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4 Cjjt Iffonting Hcfos Morning News Building, Savannah. Ga. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 11. ISS7. Registered at the Post Off!re in Savannah. *"\he Morning News is published every day in the rear, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and earners, on their own nc fount, at 2ft cents a week, $1 00 a month, sft 00 for Six months anil $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by wail, one month, $! 00; three months, $2 SO; aix months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, bv wail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00: Rix months. $4 <W one year, $8 00. The Morning News. Tri weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 -j; sue months, $2 50; one year. sr> 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. $2 011. The Weekly News, by mail, otie year. $1 L>. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit uy postal order, cheek or registered letter. Cur rency sent bv mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advert ising rates may b** a.se*rtained 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, tie.” Advertising rates made known on application INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings— De Kalb Lodge No. 0, I. O. O. F.: Calanthe Lodge No. 28. K. of P.; The Southern Mutual Loan Association; German Friendly So ciety: Savannah Lodge No. 217. I. O. B. B Special Notices--As to Sword to be Voted for at St. Patrick's Fair. Railroad Schedules—Savannah, Florida and Western Railway; Charleston and Savannah Railway. Auction Sales —Wet Cotton. Clothing. Sun dries, by J. McLaughlin A Son; Blankets, Sashes, etc., by C. H. Dorsett. Steamship Schedule— General Transatlantic Company; Baltimore Steamship Company; Ocean Steamship Company. Legal Sale—Administrator’s Sale of Land. I .otter y—Drawing Louisiana State Lottery. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed; Raffle ; Miscellaneous. John Brown’s portrait, draped in black, is now a favorite ornament of Anarchist meeting balls. There is a peculiar fitness in its presence in such places and in its being draped. The Cincinnati Timex-Star hears that Gov. Gordon has fallen out of favor in Georgia because he kissed an Ohio man. That paper is misinformed. Nobody in Georgia believed the story for an instant. There are too many pretty women in Ohio. At an Anarchist meeting in Baltimore to express indignation at the fate of the Chi cago murderers, one of the speakers inti mated that the time for revenge would soon come. He spoke with a caution, how ever, that showed he had learned something from the Chicago tragedy. Some of the people who urged Gov. Oglesby to pardon the Anarchists cited as a precedent the fact that the “rebels were not hung.” It’s bad enough to be a sickly senti mentalist without being a fool as well. No parallel between the Confederate soidiet and the Haymarket bomb-thrower can be drawn. How much capital is dependent upon law and order, was illustrated in the New York stock market, which grew stronger as it be came more certain that Gov. Oglesby would not interfere with the sentence of the Anarch ists, and the execution was the signal for a rapid rise in prices. European investors bought heavily. Jesse Pomeroy, Boston’s juvenile monster, has just made another attempt to escape from prison by causing an explosion of gas. A good deal of damage was done to the building, but Pomeroy only had his eye brows singed. Would it not be a good idea, to save future trouble, for the Governor to sign that long-delayed death warrant. The Boston Globe goes into quite an elaborate calculation to show that, at the rate of increase which it has shown for sev eral years, in 1892 the Democratic party will certainly control Massachusetts. VVTien Massachusetts becomes Democratic, Ver mont will be about the only State in opposi tion. Really, that is more than we want. Only a little more than half will do. The price of steel has sunk to $32 per ton. Its makers are alarmed, and have been hold ing a conference to agree on terms by which the output may be lessened. It is one of their favorite arguments in defending the tariff that domestic competition will soon bring down prices to the foreign level, but so soon as anything of that sort is threat ened they immediately take steps to pro vent it. They are not the patriots they pre tend. Miss Nellie Cook, the young lady who attracted so much attention by her canvass as a candidate for School Commissioner of Wayne county, New York, failed to cap ture the office, but she met with success in another direction, which, perhaps, satisfies her as well—she captured one of the enemj. a bright young Republican lawyer, for a husband. Female candidates for school comnrissionerships may be expected to be numerous hereafter. It has heretofore been asserted that the exportation of Indian wheat to Europe would be limited by its poor quality. Now comes the Austrian Consul General at Venice to explain that the rapid increase in the importation of wheat from India to Italy is caused by the fact that it is better than that of other grain exporting coun tries, and “produces the finest grades of flour.” This is further proof that the American farmer must be relieved of his burdens. The New York World , with its usual en terprise, had an extra edition on the street, with full details of the execution of the Anarchists, about an hour before they were hung, and one of its contemp rories is very indignant because it “cheated these poor wretches out of forty minutes of life for the sole purpose of selling a few papers.” That the contemporary was cheated out of the sale of a few papers is probably the real cause of its indignation. The Anarchists 1 lives were not shortened. Samuel Fielden, one of the Anarchists who escaped the gallows, in a