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SI'N DAY. NOVEMBER ‘J7, 188 7.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices—Roll of Honor, Savannah
Academy; Renting* of Pews in St. John's
Church; No "Crow - ’ About This, Townsend; In
struction in Music, Mrs. C. E. Everitt; Mer
chants Exchange Restaurant, C. E. Graham;
Notice, .las. K. Clarke & Cos.; State and County
Taxes. 1887; John Schwarz's Withdrawal.
Toyr and Holiday Goods for the Trade—At
Platshek's.
Clothing for Our Boys—B. If. Levy & Bro,
The Leader in Fink Clothing—Simon
Mitchell.
A Dandy List op Cheap Offerings—At Plat-
Bbek’s.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
ed: Employment Wauled: For Kent; For Sale;
Board; Lost: Miscellaneous.
Sweeping Reductions—ll. A Dumas.
Public Benefactors —A. R. Altmayer & Cos.
The Place to Buy Shoes —Byck Bros.
Amusements-Ball of Uniform Division K. of
P ; Grand Masquerade Ball of the Savannah
Titm-Verein; Haverly's Minstrels at Theatre.
General Reduction This Week—At Eck
stein's.
Auction Sales—Smoked Shoulders, by I. D.
Laßoobe’s Sons; Sale of Jerseys, etc., by J. Mc-
Laughlin & Son.
Diamonds, Jewelry, Etc.—Theus Bros.
Grand Holiday Opening—L. &B.S.M. H.
Families Made Happy— M. J Solomons, 118
Bryan Street.
This Week—At David Weisbein’s.
D. B. Lester’s Stock—2l Whitaker St reet.
Special Inducements in Hosiery -Crohan &
Dormer.
To Contractors and Builders—DeWitt
Bn# n. architect.
Attention Ladies—Gray * O'Brien.
Schreiner's Toy Houses—Congress street.
Lister's Agricultural Chemical Works—
Dwight L. Roberts, Manager.
Tybee is in a fair way of becoming fa
mous for oyster roasts and clam bakes.
The barbers will hold a convention in
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 5, to organize a na
tional association. Next!
Grand Master Workman Powderly says
that he is enveloped in gloom through which
but one ray of light has made it way. He
ought to be thankful that a single ray has
reached him.
The Prince of Wales has had the pleasure
this year of meeting Mr. Blaine, Buffalo Bill
and John L. Sullivan, and now he wants to
know if there are any other Americans who
are more distinguished.
Muscular Christianity proved too much
for many of the students of Yale and Har
vard, and in their efforts to celebrate the
victory the Blues painted New York a
bright red Thursday night.
Senator Riddleberger says that the Re
publicans were defeated in Virginia l.y Mu
hone’s methods. If that’s the ease it is to
be hoped that Malione will stick to his
methods in future elections in that State.
Another indication of the wickedness of
Cincinnati is found in the statement that a
man whose wife was recently outraged iq
that town refused to prosecute the criminal
because the latter had paid Jpm SSO and
given him a sewing machine to stop the
antion.
The arrest of a gang of men and boys at
tired in fantastic costumes in the metropolis
Thanksgiving day caused considerable com
ment. The Madison Rangers, as they call
themselves, are a public nuisance with
which the South, we are glad to say, is not
afflicted.
Mr. Alexander K. McClure, of the Phila
delphia Times, writes to bis paper from
Washington about the tariff os if lie thought
he was a big Injun and could settle the
tariff issue with a few strokes of his
pen. No man who ruus a one-cent paper
can harmonize the tariff differences.
Michael Burnes, of Augusta, Me., wish
ing to evade the prohibitory law of the
State, has decided to store his liquors in
small packages in custom bouses, and when
he sells a jug or keg to give the purchaser
an order on the custom house for delivery
of the original package on payment of the
duty.
The Governor of Oregon must have lieon
under the impression that his constituents
would not observe Thanksgiving day when
he penned the closing sentence of his unique
proclamation, which read: “The same
courtesy that prompts us to expressions of
gratitude to a friend for favors received
should impel us to give public thanks to
God for His numberless mercies.”
The Duke of Marlborough has filed his
answer in the action for libel instituted by
the New York Ti~uth, the proprietors of
■which ask judgment for S2S,(XX) against the
Duke who termed the sheet a vile rag. It
■was the best advertisement the Truth could
have, and so far from injuring its business
the controversy with the Duke and the liliel
suit brought it into prominence, a circum
stance which never would have occurred
had it been left to its own resources.
Charles Sanford, of Brooklyn, was the
victim of a practical joke at Hyde & Beh
man’s variety theatre last Monday, and
strange to say he failed to appreciate it.
While watching the antics of half a dozen
young girls in abbreviated dresses, who
were engaged in the performance, Mr.
