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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— Georgia Historical Society; DeKalb
) lodge No. 9. I. O. O. F.; Ancient Landmark
Jjodge No. 231 F. and A. M.
Special Notices— Dividend No. 50, Augusta
and Savannah Railroad; l’ool Tournament at
( has. Kolshorn & Bro’s.
Amusements—" Messmates,” etc., by the Acme
X). Company at the Theatre To-night.
Legal Notices— Application to Sell Real
Estate.
Box op Fine Cigars Free— Geo. Eugene Bry
son, Manager Key West livening Call.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
ed; Miscellaneous.
Steamship Schedules— Ocean Steamship Cos.;
Baltimore Steamship Cos.
Finance and Clothing— Appel & Schaul.
Hams, Shoulders, etc.— A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Oranges— A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Mr. Carlisle’s popularity is as great as it
ever was, and his re-election will give satis
faction not only to the House, but to the
country.
Mr. Kandall and his “faction” have had a
good many things to meditate about lately,
and it is to be hoped that they have grasped
the situation.
The Republicans are very anxious to “go
behind the returns” in the case of Senator
alect Turpie. It will be observed that they
are much more anxious to get behind the
returns now than they were in 1876, when
the votes of Louisiana and Florida were
Stolen for Hayes.
The only change that will be made in the
Officers of the House of Representatives is
that Mr. A. B. Hurt, of Mississippi, will be
elected Doorkeeper in place of Mr. Samuel
Donelsou, of Tennessee. Mr. Hurt is a young
lawyer and newspaper man, who has had
some experience in Washington as an em
ploye at the Capitol.
The people in New York are a long time
raising money for the Grant monument.
They evidently need help. The Star says
that the other day wheu a little school miss
came into the office and asked for a sub
scription blank in order that her school
mates might have a chance to give a cent
apiece, the patriotism displayed almost
paralyzed the clerk.
The practice of smoking cigarettes is
known to be mischievous, but it is never
theless indulged in as generally as it ever was
by lads of tender years. Several deaths re
sulting from the habit have been reported
within the past few days, the latest of
which was in Philadelphia. It would seem
a waste of time to print these facts, but
perhaps after a while the “drop-drop” of
the water will burst the rock asunder.
The'Cleveland Plain Dealer says: “It
occurs to the Cleveland Leader that the
Democrats will make an effort to carry
Michigan and Wisconsin next year, and it
feels nervous about it already.” The confi
dent way in which the Plain Dealer says
that the Democrats “expect to carry these
two States and Minnesota and California
and Oregon and Massachusetts and several
other States that voted for Blaine in 1884”
is enough to make the Leader feel a little
nervous, unless it has already accustomed
itself to the idea.
M. Sadi-Carnot, the newly-elected Presi
dent of the French republic, is a grandson
of the famous Carnot who was Secretary of
War under the great Napoleon. His father
was Minister of Instruction in 1848, and he
was a member of the and Freycinet Cabinet,
being Minister of Finance. He came into
prominence about three weeks ago,
during the discussion in the Chamber of
Deputies of the Caffarel scandal,
in which M. Wilson is involved.
M. Wilson made an unlawful proposition
to him relative to refunding 75,000 francs
to the bankers Dryfus, which ho rejected
with indignation. His integrity on that
occasion opened the way for him to the
Presidency.
The Future of Florida.
The Rev. J. F. Richmond, D. D., read an
essay on the “Future of Florida” before the
Eclectic Literary Society of Okahumpka,
Fla., lately, in which he dwelt upon the ad
vantages she possessed, ami the reasons for
his belief in her future growth and pros
perity.
The development of Florida was very
! slow tip to a few years ago. She had to
j contend with such impeding forces as the
| Indian war of 1812 and 18115-43, the war of
i secession, and carpet-bag rule, so that, as
j Dr. Richmond says, she has had at this
time only about fifteen years of free de
velopment; but a great deal has been ac
complished in that time, and tbe growth in
tho next decade can be made phenomenal.
People wishing to secure a home where they
will escape excessive heat and cold, and
where chronic diseases are less
general than iu other localities
will find Florida peculiarly adapted
to their demands. Especially is this true
along the peninsula, where on the one hand
the warmth of the Gulf stream renders
winter in a severe sense quite impossible,
and on the other hand the constant sea
breezes alleviate the heat of summer. Dr.
Richmond states that there is a minimum
of such ills as rheumatism, neuralgia, ca
tarrh, asthma, bronchitis, diphtheria and
pulmonary consumption, and that where
these diseases are found they are of alight
typo Healthfulness is promoted by the ex
istence of solid blocks of iiine in the soil,
and by a diet of fresli vegetables and fruits.
