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4 Cl)f?Konmig|leli)s Worninjy News Building, Savannah. Ga. TUKSDAY. NOVEMBER S, I**7. Register'd at the Post Office in Samnn ih. The Morntno News is published every •.' t Ifce year, and is served to subscribers in ih’ city, try newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week, SI 00 a month, $o 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, >1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00 The Morning News, bv mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 one year, $8 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weeklv, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdam Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; slx months, $2 50; one year. $5 00 The Sunday N ewh, by mail, one year, $2 00 The Weekly News, by marl, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. lur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on iiie and advertising rates mav 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, tla." Advertising rates made known on applleation. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings —Chippewa Tribe No. 4. I O. R M.; Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 231, F. 4 A M. Special Notices— Metropolitan Savings and Loan Cos.; Chatham Real Estate and Improve ment Cos.; A Printer Wanted; As to Bills Against British Steamships Scawfell, Maude, Naranja Harrogate; Notice as to Books of Subscription Citizens’ Bank; F.lection Returns at John J. Sullivan's Wine Room. Auction Sales — Guardian’s Sale of Central Railroad Stock: Administrator’s Sale, Sundries, by 1. D. Laßcche’s Sons; Lot and Improvinents, by D. R. Kennedy; Two Houses and Lot’hv J. McLaughlin 4 Son; Lot and Improvements, by C. H. Dorset t. Legal Sale;— City Sheriff’s Sale. Cannot be Duplicated L. 4 8.. S. M. H. Steamship Schedule— Baltimore Steamship Cos. ('heap Column Advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Boarding; Miscellaneous. The story of a Pittsburg man that he threw the bomb at the Haymarket riot is denied by the Anarchists themselves. They seem to have a certain knowledge that Schnaubelt was the guilty man. Independent Democrat Cowen calls Sena tor Gorman a political bandit. When the Baltimore and Ohio directors meet he may find it necessary to invent another epithet to describe the Senator’s great kicking power. Jay Gould is a very rich and powerful man, but at Queenstown he was completely ignored in the rush to meet John L. Sulli van, who arrived the same day. Mr. Sullivan is more to the Irish taste than the weazened little millionaire. The impartiality and good humor with which the editors of the Atlanta Constitu tion divide the space of that paper between themselves to attack and defend prohibition is something admirable. It is a family quarrel which has certain advantages. The Construction Bureau and the Advis ory Board ha quarreled as to their respec tive jurisdictions and in consequence work on the new cruiser Boston has been stopped. Mr. Whitney must hurry back from his sick leave and get his boys in order once more. v The acquisition by the United States of one of the best harbors in the Sandwich Islands as a coaling station will be taken ns evidence that the administration proposes to look out sharply for American interests in that part of the world. It is an important and commendable step. Coal schooners seem to have a fatal at traction for United States men-of-war. The Portsmouth has just linen badly damaged by one in New York harbor. It may be that navai officers have not had enough experience of late years to enable them to navigate a ship. The Lord Mayor's parade comes off iu London to-morrow, and the police fear there will be trouble. Would it not be a good idea to abolish this mediteval foolish ness and use the thousands of dollars it costs in relieving the distress of the poor whom the police fear will make trouble. Even the New York Times speaks of President Cleveland’s letter indorsing Fel lows as “impertinent.” It may have been unwise to write such a letter, but Mr. Cleve land perhaps remembered who was his champion against Tammany in the nomi nating convention four years ago. One Pennsylvania coal company has yielded to the demand of its striking miners for an advance of wages, and it is hoped that others will speedily follow. As there has been a considerable advance in the price of coal, there is more reason that better wages should be paid than at the time of the strike. The trustees of the proposed great Episco pal cathedral in New York have purchased the site for it, paying SBSO,(XX). As the building is to cost $10,000,000, to be raised by voluntary contributions, its construction may extend through severe) generations, as iid that of most of the European cathedrals whose grandeur it is designed to rival. Gen. Rosser, having made a fortune in railroad building, seems ready to devote him ■elf to politics. He is agitating a proposi tion to divide the public lands among the States in aid of education, but he will hard ly meet with much encouragement. The money gift proposed by the Blair bill is ob jectionable for many reasons, but it would be better policy than that the General pro poses. Mr. W. D. Howells writes a letter in be half of the condemned Anarchists, in which he urges that the execution of the sentence Against them would be both unjust and im politic, as they were only justly indictable for conspiracy. He seems to forgot that the rouspiracy was carried into effect. Mr. Howells evidently knows more about analyzing the character of young Boston ladies than tho evidence of a murder trial. Mr. Murat Halstead is, apparently, trying to outdo even Foraker in the number aud :haracter