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INDEX ~TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings -DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F.;
Railroad I-oan Association; Hibernian Society;
Clinton Lodge No. 54, F. & A. M.; Workingmen’s
Union Association.
Speclai. Notice—Notice of Dissolution, Dar
nall & Susong.
Steamship Schedules— Ocean Steamship Cos.;
General Transatlantic Cos.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
ed; For Sale.
Sanitary Heating Furnaces—John A. Doug
{ass A Cos.. Agents.
Auction Sai.e—Furniture, by J. McLaughlin
fciSou.
Prospectus- Tybee Beach Company.
tVRNITURK AND CARPET EMPORIUM—A. J. Mil
fcg & Cos.
, Educational—School of Phonography, etc.,
sl4 Liberty Street; University School, Peters
burg, Va.
Announcement—C. H. Dorsett.
Beep—C. M. Gilbert A Cos.
Lottery—Drawing of Louisiana State.
The President seems determined to see as
much as possible of the Western country
•while he is about it. It is now announced
that he will visit Omaha on Oct. 12.
, Memphis is shaken up socially because
Miss Montgomery, granddaughter of the fa
mous Jacob Thompson, and very rich, has
jdeserted her husband, and is now a chorus
singer in a New York theatre. It seems
Mrs. Langtry will have numerous imita
tors.
, Henry George is likely to be retarded
slightly in his efforts to abolish his poverty
by a fine put on him of SIOO by Judge
Brown, of the New York City Court, for
failing to appear for service as a juryman.
He no doubt particularly objects to taxa
tion in this form.
In the hot fight between the McEnery
and Nicholls wings of the Democratic party
in Louisiana, wounds are apt to be inflicted
which will be flow to heal. It looks like a
resuscitation of the Republican party in
that State is necessary to produce harmony
among the Democrats.
A Pensacola correspondent says the busi
ness men of that city are aroused and push
ing its interests energetically. If they will
keep pushing there is no reason why they
should not have the largest town on the
Gulf coast. Their harbor is the licst, and
they have other advantages.
It is said the Navy Department officials
are angry because Lieut. Emory, who start
ed two months ago for Alaskan waters in
the Thetis, has been wasting his time in
pAeasaut South American ports. The Lieu
tenant probably has a vivid recollection of
his experience during the Greelv relief ex
pedition, and doesn't want to bump around
among icebergs any more
The portrait of President Cleveland has
been removed from the hall of a Grand
Army post at Chicago.’ The more fully
that society shows its animus toward the
President, the better for the country. If its
members consider the Chief Magistrate en
titled to respect only so long as he meets
their wishes in the matter of paying out
pension money, the people at large ought to
know it. A knowledge of the society’s con
trolling motive may bo of benefit to them.
Representative Cox says that he is will
ing to compromise with the Democratic
protectionists, in order to secure tax reduc
tion, to the extent of repealing the tax on
tobacco, but he declares that he will not
consent to the repeal of the tax on whisky
as long as the present high taxes on the nec
essaries of life remain. When Mr. Cox
once makes up his mind he is very firm, and
it may, therefore, be assumed that the whis
ky tax will not be repealed yet awhile with
his assistance.
Nina Van Zandt says she feels herself a
widow, and now makes her visit* to her
proxy husband dad in all the black habili
ments of woe. It is doubtful whether her
August appreciates the prompitude with
which she surrenders him to the rope. All
In all Mrs. Spies or Miss Van Zaudt occu
pies a unique position—a wife who hasn’t
been married and a widow whose husband
Is alive. At any rate she has got a vast
deal of notoriety, and that is probably what
■he went in for.
Confederate veterans at Pensacola are en
deavoring to introduce uniformity among
Confederate Veteran organisations. To
that end it is recommended “that the Con
federate Veterans form themselves into one
grand Ixxly, to be kuown as the Confefl-
veterans; that the subdivisions be
known as Camp of Vet
erans. that the camps bo numbered from
one up; that the by-laws be uniform: that
the meeting of the camps of a State be
called a division camp, a meeting of less
than a State be called a brigade camp, a
meeting of more than one State to l)e called
a corps tamp, and that a meeting of the
entire organization be kuown as the grand
camp. Until a grand camp is held, to in
dorse or alter these suggestions, and to elect
their successors and create other officers, it
Is Migge.it/hl that the following officers be
declared selected for the purpose: First, to
organize and consecutive number* to
all cam|M. Second, to secure a full rostor
of all camps in existence. Third, to call a
meeting of the Grand Camp during next
July or September. The following officer*
are suggested; Grand Commander, H. Jl.
Buckner,'of Kentucky; Adjutant General,
Win. H. Palmer, of Virginia; Treasurer,
William Preston Johnston, of Ix>ui*iana;
Cliaolain, Ilev. J. William Jones, of Vir
gium.H The movement appear* to be a
good on* and It U not iiuproltahl* that it
will rnwut with a hearty and general re-
Facts About Crime.
Is crime increasing in this country faster
thanjthe jiopulation is increasing; This ques
tion lias been receiving considerable atten
tion lately from those who are interested in
collecting statistics relative to crime. Some
statistics of the International Record of
Charities and. Corrections, recently pub
lished, are worthy of tho careful attention
of thinking men. They include only crim
inals who have been sent to the peni
tontiary. Those who are convicted of
crime, however, do not include all tho
criminals. Probably as many escape pun
ishment as are punished. But the increase
in tho number of those sent to the peni
tentiary is rather startling.