But Dr. Richmond touches upon another
important factor in Florida’s future when
he mentions her industries. Orange culture
is not the only field opened up to emigrants,
though it is one in which millions of dollars
have been and are yet being made. Florida
Her timber affords another groat industry,
and the strongest hulls of American ships
are constructed from her live oaks, while
the cedars and other trees are being made a
source of revenue. Her soil abounds in
vegetable humus, and the necessities of life
can be abundantly grown. The drainage
of tho Okeechobee has redeemed many
thousand acres of land, much of which has
already been planted in sugar cane,
and Florida may yet super
sede Ixmisiaua as a syrup and
sugar producing State. Tobacco culture
will also reach great proportions. Key
West is sending out largo quantities of ci
gars, and it is said that companies are being
formed in different parjs of the State for
cultivating the weed. Several varieties of
tobacco are cultivated, viz; the Florida leaf,
the Connecticut seed leaf, the Havana and
the Virginia, and the net earnings per acre
are said to be as high as SSO. The tobacco
industry is of great importance,
and opens up a Held in which
large sums of money may be coined. Grape
culture is another source of revenue men
tioned by Dr. Richmond in his essay, and it
is well known that sea island cotton comes in
large quantities from that State. There is no
reason why Florida should not grow very
rapidly from this time. She has partially
overcome the impediments to her growth,
aud there seems to be no end to her wonder
ful resources, which are fast becoming
known by reason of the energy displayed in
their advertisement.
Base Ball Deals.
Newspapers which give considerable at
tention to sporting matters and sporting
journals have been for some time announc
ing the transfer and sale of prominent play
ers. Many people wonder when they read
of the sale of some great player wbat is
meant by the term. It is not generally ap
preciated that base ball deals are as a rule
illegal, though there is unfortunately no one
to protest against these transactions. To a
certain extent base ball players are slaves,
bought and sold by club managers at will,
and are practically unable to free them
selves from this servitude. They, therefore,
continue to play base ball for a living. The
important base ball associations of the coun
try have banded themselves together under
what is termed the national agree
ment for the protection of each
other's interests, and they have adopted
the most arbitrary rules that can be con
structed. Once a player signs a contract to
play ball with one of these teams he becomes
a part of the property of his employers, and
cannot secure a position with another team
until he procures his release from his present
master. Not only does this rule hold good
for the season for which he has been en
gaged, but for all other seasons. It has be
come customary of late to sell noted players
for large sums of money. Last year Kelly
was sold to Boston for SIO,OOO, and
Clarkson will probably be pur
chased by the same management this
year for $7,300. Bob Caruthers,
the great pitcher of the St. Louis Browns,
has also been sold, but Caruthers says he
won't bo sold unless he can get part of the
purchase price—a very reasonable demand.
Some of the most glaring outrages ever per
petrated have been carried on in base ball
circles, notwithstanding the fact that the
club managers have no legal right to en
force their arbitrary measures. It is to be
hoped that the Brotherhood of Ball Players,
organized last fall, will secure the support of
the public, and insist upon a complete
reformation of the system of conducting
base ball business.
North Carolina is beginning to discuss the
quostion of who shall be her next Governor.
The Democrats expect to elect then - candi
date. but the Pittsboro Home says that they
must be wise and prudent, and not counton
a “walk-over.” This is very true. North
Carolina has gone Democratic in past elec
tions, but this result has been obtained by
good, honest work on the part of the leaders
there. The Republicans are disposed to
claim the State as being doubtful, and even
make some pretense of being able to carry
it for both Presidential and State candi
dates. The probability, however, is that
they will fail. Among the Democrats men
tioned by different papers are Mr. J. S.
Carr, Judge Walter (.'lark, Capt. S. B. Alex
ander, Col. Arndield, Col. Thomas M. Holt
and Major Stodinan.
Wisconsin politicians are a good deal dis
turbed by a court decision which gives
women in that State the right to vote for
city officers. A law was passed granting
female suffrage on all matters pertaining to
public schools, and the women.claimed that
this gave them the right to vote for Mayor
and Aldermen, because, haVihg control of
the school appropriations, these officers have
virtually the management of the schools.
This view of the law was upheld by one of
the State courts, and now the politicians
have appealed to a higher court.
A Washington correspondent says that
Senator Hawley's marriage to an English
woman has injured his Presidential pros
pects. The Henator’s Presidential prospects
are of a nature that do not admit of in
jury.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1887.
Mr. Morrison’s Prediction.
Mr. William R. Morrison does not appear
to be entirely satisfied with his position os
a member of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. As the day for the meeting of
Congress approaches his dissatisfaction be
comes more apparent. He would like to tie
in Congres. He was never so happy as
when he was the recognized leader of the
House, and yet he had no particular quali
fications for that position. He couldn’t
make a speech that unybodv cared to listen
to, and he was neither a good organizer nor
a ready debater. He was looked upon,
however, as a man of sterling integrity and
good judgment.
lie has been telling the Washington news
paper correspondents that the Democrats
are going to have a pretty hard time to get
a tariff bill passed this winter. They will
have to encounter the opposition of Mr. Ran
dall, and if the House finally succeeds in
sending a tariff reduction bill to the Senate
that body, he thinks, will change it to suit
the Republicans and send it back to the
House, with the statement that the Demo
crats must accept it or take the responsibility
of a failure to reduce the revenues.
Mr. Morrison is of the opinion that the
Republicans will finally insist upon the re
peal of the tobacco tax and tbe removal of
the duty on sugar. There will not be prob
ably a great deal of opposition among
Democrats to a repeal of the tobacco
tax, but there will be to tho
removal of the duty on sugar. The
sugar duty is almost wholly a revenue duty,
and tho probabilities are that its removal
would not benefit the jieople in the least.
