The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, September 05, 1887, Page 4, Image 4

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4 C|f|£lfonungtlctos Morning New Building, Savannah, Ga. MOSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 18S7. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The MOBNISO News Is published every day in the year. and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, ou their own ac count. at IK cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 I>J for six months and $lO IX) for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six monUis, $4 00 one year. $h 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thure days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months, $2 50; one year. $6 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 by 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. Ga." Advertising rates made known on application Index to 'new apvertisement& Meetings —DeKalb Lodae No. !>, I. O. O. F.; Georgia Tent No. 151, I. O. R.; Chatham Artil lery; Georgia Historical Society. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Miscellaneous. Furniture and Carpet Emporium— Lindsay & Morgan. Steamship Schedule— General Transatlantic Company. Real Estate— Walthour & Rivers. Auction Sale.—Securities, by C. H. Dorsett. A lawyer interested iu the Ives case ex presses the opinion that the missing books are not concealed, but have been burned. If this can be proved, it ought to be enough to send the guilty party to Sing Sing. John L. Sullivan and Pat Sheedy, his tnauager, have quarreled and quit. John seems to have thought his manager was ad vertising himself too much at his expense, taking the part of bear-leader in the show and giving the champion that of the brute. The Republican journals continue to print cablegrams describing, in almost exultant phrase, the attention paid Mr, Blaine by the Prince of Wales at Homburg. They seem to have forgotten for the nonce that Irish voters in this country' have no great affection for his royal highness. The night watchmen of Plainfield, N. J., hit on a way to, make their services 1 in re quest, but unluckily for them, it was at tended with considerable risk. Saturday sight a man named Johnson, employed to proteetproperty, was discovered in the very act of setting fire to a valuable building, and made a confession implicating half a dozen others. Fred May, who once fought a mock dttel With James Gordon Bennett, of the Herald , after having horsewhipped him, has just distinguished himself at Newport, where he burst into a gentleman’s bedroom .demolished the furniture and drove the occupant to the street in his fight dress to find a policeman. And when the. officer was found he was afraid to arrest the boisterous bully. All this was done for fun. It is by no means certain that Napoleon 11., lately deposed emperor of Wall street, may not join Napoleon I. in the St. Helena of Sing Sing. The Cinoinnati, Hamilton and Dayton directors have applied to the courts to declare #9,000,000 of stock of that road issued by Ivee to be fraudulent. If the application is successful it will be tanta mount to a conviction of t.Ue ex-Vice Presi dent of the-grossest kind of swindling. Sir John McDonald, the political boas of Canada, is angry because the British gov ernment appointed a commission to settle the fisheries dispute without consulting him. HeHias probably found the quarrel a valuable one to his party', as it engaged the attention‘©f the people and kept them front turningtheir attention to the extravagant internal expenditures of his government. He is the .Canadian Blaine, “spirited foreign policy’ I 'and all. If the statements of the San Francisco Examiner are to be believed, the Federal courts of that State need overhauling. It says the anti-Chinese law has been practi cally nullified by use of the habeas corpus, the purpose being to swell the fees of the clerks of the courts, those officials being in one inst&noe the brother and in another the nephew of the presiding Judge. The fees in each case amount to #l7 50, and sometimes aggregate #1,200 in a single day. The examinations for promotion in the War Department have been completed, with the result that about 10 per cent, of the clerks have failed. This makes room for about 100 nominees of the Civil Service Commission, to the improvement, no doubt, of the service. When a man gets a place in Washington he should be made to know that ho will hold it only so long as he is competent to fill it—that the examination before appointment is only preliminary. It is said that General Black, Pension Commissioner, will introduce a resolution nt the convention of the Grand Army of the Repnblic, at St. Louis, which will prac tically amount to the expulsion of Fairchild and Tuttle from the order, and if it is re jected will himself withdraw, accompanied by many Democrats. Of recent months the organization hus taken on such a strongly partisan character that a protest by Democratic members would seem to lie •eccssary to their self-respect. The power of the President to appoint commissioners to meet those sent by tlie British government to settle the fishery question is disputed, and the partisan jealousy of the Senate may render inef fectual the earnest efforts of tho adminis tration to settle this long ]>endiiig and irritating issue. It remains to lie seen whether the Republican Henato will allow n Democratic administration to obtain tho prestige which a lavorablo settlement would give it in a jtart of the country where its party has always been weak. It is to be feared that It will not. Henry Villard lias entered upon another phase of his extraordinary career. Thurs day he ptireliuHed $<1,000,000 of Northern Pacific securities, carrying with them a right to a seat in the directory nt the next election and possibly the presidency. Three years ago be was forced to resign that office; his magnificent residence went into the hands of his emitters, nnd he returned to his native Germany a bankrupt. He began life as a