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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices—As to Crew of British
Steamship Nararija; Bills Against British Steam
ship Annie, British Bark Gler and German Bark,
Amaranth; State and County Taxes, 1887.
ACCTIOK Salks—Frame House, by D R. Ken
nedy; Household and Kitchen Furniture, by C.
H. Dorsett.
ChickkriNO Pianos—L. &8.8. M. H.
Variety—L. &8.8. M. H.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Board; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Proposals—Sealed Bids for County Bonds.
Steamship Schedule- Baltimore Steamship
Line
The alarming reports concerning the
foundering of the Westemland had no
foundation. She has arrived safely at New
York.
The Dolphin and Atlanta have defeated
the sham attacks of a lot of steam launches
and row boats. But in real war they would
not be attacked by that kind of craft.
Exploration of the alleged oil fields of
Egypt has been abandoned by the govern
ment, nothing valuable having been discov
ered. Pennsylvania is thus relieved of the
fear of another rival.
The Planet , the Virginia organ of colored
people, thinks they may become Democrats
when “negro equality” is conceded. Polit
ical equality is already theirs, and if they
are waiting for more they will be very grav
headed when they come up to vote the
Democratic ticket the first time.
There seems to be a slackening of the
building boom in New York city. An at
tempt to sell at auction a large number of
the most desirable vacant lots in the city
Tuesday failed, as not a single bid was con
sidered high enough by the holders of the
property. This may be another Indication
of the scarcity of money.
Secretary Bayard is soon to be married to
Miss Sophto Markoe, who has been for sev
eral veal's employed in the State Depart
ment. She is described as in every way a
very superior person, and it is to be hoped
that, as has been the case with another lady
of very eminent position, she may add
much to her husband’s popularity.
Both the civil and criminal suits against
Gould and Sage for alleged wrong doing in
connection with the Kansas Pacific bonds,
for which they were trustees, have been
withdrawn. The complainants probably
came to the conclusion that they would only
waste money and time, in an attempt to
convict of crime men so powerful os the
Wall street magnates.
Buffalo is tired of paying men to keep
her streets clean and not getting the worth
of her money, so the contract for next year
has been awarded to a woman, Mrs. Hollo
way. The broom naturally belongs to a
woman anyway, and now there will be an
opportunity to soe with what success she
will wield it when she has a whole city to
clean instead of a house.
A negro woman described as being as
“black as ebony” has been arrested for con
ducting a bogus matrimonial agency at
Trenton, N. J. Among the things seized in
her house were hundreds of love letters ad
dressed to her by strangers in different
parts of the country, with whom she had
been in correspondence. Those fellows will
feel cheap when they find out the complexion
of the woman on whom they have been ex
pending their sentiment.
It seems now to lie settled that Rev.
Charles A. Berry will be Mr. Beecher’s suc
cessor in the Plymouth pulpit. His sermons
have aroused great enthusiasm among the
church members. It Is said that Mr. Beecher
himself looked upon the eloquent young
Englishman as particularly fitted to carry
on his work, and this perhaps had a great
deal to do with the cordiality of his recep
tion in Brooklyn and the decision of the
congregation in his favor.
The Chicago Mail says Spies and his
companions will be hung for the “botching
ot a conspiracy that would have left Chi
cago a heap of ruins if carried out.” It
must have lieen a Bt. Louis printer, or an
Anarchist who set up that paragraph. If
it was only an ordinary good-natured in
telligent compositor, however, he has prob
ably now an experience which will hereafter
make him afraid even of a clucking hen.
But he will know the word hatching when
he sees it.
Just before the election in 1884, Showman
Ba mum offered to sell his large holdings of
Bridgeport property at 50 per cent, discount
if Cleveland should be elected President.
His offer was lohked upon as insincere, and
only intended to affect voters by a pretended
fear of financial disaster to the country
should tlie Democrats be successful. They
were successful, however, in spite of Mr.
Barniun, and he has just shown his own
disbelief in the alarmist views formerly ex
pressed by him by investing $0,000,000
more in Bridgeport real estate.
New York Republicans must be in a bad
way when they doubt the loyalty of the
colored voters. They seem to feel some un
easiness on the subject, and Fred Douglass
has been called upon to rally them. His
health will not allow him to speak, but he
has written two letters, which are given
great proininonce by the Republican press.
The second is a severe arraignment of J. C.
Matthews, the Albany colored lawyer who
wo* nominated for Rocorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia, but rejected by the
Senate. Perhaps the negroes show a dispo
sition to follow their local leader, Frank
Farrell, into the ranks of the George party.
The Jacksonville Tragedy.
The people of Jacksonville are rather
glad, doubtless, that there is now a fair
prospect that, for a time at least, the Bang -
.Mac Williams trugeily "’ill cease to be the
leading matter of public interest in t! t
city. It has been discussed from every
possible standpoint, and all the evidence ob
tainable connected with it lies been twice
presented to the public. It is probable that
everybody is about satisfied that the
shooting was justifiable and that there was
no conspiracy to murder Mr. Mac-Williams.
The death of Mr. Mae Williams was re
gretted by a large circle of friends and
acquaintances, and the manner of his death
was regretted by the entire community.
Jacksonville is a law-abiding city, and her
people are jealous of her good name. They
do not want the impression to get abroad
that the shooting to death of a prominent
citizen in her streets is a common occur
rence, and for that reason, perhaps, as well
as for others, a thorough and searching in
vestigation of the affair was not only de
manded but also insisted upon.
From all accounts there was more feeling
than there ought to have been between the
friends of Mr. Bangs and those of the man
who was the victim of the shooting. Now
and then there appeared to be a disposition
to make it appear that Mr. Bangs was
guilty of a crime whether he was or not.
