Roths child to Baron Zuyler van Nyewelt occurred a few days since in Paris. None of the bride’s relations were present. Miss Roths eiiild was, perhaps, the richest heiress in Europe, and brings to her penniless Belgian husband a fortune of many millions, with expectations of many more. It is, perhaps, well enough tliat capital should be with drawn from the Rothschild business, which, it is said, has no little influence in European politics—and not always a peaceful influ ence. The James desperadoes seem to have found worthy successors in Western Mis souri. Two weeks ago a fellow named Laws was shot by officers who were trying to arrest him. and has since lain in a dying condition in the hospital at Neosho. Friday," the gsng to which be belonged surrounded the hospital, disarmed the guards and car ried him across the Htato line into'Kanins They bad so ofun taken laws into their own liandx that they thought it best to repeat the performance, last his testimony put them in the leafs grip, to suffer for their mines. The Bottom Facts Wanted. It is probable that it will soon be ascer tained how much truth there is in the charges tliat are continually being made of abuses in the convict camps. The action taken by the Governor requiring two of the three companies which control the labor of the convicts under leases from the State to show cause why' their leases should not be forfeited, will afford the State an opportu nity to show fully the kind of 1 reatment the Convicts receive. • The Governor has em ployed able counsel to assist the Attorney General in protecting the interests of the State, and there is no reason to doubt that every effort will be made to find out whether or not there is good ground for declaring the leases of the two companies in question forfeited. All preliminary questions having been settled, the investigation will, in all probability, begin in earnest on next Tues day, and it is the wish of every good citizen that it shall be searching and thorough. The bottom facts are wanted. The lessees generally deny the stories of abuses in the convict camps which find their way into the public prints, but, if they ever admit that they ore true, they give such satisfactory ex planations of the abuses that inquiries are not often instituted. The investigations conducted by legislative committees seldom amount to anything, liecause tho lessees have a great deal of political influence, and, also, liecause the camps are always pre pared for visits from committees. Gov. Gordon has taken a deep interest since he has been Governor in all questions relating to the convicts, and his course with respect to such questions has been such as to justify the conclusion that it is his de termination to seo that the convicts are treated as the law intends they shall be. He has no desire to see injustice done to the lessees, but he does not propose that they shall deal with the convicts as if they were amenable to no law whatever. The reports which have been sent over the country from Atlanta have created a wide spread impression that convicts in Georgia are subjected to cruel, and even brutal, treatment, and the press has commented upon these reports in a way calculated to injure the good name of the State. If the reports are without foundation they ought to be oontradit'ted promptly and emphati cally, but if they are true the lessees should be made to suffer the consequences of their illegal acts. The charges which the State brings against the lessees are numerous and grave. Whether it will be able to sustain them remains to be seen. If they are sustained, it is pretty cer tain that the Governor will use the power which he has without fear or favor. There is no reason why the convicts should be overworked or underfed, or wjjy they should be lodged in filthy beds or lieaten unmerci fully for slight offenses. The lessees have very profitable contracts. They get the labor of the convicts for the ex pense of supporting them, and if they do not make money it is because they are poor managers. They do make money, however, and they should be forced to comply with their contracts very strictly. There should be no foundation for charges of abuses in the convict camps. liessees whose manage ment of their convicts is such as to bring the name of the State into disrepute should have thoir contracts annulled at once. As long as the lease system, which is a very bad one, is in force, no effort should be spared to prevent the abuses fat which it affords so many opportunities. Mr. Davis’ Visit to Georgia. Mr. Jefferson Davis has consented to visit Macon during the State fair, late in Oc tober. The object of his visit is to at tend a reunion of veterans of the Con federate armies, and is no doubt intended as a formal leave-taking of men who under his orders fought one of tho greatest wars in history. That war was disastrous in its results to tho cause Mr. Davis represented, and though many of his ac tions during its progress were sharply criticised, time has blotted out all ill-feeling which may once have been enter tained toward him. Indeed, he has to a great degree worn out by tho quiet dignity of his life the hate of these on the other side, who for years thought no words of abuse too severe to apply to him and no time inappropriate for their application. When released from prison, recognizing that his active life was ended, he devotod the energies of his vigorous old age to the jus tification in the