From the statistics above referred to it
appears that in 1830 there was only one
convict in Pennsylvania for every 15,320 of
the population, but in 1880 there was one
for every 5,931. In Maine the increase has
not beeii so great In that State there was
one convict for every 15,323 of the popula
tion in 1860, and in 1880 one for every 11,188.
In New Hampshire the increase was from
one to every 14,000 of the population to one
to every 7,229 in the sixty years between 1820
and 1880. Tho increase in New Jersey has
been much greater than this. In 1830 there
was ono convict to every 6,974 of tho popu
lation, but in 1880 it was one to every 2,346.
Notwithstanding tlrnt in New Jersey little
mercy is shown criminals, it seems that the
proportion of convicts to the whole jiopula
tion is noticeably large. In Illinois the
ratio has risen remarkably. In 1850 there
was only ono convict to every 9,460 of the
jiopulation, while in 1880 there was one to
every 3,481. In Minnesota there are twice
as many convicts in projiortion to the jxijiu
lation as there were in 1850. There has
been about the same increase in lowa.
It is claimed by some that greater effort is
mado now to arrest and punish criminals
than there was a few years ago, and that
that is the reason for tho greater number of
commitments to the penitentiary, but
that reason can hardly be the
true one. It may be that fewer
criminals escape punishment now than
formerly, but the increased vigilance of the
officers ot the law will not account for the
increase in the number of convicts in pro
portion to the population. The real cause
of the increase, doubtless, is the increase in
the jirojiortion of the jiopulation in cities.
The cities furnish the greater part of the
criminals, and it is probable that the in
crease in the proportion of criminals to the
jiopulation keeps pace with the growth of
the cities. If tho ratio of commitments in
Pennsylvania continues to increase as it did
from 1830 to 1880—from one in every 15,320
of the population to one in every 5,931 —it
might be interesting to inquire how long it
would be bofore the criminal classes would
be in the majority.
Lost County Records.
On Christinas night, 1882, several of the
large books in which were recorded the
transfers of real estate for many years in
Fulton county, mysteriously disapjieured
from the office of the Clerk of the Sujierior
Court, and though every effort has been
made, and largo rewards offered, no trace of
them has ever been found. This was a very
serious misfortune, as it rendered it imjxjs
sible to trace the titles of a great part of the
real estate of the county in the jiublic rec
ords.
The misfortune was not irreparable, how
ever. Mr. J. D. Collins, at one time clerk
of the court, bad mode, by authority of the
Legislature, an abstract of the
greater jiart, if not all, of the missing books,
which was his private projierty. Shortly
afterward he was beaten for re-election,
and was not in office when the books disaji
jieared. The loss of the records made Mr.
Collins’ abstract very valuable, and he
immediately began tho business of furnish
ing abstracts of titles. This business after
wards developed into tho Land Title War
ranty Company, in which Mr. Collins re
tained a considi-rable share of stock and
the most valuable jiart of whose assets was
his copy of the county records.
Tho theft of the books caused a great
deal of excitement, which did not die out
readily, and many conjectures as to tho
motive of tho criminal. Nothing lias de
veloped in alt these years to throw light on
the mystery, and though, as far as known,
Mr. Collins was the only man who profited
by the disappearance of the books, ho has
not been charged with any connection with
the robbery. He has always stood well in
the community, and does’ now, as is shown
hv the fact that he is ono of the present
County Commissioned.
Out of his holding this office has arisen
the last complication in tho matter. The
County Commissioners have for a long time
endeavored to obtain copies of the records,
at one tinio passing a resolution demanding
them as a right, to which demand tho Land
Title Comjiany refused to accede. Against
this resolution and other stepis to restore the
piublic records Mr. Collins and Mr. Hunni
cutt, also a stockholder of the I .and Title
Compiany, voted. The grand jury of
the county, indignant at their action,
has requested them to resign. They have
not yet doue so.
The action of the grand jury has renewed
interest in the matter, and there is a great
deal of discussion as to the resjieetivo rights
of the county and of the holders of Mr.
Collins abstract. The courts may jxissi
blv be called upon to decide between
them, and it is a little singular
that an ajijieal to them should
have been so long delayed, if efforts to jiur
chaxe a copy of the records have failed.
The transfers of property in a county in
which is situated so large and so rapidly
growing a city as Atlanta must
be very numerous, and it is cer
tainly a hardship that citizens should
lie taxed bv a private ♦orjxiration, if
Jhey wish to buy projierty with any freling
of security. Too county ought to have
jmrehosod a cojiy of Mr. Collins' re -onl long
ago it it could have been obtained for a
reasonable price. If ho refuses to furnish
a coj>y at any price that is reasonable
the question whether he has a right to such
a monojioly should be tested in the courts.
A bill to provide for supplying lost county
records has been introduced in the Senate
by Senator Northcutt.
Chicago’s new Mayor is moving energet
ically in the matter of protecting citizens
from liability bo accident at railroad cross
ings. Viaducts will lie constructed at the
more dangerous points, and fences and gates
erected at others. Mayor Rocha's cxainjile
should bo followed in other cities where
•treete are traversed by railroad*. The dan
ger* arising from this cause are jxs-uliariy
great in Atlanta, where many jmrsous have
ls-eii lulled or injured.
Knnator Hherroan recently declared that
Chief Justice Marshall wax "the gunlmt
Virginian " Did he forget Washington,
i Jefferson, Madison and lseal
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 18S7.