Perhaps this appearance was deceptive, and
that all the extraordinary zeal that was
attinies manifested in prosecuting Mr. Bangs
was due to nothing else than a desire to dis
cover the truth and promote the cause of
justice.
The investigation of the circumstances of
the tragedy was not too severe. Coroners'
inquests are apt to be hurried and unsatis
factory, and even examinations by magis
trates in important criminal cases are sel
dom as thorough as they ought to be. Men
guilty of grave crimes escape justice be
cause a careless and incomplete presenta
tion of the testimony appears to show them
to be guiltless of the charges against them.
Once free, they either escape or the charges
are never again pressed.
Mr. Bangs may have felt that he was be
ing treated with undue harshness when he
was required to submit to a second exami
nation, but he feels now, doubtless, that it
was a good thing for him. But for the sec
ond examination a very large number of
his fellow citizens would have doubted his
innocence, and he would have found him
self shunned by some of those who were ac
customed to meet him in a friendly
way. Now, however, no suspicion of
wrong-doing rests upon him, and
he can feel sure that he is not being pointed
out as one who has committed a great
crime. It is not improbable that the two
exhaustive examinations, resulting in the
exoneration of the accused, will relieve
the grand jury of the necessity for taking
anything but a formal notice of the sad af
fair, unless new evidence of a criminating
character is discovered.
The Risk New York is Taking.
The New York Herald says that it is
about time “to put a stop to the importa
tion of cholera germs” into that city. It is
rather strange that the city authorities do
not think so too. When the Britannia
reached New York a week or so ago her
officers announced that there was no sick
ness among her passengers or crew, and that
there had been none of an infectious or con
tagious character during her voyage. She
was admitted to the upper quarantine, and
communication was permitted with her.
People from the shore visited her and
mingled with those on board of her. The
Health Officer of New York found out that
three of her passengers had died during the
voyage, and he became suspicious. He or
dered the vessel to lower quarantine, and
within the last three or four days two of
the passengers have died with cholera.
It is evident from the facts developed in
connection with the Britannia that entire
reliance, in all matters cannot be placed
upon the statements of a ship's officers as to
what took place on her voyage. If there
have been deaths among the passengers or
crew the officers may be in ignorance of the
exact character of the disease from which the
deaths resulted, or they may conceal the
character of the disease in order to avoid
det ntion at quarantine. Had the Britan
nia been permitted to go to her wharf and
land her passengers immediately upon her
arrival, the probabilities are that cholera
would have been introduced into New
York city, and perhaps into other parts of
the country to which the immigrants and
passengers would have gone.
The Alesia, a sister ship of the Britannia,
brought cholera-infected immigrants to New
York in the latter part of September. They
are yet in quarantine on Hoffman and
Swinburne islands, in New York harbor.
Quite a large number of them have died
from cholera. The Alesia discharged her
cargo some time ago and returned to
Europe. It is expected that she will return
with another lot of immigrants from
cholera infected cities within a few weeks.
Will it not be strange if cholera doesn’t final
ly got a lodgment in New York? Would it
not be far the wiser plan to prohibit people
from places where cholera exists from land
ing at Now York, or any other American
port? Isn’t it the height of folly to lake
such risks as those which are being
taken at New York? Nothing is gained
by doing so, and the danger incurred is
great. Some of the best physicians and
saniturians in the country have expressed
the opinion that there is danger that the
cholera will appear in this country next
summer, and they say that if it does they
believe that it will be possible to trace it to
the cholera infected ships that have been ad
mitted into New York lmrbor within the
last two months.
The Evening Pont states editorially that,
an iron and steel trust is in process of
formation. The necessity for such a com
bination is not readily seen, as the mills
seem to hare had more than they could do
for some time past, anil large importations
of foreign mi tnl have been made. Perhaps,
however, the people interested foresee a
period of .slender demand for their products,
and want to make an arrangement by which
what little is sold will bring the highest
price the tariff will permit. But what be
comes, under such circumstances, of the
much boasted internal competition mads
possible by the protective tariff ?
The railroad employes of Minnesota aro
combining and threaten to strike, because
they fear the reductions made in freight
rates by the State Railroad Commission
■will cause a cut in their wages. As there
are 100,000 railroad employes, it is said the
ill-will excited among them will go far to
offset the political advantage with farmers
which the action of the commission was ex
pected to gain. The attitude of the railroad
men develops anew phase of the question
. of State regulation of railroads.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1887.
Gov. Gordon in Ohio.
Gov. Gordon's first speech in the -Ohio
cam[>aign is announced tor to-day, at Cin
cinnati. Gov. Foinker did not await his
coming to begin an attack upon him, with
the purpose, ]ierba[>s, of keeping him on the
defensive during his stay in the State. Speak
ing at Delaware, Tuesday, Foraker drew
a lurid picture of the kuklux outrages
which furnished so much Republican cam
paign capital fifteen years ago. He said
that organization contained 550,000 mem
bers, and that during its existence it had
murdered 30,000 innocent people in cold
blood. with horrible atrocities. This little
history was given as a preface to an attack
upon Gov. Gordon, whom he accused of
naving been a member of the organization,
if not an officer and leader in its bloody
work.
Gov. Gordon probably cares very little
about this attack upon him. His character
is too high and standing too well assured to
be injured by it. It is certainly no part of
his mission to Ohio to attack Gov. Foraker,
and it would too doubt lie a matter of much
regret to him should he, against his will, tie
drawn into anything like a personal contro
versy with a waver of the bloody shirt.
