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4 C|t|pflnung|ldos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SUNDAY* NOVEMBER <, ISST. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. Morktno News is published every day In the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, bj newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 35 cents n week. $1 00 a month, W lor six months and $lO 00 tor one ye ar. The Morning News, by mail , one month. $1 00: three months, $2 50; six months, s:> 00; cne year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by man. six times a meek (without Sundav issue 1, three months, 00; six months. $1 00 one year. $* 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Tnurs* days and Saturdays. three raontha, $1 *>>; kie U'onths. $2 SO; one year. sf 00 The Sunday News, by mail. one year. s*<- 00. The Weekly News, by marl, one year. 1 Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by j&ostal order, check or registered letter. Cur* Ttpiicy sent bv mail at risk of senders. This paper* is kept on tile and advertising rates may be ascertained at theoflloe of the Ameri ca n Newspaper Ihiblishers’ 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— E. A. Schultze, Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music; 11S Broughton Street; To the Wholesale Liquor Trade; Savan nah Volunteer Guards'; Musical Instruction: llow Can Townsend Bea Clam? State and County Taxes, 188*. Amusements —J. B Polk at the Theatre. Grand Fair —For Benefit of.. St. Patrick’s Church. Savannah Steam Laundry— M. Prager, Pro prietor. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Kent; For Sale:. Lost; Miscellaneous. Shoes for Tender Feet— A. S. Cohen, Off—B. H. Levy & Bro. Bargain Week— H. A Dumas. Shoes—Byck Bros. Souethino to Wear— At LaFar’s. Heating cp- At Gray & O’Brien's. Pianos, Organs, etc— Schreiner’s Music House. Drives This Week -At Eckstein’s, Be Spue and Head Gutman’s Advertisement, Bargains for Evert One—At l'latshek's. Testimonials—Davis Bros. The Great Sale Still Goes on—At Alt mayer's. Engraving and Stationery— L. A 8., S. M. 11. Pianos and Organs —L. & 8., S. M. H. Auction Sale— British Brig Isabella, by J. McLaughlin A S jn. The President has written a letter heartily indorsing the regular Democratic ticket in New York. Mr. Cleveland is a party man and no Mugwump. Members of Congress are already gather ing in Washington, and they talk of noth ing much except the tariff. It is generally conceded that a bil will be passed this winter, and that it will be a compromise. Mrs. Potter is said to have had a bitter quarrel with her manager, iieeause he wanted her to put on another play, as the box office receipts wore not satisfactory. Is it possible that so much advertising has been thrown away ? The Maryland Independents pretend to he very cheerful and confident of turning the State over to the Republicans Tuesday, but they are only bluffing. They know the knock-down blow they received in the Baltimore contest settled the fight for tills year. The Columbus (O,) State Journal de voted three leading editorial articles to j Gov. Gordon in one issue during his stay in Ohio. The Governor cannot complain of a want of attention, such as the Governors of certain other States are said to have re cently experienced in Atlanta. Some Baltimore capitalists are organizing anew telegraph company for Gould to buy. Horse racing and base ball are over for the season, and sporting men may amuse their leisure by wagers as to when the event will come off, and the amount of Western Union water which will be required to drown its new rival. Henry George is not to be despised as a mud-slinger. The last issue of his paper applies a; varied and picturesque a series of opprobrious epithets to Patrick Ford, his old ally of the Irish World, as could be found in the World or Sun when those papers discuss the personal characters of Editors Dana and Pulitzer, respectively. This means the loss of many Irish votes to the United Labor part}', and Democrats are not sorrowing that old friends have fallen out. A Southern exchange thinks it would be an agreeable thing to see, next summer, a dozen leading Southern Democrats stumping the North, and n like number of Northern Republicans doing the same thing South. The idea is a good one. And we would treat those visiting Republi cans so handsomely, that thereafter when a Southern political orator ventured across the Ohio the partisan press would not have the cheek to hound him, as Gov. Gordon has recently been. It looks more and more as if the Republi cans, tired of their old leaders and con scious that party unity is necessary to give them even a chance for success, will nomi nate a comparatively unknown man. If the election in New York should result in a Republican victory, it is not at all improb able that Lincoln and Grant will be the names on their ticket, and the memories of the war their platform. There would be little common sense in such a programme, but sentiment is sometimes even more pow erful than common sense. Mr.JohnK. Cowen.whohas led the war on Senator Gorman in Maryland, has for a longtime held the lucrative place of at torney for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Of the twenty-three directors of that road eleven are appointed by the Gov ernor of Maryland and the Mayor of Balti more. It must be with a foeling of appre hension, therefore, that Mr. Cowen sees his enemy. Senator