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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings —Chippewa Tribe No. 4,1. OR. M.;
{Subscribers to Capital Stock of Citizens Hank of
Savannah: Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 231,
F. and A. M.
Special Notices —Notice R. B. Cassels: As to
Hills Against British Steamship Chiswick; Mas
querade Ball of Savannah Turn Yerein; Reward
for Lost Packages; Steamer Pope Catlin for
Beaufort; Porter Warned.
Steamship Scpedule— Ocean Steamship Cos.
Framed Pictures for Holiday Presents—L.
A B. S. M. H
Cheap Column Advertisements— Helo Want
ed: Employment Wanted; For Kent; Reward;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
Auction Sales—Household and Kitchen Furni
ture, by D. R. Kennedy; Cows with Calves, by
1. D. La Roche's Sons.
Official per Savannah Custom House—
Schreiner's Import House.
Attention Newspaper Men— The Courier,
Maitland, Fla.
Carriages, Buggies, Etc.— D. A. Altick's
Sons.
Jacksonville’s effort to capture the sea
island cotton trade may bo vigorous, but it
shows no signs of being successful.
Another "Morning Star’’ contribution to
the dry columns of the Atlanta Constitu
tion is due from Communicator Grady.
Senator Colquitt is not anxious to leave
the Senate for the Cabinet, This statement
is made for the benefit of those who are
anxious for his place in the Senate.
It is stated that the Panama canal has
already cost 40,000 lives. At that rate it
will cost more than 100,00!) before it is com
pleted, if work upon it is continued.
The Mayor of San Antonio, who, by the
way, is one of the boys, has been indicted
tor breaking up a Prohibition meeting by
throwing "lame'’ eggs at the speakers.
The New York Sun says Allen Thorndike
Rice won $"25,000 from Pierre Lorillard at
a game of cards the other night, but Mr.
Rice denies the story and threatens to sue
the Sun for libel.
The fact that eminent physicians are un
able to agree as to the best method of treat
ing the case of the Crown Princs of Ger
many will not increase public confidence in
the medical profession.
The discussion about the barracks lot as
a site for the new building appeal's to have
reached a resting place. Has a favorable
report on the question of the title been made
to the Attorney General yeti
Pauline Hall, the actress who is endeavor
ing to secure a divorce from her husband,
admitted in the trial that she was 33 years
of age. The lawyer who extorted this ad
mission had considerable courage.
The preparations for the Sub-Tropical Ex
position at Jacksonville, are being pushed
forward so rapidly that there is not much
doubt that the exposition will bo ready
when the day for opening its doors ar
rives.
According to the New York Sun the ex
penditure of SIB,OOO by the Civil Service
Commission has resulted in the appoint
ment of only five persons to places in the
State Department during the year ending
Oct. 1.
Charles F, Naegele, a Southern artist, is
at work ou a full length portrait of Mrs.
Potter. Critics, who have seen the work,
say the pose is faultless and ideally grace
ful, while tiie expression to the lovely face
is perfect.
The frost appeared at Tampa just about
the time the yellow fever was disappearing.
The people there, therefore, are under no
obligation to the frost, though it is probable
that they are very glad that it has made its
appearance.
Once more William O'Brien has triumphed
over his enemies, and has donned r suit of
tweed smuggled into his cell by friends.
O’Brien, hereafter, will sleep with his
clothes on, that the prison officials may not
again steal them in his sleep.
While there is almost a coal famine in
this city, and the price of coal is steadily
going up, Macon is getting coal from Ala
bama by the car-load for $3 50 a ton. There
is no better evidence than this that Savan
nah needs more railroads to the West.
It must be admitted that Chnuncev M.
Depew, in advocating laws regulating im
migration, has the courage of his convic
tions, as any cessation in immigration must
necessarily lessen the earnings of the New
Y’ork Ceutral railroad, of which he is
President.
The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain is reported
as saying that Mr. Gladstone has abandoned
his original home rule policy, but Mr.
Chamberlain will not be considered an
authority on the subject. The Tory gov
ernment evidently wishes Mr. Gladstone
would abandon the agitation entirely.
Are all the Georgia and Florida Congress
men in line with their party ou tho tariff
question? If any are not, they will show
wisdom by getting in lino at once. They
can not favor fteo whisky and represent
people who favor prohibition, so strongly as
the people of this State and Florida do.
It is announced that, the mother of the
boy assaulted iu New York city recently by
Anthony Comstock will prosecute the agent
for the Society for the Suppression of Vice,
and a number ot gentlemen who witnessed
the affair have volunteered to testify
against the accused. Comstock’s conviction
on such a charge would place him in a most
unenviable position before the public.
Pherman’s Platform.
Senator Sherman, who, after Mr. Blaine,
is tho most prominent Republican candidate
for President, says that he has a very simple
platform. As ho states it, it is as follows:
First, the protection of American indus
tries; nnd second, a fair count of tho vote ;n
the Southern States.
Tho Senator’s platform is not likely to ex
cite much discussion. The second part of it
is calculated to call out some vigorous de
nials and assertions', but it affords no oppor
tunity for a difference of opinion. Neither
iu the North nor the South is there any
parti', or faction of a party, which objects
to a fair count of the votes iu the Southern
States.
The Senator desires to be understood ns
asserting, however, that the vote is not
fairly counted in the South. It is very easy i
to make an assertion of that kind, but how
is the assertion to be maintained ! Every
where in the South it is denied that there is
not a free ballot and a fair count. The
issue is joined and the Senator must prove {
his assertion.