Sanford was given an electric shock, and
when he discovered that ho had been the
victim of a practical joke, he became infu
riated and left the house, amid the shouts
of derision of the other spectators. Consid
ering that he supplied all the fun, and was
the only person in the house who failed to
receive any amusement, he thinks he is enti
tled to $25,000 for injury to himself, and
his feelings, and he has accordingly beguu
an action to recover teat <unount.
Sherman’s Reasons for Attacking the
t outh.
In the campaigns in the Northern States
which preceded the elections this fall there
was very little “bloody shirt” talk, except
in Ohio. In New York there was so little
that John Sherman was disgusted with the
Republican leaders of that State. In an in
terview lie said that if the stump speakers
for the Republican party in New York had
pursued the same course that was pursued
by the Republican campaign managers in
Ohio, the Republicans would have come
nun’ll nearer carrying the State. Was he
right! It is probable that he was not.
There are a few extreme partisans in John
Sherman’s State who demand the sort of
talk that he and Gov. Foraker give them,
lmt such partisans are rather difficult to
find in New York. A stump speaker
who presents sectional issues in the
latter JState is in great danger of being
thought tiresome. The fact is, that in all,
except a few, localities very little confidence
is placed in the assertion that the South has
not accepted the results of the war, or that
there is not a free ballot and a fair count in
the Southern States.
The truth is that the Republican party is
in want of issues, and it keeps attacking the
South for the purpose of hiding its poverty
in that respect. John Sherman, who is one
of the shrewdest of the Republican leaders,
if not the shrewdest of them all, insists upon
holding on to the “bloody shirt” programme
because lie sees that without it his party is
likely to be without any programme
whatever. The only distinctive doctrine
that the Republican party now has is that
of a high protective tariff. The more that
is discussed the less likely is it to strengthen
that party. It may make a few converts to
that party in States where converts will do
it no good, but at the same time it will do
it an immense amount of damage in States
where it needs all the adherents it has to
maintain its present strength. In Michigan,
lowa, and other Northwestern States, the
people do not see how a high protective
tariff benefits them, and on the tariff issue
alone, the two above named States, from
being strongly Republican, have become
doubtful.
It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that
John Sherman insists upon keeping the
sectional issues in tiie foreground. During
the present winter he will doubtless utilize
every occasion to attack the South. It is
understood that following his lead an at
tempt will be made to show that Congress
man Elliott, of South Carolina, was Elected
by suppressing the colored vote. Small,
who proposes to contest Col. Elliott’s right
to a seat in the House, will undoubtedly
allege that bis colored friends were not al
lowed to vote, and that the votes of many
of those who cast their ballots wore not
counted. It is fortunate that Col. Elliott
can meet all such charges successfully and
can show beyond question that the colored
people in his district were not interfered
with in any way, and that their ballots
were counted as they were east.
The people of the North are beginning to
understand that the reason a larger colons 1
vote is not cast is that the colored people
are not now urged .and driven to the polls
as they were when the carjiet-bag govern
ments were in power. The colored people
have found out that their rights are as fully
protected under Democratic as under Re
pul ilican rule, and a very large percentage
of them, therefore, does not take the trouble
to go to the polls. Even the extreme
Republican partisans of Ohio will havo to
admit after a while that this is the truth
about the colored vote.
The Situation in France.
The crisis through which the Republic of
Fi ance is passing is full of peril. It is prob
able, however, that it will get through
safely. The monarchists are active, but
they are not strong enough to overcome the
sentiment in favor of the republic. The
Depui ies who favor a monarchy are united
now, but if there were a fair prospect of
the overthrow of the republic they would
be divided into hostile factions.
President Grevy proposes to resign, but
not right away. He thinks his immediate
resignation would endanger the republic,
and perhaps he is right. If he resigns when
he thinks he ought to he may not only be
able to retire with honor, but may also save
the republic from serious trouble.
President Grevy is no more responsible to
the Chamber of Deputies than President
Cleveland is to the House of Representa
tives. With respect to the Executive De
partment, the French constitution differs
from ours in this: Under our constitution
neither the President nor his Cabinet officers
are responsible to Congress. If they avoid
causes for impeachment they con snap their
fingers at Congress. A hostile Congress is
no reason why the President or any member
of his Cabinet should resign. Under the
French constitution the President is not re
sponsible to the Chamber of Deputies, except
when the charge of treason is brought
against him, but his Ministers are. They
are the creatures of the Chamber, and
as all of the President’s acts have
to be countersigned by them,
he can not discharge the duties of his office
at all if the Chamber is not disposed to per
mit him. It lias only to refuse to sustiau
the Ministers to entirely olistruct the Execu
tive Department of the government. When
the Chamber withdraws its confidence from
the Ministers they have to resign, and the
President might as well resign also, since he
is powerless.