Gov. Gordon’s real mission to Ohio is to
convince the people, by giving them a true
account of affairs in the South, that the
snccess of the Democratic party does not
endanger the stability and well-being of the
Union; that the war issues are finally set
tled, and they may safely turn to the con
sideration of c ther questions of interest to
the community. His mission is one of pa
triotism and peace, and though he is amply
able to defend bimself from Foraker’s slan
ders, is too good a general to be diverted
from his real purpose.
The invitation of the Democratic mana
gers in Ohio to Governor Gordon, and
other ex-Confederates is evidence that in
their opinion the bloody shirt is no longer a
winning issue. Foraker deliberately chose
to fight his battle upon it, and he is a shrewd
if unscrupulous politican. The result will
be awaited with interest. In the
election is involved not only the
choice of State officers, but also the
question whether sectional issues,
which were settled years ago shall control
the minds of men.
The men whom Foraker stigmatizes as
traitors and rebels are anxious only that the*
hatreds and antagonisms of the war should
disappear,while he and his friends are doing
all they can to keep them alive. Which are
playing the part of patriots?
The Baltimore Election.
It was expected by the best posted politi
cians that the regular Democratic ticket in
Baltimore would be elected, and they were
not disappointed. The Democratic majority
on a full vote is between 7,000 and 8,000, and
the Democratic managers know how to use
machine methods for all they are worth.
There is a good deal of corruption in mu
nicipal politics in Baltimore, and the means
which have been employed by the political
bosses to retain control of the city are not,
if reports are to be credited, such as good
men employ.
Each party charges the other with being
corrupt, and with using corrupt means to
carry elections. On Wednesday, the day pre
ceding the election, about fifty white and
colored men from Philadelphia were
arrested and taken to the police station
on their arrival in one of the Philadelphia
steamboats. The charge against them was
that they had come to the city to engage in
illegal voting. The most of them had
round trip tickets, and none of them
was able to give a satisfactory reason for
visiting Baltimore. The Democratic mana
gers asserted that they were brought to the
city by the Republican managers, and that
they were to be used on election day to vote
as often as they could. The Republican and
Reform managers met this charge by as
sorting that the arrested parties were the
tools of the Democratic managers, and had
been hired by the latter to come to Balti
more and submit to arrest in order that it
might be made to appear that the Repuli
ean managers were importing vote's and
trying to carry the election by fraud.
There is some ground for thinking that
the arrest of the alleged repeaters was a
shrewdly concocted scheme of the Demo
cratic managers to influence the reform ele
ment of the Democratic party against vot
ing the Republican ticket. If this view is
correct, the scheme succeeded. The fact
t oat such a scheme was resorted to shows
that the standard of morals in Baltimore
politics is not a high one.
Senator Da was lias a long article in the
Boston Journal In which ho contrasts the
positions of the Democratic and Republican
parties on the question of revenue reduc
tion. He says the Republicans wish to take
tlie burden of $100,000,1)00 of unnecessary
taxation from American producers (by
making whisky cheaper), anil the Dent -
crats propose to take that weight off foreign
producers (by makittg clothing
and other necessaries of life cheaper
to Americans.) Tie words in
parentheses are not Senator Dawes’, hut few
as tUpy are they show how dishonest is the
position of his party. The customs revenue
might be almost entirely stopped and the
surplus speedily disposed of by raising the
tariff taxes 100 per cent,, but few would be
bold enough to claim that such a course
would lighten the burdens of American pro
ducers or taxpayers.
The New York Tribune printed a story
the other day to the effect that Land Com
missioner Sparks had treated with tho
greatest discourtesy a gentleman named
Beard. Mr. Beard in a letter to the paper
denies that the story hail any foundation
whatever, but tho Tribune, while it prints
the letter, re)>eats the charge. Mr. Sparks
has looked after tho business of his office too
sharply to expect anything like fair treat
ment from such an extremely partisan jour
nal as the Tribune. Ho has rescued too
much land from robbers for the use of the
people.
Mrs. Maekay, whatever her faults, is not a
coward. A man who was once in her em
ployment sought to blackmail her by threat
ening to expose a scandalous secret in her
life, but found himself under arrest as soon
as a policeman could be brought. He con
fessed that he was trying to extort money
front the lady by frightening her, and was
sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. A
clear conscience is a very fino thing to have
when dealing with an adventurer of this
kind. _ _
The finding of very rich deposits of gold
in Northern Minnesota, near the lino of
Manitoba, is reported. The land in that re
gion is generally taken up by settlers, and
even if the reported “find” is as valuable as
indicated, there will not probably be the
great rush to the spot of fortune seekers
which has followed the discovery of precious
uicuils iu unoccupied districts.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Now Go for the Criminals.
From tke Philadelphia Inquirer {Rep.)
Apparently, the one iuneeent man who should
not tie hanged though a hundred guilty • -ill's t-s
cape, has tmeu lyueiv-1 in ludianu. His fate is
to be regretted; hut Since 111-is out of the way
now, Indiana justice wants to go for the cen
tury of criminals right vigorously.
The Sugar Trust.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
The Sugar Trust, with its $13,000,000 of prop
erly ami its ijtiO.OuO.On of capital, baa already
' improved” the condition of the market Tor
the refiner, and *n aivanoe has taken plate in
this prime necessity of life. This is little likely
to escape the attention of Congress when It
comes to examine the sugar duties.
Mr. Nicboll s Inconsistency.
From the .Veil- York Herald i/tuf.)
Mr. Nichnll is rejiorted as saying that he
would not accept a llepu iicuu nomination un
less the Republicans i.d sod Mai tine for Judge
Mr. Martine wax his colleague in Ute 7midle
cases. So likewise wax to,lows. Nr Nichnll,
to be magnanimous and consistent, should have
informed the Republicans that be could not be
their candidate unless Mr. Fellows was nomi
nated.