well-written letter to the Chicago News, points out that in the Supreme Court record and in the opinion of that court his actions are con founded with those of a German of similar name, who was not on trial but was con spicuous during that exciting flint week in May, 1886, so that the el iminating acts of two men are counted against him. It is a singular thing that Fielden should have waited so long to bring out this point, or that his lawyers did not do so for him w hen they were trying to save him from the gallows. It is a matter worthy of investi gation, however. Results of the Elections. Tho New York World of Friday pub lished replies from the Governors of many of the States, Congressmen, leading politi cians and the editors of leading journals of the country to a telegraphic inquiry sent them by that paper asking their views as to the probable effect of the recent elections on the national carnpuign of next year. The most striking feature of these replies is the unanimity with which it is agreed that tho elections of last, week make the renomination of Mr. Cleveland certain. Democrats are also agreed That they make his election certain. All are confident and full of enthusiasm. As to Mr. Blaine, opinion is divided among both Democrats and Republicans. Gov. Gordon and others think his chances for a renomination not affected one way or another; his special friends are sure defeat in the recent elections has made the necessity of his leadership plain, while many, including several editors of Republican journals, incline to the opinion that he can not be nominated. On the whole, the tone of these replies is most encouraging to Democrats. It is plain that Mr. Cleveland's popularity, always with the people rather than the politicians of his own party, is greater than ever. The politicians no longer dure oppose him. They see that the party is determined to nominate him, and that it is the part of wisdom to overcome or conceal any grudges they may entertain on account of disappoint ments caused by the President’s at tempts to carry out in good faith the civil service law. Among the Senators most prompt in their congratula tions at the White House upon the result in New York, and the strengthening of Mr. Cleveland’s position, were those who have been loudest in their denunciation of wlmt they have been pleased to call the civil ser vice “fraud” or “foolishness.” As is said by Gen. Patrick Collins, of Bos ton, “no matter how individuals, and groups of men may growl, the people be lieve in Cleveland, and will support him more heartily next year than in 18-84." He will stand at the head of a united and en thusiastic party, made so by his wise and progressive policy, and is almost certain of re-election. The greatest danger lies in a possible want of harmony in the party in dealing with the important matters which will come before Congress. There is a pos sibility that radical differences on the ques tion of tax reduction may lead to damaging dissensions, but even in this direction the result of the elections, particularly of that in New York, cannot fail of happy effect. In that State l tie sense of the people was taken upon the proper manner to reduce taxation, and it was so emphatically in favor of the plan favored by a majority of Democrats in Congress that the minority may feel the necessity of falling into line. Altogether, the pros[>ects of the party are brighter than for many years. The Wesleyan Monumental Church. John Wesley, the founder of the Metho dist Church, was one of the great men of the world. His work in behalf of Chris tianity is a grander monument to his mem ory than any that can be built by the hands of man. The veneration in which his name is held, however, and the profound gratitude which fills the hearts of those who-e lives have been guided by his teachings, have led to the erection of monuments in the shape of churches for the propagation of the doc trines which he taught, in nearly all parts of the civilized world. In this city a memorial Methodist church was begun several years ago, but it is still unfinished. In its present condition it is not such a memorial as it was intended it should tie by its projectors, nor as it is desired it shall be by those who worship within its walls. It is proposed that an effort stall be made at once to raise the money to complete it, and as it was in this city that John Wesley began the labors which have been productive of such marvelous results, it is but reasonable and proper that the money should be con tributed here. John Wesley’s work in Georgia brought him in contact with the Salzburgers and Moravians who had sought refuge from persecution in Europe in the colony which laid the foundation of this city. From the simplicity of their religion, the purity of their lives and the self-denying and self-sacrificing character of their preachers, he gained the impressions which inspired him to lay the foundations of n new religious sect. On his return to England he first endeavored to impress these impressions upon the established church, with which he was connected, but without success. How these impressions became stamped upon the hearts of the people outside of that church, and how the Wesleyan denomination took shape and became a powerful religious or ganization, are matters of history. The Wesley Monumental church in this city can tie properly called a monument to one of Savannah’s greatest sons. John Wesley was a hero, not of war but of peace. Although no marble shaft like those which have been raised to Greene and Pulaski, or that about to be raised to Jasper, is needed to keep his memory fresh in the hearts of the people,but it is eminently proper that a church bearing his name should be contributed towards the payment of that debt of gratitude which is due to him, and which can never be wholly canceled. The pastor of the