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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENT
Meeting— Savannah Lodge No. 217. I. O. B. B.
Special Notices—No liry Fun at Townsend's;
A Card. C. F. Graham; Notice, McDonough &
Cos.: Imported Pianos, Schreiner’s Music House;
To the Citizens of Savannah; Metropolitan
Savings and Loan Cos.; W. Taylor, Pointer and
Decorator; Notice, M. J. Solomons: SI,OOO Re
ward. H. Logan; As to Crews of British steam
ships Resolute and Highland Prince.
Amusements —Wilson A Rankin’s Mammoth
Minstrels.
Notice—Savannah Steam Laundry.
Educational —School for Boys, John A.
Crow!her. Principal.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Photography; Boarding: Miscellaneous.
A Bold Statement—Eckstein's.
Jerseys— At Gutman’s.
Giving Away —Platshek's.
Read Every Word—D. B. 1 .ester.
New Goods—A. R. Alttnayer & Cos.
Chickering Pianos— L. &B.S.M. H.
Notice—M. S. Baker; Notice, W. H. Con
Herat
Smoked Meats, Etc.—Nicholas Lang.
Not Sensational—Davis Bros.
The B'rmingham Herald mixes up the
Georgia Simmonses in a way that shows it
doesn't keep the run of Georgia politics.
Bit then the Herald is very young, and
has a groat deal to learn.
Hie white citizens of Kathburn, Tenn.,
atv excited because two white men have
been “converted’’ by the preaching of a
negro minister, and have joined a colored
church, which they regularly attend. Their
accession probably adds nothing to the
standing of the church in any way. Ifcnay
be the negroes are the ones who ought to
object. e
Is it possible that all the men who want
offices have been supplied! It is said at
Washington that nobody has taken any
steps to secure the place Assistant Secretary
of State Porter makes vacant by resigning.
Perhaps the politicians have found out that
“influence” isn’t worth anything with Mr.
Cleveland, and that the best way to get
office is not to apply for it.
The new Consolidated Stock and Petro
leum Exchange, of New York, has laid tho
cornerstone of its fine new building. It hus
2,400 members, more than twice the nutnlier
which the Stock Exchange admits, and may
prove a formidable rival to the old concern.
If it can succeed in making stock gambling
unprofitable it will have done good service
Id the country in a way not intended.
Benry George has been talking to a news
paper reporter about his chances of election
as Secretary of State'of New York. He
speaks confidently of receiving 1115.000 votes,
but why he should settle on that odd num
ber of thousands is not stated. Mr. George,
if he is sincere, is in danger of experienc
ing a very severe and disagreeable shock
when the announcement of the vote is
made.
The Pennsylvania railroad is experiment
ing with a view to improving the condition
of its roadbed, and has imported steel rails,
of the English pattern, to lay four miles of
track. It is strange that the protectionist
papers have not held up the unpatriotic man
agers of the road to public scorn, now that
all free passes are said to have been called
in, and they are free to say what they
please.
Congressman Kelley has been talking as
to the proper policy of the Republican party
in nominating its next oamdidate for the
Presidency. He expressed the opinion that
it would be liest to nominate an “obscure"
man, ami immediately asked, “Why not
go out to lowa and take Senator Allison?’’
The Senator will not probably feel much
gratitude for an indorsement expressed in
such terms.
There is a lively war in |iassenger rates on
the roads centering at Chicago, which the
Alton road inaugurated, in violation of
pledges to its rivals. Its managers now
claim they did not intend to cut rates, hut
say all the trouble has been caused by a
printer’s error. The printer is a patient
man, and is used to bearing the blame for
other people’s shortcomings. But may lie
he could show the “copy.”
Baltimore and Ohio stock hus declined
from 175, a few months ago, to 125. Balti
more holders are selling out, and there is u
rumor afloat that investigation shows the
proposed loan of $10,000,000 will lack several
millions of extinguishing the floating debt.
Mr. Garrett is probably happier in Europe
than he would be if within speaking dis
tance of the people who are suffering from
the effects of his alleged mismanagement.
A murder occurred at Dallas, Tex., the
other day, the circumstances of which carry
a moral lesson. W. B. Jones concluded
eighteen months ago that he wished to get
married, and advertised for a wife. Ho
•oon got one, ulmost as soon bocumo jealous
of her, and shot her dead on the street.
More than one case lias occurred in Georgia
where groat wrongs have sprung from a
resort by foolish people to advertisements
to secure acquaintances.
(senator Sawyer, of the New Hampshire
Legislature, and Mr. Pierce, the man whom
he accuses of having attempted to britm
him, have been before an investigating
committee, and under oath make statements
directly opposed to each other. Like most
itavestigutions of the kind, this will proba
bly accomplish nothing useful. Bribery is
one of the most difficult of criinoi to prove,
because of the lark of wltnewes, as well as
other evidence, and there are few men who,
when guilty of the crime, will not resort to
the comnuraUvely safe defense of periurv.
The State Road Must Be Protected.
The Railroad Committee of the House has
reported favorably a bill authorizing the
extension of the Marietta and North Geor
gia railroad from Marietta to Atlanta. The
Atlanta Constitution , in speaking of the
bill, says: “The whole press of the State
unites in giving the measure its heartiest
indorsement, and no question before the
Legislature has been more generally dis
cussed or more emphatically approved than
this.” Is not the Constitution slightly mis
taken aliout the |iosition of the press with
respect to this bill? If we are not mistaken
a very considerable portion of the press,
when this bill was before the House sever
al weeks ago, in a little different shape, op
posed it. The ground of opposition was that
the extension of the Marietta and North
Georgia to Atlanta would make the State
road less valuable by depriving it of a [iart
of its business.