of his campaign falsehoods. In s recent speech he declared that if the Dem ocrats win next year the war amendments to the constitution will be wiped out, and Confederate pensions, war claims and war debts paid. The most remarkable thing about such assertions as these is that a man 9f intelligence can think they will have any Affect,. It may be, however, that the rest f the country has no adequate conception f the ignorance and partisan bias of the average Ohio KeDublican. To-Day’s Elections. The interest in the elections which occur to-day is not confined to the States in which they are held. The returns will be closely watched for evidences of changes in public sentiment which will have an important bearing upon the national contest next year. Elections occur to-day in New York, Penn sylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, lowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Massa chusetts and Virginia. The interest in the New York election is greater than that in any other Htate. A Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Sur veyor, iiine Supreme Court Judges and the Legislature, are to be elected. There are five tickets, viz: The Democratic, Republi can, United Labor, Progressive Labor and Prohibition tickets. There is considerable uncertainty about the strength of the United Labor and Prohibition parties, and the estimates of the results of the election are not, therefore, regarded as very reliable. The local contest in the city of New York may have some influence upon the result in the State, though those who are best informed do not believe that this in fluence will be us marked as some of the politicians pretend to believ'e. Therqp is no doubt, however, that the result in the State will have a great deal to do with shaping political events next year. Virginia elects a portion of her Senate and a House of Delegates. Of the holding over Senators seventeen are Democrats and four are Republicans. It is not believed that the Republicans can elect fifty of the hundred members of the House of Dele gates, and there is nothing to indicate that the Legislature will not be Democratic by a fair working majority. The campaign in Ohio has been conducted with more feeling than that of any other State. An entire State ticket, including a Governor and Legislature, is to be elected. It is hardly probable that the Democrats will carry the State. About all that they hope to accomplish is to cut down the usual Republican majority. Gov. Foraker. who leads the Republican ticket, has been striv ing to largely increase the Republican ma jority with the hope of calling the attention of his party to himself as an available can didate for President or Vice President, Oregon votes on three constitutional amendments and they are quite important ones. One is to prohibit the sale and manu facture of intoxicating liquors, another is to change the day of the State election from June to November, and the other is to in crease the salaries of her Supreme Court Judges. Pennsylvania votes for a Treasurer and a Judge of the Supreme Court. While the State is undoubtedly Republican there are complications which give the Democratic ticket a bare chance of being chosen. The Democrats will, of course, carry Maryland. A Governor, other State offi cers and a Legislature are to be elected. The question whether a convention shall be called to revise the State constitution is also to be voted upon. The Republicans, aided by alleged Reformers, have been making a very active canvass, but the defeat which they sustained at the municipal election in Baltimore a few days ago leaves no doubt that they will be defeated to-day. lowa elects a Governor, and, of course, the Republican ticket will lie chosen. There is a straightout Greenback ticket in the field, but its support is so insignificant that it is hardly worth noticing. The contest in New Jersey is over the Legislature. Eight Senators are to be chosen and all of the lower House of the General Assembly. The election in that State is interesting because, to the extent of the Senators, it involves the election of a successor to United States Senator Mc- Pherson. Nebraska is a Republican State, and will undoubtedly elect the Republican ticket. A Supremo Court Judge and two regents of the State University are to be elected. The campaign in Massachusetts has not attracted much attention outside of I hat State. A Governor, other State officers and a Legislature are to be elected. The Democrats say that they have a chance to elect their candidate for Governor, and it is to be hoped that they will not be disap pointed. The probabilities are, however, that the Republican candidate will be chosen by a fair plurality. The re turns, which the Morning News will pub lish to-morrow morning, will give a very good idea of how the elections have gone. Dakota’s Election. There was an election in Dakota Territory yesterday to settle the question of dividing it. It has more than enough inhabitants to entitle it to admission into the Union as a State, but owing to various unsettled ques tions the request for admission has never been a unanimous one. Some of the people, it seems, want the Territory divided. It is certainly large enough for two States. It contains 147,000 square miles, and can, therefore, lie cut into two parts, each containing 73,500 square miles. They would be very big States as far as territory is concerned—very much bigger than Georgia, and, in fact, bigger than the whole of New England. The proposition is to divide the Territory by an east and west line. The southern half has about two-thirds of the population, and if the division is effected, it will at once apply for admission into the Union. It is rather