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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTBEXENTSL
Mooting*—Branch, No. >64. Irish National
League; Citizens’ Meeting. Landrum Lodge, So
48, F. * A. M.
Special Notices—As to Bills against Austrian
Bark Sirena; Notices B. H. Levy & Bro., and
Jiryfus Bros.; Grand opening of Cosmopolitan
Shades.
Legal Notices—As to Claims against Estates ;
Citations from the Court of Ordinary.
Canned Goons—Strauss Bros.
Nest Shoe Store—A. S. Coben.
Cheap Colitis Advertisements.—For Rent;
For Sale; Lost ; Board: Miscellaneous.
Arcnos Sales—Furniture, Carpets, etc., by
Marshall & Mclisod.
Foa Dobot and Darien—Steamer Fope Cat -
lin.
There is still a chance for having a more
eligible site chosen for the public building
than the barracks lot. Now let us see
whether the business men of the city will
make the most of the chance.
Senator Gorman claims that the Mary
land Democrats will flatten out the Repub
licans and their assistants after their usual
style in the next election. And Senator
Gorman knows a great deal about Maryland
politics.
The outlook is that the State Fair at Ma
con will have a larger attendance this year
than ever before. The reason probably is
that the attractions will be greater. The
kind of Northen anergy that is booming it
is of the right sort.
Miss Cleveland has entered upon her work
as a school teacher in the city of New York,
and it is probable that she will be much
better satisfied in her present position than
she was in that of chief director of the
President's housch. Id.
There seem to be as many chances for an
appeal in the Presbyterian church courts as
in the State courts of New York. It took
about a dozen trials to settle the Woodrow
case, and now the Andover controversy is
said to be about to begin again
Sagacious Jay Gould! He never seemed
a bit anxious to get possession of the Balti
more and Ohio telegraph system, but has it
all the same. The negotiations have lieen
completed, and the Baltimore and Ohio will
soon be lost in the Western Union.
The Boston Advertiser is afraid that the
friends of Capt. Semmes will not permit
Congress to appropriate money to repair
the Kearsaree, but those friends will hardly
object. The Alabama can never be for
gotten as long as the Kearsarge floats.
William Walter Phelps, of New Jersey,
announces that he is a candidate for the
Senate, to succeed Senator McPherson. The
Legislature is always very close in that
State, and Mr. Phelps has a big barrel. As
he will not be opposed by Mr. McPherson’s
barrel, also a large one, he may succeed in
his ambition.
Mrs. Paran Stevens’ power in society is
being explained. Mr. Meicher, co-executor
with her of her husband's estate, says she is
a “terror,’ - and that he keeps his door
chained to prevent her getting at him with
out warning. If a woman of that character
wants to lead and has plenty of money, few
people will be bold enough to dispute her
claims.
It seems that the now famous Count de
Mitkiewicz had attaiued some distinction
before his invasion of China, his portrait
having appeared in the Police Gazette as
long ago as 1880, together with a little
biographical sketch, of which, it is needless
to say, the Count is not proud. His con
cessions from China may turn out to be of
as worthless a character as his own.
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The Knights of Labor of Baltimore have
adopted resolutions denouncing the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Maryland,
Mr. Jackson, and will do everything in their
power to defeat him. Their opposition is
itased on the fact that he employs non-union
labor. This action makes the revolt led by
Mr. Cowan of more importance, and may
torn the State over to the Republicans.
Senator Voorhees hastens to repay the
President's complimentary allusions to him
in his Terre Haute speech. He savs Mr.
Cleveland cannot decline the unopposed
renomination which will be offered him,
and that he will certainly be re-elected,
whKher opposed by Blaine or any other
candidate. There is evidently no truth in
the statement which has been printed that
the Indiana Senator is not in accord with
the administration.
The Irving Hall wing of New York city
Democrats seems to be in a bad way, since
it was refused representation in the recent
State convention. Tuesday night’s meeting
broke up in a row over local matters, a
good many delegates withdrawing. The
State ticket, however, was indorsed. The
trading of the different halls, societies, etc.,
Is responsible for a great deal of the corrup
tion of New York municipal polities, and
there would be no mourning among the citi
zens at large if Irving Hall, one of the chief
tinners, should go out of existence.
A young man in the New York custom
bouse, who obtained his place by standing
an excellent civil service examination, has
lieen identified as the lad who some years
ago was convicted of stealing money from
lettens while a post office employe, and it is
said will be dismissed from his present place.
He had served a term of imprisonment for
his offense. His case will arouse sympathy,
and the wisdom and justice of dismissing
him will be questioned, if it be true tliat he
has performed his duties faithfully. It
ought not to be made impossible for u crim
inal to reform
A Difficult Question to Decide
The facts have been presented ami the
arguments have been male in the convict
lease cases, and it remains for the Governor
to say whether or not the leases of Compa
; nies i and 3 shall be forfeited The question
! which he has to determine is not without
difficulties. If he were required simply to
say whether or not the convicts have been
abused, he would not hesitate a moment,
proliahly. with regard to his decision, but
! there are legal issues involved, and also
questions of policy. There is no doubt, if
the evidence is trustworthy—and there is no
room to question it—that abuses of various
kinds have been common in the convict
camps, and that comparatively little respect
has been shown for the law under which the
lessees act. That the convicts have been
worked in many instances beyond their
strength, and that about all of them
have been required to endure
greater hardships than the framers of the
lease law ever thought probable, there is no
reason to doubt. The evidence shows that
they have often been brutally whipped, and.
that too, without any reason that would
justify a moderate chastisement, and that
they have not been fed and clothed as they
should be.
