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The Republican part" organization seems
to lie moi e sti ict than that of the Democrats,
but it cannot smother entirely the di
vision in its ranks on the tariff question.
The Chicago Tribune , the leading Republi
can paper of the West, is putting in some
effective blows for tariff reform
Gen. Crook tlu greatest Indian fighter, is
also the Indian’s best friend. His report
on the recent troubles in Colorado shows
that white men were almost wholly respon
sible for them. Colorow and his band were
off the Ute reservation, but they had been
off several years-, and there was no new of
fense.
The Grand Army of the Republic, says
the New York Tribune, expressed un
compromising condemnation of the Presi
dent’s lack of patriotism. This lack of
patriotism is manifested in efforts to save
some of the surplus for public use*, instead
of turning it over to the Grand Army of
Pensioners.
Phipps, the man who stole the roof of the
Philadelphia almshouse, which feet cost him
several years in the penitentiary, left his
quarters in that institution Friday morn
ing in a fine carriage, with a liveried ser
vant on the box. Phipps probably preferred
to hold on Da the proceeds of his thefts in
stead of giving them to lawyers to defend
him, and is now prepared to enjoy his for
tune.
It is now prophesied that there will be
opposition to the removal of the tax on
t-obacco from some Congressmen for no
other reason than that it will reduce the
number of public employes by several hun
dreds, giving them less “patronage.” The
fact that the repeal of the tax would
necessitate a reduction of patronage is one
of the few good arguments in favor of its
repeal.
The New Yolk Star says of the owners
and designer of the Thistle that for “mys
tery, deceit, swagger, bad manners, igno
rance and conceit they can take the cake, ”
Such language as this, employed toward
guests, is in unpleasant contrast with that
of other New York pajiers, and to properly
characterize it it would lie necessary to bor
row one or more of the Star's own
adjectives.
Capt. Hoff, who commanded the Volun
teer in the race with the Thistle, in answer
to a question whether Mr. Burgess could
design a boat to beat the Volunteer, replied
that he thought that Mr. Burgess could de
sign a boat fast enough to make all good
Americans happy and keep the eagle
screaming. Capt. Hoff appears to have
other accomplishments beside those of a
good sailor.
The Chicago Tribune wants Mr. Bayard
to adopt the foreign policy inaugurated by
Mr. Blaine during his short term as Secre
tary of State, because it thinks such a pol
icy would help the beef and pork trade
with France and Germany. If Mr. Blaine’s
policy were adopted in its entirety, it might
not have the effect hoped for. hut it would
stimulate the manufacture of bogus claims
against weak South American nations whom
it would lie safe to bully.
Mr. Robert Garrett will continue to lie
President of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, and will manage it by the “direction
of those who are backing the company.”
That is, he will be a sort of dummy Presi
dent, which arrangement will doubtless
please the stockholders. Meanwhile em
ployes are being discharged and the sala
ries of others reduced, in order that the ex
pense of the new loan may lie borne by the
company without affecting dividends.
Pensacola has a law requiring stevedores
to be examined by a board of commissioners
as to their fitness and to have a certificate
before they can pursue their calling. Re
cently Angelo Pendolu made an application
for a certificate and, after being examined,
it was refused. A petition was gotten up
by a number of merchants asking that Pen
dola be re-examined. The petition was
granted, and the Commissioners declared
him “totally incompetent,” and again re
fused him a certificate. The result of all
which is that the Commissioners are in very
hot water,
British war-ships seem no more able to
keep out of the way of trading vessels
than are those of the American navy. The
Canada, au ironclad, has torn off her ram
and filled herself half iuil of water in an
attempt to run down a little lumber-laden
bark. The bark was not sunk. There may
be something valuable to be learned front
the numerous accidents of this kind. Why
not abandon the building of $2, 000, (XX) steel
batMe-shiiw to defend our harbors, get a lot
of cheap brigs, etc., and anchor
them where the enemy can find them with
out much trouble; If experience is worth
Anything, they would disable his whole
fieel.
The Tennessee Prohibition Contest.
The latest returns from Tennessee show
that prohibition has tieen defeated in that
State by a majority of between 15,000 arid
20,000. The vote cast was a large one—
large'- than that of any previous election,
with the exception of that of the Presi
dential election of ISS4. This shows that
the people are deeply interested in tiie pro
hibition question, and justifies the predic
tion that the prohibition issue will be pre
soil Us 1 again in Tennessee though it may not
take the shape of an amendment to ttie con
stitution.
The Prohibitionists have suffered three
great defeats this year. The first was in
Michigan. The question of prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors
in that State by an amendment, to the con
stitution was voted on in April. The cam
paign which preceded the election was an
exciting one, and the vote was remarkable
for its size. The majority against the
amendment was small, not being quite
(i.OOO. The next notable contest was in
Texas. The campaign was the most ex
citing one in the history of the [State.
Money, speakers anil printed matter for and
against prohibition were freely furnished
by those outside of the Btate
who were interested in the
contest. The result was a triumph
for the anti-Prohibitionists, who defeated
the amendment by. a majority of over I*o,-
(XX). Tiie election in Tennessee last week
closed the State prohibition contests for
this year. Doubtless other States will try
in the near future to enforce prohibition by
amendments to their constitutions. The
Prohibitionists will hardly be satisfied with
their present experience in attempting to
advance prohibition by means of constitu
tional amendments.
