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4 C{ic|3tlunung|lcts Morning News Building, Savannah. Ga. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 18K7. Repisiereil a ‘ the Post Of cr tn Savannah. 0* The Morning News is published ev**rv duv ;n fhe yaar. and is served to sulcscribers in the city , by newsdealers and earners, on their own a ceunt. at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month. $5 ill) for six months and $lO Ou for one year The Morning News, hy mail, one month, fl 00; three months, 50; uc months, %i (X); one year. $lO i\. The Morning News, Nj mail, six times a week (without Sunday iVur). three months, $2 00; six months. £4 (X) one ' *ar. 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Monday’s, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months* $1 months. $2 50; one year. $3 00 Tne Sunday News, by mail, one year. - 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. 5* **• Subscriptions payable in advanoe. Remit by postal order, checic or legistered letter Cur fcnev sent by mail at risk of senders. Hus paper is kept on hie and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court. New York City. . letters and telegram shou’d be addressed “Mormno News. Savannah Ga." Advertising rates made known on application. MX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Meetings—Oglethorpe Real Estate Company; Workingmen's Union Association. Spkaiai. NoticKß -State and County Taxes, 1887: New Home Sewing Machine Company; Contest Between Chatham and la-fever Gun •'lubs: Workingmen's Benevolent Association; Disabled Bark for Sale; As Much Red Paint as the Space Would Allow at Townsend’s; Soda Water Manufacturers' Notice Military Orders —No. 8, First Battalion Geor gia Volunteers; Union Lincoln Guards. Abstracts of Titles— l. Beckett. Auction Sales —Special Sale of Millinery Goods, by Marshal! & McLeod; Damaged Cot ton. Damaged Goods, by J. McLaughlin & Son. New Currants, Etc.—Strauss Bros. Array of Bargains— H. A Dumas. Fall anti Winter, 1887—Budd. Boots, Shoes, Etc.— Byck Bros. Clothing, Etc.—-B. H. Levy £ Bro. Direct Importation - Schreiner's Import House. Pears, Etc.— W. D. Simkins & Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements- Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Photography; Strayed or Stolen; Boai-ding; Ixist; Personal; Miscellaneous. New Goods. —Wm. G. Cooper. Another Week of Unparalleled Attrac tions.—A. R. Altmayer A Cos. Eckstein s Weekly Ad.— The Old Reliable Dry Goods House. Knabk Pianos.— Davis Bros. Soda Water Manufactory.— H. F. Lubs A Cos. Falland Winter Styles— Gray A O'Brien. Georgia State Fair -East Tennessee, Vir ginia and Georgia Railway. New York will have one less Anarchist hereafter. He has been convicted of in cendiarism. His crime was committed not to advance the great cause of humanity, but to fill his pockets by swindling an insurance company. Henry George has cancelled his country engagememte-and will confine his efforts till election day to New York and Brooklyn. There is more Democratic material to work on than in the country and less chance to barm his allies. The promised flop of the New York Graphic to Republicanism has not come about yet. Chairman l’latt may liave come to the conclusion that Nov. Bis too near to allow time for effective work. Meanwhile the Graphic is doing all it can for the Democrats. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, staunch Republi can and particular friend of Blaine, says of Cleveland's administration that it has been highly creditable, and that he will not grieve if he is re-elected. Many Republicans who are not friends of Blaine would rather sta him re-elected. The death of Right Hon. Beresford Hope, a member of the British Parliament, will be regretted at the South. His sympathies during the war were with this section, and it will be remembered that a few years ago he presented a very fine statue ot Btone wall Jackson 'o the State of Virginia. A divorce case tried in a Brooklyn court last week was singular, in the fact that the counael for both the plaintiff and defendant •were colored men. The case is said to have been an interesting one, and the thorough ness of preparation and ability displayed by the colored lawyers excited general re mark. The Thakore Sahib has sailed for Europe. In a parting interview he was very compli mentary as to everything American except the newspaper reporters, w-ho, he said, were often unshaved, unclean and without knowl edge of gentlemanly manners. The wily Indian knew when the only safe time came to get even with his tormentors. The Duke of Marlborough, having had a wide and interesting experience in the Unglish courts, will soon have an oppor tunity to compare it with anew one in those of America. He has been sued for libel by the proprietor of the New York Truth, who probably hopes to auvertise the existence of his paper in this way. A Baltimore paper is angry because of the continuance of rumore unfavorable to the financial standing of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and asserts tba; its condition is better than for years past, which, it savs, is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the stock is held at fifteen points above par. Then what did the price at which it was held only a few months since, about 100, demonstrate? It looks as if Mr. Delaney Nicoll would be another disturbing element in New York politics in the coming election. He was not nominated