remarkable that any part of the people of the northern half should favor division; but, doubtless, they have very good reasons for the position they occupy with regard to the matter. Dakota has had a wonderful growth, and is still having it. The increase in its popu lation this year, up to Out. 1, was about 70,000. Its population is close on to 600,000. The growth of the northwestern section of the country is simply marvelous. The Toronto Globe continues to insist that war will be the result of a failure of the fisheries negotiation at Washington. It is perhaps natural that Canada should be frightened a little when she has a quarrel with a neighbor so much bigger than her self, but there is really little cause for fear. The non-intercourse act would probably be put in effect at once, and that would he the end of it. Canadian trado, though doubt less desirable, is not necessary to the pros perity of the citizens of the United States, and only a small proportion of them like codfish balls. Dr. Gatling has invented anew instru ment of death, which he calls the “police gun.” It only weighs a little over a hun dred pounds and will discharge 1,000 shots a minute. It is designed to disperse rioters in the streets of cities. The Doctor is not likely to make a fortune out of this inven tion. Riotous mobs are rare in this coun try, and there is a general feeling that policemen have already rather more deadly weapons than are necessary. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1887. That Macon Speech. Judge Thurman, in his address to the Thurman Club, at Columbus, 0., on last Saturday night, doubtless spoke much more harshly than he intended of Gen. Henry R. Jackson, if he is correctly reported. It is not improbable that he is made to say in the public prints tilings which he did not say. It does not appear that a reporter was present.- In fact, it is stated that the address was made only to members and invited guests. If the repork of the remarks relating to Gen. Jackson were furnished by some mem ber or guest of the club, the day after the address was delivered, there is a chance that it is not entirely correct. There can lie no doubt, however, that what Mr. Thurman did say was of a char acter to create something of a sensation. The speech which Gen. Jackson delivered at Macon has been commented upon all over the country, and the comments have not been of a friendly character. Nothing that has appeared in the newspapers, however, has been quite so personal and uncompli mentary as the remarks of Judge Thurman. The fact that he is a distinguished leader of the Democratic party, and for a long time occupied a high public position will cause more attention to be paid to his attack upon Gen. Jackson than if be were a compara tively unknown man. Judge Thurman is a very old man, and is doubtless much more irritable than he was when he took a much more active part in politics. He has been watching the present campaign in Ohio with deep interest, and, to the extent that his strength has permitted him, has taken part in it He doubt less noticed with satisfaction that the people were getting tired of the bloody shirt speeches of Senator Sher man and Gov. Foraker, and that they list ened with pleasure to Gen. Gordon’s eloquent appeals for harmony and the burying of dead sectional issues, and applauded them. For a distinguished Southerner, there fore, who had been honored by the present National administration, to place in the hands of the bloody shirt speakers another weapon with which to undo much of the work which Gen. Gor don and other Democratic orators had done, and this at the very ( lose of the campaign, when there was no time to explain and to correct misapprehensions, aud false impres sions, doubtless seemed to him to be the height of folly which deserved the strongest condemnation. But whatever opinion Judge Thurman might have entertained of Gen. Jackson’s speech, or of the wisdom of delivering it at the time he did, he certainly ought to have expressed it, if he expressed it at all, in a way that would not expose him to the charge of lack in courtesy to a gentlemen who is wor thy of his respect. The insinuation that Gen. Jackson’s relations with the govern ment as Minister to Mexico were severed because ho was too free in the use of in toxicating liquors was clearly unjust. Geu. Jackson does not drink to excess, and there was no scandal of any kind connected with him while he represented this country in Mexico. Escaping Convicts. Is it not about time for the Governor to give a little attention to that convict camp near Augusta 1 A few days ago we called attention to the fact that John Walsh, a life prisoner, who was sent to the penitentiary from this county, had escaped after he had served only a year or two. It is now announced that a few days ago another notorious convict escaped. The convict in question is a man named Stout, a professional burglar. He was sent to the penitentiary from Appling county for ten years. He was convicted of an attempt to break into and rob the depot at Grove town. The statement is made by the Augusta Chronicle that escapes of notorious criminals from the Augusta camp have been frequent lately. A charge like this ought to arrest the atten tion of the Governor at once. How is it that the con vie is who escape are, as a rule, white men, and have friends who are not only willing, but are in a position to help them? Would it not be well for the prison authorities to find out whether the convicts are properly guarded? What is the use of wasting time aud money in convicting notorious crimi nals when the way out of the penitentiary is so easy? It is said that for the apprehension of the cracksman, Stout, a reward of $25 