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The Rev. Dr. Dumbell, of Chattanooga,
ought to be a fine exponent of “muscular
Christianity.”
The only question in Virginia politics
seems to lie Mahone. Everything else is lost
sight of. To an outsider it looks liko noth
ing could be better for the Democrats.
Indications grow stronger every day that
the striking Pennsylvania miners will win
tihe fight. In sp’te of the tightness in the
money market the demand for coal is large,
and that is a strong element in the men’s
favor.
While England and tho United States dis
pute about fisheries tho Newfoundland fish
ermen starve. An industry that will not
feed a few thousand people who devote all
their time to it would not seem to be worth
much to either country.
There is said to be a deal being negotiated
between the United Labor party and the
Socialists in New York. Its consummation
will cause great disappointment to the jieo
ple of the country, who were anxious that
the Socialists should stand up and be
counted.
The gradin ; the Red River railroad
has been completed to the international
line, and the first shipment of rails has
arrived. It begins to look as if the plucky
province of Manitoba is going to have its
road in spite of the opposition of tho
Dominion government and the Canadian
Pacific monopoly.
A Boston newspaper does not like for the
London Times' representative in this coun
try to confine his attention so exclusively to
New York, and reminds him that that city,
though well enough in its way, is not Bos
ton, and cannot hoiie to be. It isextremely
probable that New York would rather be
anything than Boston.
Herr Most says the Socialists have no use
for Americans. Americans certainly huve
no use for Herr and if thoy were not
the be ;t Matured people in tho world they
would long ago have shipped him and his
gang of howlers back to Europe to serve
the terms of imprisonment awaiting most
of them in the land of their birth.
The Philadelphia Times has an editorial
on Foraker in which tho word “fool” oc
curs sixteen times. 11 was hardly necessary
to emphasize by so much repetition when
the politest euphemism would have made
the editor’s meaning perfectly plain. In
fact, his estimate of Foraker didn’t need
suggestion—it was already in everybody’s
mind.
Now that tne real outlines of the Thistle
have been printed, it is seen that the Now
York World's diver, who examined her
bottoin, was not a reliable man, or else was
a very poor draughtsman. Or perhaps the
diver had nothing to do with it, and tho
reporter was a poor guesser. The World
prints tt-tion as woll as fact, and they some
times need labeling.
The harmony among New York Republi
cans, with which their organs are so much
delighted, seems not to be very real. Tho
adherents of ex-Sonator Miller are said to
be sulking because of dissatisfaction with
the work of “Tom Platt's convention." They
say Platt made out the slate to suit himself,
and now he must win by his own effort*.
This is good news for Democrats,
The New York Tribune says the Demo
crats want to starve the Foderal govern
ment. No; they do not They only want
to put it on the diet best for its health and
strength. With its utmost endeavors it
can’t digest all that it is being poured down
cjproat now, and is in danger of colic and
►•‘.her painful diseases. The Democrats will
Only act in kindness; they are friends.
Thesailorsof the North Atlantic squadron
evidently hail a good time at the Phila
delphia centennial. When it was over the
Admiral in command collected all of them
he could find and is now offering a reward
of $lO apiece for the rest. The number
InUsiug is considerable, and the police will
probably make several hundred dollars by
finding them. It is bad that a little jollifi
cation should disable tho country’s biggest
fleet.
The report again comes from Washington,
this time on the authority or a '“Kentucky
Democrat, who enjoys the most intimate
political relations with Mr. Carlisle,” that,
a tiro|wr revenue measure will be passed this
winter, even if it he necessary to that end
in "employ vigorous measure*,” which is
interpreted to mean the de|xsiition of Mr.
Randall from the head of tho Appropriations
C -mmittee. The plan may include thiit
Step, but it is more important that any rev
enue measure introduced should be a jwrl y
measure, inode *o by a caucus of the party,
and support <>f it mode a test of party alle
giance. This is in accordance with Demo
cratic custom. Mid in a government by iar ■
lies is imumsm v.
The Financial Situation. *
The determination of tho Secretary of the
Treasury to buy 4 per cent, bonds, as wed
as per cents., will doubtless help some
what to relieve tho stringency of the money
market. The impression among Now York
bankers is that if the government would
purchase $“5.001),0<K) or $00,0.5i,000 of its
securities at once, the existing stringency
J would be so far relieved that there would
he no further fear of trouble. It is probable
that the Secratarv of the Treasury will lie
able to get that amount of bonds within the
next week or two at a price which, in his
judgment, the government ought to pay.
Some of the New York iiankers think that
he ought not to hesitate about the price,
provided it is not unreasonable, but it is
probable that he has too level a head to
[lermit himself to be influenced by extreme
counsels.
There is no serious apprehension of a
panic in New York. One old banker, in an
interview in the World, remarked that
panics come suddenly. They don’t come
when they aro talked about for a long
while. The Tribune, in discussing the
financial situation, says that “the supply of
money In the country is abundant for all
legitimate needs; it is not largo enough to
enable bold operators to buy up the world
and all its crops, or to build in a year all
the houses, stores, railroads, factories and
other structures that wy lie wanted for five
years hence.” Thero is doubtless a great
deul of truth in this statement, and, as a
mutter of fact, the present stringency is
partly due to the effort to build faster than
is necessary for the needs of tho country.