When the duties on coffee and tea were
removed the prices of those articles did not
decline, and it is questionable if the removal
of the sugar duty will materially affect tho
price of that article. The exporting coun
tries will, in all probability, impose an ex
port tux upon it, aud the $50,000,000 which
now goes into our Treasury will go into the
treasuries of the countries from which we
import sugar.
The Republicans, however, are deter
mined to stand by the monopolies which are
the chief beggars for a protective tariff,
and they will remove a duty that is for rev
enue sooner than reduce one that is for pro
tection, because their aim is to guard the
monopolies. It would not be surprising if
Mr. Morrison’s prediction, that the Repub
licans will offer as their ultimatum the re
moval of the tobacco and sugar taxes, were
to prove to be correct.
The Duty on Wool.
Because the duty on wool is sup
posed to “protect” the farmer, while
nearly every other tariff tax bleeds
him, desire of tariff reformers
to have it lowered or abolished is a
favorite point of attack by protection jour
nals. They wish to appear in the attitude
of championing the most numerous class of
workers in the country, while iu truth it is
the purpose of their existence to uphold a
tax system of which the farmer is the prin
cipal victim. They sneer at the assertion
that the abolition of the wool duty would iu
all probability cause an advance in the
price of American wool. They never
refer to the fact that our wools are unsuited
to many of the needs of manufacturers
unless mixed with foreign wools, which
must be imported whatever the duty mav
be. The tax thus paid makes the cost of
the product high, restricts the market, and
thus lessens the demand for American wool
and lowers its price.
A few days since the opinion of some of
tho leading wool manufacturers of Rhode
Island was quoted to the effect that they
were confident of their ability to compete
with European manufacturers if the tax on
wool were removed. They ought to be al
lowed an opportunity to try. If
under the present system the wool
clip is not increasing, as we recently saw
stated, it proves that sheep husbandry does
not pay well, and farmers are not benefited.
The wool manufacturers have not succeeded
in fully occupying the home markets, and
cannot send anything abroad. Though they
are “protected” by enormous duties their
business is depressed and its profits small.
At least they say so. If these things are
true, then who is benefited by the duty? It
is easy enough to see who is damaged by it.
The Rev. Mr. Parker’s experience in the
matter of the Beecher eulogy did not have
the salutary effect that it should have had,
as is attested by the latest episode connected
with his stay in America. On last Friday
night he was booked for a lecture on “Glad
stone" bofoi'e the Bryant Literary Society
of Brooklyn. The theme is a very attrac
tive otie to Brooklynites, and the consequence
was that the hall was packed, but to the re
gret and surprise of the audience Dr. Parker
refused to deliver the lecture, and instead
preached a sermon on “The Besetting Sins
of Humanity,” in the course of which he
took occasion to criticise his hearers and the
society under whose auspices he spoke, and
in conclusion he advertised his
purpose of delivering the “Gladstone” lec
ture in New York this week. Whatever
else may be said alxmt the reverend fjentle
man, it cannot be charged that he has not a
keen nose for American currency.
Some of the papers are conjecturing what
Mr. Cleveland would do in the event of Jef
ferson Davis’s death. Mr. Davis was once
Hex'rotary of War, and according to prece
dent the war department flag should bo
lowered to half-mast at his death. The
country could well afford to cast aside
prejudice and show its appreciation of the
services of Mr. Davis in the Mexican War,
and as United Htates Senator and Secretary
of War. But the fact that Mr. Davis prefers
to be considered a man without a country,
so far as the Federal government is con
cerned, might debar the President from pay
ing his memory the customary tribute of
respect. One thing, however, may be ac
cepted as certain, Mr. Cleveland would
act with his usual good sense. His veto of
the Dependent Pension bill stamps him as a
man who dees what ho believes to be right.
Henry George seems to have coine to the
conclusion that the labor movement has
collapsed. His paper, the Standard, says
that “in the West the Union Labor party
has gone to smash,” while in New York it
“is not a labor party in the ordinary mean
ing of the word,” and has “no more claim
on the vote of the wage-workers, organized
or unorganized, than on those of any other
class of i>eople.” Further evidence of the
decay of the movement is the Standard's
pitiful appeal for more subscribers. It looks
as if Mr. George will have to find some other
way of cheating poverty.
At this time of year public banquets and
annual celebrations come in fora share of
attention, and King Dyspepsia never sat
more securely on his throne. It is well for hu
inanity that these occasions are followed bv
alter-dinner wit and eloquence, for luughtcr
is a strong foe to dyspepsia.
CURRENT COMMENT.
But It Won’t.
/■' om the ElizabethiS. J.) Journal (Rep.)
There will tie five eclipses in 1888. three of
the sun and two of the moon. The TVib
vne adds "the eclipse of the Democratic party.”
We hope that every one of them, especially the
latter, will lie visihie in every purt of the United
States and Territories."
Muzzle the Kansas Senator.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer ( Dem .)
