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4 Cl)tlilonung|lcls Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SUNDAY, OCTOBER ‘2, ISS7. Registered at (he Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in ibe war. and is nerved to subscribers in the. city, bv newsdealers ami earners, on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week, $1 U>a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, bu mail , ono month, fl 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), thno months, s*-’ 00; six months. $4 *X) one year, $S 00. TTie Morning News, Tri-Weekly, .Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days ami Saturdays, three months, $1 2T>; six months. $2 50; one year. $6 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail . one year. $1 25. Subscriptions parable in advance. Remit by postal order, cfc-ck or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mad at risk of senders. This paper is kept on tile and advert ising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper }*ublishers’ Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Hr.''' Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices— Fortune Teller, Mrs. Purrie; The Great Pay Coming, E. M. Connor; Savings Department Savannah Bank and Trust Cos.; In Your Ear, E. 51. Connor; Miss J. Thompson, Dressmaker: The Volunteer, E. M. Connor; No tice, .1. F. Fraser, Veterinary Surgeon; School, E. 51. Connor: School Children’s Attention Byek & Selig: As to Hunting and Fishing. J. B, Bead; School Books, etc., K. 51. Connor; School for Boys, John A. Crowther, Principal; Dissolu tion, R. De 51 art in A Cos.; Plumbing, William 11. Folliard & Cos.; As to Crew of British Steamship York City; As to T)r. SV. H. Elliott’s Absence; Who is Townsend? A Card, C. F. Graham; Rice. Birds, C. F. Graham. New Goods -At Platshek’s. Arrive Monday and Tuesday—A. Ehrlich A Bro. Insurance Washington Life Insurance Cos. of New York. Auction Sales - Choice Furniture, by J. stc- Laughlin <£ Son; House and Lot, by R. H. Ta tem; Store, by I. IX Laßoche’s Sons. Fine Stationery At Schreiner's. Removal—Cornwell & Chipman. Railroad Schedule—Coast Line Railroad. Dress Fabrics, Etc.—Daniel Hogan. Mystical Mysteries or the Universe—Gray & O'Brien. After the Fire—David Woisbein. Cheap Column Advertisements. Help Want ed; For Rent; For Sale; Personal; Miscella neous. Offerings for This Week—At Altmayer’s. New Goods—Wm. G. Cooper. Fall and Winter Clothinq—B. H. Levy & Bro. For the Ladies—ll. A. Dumas. The Philadelphia telegraphers to whom Mitkiewicz is offering S2OO a mouth and free passage to China ought to remember that they can’t walk hack. The low death rate of London is not the least remarkable thing alvout that wonder ful city. It is now stated to he 14.4 per 1,000, while that of New York, by no means an unhealthy city, is 26.8. John Swinton has sacrificed his fortune and many years of hard work to the cause of labor, but he refuses to be put up for slaughter as the Socialist candidate for Sec retary of State of New York. A Republican paper thinks the “spectacle at Saratoga is ominous.” Yes, the unity and courage displayed there means that the Republicans are going to be mercilessly trounced in the election in November. The United States navy iins again distin guished itself, and in the usual way. The training-ship Jamestown ran into a bark lying at anchor in New York harbor, and damaged her considerably. Trading vessels ought to run when they see any of Undo Sam's ships within a mile of them. General Secretary Litchman seems to be having trouble with bis books. A large number of local assemblies which have been suspended for non-payment of dues hold receipts signed by him covering the alleged default. There is evidently a hard timo before Mr. Litchman in Minneapolis. The new Lord Mayor of London, Aider man De Keyser, is a Belgian by birth and a fervent Roman Catholic. He is the first member of that church who has been elected to this honorable office since the time of Henry VIII. Englishmen are unlearning other prejudices besides that against the Irish. The opening of a complete and finely equipped medical college and hospital in New York shows that in the third genera tion the Vanderbilt millions are being put to more than a merely selfish use. Tho in stitutions will be more lasting monuments to the Vanderbilts than their great mau soleum on Staten Island. They do not know much alxnit American history over in Europe. A Berlin capital Ist has just written to the Treasury Depart ment that he has a large amount in Con federate bonds, and after much urging by friends has consented to allow them to be redeemed under the recent call. He evi dently thinks United and Confederate mean the same thing. Perhaps they do in Ger- It is reported that Mr. Balfour is prepared to persevere in his oppression of the Irish people to the extent of civil war if neces sary. Mr. Gladstone says that the Tory government of ninety years ago compelled civil war in Ireland in order to carry out its purposes. It may be that Mr. Balfour has been studying history and has deter mined to imitate the conduct of his party predecessors. From Kieman's Wall Street Summary of Kept. 29: “We have just interviewed Mr. Bussell Sage, who says: ‘I am a bull on tho market, and these are my reasons: Money, for all legitimate business purposes, is ob tainable at fi per cent; railroad earning* are enormous, and the public has the necessary funds to buy stocks. There has been a very general decline. The halt has been called, and now there is plenty room for improve ment.’ ” Select Councilman Monroe, of Phila delphia, was saved Friday from the commission of a most cowardly murder by the repeated failure of his i istol to fire when he pulled the trigger, lie was angi-y lieeause the Democratic con vention had refused to nominate him for another office, and he tried to kill tho man who led the opposition to him. His action allows that the convention knew what it was doing. The courts ought to iwmember that Phipps, another city official, left a nice cell vacant in the penitentiary only a day or two ago, and Monroe would no doubt fit it exactly. Tim city's representation in that excellent institution ought to be kept as lull as circumstances will penult. The State Road. Maj. A. O. Bacon was unfairly treated in ! the House Friday. There was nothing im | proper in his lending his legal knowledge aud skill in drawing up the resolution to lease or sell the State road a t the request of his friend, Mr. Harrison. As was announced by Mr. Harrison, and as was well known during tho last Guber ' notorial canvass, Mr. Bacon is opposed to the sale of the road. Nor does the resolu tion provide for the sale. Its purpose is to put the next Legislature in a position where it can havo a choice of action in regard to the projierty. If no proper bid for the lease is made and a fair price is offered for the ownership of the road it would lie wise to accept the latter. If no satisfactory offer is made for either purchase or lease, the Legislature is not bound—it can reject all bids and put the property in the hands of State officers to manage. In view of this freedom of action, it is difficult to see any ground for the charge that the resolution is part of a plot to steal the road and designed to depreciate its value. There is no propo sition to force it on the market. It is only proposed to find out by actual com petition the value put upon it, either under a lease or sale, by the men to whom it would be most valuable. No matter what the result of the bidding, the State would not be bound to accept its result, and would have acquired some valuable information at a very small cost. It is well known that the Morning News has favored the sale of the road. The pur pose for which it was built has been served, and it is now a mere investment of the State’s money. It returns a pretty fair in terest, it is true, but not more than is paid out on the same amount of the (State debt. It does not , therefore, lessen taxation, nnd the claim that the income do lived from it is necessary to the public school system is a fallacious one. If the debt were extinguished by the sale of tho road, the money now paid out in interest and other expenses attending it could be de voted to tho schools anil would more than make up tho loss of the income now derived from the road. The owning of railroads, telegraph*, etc,, by the State is contrary to the Democratic principles of government, and we need to get back to those simple principles as soon as possible. The State ought to have no debt, anil 110 income save that derived from ditpet taxation of tho people. When it is thus derived they will watch its expenditure closely and even grudgingly, and that is just what they ought to do, but they will not deny to the public schools anything that is necessary to their well-being. At any rate, the running of a railroad, or other business enterprise, is not a proper thing for the State to do. The purpose of its existence Is not to inuke money, but to make and enforce good laws. As long as the road remains tho property of the State it will be a disturbing element in politics. The distinguished Georgian who lias control of it now has often been said to “carry Georgia in his pocket.” This is a gross exaggeration, but it indicates that his pocket is large and influential. Now Georgia does not care how many of her citizeus have large, full pockets, and objects only to influential ones, but as long as she has a fine piece of railroad property that will always make a fortune for the men “in fluential” enough to lease it, she will be afflicted with politicians of the commercial school. What is wanted is to sell the road, pay the debt, and let Georgia revert to the plain, simple manner of life which is best for her political reputation. Senator Colquitt. Senator Colquitt has served the State in the Senate five years, and as the end of his term approaches the question as to who will be his successor, becomes important. The Morning News believes that he will, and ought to, succeed himself. His services in the Senate have not been of the sort called “brilliant,” Ho has not distinguished him self as a partisan leader, but on almost every question that lias arisen 110 has represented, truly and faithfully, tho interests and opin ions of the people of Georgia. That is tho kind of service the people want. In spite of this fact, it is not at all un likely that should the Senator offer for re election he will meet with considerable, if ineffectual, opposition. Evidence is already to be seen that the element of the Demo cratic party which has adopted the Repub lican idea, that cheap whisky and plenty of it is all that is now necessary to the happi ness of the American people, will do every - thing in its power to defeat him. Happily this element is small, even though it does manage to make a good deal of noise. Senator Colquitt represents more fully than anv other man in the State the opposi tion to the Republican programme of cheap whisky and dear necessaries of life. He has boen a consistent advocate of tariff reform, aud in his outspoken temperance views may perhaps be found the chief cause of the an tagonism manifested toward him. He can afford to fight on such an issue and on the record he has made for . himself in the Sen ate. A Savannah’s Quarantine. The dutios of a quarantine officer require good judgment and the exercise of great caution. It is bettor that lie should err on tho safe side, even though such error should involve loss and annoyance to vessel owners. The protection of the city from epidemics overshadows in importance every other con