If President Grevy resigns his action will
establish a precedent which will doubtless
be followed in future. The criminal con
duct of M. Wilson has brought about a
condition of affairs that, in all probability
will result in the establishment of this prece
dent which is hostile to the best interests of
France. The Republic would tie much
safer if the President were not subject to
the will of the Chamber. If President
Grevy resigns future Presidents will havo
to keep constantly in view the fuct that if
they wont to retain their office they must
always manage to have the support of a
majority of the Deputies.
It seems to be the general impression
throughout the counfry that the first na
tional Thanksgiving day proclamation was
issued by President Lincoln, but this is not
the case. Lincoln merely revived the cus
tom established by President George Wash
ington Jan. 1, 1795, when he issued his first
Thanksgiving day proclamation from Phil
adelphia. His example was not followed by
his successors, however, and though at times
several States obsorvod the day, there was
no general observance until the administra
tion of President Lincoln.
Edward Atkinson, of Boston, is unhappy
unless he is figuring upon something. He
has just figured out that the men of to-day
are larger than those of 100 years ago.
What does he do with the statement that
, “there were giants in those days!”
TIIE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1887.
The Laches of the Lessees.
According to Constable Wetherhorn’s
statement the penitentary lessees don’t care
very much whether convicts who have es
caped are captured or not. There are, it
seems, several escaped convicts in this
county who could easily be captured if
there were any incentive to do so, and it is
not unreasonable to suppose that there are
others in other counties.
The question which presents itself in this
matter is this: What is the use of spending
money in supporting courts and paying
juries if their work is nullified by the
negligence and carelessness of those who
have charge of the convicts? It does not
take long for the vicious and depraved
element of society to get the impression
that it is not a difficult matter to escape
from the convict camps. With such im
pression existing the fear of punishment
for violating the laws for the protection of
persons or property cannot lie very great.
Prompt and severe punishment is con
stantly advocated by the press, with the
hope of suppressing crime, but courts may
inflict the severest punishments permitted
by the law, without accomplishing any
good result, if the doors of the penitentiary
are left unguarded.
Doubtless the lessees blame their guards
for permitting so many convicts to escape,
but this excuse will not satisfy the public
unless it is shown that no better guards can
bo obtained. The lessees make handsome
profits out of their contracts, or at least
they ought to, and they can afford the ex
pense of capable guards. If they depend
wholly upon men without judgment or ex
perience, and who, because of their small
compensation, are indifferent whether their
duties are carefully and conscientiously
performed or not, they must expect that
there will lie complaints respecting the bad
management of the convict camps.
The present convict system is not a good
one by any means. There is no immediate
prospect, however, that another will be
substituted for it. Every effort, therefore,
should bo made to administer the one in
force so as to produce the best results, and
if the lessees are indifferent about doing
their whole duty to the State, and fail to
comply fully with the terms of their con
tracts, they should be taken in hand by the
Governor and made to understand that
they have got to toe the mark. They can
not lie permitted to enjoy all the profits to
be obtained from their leases while they are
neglecting to comply with their obligations
to the State.
The Philadelphia Leprosy Cases.
The two cases of leprosy which are now
being treated in a Philadelphia hospital are
attracting a great deal of attention in that
city. The afflicted persons are a mother
and daughter. They came to this country
from Brazil to secure medical treatment,
thinking that they were suffering from
soma curable skin disease. For eighteen
months they mingled freely with the people
of the part of Philadelphia in which they
made their home. The daughter played
with the children of her own age, and the
mother visited among acquaintances which
she made. Finding that the doctors did
them no good they took passage for Brazil,
but they had not got far on the journey be
fore the ship’s doctor told the Captain that
they were afflicted with leprosy, and that
they would not be permitted to land in any
Brazilian port. The Captain ran his ship
into Newport News, and put them ashore.
They (jiade their way back to Philadelphia,
fy some it is maintained that leprosy is
contagious. In a lecture a few weeks
ago before the Academy of Medicine in
Paris Dr. Ernest Besmer said that the com
mon belief that leprosy is not contagious is
a mistake. It' free intercourse, he said, is
permitted between lepers ami healthy people
it will not be many years before the num
ber of lepers will be alarmingly large.
It has not been very long since there were
epidemics of lepers in the provinces of Va
lencia and Alicante, in Spain. Lepers are
now to be found in the liospitalsof London,
Dublin and Glasgow, and it is said that
they ar% also to be found in one or two
Louisiana parishes. There is a report, how
well founded it is impossible to say, that
leprosy is spreading quite rapidly in differ
ent parts of the world, especially in those
localities where a large Chinese population
is to be found.
It is remarkable that the doctors
who attended the two lepers now in
the Philadelphia hospital, before they
started on their return to Brazil,
did not discover the nature of their disease.