Gorman, who knows how to punish his enemies as well as reward his friends, made one of these directors. It may moan that Mr. Cowen’s official life is nearly ended. Harper, the Cincinnati bank wrecker, is now spending his time in an iron cage, as do other thieves and robbers who are sent to jail. Till within a day or two, he had only been nominally imprisoned, and it is thought was making preparations to emi grate to Canada. A gentleman who called at the jail on business was surprised to see the door opened by Harper in response to bis ring. He made known his experience to the proper officer, and Harper was promptly abridged of his liberty. It seems that nowhere more than in a jail can the power of money assert itself. Close to the Scaffold. The seven condemned Anarchists in the Chicago jail will occupy n good share of the thoughts of the people of this country to day. Unless Gov. Oglesby interferes in | their behalf this will be the last Sunday they will sjiencl upon earth. As they draw I nearer to the gal ows expressions of sympn ! thy for them will be more frequently heard. ! The terrible dentil which awaits them will cause many who regard with horror the crime they committed, and who destest the principles which they teach, to wonder whether after all it would not be better to commute their sentence to imprisonment for life. The great mass of thinking people, how ever, will not utter a word of protest against the execution of the sentence. They sustain the jury which rendered the verdict and tliffeourts which have said that the ver dict was in accordance with the law and the facts. Mercy to the seven might lie cruelty to thousands. Any hesitation in executing the sentence would doubtless lie constmed by the Anarchists to mean that the authorities were afraid to enforce the law. They would not be slow to act upon this interpretation, and the law and its representatives would be openly defied in other cities besides Chi cago. It is said that Gov. Oglesby lias given no hint of what his course will be with regard to the petitions of the sven men for a par don. He has talked very freely about tbeir case, but has been very careful not to express any opinion with re gard to it. Those who have had a very long acquaintance with him, and are familiar with his leading characteris tics, express the opinion tliut he will hear all that is to be said for and against a par don, and will refuse the petition unless a doubt can he raised in his mind as to the guilt of the con demned men. He is very sympathetic, and would not hesitate to use the pardoning power if he thought by doing so he would lie serving an innocent man. Every scrap of evidonce, however, in behalf of the con demned men was presented in court, and if he shows them clemency he must do so without other evidence in their behalf than that which the jury, that found the verdict, acted upon. There is scarcely a possibility, therefore, that the execution of the sentence will to interfered with. Mr. Lamar'9 Appointment. The appointment of Mr. Lamar to the po sition of a Justice of the Supreme Court was net unexpected, and there is no doubt that it will be very generally approved. A lew of the extreme Republican papers will condemn it, but they would have con demned the appointment of any Southern Democrat. Mr. Lamar is a ripe scholar and a man of broad and liberal opinions. He may not be as well read in legal precedents as some of the other Justices of the Supreme Court, but he has a very thorough acquaintance with the principles of the law, and it is safe to say that the decisions which he will write will coin pare favorably with those of the other members of the court. The President, it seems, has not decided upon Mr. Lamar's successor as Secretary of the Interior, and he will not find an easy task to make a choice that will give as much satisfaction at the head of that department as Mr. Lamar. The office is one of many bur dens and great responsibility. It requires a man to direct it who is capable of carrying in his mind the details of very nrany important subjects, and is able to de cide great questions promptly and at the same time with such unerring judgment as to avoid adverse criticism. Our dispatches contain an intimation tliat if an acceptable man can be found for Postmaster General Mr. Vilas may be offered the Interior Department. While it will hardly be denied that Mr. Vilas made some grave mistakes in matters that were purely political soon after he took posses sion of the Post Office Department, he cer tainly has conducted that department ad mirably. He is a good organizer and an excellent executive offi cer, and, doubtless, he would not only carry forward the reforms which Mr. Lamar has inaugurated, but also inau gurate others. The Interior Department is certainly in need of reforms. Tlu?re is no question about the confirma tion of Mr. Lamar’s nomination. The Sen ate very seldom refuses to confirm the nom ination of any one who has been a member of that body, and, besides, when Mr. Lamar was in the Senate he was popular on both sides of the chamber. Mr. Beecher's Successor. If churches in this country continue to call clergymen from England the clergymen of this country will have good reason for asking Congress for protection. Why shouldn’t they be protected as well as the manufacturer or the producer of raw ma terial? Very few of them now are paid salaries which afford them a comfortable living, and if their number is increased