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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
Meetings —Magnolia Encampment No. 1, I,
O. O. F.; Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F.;
Georgia Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.; The Equitable
Loan and Building Association.
Special Notices— Job Printer Wanted: Tin
keys and Chickens, John Lyons & Cos .; Grand
Turkey Shooting Match; State and County
Taxes, 1887.
Wholesale Grocers —G. Davis & Son.
Jewelry, Etc.—Theus Bros.
Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steanship Cos.
Boned Turkey— A. M. &. C. W. West.
Amusements— “ Evangeline” at the Theatre.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
Auction Sales— Sundries, by D. R. Kennedy,
To Everybody— Lovell & Lattimore.
Peanuts— C. M. Gilbert & Cos.
Legal Notice— Demands Against Estato.
Jugs— A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Oranges— A. Ehrlich & Bro.
The President’! message is short, but to
the point.
The Republicans are baiting their books
for Senator Riddleberger by making him
conspicuous on committees.
Gen. Sheridan appears to have a small
Pi-esidential boom. Ho had better handle
it carefully or he will discover that it is a
bomb.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, does not think
the present session of Congress will last
until midsummer. He seriously objects to
its prolongation to that extent.
During the fever epidemic at Tampa, the
Journal was issued regularly. When an
employe succumbed to the disease it was
not the signal for all to quit, but for a fresh
display of courage on the part of those who
were well.
Great interest centres in the trial of
Thomas Wool folk, now going on in Macon.
The slaughter of Woolfolk’s family was one
of the moat horrible on record, and the evi
dence against the young man cannot be
easily overcome.
Judge Henry B. Tompkins, of Atlanta,
Gen. Pierce M. B. Young, of Cartersville,
Ga., and Mr. A. M. Collyar, of Tennessee,
are being pressed by their friends for the
Mexican Mission. They are all good men,
but the chances of all of them are not first
class.
Mr. George Ticknor Curtis, counsel for
the Mormons who want Utah admitted to
the Union as a State, says that the Terri
tory’s admission would go far towards de
stroying polygamy. Congress will not be
apt to regard the matter iu this light. What
is there to prevent Utah, as a State, from
amending any constitution that she may
adopt i
Some of the leading Republicans in Vir
ginia express the opinion that Mahone will
not got the empty honor of being put for
ward by his party for Senator. A few of
them are said to have already commenced
an active canvass to defeat that end, but it
is generally thought that most of the Re
publican members committed themselves to
the “little boss” during the campaign. Ma
hone is an object of contempt to Virginia
Democrats, and he seems to be losing his
grip, so to speak, on the affections of the
Republicans.
Congressman Townsend, of Illinois, says
he recently met in Now York a gentleman
who had been making a quiet canvass for
funds to prosecute the preliminary Republi
can campaign next year. The gentleman
assured him that one-half the merchants,
bonkers and others whom he approached
upon the subject asked if the money was to
be expended in Mr. Blaine’s interest. They
said they would not contribute a penny.
The evidence of Mr. Blaine’s weakness with
th* people is accumulating, but neverthe
less the Republicans, it is believed, will
nominate him.
The Message.
The President’s message will lie read with
surprise and approval—surprise because of
the radical difference between it and
previous papers of the same character, and
a pprovnl because on account of thisdiffer
j ence it calls attention all tbe more strongly
to the one subject that in importance over
shadows all others.
The President deals only with the finan
cial matters of the government. He calls
attention to the steady increase of ihe sur
plus, the amountof which,it is estimated,will
reach $140,(X)0,000 by the end of the present
fiscal year, and he discusses the various
suggestions which have been made for get
ting rid of it. The conclusion he reaches
is that the only legitimate way of dealing
with the surplus is to reduce the revenues
so that they will amount to no more than
are necessary to meet the needs of the gov
ernment economically administered. He
points out the danger to the financial and
industrial interests of the country which is
threatened by the withdrawal from circula
tion of so large a part of the currency, and
he comments on the harm which might be
done by the Secretary of the Treasurj' in
distributing millions cf dollars of the sur
plus, by purchasing unmatured bonds—the
only legitimate way at present in which the
surplus can be distributed outside of the
regular appropriations—in compliance with
a demand for relief in an apparent financial
emergency.
He presents the two plans for reducing
the revenues—the repeal of the internal
revenue and the reduction of the duties 4 n
imports—and discusses their merits at
length. He shows that there is no particu
lar demand for the repeal of the internal
revenue taxes, because these taxes do not
increase the price of the necessities of life.
The people who use whisky and tobacco
are perfectly satisfied with the present
prices of these articles. In fact,
it would be better for the people
if the prices of them were much higher than
they are, if higher prices would tend to re
strict their use. The conclusion which the
President reaches is that the reduction of
the revenues should be effected by a reduc
tion of the duties on imports, and he enters
into an elaborate argument to show that
this reduction can be made without
detriment to the interests of manufacturers
or working men. He wishes to be distinctly
understood that he is not discussing pro
tection and free trade theories, but simply
urging a reduction of tbe tariff, and seeks
to make it very clear that in making the re
duction the interests of the manufacturer
and the working man should be kept steadi
ly in view.