It cannot be said that the lessees have
made no money out of their contracts, and
that they are, therefore, excused for not
giving the convicts better food and suffi
cient clothing. All of them appear to be in
nourishing circumstances. Tennessee gets
f 100,000 for about 1,300 convicts, while
Georgia only gets 3'J0.000 for 1,000. The
Georgia convicts must lie as profitable as
those of Tennessee, and there must, there
fore, be large profits for the Georgia lessees.
But if the Governor declares the leases
forfeited what is to be done with the con
victs < The Legislature has made no pro
vision for their support, and is not likely to
at this session. Neither is there any imme
diate prospect of the adoption of a different
convict system. The convicts, therefore,
would have to be leased again, and the
chances taken of getting them into more
humane bands. It is true that the forfeit
ing of the present leases would in all proba
bility have a good effect upon subsequent
lessees, but it is doubtful whether the effect
would be lasting.
The legal difficulties in the way of forfeit
ing the leases are not imaginary, and a for
feiture might invite a long and costly law,
suit. However, if the Governor is satisfied
that the lessees have not complied with the
law, and that there is reason for thinking
that they do not propose to do so, his duty is
plain. The law points out the course for
him to pursue, and nobody who knows him
doubts that he will pursue it if he thinks
that the best interests of the State require
him to do so.
The President’s Chicago Reception.
The President and his wife doubtless like
a hearty reception, and plenty of enthusi
asm, but it is doubtful if they were alto
gether pleased with the rough and tumble
sort of a welcome which they got at Chi
cago. That city is noted for its breezy
way of doing things, and seeks to make a
reputation for conducting all her under
takings on a grand scale. If her people,
however, had shown a little less curiosity,
and a little more consideration for the
President’s comfort, no one wonld have
thought her less hospitable or questioned
the heartiness of her greeting.
The city authorities appear to have lost
their heads, or to have wholly failed to un
derstand what was required of them. Tire
Mayor doubtless was so intent on getting off
his speech of welcome that he forgot alto
gether to have a force of police at the rail
road depot on the arrival of the train with
the Presidential party, and the consequence
was that the vast crowd of curious people
would have blocked the way of the Presi
dent and his wife to their carriage, and per
haps prevented them from reaching then
hotel in time for dinner, if it had not been
for the Cleveland Guards, a military or
ganization, who brought the crowd into an
orderly condition and made it possible for
the Presidential party to make some head
way in the direction in which it wanted to
go.
The Western people are generous and
hospitable and mean ail right, but they are
apt to forget the rights and comforts of
others in getting what they want. They
propose to have seats at the first table, and
if they ever fail to get them it isn’t because
of any feeling of backwardness in assert
ing their claims, or lack of effort on their
part. It must not be supposed, however,
that they are selfish, or grasping, or any
thing of that sort. They simply propose
to see all that is to be seen and have the
best that is to lie had, and their experience
in their aggressive pushing life teaches
them that those who wait for an invitation
frequently get left.
Neither the President nor his wife is
likely to forget the Chicago reception. The
squeezing which the crowd gave them was
of the kind to be remeratiered a long time.
No such efforts to overcome the difficulties
which the crowd offered were witnessed in
the other cities visited ami are not likely to
be witnessed in those to be visited. Atlanta
has the reputation of being a pushing town,
but her pushing qualities are much inferior
to those of Chicago.
The Boston correspondent of the New
York Freeman (negro organ) complains
bitterly because Republicans, who are also
Abolitionists, refuse to rent houses to col
ored people, because of their color, as
neighbors would object to their presence,
and it would depreciate the value of their
propeity. He calls several of them by
name, and speaks of them as “cowardly
creatures." This is further proof that the
humanitarian theories concerning the
proper treatment of the negro, which these
“old Abolitionists” so ardently advocate,
are only intended for application in the
South. They cannot be allowed to interfere
with the renting vulue of their own houses.
There are seven tickets in the field for the i
State officers to be elected at the next New
York election. Every man ought to be
able to express bis sentiment by his vote
with such a variety of tickets to choose
from. The last party to hold u convention
was the National Greenback party. There
were only twelve delegates present, but I
their platform is as long as any other I
party’s Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, brother j
of the great preacher, was put at the head !
of the ticket.
The people who have heretofore furnished \
the money for YVall street profits seem to
have found a better way to invest their
funds, or else their speculations in stocks
have left them without any. It is said that
business in the -Stork Exchange was never j
so dull, being confined almost exclusively to
what might lie called professional Wall
street men The general public has stopped
gambling in stocks, and is uo doubt much
better off for having done so.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1887.
Preparing for a Cea tennial Celebration.
, A communication which will be found in
! another column conveys the information
| that the colored Baptists of this State pro
i pose to celebrate in this city, in June next,
the centennial of the establishment of their
| church in Georgia. The celebration, in
| eluding the meetings of the Missionary Bap
tist Convention and the State Baptist Sun
il ly School Convention, will continue
a month. It is expected that fully 75,000
j colored Baptists from this and other States
will visit the city during that time.
It is apparent that those who have been
selected to make preparations for the cele
bration will need assistance—and a good
deal of it. They point out that there is no
(dace ip the city that affords the accommo
dations that will be required to meet the
demands of the occasion. A hall that will
seat at least 10.(XX) people will be needed,
and a temporary structure will have to be
erected. The colored jieople are not rich. In
fact, the percentage of them that are in even
moderately comfortable circumstances is
very small. The white people, therefore, will
have to lend them a helping hand. That
t.iey will do this, and that, too, willingly,
there is no reason to doubt. The colored
people have never appealed to the white
people for assistance in vain, and it is not
probable that a deaf ear will be turned to
their appeal in this instance. It is rather
fortunate for them that the celebration is to
take place in this city, for they have greater
reason to expect generous assistance here
than in any other Georgia city, though
doubtless they will not want for handsome
contributions to their centennial fund from
other cities of the State. Savannah is
noted for her literal responses in behalf of
a!i kinds of charitable work and commend
able undertakings.