pages of history of tho course pursued by the Southern poople. In this he has done them lasting service, making it clear to the generations which shall come after that their fathers were net rebels, not traitors, but citizens who defended bravely if unsuccessfully, rights they had inherited from the founders of their States and, as they believed, guaranteed by tho constitu ation. If Mr. Davis shall be met at Macon by the thousands of veterans who are expected to be in attendance, the scene will be an im pressive one. Now almost at his eightieth year, what recollections of momentous events must stir his mind, what emotions move his heart, os he looks upon tho sur vivors of the armies of the Confederacy, whose valor came so near changing the destinies of America and making his own name live in history as the founder of a nation. There should not be anything in this re union and in the honors shown Mr. Davis to touch unkindly the patriotic sensibilities of Northern people. They should find out as soon as possible, if they have not already done so, that loyalty to tho heroic memories of the war does not exclude loyalty to the government as it is. The South is not at all ashamed of its past record, and does not in tend to liypooritically pretend that it is. There is reason to expect, however, that, blatant politicians of the Foraker type may seize upon the occasion to rant about dis loyalty, with the hope of injuring the Demo cratic party at the North. There is some satisfaction, however, in the thought that the time is past when they can do much harm. While Stanley and his hundreds of fol lowers are struggling through African jungles to his relief, Dr. Emin calmly em ploys his time in writing geographical treatises in half a dozen languages to Euro l>ean societies. In one of his latest commu nications he expresses the belief that the Soudan will soon again Ire ojicn to trade. He seems ta be a man of a very rare and interesting type. It will be lucky for her relatives if it proves that Miss Mary Irene Hoyt, whose law suits And wild eccentricities have made her notorious, has'found anew hobby. No body will care how much she rides it. (She j his written a letter expoessing fervent sym ; pathy for the Irish cause to John Boyle i O'Reilly at Boston, and enclosing a consider- I able sum of money, THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1887. Breaking Up a Big Property The announcement that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is to pass out of the con trol of Robert Garrett and in future is to lie directed by a syndicate created no sur prise apparently in financial circles. Those who have been in a position to know the truth have been well aware for months of Mr. Garrett’s inability to manage the prop erty successfully and carry out the plans which he had made for securing an entrance for his road into New York city. When rumors began to float alsiut Wall street that Mr. Garrett was offering to sell his road it was suspected that ho was in finan cial difficulties, and that the end of his career as a railroad manager was not far off. When Mr. Garrett’s father died the Balti more and Ohio property was in splendid condition and w'as paying good dividends on its stock. It was one of the groat railroad systems of the country, and is yet. If Mr. Garrett had continued the policy inaugurated by his father, and in extending the system had turned his attention to the South and West, it is probable that instead of getting into difficulties he would have greatly en hanced the valne of the property. He was determined, however, to build a line to New York, notwithstanding the difficulties which he was certain to encounter. Ho reached Philadelphia at the cost of millions of dollars, hut when he got to that point his troubles had only fairly begun. Three pow erful corporations,the Pennsylvania Central, the Reading and the Jersey Central, were determined that he should not have a line to New York, and it became evident to him that to get there would cost his company a great deal more money than it could afford to spend. Of course he did not dare to continue to carry out a plan that threatened financial ruin. He, therefore, began to think of selling the road, which was beginning to bo a much heavier burden than he cared to carry. In hunting for purchasers for it lie seems to have shown as little skill and ability as lie had in the management of it. He made tho great mistake of falling into the hands of Ives, whose reputation in Wall street was not such as to recommend him to a man who had a big property to dispose of. However, he appears to have escaped from the clutches of Ives, though at what cost is not yet apparent. The attachments of the property, such as the express business, the telegraph line and sleeping cars, are, it seems, to bo separated from the road. If report is correct they have already been sold to different parties. The road will be controlled by a syndicate of w'ealthy bankers, who, doubtless, are in sym pathy with the Pennsylvania Central rail road. If it is extended to New York it will run under such conditions as will benefit that great corporation. Mr. Garrett proba bly will find much more pleasure in a life of comparative idleness than he did in managing the Baltimore and Ohio system. Butler’s Plan for Distributing the Sur plus. Gen. Butler’s plan for getting rid of the surplus in the Treasury, which he explained at the meeting of the Butler club in