by importation competition will force salaries to a still lower point. Only a few weeks ago the Church of the Holy Trinity of New York called Rev. J. Walpole Warren to its pulpit, and a day or two ugo the Advisory Board of Plymouth Church unanimously voted to offer the Rev. Charles A. Berry the pulpit so long and so ably filled by Mr. Beecher. Both Mr, War ren and Mr. Berry are Englishmen, and both have acquired distinction in their ua tive country. If Mr. Berry accepts the call to Plymouth Church, he will have a splendid field for tic exercise of his ability, but, however great his ability may be, it will be years before be will receive the credit his merit deserves. The tendency will be to compare him with Mr. Beecher, and he will have to show him self to be a very great man if the compari son is at all favorable to him. Mr. Berry is quite a young man, being only 35 years of age. He has, however, been a minister of the gospel for thirteen years, and a remarkably successful one. His theological views are very similar to those which Mr. Beecher entertained, and which be expressed with such vigor and ac ceptability to the congregation to which he preached for so many years. Mr. Berry’s present congregation is at Wolverhampton, and is said to he the larg est of the kind ill England outside of Lon don. He has been at Wolverhampton about four years, and if his people there have to part with him, it will be with great regret. Don M. Dickinson, the Michigan Demo cratic leader, who is spoken of as likely soon to enter the President’s Cabinet, talks as cheerfully of Democratic prospects in the West as John G. Thompson, of Ohio, used to do. It is to be hoped he speaks with bet ter knowledge of the real situation of affairs than Thompson did. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ti, 1887. The Panama Canal The real condition of the I’a a:rui Canal Company has long been a matter of dispute. While M. de Lesseps and those associated with him in the great undertaking have spoken confidently as to the speedy comple tion of the Work, iiersonscompetent to judge are satisfied that the company is ruined, and that the scheme will in all probability be abandoned. Of Americans, perhaps no one isbettcr prepared to speak from personal knowledge than Mr. George C\ Hurl blit, who visited Panama a few months since nml made a e.ircf:;! examination of the work done. In the last numtor of the Forum lie has an article, in which he shows from the company’s own bulletins that it is doome 1 to failure at no distant day. As late as September, 1380, eight months after the work on the canal was formally inaugurated, M. de Lessepsestimated the en tire cost at T 00 ,000,001 f. and the earth to to removed at 75,000,000 cubic metres. A sub sequent estimate made the amount to to removed 130,000,000 metres. Active work has now continued four years and a half, and onlv about 40,000,000 cubic metres of earth have been removed, while the eom pany is paying interest on a debt of 1,000,- 000,000f. —much more than double the estimated cost of the whole work, while, accepting the company’s own figures, less than a third of it has been done. And this is not the worst. Competent American and European engineers assert that the com pany’s estimates are worth nothing, and that now, after the expenditure of so many millions, the amount of earth to be re moved is fully as great as the French figures for the whole canal —130,4100,000 cubic metres. In other words 1,600,000,U00f. have been spent to do nothing at all. It is true that the company has not re ceived nor spent the l,fioo,ot)b,ooof. which it owes. The larger part of the money was raised on bonds, which were emitted at ruinously low rates, some as low as 45 per cent, of the face value. The great discount allowed on its obligations shows the des perate straits to which the company is re duced. Mr. Hurlbut appears to have made out his case, and it seems to to plain that unless the French government lends its credit to the undertaking, it must speedily collapse. That government is already burdened with the greatest public debt in the world, and its credit is far from the best: nevertheless, will be sorely tempted to extend its help. The entire breaking down of the enterprise would almost cer tainly cause a great financial convulsion, which might do even more harm than the large increase in annual expenditure and in the public debt which would become neces sary in the event the canal enterprise were made a national one. It would involve, also, a great loss of French prestige and a blow to French pride. On the whole, the outlook is very gloomy, and great events may yet hinge on M. de Lesseps' attempt to connect the two oceans. A cablegram from Paris announces that he has just informed the Academy of Sciences that the canal will be open for business in February, 1890, but he has so frequently made statements about his scheme which ha ve not proved to be correct, that his prom ises are not now depended upon as they once were. Whether he is deliberately attempting to further hoodwink the poor and ignorant peasantry, from the hard earned savings of which class it is his boast that most of the sdasted millions have been drawn, it is im possible to say. Living in Paris, thousands of miles away from the scene of operations of which he is nominally the engineer, he can have no personal knowledge of their progress, and is at the mercy of his subordinates. He may himself to