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This iiaper 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, Ita." Advertising rates made known on Application. LM)K\ TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices As to Crew of Br. Bark Edina: Removal, Wm. T. Williams & Cos. Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Cos.; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Auction Saleh— Furniture etc., by C. 11. Dorset!: Furniture,etc., by Marshall St McLeod; Continued Sale of Household Furniture, by I. D. IJJRoche's Sons Bottomry—A. R. Salas & Cos. Newspapers, Periodicals, Etc.—Wm. Esti'.l. Cotton Seed Wanted— Southern Oil Co.'s Mills. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed : For Rent; For Sale; Miscellaneous. Printing—Baris Bros. Artists’ Material— L. &B.S.M. H. 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 -^_ BAKIXG p OWI>ER. PRICE’S CEE AM tyftfDEl* Used by the Unitec,States Government. En dorsed by the headsjf the Great Universities as the Strongest, Puresand most Healthful. Dr Price’s the. only Baltig Powder that does not contain Ammonia, hue or Alum. Sold only in Cans. : PRICE BAING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. pHICAGO. ST. LOt’tS. DRY tOODS, ETC. SI >xc lAI, AiOiHENT! 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