He can doubtless find here and there a I
white or colored Republican politician who .
will testify that as far as he kuows tho col
ored vote is not counted as it is cast, but
such testimony is only an opinion.
It is wholly unsupported by fact, and ought I
not, therefore, be received by anybody
who is anxious to see justice done. Where
there is one who will say that he does not
believe that the ballots in the Southern
States are fairly counted there are hundreds
of reputable men who will aksort that the
ballot box is free to all, and that the ballots
are counted honestly.
Senator Sherman doubtless thinks that •
the second part of his platform will help
the Republican party, and he proposes to
present it as embodying an issue which
that, party must meet and settle
with as little delay as possible.
The fact that it is based upon a falsehood
doesn’t disturb him in the least. It will an
swer his purpose .almost as well as if he
could produce convincing evidence that the
votes of the colored people in the Southern
States are suppressed. It is probable that
this winter lie will introduce into Congress
a bill providing for boards of elections to
look after the counting of tho vote in
national elections in all the States. Such
boards are needed in the Senator’s State,
particularly in Cincinnati, but there is no
use for them in the South.
The other plank in the Senator's platform
does not appear to have much appropriate
ness. The tariff reformers are not proposing
to deprive American industries of protec
tion. What they are proposing now is to
reduce the tariff in order to get rid of the
Treasury surplus. They don’t want the tax
on whisky and tobacco removed, but they
do want the tax on many of the necessaries
of life reduced. The Senator doesn’t want
the whisky tax removed either, and in that
respect ho differs from some Democrats late
ly converted to protection.
The Senator’s platform, therefore, is not
much of a platform, after all. As it is in
tended only for a campaign document, it
will probably answer just as well as if it
were based upon truth and were pertinent
to the existing condition of affairs.
The Insane Asylum.
The Morning News published a synopsis
of the testimony in tiie investigation, which
was made by the joint committee of the
Senate and House, of the charges which
were brought against the management of
the Insane Asylum at Milledgeviile by Dr.
Kesnan at the tirno it was given, and
also a svnopsis of the report of the joint
committee soon after it was made. As the
report is attracting considerable attention
throughout the State it may not be unin
teresting to refer again to some of its lead
ing points
The charges included drunkenness on the
part of soma of the physicians and other
officers, a failure to keep regularl case
books, nepotism, failure to discharge
patients no longer entitled to the privileges
of the asylum, misappropriation of funds,
failure to properly feed tho inmates of tho
asylum, etc.
Tho committee declares that after a most
thorough investigation none of the charges
was sustained. Indeed, it appears to have
been pretty well satisfied with the way the
institution is as being conducted, ami to have
found that all of the officers and employes
were not only very conscientious in the dis
charge of their duties, but that they wore in
every respect fully qualified to discharge
them. The testimony showed that the food
provided was wholesome and abundant,
and entirely suited to tho condition of (ho
patients.
With regard to Dr. Keenan the committee
said that it found that he had been First
Assistant Physician of the asylum, and had
been discharged by tho trustees for suffi
cient cause, and that it indorsed that action.
The management of the asylum could not
desire a more complete vindication than it
obtained at the hands of the joint commit
tee. Tho committee appears to have done
its work thoroughly, and the conclusion at
which it arrived has no doubt been accepted
throughout tho State as entirely satisfac
tory.
What they don’t know over in England
about matters in America isn’t, according to
an Englishman’s idea, worth knowing. There
is a controversary going on in Loudon now
which is regarded ns rather odd. It is about
the course that, is pursued in America to
suppress riots. All sorts of communications
are sent to the papers about the draft and
other riots. One correspondent informs the
English public that u bystander who hoots
the police has been held by several Ameri
can judges guilty of contempt of court.
The courts would have more business than
they could attend to if it were an offense to
hoot the police.
In submitting to be interviewed by fifty
reporters at once, Joseph Chamberlain, of
the Fisheries Commission, showed that lie
did not value his life highly. It may be,
however, that he borrowed ono of the ar
mors recently purchased by Mayor Hewitt,
of New York, during his recent visit there,
and felt competent to cope with tiie pencil
pushers.
A Catholic priest has begun a spirited
crusade against the bustle. He brands it as
unsightly, a production of vanity, and alto
gether immoral. There is a big field for
some reformer to work on in this city. The
man who can convince a Savannah woman
that a bustle is unsightly will possess rare
oratorical powers.
Only two available boats in which to
carry 230 passengers ashore from a sinking
boat! Such is the re; ort of tiie disaster ten
miles oft Dover Saturday night, iu which
140 passengers ou the Dutch steamor
Scholten found a watery grave. Whoever
is responsible for this state of affairs should
be Buaisbuil
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1887.
i Dr. Falligant’a System of Sewe -ago.
The Morning News has published several
articles written by Dr. l’alligant. which
advocate the adoption of the system of
sewerage for which an act passed by the
legislature providos. The articles, appar
rently, show two things: First, that it is
tho cheapest system that can bo adopted,
and, second, that it will, in all probability,
give better results, and, hence, more satis
faction than any other.
If there arc any good reasons why the
Council shouldn't adopt this system the pub
lic ought to know them. If the Council
has any reason for not adopting it let it
state it.
Tiie present system of sewerage is not sat
isfactory. It is not only very costly, but it
is objectionable for other reasons which are
known to all property owners of the city
who have given attention to bouse drainage.
