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4 f|c looming |lctus Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. Morning News is published every tlnv in fhe year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on tbeir own ac count. at 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 tor one year. The Morning News, bu mail , one month, $1 00: three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; ©De year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 one year, $8 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three mouths, $1 2o; six months. $2 50; one year. $5 00 The Sunday News, by one year. $2 no. The Weekly News, by mail , one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Repiit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This 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, fra.” Advertising rates made kuown on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Pulaski Loan Association; Golden Rule Lodge, No. 12,1. O. O. F.; Merchants’ and Mechanics' Loan Association; Teutonia Division No. 3, K. of P. Special Notices —As to Crew of British Steam ships Fern Holme, and Chiswick; Bills against British Steamship Elpis; State and County Taxes 1887; Fine Lunch at Graham's. Amusements —Grand Wrestling Match, by John Muhier and Tom McCarthy. Steamship Schedules —General Transatlantic Cos.; Ocean Steamship Cos. Auction Sale—Damaged Cotton by I. D. La- Roehe's Sons. Watch This Space. Legal Notice—Application to Sell Real Es tate. Cheap Column Advertisements-Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Strayed; Miscellaneous. The National Opera Company is on the road. One cannot help wondering in what respect the company is American, when few of its members call speak English and its music is Italian. It is something of a fraud, no matter how well it presents its pieces. How are the mighty fallen! John P. St. John, once Governor of Kansas and candi date for President, is spoken of by President Brown, of Highland University, himself an ardent Prohibitionist, as "the most despised man in Kansas.” Here is another warning to men not to talk too much. A citizens’ committee of Philadelphia offered rewards aggregating SIO,OOO for the detection of illegal voting in that city yes terday. This was intended to deter repeaters, and shows to what extent former elections have been corrupt. It is to be hoped that it had a wholesome effect. Members of Congress who are in Wash ington are unanimous in the opinion that Mr. Carlisle will be re-elected Speaker, and that Thoebe’s contest will be promptly dis missed. This Republican trick to annoy and embarrass the Democrats is so shallow that it will not hurt the latter to brush it out of the way as summarily as possible. The British Fish Commissioners evidently appreciate the fact that they are spending public money, and intend to live in grand style while in thiscountry. They have hired a suite of thirty rooms in the Arlington, Washington, with private dining room, etc. From present indications, they will waste a great deal of time and trouble, as well as money. Though he still claims to be a good Catholic, Dr. McGlynn evidently does not believe the Bible was divinely inspired. He said in a speech the other night that had "Progress and Poverty”; been written as long ago as was the Bible it would now be held in the same high regard. It may be, however, that he thinks George one of the prophets. The arrival of another steamship from Italian ports at New York, with a large number of passengers and all perfectly healthy, would seem to indicate that the precautions taken on the other side are greater or that the cholera is decreasing in virulence. Great care should be exercised, however, to prevent the introduction of the dread disease in this country. It has often been pointed out that it is in the highly protected industries that work men seem most discontented and labor troubles most often occur. This fact is emphasized by the outbreak on the Louis iana sugar plantations, which it has required the rifles of soldiers to suppress. Sugar making is one of the very few agricultural industries which is “benefited” by the tariff. The reporter of the Chicago Herald who was sent into the Wisconsin pineries to write up the facts about the terrible dens into which so many young girls have been lured from Chicago and other cities, has disap peared, and it is feared has been murdered. Those capable of the crimes with which the keepers of these dens are charged would not hesitate to dispose of him in that way if they could do so safely. At the present rate of progress in the formation of “trusts" there will soon be nothing produced in this country the price of which is not set by a monopoly. The latest addi tions to the list are the paper bag and school slate trusts. The farmers cannot form a trust of their own, but they will take it into their heads to smash all the others some day, and will do It by pushing a few bricks, or as many as may be necessary, from the top of the tariff wall. One of Foraker’s expressions in a public speech was; “I want to see more blood sprinkled on the flag.” In its former bap tism none of the blood was Foraker's, more’s the pity. If he had contributed a quart or two it would, perhaps, have cooled his fever, and he would not now be longing for a repetition of the scenes of 1881-115. Just imagine the antics the radical papers would cut should even an obscure Southern Demo crat utter in a public speech a sentiment so unpatriotic as that quoted. Minnesota must be a wonderful country, or else there is a journalist up there who is determined to get money enough to leave by making huge drafts in his imagination for material for specials to Eastern news papers. Closely following the