It is somewhat remarkable that they re
fuse to recognize the advantages which
local option possesses over ail other methods
for advancing the cause of temperance. It
is slower than the constitutional amend
ment method, but it is certainly surer anti
much more satisfactory. If the Prohi
bitionists had been successful in Michigan,
Texas or Tennessee it is doubtful if they
could have reai>ed the fruits they expected
from victory. In Maine, whore prohibition
has prevailed for years, it has never been
found possible to enforce the prohibitory
laws. Intoxicating liquors are soli! there
almost as freely in the cities and larger
towns as if laws against their sale did not
exist. *
The truth is that prohibition is successful
only where public sentiment is strongly in
its favor. Each community must be con
verted to prohibition before the sale of in
toxicating liquors can be stopped. The
great advantage of local option is that
towns and counties adopt prohibition only
when they are ripe for it. Public sentiment
in them is in favor of it, and the officers of
the law are always ready to enforce
laws which are supported by pub
lic sentiment. If the Prohibitionists
had carried the prohibition amendment
in Texas what would have been the result?
The law would have been enforced, perhaps,
in those portions of the State which fur
nished the prohibition majorities, and
would have been a dead letter in the por
tions which voted against prohibition. The
enforcement of the law in some parts of the
State anil not iu others would have been
the cause of dissatisfaction and trouble, and
in a little while it would have lieen impossi
ble to enforce the law anywhere.
In the States where the 1 rohihitionists are
depending upon the local option method they
are meeting with gratifying success. In
this State, and in Florida, Mississippi and
Missouri they are gaining county after
county. If they are temperate in their
conduct and wise in their management, in
the course of a very few years they will
have control of all tlie.se States, and perhaps
others; and their control will lie of a kind
that is permanent. It will rest upon the
convictions of the majority, and it will not
be possible to change it into the hands of ttie
opponents of temperance. In this State,
except iu a very few instances, no attempt
has been made to undo what local option
has done, and it is doubtful if any attempt
would be successful.
If the truth could be got at it would ap
pear, doubtless, that those who were chiefly
instrumental in trying to enforce prohi
bition by means of prohibitory constitu
tional amendments in Michigan, Texas and
Tennessee were politicians who hoped to
advance their political fortunes by means
of prohibition. Local option is not at
tractive to politicians, because it holds out
no promises to them. It promises a great
ileal to the cause of temperance, however,
and ought therefore to be favored by
genuine temperance workers.
The Nev<s Commander.
The Grand Army of the Republic was de
termined not to elect a Democrat Com
mander-in-Chief. It could not have chosen
an abler nor more popular man than Gen.
Slocum, but the fact that he was a Demo
crat was against him. It is probable, how
ever, that the new commander, Judge John
P. Rea, of Minneapolis, Minn., will give
better satisfaction that Gen. Fairchild did.
It is certainly to lie hoped that he will show
more discretion in his public utterances.
The new commander is not a great man
by any means. He has had a very - modest
career. He is about 47 years of age and is
a native of Chester county, Penn
sylvania Ho entered the war as a
private and rose to the rank of major.
At its close ho became a student at
a little Ohio college, at which he graduated
in 18li7. He studied law a year and was ad
mitted to practice in Pennsylvania. In
1875 he went to Minneapolis, aud iu a little
while tiecamo a probate judge, ami finally
was appointed a district judge. His record
shows that ho is a better stump speaker
than a lawyer, and that to his oratorical
powers he owes the most of the success he
has achieved in life. The Grand Army
people will doubtless find him an agreeable
change after their experience with their
late commander, Gen. Fairchild.
The Chicago boodlers will not go free,
after all The court has held that though
they were convicted under a law which had
been repealed, yet it was in force when they
were indicted, and, under the general law
in Illinois to covey such cases, the convic
tiou was legul and the jienalties will. tie en
forced. There do not seem to be so many
chances to delay the punishment of a rich
criminal in Illinois as in New York.
A nobleman of the second rank'in the
British peerage, the Marquis of Aylesbury,
has been ruled off the rnce track for swin
dling. This is only one of many ways in
which he lias disgraced himself. Altogether
lie would make a very nice pair with the
Duke of Marlborough. If the English will
huve a nobility they ought to invent some
way to make its members lead ros[iectable
lives.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1887.
Will Sharp Become an Inrpate of the
Penitentiary?
Notwithstanding that nobody doubts that
Jacob Sharp is guilty of the of Which
he was convicted, there is a growirtg Im
pression that he will not become an inmate
of the penitentiary. Tiie power of money
is very forcibly illustrated in his case. His
money is not used improperly to influence
courts, but it nevertheless does influence
them indirectly. The fact that he is a rich
man is doubtless not without its weight,
though no one of tiie judges who has granted
a stay in his case, is probably conscious that
ho has permitted that fact to influence him
in the least. Without money Sharp
would never have ,• been . able to
secure the service* Aif lawyers whose
standing is so high that, they are able to ob
tain favors from courts which arc not grant
ed wholly because the law authorizes them.
If it had not been for his money Stiarp would
now lie in the penitentiary. His lawyers
would have ceased their efforts in liis behalf
when the jury rendered its verdict. No
fault could have been found with them if
they hail done so, because they would have
done for him all they wore employed
to do, Wlicu a lawyer believes
his client to be innocent he leaves
no means untried to clear him of the charges
against him, even though there is little or
no reason to expect compensation for his
services, but when he has good reason to
think ids client guilty he tvaivts to be. paid
handsomely, as a rule, for his efforts to de
feat justice.
There is no doubt that Sharp’s lawyers in
tend to iniss no chance to secure their client’s
release, and it is not surprising that the in
tegrity of the judges who have granted him
temporary relief has been called into ques
tion. There is no reason to I*) it>w, /*owrvcr,
that the judges have not acted hoinSftly. It
was said that Judge Potter, who granted the
first stay, had been guilty of triupsaetipnt
that were calculated to destroy pirbfic eW
tldenee in him, but investigation showed
this statement to be without a solid founda
tion. It is now claimed that Chief Justice
Ruger, who granted the last stay, was
mixed up in an affair with a man who-was
a partner of Sharp’s thirty years ago which
was not a creditable one, and that the Chief
Justice was afraid that if lie did not grant
the stay asked for Sharp would make reve
lations which would not be pleasant for
him. Doubtless thore is as little foundation
for this attack on the Chief Justice as there
was for the one on Judge Potter.