The colored people are steadily improving
their material and moral condition. Taking
into consideration the obstacles they have
to overcome, and the difficulties in their
way, their progress has lieen remarkable.
They are much abler to take care of their
own future now than they were a dozen
years ago, and a dozen years lienee they
will have to look backward to see the place
they occupy today.
The colored nieople are in the South to
stay. They look upon it as their home for
all time to come. The white people, there
fore, should encourage them in every possi
ble wav to better their condition, and pre
pare themselves to discharge their dutias as
citizens and members of society intelli
gently and conscientiously.
The different church organizations of the
colored people have been of incalculable
benefit to them, and as their capacity for
intellectual and moral improvement in
creases they will be a proportionately
greater benefit. The centennial celebration
next June will be a sort of landmark in
their religions history, and it should be
made so conspicuous that it will be referred
to a century hence.
The Central Pacific Investigation.
The attempt of Congress, through a com
mission, to find out something about the
transactions of the Central Pacific officials
which are suspected to have been in viola
tion of law will probably not be very suc
cessful. The publication of the famous Col
ton letters and the testimony in former inves
tigations have caused the people to believe
that Huntington and his associates resorted
to the most profuse bribery to secure from
former Congresses the grants of land and
money which made them millionaires. The
same course was pursued in fighting the
Texas Pacific scheme of Tom Scott, and
was again successful. The Southern Pacific,
with which Huntington headed off Scott,
was built nominally without government
aid, but it is - claimed that it was built
largely at the exiiense of the Central
Pacific, without authority of law and great
ly to the damage of the government. The
property on which the government has a
lien was burdened, and the income from it,
part of which should have gone to meet
the government’s claim, was diverted
secretly to the construction of a
road on which the government
has no mortgage. Branch lines of the Cen
tral Pacific are thought to have teen con
structed on the same plan.
The investigation was set on foot to dis
cover, if possible, if these things were true’
It was to be expected that the men accused,
if guilty, would block the inquiry in
every way possible, for on its failure
i depended their fortunes and, perhaps, even
their liberty. They were in possession of
the books of the companies and all written
evidence that had not accidentally slipped
from them, and they have found it a com
paratively easy matter to baffle the
efforts of the commissioners to get at the
truth of their crooked transactions.
The taking of testimony has about
closed, and the people are left in the un
comfortable i>osition of knowing they have
teen swindled, while unable to prove it by
such evidence as would te accepted in court.
In one of the most important branches of
its iuquiry the commission was hampered
by an adverse decision of Justice Field. It
would not te justifiable in a layman to say
that Judge Field did not expound good law,
even though his decision disappointed the
country, and the district judge who sat on
the tench with him dissented in strong
terms. It is open for anybody to say, how
ever, that ho subjected himself to just
criticism when he allowed himself to te
made the chief figure at what
may be called a congratulatory banquet
given by the men whom his doc Hon had
perhaps saved from disaster and rtfcgrace.
A man occupying his great positiontauinot
ufford to hobnob with men susftwted on
reasonable grounds of having robbed of
millions the government of whose depart
ment of justice he is one of the promi
nent figures.
This decision of Judge Field and the sub
sequent attitude of Huutington and his
associates toward the Commission have been I
the incidents of the invoot igatioir which |
have attracted most attention. ( At first j
they were sullenly defiant ; now they are not j
only defiant, but insolent. The Aimisel of !
Huntington must have fAlt he was safe and ;
the government foiled when he ventured to !
answer a demand for certain books by pre- l
senting a bill for the commissioners’ ex- I
(tenses in traveling over the road, at the ’
same time insinuating a fear that it would
not te jiaid, and that its items were of a
character to shame the members.
These men owe the government near
$100,(DO,000, but theirs is not the debtor’s at
titude. They are not intent on paying their ,
debt, but on increasing it, that it may ex- i
ceed a-s far as possible the value of the nrop
erty covered by the government lien, and
which they will surrender when they have
made out of it all they possibly can. Con
gress ought to try its test to get even with j
these men.
It is quite ovident that Representative
Huff never expects to ask any favors of j
iteuator Brown. . , j
CURRENT COMMENT.
Bad Weather for Democratic Malcon
tents.
Prom the Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.)
These are cold, dark days fur the enemies of
Grover Cleveland.
Knows How to Wait.
From the Xcw York World (Dem.)
Jay Gould is mor* 1 cunning than a fox When
jri'apes hang a little bevoud his reach be does
not try to coax th**ni down He simply sits
placidly by and waits until they are overriie,
when they fall into his open mouth. The Balti
mere and Ohio gra|>e* have dropped. A cable
grape may not be long behind them.
Proper Poultice for Sherman's Boom.
From th* Boston Globe (Dem).
John Sherman is making speeches in the
West about the tariff question, and particularly
about sugar. Now, if H >uest John would only
add his views on “soap." it would make the
speeches immensely interesting. Soap and
sugar together make a hue drawing p*ultice for
ho.ls. and perha}** the mixture would draw
Honest John Sherman s lx>om to a head, too.
Danger to Canadian Pish.
From the Washington Star (Dem.)
Sir John McDonald will not consent lo act on
the Fisheries Comm mission until he knows how
tar he will commit and Canada by that
Ntep. HeJs too venerable a fish to l>e caught by
strauge and doubt-inspiring bait. In a conten
tion over the Canadian cod and the Alaskan seal
between three Americans, two Englishmen and
one Canadian, the latter may well fear for him
self and his fish.