announce ment of rich gold fields and inexhaustible stores of natural gas comes an account of a lake of yellow oil, full of little fishes an inch or two long. Is it possible that this wonderful story is nothing more than a de scription in the florid Western style of the box of sardines from which the reporter was eking out his lunch of crackers I Our Port Obstructions. A good many of our business men who are capable of placing the best interest; of our city above their own private interests entertain the opinion that our port charges are too high, and that our quarantine regu lations are not based upon that intelligence which is necessary for the promotion of our commercial interests as well as the protection of our city against the introduction of in fections and contagious diseases. In view of the fact that our city must depend for its support and prosperity upon commerce our commercial facilities should lie as great as we can possibly make them without expos ing ourselves to danger. We have already a harbor which accommodates vessels hav ing a draft of twenty-one feet, and there is reasonable ground for expecting that within a very few years it will be so improved that vessels drawing twenty-eight foet will reach our wharves. Our city already occupies a very prominent commercial position, and is steadily grow ing in importance. As its harbor is im proved, its commerce, if not too heavily burdened, must increase. The complaint is made that our port charges are much heavier than those of other South Atlantic ports, or those of the Gulf ports, and that vessels avoid this port when they can get cargoes elsewhere. Is this complaint well founded, or is it a com plaint which interested parties in every port make? The city authori ties ought to take notice of it and if it is not a true one they should make such a showing as would si lence it. If it is true they should set about finding ways for removii g the ground for it. We can stand just as heavy port charges as the ports with which we come into competition, but not heavier. The quarantine regulations have always been a subject of complaint, and always will lie as long as thev exist. Even those who find fault with them admit the neces sity for them. Those whose interests are affected will find fault with them whether they are wise or unwise. Ti£.rf*g illations, therefore, must be such as are approved by public sentiment, and public sentiment will approve those which offer no obstructions to commerce which the safety of the public health permit to be removed. Are our present regulations of this kind? It is alleged that they are not. Our port is virtually closed six months in the year against certain ports with which we have commer cial relations, although such ports may not be afflicted with any dangerous disease. It is also a question whether it is necessary to detain vessels so long as our regulations re quire in cases where they have been a long time on the sea and there is every reason to believe that they are in [a thoroughly healthy condition. Would it not be advisable for the Sanitary Board to revise the regulations, and, in do ing so, remove such burdens from com merce as can be removed without endanger ing the public health ? The regulations are the same for most of the South Atlantic ports and yet, if reports which And their way into the public prints are correct, they are not enforced at all the ports where they are alike. The ports which disregard them have advantages over those which do, and commerce is quick to feel these advantages. There is as much danger where the quarantine is not enforced as where there is no quarantine at all, because, relying upon quarantine, there is an ab sence of that watchfulness on the part of the people which would exist if there were no quarantine. Before next May the authorities should consider this quarantine question carefully, with the view of deter mining whether the quarantine regulations are, all things considered, the best for the city that can be adopted. A Lesson for the Convict Lessees. The Governor's decision in the case of the penitentiary companies that wore charged with treating convicts inhumanly will be generally approved. The law gives the Governor the power to impose a fine upon the companies for violating their contracts, or to cancel the contracts. He finds that the contracts have been violated, and reaches the conclusion that the best inter ests of the State will be served bv requiring the two companies to pay into the State Treasury $2,500 each. If, however, the companies refuse to pay the fine their con tract will be cancelled, and the convicts will be leased to other parties. In view of the fact that this is the first time that the lessees have been called to ac count for their failure to comply strictly with their contracts, the punishment in flicted upon them is sufficiently severe. The Governor gives them fair warning, however, that future violations of their contracts will not be dealt with so leniently. It is to be regretted that it was not known at the time the investigation was held that John Walsh, a life convict from thiscounty, had escaped. An inquiry into the circum stances of his escape might have developed some fact that would have induced the Gov ernor to make the punishment of the lessees so severe that they would take greater pre cautions to prevent the escape of convicts. Now that the lessees know that the Gov ernor has the nerve to protect the interests of the State in matters relating to the con victs, they will lie more careful to comply with the law. There is no doubt that many of the complaints against the lease system are not about abuses that are inseparable from the system, but of abuses that are the result of a failure to comply strictly with