The probability is that the stay will be
continuea until the Court of Appeals can
review the case, which will not Vie for two
or three months. The question whether it
shall be continued will bo argued next
Thursday. It is not improbable that the
lawyers for the State will agree to let the
stey stand until the decision of the Court of
Appeals is known. In that case there will
be no argument.
It is pretty safe to say that the stay will
be continued whether the State’s lawyers
agree to it or not, and that Sharp will not
see the inside of the penitentiary this year.
The fact, however, that a very able judge
presided at the trial whoso rulings were
made with the greatest care, and the further
fact that the Supreme Court of the State
has said that there is no ground for inter
fering with the verdict, justifies the belief
that, although Sharp may Keep out of the
penitentiary for a while by the aid of his
lawyers, he will not escape it entirely unless
death claims him before a final decision in
his case is reached.
Sweethearts of the Anarchists.
The condemned Chicago Anarchists have
now aud then a happy hour. The shadow
of the gallows does not chase all smiles from
their faces. Although they are apprehen
sive that the hangman is already trying his
hand at shaping the noose that is to encircle
their necks, they seem to remember that
long faces and heavy hearts will not assist
them to escape the punishment which
awaits them.
Spies receives frequent calls from the
handsome aud intelligent woman who calls
herself his wife, but who holds that relation
to him only in so far (Is a proxy marriage
can establish it.
The impression is quite general that Nina
Van Zandt, the proxy wife, met Spies
the first time at the jail. This, it seems, is
a mistake. They had known each other a
long time before the Havinarket tragedy,
and were acknowledged lovers. They would
have been married before Spies got into his
present trouble, so Nina’s mother says, if
Spies hail not been so poor. It is somewhat
remarkable, if the above statement is true,
that they should have married when Spies
was much jioorer, and with every prospect
of dying the death of a felon.
Anarchist Lingg appears to be in luck.
Two girls have fallen in love with him, and
he admires both so much that if by any
rare good fortune he should secure a par
don, or escape, through some techni
cality, all penalty for his crime, he wouldn’t
know which one of them to marry. The
favorite of the two is a singularly bright
and pretty girl, whose maimers are
as modest as her face is attractive. She
visits the jail quite often, and is permitted
to talk with Lingg as long as she cares to.
The other is a handsome girl, and honest
apparently, but rather loud in h(*,style of
conversation. She keeps Lingg and his fel
low prisoners in good humor while she re
mains, and she is, therefore, welcomed with
smiles and dismissed witli regrets.
It is rather curious that young, pretty
and respectable women should show so
much sympathy for the Anarchists. Tho
experience of jailers appears to be, however,
that whenever there is a condemned mur
derer one or more women can always be
found to sympathize with him and to devote
themselves to making him comfortable.
When a murderer is confined in a jail in
New York it takes pretty much all of the
time of one man, according to the local
prints, to exhibit him to curious and sympa
thetic women, The Anarchists may expect
an increase in the number of their sweet
hearts as they approach nearer the gallows.
Most of the newspapers printed by color
ed men are urging opposition liy the colored
voters to Col. Fred Grant in his race for
Secretary of State of New York, particu
larly the Ftecman , edited by Thomas For
tune. They claim that when a cadet at
West Point lie was in full sympathy with
the prevailing prejudice at that institution
against colored Cadet Smith, which finally
forced him out of the school. Col. Grant
was selected by his party on account, of no
special fitness, but only because his name
would attract votes. It seems now that ho
can repel as well as attract. Tho opposition
of colored voters may decide the election.
A Kentucky mute, undoubtedly guilty
of a most atrocious murder, lias just been
acquitted by a jury on account of
his misfortune. Many a man whose tongue
has gotten him into trouble will look on this
fellow with a degree of envy.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Getting Back to Old Principles.
From the Philadelphia Pres* (Rep.)
Wherever the influence of the Federal Admin
istration makes itself felt in State conventions,
it is used to commit the Democracy a little
more openly and a little more lioldly in favor of
free trade.
Worthy of a Philadelphia Lawyer.
From tlu‘ Philadelphia Times (Deni.)
It is evident that a Philadelphia lawyer drew
up the Florida local option law. If u county
goes dry the minority districts in it must be dry
too, while if a county goes wet the dry minority
districts in if. can remain as dry as they please.
The Stay in Sharp’s Case.
From the New York Evenin') Post (Rep. )
We do not deny Chief Justice Rogers right
to great a other stay in Sharp's case, but we
are bound to say that as a rare, almost unprece
dented performance, it is peculiar, and a judicial
act which is peculiar is always open to criticism
or question at the hands of anybody who thinks
criticism or question will do any good. The difti
culty there has b**n in getting Sharp's sentence
carried out is. in fact, whoever may Is* responsi
ble for it, a great scandal, and is inevitably con
nected in the minds of the unreflecting public
with his wealth.
BRIGHT BITS.
If Bernhardt has really lost her voice, there
can't lie much now left of her — Boston Post.
It is so easy to And Fault that it is no credit to
find it, and it is certainly no fortune —Louis
ville Democrat.
Customer What do you sell these cigars for?
Clerk (absent!vi Havanas— but they ain’t, by a
long chalk!— THd-Bits.
The Saco bank would have been largely ahead
if the managers had paid somebody a week
to watch their six-dollar clerk. —Chicago
Tribune.
A correspondent asks to know when gloves
came in. Cloves came in when sparring exhi
hit ions with the bare lists were forbidden by law.
—Texas Siftings.
“Procrastination" may l>e. as the poets in
sist, “thief of time." but certain it is, it is one
of t he few friends that Mr. Jacob Sharp has now
left .—Phi lade fph ia Ledger.