Nothing is more necessary for health than
that bouses shall have proper drainage. Tiie
impression is, and it is probably well
founded, that the percentage of houses in
this city that have very imperfect drainage,
is very large. As there are Island to be im
provements in the drainage of houses, care
should bo taken to secure the best system of
drainage to carry out these improvements.
Those who have read Dr. Falligant's
articlse appear to be favorably impressed by
them. The system of drainage which he
advocates seems to be just the thing that is
needed here. If there are citizens interested
in the house drainage problem who have not
read the doctor’s articles they ought to do
so at once, and if the members of the Council
have not read them they should do so before
taking any steps in matters relating to
sewerage and house drainage.
House owners now make connection with
sewers at very considerable expense, and
when it is made it is frequently found to be
unsatisfactory. Let the system of sewerage
advocated by Dr. Falligant bo thoroughly
studied by the Council, and let tiie opinion
of experts with regard to it betaken, if that
is deemed necessary, and if it is what is
claimed for it let it be adopted. What the
people want is the best nnd cheapest system
and they have a right to expect that the
Council will give it to them.
The Jasper Monument Celebration.
There is a quite generally expressed desire
throughout this and the adjacent States that
Savannah shall present extra attractions of
some kind, on some day, or days, in the
near future, that will afford people which
have trade relations with her, or who regard
her as the metropolis of this part of the
South, an excuse and an opportunity for
visiting her and passing a pleasant day or
two in noting her growth and general pros
perity. Tho most successful celebrations
which have occurred in this State, or in this
part of the South, were the sesqui-eenten
nial of the founding of the Colony of Geor
gia, the Jasper Centennial, and tho Chatham
Artillery Centennial.
The Jasper monument will be unveiled on
Feb. 22, and that will afford the opportunity
for getting up a celebration that will be a
credit to the city and attract thousands of
visitors. Invitations have been sent to the
various representative bodies in the city re
questing the presence of committees
from them, at a meeting to be hold
to-night for the purpose of considering a
plan for making the occasion of the unveil
ing a memorable one. If it is desired, and
the necessary financial support is provided,
the proposed celebration can be so arranged
as to extend over more than one day. The
greater the subscriptions the more imposing
will be the celebration.
All who have been Invited to the meeting
.to-night should make it a point to be pres
ent. Indeed if they are honestly interested
in promoting the interests of tho city they
cannot consistently remain away, unless
other and more imperative matters demand
their attention elsewhere.
The thirteen citizens who, ten years ago,
assumed the task of raising the money to
erect the Jasper monument have completed
their work. If the people of Savannah de
sire to celebrate in an appropriate manner
the unveiling of the monument let them ex
press that desire through their selected rep
resentatives at the meeting to-night.
King Humbert of Italy announces many
contemplated reforms and improvements in
tho government of his domain. Ho prom
ises to reorganize tho ministerial depart
ments, reform commercial and provincial ad
ministrations, establish a uniform penal
code and reform the prison system. More
over, he wishes to encourage thrift and in
dustry among tho working cia.es, promote
credit in business circles by reorganizing the
banks of issue on a sound financial basis, and
repress excessive emigration. His intention
to give special care to the oducation of the
youth of the count ry is commendable. This
is a much needed advancement.
For a woman who has had no experience
on the stage and who is not a good-second
rate actress Mrs. Potter’s engagement at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre, Now York, was very
successful. For the three weeks of her en
gagement the receipts were $28,100. The
first week they were $13,131 75; the second
week $0,071 75, and the third week $3,057.
Deducting the extraordinary receipts of the
first night from the first week’s receipts,
and the fact appears that Mrs. Potter has
steadily grown in popularity. Who knows
but that she will be ns great a success
financially os either Mary Anderson or Mi's.
Langtry "
Gov. Hill of New York has appointed
Michael Rickard, a representative working
man, Railroad Commissioner at the request
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers. The Republican Legislature last win
ter rejected Mr. Rickard’s name when it
was sent in by Gov. Hill, and the action ol
the Governor, in appointing him now,
proves tho sincerity of the devotion of tho
Democratic party to labor interests, and
will serve to strengthen the party among
the laboring class.
Before the recent execution of tho Anar
chists at Chicago, the police were “warned”
that the “murder” would be avenged and
that the streets of the city would flow with
blood. But the Anarchists mot their fate
nnd their threats came to nothing. Now,
Herr Most and his loud-mouthed followers
threaten New York as their brethren
threatened Chicago, but they will not be
heeded.
Col. Bob Ingersoll, who is always saying
something bright, remarked a day or two
ago that Mr. Cleveland’s “luck made him
President and his love mude him popular.”
With both hick and love on his side he can
hardly fail to get there again.
It is not thought that the Alaska part of
the fisheries troubles will be considered in
the approaching fisheries conference. The
Alaska part is a small affair. Tho New
England fishermen are tho ones who are
making ail the noise.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Good Health Brings Good Sense.
From the Chicago Times (hid.)
It is now said of Mr. Blaine that he is in per
fect health and does not want the nomination.
Thus having a sound mind iu a sound body, Mr.
Blaine may yet enjoy many happy years.
A Parallel.
From the Poston Herald ( Ind.)
The question whether Mr. Hilliard was pushed
by Mrs. Langtry is likely to take its place in
history beside the kindred doubts as to whether
Foraker was snubbed by Mrs. Cleveland. The
former can never hope, however to equal Fora
ker in th" faculty for parading the ulleged in
dignities offered him.