the laws of the State. A few heavy fines will have a wholesome effect. The Elections. The election returns received up to 1 o’clock this morning are favorable to the Democrats. They indicate that the Demo cratic ticket is elected in New York by a majority of from 10,000 to 15,000, and that Henry George, who is at the head of the United Labor party, will not poll as large a vote in the whole State as he did in the city of New York last spring when he ran for Mayor. In Virginia the Democrats are certain to retain control of the Legislature, the Coali tionists showiug no gains. In Ohio the Republicans appear to have made some gains, but it will bo impossible to determine whether they have or not until the returns are pretty nearly all in. In the other States the returns are so meagre that it is impossible to determine whether there are any important changes in the relative positions of the parties since the last State elections in these States. Strict party discipline may sometimes produce “bosses,” but after watching the wild campaign of noise and vituperation in New York, where half a dozei. tickets were in the field and every newsjiaper was a free lance, it would seem to the on-looker that even a semi-respectable boss were better thau such license. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1887. Fires in Cotton Cargoes. The London and Liverpool papers are i showing a great deal of interest in the fires that have occurred this season in cotton cargoes. They have articles based upon the judgment given by the Wreck Commis sioner in the case of the steamship City of Montreal, which was burned at sea last August while on a voyage between New York and Liverpool with a cargo of cotton. The London Times in commenting upon the fire that destroyed that vessel, says that the commissioner arrived at no conclusion with respect to the cause of the lire, but expressed the opinion that, the cot ton was not so packed on board ns to prevent the spread of the fire. The Times calls attention to all the alleged causes, so frequently discussed, of fires in cotton cargoes, and takes occasion to say that there is very little to support the spontaneous combustion theory. The Globe, in commenting on the same subject, says that the spontaneous combustion theory is considered to be quite untenable. It also says that the most weighty part of the judgment in the case of the steamship City of Montreal "is that dealing with the American method of packing cotton for transportation by sea,” and assumes that this method goes far “to account for the exceptional number of fires on board of vessels so freighted.” Con tinuing, the Globe says: “So carelessly and insufficiently are the American bales made up, that it is quite common for a portion of the contents to work out. The ends of the bales are, it is stated, very frequently uncovered, whilethe rest has .such a flimsy covering that the cotton often protrudes. Nor is this all, the steel bands which hold the bales together are liable to burst and fly off, leaving the contents in a loosened condition. When this happens, it only needs for some spark to fall on the cotton to produce an almost inextinguishable conflagration. “If the American bales were packed as securely as those which come from India, the danger of fire would be very greatly minimized. Both assessors who assisted the Wreck Commissioner in the investigation affirmed, from their personal knowledge of Indian bales, that a spark falling upon one of them would be very unlikely to ignite. The upshot, therefore, seems to be that the main cause for the number of fires on board cotton ships is faulty packing for the sake of petty saving.” In India the press used for compressing cotton is quite different from that of this country, and the bales present a very differ ent appearance. The bales in India are smaller and much more solidly packed. None of the cotton is exposed. The press in use in India is known as the “(Cyclone,” and it is asserted by Mr. Janies Watson, who represents that press, that the bales it turns out are never burned from any cause. This assertion seems to be sustained from the quotations from the Globe. The loss from fires in cotton cargoes has been large within the last few years, and it is worthy of notice that in some years fires of this character appear to become epidemic. From the London Times and other sources it is learned that within the last five years forty-six ships carrying cotton cargoes have been burned. Of this number twenty-six were in American ports, seven in English ports and thirteen at sea. Mr. Chamberlain's Arrival. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain having arrived, it is probable that the commissioners ap pointed to settle the fishery question will soon begin their work. A good deal of fault has been found with Mr. Chamberlain, both in this country and in Canada, as one of the commissioners, but as there is no probability that the En glish government will recall him or pay any attention to the opposition to him, there is no use in further discussing his fitness for the position which he has l>een chosen to fill. It will not be denied that he is a man of ability, and that he is fully capable of grappling with the difficulties of the question which he is to assist in settling. Whether he will enter upon the work before him with a sincere determination to dispose of it in a way that will maintain the harmonious relations be tween this country and England, or will throw obstacles in the way of a satisfactory adjustment with the view of effecting cer tain results in English politics, is a question which time alone can determine. The fact that he entertains views not fa vored by a large portion of the people of this country upon issues which separate