has been offered. For Walsh the reward is SIOO. The lessees do not seem to value these white convicts very,highly as laborers. Can it be possible that they are able to get so little work out of them that they are glad to get rid of them if they can do so without making themselves liable to a prosecution for a failure to comply with their contracts? It would seem so from the apparent indifference they manifest with regard to the recapture of escaped convicts. One thing is certain: It is that courts aud juries will become care less about convicting persons charged with crimes if their work is permitted to be nullified in the convict camps. It is hardly probable that either Walsh or Stout will be recaptured. Would it not be interesting to know just how many convicts escape from the camps in the course of a year, and whether about all of those who escape, and are not recaptured, are not white men? The New York Sun has an article on what it calls “the white slaves of New York," in which it describes the toil and suffering of 20,000 to 40.000 women of that city who earn a living with the needle. The story is a touching one, the more so that it seems impossible to devise a remedy for the extreme poverty which springs from wo man's inability to compete with men in the work of the world, while her competition in the narrow field which is o]ien to her drags down her sisters with herself to the verge of starvation. Dr. McGlynn announced from the stage of Cooper Union Friday night that he had won his fight against his ecclesiastical superiors and would soon resume his priestly functions, with full liberty to continue the advocacy of George’s land theories. This announcement is met by a flat denial front Archbishop Corrigan, who certainly ought to know all the facts. It is probable the Archbishop is right, and the doctor is merely playing one of the tricks he has learned by association with politicians. San Francisco Democrats are anxious that tips next national convention shall be held in their city. If they will make arrange ments to get free passes for the mom here they may possibly have their wish. There is no inducement to long and exhausting journeys like a free pass. The average man will go when equipped in that way whether he wants to or not. CURRENT COMMENT. The Med Elected to Office. From the'Philadelphia Times iDem.) The hloody-sljirt, orators fail to observe that it is the Gordons and not the Jacksons who are elected Governors of Southern States. Shaken In Reckless Fashion. From the Memphis Avalanche (Dem ) Col. Merrill says the Macon howlers commit ted neither treason, burglary, arson nor “In fanticide.” No. but tbe.r pitched that promis ing baby, the “New South,’’ about in rather reckless "fashioni Foraker’s Lying Appeals. From the New York Times (/ltd.) The re election of Gov. Foraker in Ohio would be a misfortune, if for nothing else, for the reckless manner in which he and his managers have been seeking to accomplish it by persistent and lying appeals to sectional fear and hatred. No Hope for Annexation. From the Chicago Tribune (Rep.) If G e F s T—n carries out his threat against Canada and becomes a permanent dweller in that country the Canadians may abandon all hope that the United States will offer any further encouragement to the scheme of annexation. BRIGHT BITS. When a man is up a stump he feels bad. Whan a squirrel is up a stump he feels all right. —Detroit Free Press. “Why, Bobby." said his mother, very much shocked, “where in the world did you hear that expression f” “I heard pa say it when be was putting up the stove this morning,” explained Bobby.— New York Sun. Mb. Lamb (to Wall street man)—What do you think of “Reading," Mr. Wolfe? Mr. Wolfe (Confidentially)— “Reading” is a good purchase: baug up! Mr. Lamb (excitedi—Where can I get some? Mr. Wolfe—l can let you have all you want.— Epoch. Kate—Shall we go by the elevated or Broad way car - Agues—l always go by Broadway car. Kate—But, dear, it is much slower. Agnes—Yes, I know that; but you see, I am a brunette, aud the dark-orange car sets me off best,— Puck. Mr. BumPUs -T saw you taking a horseback ride this morning. Your own horse? Mr. Mumpus No; only a livery hack. “He looked like a very fine charger." “So I thought until I paid the bill. Then the owner of the stable cast him all in the shade.” —Harper's Baza r. The flexibility of the English language is shown in the reply of an Irishman to a man who songht, refuge in his shanty in a heavy shower, and finding it about as wet inside as out. said, "You have quite a pond on the floor." “Yds; shure we have a great lake ib the roof.” --Editors Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for November. \ Wife—l have just been down-town and bought a pitcher. Husband (aghast)—Good heavens! Do you want, to ruiu me? Wife—Why, a cream pitcher only costs a quarter. Husband—Oh, thunder! I thought it was a base ball pitcher. - Detroit Free Press. Young Writer —Have you read my article in the current number Every Other Monthly Re view, Miss Penelope? Miss Penelope—No: that pleasure is still in store for me. i heard papa say, though that he had read it. Young Writer—Did he not think that I treated my subject in a very exhaustive manner? Miss Penelope Yes, I believe he did say some thing about being tired .—Harper's Bazar. First Chicago man— l hear there is to be another bread or blood parade. Second Chicago man—Yes, I have heard about it. "And they are coming right down the street you live on, and may bombard your house.” “I have arranged to prevent that. The pro cession won’t pass my house; they will turn off at the next corner.” “Got a police guard?” “No, I've ereefeda sign there: ‘Men Wanted.’ ” —Omaha World. A little miss of 5, with a good deal of origi nality aud independence in her composition, has a brother-in-law- of whom she is very fond. They are great chums, and it is hard to decide wbether-tne little girl or the man is the most mischievous when they begin their romps. She persists in calling him “my brother.” “Your brother-in-law,” corrected a precise ladv visitor one day. “He’s no la)V to me,” retorted the youngster— a fact so self-evident that it precluded further genealogical explanations.— Harper's Bazar. My son, I would have you ever brave and bold never timid and cowardly; but when a gushing creature in the bloom of youth anil a fetching costume gazes into your eyes, with a dreamy look inhers. aud asks you if it is really true that young gentlemen do sit up half the night with the young ladies to whom they are attentive, and if there is anv foundation for those funny things the papers say about turn ing down the gas, and all that sort o’ thing, you know, then, my son. is the time for you to set your face awayward from that young woman and go tlieueeward with all the speed that you have On hand. Boston Transcript. PERSONAL. Delascey Nicoll was not long ago a reporter in New York. He is about 36 years of age, a vradnate of Princeton and was stroke oar or a Princeton four in 1874. Sir John Pulkston, Knight and Member of Parliamenr, from Wales, is a former resident of Brooklyn, and w as the private secretary of Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. Joe Hurt, of Wyoming Territory, enjoys tho distinction of having in the course of ms life on the frontier killed over 100 hostile Indians, slaughtered 10,000 antelope and about 6,000 buffalo. Joseph Fuller, a seaman in the United States navy, residing at Newburyport Mass., lias been allowed a pension for total blindness from Oct. 27, 1803. The first payment of $13,085 has already been made. John Habbkrton. who has written many stories better t han "Helen’s Babies.” but who is best known as the creator of “Budge" and "Toddy,” lives in a fine old place just outside of New Rochelle, N. Y. The wife of that wicked and witty French man, Max O’Rell, is very popular in London society and a prominent personage at Mrs. Benue's receptions. With her husband she is expected to arrive in this country soon. Henry Irvino declares it to be his belief that a well conducted theatre is as necessary as a free library, and that if the question were put to a vote the majority of the ratepayers in large towns would support such an iustitution. Mas Jefferson Davis is said to have re marked to a gentleman at Macon last week that she never, from the first, believed in the success of the Confederacy in the war, but always told Mr. Davis that defeat was only a matter of time. ( 'hauler Delmonico. who succeeded his father in the management of the famous Delmonico restaurant iu New York, is quietly weeding out the gamblers and other loud-voiced objection able who oqgg threatened to drive his other patrons away. Howard Lee is the youngest office-holder in the United States, He has a place in the Pen sion Office and earns S72U a year for himself and his mother, although he will not be 12 years 'diptill next spring. He was appointed by Presi dent Cleveland’s express order. Henry Irvino ami Kllen Terry occupied a box during Joseph Jefferson’s performance of "Bob Acres"at the "professional matinee" in the Star Theatre. New York, on Thursday. Tile audito rium eonlatnrd fullv I.UOO other actors and actresses, famous and otherwise. Secretary 1-amak is quoted as Raying tho other day to a Senator who is a close personal friend: “I am going out of this office after Con- Svhs convenes, and lam glad of it. I will then i rid of the annoyances and troubles that the < iceupant of the Qfflce necessarily has to con tend with.” The Baroness Burdett-Coutts Is among the people of importance who will visit the United Status this yea*. Mr. Baroness Burdett-Coutts will come with her, but it is doubtful whether bo will introduce liis age. 1 ami distinguished wife lo the numerous disowned relatives he left on this side. The Baroness is now a well-pre served woman of 73. Lx Huso Phi-mi, the Viceroy of China, is 6 feet, tall, (15 years old. well-built, gray arid swarthy; his eyes are dark and piercing and his teeth dark aud uneven. When receiving Amer ican guosts he wears a gray Astrakhan surtout with long, flowing sleeve*, loose silken trousers, felt shoes and a flaring hat with the button of his rank on tho top and a peacock’s feather sticking out behind. Gen. Sir Frederick Midddeton, tho hero of the Kiel rebellion, who was rewarded for bis heroism by knighthood and a grant of $20,000. has reached the age of 1)2 and will lie retired on a pension of $3,700. It is thought that he will lie succeeded by Col. Cameron, a sou-in-law of Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian Minister of Finance, and chief representative of Canada Id the Fisheries Commission. Plantation Philosophy. From the Arkanmw Traveler. Men and wimin is difltunt, but putty much all boys is erlike. It ain't wlmt nr man Is dat makes him happy in disyere vvorl'. It's whut be thinks lie is. Folks may talk ez much ez da please erbout all people bein’ created ekul, but it ain't er tack. lie game chicken's meat is better den de Shanghai's. Ez we git old we kaint do nigh so much work ez we could we’n we wuz young, but it peer like we do it better. De apples on er young trees grows bigger den da on er ole tree, but da ain’t so sweet. It is er mighty hard matter for us to see de bad p'ints in er thief dat is willing ter lend us money, ur de good p'ims in’er hones’ man dat hab fused ter do us a favor, Dar ain't er weaker raskil in dis yere worl’ den human na tur’. The Man, the C.