If they did, in fact, discover it but kept the
matter secret they ought to be severely pun
ished. Many cases of leprosy may result
from contact with those two lepers. The
health authorities of Philadelphia appear
to fear something of the kind.
Prohibition Defeated.
Atlanta made a very serious mistake
3’esterdav. She voted in barrooms by over
1,000 majority. She has lost all she gained
by her two years of prohibition. For a
while at least thero will he more drunken
ness in the city than ever before. The ten
dency will be to swing away from temper
ance as far as possible.
There were doubtless thousands of people
ixi other States who would have made their
homes in Attantu ns soon as they became
satisfied that prohibition was firmly estab
lished there. They would ha ve sought that
city in preference to others in order to got
their children away from the influences of
the saloon. Prohibitionists are a thrifty
class of people and make excel
lent citizens. No Prohibitionists
will give Atlanta the preference over
other places now, however. The Anti-Pro
hibitionists, who are in the majority, suy,
virtually, that they prefer the saloons to
the Prohibitionists, and the chances nre they
will have their preference for many years.
The Prohibitionists will not have the cour
age and strength, in all probability, to
make another fight soon.
tVhat may prove a fatal blew to the
United Labor partj- in New York was dealt
by Dr. McGlynn at the Fenian meeting in
tl'.at city recently, where he made an ad
dress. As usual the speaker devoted the
greater part of his address to eulogizing
himself, his peculiar, hazy theories on the
land question and denouncing the Irish
leaders, the 25,000 men whom he says sold
themselves in the last elections, and the
church of which he is an outcast. The ex
priest disgusted his hearers, and when his
utterances were published in newspa]>ers
next day the entire Irish population of New
York protested against them. McGlynn
has killed himself, but George continues to
profit by his connection with the labor
movement.
Mrs. James Brown Potter announces her
determination to produce “Romeo and
Juliet'’ soon. Isn’t that rather hard on
Shakespeare*
CURRENT COMMENT
Justifiable Retaliation.
From the Boston Globe (Dem.)
Shirts are being exported Jfrom this country,
and the women of New York wbdhnake them
get 85c. a dozen for doing it. Wouldn't it be
well for Great Britain to adopt a protective
tariff against the pauper labor of New York?
Nothing Small About John.
From the Philadelphia Times ( Ind.)
According to John Sherman, the colored voter
has no right not to vote, and there should lie
Federal boards created to bring him out and
make him vote, or, what is easier, to count the
vote that he might have cast if he had wanted
to but didn’t. John is a great, broad, long
headed and warm-hearted statesman.
The Mugwumps Not “Independents.”
From the Boston Traveler {Rep.)
The trouble with the Mugwump consists in
the fact that he dares not act politically on his
own book or show his hand. Tnerc could he no
graver mistake than to call the actiou of those
who left the Republican party, on the ground of
the reform of the Civil Service, to act with
Democrats, independent in a political sense. It
had no feature of that manly quality.
Superiority of American Institutions
From the New York World (Dem.)
The imperfections of the French Constitution
ought to remind us forcibly of the marvellous
excellences of our own. Tf it is intended that
the executive power shall be co-ordinate with
and independent of the legislative, it is demon
strated by the present French crisis that the
people and not the Legislature should elect the
President, and that he should form his min
istry upon the American and not the English
plan.
The I ish Vote Rejected.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.)
Mr. Blaine's friends are making a great mis
take in dwelling so strongly as they do upon the
support of the Irish vote. Every other Repub
lican mentioned for the nomination is just as
“Bound'* on the Irish Question as Mr. Blaine,
and just as well entitled to the Irish vote.
There is such a thing as losing some of the
American vote by reaching too far after the
Irish vote, and Mr. Blaine may find himself in
that position. There is already strong talk of
an American par.y, which, if organized, would
cost Mr. Blaine more votes than he is likely to
get from the Irish.
BRIGHT BITS.
Lingo shot off his mouth.— Nero York Com
mercial Advertiser.
“I'm afraid, Georgie, it's too far to walk to
Gryme's Hill to-day.'’
“Why, Auntie! it's not far; it's awfully near
when you get there.”— Harper's Bazar.
Book Agent—l have some fine large family
Bibles, mum, Id like to show you. The print is
very large.
Young Woman Never mind about the print:
if they’re big enough to press the autumn leaves
I'll take one.—Judge.
In a dry goods store, New York—Lady—Have
you undressed kids? Salesman—Sh! not so
loud, ma'am, if you please. Yes, we have them;
but Anthony Comstock might drop in on us at
any moment We can't be too careful, you
know.— Boston Transcript.
“i uv; noticed,” said Brother Baldner Phil-
as he pocketed a quarter for the benefit of
tiie First A. M. E. church, “dat de man who's
alters takwf 'bout he ain't 'feered ter die is de
fust man t o jump out’n de wag'n when the boss
ruus away.”— Lincoln Journal.