sideration. Nevertheless, caution can be carriod too far. The ease of the Edina, reported a few days ago, which vessol lost eighteen days at the quarantine station while her cargo waited, though she arrived with a clean bill of health, looks as if unnecessary hardships were inflicted. In to-day's issue another case of similar character is reported. Tho commerce of tho jxirt will suffer if vessels are subjected to exponse and delay not necessary to tho safety of the city, nnd from which they are froo at neighboring ports. All such expense will be allowed for in fixing freight rates, and will lmve the practical effect of a duty levied on imports collected in Savannah, but not elsewhere. Harry Hill, keeper of tho most famous of the “dives” of New York, has given up the fight with the police and retired to his farm on Long Island. An honest endeavor to carry out the law is almost always success ful, and there has been more of that sort of effort in New York of Into years than ever before. “It may l>e safely counted as a general rule that the government should not under take any business that can as well bo con ducted by private enterprise,” is the way Gov. Hill states a wise principle of the Democratic party. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1887. Railroad Accidents. In the last six or eight months tho num ber of railroad accidents has bson unusu illy large. Many of them have be-n of a very serious character,’and oneof I hem, that near (’hatfjworth, involved a loss of life almost without precedent in this country Many of these accidents havo, no doubt, been caused by poor condition of tracks or rolling stock, and some from the carelessness of employes. The loss to tho railroad com panies has been enormous, and the public has been so impressed that it is "not at all improbable that in some States laws will be passed intended to constrain the companies to make certain changes in their cars and roadbeds which will lessen the danger of a sudden and horrible death to travelers. Startled by the terrible catastrophes at White River Junction, Vt., and Tipton, 0., the New York Legislature has already passed a law compelling railroads after this winter to adopt some means of heating their cars other than by stoves. Two of the I zing Island roads will have a system of steam heating in operation this winter, and if it prove successful it will probably be adopted by all the other roads of the State. But the danger from fire, though the most horrible to contemplate, is not that which most constantly threatens. To judge from recent accidents, the greatest danger is from weak or improperly constructed bridges, and this is a subject with which the law < an deal effectively. Only a day or two since a passenger train fell through a trestle on the Mobile and Ohio road and thirty people were injured, while all news paper readers remember the accidents at White River Junction, Bussey’s Bridge and Chatsworth. All of those wore caused by bridges lieing of defective con .traction < r built of improper material, and by them perhaps 400 jieople were killed or wounded. The possibility of such accidents could be reduced to almost nothing by a proper sys tem of inspection and a law compelling the use materials in the build ing of all bridges. The enforcement of such a law might for a time strain the resources of the poorer roads, but in tho end it would be a good thing for them, as well as for the traveling public. In this connection, it may be said that one reason why railroads are not improved faster and made safe, is to lie found in the fact that the men who control them are in many cases not practical railroad men, but mere speculators in their stocks. In a re cent article in the Chicago Journal Rev. David Swing refers to this fuct, and his remarks upon it are so forcible that they are here appended: “The educational power of the railway is kept back by the pitiable truth that many of its officials are not students of a great ai't, but are only speculators in land or stocks, when not absolute thieves. Quack railroad men are more numerous than quack doctors. Good men are discharged to make room for favorites, and thus fortunes and life are placed at the mercy of untrained minds. “The railway service is no doubt suffer ing much from the presence of officials who know more about money and luxury than they know atiout bridges and roadbeds. Under the rule ot these captains the receipts from all traffic flow toward New York, and soon the bank account is large and tho road worn out and dangerous. The income is the main thing, the art nothing. “Some roads are managed by railway art. The President himself could run a lo comotive, or construct a bridge, or keep awake at a switch. These roads are under the control of the railway intellect, and not of the champagne and private car genius. May the time soon come when so tremen dous a thing as tho railway shall be man aged by the new kind of intellectual force called railway brain.” “A remarkable case of destitution is re ported from Lyons,” says the Paris corre spondent of the Iziinlv n Daily Telegraph. “For some time past a line, looking, white bearded old man in rags has stood at one of the entrnucas of the Guillotiere bridge and extended liis hands for alms. On his breast he wears a board on which are inscribed the words: ‘Petroviski, almost a centenarian, Count of Blanckenberg, born in Warsaw in January, 1789, now reduced to craving pub lie charity.’ This really ‘unhappy noble man’ had actually fought nnd bled for Polish independence, and the loss or confis cation of his fortune sent him down the easy slope to misery. After having battled for a long time against adversity, age and in firmity overtook him, and lie had no resource left but to beg. Another rodueed nobleman was buried here in Paris a few- days ago, but he had worked hard for a living to the vo. y last. He was the Vlcomte Richard de Veruey, commonly called in the pmr neighborhood where he lived ‘Pere Ludovie ’ He had not suffered like the scions of many noble families in France from the effects of revolutions, but bad lost a targe fortune by imprudent speculations. Undaunted by ad versity, he set bravely to work, and did anything to turn an honest penny. He was a messenger in the office of the Journal Official, which paper he carried about to subscribers. In tho afternoon he sold other journals on the boulevards, and from 8 o’clock in the evening until midnight he performed tho dutios of dresser in a theatre. Ho was 68 years old, and has left a wife and three children, who it is needless to say, are utterly destitute.” The managers of the Boss Shepherd demonstration, to come off in Washington Thursday, have run against a snag. They have been notified by the Federation of Labor Unions that as the contract for building the reviewing stand had boon give 1 to a non-union man, tho unions would have nothing to do with the parade. Tho lalior organizations have been expected to furnish the greater part of the show. It is perbnps well enough that they should havo no share in the attempt to glorify the man who made himself so notorious as a manager of mu nicipal politics of a questionable kind that he found it convenient to leave the country, and it makes very little difference what cause they assign for their abstention. General Slocum was beaten for Com nmnder-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic because lie is a Democrat and “cannot be trusted.” So says a St. Louis paper. He could be trusted during tiie war to charge the Confederate works, fait what is wanted now is a General who will tend the onslaught on the Treasury with unfaltering courage. This requires a different kind of courage, and perhaps Slocum hasn’t that sort. Judge Barrett has decided on a prelimi nary motion in the case of O. B. Hartt against certain Knights of Labor officials, that the nets of the defendants in depriving Hartt of employment by intimidation and threats were in pursuance of an illegal con spiracy. The case will attract a great deal ot attention and probably be fought through all the courts. Thomas Edison ha? commence 1 to cult!- vate another field of invention, having origi nated anew patent medicine. CURRENT COMMENT. Plain Speech of New York Democrats. From the Washington Post (Dem.) Upon the question of the surplus and the tariff no convention of any party in any Slate has been so clear and decide !as that of the New York Democrats. Other Democratic conven tions have expressed opinions in geueral terms, but nobody outside the. convention oPNew York Democrats has so settled down to the facts of the case and given us an idea of the ways in which reform is necessary. The Stay in Sharp’s Case. From the New York World (Deni.) Judge Ruger's action is naturally cause for astonishment on the part of the bench, the bar and the general public. Uis extraordinary and almost nnpreceaented. Judges of highest emi nence say that our State practice Tor twenty years las not furnished a precedent. The de plorable feature of this affair is that it estab lishes the apparent fact that what has seldom been done in the course of "justice in New York is now done for an exceptionally rich offender who would spend $1,000,000 to gain his freedom. No poor niun ever secured such a stay, and none but a very rich man, such as Suarp. could have secured ft now. This judicial favor will confirm many people in the belief that there is one kind of justice for the poor and another for the rich. BRIGHT BIT i. We are glad to shout Uuwu word from the top that there seems to be more room up here than ever before.-- Tid-Bits. Chicago husband—All! good news, good news! Our divorce has been granted. Chicago wife Thank goodness’ We can now be happy for evermore.— Tid-Bits Traveler (waiting for the boat)—Fish seem to bite slow, uncle. Fisherman- Dey don't, bite ’tall when folks is talkin’ to me, boss Harper's Weekly , ‘‘How did you catch that beastly cold, chum inie?” '• Bade a bistake add cabc dowd towd with a subber übbn ha .yesterday hording. Codftinded greed thiggtodo, wasd't it, Uholly."— Chicago Tribune. PoysoNuv- rAw, (rus! Where are you going? I)e Twirliger— Fray don't detain me. f have just leen to a luncheon at Mrs. Bouefield’s. •Fensonby—Well ? De TwirJiger And now [ am going to get something to cat. Evening Call. * >maha Man -Live in Arizona, eh? Arizona Man Yes; hwn there for years. “How’s business in Arizona?" ‘•Well, we’re doin' pretty well with coaches?" "(’ouches?" “Yes; but train rohbin's rather dull. "—Omaha, World. Said an English woman of rank to an Ameri can lady: “Was Buffalo Bill invited to dine out much when he was in New’ York?" “He never dined in his life till hecameto Lon don," was the reply; when lie was at home he ’had something to eat’at 12 o’clock." Detroit Fre: Press. Mistress of the house (to small colored help) Did you knock at Miss Adelaide’s door when I sent you up with her lunch? Small colored help (with preternatural grav ity) No ma'am. Wat was dense of a knock ing at her door w’en I know ed sure she wasdar? Harper's Bazar. Impromptu all Round.-—“ Bill Snyderly, this is Jack Glosshammer." “I*i rJon me," observed the latter, “but that is not a proper way to introduce gentle men." “Well. I’m not a proper man to introduce you, for you both owe me money. Fay up ami I'll put on some flourishes. ’— Lincoln Journal. Doctor You see, wifey, dear, I have pulled my patieiit, through alter all; a very critica < a>>*. 1 cun (fillyou ’ Wife—Yes, dear hubby; but then you are so clever in your profession. Ah, if I had only know n you five years earlier. I reel certain that my first husband -mv poor Thomas -would have been saved.