It is hardly probable that the legislature
will pass this bill, and the people doubtless
would like to know the reasons which in
fluenced tlie Railroad Committee to report
it favorably. It has not lieen very long
since the Legislature agreed to release the
Marietta and North Georgia from the pay
ment of about 8100,00(1 in bonds held by the
State, though the people were never quite
able to see why it did so. Is it probable
that it will still further favor this road by
granting it a privilege that will injure the
State road to the extent of many hundreds
of thousands of dollars? If it does it will
fall far short of being a very zealous
guardian of the people’s interests.
The lease of the State road will soon ex
pire. The question whether the road shall
be leased or sold is now pending. It will
have to be either leased or sold, and the
people want to realize all they can for it.
If the Marietta and 'North Georgia is per
mitted to extend its line to Atlanta will it
be possible to either sell or lease the State
road for anywhere near as much as if the
privilege sought by the former road is de
nied? Of course not. Is it not, therefore,
preposterous to expect that the legislature
will take from the pocuets of the people
hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions,
of dollars for no other reason than to ad
vance the interests of a private corpora
tion? 0
The Morning News said some time ago
that one of the strong arguments ill favor
of selling the State road was that while it
remained the property of the State it might
be an obstacle to the grant ing of other char
ters, but it never favored granting a privi
lege to the Marietta and North Georgia, or
any other road that would cause a deprecia
tion in the value of the State road.
Every taxpayer in the State has an inter
est in tlie State road. In proportion as its
earning power is damaged the rate of taxa
tion must be increased Those who are in
terested in the Marietta and North Georgia
are comparatively few in number, and those
who are most deeply interested in it are not
even residents of the State. What sound
reason, therefore, can be advanced for legis
lation that will cause a depreciation in the
value of the property of the jieople and an
appreciation in that of a private corpora
tion?
When the original charter of the Marietta
and North Georgia was granted it was un
derstood that it was to be a feeder for the
State road. For that reason it was aided
by the State with convict labor. Now it
not only wants to cease to lie a feeder for
the State road, but wants to deprive that
road of a part of its business. Everything
it takes from that road it takes, of course,
from the people of the State.
Does it not seein as if the people had done
enough for the Marietta and North Georgia?
Last year they released it from thapayment
of bonds to the amount of 8100,000, and they
certainly ought not to be expected to grant
another favor that will cost them a very
much greater sum. If the members of the
legislature consult the sentiments of their
constituents they will not open a way for
the Marietta and North Georgia to Atlanta
as long as the State road is the property of
the State.
Criminals Must be Caught.
The County Commissioners have de
termined to assist in bringing criminals to
justice in this county. A‘t their meeting
yesterday they agreed to make appropria
tions for expenses of county officers engaged
in searching, under the direction of the So
licitor General,for persons charged with hav
ing eommittod offenses against the laws.
The course of the Commissioners will
doubtless meet with public approval. The
feeling is constantly growing stronger that
no effort should lie spared to punish crimi
nals, particularly muixlerers and those
guilty of murderous assaults. There is no
doubt that the prevalent belief, that
it is not a difficult matter to
escape, is not without its influence
in increasing tho number of murders and
attempts to commit murder. If a murderer
gets beyond tho limits of the city the efforts
to arrest him are not great unless his vic
tim's friends are willing to furnish the nooes
sary money to bear the expenses of pursuit
and provide a reward.
The action of the Commissioners indicates
anew departure. In future those who com
mit murder, and other heinous offenses in
this county, are to be caught and punished
if it is possible to do so. Now lot us have a
strengthening of public sentiment against
those who commit crimes of violence. Let
the sentiment lieeonieso strong that no jury
will dare to release a murderer, or to send
him to the penitentiary when he should be
hung.
Col. Jones, of the Second Alabama regi
ment, recently sent to Gov. Lounsbury, of
Connecticut, a flag captured with the
Sixteenth regiment of Connecticut troops
at Plymouth, N. C., during the war, and
thought to have been its battle-flag. He
probably thought the Connecticut veterans
would be grateful, but they were not, claim
ing that though they were captured, their
battle-flag was not, but was torn into stri[>s,
distributed among the soldiers, and after
ward piit together again when the men
were released from prison. A battle-flag
preserved from capture by such means may
be interesting because of its curious experi
ence, but it must be accepted as evidence of
the well known ingenuity of the Connecti
cut Yankee rather than of his courage as a
soldier. The flag returned by Col. Jones, it
is said, was used as a guidon, and never
carried into battle.
The man Phipps, of Philadelphia, who '
stole the copper roof of the almshouse five
or six years ago, and who won fame and
quarters in the penitentiary by his novel
crime, is neur the end of his sentence. He
claims to trnvo been punished for a crime
of which ho was not alone guilty, and pro
poses to make it lively for those who have
eM'U[M*d as soon ns he get s out. He doubt
less wants hush money, and if hi* story is
true, he will probably get it.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1887.
The Standard of Business Morality.
There has been an epidtmic of defalca
tions, breaches of trust and crooked busi
ness transactions during the last few months
in nearly all parts of the country, and this
city has not escaped it. Wealthy and
prominent business men engaged in corner
ing the wheat market, or in floating great
railroad schemes, have not hesitated to use
the [>ower with which they were clothed to
rob the banks with which they were con
nected, or to issue fraudulent railway shares.