They were doing a little love-making between
acts.
Jus* as the curtain went up he called her his
angel.
• Say,” said a man in the next seat back,
“couldn't you get your angel to wear her wings
somewhere besides on her hat?”— Chicago
Sews.
Brown—Lucky dog, that Smith, ain't he?
Jones Why, what's up now?
“His mother-in-law has just died and left him
her sole heir.”
“Was the old lady wealthy?”
“No. She didn't leave a dollar, but she had
laid in her winter's supply of coal.” — Nebraska
State Journal.
A little Boston maiden was taken by her
mother to call on a friend and shown into the
nursery.
Mama,'' said the little Athenian, disdain
fully, **l don’t think much of that baby, do
you ?”
“Why, surely,” replied the astonished mother.
“Don't you think it a pretty little thing ?"
“Pretty, enough, but it don't eat with a fork.”
—Binghamton Republican.
Jimmie- Bobbie, lets play Socialist. This row
of chairs is a train of cars. I'll be a passenger;
you're the brake man. I'm rulin' free, ’cause
we don't pay anything to ride on the cars when
we are Socialists Turn this seat over for me,
so I can put my feet up, aud be quick about it.
Bobbie—lf we’re Socialists you aint goiug to
boss me. 1 won't be brakeman; I'll be passen
ger.
Jimmie—You shan't !
Bobbie—l will!
[They fight.]— Chicago Tribune.
A Wild West cowboy lounged into the Hol
born restaurant, in London, for a lunch, one
day last summer. He ordered a steak very
rare, almost raw, in fact. The cowboy contem
plated it for a moment, and theu drew a re
volver from his belt and began firing shot after
shot into the dish of meat. There was a panic
in the room; the guests rushed pell mell for the
door, and the police bounced in from the street.
The cowboy had emptied his revolver before the
proprietor of the restaurant, backed up by a
squad of policemen, dared to approach.
“What on earth do you mean by this con
duct?” demanded the restaurateur.
“What do l mean, parti? Why,” pointing to
the steak, “l wanted to kill the tliiug.”—
Pittsbui g Dispatch.
PERSONAL.
Herbert Spencer, when in good health,
plays lawn tennis with enjoyment.
One of Gov. Curtin's greatest aversions was
people who were troubled with the “big head.”
Admiral Porter is said by those who remem
ber him as a young man to have delighted in a
practical joke.
Susan B. Anthony is organizing woman suf
frage clubs in Indiana, ami it is said that the
movement among the women of that State was
uaver before so prosperous.
Mr. Simmons, the well known American sculp
tor at Home, has iust completed a statue of
Longfellow, which is to be erected at Portland,
Me. The poet ik represented in a sitting atti
tude, aud the likeness is said to be admirable.
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, is very fond
of horseback riding. He may be seen almost
any evening in Washington, mounted on the
splendid black Kentucky thoroughbred, which
Senator Blackburn selected lor him in the blue
grass region.
Col. Tom Ochiltree has grown thin over his
sudden advocacy of a certain brand of laundry
soap, The gentleman declares that he had no
notion of the probability, when he wrote a let
ter now widely published, that he would be set
up as a general philanthropist. As for the soap
therein refeired to he affirms that he never used
it, and that he is impatient and annoyed over
the free use that has been made of his name.
Col. Ochiltree sometimes jokes.
Belva Lockwood has added anew feature to
her business enterprises. She has annexed to
her law office at Washington a bureau for find
ing wives for men who are too busy to spend
their time in courting. Mrs. Lockwood's latest
client is a banker of Denver, Col. He is some
what exacting in his demands. He wants the
widow of a banker for his wife, a woman who
is botli handsome and amiable. Mrs. Lockwood
is convinced that she has found just the woman
he wants.
President Ci.eve land is to take lessons in
horse back riding this winter. When lie learned
that the Washington Hiding Academy was to
be started he was one of the first to become a
subscriber. The academy will be opened about
Dee. 10. The President’s lessons will take place
in the early morning. A large, strong horse for
his especial use is to be secured. It has not yet
been decided whether Mrs. Cleveland will take
lessons, hut the chances are that she will. All
the Cabinet ladies will patronize the academy.
As Good a4 Gold.
From the Buffalo Express.