newspaper reporter in ths West. Ho is something like cork. He bobs up os often as be is pushed under. The Presidency Doesn't Tempt Him There is one man in the country who doesn’t want to lie President. That man is Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, ex Secretary of War. His name is frequently mentioned in connection with the Presidency, and if tho colored Republicans could have their way it is probable that he would bo the next Presidential nominee by tho Republican j party. There is no doubt that Mr. Lincoln is sincere in saying that 110 doesn’t want- to be President. IV hen ho was Secretary of War he never appeared to lie contented. He took very little interest in the affairs of the department, and the honor attached to the office appeared to have no charm for him. In an interview, a day or two ago, he said that when he was a member of President Arthur’s Cabinet he made up his mind that when his term expired he would bid good-bye to official life forever. He has an excellent law practice and good health and is happy. No office he says is a sufficient inducement to give up these and become a public servant whose cares and annoyances make life a burden. Speak ing of the Presidential office, in the inter view'abovc alluded to, he said; “It is but a gilded prison. The cares and worry con nected with it outweigh the honor which surrounds it. All official life is infinitely wearisome.” Official life does not appear to be weari some to the average citizen. Tho rush for offices indicates that there is a widespread willingness to participate in it, however wearisome it may be. If Mr. Lincoln’s idea of official life could be impressed upon the people, more* of them would be content to seek advancement in the private walks of life and there would be less trouble about pub lic patronage. There would be no need of a civjl service law because the office would have to seek the man, instead of the man the office. There is not much probability, how ever, that Mr. Lincoln’s views of office and official lifo will, in this generation, obtain a very strong hold on the public mind. Mission of the Labor Party. One of the men who has been most prom inent in the various labor movements in New York of late has been John McMackin, who has generally been looked upon, to judge frAiin his treatment by the press, as an honest, narrow-minded man. During Henry George’s campaign for the Mayor alty of New York he was generally cl/urman at public meetings, and a fre quent and effective speaker in the cause of that candidate. He may fairly be con sidered to rank next after George and Mc- Glynn in the councils of the United Labor party,'and as chairman of its State Com mittee is entitled to speak for it. For this reason great interest attaches to the follow ing extract from a letter alleged to have been written by him to a gentleman at Syracuse: Would say confidentially to you that our main object is to defeat Grover Cleveland and the Democratic party in 1888. We know that you are an enemy of his. We think he is placing too many foreigners in office, nnd, consequently, if we can draw enough votes from the Democratic party in New York State we can defeat Cleveland in 1888. The editor of the Courier states that the letter has every appearance of being genu ine, and was written for the purpose of ob taining the aid of the gentleman to whom it was addressed in organizing the United Labor party in Onondaga county. Mr. George, when questioned in regard to the letter, denied its authenticity, saying McMackin could not have written it. It is harder probable that the letter would have been written without Mr. George’s knowl edge; but under the circumstances a bare denidl is not enough. To acknowledge its genuineness would have been political sui cide, and a man capable of entering a con spiracy of the kind disclosed by the letter would not hesitate to lie in the hope of breaking the force of its discovery. If the letter should prove to be genuine, it will be another proof of the desperate means to which tho party ousted from office by Mr. Cleveland’s election will resort, to regain power. Backed by the great money power of the classes who have grown rich by the results of the war, and whose ad vantages over the re6t of the community in the accumulation of wealth are de pendent upon tho maintenance of its policy, that party is willing t® lend its aid in the propagation of any political heresy which promises present success to itself, no matter if hereafter it may threaten the prosperity and safety of the Republic. The present attempt to seduce working men from their allegiance to the Democratic party looks like a repetition of the Butler campaign of 1884. Then, without any good reason, a formidable and almost successful revolt was led by a great but unscrupulous politician, supported by a powerful news paper, which had for years before made him the butt of the most savage abuse. Such miracles can the money power work! Democrats in general did not then, and do now believe that revolt was actuated by a sense of duty, or was made with tho hope of direct success. Democratic newspapers in New York have recently spoken of the movement led by Mr. George as a diversion intended to insure Republican success. Most, people have not taken this charge iu the sense that corrupt motives in the grossest sense ac tuated its leaders, nor does tho McMackin letter do more than give ground for infer ence that such is the fact, but should it be established as authentic it will show that they are carrying on their campaign under false pretenses, pretending to high and pure purposes when their real ends were low and mean. It should be another warning to workingmen that when they set them selves as a class apart from the rest of their countrymen, becoming a balance-weight between two great parties, they are liable to be 1 (ought as were slaves in former days, and their services delivered without their knowledge. A Wrecked Life. Stories of wrecked lives are frequently published in the newspapers. The one pub lished a day or