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4 Cklsonung!Jcfos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 42, 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day in fhe vear. and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail , one month, f) 00; three months, $2 50; six mouths, $5 00. one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, hy matt, six times a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $2 00; six months, $4 09 one year, $S 00. The Morning News, Tri-weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 2o; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, try mail, one year, ?2 Ti. The Weekly News, by mail, ono year, $1 23. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New Y'ork City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed "Morning News, Savannah, Ua." Advertising rates made known on application. 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. BAKING POWDER, PERFECT Its superior excellence proven in millions of oomes for more than a quarter of a century, p; I seil by the United States Government, in. lorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as ho Strongest. 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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. 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