by the Tammany County De mocracy combination for District Attorney, and may be nominated by the Republicans or run as an Independent, with the support of Irving Hull. Not often has u young lawyer been the bone of so much eouten tion among politicians and newspapers. Mr. Thomas C. Platt, the New York Re publican boss, is an old and cautious poli tician. but even he makes mistakes. He has made two lately of the same sort. 11-' wrote a letter to a gentleman of an interior county, whom he supposed to be a stalwart Republican, urging him to do everything possible to keep down the prohibition vote, but the man happened to lie a Prohibitionist and made the letter public. To another Mr. Platt confided that he cared little about the details of the campaign in the counties, as the result depended on the success of Henry George in New York city. These tilings show the weakness of the Republican posi tion in New York. They have no hope of success in a direct appeal to the people on questions of policy, but Hojie by multiply ing lections and deceiving voters as to the Teal issues to slip into office. The President’s Journey. The President and Mrs. Cleveland arrived at the White House early yesterday morn ing. They were both in fine spirits and ex cellent health after their remarkable jour ney of three weeks, during which they traveled thousands of miles, visited ninny cities and shook hands with tens of thou sands of people. That the President is pleaded with his trip there is no doubt. It was marred by no particularly' unpleasant incident. The weather for the greater part of the time was all that couid be desired, and he was welcomed everywhere with a heartiness that must make him feel that his efforts to administer the government hon estly, economically and for the benefit of the w hole people are not only understood but appreciated. Some of the Republican journals, in order to destroy the effect of his popularity, have asserted that he was welcomed only as other Presidents have been, and that his journey was undertaken for the purpose of improving his chances for a renomination. It is doubtless true that other Presidents have been cheered, hut no other President was ever greeted and cheered by such crowds as greeted and cheered him. The enthu siasm that was displayed everywhere along the route he traveled was a spontaneous acknowledgment bv the people that he is admini. tering the great trust that has been confided to his keeping faithfully, intelligently and conscientiously. Even his political opponents were glad to honor him—not because he is President, but because he possesses the straightforward, manly qualities which always command re spect. The charge that his journey was under taken for political purposes is certainly without foundation. It is not known that he seeks a renomination, and it he does he had no reason to think that a long journey through the West and South was necessary to assist him in getting it. He undertook the journey because he wanted to see some of the Western ami South ern country. He had never been far away from Saw York, and he very natur ally desired to see more of the great country of which ho is tpe Chief Executive. Origi nally he did not intend tint the journey should be a long one, or that it should occupy more than a week. So manv invi tations, however, were sent him from cities all over the country, and all were so kind and urgent, that he final. - decided upon the programme which was so successfully and happily completed yesterday. Much lias been said in the opposition press of the speeches which he delivered. They were not great speeches and they did not deal with political subjects. They were just what the President intended they should be. His purpose was not to talk politics, but to shake hands with the people. The desire of the masses was not to hear speeches from him, but to see him. and to show their appreciation of him. If he had talked politics it would have been asserted at once that he was electioneering for a sec ond term, and party adherents, rather than the people as a whole, would have had the honor of welcoming him. The President did what was wise under the circumstances, and he has good reason for being very well satisfied with himself and his journey. He did not seek to increase his popularity, but it is greater than wheu he left Washington three weeks ago. Not a Believer A great mistake the faith cure people make is that they claim too much. Their faith is so great that they believe everything they hear that upholds the faith cure doc trine, and they not infrequently make statements about the cures they effect which they cannot support by facts. The result is that they drive away from them intelligent, but sincere inquirers, and make themselves and their cure the subjects of ridicule. At a convention of Christian Scientists in Boston on Wednesda there oecured an in cident which shows how little reliance there is to be placed upon the statements of the believers in the faith cure who are anxious to make converts. Some of them have been stating lately that the Rev. Dr. Bartol was an adherent of their metuod of cure. He went to the convention on Wednesday and was asked to make a few remarks. Among other things, he said: “I believe ypur school is apt to be extrava gant. There are some things that you can not do. I was riding in the cars the other day and a cinder got into my eye. i tried your cure, but it was not successful and I had to go