How Did the Story Originate?
Froth the Philadelphia Record (Dent.)
President Cleveland, when in Indianapolis,
told Mrs. Hendricks, in a casual conversation,
that Mrs. Cleveland did not snub Gov. Foraker
ami his wile, and iia l no intention of showing
them any discourtesy. Gov. Foraker says he
did not know he was snubbed. These declaim
ers of both the party of the first part, and the
party of the sec md part, ought to be accepted
as conclusive, and i>ut the mind of the nation at
rest.
BRIGHT BITS.
The original Gaily, known in song as “Gaily,
the Troubadour," who “strikes his guitar." is
with the Spanali Troubadours to appear at
Faranta’s Theatre. .Veto Orleans Picayune.
A YOutio man. an agent of a book on social
etiquette, has !>een seen and heard in our
streets, vine young lady says he ought to read
the book himself, and then perhaps he would
know enough to leave one's house when re
quested to.—'. Hartford Times.
Ought to Have It She (blushing slightly)—
Do you know, George. I've heard it said that in
ancient times kissing a pretty girl was a cure
for a headache:'
He (with monumental stupidity)- A headache
is something I’ve never had. - Harper's Bazar.
Orboox Max—Oh, shut up your nonsense. If
you want land conn* to Oregon and get a quar
ter section for nothing.
Eminent Socialist-Eh? That's good. Does
the saloon men keep slates?
“Nosaloou within a hundred miles."
“You shut up your nonsense."— Omaha
World.
“Here is a letter for you, madam."
The mistress took it and looked at it.
“It looks like a bill," said she.
“Arrah* no, madam, it can't be a bill. Sure
they don't send bills through the post office."
“What makes you think that ?"
“Well, madam. down at the post office I see a
sign, an’ it's got printed on it ‘Post no bills.’ "
Sun Francisco Chronicle.
“I don't see how you can think of all those
interesting things t write about," said a sub
scriber to the editor of a country weekly, whose
paper is zino plated on all four sides. “Don't
you get tired sometimes, mentally?"
“Oli, yes, of course, replied the editor, as
suming a careworn look, “but to a man who
loves his profession as I love mine, mere mental
weariness is nothing.*’— Exchanye .
Senior Member of the Firm—l have always
been suspicious about our bookkeeper. On
several occasions
Junior Member—lt is a mere prejudice on
your part. To judge him by his apjiearance
Senior Member— But I am not judging him by
his appearance I am judging him by his dis
appearance. He has just gone off with S;k),OUO
belonging to the firm.— Philadelphia Call.
A plant has been discovered in India which
is said to destroy the power of tasting sugars,
and another plant found in Madras destroys the
relish for cigars and tobacco. A fortune of lim
itless proportions awaits the man who will in
troduce these plants into the American market,
for the husbands all want to cure their wives of
eating candy and the wives to cure their hus
bands' love of the weed. —New Haven News.
Deacon Blank—How de do? I saw you at
Deacon Goode's lecture last night.
House Agent—Yes: stirring lecture, wasn't it?
The way In* went for these women of fashion
with no children was a caution.
‘ Yes, he said every one of them ought to be
locked up as criminals. By the way, one of
l)econ Goode’s houses is empty. You have
the renting of it and I would like to lease it for
a year."
"Can't let you have it. Deacon Goode will
only let his houses to families without children."
- Omaha World.
PERSONAL.
Interstate Commissioner Morrison has been
granted a pension of sl2 per month as a soldier
in the Mexican war.
The Crown Princess of Austria is suffering
from tiie complaint of the age. over-education.
She has been crammed witli school-book knowl
edge and there’s no more health in her.
( ’harlie Ton Sing, the Chinese steward of the
ill-fated Jeannette, has become converted to
Christianity and is waging a bitter crusade
against tbe celestial gamblers of the Pacilic
coast.
Harriet Hardaway, an aged colored woman
of Paris, Ky., has sold h*r body, to lx* delivered
after death to a medical college in Cincinnati
for SSO and is to be supported during her life by
the college.
At the recent annual meeting of the Maine
Woman’s Suffrage Association only three
women were elected to official positions, the re
maining seven ranging in importance from
Pi-esideut down being tilled by men.
Hamilton Dihston. the Philadelphia manu
facturer, is one of the noted amateur wing shots
of the country. He will kill eight quail out of
every ten flushed in a day's sport and rarely
fails to bring down a duck when it comes in
range.
Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish states
man. lias arrived in Paris, where he is to be
married next week to Mile. Sotoniayer. the
famous Spanish heiress, whom the Queen
Regent lias just created a duchess in honor of
the event.
Jay Hubbbll claims to be seized and pos
sessed of t wo pieced of information which may
be classed an quite important if true. He says
Gen. Sheridan will he the Republican Presi
dential candidate and Cleveland will not he re
nominated. f
The country residence of the dead millionaire,
Drew, of New York, situated in Putnam county.
New York, was bought at auction on Monday by
Mrs. Jeannette Smith, for $40,000. The house is
three stories high and contains twenty five
rooms. Twenty acres of ground go with it.
A Bins. Drake, a wealthy woman of West
Oakland, Cal., has just closed her door in her
mother's face. She recently paid the old lady s
passage from England, but the couple differed
in their religious views with the above result.
The aged mother is now an inmate of the San
Francisco Sheltering Home, a charitable insti
tution.
Gen. O. O. Howard hns been presented by
some of his San Francisco admirers with a
unique gift in the slunic of a tlag robe, in shape,
size ami colors of tne regulation storm flag of
the United States army. The body of the flag
is of the finest wool and bound with satin. The
thirty-eight stars are wrought into the blue
shield with silk.