An extraordinary amount of money has
gone into new enterprises within the last
year, and it is scattered through the country
instead of being at band to tie employed in
moving the crops.
One of tho ablest of the New York bank
ers said to a prominent Savannah bank
President last October, that there was
bound to be an extremely tight money
market within a year. He said that rail
road building and real estate speculation
were very active, anil that to carry on the
new enterprises and to meet the demands of
the speculation required more additional
currency than was being furnished by the
increase in tho number of the national
banks. The accumulation of money in the
Treasury, he said, was gradually diminish
ing the amount in circulation. These two
things, he pointed out, were bound to cause
a stringency, and he was right.
The stock speculators in New York are
more disturbed by the tight money market
than the merchants, although the latter are
suffering some inconvenience. The reason
is that speculation is far from active. An
active stock market requires plenty of
money. It is said that Wall street has on
hand at present millions of dollars of new
securities of one kind and another which it
is waiting for a favorable opportunity to
float. This condition of affairs makes
grumblers and plenty of talk, but it doesn’t
make a panic by any means.
The Hoath ought to lie getting into good
shape now. Cotton is being marketed rap
idly and it commands the cash. There is
plenty of mouey to pay for it. Millions of
dollars are being scattered through the cot
ton belt every week. This money will soon
find its way in the hands of the local tner
i liants and finally it will reach the banks
again.
Money is not alarmingly tight now. It is
probable that it will be tighter before the
market gets relief, but there is no present
reason to apprehend great financial trouble.
Features of the Convict System.
The investigation, which the Governor is
conducting, of the charges of abuses in the
convict camps, is revealing somo of the
features of the lease system of which
glim]isos have now and then been caught,
but of which a clear, full view has never be
fore been obtained. Enough facts have
already lieon brought out to show that the
system is a cruel one in some respects, and
one by which convicts are not punished in
accordance with the intent and spirit of the
law,
Tho friendless convicts, who are largely
drawn from the lowest classes of society,
are forced to work almost incessantly, and,
that too, without always having food and
clothing of tho required quality and quan
tity, while those who have respectable con -
nections, and whose friends are not without
influence with those who have power over
the camps, have a very large amount of
liberty, do pretty much as they please and
are even permitted to go fishing and to
carry a gun. It seems that they wander
about in the extensive limits of the camps
as if thoy were guest** rather than prisoners.
It is evident that the lease syste n is either
a very faulty one, or that tlio.e is negli
gence or indifference in administering it.
If there is a belief that the sentences im
posed by the courts aro nullified in the con
vict camps, is it to lie wondered ut that ju
rist hold the oath which they take lightly?
If courts and juries become convinced that
their decisions are modified by the
convict lessees, or their agents, to suit
their whims or ideas of justice, will they
not become indifferent about enforcing the
laws against criminals?
The Legislature has a very serious duty to
perform iu this convict lease matter. It
should, first of all, find out whether it is
jiossiblu to punish convicts as the State in
tends they shall be punished, under the lease
system. If convicts can bo so punished,
then there should be legislation that will
compel the lessees to comply with their con
tracts faithfully and conscientiously. If the
system is so faulty that convicts cannot be
punished ns they ought to be, then it should
be abolished. The Legislature is bound to
take some action which will prevent tho
abuses lu the convict camps coniplaine I of,
and insure the punishment of convicts iu
accordance with the sentences im|nwod upon
them. It cannot adjourn and leave the con
vict matter jus) where it found it without
creating the impression that it shirked its
duty.
It is thought the result of the election for
Mayor in Baltimore will have a great influ
ence in deciding the State election. The
municipal election comes off two weeks in
u Ivuuoe of the other, and both parties are
working with an energy never known be
fore to achieve success. Tho Democrats
who bolted tlioir party on high moral
grounds will probably leave to their R •pu'.i
licau allies tho dirty work common in hotly
contested elections, particularly In cities so
largo us Baltimore, and content themselves
with the fruits of tlie victory if they should
wm. They are reformat** wlio want office.
Gov. K<**t rejmrt* to the Hecretary of the
Interior that cuttle ranchos are gradually
disappearing from New Mexico, making
way for farmers. Tins must Im the expe
rience eventually of all part* of the Went
where the land* are suited to agriculture,
Mai it i* a 4i*Uiict stop toreard.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1887.
The Cotton Tie Tax.
Mr. John S. Moore, who contributes in
teresting articles to the New York Times on
tho tariff, addressed a communication to
that paper a few days on the subject of tax
on cotton ties. He says that the cotton
planter who entertains tlie idea that he gets
paid for the bagging anil ties which hold
his cotton is mistaken. The planter gets
nothing for either. What he pays for them
comes out of his own pocket.
