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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— Myrtle Lodge No. 6. K. P.; Pulaski
Council No. 153, R. A.; Landrum Lodge No. Pi,
F. & A. M.
Special Notices— Bills Against British Steam
ship Resolute, Ship Ceylon, Germdn Steamship
Donar and Bark Ludwig; As to Crews of British
Steataship Elsie, Norwegian Barks Hesperia,
Nightingale, Subra and Me curius; Notice,
Frierson A Cos.: Turkeys, John Lyons & Cos.
Steamship Schedule— Baltimore Steamship
Line.
Pianos-L. & B. S. M. H.
Christmas and Holiday Presents—J. H.
Koch.
Arrears for Ground Rent—Robert J. Wade,
City Marshal.
To the Public— O. T. Shaffer.
Collars. Cuffs, Etc.—At Belsinger's.
Cheap Column Advertisements -Help Want
ed; Situation Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost: Personal; Miscellaneous.
Auction Salks— Cotton Screws, by J, Mo-
T-aughlin & Son; Furniture, Etc., by I. D. La-
Roche's Sons.
Wait for the Holiday Ktxo— Platshok's.
Brass Goons. Etc.—Theus Bros.
Prof. John L. Sullivan bought $40,000
worth of United States bonds in London
the other day. Sullivan made his money
by hard licks.
The Jasper monument celebration next
February will afford the people of Georgia
another chance to see what a growing and
prosperous place Savannah :s.
It was Thomas JefTerson who said “few
die and none resign,” but if Jefferson could
have lived until Cleveland's administration
he would take that back. A g<xxl many
Republicans have “resigned.'’
Senator Riddleberger says that the Re
publicans were not counted out in the last
Virginia election. “We were licked square
and fair,” says he. Riddleberger tells the
simple truth. The cause of the righteous
has triumphed.
The wires have already conveyed the
fact that Mr. Carlisle will have arduous
labor in arranging the House committees.
It might have been added that he will do
his work in a manner that will be as nearly
satisfactory to the country as possible.
This is Arbor day in Georgia It should
be generally observed. Everybody who can
do so ought to plant a tree. If this good
custom of observing Arbor day is kept up it
will after awhile attract more attention, and
the State will reap much benefit from it.
The Chattanooga Times thinks that in
ten years the people will have their letters
■■arried for one cent each, printed matter in
proportion, and postal cards for a half cent.
“And,” says the Times, “the revenue will
pay the expenses. ” The trouble now is t hat
the revenue more than pays the experses.
The Erooklyn Eagle, which is in a posi
tion to know, says the effort to use Gov.
Hill’s name in the cause of the anti-Cleve
laud Democrats does not meet with the Gov
ernor’s approval. Gov. Hill has certainly
had occasion to find out how futile it would
be for him to oppose Mr. Cleveland's nomi
nation.
The other day Jonas Murry drove into
Connellsvillo, Pa, in a dilapidated wagon
drawn by two bony horses. He had driven
from Tom Green county, Texas, and been
since April 1 in making the 2,400 miles, and
during the journey his wife had died.
Murry had to quit Texas because of the
drought of 1386, in which he lost his entire
herd of cattle.
Ex-Gov. Gaston, cf Massachusetts, was
importuned to run for Mayor of Boston on
tJie citizens'ticket. Whan he declined on
account of the demands of business, he
omitted one of the most potent reasons for
such action. No Democrat can afford to
embark iu a movement that is opposed to
his party organization. This is probably
what Gov. Gaston meant.
The suggestion has been made by mem
bers that an extensive strike lie organized
in order that Powderly's popularity with
the Knights be demonstrated. This is a
very novel suggestion, indeed, but the
novelty would wear off after the Knights
had missed their wages for a few days.
The country would prefer to take it for
granted that Mr. Powderly is popular.
New York has been trying compulsory
education, and has found it a failure. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction ac
count* for this by saying that in the first
place the schools are full, and in the second
place the trustees elected to supervise them
refuhe to be turned into constables for the
purpose of apprehending delinquent chil
dren. This last will lie n.ore readily under
stood when it is stated that the trustees
serve without compensation. It seems
strange that a State like New York should
enact a law and fail to provide for its en
forcement Enough rooms for pupils and
reasonable pay for trustees would give the
law a fair showing.
A crisis has been reached in the affairs
of France. President Grevy’s resignation
was expected by the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday, and when it was not presented
there was a scene of excitement in the
Chamber, which was followed by great ex
citement and rev .Ptionary demonstrations
in the city. President Grovy has promised
to make known his decision to the Chamber
to-day. It is to be hoped tliat peace will bo
maintained in France, and and
order will prevail, but it looks a little as if
the nation were entering upon troublous
times. The failure of President Grevy to
send his resignation to the Chamber yester
day, and the suspicion that he does not in
tend to resign affected prices favorably both
is this country and Europe.
Is This Mr. Randall’s Scheme"
A dispatch to the New York Star says
I that the impression prevails in Washington
! tliat Mr. Randall favors the passage cf a
j pension bill similar to the dependent pension
I bill that was defeated last Congress by the
j veto of the President. The reason, it is al-
I leged, that he favors such a bill is thnt it
| would relieve the Treasury of its surplus
I and make it unnecessary to reduce the
i
revenues.
If may be that this dispatch does Mr.