two ago of the career of Andrew Bowne, son of ex-Congressman Rowne, of Staten Island, is both remarka ble and sad. Andrew Bowne is now at a hotel in Newark, N. J., with a broken leg und not, :i cent of money. He is an educated man, about 4,‘i years of age,and would make a good impression in almost any society. Ten years ago lie had a fortune of #7OO,(XX). It was left him by his grandfather who had accumulated It in a lifetime of hard work and great economy. When Andrew Browne came into possession of the pro|ierty he acted as though he owned the world. He spent his money at the rate of uhout. #IOO,OOO a year, lie didn't waste it in Wall street. He threw it away in dissipation. lie would start out in the morning with SI,OOO in his |>ooket, and be THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1887. brought to his hotel some time in the early hours of the next morning without a cent. Of course, fortune and health both went. Two or three years ago he was little better than a tramp. Kind friends helped him time and again. He would reform for a few weeks and then fall hack into the gutter. He is about at the end of his career. He will probably not recover from his present illness, and he ought not to want to. What has he to live for? His wife deserted him long ago, and no one cares whether he lives or not. Doubtless a good many people whom he is accustomed to annoy secretly wish that death would remove him. To think what he might have been, and to know what he is ought to be sufficient to crush out, what little life there is in him. Can such a man he sane? When a man wastes his fortune as this wretched wreck wasted his, ought, not the iaw to provide for appointing a guardian for him on the ground that he is likely to liecome a public charge? Andrew Bowne’s career ought to be a warning to young men with fortunes, but it isn’t. A great many of them appar ently would rather follow Bowne’s example than to be warned by it. The Shakespeare Plays. The New York World a few days ago con tained the previously announced article by Prof. Thomas Freeman ou Ignatius Don nelly’s alleged discoveries fis to the real au thorship of the plays .ascribed to William Shakespeare, written after a visit to Mr. Donnelly and an examination of the manu script of his forthcoming book. He was not taken entirely into the author’s confidence, however, as the famous key, which is to settle this momentous question, was only “partially explained.’’ It is possible Mr. Donnelly told all he knew. Mr. Freeman’s article is taken up mostly by a summary of the arguments used by Mr. Donnelly, to prove that the plays could not have been written by Shakespeare, and must have been written by Bacon—reasons in many cases plausible, but by no means conclusive. As far as his book goes, he seems to have added little to the strength of the case made by former writers. The au thor endeavors to show that Shakespeare was almost, if not entirely illiterate, while the author of the plays was deeply learned; that no record shows that Shakespeare ever possessed a book, while the plays draw upon the literature of all na tions; that Shakespeare was a man steeped in almost every kind of vice, an oppressor of the poor, a drunk ard, a systematic liar—in short, of such a character that it is impossible to conceive of his having written these plays, “distilled from the wisdom and learning of the world. ” Mr. Donnelly next attempts to prove that the real author was Bacon by showing that in the plays are twenty-three references to his home, St. Albans, and none to Shakes peare’s; that the religion and politics of the plays are the same as were Bacon’s; that what Bacon declared his life-purpose is ex emplified in the plays, and finally many parallel passages, covering ns many as seventy pages, taken from Bacon’s pub lished works and the plays, are given. As has already been stated, these argu ments are not new, having been advanced by different authors with more or less full ness for the last thirty years, and having very little effect on the public mind. Proof to overthrow belief in the greatness of the “Sweet bard of Avon” must be of the most absolute and conclusive kind. It must overthrow not only an ascription not suc cessfully disputed for 260 years, but a pride and affection that during that time have steadily grown among those who admire all that is beautiful and sublime in poetic literature. Shakespeare is identified with the work with which his name has been associated so thoroughly that no slight wrench will separate them, and Mr. Donnel ly's book will hardly prove a great one. The point upon which he claimed to have made an advance upon the investigations of other men who used the same theory-—that he had discovered a secret cipher running through the works which made [ilain the secret of their authorship—was that in which general interest was felt, and this he failed to make plain to the man, who, pre sumably at his invitation, traveled half across the continent to examine his work. The frequent and generally humorous references to Mr. Donnelly’s theories in the press for several years past have very thor oughly advertised a man who may be an honest though mistaken enthusiast, or it may be he is taking advantage of a noto riety thus thrust upon him to line his purse beforo the public discovers the shallowness of his pretensions. If the latter supposition should prove to be true, as is most likely, it is not probable that his victims will jutlge him harshly—they will be relieved to find him, rather than Shakespeare, a fraud. National Banks at the South. The Philadelphia Timex calls attention to the fact that of'the 450 new national 1 tanks organized between March 4, 1885, and Aug. 1, 1887, the very great majority are in the South and Southwest. There is some reason for calling attention to this fact, because national banks wero not popular in the South until within the last few years. There were national hanks, of course, in the chief cities and towns, but somehow or other there was a strong leaning towards State