deceived, but it is hard to believe such to to the case. It really looks as if the great Frenchman, already far boyond the natural term of man in years, is endeavor ing by every possible means to stave off the disaster and disgrace involved in the col lapse of his greatest undertaking until he shall have gone beyond the reach of re proach. Small Audiences at the Theatre. The smallness of the audiences at the theatre this season has been the occasion oil comment and inquiry. The attractions have toon good, and the standard of the performances equal to that of any previous year. Why, then, is it that the theatre is so poorly patronized ? The chief, and perhaps, the only reason is that money is not so plentiful with the people as it was a few years ago, and greater economy is, therefore, being practiced. The decline in the patronage of the theatre is not now noticeable for the first time. It attracted the attention for two or three Fears of those who attend the theatre a great deal, but it is a little more noticeable perhaps this year than ever before. A gentleman who was speaking of this matter a day or two ago said that there had been a great decline in salaries, and that consequently young men did not have ns much money for amusements as formerly. Clerks, bookkeepers and salesmen who used to got all the way from # 100 to $350 per month are now glad to get employment at loss than one-half of those amounts. Those who are conducting business on their own account are not making money as easily and rapidly as they were a few years ago, and they are, therefore, compelled to cut down their expenses. A well-known business man is reported as saying that five or six years ago he could make §IOO easier than he can $5 now. Competition has reduced the profits. The amount of business done is mnch greater than ever, but the amount of money made is much less. This conditiou of affairs does not exist aloue in Savannah. It prevails throughout the entire country, and especially in the larger cities. Indeed, there is good reason for saying that small profits and low sala ries were matters of general complaint in Northern and Western cities before they became particularly noticeable in this city. If, therefore, the patronage of the theatre is not so large as it was, uor as large as it ought to to, it is because the people are forced to economize, and not because of a want of first-class attractions. Sam Small in his Cooper Union speech Thursday night said that “when the rum tiger is killed the remains of the Republican party will to found inride of it." In its unregenerate days a favorite subject for cartoons with Harper's Weekly was the Democratic tiger, represented as a very lean and hungry but withal powerful toast. He is fatter aud bettor looking of late years. Mr. Small would have been nearer right if he had said this was the tiger that would devour the Republican party. That is his regular diet, and he will no doubt finish the job some day, no mutter how disagreeable he may find it as the carcass gets stale. CtropENT COMMENT. In Its Most Compact Form. Front the Philadelphia Record (Pent.) The Supreme Court definition of a protective tariff—to wit, "legalized robbery”—nas never been improved upon. It is a disquisition boiled down to t wo wonts. Mayor Hewitt’s Boom. Front the PhHadetohin Press (Rep. l Mayor Hewitt, of New York, has Killed his own boom He wilt doubtless justify himself on the ground that it was not merely very small, but deformed as well. The Next Live Issue. From the Few York Graphic i Dem .) The Jefferson Boris issue is agitating the Re publican press, but next week I here will to re lief. owing to tlit; urgent necessity of anew dis cussion of the slavery question. John Brown’s Soul Meets an Obstacle. . From the Missouri Republican (Dem.) John Drown'B body lies a-niouldering in the grave, but over iu Illinois, where his soul goes inarching on, its further progress is stopped by au obstacle in Ihe way of one of the toughest problems of the century. BRIGHT BITS. Wk incline to the belief that Bernhardt will notenieru nunnery until after all the other places ure Closed Up — Peoria Transcript. ‘■Nature knew what she was about when she made women beardless. She knew that not one iu a thousand could keep her chill still long enough to get shaved. — Binyltamton Re publican Overheard at the card room at the club, where four grave mid silent gentlemen are seated at whist. Enter Dumley. ' Dumley—Aha. gentlemen, playing whist? Grigson ilooking up. rather wearily}—No, Dumley; we are playing four-iianded solitaire! Boston Tmteript. ‘ Can von tell me. darling,’’ he asked, as they sat together in the weak spot of the sofa, "the exac: ysiological and mathematical duration of a kiss:" s "About a second and a half, I believe,” she answered demur ly. "Thanks, be -aid. "I will make a minute of it.”— Burlington Free Press. The C'hlcagb bger Ocean notes the birth of a baby en route fa a I'niou Pacific sleeping car, and pictures the future misery of the man as "he seeks his birthplace to cherish it. but never fines it—this mad, busy, rushing town of Enroots.". But the boy who is born at the rate of fifty jriilea-iyi hqur is pretty likely to find his station,ib,life. -Spyingfleld Union. A TnAvsi-Eso man from this country went into what the signboard indicated was an American restaurant. Durlhgfcisbieal he asked for a glass of water. Mieg piiwdlng, sir?” said the waiter. "I want, ag&t-s of water." “Very sorry, hi hassure you, but since Buffalo Bill has been ’ere we honly serve Haineriean drinks."