! Randall an injustice. In the last C'on-
I gross, however, he voted for the dependent
; pension bill, and also to pass it over the
; President’s veto. It may tie that he believes
that those who would receive pensions, if a
bill of this kind were passed, are entitled to
them, but in view of the fact that the senti
ment of the country is against increasing
the jiension list to the extent that a depend
ent pension bill would increase it, Mr. Ran
dall’s purpose, it is fair to suppose, is to dis
tribute the Treasury' surplus and to prevent
a reduction of the tariff. The amount which
a dependent pension bill, such as the Grand
Army of the Republic favors, would dis
tribute annually would be as great as the
annual surplus of the revenues.
It is certain that the South will not con
sent to any great increase in the jiension
list at this time, and it is doubtful if the
North will. The South entered no protest
while the country was being burdened with
the present immense pension charge because
it recognized that justice and precedent
were on the side of reasonable pensions, but i
it will certainly protest against increasing
the pension charge a hundred million dol
lars or more annually. In order to give
pensions to those who have no claim for
support upon the government.
The North has no such reason as the
South has to protest against distributing
the surplus in pensions, because that section
gets the benefit of the money. The millions
paid out iu pensions annually enriches the
North. A large port of these millions is
contributed by the South, and the amount
it gets back is insignificant.
The Southern people owo something to
their own ex-soldiers, thousands of whom
have reached a time of life when they are
no longer able to provide for themselves the
necessaries of life. They have struggled
along courageously thus for, but as they
near the close of life they need a helping
hand. The Southern people, through their
Legislatures, are giving them some assis
tance, but they will be able to give them
more if they are relieved of Federal taxa
tion to the extent of the amount which they
contribute to the surplus of the revenues.
No dependent pension bill will find favor in
the South.
An Interesting Contest.
The contest for the office of Doorkeeper of
the House is developing some interesting
features. The present Doorkeeper is Mr.
Samuel Donelson, and he wants to be re
elected. The chances that ho will lie
are not considered to be very good.
Representative Breckinridge, of Arkansas
in a letter to Mr. Samuel Donelson tells that
gentleman that general rumor says that he
is dishonest, that he is a gambler and that
in other respects he is a very bad man. Mr.
Samuel Donelson replies that Mr. Breckin
ridge is not altogether free from
criticism as a Congressman. He wants Mr.
Breckinridge to tell him why he and other
Congressmen didn’t have the rumors re
flecting upon him. Donelson, 'investigated
by the last House, and thus establish th ir
trath or falsity. He further wants Mr.
Breckinridge to explain on what ground he
justifies himself for putting $lO7 (10 of the
money appropriated for the purchase of sta
tionery for him into his pocket, and why he
accepted $542 40 as mileage in coming from
his home to Washington and returning
when his actual expenses were oaly about
SSO.
Mr. Bieckenridge no doubt will answer,
if he takes any notice of Mr. Samuel Donel
son’s questions, that in taking his appropria
tion for stationery in cash instead of steel
pens, pen-knives and opera glasses and
things of that sort, and in accepting all the
mileage the law allows him he did only
what many Congressmen do. This answer
will undoubtedly satisfy Congress, although
it may not meet with the approval of Mr.
Samuel Donelson and the public.
Mr. Samuel Donelson may have a talent
for making it appear that he is about as
straightforward in the administration of
his office as Congressmen are in attend
ing to their duties, but ho is not a
good politician. His reference to the cus
tom of Congressmen taking cash when the
law gives them stationery, and of taking
more money for mileage than their actual
traveling expenses amount to, will deprive
him of whatever chance he had of being re
elected. ___
Anxious for Admission.
The vote cast in Dakota on the question
of dividing that Territory by an east aud
west line was not a very full one. The
number of votes for Delegate to Congress
last year was 704,812, while the number on
the question of division was only 63,000. The
majority in favor of division wus 0,000.
It is certain that the Republicans intend
to make an extraordinary effort to secure
the admission as States of both Southern
Dnkota and Washington Territories this
w inter. The advantage which the Republi
cans would gain by their admission would
be considerably. They have populations
which are largely Republican, anu the six
electoral votes and four ISeuators to which
they would be entitled would be Republi
can.
The Senate is now pretty evenly divided
between the two parties, and six electoral
votes might play a controlling part in the
next Presidential election. Of course the
argument that if the Territories in question
have all the qualifications which are neces
sary for admission they ought to lie admit
ted at once, is a strong one. It is not im
probable, however, that a strict investiga
tion will show that there aro questions
which ought to be settled before the ques
tion of their admission is finally passed
upon. They claim that their populations
are fully as great as they are required to
be, but it is by no means certain that their
count is correct.
Beforo the Democratic House will consent
to admit either of the Territories named, it
will have to bo convinced that they are en
titled to admission. It will take time to get
all the information that is necessary to
form an intelligent opinion in the matter.
The present Congress may admit lioth Ter
ritories, but the chances are that it will not
do so until after the next Presidential elec
tion.
The New York Tribune says that Mr.
Cleveland did not vote in the last two elec
tions, and has definitely renounced Buffalo
us his borne. “From what State,” it asks,
“does ho expect a renomination ?” Appear
ances indicate that it will bo from all of
them.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1887.
Plodding Ways Best.