Officials holding positions of trust have re
sorted to forgery to get money to carry on
speculations or to minister to their pleas
ures. Partners have violated their obliga
tions to their firms and clerks have robbed
their employers of small sums, at different
times, until their stealings amounted to so
much that they could no longer lie con
cealed, or they have taken thousands of dol
lars in a lump und fled.
Th* standard of morality in the business
world appears to tie lower than ever before,
and is a reasonable cause for alarm among
thinking men. It is about impossible to
pick up a newspaper without finding an ac
count of a dishonest transaction of some
sort. Unless something is done to bring
about a more healthy condition of affairs,
there will be such a lack of confidence that
it will be difficult to carry on business with
the ease and facility that are necessary to
handle its increasing volume. Men having
large interests at stake will hesitate to trust
their employes, and will be afraid to invest
in companies and institutions which they
have reason to think are controlled by men
who gamble in stocks or grain, or whose em
ployes are known to lead fast lives.
This low standard of business morality is
largely due to two things—a desire to get
rich quickly, and to fast living. Men who
have a good business, and an income suffi
cient to enable them to live comfortably,
want to be millionaires, and make a show
like their wealthy neighbor's. They there
fore take risks which frequently turn out
badly, and involve them in financial trou
bles. The temptation then comes to do a
dishonest act, with the hope of recovering
what they have lost. One false step leads
to another, and discovery and ruin follow.
Young men just beginning a business
career too often live beyond their means.
Finding their salaries too small to meet their
increasing expenses expenses that arise
from fast living—they resort to dishonest
methods to fill their purses. They see older
men who hold responsible positions spending
money in ways that are neither creditable
nor reputable, and they quiet their con
sciences with the thought that they are
doing about as the world does. Of course
they come to grief.
Two things must be done. An effort must
be made to raise the standard of morality,
and the laws against all kinds of dishonesty
must be enforced. The thoroughly moral
men of every community must cease to
countenance everything that is not strictly
honest and legitimate in business. They
must refuse to have anything to do with a
man who is dishonest, even though he has
never been charged with crime. The laws
must be enforced against all alike. The
bank president or bank director who goes
wrong ought not to be shown more consid
eration than the boy who robs his employ
er’s till.
Mrs. Paran Stevens’ Threat.
If some of the dispatches from Newport
are to lie credited that town is just now
greatly disturbed by the threat of Mrs.
Paran Stevens that she will never spend
another season thero because of the rough
way in which some of the newspapers have
treated her guest, the Duke of Marlborough.
A dispatch to the Boston Globe declares
that Mrs, Stevens will be a serious
loss to Newport, and intimates that the
town will never cease to regret her.
It is doubtful if the great majority of the
principal residents of Newport cure whether
Mrs. Btevens spends another season there or
not. She is only a rich woman who spends
her money freely in entertaining those
whom she thinks will increase her promi
nence in the social world. When the Duke
of Marlborough landed at Newport she in
vited him at once to make her villa his
home, and he did not hesitate about accept
ing the invitation.
The newspaper correspondents at New
port did not fail to notice the Duke’s ar
rival, and that he was a guest at Mrs.
Stevens’ palatial homo. They also called
attention to the fact that the Duke’s repu
tation at home was not first-class, and inti
mated that some of the best people at New
port would decline to meet him. They do
not appear to have wandered far from the
truth. They said no more than had already
been said about the Duke in the English
papers, and it seems that some of the society
people at Newport did refuse to invito him
to their houses, or to have anything to do
with him.
The Duke complains that he has not been
accorded decent treatment by the press, and
Mrs. Stevens, of course, sympathizes with
her guest. They both seem to forget, how
ever, that the news[>npers do not blacken
people’s characters. They simply call at
tention to characters which are black, and
tell how those to whom they belong black
ened them. People who don’t want to
figure in the newspapers in a discreditable
way should keep their characters so spot
less that the public will have no curiosity
with regard to them.
Sir Henrv Tichborne was merried Thurs
day at Coventry, Eug. This young man is
the nephew of the Sir Roger Tichliorne
who is supposed to have lieen lost at sen,
and an attempt to personate whom, by Ar
thur Orton, led to one of tlie most famous
lawsuits in modern times. Even vet there
are many in England who believe in the
truth of Arthur Orton’s story. This adven
turer, who is now a bartender in a New
York saloon, still claims to be Sir Roger
Tiohliorno, and expresses an intention to
further prosecute his claims in tlie English
courts. It is hardly probable he will ven
ture to do so, however, as the result to him
self of his first suit was a longterm in prison
on a conviction for [lorjury.
A man named Clinedinst swindled people
in Staunton, Vo., out of several thousand
dollars, and went to Canada, where he no
doubt, thought himself safe. But he ought
to have studied the extradition laws more
closely before going into that sort of busi
ness. He was unwise enough to be guilty of
forgery, as well asof other swindling crimes,
and forgery is an extraditable offense. Hp
has lieen caught.
Birmingham, Ala., is excited over the
arrest of Maj. W. T. Milner, an official of
the Elyton band Company, and two others,
on tho charge of attempting tobrilie officers
of tho United States Court. The land enm
[Miny is engaged in litigation with a negro
as to the title of a lot of valuable land, and,
it is charged, thought it cheaper to buy the
court officers than the property
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Fate of His Party in Cleveland’s
Hands.
From the fronton Globe (Dem.)
President Cleveland owes it to his party and
to himself to find a common ground on which
all Democratic voters can stand and work to
gether for the settlement of this tariff question.