— Merchant 'Traveler. A Journalistic Blunder.—Omaha Man— What do you think of James Gordon Bennett’s last venture, his new paper in Paris? Returned Travel--? lam afraid it will fail; it is printed In English. But it is for circulation among Americans there, is it not?” “That’s jtvst the trouble. Tourists will be ashamed to be seen with it; people will thiuk they can’t read French.”— Omaha World. "Would you believe it?” exclaimed a young Indy who was fitting herself to a pair of boots in a Clark street store the other evening, "there is Miss B ank who lives next door to us on tile Bold vurd. un i whose father is so rich—can you credit it—J knew her when she hadn’t a pair of shoes to her feet.” impossible replied tlie dealer. “Were they ever as poor os that? When was it:” "Oh. last summer, when we were East to gether, and she bathed at the beach at New port ” — Chicago National. "Yes, these mining schemes are very un certain." remarked a traveling man who had returned from the far West. “Sometimes they pay very hieh,” “That's a fact, but take my advice and let ’em alone.” "Ever had any experience with them:" "Yes: I invested 51.000 in a Colorado mine.” "gA'And did yon realize anything?” "Yes, sir: I realized for the seven hundred and sixty-second time that I always was a blamed fool in business matters,”— Merchant Traveler. • r Smith— Do you see that solemn-looking man over there?-"He's distinguished in a way. Brown—He looks common enough. What is there about him? • “Well, he’s a preacher, of course you see." "Nothing unusual or extraordinary about that.” ■1 Know, but sh: That man bas never been mentioned as a possible successor of Henry Ward Beecher.” ’ Great Cupola! is that so? Come to look at him he does look odd.”— Binghamton Republi can. “Absalom,” said an editor who was hard at work at the first number of his paper, “what would you suggest as a suitable motto to go under the bend on the first page?" “How would ’Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may,’ do?" replied the foreman, “or‘The Union, now and forever, one and in separable’?” "They are very good,” said the editor, “but they don't quite suit me. I have been thinking of With malice toward none, with charity for al!,’ and yet that isn’t exactly what I am after, either. Let me see—‘l’ll take the responsibility. —Jackson,’ ’Whatever is morally wrong can not he politically right,’ ‘One flag, one country,’— ah, I have it! Make the motto ’No pay, no paper, Absalom.” — Chicago Tribune. PERSONAL. Bret llarte has written anew story, which is to appear first in French. En csn's Wr.i.iN and Hon. Benjamin Butter worth will hold a commercial union rally at Rochester on Nov. 18. Andrew Carnegie “is sure that Mr. Blaine docs not intend to allow his name to go before the next convention.” Buffalo Bill is growing weary of responsi bility and profits, aud now wants to give his Wild West show away for $750,000. John C. Eno, formerly of New York, has pur chased the residence at Lake Beaufort, Canada, which he occupied last summer, for SIO,OOO. Count de Beaumont, the French General now in this country buying chargers for his govern ment. is one of the best living authorities on horses. t A memorial to Helen Hunt Jackson is being erected at Santa Fe, N. M. It will be called the i ’'iTcna Indian Girls’ School, and will cost $30,000. Ji das Pulitzer and Charlatan Ananias Dana are the pleasing pet names which the editors of the New York Sun and Wo td apply to each other in their respective journals. Senator Hawle.’ and Miss Horner will be married in Philadelphia some time this mouth. After their wedding they will .spend a few weeks at the home of Charles Dudley Waruer, iu Hartford. Miss Sri.wyn, it is said, will shortly give to the world the letters addressed to her from time iq time by Col. Hughes Hallet, with a view of cleansing herself l’rom the imputation of having been the temptress instead of the tempted. Mrs. Oscar Wildk has discarded her eccen tric gown, and now dresses herself like an every-day young woman, Bhe returns her husband's devotion, but very seldom goes out with him, as she hates listening to his recita tions. “No destitute person need pass this place hungry ' is tiie sign in front of the St. Boniface Hotel in Westchester Township, N. Y. The sign lias been out thirty year-, and the pledge has been nobly kept by Rudolph Fitzpatrick, the warm-hearted lundlord. Beniamin F. BtTLER considers himself a com paratively young man. He was 69 yesterday— Guy Fawkes' day He is as strong physically und mentally as he ever was. and lias no inten tion of retiring from the active practice of his profession. He wishes to die in the harness. Barry Sullivan, the English tragedian who made a tour of this country twelve years ago. has been suffering lately from severe nervous depression. He is totter now, but has such a dista-te for work that be has canceled all his engagements. He has been on the stage fifty jvanfi TheNEWs df t-adv Bras soy's death was an nounced <b fsMuidn- simultaneously with that of the jockey, George Fordham. Asa rule th< panere gui'f* tfordbont au obituary notice of a column cw toon? in - leaded minion, while Lady Bnpwe.v received less than half a column in solid nonpareil. Ami, "ton Mrs. Mulock-Crnik died she got notices of from ten to twenty-live lines only, with her name wrongly spelled half the time. Miss Olive Berexs, the