banks. Indeed, within the last year or two a great deal has been published in this State in favor of State banks, with the view of securing the establishment of a State banking system. The Times is of the opinion that the securing of the control of the government by the Democratic party has hud much to do with popularizing the national banking system in the South. This opinion may be correct. It is certain that the system has gradually grown in favor, and the great increase in tho number of national banks in the South ern States within the last few years has had a very beneficial effect. Money is easier to obtain, and tho rate of interest in comtner cial centres is lower. Those who are acquainted with the national banking system can hav.e no doubts of its superiority to a State bank ing system. The South is much better sup plied with currency now than ever before, but there is still room for more national banks. One of Buffalo Bill's cowboys has licen sentenced to six months' imprisonment for knocking down a policeman, which the Lon don [wipers think excessively severe punish ment.. Perhaps the poor fellow’s head was turned by his soeial success, and he imagined he belonged to the privileged classes. The fascinating titles of the Duke of Marlborough seem to grow in their h.flurnce on the Newport people. The hero of the English divorce courts is now the social lion in the highest American society. At least, the members of fhe society speak of it as the highest. CURRENT COMMENT. Another Pension Candidate. 1- ron the .Vetc York Evening Post < /wf.i j Gen. Butler has taken the field is a pension candidate fpr the Presidency, aid it behooves i Gov. Foraker and all other t spirants for that | position to look out for themselves. V are unable to so* hotv any of them can go further j than Butler has in his platform. Courts Tampering with Justice. From the .Veit* York World (Dem.) The question is frequently aske I: What pro duces the independent labor movement and draws divines, and professors, and thinking men into the new party * Is not the answer in some measure to be found in these tamperings with justice? The feeling is growing among thous ands of tieuking men that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor—one kind of justice for the influent ial and another for the helple at. BRIGHT BITS. The workman cries, I must have rest, The toper, I must have gin; The birdlet cries, O, where’s my nest. The grain, O, where've you bin, —Duluth Paragrapher. Miss A.—l am surprised that you are so cold mid distant toward your younger brother. Mr. 15.—You see, he is only a distant relative of mine. Just think, there aie no less than five brothers and sisters between 11s.— Texas Sift ings. A Georgia paper says that Mr. Wheeler, of Hancock county, cut a watermelon a few days ago, and when opened it displayed a distinctly formed “w\ on lioth halves. This must be one of the melons that will "w" you up.—Norristown Herald. ' Highwayman in Pullman Palace Car—Your money or your life "Is you ’dressin’ dose remarks tome, sab!” “You bet t etn. Hurry up." “Well, I’m the potah of uis year eah,' ’ “Oh! Excuse me. How are you. comrade?”— Washington Critic. Old Croesus, vexed by clerical mistakes, Delays and shabby dissipation makes An automatic instrument designed In office work t’ supplant the clerky mind, Alas! Th’ invention was too like tne clerk. ’Twas sweet to look at—but it wouldn't work! —Life. A gentleman was accosted in the Almeda by a sturdy beggar. “In heaven’s name give me aid,” he ejacu lated. “Aren't you ashamed to beg, a great, strong healthy fellow like you?" “Senor, I asked you for alms, not for advice." —Tiro Republics. “Sir," said a gentleman in a crowd, “do you know that you are pushing me unnecessarily?" "Sir," said the gentlemen addressed to the nart.v immediately behind him. “do you know that you are pushing the gem leman ahead of me unnecessarily?” Then he turned to the first speaker and suiu, I've passed 11 dmvn the line.'’ —Harper's Razor. Jack and Myra had a good nurse who taught them to say grace before meals. Jack was a little mischief, but on this special day was better than usual; he said his grace properly, and then the nurse turned to Myra, aged 3, who was sit ting in a pensive attitude. Without raising her head from her hand she said: “Please, God, make Jack a good boy’."— Babyhood. A young financier, aged 4, who was given five cents for every mouse caught in a small trap, finally asked leave to spend the prix'eeds. The nurse was told to go wherever he led her, to see what he proposed buying. He passed all the toy and candy shops, but paused before a hardware store, and pointing to the window, exclaimed triumphantly: “I buy more mouse trap, Fanny*,”— The Epoch. “Does your watch keep good time, Mr. Gon ever?" she asked of her caller about 11 o'clock that night, as he consulted bis chronometer. "Oh. dear, ye**; verv good time, Miss Weary: very indeed. Why did you ask ?” '*l imagined it might la* an hour or two slow, you know." she answered, and yawned behind uer fan It was 11:45 before young Gonever appre hended her meaning and acted on it.— Buffalo Courier. Gotham Bum—This beautiful place of yours is a favorite resort for those noble reformers called Socialists. I see. Citizen Schwab—Yah, dey all koom here. "lain a of Socialist myself; always at tend the meetings. You are one too, I under stand?" “Yah." “You believethat everything should be held in common, of course?" "Efryding except beer; fife zents, blease."