“Why do you wear that nickel on your watch
chain?” asked a City Hall attache of a milkman
who was after a Board of Health permit to ped
dle cow-juice. “I wear it as a reminder to get
even with one of my customers,” was the an
swer. “Over a year ago 1 took that nickel,
which was then beautifully gold-plated, os a $5
Sold pie e in payment of a hill. As soon as 1
etected the fraud I took it back to the woman
who passed it on me, but she refused to make it
good. So I attached it to my watch chain and
kept on supplying her with milk as though
nothing had happened. But now every day l
make her auart one-fourth w ater, and once a
week I credit her with one-fourth the amount
of her milk bill in a book which I keep for that
purpose. When the sum total standing to her
credit is $4 95, she shall have pure milk once
more, and not until then. She knows the milk
is watered, but whenever she show’s an inclina
tion to complain, I handle the nickel and say
that my milk is as ‘pure os gold.' That settles
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Snow to a depth of fourteen inches is reported
to have fallen at Stratton, Me., during the post
week. *
While dipping the foundation for a stable in
New Brunswick, JC. J Saturday, workmen up
turned nine skeletons.
Paris police have resolved to abolish street
mendicancy this winter, and special detectives
have been enpaped lo assist the crusade.
There is a chain of prairie dog towns alonp
the Texas and Pacific railroad for a distance of
100 miles, some of the villages covering five
acres of ground, Hunters say it is almost im
possible to kill one of the dogs and get his body,
so quickly does he dive into his hole at the ex
plosion of a pun. Deluging their holes with
water will not drive them out.
There was a large congregation in the Italian
Church of St. Peter, London, recently on the
occasion of a requiem high mass for Father
Kirner, who was recently lulled by the fall of
the school building which he was erecting in
New York. From tlie time of the opening of the
Italian church in London, in 186-3, until sent to
New York, about four years ago, Father Kirner
was the rector of the London church. He. was
also for many years a representative of a ward
in one of the divisions of the London Board of
Guardians.
Somebody is trying to float in London a dis
trict messenger company after the American
plan. The public is being solicited to subscribe
for 10,0)0 shares of stock at $5 a share. It is
announced as a scheme “for providing the pub
lic with reliable messengers, and for affording
a means of livelihood for deserving lads." The
charge is to be a penny a mile, and the boys are
to be paid at the of about Cc. an hour.
Their uniform is to be dark gray with royal
blue facings, and to have the company’s name
conspicuously on the cap.
Three years ago Mrs. George Winter, of Cin
cinnati, swallowed a piece of bone. It went the
“wrong way,” through her windpipe, and into a
lung, where it lodged. She suffered great pain,
and had frequent hemorrhages of the lungs,
and from a flout woman wasted until she was
almost a skeleton. A few days ago, after a tre
mendous lit of coughing, accompanied by a
hemorrhage, she felt a stinging pain in her side.
The pain seemed to rise, and as it went up
through her throat she felt a hard substance
emerge from the windpipe into her mouth. It
was the bone she had swallowed three years be
fore. She is now recovering her health.
Carl Scheben, of Kansas City, has a coin said
to be very valuable. It is one of seventeen gold
pieces coined at the mint in For some un
explained reason the dies were destroyed after
these coins were made. It is a curious piece of
United States money, of the face value of $4.
One side, bears the head of the Goddess of Lib
erty, the date 1879, and around the rim there
are thirteen stars with the following figures and
letters between them: “6, G, 3, S, 7, C, 7, G, R,
A, M. S.” On the reverse side is a five-point
star in the centre, underneath which is the word
•‘Met.” In the circle outside the stars are the
inscriptions: “E Pluribus Uuum” and “Deo
Est Gloria.” There is still another circle out
side this inscription, bearing the words, “United
States of America. Four Dol.”
The Pope has an annual income of $025,000,
it is said, from the interest on the English bonds
left in the treasury by his predecessor. He is
also said to be a great speculator, subscribing
for the Italian loans, holding them for a rise,
and selling them to invest the profits in more
English bonds. The Peter's pence is now' said
to amount to about $415,000 a year. This money
and the income of the English bonds goes to
pay $5,000 a year to each Cardinal living in
Koine, and to pay the prelates of the Paixal
Court, secretaries, nuncios, guards and other
Papal servants. Besides this the Pope receives
from the Apostolic Chancery sums for titles of
nobility. Papal decorations, benedictions in the
article of death, privileges of the altar, private
dispensations and other things, the
total amount being, it is said, $520,000 a year.
The Pope's annual income, therefore, is about
&L 500,000.
The Mint at Hamburg, Germany, has received
a contract for 25,000,000 bronze coins which will
constitute anew currency of the kingdom of
Siam. The coins will be of several denomina
tions, and will l>ear on one side the portrait of
the King of Siam, while on the other side will he
an allegorical figure representing Genius. A
Westphalian firm furnished the metal. The new'
coinage will replace the present zinc currency,
and the number issued is about five coins per
head for the population of Siam. It will keep
the Hamburg Mint busy for five months. As re
cently as 1860 the Siamese silver coinage still
consisted of roughly spherical pieces of silver of
various sizes, which were formed of portions of
silver rods, which were first bent together and
afterward trimmed at the ends and hammered,
the whole being stamped with two or three de
vices denoting the value. In 1861 the Siamese
Embassy to England made a contract with a
Birmingham firm for the circular silver coinage
of seven denominations, which has since been
the money of the realm.