to an oculist to get it out. Now I believe that you can take the beam out of my eye, but the cinder is too much for you. When you can take the cinder out of my eye or set a broken limb 1 can believe thor oughly in your cure and not till then. Let us be consistent. Let us be honest. I believe somewhat in faith cure, but I don’t believe it can remove the germs of typhoid fever. ” There was no desire to hear further from I)r. Bartol. If the faith cure doctors have such firm faith in their method of cure it is lather strange that some of them do not offer their services to Tampa. It is notice able, however, that they are not anxious to go where there is danger. Foraker’s Vivid Imagination. The evidence accumulates that Gov. For - aker, of Ohio, is not only a demagogue, but is, in other respects, a very bad man. He refused to correct the story so widely pub lished by the Republican press that Mrs. Cleveland had snublied him and his wife at the Philadelphia centennial. In fact, by his manner he strove to strengthen the im pression that it was true. A simple, manly denial of it would have saved the President the necessity of denying it. It is stated that in a speech at Cleveland, 0., a few nights ago, he stated that the veterans in the Soldiers’ Home at Milwau kee received the President, during his re cent visit to that city, with entire silence and without any manifestations of pleasure whatever, but that the convicts in the peni tentiary at Joliet, 111., being drawn up in line out of respect for him, threw up their hats and shouted themselves he -sc. Of course Gov. Foraker knew that he was deceiving his audience, and yet for the pur pose of making what he considered a point against the President he was ready to tell a falsehood. Asa matter of fact the Presi dent was received by the Milwaukee veterans with very great enthusiasm and respect, and he was not at Joliet at all. Gov. Foraker must possess very little self respect. A men occupying as distinguished a position as he does, who has so little regard for the truth, certainly cannot be held in very high esteem by truth-loving, self-respecting people of his Kioto. All the lumber mills in LaCrosse closed down when the President was in the city in order to give the employes an opportunity to see him. THE MORNING NEWS* SUNDAY, OCTOBER T\ 1887. Civd Service Wranglers. Civil Service Commissioners Edgerton j and Oberly' are having a rather lively dis cussion in the newspapers relative to the proper interpretation to be given to a part |of the civil service law. There has been ; for some time a doubt whether these gen tlemen are wholly fitted for the responsible ami delicate positions which they occupy. Trie course they are pursuing now in at tacking each other in the public prints is 1 calculated to do the cause of civil service reform incalculable harm. The satisfac tion which the enemies of the reform ex hibit at the spectacle presented by the con tentious commissioners shows how ready they are to utilise anything that is calcu lated to bring it into disrepute. If the com missioners liave differences with re spect to the law, with the administration of which they are entrusted, they ought to settle them quietly. If they cannot do so they ought to resign and let their places be filled by those who can. Their whole purpose should be to promote the re form, ana they should lie willing to make almost any sacrifice rather than injure it. The reform is one that, for its success, re quires tlie exercise of the highest intelli gence, the best judgment and the greatest patience. It was inaugurated because the people saw the necessity for it. The danger and abuses of the spoils system alarmed them. It is not a difficult matter, however, to make them believe that the civil service luw is impracticable, and there is no better wav to encourage such a belief than for those who are clothed with authority to ad minister it to engage in quarrels in the newspapers aiiout its meaning. Commissioner Oberly is apparently too radical in his interpretation of the law. and Commissioner Eilgertou too conservative. The former says that the Democratic party w ill accept his interpretation of it in less than a year. That i* an admission that he is a sort of an experimenter and’is trying to lead the party, lie is much too small a politician, and too insignificant an official, for such a role. If he is in doubt about the meaning of any part of the law lie should be guided by what appears to be the senti ment of the people. Commissioner Edgerton seems inclined to interpret the law in a way that will meet the approval of that class of politicians who shout for civii service reform, and at the same time insist upon making tho offices a reward for party services. He is making a mistake, for an interpretation of that kind will do as much to damage civil ser vice reform as the radical and unauthorized interpretation of Commissioner Oberly. The trouble began with a letter from Commissioner Oberly to an Illinois associa tion of Democrats who are employed in the departments at Washington. He. in effect, told the association that its organization was illegal, if its purpose was to render any assistance to its party in Illinois. The next thing be did wa- to make a ruling that no one who was connected with any committee or club, whose object wus to assist a politi cal i>arty, could be a member of a civil service examining board. Commissioner Edgerton does not approve of tho letter or