parties in England does not of itself ren der him unfit to be a member of a commis sion appointed to settle the fishery trouble. If it were proposed to negotiate a treaty for a commercial union the objections to him would be very strong, because he has very lately expressed his opposition to such a union, but as the commission, as far as known, has no such purptse in view it is unnecessary to consider him in connec tion witii that subject. Up to the present time his appointment on the commission has not lieen considered a fortunate one, and that opinion will doubtless continue to be enter tained until he shows by his course that it does him an injustice. The general desire is that the commission shall agree upon a settlement that will be acceptable to this country and to England and Canada. The failure to reach an agree ment might be followed by a rupture of the peaceful relations between this country and Great Britain. Such a condition of affairs would be greatly regretted by the great mass of the people of both countries. The New York Tribune asserts that the custom house officers, without distinction of party, have been heavily assessed for the benefit of the Democratic campaign fund, and that they are avowed to recoup their assessments by levying contributions on passengers whose baggage they handle. The Tribune, of course, condemns the assessment, but it is especially angry because llepublicaus are not given as fair a chance to rob passengers as are Democrats. Perhaps Collector Magone takes the relative skill in the busi ness of the old and new men Into considera tion. Dr. Parkhurst, the venerable astronomer, has discovered that the man in the moon is not a man, but a woman, and he has her photograph, which shows her to be young and very good-looking. Under the circum stances, the professor's wife will hardly be jealous when she finds fair Luna’s picture in his pocket. Rev. Dr. Parker lost in his oratorical con test with Rev. Mr. Berry for the Plymouth pulpit, but he is meeting with success on his Western lecturing tour, and will probably go home loaded down with American dol lars. In this fact he will doubtless find much consolation. CURRENT COMMENT. Whether They Hang or Not. Froth the'Baltimore American (Rep.) Whatever action is taken in the Anarchist cases by Gov. Oglesby, it is safe to say that the backbone of the red-flaggers is broken. They now know that the government is in earnest, and that, from this time out, no mercy will be shown any ot them if they violate the laws of the country. The Rival Canal Schemes. From the Baltimore Herald (Ind.) Count De Lessens has set Feb. 3, 1890, as the date on which the Panama canal will tie open for navigation. It looks as if the Nicaragua canal will lie iu active operation about that time, while De Lesseps or his successor is hopelessly floundering in bankruptcy and the muu of the Chagres river. BRIGHT BITS. "Took long steps, my cbeild,” said Solomon Isaacs; * ‘yoti von't vear oud your shoes nearly so qvick.” —Detroit Free Press Now the base oall umpire takes a rest, and the strong language applied to him through the summer months is given to the opposition can didate. —Boston (ilobe. "Look yeah, ’Dolphus, have you begun layin' up money for your turkey?” "Lavin' up money for turkey'. Well, you are a bright niggah! ('spects to lay up de money after I'se done sole ’em ."—Burlington Free Press. There w as an old woman of Saye, Her husbands respective did die, She remarked <and 'twas true), The Lord's taken a few. And so long as be takes them will I. —London Truth. “This is a cold, cold world,” sighed a young man as he stopped aimlessly in front of a De troit clotbing store the other day. “Dot vos so, mein friend,” replied the pro prietor, who was standing in the doorway, “but ulsters vas cheap as dirt!"— Detroit Fee Press. “What did you marry my son for?” fiercely demanded an old gentleman of a clergyman who had just united his runaway scapegrace in the holy Loud*. ‘Two dollars, sir,” meekly replied the dom inie, “to be charged to you.”— Binglutmton Re publican. Little Ruth sat at table and heard each re mark made as the plates were passed. One wanted a •‘small piece.” another “a very little,” etc. When it came her turn she reached her plate out eagerly toward the coveted food. 'Til take too much, if ’oo please, papa,” she said, with naive sincerity.— Detroit Fee Press. This visit reminded me of an amusing incident which occurred in this city many years ago. A wag introduced a companion to Judge , now the Nestor of the Albany liar, as “Judge Lagrange." A few minutes afterward .1 mice quietly asked the gentlemen who bad made the introduction of what court Judge Lagrange was. "Oh,” responded the wag, “of no court no court. He is a judge of whisky.”—Albany Knickerbocker. Husband (at breakfast) —I had an awful dream last night, dear. Wife—What whs it, John? Husband—l dreamed that your mother was out riding and the horses ran aw ay. Just as they approached a I rightful precipice, with a sheer declivity of 500 feet— Wife (pale faced! - Ob. John, that was awful! Husband I woke up and found it all a dream. It was simply terrible ’.—New York Sun. Wife—l was so amused in church this morn ing. When the plate was passed to that pert little Miss Smith she hastily pm tier hand in her pocket and then shook her head and turned as ted as Are. She had evidently forgotten to bring any change, sue looked awfully mortified, and 1 was glad of it. Husband—What was the text’ Wife—ii was from Matt hew “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” Mr. Goodman was unusually ef fective.