Boston on Thursday night, seems at first thought to be based upon a very kindly feeling for ex-Confederate veterans, but a little study of it is calculated to create a doubt whether they would be benefited by it if it wore adopted. In fact, it appears to be a rather shrewd scheme to secure additional pensions for those who served in the Union armies. The plan is to give a pension to every man who enlisted in the Union armies, whether he is suffering from disabilities or not. When every ex-Union soldier is pro vided with a service pension Gen. Butler proposes that whatever part of the surplus remains shall be divided among ex-Confeder ato soldiers. In explaining his plan he said: “And I am ready here and now, whether it is with obloquy or with praise, to say that as soon as we have rewardod the men who fought for the Union, then I am content that the surplus money of tho United States shall be taken for the purpose of adminis tering to the necessities of the Confederate soldiers of the South, who were not blania ble for this war beiug brought upon us, but are the only sufferers by it. But I want to say another thing to my friends of the North and South. We never shall be able to relieve the necessities of the wounded and maimed Confederates until every Union soldier is rewarded for his valor and loyalty, and the quicker every man votes for that the quicker he will bring about this act of magnanimity to the Southern people.” Avery great objection to Gen. Butler’s plan is the probability that the entire sur plus would be absorbed by the demands of the ex-Union soldiers, and that there would lie nothing left for the ex-ConfeJerates. If ho would amend his plan a little so as to make it certain that his aim is not to dis tribute the entire surplus in the North ern States, it might be worth considering. The assertion that the quicker every man votes for giviug a servioo ) tension to every ex-Union soldier the sooner will ex-Con federates be provided with pensions, gives rise to the suspicion that the plan after all is nothing more than a scheme for putting all the ex-Union soldiers on tho pension list. Rev. Sam Small, for a man of his educa tion and antecedents, is preaching some queer doctrine in Missouri. It was, perhaps, f> be expected that, when he jumped from the barroom to the pulpft, ; he would at tempt to prove his sincerity by extrava gance. Nevertheless, such talk as the fol lowing is surprising: “I want to see the day come when the church shall be the arbiter of all legislation, State, national and mu nicipal; when the groat churches of the country can come together harmoniously and issue their edict, and the legislative powers will respect it and enact ft,into laws.” The above comes at the end of a very vio lent prohibition speech—delivered from the pulpit, however—and intWrittes that Mr. Small, having conquered tho whisky habit by his own strength and the help of the church, is frantically endeavoring to cure other men by a dose of law. It is strange that he has no faith in the remedy that, was successful in his own case. If Clerk MeNeilly, who went, away from Saco, Me., with $300,000 of the bank’s money, had left liehiud directions as to how he wished his name spelled in tho news papers he would have conferred a favor on the proof-readers, no two of whom agree, and avoided the danger of having his fame obscured by uncertainty as to whether all the different names refer to the same person. Before a great man dies or goes to Halifax he ought to have regard for the name he leaves behind him. Chinamen are catching on to American ways with astonishing rapidity. Chow Larn shot a policeman in Chicago a few 1 days since, in an effort to aj oid arrest. CURRENT COMMENT. Randall Stands Alone. From the Philadelphia Press (Pep.) Mr Samuel J. Randall will go back to Wash ington the only Democrat who holds his State against administration influence or the admin istration policy. Might Not be a Misfortune. From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep). St. Louis is looking for a repetition of the Wheeling idiocy during the Grand Army En campment there. If this kind of thing is per mitted to go on it dan have but one result: It will break up the Grand Army organization. Platforms Mean Nothing. From the Nero York World (Dem.) Discussion of the political platforms of the day Is a waste of words. The history of the past live years shows ihat these flapdoodle pro ductions indicate nothing on either Ride except a desire to catch or to hold votes. They do not lead to performance. Another Victory Would Ruin Him. From the. Philadelnhia Record (Dem). Another success like Mr. Randall's Allentown victory would ruin him. He owes acknowledge ments to the Federal administration, and not to the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Mr. Carlisle was never so near defeat in his Kentucky dis trict, nor ever in such a sweat of apprehension. BRIGHT BITS. We notice that as a rule people who owe a grudge never ask for an extension of time nor reduction of interest. They whack up at every opportunity. —thtcliange. The Boston Deacon prints a picture of Base ball Kelly with a halo about his head. St. Kelly seems to occupy about the same position in that intellectual city as St. Sullivan.-Defroif Free Press. “ Will you please insert this obituary notice’” asked ap old gentlen a1 of ar. editor. "I make bold to ask it because the deceased had a great many friends about here who’d be glad to hear of Iris death."