Princess Irene, of Hesse, is doing her best
to become a clover cook, and is taking lessons
in that art under the chef at Balmoral. She is
engaged to her cousin. Prince William, of Prus
sia The other < lay her highness gave an exhi
bition of her skill by manufacturing a fearful
and wonde* ful cake. Most of the royalties resi
dent at Balmoral witnessed the proceedings.
Congressman Hrkckknhidoe. of Arkansas is
considered a likelv candidate for Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the next
House. He Is a small, pale, siekly looking man
with deep set eyes and prominent spectacles and
n thirst tor knowledge which is apparent at the
first view. H* is a conscientious student, a
moil 1 member of Congress, and, like his cousin,
Breckenruigv. of Kentucky, a gentleman.
Lord Herschel, who is traveling in the West,
recent ly expressed his delight with all that he 1
saw in ( Yilorado. Said he: “VN hat pleases me j
as much as anything else is the fact that the j
advancement of Denver and Colorado is due
largely to English capital. There is English j
capital everywhere; in the construction of :
ditches ami upon your farm lands; in your
cities and in your mines. It strikes me that as
iin Englishman I have as much right to lx*
proud of Denver us the native of Colorado
almost. 1 *
THE WESTERN GIRL.
41 —.
A Horrible Caricature of the Bigr Sto
ries Told About Her.
From Coi’utk'* Overland Sketches.
A pleasing Story of a beautiful and accom
plished young l#dy at St. Vincent, Minn., is told
by a special dispatch, and it comes to us like a
cool fountain in a prohibition State.
It seems that the lady's name is Miss Lillian
Blake, daughter of H. D. Blake, and that, in the
words of the dispatch, ‘ after helping her father
stack 196 loads of wheat yesterday/' she went
over into Geroux's swamp alone in the afternoon
to snatch a half hour of rest and recreation.
She tool: her father's shotgun with her, and, as
the special has ft, “killed six large and desperate
swamp bears.' 1
The bears didn't want to fight, but. dum 'em,
thev had to. The first one tried to crawl into a
hollow log and dodge the issue, but the airy,
fairy Lillian grabbed him by the hind leg and
just about the same as pulled the limb off the
critter. Then he changed his mind, backed out
and bowed his head to the shock.
It wag a red day for b'ar. Especially in
Geroux's swamp.
On that awful day. throughout the length
•and breadthfof Col. Geroux's cool and popu
lar swamp, nothing could be heard, but the
deep agonizing groans of dead and dying
bears.
And they do say, sort of privately, and some
as if they didn't expect us to believe it. that on
t heir way home, w hile dragging the carcasses of
the whole Geroux's swamp near family this
timid and modest little Minnesota girl ran down
two gray wolves and chased a party of six
tramps along the railroad track for three miles.
Still some Minnesota editors will sit around and
write about the decadence of “Our Girls and
Young Women."
But if these editors will just stop long enough
to put their ears to the ground they w ill dis
cover that the rest of the country isn't saying
a word about the decadence of the Minnesota
liar.
Low Down-Dog^s Tale.
From the Dakota Bell.
When ex-Gov. Pierce was first appointed ex
ecutive of Dakota, he was waited on by Low-
Down-Dog, one of the chiefs of the Sioux. After
a pull at the pipe of peace, the chieftain said:
“Has the great white chief alarge heart? Has
he a heart as big as an ox?"
“Well, I think so," replied the Governor mod
estly; I have been employed on the Chicago
press for a number of years—l believe that is
what they call it."
“It is well for the poor red man that you
have," replied Mr. Dog, “and may it be touched
by his sufferings and move you to do some
thing for him. The white chiefs which the
great father has sent out to us before have had
small hearts aud they knew nothing of the red
man. They have spent their days and even
their nights in issuing notarial commissions and
planning county seats out on the prairie where
i hey will never grow, and the Indian eas had no
attention. While the white chief has sat in the
brick tepee with the gable end blown off, the
poor son of the forest has sorrowfully eaten his
dog-tail soup, with a great deal more soup to it
than dog-tail.
“While the white chief has drawn to a pair of
kings the red man has inadvertently got hold JE
a piece of meat put out by the settler to poison
wolves and has sustained fatal results. The
white chief has sat in the back room and played
poker with the Superintendent of Public In
struction from Montana, and learned that there
are five aces in a pack of cards, but the poor
struggling aborigine has wandered sadly along
the trail ami failed to discover the dead horse
until decomposition had so far advanced that it
could only be eaten with pain aud misgivings.
“The white chief has reveled among luxuries.
He has eaten and drank the best, and has been
happy. But poor has frequently not had
enough liver in the wigwam for the next meal.
While the white chief s wife has gone about the
neighborhood happy, borrowing a little
tea and a cupful of sugar and talking
about the impossibility of getting a good hired
girl, our wives have been humping up the
winter's wood from the river, one stick at a
time. While the white chief's wife has discov
ered that the minister’s wife's dress was two
seasons behind the fashion our wives have found
out that the coffee we got from the Indian agent
is made of the white bean common to the vicin
ity of Boston, aud that when she wraps the
agency blanket around her, splits up the back
like an Episcopalian church steeple when the
lightning strikes it. This is just about the way
things have run in the past, and 1 hope I have
impressed it on you that you should try to do
something to help us out."
The Governor offered the chief a chew of to
bacco, this leader of a noble but fallen people
biting the plug in two. and returning the smaller
piece, after which he took his departure.
Not Used to a Hotel.
From the Chicago Mail.
“You would think that in this age of the world
there was no man such a fogy as not to l>e up
with the ordinary rules and customs of hotel
life." I had been talking with th*‘ night clerk
of the Tremont. He continued: “An old man
came in to-night carrying bis valise, to which he
clung as though it held all he had in this world.