Cotton Mills in the South.
The last report of the National Cotton
Exchange, of New Orleans, contains some
statistics in regard to the manufacture of
cotton goods in the South, which are inter
esting and gratifying. These statistics show
that tho consumption of cotton in
creased in the Southern States from 381,066
bale;; in 1885-86 to 401,452 in 1880-87—a dif
ference in favor of the latter year of 20,386.
This is an increase of only 5 pier cent.,which
is not very great, but which is a very much
better showing than that made
by the mills of the Northern
States, which consumed 71,398 bales less
during the last cotton year than the year
before. That the relatively more rapid in
crease in the South was not the result of
temporary causes is shown by the fact that
since 1880 the consumption of Southern
mills has increased from 182,948 to 401,452
bales, or 125 pier rent, while that of North
ern mills has risen from 1,387,396 bales to
1,710,080, or 23 pier cent. The Southern
production was then one-ninth of the total,
and is now one-fifth.
A table is given which shows the con
sumption of cotton by the mills of each of
the Southern States. From this it is seen
that there has • been an increase in all ex
cept three —Missouri, Texas and Florida—
since 1880. It is gratifying to know that
Georgia has made the largest actual gain in
that time, her mills taking 126,702 bales,
ugainst 71,389—an increase of 55,313 bale;
in seven years.
The margin of profit in cotton manufac
turing of late years has been vjry narrow,
and competition sharp. In their rivalry
with tho long established and rich corpora
tions of the Eastern States, in the lines of
goods which they manufacture, the Southern
mills have been at many serious disadvan
tages. Few of them were jxissessed of the
largo capital necessary to enable them to
buy raw cotton largely when it was
cheap and hold the manufactured product
off a sagging market; they were forced to
live from hand to mouth. Another disad
vantage is that their factory supplies of
machinery, etc., are drawn from the North,
often entailing heavy expense for repairs,
which would not be necessary were the
shopis near by. And then, too, New York,
Philadelphia and Boston are tho great
markets of the country, and there the bulk
of the products of Southern mills are sold,
so that to some extent the benefits of a loca
tion among the cotton fields are lost.
Against these drawbacks can be set man)
advantages, and the fact that they more
than balance them is being proved by the
steady advance of Southern cotton manu
facturing. As its volume becomes greater
it will overcome some of the difficulties
under which it has labored. The mills will
increase their capital, machine shops will
come nearer when there is sufficient demand
for their products, and markets not so dis
tant as New York may be developied. Tho
outlook is very encouraging.
Educating Convicts.
An interesting experiment has been in
augurated in the New Jersey penitentiary
at Trenton, in which more than a thousand
prisoners are confined. An ajiartment has
been fitted up with all the appliances of a
school room, and convicts who are illiterate
will be afforded an opportunity to acquire
an education of tho common school grade.
In resjxinse to an invitation 130 men ex
pressed a desire to be taught. The teachers
are themselves convicts, and act voluntarily.
This experiment will be watched with a
great deal of interest, especially by the
rapidly growing class of citizens whobeliove
that convicts, when discharged from our
penitentiaries, ought vo be better men than
when they enter them; that thejiunishment
for crime, while adequate in its severity,
should not further debase, but should, if
jiossible, reform the erring man on whom it
is inflicted.
The means best adapted to this end is yet
a matter of experiment, There are pieoplo
who think that in education, meaning book
learning, lies the remedy for almost all
evils. Experience has not justified this be
lief. Indeed, it would seem to justify the
warning that “a little knowledge is a danger
ous thing.” A gentleman in the upper piart
of the State some time sinco observed
that of a number of con
victs seated on a car, be
ing transported from ono camp to an
other, it considerable proportion were read
ing uewspiapers. They were all colored
men. It is possible, and even jn-obable,
that the pierrentago of übsoluto illiteracy is
lower among the colored convicts of this
State than among men of the same race, of
the same age, who have not been guilty of
any crime. A little learning has made
many cajiable of certain offenses, without
strengthening tlie character to resist the
temptation to commit them. Tho number
of young negroes who have been guilty of
forgery, of recent years, is large.
There is no disposition to discredit the
New Jersey experiment. On the contrary,
it is to lie heartily commended. The posses
sion of even a limited education will render
tho men when discharged, if disposed to do
so, more able to complete jor the rewards of
industry in an honest life. What is meant
is to express a belief that more important to
the convict than a slight degree of education
in books is the education of character,
brought ulout by regular habits, enforced
industry, restraint from vicious practice*,
cleanliness and the strengthening in every
possible way of his self-respect, based on a
knowledge of what is right an l a purpose
to do it. Education of this sort should jire
code or accomjMiny the education of lottoru,
which then becomes a blessing.
Gen. Butler is considering whether he
shall take piart in a final effort to save tho
Chicago Anarchists from execution by an
upjieal to the Supreme Court, and will do
so if he can discover any technicality upon
which a plea can be based He expressed
no doubt as to the justice of the sentence
under which the men rest, but said “a man
has a right to quibblo for his life.” Ho un
doubtedly has such a right, but nevertheless
most jioople cannot helji thinking lawyers
have duties toward the public as well as to
ward t heir clients. They certainly ought
to see that their clients have a fair trial, but
they should not obstruct tho course of jus
tice.