A correspondent wants us to tell him “which
is the proper attitude for a fisherman, standing
or Kitting." Neither, innocent one; lying is the
only position in which the feels entirely at home.
Yonkers Statesman .
Area i. estate man of San Diego, started out
with a let ter and his hank book. As lie passed
the Post office be mailed his bank book and
never noticed his mistake until he arrived at the
bank. San Francisco Call.
Amy (speaking of the responsibilities of mat
rimony)-—Would you be afraid to marry on
five thousand a year, Tom?
Tom— Not a bit. if I could only And a girl with
that amount of income. Harper's Bazar.
This is the composition anew teacher had the
pleasure of hearing read in a school not far
from Concord* “Going to School I like to go
to school when we have a good teacher. I don’t
like to go to school this term." Concord (N.H.)
Monitor
Several millionaires have recently given
their advice to young men as to how to get rich
Now if the men who have been happy without
getting rich would tell how that is done they
will perform a much more valuable service.—
Boston Herald.
A LITTLE four-year-old Louisville girl had her
first dream, ami was expatiating upon the new
found experience and telling it out, when her
mother said: “Jennie, tell mamma your dream?"
“O pshaw: mamma: you were lying right by me,
and you ought to know.” Louisville Democrat.
Miss Snobbkrly (who has just written a
letter)—Ma, is a lc. stamp enough for this
h t it?
Old Mrs. Snobberly (proudly) -Put on a 2c.
stamp, my daughter, or people will say the
Snobberly.s are not people of the right stamp.
—Texas Siftings.
Rolliboy (heavy weight)—Hot weather always
wilts me. 1 agree with the Bible that all flesh
is grass.
Seragglos (feather weight)—You'd make a
prize haystack, then, if you were well dried.
Rolliboy (witlieringly) And you'd make the
needle that never could be found in me.—
Charlestown Enterprise.
A church having just been organized in a
community where there had been none, it hap
pened that a man was proposed for deacon who
had once been in the State prison. Some made
objection to him, hut the conclusive reply was
that if the Lord wished to establish a church in
Pixonville he must use snch material as Dixon
vflle afforded. Boston Congregationalist
Laurence Hutton writes with a heavy stroke,
leaving considerable.superfluous ink on the page!
At one time, when he was going over some
manuscript at a friend's house, and dropping
the sheets on the floor as he finished them, the
friend's little girl came into •the room. “Take
care, Hope," said the lady, “don't step into Mr.
Hutton's manuscripts, or you will wet your
feet. ’'— Exchange.
PERSONAL.
George Tj. Schuyler is the only living mem
her of the .syndicate that built the yacht Amer
ica and won the cup from Great Britain in 1851.
The German Crown Prince says he is not
vet able to sing, but his voice is improving, and
no takes a six-mile walk without traces of fa
tigue.
Martin Gaffori, a Corsican bandit, who has
committed fifty highway robberies and several
murders, has just been sentenced to penal servi
tude for life.
Isaac Jeans is the wealthiest of all the staid
old Quakers in Philadelphia. He is worth about
$3,500,000, and started in life forty-five years ago
as an apple man.
Rev. Malcolm Douglass. I>. P., a widely
known clergyman of the Episcopal church, died
on Sunday of last week while officiating in the
church at Wareham Mass.
Canadian Senator. McMahtef, of Toronto,
who recently died worth $1,000,000, left SBOO,OOO
to endow a Baptist college. He made the bulk
of his fortune as a railn a.l contractor.
Sidney Everett, Chief of the Diplomatic
Bureau of the State Department, has returned to
Washington from his summer home on the Isle
of Wight and resumed his duties at the depart
ment.
Senators Sherman, Hawley, Hale. Harrison,
Edmunds and Mahone are to encourage the
New York Republicans to try and whoop up a
majority for ('ol. Fred Grant during the coming
campaign.
Francis Genail, who died the other day in St.
IjOus at the age of 93, many years ago had thft
opportunity of buying a piece of land iu that
city for which at the present time is worth
$55,000,000.
The manager of a minstrel show in New
York filled his place of amusement on Wednes
day night by displaying on the sidewalk a black
board. upon which was chalked: “Thistle please
you/' “What yacht to do?" and other atrocious
puns on the i a c.
Mrs. Mary Linskey leaped into the river at
Detroit last Monday and rescued a drowning
child. A dozen men stood on the wharf and
witnessed the brave act. and then slunk away
Indore the heroic woman was assisted to the
shore by the captain of a tug.
JtfDGE Gresham is over the medium height,
has dark hair and whiskers streaked with gray,
and n full", oval face. He is judicial in appear
ance, having a quiet, dignified manner and a
pleasant way of talking. Physically he does not
look as strong as he did some years ago.
The rulings of Miss Carrie Byrne, Su|H*rin
tendent of Schools In Plymouth county, la.,
from which an appeal was recently taken, have
been sustained by the State Superintandeat of
Schools. Some of the male teachers objected
to her standard of examination before granting
certificates.
Wing You, a naturalized American from the
celestial empire, is a candidate for Councilman
in the Fifteenth ward of Baltimore. Wing You
is an industrious laundry man. He is making an
active campaign, and is ably supported by < Hie
Lung. Ling Sing, JCop Sing, Hong Cong, Hop
lan* and I See.
Archduke John, of Austria, who has !>een
dismissed fr nn the military service of his coun
try by the Emperor, Ins uncle, is 30 years of age
and held the rank of Lieutenant General. Some
six or seven years ago he incurred the Emper
or's displeasure by a remarkable pamphlet on
the state of the army in which he mercilessly
criticised the lending lights of the Austrian War
Den and held tneii.up to contempt and
ridicule. He is at daggers drawn with his cousin,
Crown Prince Undo mb, of whose scientific pre
tensions he makes merciless fun.