— Epoch. It is going to be expensive to wear a full faced society shirt facade this winter. Less starch has been made in the United States this yeaF than during any former season for thirty years. Down in Aroostook, "the 'taters they were small” and the starch manufacturers turned eut only about one quarter of their usual product. N(Nn tile first thing we know, some body will have a corner in starch and we poor people will have to ahandon the customary rigidity ot our thoracic armor and content our sclvea with only a stiff upper lip.—Springfield Union In a Quandary.—Three or four days ago a man living near Vincennes, Ind., came to Detroit in searcli of his runaway wife. He was quite serene over his loss, saying he didn't w r ant to make the police any particular trouble about it, but if they could locate her as well as not, he would reciprocate the favor whenever it came handy. Oho of the detectives located the faith less spouse in a boarding house on Lafayette street, ami the husband started up there with him. were quite half way when he sud denly halted and said: “Why, she ran away with a man?” “Of course." “Andhe's here with her?” “Certainly Both are at the house.” “Welt! well!—Just wait and let me think it over a little. How shall 1 act in the case? Is it my duty to shake hands with him and ask him why he done it, or jump on his collar as soon as the door is open? What is the usual way of acting under the circumstances, anyhow?”— Detroit Free Press. PERSONAL. Stanley Brown, tbe young gentleman who is engaged to Miss Garfield, has entered upon a course of study at Heidelberg. Thf, best friend President Cleveland has, next to his wife, of course, is no less a person than his mother in-law, Mrs. Folsom. “Sunset" Cox says he would not have the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Com mittee if it were offered to Him. THuGaikwarof Baroda arrived at his hotel in Paris accompanied by bis mother, 8 wives, ■lO servants' and 800 pieces of baggage. Rev. Ur. Edward Everett Hale, in his lec ture on "The Human Washington.’’ says he lielieves the hatchet aud-cherry-tree story to be true. Samuel Brannon, once the richest man in San Francisco, is now 1 vine In a cheap lodging house in that city, with hardly a dollar in the world. Ball-tosses O'Rourke, of the New York club, was admitted to the New Haven (Conn.) liar on Saturday. He pxpects to practice at Bridgeport, where he lives. The illness of Emperor William is causing more anxiety than is allowed to appear on t!i surface. 'lt is generally recognized that tiie old Emperor's death will he a sudden one. The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in- Chief of tiie British army, is a big. burly, red faced old mail, the image of his grandfather, Ueorge 111. He has been fifty years in the English Ouards. Lord Lytton was described by an English writer at the time his lordship was viceroy of India, as tjic man with the appearance of an Italian organ grinder and the morals of his (the grinder's) monkey. Hoodlfr J6hn Keenan, of New York, who is now in Montreal “for his health," has an estate valued at jAWi.OOO in the city which lie deserted. It is now being managed by a personal friend and agent named Dougherty. Purino his lecture at Cincinnati Saturday Rev. Joseph Parker paid a compliment to Mr. Gladstone and was enthusiastically ap plauded. At his suggestion a congratulatory cablegram Wag forwarded to “the grand old man. John O. Fremont is 74 years old. aiid is gathering materials for a history of his life, to lie written by himself and his wife. His snowy white hair and whiskers are as neatly kept as w ere Ills blonde locks in the days when he stole the heart ef pretty Jessie Benton in spite of her father's protests. Sin Henry It aikes. Premier of New South Wales, landed as an impoverished young man at .Melbourne. lie began his career in the great English coloni as a maker of toys. His origin was humble, but his energy has given him a position which virtually controls at erything in his adopted country. JosEl'H Chamhbiii.ain, M. P., is 51 years of age. At fft years of age he retire 1 from the screw making ffldtory. founded by his father, with an income of 3 WO.OOO a year. He has been married twice. Wit is now a widower. He belongs to wbatiii England is called the "upper middle class," ami In religious faith is a Uni tarian. He is above medium height, well built, with dark gray eyes and short whiskeis. He dresses well and stares through a single eyeglass. Sio. NiCOI.INI. in speaking of his wife, Adelina Patti, says: 'Her first husband, the Marquis de Caux, tv a; a gentleman of the firs 1 water, with all the virtues and weaknesses of such a one. That the union was an unhappy one is largely Adelina Patti's fault. Other artists who marry aristocrats continue to play comedy in their private fife, and amuse themselves with repre senting princesses, countesses and baronesses. Adelina Patti, however, is, even off of the stage, t he warm-blooded Croat ure slieis on it, and could. therefore, never become used to her mar quiaute.” CURIOUS ENOUGH. How the Number 13 Ran Through the Life of Richard Wagner. From the American Musician. Wagner was born in 1813, and died on the 13th of the month. There are thirteen letters in his name, and the sum of the figures in 1813 equals thirteen. The full date of his death was the 13th day of the second month in 1883; it makes thirteen twice, viz: First thirteen, and again 2xßx3- 13. He composed just thirteen works. His first and determining impression in favor of a dramatic career was formed on the filth of the month. He was influenced in his choice emphatically by hearing Weber's ’‘Freischutz,” and by Wilhelmino Schroe der Devriciit. The latter went on the stage Oct. 18, 1819, and “Freischutz” was completed May 13, 1829, and first performed in Dresden, Wagner's home, 1822 (1x8x2x8—18). Weber died in Wagner's filth year. Wagner's first public appearance as a