Wesley Monumental church, the Rev. Mr. Wynn, whose earn estness and sincerity command for him the love and respect of all who come in contact with him. proposes to ask such assistance from the people of this eity as will enable him to finish his church, and it is to be hoped that his request will meet with a prompt and liberal response. The Sorghum Sugar Problem. The farmers of the West are discussing the advisability of cultivating sorghum cane on a large scale. The recent statement of Mr. Coleman, the Com missioner of Agriculture at Wash ington, showing that the cane can bo grown at a handsome profit, has induced many farmers to think seriously of giving it a trial. The yield of sugar from the sor ghum by the diffusion process is quite large. The experiments at the sorghum sugar null at Fort Scott, Kan., were so satisfactory that it is expected that other mills will bo erected at other points in the West. The fanners have not been prosperous for a year cr more because of the low prices of all kinds of farm products, and they would gladly cultivate sorghum if they felt that they could do so with a fair prospect of getting a better return from their farms than at present. In cultivating sorghum cane the chief dif ficuity to be overcome is that of transpor tation. At the Fort Scott mill the price I laid for cane is $2 a ton. On land that will produce a good crop of corn from ten to THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1887. fifteen tous of sorghum per acre can be raised. An average yield would Ire twelve and a half tons, which could be sold at the mill for $25. A farmer could afford to cul tivate sorghum for that sum per acre pro vided the mill were close at hand, buthe could not afford to do so if he had to haul it tenor fifteen miles. Tho cost of transpor tation would be too great. If there were a mill in each county of a sorghum produc ing section only those whose farms were within a mile or two of the mill couid af ford to cultivate sorghum. A ton makes a pretty good two-horse load unless the roads are in an excellent condition. If it were possible for a farmer to grind his cane and manufacture sugar at about the same cost that sugar is made in the large mills, the cultivation" of sorghum would doubtless increase very rapidly. The making of sugar, however, even by the dif fusion method, requires an extensive and costly plant. A farmer who cultivated several thousand acres might own and operate a mill, but small farmers would have to depend upon selling their cane. In thickly settled sections of country, if the fanners could lie induced to devote the greater part of their farms to sorglium, mills might be sustained, but it is evident that furmers could not afford to transport their crops more than a couple of miles. Capital will have to be found to build the mills liefore much attention is given to the cultivation of sorghum. There would be no occasion to fear that the demand for sugar would not be greater than the supply. This country now con sumes annually nearly a million anil a half tons, and the consumption is increasing rapidly. The duty on that which we import yields the government about $50,000,000 a year. A South American Rival. For a long time the countries of Eastern Europe have looked to the United States to make good any deficiency in their home raised supplies of food, and the exportati n of wheat, floor, corn, liog products, beef, etc., has been largely the basis of our foreign trails. Of late years, however. India has to some extent been contesting the English markets, with vario ts circum stance', in her favor, and steadily lessening the demand for American grain. And India is not alone. Attention has lately been directed by consular reports and news paper articles to the rapid progress being made by the Argentine Republic in a field which has been peculiarly our own. The territory of this republic is about a third of that of the United States, almost all of it suited to agricul tural purposes, and now that a strong stream of European emigration has been turned into it, its development is very rapid. Its wealth in cattle is as great as our own, and already 10,000 carcasses of dressed beef are monthly shipped to Europe. Of sheep it has more than twice as many as the United States. The shipment of breadstuffs has only begun of recent years, but already the demand of Brazil for flour, which for many years was supplied by exportation from the United States, and which amounts to mil lions of dollars, is met by supplies from its Southern neighbor. T*ast year the exportations of grain amounted to $7,000,000 only, but this year they ore estimated at $17,000,000, and the rapid ineroa.se may be expected to continue. The country ls penetrated by rivers so large that ocean vessels may ascend them for hundreds of miles, and railroads are being built. These advantages make the Argentine Republic no contemptible rival of the Mis sissippi valley, and with a foreign immigra tion of 125,000 a year it will soon have a population sufficient to develop them. If the agricultural products of thi; favored region are to join with those of the pauper labor of Russia ami India in disputing the European market with the American farmer, it is time the latter was being put in better posi tion to maintain his supremacy. The price of breadstuff's is fixed across the ocean, and no legislation by our government can affect that. No laws can prevent the American farmer coming into competition with the pauper labor so much dreaded for other occupations, but some of the law's which add to the cost of every bushel of grain he grows can be repealed. He can lie relieved of excessive taxation, of the neces sity of paying bounties to other industries, and his living made cheaper. The much boasted balance of trade depends upon him, and indeed the foreign trade itself. It would not