It is apparent, however, that he has but
little sympathy with the assertion which
the advocates of protection continually
make, viz., that all the industries of the
country are infant industries, and, there
fore, must be assisted. With the aid of
pluck, energy, skill and wonderful natural
advantages, the time has come, he thinks,
when our industries should be able to take
care of themselves to a much greater extent
than they did when they were, in fact, in
fant industries.
In speaking of the wages of our working
men the President calls attention to the
fact that the number of them who, it is
asserted, are benefited by protection is
small compared to the whole number of
workingmen in the country, and argues
that it is a question, when the increased
cost of living due to protection is taken into
consideration, whether they jar.-, benefited
at all by a high protective tariff.
The plea which the President makes for
a reduction of the tariff is a strong one, and
can hardly be without its effect upon Con
gress. The financial affairs of the country
should receive the attention of that body
before any other important question is con
sidered. There is not a member of either
House who does not know that the last
Congress made a grave mistake in not
reducing the revenues, and if this Congress
delays making the reduction until the coun
try is iu the midst of financial
troubles, it will deserve and
receive the censure of the entire country.
Speaker Carlisle, in his remnrks before the
Democratic caucus, spoke of the great re
sponsibility that rests upon the Democratic
party at the present time, and his plea for
a united Democracy was not a mere formal
>ne. It was made with a full realization of
the fact that without Democratic hurinony
there eau be no reduction of taxation, and a
firm belief that a failure to reduce taxes
would be followed by financial disasters,
and that such disasters would jeopardize the
success of the Democratic party in the next
national campaign.
A Chance for Immigrant Agents.
The colored people are leaving Beaufort
and Hampton counties, South Carolina, in
large numbers. They are seeking new
homes in Arkansas. They have been led to
believe by labor agents that they can make
a better living in that State. The colored
people who went to Kansas a few years ago
from different parts of the South were very
much disappointed. Those who are going
to Arkansas will be lucky if their experi
ence is not similar to that of the Kansas
immigrants.
If the labor agents are anxious for colored
immigrants they should come to Savannah.
They ought to be able to gather up a good
many here. There are hundreds of colored
people in this city who do not seem to have
steady employment, and who apparently
don’t want it. They are to be found on the
street corners at all times of the day, and
the stoops in Yamacraw and at the Old
Fort are filled with them when the sunshine
is inviting.
It will be quite a serious question before
long how this surplus colored population is
to be supported. There is, of course, more
work in the city than there ever was before
in its history, but the number of colored
people who aro attracted here by the at
tractions of the city, is simply enormous.
Many come, and few, if any, go away. If
Arkansas immigration agents have any in
ducements to offer, they cannot find a bettor
field in which to offer them than in parts of
this city.
There is no disposition to find fault with
the colored people who are here, but they can
hardly fail to see that they are crowding
each other, and that, in consequence, the
demand for their services is not quite as
brisk as it was. There are too many idlers,
and as these idlers look as if they had plenty
to eat, they must be something of a burden
to both the white and thrifty colored people.
South Carolina, which was the first State
to secede trom the Union, has just succeeded
in getting a Legislature to pension disabled
Confederate soldiers. A good many of the
members, who imagined that they belonged
to the family of “watch dogs of the Treas
ury,” objected to the measure. It is an un
grateful State that will not look after her
disabled soldiers.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887.
The Nominations.
Tiie nomination of Mr. Lamar to the va
cant place on the Supreme Court bench, and
the nominations of Mr. Vilas and Mr. Dick
inson, tho former to the Secretaryship of
the Interior, and the latter to the Postmas
ter Generalship, were sent to the Senate yes
terday. 4
These nominations were not unexpected.
It has boon understood for months that Mr.
Lamar was the President’s choice for Su
preme Court Justice, and a very good choice
he is. Mr. Lamar may not be as familiar
with precedents as many other lawyers, but
he is thoroughly familiar with tho princi
ples of the law, and is a man of comprehen
sive mind and liberal views.
When in the Senate he was re
garded as one of the ablest members of that
body. At the head of the Department of
the Interior he has increased his reputation
as a statesman, and there is no reason to
doubt that on the Supreme Court bench he
will rank with the most distinguished of
those who have held places in that tribunal.
There is probably a little opposition to his
confirmation, but it is not sufficiently strong
to cause either Mr. Lamar or his friends un
easiness.
Mr. Vilas will have a broader field for his
energies as Secretary of the Interior than
he has as Postmaster General. If he does
as well as Mr. Lainar has there will be no
occasion to find fault with him. It is said
that he has effected some very excellent re
forms in the Post Office Department, and
there is not much doubt that he has made a
good Postmaster General. Perhaps he will
be fortunate enough to be equally as satis
factory in his new position.
Nobody kuows, of course, whether Mr.