The latest Napoleon of finance in New
York is Mr. Latimer E. Jones. His career
is very much like those of other Napoleons
who preceded him, except that he didn’t
gnmble in Wall street and overstepped the
line between honesty and dishonesty a little
more boldly, though no more really, than
most of them ventured to do. He was a
young man, and his habits and associations
were all they should have been. He did not
drink or use tobacco or indulge in any of
the small vices of young men.
But he had one failing, which is only too
common in this day ami generation—be was
greedy for sudden wealth. He is reported
to have said at the beginning of his business
career tliat “the only wav to make money is
to scheme, to organize new companies and
to go into all sorts of things till you strike
something rich.” And he proceeded to put
this theory in practice. Ho became the head
of a great lumber company and of half
a dozen other enterprises and being
a plausible fellow of good address, he sue
ceeded in inspiring confidence in business
men who ought to have known better. But
his schemes did not turn out as he wished
them to do, and to keep them going he was
obliged to raise large sums of money. He
did so honestly at first, but as his credit be
came exhausted he resorted to fraud, and
when the final crash came several hundred
thousand dollars of forged paper was in
the hands of innicent people, lie is in jail,
on the way to Sing Sing.
This young fellow’s career is reverted to
not because it is singular, but because in it
lie was actuated by a spirit entirely too
common among young men of the day.
Nothing is more frequent on the lips of the
more ambitious young men than remarks
perfectly in consonance with that attributed
to young Jones. Dazzled by the wonderful
success which exceptional circumstances
have enabled a certain number of specula
tors and financial exploiters to achieve, they
are impatient of slow methods of accumula
tion which involve self-sacrifice, labor, pa
tience, and want their fortunes and their
youth at the same time.
The young man of this class, when of large
natural capacity, is apt to be a danger to
both himself and the community. He looks
on business life as a lottery, where money
and the influence wealth and station give
are the results of lucky hits, most apt to fall
to the boldest player. His influence is per
nicious, because it discredits intelligent in
dustry, perseverance and self-deuial. which
will always earn what he seeks to win, and
make the possessor fitter to use them.
it is not intended to intimate that all
young men who entertain the views com
plained of would on occasion forge notes, as
did Jones. Most of them become wiser
with experience and discard views which
they learn were false. Those who cling to
them, however, are apt at some period in
their career to be subjected to temptation,
when the greed for easily-acquired wealth
may bear down the sense of right.
The attempt to build the Panama canal
has H is said, already resulted in the loss of
40,000 lives. This calls attention in a forci
ble way to the fact that the building of this
canal is a very dangerous piece of work—
not from any particular bodily risk, but
because of the unhealthfulness of the coun
try through which it is built. The natives
themselves cannot escape the miasmatic in
fluences following digging of canals or the
throwing up of railroad embankments, and
certainly if this be true, the death rate must
be enormous among unacclimated workmen.
To give an instance of this, it
is said, (though the report may bo
exaggerate!) that when the Panama rail
road was being constructed, for every
sleeper laid there was a human life given.
The canal company has been trying to re
duce the death rate by employing ex
perienced physicians and providing hospi
tals, but the malaria still has the upjier
hand. There are few things in this world
that can beat malaria when the start is a
fair one. Chinese coolies and negroes from
Jamaica are alike unable to withstand its
deadly influence, and the canal builders will
have to look elsewhere to find a human con
stitution proof against it.
Woman’s curiosity sometimes effects good
results. In Chicago this week a thief was
caught and his boodle recovered as follows:
A young woman recently moved into a
room opposite “Humpy” Boyce’s saloon,
and it was not long before her curiosity to
know what was transpiring caused her to
see that a great many bags, boxes and pack
ages were taken to the saloon at night. She
soon concluded thnt it was a rendezvous for
thieves, and reported her suspicions to an
officer, who caused a thorough search of the
place, resulting in the recovery of a large
amount of stolen goods belonging to Ar
m ur & Cos. and others, and in the arrest of
Patrick Kelly, with the prospect of catching
the other thieves
New York stock brokers, when they visit
the Windsor Hotel in that city in the even
ing, are often too tired to answer the ques
tions put to them respecting the condition
of the stock market. They have, therefore,
according to the New York Attn, hit upon a
rather novel plan to make their views
known. The plan requires scarf pins. On
evenings when brokers believe that tne indi
cations point to a lower market a tiny gold
bear, with the forepaws outstretched, is
worn in their scarfs, and on occasions when
they think that higher prices are the card
the same brokers will appear with golden
bulls, with diamond eyes, for scarf pins.
They say the pins save a heap of talk.
—w
Pennsylvania is greatly interested hi in
dustrial education. The last Legislature
passed a joint resoiutiou by which the Gov
ernor was authorized to appoint a committee
on the subject. The comm it tee has been ap
pointed and will report to the next Legisla
ture. It will thoroughly investigate the
subject, and no doubt some practical recom
mendation will be made. Industrial educa
tio is one of the needs of the laud, and a
State like Pennsylvania is bound to reap the
results uecruing from it. The astonishing
thing is that Pennsylvania has allowed Mas
sachusetts, New York and other States to
get ahead of hor in this imjiortant branch of
education.