— Sundap Democrat. Omaha Dame—What do you , think? I have a girl who gets up in the morning without being called. Chorus of Voices-Impossible! "But it is true; she’s in love with the milk man. — Omaha World. • Carrif—Where have you been? Clara—l’ve bjeu to the druggist's to get some medicine. Carrie—What did you get? Clara—Well, I got some gum drops, and a pound of marshmallow paste, and a pot of rouge, and two sheets of fly paper, and a glass of vanilla cream soda and a sachet. Carrie—Por r thing. You must have a good deal of sickness at your house Town, Topics. A inAN who bad not been in a certain Dakota town for something over a r ear was recently talking with a man who lives there and hap pened to refer to the stream the place is situated on as a "creek.” “That’s no creek,” said the native. “They called it Buffalo Wallow Creek when 1 was there before “Oh, well, that’s all right, but its Big Buffalo river, now.” "I don’t see what could make the difference.” "I can -that was before the boom. It was a creek then, but you bet it’s a big, flowing river with catfish and a sea serpent iu it now! Just read tile local paper and learn about the ‘im mense water power' it furnishes, and how it is 'an important factor in settling the vexed inter state commerce law complications.’ I tell you there's nothing like a boom to bring out tho good points of things.”— Dakota Bell. The Colonel had contributed fifty cents at Decatur, a quarter at Birmingham, thirty cents at Verbena and thirty five at Bessemer—ail for the "rebuilding of colored churches destroyed by cyclones.'' and when we got to Sheffield and an ancient darky struck him again with the same old chestnut, he turned on to the man with; “See here! Where is that church?” “ Bout 10 miles from heah, sir.” “When did the cyclone hit it?” “Las' September.” "I don't telieve It. I believe you are lying to me. Now, then, will yon tell the truth for naif a dollar?" "Y-yes, rah,” "Very weß. Was that church building blown down bv a cyclone or not? I want a straight and truthful answer.” “An’ you’ll gin me fo’ bits?” “Yes, I will. You only wanted two bits for tlie church, while here are four for the truth." "Den, sah, I shall let the church slide uti' stick to the troof an' hojie fur de Lawd to forgin me! Dat sighclone jist missed de church by two inches, but 1 fought dat was clus nut to collect a few dollars on!” —Detroit Free Press. An American traveler while in Venice met a man dressed in the unmistakable "toggery” of the Mississippi river bottoms. “Ah,” said the traveler, approaching the Southerner. “I am not acquainted with you, but I am glad to see you, for I know you are from my country.” “I am from Mississippi.” “I knew it,” said the traveler, extending his hand. “What do you think of Venice ?” “Wall, I don’t reckon I oughter express my opinion now, fur I didn’t git here till airter the overflow, an’ haint had a chance to see the town, but as the water pears to be on a stand now, I reckon it'll begin to go down putty soon, an' I Tow that when she starts she’U go down right peart. ” “My gracious, man, this is not an overflow.” “Then it’s about as lively a freshet as ever 1 seed. In our country, when we have to paddle 'round the streets in canoes, we call it a putty good overflow.” “You don't understand. This is Venice, and the water is always here.” “You don’t say so. An’does the government have to issue rations to all these folks ?’’ “Of. course not. This town was built this way to ” “Wall, that mout be, but I call it a overflow all the same; but if it ain't goin’t to fall enough for me to see the town, I reckon I’d better go. This is the blamest swamp I ever seed.”—Ar kansaw Traveler. PERSONAL. Charles Dickens, son of the noted novelist, will make his first appearance in Boston Nov. I. Norman L. Munro, the publisher of dime novels, is said to be the coming Henry George candidate for Mayor of Brooklyn. ’ The violinist, August Wilhelmj, has rented his much admired villa on the Khine for a num ber of years and will take up his permanent reai dence in Berlin. Plof. Virchow, the German scientist, is to he made a Knight of the Iron Cross. The profes sor’s recent researches are pronounced the most thorough of the century. Mr. Spurgeon tests the readiness of his pupils by sending them into the pulpit with a sealed envelope containing a text. From that text the pupil is supposed to preach. Crown Prince Frederick William is still in LflMdon The weather is very stormy, and it is feared that an attack of seasickness In crossing the channel might affect his throat. Three years aoo Samuel Sparks was one of the wealthiest men in Indianapolis. He met with a series of reverses which left him last Saturday penniless, and he committed suicide. Mr. Bell, the owner of tho Thistle, and his wife, are passengers on the steamer City of Rome, which left Liverpool Thursday for New York. Mr. Bell is confident that the Thistle will win. The Marquis of Salisbury will remain nt the Chalet-Weil in the South of France, for which he has just departed, till the end of autumn. The Marchioness and her family have been there for several weeks. Prof. C’hevrkul, the French chemist, was 101 years old Wednesday. He Is in perfect health. He attended a meeting of the Agricultural So ciety aud made a pleasant speech, thanking his colleagues for n bouquet which they had preseted to him. Capt. Hurst and First Officer Gibson, of the British steamer Wydale. have