If the Republicans permit that brilliant but
eccentric genius of Kansas, Senator Ingalls, to
have his way, the whole time of the United
Slates Senate at the forthcoming session will he
taken up in the consideration of bogus contests.
There is promised a worse deadlock than that
which ojiened Garfield's administration.
When Did They Try It?
From the Philadelphia Times (Dem.)
A committee of Anarchists who waited on the
Mayor of t Chicago for the purpose of asking
permission to hold a fair readily agreed to fly
no red flags and to allow no incendiary speeches.
Rut when the Mayor further insisted that no
beer should lie sold on tbe fairgrounds the com
mitteemen turned up their noses in disgust and
tied from his honor’s presence. They seemed
to think that an Anarchist fair without beer
wouldn't be a very blooming success, and they
were right. The thing has been tried before
with very discouraging results.
BRIGHT BITS.
Blue Monday.—
Mark Sunday with a fair white stone
And Saturday in red;
Let Friday, when the murderers groan,
In black be garnished.
Thursday in purple should be hung,
A Royal hue for Thor;
Wednesday, when wedding bells are rung,
In pink, Love's monitor:
To Tuesday green s forever wed,
A most appropriate hue;
But for its curled aud swollen head
Monday is always Blue!
—New York Graphic.
There is a great deal of blow about the signal
service officials— Boston Post.
The crying need of the country is a cigar that
won't go out. — Milwaukee. Journal.
The finger that points with pride is encircled
with a diamond ring. Boston Transcript.
The ocean is one of tbe swellest things in ex
istence, and yet society does not tolerate it.—
Boston Post.
Some friends you lose by lending them
money: others get m*d if you refuse them.
Verily, this is a world, of “many men of many
minds.” —Louiscille Democrat.
Bkior,pr Enjoy shine, is it? How could I, I'd
like yez to tell ine. The uiinit I lay down, I’m
aslape. an' the miuit I’m awake I have to git up.
Where’s the time fur enjoyin’ it to come in:--
Philadelphia Call.
She Caught Him. He— What will you have,
dear, candy or ice cream.
She—No, Edward, get me some popcorn,
please.
He—Do you like that stuff?
She—Yes; I like everything that pops. -Har
per's Bazar.
Father (trying to read the paper)—What
was that awful racket in the hall just now?
Mother—One of the children fell down the
stairs.
Father (irascibly)—Well, tell those children
that if they cannot fall down stairs quietly they
won’t he allowed to fall down them at ail. —.Xcw
York Sun.
Mrs. Den Scape -How perfectly lovely your
diamonds are, Mrs. lately.
Mrs. Lately -Fm so glad you like them; Mr.
Lately gave them to me for a birthday present.
Mrs. Den Stiade— He has excellent taste, I’m
sure; those canning little tiny stones are so
well in accord with your spirituelle style of
beauty, you kno w.—Judge.
The Only Color Line— Uncle Sam—What’s
the matter now?
Frontier Citizen I stole a farm from the
fellow who was on it and drove him off. and now
he is coming back with a lot of his relatives to
kill me.
"Well, you ought to he killed.”
“But the fellow 1 stole the farm from is an
Indian.”
"Oh I Well I’ll order out the army.”— Omaha
World.
Not long ago a Crawford county man hail his
dog assessed and afterward paid a tax on him.
The dog got among his owner's sheep one night
recently and killed some of them. The man
reasoned to himself thus; “1 paid tax on that
dog aud I had a right to keep him. If lie had
killed some other man’s sheep t he county would
have paid for them. He killed mine, why
shouldn't the county pay me?” So reasoning,
the farmer went out and shot the dog, and then
presented the bill to the Commissioners. A
compromise was effected.— Meadville (Penn.)
Tribune.
PERSONAL.
Senators Edmunds, Hoar, Sherman and Eustis
read French like native Parisians.
Mr. Dana dug “mugwump” out of the Indian
languages iu which he is proficient.
One of President Cleveland s favorite dishes Is
pickled sheep's tongue, eaten before retiring.
William D. Howells says he will soon ex
plain why he signed tbe petition asking clemen
cy in the case of the Chicago bomb-throwers.
Mr. Nathaniel Clapp, the inventor of absorb
ent cotton, is now' eighty-five years old. He de
votes his hale old age to the care of an extensive
garden and orchard.
Mrs. Kellogg, mother of Clara Louise Kel
logg SI rakoseh, was at one time a professional
spiritualistic medium, and worked hard in
every way to give her daughter a musical ed
ucation.
Senator Ingalls says that he will live in
Washingt n this winter “in the same old place
—on the extreme southeast corner of respecta
bility." By this he pieans that his house is at No.
1 B street.
President Moses P. Handy, of the Clover
Club, talks to each of his guests, in his own lan
guage. As, they come from Polynesia, Poland
and Peru, it isn t so mnch of a picnic for him as
it is for them.
John Good, the New York manufacturer, has
just been created a Count by his holiness Pope
Leo XIII., in recognition of his life-long devo
tion to the church and his munificent gifts to
religious and charitable institutions.
It is said that the Astors have never been
robbed, either by a sneak thief or a burglar, al
though their houses contain very tempting
riches. They pay SI,OOO a year for a special
guard of tlieir houses, considering it better to
take this course than to run the risk of robbery.