The nell-boy over there offered to take it, but
the old man ordered him to stand back. Then
he approached me and said he wanted to go to
lied. I saw that he was a well-meaning old gen
tleman and unused to city customs. I asked
him if he wanted a room pretty high. He looked
at me and said he didn't want to go where he
couldn't get out if anything happened. ‘And I
don't want to lie put iu a bed with anybody else,
nutbur.’ he exclaimed. ‘Want a bath?' I asked.
At this he grew furious and said he had a good
wash just before he left home, and he didn't
think he was filthy yet, but he would probably
need a bath, he said, by the time he got ready
to leave this tavern. I thought that was
one on ine. I persuaded him to register,
and then called the bell-boy to show him up.
The old fellow objected. He said he didn't
want no nigger prowlin’ around the halls' with
him. To please him I went with him, and we
into the elevator. It is a fact that the old
fellow then grew' speechless, and when we
reached the landing on the fourth fioor he asked
me if there was no other way of getting to the
room. ‘l'd rather climb up a ladder from the
outside,' he said, ‘than to git iu that box agin.
Sposin' that rope was to break?' Having
reached his room, he took me by the hand and
said ‘Good-bye, 1 in a warm-hearted way. and
then asked.‘l reckon you know' John "Went
worth?* I said 1 did. ‘Well.’ he said, ‘mebbe
John'll come prowlin’ round here lookin’ for
me before I git up. If he does, let him come up.
I hain't seen John for nigh on eleven years
when I beat him on a calf trade. 1 And he shook
my hand again. I came back to the office and
felt better. We laugh at such people in this age
of the world, but they are the salt of the earth,
and the article is getting scarce in the market."
Bar Harbor.
From the Albany Argus.
If life were always summer
And the skies were ever blue.
And winds all soft as sigh here,
How rare it were to lie nere,
Careless of what's to come, or
The things one has to do;
If life were always summer.
Ami skies were ever blue.
If one could change the city
For lazy scenes like this.
Then who would care for duty.
Or fashion's pinkest beauty,
Or think complexions pretty
That blushed beneath a kiss;
If one could change th** city
For lazy scenes like this.
If friends were all delightful.
And women all like you.
And never came the morrow
To teach us newer sorrow,
And evt ry bliss were rightful.
By Jove! what could we rue?
If friends were all delightful,
And women all like you.
Hilary Bell.
Afraid the Queen Would Feel Hurt.
From the Boston Post.
A friend of mine told me of a pathetic inci
dent that took place the other evening when the
Britishers were being naturalized. One old fel
low could not see the priut on the. naturalization
paper, so he got a friend to read it. When the
words "renounce forever all allegiance and
fidelity to every foreign prim e, State, potentate
and sovereignty whatsoever more especially to
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland,' 1 were reached, the old
man's eves grew moist, ami he said with atone
of sadness in bis voice: "I’ve been a faithful
subject of her for more than thirty-live years,
and I don’t know how she'll feel about it. But
then the thought of the republic where he had
made his home for years came to him, and,
rubbing his big hand across his eves, he signed
tin' pa|s‘r that made, him u citizen. I re|>eatthe
story because it seems to me to illustrate so well
the peculiar feeling of loyalty which animates
an Englishman, not only toward his “tight little
isle." nut toward the sovereign who represents
its government.
A Provident Daughter.
From the Boston Transcript.
In a good old western Massachusetts town
lives a doctor who has buried foil, wives. When
number four was a bride of u few days she wont
with her oldest step daughter into the attic to
Hud an ironing-hoard. Seeing a board that
she thought would answer her purpose nicely,
she was about to take It, when the daughter ex
claimed:
"Oh. don't take that, for that is what father j
uses to lay out his wives on I’’ *
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A negro at the Boyce (La.) telegraph office
the other day sent the following dispatch to an
absent friend: “Come home your wifes dyin
fast as she can."
A man named Gilbert is said to have walked
and run from Paris to Boulogne, 156 miles, in
thirty-six consecutive hours, or at the average
rate of four and one-third miles per hour.
It is computed that the death rate of the
world is sixty-seven a minute and the birth-rate
seventy a minute, and this seemingly light per
centage of gain is sufficient to give a net in
crease of population each year of almost 1,200,*
000 souls.
SrccEssm, tests having been made, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will next win
ter heat all their passenger cars by means of
steam from the engine. They have found that
it will require only from four to five pounds of
steam to heat from eight to ten cars.
Peoria has the champion breach of promise
suit. Mary Jane Zell, over TO years of age,
wants s.'>,ooo damages from J. W. Buckner, who
jilted Mary Jan-* and recently took unto himself
a giddy young bride. Mr. Buckner is also past
the allotted term of three-score years and ten.
The opinions as to the respective merits of
Spanish and Mexican bull-fighters has caused
much rivalry in the Mexican capital ami given
rise to considerable feeling between representa
tives of both nations. It is even said a duel is
pending on this account between a Mexican and
a Spaniard.
One of the grand jurors in Winsted, Conn.,
was asked to issue a complaint against a young
man whose name was presumably unknown,
who entered a militia drill room while drunk
and made a row. The complaint was made out
against John Doe, and he proved to be the grand
juror’s son.
Mrs. Ida A. Mason, of Charlotte, Town of
Newfane, has sued Rev. Thomas R. Stratton, of
that place, for defamation of character, placing
her damages at SIO,OOO. Mrs Mason's husband
committed suicide three weeks ago, and the pas
tor, commenting on the same, took the stand
that his wife's ill-temper drove him to destruc
tion.
