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8 CONGRESS’ FULL HAND. REPRESENTATIVE NORWOOD ON THE PENDING ISSUES. The Outlook for the River and Har bor Bill—Mr. Norwood's Views on the Tariff Question—What He Says About Mr. Randall—The Coming Session to be Full of Politics. Representative Norwood will leave to-day for Washington to be present at the pre liminary caucus on Saturday night. The tenure of office is the life of Congress, and when the Forty-ninth Congress ad journed the clerks’ and employes’ terms of office expired, although they hold over until their successors arc appointed. They will have to be elected at the opening of Con gress, and the Democrats wish to have their ticket made up satisfactorily so that no split will occur to give the Republicans a chance. Mr. Norwood was asked yesterday what the chances for a harbor appropriation were, and he said he could not tell. “Will the appropriation for Savannah not lie larger than it was lust timef” was asked. “Y’es, but not twice as large as it was be fore, though it ought to be. The last ap propriation ran out July 1, 1887. The river and harbor bill which was passed by the last Congress was not signed by the Presi dent, because he had not time to consider it. That left us without an appropriation for one year. That year will expire July 1, 1888,"and the appropriation which will be made by the next Congress will not be available until then. It ought to be twice as large as the last appropriation because we have had none this year, but it will not be doubled, though it will lie increased.” “Will not Congress lie liberal because of the large surplus ?” NOT A POPULAR MEASURE. "No. Next year will come the election and the Democrats want to make an eco nomical showing. Money will be a hard thing to get from the fiftieth Congress. Then, too, the river and harbor measur is not a popular measure. There are so many Congressmen who live on the prairies or in the mountains who do not appreciate the need of river and harbor improvements that those coming from the banks of large water courses, the lakes and the coasts have to combine and stand up solid!) for the measure, or they would never get a cent. Those who do not live near the water will not vote for the bill under any circumstances, and they in variably op|>ose it whenever it comes up. The measure has been brought into disre pute because so many appropriations have ripen made for little creeks that no one ever heard of. Sometimes we have to get a local map before we can find one of the streams that money is to lie spent to improve. Of course it would lie much better If wo could confine the ap propriations to such ports as New York, Philadelphia, Savannah. Baltimore and New Orleans and to the large water courses that support commerce as do the Savannah and Mississippi rivers, but if we did that we could not get votes enough to put the bill through. Money is wauled for these little streams, and the committee has to give it to get money for the more important places. They have to throw the tub to the whale.” THE MAIN ISSUE. “What will be the main issue in the next Congress f” “The tariff, by all means. There will be a hot fight and it is about the only promi nent question before the country. I see that the Washington correspondents are sending out interviews with the Congressmen who are arriving and who say that the tariff re form bill will undoubtedly pass. I think those gentlemen are reckoning without their host. The tariff question is entirely in the hands of Mr. Randall. In the last Congress we had a majo ity of forty-three. When we wanted to take up the tariff reform bill Mr. Itandall and twenty-nine others went over to die Republicans and there was a majority of seventeen against us. In this Congress our majority is only twelve. Mr. Randall only needs six Democrats to fol low him and he can get fifteen. Ho is firmly fixed with his constituents. Penn sylvania is the stronghold of protection, and while Randall is a protectionist he re ceives the support of both the Democrats and the Republicans of his district, and no body can touch him. Randall is enough of a Democrat to want the Democratic party to remain in power, but that is all. He is a Republican in his tariff ideas and his financial policy. He knows that as long as he works for protection both parties will unite to keep him in power, and he can sit back and do as he pleases, for his position is assured. He has a following more than sufficiently strong to control the question. He holds the balance of power, and unless he favors tariff reform the bill will not pass. I think Congress may abolish the tariff on rice and sugar, but that is not lair; that is not the way to reform. MR. RANDALL’S CONSTITUENCY. “Mr. Randall represents a constituency that has been made enormously wealthy by Protection. The iron and steel interest of 'ennsylvania is one of the wealthiest in the world, yet he does not want the duty on iron and steel touched. ‘Oh, no,’ he says, ‘keep your hands off of that,. Abolish the the rioe and sugar tariff, but don’t touch iron or steel.’ He is willing for rice and sugar to go, but when it comes home to him he cries stop! Protection per se is not right, but it is not right to protect one class of men and make them enormously wealthy, and sacrifli'e another to satisfy the demand lor tariff reform. Protection is a fraud and a trick. There were two classes of men in the North during the war— one was thinking of nothing but fighting; the other of nothing but making money. The latter elected and controlled Congress men and had the tariff put on. These men have enjoyed the benefits of it for twenty five years, and they do not want to give it up, and they have maintained it by crying that It protected the workingmen from the pauper labor of England. That has been made a war cry, and it has had a great effect with the working classes, esjiecia ly with the Irish. But protection is responsible for all the strikes and labor troubles and anarchy from which the North is suffering. A tariff for revenue, when it is needed may he all right. Protection is then not the object hut the incident, but to put on a tariff to protect certain individ uals is nothing more tuan paying those in dividuals a bounty for following certain avocations, just as a steamship running las tween here and South America might be paid, though in that e&*j the bounty would be propei', for the ship would be lieuefitiug commerce bv building up for tlm country a new trade, but to protect individuals is not the original purpose of this government. It was not intended to he a suckling mother. ’ THE INTERNAL REVENUE. “Will the internal revenue be touched.” “I think it prolwble that the general to bacco tax will lie abolished or reduced. Randall would like to wipe the internal revenue from the statute books. It amounts to more than 9300,000,000 per annum, and tie could theu say, ‘Now, wuat are you go ing to do about the tarifff Your current expenses are $365.u00,000, and how will you meet them if you reduce the tariff? Ran dall would like that very much.” “Will the silver ques> ion come up again?” “No. The silver law we now have is operating so smoothly that the opponents of silver coinage will not touch it for fear they will get something worse, if that law is disturbed it will mean unlimited coinage. The silver certificates are going out and trie silver upon which they are issued is piling up. The flow of gold into the country has not been stopped, as the anti-silver men predicted, and the silver notes have main tained tlieir value firmly.” “Congress will attend more to politics this year than to business, then f” “Yes, the Congress preceding the Presi dential election always does. There will boute warm work over a number of measures. Thu indigent pension bill will come up again as sure ns Congress meets, and there will lie a hot and hard fight over it. Both the Demo crats and Republicans of the North are working for the Grand Army vote, and the indigent pension bill will be a bone of con tention. It is as sure to come upas Cleve land is to be re-elected, and there are many other political measures that will have to tie fought hard. The ground will lie contest and inch by inch, and thus be a warm, a very warm session.” ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE. A Darien Negro Before Mclntosh Court for Murder. W. W. Fraser, Esq., returned home yes terday from Darien, where tie has been at tending Mclntosh Court, and he left the court busy on a large docket. It is now engaged with the trial of Alfred Smith for murder. Smith and another colored man named Allen wore on a tug boat., and Allen fell overboard. He was picked up, and he nee :sed Smith of having pushed him over bonrd. The men went ashore on Policy Island, and there continued their quarrel. Allen drew a razor and Smith a pistol. The testimony was conflicting as to whether Allen was advancing on Smith with the razor at the time of the shooting, but Smith tired and struck Allen, who died the next day. Solicitor General dußigiion secured an indictment against Smith, and is prose cuting him. A batch of liulf a dozen gam blers were hauled up and convicted. THE DECEMBER COURTS. The Grand Juries and Both County and City Courts to Meet Monday. On Monday, Dec. 5, the Superior Court will begin the December term and the City Court will resume its sitting. The grand juries will both meet and begin their work of indicting and recommending. Thore is about the usual amount of business await ing the courts. There tire nearly thirty criminal cases for the Superior Court and about twenty-three for the City Court.. Most of these are small cases which will probably bo disposed of early in the term m order to clear the jail. The more ini portent criminal cases w ill go over until perhaps the latter part of January. There will lie some interesting trials when they come on, but the many small cases both civil and crimi nal must bo disposed of before these can bo taken up. The civil business in the City Court is very light, and most of the cases are small. Iu the Superior Court the civil docket is heavy, but most of the cases are those which went over from the last term. Comparatively few civil suits have been filed so far. The work of the courts during this term will no doubt be heavy before they get through with the unfinished and the new business. MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD. Death of Maria Steel, Aged Over 115 Years. Maria Steel, colored, said to have been 115 years old, died yesten lay morning at her son’s house, No. 11 Gordon street. Al though extremely feeble and with hardly a remnant of mind left, she lived to attain her 115th birthday. There are some doubts as to the woman’s age, though her family say that she was 115 years old. She was born in Rockingham county, North Caro lina, in 1773 and passed most of her life there until five years ago when she came to Savannah to live with nor son. She had two children, Greeu and Elijah Steel, one of whom lives here and the other in North Carolina. Both are well advanced in years. Green is employed at the Savannah, Flor ida agd Western Railway, and it was at his home- that his mother died. She was a small woman, active in body, and hail a clear mind up to about a year ago, when she began to fail, until she lost her miml and finaliy dies!. Her funeral will take place this afternoon. LAST NIGHT’S FIRES. The Firemen Called Out by Two Alarms—Both Fires Slight. An alarm of fire was sounded about 11 o’clock last night, but it sounded irregu larly' and it was not known whether it was from box No. 3or No. 13. One of the en gines went to No. 13 and then found that the alarm had come