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4 Ck||lormng'|tfti)s Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. FRIDAY. DH EMBUS I, IMT. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Mornino News Is published every day in rhe year, 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, $1 00; three months, f£ 50; six months, $5 00; or.e year, slrt 00. The Morning News, bv mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, It (10; six months. $4 (M) one year. s.s 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, tnree months, $1 25; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, bu mail, one year. $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, ?1 25. 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 lie ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers’ Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed "Morning News. Savannah, Ga.” Advertising rates made known on application. 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 BAKING POWDER. (pPRICEfe CREAM PERFECT Its superior excellence proven In millions nf 'omesfor more thana quarter of a century. It i# ned by the United States Government. 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