Dickinson has administrative ability or
not. Ho has a fine reputation as a lawyer
and has health and youth to aid him. It is
not often that so young a man reaches so
high a position at a single bound, as it were.
Although always taking an active part in
politics, he has never before accepted an
office of any importance. He takes charge
rf a department that is well organized and
is running smoothly, and if he fails it will
be his own fault. But there is no proba
bility that ho will fail.
Prohibition Constitutional.
The opponents of prohibition got no satis
faction from the United States Supreme
Court. They thought they could have pro
hibition laws declared unconstitutional. If
they had succeeded the prohibition fight
would have come to an end at once.
A couple of cases in which the constitu
tionality of the Kansas prohibition law was
questioned was decided by the Supremo
Court on Monday. A synopsis of the de
cision appeared in our dispatches yesterday.
The Anti-Prohibitionists asked that the law
be declared unconstitutional because it
limited the rights of a citizen and because it
destroyed a citizens’ property without offer
ing him any compensation for his loss.
The restriction of a citizen’s liberty, it
was explained, consisted in preventing him
from manufacturing whisky or beer for
himself or any one else, and the destruction
of property consisted in rendering a brew
ery valueless.
The court said that it had always been
held that the State had a right to determine
what was injurous to its citizens, and to
place restrictions ujxm that which was
damaging to them or hurtful to public
morals. There was no question that intoxi
cants were harmful because tho abuse of
them was productive of pauperism and
crime.
With regard to distilleries and breweries
the State has the right to abate them as
nuisances. The ownership of the property
remains unchanged, but the State has the
right to say that it shall not be used for
purposes which it regards as harmful.
The constitutionality of prohibition legis
lation being upheld by the highest court in
the country, it is not improbable that pro
hibition will become more popular than
ever.
The new men in tho present Senate are
Messrs. Pasco, of Florida, Farwell, of
Illinois, Turpie, of Indiana, Stockbridge,
of Michigan, Davis, of Minnesota,Chandler,
of New Hampshire, Blodgett, of New
Jersey, Hiscock, of New York, Q ay, of
Pennsylvania, Bate, of Tennessee, Daniel,
of Virginia, Faulkner, of West Virginia,
and Reagan, of Texa i. Messrs. Hearst, of
California, and Paddock, of Nebraska, who
are also counted among the new members,
have previously served in the Senate. Of
the above, three, Messrs. Farwell, Davis
and Hiscock, were born in tho State of New
York, and one, Mr. Pasco, was born in Lon
don. Of the dozen new Senators, six are
natives of the States they represent. In
the House there are of course a great many
new members. Messrs. Gr.mes, Stewart
and Carlton, of Georgia, are.uatives ot this
| State.
Indiana seems to be prolific in masters of
parliamentary invective. Since Senator
Ben Hill’s death, Senator V’oorhees has had
the reputation among Democrats of inter
jecting the most irritating questions Into
his speeches and of tearing to shreds the
arguments of his opponents. Mr. Blaine
pronounced him “the hardest hitter among
tbe opposition,” and Mr. Conkling and Mr.
Edmunds admitted his strength as an “all
round” debater, while Mr. Ingalls attacked
him with more caution than he generally
displays in pouncing upon a victim. But
the new Senator from Indiana, Mr. Turpie,
is said to tower over him intellectually, and
to equal any member of the Senate in
vitriolic oratory.
The most pronounced advocate of prohi
bition among the Republican leaders is
Senator Frye, of Maine, and should that
party declare openly for it, Mr. Frye would
be the proper man for them to nominate for
President. He says that his party will be
compelled before long to favor the total
suppression of the liquor traffic or to disin
tegrate. The Senator in his younger days
did not object to taking a drink now and
then, but he became convinced that the use
of whisky was a curse to the people, and
has since advocated prohibition.
Should Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, be
renominated and re-elected, his length of
service, including his new term, would be
eleven years and six months. His oppo
nents are trying to use this against him,
but his friends may point to New Jersey
and New York for precedents of long ser
vice. Gov. Williamson, of New Jersey,
served twelve years, and Gov. George Clin
ton, of New York, served eighteen yoars.
; Rotation in office is a very good thing when
tho man who comes in is superior to the
man who goes out.
It is claimed by the local paper that in
Martha’s Vineyard, a county in Massa
chusetts. neither crime nor criminals exist,
and that the people dwell in peace; the jail
is useless and policemen are unknown. This
is a wonderful state of affairs—too wonder
ful to last.
CURRENT COMMENT.
An American Prerogative.
From the 11 ashington Post ( Deni .)
The richest public benefaction of the holiday
season is the great American privilege ot abus
ing Congress.
Why He Wouldn't Run Well.
From, the Few York Times. (Inel.)
Critical athletes declare that Foraker
wouldn’t make a good run either at the head or
the tail of a ticket, because he keeps bis mouth
open too much. _
Another Ohio Idea.
From the Sew York World (Deni).