Col. Fred Grant evidently puts a largo
estimate on his claim on tho country's grati
tude or on his own greatness. He is re
jxirtod to liavo said to a newNjsajier man
when Ins name was first mentioned as the
jiroliable candidate of tho Republicans for
Hs-reUry of Htatn of New York: “Oh. I
couldn't think of aeeepting it. I might take
tie-(fiivernoi-sldp as a stepping stone, be
eaus * homier or later the lleptlhlieati Jiarty
will of course nominate me for the l'resi
detiey."
I,lms of gresl turn oft remind u
Tlikt ibr wins they leave Ir-hlnd,
Mev lie Iroutilmi with tlie My In-ad
Rut aitur mill Luo lent i utiud.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Most’s Narrow Escape.
Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep).
Johan Most is probably shuddering yet to
think ivhat a narrow escape he made from be
c >niing a citizen of the country which has just
decided to hang his best friends.
The Vote Mr. Burns Can Control.
Pom the Missouri Republican C Dem.)
Tlie old story of displacing Mr. Carlisle as
Speaker to make room for Hon. James N.
Burns, of Missouri, has been revived. Mr. Burns
is the only man in tbe Missouri Democratic dele
gation who is in sympathy with Mr. Kanduli.and
in the attempt to carry out u plan of this kind he
could control just one Missouri vote.
Good Effect of the Anarchist Verdict.
Pom the New York Tribune (Rep.)
Professional Anarchists throughout the coun
try are indulging in much lurid rhetoric over
the decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois
against their condemned friends at Chicago.
But it is noteworthy that their expressions are
very general and vague. Principally it is a
‘'jirotest" against this "monstrous injustice”
t hat they urge. They take good care not to de
scend to particulars, and they refrain from
talking about "killing" or "blood revenge."
This is one of the first good results of the cer
tainty that the condemned Anarchists must
hang.
BRIGHT BITS.
If we are wealthy it is test not to boast about
it; it is tetter still not to be ashamed of the
maimer i:i which wo acquired our wealth. —
Philadelphia Call.
Clerk—What can I do for you, sir?
Professor—l—l—well, that's a nice affair; I
really don't know what I was told to get. But
no matter, give me something similar.—Flie
gende Blatter.
“My dear young friend," he said solemnly, "if
you are so fond of beer at your age, what do
you suppose you will be when you reach your
prime?'
‘ A politician,” responded the youth.— Puch,
Hotel Clerk (to guest) Your bill is $l5O,
sir. And bow did you find trade in town.
Guest—Trade? I’m nirinimmer. I'm a gen
tleman, and I'm traveling for pleasure.
Hotel Clerk (contrlt-jj-),- I beg your pardon,
sir. Two dollars, plea#:. -Puck.
“I wanted a roun’ tup ticket for Serapville,
mister."
"‘You have one, sir."
“See 'ere, youuar man, ye may be smart
enough to run a railrwnl, iit yo can't run it into
me that that "ere sqilar piece Of paper's roun'
—allowin’ Ibe G!l years old next October.”—
Harper's Weekly W-
Omaha Dame—Why don't you go to your own
Sunday-school, Johnny?
Johnny—l like the Broad Avenue Sunday
school bret; thev have the jjioesl books.
"But they don't belong to odj- denomination
at all. Does the prea<®er ever say anything
about hell?"
“Yes he did once. He sAkl hell was a State.”
‘'Humph’ You understood that explanation,
of course.”
“Oh yes. I knew right Off he meant Mis
souri."— Omaha World.
Not so Much of a Joke After ATI— He had his
photograph taken one day wfy.-n he was at the
teach with the boys. It was not a good picture,
for he was not exactly in condition for taking a
good one. But he thought he would have a
joke with his wife about it. so when he reached
home he handed it to her, ,saying:
“There is the pictured? a idao who loves you.”
She looked at it, aild'a'deep blush overspread
her face as she said:
‘‘lt is like Jim. Where did you see him?”
He would give 9 godd dual to know who Jim
is —Boston Courier:
“Charlie,” she sWJI goftly, “I often think
what a noble thing ifls to have a sphere and fill
it as you ought.”
“Have you?” returned Charlie, after some
study. a
“Yes: and I have often wondered what m.y
particular work in life is.”
“Indeed!''replied Charlie, after some hesita
tion.
"Charlie, tell me, do you think I am fitted to
make a home happy?"
"I duuno," said lie, absently. “Can you cook?”
—Merchant Traveler.
The Country Idea of It —New York Broker—
Is there room for another street item?
New York Financial Editor—Yes, I can get in
a few lines.
“Well, I’ve Just consummated a stock deal.”
“All right. I’ll put'it l 4n. Did you make any
thing?" .
“Yes sirree, I made SIT by the operation.”
“Very well, I'll an uutnee that Mr. Blank, the
coming Napoleon of finance, cleared two mill
ions yesterday by a shrewd deal."
“That's the idea. Hotv much ?”
“Ten dollars.”— Omaha World.
Together they sat side by side. Suddenly he
broke the silence. "Manetta," he said, in per
suasive tones, "1 have long waited and watched
for this opportunity. My heart calls upon me
to speak.’
Manetta started to arise as if to depart in an
ger.
“otay!" Henry cried. “Stay! let me detain
you yet a moment. My# means are ample.
Manetta suddenly showed interest. “And how
is your money invested?"
"In various ways. In Mexican Central. Keely
Motor, and—"
"Say no more!" and she gave him a freezing
glance. "I shall always esteem vou as a friend,
Mr. Munnington. I shall always lie pleased to
be a sister to you; but nothing' more. Boston
Transcript.
PERSONAL.