He alone stands in a position to heal the. differ
ences that now exist between the party's lead
ers on this all important issue.
Randall Will be Given a Chance.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem).
But will Mr. Randall !e consulted? Certainly
he will be, and ought to be. He should be given
u full, fair chance to take himself out or the
hands of the Rermblieans. and return to the par
ty of which he professes to be a member. It he
accepts in tfood faith, and lives up to his accep
tance which ought to be required in writing or
taken under oath in the presence of wituejases—
all right. If ne refuses out he goes.
Political Hedging.
From the New York Slants Zeitung.
If the Democratic National Convention were
to meet now there is no doubt that Mr. Cleve
land would be renominated by acclamation, and
even if a year seems a long time in polities, one
cannot conceive of a jwirty development that
would make a change in any manner. The
situation is best characterized by the back
down which the opponents of Mr. Cleveland
among the Democratic press are beginning to
indulge iu. The Sun seeks to cover this under
tLe assertion that the President has broken faith
with the Mugwumps and has gone over to the.
side of tlie spoils politicians. * * * The
World is trying to come to an understanding
with the President, and to free itself from the
reproach that the President recently made—
that of supporting the Republican press—in an
angry controversy against him.
BRIGHT BITS.
A noT ball Is not to be particularly dreaded
if a man is hungry and it is a fish ball.—Boston
Courier.
Stambuloff, Montkuroff, Stioloff and ZiokofT
—four offs in the new Bulgarian Cabinet--and
Ferdinand is likely to be off himself one of these
fine da^s. — New York Sun.
Resolute old lady on the ferry— Young man.
I wish you'd throw away that nasty cigar, it’s
making me sick.
Wavering young man, meekly compliant—Me,
too.— Brooklyn Eagle.
My lore I w ould mask
Were it not for her wiles,
When she smiles in a basque
And I bask in her smiles.
--Boston Courier.
On* the west porch; Mrs. Minzenheimer—Mr.
Minzenheimer, vot do you tink? Rachel has
been here three seasons, unt don't vos mamod
yet. Mr. Minzenheimer (absent-mindedly > —Veil,
my chilt. I t ink vee vill hef to announce a mark
town sail, ain't it?— Town Topics.
Interstate commerce laws do not prevent
shooting stars from traveling about, if they do
bear hard on the regular dramatic companies,
but it is possible the stars are governed by the
laws of heaven, which are not yet amended by
railroad men.— New Orleans Pitxtyune.
First Omaha Girl—Clara Stuokup'tj father
gave her a magnificent diamond ring for her
birthday present. I suppose she'll be around
with it putting on airs.
Second Omaha Girl—She won’t put on any
airs over me. 1 have anew ring, too. See here.
“But her ring is diamond.”
“No matter; she'll feel sick when she sees
this. It 'sail engag inent ring.” —Omaha World
“Well,” said the Car Stove to the Rotten
Bridge yesterday, ‘ you have had a pretty busy
summer, and have hustled a good many people
into the mysterious b *yond. but your work is
tame, after all You and m’t give them a taste of
the hereafter. Just wait a few weeks and see
me broil 'em.” And they joined arms and
walked down to the manager’s office to tell how
much they were saving him every year.—Minne
apolis TYtbune.
“Excttse me,” he said, as he halted a citizen
on the street, “but I have a sure and speedy eure
for that mild form of erysipelas in your face. It
is only §1 a bottle."
“Erysipelas!” howled the other.
‘Til warrant a cure in a very few weeks.”
“You old idiot, don’t you know nothing?*’
shouted the enraged man. “Eresypelas? Why,
I brought this face ou with whisky. Am I to
be insulted al t*r working as I have for the last
twenty years? Go on, sir, or I’ll do you serious
injury.* — Detroit Free Press.
“And is this to be the end?” said the deeply
enamored traveling man to the beautiful young
lady who kept the books for one of liis regular
customers in the little inland town.
“It is. Mr. McThompsoashe replied; “I can
never be anything to you but a friend.”
“Then.” said toe drummer, with tremulous
voice and a face, of a*hy pa.eness, “it 6nly re
mains for me to say farewell, i shall lie here
again,” he continued, consulting his memoran
dum book with rapidly recovering self-posses
sion, “in thirty days w ith a full line of samples
in millinery and dress goods. Save me your
orders, please. Good afternoon.”— Chicago
Tiibune.
It (Henry George’s theory) is the old story of
the man who came home and said to his wife:
“Biddy, I’ve joined the lodge, und am going to
have £2OO of my own.’
“And how r will ye git it, Pat?”
“Well, we re going to have a big society, and
then make them divide all the money in the
world aqtially between all the people.' That’ll
make SJ2tX apiece for us.”
“And whin ye get yer SBOO, Pat, ye’ll keep
yeivelf drunk and not work a lick till the
money's gone.”
“Faith, an' I'll do that same, me darlin.”
“And whin it's all gone, Pat, what'll you do
thin?”
“Bejabers.” said Pat. scratching his head,
“then we'll have another divide.”— Nashville
American.
PERSONAL.
Mivnib Hack has signed an agreement for an
American tour to commence in tbo autumn.
Col. Fred I) Grant, it is said, will surely be
nominated by the Reptiblieans of New York for
Secretary of State.
W. M. Fkathkrly. editor of the Au Sable
( Mich. ) Monitor, has been whipped seven times
and had tright libel suits in five years.