A writer to the Cincinnati Commercial-Ga
zette occupies a column and a half in trying to
persuade the Republican leaders to abandon the
State of New York in the campaign of 1888. It
takes an Ohio man to originate startling enter
prises.
Something' to His Credit.
From the Sew York World i Demi
Let it be said to t he credit of the new President
of France that he proposes to drop the first sec
tion of his name at once, and see if he cannot
manage the Presidency without a hyphen. He
will be known hereafter as President Carnot.
This feature of his administration meets our
hearty approval.
BRIGHT BITS.
First Old Maid—Sarah! Sarah!
Second Old Maid—What do you want?
“There’s a burglar in the house.”
“Tell him if he ain’t already married I’ll take
him.”— Boston Post.
The Cincinnati Graphic, an excellent illus
trated paper, has been obliged to suspend. The
owner lost some $40,000 printing an illustrated
impel- in a town where the people can’t see
through the smoke.— Omaha World.
“What kind of a game is this you are trying
to work?” asked the Judge, detecting one of
the prisoner's friends engaged in packing the
jury box.
“The panel game 1” cried a voice in the au
dience.— Judge.
“I see that Washington City dealers are lay
ing in large quantities of corkscrews,” remarked
Mrs. Snaggs. “What do you suppose they are
for?”
“Ob,” replied Snaggs, “they are getting ready
to open Congress. ” — Pit-tsburg Chronicle.
Omaha Boy—O, ma, does that passenger train
carry A narchists ?
Ma—Why, no, of course not.
“But it’s a red flag on behind. '
“Thai is simply a danger signal ”
“O, I s’pose the cars have stoves in ’em.”—
Omaha World.
“Mrs. Gewgaw must lie a woman who suffers
great distress,” remarked Mr. Pert, as he ob
served the lady in question exhibiting a very
profuse array of jewelry.
"Sue hasn't that reputation, sir,” replied Mr.
Oracle; “why do you infer so?”
"Merely from the way she rings her hands,"
was the response.— Yonkers Gazette.
At a Restaurant: Irate Customer—Waiter,
look here; this isn’t a beefsteak; it’s a paving
stone, I call it.
Waiter hurries up and courteously remarks:
“Oh, we thought we might safely offer it to
monsieur.”
“How so?”
“Because monsieur has such a splendid set of
teeth.”— La Gaulois.
Young Mr. Softy's cousin had been thinking
for some time.
“Charley,” she said, “you are a college grad
uate, aren’t you?”
“Ya’as,” he replied complacently.
Then she fell to thinking again.
"At what college did you graduate, Charley?”
“Yale College, Maude.”
More thinking.
“A penny for your thoughts, Maude,” said
Mr. Softy, who always lias money in his pocket.
“I was wondering, Charley,” she replied, “if
Yale College isn’t rather an inferior educational
institution."— Texas Siftings.
Omaha Man—l wish to secure your influence
in favor of having the Presidential conventions
meet in Omaha.
Washington Statesman—Have you good hotel
aceom modal ions ?
“Plenty and to spare.”
“Good board?”
“Omaha is the very centre of the food supply
of the nation; everything in abundance.”
“Good air?”
“Fresh from the Rockies.”
“How’s the water?”
“Not fit to drink."
"Well, we’ll come."—Omaha World,
PERSONAL.
Miss Ethel, Sprague, it is saic, will begin her
dramatic career on the stage of the Boston Mu
seum.
The wife of Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, is
in poor health and will spend the winter in
Aiken, S. C.
Chari.es Carrot ;., of Maryland, and his bride,
Historian Bancroft’s granddaughter, will soon
sail for Europe.
Gen. Butler has become a pronounced cold
water advocate. He will present Colby Uni
versity with a handsome fountain.
Mr. Bright, after a season of grand sport on
the Tweed, has returned to Rochdale. The ven
erable orator is a keen angler and enjoys the
sport immensely.
Mr. Ruskin realized £I,OOO from his books last
year. The great critic's mind may be shaky
upon minor things, but in the matter of s. and.
it is level as a well appointed Lillian! table.
Dwight L. Moody is now in the West with a
view to knocking a little religion into the
heathen. Had Mr. Moody always stuck to Chi
cago there might have been no Anarchist execu
tions.
Bishop Taylor, now in Africa, refuses abso
solutely to touch the appropriation for his sal
ary made by the Methodist church. He is will
ing to use money appropriated for his work, but
wants nothing for himself.
Mrs. I.ovise Chandler Moci-ton has received
the library of the dead poet. Philip Bourke
Marston, left as a token of friendship to her.
She was a valued friend of ihe blind poet, and
one of his staunch admirers.
William Florence, the actor, affectionately
known as 'Billy," has dropped into poetry and
it is feared that the disease will grow on him.
He contracted it at Pasadena. Southern Cali
fornia. We did not think Bardwell would do it.