James Russsia Lowell, will return from Eu
rope the last of October or first of November-
The Duchess of 1 Cumberland is recovering
from her menial trouldtt, aud lr.is resumed her
usual occupations.
A woman- of Bay City, Mich., disguised herself
a.s a man and clerked in a store for a year and
thus obtained admission into the Kiiight. of
Pythias.
Henry ViELAnb, besides being a clever finan
cier, is an accomplished musician, and often
spends his evenings in playing the 'Velio to his
daughter’s pianoforte accompaniments.
Miss Mary L. Booti. sailed from Liverpool on
Saturday on the Auraniu, after a four months'
vacation In Europe, the pleasure of which was
marred by the news of the death of her mother.
Sultan -Mi lky Hasson's favorite occupation
is decapitating crinduals with his own royal
hand. Whoa orluimalH-utv lacking, his Morocco
majesty, it is said, dispenses with supernumer
ary courtiers.
Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the
Prince of Wales, is a huge intellectual disap
pointment to hlsyanlly. His brother, George,
lias been do were# wt(fc all the intelligence, go
and manliness.?/? ,
Bonn Loftts. f or'herly the English Ambassa
dor at Russia, has been obliged to go Into bank
ruptcy. lie expended large sums to keep up his
Embassy at St. l’eteisourg, and has run through
all bis property.
Miss Minnie Foster, was until last week, one
of the belles of Warren, Pa, She thought her
complexion n trilie too dark, took arsenic to Im
prove it, and the result was her demise after a
day's terrible suffering.
Uen. Brailmont, aide-de-eamp to the King of
the Belgians, and "Inspector General of Engi
neering and Fortitlcations,” in Belgium, Is gen
erally recognized, since the death of Todleben,
us tne greatest living tactician.
Prince Bismarck,possesses some of the largest
and finest forest* in Northern Germany, and
with the exception of Prince Kursienberg. who
is lord of Bchwarzwnld, he is pfnbably the lar
gest tlmlier merchant in the Empire.
Alfred 8. Love, President M the Universal
Peace Union of the United States, Is presenting
his Grand Board of Arbitration views to the
people of Canada. Jle addressed a large au
dience In Horticultural Pavilion, Toronto, this
week.
Mrs. Langtry feels confident, that her hus
band will not remove to this countr ' in order to
light her application for divorce, lie Is said to
receive slll3 jrr month as an Inducement to re
main in England, the sum being guaranteed
him during life.
Miss Oli.ie Fredebices, of Columbus, 0.. has
eloped with a young student orthe Ohio Ntuto
University. He woe poor while she could sign
u cheek for SIIXI,IIOO, and it would be honored in
any of the Coluinupa banks, it is said the
young lady plained the elopement.
The archbishop of Toronto says the Holy See
Is not aware of Henry George s existence as
either an author or politician, ami tluit Dr.
MeGlynn was excommunicatisl for reasons
purely eocleoioaUcal Politic*. In the arehbish
op's opinion, cut no llgiiraiu the matter.
Jl'ixix J. C. Normiiae, of St. Louis, Is one of
the most enthusiastic turf |iatrous at the Coney
Island Jim key flub Hireling lie stands 111 u
chair, out by the fence, at tue iip|sw end of the
smini5 mini stand, ami carefully notes every rare
udge Vormillo hi the best after dinner speaker
west of the Hu Ison
Ho* . Anki arimi Zei.ava, Vic* -President of the
ie|Hiblir of llotidiirss, tun* Mailed oil the Pacific
njull Mt riuwhip fulo.i for hi* native country.
Hlih'ii Ills first visit to this country, two
years ago, Mr Zelsya has lieeii an anient ail
imrrr.if ilie fulled btates 11* will vlMt us
bi'ieaftor every year
GOT EVEN WITH THE MATE.
A Reminiscence of Gov. Stewart, of
Missouri.
From the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette.
An old citizen, a gentleman of high social and
official standing in St. Joseph, tells a story of
the famous Missouri Governor, Bob Stewart,
which, ■ true to the letter, proves that fact is
stranger than Action: r
“I was coming up the Missouri river when I
was a boy." said the ex-Governor, “end I was
working "my way on a steamboat. At a point
where we had to wood up 1 didn’t carry as nig a
load as some of the roustabouts, nor move with
that agility that the others did. for 1 was not
strong, anti had ljeen tenderly raised. The mate
became enraged at my slow movements on the
gangplank, and he gave me a kick and sent me
ashore, and confiscated my buffalo robe as pay
ment for my passage to that point. I never
saw that mate again until I had been inaugu
rated as Uovernor of this great commonwealth
of Missouri.
“(.me day wandering through the wards and
districts of the penitentiary I saw that mate,
working at a forge. He had been sent there, for
killing, in a passion, a man under his command.
I knew him instantly, and 1 directed the Warden
to send the man to the Guberaational Mansion
in the garb of a gentleman. When the man
arrived I took him into my private office and
asked him if he recognized me. lie replied that
he did. Said I, 'do you remember one time at
such and such a place, of kicking a boy and
sending him ashore, who had lieen working in
your gang?’
“The uniti said. ‘No,’ 1 don't remember it, but
it is very likely’ that I did it.'
“ ‘Well,’ sa.vs I, ‘I am that boy, and here is
your pardon. I always thought I would get even
w ith you. 1
"The tears came to the Oldman’s eyes, and he
said. 'Well, Governor, to be a mate in those days
a man had to be a dog.’