Mr. Moore points out that the price of
cotton is fixed in Liverpool, and in fixing
the price the ties and bagging are taken into
ace iunt. It is true the planter gets as much
}<er pound for bagging and ties as he gets
for his cotton, but if in a 450 pound bale
there were actually 450 pounds of cotton he
would get more for his bale. In Liverpool
the tore deducted from a 450 bale Is 24
(lounds. The price is fixed, therefore, on
the tiasis of 420 pounds in a bale.
In view of the fact that the planter does
not get paid for his cotton ties it seems rather
hard that he should have to pay a tariff
tax of 25 per cent, ad valorem on them It
is impossible to sty how much this tax
amounts to for each cotton crop. It is
known, however, that the amount that was
paid on imported ties last year was $211,188.
No doubt the greater part of tho ties used
were manufactured in this country, and the
35 per cent, tax, insterul of going into the
Federal treasury, went into the pockets of
the manufacturers.
The Protectionists pretend that the fann
ers do not suffer from the protective tariff.
What better proof that they do is needed
than that afforded by this cotton tie tax i
The cotton growers are taxed hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually for the benefit
of the manufacturers of cotton ties in this
country.
Tho planter has to accept for his cotton
the price fixed in Liverpool, and that is con
trolled by the demand and supply, but for
about everything he needs in the way of
supplies to produco his crop he is taxed,
on an average, about 44 per cent. The
cotton planter ought certainly to be a tariff
reformer.
A Philadelphia Crop.
The presence of Mr. Cleveland at the cele
bration of the Constitutional Centennial
at Philadelphia gave rise to a marvelous
crop of stories intended for jiolitical effect.
One w-as that the President snubbed Gov.
Foraker; another that Mrs. Cleveland turncd
her back on the Ohio troops; still another
that both Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland refused
to shake hands with Gov. Foraker and his
wife at the reception given at the Academy
of Music, but the most ridiculous of all
was that Gov. Hill delayed going to the
Celebration because he did not want to see
any more of Mr. Cleveland than he could
possibly help.
Investigation showed that no one of the
stories was true. The only foundation
for those in which Gov. Foraker was
made to play a part was the coldness
supposed to exist between him and the Presi
dent on account of certain expressions used
by the Governor in his public address
which were disrespectful to the President.
It is certain, however, that neither the
President nor Mrs Cleveland showed any
discourtesy to Governor and Mrs. Foraker,
or to the Ohio troops.
The story about there being ill feeling be
tween the President and Gov. Hill appears
to have been made out of whole cloth.
They were together quite often during the
celebration exercises, and apjieared to be on
the best of terms. In fact, it is said that
Gov. Hill is outspoken in favor of the re
nomination of Mr. Cleveland, and it ap
pears to be arranged that Gov. Hill shall be
renominated, and that the New York dele
gation shall go to the national convention
with tlie purpose of demanding Mr. Cleve
land’s renomination. It is strange that sto
ries so easily and successfully contradicted
should be set afloat.
The Ohio Campaign.
There is a very good prospect that Ohio
will elect a Democratic Governor this fall.
The defeat of Gov. Foraker would give the
Democrats of that State, and of the whole
country, great satisfaction. He is a bitter
partisan, and he does not hesitate to appeal
to [Mission rather than to reason to carry his
points. His course with respect to the bat
tle-flags incident was that of a demagogue.
He sought to mako political capital out of it
by giving a false coloring to it. Whenever
the opportunity hits presented itself to mis
represent the South he has improved it. It
is doubtful if any other public man lias done
so much in the last year or two to stir up
sectional feoling.
The Ohio Democrats are united for the
first time for many years, and they are
preparing to jm>ll a big vote for their ticket.
Their candidate for Governor is Foraker’s
equal in ability, and is fully capable of meet
ing him on the stump. He is a tariff re
former, aud he stands upon a tariff reform
platform. There are many Ohio Republi
cans who are beginning to see that it is to
their interest to have tho tariff reduced,
and they will help to swell the Democratic
vote.
The Republicans aro very much alarmed
about the Prohibition vote. It will mostly
lie drawn from their party. It is certain to
be larger this year than ever before. It is
true that the Labor vote will hurt the Demo
crats somewhat, hut it will uot damage
them anywhere neursomuch as the Prohibi
tion vote will damage the Republicans. If
Gov. Foraker is beaten he will drop out of
politics for awhile at least. The country
can get along very well without him and
men of his kind.
That nearly all the men who have accu
mulated millions in railroad and other en
terprises should he persons afflicted with
phenomenally short memories is a strange
fact. One would think such a weakness
would have stood hi the way of success, but
it may l>o that other mental powers, even
more necessary to tho quick acquirement of
millions in a way which will not liear in
vestigation. were strengthened at memory’s
expense. Mr. Charles Crocker, of the Cen
tral Pacific, is tho last of tho millionaires to
swear himself ignorant of anything of im
portance on the witness stand. He was
uff.ible, in fact humorous, when examined
by the Pacific Railroad Commission, but
knew nothing.