BRIGHT BITS.
“toenv out shooting?”
“Yes.”
“to nat did you kill?"
‘'Nothing, except my dog."—Town Topic*.
When an Irishman went into a Chinese laun
dry and told the M- ngolian in charge to hurrv
up nis washing tie ns' he hadn't a dean shirt
liosom to his buck, that was a bull in a China
shop, wasn't it?—Texas ■liftings.
Maryland Darkf.y How d'y boss?.How many
ntolons you raised ibis year?
Gardener—About bOO, I guess, Pete. How
many have you raised ?
Darkev—Fortv-twn.sah (aside) —ober yo’ fence 1
—Hurlington Free Press.
Chance Acquaintance—-What are your pol
ities, sir?
Seedy Man (With a wistful look about the
mouth)—When'Tito talking with a Democrat,
sir. I'm a Labor party man, and when I meet a
Republican I'm a prohibitionist.— Burlington
Fee Press.
“You don't know hciw worried I am about my
little girl. She is telling fibs all the time.”
"Why don't yeti punish her in some way?”
''Punish byrt You don't understand the na
ture of my alarm lam afraid she won't live
to grow up: so precocious, you know.”- Boston
Transcript.
Elsie 'shouting to Edith)—E-e-e-dith! You
are wanted at Otter to do an errand.
EiliWfkhtouting Back)—Tell mamma I can't
do it now; I’m busy.
Elsie—lt’s not mamma who wants you; it's
papa.
Edith (hastily)—All right. Tell him I'll be
there in a minute.— Cincinnati Star.
On Lower Broadway.
Cadley ito Cub! ugh. who is hurrying along at
i rapid -nr H- v. chappie, what's the deuced
wow’? Wawking faw a stake?
Cubleigh—Clevah dawg! You've stwruck it.
I’m uwoA-, ..ii-i ---Yi.it to siwike Uie Guv'nor be
fore be goes uptown.
Starts at a dead run —Town Topics.
Pleasures or Duty Busy Father—My daugh
ter. I must take an early train to-morrow, the
alarm clock is out of order, and someone will
have to sit up so as to wake me.
Dutiful Daughter—l'll do it. pa.
"My dear, you are a daily and hourly blessing
to me. And are you sure you can keep awake?”
"Oh, yes, George will be here to-night.”—
Omaha World
Omaha Child (on Eastern railway train)—Oh,
mamma, there's a policeman walking through
a corn field.
Mamma (without looking out)—ls he chasing
any one?
“No; he’s walking along just as they do in the
street."
"Dear me! Get your things on. We are
within the city limits of Philadelphia.— Omaha
World.
Omaha Prohibitionist—My friend, I hope we
will have your help in our Prohibition cam
paign?
to uyback Native —No, siree. There ain’t no
antidote for rattlesnake bites except whisky, an’
I ain't goin' to vote whisky out of reach in eases
of emergency, I tell you.
“But, sir, there are no rattlesnakes in your
section."
"No, but we’re goin’ to import some right off.”
—Omaha World.
The Use op Slang.—Clergyman—Nothing
1 letter illustrates the degeneracy of the age than
the extent to which slang is now used.
“1 should remark.”
“People v.-lio claim refinement interlard their
sentences with slang words.”
“Y’ou bet.”
“Even (lie 1 allies cannot talk without slinging
in a lot of sewer language.”
"Yes, they get there just as well as the men.'’
“It makes me tired to think of it.”
“Me too.”— Lincoln Journal.
Philosopher—Yes, there are many useless
things in r'-ture. A pig's tail, for instance, is of
no use at all.
Patrick—No use is it, yez soy! Did yez iver
say a pig?
"Oh yes.”
“Did yez ever thry to drive a pig into anew
pen ?”
“No."
“Yez thry it some day. The tail w..z made to
take hold of an’ pull. Thin the baste thinks yez
is tbrying to pull him out ov the pen an’ in he
lapes ."—Omaha World.
PERSONAL.
The Queen of Roumania has just completed a
novel, the see tut being laid among the ancient
Dacians.
. John Banvard, now living in Watertown,
Dak., was the first theatrical manager to give
matinee performanc s.
Max. Salter, the Mayor of Argonia, Kan., is
said to be an unpopub.rly severe officer of the
law, and not likely to lie re-elected.
3lrs. M ary F.. Bryan, Munro’s editor and the
recipient of $5,000 salary, is now visiting At-
I. ia, Ga., where she once edited the Sunny
South.
Thu late Herr Kniop's income for the present
year was about $1 ,250.000. The late Baroti
Charles Rcth-iciiild s was $700,000 and his
brother's SOSO,*JOO
Miss Elizabeth Garrett, sister of the ex-
President of the Baltimore and Ohio road, Is
much beloved by the poor of Baltimore on ac
count of her charities.
Lord Herschki,'.. who is visiting Washington
for a tew days, is reeking information relative
to the lews of the country and the manner in
which they are executed.
The charge having been made that the Pen
to 11 management once refused tlie MSS. of
Robert Louis Stevenson before lie became
famous, the Ce.t'u -/ people contradict it.
Frances Willard, the President of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union, says
that that orgalnzatlon in schools is only success
ful where co-education of the sexes prevails.
J. It. Bailey, the Danbury fines tnan, denies
Hint bis wife is an invalid or a mental wreck,
anil knocks in the head the newspajier story of
his unique devotion to her. He threatens libel
suits.
The birth of Princess Beatrice's daughter on
Monday at Balmoral has upset the plans of the
Qui-en. w ho intended to have the accouchement
at Windsor Ctxtle. The birth vvus one month in
advance of the expected time.