the ruling, and he lias improved every op portunity to tell the public so. Commis sioner Oberly has replied, and the discus sion, thus far, seems to be only the begin ning of a misunderstanding that isaegretted by the true friends of civil service reform. If the two commissioners cannot get along harmoniously and keep their quarrels out oi the newspapers, the President will doubtless find it to be his duty to do some thing in the way of reform that will not be pleasant to them. Ho cannot afford to have his work in behalf of civil service reform obstructed by those whose duty it is to ad vance it. Two Mysteries. The Rahway, N. J., murder mystery is again attracting public attention. It has been many months since the body of the murdered gil l was found, and the different accounts which havtf been published about the mysterious crime, and the various inci dents connected with it, would make a large volume. Several times the statement has been made that clews had been obtained which would establish the identity of the murdered girl, and lead to the arrest of her murderer. The clews, however, proved to be false ones. It is again said that it has been discovered who the girl was and who her murderer is. It will lie gratifying to a very much inter ested public if this last clew shall prove to be a correct one. It is now asserted that the girl was Annie Ingraham, who arrived in Philadelphia from England, in February of last year. She finally found employment in the mills at Bound Brook, on the Reading railroad, and there met a man named Credeford, whom, after a short acquaintance, she mar ried. She repented of her hasty act within a few minutes after the ceremony was performed, and refused to go with him *o his home. She left Bound Brook the fol lowing day and secured employment in Philadelphia. In a short time she disap peared from that city, and soon afterward her body was found in Rahway. The theory is that Credeford murdered her. There is more than a passing interest in this ease here because of the existence of a similar mystery in this locality. The de tectives and reporters have worked faith fully on the Rahway ease, and think they have reached, the truth. In view of the fact that they hud thought the same thing several times before the present facts were discovered, the public will not consider that the mystery has been solved until all doubt has been removed. No satisfactory clews have been obtained which tend to explain the mystery sur rounding the murder of the girl whose body was found, a couple of months ago, a few miles south of this city. All known clews have been followed, but without any result which was at all satisfactory. The officers are still on the alert, however, and may find something in the near future which will throw light on what is admitted to have been a niurdor of the most horrible kind. A New York doctor fired five shots at a stranger who happened to sit at the same table with him at a cafe the other night. The cause for the attempted murder was an intimation by the stranger to a companion that a young woman who accompanied the doctor was a mulatto. This intimation did not escape the doctor’s attention, and seems to have made him quite as angry as if he had been a Georgian instead of a New Yorker. _____ The postmustersbip at Washington is the biggest political plum which is nearly ripe, and District Democrats are much exercised in their minds for fear the President may go outside their ranks to find a successor for Postmaster Conger, whose term will expire soon. They have not entirely forgotteu the way the Registers office was filled. CURRENT COMMENT. Yes, Fill Him Up. From the Scxc York Star l Der.t.) That pestilential fool, the quail eater, is around again Fill him up with tiird shot ’ Kept in Reserve for a Bacon Celebra tion. From the Indianapolis Journal (Rep.\ Ignat ias Donnelly seems to have been a cipher m the Stratford on Avon inceedings. Their Cause the Same. From the Boston Globe (l)ern.) The poor of London are starving as well as those of Ireland. The English people are tie ginning to find that the Irish cause and theirs are one. Just Like Grown Folks. From the Philadelphia Times (Dem i The newsboys of Pittsburg are boycotting the Chronicle-Telegraph, and thrashing those of their own number who sell it. Once upon a time it could be said tliat grown folks acted like children, but it is a queer and not altogether Mattering commentary on our civilization that these children should fie acting just like grown folks. BRIGHT BITS. “Have you heard that Jones’ wife has twins?” ‘ What’ again?" “Oh, well, large families are so English, you know, and Jones is the worst Anglomaniac you ever saw.’’—Judge. "Women can not be satirical,” says a writer, “any more than they can he humorous.” So? How is that wnea a man, after courting a girl for seven years, proposes, she says, “Oh! George, this is so sudden.” —Boston Courier. Whipper jx of the Essex county hunt (hold ing his nose)—"Savin tti presence o’ th’ ladies, sor. that fox is a black au’ pbwile wan, wid sthripea on him, an’ be th’ way th’ dogs is sneezing. Oi fink he can’t be well, sor.”