each received from President Cleveland a gold watch and chain as a reward for their services in rescuing the crew of the American schooner Joseph Bay m ore. A dispatch from New Haven states that Ed ward S. Stokes, of the Hoffman House.the slayer of Col. Jim Fisk, has purchased Fenwick Hall Hotel, at Savbrook Point. This hotel was originally built at an expense of $200,000. but was sold to Mr. Stokes for $76,200. It is believed that Mr. Stokes will run the house os a summer hotel. Young Hoffman, the boy pianist, will make his first American appearance Nov. 25. The wonderful performances of HolTnisn are con sidered attraction enough to furnish the entire entertainment, and no side attractions will be furnished to draw the attention of the audience from the boy who Is declared to be the musical wonder of the world. John Stillman, who waa conductor of the fatal l rain at Chatswoitk, went into the wreck weighing 1W pounds. He now weighs 151 IKitmds. a loss of forty-three pounds In twenty days, lie is unable to eat heartily, and has not known a night of restful slumber since the accl dent. When he does sleep his slumbers are broken by visions of the wrack, anil in imagination he hears the terrible cries of the wound) and and dying till lie oaken, more worn and rest lew than before He Is uus taking an unlimited vacation at the ex|>etue of the road. AND THE DEACON SLID UNDER A PEW. Peculiar Midnight Experience in a Col ored Church in Washington. From the New York World. Washington, Aug. 30 —Members of Mount Zion church have had a falling out with their pastor, Rev. Noah Dillard, and are trying hard to get rid of him. The reverend doctor, how ever continues to bold the fort, although the congregation has almost unanimously voted to dispense with his services. The charges against him are of a rather unique character. He is ac cused of preaching superstition, and of fixing up the scriptures to suit himself when quoting from the Bible. The complain* arraigning the pastor for diffusing superst'tlou and believing in voudooism, has some evidence behind it. Deacon Preston was passing by the church the other night when he saw Pastor Dillard enter the building. Deacon Preston’s curiosity was aroused. He wondered what mission brought the pastor to the church at such an unseemly hour. Deacon Preston slipped into the church, and, hiding behind the organ, began a watch on the movements of the reverend doctor. Pastor Dillard, so Deacon Preston says,lighted a candle and walked slowly down the aisle and around the altar. Every few steps Pastor Dil lard was seen to scatter something tine and white in front and around him. Deacon Pre-ton left his perch in the organ loft and wended his way noiselessly down stairs. He crept softly up the aisle until he came to some of the stuff Parson Dillard had sprinkled around. Deacon Preston found out that it was salt and was creeping out when he saw Parson Dillard returning uowuthe centre aisle. “Hey, Brother Dillard:” shouted Deacon Pres ton, and the deacon slid under a pew. When he jieeped from his hiding place there had been a transformation scene. The faster had stuck the candle on the altar and was devotedly poring over the pages of the Hood Book. Finally Dea con Pi eston arose, and proceeding to the altar, asked Parson Dillard why be had sprinkled salt, about the church. The" parson raised both his hands and exclaimed: “Hush, Brother Preston, don’t disturb the solemnity of this occasion. I have sprinkled salt around the church to keep the devil away. You just go away and leave me alone to fight Satan.” Deacon Preston rushed around and told the members of the congregation how he had qaught Parson Dillard scattering salt along the aisle and around the altar. The past or was summoned to answer the charge preferred by the deacon, bu' refused to do no. Pastor Dillard says he will tight the congregation. He has out standing notes of the church for $4,000, aud vows he will sell the building if he is bounced. The members are trying to raise the money to take up the notes, and, if they succeed, they can get rid of Parson Dillard very easily. Notes About tile Masher. From, the New York Graph ic. A friend of mine, a pretty young married wo man, got in an empty car one day there by the Aster House, and a man coming out of the ho tel saw her just as she was entering the car, and hurried after her with a great show of what was intended to be understood as ardent admiration: he came in and sat down near her; she had had time to take him all in, he was a regular old man, gotten up with the greatest care, and to look as young as possible; he leaned over to her and said, with great seductiveness, as he thought, “Won’t you allow me the pleasure of your acquaintance?” She took plenty of time, looked him well over from head to foot, and then said, “Sir, your age entitles you to more discrimination.” Another time a man in a oar said to a lady: “Won’t you tell. me at what corner you get out?” “That is hardly neces sary." said she, “but I can tell you at which one you'll get out, and that is the next one.” And so he did. I saw a funny change of base on the part of one man the other day in a Fifth ave nue stage. Stages have always been famous for such encounters, lu this one was a regular masher, gotten up for business; the stage stop ped for a pretty giri and a man to get in. I saw that they were together, but the masher had his eyes fixed on the girl, and evidently did not think at