-.t and the Rat. From the Neiv London Day. A man was watching ahalf-grown cat chasing a rat not much smaller than herself. "Sic him!” he cried encouragingly to the kitten. The rat became bewildered, and, in making a dash for liberty, ran up the leg of the man's trousers, and kitty followed suit, but she could not go as far as the rat could, and with sundry struggles, accurately recorded by scratches on the man’s legs, she managed to extricate her self from her strange predicament, and lieeame an Interested and critical spectator of the re mainder of the game, which was confined ex clusively to the man and the rat. It is not neces sary to give a minute account of the tight from this point, but it will suffice to say that, with t he aid of friends, another was eventually added to the list of victories achieved by man over the lower animals. The man is on exhibition in proof of the truth of this story, but the rat has joined the majority. Gen. Gordon’s Wife. From the Columbus (0.) Dispatch. The wife of Gen. Gordon is a woman at whose feet the greatest of earth might bow, and think it an honor. If ever there breathed a noble woman, if ever there lived a devoted wife, that woman and that wife is Mrs. John B. Gordon. From the time her husband entered the war to the day he emerged from its sufferings, its dan gers and its glories, she was ever at his side. In the thick of the battle she was near by to watch him: in his hour of despondency she was there to console and encourage him; in all his awful sufferings she was his faithful nurse and best physician; and in the hours of his triumphs she was the first and last to congratulate and to cheer him. Surely, greater wifely love and de votion than this no angel ever recorded. Truly, to possess such love and devotion is to enjoy Heaven's highest boon. Long may she live to enjoy her brightest reward, her husband s grate ful love; and long may he live to reward her. Tossed the Children Out of a Window. From the New York World. Baltimore, Nov. 4.—Mrs. Vogel, with her two children, occupy the second story of a house on Washington street, this city. About 6 o’clock yesterday morning a coal oil stove in one of the rooms exploded and set fire to the furniture. The arrival of the engines awakened Mrs. Vogel, and when she saw the smoke she screamed, but without waiting to see if any one would respond to her calls clasped her little ones under her arms and rushed to the window, which was open. -Then she kissed them several times in full view of the crowd assembled below, and finally, with a quick movement, she threw the children as far out from the building as her strength would allow. They fell 35 feet. The spectators were horror-stricken, but two of them had presence of mind to rush forward and catch the children before they reached the pavement. But for this they must have been killed, but they escaped without any injury. The frantic mother, after tossing her children to the ground, climbed out upon the sill of the window and was preparing to leap out when those below called to her to stop, as the fire had been extinguished. She paused long enough for a fireman to rescue her. At the Circus. From the Chicago Tribune. We went up to the house of a Western Kansas settler, near where we were camped one night, and had scarcely got in when he said: "You fellers been down along the railroad lately ?" “Yes." “Heard anything ’bout any circus cornin’ this way ?" “Now, you jes’ hold on, William Henry,” broke in his wire; “if I’d skun up the centre pole when the elephant snorted at the last cir cus that was here I wouldn’t say nothing ’bout no more.” “Who dim the centre pole ?" “Youdid, William Henry, when tho elephant breathed hard.” “Well, s’posen I did—l didn’t know nothing nothing ’bout elephants—l don’t take no chances on strange varmints. Anyhow, I didn’t let no candy peddler beat me making change, nor buy no little balloons to shrink up on my hands.” “But you shinned up the pole!” “And you took a quarter an' a short bit for forty-five cents!” “You got scart of an elephant!" “You let a boy not more’n thirteen beat you!” “You was a ooward!” “You was a dum fool!” Then we told them the circus season was over, anyhow, and there was peace again. A Postmaster Who Was Slandered. From the Chicago Tribune. “Give me five two-cent stamps,” I said, as I presented myself at the general delivery of the post office in a small Wyoming town. The post master laid aside a large jack knife and a pine stick and said: "Hey?” “Two-cent stamps—five of ’em.” “We ain’t had a two-cent stamp in the house for a month,” he replied. “Give me ones, then.” "Sold the last one a week ago.” “Anything that will stick, then; flve-cent, one cent—anything.” "We never kep’ nothin’ but ones and twos since I been runnin’ the office.” “Got any postal cards?” “No: sold the last one to Hank Reed last night.” " Your stock hardly seems as complete as it might be." "No, the layout is all run down. I Tow I’ll have to order some post office truck ’fore long. I got three kinds of plug terbacker. some lug hats, forty-four an’forty five ca’tridges, spurs with jiuglers on ’em, and all that kind o’ stuff if you should want anything of that kind. An’ say, hold on, I can fix you on this mail business, too! I got a slough of one-cent wrappers—sell you a dozen of ’em fer a short bit air you can write oil the wrong side of ’em and sorter fold ’em up an’ they’ll go all right, I reckon!” I told hinAhat i didn't waut to write so badly as I did. and started out, when he called me back and added: "Say, Bill Somers is cir'latin’ a pertition 'round to have me removed an’ himself app inted to this ’ere office, blit don't you sign it, don't you have nothin’ to do with it! The iiertition goes to