Senator Stanford has projiosed a plan to
encourage emigration to California which,
it put in operation, will doubtless prove of
fcctive. It Is nothing less than to carry nil
persons who want to settle in thnt State
lns> of charge from any part of the United
States. The Senator’s own road could carry
them the greater part of the distance.
IVhat has (income of the American party t
It was sisin for a moment in Philadelphia,
aud lias not ls**n heard from since.
Jay Gould is buying land In Louisiaua
contiguous to hi* isiir<sid system.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Mormon Tumor.
From Ihe Chicago Tritrune (Rep.)
Uncle Sam’s Mormon tumor continues to
grow. The larger it becomes tlie greater the
quantity of blood that may accompany its ex
cision.
Macon the Crowd-Gatherer.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
Atlanta, with President Cleveland as a feature
of her Exposition, and .Macon, with .Jefferson
Davis as an attraction at her State Fair, are
bound to have a close race to see which is the
cake-taking city in Georgia. We are betting on
Macon's exhibit as a crowd-gatherer.
The Truth About Randall.
7Vom (he Charleston News and Courier tOem.)
The plain, simple truth is that Mr. Samuel J.
Randall holds precisely ihe same relations to
ward the Democratic |iarty that any other Re
publican Congressman would hold who should
call himself a Democrat, and rest his Democracy
on that point alone.
Negroes Better Off Than Pennsylvania
Miners.
From the New York World (/Jem.)
The Republican State platform speaks of “the
persecution of the workingmen in the South.’’
Facts and rigures have proved that wages in the
Southern mines and mills are higher than in
many (daces at the North where corresponding
industries are carried on. There are no negro
miners at the South so badly abused as are the
white laborers at Hazleton, Pa.
Let the Republicans Go Ahead.
From the New York /Jerald (Zud.)
It is rumored that the Republicans propose to
spend any amount of money during tne coming
autumn anti spring to scatter the literature of
“protection” broadcast, That is a good thing
to do. Give the people all the facts and figures
and arguments, and then let them chew the cud
for awhile Before the crocuses come up next
year they will conclude that the party which
taxes the necessaries of life and encourages big
mononolists by a high tariff Is just the party to
cool its heels on the outside of tne White House,
while the other party on the inside is running
the government in the interest of the 65,000,000,
minus the monopolists.
BRIGHT BITS.
Our best friends are those who keep perfectly
qpiet when someone is enumerating our vir
tues. —Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Clara—And there comes Georgy Gussie now,
dear papa, to get your consent.
Papa—flieqrgy Gussie! What do you know
about Georgy (hiss! •? Is he a business man?
Clara lie's all business, papa. He's perfoetly
devoted to money getting. You just ought to
hear bow he praises your thr.f in amassing a
great fortune. —lla rper's Bazar.
Trying to make tier country cousin presenta
ble at table, a city young lady said: “Now, Lem.
when pie is served you must hot. use your knife
in eating it.’
“Gosh all hemlock, Tody, I never do. I allers
take my piece er pie right into my hand when 1
eats it.
That settled Lem.— New Orleans Picayune.
Foreign Count fat breakfast on wedding
tour)—“lsh de menu satisfactory, my lofe?”
Bride (sweetly)— "Thank you, Alberto, it is all
that I could wish. But, if you please, you may
ask the waiter to bring me a cup of coffee and
a small steak.”
Foreign-Count (absent mindcdly, in stentorian
voice)—“.Slaughter in the pan! Draw one!”—
Chicago Tribune.
The meanest man in Boston has been re
ported. He calls himself a practical joker, and
it is said that having noticed that on a certain
day of the week a pudding was placed on the
ledge of a window to cool, he bought a bean
blower and a box of mandrake pills, and when
the pudding next appeared he blew it full of
pills. It is also said that puddings are no longer
exposed on that back window.
Honor to Whom Honor.—Waiter—Everything
satisfactory, sah ?
Guest—Perfectly.
Tried to get everything right, sah."
“This is as well a cooked meal as I ever
tasted.”
"Yes sah, thought it would be, sah. Didn't
know but maybe you might like to offer a
small fee, sah. ”
"I realty think it would be deserved."
“YeS. sah."
“Well, send in the cook."—Omaha World.
Telephone Man—The progress of science and
invention is simply wonderful Do you know
Elisha Gray has just patented an invention by
which a man's signature can be duplicated 300
miles away?
Citizen—Hadn’t heard of it.
“It's a fact. And a way has been found to
talk across the ocean.”
“You don’t say so?”
“True, and another inventor has found a wuy
to transfer a man’s portrait for hundreds o’f
miles, so the one at the other end can know who
he’s talking to ”
“Y'es. Well', I just wish you’d send a man up
to look at my telephone. I haven’t been able to
use it for a week."— Omaha World.
The Latest Brand: He (despondently)—“lt
seems useless to struggle any longer ugalrot a
cruel fate. Your father refuses his consent to
our union, my salary is but $7 per week, and
your brother threatens to thrash me at the first
opportunity I will uot conceal from io i the
fact that I am losing hope, and have more than
once thought of suicide.