“ ‘You played well y’our part.’ I said, ‘Now
leave here, and don't let me see you again.'
“As he made his exit I gave him an able
bodied kick, and little Bob Stewart l ad got even
with that big steamboat mate,
"Sounds like a romance, don't it? Yes.
But every word is true, I need barely say,
sir.” _____
Man of Great Ability.
From the Arkanswv Traveler.
Two men who bad just arrived in the White
Oak “settlement” were speaking of someone
named Tompkins, when an old fellow who had
been standing near advanced and said’
"You air talkin’ about young Tobe Tompkins,
I reckon."
“Yes.” one of the men replied. “Are you ac
quainted with him?”
"I reckon I uughter be. when he used to be
my stepson, lie fore Ills mammy got a divorce
from me. like she dim from his father an’ mar
ried another l'eller. Tone has got the brightest
mind o’ any man in this here community. You
may talk about Stove Parker, that’s gone to
Congress, an’ Ab Joyner, that belongs to the
Legislatur, but Tobe he’s jest uachully got the
mind."
“Smart, is he?"
“Smart! W’y, he jest uachully lays over any
thing in this community: when it comes to
sense, w’y tharain'tnobody in the State that ken
touch these here folks. Smart, w’y lemme tell
you, if Tobe ain’t the Gov'ner o’ this yere State
oefo’ the next six years thar’ll lie a slatherin’
sight o’ folks in this part o’ the country that
will be goin’ ’roiin axin’ the reason why.
Smart—w’y lemme tell you what, he done. He
had a old one-eyed, stumblin' sway-back boss, a
rope bridle an' a saddle made outen a sheep
skin an some bar’l staves. The folks laughed
at him fur riggin’ up sieli a lay-out, ‘but, never
mind’ says he. ‘Old marster has made big
room in this here community for a feller to
snatch up ability an’ swing it around by the
tail: an’, gentlemen, let me tell you that he
done it. He started out with that disgustin’
rig, an’ befo’ the end o’ two weeks he had as
high a steppin’ a hoss as you ever seed, a saddle
that made a noise like a 3 year-old babyn
cryin’, an' a bridle that looked*purty enough to
take holter an’ chaw.”
"He wan lucky,” said one of the men.
“Lucky! Why, I tell you that he's got the
brightest mind in the State. Luckyi Step out
in the road an’ make a hoss, bridle an’ saddle.
Smart—why, let me tell you. He had a ole cow
that you couldn't a squz mor’n ten drops o’
milk outen with a cider press. What did lie do?
Let her die on his ban’s like many a smart man
wonlder done? No. sir. He started out, an’in
less than a week he came back drivin’ a great
big fine cow that laid the dust with milk as she
walked.”
“He is unquestionably a skillful trader.”
“A skillful trader! You hnve beam o’ genius,
I reckon. Well, Tobe's a genius, a plum flat
footed genius.”
“And you think he will be Governor of this
State, eh?”
“Just as shore as you live this minit. Wy, sir,
lemme tell you: with his genius he ken take the
office o’ justice o' the peace an keep a tradin’
fur fust one office and then another till the fust
thing you know he’ll land slam bang in the Gov
ernor's elmir. Smart! W’y sometime ago, befo'
the folks acknowledged his genius, he feu in
love with a gal so ugly that the green persim
mons felt off the trees as she went a long the
road What did he do? Did he marry her?
Well, no. He started out tradin’ an’ now lie's
engaged to be married to tlio purttiest woman
in the State. Oh, tliar ain’t hardly nothin’
beyond the reach o' his ability. He’s jest nach
ully bright, an' as I say, if he ain’t the Gov
ernor o’ this here State, you ken skim the 'ston
ishment often this community with a s icon.”
Hanging a Hat on a Man’s Eyeball.
From Murray's Magazine.
A Buddhist priest of about twenty-five, stone
blind (and no wonder!), was led on by twoshow
nien, aud the trio crouched In a row. A variety
of objects were grouped about them of vary
ing size and weight One borrowed my hat,
a soft wideawake, attached to it by a book a
noosed string, and held it in readiness. The
blind priest sat for a time impassive, old men
hanging drums; then at a signal he gave a howl,
forced with two thumbs his right eye out of the
socket, while the attendants hung my hat upon
the ball! To show that it was unsupported, ex
cept by the string, he held both hands aloft,
then, allowing bis eye to sink into its place, re
lapsed into listless lethargy. The trick was re
peated again and again with other objects, the
licriod of suspension being shortened according
to increase or weight, uni flat last there hung
from his eye. which looked like an uncanny
onion, a bell of sculptured bronze. With a
groan of horror we turned and fled, seeking ob
livion of the nightmare in the theater devoted
to farces. ■>
Forgiven and Forgotten.
Robert Rurdette.
“Stranger," said the gentleman from North
Carolina, as the train whirled towurd New York,
"I perceive, sah. that you ah a Nothe’n man;
can you ah oblige me with a morsel of soft
satin’ tobacco?’ The fine cut was promptly
handed out. “And now, sah, if you ah through
with the morning might I just look at it
for a few miles?' His companion was only too
glad. “And now. sah, if you would only just
oblige me by lettin’ me have the next neat to
the window, so that. I can use the s-urrounding
country an l the fertile Jersey landscape as a
cuspidor 1 can ask nothing inoah? Thank you,
sah, you ah ain’t one of tnem that, carries on a
traffic in sectional hate and a portrayal of patri
otic sentiments, sah. If all men were just as
much for givin" as you are, sah, and all othali
men was as much l’or petti.’’ as I am, sah
white-winged peace would brood over these
lieah United States like a pure dove on a nest of
squabs, sah.”