St. John, who was the Prohibition candi
date for President in ’B4, does not claim that
he personally defeated Blaine, but says the
defeat was caused by cold water—sent di
rectly by Providence in the shape of a raiu
storm on election day. Some think that
Burchard did the business, and others lay it
to Coukling, while not a few give Cleveland
credit for it. At all events, the country has
reason to lx> grateful.
Mr. C rlisle does not think that he will
follow Senator Gorman’s advice und refuse
the Speakership. Of the two men Mr. Car
lisle is a safer man to follow than Mr. Gor
man.
CURRENT COMMENT
Ready for the Local Fight.
Fi om the Boston Post (Dcm.)
There is mud enough in the streets of Boston
at the present time to furnish ammunition for a
big political campiagn.
But His Money Had.
From the Baltimore Herald (fnd.)
The late ex-Vice President Wheeler used to
boast that he hadn't a relative or friend in the
world, but now that he is dea l with $75,000 to
his credit the names of relatives aud would-be
heirs are coming in by every mail.
Used for a Two-Fold Purpose.
From the Neic York Tribune (Rep.)
Fire escapes sometimes fulfill other than t!iir
legitimate functions. Those which the Fire
Commissioners ordered placed on the House of
Detention turn out to lie chiefly useful in help
ing prisoners to escape. One man got out in
this way on election night, and another did the
same thing on Monday. A fire escape that is
prisoner-proof seems to be needed.
Rough on the M. C.’s.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.)
Congressmen who don't know- any more than
to close the doors, windows and transoms of
their rooms and blow out the gas before going
to bed are already assembling in Washington to
make and unmake laws affecting the interests
of 60,000,000 of people. The fact that the coun
try can endure and survive the tinkering of snch
mushheads should convince everybody that our
glorious institutions rest upon an imjierishable
foundation.
BRIGHT BITa
If, as scientists sav, the nose is an Indicator of
character, the possessor of a Roman noseshould
have a desire for traveling.—Boston Courier.
The old-fashioned horse pistol was doubtless
so called, not because it was carried by trooiiers
so much, as that it kicked like a horse.— Low-eil
Courier.
Philadelphia swells are much agitated over
the question whether the bosom of a full dress
sbirt should be shiny or dead white.—New York
Tribune.
A man sometimes loses his balance on an
orange peeling on the pavement, and some
times he’ioses it in a savings bank.— Louisville
Democrat.
The child who whips her doll for being
naughty does not slop to think what a baa
precedent she establishes for her own mother.—
Somerville Journal.
It amuses old married people to see the young
bride faithfully trying to have her dresses made
to suit her husband's idea of how a woman
ought to dress.— Journal of Educa ion'.
“What kind of foliage do you consider the
most pleasing?” asked the professor of botany
at West Point of a student. "Leave of ab
sence," was the reply of the homesick cadet.—
Army and Navy Journal.
Machines have recently been introduced in
the P ris lying-in hospitals for saving infants
prematurely born or otherwise deficient in
vitality. The apparatus is similar to the egg
hatching machines.— Washington Gazette.
A irtter was sent through the Charlotte
town. N. Y.. post office recently which bore the
following unique postcript: "Deliver it to no
one els Ask the panic calling to lift his hat you
will Bee a large Bald Spot on the Side of his
head.”— The Albany Times.
"I don’t like that new name for dudes.”
“What is it?”
“Yams.”
“What's the malter with it?”
“Why, yums are big potato ’s and dudes are
mighty small ones.”— Chicago News.
Prince of Wales—You know, you must not
wear mittens when you go about the streets of
London.
John L. Sullivan—Why. your highness?
Wales—Because they will arrest you for carry
ing concealed weapons. — Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Densuade—l judge from your actions,
William, that your candidate has won.
Mr. D.-f-No: he has been overwhelmingly de
feated.
Mrs. D.—Why this spasm of laughter, then!
Mr. I).—You remember that b’-day note of
mine that Dabney held and that was due to-day?
Mrs D.—Yes.
Mr. D.—He made a mistake and put it in the
box in place of life ballot. Can't get it out.—
Tid-Bits.
A matter of Family Pride.—“ Prisoner have
you anything to say why the sentence of death
should not be passed upon you?”
'“A few words, your Honor. lam thirty years
of age.”
“Well 1”
"Your older brother is a physician."
"This is impertinent and irrelevant.”
“It inaj' sound so, your Honor, hut it means
life or death to me. I understand that you take
a great pride in the phenomenal success of
your brother?”
“1 do, but what possible bearing can that
have upon your case?”
"Simply this: Your brother, the doctor, ex
amined me a year ago and predicted that I
would live at least th rty years more. It would
cestainly undermine his reputation as a scientist
should 1 die before that time.”— Lincoln (Neb.)
Journal.
PERSONAL.
' Ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, dotes on
comic opera, but all the war Governors do not.
The Shah of Persia has received an elephant,
handsomely caparisoned, as a gift from Lora
Dufferia, Governor General of India.
Mrs. Hubbard, Attorney General Garland's
mother, will be a prominent figure at Washing
ton receptions this winter.
Hon. George Bancroft is at present in fair
health, but his friends regretfully observe that
he has aged alarmingly during the past year or
two
Mrs, Frink Skacoi. of Nevada found a chunk
of goid in the crop of one of her hens, and she
is now looking around for someone to buy the
claim.
Miss BraddOn (Mrs Maxwell), the novelist, is
writing anew book and at the same time enjoy
ing a few weeks' stay at the Itiviera with her
husband.