musical personage dates from the year he entered the beipsin University as a student of music—lß3l (Ixßx3xl —18). The stage at Riga, where he became director was opened Sept fi), 1837, and he there began the the composition of “Rlenzi." which he completed in Paris in 1840 (Ixßx4—l3). April 13, 1845, ho completed “Tannhauser,’ and it was performed in Paris March 13, 1881, and Aug. 13, 1878. he began the first of his Bayreuth dramas. Sept. 13, 1882, was Wagner’s last day at Bayreuth before leaving for Venice. He saw Liszt for the last time in Venice Jan 13, 1883, and he died Fell. 13, in the 13th year of the new German Confederation. A Study from the Nude. From Frith's Reminiscences. A female model was the sitter and was placed with her back to the students, half leaning, half reclining, in an attitude full of grace. I had ar rived late, and was compelled to take the only vacant seat at the end of the semicircle from which I had a view of the model's profile. The face was new to me; the attitude seemed an easy one. I was therefore surprised to see tears slowly falling down the model's cheek. I thought 1 ought to draw the attention of the visitor to the fact, and did so. “Oh, no!” said Mr. Jones; “she can't be in pain; no. 1 think I know what distresses her. Take no notice. Go on with your work. The next night the sitting was repeated, but the tears were not, and I thought little more about the matter A few months after this a very modest respectable looking giri was sent to me by a friend as a model, and I engaged her at once for a picture I had just commenced. I found the girl was the daughter of a tailor in a very small way of busi ness, and that she was in every particular a thoroughly respectable person. It was not until after two or three sittings, and on looking again at her profile, that it struck me that I had seen the tears coursing each other down It in the Life School. ‘‘Surely. Miss B , I cannot be mistaken; you sat for Mr. Jones at the Royal Academy?" She blushed terribly, and the tears came again. “ Now tell me why you did such a thing?” “ I did it.” she said, “to prevent my father going to prison. He owed £3 10s., and if he couldn’t have paid it by that Saturday nipht he was to be arrested. The Academy paid me 3 guineas for the week, and saved him. I never sat in that way before, and I never will again;” and I believe she never did. She is at the present time in a position of life far beyond anything she could have aspired to. She is a mother and a grandmother, and no one has any idea that she sat for the nude figure to save her father from prison. They Could Be His Guests, but Not Pay Him. From the Court Journal. A good stoiw is told of Mr. de Keyser, the newly elected Lord Mayor of London, who has a large hotel on the Thames embankment. It is a rule that no dinners or refreshments of any kind shall be served to persons who are not staying in the house. It seems, however, that under the Licensing act, any one has pow er, in defiance of this rule, to order refreshments at any licensed house, and, in default of serving them the landlord is liable to a heavy penalty. Some time ago two gentlemen v'ent into the Royal Hotel and ordered dinner. Asked as to the" number of their rooms, they declared them selves strangers, and were told the rule of the house; but they pleaded the act, and insisted upon being served. Their legal rights were not disputed, and after consuming an elaborate dinner and ex pensive wines they asked for the bilL There upon Mr. de Keyser made his appearance, and told them no bill would be forthcoming; they could insist upon being served, but they could not insist upon his taking payment for the meal, a proceeding which he utterly declined. He had received them as guests, and by so doing kept his rule unbroken. Mr. de Keyser. who is a man of very courteous manner, explained his views with much pleasant humor and the epi sode ended amicably. A Desirable Mother-In-Law. From the Roston Courier. She—James, I am willing to become your wife, but I wish it to be distinctly understood that if I marry you mother is to make her home with us. He—Live with ns always? She—Undoubtely, James. I cannot desert her. She was all the friend I had until I met you. She must come to live with us. He—Well, er She—But she will not be a burden upon us, James. She has about $7,000 a year from the dividends on her shares in the Old Colony. He—And you want her to live with us when we are mariicd? She—l do, James. Ha—Certainly, my darling Seven thousand a year from dividends! Gracious! Sadie, she shall live with us. She shall be respected and admired by her son-in-law. Sadie, I always ad mired your mother. She is one of the noblest, one of the most kindly and affectionate women I ever saw. She—Then that is settled, James? He—Settled, Sadie, you bet. She shall come and live with us the moment we are married. She—Oh, James, you are so kind. He—Don't mention it, Sadie. Don't mention it. I hope I have a soul in me. Your mother shall come to our house and she shall have a home there as long as she lives. The Ship. A king, a pope, and a kaiser, And a queen—most fair was she— Went sailing, sailing, sailing. Over a sunny sea. ' And amid them sat a beggar, A churl of low degree; And they all went sailing, sailing. Over the sunny sea. And the king said to the kaiser And his comrades, fair and free, "Let us turn adrift this beggar, This churl of low degree; For be taints the balmy odors That blow to you anil me. As we travel, sailing, sailing. Over the sunny sea.” "The ship is mine,” said the beggar, That churl of low degree; "And we’re all of us sailing, sailing, To the grave, o'er the sunny sea. And you may not, and you cannot, Get rid of mine or me; No, not for your crowns and sceptres— My name