A company has been formed in the City of
Mexico for regularly importing hogs from the
United States into Mexico. Buyers have been
sent to Kansas City, and 3,000 hogs a month
will be imported, making a commerce of about
$600,000 a year. The Central railroad is
gradually building up a remunerative business
in this line.
A woman in Elmira got out an old clock that
had been out of use for thirteen years, wound it
up. and started it, but did not disturb the hands,
thinking that she would wait and set the clock
by her husband's watch. Before he returned
the city clock struck, and she was surprised to
see that the old time-piece was right lo a frac
tion of a minute.
Redfield, D. TANARUS., has been stormed by Nellie
King-young, handsome, and an alleged detec
tive. She electrified the natives by galloping
into the city astride a horse in man's attire.
The appearance of bracelets on her wrists and
newports on her feet aroused th** curious, and
soon she was the centre of attraction. She isfn
pretty brunette, has a neat figure, and sports a
pair of wicked revolvers.
Sir Salar Jung, the former Prime Minister of
the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the strongest of
Hindu statesmen, has an article in the forth
coming number of the Sineteenth Century ,
arguing that England must, in behalf of her in
terests iuthe East, promote the Austrianizing of
the Balkan peninsula and be prepared to fight
Russia. A second Crimean defeat is the only
medicine for Russia's ambition, Jung believes.
The Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States now' wear plain black robes. In
the beginning of the century the robes had a
scarlet facing, because once Chief Justice John
Jay borrowed the robe of the Chancellor of New
York, which was so faced, and all the other
Justices followed the style. In 1808, however,
someone asserted that the red trimming w*as
too English, and it was discarded, aud the plain
black has been used ever since.
The Queen of Denmark made the Court of
Bernstorff a quiet, cheerful home of domestic
virtue, where the sons of foreign Kings could
find charming wives. She educated beautiful
and amiable daughters, who became distin
guished in the most powerful empires in the
world, amid scenes of unaccustomed splendor,
for their natural charms. She began her career
as the wife of a poor princely officer: to-day she
is the mother-in-law of half of Europe/ and
Asia.
The house of B. H. Warder, on K street,
Washington, is the handsomest private residence
in that city. Mr. Warder is a very wealthv man,
who formerly lived iu Springfield, O. His re
cently erected mansion at the capital is a palace.
When completely finished aud furnished the
house will have cost over $400,000. The building
is especially noticeable for the great variety of
rare marbles used in its construction. The din
ing room is the most striking feature of the
house, and is said to be the finest room of the
kind in America.
All of the members of the McNish, Johnson
& Slavin minstrel company whom the police
could catch were arraigned in Cincinnati this
week on indictments for giving performances
on Sunday. They pleaded guilty, and Frank
McNish and Robert Slavin were lined $lO each,
and Martin Hogan and Bert Haverly $5 each.
It was the first time that members of a theatri
cal company had ever been indicted for this
offence in Cincinnati, although Sunday per
formances are a regular thing.
The mint officials say that the demand fer
minor coins this year has surpassed that of any
year within the recollection of the oldest em
ploye. Last year $391.1 IT in cents, $552,876 in
nickels and $1,095.27!) 50 in dimes were coined at
Philadelphia, and yet the mint is now $70,000
short on orders for small coins, and cannot
catch up with the demand. The increased de
mand for them is, doubtless, due to the develop
ment of the country, and also to the fact that
they are used to an extent never known before,
especially iu the South and West.
The Globe (Ari.) Silver Bell says: “Indus
trious squaws are still packing hay on their
backs to Globe and thereby turning an honest
peenny. A buck with two wives is comfortably
provided; one with more is regarded as a capi
talist and if he so elects can devote his entire
time to gambling. If he bets his clothes—not
an uncommon thing—and loses them his wives
replace them by the purchase of others, thus
changing him from his pristine loveliness to a
man of fashion in whom their affectious centre
and of whom they are justly proud.
James Fields, aged G3, a well-to-do farmer,
who married a second wife a year ago, and
hasn't got on well with his children since, went
to bed as usual one evening this week, and about
midnight arose, picked up an apple, and quietly
left the house for a little stroll as he ate it.
When only the core was left he threw that
away, walked onto the railroad in front of his
house, and stood squarely on the centre of the
track, with his hands down at his sides, when
the night express came along at forty miles an
hour. He was killed instantly and frightfully
mangled. No ono knows why he did it.
The Roman Catholic authorities of Boston
are planning to establish one great common
cemetery for all the cities in adjacent parts of
the State, to which the railroads are expected to
run special funeral trains daily, the cars going
directly into the grounds and all expense of
carriages being done away with, the undertaker
carrying the body to the station, the city and
the railroad landing it at the grave. The Boston
and Lowell railroad is said to he ready to run
funeral trains at reduced rates if such a ceme
tery is established. In Mexico they have special
funeral cars over the horse car routes to the
cemeteries.
Within the past forty years numerous at
tempts have been made to introduce the Eng
lish skylark into this country. Large numbers
of the birds have been brought over and liber
ated at various points from Delaware to New
England, but without exception the birds have
disappeared at once and never been heard of
again, except occasionally, after intervuls of
years, reports come of one lining heard in some
parts of the country. Abroad they flourish
from the south of England to Scandinavia.
Why they die in this country no one kuows
Some think that they do not die. but that the
country is so big that they scatter over it as
soon as landed, and are swallowed up in its im
menHlty, a it were.