Thanks in Old Age.
Thanks in old age—thanks ere I go,
For health, the midday sun, the impalpable air
—for life, mere life,
For precious ever lingering memoi-ies (of you,
my mother dear you, father you,
brothers, sisters, friends),
For all my days —not those of peace alone—the
days of war the same,
For gentle words, caresses, gifts from foreign
lauds,
For shelter, wine and meat—for sweet apprecia
tion
(You distant, dim unknown—or young or old—
countless, unspecified, beloved.
We never met, and ne’er shall meet—and yet
our souls embrace, long, close, anti long);
For beings, groups, love, deeds, words, books
for colors, forms,
For all the brave, strong men devoted, hardy
men—who’ve forward sprang in freedom's
help, all years, all lands.
For braver, stronger, more devoted men—(a
special laurel ere I go to life’s war’s
chosen one,
The cannoneers of song and thought—the great
artillerymen—the foremost leaders, cap
tains of the soul);
A soldier from an ended war return’d—as trav
eler out of myriads, to the long procession
retrospective,
Thanks—joyful thanks!—a soldier’s, traveler’s
thanks. —Walt Whitman.
Cleveland Prefers Youn? Men.
Washington Cor. Baltimore American.
One of the first t hings a Democratic Congress
man does when lie gets into town now inlays js
to run iijli to the White House aiul report to the
chief. The old birds—those who have been in
Congress before—know what it is to keen on
Cleveland's good side, hence their visits. The
young ones must go and show' themselves off.
As yet there are few of the new members here,
the time for their arrival not having come yet,
for anew member seldom makes his appear
ance before Thanksgiving. Cleveland, how
ever, is on the outlook for the young men. He be
lieves, like Tilden, that the young men are the
ones to gather round him. Old men are full of
devices and plans. The young men like to be
put in responsible positions and are true to their
natrons. Not many days ago a well-known
Democrat from the West called at the While
House with a young politician from down East.
“You see,” said the Democrat to the Presi
dent, “this is a young man, but he is high up in
his State.”
“That’s all right," replied the President. “I
always like the young men and choose them be
cause they stick to you when you want friends.
That’s my policy—look out fertile young men.”
So it seems. He has young Whitney in his
Cabinet. He put in Fairchild when older men
were urged for the place. He put Vilas in La
mar’s place, and Vilas is still young. He picks
out Dickinson, another young politician, for the
vacancy.
Rather Embarrassing.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
How great a difference it makes to us with
whom wo come in contact with in this world.
The Rambler was reminded of this fact by an
incident which happened in a Flushing avenue
car the other day. A good-looking, well-dressed
young man was one of three or four passengers
who were standing. He was reading a paper
and so did not notice the turn in the street.
Consentient ly he was landed unceremoniously
in the lap of a young woman who happened to
lie sitting opposite him. He arose as quickly as
possible, made his apologies and resumed his
iiaper, but not in peace, for the young w oman
began to giggle. “Nothing strange in that,"
you may say. No, only that her actions
were such as to convince the young
man that she thought his down
sitting was partly intentional. Ho began to
grow uncomfortable. The implication was too
much for him. Why? the young
woman had a plain face and figure. In fact she
was very plain, r. er features were so devoid
of lines of beauty that they were enough to
haunt one’s dreams. As he looked upon her
and realized her suspicion he begin to color.
First his face took on a delicate pink, then, as
the three pretty girls in the car smiled sympa
thetically, a reddish hue appeared. Finally the
rest of the passengers took in the situation,
and several brood grins could be seen. By this
time the poor fellows face was scarlet, and
when a small lioy put his hand over his
mouth and snickered audibly, he went out on
the front platform to have a talk with the driver.
If the heroine of this little incident had been
one of the pretty girls—well, if—
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AND
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For all purposes and kinds'of weather, is at
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17 Whitaker St.
Where we display the most extensive assort
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In every conceivable SHAPE, at prices that
cannot fail to tempt you.
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WEDDING PRESENTS
Such as DLVMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL
VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY.
FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found -it
A. I. Desbouillons,
21 BULL STREET,
the sole agent for (be celebrated ROCKFORD
RAILROAD WATCHER, and who also
makes a specialty of
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AND THE FINEST WATCHES.
Anything you buy from him being warranted
as represented.
Opera Q-lasses at Cost.
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disorders of the Stomach and Bowels. 50c. at
druggists.
FLORESTON COLOGNE.
Most Fragrant and Lasting of I’erfumes. 25c*
druggists.
BOYS’ CLOTHING, C ARPETS. ETC
Daniel Hogan.
