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4 ClyPo ruing £htos Morning News Building, Savann li, Ga, MONDAY, (M'TOHKR G. 188 7. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah The Morning News i published every dajr In Ibe year an.l is served to subscribers in the city , fcv newsdealers aud carriers, on their own ac count at 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month. #5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, hy mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 <W; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, hy mail, six times a Week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months, $4 00 one vear, $8 00. The Morning News, Triweekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thnrs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months. $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, bu mail, one year, 93 00 The Weekly News, by mail, one year $1 25 Subscript ions payable in advance. Hemit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, via." Advertising rates made known on application Index to new advertisements. Meetings DeKalb J.odge No. 9, I. O. O. F.; Georgia Tent No. 151. I. O. K. Special Notices Or. George H. Stone's Re turn; Books Exchanged at Schreiner's Book Store. School Books— Davis Bros. Amusements —Barry & Fay's Company at the Theatre. Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship Cos.; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Notice ok Limited Partnership—H. A. Du mas and John F. LaFar. Fall and Winter Novelties—At Eckstein's. Desks. Etc Tyler Desk Cos., St. Louis, Mo. Legal Notices Citations from the Court of Ordinary: United States Marshal's Sale Auction Sale—Mouquet Carpets, etc., by J. McLaughlin <fc Sen Cheap Colulu Advertisements Help Want ed; For Ren - . sost: Miscellaneous 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- BAKING POWDER. 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. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. A. R. ALT.MAY ER & CO. 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. IfnißW'ifflfcUTV' "*-r 'tammr 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. DESK CO st. toms. mo. W*VLrACTimrROOr FlNfi feaS a wjßamtst JJv;:; > Bast Work and Lowet Prici , Guaranteed. 100 page Illuat’4 SSJSj^afjJyy^toverj^rintpd^ejJ^^e^Bootj^o^