No Objection to Lamar.
Fro in the Providence Journal (hem.)
That Secretary Lamar is to be nominated to
the Supreme Court is taken for granted on all
hands. That he will lie confirmed by the Senate
is probably as certain He is well qualified for
the position, his ability lias never been ques
tioned. anti he has shown, as Secretary ot the
Interior, a business ability tor which he was not
by all given credit.
The Massachusetts Democratic Vote.
From the Poston Republic (hem.)
The "severe shook” which Mr. Cleveland dealt
the sensitive souls of ihe Massachusetts Mug
wumps did not affect one of their votes: those
were already secured for Ames and Blaiueism.
But the President’s manly action was followed
by an increase of 0,000 in the Democratic vote
of Massachusetts, and an increase of 10,000 in
the 1) mocratic majority in New York. The
hostility of the Mugwumps resulting iu the
growth of the. Democratic strength, the Presi
dent may regard the Herald's threat with much
culmness.
BRIGHT BITS.
Anthony Comstock would have been out of
place in the Garden of Eden.—. Vein York Star.
A poet sings, “Two Chords I Struck.” Per
haps he struck because he was too lazy to saw
them.
A Montana paper referred the other day to
‘ Kisser William, of Germany.” "Kisser Wil
iiam is not a German, but an American, and
his other front name is ’Tecumseh.’ Lowell
Courier.
Attend ant (to Mr. John L. Sullivan at his ho
tel)—Her majesty, the Queen, sir, has hexpressed
a desire to see you.
Mr. John L. Sullivan—Well, show de old lady
up at oncet. —New York Sun.
“Gosh, Marin!” exclaimed an old fanner,
visiting New Y'ork with his spouse, "here’s a
pluee where they pull teeth for twenty-five
cents. Let’s go in and have our’n out. We
won t have another sech a chance.”—Burling
ton Fee Press.
“Are you head waiter?" asked a hotel patron
of a pompous individual who was posiDg near
the dining-room door.
‘ Well, sir, I serve in that capacity, but my
official title, if you please, is the dining-room
superintendent. ’ —Hotel Mu il.
“Mari ah. suppose we give this copy of Daute’s
‘lnferno’ away?'’
"Why, what fori”
"I don’t think either of us will have anv curi
osity to look at it now that your mother has
come to live with us?" —Washington Critic.
“My dear friend, how were you able to
acquire such an immense fortune?”
“By a very simple method."
"What method is that I”
“When I was poor I made out that I was rich,
and when I got rich I made out that I was
poor.”— Voltaire.
It may be true, as a distinguished local So
cialist remarks, that reporters are always eon
founding Socialists with Anarchists. Very
likely. It is a little difficult for Americans to
properly distinguish Anarchists, Socialists and
Nihilists. As the Hon. Bradwell Slote remarked
to Mrs. Gen. Giltiory touching potations—they
taste tho same in all languages.— Kansas City
Times.
“Laura,” said the young man, despairingly,
“I know it is growing late, but this may be the
last evening I shall ever see you. If there is uo
hope for me, Laura—if your answer this night
is a final one-- there is no happiness for me iu
this world except in the grave. Wide and deep
it yawns before me, but I fear it not. It
yawns"
“So do I, George; so do I,” said Laura,wearily.
Chicago Tribune.
They strolled along through the wood together,
A manly youth and a maiden fair.
Gathering leaves in the autumn weather,
Tinted with colors most ricli and rare.
He said: “Youare much like the autumn leaves.
With your cheeks of red and your hair of gold;
Andyour heart the frost that that leaf receives
Ere its hues are seen—for your heart is cold.”
The maiden answered, “It may lie so;
Y’ou’ve known me long and perhaps know best;
But the frozen leaf soon thaws, you know.
After tis gathered aud properly pressed.”
—Boston Courier.
“The waltz." said a dancing-master last even
ing, “is the most beautiful and most popular of
all dances. It is danced all over the world.
And, by the way, the one hundredth anniver
sary of its birth occurs on Dec. 20 iu this year.
On that day, 100 years ago, a Spanish composer,
named Vincent Martin, presented au opera in
Vienna which contained anew dance, that at
once captivated the people I, was adopted at
all the balls immediately, and the furor rapidly
extended to all parts of the world. That dance
was the waltz. Some changes have been made
in it, of course, but tiie time and principal
movement remain the same. Philadelphia
Times.
PERSONAL.
Ex Secretary Manning is improving slightly
in health, n( which his friends are greatly re-
; <-> { m,nl, put they are still anxious over his con
dition.
Miss Adele Grant recently made her debut
in W uxliington society at a small dancing party
at fb" British Legation, aiul was very much ad
mired.
Secretary Fairchild seldom makas use of a
stenographer. His annual report, which will
soon be ready for the printer, is in his own band
writing.
George Kkxnax, the Siberian traveler and
writer, has been blacklisted by the Russian gov
iviii notbe permitted to re-enter
the Czar's dominions.
Likit. Foui.kk, of the United States navy,
and at one time Acting Minister to Corea, is
about to many a Japanese girl, said to be of
unusual intelligence and culture.
It is said that Secretary Vilas has i>ecomc
almost a millionaire since he entered the Cabi
net, by the rapid development of mining land on
the southern shore of Late Superior.
Tiik reappearance of Mine. Etelka Oerster be
fore a New York audience, ufler an absence of
four years,must bo regarded as a notable music
al event. Her first concert is to be given in the
Metropolitan Opera House this evening.