Hon. David A. Wells denies the rumor that
he baa been selected one of the joint high com
missioners to represent America in the fisheries
negotiations.
Gen. Boilanoer is not the full-blooded
Frenchman his name would imply. His mother
was an Englishwoman, and he thus derives his
stubbornness of purpose.
.li’doe Walton, of Corsicana, Tex., has per
formed the marriage ceremony for TUT) couples
during the past eighteen mouths. His revenue
from this source exceeds SO,OOO.
Claus Sprecki.es , the San Francisco sugar
king, has been on a trip to France and Ger
many, investigating the sugar beet industry
with a view to introducing it on the-Pacific
coast.
Jay Gould continues to insist that he has
made no telegraphic deal w ith the Morgan syn
dicate. though his friends add that he can take
the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph system at his
own price.
Miss Pikeue Cousins, of St. louis, the well
known i 1 locate of female suffrage, may retire
from h ■ lecture Held permanently, owing to
tiie rec -iit death of her father, who was United
Slates Marshal ior the Eistern district of Mis
souri.
Sin John McDonald has authorized the
< ittuiva press to rep-iat his denial of the report
that British troops will lie sent to Manitoba to
enforce the disallowance of the Ked River Val
ley railway charter. He says the remarks at
tributed to him are malicious falsehoods.
Carter Harrison was one day talking about
the Imys of Chicago whom he knew. After
naming scores of them, and dwelling on the
characteristics of each, he said: "And then
there's my boy Cato." For a moment lie
paused, and then added: ‘‘Well, Cato Harrison's
the only boy In Chicago whom 1 don't know!"
Ashemiilyman Charles Smith, of New York
city, is decorating Ills new saloon in a |ieculiar
manner. The floor is covered with small mar
ble blocks. On each slab a bote has been bored.
Into which a silver dollar has been firmly
cemented. Seven hundred dollars were required
to complete this decoration. Besides this, the
lieer pumps, gas fixtures, etc., are ornamented
with silver dollars.
A !.ondon correspondent describes the young
est daughter of Mr Gladstone as taller even
thuu her father. She is u Monde, with luxur
iant. clear, combed hair, twisted high upon her
gracefully-shaped liend. Her ej es ure blue, her
complexion a dainty pink and white; her nose
is a delicate retrousse, her mouth small, with a
most pleasant evpreaalon," Jt will !■ seen that
the young ludv does not "favor" her distin
guished sire
Mus J. C. Croi.y (Jennie June), who wus re
cently announce.l as the President of the Worn
on's Endowment Cattle Com|xuiy, publiahiw a
eard saying "The statements were premature,
as no such organization baa yet been completed.
It L true that such an enterprise has lieetl
talked of, ami Utst I was asked to lie honorary
President, hut. as this vraa for the purpose ,f (
ui-|> ring • mg .void o I required
pwttive guarantees fur Ibeir unty, winch
bare not aa yet been furthcoming.’
The Jug-wumps.
From Sam Small's Address at Plattsburg, Mo.
You Republicans need not build yourselves up
ami say the Democratic party is the whisky
party. You hail absolute control of the govern
ment for twenty-four years, and when you left
it the country was drenched and doomed and
damned with liquor from Maine to California.
I am a Mugwump, and the difference between
me and you is that you are a jugwump.
How a Chicago Girl Had a New Scalp
Made for Her.
From the Washington Post.
In a paper read before the. section on anatomy
yesterday, Dr. T. C. Schaefer, of Chicago, re
lated the history of a ease in which a young
woman had her scalp, including one ear and the
greater portion of the eyelids, torn off by ma
chinery m a Chicago factory. He told how he
had cut more than 1.000 pieces of skin and other
parts of the woman's body and engrafted them
one after another over the head, creating an en
tirely new scalp from the back of her neck to
the crown of ller head, ears, eyelids and all.
He exhibited a series of life-sized photographs
showing the head as it was after the accident, a
horrible sight, and as it appeared at various
stages of the treatment, until in the last of the
series, there is a picture of a fine young lady
glowing in health and wearing a fine head of
hair, although the latter was a wig, as the trans
planted skin would not grow hair. The new
scalp seemed to be a little tight here and there.
For instance, the outer edges of the eyes are
pulled up in Chinese fashion; but all the doctors
who listened to the story, and saw the pictures,
pronounced it an extraordinary and most suc
cessful operation.
A Prince on a Disgraceful Spree.
From the Paris Morning News.
Prince Otto, of Saxony, is certainly a most
delightful young man. Some eighteen months
ago he married his pretty cousin. Princess
Josepha, daughter of Prince George and niece
of the King. Shortly after the marriage, how
ever, the Princess left her husband and has
never returned to him. This is how it all hap
pened :
Prince Otto was having a “stag" party. After
breaking furniture and crowning the bunts of
his uncle and aunt, the Emperor and Empress
of Austria, with cabbage leaves, and commit
ting other indignities, for. which he was subse
quently placed under arrest for three months,
Prince Otto said to his guests: “Would not you
like to see my wife?” They consented to what
they would have resented when sober, and all
started for the Princess Josepha's bedroom. A
young officer who was on guard in the palace,
learning their intention, followed. Passing
them, he placed his back against the door, and,
with drawn revolver, swore he would shoot the
first one that attempted to enter, anil succeeded
in driving them away, although he was liable to
lose his own life iu protecting the Princess. The
officer has been promoted anti decorated by the
King, and the outraged Princess has sent him a
ring.
An Unconscious Little Traitor.
From the Boston Transcript.