amount to much if it were not a matter of exchange but merely the purchase by Americans of such articles of European production as were necessary to their comfort or enjoy ment. Under the present system manufac tures could not be exchanged for them, as they could not be made cheaply enough, and, besides, Europe wants chiefly agricul tural products. The crematory of Paris is announced, to be opened next month. This building, which is situated in the north of the Ceme tery of Pere la Chaise, hus the form of a parallelogram and is three stories high, sur mounted by two chimneys in white stone. The facade is in black and white marble, over which are three domes, and a large vestibule has also been erected. Dr. Brouar del, in a report which he has drawn up on the working of the crematory, estimates that the furnaces will lie able to consume 4,501) bodies annually, which is said to bo about, the average number of corpses leav ing the hospitals in Paris during the year. The Chamber of Deputies has passed the bill authorizing cremation, which, however, is only optional, and it only remains for the Senate to sanction it before it can be adopted by the public, but it Is doubtful if this mode of disposing of the dead will be come popular among the French. A shabby looking pocketbook, which had been kicked about by schoolboys tiie other day in the neighborhood of Lausanne, France, under the impression that, as it was wrapped in a newspaper, it could be of no value, was found to contain 16,000 francs, the exact amount stolen from a gentleman as he was leaving the Banque de Commerce at Geneva. The presumed thieves, who had been seen in the neighborhood of Lausanne, were about to be liberated in default of di rect evidence against them, and it is believed that they threw the pocketbook away on noticing the approach of the police. Dr. Mdlly n announces that, having Itoen ousted from St. Stephen’s, the whole world Is now Ins parish, and he will pro ceed to look after the English part of it in a few weeks. If he has as good luck across the water as did the author of “Progress and Poverty,” the proceeds of his lectures will pretty effectually abolish his poverty, ami he will not have to wait until the gen era! division of property is made. CURRENT COMMENT. Time for Train to Emigrate. From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.) George Francis Train threatened to leave the country In case the Anarchists were executed. His attention is gently, but firmly, directed to the fact that it is time to move, or confess that he didn't mean it. Soften Animosities. From the Xew York Graphic <Pem.) The Chicago Anarchists have paid the penalty of their crime. The event will leave a sting that will burn for a long time, and too much care cannot be taken to soften the ani mosities between the employe and employed, which are, unfortunately, entirely too strained. The Labor Question in Politics. From the Xetrark Advertiser (Rep.) When labor is numerically strong enough to organize and carry forward to victory a party of its own, it will be strong enough to seize and control the machinery of either one of the great political parties already in existence; until then a distinctive political labor organization will be a doubtful experiment. One Cause for Discontent. From the Xeut York World < Dem.) It is felt by many sincere men who have not the remotest sympathy with anarchical ideas that the essence ol real political equality is de parting from our institutions. Money largely Voptrols politics; money governs; money fixes the price of necessaries of life; money, and cor porations and corruption are creating a plutoc racy within the Republic. This is their feeling. And can it be denied that for much of it there is Some basis of reality!' BRIGHT BITS. Nothing more quickly curdles the milk of human kindness which irrigates the creamy purity of the bosom of a milkman than for a customer to order a pint of the lacteal fluid and then tell him to ' chalk it down."—Hartford Sunday Journal. “George, dear," r.he said reproachfully, as she clung loudly ground his neck, “why will you eat raw onions when you know you are coining to see mo!” "Merely to test your love, my precious," re plied George. — Exchange. Off the track.— Miss Bas-Bleu—Are you very fond of reading, Mr. Downtown? Mr. Downtown—Fair to middling. Mtss B.—Have you read "Homo Sutn?" Mr. D.—No, I never was fond of arithmetic, ami when I wus at school I couldn't even get to on the Iliad.—Puck. Guest at country tavern—Have you any cheese, landlord? Landlord—Not a bit in the house, sir. Guest—Not even a little piece? Landlord—By gum, there is. come to think! Here, Pete, run down cellar and fetch up that rat trap.—Detroit Free Press. “Say, bub, I hear that your folks are going to have a conversation club at your house this winter.” “Yep; we got one." “Who are the members?" “Me and mother. I furnish the conversation and mother provides the club. Enny more?"— Detroit FVee Press. First Gentleman— “See that cab horse? Well, he was once t tie celebrated race horse Sheet Anchor, but now he is only the cab horse Ex celsior." Second Gentleman —“What on earth do they call him Excelsior for?” First Gentleman- “Because hestands for hire. Ta ta."— Harper's Bazar. “Sir." said the prisoner. “I did not pay this man for my refreshments, because I know nothing of the value of money. I never pay my debts. lam a child of genius." "And what is your age?" asked the Justice. “Forty-two years.” "Then it is time you were weaned.” and his honor gav e him thirty days aw-ay from the bo;- tie.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Manager of Opera— Mr. Editor, your paper says that our company should be suppressed,that resjieetable people would not patronize It, and that the ballet is disgraceful. “Yes' sir; and I cau’t retract a word I have said." “Who wants you to? Here's S2O and passes for your family. When a man treats me white I appreciate it. Whoop 'er up some more.