Little Col. Fellows is to lie seen every night
up town in the Hoffman House or about the
Democratic clubs, surrounded by Democrats
who flatter and congratulate him until a smile
reaching clear across his moon-shaped face has
become literally stereotyped on his features.
The Colonel’s favorite button-hole decoration is
a red pink, and he is as rareiy without it as with
out bis smile.
Ludwig Knahs painted on one canvas the
family of the Russian financier, Strousberg,
who became bankrupt sometime ago The pic
ture has drifted to Paris, where the dealer who
owns it proposes to cut out tbe several figures
and sell them separately. Paintings bv Knaus
bring extraordinary prices. The children of
Strousberg have offered $3,000 or $4,000 to save
the family group from disruption.
Bismarck is the busiest man in Germany.
He remains at his desk nightly till 2 o’clock,
and even during his "vacation” in Kissingen at
tended to his affairs until long after midnight.
During his night work he occasionally takes a
little "green corn" soup, which agrees well with
him, but avoids w ine. His servants and even
some officials of rank have to sit up as long as
he does to attend to his dispatches, etc. He
gets up at 10:30. When he undertakes a jour
ney lie is accompanied by eight detectives and
an officer.
Ex Conorkssman John R. Buck, of Connecti.
cut, jumped into prominence four or five years
ago. when he unexpectedly beat charming old
Bill Eaton for Congress in the Hartford district.
John is a good deal of an aristocrat in his ways,
while the ex-Senator is an old-timed, horuy
handed son of toil and campaigner from away
Iwiek. The district is reliably Republican geii
erally, but Eaton had it pretty well in hand
until John, who had been a sort of all round
office-holder for a quarter of a century, took
the nomination of hi* party and slipped Into the
Sace on elect ion day by a few votes ahead of
r. Eaton. Mr. Buck was retired himself last
fall when young Robert Vance defeated him
after a hot campaign.
C'oiißSKixok WilUam H. Shock is one of the
old timers in the navy. The gallant sailor is
retting rapidly into the sere and yellow leaf,
though none of bis official friends could tell to
day just how old he really is, for that is one
subject upon which the Commodore is not talk
ative. There is a sort of hazy tcadition that he
saw service in the Mexican warfvut the saga
cious gentleman has generally had sufficient In
fluence to keep himself in a cozy corner of the
Navy liepartment building in Washington
where he has been Chief of Engineering for a
number of years. He is the nattiest looking
best, dressed and most ceremonious old gentle
man in the department, ami it requires more
circumlocution to reach him officially than to
interview President Cleveland.
The Modern Bustle.
From the Lou ell Courier.
When the newspaper 4 of to-day are fifty years
old, nothin# about them will so excite the
mirth, as well as surprise, of the reader of an
cient literature as the advertising cuts which
show'the make up, proportions and unsightli
ness of the modern monstrosity known as the
“bustle.” No antique “calash," or any other
device of fashion, was ever invented that made
so grotesque and abnormal a figure of the hu
man form divine, and no Kaffir or Hottentot, or
Indian squaw ever produced an article of ap
parel or adornment which can compare with
the exaggerated modern bustle for absolute
hideousness.
How the College Boys Come It on Dad.
From the New York World.
A young Yale professor entered a ready made
clothing store in New Haven a few’ days ago
and asked for a suit of medium quality and fair
price. After he hail been fitted the salesman,
who thought he recognized th* customer as a
college student, said: “Shall 1 send the bill to
your father? I'll make it $0 and give you the
balance now.” The professor was astonished
and did not comprehend the proposition.
Finally it dawned upon him that certain stu
dents were evidently in the habit of buying
clothes, permitting the salesmen to send exor
bitant bills to their parents, while the colle
gians pocketed the extra change. Tims the
clothing house gained clients, while the stu
dents made money, and everybody profited by
the scheme save the deluded and defenseless
parents.
He Had Used It for a Pen-Wiper.
From the San f Va ncisco Chronicle.
“I don't think I'd go out like that," he said to
his w ife, who turned to him radiant in a new’ hat
and fresh from the finishing touches of the
toilet.
“What's the matter with me?”
“Well, I'd wash my face if I were you.”
“Well, I never! It has taken me two hours
to get myself up. Have I put on too much pow
derr'
“No; you have a black smudge clear around
your beautiful nose, that's all, my darling.”
“What" she screamed, and turned to the
glass. “Where on earth can I have got that?' 1
She picked up something in chamois leather
from the dressing table and looked at it.
“I declare, if my new powder puff is not com
pletely rained!'*
“That! That your pbwder puff?”
“Yes; anew thing, just out from New York,
and there isn't another in town"
•‘That a powder putf ! I used it this afternoon
fora pen-wiper.”
Bold Robbery In Drawing Room.
From the Washington Capital.
Young ladies in eottlety sometimes do queer
tilings, but seldom doe* one venture on such a
remarkably hold line of action as one young
Person did in this city while at a dinner party
not many moon* ago.
During a lull iu the conversation she quietly
remarked to the young gentleman who took her
in to dinner.