A well-known Boston business man, who was
born in Ireland, delights in telling a story of his
boyish years, which points for the millionth
time the moral that little pitchers have long
ears. When about 8 years of age he dwelt in
his father's house on the main street of a flour
ishing Irish town. The next door neighbor was
one of the Irish constabulary. Between the
constable’s son and himself there was a close
alliance. The only cloud was that of envy, for
the constable’s son not only put on frills, but
occasionally put on bis father's sword. This
trusty weapon was only obtained in its owner's
absence, and under no circumstances were any
of the other boys allowed to gird it to their
waists. Naturally the constable's son achieved
a juvenile hegemony, and the other boys cast
about for the means of checking bis vaulting
vanity. Great was the delight of the other boy
when, one day, burrowing in the hayloft of his
father's barn, he canv; upon, not a sword, but
something vastly more impressive, a musket, a
gleaming musket with a shining bayonet! And
not one musket alone, but a dozen! The op
portunity for humbling the constable's son was
not to be lost.
The constable's son was going through his
martial exercises in the back yard, surrounded
by an admiring group.
“Say, Tom, you feel yourself a great man with
your sword, don't your”
“No, I don’t; my father has two swords, and
he's to be promoted and have gold on his uni
form."
"That’s nothing. Tommy, we've a dozen mus
kets in our cow-house, bayonets an' all.’’
“I don’t believe it!”
“Come and see.”
And the constable’s son, attended by a select
circle of young friends, came and saw. And
that night the constable himself with a squad,
came and did not see, for the muskets had been
spirited off to a bog, and the curious little boy
came in for the biggest flogging he ever had in
all his life.
A Lady School Superintendent on
Common Ground With a Teacher.
Prom the Bell.
A numlier of Dakota counties have lady super
intendents of schools While one. of them was
recently making the rounds of the schools, in
accordance with law, she drove up to one little
schoolhouse on the prairie at about 11 o'clock in
the forenoon, and found the scholars all out
playing about the yard. Two of the boys were
indulging in a fight, another pair were learning
to chew tobacco, while the others were playing
marbles for keeps, and adjusting
an old, but large and corpulent
tea kettle to a dog's tail. The super
intendent learned tha|there had been no school
so far that day, and when she went into the
schoolhouse she said to the young lady teacher
somewhat severely:
‘ls this the kina of a school you are teaching?
I fear I shall be obliged to cancel your cer
tificate and have you removed from the school.”
"Why—why—l—l didn’t know you were
coming!"
• Ah, that's just it; I know you didn’t—but I
did come, and I caught you. I shall be obliged
to ask you to hand in your resignation imme
diately.”
“But—but. Miss Rhetoric, let me explain.
"I don’t think you can make any satisfactory
explanation, as I noticed you were sitting here
reading when I came In."
' But that's just it—l was reading the New
York style and Fashion, and ”
‘The Stylr and Fashionf What, the Sep
tember number?"
'Yes.”
"My goodness, I didn't know it had come yet.
Let me see it, please: I’m just dying to know
how to make my new polonaise! Say, you ought
to see that lovely piece of summer goods that I
got at Noprofit A: Slaughter’s—it’s just too
sweet for anything. Isn't that a love of a wrap
per- I’m going to have one like it—or no, I lie
lie ve I like this best. I don’t know, either;
they’re both perfectly lovely!"
My Lady Sleeps.
Ah. happy hearted bird!
Full-throated minstrel shaking all the air
With golden ripples of thy passion’s pleading,
I tell thee true, my lady is not heeding;
She lies aleep within her window there;
Goou sooth, thou art not heard.
Thou—living memory of her kindly care—
The small, white hand, which once had gifts to
share.
Will never hold forth morsels for thy feeding
In sad, hereafter days.
Nor pluck the roses by her lattice creeping;
So slow the curtain sways.
Not strange it seemeth, now, she should be
sleeping,
So soft the sweet air strays.
So still she lies;
And in her room the silences are keeping
A watch upon her eyes.
And with forgetful balm their light lids steep
lug,
Lost she should wake and rise.
The roses she last gathered now are weeping ’
Upon my lady’s breast—
Close to the foam like laces of her gown
Their silent lips are pressed,
And drops of dew, like fragrant tears, slip
down
Between the moveless, snowy billows there.
Which heave uo more- for rapture nor despair.
Nor storm nor sunshine, rain nor falling dew,
Nor stirring leaves, nor voice of friend or foe,
Nor surge of all the worlds, can enter through
The stillness guarding now that slumber fair
Whose? heart receives no guest,
Nor any ray nor shadow, weal nor woe.
Cease, cease thy song, sweet birdl Far hence
(iy thou.
Where nature keeps
Her June day revel In fair fields new drest:
Thy mate awaits thee there;
There summer decks her happy world anew;
There thou ahalt find toy nest
Amid the leafage, on some swinging bough;
There, haply, thou, lnva-blest,
May’st soon target. Farewell: Hhe marks not
now;
Thou can’st not break the calm which wraps her
brow:
My lady sleeps
At rest —at rest at rest!
—Robert Bums tVili in in Time* flemocrat.
Tmx Rome Htf'jrwa, in sh aking of tbe fru
guilty of Pope lato Xlll says that tbe coat of
bis dinner is a s.-udn ‘Sn , .-m He takes with
it half a glass of claret, which la? has so far
ordered or s Itoinan *ii. dealer, lint even Ibis i
eipense is to lie curtailed, os be loot year plant 1
ed grain m ihe Vatican gar lens, wbteli pr-mnae j
so buiuiaui rat Id far Uu> needs of his labia. I
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Chicago .Yetra says ministers are so scarce
in Idaho that they have to be imported in many
cases where people wish to get married. Trains
are stopped that they may be searched for min
isters.