Nelson Mounts, the Hebrew pork king of
Chicago, began life ns an errand boy. He is
worth several millions, is renowned for his
charity and kindness to his employes ntnl is
one of the most simple and domestic men in his
tastes.
Christine Nilsson was prevented by Illness
from being pr ' -lit at the funeral of Maurice
Strakosch. but he sent a magnificent wreath
bearing an it cription to “the uever-to-be-for
got ten friend (ami inoubliable) and reverend
master ”
Miss amvme Fives. the handsome young
Southern wrlter.sinc? the auucuncements oCher
beauty have been going the round: , and since
her picture appeared In Harper's, has been the
recipient, of several crank oilers of marriage by
mail, the letters being sent to her publishers.
H. S. Phillips, of Montreal, who lias become
John L Sullivan's lacker and manager, belongs
to one of the wealthiest land-ow*uitig families in
Canada. Mr. Phillips 1* said to lie worth about
$1,000,000. He hsa well-educated man, a fluent
talker, and has traveled through this country
and Europe.
John O'Brien, of Gravesend, England, after
seeing Ute Wild West show in London decided
to oonie to tills country and exterminate all the
Indians on the plains. Though only 15 years
old he managed to get to New York, where he
was found, cold and penniless, on Monday and
sent back home.
Georcie Smith, better known on race tracks
as "Pittsburg Phil," the Pittsburg plunger, ad
mits having won $125,000 in bets on the turf
during the lust four years. Most of this sum
was won on Eoliau. Richmond. Gray Cloud,
Linden and King Fish. The chances are that be
is worth {230.000.
A W ALTHY MAN’S PRIGHT.
His Life Wrecked by an Encounter
With RattU-anokea.
From the New York World.
A tall, hauls nely dress*• 1 man. leaning on
the arm of an attendant, was walking up Mad
ison avenue Sunday just as a vast throne: of
church-goers were returning home. Suddenly
ho stopped, looked at his legs in a frightened
way and fell to the ground in a fit. His Ixidy
twisted and writhed in a way horrible to see,
and he made a strange noise which sounded like
a dozen apery rattlesnakes. The gentleman*a
attendant evidently knew., just what to do. He
raised the sufferer's h* ad so that m* could not
injure it on the sidewalk, and quickly \ > sened
the fastenings of his shirt. When the first vio
lence of the fit had worn off.the attendant railed
on a bystander for help, and removed tin* gen
tleman to a drug store. During the fit the gen
tleman's hat had fallen off, an 1 also a wig,
leaving exposed a head as smooth as a billiard
ball While wading for a carriage, the attend
ant told a reporter a remarkable story of how
his master came to be so terribly afflicted.
The gentleman is Mr. Francklyn Brush, and
he is a cou> in of the Mr. Francklyn who is now
in trouble on account of his dealings with the
Cunard Steamship Company. Ten \ears ago
Mr. Brush came to America from England to
seek bis fortune as a civil engineer. He had
letters of introduction which, together with his
cousin's influence, accural him a place on the
International and Great Northern railroad in
Texas, which was then lieing built. He joined
Maj. Bonham's party as assistant engineer. Ore
day in October. 1877, Maj. Ben ham sent Mr.
Brush to obtain certain nauers from Cant.
Wnrdell, who was engineer in charge of the
next division. Tie started on his twenty-mile
ride in the morning and reached hi* destination
shortly before noon, lb* refused an invitation
to remain in Cant. W mlc-ll's camp until the
heat of the day had passed, and at once started
on his return journey. Half way between the
two camps Mr. Brush became tired and dis
mounted from his horse. He found a shady
place on a large rock overshadowed by trees
and stretched himself out to rest.
He had been .mlcep some time when he was
awakened by a strange sensation. It seemed as
though a heavy weight was attached to each
leg. When he opened his eye an ominous rat
tling noise greeted his ears. Iwi huge rattle
snakes bad coiled themselves abuut each of his
legs and at the slightest motion the animals
raised their heads, ready to strike. Af raid to
move, and filled with inexpressible terror, Mr.
Brush lay hour after hour with the two big
snakes coiled about him. At bust the sun began
to set, and the chill night air began to make the
snakes uncomfortable. Slowly they unwound
themselves from atout Mr. Brush and crawled
into a crevice in th* rooks. Thou he mounted
his horse and rode into camp. When his hors?
halted in front of Mai Denham's tent, Mr.
Brush fell from it in a fit. For three days he
remained unconscious, passing from one fit, into
another until his life was despaired of. At last
he rallied sufficiently to be removed to Son An
tonio. where he remain and in the hospital for six
months. During his Illness every hair dropped
from his head. As soon as practicable Mr.
Brush was taken to England, he remained
until a year ago, when through the death of a
relative he catne into a handsome property. He
has been traveling under the care of a nurse
since then, but he is constantly subject to tits.
It is the opinion of noted surgeons who have
failed to effect a cure that Mr. Brush will die
during one of these Tits. At his death his prop
erty will pass to his cousin, Mr. Francklyn.
Mme. Ratazzi and the Profesßor.
London Special to the New York Sun.
A romantic story, by the way. attaches to
Mme. Ratazzi, one of the women arrested for
trafficking in decorations in connection with the
Caffarel affair. The tale, which was told mo
by the daughter of a distinguished statesman
who has represented his country for more than
a quarter of a century as ambassador at Berlin,
relates how Ratazzi, twenty five years ago. was
Fraulein von Haenhlein, a girl of distinguished
family moving in Berlin court circles. The girl
was present at a gathering at an ambassador s
house where a certain old German professor
entertained the guests by a display of his
knowledge of palmistry, then a much rarer ac
complishment than at present. Upon looking
into the hand of Fraulein von Haenhlein he be
came much agitated, and refused absolutely
to tell what he read there, simply assuring
the girl there was no sign of sudden death. He
afterward confided to the ambassador that the
girl had most awful lines in her hand, which
doomed her to a most disgraceful career.