all of the man's presence except as an accident. He made eyes at her, lifted his eye brows, smiled, offered to pass up her fare with killing suavity, and when the big. stem, muscu lar gentlemau that got in with her puid for both his jaw fell and he turned quite white. But the gentleman had not noticed him—more’s the pity —and probably the girl never said anything about it. But all these instances are trifling, and even pleasant, compared to an atrocity that occurs pretty often and that is a man taking advantage of a crowd to put his hands on a woman. He catches hold of her, or strikes her as he passes her in the street for instance. There is nothing but blood that would satisfy a woman's anger in a case like that, but what is there for her to do but keep still and say noth ing? I know one that did contrive to knock off the offender’s hat with her umbrella, but she had to do it under the guise of an accident." The Bookworm’s Brido. From the Philadelphia Newt. A former old bachelor of Spruce street, who is a great lover of books, employed an old woman to take care of his rooms. The work of arranging and dusting the library led Martha to be smitten with a taste for reading. She began to spend all her earnings in buying books. Not long ago she entered the library with a parcel of books picked up at a book stall. Her em ployer, seizing one of the books, exclaimed: “How much didvolt give for this?” "Thirty cents," replied Martha. “Thirty cents! Why, this hook is worth $3,000." cried the collector. "I will give you $5 for it.” “You have just told me, sir, it is worth $3,000. I will not sell it for lees.” The book was a first edition, extremely rare, of Montaigne. The servant would not take less than $3,000. This was more than the bookworm would agree to give for it. He thought the matter over for a month. Finally said he to himself: “This woman takes good care of me. She seems to have the same mission for old books that 1 have. Why should I not marry her? I should then have my Montaigne.” He popj>ed the question, was accepted, and tht old servant brought him the book by way of a dowry. My Landlady From the Chicago News. She’s a widow, petite, Scarcely up to my shoulder, Twenty-nine, and so sweet 1 She's a widow uotite, Debonuaire and discreet, (I wish I were bolder) She’s a widow, pet ite, Scarcely up to my shoulder. She has hair, golden-brown, And such wee dainty freckles! But never a frown She has hair golden-brown. To smooth its folds down I’d give all my shekels; She has hair golden browu, And such wee dainty freckles! There's a “swell" from the club, Alas! who calls on her— While I scribble and scrub There’s a swell from the club: But this fellow I’ll drub When we meet , 'pon my honor 1 There’s a swell from the club, Alas 1 who calls on her. Where He Had the Ring. From the American Magazine. The ceremony perceeded along smooth and proper till Hannibal ondertook ter find the ring to put on my finger. Then there was trouble. He fumbled fust in one pocket, then another, took out a cigar, a little box o’ matches, a tooth pick. a penknife, a horseotaes'nut that he ulwers carries for rbeumstlz and several other things— took ’em out to a time, looked at’em thoughtful and inquirin' and put 'em bock agin. Finally he dove into some place and took out a Uttle wad o paper and all sperits revived. That looked more like it, but when be ondid out rolled a dozen or more sugar-coated pills on the floor! He let ’em roll and tried agin. This time he fished out a small card that 'poured ter have some writln’ on It. (I found out afterward That he'd writ down on that card where he put the ring, for fear he'd forglt, Jest os be had.) When he'd read the card wliat aid he dew but stoop over deliberate and pull off one o’ 'em dretful boots and shake the ring out o’ the toe on't! Then he put his boot baek on, and straightened himself tip as earn) as if it wa customary and common for bridegrooms to carry tbe ring in the toe o’ their boots, and. takiu’ my hand, slipped the ring onto my Anger os graceful os you please. How a Baby Secured a Seat for Her Father. From the New York Evening San. A fashionably dressed young man entered a Third avenue 1, carat Twenty-third street yes terday afternoon. He took one M the only two vacant seats, and proceeded to strike his mouth with the handle of his cane. A eomelv young woman with a blueeyed girl baby aud a man followed. The woman and baby look the other scat, while her escort took bold of the hanging strap. ,♦ The baby w as of a friendly disposition and In clined to be talkative. She looked at the young man with the onnr. smiled, ami put her cuubby llttlr hand on his shoulder. Then she shouted at the top of bur lungs, "Dads ! Uada'" All the iNueengers in the vicinity nmiind. Tbe young man, however, grew very red in the face, and hast ily went into the other car The haby waved her bond after him and screamed "Bye bye, dada,” while tho liuabaud and father let'gu of the strap and oat down. ITER OF INTEREST. Over $200,000 * already been staked in New York on the Vmteer-Thistle yacht-race se ries. The Glauco Bt Club, of Trieste, has been dissolved by the ustrian government because it took part in ttregattas of Venice. A German nanil Bleibtreu tat written a his tory of Englislaterature in which Browning occupies half mage and Ada Isaacs-Menken three pages. A Treasury I>artment clerk has invented a lock which cane locked with any one of 10,- 000 keys, but cane unlocked only