John L. Murray, of Westport, Conn.,' once
worked side by side as a tailor w ith Andy John
son. Had he continued to work beside him
while Andy was enforcing his policy it might
have kept the man from Tennessee nearer to his
seam.
Lord Mayor de Keyser. of London, holds the
rank and precedence of an English Earl during
his year of office, and in case of the sovereign's
death he would he called to the Privy Council
pending the proclamation of the new
monarch.
Miss May Merrill has been admitted to the
bar of Sedgwick county, Kan., and Mrs. Bitten
(lender and .Mrs. Fanny O'Linn have been
licensed to practice law iii Dawes county, Neb.
The last named ladies are the first women to be
admitted to the bar in Nebraska,
Mr. Labouohere writes: "King Leopold, of
Belgium, is notoriously one of the most alian
doned profligates that ever sat on a throne, and
a worthy descendant in this respeetbf the Dukes
of Saxe-fobiirg-Gothn, who were among the
most brutal miscreants ever known in Ger
many.’'
Sbnator Ingalls is a very ready writer, and
his vocabulary is a mixture of Carlyle, Addison
and the best of the classics, interspersed with
the characteristic phrases of Western life. He
thinks by steam, and his brain works like the
wheel of a dynamo, striking off intellectual
sparks at every turn. He gives yon anew idea
with every word, and every word tells. His
sentences are a series of surprises.
Senator Eyarts’ house in Washington used
to be full of young girls. His daughters have
all married off except Miss Mary Evarts, who
remains at home. .Miss Evarts is anxious
to retire from active social life, as she finds the
round of gayeties at the capital something of a
bore, but her father will not permit her to go
iuto seclusion. He takes great interest in her
toilets, and complains that she does not pur
chase enough evening dresses to please him. It
is so seldom that the father of a young woman
in society makes such a complaint that Senator
Evarts stands almost alone in this matter.
Anthony Joseph is the name of the Repre
sentative that the Territory of New Mexico will
have in this Congress. In the southern part of
the Terrltoiy he calls himselt and is known as
Antonio Josepho, for in that section the Mexi
can voters most do congregate. Up where the
Americans and Germans east their ballots, he
has his election posters printed in big letters as
Anthony Joseph. He is a Democrat, anil makes
a speech occasionally. He had a hot fight for
his place last fall, and some of the boys said ho
was no good, hud no influence in Washington,
and ought to be bounced. Anthony thought he
would make a si>eech in reply to tiiese attacks,
and lie did it one day- in Santa Fe. “They tell
you, 1 ' said he to the crowd of listening Mexicans
and cowboys, “that I am incapable of repre
sealing this Ten itory in Congress. Why. since
I have tieen in Congress 1 introduced 108 bills
and resolutions, four of which passed the House
and one passed the (Senate. ’’ "Yes," shouted a
wicked listener, "and that single one was vetoed
by tue I'residoMt ”
MR. PETTIS’ FALSE TEETH.
He Wanted the Doctors to Cut Him
Open and Look for Them.
From the New York Sun.
Oil City. Pa., hoc. 3.—Mr. Walter Pettis, a
prominent citizen of Sinelairsville, is the vic
tim of an odd incident that has created a great
deal of amusement in this section. In attempt
ing to eat an apple the other day he discovered
that ids false teeth were missing. He at once
concluded that he had swallowed them, He
said to his wife that he could feel them in his
stomach, and hr. Stevens was summoned in
much haste. The doctor made a careful diag
nosis and was at a loss to know how a large
plate, covering the entire upper jaw, and this
tilled with teeth, could pass in o the stomach
and Mr. Pettis not be aware of it at the time.
Dr. Stevens said some soothing words to his
patient, and advised him to not think much
about the teeth, and withdrew.
Mr. Pettis did not believe this treatment
heroic enough for such an extraordinary case
as his, and, taking his wife with him, boarded
the first train for Buffalo, where he could con
sult an eminent surgeon. Dr. Stevens, in the
meantime, telegraphed to Buffalo to tie sure
the teeth were in the man from Sinelairsville
before cutting him open. Two or three Buffalo
doctors examined Mr. Pettis, and were unable
to locate the hard substance which he assured
them was slowly killing him. Mr. Pettis was of
the opinion that he should he cut open without
delay, as he knew it would come to this sooner
or later.
At this juncture a telegram was received
from Dr. Stevens back at Sinelairsville that the
plate, with all the teeth intact, had been found
between Mr. Pettis' house and his barn. In re
ply to a crowd of grinning neighbors, who met
Mr. Pettis at the depot on his return, he said:
“I suppose you fellows are awfully tickled, but
you are not tickled half as much as I am, and
dou't you forget it.”
The Lawyer Floored.
The Boston Herald tells this story of Mr. N. J.
Brndlee, who was the Citizens’ candidate for
Mayor there: “There is a lawyer in this town
who, not long ago, undertook to make out Mr.