— Nebraska State Journal. Wk are a long ways ahead of the heathen. When a Chinese banker defaults, peculates or irregulates. the government takes off his bead. But in our happier land the hanker takes off his own head, and the rest of his anatomy with it to a laud beyond the lakes, thus saving the expense of a trial and the disheartening spectacle of a public execution. Even if the government gets judgment the agile one beats it on execution. SO does a pianist.— Burdette. A conjugal conversation overheard in a street car: " What are you going to give me on the 15th, dearest? You know that it is my birth day." "It is a date I never forget, darling. I shall give you $100." "On, how lovely! I’m going to buy that ex quisite wrap." "Excuse me, love. I give you the SIOO to pay the rent.” Sulks. —Boston Herald. It was Judge McMahon, quite well known in the State, arid especially in Olmsted county, who. one fine morning, met Sam Whitten, an other state character. Said the .Judge: “What's your nationality, Sam?” "Irish!" "Aik! what church do you belong to?" ‘‘Methodist!’’ And what party?" ‘‘Republican!" “Well," commented the Judge, “that’s the record I ever knew any man to have—an Irishman, a Methodist and a Republican."— bit. Baul Globe. “This is all so sudden, Mr. Sampson," she said, with maidenly reserve, "and so une\ pected, that although 1 confess I am not entirely indifferent to you, 1 hardly know what to say in reply to —" “It von are in favor of the proposition," sug gested Mr. Sampson, who. like Dick Swivelier, is a Perpetual Grand Master, "you will signify your assent by saying aye.’ ” “Aye." came softly. “Contrary?" “No!” thundered the old man, opening the door. “The lines have it by a large majority,” said Mr. Sampson, reaching hastily for Ins hat.— Sun. PERSONAL. Jin. Wiggins, the prophet who can't predict, is seeking oblivion in the town of Lynn. Mass. Lotta lias $3>0,000 invested in mortgages and $lOO,OOO in a very large hat manufactory estab lishment in New York. Frank Luddinoton, of Bridgeport, Conn., has invented a machine that will manufacture 30,000 cigarettes in a day. The title of Henry James' new story is “The Aspen Papers.” It will run through the Atlan tic during the coming year. Bismarck's rheumatism is less severe than usual, but the Iron Prince is much depressed at the Crown Prince's critical condition. The Grand Duke Nicholas, of Russia, has pre sented Kosa Bonheur with three young w hite bears in payment of a philopeua debt con tracted at a dinner party last year. A thref.-hundred-ooi-i<ak diamond ring given by Lord Beresford to Jem Mace in that pugil ist's palmy day, is now in the hands of a New York pawnbroker, who got it for $3l. Andrew Lang will go to live at The P.vnes, the seat of the Nortbcote family, in order the better to pursue the great task of editing for publica tion the pa pels aud letters of Lord Iddesieigh. Joseph Chamberlain, the English Commis sioner. lias accepted the invitation of the New York Chamber of Commerce to Is- present at its one hundred aud nineteenth aunuul banquet in Delmonico's Nov. 15. Frank Winne, a Texas negro of no education, is said to l>e a prodigy of mechanical genius. He exhibited at the Dallas fair recently a steam engine of small size but remarkable power which, it is predicted, will work a revolution in mechanical ideas. Mrs. Cleveland shook hands with 3,000 work ing girls during her reception at Bridgeport, Conn, She wore a dark straw bonnet trimmed with brown, a dark brown tailor-made traveling suit, with closely fitting jacket of similar texture aud color and bound with wide braid. Tom Rochford, an enthusiastic supporter of Candidate Baird, who wanted to be mayor of Brooklyn, ate a w hole crow in that city the other night, in payment of a wager. A large crowd watched the performance, which wasen livehed by the diner's grimaces at every bite The quality of Hungarian cigars was recently discussed in the Hungarian Parliament. Some of the members asserted that they wi ,e so bad that they were obliged to buy their supplies in Austria Whereupon the Premier Tisza arose aud solemnly declar'd that In his opinion Huu garinn cigars were lieiter than Austrian; adding that every time he bought cigars in Vienna this opinion was confirmed. One of the Deputies then asked: "Pardon the indiscretion, hut how much do you pay for Ibeso cigarsy" And Tisza, whose economic habits are well known, replied with a smile; ”1 make it u point nev> r to smoke a cigar that costs less than four krueUers” (.two cents). NCT AN OBLIGING CORPSE. A Man Pronounced Dead Twice Before He Pound it Convenient to Die. Ft am the Pittsburg Post. A prominent county official told a remark able story last night, but declined to give names, although he gave his solemn word that the statements could easily be verfled. He said that on Monday, Oct. 24, an undertaker down town received a telephone message from an other undertaker in the Lawreucoville district asking him to come out and embalm a body, the Lawrencevtlle undertaker n t having facili ties for embalming. The down-town under taker went to the house indicated and found what he supposed was the corpse of a man. He opened his satchel, took out bis force-pump and bottle of embalming fluid, and prepared for the operation. He then took hold of ihe arm of the supposed corpise to make the usual incision for the, insertion of the tube of the pump. As he lifted liis arm he was astounded to see the man open his mouth and yawn, and discovered he was alive. He hastily kicked bis embalming materials under the bed and called the family, who at once sent for a physician. The embalmer then learned that the man had been lying in a stupor for nearly three months, during which time he had been kept alive by injections of