latest fiance of Earl Cairns, is a beauty and an heiress. She has a rich uncle, Mr. MacCalmont, whose fortune will doubtless fail to his handsome niece. Mrs Be reus, the mother, is also a beauty of a some what mature typo. Bhe is a brilliant elocution ist and the Mrs. James Brown Potter of 1,011- don. The Bon*uses are extremely fashionable and belong to the Prince of Wales' act. ITEMS OF INTEREST. . United States cavalry soldiers serving in dry sections of the country are hereafter to be supplied with two canteens each. Some cows that were in a field that she was crossing at Sag Harbor, L. 1., a day or two ago, made a movement toward Mi's- Rogers, who be came so frightened that she dropped dead. Tub Rcdo Journal says that the practice of smoking opium is becoming almost as preva lent among the Pacific coast Indians as among the Chinese from whom they have learned it. At Davenport sixteen men have deserted their wives during the last ten months. In nearly every instance the abandoned wives are young, good-looking, good-natured, industrious and economical. Richmond, Va.. boasts that few cities of its size have as many miles of st reet railway tracks as are already in use within her limits, with the encouraging prospect that it will be doubled the next two years. Tennessee has an area of 5.100 square miles of coal, which covers twenty-two counties. During the last six years the output of coal in tile State lifts grown from 401,000 tons to 1,700,- 000, an increase of 400 per cent. President IVili.itu, of the Michigan College, says that more than 50 per cent, of the graduates of that institution have become farmers, it he is correctly reported, this is a remarkable show ing. not approached by any other similar school in this country. Next year it will have been 100 years since Julian Dubuque settled at Dubuque. Next year the city will probably celebrate in abecoiniug manner that centennial occasion. It will also be the one hundredth anniversary of the first set tlement in lowa. In Italy turkeys are always fattened with w li mits. Thirty days before the turkey is to be killed one walnut is stuffed down his throat. Each day he is given an additional walnut, and on the twenty-ninth day he lias twenty-nine walnuts. He is then immensely fat. An English lock maker claims to have per fected a door, to be used in public buildings, that will lessen the chances of accident in times of panic - or real danger. It can be ofiened from the outside only by a key, but a slight pressure from within causes it to swing open outward. In Aberdeen, Ark., recently a number of per sons were invited to a 'possum supper at a hotel. They went and partook heartily of the good cheer. It now appears that ono of the possums was a cat, and the banqueters are limiting for the cook, who has fled to the woods. Sylyancs Cleveland, of Providence, R. 1., claims that the President's wife has been misin formed on one very important feature of her husband's genealogy. He says that the family to which Grover Cleveland lielongs was founded in America by Moses Cleveland, who settled, not in Ohio, out in Woburn, Mass., in 1635. In the Leipzig Stadt Theatre there is an enormous cistern that overhangs the stage, from which an alarming quantity of water can lie flooded down on the boards at the shortest warning. The knowledge of this provision has hitherto been a great source of comfort to the actors. They were not however, prepared for an impromptu that occurred two weeks ago. Without a moment's warning, and in the pres dice of stalls, pit and curtain, nearly the whole company were soundly drenched. They had to make a very hasty retreat from the stage, to drop the curtain, and to get their clothes dried Ijefore they could again “go oil.” The audience seemed immensely amused, and no “demoraliz ing panic" has to be recorded. Charles Brockaway, the celebrated forger who was discharged recently from the Sing Sing penitentiary, where he had served a five years' sentence, advertises that henceforth he is to lead an honest life, and devote his declining years to detecting the most dangerous class of crime, the forgery of checks. During his long experience in the forgery business he has used many kinds of ink, and he has now invented one which he claims will detect a forgery. He is now in Boston offering his ink for sale to the bank officials of that city. If success attends liis enterprise he will open an office in Boston, where, liefore he began business, he paid his respects to the inspector of police and got that official to introduce him at the baulcs and to teil his previous record. Singularly Small Majority. From the Louisville Sunday News. He (ex-Mayor Baxter) was on a visit to Chica go, and accompanied Carter Harrison to the race track. “I notice,” said Baxter, "that you are very popular with the lower classes, Mr. Harrison." " “Oh. yes,” was the reply. “I was elected by a majority of 3,000, and I believe every thief, hoodlum, bummer, and dead beat in Chicago voted for me.” Old John studied a moment, and then added: “You say every thief, hoodlum, bummer and dead beat in Chicago voted for you, and that your majority was 3.0005” “Yes,” replied Harrison. “Then all I have to say," said Baxter, "is I am surprised at the smallness of your majority.” Too Damp for the Corpse. From the Buffalo Express. There is a real rain storm in Frank Frayne's "Mardo” at the Court Street Theatre this week. It comes in at the close of the first act. The