Mexico, which reported only about 500 miles
| of railroad in 1880. now has about seven times
1 that extent, mostly owned and operated by
Americans, and meanwhile the public revenues
have more than doubled.
The gospel according to St. Mark, in raised
Chinese characters, has been published for the
use of the blind in China. This is the 250th lan
guage in which portions of the liible have been
printed for the blind scripture-readers.
Col. Mapleson has a soprano, now called
Niquito, who, he says, was “born in Virginia, in
the southern part of North America.” and was
I "stolen by the Indians of Niagara” in her youth.
! Her voice is not so interesting as her history.
A watermelon bougfct of Will Eaton, of Ro
| chelle, 111., was found to contain, in the very
j centre of the core, a silver dollar closely wrap-
I ped in a $2 silver certificate. There wasn't a
i scratch on the melon to show that it had been
tampered with.
Thebe is a citizen of San Bernardino, Cal.,
says the Conner of that place, who years ago
decided that kissing was wicked, because Christ
was betrayed with a kiss. He has been married
twenty years and is the father of eleven chil
dren, but has never kissed his wife nor one of
his offspring.
The gross earnings on sixty-seven railroads
during the half year showed an increase of 15
per cent,, while the net earnings of the same
roads for the same period showed an increase
of 24 per cent. The gain was well distributed,
too, for only eight roads showed decreases in
their net returns for the same period.
It is stated in various papers, as a curious
effect of the electric light, that in several of the
public buildings in Washington its use has led to
an enormous increase in the number of spiders’
webs. The lights attract multitudes of insects,
and the insects in turn attract the spiders. It is
complained that iu many cases architectural
outlines have become badly obscured.
Golden trout are only found in the brooks of
Mount Whitney, up near the banks of perpetual
snowy They have a golden stripe down each
side, and are the most beautiful fish that swim.
It is said that those who saw the first specimens
of these trout that were brought down from the
head of Whitney creek thought they were made
up for the show, and that stripes of gold leaf
had been glued to their sides.
Covered buttons were introduced by M.
Sander. He lost his fortune in Denmark when
Lord Nelson bombarded Copenhagen, and came
over to England to try and earn a little money,
not dreaming that he would more than recoup
himself for what he had lost, He introduced
first* covered button consisting of cloth or
lasting, with an iron shank. His son improved
this into what is called the flexible shank but
ton, which, when made of silk, however, soon
wore out.
Who are the people that leave money on de
posit and fail to call for it? A little information
on this point comes from Connecticut, which
has eighty-four savings banks, at present, not
over twenty of the number coming under the
law requiring reports concerning unknown de
positors. The amount of deposits which have
remained without claimants for twenty years is
known to be over $75,000. Of this $21.000 is hold
by the Society for Savings in Hartford, $17,000
by the New London Savings Bank, $12,500 by
the Norwich Savings Bank, $7,000 bv the Bridge
port Savings Bank. SI,OOO by the'Middletown,
and not far from $4,000 by the Norwalk Savings
Bank.
William T. Stansbury, a compositor em
ployed on the Baltimore Sun , Friday last com
pleted his fiftieth year in the service of that
pappr. He never wore eyeglasses, a remarkable
fact in view of the ordeal to which his sight has
been subjected in one-half century of setting
type, an occupation trying to the vision. So
f ood, indeed, are, his eyes that according to the
oreman of the paper he sets the matter of the
money column of the Sun every night in agate,
the smallest type used in the composing-room,
and that, too, without the slightest trouble.
Mr. Stansbury was warmly congratulated by
his brother artisans on his long and'honored
service.
Augustus Van Cortlandt and his family still
occupy the old Van Cortlandt manor house that
has stood for more than a century and a half
in the centre of the beautiful tract of 1,700
acres beyond the Harlem river that under the
old family name is to become New York's
greatest park. They expect to receive some
thing like a million dollars compensation from
the city for their property thus appropriated,
although the appraisements have not yet been
finished. The manor house, whioh still is in an
excellent state of preservation, might well lie
carefully cared for by the city as one of the few
remaining interesting relics of colonial times
and customs within the city limits.
A number of French Protestants assembled
the other day on a table land called Plan de Font
Morte, the scene of three skirmishes with Louis
XlV.’s troops in 1702-1704, to witness the unveil
ing of a stone commemorating the martyrs of
that time, and the centenary of the edict recog
nizing Protestant marriages—the first step to
ward religious liberty. Thirty pastors were
present, and an outdoor service was held, the
sermon being preached by M. Viguie. On the
monolith is inscribed: “A loccasion du cen
tenaire de I’Edit de Tolerance les fils des Hugue
nots ont, sur le theatre des ancle ns combats,
eleve ce monument ala paix religieuse et afa
memoire des martyrs.”
There is a firm in Philadelphia which plants
pictures by the yard. The work is simple. A
piece of canvass nearly 100 feet long is stretched
in a gallery shaped like a corridor. On each
picture, which, by the way, costs $4 50, five
men are employed. Each man has his particu
lar line. One puts in the foreground, another
the background, and still another does the
clouds and cows that you see browsing in the
pasture. A fourth man doe.s the trees and
shrubbery. In this wav they are enabled to
work fast. In exactly three hours five of those
landscapes were finished, which is 30 minutes’
time given to each. The fifth man does the
finishing touches, and perhaps jierforms more
and better work than any of the others.