from No. ", the police barracks. The tire was in a small frame house, No. 44 Hull street, which was oc cupied by Samuel Brown, a colored man. The roof caught from the chimney and a small hole was burned in it. That portion of the fire department which went there extinguished the blaze before the amount of the damage had reached $5. A telephone alarm was sent to firemen’s ( headquarters from West Broad and Presi ’dent streets about 7:30 o’clock last, night because the chimney of the Telfair Widows’ Home was burning. Nothing burned but the chimney, but the widows and children who live in the home were badly fright ened. THROUGH THE CITY. Items Gathered Here and There by the News Reporters. Myrtle Lodgo No. 6, K. P. meets to-night. Pulaski Council No 153, R. A., will hold a regular meeting this evening. Landnim Lodgo F. A. M. will hold a regular communication to-night. Savannah had a touch yesterday of what the signal service lias been predicting for several days—the cold snap. Mercury went down to the 35* mark, and the highest it got was 44*. Mrs. Dr. Mary Jane Me Master took out a license yesterday from the Superior Court Clerk’s office to practice medicine in Chat ham county, and her’s is the first woman’s name to appear on the license book. Dr. McMaster is a Massachusetts woman. She has been practicing in Atlanta and Augusta. Local Personal. Henry C. Butcher, President of the South ern Cotton Oil Company, was in the city yesterday. Mr. George W. Wylly and family loft yesterday for their winter home near San ford county, Florida. Rev. I-oonard Wooisev Baeou will leave for his former home iu Connecticut to-day. He will sail tills morning on the Tallahassee for New York, aud will go tlieuce to Nor wich, where he will re it min for tli ■ present. The Tallahassee will sail at 6:30 o’clock fliis morning, and Dr. Bacon’s friends hade him gflod-by at the steamer last night. Some of the delegates to the Lutheran Synod remained over until yesterday, and left for tlieir home last night. All of them were delighted with the manner in which they were entertained, and before they left pa sed resolutions thanking the people, not only of the Lutheran church, but of other churches as well, for the generous aud kindly reception which they were given. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The young men’s Bible class will meet this evening at 8 o’clock. The gymnasium apparatus is being over hauled, additional machines are ber g manu factured and new fixtures will he put in at an early date. The lecture by Henry Frith Wood on Doc. 13 will bo illustrated by an artistic collection of humorous and realistic oil paintings from life. Members can secure ticket* from the General Secretary for 35c. Those who are not members can secure tickets from any member of the committee, at Davis Bros’, and at the association oflice. Go to the Theatre Friday and hear the story of the little white Rose. Tho man that couldn’t tell the difference between a mule’s ears and a lemon can plainly sea the advantage- < t buying his Shots? at Rosenheim's, after examining their goods and learning tlieir prices. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1887. THE NEW JAIL BUILDING. What Is Being Done to Remedy the Defects in Its Construction. The new jail is still in the hands of the contractor, and it is a problem how he is to get rid of it. When Mr. McDonald, the architect, was in the city last week and examined the work he submitted a report to the County Commissioners, which, however, he failed to sign, in which he forth what the contractor should do itl order to complete his contract. The defects pointed out by Mr. McDonald are receiving attention, and have nearly all been remedied. The changes will be com pleted to-day. The contractor expresses his willingness to comply with all the require ments in the report except that which calls upon him to make the tinner give u bond for his work. This Mr. Bowe says he cannot do. The architect also demands t hat the heating apparatus should be tested, which of course can be done as soon as everything is ready about the building and the weather is such as to thoroughly test its heatinsr capacity. Mr. McDonald, in his report, says that the building is a substantial one, and when what he recommends to be done has been done the jail will he as good a jail as there is in the country. Mr. McDonald lias failed to recom mend that It be received by the county, as re quired under the contract, as he is the sole judge of the execut ion of the work. In the meanwhile the matter has been further com plicated by garnishments being served on the county for amounts due sub-contractors. The general opinion is that there should be some plan devised by which the cqunty cun get possession of the jail as soon as the contractor complies with the architect’s re quirement* and the contractor receives what is due him. This is what will probably liavo to be done in the end. Mr. Bowe, it is stated, by a mistake in his figures, took the contract about SIO,OOO below what he in tended, and below vrhat the next highest bidder put in for. That error, though his own fault, has doubtless been the cause of some of the work not being of the very best character, but those who have examined it state that it would be a difficult matter, except, probably, in regard to the brick arches in the cell house, for any one to say that it Is not as good work as could be re quired. The jail was built under the supervision of the architects, Messrs. McDonald Bros., of Louisville, Ky., or tlieir representatives, and such defects as cannot now be remedied may have been the result of laches on their part. Apparently it was somebody’s duty to see thnt the work was done satisfactorily as it. progressed, and not wait until the com pletion of the building to find fault with things that cannot now be