— Buffalo Commercial. "What have you stopped the train here for?" inquired a timid passenger of a conductor of an l , D. and S. Railroad passenger train. “Don't you see that big fat man on the bridge ahead?" said the conductor. “Ah, yes, I see him now. You stooped the train to keep from running over him, aid you?" “No, sir. ' said the conductor, “I sloped the train to see whether the bridge wmld near the inan up. Take in your head and say your prayers, for we are going to try and cross that bridge." Neuman independent. Cashier—Mr. Draft. I wish a vacation. A brother of mine is to be married at Montrealtbe last, of next week, and I hope to he present at the wedding. Bank President -Very well, I'll see if we can arrange it. C Thank you. B. F. (returning to his private office and ac costing his secretary)—william, I wish you to call in Mr. . the expert accountant, who ex amined the-bank's books last year, and tell him l will require his services for a few days, and also stop into Pinkerton's and have them send io me one of their most capable and trustworthy detect i ves. Bostoi i Budget. PERSONAL. Tiik people of Omaha are not satisfied with the sixty minutes that the President’s wife will remain within the city's limits. Princess Louise, of Wales, inherits the deli cute health of her uncle, the late Duke of Albany. Her years are regu-ded as “num bered.” Rev. E. D. Towle, who has been pastor of the Chelsea (Mass * Unitarian church for nearly two years, lia-i resigned to engage in the mining business in Tennessee. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe says that tight cor sets, tight shoes and the present uncomfortable style of feminine costume have served to make dancing unpopular. -She longs for a return of fashions of thirty years ago. Mn. Phelps, the American Minister in Lon dr-n. who is visiting lewd Tw.-e.bnouth, nt (iuisachati, Inverness-shire, shot a splendid -tag last week in the neighboring deer rarest. The head was the liest runt Ini: been secured ibis season in the 8t Path glass district. President Elliot returns to the head of Har vard University after a pleasant and much needed vacation in Europe. Prof. C. 1,. Smith, tie- Dean, remains awav for a year, and Ins place as Dean is taken by Prof. C. j. White, the former Registrar. With this selection the stu dents are said to be much pleased. Joseph llalbvy, tlio Orientalist, Professor of the Hebrew Language and Literature a* the Sorlxmue. in Paris, is at present in Constanti iv -pic. He was invited thither by the Director of tlie Imperial Museum, to decipher the Phieni eiaii inscriptions on the topihs which were re cently discovered* t Saida, and which are now in mat museum. Washington has bad an introduction to a young Corean named Jan S fun. lie went there several months ago, well supplied with money, and was made much of by many young I.lilies in the wes - end. among whom lie distrib ut'd valuable preseats. Bat lie reached the end of his nurse, and last week had to explain why be stole and pawned a ring. M. Faye, the French astronomer, has drawn attention at a meeting of the French Academy of Sci-n os lo tlie apiiarem givlo jienl law that i fling el the ti-resirial crust goes on more rapidly under the s a tl a t with n land surface. Hence lie argues that Hie crust mu-t thicken under oceans at a more rapid rate, and so give rise to a swelling up and distortion of the thin ner portions of tlie crust, in other words, to the formation of mountain chains. Cotnt MiTMEwrcz, the chief manipulator of tlie grant Chinese c iiKVssiOn, Is o slen lor figure with a florid com pi -x:on and reddish side-whis kers. which are always carefully trimmed to stand at lyglit angle i with the si ies of his face. His no.-e i< of a decidedly Hebrew pnrtern, and his eyes enlarge and contract cal fashion as their owner changes bis moo L. Ili. nails are as long now as those of a mandarin of the red button His hands and feet * e sin ill. He ex presses utter indifference to the newspaper at tack* made upon him. A Creole Seronado. h'romthe Xew (Meant-Time*-Democrat The li.jy bares her snowy breast Beneath the summer moon: The moth pursues his honeyed quest Where sucked the lie -at noon; And from ih - fountain's liquid light The fairy music flies To plead for me the love to night Tny wayward heart denies. Hail. Love, soil. Across th t slumber sea, And freight thy bark Aii)id the dark, With tender dreams of me! The lissome rose with balmy feet Around thy lattice climbs: The breeze steal* in with winglet* fleet To breathe his silver rhymes; While I, w ith weary waiting worn. Haze up with wistful eyes, Aud guard thy slumber* till the morn Comes laughing up the skies. Bail. Love, sad. Across the slumber sea, And freight thy bark, Amid the dark. With tender dreams of me! Samvel Mintu-.n Pice. ITEMS OP INTEREST. Japan- has in contemplation the survey of at' her large rivers. TnE Mayor of Redwood Falls (la.), H. D, Mollar. fell over the bank of the Redwood river, fifty feet, a few days ago, and, though badly hurt, was expected to recover. A stack or coal containing O.OOOtons got afire and was destroyed lately at a colliery near Bol ton, Eng. The fire began on the centre of the huge pile au l gradually puvelopod the mass. A pair ok rn’BBKR hands hare been attached, hy a Newark (N. J ' doctor, to the wrists of young Waller Alexander, whoso hands were cut "IT hy coining In con. act with the machinery of the Belleville Rubber Works. The Athenaeum states that favour's diaries during the years 1985-S7 will tie issued in the antumn at Rome by Sig. Domenico Berti. Tho diaries relate to the author's travels in England, France and Belgium, and are principally writ ten in French. The Grands Magaslns du Printemps in Paris has in its window the sign “Volapukon.” that is. “Volapuk spoken here ” besides advertising “Spodon Volapuko," 'Vue corresponds in Vola puk.” In Russia Volapuk is now one of the languages in which telegrams may h i sent at regular rates. The Assembly of Volapukists in Munich petition the German government for the same privilege, which will probably be granted. A note was presenter ly M. Cb. V. Zenger, at a recent meeting o :he Paris Academy of Sciences, on a possible relation between the pe riodical showers of shoot.ng stars and the oc currence of fires if uusuowii origin. From a study of the statistics for several years, he in fers that such coincidences are extremely fre quent, the fires usually breaking out in woods, farmstead barns, mills and also in \ illages and even in large towns. He points out that during the period from Aug. 1 to Aug. 18. 