say that I don't ’tend to the bus'ness of the office properly, an’ it’s a (turned lie, sir, that's what it is! If it. said I was a offen sive part san I wouldn’t ’a’ cared, 'cause 1 do git petty zealous at Territorial conventions sometimes, but when it says I don’t do my duty by the office it hits my business standin' an’ I’m going to fight it!” When the Frost is on the Punkin. When the frost Is on the punkin and the fod der’s in the shock. And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the stnittin’ turkey cock. And the clackin’ of the guineysand the cluckin’ of the hens, And the rooster hallylooler as he tiptoes on the fence; O, it’s then the times a feller is feeling at his best, With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest, As he leaves the house bareheaded and goes out to feed the stock, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. They’s something kind o’ hearty-like about the atmosphere When the heat of summer's over and the coolin’ fall is here Of course, we miss the flowers and the blos soms on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin-birds an’ buz zin’ rf the bees; But the air's so nppetizin’, and the landscape through the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning of the early au tumn dnys Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin' to mock— When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. The husky, rusty rustle of the tassels of the corn, And the raspin of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn: The stubble in the furries—kind o’ lonesome like, but still A-preachin’ sermons to us of the barns they growed to fill; The st raw-stack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed; The bosses iu their stall below—the clover over head O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, When the frost, is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. James WarrcoMß Rii.it. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Efforts are being made to raise funds to build a large hotel at Gettysburg to cost not less thau SiUO,OUO. The season at Newport grows longer every year, so that the winter colony has become an important contingent. An estimate places the money spent at Bar Harbor, Me., the past season, by non-residents of the State, at 5884,400. A coal famine threatens Cincinnati on ac count of the lowness of the Ohio river and the consequent inability to navigate coul barges. Lord Wolseley has written a letter asking British employers to give preference to mem bers of the reserve and to discharged soldiers when choosing their employes. The truly good Yazoo, Miss., Delta-Review is responsible for the following: "A pony threw a hoy yesterday on the street, and while he was in the uir he kicked a bottle of whisky out of his pocket.” The “American Firm” is the name of an as sociation of American thieves, who are said to have recently committed a series of mysterious robberies in London. The firm not long since got away with £3,000 in Bank of England notes which have been found in circulation ou the Continent. “Old Zion,” the first, brick Methodist Episco pal church built in lowa, is located in Burliug ton, and has recently been transformed into a theatre, and in the house of which was once heard fervent exhortations and prayer and songs of devotion and praise, is now heard the jokes of negro minstrelsy and the songs of the comic opera. A man well-known in St. Louis has, the doc tors say, a heart forced to the right side and greatly displaced, and the liver to the left. The lungs are compressed, and the stomach badly crowded, but the ribs and sternum being firmly set, the position is permanent. He has been so since boyhood, and, with the exception of his Irregular form, is a perfectly healthy man. Con sumption or pneumonia, would be sure death, they say. A rare fish, the opah or kingfish, has been caught off the Yorkshire coast. The specimen measured four feet three inches in length, and is said to be the most beautiful in color and form of any fish that inhabits the North Sea. The body is blue and black and bronze, studded with silver stars; the fins are vermilion, and the iris of the eves white. The fish has been preserved and added to a collection of natural history specimens at Grimsby. What promised to be an interesting lawsuit has just been settled in Indiana by compromise. The State sued the Western Union Telegraph Company for $1,900 for failing to report its prop erty for taxation in 1887. The company’s de fense was that the tax levied by the State was a trespass upon the province of interstate com merce. No taxes, it is said, lias been paid the State by the co i pany since IRBO, and the terms of the compromise were that the seven year's arrearages should be refunded. The Chicago Hail has learned that an enter prising man in Chicago proposes to procure tin boxes just large enough to hold an ordinary sandwich, piece of pie. a flask of coffee and a Chinese napkin. He will fill a light wagon with them, and at a certain hour -the lunch hour will deliver to his patrons a box and contents for the sum of 15e. He says his scheme is work ing; that he has secured over 300 subscribers on State and Dearborn streets. As rapidly as his business increases he will put on more wagons. Experts say that curtains and fine laces can be made of malleable iron or steel. At the Cen tennial Exhibition a piece of steel rolled by a mill in Pittsburg was so thin that it weighed less than a book leaf and could be blown off the hand easier than paper the same size. The sheets for steel lace will be rolled down to a low gauge and the patterns pressed into them. The lace can be made light or heavy, and is suitable for ladies' aud children's