by the orig inal key used to ck it. Recent nvasiements of their coffins shows that the avewgamcient Roman could not have lieen more tten feet 5 inches tall. The mum my of 4 feet 0. Within the last 500 yeaj\ te height of the English aris tocracy lias etislerahly increased. One evening Ist week a flock of hundreds of swallows invadid he house of Mr J. O. Russell, of Brunswick, s*, makiug their way down the ; chimney flue m„ into open windpws. They ; perched on the lmiture. and numbers of them j fusioned their clw. into Mr. Russell's clothing. They seemed to be yrfeetly tame, By morning they had disappear'd. No one has explained the phenomenoi. A tall eight-day flock, formerly telonging to Com. Tanderbili’s grandmother, is now’ owned hy Me Cross,of Wayerly, R. I. Old Mrs. Vanderbilt iie'd it a> a savings bank, and took from it sioo t> startyoung Cornelius in business. That money 1 vas the foundation of the Vander bilt millions. Mr.' "ross married a (laugher of the C'omiuodoie* and the old clock was a share of the hoinesUnd furniture. While sometren a few days since were gin ning a line oyr the eastern side of Newport mountain in MSne. they found on a ledge hlf way up the steepest part of the precipices parasol tiedup, which must have been there lr a long time, as tie cover crumbled at Ihe touol, leaving only the frame. It is sc id that b was near ths 'spot that some young girls fen and met thdr death many years ago. “The manufacture of corsets,” says Indu - tries, "is becoming a most important industry in VVurtembeg, about 10.000 people being now engaged in the trade. Large quantities of woven corsetssre exported to Brazil, La Plata, England and he United States. The amount sent to the IbSttaamed country is. however, less now than previously, as the United States has also begun to nanufacture this article.” The municipality of St. Petersburg has de cided to plant tto rows of trees in all the streets which are tnoreihan twenty-three metres broad. There are sixty-ive such streets in the city. The Pt.tch linden tlee will lie selected for tne pnr pose. as being best adaple it ) the climate of St. Petersburg and tne of the most rapi lly grow i lg trees. It is e-tirmtod that the cost will be 23 rubles per tree, ir 62.5,0C0 rubles in a’l, as about 25,000 treeg " ill |e required. A London letter says: “The English gentle men "ho are deleted to sporting are very fond of having the ciwboys come out to their places on Sunday to lo*k at their dogs and horses, and tell them of thestirring scenes on the frontier. Frequently there are not enough of the cowboys to go round. Th-v enjoy the visits very much, and au active rivtlry exists as to who shall tell the tallest stories If they could ail lie collected, they would makevastly entertaining reading." In 1634, Count Johann Widman, the founder of an entailed estate in Austria, set aside 5,000 florins as a fund for students, to Ire used in case the estate should be left without heirs. The family having now died out, the fund, which in the meanwhile has increased to more than 135,000 florins ($88,000) has become available for the purposes of the founder, and the interest will accordingly be awarded to twelve deserving students of the gymnasium and the university. There died Aug. 19. near Meohaniosburg, 0,, a colored man who is said to have been the oldest person in the world. His name was Jeffrey Wil son, and he was boru in Boone county, Virginia, in 1778, and had entered on his 115th year at the time of his death He had a distinct recollec tion of the presidency of Washington, being about 12 years of age at the time, and acting as teamster for his master, and ho remembered with pride the praise his master bestowed upon him for being so good a driver for one so young. Prof. O. F. Lt Jtav, of Wheaton, 111., formerly of Wheaton College and a member of the Con gregational church, has felt impelled by the spirit to withdraw from all churches, because he feels, as he says, that nil churches as now organized “are, according to. the Bible, parts of the great apostasv. and together constitute mvst ic Babylon, and that their members are walking disorderly.” He says that until he Audi a simple New Testament church, or joins the church Triumphant, like some New Testa ment Christians, his church will be his own house. E. H. Vinson, of Peola, Idaho, was riding across the country the other day' unarmed when he came upon a big black bear. He was bound to have it, and so started to drive it before him until he could get a gun. and did so for three miles. While passing a house tbe bear went into a bog i>en to rest, and the woman of the bouse came out with an ax and butcher knife to shy the bear, but Mr. Vinson told her that it was dangerous to go near him. so she returned to the house. After the bear bad rested he started on again, only going about half a mile further, when Mr. Vinson was reinforced with firearms, and shot and killed the bear. Explosions in mines might happen occasion ally owing to miners not detecting by scent the presence of perilous gases—anosmia, or want of the smell sense, l>eing as dangerous in such cases as color-blindness in tbe case of signal men. It is perfectly plain that to place on watch duty In any edifice where risk of fire is feared a guardian affected with anosmia, or ab sence of the smell sense, is practically to secure that the fire shall not be discovered in its incip ient stage. The Peruvian Indians, so Humboldt said, could