1 887, violent storms, rich mete i.de displays an l conflagra tions were of frequent occurrence. The British Medical Journal gives the follow ing interesting particulars of the heignt, weight au.l dimensions of Thomas Longley. of Dover, who is sari to be the heaviest British subject in the world. Mr. Longley. wao is a respectable and intelligent publican was born (of parents not above the normal size! in 184*. Asa liiiby lie was not. eonss.lered luge. His present weight is 560 pounds; fit igbt, (i feet *-4 inch: measurement of the waist, 80 inches; size of leg 25 inches. He finds considerable diffleu’ty in walking, and does not trust himself in a carriage, fo. tear of breaking the springs. He is said to oe very temperate, both iu eating and drii king, and has never suffered from any ill health oi a serious nature. “In the stomach of a stag, which was shot in the Duke of iortluid's forest at Langwell, Caitbness-shire, there as found when grallo ched the brass end f thirteen cartridges,” says che .V. J .mes ’inzette. “That the deer did not swallow them loaded is a matter of certainty. Most likely he picked thorn up one by one on some part of the grotie-ground, chewed off the papier-mache, and then swallowed the cases or .icri ussion-eap portions. Cows frequently swallow them in pasture-lands, where they have been thrown down by sportsmen, and fatal re sults have sometimes ensued. It it: possible t hat .a cow’s digestive, organs may lie w eaker than tho e of a stag; and so gentlemen out after par tridges. when they have occasion to discharge their guns where live stock of any kind is graz ing, might do well to retain the em ‘ty shells till th *y con.; t > the nearest hedge or uitch." The extent to which the leaders in the Con federacy have passed away is only appreciated when the roll is called; as has been done ty Col. C. C. Jones, Jr., of Augusta, Oa., in a recent iddress before the Confederate Survivors’ As sociation. The constitution of the Confederate States was signed by forty-nine delegates, thirty seven of whom "are dead*. The President sm 'ves. out Vie ' President Stephens died four years ago. Of toree woo liekl the portfolio of Stay in the Cabinet all are de id; of five Secre taries of War, all; of two Secretaries of the T eisurj, one; of lour Attorney Generals, two, and the one Secretary of the Navy; while the sole Postmaster General, Jlr. Reagan, is still •ery much alive, as he proved by taking the stump for Prohibition in the recent Texas can vass, and arguing against the declaration on Ibe other sale of iiisoid chief. Of thirteen com missioners accredited to represent the Confed eracy abroad, ten are dead. There were live men who fo re rank as full Generals in the army, of whom Johnston and Beauregard alone sur vive: twenty-one Lieutenant Generals, of whom el 11 are dead; 100 Major Generals, of whom fifty five are dead; and 480 Brigadier Generals, of whom Col. goues thinks that considerably mere than half are dead. Each year makes serious inroads upon the survivors. Nebraska Cougb Mixtnre. From the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. A ladv entered a Kansas dreg store and asked for a bottle of cough mixture. The urbane pronnetor handed her a neat package i:n 1 she went away. An hour later her husband en tered the store and said, with dangerous calm ness: “Didn't my wife ask for a bottle of cough mixture'" “Yes, sir.” “And why didn't you give her what she wanted?” * “I did." 'You tlid not. You handed her a half pint of the rottenest kind of whisky. Did she ask for whisky, now, or did she ask for cough mix tore?" “Well, she asked for cough mixture, but 1 imagined I saw her wink." Didn't Object to Ka< Ag. From the Chicago Tribune. “Brother Buckskin,” said the new Montana minister in the course of his first pastoral call, “1 understand that you allow a little hotse race in your back pastor- every ur ay after noon?” “Why, why, yes," replied the brother rather uneasily, “we have been in the habit of kicking up a little dust there for a couple of hours after church, but I'll stop it now. Elder, if you think best—there shan't lie uny more of it if you say so." “S-o-o,” returned the minister, “no, you needn’t do that—l hardly think that would be for the best —that wasn't exactly what I was going to say. Yon see, I have to preach over at the othe crimp in the afternoon, so 1 can't come down. Here's a i ouple of V's out of the foreign missionary fund which I' ..yon would take ami liet lor me next Suliliai I’ut it on Brother Burro's sorrel; put it ail right on the sorrel. The first day I struck the town ! saw that horse and t says to my wife, ‘Caroline, there is a horse that is bound to win My dust goes on that animal every time! He's got the legs on him, you see; he's got the legs tliat ll take him right there every day in the Jveek.’ ’’ How He Saved tbe State. From a Washington Tetter. One of the most jovial, witty and popular men who have held seats in Congress in the last dozen years is .lames A. McKenzie, of Kentucky, who was secretary of State under tiov. Proctor Knott. "Jim," as nil his friends call aim. is a fluent and eloquent speaker, especially on tiio stump, and he tortk a very active pari in the re cent State campaign. After the returns were all in and the Democrats realized how narrowly Buckner had escaped defeat, oue of ''Jim's'" fri uds asked him what he thought of the result. “Well, sir." he replied, “a \ ictory is a victory, and I am the man who won it this time. The credit and glory are all mine.” “How so?” asked "Jim's" friend, startled by his enruestness. “Weil, sir, it was this way, you see 1 made about fifty speeches. 1 have figured up the De noomtlo losses in the place where 1 made i us - si*-et'!ies, and conn are i the total with our loss 1 1 the. Stare, and I find that if T had sj o'cen in ten more places and I was fully capable of doing it—Die Democratic plurality would have been completely wiped out and Bradley would have been elected. Now do you see It?" “Jim’s” friend “saw” it. A Wonderful Quilt. From the Washington Star. Miss ldlla Fike, of Warrensburg, Mo., has jurt completed a cra/y quilt which she has spent over four years lii making, it is a yards in width and 't% yards long, and is bordered with heavy ruby-eokireo plush and lined with gold colored snian ilk, and is b autiful in the ex treme. Tue feature of the quilt is that it cot sists entirely of sdk. :etiu, reiver. and plush scraps from famous and noted persons, such as Presidents and their wives, most all of 1 ‘resi dent Arthur's Cabinet and their families, most of President Cleveland's Cabinet, officials and families of the Unite l States supreme Court, members and lam lies ot diplomatic corps, United States S 'outers anl Representatives and their wives, fiovernors and families of different States, nclors and actresies and other noted persons. Every piece in the quilt lias a history. The quilt comprises nine larg” blocks, one iif which contains pieces from the dresses and cm vats of nie'uocr : of her graduating dosses and her teachers. Toe kinds o' work which she has decorated it witn are flat and raised wool and silk chenille and uruscie, tinsel embroidery, brush painting, Kensington painting, raised work in ribbon, velvet and plush. Kensington er broidery in silks mid crewels, braiding, bead ing, applique, etching, transfer, eross-stitcb, ddferent designs in fans, palettes, plaques and bugs of silk, satin, velvet and nlush. The quilt contains pieces of ribbon from two of Mrs. Cleveland s wedding bonnets. CAKING POWDER. \ r —fouTwE Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for mow than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United States Government. In dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities ns the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. I)r, Price's the only Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. BOOTS AND SHOES. 5,000 Of our friends and fellow' citizens to call and inspect our lines of Boys', Youths’, Misses and Children's ‘school shoes. The time is past when (with safety to their health) vou can allow your little ones to go BAREFOOTED, and now that SCHOOL begin* once more, it behooves every parent to be on the lookout whore to invest their MONEY in SHOEING THEIR CHILDREN AT A LOW COST. We are still SOLE AGENTS for the renowned CATHOLIC PROTECTORY SCHOOL SHOES, which are acknowledged to be the REST and CHEAPEST SHOE for HONEST WEAR ever made or sold. The Fall Season is now upon you, take care where you speid your DIMES and the DOL LARS will take care of themselves. You can not afford to ignore reading this as it is of VITAL INTEREST to you. There is no one Rich Enough In Throw Money Away, when it can easily be saved. IS IT to j our in terest to continue patronizing tlm same parties that you have been buying from for the last ten ortlfteeu years, and paying the same prices as you did then, without lo king at the huts of other competitors? NO! Way? because there are others in the business, with More Improved Ideas, and ready CASH CAN DO BETTER FOR YOU. L will be worth your while to call on us. and see if you cannot SAVE A LITTLE MONEY. It is not our desire to sell you only ONE PAN! OF SHOES, unless we can sell vou a Tain, and the only wav to do it, is by UPHOLDING WHAT WE SAY. In all our business experience we have NEVER knowingly misrepresented nor advertised any thing that we realty di l not believe. The proof of this ASSERTION IS, THAT We Hold Increasingly as Large a Retail Shoe Trade as There is in the City. In the future, as in past, the people shall depend on us for HONEST GOODS, LOWEST PRICES and POLITE ATTENTION. 17 WHITAKER ST. * We are the a Brents for the JAKES KEANS 84 SHOE and the JAMES MEANS ! SHOE.' JAM K MEANS S4 SHOE ■!* Ikrlit and stylish. It fits like a Kfclo. kii.i;, r..! REQUIRES 5A NO-jJtftt -IKINGTN,”be .V* :ug porK'Ct.’ easy the first time it A is worn. It will satisfy the most •X tasti and ion s. JAMES* ME AN S ‘ !'OK is absolutely the aV*jl OU ‘ cf its P rice which n;*s ever been placed ex teusivcly on the market in which durability ! * s considered before Afo out -54c ~ /’’r- iknppeur- A sk for the .Tames v 5} .L IL^france. Means $x Shoe u>r Boyi Call at our Store ami try on a pair oi* these Shoes- A. &?. NICHOLS, 128 BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH. MEDICAL. Brad field’s FEMALE REGULATOR ■■■■nuKaKavdnMKiiu *iuvn itmmmi ■> UummMiwt A SPECIFIC FOR Painful, repressed, | rP ,„.,i:7 rofuse, tjcnniy nn<l {■'regular MONTHLY SICKNESS. If taken (luring the CHANGE OF LIFT., greal danger will be avoided. Send for book, "Mb* uos to Woken," mailed free. BaADPTEi.D F.kol'latob Cos.. Atlanta, Ua, WILL CURE57.“tikSi ,nj. Itching, or AG l"P f ’ rotrudin s I sf.tot l Nevr Fail c Cure Guaranteed. 'V’w' Y'' " ce r p r Bov. b(> oenrs and i 1.00. , *V [Physic tans’ Jars, tor use in their Dwr- h* practice. V?