Mrs. PhOthe Travis, aged lvM, it the oldest
woman In Western New York. She never sat
on Washington's kins*, nor, indeed, did the ever
see him. but she distinctly remember* his death
and the gloom it cast over the country. She
cut and m i lea coat worn by Seth Rice, the
first Supervisor of the town of Howard. She
spun and wove the material for her family's
clothing and made the garments. Judge Hor
ned sad to her that if she would weave a piece
of cloth that would take a premium at the Bath
fair, be would make her a present. She made
the cloth and It took the premium. The .Judge
made her a present of a two-year-old heifer.
The End.
Frdm the IhdianetpolisJ onrnal.
Arid so we cast aside our cherished friendship,
And so I cease to call you even friend;
And so I hurry from all sight and hearing
The memory of this friendship and its end.
If you have caused me pain, you are forgiven;
if you have grieved me, it is over now;
If I nave found you fickle and unstable,
You will forget; no grief need cloud your
brow.
Ah. well, it is not strange we should grow
weary;
It is not strange we both should wish to part;
But, now 'tis over, I reveal my secret—
’Tis this: I loved you, loved you from my
heart.
Washington Sprigs Fight a Duel.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Two sprigs of fashion, who reside with their
parents in the West End, have won the applause
of their associates by firing six or seven bullets
at each other. The trouble grew out of a
family scandal. They were both probably in
fault, and a few blows with their fists should
have made them good friends. They disdained,
however, a method of obtaining satisfaction
only fit for plebeians. The se vices of seconds
were secured, and the time was set for the
ridiculous contest. The event took place a short
distance beyond the city limits. The use of
eyeglasses had doubtless impaired the eyesight
of the duelists, for though they shot at each
other six or seven times, notone drop of blood
was shed. The bullets flew wide of their marks,
and honor was preserved with unbroken skin.
Mexican Humor.
From the Two Republics.
In an examination at the agricultural school:
“What is the best method of preserving
meat?’’
“Leaving the animal alive.”
The beautiful Julia has a very ugly husband.
One day her friend Enriqueta arrives and finds
her embracing her husband. As soon as the
husband leaves the room the friend remarks
sarcastically;
"How courageous you are!”
“But don't you know we are in Lent?" I am
doing penance!"
Class in history:
"What is historic truth?”
“Everything that a newspaper affirms al
though it may be prevaricating."
"What is honorahienes.tr’
“To elevate one's self to a throne of gold no
matter what kind of material the steps are made
of."
“What is gratitude?”
“To kiss one’s cheeks at the same time that
you are putting your hands into his pockets.”
His “Birdie’s” Queer Bird Cage.
From the New York Times.
He had gone home a little late the week be
fore a little woi-se for wear, and was making a
manly effort to get to bed without disturbing his
silent partner, when his fqot caught in some
thing that felt like a bird cage about his ankles,
and he pitched forward until he reached the
mantel, which he found with his nose. He ut
tered an exclamation which transformed his
silent partner into one of the most active kind
of active partners, and compelled an explana
tion. A light being produced the wreck of lhe
object that had caused him to fall was brought
up for imprecation and analysis It was his
first offense, and his wife, therefore, allowed
her concern over his mishap to dominate her in
dignation over the condition in which he pre
sented himself. So she plastered his nose and
said the wreck didn't matter; it could be easily
replaced. "But where's the rest of it? anil
what's become of the bird?" asked he. “The
bird! What do you mean?" his wife exclaimed.
“Why. isn't that part of a bird cage?” he in
quired. “A bird cage! Ha! ha! Why, yes; if I
am your little birdie, as I used to be. That’s my
bustle,’’ she said.
A Shock to the Teacher.
From the Boston Journal of Education.
An Eastern teacher was visiting a Western
school when the class was reciting upon the his
tory which concerned Boston. Bunker Hill, Lex
ington and Concord. The visitor stepped to the
board, drew a sketch of Boston, Charles river,
Charlestown, the Old North Church with a lan
tern swinging in the steeple, and Bunker Hill
monument, She asked what church they
thought that to he, and they answered promptly
“The Old North Church." Pointing to the monu
ment she asked what they thought that to be.
There was no response. She tried to have them
guess. They hesitated. She pei-sisted. and a
bright boy said, “It is the north pole.” The
teacher was greatly mortified, because, being a
graduate of the Salem, Mass.. State Normal
School, she prided herself upon the skill w ith
which she had taught the fact that the axis of
the earth was an imaginary line, and there were
no “poles.” When after school, she called him
to her side and asked how- he couhl have made
such a blunder, he said he knew there w-as no
pole at -the end of the axis, but he had heard a
great deal about the “north pole,” and had won
dered what it could be, and when he saw such a
big pole by the North Church he thought it must
he the North Pole.
He Wore Off the President’s Hat.
From the Charlestown Free Press.
One of the best jokes of the season occurred
the other day at "Oak View.” A venerable
couple from this county were visiting friends
near President Cleveland's country residence in
the District of Columbia. Mr. Cleveland is very
sociable, and is pleased to have his neighbors
neighborly, and to call frequently. During the
sojourn of ourfi ounty folks they went over to
pay their respects to the farmer President and
statesman. Three days after the visit our
Jefferson friend discovered that he had ex
changed hats with the President, and Mr. Cleve
land was not aware of the swap until the Jeffer
sonian called again and assured the nation's
chief that he had not come for office, but only to
bring bock his hat. Grover shook his fat sides
with hearty laughter and declared himself
quite satisfied with the exchange, as Mr. A.’s
hat was quite new. while his own was decidedly
the worse for the wear during his tramp through
the Adirondacks. After a pleasant chat on the
porch the Jeffersonian bade the President a
hearty goon by, and left with Mr. Cleveland's
promise to be mindful of his invitation to come
to see him in West Virginia. Either way the
President's hat got a good head in it.