She (pausing before a brilliantly lighted sa
loon)— Adelbert, 1 don't blame vou. Listen:
Y'ou have often told me of the fatal effects of
the ice cream of to-day. I see you follow me,
by your paling cheek. Let us go in here. Iu a
short time all will be over. Ve will die to
gether.” (This is the latest brand of ice cream
jest. A button book goes with each one.)—
Tid-Bits.
PERSONAL.
James Russell Lowell will he the guest of
Lord Hobhouse, in Wiltshire, this week.
Prince George, the second son of the King of
Greece, will serve thiee years in the English
navy.
The Duke of Buccleuch is considered the
richest man in Scotland. He has an income of
about 81,500,000 a year.
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, has lieen a
martyr to neuralgia ever sine*' he arrived in the
capital of his principality.
Carl Schurz says of newspaper reporters that
they “are tjie guardians of truth and personal
liberty.” This is the best thing Mr. Schurz ever
said.
Queen Victoria has made such progress in
Hiudostani tliul she is able to give orders in that
language to the two Indian servants in her ser
vice.
Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, the author
ess. ho is journeying in France, is filling her
note book with continental scenes for anew
novel,
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, it is asserted,
will spend the winter in California,, and will
build a home and erect a fine laboratory at
Thermallto, Butte county.
Prince Pm: lip, Duke of Orleans, the eldest
sou of the Count of Paris, is about to start on a
journey around the world. He will proceed by
the way of India, Japan, ban Francisco anil
New York.
The Crown ITinco of Germany has greatly
improved in personal appearance, but his
throat needs constant attention. He subsists
entirely upon milk, beef tea and vegetable soup.
He will spend the winter in Italy.
The Duke of Newcastle denies that he con
templates taking li4v orders He says he can
do more good in another position in life. Mean
while lie is eon-.ta.itly bestowing gifts to various
churches of high ritual in England.
Jilts, R II JIoPoNALD, Jr , of San Francisco,
hold. Iter reputation at a priceless value. Her
bUMinuid, woo is desirous or obtaining a divorce,
recently ti’ered h"r SIOO,OOO to go to Europe
and make no defense to his suit. She declines
his offer.
The widow of Ezekiel Webster, an elder
brother of Daniel Webster, was born with the
century, but she reads all the current literature,
hears well .-in I converses with great intelligence
on till' current topics of the day Ezekiel
Webster uas forty-live years old and she but
twenty-four when they were married, and he
lived only five years after that event, dying in
18211.
J!hs. Cunningham, who was tried for the mur
der of Dr. Buntell in New York thirty years
ago, and whose trial was the great sensation of
tuni day, dim! on Tuesday in that cll v. she was
Is years of nge and was the wife of William
Willi mis. ot Lower California, who seems to
have robbed her of all her money and then de
serted Iter, she maintained to tbe last her hi
nocenee of tlie murder of Dr. Himtell, and the
living relatives of the latter seem to have been
coin meed ihaj she was not guilty of the crime.
CAf*r Koiikri W. Anirkwh recently reached
II trtford. Conn., with his dog Fids Tlie Can
tain bad lust stroll -1 .1 iwn from Boston, lie
lias walked io,n mill sin the last four yuaiw.
lie la 07 years of age Ho lives in humter, H,
f., and left Ce re In April to walk to Boston
lie elatins to have aru all tlie Presidents, with
the etrcejiiion of Garfield. He was 7 years
o sgr when he gn/i i on tlie etalssil form of
tt a.n.igloo ia;,r. Andrews boating sod eye
sight *uv perfect, and he doesn't took more than
ui
Col. Ochiltree is Captured.
From an Interview in the Graphic.
“I met Mrs. Cleveland at the garden party
given by Mrs. George W. Childs in her splendid
country home at Bryn Maver, and if I was half
way carried over to the administration by the
President, I was captured horse, foot and dra
goons' by his charming wife There were a
good many beautiful ladies there, but it is no
more than justice to say that the President's
wife shone resplendent among them. Yes, I will
commit myself now against the old Salic law.
and am willing to vote for Mrs. Frances Folsom
Cleveland for President of the United States.”
A Naughty Pug Dog and Ex-Senator
Gibbs’ Gallantry.
From the New York Evening Sun.
One bright afternoon, some days ago, two
young and pretty ladies were sauntering leis
urely down Fifth avenue, deeply engaged in
conversation, and apparently at ease with the
world. In the arms of one of them closely
nestled a pug dog. The animal was restless and
bent on gaining freedom from the loving em
brace in which he was held. He struggled and
struggled, and when the ladies were near Twen
tieth street succeeded in wriggling out of his
fair owner s arms. Once free he was off like a
(lash up town, followed by both the young
ladies, who rushed nell-mell after him.
Away they went, the dog ahead, and the
ladies jostling everyone who came in their way.
They were helpless and despairing. Nobody
aided them. They were getting war n A crowd
was watching the interesting race, and some
horrid men were laying bets on the result.