I Don’t Caro if It is Red.
Sweet blue eyes niul dim riled ehin,
Kubj* lips rich pearls within.
Cunning nose, complexion fair—
Yonder girl witli brick-red hair.
Lithe her form and full of grace.
Hearts she breaks at every pace.
Dudes and mashers always stare—
llut -she's mine with each red hair.
White horse, brown horse, red or blue,
Could we see all life’s way through.
Yet will I her troubles share
Though she yanks uiy every hair and kicks
me into the middle of next week each
morning.
Plantation Philosophy.
From tjie Arkansan: Traveler.
Kr 'oman wins or man do way she acks; er
man wins a ‘oman by \vhu* be says.
Sometimes or and 7.011 w ise moil may git tor
gedor an' lie foolish, hut or (locen fools kaiut
nebor p it terncder an' bo wise.
Do t nouKbts dut er pusson thinks fur no one
but blsse'f air bis Ix-st an' his wiist. Dent whut
comes I tot noon ho (tins ter do public.
It is sometimes cosier ter fatter er w ise man
dan it is or fool, fur do wise mail may think dot
yor's dot some cause tor praise him, but tier
fool may know at once dal yor's or liar.
A Suggestion.
Harper's for September.
A Dallrtlady wiut divine her daughter Instruc
tion* lu etiquette, mid how to uoipiiro a hus
band.
"If a gout lonian enters the room, etiquette
demands that you arise from your soul, and
advauoo a few steps to moot him with a bright,
sunny smile."
"Hut suppose no gentleman ever comes into
the room • ”
"Toen of course you don't change your posi
tion; you remain just as you um.
Hummer complaint almost Invariably 011 rsd by
Its* use of Prod. Brown's Jamaica lilugoi. Ul
Um genuine.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A sentence from the lately published letters
of Lady Mary Wortley Montague: “I own I
enjoy vast delights in the follies of mankind,
and. God be praised, that is an inexhaustible
source of enjoyment.”
There is a magnificent formation of rock salt
near the town of San Quentin, Cal., fourteen
miles long by three or four wide, and from 100
to 125 feet in depth, feruling an inexhaustible
supply which can be used to good advantage by
ships unloading at the port for ballast for the
return trip.
The Aldermen of Newark. N. J., are unhappy.
They supplied themselves with gorgeous gold
badges, at the expense of the city treasury, as
they supposed, but tlie Mayor refused to ap
prove tlie bill, and the Corporation Counsel says
the Aldermen must pay for their decorations
themselves.
When Ephraim Ellsworth Post. G. A. K. was
organized the other evening in Troy, Capt. Eph
raim D, Ellsworth, a retired United States offi
cer, 70 years old, and the father of Col. Ells
worth, was present, and was evidently deeply
moved by the exercises. There is another Ells
worth post in New York.
George Carroll, a coal miner at the Jellico,
Tenn.. mines, was robbed of $25 and called upon
a fortune-teller for assistance in recovering it.
From the description given by her, be was led
to suspect Lewis Patton, whom he attacked, and
in the melee that followed received a mortal
wound at the hands of the suspected party,
Tiie Tucson (Ari.) Citizen says: “Quite a lot
of rings was found in the robbers’ cave in the
Rincon mountains, but evidently they had not
been taken on the last haul made by the free
booters. It Is tine that among the goods taken
was an invoice of rings for a San Diego jeweler,
but they were billed as 14-carat gold, whereas
the rings found were 18-carat fine. There are
about four dozen of them.”
Tiie result of the recruiting for the regular
army in England for the first six months of the
present year has been far below the average of
the last few years. During this period only
15.160 recruits have been obtained, as compared
with 18,626 in the same period of last year,
20,524 in the same period of 1885. and 17,088 in
the same period of 1884. Since January there
has been a continuous decline in tlie numbers
enlisted.
At the end of the year 188 G the railways of
Canada extended over 11,523 miles. Rails were
laid over that length, but some portions had not
yet been operated, so that only 10,807 miles were
actually under traffic. At the same time 751
miles were under construction the greater por
tion of which has since been completed, so that
at the present moment locomotives are ~et uallv
running over more than 12,000 miles of railway
in Canada.
In Hungary there lives a man who is over 130
years of age. He enjoys good health and. what
is more, still retains full possession of his
mental faculties. Franz Nago was horn in 1756.
The profuse hair and full beard of the old man
are yellowish white. He has a few of his lower
teeth left. Long ago he lost the u,se of his left
eye, and has lately liegun to suffer pain ill h s
right one. He trips along ligutly and speaks in
measured tones. He only takes one meal a day,
and is very temperate.
It is about as difficult for a dog to get a really
satisfactory scratch at his back as it is for a
one-armed man to rub his elbow, but a Hartford
(Conn.) dog does it. In front of his master’s
house is an old stone hitching-post, which time
and weather have made rough and scaly. Pro
ceeding to this the dog sits down, throws him
self backward till he is leaning against the post,
and then proceeds to rub bis back as cleverly as
a longshoreman or one of the ancient Scots who
used to bless the Duke of Argyll.
Out of the 260,0(X) tous of steel and iron manu
factured annually at the Krupp works the
greater portion is required for peaceful pur
poses, especially for railway plant and material.
