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4 Cfteporningßclus Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER li). 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. Morning News is published every day in rbe year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and earners, on their own ac count at 35 cents a week. *1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year The ■ Mousing News, by mail, one month, fl 00; three months, S-’ 50; six months, $5 00; one year. $lO 00. • The Morning News, by moil, six times a week (without Sunday tame), three months, i'l 00- six months, $4 00 one year, $N 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 35; six months, $3 60; one' year. $5 00. The Sunday News, bu mait, one year. #2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. Si 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, cheek or registered letter. Cur rency sent bv mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court., New York City. letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Ga." Advertising rates made known oil application 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. BAKING POWDER. e-"?OU. WEIO//F"'> * sb==; pur£_ ss^ d?prices CREAM Used by the United States Government. En dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest aud most Healthful. Dr. Price’s the only Baking Powder that does not contaiu Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. 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