— Omaha World. “Boy," exolaimed a Michigan avenue grocer, “you've been hanging around here for half an hour." “Yes sir.” “I/lotting for a chance to steal something?" “No, sir; waiting for another boy who has gone home after two cents.” “Oh. and then you are going to buy some thing?" *’k es, sir. I agreed to wait for him here, and when he comes we're going in next door and buy candy "—Detroit Free Press. Guess it, if You Can. - My First is a flower combined with lard. My Second eggs and milk; Below I'm usually hard. Above I’m soft as silk. I hide on many a mossy mound, I lurk neath tufts of grass! On tempting rustic seats Pm found Where men and maidens pass. I wait my prey with purpose fell, Tne youui in trousers white. He sits on me—there comes a yell! Great Scott! but he's a sight! My Whole is an atrocious mess, A sweet conundrum I, But what I am you’ll never guess: I am the Picnic Pie. —Chicago Tribune. PERSONAL. Speaker Carlisle has grown very stout this summer, and his face is a healthy bronze. Prince rat Talleyrand, now in New York, an nounces his intention of becoming an American citizen. Patti is now called “Queen of Wales.” Her title to the name lies in the fact that she has learned how to pronounce Craig-y-uos. The painter Paul Thumann has resigned his professorship in the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, in order to gain more tune for creative work. Robert M. McLane. United States Minister to France, is in flue health, despite the reports to the contrary. His leave of absence is only for thirty days. The London Daily News says that Mr. Glad stone will not attend Parliament during the re mainder of the session unless his presence is absolutely necessary George Vandyke is the millionaire lumber king of New Hampshire. He is a bachelor, 3(5 years old, and started in life as a wood-chopper. His home is in Coos county. Ex-Gov. Thomas J. Jarvis, American Min ister to Brazil, has been dangerously iU of mala rial fever at Rio de Janeiro, but news of his con valescence has been received at Raleigh, N. C. Nelson D. Bromley, of Waterloo, Wis, trans ferred #30,000 worth of property to Emily 1). Arndt, a spiritualistic doctor, because the spirit of his de.-d wife, through a medium, told him to. New York photograph peddlers say that Mi-s James Brown Potter is the present favor ite, and next in order of sales come the portraits of Mrs. [.angtry and Mary Anderson, then Ellen Terry, Lady Mundeville and the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Li rut Zzi.r -ski's dynamite gtm at Fort La favette Is n v,v nearly ready for a practical test. The Secretary of the Navy has ordered a boat to la* turned over to Him, and in a short time he will try to blow it up from a distance of one and a half miles. Alderman William ITre. of Glasgow, a sport iug gentleman, just arrived in New York, says most folks were willing to wager odds on tue Thistle, but since reading the accounts of the Volunteer's achievements he expects "a very close nnd pretty contest." Dn. J. G. Gatling, of Hartford. Conn.. Is (n New York. He is a man of medium height, fur advanced iu years. His famous gun bus not made hit fortune. His daughter is the wife of th * Re*. Hugh O. Pentecost, one of Henry George's most earnest supporters. An officer on tju* United States flagship Brooklyn, at Nagasaki, writes that Chaplain John D I long less, who died of apoplexy on July 31. was In perfect health up to within an hour of his death He had conducted the regular re ligious services on the ship on that day His body will be cremated and brought home, in ac cordance with the request made by him when president of the United Slates Cremation So ciety. Count Mitkikwicz. who has obtained from the chinse government such remarkable fran ibises, has rented In Washington the house lately occupied by Secretary Manning The six Chinese msndurins who ctun|s(se the embassy, with Count Mitkiewicz. will is* quartered at tne Ch nese legation Then men will make a thorough study of tho American banking, coin ago and postal systems before beginning opera turns in Chins. Had to Give In. From the Kansas City Timex, Aus/. 18. “Whoever spy* ho h a liar. ' roared a choleric old gentleman from Defter this morning, stand ing m frnt of th** City Hall. "These stories are got up to play upon the credulity of country pt** >ple. I ' fn get ting tiivd. * 1 The - had been toltl that to meet a red haired girl on the stregt meant that a white horse would soon come in sight, and he fairly fumed with,rage as htvdenied the possibility of the thing. "IxK)k there. now," he shouted, “there's a red headed girl; reel-headed until you can't rest. Where's any white horse? Just as easy as rollin' off a fog to prove th*; originator of the fad isa liar. I don't believe there's a white horse wrfthm a rnile/' But ehamiing to gaze in the (linnet ion of th-* High School, a hearse was seen, to which not one. but two, milk-white ste iis were The Dext<*r man fainted. September. From St. Nich<rtat for September. Here's a lyric for September. Best of all months to remember: Month when summer breezes tell, What lias hapi>ened wood and dell, Of the joy the year lias brought And the changes she hss wrought, She has turned tbe verdure red; In the blue sky overhead She the harvest moon fcft hung Like a silver boat dmong Shoals of stars —bright Jewels set- In the earth's bhie coropet. She has brought, the orchard's fruit To ivplay the robin's flute Whien has gladdened half the yea.* With a music liquid clear: And she makes the. meadow gra-ss Catch the sunbeams as they pass, Till the autumn's lloor is rolled With a fragrant cloth of gold. Stolen Goods Strangely Found. Pen is Dixprteh tf> the London Standard Mme. Klluini, who was recently robbed of a valise while traveling by stage coach from Nice to Leptosque, has been fortunate enough to re cover most of her property. On Friday, a shepherd, while attending his flock at Fourettes, not far from the where the highway rob bery was committed, picked up a valuable brooch, and on searching further, came upon other pieces of jewelry. Two laborers working in a field near by, also found some jewelry anil a mass of U>m papers, which turned out to be bonds to the value of 60,W0f. Apprised of the circumstance, the Mayor of Fourettes took charge of the property, and instituted a system atic search in the fir’d around. Tne result was that nearly all the L welry and bonds were re covered. Mme. Efluini was overjoyed at her good fortune. She states that she has recov ered all her property except 120,000f. worth of jewelry and 2,000f. in gold. Why Women Don't Snore. From the Minneapolis Journal. “Fergy, dear," said Mrs. Montgomery the other morning as Mr. Montgomery came down to breakfast looking as cross as two roads, “whv do men snore?" “Give it up," he replied shortly, with a suspi cious look. “You snore, dear,” she continued. “What do you do tt for?" “I don't snore at all," replied Mr, Montgom ery, emphatically. ‘lt's that dodgasted fool in the next house.’ “Women nevr snore," remarked Mrs. Mont gomery reflectively, as she dropped a pinch of salt in her husband's coffee, “I wonder why!" “Can’t," replied Mr. Montgomery, “Whv?" ‘ Well, you can’t snore unless your mouth is open. A woman works her jaw so confounded ly hard during the day that when night conies it is so tired that she l ! has to close it up and give it a chance to recuperate.” A Husband's Prerogatives. From the Willows (Cal.) Journal. Mary I.a nr was married a year ago in Jacksor. county, Oregon. The newly married couple started for California. In Shasta valley they made a stop and the husband secured a job chopping wood. After working a short time he proposed that his wife should assist in the work. To enforce acquiescence he took her clothes and burned thenj. He then furnished her with over alls, jumper and heavy boots, and threatened her with death if she did not obey. According ly she commenced chopping wood. Then she went into the hay-field as a regular hand. At one place her sea was discovered and she was diischargsd. They next came to Tehama county and worked on Gallagher's machine. Whatever money was earned the husband ap propriated and spent in gambling and drinking. Last Saturday they came to Germantown where the husband secured work for both carrying sacks. The work was tpo heavy and the wife determined to flee from her bondage. Once be fore, in Tehatna county, she had tried to escape but was caught by her husband and beaten. This time she waited till her husband wus en gag'*! at labor, when she started out on foot for Willows. At Hegel’s she stopped and told her story. Joe Hegel gave her a letter to Col. Crawford, to whom she came Through the kindness of several ladies she was given proper clothing and assured of protection. Monday she started to Oregon’where her brother re sides. The citizens purchased a ticket and sup .plied her with necessary money and clothing for the trip. The Tribulations of a Clerk in the Money Order Department. From the JVeto York Sun. The other day an old woman, bent with age and the weight of a big basket, presented an order for payment at the post office money order department. She had shored it into every window on the row before she came to the right one. “You must sign your name to this first,” said the clerk, sliding back tbe sheet of blue paper. “Oi can’t write, sor.” replied the old woman. “Well, then, what's your name?” “Biddy.” “T mein your full name.” “Bridget.” due clerk began to get vexed. “My good woman,” spid he, “can’t you tell me both your Christian name and your surname?” “To be shore oi can.” “Why don’t you tell it. then?” “Why didn't ye ax me that at first? Me name is Bridget O’Brien.” “That isn’t the name in my letter of advice,” continued the clerk, looking rather puzzled “Who sent you this money?” “Me husband, sor.” “And what’s your husband's name?” “Paddy Muldoon.” “Then your name is Bridget Muldoon?” ‘”Tis, sor: it be that be marriage." “Where do you Jive, Mrs. Muldoon?” “On the slcond flure, soil'.’’ A long line of people hod now formed at the window, and the clerk gave up the old woman as a bad case. He signed her name to the order and then poked the handle of the pen through the little brass bars. “Touch the peu, ma’am,” said he. Mrs. Muldoon had been very patient hereto fore, but when the clerk shoved the pen at her she thought he was trying to have a little fun at her expense. She was vexed, especially when she noticed the harassed young man smile pain fully at two pretty girls hard by. “Oitaway wid yer tricks.” she exclaimed, angrily, "an’ don't try enn.v uf yer tomfoolery wid a woman ould enuf to be yer granny.” How a Woman Acts Before and After Her First Sea Bath. from Tidßits. This is a truthful and most accurate descrip of how a woman acts when she first puts on a bathing suit. At first sight of it she gig gles cqpruliuvely and titters out: "Oh. I never, never can let anybody see me with that on!" "Ob, yea, you can. l’ut ife on," cries some hardened companion who has been in before. "Everybody wears them." "But I'll look so awful!" “Who cares? JfobodyTl know you." Then she get* into It' giggling turioiislv. "Oh, 1 just can’t go put In it." "Yes, yon must." "But how cnn I?" "Boji! Nobody’ll notice you in the least." “But 1 know I look perf<y tiy dreadful." "Well, everybody else looks so too." "I know, but 1 (giggle) I shall die if I see any body I know.". "You ready?" “Yes. I—l--guess so: Ob, I just don’t believe I eati go, after till. Don't l look awful?” “Pooh! no! dome on!” "1 can’t bnpr to. T'‘t\ hep, bee. hee!" But she does, all the same, giggling frantic ally until she reaches the water, when she shrieks out: "Oh, it's cold? Ugh' Hne, bee! I’ll look so awful when I’m wet' O-o-o-o-h, .it'a dreadfully cold." And when she comes out and is dressed again she bores everybody she knows by saying over and over again: “Oh, I think it's Just lovely to bathe: T'm in every day. Isn't it fun? I just love to r down and let the waves ran over me' I ain’t, one bit afraid now! I was awfully fright ened at first! I don't mind my looks'one hit now ! I’d like to have my photograph taken in my bathing suit! It'd be Jolly fun. wouldn't It? I got some water in rny mouth. •:d isn't it salty' Oh, It’s Just splendid! I'm going In three times some days! I believe It'Tl do me good' Ob, I'm wild over Ia hlng 1 It's just too perfectly lovely and Jolly tor anything." In raae* of cholera Brown'* Dinger does good Frederick Brown, Philadelphia, lt& ITEMS OF INTEREST. Tag Kansas poultry and egg crop is worth $1,300,000. Rt Bi.is are now produced chemically in great perfection. The head of the Sultan s harem is now a Christian