At Twenty-ninth street the dog crossed to the
opposite side. Coining down the street was ex
wicked Senator Fred S. Giblm. noted for his
gallantry. He took in the. situation at a glance,
and mane a lunge for the dog. Bat alas! bis
foot slipped and he went into the gutter. His
glossy wnite hat was hurled into a pool of water,
lie gained his feet as quickly as possibleand.se
curing his bat, gazed longingly after the dog,
who was then turning int > Sixth avenue.
"Dog gone!” was all he said; but the remark
had a heap of meaning.
Love in the Bud.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
It was a very small boy, who was just begin
ning to appreciate things. Like grown people,
h : did not talk idly about the little girl at school
who had made an impression on his young
heart, that still beat boneath a kind of pinafore,
it -,vas too serious a matter. His mother, who
had doubtless been all through it herself, and
like grown-up people, had forgotten all about it
and lost sympathy with it, did not treat him
well. She hurt his feelings, It was the hour he
ought to be at school, and she found him crying
in a dark corner.
“Why haven c you gone to school?”
"I don't want to go to-day."
“Well, von've got to or I'll spank yon good.
Be off, now.”
“Mamma, I don’t want to go.”
"r a 4a, o to tuae you l wu.
“Mamma, don't take nte to school to-day. I
can't go to school to-day.’’
“Why?”
“Because.”
“Because why?”
“Because you've given me a dirty pinafore.”
“It’s perfectly clean.”
“No, it isn't. There’s a spot on it, and Gladys
will see it, and she won't like me.”
“Gladys won’t tee a little thing like that. Run
along, or Gladys wont like you.”
And when she had persuaded him that it did
not ruin his apiiearance entirely he ran off. It
was not indisposition to learn. It was learning,
it was love.
A Fatal Habit of Speech.
From the Boston Post.
I heard on State street yesterday an authentic
story of detective acuteness. Everybody is
familiar with the trick that many men have of
capping whatever they hear said, when they do
not dissent, with some favorite expression.
T hus, oue man says “precisely," another "ex
actly; ” and there is a considerable faction for
whom the words “just so." or “to be sure,”
teem to fill the required need. Not long ago a
Boston man stole a large sum of money from
nis employers and fled to the West. A descrip
i ion of him was sent to detectives and police
superintendents generally, and about a month
ifter his escape a Minnesota officer telegraphed
that he thought he had his eye upon the person
wanted. His appearance, however, was very
lifferent from that descrilieJ in the circular.
The situation was a pressing one; if the sup
nosed criminal was such in fact, he might at
any moment fly to Canada. On the other hand,
to arrest an innocent person would cause a good
itjui oi Lrvuuie. tuc uujocl was to identify the
man if possible within a few hours. In this
emergency the Boston detective In charge t if the
case examined and cross-examined the thief's
employers as to his peculiarities. They could
hit upon nothing distinctive till finally the de
tective inquired, in a moment of inspiration, if
h. had any particular way of expressing him
self. “Yes, ’ was the reply; “I never knew the
fellow to talk three minutes without saying 'I
!>elieve you.’ ” In half an hour the information
was telegraphed to the West; within four hours
the Minnesota detective had a longehat with his
man, and before night the thief was arrested.
A Big Defalcation of Long Ago.
From the New York Tribune.
Gen. George A Sheridan, of Louisiana, re
lates this story about Sfeedman: “Steedman
tame to me once in the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
isked me for a loan of SSO. It was when I had
•.lore money than I have now. and I went over
to the cashier and got the cash It struck me as
queer that he should be in need of that amount
of money, for he was still Collector at New Or
leans. However, he could have had SSOO as
readily as S6O so long as I had it. He was the
kind of mau one could share his last crust with,
and he had saved my life once on a time. But
when I came to hand him the money he hesi
tated a bit and then said: ‘George, you may
never get this back, I'm harder hit than you
know. My reply was: ‘lt all goes, Jim, and
whether 1 ever see it from you or not is wholly
immaterial to mo.’ Then he took from his pocket
a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
notifying him in set terms that his account as
Collector showed balances due th" government
amounting to nearly $700,000, with the plain
and Imperative demand for payment by eneek
by return mail, or the Secret a~y would draw at
ught. It took my breath away. ’Well.’was all
I could say. When he took out of his pocket
and showed me his reply, mailed that after
noon. I remember thinking it was as cool as the
Geueral himself was reputed to he in danger. It
-imply said, to his superior officer that he had
no hank account, and that if the government
would draw on him at sight, or any other jieriod,
it would do so at the expense of a dishonored
draft. There was no attempt at explanation,
concealment, evasion or apology. lie simply
laid down his hand, face up. I remember think
ing that a nerve like that ought to have put the
balanei sin his favor instead of against l,i n. I
lielieve his accounts were never settled. He had
influence at Washington, and was never prose
cuted.”
When.the Hearse Comes Back.
_ From the Indianapolis Journal.
A thing 'at’s 'bout as tryin’ as a lionlthy man
kin meet
Is some poor feller's funeral a joggin’ Tong the
street;
The slow iieaYse and the hosses—slow enough,
to say the least,
Fer to (iven tax the patience of the gentleman
deceased;
The slow scrunch of the gravel—and the slow
grind of the wheels,
The slow, slow go of ev’ry woe ’at ev’rybody
feels!