—Rucfc. After Dempsey had worn a pair of new shoes for four days lie went out to the ash heap and resurrected bis old ones. When his wife asked him what he was going to do. he replied savagely that he was “going to get on a peace footing again.” —Burlington / reePress. ’’Well,” remarked Fogg, after vainly trying to attract the attention of the gentleman .n cbarge of the mercantile end of the horse car, ‘ there’s one thing to be said of electric motors on st reet ears. The company will be obliged to have good conductors. "—Boston Transcript. Caller- Your son seems very much affected over his uncle’s death < iinaha dame—o, he’s almost crazy; he neither eats nor sleeps. "Poor fellow. He is uncle’s sole heir, is he not!" "No! All the money has been willed to an orphan asylum '—Urn tlui World. "George, dear, since you ask me, I do love you." “I am glad to hear you say so.” “You are the best, the truest, and most noble man on earth." "Mabel, will you do me a favor? ” “What is it?’’ “Go into the house and try to convince your father of that, will you?"— Merchant Traneler. “Fare 1” exclaimed a conductor on a Lincoln avenue car. leaning toward a grizzled oid man its the car came out of a "switch" at Indiana street. "Why I gave you my fare on the bridge," said the old man. "I got on there. " "No one got on at the bridge but a little boy,’’ said the conductor. "I know it," persisted the old man. “I am that little boy." —Chicago .Vices. Anarchistic Field Mouse—Did you tell that huh we wanted this field to ourselves? Auarchistic ChipiiHink—Yes, l made a speech that ought to sell In him. Did lie say he'd go away?” "He didn’t say anything, but he must have Isjen pretty well scared. He gave an awful bel low ami started on a run toward the fence.” "Can he get over the fence?” “He's trying to. 1 guess he wants to ask that woman in a red sbaw 1 to help him.”— Omaha World. “You must practice economy, young man," said the old gentleman; "you are altogether too extravagant.” "I do practice economy,” was the response: “I only ale a bow l of bread and milk to-day for my lunch.’ "That looks better,” commented the father, somewhat inullified; "what did it cost you—ten cents?" “Well, i had to give the waiter half a dollar, father. '—Harper s Bazar. Dangerous Literature. —Omaha man—So you are a Mormon wife, eh ? Kept a prisoner, I suppose? 51* men w ife—Oh. no. you see no one is watch ing me now. "Are you not under lock and key at home?" “No, indeed; Igo where I please and when I please.' “Then why on earth don't you run away?” "I did think of it once, but my husband bought me some Gentile newspapers, and after I read them 1 changed my mind.” "Eh? Y\ liat did you find in the newspapers?" “Not milch of anything except reports of di vorces, cruelty, neglect and wife beatings. ’— Ulna ha WorUl. PERSONAL. Sir Charles Dilke is in Constantinople hob nobbing with the Sultan, w ho, of course, is in no position to object to Sir Charles on moral grounds. Lord Ruthven. a well-known Scotch noble man, is running a coach daily between Hamil ton and laiuark, and lias been obtaining much patronage from tourists. The Princesses Pignatilla and De Gorouki are soon to appear on the Vienna stage, and the Princess Anna Katief has been engaged for the Winter Garden in Berlin. Archbishop Casinavo, who has been banished from Guatemala, has arrived at San Francisco. He says the country has practically gone to rack and ruiu since Barrios' untimely death. A HOME for working girls is being built in Pittsburg. It is under the auspices of the Sis ters of Mercy, but no creed distinctions will be permitted. The estimated cost of the home is SBO,IXIO. Miss Ada H. Addis, of Los Angeles, who is preparing to sneex-Gov. Downey, of San Fran cisco, for $300,000 as damages for breach of promise of marriage, is desirihe i as "the lead ing literary woman of the coast.” Last week the venerable mother of the late Bayard Taylor celebrated the 88th anniversary of her birt hat her home in Rennet square She is quite active for one of her years and delights in having her friends call upon her. Miss Jeannette L. Gilder, of the Critic. thinks that Benjamin Franklin's autobiography was more helpful to her than any oilier Look she ever read, and is certain that it gave her the idea of becoming a newspaper woman. Supt Horner, of the Kansas State silk sta tion, thinks that the climate of the West is pe culiarly adapted to silk production, and that silk con be made in Kansas and Missouri which shall be superior to the imported article. Henry W. Bishop, a native of Berkshire county. Mass., and leading lawyer of Chicago, proposes to erect aud equip, at a cost of not less tlta.li *25.000, a traiumg school for nurses in connection with the Pittsfield (Mass. ) House ot' Mercy. Mrs. La Greer. Topeka's female lawyer, has succeeded in building up a good paying practice. She is a first rate speaker and captures the average juror without much effort. Mrs. In Gii-or is about 35 years of age aud rather good looking. The re-election of Leonard W. Jerome ns President of the Coney Island Jockey Club, this w eek, is a just recognition. Mr. Jerome is practically the father of the American turf. He was the first man to drive a nail iu the coffin of dishonest trotting. A number of Christian women have been found by Canon Body iu London who are will ing to reside among the miners of Durham for the purpose of teaching, nursing and in other ways helping to humanize them. Tne result of the experiment will be watched with great in terest throughout the colliery regions. Miss Louise Fieder. a handsome New York heiress, has been married to the Baron Paul Victlnghoff, of Kussia. and the pair will start for Europe on Saturday. The Baron was once wealthy, but losing his fortune, he came to America and supported himself