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C|t||torntn(jffytos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. FRIDAY, OCTOBER *B, IHH7. Registered at the Pont Office in Savannah. Thr* MoßKnfO Ne vn is published ever}- day in fbf year, and is sen ed to subscribers in the city , |)j newsdealers and earners, on their own ac count. at 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month. $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail , one month, f 1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 U); one year, $lO 00. The Mornivo News, by man, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 <*) one year. 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesday*, Thurs days and Saturdays, tnree months, $1 25; six months. $2 50; one year S’> 00. The Sunday News, try mail , one year. $2 no. Tb<* Weekly News. Bj/ wau, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions parable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Tlus paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed ‘‘Morning News. Savannah. Ga.” Advertising rates made known on application 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* WAA'i* m rtuidb feaaahi