remedied. Pursuant to the report of the architect the sills of the windows have been throated, the corners inside the building protected with wooden beads, and all of the suggestions have been carried out except a few which time has not permitted to be looked after. It is probe bio that the County Commission ers will adopt the wisest measures that will place the jail iu their hands as soon as possi ble, and leave the questions of garnishments and other disputes to be settled between those involved. BIBLES FOR THE PEOPLE. Two Thousand Families Supplied Dur ing the Past Nine Months. Rev. J. F. Brundage, Savannah agent of the American Bible Society, has finished his report for November. During the month ho visited 1,311 families. Out of that number 571 wero without Bibles and 334 could not road one if they bad it. He supplied 314 fa ilies and 130 individuals with Bibles and Testaments. Mr. Brand age’s canvass will occupy several months yet. During the nine months ho lias been canvassing the city he has visited 10,353 families. 3,004 of which were without Bibles aud 1,103 couldn’t read; 1,736 families and individuals were supplied with the Scrip tures, either Bibles or Testaments. In addi tion to his work as colporteur, Mr. Brun dage is conducting a series of Tuesday after noon meetings at Trinity Methodist church, on the subject of divine healing, in which he is a firm tieliever. Mr. Brundage’s resi dence is No. 313 Hull street, where he will supply Bibles to those desiring them. WORK AMONG THE SEAMEN. The Savannah Port Society’s Efforts in Behalf of Poor Jack. Rev. J. L. Gilmore, chaplain of the Sa vannah Port Society, gives the following report as regards ' the Seamen’s Reading Room and Bethel for November: Number of seamen visiting rooms 767 Number of letters written at rooms 68 Paces of tracts distributed 2,030 Seamens' Friend distributed 202 Life Boat distributed 140 Religious payiers distributed 144 Bibles and Testaments distributed 4 Total abstinence pledges taken 7 Sermons preached 8 Thanks are due the Young Men’s Chris tian Association and others for contribu tions of papers, etc., for rooms. At the Theatre To-Night. John F. Ward in “The Doctor,” will be to-night’s attraction at the theatre. Mr. Ward is one of the cleverest comedians on the stage, and “The Doctor,” in which Mr. Ward appears as “Higgins," the doctor’s servant, is one of the funniest of plays. The Times-Union says of Wednesday night’s performance in Jacksonville, that Mr. Ward’s songs, “Once in a Thousand Years” and “I’m Sorry It Ever Occurred,” seemed to find the pulse of the audience, though he did not seem to meet with equal success when attempting to locate the pulse of a “so-called” patient whose treatment he undertook during the doctor's absence. The medicine prescribed was “strong,” as were the twinges of “Higgins’ ” conscience after inquiring into the power of the article itd mblistered, but fortunately for the “alleged” doctor’s future peace of mind, the patient was “strong” also, and not only survived the treatment., but conceived a very strong admiration for “Higgins” as a “so-called” physician. “Higgins’ ” ludicrous assumption of scientific knowledge and persistent en deavor to use high-sounding, technical terms was something very amusing “as it were." Loan Association Election. The Workman’s and Trader’s Loan and Building Association held its annual election for officers last night and elected the follow ing: President—G. \Y r . Lamar. Twasin or—Henry A. McLeod. Secretary and Solicitor—J. L. Whatley. Directors —V. 8. Studer, S. J. Wheaton, William Scheihing, C. A. Fleming, John Asendorf, Henry Bartlett. . The Treasurer submitted his report, show ing that the profits of the association were at tho rate of 10 per cent, per annum since it was organized, which is a very satisfac tory exhibit. The Now Bank. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Citizeus’ Bank, of Savannah, held yesterday, F. M. Hull was elected President, C. H. Dorsett, Vice President, and George C. Freeman, Cashier. The bank is located at the northwest comer of Drayton and Bryan streets, in the building formerly oc cupied by the Southern Bank. As soon as it is ready lor business due announcement will be made. Don’t buy that new pair Shoes until you have examined Joseph Rosenheim & Co.’s large stock. They can fit you in any stylo and price. A Rure cure for tho blues, “The Doctor,” Theatre Friday. Strauss Bros, are selling Okra and Toma toes at 10c. a can. Buy your Currants, Citron, Raisins, Spices and Nuts at Strauss Bros'. TO BAVE THE CITY MONEY. A Reduction in the Cost of the Scaven ger Service. The estimates which have been made of what the city will save by operating its own scavenger department, show that there will be an annual saving to the city of sev eral thousand dollars. At first It was thought that the only benefit which would be de rived would be from an increased aniftunt of work obtained from the outlay of no greater amount of money, but it has been round that not only will the amount of work the department will do be increased, but the expenses will be cut down. The present contract system costs the city $16,500 per annum. Besides that there is much work to bo done on Sundays in the summer and the city pays out several hundred dol lars every season for that. A scavenger department of its own would cost it but a little over $13,000 and that would include the Sunday work and much extra work which is not now done. The contract is carefully drawn, still questions arise be tween the city and the contractor as to his duties in case's that could not have been anticipated. These difficulties will all be avoided by the new system and teams can often be used in other departments, such as the odorless excavating department. The cost of equipping the department is estimated at about SB,OOO, but it may be much