milk, but that the doctor had Anally pronounced him dea<l. On Thursday, Oct. Si. the em balmergot word again from the same under taker that he had a body to embalm. When he went out lie found it was the sameperson he hud visited the Monday previous. This time, after he hud got everything iu readiness again, and had lifted the arm to make the incision, the man not only opened his mouth, but also un closed his eyes, looked at the embalmer for a moment, tbeu, with a faint groan, rolled over on his side and once more became insensible. The embalmer hastily pulled the sheet up over him, and the physician \v as the second time sent for. On Wednesday of lasi week, Nov. 2. the embalmer was once more called upon, and found that for the third time he was asked to embalm the same man. This time he found no further evidences of life, and concluding the man ought to tie dead, if he wasn't, made a sure thing of it and embalmed him. A Curious Marriage Contract. From the Sew Orleans States. It having been rumored around the city, since the marriage of Miss Cora Slocomb to Count Detalmo Francisco di Brazza Savoi gtion Cerg nen, that Miss Slocomb had paid an enormous sum of money as her dowry, a States reporter this morning visited the office of Recorder of Mortgages,and saw the marriage contract which has been recorded. The contract is dated New York, Oct. 15, 1887, a few days before the marriage, and was drawn up by Joseph B. Braman, Commissioner of the State of Louisiana in and for the State of New York. The first part of the contract is relative to the contracting pari in and their antecedents. The contract was written in the royal consulate of Italy, in New York city. The following is the mam portion of the contract. Article 1. As the future wife, by reason of the marriage, will assume. Italian citizenship, which is the condition of the husband, the status of both will be regulated by the laws and prescrip tions of Italy. Article 2. The parties hereto agree that they shall be separate in estate, and that there shall lie no community of acquets and gains between them. The wife shall enjoy the free administra tion of her property, movable or immovable, which shall belong to her at the moment of the solemnization of the marriage, or which she may have acquired during the continuance of the same, whether by way of purchase made w ith funds belonging exclusively to herself, or which she may acquire by way of donation, legacy or inheritance, and she shall have the free enjoyment and the full right to dispose of her income, but she shall not lie able to sell, transfer, assign, alienate or mortgage her property, movable or immovable, without the previous consent of he.r husband. Article 3. The expenses of the first marriage establishment and those which shall be incurred by reason of the conjugal relation will be borne by the parties iu proportion to their respective means. Article 4. Both parties hereto bind themselves that they shall not make any loan, whether upon interest or otherwise, to any jiCrsoii what soever or any sum which, singly or with others, shall exceed the sum of 10,000 lire or the equiva lent thereof, without having first obtained the consent of the other party. Ttie future husband declares that he authorizes hereby and from this moment his future wife to return and so journ in the United States of America, when ever she may be required to enable her to at tend to administration of her property, whether he shall or not be able to accompany her. Cora Ann Slocomb, Hr. At. B. S. (’kronen, Baron Savkrio Fava, L. P. di Canola. Besides the above names the other witnesses were George L. Whitney, of New Orleans; Ed ward H. Dixon and Clarence D. Ashley, of New York, and Robert S. Day, of New Orleans. John L. in Marble. New Orleans Picayune's Bostci Letter. It was my privilege this morning to privately view the completed statue of that distinguished modem Athenian, Mr. Johu L. Sullivan, which, it is hoped, will eventually adorn the Common, representing in imperishable marble the apo theosis of pugilism. This great work of art, exe cuted by our most eminent local sculptor, Mr. John Donoghue. represents the champion in conventional tig-leaf att ire, posed as if on guard, with fists clinched tightly at his sides. The fig ure is of heroic size—seven feet in height—and his muscular development is such as would l>e calculated to dissuade the British champion, Mr. Smith, from engaging in his contemplated mill with Massachusetts’ pride. Possi bly it Is just a trifle idealized. In one particular respect it has been considerably modified bv the artist. I wish 1 knew ho •• to tell just what this point is. Unfortunately, we Bostonians are constantly puzzled to find terms sufficiently refined for the expression of our ideas. For once, however, I will cast aside my constitutional modesty and will say that Mr. Sullivan's paunch was too pronounced for faithful reproduction. This feature of his aiuit tomy has, therefore, been "toned down,”as the sculptor expressed it, and thus the laws of sym metry are preserved at the expense of fact. The head is that ot a typidhl prize-fighter, bul let shaped and closely cropped. The face is an excellent likeness. The torso is massive, and the—well, let us say limbs, are really magnifi cent. The fists seem to me a trifle pudgy. On the whole, the statue is a fine one. and will fitly serve to remind future generations of what Boston in the nineteenth century could pro duce in the way of physic 1 development. The Gravedigger’s Song. By Alfred Antoin. The crab, the btiilace and the sloe, They burgeon in the spring; Ami when the west wind melts the snow, The redstarts build and sing. But Death sat work in rind and root, And loves the green buds !