Shortly afterward the girl was turned out of the
house of a friend with whom she had been visit
ing for improper couduct, and siuoe that time
has done everything imaginable to i ring dis
credit upon her family. Her brothers, both
officers in the German army, declared they
would shoot her should she venture to appear in
any town in which they were stationed. Her
mother, who was recently seen at Baden Baden,
never mentions her name, and for a long time
she had been lost sight of. The unpleasant
facts concerning Mme. Ratazzi's career which
have l>een ascertained by the Paris police amply
Justify the gloomy predictions of the old Pro
lessor, although they do not reach hack to the
days of Fraulein von Haenhlein.
Ran Foul of a Whale.
From the New York Herald.
“It's a school of whales, and they are genuine
sp*rms, too. Look at ’em! Just see them
spout!”
The speaker was the first mate of the steamer
Ailsa. Capt. Sansom. It was 3 o'clock on Satur
day afternoon and the Ailsa, which arrived yes
day from Port Limon, Costa Rica, was 220 miles
south of Sandy Hook, in latitude 36° sO', longi
tude 74° 6'.
The Ailsa had, of a truth, entered a school of
whales. They were popping up all around the
vessel, their huge snouts looking like black shin
ing domes and rlielr nostrils gaping wide.
The water was oh smooth as a millpond.and the
Ailsa forged ahead at full sjjeed. Suddenly there
was a slight tremor < f the vessel. A huge sperm
whale had grazed the bow on the pori side. A
moment later there was a shock and the vessel
trembled like an as]**u leaf from stem to stern
The sea monster ha l passed under the Ailsa.
and her big propeller had cut into his vitals.
As the steamer passed on the whale rolled
from beneath the stern, his blo'Kl spurting from
the wound. Ov r and over, like a gigantic ani
mated log, he rolled, twisting and squirming in
agony. The soa was dyed ied with blood for
yards around, and lashed into foam by the
deat h struggle of the dying giant of the ocean.
The struggle did not last long. The whale,
with a convulsive shuffler. turned over and
sank. The steamer continued on her nay. She
wan not in the least injured by the collision, as
the screw continued to work regularly, and the
motion of the engines ami machinery was as
perfect as before the collision.
Cupid’s Decadence.
In ancient days, when al! was young,
And le * w and Hope were rife,
Don Cupid fed ou rustic fare,
And lived a country life.
He rose betimes at break of day,
And round the country harried;
Upstirring hearts that were unwed.
And soothing down the married.
But then, on wider mischief bent.
He hied him to the city;
And fiuiling much to suit his taste.
He stayed there—more's the pity.
Men built him there a golden house,
Bedight with golden stars;
They feasted him on golden grain,
Aiid wine in golden jars.
They draper! Ids pretty nakedness
In richest cloth of gold,
And set him up in business,
Where Lo\V was bought and sold.
And thus ho led a city life,
Forgetting his nativity;
Since then he's gone from load to worse,
From Cupid to cupidity.
Elliot Stock.
Blood Will Tell.
From the Portfolio.
Charlie, age 8, brought home a slinking
yellow pup. bow-legged, drooping-tailed ami
shamefaced. He eared for it tend rly, fixed a
dry goods box in the hack yard fora kennel,
and on every possible occasion exhibited the
animal proudly. Ills sister. Ella, age 18, asked
him facetiously;
"Where did you get that dog?”
"I bought him from a man for 25c,,’’ with the
pride of ownership.
'' Mercy! The idea of paying 25c. for that hor
rible beast.”
Charlie's eyes flashed indignantly. ‘‘He isn't
horrid. That shows how much a girl knows
The man told me he is a full-blooded cur.”
John Bull and an Ex-Chambermaid.
From the Chicago Herald.
Mrs. Y. was a chsmbermaid in a hotel down
East when her dear departed husband saw her,
fell in love with her and married her for her
good looks.
To a considerable extent she has educated her
self, and she now has a veneering of culture.
She speaks French and German. Is sentimental
and a-sthetic. Sometimes, however, the veneer
ing breaks and a lapse from the laws of syntax
mars the glibness of the l-’reneh phrases that
interlard her conversation.
“Oh; yes!" she exclaimed, in talking with a
rude young Englishman recently. ‘‘l speak
French as well as I do English."
"No better.-” queried the rude Englishman,
bland! v.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The death rate of the world is computed about
(57 a minute, 97,700,£35a da/, and 35,639 a year;
tue binh rate i; 79 a minute, 100,500 a day, and
06,792,000 a y ur.
The Public Museum at Nantes, France, has
just acquired the casket in which was placed
the } eart of Anne of Brittany, Queen of Franco
and Navarre. It is of solid gold.
A “coek factory" at Harrison, Me., put up
about 700,000 cans this season. < >ne at Dixfield,
same State, put up about 250,000 cans, and has a
force of men at work now shipping fourteen
tons daily.
Indianapolis was torn up the other day by
the statement of a negro that he had seen the
Mayor intoxicated. Upon investigation it was
found that there was something in the charge,
only it was the negro who was drunk.
A Boston Leather firm sold 1,000 feet of
grain leather to a manufacturer at 10L£c. per
fK>t. In a few days the bill was returned to
them with a demand for two cents deduction
for one-quarter foot short measure. They al
lowed it.