less. If the caats now in use can be bought for a reasonable sum they will be purchased. Changes would have to be made in them, however. They have slats in the bottoms to permit fluid matter to drain through to the streets. This matter should be hauled away with the solid refuse ami it will be when the city takes charge. After the first outlay the city will save money, and it may be that the plant can be bought and the department run for a year for the same amount of money that it would cost to give out the work by contract for year. INQUIRY ON THE OTHER SIDE. Liverpool Authorities Looking Into the Matter of Ship Fires. The Glasgow (Scotland) Mail prints a re port of the inquiry commenced in Liverpool by a stipendiary magistrate and Sir Digby Murray, one of the inspectors of the Board of Trade, into the recent fire on board the West Hartlepool steamer Hawarden, now in dock in Liverpool. The Hawarden, a vessel of 1,167 tons net register, had on board a cargo of 4,816 bales of cotton, which were loaded at Savannah. She loft here on Oct. 18, bound for Raval. On the morning of Nov. 1, when the steamer was not far from the Irish coast, the cargo was found to be on fire. A jet of steam was promptly directed into the hold, where the fire was supposed to lie, and the hose was got into play, whilst the vessel’s course was altered for Queenstown. The tire was kept under sufficiently to euablo the latter port to be reached, and subsequently she proceeded to Liverpool. Whilst the cargo was being discharged in dock in Liverpool the fire again broke out, and it was esti mated that about one-third of the entire cargo was either destroyed or seriously injured. The evidence taken was that of the Cap tain (Mr. William Wilson), Mr. T. S. Hud son, a director of the Hudson Steamship Company, to which the vessel belonged, the first officer, the first engineer, and various members of the crew. They all stated that great precautions were taken at Navanuah in the loading of tbo cargo, and they could not give any reason for the outbreak of the fire. The Captain stated that smoking was strictly prohibited upon the wharves, or upon the decks, or iu the holds of vessels at Savannah, and inspectors were employed to enforce the prohibition. He did liot in terfere with his own men as to smoking in the forecastle, but he allowed smoking nowhere else, and he did not think any had taken place. All the ventilators of the ship were securely covered, so that no match or spark could find its way down. The main boiler fires were not lighted during the load ing, and no sparks could come from the donkey-engine funnel. Questioned as to pos sible incendiarism, he said he had heard it rumored that fires on cotton ships loaded at Savannah, of which a great number had happened at the same time, had been inten tionally caused, but he had never been able to get proof as to this. The mate, Mr. Bryan, gave further evidence on this point of a somewhat remarkable nature, in which he referred to the almost simultaneous break ing out of fires on the Hugheuden, of the same line as the Hawarden, the Naples and Resolute, and also on the Dessoug. Holiday Presents. We invite particular attention to the advertisement of Christmas goods by J. H. Koch published elsewhere. Mr. Koch en joys a well-earned reputation as a trust worthy and reliable dealer, and those mak ing purchases of Silverware or Jewelry from him will find every article precisely' what it is represented to be. His stock is admirably selected and first-class in every respect. All are invited to call and be suited without tail Lovell & Lattimore’s Heating Stoves. We have a large supply of upright egg shaped Coal Heaters and all style warming Stoves, that must go during theso cold spells. We never carry uny of this sort of stock and understand well how to prevent doing so. Low prices avoid it. aud will this winter, as far as we are concerned. We have Stoves enough to supply nearly every office, house and store in Savannah. If you must have a Heater, call on us and get our figures. Lovell & Lattimore, Whole sale and Retail Hardware and Stoves, Theoritcially I am all right, “Higgins,” Theatre Friday. Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. are receiving another large lot of Stacy, Adams & Co.’s celebrated Shoes, all styles. Another lot of those fine Olivas at $1 a gallon at Strauss Bros’. Patent Leather Pumps aud Congress Gaiters, for lialis mid imps, just received at Rosenheim’s Shoe Store. Hush! “Higgins and the Doctor,”Theatre Friday. Strauss Bros, are at 33 and 33} j Barnard street, and have everything in the Grocery line at rock bottom prices. Gallon Apples and Peaches at Strauss Bros’. Ladies’ and Geutleiaen’s Velvet and Cloth Embroidered Slippers, just received by Jo seph Rosenheim & Cos. Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. make a specialty of Misses’ and Children's Spring Heel Shoes. Magazine of American History for De cember. Contents: Frontispiece; Our Country Fifty Years Ago; Stephen A. Douglas and the Free Boilers; Aaron Burr: A Study. II.; The Apotheosis of the Plutocrat; A Win-' tor’s Work of a Captain of Dragoons; Notes from Harvard College; The Treadmill in America, and Other Interesting Papers. Minor Topics, Historic Jottings, Notes, (Queries, Replies, Learned Societies, Book Notices, etc. Price 50c. For sale at Estill’s News I)e]X)t. Best assortment of Gentlemen’s Slippers ever shown, can be seen at Rosenheim's Shoe Store. Williams & Hoyt's Misses’ and Children’s Spring Heel Shoes can be had only at Joseph Rosenueiui & Co.’s. Sugar Corn, Extra Hifted Peas, Early June Peas, two and three pound Peaches, at lowost uncos, Strauss Bros. DH. FALLIGANT STRIKEB BACK- He Intimates that Col. Waring Should Study Arithmetic, and that He Doesn't Meet the Issue Squarely—The Doctor also Intimates that the Colonel Got Mixed on Gas and Bacteriology. Editor Morning News: When a criticism of my house drainage p ans for Savannah appears in your columns over the signature of “Col. George E. Waring, Civil Engi neer, etc.,” the presumption naturally is that he has been exact in his statements, and that they are based on facts. It will probably surprise you to see that he has not 1)000 exact. W hat I stated was that a fall of 15 feet could be gotten at any point along the East Broad street sewer, as compared with the surface level at West Brqad street, and that 15 feet in 4,000 foet gave 180 inches, or inches to every 100 feet more jail than Col. Waring claims for a part of his plans. In no part of my papers have I claimed 41.