*? V Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment s*L bv All nriit**itii. .. r mniltl on /A ' iV Wiliams Ml’s Cos.. Cleveland, 0, c.oasisxs, A. R ALTMATER * CO. ALTMAVER'S Offerings for This Week. • DRESS GOODS. {ANGUISH Suit in .in Novelty Plaids, Stripes 'j and ( becks, double width, elega-t goods, U;i the new full shades, price 12>$c.1 S ood value t 20c. Little finer. Yes. here is a lot of Imported tress Goods, consisting of Plain, Pin Checks lid Stripes, 33 inches wide, nobbly styles, at tY.; positively worth 400. Please examine. Vnr stock of Combination Suits embraces all latest Parisian and English ideas, ranging in in v from to ... to $33. SPECIAL 1 lot of i cy Lome Braided Tricot Combination Suita. v 4 stylish, price for this week $9; sold last "<V at sl2 50. SILKS. 1 ,t of 25 pieces Heavy Black Gros Grain Silk, cash,,finish, a big' bargain, and would bo> eonieml cheap at $1 25. We are going to run this V off at 87Wc. per yard. ' DOMESTICS AND FLANNELS. 5 Cfc s 4-4 Bleached Shirting, heavy soft | firishlHial to Fruit of Loom, at Biqc. yard. •“'V*yards, double width Unbleached Sheet ing, h\ v y quality, serviceable goods, at 15c. yard. 1 5.000 irds Fast Color Calico at 2c. yard. 85 pitys All Wool Red Flannel at 15c. pep yard. \ 25 pie* White Wool Flannel at 20c. per yard. 50 piect White Shaker Flannel at 10c.; sur prising vije. K\> GLOVES AND HOSIERY. We archill selling Ladies' 4 Button Swede Endives--dVid Gloves, embroidered back in aIL the new taCiiades, at 50c. per pair. Not very many left. Pome aid get a pair. Special loYvf Black and Solid Colors Misses’ Ribbed Hoetextra length, double gauge fast colors, have pen selling at 13c. Price this week 25c. Examii\ this lot. .1 EUIEYS—SECOND FLOOR. One lot Inals' Blrtel: Tailor-made Jerseys, all 1 wool, extra gauge, superior goods. Price tor one week ... a regular -! 75 Jersey. LADIE.v'MU.-.LIN UNDERWEAR. Please exam in our stock of— Ladies' Chernies. trimmed with laeo, at 250. Ladies' High-iwik Corset Covers at 25c. Indies’ Drawersbunch tucks, at 25c. I Julie.,' Night Dosses at 45c. 1 Ladies' Skirts, canbric ruffle, at 30c. BOYS’ CLOTHNG-SECOND FLOOR. We are particularly “stuck” on our great stock of Boys' and Children's Clothing. The parents who examinfithe stock are pleasantly surprised at its inaptitude, style and very modest prices. Said 41 -■ of our patrons yester day: “I have saved fitly S4O on clothing for my five boys tho last vjar.” Every parent cau echo the sentiment of jmr ladj- j'atron if they will give our Boys’ anl Children’s Department a trial. Boys' Knee Pants, sjres 4 33, at 25c., 3cc. and 50c. School Suits fro; $1 50 up. DRESS TRI3DII3GS AND BUTTONS. Corresponding to olr unrivaled stock of Dress Goods and Silk is our treat stock of Dress Trim mings. We have iui placed on our counters wonderful lines or tie newest things for ti o present season. They will be I o ind displayed on a separate counter,which has been devoted to the n. Tie stock .omorises ail tie latest styles and effects in Beaded Panel Passemen teries, Beaded Ornanent Gimps, Braided Sets for wnis! trimming, Bhck Mohair Hand-Crochet and Feather Edge Tinseled Braids, Black and Colored Braided Sets at prices tnat will astonish. LADIES MERISO UNDERWEAR. . Our stock of Ladies', Misses' and Children'* M riro Underwear is now complete at 35c., 48c., 73-'., 98c , whi'h we guarantee to be supe rior to nv similar good* sold in this city for 25 per cent. more. Si ECiAL.—I lot Ladies' Scar let Medicated Vests, pure dye, all sizes, goods that are positively worth $1 25. Price this weele ’SPECIALTIES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. 6 cases Ladies' extra fine French Dongola Kid Button Shoos, opera toe, last sizes 2W. to 6, C, D and E widths, ?1 98; actually worth $4 50. 3 cases 80y,.' extra fine Calfskin Shoes, lace and button, SI 43; good value for $2 75. 16 eases Infant's Hand-Sewed Shoes, sizes 2 to 5. 35c.; sold 1 lsewhere for 50c. 14 cases Misses’ Pebble Goat Spring Heel School Shoes, sizes 11-2, 81 25; worth $2. 8 cases Gents' Fine Calf Wardweil Hand- Sewed Shoes, lace and elastic, sizes 5 to 10, $2 75; worth $5. Gentlemen's Shoes of all de scriptions and prices. ALTMAYER’S. MILLINERY. Ladies, Don’t! Let the wool be drawn down over >*our eyes any longer. Consult quality more than mere quoted prices to arrive at what realty is a bargain for Yourselves! We ask a critical examination of one of the greatest wonder bargains of the present day, which, beginning MONDAY MORNING, we place before the public on sale, and Please Don’t! FORGET IT, FOR YOU WILL NEVER FOR GIVE FOUR CARELESSNESS IF YOU FAIL TO SECURE SEVERAL FROM OUR 5,000 PAIRS Dressed Kid Gloves, Scalloped Top, 5-Button Lengths, and Heavily Siik Embroidered Back, Medium and Dark Shades, in everj’ size, positively More Elastic I Correct in Sizes! Better Shades! Stronger Sewed ! Longer Lengths! AT THE MARVELOUS PRICE, 48c. per Pair. VTJT.iI.i'Y' WORTH sl. Call for "THE SENSATION” Kid Glove. AVE know ourselves as "THE ONLY” Kid Glove dealers, in the true sense of the term, in this city, giving the. best goods for the least money. Anyone we defy to undersell us. So, Ladies, come to headquarters and save on every pair you buy. A GREAT LINK OF BARGAINS ! Trimmed School Hats! Trimmed School Hats! 25c. AND 35c. NEW FALL GOODS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT PLATSHEKS, i 138 Broughton Street. CORNICES. CHAS. A. COX, 46 BARNARD ST., SAVANNAH, GA., —MANUFACTURER or— GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES AND TIN ROOFING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES The only house using machinery in doing work. Estimates for city or country work promptly furnished. Agent for the celebrated Swedish Metalllu Paint. _Affent for Walter's Pateut Tin Shinnies. L< .Ni /1.1 ,k . V., v. ii. JOHN H. FOX, TT iLaernalsier, Mhhoiilo Temple, CORNER LIBERTY AND WHITAKER STS. Residence. 115 Abercor"