A number of young ladles in the City of Mexi
co have organized a society with the name of
“D<*na Josefa <)rtis de Dominguez,” in honor of
that note 1 woman who. as Mayor of Queretaro,
played an important part in the drama of the
independence of 18 10.
Mrs. Jesse James, the wife of the noted out
law. has been employed for some time as
“clerk" in a shooting gallery in Cairo, but has
recently lost her position, as she did not draw
custom as expected. She reported to the police
the other day that she had been robbed of a gun
and pistol.
Gladstone is a great walker. lie passes
everybody as he goes down Regent street, and
by exercise keeps himself strong. Lord Salis
bury passes from the Foreign Office to the
House of Lords, when he does not use his car
t i ige, at the r ite of about a mile an hour. He
weighs 250 pounds and takes little exercise.
Here is a discouraging item for fond and
doting parents: “Of six young ladies whose
education at Vassar cost SIO,OOO each, five mar
ried one-horse lawyers and Lave to give music
lessons to make a living for the family. The
other one is still single, but leaning toward a
country parson on a salary of $320 per year.”
Michael Piooott arrived at Cast le Garden on
Thursday morning, on the steamer Italy, from
Dublin. He was dressed in an old-time costume
that attracted general attention. He had no
money, and said bo Intended to “throw himself
upon the bounty of the American peonle. He
gave his age as 44, but is said to look 94. ,r He will
be returned.
John Kreick'r little boy, of Jackson, is
only five years old, but he has nerve. The other
day he broke his leg. and the next time he came
to see the boy the doctor found he had sheared
away all the bandages and court-plaster. He
allowed he wanted to show his sister where the
break was. and he never whimpered when the
doctor screwed the injured member back to its
place.
At a meeting of the biological and microscop
ical section of the Philadelphia Academy of
Natural Sciences on Monday evening there was
only one bald-headed man in the gathering of
savants. This was accounted for upon the
theory that “the persistent use of tne optic
nerve and retina by means of the microscope
has a beneficial and stimulating effect upon tne
capillary tubes.”
The latest “fad" is the interest attached to
the finding of an old button shoe. We are told,
with great sincerity, that if a young girl on find
ing one would count the buttons remaining on
it she would l>e able to tell exactiv the number
of years which would elapse before her mar
riage, each button representing one year. It is
looked upon as a great piece of misfortune (by
the credulous) to find a shoe minus buttons.
Stephen McCabe, a New York broom peddler,
is the Cap't Cuttle of his day. He wears an iron
hook in lieu of a missing arm. with which, he
says, he can thread a needle, write his name, or
carry one end of a packing box or trunk. ’ When
I want to write,” be says, “I unscrew the hook
and put my pencil in the hole. To thread a
needle, I put a cork in the h.l* and a needle in
the cork. I thread the needle with the other
hand.”
A meteoric blaze was seen on Wednesday
night, in and near Kingston, N. Y. There were
several “showers," and the effect produced was
dazzling. One meteor exploded apparently
near the earth's surface, and the display of col
ored lights which followed was similar to that
of a large skyrocket. After midnight the sky
was nearly free from clouds, and local astrori
omers say the spectacle was one long to be re
membered.
In a certain studio in Philadelphia the place
of honor is occupied by a series of studies in
marble of a beautiful foot. It is taken in every
position that a foot could be supposed to occu
py, in repose, as it would appear walking, run
ning, balanced on the toes. Once, it is said, the
sculptor saw a human foot that was fit to take a
cast from. He never expected to get another
model of any use to him, and perpetuated that
in a variety of attitudes.
A young man covered with the dust of travel
walked into a recruiting station in Portland,
Me., the other (lay and wanted to enlist. He
was examined and rejected because he weighed
only 126 pounds. He said that he had walked
from the northern part of the State; that he
weighed 135 pounds When he started, and that
he thought that he would fat up some if he bad
a chance. Tin* recruiting officer told him to call
again, and in less than a a week he did, and lmd
gained so decidedly in flesh that he was readily
accepted.
The Queen's jubilee was recently tardily cele
brated in Denby Dale, Eng., by the baking
and eating of an immense pie, the traditional
way in which Denby Dale celebrates. The pie
was eight feet in diameter and two feet deep.
It contained B:>6 pounds of flour. 1,850 pounds of
beef. of mutton, 160 of veal, 180 of lamb,
250 of pork, 120 of lard. 50 of butter, 32 couples
of rabbits. 3 hares, U fowls, 40 pigeons, 12
grouse, 21 ducks, 4 pi vers. 1 turkey, 5 geese,
and 100 small bird-;, together.!with 550 pounds of
potatoes, 40 pounds of beef suet, and 40 pounds
of drippings.
Hashish is superseding morphine and vapor
izen ether, it is said, in the affection of the i'a
risiad dilettanti drunkards. They have founded
ahashish club ou the Hue St. Aliehel, where they
meet everv Friday. The amount of the drug
which each shall take is prescribed bv a doctor,
and the dose is prepared by a chemist, both
members of the club. It is taken in pills, and
not Bohewed, drunk or smoked, as are the Ori
ental fashions. Each of the members is bound
to describe to the others, either in writing or
verbally, his sensations as the diug gains its
influence over him.
Farts is adopting wood paving. The origi
nal stone pavements wore done away with be
cause they were too handy for the people who
wanted something to th.o •- in case of rovolu
tion. Victor Hugo eail • i them "the last re
sourceof the people." ’IiH-adam was next used,
and then asphalt, which, being too hard on the
horses, is now giving place to wood. It, is
pointed out, however, that, for insurgents, the
petroleum soaked wood will be as handy as the
stones were. A box of matches would make
torn up pai ing about us efficient an instrument
of war as Greek fire.