Bradlee a rather obscure sort of a man, but his
success in this effort was not such to encourage
a repetition of it. The lawyer was acting as
counsel in a suit in which the value of a certain
estate was the question at issue. The party to
whom the lawyer's clieut was opposed had sum
moned Mr. Bradlee as an expert on the value of
real estate in Boston, and the opposing lawyer,
not being acquainted with Mr. Bradlee. under
took to counteract the effect of his testimony.
In the cross-examination the questions and
answers were somewhat as follows:
“What did you say your business was, Mr.
Bradlee?” Itegan the lawyer.
“Well, I have charge of a good many trusts,
m stly real estate,” said Mr. Bradlee.
‘‘How much real estate have you ever had
charge of at one time?”
“Weil, I don't think I can say exactly.”
"But how much should you guess?”
“I couldn't even guess.”
‘‘Well, sir, would you say it was $5,000
worth?”
‘T should put it as high as that, certainly.”
“Would you put it as high as $10,000?”
“Yes.”
“Fifteen thousand?”
“Yes.”
“Twenty-five thousand?”
"Yes.”
“Fifty thousand?”
"Yes.”
“A hundred thousand?”
“Yes.”
“Five hundred thousand?”
“Yes.”
“A million?”
“Yes.”
“WeU, how many millions?” roared the as
tonished lawyer, who only now began to dis
cover t hat he had caught a Tartar.
“Well,” said Mr. Bradlee, very coolly, “I told
you at the start I couldn’t say, but, since you
insist on it, I will roughly estimate it at, say
$100.1X10,000.”
“You may stand down!” said the flabber
gasted attorney, who was very soon non-suited.
“On the whole, m view of the experience of
this bantering lawyer, w e wouldn't advise any
body to undertake to question Mr. Bradlee’s
business experience or capacity.”
One cf Mrs. Cleveland’s Predecessors
in the White House.
From the Utica Observer.
Washington Dec. 2.—1 noticed a remarkable
instance of the ups and downs of Washington
society in one of the street cars here yesterday.
The car was crowded, and a number of young
men, some of whom were extreme dudes, had
seats. No ladies were standing except one col
ored servant girl. At this moment a fine-look
ing, gray-haired lady, richly dressed, entered
the car. She was over the medium height, as
straight as an arrow, and she had one of the
kindest and most beautiful faces I have ever
seen on an old woman. Every line of her face
was refined, and thou h her thick hair was of a
silvery white, her bright blue eyes were full of
life. She w-ore mourning, and there was a crepe
veil fastened to her bonnet. She stepped into
the car, and, seeing there were no seats, she un
assumingly caught hold of a strap and prepare!
to stand. She did stand for two squares, and
none of these Washington dudes rose to give her
a seat until they were asked to do so by a gen
tleman standing beside her.
Still this lady was once mistress of the White
House, and she presided over a part of the ad
ministration which socially was as brilliant as
any n our history. It was John Tyler’s daugh
ter, who is now an inmate of the Millionaire
Corcoran's home for old ladies, and who, not
withstanding her reduced circumstances, is as
fine a lady as lives in the world to-day. 1 recog
nized her as she took her seat, and as she did so
the contrast between now and nearly fifry years
ago entered my mind. She was then as much
feted and toadied as Mis. Cleveland is to-day.
She must have been fully as beautiful as Mrs.
Cleveland, and 1 doubt not the society columns
were full of her doings and her dresses. Then
street cars were unknown, and her brother
John, “the handsomest man in Washington,”
drove his four-in-hand. Now- John lives off his
income as a Treasury Clerk, and his sister is
dependent upon the benefactions of a million
aire. Truly Dame Fortune cuts strange capers
in this world of ours!
Why Americana Die Young.
From the Boston Courier.
“You have a great country,” said an English
man to an American; “I admit it. A grand
country, vast in its territory and of boundless
resources, but your climate cannot compare
with that of England for salubrity.”
“It cant?”
“Certainly not.”
“Why, pow, our climate is one of the principal
things wc pride ourselves upon. We have all
kinds to suit—frigid, temperate, torrid—and
each possessed of a salubriousness equaled no
where else in creation.”
“But it is averred that Americans die early."
“Die early?”
“Yes, sir, and especially your business men.”
“And don't you know the reason?”
“ “It is found to tie in the nature of your cli
mate, I presume.”
"In the nature of our climate! No, sir. The
reason Americans flip early is because they
ain’t hogs, because they know when they've got
enough. Public spirited, patriotic and unselfish,
they die early, sir, to make room for the rising
generation."
His Summer Girl.
From the Sew York Star.
A rosebud she:
This ball her first.
Lived man so free
Who ever durst
Pluck thing so fair?
An old fool I,
In such a place.
To ever try
Win such a face
For boutonniere.
A dude was he,
With bangs immense
In seconds three
To all intents
He’d got there.
Collar Characteristics.
From the Manchester Courier.