The Purpose in Building a Fast Yacht.
Fiom the New York Sun.
The most conspicuous man in the Gilsey House
last night was small, round shouldered and
amiable looking. He drank occasionally at the
bar, but not to excess. His face looked as if his
name might be McTavisb He lost SIO,OOO yes
terday backing the Thistle, and hence his emi
nence in the hotel corridor last night. He is one
of the best known local dry goods merchants,
and he took his losses equably, though he had
made one or two stringent remarks about cut
ters in general, and the Thistle in particular.
Once when he was standing amid a group of
men a gre it discussion arose as to the cause of
the Thistle's defeat. < >ne man in the group
claimed, with great ardor, enthusiasm, andcou
clusiveness, it was caused by the roughness of
•the sea Then the SIO,OOO loser raised his voice
and said shortly:
“What is the object of making a fast yacht?”
“To endeavor, if possible, to so overcome the
given resistance of wind and sea -”
"Nonsense,” said the loser shortly: “the ob
ject in building a fast yacht is to get a craft that
will go from one point to another in the shortest
time. That's what the Volunteer can do now,
in better shape than any other boat afloat, and
there's an end to it."
Tho Captain and Fido.
From the Hartford Couront.
Thursday afternoon the Courant had the
honor and pleasure of a call from ( apt. Robert
W. Andrew#, of South Carolina. Fido accom
panied him. The Captain was i)7 years old on
the Fourth of July, this year Fido will be 5
years old on his next birthday. They walked
up from Sout h Carolina early in tin* season and
now they are walking back again It is the Cap
tain's seventh visit (ou foot) to the North and
Fido's second.
He has enjoyed his Mummer North very much,
lie says. Besides seeing his son in Boston he
has taken a ramble through Vermont and New
Hampshire and luvs revisited the village up in
Maine where he learned the shipwright 's trade
in 1817 before lie went to sea a sailoring and
learned that trade. The Captain is also a prac
tical farmer and a horse doctor of seventy-four
years' standing, with army ex|>erieiiee as a
veterinary surgeon under hie goou friend, (Jen.
Wade ilamptou.
To the question whether he wasn't sometimes
afraid of oemg robltcd on those long jaunts the
Captain replied, with a knowing smile, that he
never carried money enough in Ids pockets to
make it worth anybody's while, and that he had
taken care his habits in that respect should la*
known. Whenever he gets a few dollars that
he has no immediate use for he dropß in at the
first post office and sends them home. Once, on
a country* road down South, a negro undertook,
under nreteuse qf Harrying the ‘‘boss's'* iiag. to
deftpoii hiiu, but as he made a dash for the cam
brake the Captain fired two shots at him. The
negro dropped the bag and vanished, and the
Captain hasn't seep him since. “I don't know
whether I h'lt him," he says, "but I hit the bag
anyway."
Unless unexpectedly detained on the way. he
and Fido will reach South Carolina about Nov.
1 iwrhutm sooner if be m ikes a contemplated
purchase of a horse and lor the more
convenient. carrying of his books, etc. Once
home, t hey will take a month or six weeks' rest
and then start on a walk across t in* continent
to San Francisco, **l think now we. shall come j
back around the Hum/' auid the captain. J
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A doo owned near Boston chews gum.
Thkre are 10,548 more men than women in
Manitoba.
Ardr AN county, Mo., hasabase ballclubeom
posed of nine brothers.
The shirt Craig Toliver wore when ?-■ ’ was
shot is on exhibition in a Louisville barroom.
Japanese house servants are becoming pop
ular in Modesto, Cal., and are displacing
Chinese.
A woman w aiting for a tray in a New Haven
railway station the other day had eight cross
eyed children with her.
A New York company is attracting purchasers
for pianos by offering to give lessons on the in
strument to each purchaser.
That was pretty rough on Jake Belter, of De
troit, to he fined $2,500 for having an illicit still,
and then have the still bring only 50c. at auc
tion.
It is said that every good piano sold in France
comes from the United States. The most they
can do in that country is to manufacture the
case and the stool.
Matches are so cheap now in some New York
cigar stores that when a customer asks for a
match he gets a box. Good matches of the
Swedish kind, cost less thau Jqjc. a box.
On a recent rainy morning a man stampeded
a crowd of citizens on a Chicago street corner
by stepping among them and remarking: “You
have my umbrella, sir.” The man w r as cross
eyed.
It has been decided by a California court that
a real estate deed from husband to wife where
“love and affection" are named as the considera
tion is not valid unless there was actually such
consideration at the time of the transfer.
Tom Webb, living near Millville, Cal., has an
apple tree on which he grafted the Duchess
pear about two years ago. The bud has done
tietter than the apple, but both bear fruit, each
after its kind. The strange part of it is
that pears and apples grow together on the
same twig.
The following card appears in the Richland
(La.) Beacon: “To whom it may concern: I was
once known as J. D. Cooper in the parish of
Richland. I now return, the same man, only
worn by the cares of time, by the name of Pat
Butler. My father and mother live in Saratoga
county, New York. Pat Bittler.”
A St. Petersburg pamphlet announces that
the Nihilists have completed their reorganiza
tion, killed or otherwise dispose! of all spies,
and are now ready for the winter campaign.
The work is said to lie proceeding with encour
aging speed in Siberia, where last month forty
five guards and twenty-three prisoners ran
away.
James Widliamson, of Toronto, 0., captured
a live crow in his cornfield. While carrying it
home he was attacked by hundreds of other
crows. He first tried to run away; then lie
made i vigorous attempt to defend himself
with a club; next he sought shelter in a shed,
where the besieging crows kept him a prisoner
for more than an hour.