A. W. Hendricks, cousin and law partner of
the late Thomas A. Hendricks, died last week
at Indianapolis two ye >rs to an hour after the
death of his illustrious relative.
If Mr. Toon Seliger, formerly chairman of the
Baltimore Republican City Committee, is rightly
informed Uip Republicans of Maryland favor
ex-Senator Harrison, of Indiana, for Vice Presi
dent,
Rev. Messrs. Hunter and Orossley are
booming up in Canada as successful evaugelists.
Their friends and admirers believe that they
will soon become as famous as Moody and
Sankoy.
Andrew D. White, who was for nineteen
years President of Cornell University, is only 55,
and in U's dress, general appearance and man
ner bears more resemblance to a successful busi
ness man than to a retired scholar.
R. R. Cable, of Chicago. President of the Reek
Island road, known as the man who “routed
Vanderbilt," is a typical Westerner in appear
ance, a tail, broad-shouldered man, with firm
face adorned by a moustache and short chin
beard now nearly white, keen eyes aud quick,
decisive speech.
Representative S. S. Cox is reported as hav
ing said to an interviewer in Washington; "If
you want to know what is going to be done
about thetariff, ask somebody else, for I haven’t
the slightest idea. It you want to know what I
think ought to be done, read some of my old
tariff speeches."
Hon. Amos J. Cummings, Congressman-elect
fr.en the Sixth New York district, severed bis
connection with the Evening Svn as its editor
Tuesday, and was given a banquet at the Hotel
Bartholdi by its staff at night. He had declined
a number oi other dinners, but could not refuse
the compliments of his associates.
Thomas Nast was in Kansas City recently,
ami was annoyed by the rudeness of the ele
vator boy, and said &6 much. On a later visit
the boy was all polileness, and asked Mr. Nast
for his unique autograph. Mr. Nast drew him
a hasty pen and ink sketch of himself bowing
deferentlaliy to the elevator boy, and wrote un
der ibe drawing: ’Those who elevate others
must be polite themselves."
Tins was Mayor Hewitt's opinion of the deck
sion m (he Sharp case, w hen the fact first be
came known in New York: "I can only say this:
lam opjiosed to all attempts to force a man to
criminate himself. Confossiotig were extorted
from Mr. Sharp which bad much to do with lii.s
conviction. Ido not know upon what grounds
the decision had been arrived at, hut were I
judge, 1 think it quite likely 1 should have voted
to reverse the decision on the ground that I
have mentioned."
United States Senator Frank Hiscock ar
rived In New York Tuesday evening, and went
to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he saw
Thomas C. Platt, Senator 11. J. C’oggeslill, As
semblyman Fre nont Cole and n few other Re
publican statesmen. Mr. Hiscock said that he
was here to attend no conference, and that none
would lx! held, so far ns he knew. Mr. Flntt
also said that i here would tie no conference, and
the presence of nearly all the visiting Republic
ans in the corridors of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
during the whole of the evening bore out these
statements.
EATING HIMSELF WHILE INSANE.
An A: rested Man Becomes Violent and
Tears mis own Flesh.
From the Few York World.
Keokuk, la, Nov. 26,—Harris Fuchs, a Rus
sian prisoner in jail here, arrested for having
attempted an assault upon a bridge gate keeper
to whom he refused to pay toll, became violently
insane iu his cell last night. He raved and
shouted imprecations upon the heads of his sup
posed persecutors, and acted in a manner which
clearly indicated that he was insane. As he was
locked securely in a cell the officers at first paid
but little attention to him, but the man's ravings
continuing and growing in noise and violence,
it was thought best to adopt measures to re
strain him.
When the officers went to the cell door a horri
ble sight met their gaze. The man in his mad
delirium was attempting to devour himself. He
was biting vigorously and viciously at his arms
and hands, and tore away the llesh from those
members in strips. None of those present de
sired to go within reach of the maniac. Ropes
were obtained, and, with considerable difficulty,
the fellow was lassoed and then securely bound
and placed In a position to be unable to inflict
further injury upon himself. Fuchs continued
violent even after he was bound, and it was
necessary for the physicians to place him under
the influence of opiates before' they could give
his wounds the necessary attention.
A PENITENT THIEF
Returns Money Through the Confes
sional—A Dead Man Vindicated.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A roll of greenbacks, the loss of which caused
a murder, was returned yesterday to the owner
liy a Catholic priest in this city. On Sept. 28.
1884, John Tomney, a tavern-keeper at No. 7:33
South Third street, was shot dead by James Sul
livan. a seaman in the United States Navy. The
latter had s.’>Bo in his possession, and went to
Tomney's saloon, where after a night's debauch
he discovered t hat he had been robbed of all
his money. Wild with rage, he accused the sa
loon-keeper of the theft, but though Tomney
denied the charge Sullivan instantly shot him
dead.
The sailor was arrested and convicted of mur
der in the first degree, but anew trial was
granted and a plea of manslaughter accepted.
Owing to Sullivan's previous good record in the
navy his sentence was fixed at imprisonment
for tbreo years. Recently he was released and
went to Washington to live.
Now tbe pastor of au up-town church has re
turned Sullivan the s.’>Bo, which was given up by
the penitent thief through the confessional. He
stole the money while Sullivan was drunk. The
clergyman says that this is a complete vindica
tion of Mr. Tomney's good name.