The linen collar exercises a subtle influence
over men. For liiHtap.ee, there i a vast amount
of clearly expressed character in collars; and
all the human attributes that are illustrated by
outward signs of negligence or studied care,
slovenly untidiness or scrupulous neatness,
strict cleanliness, primness, or self-conceit, tlnd
ready exemplification in this tell-tale garment
of the neck. Personal idiosyncrasies, too, are
made prominently manifest: wo could all of us
name several individuals, both in public and
private life, concerning whom it might aptly he
said, “By their collars ye shall know them.”
Callings and avocations, even, have come in
some instances to be similarly indicated, as
witness the orthodox round comers of the
coachman's infle ible collar, and, if the long
bound from the care of horses to the cure of
souls may lie pardoned, the equally uormal
adjunct of the cloth ecclesiastic,
“Haven't you had about enough of that free
lunch i" asked a saloon keeper of a seedy indi
vidual who hod eaten three-quarters of the lay
out.
“See here! you let a man alone when he Is
doing something for the benefit of his fellow
men.”
“I don't exactly understand”
“Ob, you don't? Well, I've seen this here
same lunch for a week, and I want the next man
who comes in to have something fresh.Jtt&e.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Titbac, a small town ih Pima county, Arizona,
claims to be the oldest settlement in the United
States. Its town records extend back to 1539.
Ip West Florida tobacco can be grown equal
to the finest Havana, why not try what South
west Georgia can do on that line? Fifty cents
per pound for a prime tobacca beats cotton at
U@loc.
The young sons of John Burdick, of Aledo,
IIP, found thirty snake eggs and hatched them
in the sun. The.y now have thirty little spotted
adders, all as tame as kittens, which they feed
on milk.
The latest in church entertainments is a
Shaker village fair. The ladies of an Albany (N.
Y.) Methodist church originated it. All who
are connected with its management dress in plain
Shaker costume, wearing no jewelry or orna
ments of any kind.
Mrs. John Newman, of Jasper, Tex., heard
her dogs baying the other evening, and going
out of doors she found that they had driven a
handsome buck deer into a corner of the fence
near the house. Procuring an ax, she dealt the
animal two powerful blows on the head and
killed it.
The discovery of water at Raton, N. M., by
the sinking of an artesian well is hailed with
delight by the settlers in that part of the Terri
tory. It is now thought that water may be
found on the Maxwell land grant, and if such
should prove to be the case the land will be
greatly increased in value.
William Dunlap, of Chillicothe, Mo., had
been ill for several weeks, and last Friday he
felt sure that he would die before night, fie
therefore called in his daughter and her be
trothed. and had them married at his bedside.
He gave the young couple his blessing, and in
the evening he was dead.
The Piute Indians of Nevada are just now en
gaged in their annual rabbit hunt. It is their
custom to form a circle ten or twelve miles in
diameter and gradually contract it until large
numbers of rabbits have been driven together
in the centre. Then the slaughter begins, the
little animals being killed in thousands.
The population of Loudon and the amount of
space to be patrolled have increased far more
rapidly then the police force Its relative
weakness is unfortunately well known to the
roughs, and, what is worse, these natural ene
mies of order have of iate begun to think that
the police is no longer so sure of support, by
public opinion and the Home Office as it was.
Peter White is an Indian who lives in the
forests near Terryville, Conn., and makes a
living by hunting and fishing He claims own
ership to the entire neighborhood, asserting
that his fathers of the Pequot trib#never sur
rendered their title. He says he will defend his
rights with his gun, and has already killed
three dogs which were set upon him. He is
about the worst Indian outbreak New England
has had since King Philip’s time.
The great cottonwood frees in the swamps of
Tennessee contain veins of clear, sparkling
water, which tastes somewhat like unsweetened
soda water and which spurts forth as if under
gaseous pressure when a vein is punctured. It
is said to be deliciously refreshing, and hunters
are in the habit of carrying gimlets with which
to pierce the veins when they are thirsty. It is
a point of honor with them to plug up the ori
fice when their thirst is satisfied, so that the
next comer may not be disappointed.
A fair in aid of the Home for the Destitute
Blind was opened Tuesday in New York at the
Brunswick. Eight large booths line one of the
large parlors, presided over by ladies who are
interested in the institution. Two tables are
devoted entirely to articles made by inmates of
the home. Brushes, basket-work, carving, and
not only plain-sewed clothing, but complicated
crochet work, bear witness to what the blind
can be taught . Two booths, rich in fancy articles
of all kinds, are presided over.
George Dahn, aged 8 years, of Columbus,
Ind., was bitten on the thumb by a large rat
Sept. 1, that had been chased until mad. The
wound bled a little, and whisky was used as an
antidote. Nothing more was thought of the
matter till two w eeks later, when the child’s
lower limbs began to swell and became almost
as large as his body. He was also thrown into
spasms, and remained in this horrible condition
until only a few days ago, suffering untold
agony. He has had the best medical attention
to be found here and is now recovering. His
flesh, however, has wasted away till he is only a
living skeleton and his veins bloodless. He is
now slowly improving, and it is thought he may
get well.