woman—beautiful, cultivated, and a Spaniard. Tiix “mt lograph” haslieen invented, by which a person can improvise on a piano and have the music recorded The German authorities in Alsace-Lorraine hive stopped the granting of all hunting licenses to the French residents in the annexed provinces. Dr. oEß.srp, of the British Medical Associa tion, says that the wearing of high-heeled shoes so alters the centre of gravity as to 0:1 ,: c a re turn to the habit of "tailless apes who walk on their toes. In French country houses the fashionable sport is frog spearing. The weapon used re sernolesa cross-bow, and the Imrbed arrows aie attached to the bows by a silken string, so as to haul the frog in when he is pierced. A horse grazing on the bank of Higgin's Lake, Mich., saw Mrs. Charles H. Pettit and her little daughter drowning, jumped into the lake, swam out to them, made them understand they were to take his mauc, and then carried them safely to the shore. Additional, boodle on a rather extensive scale was necessary to maintain legal defenses about Jacob Sharp. John E. Parsons got $30,000: Al bert Stickney, $30,000: ex-Judge William A. Ful lerton. SIO,OOO, and Peter Mitchell and ex-Judge Homer A. Nelson, $.3.1X10 each SOO,OOO in all. A Vienna paper finds a direct connection be tween the growing consumption on the part of tlie Viennese of Hungarian goose livers and the Carlsbad mineral water. Last year no less than 740 quintals of Hungarian goose livers, repre senting a value of 150,000 florins, were brought to Vienna. Mrs. George Barnard, a wealthy lady of Boston, went to Mattapoisett fifteen years ago and bought the town. This is hardly a figure of speech, for she bought all of its water-front and several of its streets, at an average price of SSOO per acre, including the houses. What she has since sold has been at the rate, of $1,300 per acre, not Including the houses. The cost of producing Verdi's “Otello” at Milan has been enormous. For each perform ance Signor Tamagno received 4,500 lire ($900), Signor Maurel 8,000 and Sjgnora Gabbi 1,500 lire. The leader. Signor Facio, was paid 500 lire, and the orchestra and the choir received 3,000 and 1,500 lire respectively. In addition, the com poser’s share was 3,000 lire for every perform ance. Thk projected lighting of the Royal Must u us of Berlin by electricity has been vetoed by the Prussian Minister of Public Instruction, who thinks that the public has ample facilities for visiting the museums in daytime. Only the Museum for Art Industry, which already pos sesses the necessary appliances, will be lighted by electricity and be accessible to the public in the evening hours. Miss Anna Belle Frink, of Brownsville, Tenn.. is visiting her uncle in Jackson. The Forked Deer Slade adds this suggestive sen tence to a notice of the young lady’s arrival: “A certain young man in this city is hereby in formed that his visits to her will not be tolerated by her friends, and any effort on bis part to call on her will result in unpleasantness to him. if not in bodily harm.” In Chili, where women are horse-car con ductors, the men who make a business of flirt ing with the conductors are called “mosqui toes,” because the;, swarm so thickly •around the cars and are so great a nuisance As the women are young ami pretty in their neat uni forms of blue flannel and a many-poeketed white pinafor trimmed with frills, it is not stir prising that they attract passongera A prominent ifterchant of Tektrttsjia, Mich., suffered a strange aberration of mjrtd the otrtier day. From the tithe he arose until'afternoon he knew absolutely “nothing that was transpiring about him. although around the stobie and try ing to do business.- He could not tell the prices of the most, common articles of merchandise, and failed to recognize people that he has known for years. The next day he yvas all right again. A lady has written to Mayor Hewitt, of New York, as folloyvs: "To Mr. Hewitt, Manor of the City of New York: Sir- Please order the poor innocent and useful cats to l>e fed twice a week in the city parks on fresh liver cut up in small pieces, as they do in Paris, France. The poor cats could in this way be enabled to live to kill the rats on the docks and the nasty, fight ing, numerous sparrows in the parks anil all over.” | Thccf is a hotel for colored people in Sara toga which is extremely select in its way. Mr. Broughton, the proprietor, is said to be worth gcoo.ono Among his guests this year have been several young colored women of wealth and position. Two of them wore diamonds of great value. One of these dusky beauties was con sidered the belle of Saratoga by her race, and her somewhat haughty manners showed that she realized what is due to a queen of beauty. Many people have heard of the singing beach at Manchester, Mass., where the sand, when driven over or stirred, gives out a peculiar and not unmusical sound, but few, very few, people know that near Pescadero, (’a)., a beach exists much larger, giving out sounds in no uncertain manner. The beach near Manchester is said to be one fifth of a mile ill extent, but at Pescadero an investigating parly found the sounds very clear, though varying in loudness, for a distance of one and a half miles along the coast line. The sound is loudest and most distinct where the sand is dry on top and damp beneath A light, vehicle driven over it gives a clear, musical sound, a footstep not quite so loud, and even the hands or a stick stirring or lifting the sand causes it to "sing" quite plainly. That prolific producer of diluted sensational ism and sentimentalism, "The Duchess,” ha* achieved the summit of literary distinction. An enterprising Chicago publisher has fathered (or should it be mothered:) on hera novel of whose perpetration she is innocent, and the work is having a great sale in consequence. It is called "Valerie, or Half a Truth." and narrates, in a round half hundred chapters, the sighing* and spooning* of a dreamy creature with a pure creamy skin ami wondrous eye-, and masses of rich brown hair. A year ago "Valerie" sighed and