From a report published in 1881 it appears that
the number of workmen employed in the east
steel works amounts to 11,211, and those em
ployed in mines and forges to 8,364, being a
total of 19,605. To these we may reckon the
families of the employes, numbering 45.776, thus
showing that 65,381 persons were at that time
dependent on the Krupp establishment for their
livelihood.
Upon the belfry of the Kauthaus, in Coblentr,
there is the head of a giant, bearded and hel
meted with brass. Tlie giant's head is knowm
as “The Man in the Custom House,” and when
ever a countryman meets a citizen of Coblentz
away from that place. Instead of saying “Row
ate all our friends in Coblentz?” he asks “How
is the man in the custom house?” At every
stroke of the bell which sounds the hours upon
the clock the mouth of the giant opens and
shuts with great force, as if it were trying to
say in the words of Longfellow: “Time was—
Time is—Time Is past."
A characteristic illustration of the panic
caused by the cholera in Sicily is furnished by
a list published in the official journal, by order
of the Italian Minister of the Interior, which
contains the names of all the physicians and
apothecaries who have fled for fear of the
epidemic, and all of whom will be called to ac
count by the courts. The list embraces 18
physicians and 10 apothecaries of Catania. 4
physicians and 4 upot becaries of -Adorno, 3
physicians, 2 surgeons and 3 apothecaries of
Pateroo, 8 apothcaries of Biancavilla, and 1
surgeon euehof Maletto and Francofonte.
The millionaires of Colorado are preparing to
bid for the seat of Senator Bowen in the United
States Senate. His term expires in March, 1889,
and the Colorado Legislature to lie elected this
fall will choose his successor. Bowen is a can
didate for re-election, arid has os competitors
Edward Wolcott, Attorney for the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad: ex-Governor Rouett, Will
iain A. Hammill, the mining millionaire; ex-
Congressman Chilcott, ex-Governor Samuel El
bert, Judge Hallett, of the United States Court;
ex-Governor Evans and Congressman Symes.
The auction promises to be an interesting one.
The barramanda proves to be a connecting
link of primary rank between the oldest surviv
ing group of fishes and the lowest air-breathing
animals, like the frogs and salamanders. It
leaves its native streams at night and sets out
on a foraging expedition after vegetable food in
the neighboring woodlands. It has both lungs
and gills. It can breathe either air or water at
will, or, if it chooses, the two together. Though
covered with scales and mo6t tlsh-like in outline,
it presents points of anatomical resemblance
both to salamanders and lizards, and is a con
necting bond between the North American mud
fisb on the one hand and the wonderful lepido
siren on the other.
Dr. Parrachia has made a curious study of
the differences between criminals and law-abid
ing citizens as exhibited bv their walk. He not
only has shown how we may distinguish crimi
nals in general, but has laid the beginning of the
differential diagnosis between various evil-do
ers. He found that in criminals in general (ob
tained from the study of forty criminals) the
left pace was longer than the right.the lateral de
viation of the right fix t was greater than that of
the left, and the angle formed by the axis of the
foot with the straight line was greater on the left
side than on the right. It would thus seem that
in general, the gait of a criminal betrays a
marked preponderance of power of the left foot
over the right—a true sinistrality. This also
agrees with the discovery of Marro that
criminals are left-handed.
A|novel steamer for removing bars and shoal
spots tn rivers and harbors is lieing put together
at Neafic & Levy’s shipyard, in Philadelphia.
Instead of a long armed dredge driven into the
dirt by a hinged scoop there will be a long steam
pipe directly under the keel of the steamer,
which will drag on tlie shoal spot or bar. The
mud, thus stirred, will be carried up by strong
pumps into the hold of the craft, which is divi
ded into six bins, and Into which she will deposit
the material that she dredges. For the purpose
of unloading the steamer will have iron valves
fixed in her bottom, with stems reaching up to
the deck, where they will be operated by means
of u hand wheel and screw. The steamer has
been named the Reliance, and is 102 feet | OIUt
with a capacity of over 1,8 H) tone. Stic will lx!
put to work at dredging Oedney s channel one
of the approaches to New York harbor A
Ames Howlott & Cq., of New York, who are the
owners of the cruft, have contra -ted for several
other barges.
At this New York Custom House Wednesday
Mrs. Morgan, an inspectress was detailed to ex
amine the trunks of a Mrs. Martinn, of Ohio, a
passenger on the steamer Nevada. The inspiv
tress was struck with the ap|entrance of . evcrtl
packages ilcne up in soiled towels which Mrs
Murtien sattl con.-lined simply soiled clothing*
rhey were found to conceal m\i yards valuable
silk. A silk table spread and it luc- dress skirt
came out of another peclutce. Not.clug tbut
Mrs. Murtien wore a luistlc of unusual size Mrs
Morgan naked her to stop Into a private room
on the pier, where the bustle vu* rcmovisl, not
withstanding the fair smuggler s protestations
lit the bustle were fouuiitweutv four pices of
worsted binding, live puss sof t lack luce live
Mat luce collars, fifty-four is.*** 01 silk i>lnd
lag. tweive pieces of watered silk rbiu.n, six
Jet brad ornaments, e Ing of perfumery. 11 sil
ver wiilcii.two ■ lairs of bracelets,,t istir toilet
ornaments, a dusen |stf kuge* of French hooks
arwl eye* one dress isUlern embroider, si In lln
srlousUk, thirty yards of Unset embroidered
silk crape and a blin k silk dress skirt.
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