by acting as riding master in a fashionable school for young ladies in New York Mrs. Margaret Sullivan of Chicago, the distinguished art and musical critic, has ac cepted the position of art entic and editorial w riter on the Tribune at that city, it is not only a matter of personal congratulation to artists that so cultivated ami accomplished a connoisseur should interpret, pictures to the public, hut it will mark an advance in art rec ognition ami interest in the West. M. de Vikl-Castfl. senior member of the French Academy, whose deal h was announced some days ago, was a grand-nephew of Mira iK-au and the brother of Count Horace de Viel- Castel, whose memoirs are prohibited in France because of the scandalous gossip contained in them aliout the great personages with whom he was acquainted. His mother remembered Horace Walpole, Franklin and Voltaire, and he himself saw two empires, two monarchies and j two republics in Fiance. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Michigan maiden who chased a robher with a pitchfork and made him drop his booty is said to be receiving an average of fifteen offers of marriage per week. Mn. Hamlet is a candidate fox the Virginia Senate, and his opponents say that the outcome of his candidacy will be strongly suggestive of the pluy of that name with the title role left out. Puget Sound salmon are scarce and high this year, and the canneries pay the Indian fisher men 10c. for silver salmon and ssc. for jack salmon. A large business is the shipment of salmon to Eastern points. At the recent festival of Big Joss Pidger, in Canton, the. temple was lighted with ten large 2.000-candle power electric lights, which bright ened the interior, and lit up the hideous features of the a.ssernbled demons and josses. In August Frank Fagan, Marshal of Marion, Ind., was attacked by a savage bulldog belong ing to Samuel Clannin. arid seriously bitten. He sued Clannin for SI,OOO. The case was tried and the jury brought iu a verdict for the plaintiff for SSOO. An intelligent horse is spoken of in the Lynn (Mass.) Bee. It was minus a shoe when stabled for the night, but next morning walked off of its own will to the blacksmith and was waiting its turn to be shod when found by the owner. Chinamen unlawfully in this country are to be prosecuted at Tacoma, W. TANARUS., and, as the penalty is a fine of SI,OOO or imprisonment for one year or both, the immigration from British Columbia, it is expected, will be checked, if not entirely stopped. The river below H inrun A Ward * mill at Battle Creek, Mich., sa; t the Moon, is shiny from the white skins of dead eels that line the shore and cover the bottom The eels average a yard in length, and are killed by the water wheels of the mill. The crematory in the Pere la Chaise ceme tery, Paris, is nearly finished, and may begin work next month. Before being applied to human remains, however, the municipal au thorities are at present testing its efficacy cn garbage of various kinds. The manufacturing village of St. Etienne, in France, sent to the United States in August go and * to the value of $20.),000. Of this amount tl)‘*re were s*o.ooo worth of ribbons and more than SIOO,OOO worth of gloves, the balance in laces, trimmings and buttons. Pfof. Virchow says, concerning the keeping windows open in sleeping apartments: “The vitiated air can only rush out when the tempe rature inside differs from that outside; it re inai us stationary when the air inside is already of equal temperature with that oursdcie. In that case serious complications may b** the con sequence, and many persons have paid their mistaken notion with tne.ir life.” The Emperor of Germany recently received the Chinese Ambassador, who prosen ted him with a number of handsome birthday gifts, though several months tia\e now' elapsed since he celebrated his 90th biri hday. Aeeorapanying these gifts. which include several pieces of splendid silk tapestry embroidered with histori cal and mythological Chinese figures, a number of vases and other articles of porcelain, was a letter conveying the congratulations of the Chi nese Emperor. Diphtheria has lately increased in various parts of New Jersey, and Dr. E. M. Hunt, Secre tary of the Board of Health, thinks this is largely due to damp eeliai*s. which are suddenly heated in the fall. This theory has been verified for several years b,v reports from vari *us places where the disease has raged. The doctor *.ys that during the summer, in many cellars a good deal of vegetable matter is allowed to decay, and when the fires are started in the fall this decayed matter is stirred up and mingled with a pecu liar dampness which must be m the cellar, and it pervades the entire house. This is the cause of m 9c h of the diphtheria, and the board is try ing to induce people to guard against it. A Dead Summer. Are you sure she sleeps and w ill not waken? I've sen them lie nist so, times past, And sudden rise to bright, triumphant glory. When we were sure each death-throe was the la*t. Well, she has died hard, and each struggle Brings back the thought of all the joy She foi ls away in her dead arms forever. Ere it has minglod w ith the world's ulloy. Hardy she's dead—*tis hard to think so— When on her perfect face there rests a smile So full of love, and life, audduughter, One would think she played at sleep the while. And then, the roseate fingers lightly clasping 1 Ait ? roses —red as wine - have yet Retained their lovely pink and white