The Pacific Ocean boundary of the United
States has a greater extent of coast line than
the Atlantic shore. The aggregate of our shore
line on the Pacific is 12,734 miles, whilst on the
Atlantic it is 11,S00 miles, and on the Gulf of
Mexico 0.343. California)- ontains 1.136 miles of
the coast line on the Paeiffc, whilst she has also
272 miles of island shore and 240 miles of tale
water river shore, making altogether 1,043 miles
of shore line. Texas has an actual coast line on
the Gulf of 1,209 miles, whilst Florida has 1 144
on the Gulf and 363 miles on the Atlantic,’ so
that both exceed California in this fiarticular.
It was the annexation of Alaska that promoted
the Pacific coast to a higher figure than the \t
lantic, Alaska having 9,880 miles of coast line
These figures are taken from the coast survey
reports.
Joseph W, Ravage, of Rahway, N. J., recently
married Susan C. Pike, of Plainfield. The
groom’s father, ex Mayor Savage, was married
three times; the bride's twice. The latter's first
wife was the daughter of the present groom's
father’s daughter by bis first wife. The son
just married was born of the second marriage
and became the husband of the daughter of Mr
Pike by his first marriage. Thus ‘x-Mayor Sav
age was Mr. Pike's brother-in-lav : ex-Mayor
Savage's daughter, by marrying Mr. Pike, be
came sister-in-law to her own father: young
Joseph Savage, being the son of Mr. Pike’s are
ter, Is his nephew: being the half-brother of
Mr. Pike's first wife, he is also his brother-in
law, and hv his marriage last geek to Mr Pike's
daughter became son-in-law: thus Mr Pike is
uncle and brother-in-law to bis soii-in law and
Ihe recent bride. Mrs. Joseph \V. Savage ig
cousin and niece to her husband, and conse
quently her own aunt.
The Kino op Italy certainly possesses a way
of endearing himself to his people. He is what
you would call thoughtfully kind, and seems to
have the knack of doing the right thing at the
right time. Some say it is his wife, yueen
Margaret, who puts him up to meat of his popu
lar actions. Well, if so, she should certainly
share the credit, and tin- good deeds can lie put
down to the firm of “Umberto, Margaretta A
Cos.” One of tbe firm's Intern good deed* which
is already Immensely popular In Ituly’ is the
granting of an unsolicited pension of £10(1 a
year to Madame liepretls. the widow of tin- late
I Vernier of Italy, who Is not the first statesman
of regenerated Italy who lias died a poor man
Though the circumstances of bin marriage to
the holy who is now Ids widow, and who was a
w idow w hen Wgnor Depretis married tier are
forgotten, they were thought quite romantic a'
the lime. The bride was very manv yc/us i
younger than the bridegroom, and at an earlu-r
period of her life hud actually been his ward I
It waa hinted, indeed, that li-r first marriage ;
was a blow to Depretis. who had limed Ihsi the i
f latitude la- had umpired by bis illunt.-rested
iudpens would have developed into a warmer
feeling. Hut ibis waa not to l. ucd it waa only
afP-r the death of the young iadv first ho* .
hood that Higuor Depretis was aide to realise
bia earliest as,it ret ions and marry Ihe woman
he had ao tong devotedly loved.
BAKINO POWDER.
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Used by the United States Government. En
dorsed by the beads of the Great Universities as
the Strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr.
Price’s the only Baking Powder that does no)
contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only ig
■ Cans.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
NEW YORK. CHICAGO. BT. LOUIS.
DRY GOODS, ETC.
Exceptional Reductions
IN
Summer Goods
AT
tola & leer’s,
SUCCESSORS TO
B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
137 BROUGHTON STREET.
FIGURED BATISTE CLOTHS.
WE will close out the remainder of our stock
of these fine goods, formerly sold at 18c.
a yard, now reduced to 12^c.
25 pieces Figured Lawns, 83 inches wide, regu
lar price 12j4c. (*j-ard; now Bj^c.
75 pieces Figured Lawns, choice styles, at
50 pieces Wide Width Lawns, regular price
10c. a yard; now 6j4c.
One lot Crinkled Seersuckers, regula rice
15c. and 17c. a yard; now 12J^c.
One lot of Dress Ginghams, choice
regular price 12V£c. a yard; 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 12J4c.; now 9c. a pair.
A mixed lot of Misses’ Fine English Hose.
Ribbed, Plain and Silk Clocked, regular price oi
these goods from 25c. to 50c. We will close the
lot out at 17c. a pair.
50 dozen Ladies’ Gauze Undervests, regulai
prices 25c. and 85c.: now 19c. each.
35 dozen Ladies’ extra fine quality Gauze Un
dervests, regular prices 50c., 65c., 75c. and 85c.
We will offer the lot at the extraordinary low
'price of 47c. each.
Oor Si I'Dlanndried Shirts Reduced to 90c,
75 dozen Gentlemen’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 & Doom
SHOES.
Ask your Retailer for the ORIGINAL $3 SHOS
Bew are of Imitations.
None Genuine unless tearing the Stamp
J ames Means’
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It fir 1 excelled in Durability, Com
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m Vv anding you information howi
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J. MEANS & CO.,
This Shoe stands higher In the estimation of
wearers than any other in the world. Thousands
who wear it will tell you the reason if you ask
them. For sale by
.iV. S. USTichols,
128 Broughton street, Savannah. Ga.
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