“Let me see your pocketbook" Not knowing
w hat to make of such a peculiar request, the
young man quietly produced his pocketbook
and handed it to her. She took it. calmly open
ed it, and t-ook out a roll of .bills amounting to
S3OO, all the money it contained.
Then saying to her victim, “1 will buy me a
ring to-morrow, "she as calmly handed back the
empty leather case to him and put the money iu
her own pocket.
The man preferred to lose the money rather
than to press his claim for it upon her relatives,
and submitted to what was simply a piece of
barefaced robbery. But he won't escort that
young woman to another dinner table, even if he
lives to be as old as George Washington's fa
vorite body servant.
Hypocrisy of a Love Token.
From the Philadelphia Press.
“I have become a hopeless cynic from my
thirteen years' experience as aiewele .“said
the foreman of a leading firm. “1 have learned
that so much is tinsel that shines as gold that I
can only look on the world's splendor as clin
quant. hollow’ sham. Even when the genuine
glittering gold, 'plucked from the towels of
rich Potosl and set with gems of purest ray
serene, adonis fair throat, or rounded arm, or
tapering finger, it only produces a sentiment of
scorn for the hypocrisy of human nature.
“Let me illustrate: it has been for some time
a favorite fad with young men in society when
ore becomes engaged to present his fiancee
with a jeweled bracelet, which the jeweler
rivets on the w’rist so that it cannot to slipped
off. This is supposed to be a token of the
eternal bondage of the wearer to the donor and
a perpetual reminder of fidelity. But in a day
or two the young lady receives a note from the
jeweler requesting her to call. When she does
so. she is shown a secret spring, whereby she
can put aside the bond at will. And I have ob
served,” added the jeweler, “that although the
fair lady protests against making use of the
spring, she is delighted to find the secret of it.”
Meditations of a Jealous Rival.
From The Century for December.
Yes, here I lounge and mope,
An abject misanthrope,
As she walk*.
And looks up with winsome grace
In his red moustachioed face
While he talks.
Of course she worships him—
You see he's “in the swim"
And I ain't.
When he speaks, to see her laug
One would think this golden calf
M as a saint.
The fact is, he's an heir
And owns bis coach and pair,
* And a house
Which he wheedled from “papa,”
Whilst I dwell in quarters a
La church mouse.
I'm but a menial clerk—
I have to grind and work
Like a mill ;
And I go with baggy knees
And my coat patched up; but he’s
Dressed to kill.
Whene'er I call, alack.
His hat usurps the rack,
Sure as fate;
And she jokes and romps with him
But with me she’s very prim
And sedate.
You see the reason why
I moan around and sigh—
I’ve no show'
She is all eyes for the swell.
And 1 guess I might as well
Let her go.
***** * * * *
They’ve turned the corner now—
She sees me! got abo w!
And a smile!
Lovelier girl I never knew.
P’raps it would be better to
Wait awhile!
The Cranks Who Make Life at the
White House a Burden.
From the St. Louie Globe-Democrat.
The fellows most to he feared are the well
dressed, oily-tongued, who draw enough income
from somewhere to support themselves, and
who imagine that they own the earth and have
a first mortgage on the sun, moon and stars.
Guiteau belonged to this latter class. He
wanted a high position under the State Depart
ment. and used good and apparently sensible
language to convince Mr. Blaine that lie w as en
titled to the place. Failing in this, God ordered
him. so he said, to remove President Garfield,
which he did.
W. ile at the White House Detective Kolb was
compelled to use great vigilance to keep the
well-dressed, smooth-talking cranks from en
tering. Their stories were plausible and
their appearance respectable. The fel
low* with a week's growth of nappy
hair and beard, and wearing clothing
faded by the storms of many seasons, could be
driven away like an old woman “shooing”
chickens in many instances. The former, how
ever, stood on their dignity, and it was fre
quently necessary to use force to get them off
the Executive premises.
“One afternoon, diming Gen, Grant’s first
term," said Mr. Kolb, "a tall, stylishly dressed
man. about 45 years of age, came to the main
door ar.d in a very dignified manner demanded
to see the President. We informed him that
the President was not receiving that day. ‘Ah. ’
he rejoined with the utmost sang froid, *Gen.
Grant's always at home to Republican mem
bers of Congress ' It was during the session of
Congress, and believing that the caller was
what he represented himself to be, I pointed
out the way to the reoeption-rooin up-stairs.
He quickly disappeared up the velvety stair
way, and we resumed our conversation. ITetty
soon there was a commotion at the head of the
steps, and the usher up there sang out; Come
up hers, Kolb, quick” I bounced upstairs
into Oeit. Grant aMßee, and there was the Coii
grrasnian *uitmil*ing wildly, taking loudly,
and following the President about the apart
ment in a very excited manner.
"The President was as cool os a norther, hut
there was an angry gleam out of his eyes. Tut
this fellow out! he. commanded, imperatively,
and as I seized Mr. (Amgressinan lie quietly re
sumed his seat and continued his work as
though nothing bad happened. After a brief
struggle I got the fellow to the head
of the stairs, ami told him I would
throw him down if he did not go
peacefully. He wont. It was several days be
fore I learned the true cause f the disturbance.