discern the presence, of strangers by their odor: or the Arab, who, as recorded, can detect the scent of burning at a distance of thirty miles. The Pope has addressed a latter to the Bishop of Liege fully approving of the aims of the Congress of Catholic Socialists, which is to meet in that city this month. The following passage occurs in the letter: “The true aim to be kept in view is this—to discover, while bearing in mind local conditions, the most suitablu means of diminishing the evils which oppress the laborers, and to obviate the dangers which their number and the misery of their condition create for the government and the safety of citizens; and furthermore, in order that these endeavors may not t>e without result, resolutely to apply the means which have l>een recognized as La st adapted to cope with this two fold evil." That the Indians of the far West have not yet been civilized is proved by an Oregon mer chant, who says that the debts of dead Indians are paid by their relatives. “When Anderson and Bernhardt,” he said, “killed an Indian sev eral yell's ago. he owed me 8815. Since that time $330 of this amount has been paid me by his relatives. Kentucky died the other day owing me SSO. Already his relatives have ap proached me on the subject and made arrange ment* to pay the amount. It is a law with them to piy the debts of their "relatives, and they never break it, lam sure of getting my money if an Indian dies owing me: but when a white man dies leaving no property, no matter how rich his relatives are, I uever expect to get a esnt.” Steps have been taken in nearly all European countries to est ablish military communication by means of earrier pigeons in time of war. Dur ing the siege of Paris 150,000 official dispatches and about 1,000,0i>0 private communications, representing a money value of about $83,000, were conveyed by these pigeons. In this case the messages were reduced by microscopic pho tography so that a tiny piece of silk paper one and three-quarter inches long by one and one quarter inches wide could contain 3,500 messa ges of twenty words each, or 70.000 words. The total dispatch I bus arranged weighed utmost less than one-quarter of nil ounce, and was se cured by a light thread to the tail-feathers of the pigeon. Upon arrival tbe dispatch was re moved and enlarged by photography and de ciphered. “The recent attempt made by some French aeronauts to reach a great height above the earth has not been productive of nny partk'ulnr scientific results,” says tho London Spectator. “The balloon in which the ascent was made reached an altitude of over 20.000 feet without the occupant* of the car experiencing any 111 effect*, except a tendency to falntncs* on the part of one of them. When about twelve years ago a similar attempt was male, and the height of 25.000 feet was reached, it was with fatal re sult* to three out of the four aeronauts. The success of the present experiment Is explained by the allegation that the difficult lex due to the rarefaction of the atmosphere only begin at an altitude of 28.000 or 24.000 feet. This view seems supported by the fact that in the Himalayas and the Andes heights of about UO.OOOfeet lunehecn on several is-caslons, reached without any in! convenience. In such cases, however, the ascent has always Amr>u> wqpl ml. The ill effect* ex perienced in IsiUuMM are possibly due to tbe suddenness of the change. ** BAKENG POWDER. Z: PURE -j; pSPRICE’s CREAM ?0 Ki £ft Used by the United States Government. Ea dorsed 'by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price’s the only Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only ia Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. • DRY GOODS, ETC. Exceptional Reductions IN Sumer Goods AT toll 4 Dob's, SUCCESSORS TO B. P. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. FIGURED BATISTE CLOTHS. TVTK will close out tbe remainder of our stock v v of these fine goods, formerly sold at 18c. a yard, now reduced to 12jgc. 25 pieces Figured Lawns, 33 inches wide, regu lar price 12j$c. a yard;now Bj£c. 75 pieces Figured Lawns, choice styles, at 3tgo, 50 pieces Wide Widtk Lawns, regular prioa 10c. a yard; now B^e. One lot Crinkled Seersuckers, regttla rice 16c. and 17c. a yard; now 12^c. One lot of Dress Ginghams, choice styles, regular price 12*4c. a yarn; now 10c. 36 Imported Marseilles Quilts, slightly soiled, formerly sold at $3. We will close the lot out at $1 85 each. Hosiery and Underwear. 100 dozen Unbleached Black and Colored Hose, regular price 12)^c.; now 9c. a pair. A mixed lot of Misses’ Fine English Hose. Ribbed, Plain and Silk Clocked, regular price of these goods from 25c. to 500 We will close the lot out at 17c, a pair. 50 dozen Ladies’ Gauze Undervests, regular prices 25c. and 35e.; now 190, each. 35 dozen ladies’ extra fine quality Gauze Un dervests, regular prices 50e., 60c., 75c. and 85c. We will offer the lot at tha extraordinary low price of 47c. each. Onr Si Uuiaundried Shirts Reduced to 90a 75 dozen Ofentlemen’s Unlaundried Shirts, re inforced back and bosoms, the best $1 Shirt manufactured. In order to reduce our large stock we will offer them at 90c. each. CROHAN & DOONER. SHOES. Ask your lietailcr for the ORIGINAL $3 SHOE. Beware of Imitations. None Genuine unless tearing the Stamp James Means* $3 SHOE. A Made in Button Congress & w rib- $ excelled in Durability, Cone m | r -°ri and Appearance. 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