The Supreme Court chamber at Washington
waa given over to frescoers this summer, and
was a liarren anil desolate place enough. Dusty
while hugs shrouded the busts of dead-and gone
Chief Justices in the niches around the semi
circular walls, the floors were ban-, and the high
I tench looked cold and lonely. Scaffoldings held
the painters to their work up under the high
ceding. In the gloomy-looking clerk's desk was
locke.i nil the famous court Bible, an Oxford
edition of LOh, first used when the court came
to Washington in mi. Since then every presi
dent has kissed it at his inauguration, anil
every Chief and Associate Justice lias been
sworn in upon it, Just to the north of the main
chamber is the triangular room in which Morse
placed [ns first telegraph Instrument and re
ceived the flint message sent over the wire. It
imlcli away station at Bludeusburg, six
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Cans.
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unmiis OFFERINGS'
FOR THIS WEEK.
DRESS GOODS.
IANGLISH SuitlnEs, ill Novelty Plaids. Stripes
J and Checks, doufle width, elegant goods,
ail the new fall shades price 12Uc.; good value
at 30c.
Little finer. Yes, tere is a lot of Imported
Dress Goods, consistiig of Plain. Pin Checks
and Stripes. 38 inehis wide, nobbly styles, at
35c.; positively wortbiWe. Please examine.
Our stock or Combiintion Suits embraces all
the latest Parisian aifi English ideas, ranging in
price from S3 75 to $35. SPECIAL.—I iot of
handsome Braided Tricot Combination Suit*,
very stylish, price .or this week S9; sold last
week at sl3 50.
SILKS.
1 lot of 35 pieces teavy Black Gros Grain Silk,
cashmere finish, a big bargain, and w ould be
considered cheap af $1 35. We are going to riui
this lot off at 87Wc.per yard.
DOMESTIC? AND FLANNELS.
5 cases 1-4 Bleathcd Shirting, heavy, soft
finish, equal to Fruii of Loom, at HV4O. yard.
35,000 yards, donbfe width Unbleached Sheet
ing, heavy quality, serviceable goods, at 15c.
yard.
5.000 yards Fast Cool' Calico at 3c. yard.
85 pieces All Wool Red Flannel at 15c. per
yard.
35 pieces White Wool Flannel at 30c. per yard.
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, toibroidercd back in all
the new tan shades, at sk\ per pair. Not very
many left. Come and gtt apa r.
Special lot of Black aid Solid Colors Misses'
Ribbed Host-, extra lengh. double gauge fast
colors, have Cecil selling tt 45c. Price tins week
35c. Examine this lot.
JERSEYS -SECCND FLOOR.
One lot Ladies' Black Titior made Jerseys, all
wool, extra fine gauge, siperiorgoods. 'Price
for one week $1; a regular?! 75 Jersey.
BOYS’ CLOTHING—SECOND FLOOR'.
We are particularly "suck" on our great
stock of Boys’ and Childten's Clothing. The
parents who examine the ®ock’are pleasantly
surprised at its magnituie, style and very
modest prices. Said one of our pat rons yester
day: "I liave saved fully $4) on clothing for my
five boys the last year.” Every parent can
eeho the sentiment of our ady patron if they
will give our Boys and Children’s Department
a trial.
Boys’ Knee Pants, sizes 4 13. at 25c., 35c. and
50c. School Suits from $1 50 up.
DRESS TRIMMINGS AND BUTTONS.
Corresponding to on- 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 the
present season. They will be found displayed
on a separate counter, which has been devoted
to them. The stock comprises ail the latest
styles and effects in Beaded Panel Passemen
teries, Beaded Ornament Gimps, Braided Sets
for waist trimming, Black Mooair Hand-Crochet
and Feather Edge Timeied Braids, Black and
Colored Braided Sets at prices that will astonish.
LADIES’ MERINO UNDERWEAR.
Our stot'K of Ladies', Misses' and Children's
Merino Underwear is now complete at 35c., 85c.,
48c., 73c.. i)Bc.. which we guarantee to be supe
rior to any similar goods sold in this city for 35
per cent. more. SPECIAL.—I lot Ladles' Scar
let Medicated Vests, pure dye, all sizes, goods
that are positively worth $135. Price this week
75c. each.
SPECIALTIES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY.
6 eases Ladies’ extra fine French Dongola Kid
Button Shoes, opera toe, last sizes 3V£ to 6, C,
D and E widths, $1 98: actually worth $4 50. 3
cases Boys' extra fine Calfskin Shoes, lace and
button. $1 43; good value for $3 75.
16 cases Infant's Hand-Sewed Shoes, sizes 2 to
5. 35c.: sold • lsewhcre for 50c.
14 cases Misses’ Pebble Goat Spring Heel
School Shoes, sizes 11-3, $1 25; worth #3.
8 cases Gents’ Fine Calf Wardwell Hand-
Sewed Shoes, lace and elastic, sizes 5 to 10,
$3 75: worth SO. Gentlemen's Shoes of all de
scriptions and prices. ALTMAYER'S.
CLOTHING.
Kinder Sorter
Amazin’ is the powerful fine display of
Fall and Winter
CLOTHING
On Our Tables and Arriving.
f' ENTS’, YOUTHS'. BOYS’ and CHILDREN'S
' I BUSINESS and DRESS SUITS.
SCHOOL SUITS and Durable “ROUGH AND
TUMBLES” for the BOYS.
THE JAEGER SYSTEM OF SANITARY
UNDER AND OVERWEAR in full supply-
Stylish Hats, Furnishings, Hosiery, Etc.
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Tie Sunday Morning News
V
OF OCTOBER 9.
Will contain the ojieniug chapters of anew
story, entitled
A Romance of Richmond,
By Walter M. Richmond.
The serial Is No. of the
Morning News Library
Of stories written by SOUTHERN AUTHORS,
and is one of intense interest.
The Sunday Morning News is for sale by ah
newsdealers. Price, Do.