In the meantime the President rebuked me for
not being more careful who I admitted into the
building."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
California has sent east seven solid train
loads of raisins, each train composed of twenty
cars, thus far this season.
A Kansas City oculist says that nearly two
thirds of the spectacles and eyeglasses which
near-sighted people pay good prices for are
merely bits of common glass treated w ith a
coating of chemicals, which gives them the ap-
I>earance of being genuine pebbles.
During November 23,307 immigrants landed
at Castle Garden, against 24,670 for November
of last year. So far this year the immigration
has been 3!4,872, while during the corresponding
time last year it was 281,108. The immigration
for every month so far this year, with the ex
ception of November, has been in excess of that
for the corresponding months of last year.
The St. Pius Lyceum, of Baltimore, Md., re*
cently sent a letter to Mrs. Cleveland asking for
her picture and that of the President. The
Lyceum has received, through Col. Lamont, the
following reply: “The accompanying engraving
of the President is sent in response to your re
cent note to Mrs. Cleveland, who regrets that
she has no picture of herself w hich she would
w ish to send in reply to your further request.”
A sturdy 8-year-old walked half a mile from
his home in Middletown, Conn., to the depot
and crawled on the rear platform of a train just
about to start. He was iound by a brakeman
sitting bareheaded and happy, on the platform,
with his fat legs dangliug off. as the train
whizzed along toward Saybrook. The con
ductor put him off at Higganum, and he was re
turned to Middletown and his frantic mother.
In some places in China debtors who are un
able to meet the claims of their creditors are
punished with the loss of sight. In the case
which came under Dr. Morrison's observation it
was the debtor’s son who was the victim of the
diabolical custom. He was tied hands and feet
and deprived wholly of the sight of one eye,
while that of the other would have been lost but
for timely surgical aid. The offense was that
the poor fellow's father owed the remorseless
Bhyloek forty taels, or about SSO.
Toe recent attacks on the iSalvation Army in
Canada have aroused a good deal of sympathy
in their behalf, and the government has prom
ised to make an investigation of the whole
matter. At the assault on them in Quebec, the
mob is said to have been led by an officer of the
militia. The Salvationists are entitled to the
protection of the law, and they ought to have
it. They should not be surprised, however, at
any intrusion of their rights, for they them
selves show no respect or consideration lor other
people, nor do they ever hesitate to break the
law.
A recent phenomenon in Central Illinois puz
zles scientific and other people. After weeks of
drought, the streams and wells becoming ex
hausted, abundant water suddenly appeared,
wit bout rain or other visible source of supply.
Water flowed freely in the streams, and even
the shallowest wells were replenished. Where
this water came from and the cause of its
sudden appearance are mysteries which no man
can find out, Some religious people believe it
was an answer to prayer. It is probable that
the effeet was> produced by a subterranean
disturbance similar to that of an earthquake
shock.
It was the dream of old John J. Herrick, the
Clerk in the Auditor's department at the cus
tom house, New York, who died at his desk on
Tuesday, that before the coffin lid closed over
nim he would once again live in the fine man
sion known in Tarry town as “Herrick's Folly.”
The mansion was built when Mr. Herrick was a
wealthy flour merchant nearly thirty years ago.
The “Folly” for a number of years has been the
home of A. 13. Hatch, the ex-President of the
Stock Exchange and the banker, whose third
failure a few weeks ago has disfranchised him
from the privileges of the Exchange. It is said
that Mr. Hatch's troubles began when he en
tered “Herrick's Folly.”
A river captain says: “There is a strange
phenomenon connected with the Upper Red
river. I have several times been stranded by
low water in the Upper Red, say 500 miles be
low the source, lying with a steamboat for
weeks awaiting a rain and a rise. Without auy
rain in the vicinity of where the boat w as, I have
seen the river come up twenty feet or more in
one night. I figure out the phenomenon in this
way: The sources of the Red river are in the
Llano Estacado of New Mexico, and the rains
falling upon these great plains pour down into
the headwaters of the river, and the water
conies rushing down many hundreds of miles,
where there have been no rains for weeks, and
thus result iu tlie unlooked-for swell in the
w’ater.”
The youngest man who has ever had a seat on
the Supreme bench was Judge Story, of Massa
chusetts, who was only 32 years old at the time
of his appointment and who remained on the
bench for thirty four years. Story was one of
the most remarkable lawyers in our history. He
had made a large fortune out of his law practice
when he was made Supreme Judge by Madison,
and he had a big income from the sale of his
legal writings. He wrote twenty-seven different
volumes and published thirty four volumes of
decisions, and his receipts from the sale of these
amounted to as high as SIO,OOO a year. He was
a hard worker all his life, and when he was a
young man he wrote poetry. His law books
have a high standing in England. He was a
member of Congress before he took his seat on
the bench.