< inches or thereabouts as a necessary fall except when the flow of the flush current was dependent upon its grade fall , which is tlie case with the Waring system. A fail of 2 inches in 100 feet from West Broad to East Broad street, with a good flush current, will work well, anil the fall can be placed at any figure between 2 and 4X inches to the hundred feet, atid be made to work perfectly by the amount and force of the flush. Col. Waring’s calculations amuse me hv their irrelevancy and inaccu racy. The level from Bay to South Broad along West Broad, and tho level from Bay to South Broad along East Broad is about the same, so that the fall in sewer grade from AVest Broad to East Broad is to he ob tained between the surface at West Broad and the sewer level at East Broad—ls feet; that is the top of the old sewer. Now if the sewer is 15 feet below the surface at East Broad and tho lane pipe should be placed 3 feet below the level at AVest Broad, the average depth would tie 9 feet. How Col. Waring figures 31.2 at East Broad is a mystery. He has evidently got a little mixed in hit efforts or determination to bounce my plans. A fall of 2 inches in a hundred feet, beginning at 3 feat below the surfact at West Broad, and extending to East Broad, would givo 80 inches to 4,000 feet, or less than 7 feet in the entire length. The average depth of the lone sewer below the surface would be feet instead of 15.4, as wrongly stated by Col. AVaring. The heavier cut in the eastern portions of the grade extend only between Bay street and ’.'South Broad street lanes; beyond which, and for the entire section south of Liberty street, there is a natural grade fall, very materially reducing the depth of the cut. In regard to the quicksand subsoil, Col. Waring is either very unfamiliar with the localities of its existence, or he has been im posed on in the facts. There is not a spot between Bay, South Broad, AVest Broad and East Broad streets, within the levels neces sary for my lane sewers, where quicksand exists within 12 to 15 feet of the surface; and in the southeast section of the city, where it does exist, the natural grade fall gives my lane sewers all the depth they need without striking quicksand. (To use Col. AVarings’ language, “The natural conditions improve as we go south from the river.” Now tho average cut of the Congress street alley on a grade of 2 inches fall would be feet—3 feet at West Broad, and 10 feet at East Broad. Even at 4Vs,' inches to 100 feet, the average would be 9 feet instead of 13.2, ns erroneously figured by the Colonel. Col. AVaring commits a very seri ous error when he gets my Alice street sew er-head 11.2 below the surface. Ido not propose to put the heads very far below the surface at any point, and the incline is to be from west to east, and not from north to south. If Col. Waring can start a pipe 3 feet below the surface at AA’est Bread, give it a fall of 2 inches only in a hundred feet, instead of 4, and find it 4 inches only below the surface at Jefferson street, on its wav east, he must have struck a hole that needs filling up. There are some such in that lo cality, and not quite such an absurdity, either, as Col. AVaring calls it. Of course mv system will requires water main along AVest Broad street. That is exactly my plan, and instead of depending upon the automatic action of his I(JU-gallon flush tanks, we will have the Savannah river lor our supply, rather more reliable I should think. It would be interesting to learn how the Colonel proposes to supply ing flush tanks, either by the steam pump, or from the the stand-pipe, I imagine: and I might say that the stand-pipe would be a little safer, the steam pump might burst the valves through which the water is poured into his tanks! he’d better look out! Indeed, to be square, Col. Waring, don’t you depend upon valves or checks of some kind to keep too much water from rushing into your flush tanks? and can’t we regu late the stand-pipe pressure just as well ? You make quite a hurrah about the danger to the vitrified pipes from the stand-pipe pressure when you know even better than I do that it is entirely under your control by tl e valve and by the quantity of water in the stand-pipe —the pressure being abso lutely determined t hereby. Then why don’t you honestly say so ! I have never proposed at any time to nut tlie entire pre.sure of the stand pipe on the sewer. J have distinctly stated that we had this power at our command, paid for, (I am obliged to you for saying that it has even more power than we need, which en ables us to reduce the grade fall —some peo ple in Savannah doubted whether it had power enough!) and that this power was perfectly controllable by valve and pressure, or the quantity of water kept in the stand The square way for you to do battle in your own behalf is to explicitly deny these declarations—if you think them wrong. Your assertions about your lateral Open ings being better than the top openings for the reason that the top openings drive back sewer gas, and your lateral openings don’t, is too absurd for discussion. Send me a copy of the work on gas out of which you got that idea. It