Whitelaw Reid, of tbo New York Tribune ,
has purchased the “Ophir Farm," the famous
Westchester property where Ben Holliday, the
plainsman, spent over a million dollars on the
house alone. Mr. Reid is now the possessor of
two of the finest houses in the country.
It is said that the Archduke John, of Austria,
has for some time been living in Ijondon under
strict incognito. Recently he wished to join the
Jockey Club without breaking the incognito,
and two eminent members of the club, acting as
his sponsors, asked the stewards to admit **a
gentleman of exalted rank" without com pel ling
him to disclose his real name. The application
was refused, und the Archduke is still outside
the club.
13. P. Hutchinson, of Chicago, whose success
in manipulating the market has given him a
national reputation, goes to bed with the chick
ens. and by 3 o’clock in the morning has dressed
himself and commenced the day’s campaign.
His stops are first turned toward u pewspaj>er
office. He is well-known, and scarcely have the
great perfecting presses commenced their work
before he is handed a copy. In two minutes he
is noticed, generally resting his long, well
knit frame on a steam radiator, with his broad
brim hat drawn well down over bis closely
shaven face, and his eyes devouring the market
reports from every quarter of the globe. By
early breakfast Mine no has at his fingers' emfs
a mass of facts and figures, has reasoned ever>-
thing out to his satisfaction, and when he goes
over to the Board of Trade building he is thor
oughly equipped for any turn of the market.
Georgi: L. Rives, who has been offered the
place of First Assistant Secretary of State, is
just such a man as one would expect Mr. Bay
aid to choose. He represents blood and an old
family tree. Apart from any considerations of
family and descent, George Rives is a pretty
good fellow. It is no Hwret that he has been
anxious lately to step into public life. Lest year,
before Sunset Cox came home from Turkey,
George was on the slate in Pulitzer's old district
for the Congressional nomination. Dan Hanley,
who runs the boys over by the East river docks,
had them pretty solid for the dainty Virginian,
who once m a while picked his
piers. But when Sam Cox landed and said he
would represent that district if he wen' asked,
the longshoremen, the roustabouts and the rest
of the oast aiders fell away from (Jeorge. and ho
dropped out of the contest. The dry, old, semi
acrobatic at mosphere of the Slate Depart meat
will suit Mr. Hives, aud he will make an admira
ble eillciuL
A SHABBY TRICK.
An Attempt to Make the President’s
Receptions Ridiculous.
Washington Cor. Txjuisville Courier-Journal.
A recent complimentary notice of Mr. Clay
ton MeMichael and the success of ids sway at
the White House during the Arthur term and
for the first year of Mr. Cleveland's recalls the
memory of his machinations te make Miss Cleve
land’s receptions ridiculous. As he managed
those of Mrs. McElroy and her brother, Mr. and
Miss Cleveland left all the arrangements to him.
Said his wife to a friend: "Don't come to our re
ception to-morrow, it won't be nice, we are go
ing to run the Democrats through " It was the
first Saturday after the inauguration, and the
fine weather which had prevailed all the week
changed to a dark, gloomy afternoon. All the
drawing-rooms but the East room were closed
to vistors. No gas was lighted to dispel the
gloom; not a plant or flower was to be seen. To
indicate economy and retrenchment and
make it odious, a strip of crash was laid over
the carpets from the door which opened into the
vestibule to the East room, then across the car
pet in that room in front of the receiving party
and out to the window which was improvised as
an exit. Sofas and chairs were placed in front
and behind the receiving party, which consisted
of Miss Cleveland and the President's married
sisters, Mrs. Dacon and Mrs. Hoyt. Instruc
tions had been given not to ask Mrs. Hendricks,
Mrs. Carlisle, the Bayards, or any of the new'
Cabinet to assist Miss Cleveland. Policemen
picketed the line of crush and hustled the wife
of Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, Mrs.
Randolph Tucker, and other prominent
Democratic ladies, if they did not
step as briskly as these policemen
desired, and the ladies were hurried past Miss
Cleveland, and hopped out of the window like
the children's game of jumping the sheep over
the stile. No doubt Mr. McMichael and bis set
enjoyed the fun. The indignation w hich was
aroused was intense, and some of the leading
Democratic ladies w ent to Miss Cleveland to re
monstrate, and she innocently asked: “Was it
different from the usual Saturday receptions?
Did you ever attend those of Mrs. McElroy?”
The ladies then described the many elegant re
ceptions they bod attended, and ventured to
hint that Mr. Mcjlicliaol was not a safe person
to consult, and that as long as he remained she
had better seek other advice and give instead of
receiving orders from him.
The Common Sense Soldier.
From the Judge.
Min rush to arms 'mid war’s alarms
And w reath their brows in glory,
But as for me I'd rather be
The. man who tells the story.
Where muskets flash the soldiers ruth,
Meet treason's dash and quell it,
But I am one when all is done
Would rather live and tell it.
Whin forced to part it wrings the heart,
But soldiers' griefs are fleeting;
But I’m a man would stretch life's span
To reach a future meeting,
A tale of fights min's hearts delights
And cash it brings to see it;
But I'm not vain, I just remain
And live along and tell it.
Whin min portray the deadly fray
T e picture fires the spirit,
But all min know the artist who
Has drawn it was not near it;
It spoils the joke whin pnw'der smoke
Is near enough to smell it;
The dyes they use fail to amuse—
Id rather Uve to tell it.