spooned to an enchanted public in the Young Ladies Journal, of London, as the child of “anew author:’’ and the editor of the journal now denies that under this half fledged t itle was concealed the mature identity of the author of “Molly Kawn.” The chair of ecclesiastical law in the Univer sity of Wurzburg became recently vacant, and the Bishop of Wurzburg petitioned the Bavarian government to fill the position, not an hitherto by the appointment of a Protestant, but by that of a Catholic professor. As the government has so far found conai derable difficulty in finding any on?, regardless of religion, competent to fill the position, owing to the incumbents being obliged to lecture, not only on Roman and Pro testant ecclesiastical law. Imt also on commer cial law. it has I teen decided to create an addi tional professorship and appoint a Protestant to the chair of Protestant Ecclesiastical Law and Commercial Law and a Catholic to that of Catholic Ecclesiastical Law. Dr. Karl Mayer, who had just received a call to Strasbourg,'lias been ap|>oiiited to the former position. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are so penurious that at times it makes them really ri diculous, says a recent writer. 1 was told ivy a gentleman liviftg In Sldmmith, on the Devon shire coast, that during al l >rm the yacht with these two members of royalty on hoard was in great danger, and that he had gone out with a brave crew anil rescued them from u watery grave The only acknowledgment made to the seamen was a mere cold "thank you " As the cow were composed of poor men this exnrcs sion of appreciation wa* scarcely acceptable especially as the Duchess of Edinburgh is one of the rc lest, women in the world, i under stand that the Duke refuses to lend ills ood natured elder brother or M oles morey,’ and that jolly spendthrift is obliged to fall back upon the amiability of Mr. Tailor and Mr Boot maker for favors of this description Th* queen made the run from London to Balmoral last Friday. No European ruler ox eept the Czar is so guarded when traveling as the Queen. The t rain was composed of day and night saloons. The regulations for her majes ty’s journey filled several foolaeap pages and provided for a pilot engine accompanied hy the locomotive superintendent and hy a guard ’with lamp*, flags and fog sigoals. The engine nr'- ced -d the royal train fifteen minute* in ad vanoe. A lookout was placed on the tender of the engine, and. seated with hi* face toward the carriage*, observed any signal that might be given by the oecupants. For thirty mluutos previous to the Queen’s coming no trala wa* permitted to proceed upon or to erne* the main line, the pilot engln - alone excepted Driver* must on no account open their whistles when pornlng her male ty' train In this manner the Queen rode through her dominion*. The Queen wa* provided with a special timetable i pruned elegantly |n mauve on thick white pa- 1 per. bordered In gold and surmounted bv the royal anna, r- BAKING POWDER. pfPUCE^ Used by the L'nited States Government. En. dorsed by the hearts of the Great Universities aa the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's the only Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only m Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. DRY GOODS, ETC. Exceptional Reductions IN Summer Goods AT Wai & Pliers, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. FIGURED BATISTE CLOTHS. YYTK will close out the remainder of our stock * * of these fine goods, formerly sold at IN’, a yard, now reduced to 12jeo. 23 pieces Figured Lawns, 33 inches wide, regt* lar price 12j£c. a yard; now S^c. 75 pieces Figured Lawns, choice styles, at 3V£c. 50 pieces Wide Width Lawns, regular prM 10c. a yard; now tij^c. Ore lot Crinkled Seersuckers, reguli rice 15c. and 17c. a yard; now 12}^jo. One lot of Dress Oiughatns, choice styles, regular price. a yard; now- 10c. 30 Impoi-ted Mai'seilles Quilts, slightly soiled, formerly sold at $3. We will do: e the lot out at $1 85 each. Hosiery and Underwear. v 100 dozen Unbleached Black and Colored regular price 12We.; now 90. a pair. A mixed lot of Misses’ Fine English Hose. Ribbed, plain atid Silk Clocked, regular price of these goods front 25c. to 500. Wo will close th lot out at lie. a pair. 50 dozen Indies' Gauze Undervests, regulai prices doc. and 35c.: now 19c. each. 35 dozen Ladies’ extra fine quality Gauze tin dervests, regular prices 60c., 66c., 75c. and 85e. We will offer the lot at the extraordinary low price of -17 c. each. Onr 81 Unlaundried Shirts Reduced to !)fta 75 dozen Gentlemen’s Unlaundried Shirts, re inforeed back and bosoms, the best $1 Shirt manufactured. In order to reduce our larg* stock we w ill offer them at 90c. each. ('ROHAN A 1)00 XER, ZON'WEISS CREAM. W—Mini I 111. I ■■■■!■■ ' I ZOTOV I'M CRKAM FOR THE TEETH timn'lfftum Ns to Materia Is, contains no ABU tiarit Grit, or injurious matter It to Pubs, naruriD, Pbf.eect. boTimm Likb It Evbb Kxowjt. From Seuntor fosgealiall. "ItskeplMF ureio rocommendiae Zouwelts on account of it. efficacy end puny ” From nir. f.en. T.ogan’a Dentist, Dr. JF-. b. tuirnll, WaHhingtoa, I>. C7-"I have lisa Zonwets* atmlyi 'd. It la tile most perfect dentl* Inca 1 have ever neon " From Hon. Clin*. P. Johnson. Ex. L* Wav. of Mo.—"gonwets* ricunss tlieteeth tboi* ouklily, Iz delicate, convenient, verv pleasant,ana leaves no after Mate. Sold by all DBttooisTe. Frige, 36 cent*. Joliisou ft .lonxsox, 73 Cedar St., N. Y. IT-Wnj"'.l i.Tftii |"A HKdiATf— For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., I.ippman'l Block, Savannah. medical. FOR Indigestion, I Sick Headache Constipation, Inactive Liver- The there ha tit planning business r.eheme*; '1 hr preacher struggling through his thetne*; ru-dnateaman In aiwo'ubly halls: The broker v/lld with "put* and calls," To roof *b• Rt o,.,i and brsc" fas m ad, will I’ADn AVT’b rtEI.TXF.It s-te*t find KIESLIIfo’S NURSERY, White Bluff Road. PLANTS. OOUQIL'fITB, DEMONS. Cft n.OWIRS furnished to order. 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