Leroy Brown, an elderly man, was playing
with a pet kitten at his home near the railroad
track in Homer, N. Y., on Wednesday. The
kitten jumped from his arms and darted across
the track. Mr. Brow-n started in pursuit, and
was struck by an express train and hurled fifty
feet upon an embankment. His neck was
broken and he died almost instantly.
In the early days only a few scholars and
priests knew how to write. It was then custom
ary to sign a document by smearing the hand
with ink and impressing it upon the paper, at
thftsame time saying “Witness my hand." Af
terward the seal was introduced as a substitute
for the handmark, the two forming the signa
ture. This is the origin of the expression used
in modern documents.
A 100-mile cycling race at Biggleswade, Eng
land, Saturday was won by a man named Hall
in 6 hours 40 minutes 47 seconds. He rode a
safety machine. The course was over ordinary
macadamized country roads, and the race is
called R victory for the safety over the ordinary
tandem machines. To rival his speed for the
same distance a man driving would have to have
eight relays of fast horses.
The Brattle Square Church, in Boston, has a
tower whieh is not owned by the Baptist so
ciety worshiping in the church. The tower
has colossal relief by Bartholdi, the Liberty
sculptor, and waf such an adornment that when
J. Montgomery Sears, the millionaire, sold the
church to the Baptist Society, he reserved the
tower and deeded it to the Memorial Society, to
be preserved as a public monument
An East Tawas, Mich., man recently inter
viewed a clairvoyant, who told him where to
bore for gas and be sure to find it. She described
his farm exactly, told him to lake not more
nor less than five people, and to stop boring as
soon as gas was struck, as below it was an im
mense field of salt. She also told him where to
find an abundance of iron on his farm. Although
hedid not tell the woman his name nor his place
of residence, he has found samples of liis soil
that bear 87 per cent. iron, and is wondering
what five people he would better let into his gas
snap.
George Ambrose, who lives on the Capt.
Okeson farm, a couple of miles east of I-exing
ton, Mich., is the owner of a turkey hen that
has a brood of half grown turkeys, among
which is a young prarie chicken of apparently
the same age as its companions. Whether the
chicken was hatched with the turkeys or
adopted by the hen when small is not known.
The hen hid her nest out in the field, and when
she first made her appearance with her young
family the chicken was with her. At first it
was very shy, but has since grown as tame as
the turkeys and shows uo disposition to leave.
Asa profession the practice of medicine seems
to be pretty lucrative. The late Miss Wolf used
to pay $20,000 a year to her medical attendant.
The late Mrs. A. T. Stewart paid an average of
$32,000 to three physicians. Mrs. Vanderbilt
pays her doctor SI,OOO a year, and Mrs. William
Astor pays SIO,OOO. Mrs. Ellis, an American
lady physician to the Queen of Corea, receives
$15,000 a year. At a meeting of the County
Medical Society two white-haired physicians
with whom a reporter talked agreed in saying
that at least one-half of tiie practicing physi
cians of New York received incomes of $5,000 a
year and upward.
Frank Burns, a farmer in the Laurel Hill
mountains, three miles from Bakersville, Somer
set county, Pa., made a queer capture one even
ing last week. The evening was very cool, and
as twilight came on there flew into his attic a
pair of carrier pigeons benumbed with cold and
bewildered in the darkness. Each bird had a
blue silk ribbon around its neck and under the
left wing an ivory tablet bearing the inscription:
“Miss Rose Love joy, Carotidolet, Mo. Sept. 2,
1887.” Under the right wings were two letters!
one addressed to Miss Janet Wheeler. Wasepi,
Mich., an<l the other to George Serpell, Val
paraiso, Ifli. Several quills in their wings were
also marked with letters and numbers.
There are in Paris about 8,000 artists of the
brush, of whom between 2,000 and 3,000 are
women, and 300 are foreigners of various na
tionalities. About seventy of these are famous,
while the others are made up of wealthy per
sons who paint for pleasure, of people who are
specially employed by the government , land of
the producers of "pot-boilers." who paint por
traits and landscapes for cheap picture dealers
or for foreign exportation. Tile models are only
employed between the ages of 13 and 19 by
painters of the nude, but some of them lin'd
work until they are 25 or 20. after which tlnir
forms completely lose the grace and contour of
early growth. The woman who “pose'’ in the
studios are generally paid at the rate of tof. to
25f. per diem.'
It is told by the Detroit Free Pres* that a
citizen who had just 1d l down for a span
of carriage horses was driving the other day
when h * met a farmer with a load of apples
Desiring to chaff the strain.: *r a bit, Jr* drew up
and inquired; "Say. how'll you trade teams**'
The farmer halted, got down from 1 is vehicle
looked tlie team over, and slowly replied*
"Wall, by gosh:" "Whit's the mattery'* If
you h oin't stopped me, 1 wouldn't have known
the team." "Did you ever s* * these horses be
fore?" "Did I? Why, I raised 'em! Sold 'em
both to a horse trader in town three, weeks ago
That nigh one has the heaves, and the other is a
cribber and has two spavins. I'll trade you f ur
S*, and that s allowing &l r > apiece more on your
horses than 1 got." J
A Michigan max, who traveled abroad and
mo™ especially in Holland, was heud to say in
conversation the other day that Americans had
but little idea to ivhat extent their products and
inventions were in use there. “Do you know,”
he remarked, •that when I was admitted to the
apartments of tho Kin* in the royal palace at
Amsterdam, I panned through a door hung ou
brass lunges and secured by a brass lock coming
from a Massachusetts manufactory<• Near liv
was a very comfortable-looklnK and neat uti
holstere I Orami Kapios chair, with a cuspidor
at the left, the product of a KnlHmere factory
Over the mantel, designed hy an American
hung a landscape by Thomas Moran <>f Phi la
rotin'i ' l, ' lon Other ornaments, a
picks.” 1 ‘ K Vtt “° a “ d a box 01 Michigan tooth-
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Its superior excellence proven in millions of
h ones for more than a quarter of a century. It is
used by the United States Government. In
dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities aa
the Strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr.