For some must die and some must fly
Whene’er the battle rages;
If left to me I’d quick agree
Which way to earn me w ages.
Some leave a name adorned by fame
For bards in song to sw'ell it
In anthems loud, but I'm not prond,
I'll live along and tell it.
So here's to all who fight and fall.
To comrades brave and plucky.
And here’s to him w ith life and limb,
Bedad I think him lucky!
iA't honor kape the byes who slape,
Nor future years dispel it,
And here’s to those who struck the blows
And still live on to tell it.
Cardinal Gibbons’ Gift from Rome.
From the Baltimore Su s,
Among the other appurtenances to the office
of a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church is
the seal. The new seal of Cardinal Gibbons has
a shield in the centre, above which is the Cardi
nal's hat, with tassels hanging conventionally
downward on each side of the design. The
shield is surmounted by a cross, and under the
shield is a ribbon, supported by an ornament.
\round the edge runs the Cardinal's title in
Latin: “Jacobus Tit. S. Mariae Trastevere Presb.
Card. Gibbons.” There was somethingelso also
in the package received by Cardinal Gibbons
from Rome on Wednesday. In addition to the
red hat of the eardinalate was another red hat
worn by Cardinal Gibbons while in Rome. This
is a large soft hat of beaver, similar to a som
brero, with the crown semi-spherical in shape,
and surrounded by a gilt band. On the left
side, depending from the band, is a gold
cord, holding an ornament of gold
s] 'angles, about three or four inches in size, and
lying upon the brim, which is about ten inches
wide. The drooping brim in front is held up by
loops of gold cord fastened to the front of the
part which covers the head. With the hats and
portraits cauie also a large cake made in Rome
for the Pope and given to the Cardinal while he
was there. This cake is about eighteen inches
in diameter, and eight inches thick, and is beau
ti fully and artistically ornamented It contains
fruit, and is probably one of tbe kind that im
proves by age. As it has not been cut as yet,
this, however, can only be surmised. The or
namentation is not high like wedding cakes
made in this country, but consists of frosting
coated over the top and sides. Upon this, in
relief, is an intricate tracery of ornament. Up
on the top. also in relief, are a number of
cherubs holding scrolls, upon which are in
scribed mottoes in the Italian language. The
Cardinal s household expect the reporters of
the press will get nearly all of the cake.
Historian Bancroft’s Great Library.
From a Washington Letter.
The largest privato library in Washington is
Bancroft’s, and it is by ad odds the most valu
able. It contains over 12,000 volumes, and Ban
croft has another lilirarv at Newport, It takes
four large rooms to hold liis Washington library,
and the walls ot these rooms arc lined wan
cases. They have no covering of either glass or
curtain, and on many of the she.lves the books
are two rows deep. Among them are manv
rare and curious volumes. He lias a copy of
Don Juan which Byron gave him with a auto
graphic presentation in it, and he has autograph
letters full of matter and historical interest
from the leading statesmen of the country. He
has fine engravings, and he has copies in manu
script volumes of the secret records of France
and England relating to this country. These
cost a mint of money, and Bancroft was aided
in getting them by the governments of the two
countries. His books contaiu volumes of all
languages, and his history has been translated
into several different tongues. He sleeps in his
library and has a little table beside his bed with
two wax candles upon it, There is paper, pen
and ink upon this, and if a thought strikes him
at night he rises and jots it down. He con
tinues to buy books and his library is already
so ial liable that an attempt will probably be
made to obtain it for the government at his
death.
Three Public Men.
From the New York Tribune.
Three public men who have become warm
friends aud almost inseparable companions,
when they can get together, are Senator .1. 1).
Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Senator George
Vest, of Missouri, and ex-Gov. S. T. Hauser, of
Montana. They were in New York together
yesterday. They' are opposite types of phys
ique. Senator Cameron is tall and slender,
Senator Vest short and stout, while Hauser haa
the rough and ready appearance of a back
woodsman, but carries in tbe pockets of his
coarse clothes the check books from which he
could draw $2,000,000 or $3,003,000 by the mere
signing of his name. I lielieve they first came
together in Washington through their fondness
for the quiet little game of poker which is a
great favorite with statesmen. They are asso
dated together in various enterprises in the
Northwest. Gov. Hauser is President of the
First National Bank of Montana, and one of the
heaviest capitalists in that section. He Ims
undertaken the construction of a large number
of branch lines for the Northern Pacific rail
road. In this enterprise Senators Vest, Cameron
and a number of others are Interested with him.
Twice a Widow and Once a Grand
mother at 33.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Only 33, a grandmother and twice a widow,
isn't found every day In the week, but there was
a pretty little woman on Chestnut street, Satur
day afternoon, who enjoys that rather remark
able distinction. Her name is Mrs. Gertrude
Gadden, the widow of Johu P. Gadden, of San
Frandsco. At the age of 15 sbe married a gen
tleman named Her'iert, and a .year later became
the mother of a girl baby. At the age of go ji rri .
Herbert lost, her Husband amt donned widow’s
weeds, which she wore for twelve vears. Her
daughter, rather precocious, mentally and phys
ically. followed her mother's example on the
day Mrs. Herbert became Mrs. Gadden. A year
later a child was born to the daughter. Six
months before this Mr. Gadden was killed by
being thrown from a horse in Los Angeles. Mrs
Gadi.en is a rosy cheeked, pretty little woman
and looks vu ut hub. ol .!• than Use daughter.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Nearly 110,000 visitors have been recorded at
the Washington monument during the year.