is Death!” quoth he C. Mackay. The Pain from a Pugilist's Blow. From the Rochester Democrat. It has been said that the hurts suffered in pu gilism are particularly severe, and that but few pains equal the pain resulting from a blow of the list squarely and forcibly delivered u|H>n the nose. An incident which goes to support this allegation is reported from Paris. A lion tamer iu one of the Boulevard shows was set upon by a powerful and irritable old lion, whose cage he had entered according to habit in the course of an entertainment. The boast made his attack without warning or particular cause, and in an instant the man was on his back between the lion's paws. The spectators screamed thinking it was the end of the lion tamer, but, like a Hash he was on his feet, and, striking out with his right arm in accurate pugilistic style landed his fist upon the lion's nose with a spat that was heard all over the place. The lion wht*ezed and backed away, shaking his head and shutting his eyes as if dazed, while the man stepped quickly, but with dignity out of the cage. The blow was a good one, and if it had fallon upon a man would have undoubtedly "knocked him out.” Evidently it made the lion tingle from the spot where It was delivered to the tip of the tail. Dakota Politeness. From the Chicago Tribunt. One night we stopped to camp a little distance from a house. We had not more than got the harness off the mules when a tall man, wearing a long coat, came part way down from the house and called out: “I observe that you are going to camp here all night;” "We expect to.” "Gentlemen," be continued, as he waved his hand eloquently, "I want to say a word to you, a-s between gentlemen. I have two kinds of chickens in my flock—lino Plymouth Hocks, which cost me six bits apiece, and oruinary scrub stock that are not worth half as much. The Plymouth Rocks are no better for eating purposes, and, in fact, when cooked over a tire outdoors, are not so good. The scrub chickens usually occupy the lower roosts, and have feathers on their legs, while the blooded ones have not. Thev can be easily distinguished, even in the dark. That's all, gentlemen. Au revoirl Pleasant dreams I' 1 ITEMS OF INTEREST. In Memphis a little girl presented to airs. Cleveland a bouquet of- cotton bolls as a souve nir “from King Cotton to the Queen of Hearts.” The Newfoundland fishermen have done well this season, and there will probably be a cessa tion of the reports of destitution and suffering on that island. Two thousand dollars were found in a belt left behind by a tramp who had been given a night’s lodging lately by a Saco (Ale.,) family. He returned and claimed the money. The schooner Blake, in which Boodler Mc- Garigle escaped from Chicago to Canada, still lies at St. Catharines, not having earned a dollar since she had McGarigle for a passenger. The beautiful Jerome Park race course, just out of New York city, is to be sold to the Aque duct Board for a reservoir, to supply the grow ing population north of the Harlem river. R. P Green leaf, a leading man in Albu querque, N. M., went hunting in the mountains and lost his way. AVhen he was found, after three days’ search, he was in a very feeble con dition, and his mind was wrecked. It is thought that he cannot recover. A young man who was taken to the Norfolk, Ya. . police station one night recently, while helplessly intoxicated, begged the next morning on coming to his senses, that his name be kept secret, as he was going to be married in the evening. His excuse was that he had been on his “wind-up frolic.” A young lady of light and learning is endeav oring to set anew fashion for play goers. She may be seen in the stalls on the first night of a new play, or at a matinee whenever an experi ment is made, attired in a doctress’ gown and hat. On her head she wears a cap of learning, and over her shoulders is thrown a Portia cloak, the hood is lined with scarlet. The processions of the unemployed in London are said by the Times to be composed chiefly of men to whom labor is a secondary consideration and of many members of the light-fingered in dustry. Though nominally held in the names of the unemployed, hired bands, banners, wagonettes and decorations show that no ex pense is spared in carrying out the affair to give it an appearance of importance. A beer bottler says he will sue the New Jersey branch of the Woman’s Christian Tem perance Union for unlawfully having posses sion of his bottles. It is said that at the Mount Holly Fair the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union women displayed a quantity of catsup in bottles with his name blown in the glass. He is quoted as saying that the bottles still belong to him, and that he thinks he has a good case. A politician observed the other day that the pale-faced David Hill was concentrating him self on politics as In youth he wreaked himself on law. “Dave went into au Elmira law office as general utility boy,” he said, “and deter , mined to be a lawyer himself, and to be a suc cessful one. From that moment he thought of nothing else. Nobody ever saw him at any kind of entertainment, he never amused him self, he simply stuck to the law—and, of course, he made a success.” The figurehead of the Confederate steamship Star of the AVest has just been raised at Green wood, Miss. It is of solid iron and weighs about 300 pounds. The Star of the AVest was sunk in February, 1863, in the Tallahatchie river, three miles below Greenwood, where some parts of her may still be seen. The figurehead is re markably well preserved. It was purchased from the finder by Dr. J. P. Henry, who will present it to the Confederate Alonumental As sociation, of Richmond, Va. Some of the peculiarities of the Boston directory come to light in the