Thk first will of a. dead Indian ever filed in
Washington Territory was recently offered for
probate in Tacoma. It was the will of Milton
Fisher, an Indian who died on the Puyallup res
ervation. Ii provides that, his property of forty
acres shall revert to his brother. The Tacoma
Ledger soys that a grave question arises as to
the disposition of the real property of an In
dian upon the reservation, inasmuch as these
lands, granted by the United States by patent
are all alienable except when the Legislature,’
after the Territorial admission to Statehood
gives the Indians power to convey their lands in
fee simple to others.
Ovkr 1,000 gathered in front of the Leices
ter, Eng., prison the other day to witness the
release of William Smith, who had been under
going seven days' imprisonment for refusing to
allow liis chile! to he vaccinated. The chief
members of the city government organized a
meeting opposite the entrance to the jail, and
refused to dispers- when commanded to do so
by the police. Smith was welcomed with loud
cheering, and the meeting passed anti-vaccina
turn resolutions and denounced the authorities
for sending a man to jail for conscience sake
Two-thirds of the whole number of children vac
cinated in England and Wales are operated on
at the public expense, and only one-third bv
private practitioners. 3
The Chief of Police in Los Angeles had on his
force ap; ivate detective—so privati ;tbat no one
in town, except the chief, knew that ho was a
detective. The other night, disguised us n Cffl
namun. he was sent to a Chinese gambling
house; and after being admitted l.e gave a rlr
iiui to the men ,m the outside. Immediately tie
Chinamen pounced on him and gave h'm a
thorough mauling, and then (led. After they
had gone lie followed them through a hole in
the roof, and as he stuck his head nut he was
seized by a policeman, thrown violently to
another at the eaves, and by him dropped to the
ground at the feet of the Chief, who Seized him
“ * m ”. . gasped tne detective, and thus ho
wiw saved further injury, He i-MrwiiciiKi.
BAKING POWDER.
<—WE SQHr^
CREAM
Its superior excellence proven in millions of
homes for more than a quarter of a century, it is
used by the United States Government. In
dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities aa
the Strongest. Purest and most Healthful. Dr.
Price's the only Baking Powder that do-'s not
contain Ammonia, lime or Alum. Sold only in
Cans.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
NBW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS.
A. R. AI.TM A VKIt A CO.
ANOTHER WEEK
OF
Unparalleled Attractions
AT
A. R.ALTMAYER & CO.’S
THE SUCCESS attending the past week's
inducements was most pronounced,
our store being crowded from early morn till
late in the evening with seekers after the UN
MATCHABLE BARGAINS we have thrown out.
THIS WEEK
the inducements are greater than ever. There
are BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
\\V have space to qnoteonlya few specialties,
but they wilt give you a general idea of the
GREAT DRIVES f'OR THE WEEK.
IN DRESS GOODS
WE WILL OFFER:
1 more case of those double width Checked
and Plaid Suitings at 12t£c.; cannot be matched
in the South for the money.
A case of Lovely French Plaids, 38 inches
wide, at 40c.: these goods are quite pretty and
the newest things out. Look at them before
the assortment is broken.
A lovely line Striped Silk Velvets at $1 50; can
match any dress in color.
IN CLOAKS.
A Tailor-made Jersey-cloth Jacket, with satin
lined hood at $2 50.
An English Check in Tailor-made Jacket,
with satin lined hood, ONLY §1 38. This is an
extraordinary offer, and our Silk Plush Short
Wrap, with plush ornaments and quilted satin
lining, at sl2 50, is simply unapproachable.
IN BOYS’ CLOTHING
we are so far ahead of other houses that com
parisons are out of the question. Our line
COULDN’T BE MORE COMPLETE nor Styles
any choicer. This is a great feature of the
house. For the week we will offer in this de
partment:
A FULL SUIT in nobby style goods for $2 75.
These are especially suitable tor SCHOOL
SUITS.
You must look through this department to
get any idea of it.
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
We have the moat unique things in Braid Sets,
Braids by the yg. \ and Beaded and Cut Steel
Trimmings.
The stj-les in these goods Si's the choicest and
newest, and were selected with great care by
our buyer. 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 $1 98: cheapest thing yet. And a
pound Blanket worth §7 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 Yours,
A. lALTMAYER & GO.
ZONWXUB CREAM.
ZOMWIISI CAM
FOR THE TEETH
T* mad* from New Materials, r 'ontainsno Acid9 t
Liard Grit , or injurious matter
It is Pubis, llefined, Pip.fect.
Nothing Lina It Eyxr Known.
From Senator Fncfrenlinll.- “I take pleas
ure in recommending Zouwei&a ou account of it-*
efficacy acd purity.”
From Mr*. G*u. T.otrnn’s Dentist, Dr.
E. Oarroll, Washington, !>• C.-- “I have had
Zonweiss analyzed. If hs the moil perfect denti
frice I have ever Been.”
From Hon. (Jinn. P. Johnson. Ex. T<t
C *>v. of Mo.— “Zoawcisa cleanses flu; teeth chop
oufchly, la dolicato, convenicn*. very pleasant, and
leaves no after taste. Sold by all dbuoulbts.
Price, 35 cents.
Johnson & Johnson, 23 Cedar St., N. T.
tel' l - V. ••&*' iwaw""
For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., Lippmanl
Block, Savannah. _
MACHINERY.
J. W. TYNAN,
ENGINEER and MACHINIST,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Corner West Broad and Indian Streets-
A LL KINDS OF MACHINERY, BOILERS,
J\ Etc, made and repaired. STEAM ILJ 1 ’?!
GOVERNORS, INJECTORS AND bIEA*
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