The aik current produced by a railway train
drew a 6-year-old New Haven boy toward the
track, and he was hit by a car step and killed.
A Dayton (Tenn.) man is the proud possessor
of an ear of corn that measiues 11 Inches in cir
cumference, and has SI rows containing 1,300
grains.
There were recently taken from one of the
J mounts near the Ohio river two silver crosses
and thirty silver shoe buckles, the latter bearing
tbe French crown and date of 1730.
In Cross county, Arkansas, recently a number
of convicts were brought out to be baptized,
and water being scarce “the minister immersed
them in a barrel of sorghum juice,” says a local
paper.
Two prisoners in the jail at Lockport, N. Y..
carried on a conversation through the burs,
which drifted on to matrimonial affairs, and
next morning, on being released, they were
married.
The total daily attendance at the schools of
London is reported as 91,501. Of these pupils
23,497 go to tbe Anglican schools, 24,055 to the
Board, or public schools, and 22,2i0 to the Cath
olic schools.
Carl Lixcerman saw a duck swimming on
the river at Paris, Tenn., and fired at it. The
ball glanced up from the water and struck
keeper Hicks, who stood on the opposite hank,
inflicting a painful wound in his shoulder.
London's ‘‘Ragged Sunday Schools,” which
are declared to be the great means of reaching
and improving the poor children of that city,
are increasing fast in numbers and influence.
They now have 40,000 scholars aud 4,000
teachers.
Two centenarians have died recently. One
was Clayton Sutherland, who was born in Vir
ginia in 1784, and lived for seventy years near
Benton, Ky. The other was Barney Findley of
Spriug Valley, Ohio who was said to be over
104 years old!
An Omaha lawyer took a diamond ring as a
retainer from a man accused of grand larceny.
On his way to luncheon he slipped into a jew
elry store to ask w hat the diamond was worth,
and the jeweler identified the ring as one that
had been stolen from him.
The Mexican policeman puts in twelve hours
of hard work every day for the average wages
of $6 a month. In addition to bis other duties
he is obliged to carry a long ladder, which he
uses in cleaning, filling, lighting and afterward
extinguishing all the street lamps on his beat.
In his autobigraphy the Rev. Philip Hoffman,
a German clergyman, who died near C'assel not
long ago. claims that he discovered the art of
photography in 1833. or six years before Da
guerre's discovery, but was unable to apply or
' utilize it owing to his lack of knowledge of
chemistry.
Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts, thinks
that the average salaries of Episcopal clergy
men in that State are too small, ami hopes that
enlightened public sentiment will bring im
provement. Of the salaries of 136 rectors who
reported to him, the highe:t was SIO,OOO, tbe
lowest S6OO, and the average was $1,827.
A prominent physician says that children's
school lunches should not be placed in the old
feshioned lunch basket or tin box. as bad odors
always cling to a much used receptacle. What
he recommends is a fresh, clean napkin wrapped
neatly round the bread aud butter or other edi
bles. aud a paste-board box to hold it all.
Five of the leading Indians of the Coeur d’
Alene tribe came into Spokane tbe other day
and bought anew improved threshing machine
to use on their reservation. The Indians of this
tribe are among the most peaceable in the
country, and they are ail good farmers, using
the latest inventions in labor-saving machinery.
The singular fact is demonstrated that, while
the most rapid cannon shots scarcely attain a
velocity of 600 metres a second—over 1,500 miles
per hour—meteorites are known to penalrate
the air with a velocity of 40,000. or even 60.000
metres per secoud, a velocity which raises the
air at once to a temperature of from 4,000° to
6,000“ Cent,
An exceptionally daring thief broke into a
Kansas City house the other day, He gathered
together an entire outfit of clothing, including
underwear, then repaired to the bathroom, aud,
after taking a bath, dressed himself in the
stolen outfit and departed, His own clothes he
carefully rolled up in a bundle aud placed in
the corner of the room.
Philadelphia has been claiming the oldest
commercial traveler in the country in Daniel R.
Wolf; but St. Louis says that C. P. Lindley, of
that city, deserves the honor. Mr. Lindley is
nearly 70 years old, has been a drummer on the
road since .836, is as spry as a boy, has snow
white hair and beard, rosy cheeks, keen eyes,
can tell more good stories than any of the boys,
and has already traveled over 25,000 miles in
1887,
The ship William J. Rotch, of New Bedford,
has just made a remarkable voyage. She left
Philadelphia for Hiogo, Japan, about eleven
months ago, sailed 21,400 miles in 137 days, was
unloaded and reladen and on June 7 started on
the homeward voyage, which she made in 150
days, the distance b. ing 21,137 miles. In the
round trip she sailed almost as far as twice
around the world in ten months and twenty-five
days, which include the time of lying in port in
Japan.
A professional pall beaher has been dis
covered in Philadelphia. lie is an ex-carpenter,
who once, when out of a job, was asked to be
pall bearer at a funeral of an entire stranger.
He accepted, and was paid liberally, lie saw a
business in it, bought a decent suit of black,
reads the obituary notices in Mr. Child’s Ledger,
and goes to funerals. He finds his services
most in demand at the funerals of very old per
sons who have outlived their companions; and if
the dead person happens to be an unmarried
•woman past middle life.then he is almost certain
of a job. He says that he averages two funerals a
day, and makes a living out of it.