has the novelty of being new, if it is nonsensical. As to your “smooth flow of sewer and house drain,” and your method of improving its smoothness by putting in as many breaks to its smoothness as you can with your lateral openings, your arguments are simply baseless. I really thought you were smarter. “Distance lends enchantment,” etc. Your advocates in Memphis claim much for the pulverizing of the solids by the flow of the current, whilst your later knowledge of bacteriology induces you to avoid spray. These two idoas are not consistent. When the pipes are scoured out by a good flush current, where will your gases find origin! It is always wise, Col. Waring, to recog nize that other people in the world may he as wise as you. The plans proposed by me have been submitted to gentlemen quite as familiar with engineering as yourself, an i more apt to study improvements than one who, like yourself, possesses too egotistical an inner consciousness of his own supe riority. When a man is satisfied that he knows enough, it Is unlikely that, ho will ever learn much more. Louis A. Falligant, M. D. Your pipes do not. always work success fully. In the matter of separation of sew erage or house drainage from surface drainage, it is quite likely our view s agree. The manholes to which you object hail to be pur in as a necessary improvement to your Memphis system, and many of your pi|>es were found too small and liable to ob struction. Suppose I pour a flush from a 50-ponnd pressure through a 2-inch valve into a 10- mch main: Do I get a 50-pound pressure of 10 inches diameter in the 10-inch maiu? This question is not more ridiculous than your intimation about the jarring of the mains. L. A. F. One overshoe Will do for both Pedexters, Theatre Friday. Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. are sole agents in Savannah for Stacy, Adams & Cos. and Taylor & Carr’s Gentlemen’s Fine Shoes. You can get two cans Boston Baked Beans for 25c. at Strauss Bros’. THE DAY IN CHARLESTON. What is Going on in South Carolina’s Metropolis City. The proposed phosphate bill in its general features, the News and Courier says, is likely to be accepted as a good law by both the land and river companies. The cotton kings around and about tlie Charleston Exchange are talking of re establishing the old private cotton pool. The object of the pool is not to affect the cotton market. It will be something on the order of a guessing' class to be com |x used of gentlemen from South Carolina, Georgia and even from Alabama, if they desire to “come in on the hit.” The idea is’ to get up a kind of a jack-pot of sealed envelopes con taining flve-doilar bills and the guesser’s estimate as the year’s production of cotton. The ultimate authority as to this production is to be the New York Financial Chronicle. W hen tho statement of this journal is pub lished they will “call the game” ana the most approximate guesser rakes in the po’t. It has lxieii customary that the man who captures the boodle should set up tlie cham pagne, etc., and this custom will probably become a part of the re-organized pool. Rough Weather at Sea. Tho Italian bark Angela Maria, with a cargo of sulphur from Girgheutifor Charles ton, 8. C., was boarded out yesterday by the pilot boat Mary Odell. The boat had a Charleston pilot on board, but being unable to make Charleston desired to come into Tv bee roads and anchor, but could not wear ship on account of the wind, and had not arrived in the roads up to last night. The Nacochee’s Quick Trip. The steamship Nacoochee arrived last night from New York. Bhe made the trip from dock to dock in fifty horn's—rather a fast trip. CHINA AND BRONZE GOODS. A Reminder to Those in Search of Wed ding Presents. Read over this list and see if anything strikes your fancy: Fine China in cases, real Cut Glass, Bronze and Bisque Statuary, Japanese Pot tery, Antique Teira Cotta, Hungarian and Flemish Vases. VVe could go on for a whole column, but, never mind, call and see the goods themselves, we think you will be pleased at Crockery House of Jak. S. Silva & Son, 140 Broughton street. Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. have the reputa tion of kpeping the best makes of Shoes at lowest prices. Where the Ladies are Wanted. AVoman’s sphere is to admire and be ad mired, and while we are not organizing a mutual admiration society, we candidly be lieve that our establishment, in its holiday array, affords a scene of fairy-like magnifi cence seldom sm'passed in this country. VVe appeal specially to the ladies —naturally appreciative of the beautiful anil artistic in whatever shape presented—to visit us and inspect our superb display. Diamonds and precious stones of dazzling brilliancy and col or, ban Lome Watches, Chains, Charms and Rings, myriads of delicate conceits in valu able ornaments, adorn our show cases. Rare and handsome in ic-a-brac, Lovely Bronzes and Statuary, meet tho gaze on every hand. Toilet Sets, Tea Sets and varied results of the artisan’s skill in Silverware for use ful and ornamental purposes line our shelves, while from every nook and comer tempting articles of virtu, and the thousand and one objects that are found in a com plete jewelry establishment claim atten tion ami admiration. AVe have spared no pains to render our stock a model one this season, and as our motto is onward and up ward, fair and honest dealing in the future, as in the past, will be the foundation of our ambition. VVe claim to be the “Tiffanys” of Savannah, and this claim must be up held. AVe ask a visit from the public gener ally, and there is no obligation to buy what ever. Respectfully, M. Sternberg, 157 Broughton street. Misses’ and Children’s School Shoes, the best in the city, at lowest prices, at Rosen heim’s Shoe Store. Health and Comfort. In all ages and countries the foot has re ceived as much attention as any other por tion of the human body. It should be as well dressed and as well cared for as the hand. The problem now is, how fashion ably to cover it, preserving its beauty and its health. The covering to be of good qual ity and good workmanship , hence having a durability equal to any. The problem is solved. A. S. Cohen, Broughton street, finds no difficulty in fitting his cus tomers. Persons living out of the city can have au accurate fit by sending the size and width of the shoe usually worn. All grades and styles are to be found in this establish ment, where is kept Solid Comfort Shoes, combined with style and beauty. Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. have just re ceived another lot of those celebrated $3 Shoes, in Congress, Bals and Button. A Bargain in Every Purchase, Is the rule of the “Famous,” northeast cor ner Congress and Whitaker streets. Wo hold out no inducements in one article we sell, and then charge more on another to make up. Positively every purchase made of us is a bargain, whether it is in Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, llats, Trunks or Umbrellas, How can wo do so! Plain enough. Two of the firm are constantly on the lookout in New York for goods in our line, with the ready cash, buy ing only at the lowest prices, manufactur ing all the clothing there, thereby saving to our patrons the retailer’s profit, which is at least $2 50 to $5 00 on a suit or overcoat. Beside that, it enables us to have our cloth ing made up and trimmed hotter than ordi narily done by manufacturers, as we make them up for our own sole, and strive to have our customers pleased, not only when they purchase, but also in the wearing of the garment. We are thankful for the patron age received, and can thunk ourselves for receiving so much of it, by giving the good quality of Clothing for such low prices. Full line of Ladies’ Slippers, nil descrip tions, just received at Rosenheim’s Shoe Store. Taylor & Carr’s Philadelphia Shoes can be found in every stylo at Joseph Rosen heim & Co.’s. At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga., you get all the comforts of the high-priced ho els, and save from $1 to $2 per day. Try it and be convinced. —Boston Home Jour nal. Okra and Tomatoes 10c. a can at Strauss Bros’. PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER. THE OLD RELIABLE! GEO. N. NICHOLS, Printing and Binding, 93ha Bay Street. New Machinery! New Materials! Best Papers ! Best Work ! No Brag. No Bluster. No Humbug. 1 OR SALE. M FOR SALE™ The schooner W. F. MABBCHER, 15 tons, almost new and well found. Only reason for selling is that owner linsn larger vessel. lor particulars addres- F. U. BELL, bavunnah. Ga. MAKING POWDER. Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity, Strength and AVholesoraeness. More economi cal than the ordinaiy kind, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlu in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., tOj Wall street. New York. LUDDEN .to BATES S. M. Jl. Useful, Ornamental and Artistic Holiday Goods zvr NOCW YORK PRICES. Toy Books, *Games, Calendars. XMuKh. Goods. Stationery Cases, Writing Cabinets, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, Jewel Boxes, Manicure Sets, Brush and Comb Sets, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Whisk Broom Holders, Clocks, Shaving Sets, Gentlemen’s Dressing Sets, Game Sets. Christmas Cards. New Shapes and Novelties. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Plush, Calf, Olive Wood and handsome Morocco bindings. Imported Bisque, Terra Cotta Bronzes,Medall ions, etc. Brass Goods. Smokers’ Tables, Candle Sticks, Match Safes, Ash Receivers. Rino T.eat.her Goode. Pocket hooks. Card Cases. Shopping Bags. lan Tablets, Writing Desks. Music Rails, etc. Fine Engravings and Oil Paintings. Frames R>r Cabinet Pictures In Leather, Brass, Bronze, Silver, Natural Woods, latest patterns, lowest prices. Amateur Photograph Outfits make nice presents for boys. They afford end less amusement, and good pictures can be mad* by a 13-year-old boy. Price only $3 50. FURNITURE AND CARPETS. ELEGAIT STYLES INI FINE FURNITURE I N all the fashionable WOODS, MAHOGANY. ANTIQUE OAK, CHERRY and WALNUT for Parlor. Bedroom, Dining-Room, Hall and Library. Also a choice line of ODD PIECES and BRIC-A-BRAC. New invoices of CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, etc., in infest designs and choicest colorings. Our MAMMOTH STOCK. REASONABLE PRICES and IMMENSE TRADE, warrant the assert ion that we can please all who will favor us with a call. A. J. Miller & Co.’s FURNITURE AND Carpet Emporium, 148,150 and 152 BROCGHTON ST. UR A L ESTATE. W. J. MARSHALL. H. A. M'LIOD. MARSHALL & IMEOD, Auction and General Commission Merchants, —DEALER IN— Real Estate and Stocks and Ronds 116J4 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga ATTENTION GIVEN TO RENTING OF HOUSES AND COLLECTING RENTS. ELECTRIC BELTS. Kl< sctrie Belt Free. r l''o INTRODUCE it and obtain Agents we wilt 1 for the next sixty (lays give away, free of charge, in each county in the United States • limited number of our German Electro Galvama Sir >.'iisory Belts-price, $5. A positive and nn t ailing cure for Nervous Debility, Varicocele, Emissions. Impotency, Etc. SSOO reward paid If every Belt we manufacture does not generate a genuine electric current. Address at ones ELECTRIC BELT AGENCY P. O. Box 170. Brooklyn. N. Y. DAVIS BROS. PIANOS, ORGANS, TUNING AND REPAIRING. THIS is to certify that Mil. W. H. WOLFP I has done both piano tuning and repairing for me, all of which has proven entirely satis factory, and I take pleasure in recommending him as a reliable piano timer and [Copy.) LEO. W. MEHBTWS. Mr. Wolff is now in our em ploy ; and we take tuning by tha year, or single tunings. Out prices will be found low and our work thoroughly guaran-