>est; And when the pairing music's mute, He spares the empty nest. Heath! Death! Death is master of lord and clown; Close the eollin and hammer it down. When nuts are brown and sere without, And white and plump within, And juicy gourds are |issed about, And trickle down the chin; When comes the reaper with his scythe, And reaps, and nothing leaves, O then it is that Death is blithe. And sups among the sheaves. Death! Death! bower the coffin and slip the cord; Death Is master of clown and lord, When logs about the house are stacked, And next year's hose is knit. And tales are told and jokes are cracked, And faggots blaze and spit; Death sits down in the ingle-nook, bits down and doth not speak; But he puts his arm round the maid that’s warm, And she tingles in the cheek. Death! Death! Death is master of lord and clrAn; Shovel the clay in, tread it down. No Moral Whatever. Prom the London Topical Times. An undergraduate at Oxford surreptitiously conveyed to his room a barrel of beer. His tutor came to hear of the presence there of that contraband article, and asked him for an explanation. His reply was that he had acted under medical advice, inasmuch as it was necessary for him to keep up his strength. "And do you find the prescription answer?" asked the tutor. “Oh, yes,” replied the undergrad. “I have only had the barrel throe days. When it came I could not lift it. and now 1 can run all around the room with it." There is no moral to this tale. Probably True. Prom the St. Joseph (Mo.) Daily Newt. The following conversation, heard by a re porter on the street last uiglit, is suggestive: "Are you still tugging away at those gloves of yours f "Yes, dear." "You know It disgusts me to see you walking through the streets making your toilet." “Does it, dear !" "Why, do you know that I would just as soon see you pulling on your—stockings in the streets as your gloves ?’’ “Most men would,” was all she said, and he hod nothing else to say. ITEMS OF INTEREST. In Connecticut a gang of tramps killed and ate a farmer’s dog that interfered with them. Work has been commenced on the big Mexi can Custom House, at Paso del Norte. It is ex pected to be finished within a year. Pkter Lawson, a Swede, of Goshen, Cal., is 98 years ol 1, and confidently expects to live many years yet, because, as he declares, his grand mother lived to be 128 years old. P’or several weeks a noble eagle, measuring nearly six feet from tip to tip of its wings, made its nightly perch on the steeple of the First Baptist church in Galveston. Then came along a gun and killed it. Farmer Stauffer, of Montgomery, Pa., has a big black hog that is particularly unfriendly to fishermen. .Already this fall he has chased sev eral parties off the farm, and has bitten three of these fishermen, one of them severely. A post office employe says that the gummed surface of a postage stamp should never be placed on the tongue. Moisten the other side of the stamp and the corner of the envelope, or the latter only, and the stump will stick for all it is worth. A carrier pigeon which flew into a shop at Spencer, Mass., had under his wing a paper bearing the request: “Give me some com and water to drink and bathe and let me go.” After the directions had been complied with the bird went onits way. Howard R. Deacon, of Philadelphia, cut his great toe while trimming the nail and claimed compensat ion from an accident insurance asso ciation for one week’s total disability. The as sociation refused to pay it until suit was brought and then it payed up. An ingenious fellow is traveling through Pennsylvania selling “a valuable preparation warranted to polish tinware.” This valuable preparation is wood ashes, which he begs from the farmers along the road, sifts, put up in neat boxes and sells for 25c. a box. One of the oldest bands in the country is said to be the “American,” which celebrated the semi-centennial anniversary of its organization at Providence, R. 1., this week. All the surviv ing members of the band at its formation, four in number, were present and took part in the ceremonies. One of the inmates of an Indiana reformatory for young women was released on a two weeks' parole and took the occasion to be married. This being clearly against the rules of the insti tution and the laws of the State, which forbids marriage under such circumstances, the bride is spending the honeymoon in prison. George Oolesby. of Waco, Tex., has gone into the bloodhound business and has the finest kennel in the United States. He is encouraged in his business by the increased frequency of deeds of violence, and thinks that if the re volver law is repealed, his dogs will come into great demand to hunt bad men with. Librarian Hubbei-l, of the Pittsfield (Mass.) Athenaeum, was surprised on entering the art gallery recently to find that some person had draped all the large statues with curtain lace. Some of the figures presented a very ludicrous appearance. On Apollo Belvidere was a paper on which was written “Clothe the naked.” A mule deer and a fallow buck, whose pens in the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens were separated by a fence, got together the other night, and were found in the morning with their horns interlocked in deadly combat. It required the exertions of three keepers to separate them, and when this was accomplished the deer chased the men from the pen. The keepers triumphed in the end. Hiram Brown, of Peoria. 