There seems to be no bounds to Missouri’s
capabilities in the oldest-living-citizen line. The
latest product of this truly remarkable State is
Charles Galiitier, of Putnam county, who in
sists that his parents often told him that he was
born twelve years before the signing of the dec
la ration of independence. If that's so. the old
gentleman is 123 years old. He is the father of
eight children, of whom three, he says, were
born Ik-fore Gen. Jackson won the battle of New
Orleans. He voted for Gen. Jackson twice, and
has always been a Democrat. He says that he
has chewed tobacco since he was 10 years old,
and has drank enough whisky to “start the Mis
sissippi. ”
The new gcn which it is proposed to intro
duce into the Italian army is said to be as
effective as the I.eb.il gun recently introduced
into the French army. It is called the Freddi
rifle, after its inventor, ('apt. Freddi. who has
just made known his invention. The rifle
weighs but 7 pounds 4 ounces; the bore is .315
calibre, or a trifle larger than an ordinary lead
pencil; the bullet weighs hut 225 grains, or half
the weight of the Springfield bullet; the charge
of powder is 83 grains, which is heavier than the
Springfield, and the muzzle velocity is I.o4ofeet
a second, 300 feet greater than that of the
Springfield. A soldier can cat ry 200 cartridge
which weigh but 11 pounds 4ounces, and bet. n
fire twenty-four rounds in a minute.
The case of Poitras against Lebeau is one of
the most remarkable ever argued in Canada.
Poitras, a farmer, near Montreal, ono August
evening in 1885, after a severe illness, went to
the church of St. Anne du Bout, de l isle, and
when it was time to kneel found that on ac
count of the pain lie could kneel on one knee
only. Lelteau, who was constable of the church
ordered him to betid both knees. Poitras said
he couldn't. After church the constable arrest
ed him on a charge of committing
an irreverence in the church. Poitras”
to avoid scmdal, paid the imposed <j u j
of $8 20 under protest. He then sued Lebeau
for $2,00u for having instigated pr feedings
against him. The case was tried by jury and
Poitras was beaten. The Court of Appeal con
firmed the verdict, and now the case has been
argued before tho Supreme Court at (Jttaw
The case is being made a test f the right of the
church to exact the penalty imposed, and there
is no lack of money on both sides. The Judges
of the Supreme Court, two Roman Catholics and
four Protestants, have reserved judgment.
Jerome Bonaparte in New York.
From the Chicaqo Herald.
Jerome Bonaparte, who has been stopping at
one of the quiet up-town hotels of New York a
few days, is one of the most reserved and ex
clusive of men. He has the aristocratic man
ner, but is not haughty, and, though he spends
a few weeks every year in Paris, yet he expects
to make Washington his home and to end his
days there. His home there is a fine one but
he does not entertain very much except very
blue-blooded persons. He is a thorough horse
man and a good reinsman, and wheu he has
charge of a spirited team many persons fancy
the expression on his face is very suggestive of
that which some of tho pictures of his greut
uncle Aanvleuu have.
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Public Benefactors.
Observer E. A. Banner, of the U. S. Sig
nal Service, says there is every indication
of cold weather for next week. This means
a big demand for Boys’ Clothing, Blankets,
Wraps, Cloaks, etc., etc. The house that
can show the most reliable value in these
goods is the one tliatV going to sell the big
gest share of ’em. Try us. You take no
chances. We are here for success and to
stay. Here’s a few hummers for you to
gaze on, only a few of the thousand in
vincible bargains to be found in this tha
largest establishment of its kind in the
South. Blankets are our hobby; here’s one
from 15C' bargains in this department:
100 Pairs 6 1-2 lb. Whits All
Wool 12-4 Blankets,
Conceded by Wholesale Dealers to be
Cheap at sls 50;
We’ll Sell 100 Pairs This
Week for $4 a Pair.
Purchase a pair: you’ll need ’em; then
step to counter directly opposite aud ex
amine sample of
100 Dozen Ladies’ All Wool Dndervests,
Guaranteed Medicated Wool Scarlet, were
Considered Cheap Last Week at $1 50;
This Week We’ll Run 'em at sl.
You MUST have a Muff? Well, here's
1,000 elegant Black Fur ones we’re running
off at 50c.; $2 50 is their value.
How are you off for Wraps? Didn't get
one of the 75 we sold last week? Well, here’s
a chance; $25, $35 aud S4O Imported
Plush Satin-lined Short Wraps have
TAKEN A TUMBLE for this week ouly
to sl7 98.
Two bales Heavy Canton Flannel was sel
ling iast week at 10c.; this week’s price fi)4c.
Come and see the quotations in our pet
department (Dress Goods); see the unap
proachable bargains on centre Dress Goods
counter. The small fry will now stand
aghast and cry “a bait, a bait,” acting on
the principle that “good wine needs no
bush.”
We respectfully solicit an inspection of
the above and ask you to kindly be the
judge as to tiie genuineness of these in vin
cible bargains.
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®f Tsa taken ttie lead l
the sales of that class oi
remedies, and has given
almost universal satistac-
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G has won the lavor of
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A. L. SMITH. _
Bradford, Ft.
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POOD PRODUCTS.
test Citj Ills
W E are making an extra quality of GRHY I
and MEAL, and can recommend it to the tradf
os superior to any in this market. Would hi
pleased to give special prices on application.
We have on hand a choice lot of EMFTY
SACKS, which we are selling cheap.
BOND, HAYNES & ELTON