So I ruther like the contrast when I hear the
whiplash crack
A quickstep fer the bosses,
When the
Hearse
Comes
Back!
Meet it goin’ to’rds the ceinet'ry, you’ll want to
drop your eyes—
But ef the plumes don’t fetch you, it'll ketch
you otherwise—
You 1 baf to see the caskit, though you’d ort to
look away.
And oonomuo and save yer sighs for any other
day!
Yer sympathizin’ won’t woke up the sleeper
from his rest -
Yer tears won’t thaw them hands o’ his ’at’s
froze nerost his breast:
And tins is why—when airth and sky’s a-gettin’
blurred and black—
I like the wlioop and racket
When the
Hearse
Comes
Back!
The idy' wadin' round here overshoe-mouth
deep in WOe,
When they’ a graded 'pike o’ joy and sunshine,
don't you kuow!
When e eiiln’ strike* the pastur’. cows'll pull
out fer the liars!
And skittish like from out the dark’ll prance the
happy stars.
And so when my time comes lo die. and I've got
ary friend
'At wants expressed my last request—l’ll,
mehliy, riekoninieiid
To drive slow, ef they haf to goin’ Tone the out
ar l track,
But I’U smile and say: “You speed ’em
When the
Hearse
t ’on tea
Hack!"
J4MRS WHITCOMM Kii.CY,
Take Fred Brown’s Jamaica Ulligvr for colds,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
One hundhed noble reds attended a circus
performance in Yankton recently.
Within the last five months Harvard College
has received gifts amounting to $3,000,040.
Before the cgntury is out it is estimated that
London will have a population of 7,000,000.
Frank Donaldson, of Polo. 111, has been of
fered SIOO for his two-legged calf, that stands
on two feet and walks around.
Martin PeDee, the colored man elected police
magistrate of Oatiin. 111., a few days ago. paid
$3 40 in Justice McMahan's court Friday for an
ordinary plain drunk.
The curfew bell will hereafter ring at Belding,
Mich., every night,except Saturday and Sunday,
at 8 o’clock, when it is expected every store and
business place will be closed.
The Chinese siilors at Portsmouth are cutting
out the British tars iu the affections of the local
nurses and waiting maids They are not so large,
but their manners are more engaging.
A torpedo noAT has been sent by traio right
across France from Toulon to Cherbourg. It
was placed on a platform mounted on ten rail
way trucks, aud traveled without mishap.
While stamping flies on an Eau Claire, Wis.,
street a horse cast the shoe on one of his right
feet with such force that it crashed through a
plate glass window, causing SIOO damage.
The physique of the English soldier has im
proved very much during the last decade.
During the rears 1800-4 the rejections were 001
per 1,000- During 1882-6 there were only 206.
A woman of 74 years, who said she had walked
from Nova Scotia, and was bound for Newark.
N. J., reached Bridgeport, Conn., on Wednes
day. She was supplied with funds to pay her
wuy to New York.
Carlisle, Pa., has a dog that drjnks beer end
eats pretzels with all the relish of a Bavarian,
and, when he can get it, takes such copious
draughts of the Teutonic beverage that he be
comes maudlin drunk.
According to statistics, the average man
throughout the civilized world annually con
sumes 445 pounds of grain, 70 pounds of meat
7 pounds of butter, and 20 pounds of sugar, of
the total value of £5 6s.
Mr. Hebron-Allen. the expert in palmistry,
who a few months since created such a sensa
tion in the East, is now busily and seedily seek
ing employment as a clerk in the Pacific Mad
Company in New York.
Last year Pennsylvania produced 73,000,000
tons of coal, of which 37,000.000 were anthracite,
the total value thereof being $83,000,000. Its
value was greater than all the gold and silver
produced in the United States.
A party of brigands were surprised near
Florence the other day, and the chief, upon
being struck by two bullets, thought himself
wounded and surrendered. It was found that
he was only wounded in a copy of Tasso he had
stolen from a priest.
It is found that a good impression of any ar
ticle of metal haring a flat, ornamental surface,
may be taken by wetting some note paper with
the tongue and smoking it over a gas flame.
The article is then pressed upon tne smoked
part, when, if the operation be carefully con
ducted. a clear impression is the result.
It is said that one’s turn to be killed on the
English railways does not come till 7,387,730
journeys have been made. That is to say that
that proportion of journeys has been made dur
ing the past year to each person who has been
killed; 725,584,390 journeys were made last year,
and only ninety-five passengers were killed.
At a sale of orchids in New York this week
interest centered in a beautiful specimen of the
Vanda sunderiana. said to be the largest in the
world. It was brought from India in 1880 to
London, and sold to the late Mrs. Morgan for
400 guineas. At the Morgan sale it was pur
chased by Mr. Osborn for S9OO. It sold for $470.