perfection, Nor paid to death its ghastly, pallid debt. Her dewy lips still hold the pink of coral. And ready seem to overflow with laughter, As in the brilliant days when life was love. And love the dream she followed after. Just beneath the fringed lids resting. lake daysnriugs hidden in some shaded nook, Thn wells of her clear eyes—l wonder If in her day-dreams they had not that look? Well, if you're sure she sleeps, to waken No mow in likeness quite tlie same again, I'll leave within her coffin all my treasures She helped me gather—but I Reap the pain— A dear vet bitter-sweet remembrance. Culled from the kisses left on her dead face, Upon which rests no pallid, ghastly shadows. And w here grim Death has left no single trace. Pats. He Talked Business. Xeiz York Correspondence San Francisco Argonaut. They toll a curious story of old Christopher Meyer who was more or less with Ives. Many years ago he was a workman in a factory where lubber shoes were made. He received the fabulous sum of $1 25 a day. At night he worked out the details of an invention for econ omizing in the number of men employed in the factory. One day he finished bis machine, carrie t it to the shop, and showed his boss how well it would do the work of a dozen or twenty men. The boss was thunderstruck: but before he could examine the invention Meyer seized a oig hammer and knocked its delicate machinery into chaos. “But I want that/’ protested the boss. “I know you do,” answered the workman quietly. \ “Come aud see me to-morrow noon,” con tinued the head of the firm, pompously, “and we will make some arrangements—” ‘‘lf you want to talk busiuess with me,” re marked the workman, coolly, "You can come to my lodging at 7 o'clock to night. Better not be late.” The millionaire was there at 7, Meyer was taken into the firm, and in a short time he was at the head of the business. Me lives in New Brunswick, N. J . in a pretentious house, and his sons are ail well married. A short time ago the old man—he is more than 70 years of age— took it into his mind to marry again, picked out a beautiful 19-year-old girl, aud prepared for the wedding. Immense opposition was expected from the family, as old Meyer is worth SIO,<XX).- 000 or $12,000,000: but. to the amazement and chagrin of society and the sensational press, all of the old mnnufaeturer’s friends, family, and connections backed him up heartily, and sent him off on his bridal tour looking aud feeling like a major. How Burglars Have Their Tools Made. From the Xew York Star. P. .T. Jennings, an Mast Side engineer and machinist, tells an interesting story about his dealings with a burglar. He was sitting in his office one day, a few months ago. when two men entered with a design they w anted made of steel. He took the job, and turned it out according to order. The men came next day, and after chat ting pleasantly about the boodle Aldermen and other matters of popular interest in the city, paid their bill ana went away. Several other designs were brought him by toe two men. and he got to know' them quite well. He did not learn their business, however; but it is such a common thing to deal with men whom one knows only by sight, that Mr. Jennings never bothered his heacl about it. But he found out who the men were after all. One day they called to have him make halt a dozen eight-inch steel screws. He promised them for o o'clock, but the men did not come. He did not see them the next day or the next. On the third day one of Pinkerton's detectives dropped in upon him in the afternoon carrying a handsatcbel. He opened it and threw a lot of curiously shaped pieces of steel on the table "Were these made in vour shop. Mr. Jen nings?” casually remarked the detective. Yes, that's our work.” "Who din you make them for?” ‘‘Now you’ve got me—it's more than I can tell. 1 never had any reason to inquire, and the men didn't bother about telling me.” "But you are sun* you made that steel work here?” "Yes. oh, yes; I'm sure enough of that ” Two days later Mr. Jennings was subpoenaed by the prosecution as a witness against two men who had attempted to crack the safe in a bank in Ellonvllle, ulster county. He met a Harlem machinist and an iron worker from down town at the court house in Kingston. Pinkerton s men opened wide their eyes when he took the pieces of steel that each had shaped, aud, putting them together, showed what a per fee; sectional jixnruv they maun. BAKING rOWREB, perfect Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes t'or more t liana quarter of a century. It is use<l by the United States Government! In 1 dorsed by the heads of the Groat Universities as the Strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Or. ! Price's the only Baking Pow der that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. UOt'IS A. R. ALTMAYER A- CO. ANOTHER WEEK __ -OF Unparalleled Attractions mLMERWS CPHE SUCCESS attending the past week's JL inducements was most pronounced, our store being crowded from enrly morn till late in the evening with seekers after the UN MATCH ABLE BARGAINS we have thrown out. THIS WEEK the inducements are greater than ever. There are BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. We have space to quote only a few specialties, but they will give you a general idea of the GREAT DRIVES FoK THE WEEK. IN’ DRESS GOODS WE WILL OFFER: 1 more case of those double width Checked and Plaid Suitings at 10‘^c.; cannot be matched in the South for the money. A