columns of the Globe of that city. Of course there are plenty of Beans In Boston, one Egge, eight Pyes. a number of Onions, and one Crumb. Besides these there are three Bones, also Salt and Jelly. Seven Beers are found, and Coffee, Milk, and Teas. There is one Chicken to three Goslings and a Hawk. Boston also has a pair of Stock ings, one Sock, one Cravatt, a pair of Alittens, and four Collars. Three Hatts and one Wigg complete the outfit. The largest gymnasium in the world is said to be that of the Young Alen’s Christian Asso ciation at Liverpool. Harvard is said to have the next largest. Ladies as well as men are ad mitted to the Liverpool gymnasium, and so en thusiastic are the inemliers that they will go out into the slums and indue* the street arabs to come in and be taught the use of their muscle*. Over 400 ragamuffins have been taught in this way in one week. Until less than two yeai-s ago the association refused to allow boxing in its gymnasium, but now it is as freely indulged in as are other sports. And now comes ex-Gov. John C. Brown, of Tennessee, to doubt the faithfulness of Miss Murfree’s Tennessee’s mountain dialect as given in her stories and novels. In an interview in New York city, when asked his opinion of "Craddock’s" stories, Gov. Brown said; "Miss Murt'ree gives a great deal of lingo in her stories that the mountain people never dreamed of using, and In that respect she does them great injustice. I have been from one end of the State to the other and have lived there many years, but have never heard any such talk.” Perhaps Gov. Brown uses "the lingo” sometimes himself, and is a little sensitive on that point. Mme. Boucicault, the great Parisian shop keeper, well merits the cross of a Knight of the Legion of Honor which has been bestowed upon her. She has given about $1,000,000 to her em ployes as a pension fund for the sick and super annuated, besides splendid library and reading room funds, and she allows them all shares in the profits of her business. In her native de part ment she has built at her own expense and at a cost of over $200,000 a bridge across the Saone to give the people a more direct road to market, and she has distributed more than $1,500,000 to relieve the sufferers from the phy loxera plague. Philadelphia is making quite a stir over the expected arrival there of Admiral Veignes, in command of the French North Atlantic squad ron. It seems that an invitation was sent to the French government to take part with the United St ates fleet, under Admiral Luce, in the naval display in honor of the constitutional centen nial, but prior engagements made it unable for the French commander to be present. The French Secretary of the Navy thereupon directed Admiral Veignes to visit Philadelphia with a portion of the squadron as a token of good-will between the nations and of congratulations on the part of France. Henry Barker, Jr., who left Pittsburg, Pa., in 1878, and went to Kansas City, has been de clared legally dead, in order that his estate, consisting of valuable realty in Pittsburg and $30,000 in bank, may be administered upon. An account says: It is stated that Barker was al ways a peculiar man, and went to Kansas City with the avowed intention of building the finest residence in that city and then sending for his family. The residence never materialized in that city, nor did Barker ever return to Pitts burg. His family mingle in the best society, although his wife never fully recovered from the grief at her husband's disappearance. When a Nebraska newspaper opposes a can didate for office it opposes him, as witness the following from the South Sioux City Sun: “Capt. Humphrey, the most notorious and un scrupulous railroad blat b -rskite in the Stale of Nebraska, is running for Judge in the First dis trict. Shades of John L. Sullivan and other chumps! Humphrey is an original poet fiend. He is a railroad tool. Last winter his boast was to show books of trip passes. He attempted to bulldoze voters at the polls in'Pawnoe City, and because he couldn't ran things just his way as saulted an old man and took to the woods. Coward, cur and chump. The good people of the First district will see that he is snowed under.” George Helm, of Sidney, 111., thinks he can tell bow it feels to be smothered to death. He is a grain merchant, and a few days ago went into an elevator where thousands of bushels of oats are stored, when by some means a partition gave way, and the grain came down on him in an avalanche, covering him seven feet deep above his head. Effort was made to remove the grain, but this was fruitless and the side of the bins was chopped away and the oats allowed to pour out in a stream that covered and obstructed the railroad track. It was twenty minutes be fore he was extricated, but life was not extinct and he was resuscitated after a half hour's hard work. He suffered intense agony when first buried, but soon became unconscious. Loving young women and others who take quantities of their hair to hair workers that chains and other ornaments may be made as presents for the objects of their affections, may take warning from the experience of a Bridge port wife. She wished to give her husband a chain made from her own hair as a birthday present, and so turned some hair over to a local hair worker. The next day the husband, who ls an express messenger between Bridgeport ftiiu this city, was asked by the hair worker to get a hair chain in this city of the color of a lock of hair which was handed him. He did so and paid 50c. for the ready-mude chain. In due time the wife called for her chain and got it paying s(i 50 for it. Then she gave it to her husband, who recognized it as the one he had bought for 50c. 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