Why Andrew Johnson Declined Wine.
Indianapolis letter in the Chicago Tribune.
When Johnson was Governor of Tenuessee he
tiad occasion to come to Indianapolis and was
the guest while here of the person referred to
at his private residence, and naturally the latter
was anxious the entertainment should be as
elaborate aud complete as possible, in honor of
his distinguished visitor. In counseling with his
wife regarding the dinner party they were to
give, he insisted that the table must be liberally
supplied with wine, as Gov Johnson was un
doubtedly accustomed to drinking it, and be
sides it was quite the proper thing to do on such
au occasion. Tbe hostees, who had strong tem
perance views, was decidedly opposed to the
use of liquor and remonst rated with her hus
band over the proposed innovation. He insisted
on it. how’ever, and finally she gave a reluctant
consent. Mr. Johnson came and so did the din
ner ho r. When the wine was served he. much
1 to the surprise of the host, turned down his
glass, saying quite decidedly, "I never drink
wine.” There was a glow of triumph and vin
dication in tbe eyes of tbe hostess as she looked
at her crestfallen husband, and he was so per
plexed that he could scarcely proceed with the
dinner. In tbe evening he' accompanied Mr.
Johnson to the depot to see him off, and while
they were walking about awaiting the train
Johnson said: "I refused wine at your dinner
to-day because I don’t like the stuff. It is too
thin; but where can we go and get a drink of
good old whisky!” A neighboring saloon was
selected, aud Johnson poured out a glassful of
whisky and tossed it off without a wink. The
gentleman who had entertained him could
hardly get home quick enough to tell his wife
how their ‘‘total abstainer” had made a record
in a down-town groggery.
Mrs. Carter’s Beauty.
From the Chicago Herald.
Mrs. Leslie Carter was unquestionably the
handsomest married woman in society here up
to the time, about two years ago, when the
difference between herself and husband became
sq public that she was virtually out of the
charmed circle. She has a large, magnificently
proportioned figure, with a fine face and a
Titianesque head of hair that is a glory to look
upon. .She was Kitty Dudley before her mar
riage, of a good Dayton, 0., family. This puts
two of the hands most and most brilliant women
Chicago society ever had—Minnie Dunlap Hop
kins and Mrs. Leslie Carter—ln the list of women
seeking divorces from their husbands. Both
cases are said to be almost precisely similar.
Both women were brilliaut, beautiful and
spirited; both wore married to men of serious
mood but of great wealth and fine abilities;
both women suddenly brought divorce suits to
nead off applications which the husbands were
themselves thinking to bring.
If the Hopkins suit is ever pressed there will
be. it is known, some startling revelations made
concerning a fast set of rich New York bache
lors, members of the Union Club there, who pay
their addresses to young married women. If
the Carter suits are brought to trial it is certain
that there will be some queer disclosures con
cerning a set belonging to the Chicago Club,
which has also gotten to be dubbed tbe young
married-women s set. The head of this coterie
is a bachelor, almost old enough to be a grand
father, who is not now anywhere near as rich as
he was five years ago.
Half Bird, Half Fish.
From tiie Cincinnati Enquirer.
Count Joachim Pfell, the German African ex
plorer, gives the following account of a mvs
terious creature seen on the coast of the Ulanga
district: “We ofteu saw an animal in the water
which we first believed to Ik* a serpent, from its
movements, and from the fact that only now
and then it appeared on the surface for a few
seconds. Once, when we shot, at it, we were
surprised to see it rise out of the water and fly
away. Afterward we succeeded in obtaining
one of the curious creatures. It was about the
size of a large tame duck, witli black plumage
and a metallic lustre. IMi its wings we noticed
a few very light yellow feathers. The neck was
very long and thin, and ended in a long, pointed
beak, at the edge of which were two rows of
sharp teeth. At first sight no head was visible,
and tbe neck aptieared to end only in a beak.
The whole body of the bird is under water while
swimming, only the long neck being seen. If it
was frightened it disapiiearitd alt. getlier under
the water or flew rapidly aw ay. Auother pecul
iarity we noticed was that when the bird had
left the water it lay down on a bush with out
stretched wings to get dry. Tile flesh of the
creature has an unpleasant oily flavor.”
Another Way.
From Harper's.
Ah, come to me ip dreams, and then.
Ones ith, 1 shall be well again,
For then the night will more than pay
The weary longing of the day.
Nay, come not thou in dreams, my sweet,
With shadowy robes, and silent feet,
And with the voice, and with the eyes
That greet me in a soft surprise.
Last night, last night, in dreams we met,
And how, to day, shall I forget,
Or how, remembering, restrain
Mine incommunicable pain?
Nay, where thy folk and country are.
Dwell thou remote, apart, afar,
Nor mingle with the, shiipes that sweep
The melancholy ways of sleep.
But if, perchance, the shadows break,
If dreams depart, and men awake,
If face to face at length we see,
Be thou the first to welcome me.
Andrew Lang.
Crushed Again.
From the Chicago Tribune.
“Irene, hear me one moment longer.”
The speaker was a young man with a wildly
appealing look and an inchoate moustache.