case of Lovely French Plaids. J 8 inches wile, at 4<\\: these goods are quite pretty and the newest tilings out. Look at them before the assortment is broken. A lovely line Striped Silk Velvets at $1 50; can match any dress in color 11ST CLOAKS. A Tailor-made Jersey-cloth Jacket, with satin lined hood at $2 60. An English Check in Tailor-made Jacket, with satin-lined hood, ONLY $4 38. This is an extraordinary offer, an l our Silk Plush Short Wrap, with plush ornaments and qniited satin lining, at sls 50, is simply unapproachable. INBOYS’ CLOTHING we are so far ahead of other houses that com parisons are out of the question. Our liue COULDN' T BE MORE COMPLETE nor Styles any choicer. This is a great feature of the bouse. For the week we will offer in this de partinent: A FULL SUIT in nobby style goods for §2 75. These are especially suitable for SCHOOL SUITS. You must look through this department to get any idea of it. DRESS TRIMMINGS. We have the most unique things in Braid Sets. Braids by the yard, and Beaded and Cut Steel Trimmings. The styles in these goods are the choicest and newest, and were selected with great care by our luj r er. Our Buttons, too. are the prettiest and newest things that could be found. We can match ANY COLOR DRESS GOODS MADE with them. BLANKETS. Will sell for the week a full size all wool Blanket at Si 98; cheapest thing yet. And a6% pound Blanket worth 5? 50 for $5. Do not fail to notice our changes from week to week. You will certainly find something to interest you. as we go through every depart ment. Our ILLUSTRATED FALL CATALOGUE now ready, free on application. We are. Very Respectfully Y’ours, A. R. ALTMAYER k CD. SHOES. YVe are the agents for the JAMES MEANS §4 SHOE end the JAMES MEANS % $3 SHOE. -TAMES MEANS $4 STTOP > light and stylish. It fits like a REQUIRE!* I qt\ v \ y(V\ NO LREAKJNG IN,”bo; I OU> °\Si in * perfectly easy the first time h f 'y,*' 15 wo " n * It will satisfy the mosi M Oa * XjS/asfimous. JAMES MEAN!* (O SHOE is absolutely th< i dVX °nly shoe of its price whjet K VJv nas ever been placed ex - V, 0/ . tenaively on tne market wtlctyr- Y<V in which durability s 8 considered befor* • A t \ mere out- U fw.hr .Tanu?^^>H^^3i;iK‘ r ' Means $2 Bhoe tor Boys Call at >ur Store and try on a pair o X these Shoe*- .A. S. NICHOLS, 128 BROUGHTON .STREET. SAVANNAH PORTRAJ l’>. The Great Southern Portrait Company, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. L. 13. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager of the Great South ern Portrait Company. A N Inspection of samples of our Portraits at XA our office, with Davis Bros., and 44 Bull street will greatly interest those who content plate having sma*! pictures of themselves, their friends, living and deceased, copied and enlarged OIU WATER COLOR. INDIA INK pi* t-UFo' anil t RAN ON. We guarantee a tier feet likeness and excellence of work We hnvn twenty different styles and GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGED Pow TRAITS from HxlO to Ethan, ami our prices are from $4 to SBOO each. EMPLOY FORTY apt ISTS: been twenty-six yearn in the bu,in££ have a 6,000 candle-power ELECTRIC I IQITt' and are fully pre,.are, 1 with allpVoJer 2 tion and s™.ll to execute all orders protnm.lv ajmsatisfaetorny. We n.pec tfuhy sX ;i S “pSSi V The Ureat South,™ Bighlatid Brand Condensed Milk. A Pure Milk condensed to a syrupy consistency. FOR SALE AT STRONG'S URUG STORE, Corner Bull and Perry street leae. BOYS’ C l THING, CAffPET*. ETC 9 Hogan. US' CLOTRING. We vill place on sale on MONDAY MORNING 500 as handsome Boys’ Suits as can be found south of New York. Prices of tailor-made and per lect-ftting suits are for better grades $0 50, $7 50, $8 50, $9 aid $9 50. Alto a large variety, fully 500, just as durable, but not as fine at the following prices • SI 75 $2 25, $2 50, $3, $3 50, $4, $4 50, and $5. SPECIAL SALE OF Tapestry and hgrain Carpets DURING THE ENSUING WEEK. One lot Tapestry Carpets at 65c. per yard. One lot 3-Ply All Wool Car pets at 85c. per yard. One lot All Wool Extra- Supers at 60c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 55c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 50c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 40c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 22 ac. per yard. 500 Smyrna Rugs HANGING PRICE FROM 85c. Each to $lO. CANTOK MATTING. 100 rolls fresh Canton Mat ting, ranging in price from 20c. to 50c. per yard. Special Bargains M ill also be found in the fol lowing goods during this week: Silks, Satins, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Shawls, Lace Curtains and Curtain Goods, Flannels, Blankets, Bed Com forts, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Ladies’ and Gents’ Silk Umbrellas, etc., etc. Jaul Hop. STOVES AND FURNACES. STOVES. "yyrE are now in our new quarters on Brough ton, near Barnard. Our quantity, quality and variety of STOVES are unsurpassed by any firm in the city. If you want a good article at a reasonable price call on Cornwell & Chipman, 167 BROUGHTON STREET. BANKS. KISSIMMEE CITY BANK, Kissimmee City, Orange County, Fla. CAPITAL - - - f.V),OM r URA NS V(T a regular banking business. OR# J particular attention to Florida collections. Correspondence solicited. Issue Exchange ■; New York. New Orleans, Savannah and .lac-- sonviUe, Fla. Resident Agents for Coutts & * '>• and Melville, Evans & Cos., of London, Kngiano. New York correspondent: The Seaoo* 111 National Bank.