stage is spread with a tarpaulin cloth, and a stout stage-hand at a force pump furnishes the pressure which sends a shower of spray down from a perforated pipe in the flies. Not much waters falls—two or three gallons, perhaps—but it looks like quite a rain shower, and what there is of it is wet. At the matinee yesterday after noon, in the slaughter which takes place before the storm, one of the actors fell, supposedly dead, just inside the rain line. The mock corpse endured the shower for a few seconds, then wriggled partly to one side and finally, in damp desperation, came to life and sought shelter. The rain line is now chalked on the floor for con yenieuce of dying men. Puzzled by the Loss of a Car. From the Denirer Repub!iran. About two months ago an east-bound freight train over the Union Pacific broke in two t eir Laramie City while going down hill in the night time. The front half, going around a curve, whipped off the rear car, which went rolling down a steep enbankment. Tile car was filled with choice silks, and yet its departure from the front end was so clean and unattended by any unusual shock that the train men did not notice it. They coupled up again and went on to Cheyenne, where the loss was discovered. Since that time search has been made for the car along the whole line without avail. Last week a cowboy found a car lying behind a big pile of rocks and covered with bushes down a deep draw. He chanced to be going to the nearest station, and casually asked the agent why the company didn't clear up that wreck. Tiie agent accompanied him back, and discovered that it was tiie missing car. Aside from being broken in at the sides slightly the car was not damaged, and its valuable contents were found intact. Highly Unremunerative. From the Detroit Free Press. The local agent of a fire company went out to a ('hetie street one day recently to adjust a loss in dwelling house. There had been only a small blaze with about $25 real damage, but when the man was asked to give in his figures lie said: "I doan' take five hoonered dollar und be so scart again. Put down five hoonered." ' Yes. ’ “Und my wife goes almost in fits, und you can put down one tousand." “Yes.” “L nd my hrudder-iaw vha.s so oopset. dot he shakes all oafer mit a shill. Put down iwo hoonered for dot.” “Anything more?" “Veil, my dog goes wild, der women’s next door faints nvay. and I liaf to sit oop all night. Maybe you like to throw me in ahoonered dollar extra.” When he was informed that tiie policy only covered actual damages, he held up his hands and shouted: “Only dot! Vhy den I vhas some fools to liaf a fire in mine house I" A Modest Malden. From the Soniemiille Journal* She's such a modest little maid! Of saucy men she is afraid. Oh my I Why. if one ogled her, I'm sure The slight she never could endure— She and cty. But very often at the Imre I’ve seen her bathing with a score Of friends. And I've observed, Pm grieved to say. Her bat blur dress was decollette, Both ends. While only lost night at the hall Her costume fairly atari led all Of us. While she looked round, quite self-possessed, And wondered what could Interest Us thus. Y’es, she's a modest little maid! Of saiicv men she is afraid. Oh my' And If one ogled her. Pm sure The slight she never could endure— hoe and crv. BAKIN'o POWDER. /—WKio/fr^ PURE €MEAM iiiSCiHS pyjt hi I'-e ®T -artp- 7, BLlr \ % 4b* PERFECT fts superior PToHlenoe proven in million* >f nomes for more than :! qvtrfT of a century. Jtl* isod by the United State* Unvornment. In lors*<l by the hend of tho (iroat Universities t* he Strongest. Ptirwtt and most Healthful, l'r Yiep's the only Halving Powder that does n- n outain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in 'ans. PRICK BAKTNO POWHER CO. • '--r TOI R CM < AHO. ST. LOFTS DRY GOODS, ETC. Extraordinary Inducements —i>r— Black Dress Silks FOR THIS WEEK: Flegant Black Gros-Grain Silk, Cashmere finish, worth $1 25, at 96c. 1 extraordinary Rich Black Surah Silk, worth $1 35, at 99c. Handsome Black Satin Ducliesse,worth $1 37U, at Oi bjc. Rich Black Silk Rhadame, worth $1 50, at $1 29 Black Gros-Grain Silk, rich satin finish, worth $1 50, at $1 23. Black Satin Marvelleux, heavy quality and rich lustre, worth $1 75 at $1 46. ’ COLORED SURAH SILKS Fine quality Surah Silks, in dark and delicate evening tints, worth $1 25, at 96c. Priestley’s Fine Silk Warp Henrietta Cloths. Priestley's Silk Warn Nun's Veilings, from 75c. to 82 a yard, suitable for mourning veils. We also carry complete lines of Cashmeres. Crapes and all the staple and fancy weaves in new mourning fabrics. SPECIAL. All-Wool French Cashmeres, in blue and jet black at 49c., 59c. and Tic., worth 65c., 75c. and Ssc. CROIIAN & DOONER, Successors to B. F. McKENNA & CO., 137 BROUGHTON ST. snoEs. We are the agents /or the JAMES MEANS $4 SHOE and the JAMES MEANS Mskoe. 'IBS MEANS #4 SHOE :lit and stylish. Iti'tslikea •king, and REQUIRES' i •• BREAKING IN,”be peilectly easy tiie first time i' vorn. It will satisfy the mos tklions. .JAMES MEAN? 8,3 SHOE is Absolutely tin only shot* of its price whirl has ever been placed ex sA. tensively on the mark*.] In which durability befor, A*fc for flic James Means $2 Shoe for Boya Call at )ur Store and try on a pair of these Shoe)** A. S. NICHOLS, 128 BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH MEDICAL. [OTHER’S M FRIEND W—l—Mniiinniii i MAKES CHILD - BIRTH EASY!! Send for book “To Mothers,’’ mailed free. Bkadfield Regulator Cos.. Atlanta, (ia. WILL CURE ing, itching, or |23i CO Protruding flLto. Never Fails. Cure Guaranteed, ■price per Box. 60 e nts and €I.OO. 1 [Physicians’ Ja-s,loruse in their J practice, #3.50,1 Or. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment U >1)11 by .ill l , 'iir:-I*, <<r mulled ou re-e*it of price by !'.•* Wllllamt Mt g Cos., Cleveland, 0. COSSETS. IIANKs. KISSIMMEE CITY BANK, Kiawmiuoe City, Orange County, Fla. CAPITAL - $.50,000 vpKANK ACT a regular banking business. Give 1 particular attention to Florida collections. Correspondence solicited. Issue Exchange on New York, No-v Orleans, Savannah and Jack sonville, Fla. Resident Agents for Couttn & Cos. and Melville, Evans <fc Cos., of London, England. New York correspoudout; TUo be aboard National Bank. MILLINERY. BARGAINS FOR EVERYONE! PLffiHK, 138 Broughton Street. Read thoroughly the great and grand consolidation of bargains carefully selected from our numerous depart ments.. Don t wait for your neighbor, but try and be first to get the choice. KID GLOVES! One lot Ladies' Kid Gloves, lotted together from Gloves that were 75c., $1 and $1 25, at 50c. tier pair; this week only. One lot Ladies’ 4 Button Embroidered Back Kid Gloves, all shades and sizes, extravagant quality, at 63c. per pair; worth fu’.ly sl. One lot Ladies' 5 Button Embroidered Back Kid Gloves, all shades and sizes, at 75c, per pair; knows no equal under $1 26 elsewhere. Splendid hue of other brands Ladies', Gents' and Misses' Kid Gloved at headquarters’ prices; money saved on every pair Gloves you buy. DRIVES IN HANDKERCHIEFS! One lot Children’s l>arge Size Hemmed Handkerchiefs, fast color border, at 3c. each; t Iris week only. One lot Indies’ Tzarge Size White H. S. Linen Handkerchiefs at sc. mch; this week only. One lot Ladies' Full Size Neat Colored Hem stitched Linen Hankerchiefs at c. each; tliis week only. One lot Ladies' Full Size Mourning Border H. S. Linen Handkerchiefs at 9c. each; this week only. CLOAKS AT LOWEST PRICES! Ladies’ Fancy Plaid All Wool Walking Jackets $1 75; big value even at $2 75. Ladies' Walking Jackets, in the newest plaids and stripes, at $2, $2 50, $3 95; bargains worta inspection. Ladies' Black Boucle Wool Walking Jackets, Cuffs und Collars, sinierb trimmed with Astraehan, only $3 50 each. Black Jersey Cloth and Tailor made Walking Jackets in neat variety. Children’s Garments One lot Children's Short Jackets, in the new est cloths, for ages 12,14, 16 years, at $2, $2 50; exceptional values. Children s New markets, in good variety, for ages 4 to 16 years, at popular low prices. SHORT WRAPS! One lot Ladies' Silk Brocade Velvet Short Wraps, neatly trimmed with fur and satin lined, only $lO each. Indies’ Plush Wraps, Astrakhan and Cloth Wraps, in elegant assortment, at iow prices. Cheap Miiiinery! 10,000 Ladies' Black and Brown Straw Hats, in newest styles. 25c. each. 200 dozen Ladies' and Misses' Silk Bound Woo! Hats, in the latest styles, only 50c. each, in all colors. One lot Broad Rim, Silk Bound. Wool Hats, for Children's wear, only 75c. each, in all colors. 50 dozen Trimmed Wool Sailors, silk bound and band, in every shade, at 65c., 75c., $1 each. 12 dozen Pretty Wings for Hats only sc. each, 10 dozen Rich Full Wings for Hats only 30c. each. 10 dozen Full I,arga Size Wings for Hats only 46c. each. PLUSHES! VELVETS! The best quality 16-inch Silk Velvet in this city for 85c. yard; all colors. The best quality 19 inch Silk Velvet in this city for 95c. yard; all colors. One job lot 19-inch Fancy Plushes at the sur prising prices of 75c. and 81 per yard; call and examine. 19-inch, one lot, embracing every shade. Heavy Nap-Watered Silk Plush at $1 20 per yard *, a rare inducement. Nice assortment of shades in Plain and Moire (ilace Silk Velvets for dress panelings and all trimming purposes; call and inspect them. Dress Trimmings Bargains! Our line of these goods is worthy your atten tion. No satisfactory purchase can be made unless our stock of these goods is inspected. See the goods and you’ll appreciate the prices. All Bead Dress Ornaments at 25c., 35c. 50c.; elegant offers. All Bead Dress Sets at $1 25, $1 50. 81 magnificent goods. Wool Braid Dress Paneling at 60c., 60c., 75c. per yard: iwugains. Wool Braid Dress Sets at $1 15. $1 35. 81 30 • very cheap. Rich Variety! lowest Prices! Black aud Colored Bead Drees Ornaments by the yard. Black and Colored Bead Dress Taneling by the yard. Blucl: Silk Chantilly and Spanish Gulpor** Lace Flouueings, 18 and 45 inches deep, wn narrow Laces to match. White Fedora, Platte "alencienne aud Fins Orient ul Flouueings, 45 inch deep, with narrow Lacan to match. All <>ver 1 aces of every description to nnJkA our line of Flouueings. Hosiery! Hosiery! 25 dozen Children's Black and Colored French FJlibed l ose. exi ra long and regular made (on® week only). 12Wo. per iiair. 18 dozen Children's Colored Lisle Hose, heavy ribbed ami regular made, sizes to 1% *'’• per pair; worth 40c. . One lot Todies' Hose, in black and solid •hades, at Die jier iwiir; worth 19c. . one lot Ladies’Hose, regular made, In black and solid shades, at 19c. per pair; worth fully OUR ZEPHYR DEPARTMENT Ir overflowing with Embroidery, ftilka. Zephyrs. Wool#, Anwei'.os, Chenille#, Fancy Article* an® all accessories generally used for fancy worf The lowest prices a prevailing feuture. N. B.—Country Orders Solicited. ~ sa> • as a i Shortens Jjabor! LEBSE xTTT'A'uTi Diminishes! ! Danger to I Hie of fMother ami OHilcl.