underwear, and per haps for trimming hats, wraps and dresses. The Ex-King of Oude, who lately died at Cal cutta, was as particular about neatness and cleanliness as the proverbial Dutch housewife. If when walking in his gardens, he found astray bird's feather among the flowers or a few straws or withered leaves lying about he would flue the gardener and the watchman of the day three days’ pay. The same penalty was inflicted on any indoor servant who left a speck of dust or a scrap of litter about the palace, where floors, walls, and furniture were being cleaned and dusted ail day long, r There is a man of Indian descent named }*ickett Nelson, living in Essex county, Vir ginia, who is a veritable giant, being over 7 feet in height and weighing 340 pounds. His out stretched arms measure seven feet four inches from the finger tips: from his wrist to the end of his middle finger is twelve inches. His foot is fourteen and a half inches long and he wears a No. 18 shoe, his lasts being necessarily hand made. He can easily lift 500 pounds, is about 25 years old, is quiet and even diffident in manner, and works at a saw mill in Essex. The Princess Bismarck is said to be a frugal housewife. Speaking to a friend shortly after a man in Posen had left her husband, the Prince, 2,000 marks, about SSOO, she said: "I am so glad Bismarck got the money just this tune when he needs a good steady horse to ride. He always refused to buy one on the ground that he couldn't afford it. But I told him to use the 2,000 marks for the purpose. It comes in handy, doesn't it?” He has an income of $125,000 a year, and is frequently the recipient of legacies from patriotic admirers in every part of Ger many. From 8,000 to 10,000 gallons of blood a day are used in making buttons in a large factory in Bridgeport, near Chicago. About 100 men and boys are employed in the factory. The blood must tie fresh beef blood. A Mr. Hirsh was the first to introduce the business, some .years ago, and is now immensely wealthy. Much of the blood evaporates in the process of drying, but the pure albumen remains. Blood sheets are used by cloth manufacturers for “setting” the color in calico goods. These sheets, broken up, will make buttons, earrings, breastpins, belt clasps, combs, and even door knobs. There are a number of “blood” utilizing factories in England, and a blood doorknob factory in Tren ton, N. J. Practical long distance telephoning is now only a matter of a few months. New York City is now connected with Philadelphia, and before the month is out connection will be made with Boston, 300 miles distant. Service will be opened by Jail, 1 to Albany, N. Y., and thence rapidly along the line of the New York Central railway to Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago and Cin cinnati. The rental for an instrument connect ing with Philadelphia is SIOO a month, and to Boston will cost S2OO per month. The wires for the service are of a large size and high insula tion. The company which is bringing the new system into use is the American Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York City. The subscribers will have the right, of course to communicate with all intermediate cities and towns. A fenny story is told about Mr. Blaine in Vi enna. He was on the steps of the Opera and saw one whom he thought was his valet, De Place, giving his ovcrc at to a stranger. With great dexterity he grabbed at the coat and told the stranger to let go. The stranger was H. J Cullen, of Brooklyn, who was going to the opera I accompanied by his courier. Cullen held on and joHingly remarked that he was a good Dein ocrat, but he did not think Blaine was bad i enough to try to take the coat of a compatriot whom he met in strange land Blaine was I mystified.but nevertheless held on and upbraided both Cullen and the courier until his daughter I assured him that be had made a mistake and i that his valet was waiting faithfully on the out 1 side. The valets resembled each other and the I coats were very much alike. Oi-r jovial ancestors in England had merry, conceited jests, wags that they were. One of these jests was the frog tnug, or, as it is called in the North the “puddock mug.” Deep in the hollow of a beer mug, more or less higlily deco rated outside, the effigy of a frog or toad, mod elled to the size and tinted to the color of life was to be seen. The mug, filled with hunlming ale, was presented to a victim, who deeply drank; when reluctantly he withdrew his lips to draw the usual deep breath of satisfaction and gazing into the tnug to see what further de light was in store, he saw the tdd tons reptile head peering up at him, and the body as if in the act to leap. The mugs were made very strong, so that when the frightened victim dropped them to t he lioor they should not break and interrupt the joy of the Jokers. When the grave of an old Viking tvas opened recently his skeleton showed that he had been laid to face the setting sun. He had worn a w oollen sureoat edged with a frilling of gold and buckled at the neck with a golden clasp His belt was of stamped leather fastened by two golden buckles. Over his lap was his shield round, two feet across, with the underside of wood and the outer bronze, with a rim of iron Jits hands were placed across his shield as ir to clasp it to his breast, and on them had lieen bracelets of bronze with serrated edges and a rim of gilded silver. IDs two-edged sword of Iron thirty Inches long and sheathed in wood lav at his side, anil close at hand was a dagger of iron and a barbed javelin. To the right of his feet was a bucket such as the Saxons car ria^ < aihig I sljjel(i, HhiPS ’ ° f **“** BAKING POWDER. WE ! 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