Price’s the only Baking Powder that does not
contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in
Cans.
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NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS.
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ALIMS OFFERINGS
FOR THIS WEEK.
DRESS GOODS.
TI'NOLJSH Suitings, in Novelty Plaids, Stripes'*
r j and Checks, double width, elegant goods,
all the new fall shades, price 12U>c.; good value
at 29c.
Little finer. Yes, here is a lot of Imported
Dress Goods, consisting of Plain, Pin Checks
and Stripes, 38 inches wide, nobbly styles, at
25e.; positively worth 40c. Please examine.
Our stock of' Combination Suits embraces all
the latest Parisian and English ideas, ranging in
price from $3 75 to $35. SPECIAL.—I lot of
handsome Braided Tricot Combination Suits,
very stylish, price for this week $9; sold last
week at sl2 50.
SILKS.
1 lot of 25 pieces Heavy Black Gros Grain Silk,
cashmere finish, a big bargain, and would ba
considered cheap at $1 25. We are going to run
this lot off at 87Uc. per yard.
DOMESTICS AND FLANNELS.
5 cases 4-4 Bleached Shirting, heavy, soft
finish, equal to Fruit of Loom, at 6Qc. yard.
35,000 yards, double width Unbleached Sheet
ing, heavy quality, serviceable goods, at 15c.
yard.
5.000 yards Fast Color Calico at 2c. yard.
85 pieces All Wool Red Flannel at 15c. per
yard.
25 pieces White Wool Flannel at 20c. peryard,
50 pieces White Shaker Flannel at 10c.; sur
prising value.
KID GLOVES AND HOSIERY.
We are still selling Ladies’ 4-Button Swede
Undressed Kid Gloves, embroidered back in all
the new tan shades, at 50c. per pair. Not very
many left. Come and get a pair.
Special lot of Black and Solid Colors Misses’
Ribbed Hose, extra length, double gauge fast
colors, have been selling at 45c. Price this week
25c. Examine this lot.
JERSEYS—SECOND FLOOR.
One lot Ladies’ Black Tailor-made Jerseys, all
wool, extra fine gauge, superior goods. Price
for one week $1; a regular $1 75 Jersey.
BOYS’ CLOTHING—SECOND FLOOR.
We are particularly “stuck” on our great
stock of Boys' and Children's Clothing. The
parents who examine the stock are pleasantly
surprised at its magnitude, style and very
modest prices. Said one of our patrons yester
day: "I have saved fully S4O on clothing for my
five boys the last year.” Every parent can
echo the sentiment of our lady patron if they
will give our Boys' and Children’s Department
a trial.
Boys' Knee Pants, sizes 4-18, at 25c., 35c. and
50c. School Suits from $1 50 up.
DRESS TRIMMINGS AND BUTTONS.
Corresponding to our unrivaled stock of Dress
Goods and Silk is our great stock of Dress Trim
mings. We have just placed on our counters
wonderful lines of the newest things for t! e
present season. They will be found displayed
on a separate counter, which has been devoted
to them. The stock comprises all the latest
styles and effects in Beaded Panel Passemen
teries, Beaded Ornament Gimps. Braided Sets
for waist trimming, Black Mohair Hand-Crochet
and Feather Edge Tinseled Braids, Black ard
Colored Braided Sets at prices that will astonish.
LADIES' MERINO UNDERWEAR.
Our stocK of Ladies’, Misses' and Children's
Merino Underwear is now complete at 25c., 36c.,
48c., 73c.. i!Be., which we guarantee to be supe.
rior to any similar goods sold in this city for 25
per cent. more. SPECIAL.—I lot Ladies'Scar
let Medicated Vests, pure dye, all sizes, goods
that are positively worth $1 25. Price this week
75c. each.
SPECIALTIES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.
fi cases Ladies’ extra fine French Dongola Kid
Button Shoes, opera toe, last sizes 2C ; to 8, C,
D and E widths, $1 98: actually wortli $4 50. 3
cases Boys’ extra fine Calfskin Shoes, lace and
button. $1 48; good value for $2 75.
10 cases Infant’s Hand-Sewed Shoes, sizes 2 to
5,35 c.; sold lsewhere for 50c.
14 cases Misses’ Pebble Goat Spring Heel
School Shoes, sizes*! 1 -2, $1 85: worth $2.
8 cases Gents’ Fine Calf Wardwell Hand-
Sewed Shoes, lace and elastic, sizes 5 to 19,
$2 75; worth $5. Gentlemen's Shoes of all do
scriptions and prices. ALTMAYER’S.
ZOXWEISS CREAM.
ZONWKISB CREAM
FOR THE TEETH
T* made from New Material*, contains no Acidss
Hard Grit, cr injurious matter
It is Push, HiriNiP, Perfect.
Nothing Lie* It Ever Known.
From Senator Coffsoahnll.~**l take pleas
ure in recommending Eonwtiw on account of It*
efficacy and purity.”
From Urn. Gen. I oann’s Drnfiat, Or.
K. s. Carroll, Walifngton, D. C. “I have had
Zonwr.iss analyzed. It lo tho most perfect denti
frice 1 have y ver seen.”
Frorn Hon. t ban. P. .Tohnoon. Fx. lit.
Gov. of 'ln,—“Zonwcis.} cleanses the teeth thor
oughly, ie delicate, couvcolenr, very pleasant, and
leaves no after taste. Sold hY xll deuuuists.
Price, 35 cents.
Johnson & Johnson, 23 Cedar St., N. Y.
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For sale by LIPPMAN PROS., Lippnuurfi
Block, Savannah.
POTATOES.
potatoes!
1 BARRELS POTATOES just received
J/v and for sale low by
C. M GILBERT & CO.
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