BOYS' (MB,
YUTF, will place on sale on MONDAY MORN-
V V ING 000 as handsome Boys’ Suits as can
be found south of New York. Prices of tailor
made und perfect-fitting suits are for better
grades 86 50, $7 50. $8 50, 89 and $9 50.
Also a large variety, fully 500, just as durable,
but not Eis fine, at the following prices: Si 75
$2 25, 82 50, S3, g3 50, $4, $4 50 and $5. ’
SPECIAL SALE
OF
Tapestry anil Ingrain
Carpets
DURING THE ENSUING WEEK.
One lot Tapestry Carpets at 65c. per yard.
One lot 3-l J ly All Wool Carpets at 85c. per
yard.
One lot All Wool Extra Supers at 60c. per
yard.
One lot Ingrain Carpets at 55c. per yard. .
One lot Ingrain Carpets at 50c. per yard.
One lot Ingrain Carpets at 40c. per yard.
One lot Ingrain Carpets at 22)4c. per yard.
500 Smyrna Rugs
RANGING PRICE FROM
85c. Each to $lO.
Canton Matting.
100 rolls fresh Canton Matting, ranging in
price from 20c. to 50c. per yard.
Special Bargains
Will also he found in the following goods during
this week: Silks. Satins, Dress Goods, Cloaks,
Shawls, Lace Curtains and Curtain Goods,
Flannels, Blankets, Bed Comforts, Underwear,
Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Ladies’ and Gents’
Silk Umbrellas, etc., etc.
Daniel Hogan.
DRY GOODS, ETC.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
IN
HOSIERY
For This Week at
CROHAN & DOONER'S.
Successors to B. F. McKENNA & CO.
137 BROUGHTON ST.
275 dozen Ladies’ Unbleached Black and Col
ored Balbriggan Hose, full regular made, at 15c,
a pair.
175 dozen Ladies Unbleached and Colored
Balbriggan Hose at 25c.; regular price 37J^c.
50 dozen Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, full
regular-made, diamOßd dyes, at 25c. a pair,
worth 40c.
36 dozen Ladles’ Black Cotton Hose, dottble
feet, at 35c. and 50c.; reduced from 50c. and 75c.
25 dozen Ladles’ Black Spun Silk Hose, re
duced from $1 25 to 98c. a iiir.
Misses’ Black and Colored Hose.
We have now- in stock a complete assortment
of MISSES’ BLACK AND COLORED HOSE,
both in plain and ribbed, in all grades and sizes,
from 35c. to $1 a pair.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Underwear.
LADIES’ AND GENTIAiEN’S WHITE AND
SCARLET UNDERVESTS at 75c., sl, $1 25.
$1 50, $1 75 and $2. The above prices ar
quoted at a reduction of 20 per cent.
nnufll I T ) 350 dozen Misses’ Black and
\DU I 111 f Colored Hose, in plain and
111 lilJlt\ Ii l ribbed, double knees and
kJI UVlilU ) feet, at 25c. a pair.
CROHAN & DOONER.
DUMAS, DUMAS, DUMAS!
Sweeping Reductions
Our Dress Trimmings Must be Sold.
Our Beaded Trimmings at 35 and 40c.: now 3V,
Our Silk Wool Trimmings at 60 and 65c.; now
50c.
Our 75c. yard Di-ess Trimmings reduced to 60c.
All our ? 1 Dress Trunmings now 85c. yard.
All our 81 25 Dress Trimmings now9Bc yard.
A Positive Mark Down on all Trimmings.
A drive in Buttons, formerly 25 to 50c. dozen;
now 19c. dozen.
Bargains in Hosiery at 10, 1254, 15, 25c. pair.
A drive in Hair, Tooth, Nall and Cloth Brushes
21c. each.
Dr. Warner’s Health Underwear for Ladies,
Ge.its and Children just in.
Dr. Warner’s Health and Nursing Corsets;
full assortment.
Bargains in Handkerchiefs from 2J4c. each (•
the best grades.
Gingham, Gloria. Silk Umbrellas, ?l and up,
Ladies’ Linen Collars 8)4c.; full line late styles.
Gentlemen’s Collars, 4-ply Linen, 12J4c.; fine
value.
Radies’ Linen Cuffs 10c. pair and upward.
Gents' 4-ply Linen Cuffs 25c. pair; ?2 50 dozen;
good value.
All koods as advertised. Wo mean all we
H. A. DUMAS’,
23 BULL STREET.
PUBLICATIONS.
Savannah Wholesalers
SEEKING THE TRADE OF
Kay lest Mails
SHOULD ADVERTISE IN THE
EVENING CALL!
The Leading Commercial Paper of the Island
City.
RATES QUITE REASONABLE.
GEORGE EUGENE BEYSON, Manager,
Key West, Florida.
Tj'Oß SALE, Old Newspapers, Just the thing
JT for wrappers, only 15 cents a hundred, _2W
tor 25 cents, at the business office.