•Trene," he continued, “if all the wealth of
devotion that moved I/eander to swim the
Hellespont, that burned in the breast of Abe
lard, inspired the muse of Robert Burns to its
loftiest night, sent the blood pulsing through
the marble form of Galatea at the bidding of
Pygmalion, and carolled forth in the immortal
songs of Tom Mooie—if the aggregrated affec
tion of Solomon for bis thousand wives were
concentrated upon one beloved object, the
whole would feebly represent th • < in ition with
which you have inspired me. Since I have
known you. Irene, life has had but one purpose,
one aim. Heaven itself would be”—
“Absalom,” interrupted the fair girl, regard
ing the impassioned youth with conflicting
emotions eloquently depleted on her speaking
face, "I wish you would patronize some 15c.
barber. I can't endure the odor of cheap bay
rum."
A beuutiful story, beautifully told, “The
Doctor,” Theatre Fi :dav.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Is 1885 there were 41.000,000 sheep In the
United States, 72,000,000 sheep i Australia and
100.000,000 in the Argentine Republic. The United
States have two-thirds of a sheep to every in
habitant, whereas in the Argentine Republic
there are twenty-five sheep to every man,
woman and chilli.
It is found that the durability of paper labels,
the name, etc., may be rendered far more cer
tain and reliable by the use of Chinese ink, the
label, after fixing, being sized twice with a solu
tion of gelatine or good glue, this to be followed
by two coats of copal varuish. Treated accord
ing to this method it is proved that they will
continue to he serviceable for years.
The marriage of au American or an English
man to a Japanese woman is not so rare au oc
currence as the critics seem to think. A num
ber of such marriages have occurred iu the past
ten or fifteen years. A conspic ,ous examp! -is
that of one of the Secretaries of the American
legation to a Japanese girl of noble blood, and,
still more striking, perhaps, the marriage of the
sifter of another attache of the American Le
gation.
Three thousand dollars is offered by Mr.
Ellis Lever, of England, as a prize to the in
ventor of a miners' safety lamp, and it has set
to work the wits of the ingenious. Sir Frederick
Abel will lecture ou the subject during the
present month in England, and probably v. ill
exhibit specimens of lamps which the Swan A
Edison Company are manufacturing for a lage
colliery in England. Electricity, it is said,
is most likely to solve the question aud
take the money prize first and lots of profit
after.
Editors are not ungrateful. The Jackson
(Miss.) Sword and Shield man thus requites one
who has been good to him: “Miss Dudley, of
Canton, passed through the city Wednesday en
route for B.rmingbam, where she goes to open
a ladies' restaurant. AU who ever ate at .11 iss
Dudley’s establishment in this city, where her
rolls were a perfect passionate poem, the fried
ham a dream of delight, and the baked goose a
glimpse of paradise, will feel sure that both suc
cess and customers wiU come to her in Birming
ham.”
A tramp applied to the police for lodging re
cently at Warminster, Eng , and was placed in
a cell under the Town Hall. Tbe constable w-ho
locked him in forgot him, and it was not until
after forty hours incarceration, without food or
warmth, that he w*as rescued. He was in an ex
hausted condition. His cries for helo were
heard, but thought by passers by to be the calls
of a crazy man, and it was not until someone
determined to speak to the police in his behalf
that his presence was made known to them. He
left town all right the next morning.
J. O. Sanders, President of the Board of Edu
cation of Knoxville, 111., and a wealthy aud
prominent church member, had Arthur Taylor
arrested on a charge of forging his (Taylor’s)
father's name to a note for $42. The charge
was not sustained, and Taylor Sued Sanders for
■ $5,000 damages. Then Sanders went to the
County Judge and confessed that in order to
harm Taylor he himself had forged the note
and tried to imprison him; and now his con
science gave him no rest. He w r as bound over
to answer the charge of forgery, and settled
with Taylor for SSOO.
An ATrACK on a military train by Arabs in the
performance of the Paris Hippodrome at Olym
pia, is a remarkable feature. A line of railway
runs round the arena, upon which an undoubted
locomotive, with carriages, steams along at
considerable speed. The train is filled with
French troops, who respond to the fire of the
Arabs, and au animated contest is carried on
for some time. Finally the Arabs are defeated,
and the wounded are carried to the ambulance
car of the train, and the locomotive gets up
steam and runs out of the arena. There is a
pleasing dance by Arab girls and military exer
cises by the men of the desert.
Harry Houselev was bound over to keep the
peace at Heanor, Derbyshire, England, receutly
for sending the following letter to Eliza Elliott,
a female Captain of the Salvation Armv: “Dear
Captain: I just write to ask you a favor. I
want to know if you will marrv me, as I have
taken a fancy to you. If you don't agree with
my favor, it will be worse for you. I either
mean to marry you or murder you. If you say
no, I mean to do for you, so you can order your
coffin at once. I know I shall have to be hanged
for it, but I don't want to go to hell by myself;
I want you to go with me. Prepare to meet
your God. Your comrade, Harry Houseley.”
The Bank of England doors are now so finely
balanced, that a clerk, by pressing a knob under
his desk, can close the outer doors instantly, and
they can not be opened again except by special
process. Thisds done to prevent the daring and
ingenious unemployed of the metropolis from
robbing the bans. The bullion department of
this and other banks are nightly submerged for
several feet in water by the action of the ma
chinery. In some hanks the bullion department
is connected with the manager's sleeping room,
and an entrance cannot he effected without
shooting a bolt in the dormitory, which in turn
sets in motion an alarm. If a visitor during the
day should happento knock off one from a pile
of half sovereigns, the whole pile would disap
pear, a pool of water taking its place.