A most remarkable imitation of black walnut
has lately been manufactured from poor pine,
the quality and appearance of the article being
such as to defy detection except upon very close
examination. To accomplish this, one part of
walnut peel extract is mixed with six parts of
water, and with this solution the wood is coated.
When the material is half dry, a solution of
bichromate of potash with water is rublied on
it, and the made walnut is ready for use.
At tne last session of the German Reichstag
there was a curious instance of absent-minded
ness. Herr Winchman was calling the roll of
members, when, upon reading out his own name,
he naturally received no response. He called
the name the second time ill a louder tone, and
finally roared it out like a healthy-lunged bull.
At this juncture his colleagues broke out into
such hearty luughthter that the truth dawned
upon him and he joined in the general hilarity.
Thirty-two years ago, when Mrs. Helen Fra
lick was a little girl, she was stolen from her
parents in Chicago while her mother was a guest
at the former Lake Street Hotel. Mother and
daughter never met from that day till a few
days ago. when her mother called at her house
iu Syracuse, N. Y., and fully identified her long
lost daughter A scar on Mrs. Fralick's chin,
and a portion of one of her fingers being cut
off. both of which marks she had borne since
childhood, satisfied the mother that she had
found her child.
The Paris Figaro says that if you want your
children to have pretty teeth, you must begin
with the second dentition to press back with the
finger every morning the teeth which have a
tendency to project forward and to pul 1 for
ward those which tend backward. Asa wash —
lioil in a tumblerful of water a pinch of quassia
wood with a pinch of pulverized cacao. It
strengthens the gums .and whitens the teeth
without injuring the enamel which covers the
b ine. Wash the mouth after each meal with
lukewarm boiled water.
A quaint old bridge has been found in the
river (Hen at Spalding, Lincolnshire, where the
river-bed was being deepened for the construc
tion of a new bridge. Local tradition declared
that a bridge had existed there many years
back, and had been washed away by a storm,
and now the lost structure itself has been un
earthed five feet below the bed of the stream.
It was chiefly constructed of carved stones from
tlte Spalding monastery fulled down in 1537,
and numbers of carved coffin-lids and other rel
ics w-ere lying close by.
Frank Reeser, of Frankfort, Dak., and tin
daughter of n neighboring farmer decided to
elope, because the girl's parents didn't want
Frank for a son-in-law, and. to facilitate mat
ters and provide against emergencies, the young
wonia.i packed ier wardrobe in tne daring
lover's trunk, which he removed from the hotel
early in the morning. Whereupon the father,
learning of the situation, pounced upon mm
with a warrant, and, without a particle of se.mi
ment, had the vouug man arrested on a charge
of larceny and put in jail.
Dr. J. Haney Lovell of Philadelphia is a pro
nounced vegetarian, believing that eating meat
is the cause of untold evils. He even thinks that
vegetarianism is the best remedy for intemper
ance. His theory is that tlcsh-eatlng men iiave
nn abnormal taste for drink, and tmt if men
will only confine themselves to vegetable fot and
the desire for drink will lie antagonized. "No
man," he says, "who eats a potin I of macaroni
daily will become a drunkard. Wliat we want
is a temperance vegetarian restaur ,nt, where
young men may be banqueted on macaroni,
bcuus, and rice.”
A San Francisco special says: When the pro
duction of "Pliyrne” was postponed last Mon
day, it was stated on account of Mr. Boucieault's
indisposition, it was whispere 1 that the true
reason was financial straits, and now soma of
tbeeomnany declare that, although they have
attended r. iiearsals. they will not play on Mon
day night miles: their accounts aresttled
Kven hotel bills of the star himself are said to
be behindhand, and Manager Barman, it is
•aid, lias bud to go security tor th.ii-seitlament.
The mystery amour theatrical people here is
what Bouutcnull has done with all ms money.
A Russian paper states that "there are K 5
communities of (lie i .reck church in Jn; an with
IB priests and 1(M native preachers, mid t hat the
number of .Japanese converts to that religion
is 13,500. T lie nuinlier of churches ami prayer
houses is 11b. and there are three clii'dr m'a
schools with a total of 150 pupils. There U also
a school in which :ic girls attend. This build
ing Is callable or ncc mimodating 100 pupils, nnd
was given by the Counted* Foil tint ins. in l&sfl
the numls-r of converts and children hanti ed
amounted together to 1,470. The number of
preachers is stated to be too small, and recruits
art* wanted.**
Albuquerque, has among ita Inhabitants a
woman of ran* nerve. She was in the garden
when something bit her neck. she put her hand
Pi the place, uud a centipede curbs! around her
forefinger Hhe brindled II off, ran into the
house, anil, finding the ammonia Imtllc empty
tisik a id,; knife and stuck the blade Int , the
file In the stove until ii got hot, when she an
piled il Lithe wound Next she look sonic wsla
Slid applied that. fastening it hr wrapping a
clotu around her nrck. Hy this Mine her ies k
l*gu Li swell, slid she says she felt us If the
lo|< of her lend • coming right 'A, hut in a
short lime sue Mt greatly twite •■!. auil than
Ldd her daughter what hail hshtmuod
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