Twenty wedding guests were seated around
the festive board at the city of Jarrow, Old Eng
land. They had just cut into the wedding cake
—a splendid castle, erected by the pastry cook
with particular care, after a drawing made on
purpose by the best architect in the city—when
the bride, who had been served first and tasted
first, uttered a little cry of pain from a cramp
ing sensation in the stomach. Her next neighbor
exjierieneed the same sensation, and before the
company had realized what was going on they
were all suffering great agony. The cake was
sent to a chemist, who found the sugar crust to
contain 22 per cent, of its weight of arsenic.
Most probably the sugar baker had mistaken a
parcel of rat poison for sugar. All the twenty
wedding guests were sick for a few days, but
th<> fright they experienced was their greatest
Buffering.
Since the army surgeons brought to potice the
frequency of diphtheria in the French army, par
ticularly among cavalry regiments, Dr. Longuet
has studied the subject, and in a paper read be
fore the Academy of Medicine he has arrived at
the following conclusion as to the etiology of
the disease; “It is incontestable that, not only
in the French army, but iu the German army,
the cavalry, though less numerous than the in
fantry, furnishes three times more cases of diph
theria. It is equally certain that at Paris, for
example, the most active foci of this cruel
malady arc, on the one hand, the largest of the
cavalry barracks, and on the other, a hospital
situated near one of the most important stables
belonging to the Omnibus Company; and, as
the cause of the malady could not lie traced to
the water, nor to the straw, nor yet to the
horses, it appears conclusive that it must exist
in the manure.”
Just about one-third of the Supreme Judges
have been between 40 and 50 years of age at the
time they were appointed, and fourteen opt of
the forty-three have ranged from 42 to 40. The
court at first consisted of a Chief Justice and
five Associate Justices, and Thomas Todd, of
Kentucky.lhe man who was added during Jeffer
son’s administration, making the number of As
sociate Justices six, was 42, but both ( ’arton and
McKinley, the two Judges who were appointed
by Jackson when the court was increased to its
present size, were 51, and more than half of the
appointees, or twenty three, have been between
50 and 60 years of age, while only three have
been over 60 at the time of their appoint
ment. Senator Daniel's ancestor, from Virginia
who served nineteen years on the bench between
1640 and 1860, was 56 years old when he was ap
pointed. Levi Woodbury was 56, Gabriel Duval
58 and Benjamin R. Curtis was only 42. Still
many of these Justices did good work for years
after they had reached the present age of Sec
retary Lamar, and Waite, Miller. Bradley and
Field show no mental decline, though they are
all over 70. I.umnr ought to he good for ten
years. He is in good health, has the stomach of
an ostrich, and his hair is still free trom gray.
Sheriff Grant, of New York, has a stock of
watches on hand sufficient to start a very re
spectable establishment in the jewelers’ district.
Lest there might he a shadow of doubt as to his
rightful possession of so much property in the
Maiden lane line, it should be at once explained
that the watches fell into ids hands iu the regn
lar course of commercial litigation. la Chaux
de-Konds is a town in Switzerland which, with
Loch, i* the chief seat of the manufacture of
watches of the canton. One of the maiiiifar
turers there is, or was, R. Castleberg. He made
more watches than he could sell in the old
country and so shipped 33,6001' Worth to Izsopold
b. Friedbergcr and Cos., jewelers, of 208 Broad
wav. New York, to dispose of on commission.
In (astloberg's business extra money was neces
sary, and he borrowed 40,00df from Banker
Henry Riechel, of La Chaux-de-Fonds. There
must have been some doubts about the security
or stability of the creditor, for Theophiie E’Ee
rie ranee of that town, eauled Jul en i Jail -I & Cos
of Maiden lane, to get hold of Oastieberz’s
watches. They got Eawyer George C.
Comstock, of 3 Broad street, interested, and
lie procured an attachment, which wns duly
’ r ye<l by the Sheriff. The lawyer i's
looking for other property belonging to Castle
berg, so as to make up the full umouut of the
claims.
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DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
One case fast color Calicoes, regular price
5c.. price while they last 2c. p*r yard
One case all wool lied Flannel, 22-inch, sold
last week at 30c.. this week 19e.
BLANKET DEPARTMENT,
One case 10-1 White Wool Blankets, fancy
border, regular price $1 25, this week 99c.
One case 12-4 white all wool Blank*
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GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
50 dozen Gents’ all wool Scarlet Under vests
75c., regular price sl.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT,
500 Children's Cloaks, in solid colors, plaids,
checks, stripes, etc., with or without Hood,
beautiful goods, price $2 75 to $5; worth double.
Tais week < nly, your choice of our fine Plush
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trimmed, regular price $25 to $35, this week
only, down to sl7 50.
BOYS’CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
300 Boys’ Wool “Kickabt t” Suits, extra pair
Pants and Polo Cap, iu checks, stripes, plaids,
etc., Norfolk style, price for this week only
$3 50, worth $5.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
We have every conceivable idea in Plaids,
Stripes, etc. Every winsome plaid and strips
newness is here. Special for this week only,
pieces Dress Goods, Combination lot Plaids,
Stripes, etc.. .‘lßc.: regular price 50c. and 75c.
500 pieces Dress Silk, in black and solid colors,
will run them this week at an advance of 5 pec
cent, above cost.
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r 30 dozen Children's Kid
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i 250 pairs Youths’ all
j solid School Shoes, but
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