Leonard Jerome, the founder of Jerome Park,
begins to show’ his age in a slight forward incli
nation of the chest as he walks along Broadway,
New York, drops in at Delmonlco's or saunters
along Fifth avenue to the Union Club. He
seems to lie growing narrow-chested, hutdresses
in elegance. Although he has been the foremost
promoter of racing in America, and one of its
greatest patrons, Mr. Jerome’s experience has
not been satisfactory to his pocket. He said to
a friend the other day that it appeared to have
been his fortune to make race tracks from
which other men have reaped the benefit. When
one of his acquaintances was asked about Mr.
Jerome's fortune he replied: "He had a pretty
hard time of it in 1872 or 1813, but he made it up
by 1881 or 1882 to such an extent that he once
more came solidly to the front.”
A CROWD of people were attracted to No. 329
Jay street, Brooklyn. Sunday night by a woman
hanging from a third-story window. She had
very few clothes on, and after hanging a
moment she fell to the ground, sustaining seri
ous injuries. Nobody in the house, which is
kept by Mrs. Stoltz, who rents out rooms, knew
who the woman was. She fell from a room
rented the week before by Mrs. Mary Ann
Woods. Mrs. Woods was away all day Sunday.
Tbe other inmates of the house saw that the
woman came to the house early in the morning
and went to Mrs. Woods’ room. She was in
toxicated ami abused all who said anything to
her. Her language was very inelegant. Mrs.
Woods returned in the evening, but denied any
knowledge of the woman. If was subsequently
learned the the woman was Kate Cummings a
servant girl of No. 248 North Fifth street
Whether she fell accidentally from the window
or let herself fall purposely Is not known. She
was too intoxicated at the time to remember.
General Master Workman Powderlv's fly
ing visit to New York has caused much interest
and curiosity among Knights of Labor and
membeisof trades unions. Conferences were
held by Mr. Powderly and the leading men in
District Assemoly No. 49. but the utmost
secrecy was preserved as to what, was said.
Trades-union people say that. Mr Powderly's
presence here is in response to the alleged need
of measures to prevent secessions front the
Knights of labor. The Grand Master Workman,
however, insisted that his only mi siou to New
York was to obtain some impoi-tant informs
tion to strengthen arguments that be is pre
paring in favor of a government postal tele
graph system. He said that tin- knights of
Labor had decided to lay the mattffl- of a govern
ment telegraph before the next Congress, and
al of the influence of the order would be
brought to bear to secure a favorable considera
te iof the scheme. Mr. Fowilerly said that h s
p.a is were made, for a trip to Europe next May.
lie will go to Ireland.
The indefatigable Henry Bergh intended to
make it hot for the New York College of Physi
cians and Surgeons that are contemplating the
vivisection of a calf at that institution some
night this week, but he finds, in looking into the
law applicable to the subject that he is pmver
le-s in the premises. This he deeply regrets,
ami lie does not hesitate to sav so in nis own
vigorous phraseology. “It seems impossible
forme,'' he says, “tostem tbetorrent of devil
ish cruelty that runs in the minds of these
heartless men, who roast living animals, tear
them limb from limb und cut them into pieces
losing all interest in the operation as soon as
the heart of their victim ceases to throb, lie
cause, forsooth, mankind will be benefited by
the knowledge which they thus gain. Of course
they say that the poor beasts are under the in'
fluence of anaesthetics, which prevent their
feeling pain. I canuot understand
such demoniaeni brutality. I haye done
what I could to arrest it, but it seems impossi
ble I have sent my agents, disguised as stu
dents, to get evidence against the pe iietrators
of these crimes against nature, but it has bten
in vam The courts invariably decide in favor
of the colleges. The penal code expressly pro
hibits the torturing of beasts. Surely vivisec
tion comes w ithin that prohibition, ihe college
faeult'os justify themselves under this act
which, however, was prior to the penal code.”
But Mr. Bergh insists that the law ultimately
w ill have to bend to the dictates of humanity
and ns soon ns I he legislature assembles he will
have an amended bill submitted to their consid-
SnuJe m,“ C a w ll r, ' n<l, “. r Hll s '" h performances
n the aiieged interest of science Impossible, uu
lcbs they are concealed from the public eye
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oar im-
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Here’s one chance in a life
time; $13,000 worth of Boys’
Tailor-made Clothing to select
from.
5,000 genuine bargains in
this department. Tweed
Suits (knee pants), sizes 4-13,
were $3, we’ll sell this week
for $1 50.
Boys’ Cassimere Suits (kneo
pants), sizes 4-13, $2 75;Avere
$5 50.
$7 50 Cheviot Suits down
to $3 75.
Visit us. You'll buy Boys’
Clothing whether you need
’em or not.
sl2 Combination Robes this
week for $5 50. $25 ditto
for $lO. S4O Combination
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1,300 pairs Ladies’ Beauti
ful Kid, pebble and straight
goat, $3. Button Boots this
week for $1 98. Phenomenal
values. Visit us this week, it
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FOOD PRODUCTS.
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'y^ T E are making an extra quality of GKITS
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