111., was 90 years old the other day, and seventy-five big and little Browns assembled to do honor to the patriarch. He went to school in Cummington, Mass., with William Cullen Bryant, and was a deacon in the Congregational church there until he became an Abolitionist. Then the brethren w ent back on him and threw stones at him after dark, and so the deacon became a free thinker. A Californian, largely interested in the fur seal industry, says that sealskins are expensive, not because they are scarce, but because the trade limits the supply. If all the skins that could be taken were poured on the market, the fur would become so common that it would cease to be desired by the wealthy. So the seal catchers agree upon the total number that they will put upon the market, and they make their report to the furriers of London and Paris, who meet each spring and decide upon prices. A citizen of Norwrich, Conn., who had stocked his pond with a rare and handsome breed of ducks, found that they were slowly disappear ing, but where they went he could not deter mine. One day, a visitor, sitting on his pizza, said, “You’ve got queer ducks. I’ve seen two of them dive, but they haven't come up yet,” This was a suggestion to be acted upon. The owner drew off the water from the pond and found seventeen snapping turtles at the bottom. He killed them, and now the ducks come up again when they dive. A Maine physician says that one day he saw a big crane standing on a log floating near the shore of the Kennebec river. The crane had captured a large bug which he would drop into the stream so that it floated down past him, and then would grab it again and repeat the per formance at intervals. He kept this up’for nearly half an hour, and then a pickerel darted up from below after the bug. This was just what the bird had been waiting for, and the next moment the fish was down his throat, and he was winging his way slowly up stream. Lieut. T. H. Crosby, United States navy, who had comm uid of the United States coast and geodetic survey steamer Gedney in the Gulf in 1885. reported (hat there was said to be a place about fifteen miles west of Sabine Pass where there is a soft liquid mud on the beach, off which small fishing craft ride out gales very comfort ably. It was said there was no bottom to this mud and that small vessels run right in for the i beach, stick in the mud, let go an anchor to steady them, and when the gale is over work out. The sea breaks outside, while the mud remains smooth. A restaurater in Providence, li. 1., secured a dozen or so quails a few days before the game law was off and was arranging them in his ice box one morning when a friend told him that he was liable to a fine of 82) for each bird found in his possession. The birds were put awav out of sight, but at noon one of his customers looked over the bill of fare and asked: '“Have you any quails?" "No." replied the proprietor, “the law won't let me keep them, but 1 have some of tlie best imitations of quails that you ever saw." The imitations were ordered and pronounced equal to the real thing. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, who recently gave property worth $20,000 to the Women's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the North west. $.->O,OOO to the Congregational Theological Seminary and the same amount to the Presby terian Theological Seminary, to be used for the education of worthy young men. made these gifts on the ground that lie desired to give away a portion of his estate in his lifetime instead of by will after bis death. He lmd previously given $35,000 to the Presbyterian chapel and SBO,OOO to the Young Men's Christian Associa tion of Chicago, making $175,000 in all. A novel craft is being built in Montreal. It is a steam catamaran, each of the cigar-shaped hulls being of steel, 65 feet long, and built in two compartments, one being for water ballast and the other for stove coal oil, which will be used for fuel. Two vertical engines will furnish the power to two propellers, which are soar ranged that they will lift themselves out of the wav wtien the hulls strike Moating ice or other obstacles. The boat can be taken apart and packed on a ship, and is intended for whale and walrus hunting in the Arctic regions. It will carry a Gatling gun and a powerful electric bat tery. Forty-five years aoo a North Carolina farmer married and moved into a log house near Dan bury. The house had one room down stairs in which were two holes, eight by ten, for windows and a big fireplace. When he built a fire in the new borne he said that as long as he lived the hearth-stone should never grow cold, and up to date it hasn't, the tire iu the fireplace has never gone out. Meantime the man has never slept from home a single night; lias never tasted food from any other table than his own; has never used a particle of oil or a single candle to light his dwelling; has been married three times- has begotten fourteen children, all of whom are liv ing, and all but three married; has become a great-grandfather and is now in vigorous health. From the San Francisco Bulletin: A state ment giving an approximation of the number of Chipese arrivals and departures from 1852 to June SO, 1887, has been prepared by Surveyor Tinnin for the use of Congress. The total ar rivals within the date mentioned were 835 204 and the departures 196,308, leaving 139,001 Chi nese in the country, who arrived at this port This is considered short by 00,000. Prior to Aug 6, 1882, when the restriction act went ititoeffect’ there arrived 298,700 ami departed 136,475. Dur ing the half year from Jan. i to June 80, 1887 11,117 heathens arrived and 8.762 went away’ These figures will lie used ul the coming session of Congress, when the Pacific const delegation will endeavor to press through that bodv anti ( lunese legislation of a more thoroughly re strictive character. BAKING POWDER. .e'-'ftJU. WE/SJrN fc- PURE -e pBpJMCfs CREAM Its superior exeellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United States Government. In dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Ur, Price's the only Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Cana PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. LO'TS. MILLINERY. Read Down THE ROYAL LIST! lIiHK, 138 Broughton Street. Are pouring forth a cavalcade of the rarest Bar gains. 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