Mitchelet says that a “woman ought to
make herself up like a bouquet,” a touch of
violet in her hair, a scent of rose upon her lips,
a dash of wild olive on her hands and a bit of
cherry blossom on her dress. Some of Hie
newest dresses from Paris have come with bits
of perfume in the pockets that smell like sanda:
wood. It is an ancient custom to put scents in
clothes. John McCullough bought a lovely
gold-embroidered jacket from a Persian bazar
in Paris. It gave a lasting odor to every trunk
in which he packed it. One day he looked it
over to find the origin of its enduring perfume,
and found two lumps, one of musk and another,
of ambergris, stitched into the lining. It was a
very old garment and had belonged to a caliph
of Bagdad. Haroun al Rasehid, or somebody
away back in the “Arabian Nights.”
When Gen. Lee, the President of the Missis
sippi Agricultural College at Starkville, was
asked the other day why it is so successful, he
replied: "We have never lost sight of the pur
pose for which we were founded. On the con
trary, we have always steadily pursued it; or
ganized as an agricultural college, we have al
ways been one; everything we have done has
been done with an eye looking to the improve
ment of the agricultural community. We have
taught practical farming, our experiments have
been of a practical nature, and the farmer at
first disposed to resent the insinuation that his
children could be taught how to make land pro
ductive better here than at home, has about
come round, and now comes here hims if with
his troubles. We get inquiries every day from
farmers in regard to farm matters, all of which
are promptly answered.”
During a hailstorm at Mors, in Denmark, a
few days ago. a flash of forked lightning—the
only one occurring—struck a farm house, and,
having demolished the chimney stack and made
a wreck of the loft, descended into the living
rooms on the ground floor below. Here its
career appears to h ive been most extraordinary,
all the plaster around doors and windows hav
ing been torn down, and the bed curtains in the
bedrooms rent to pieces. An old Dutch clock
was smashed into atoms, but a canary and cage
hanging a few inches from it were qnite un
injured. The lightning also broke sixty win
dows and all the mirrors in the house. On leav
ing the rooms it passed clean through the door
into the yard, where it killed a cat, two fowls
and a pig, and then buried itself in the earth.
In one or the rooms were two womra. both of
whom were struck to the ground, but neither
was injured.
The cost of a single day of fog to the gas con
sumers of London may be gathered from figures
compiled .rom official sources. Wednesday
was a day of dense and continuous fog, neces
sitating the extensive use of gas, and on that
day the quantity of gas supplied to London by
the Gas Lignt and Coke Company amounted to
103,fiti4,000 cubic feet, or 83,000,000 cubic feet in
excess of the quantity sent out by the same
company in tho corresponding day of last year.
The above excess in the supply of goswou and
represent the supply to a town of from 10,000 to
12,000 inhabitants for a whole year. In addi
tion to the quantity supplied by the company
mentioned, there were supplied by the other two
Metropolitan Companies—the South Metropoli
tan and Commercial—about 45,000.000 cubic
feet, making a total consumption for London
on a day of tog of nearly 150,000 000 cubic feet.
Approximately the value of this gas was £41,-
00(1, of which cost from £7,000 to £B,OOO was
directly due to the fog In 1888, on a day of
similar fog, a great strain was put upon the
companies.
The expulsion of foreign Jews continues with
increased rigor on the part, of the Russian
authorities. From Nieolaieff 300 families have
been expelled beyond the frontier during the
last month. Their ease is peculiarly hard, see
ing that the whole of these families have been
domiciled in Russia for the last 20 to H 0 years.
From three to eight days has been tho general
limit of the official notices of expulsion. In a
few cases only where the Jews had extensive
business connections one month's notice has
been vouchsafed. A large number of foreign
Jews engaged in commerce in this city have
taken alarm at the summary treatment, of their
co-religionists at Nieolaieff, and are hurriedly
winding up their business contracts. Auriter
adds that no matter how long these jews have
lieen domiciled in Russia on foreign passports,
they are now being expelled without tne opti on
of becoming Russian subjects. According to a
paper published at ICharkoff large numbers of
young Jewish women in Kremontschug and in
several populous centres of the Taurida have
recently adopted the orthodox faith, owing to
extraordinary scarcity of marriageable Jews
from emigration ami other causes. The newly
converted Jewesses, it is stated, readily find
Russian husbands
Anthony Comstock should go ami arrest him
self. It is now said that the top of bis head is
entirely “uude.”— Boston UloUe.
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vast array of wonderful bar
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DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
One case fast color Calicoes, regular price
5c., price while they last 2c. per yard
One case ail wool Red Flannel, 22-inch, sold
last week at 30c., this week 19c.
BLANKET DEPARTMENT,
One case 10-4 White Wool Blankets, fancy
border, regular price $1 36, this week 99c.
One case 12-4 white all wool Blank
ets, reduced from $8 to $5 ; this week only.
GENTS' FURNISHINGS.
50 dozen Gents' all wool Scarlet Undervests
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.
Tuis week t nly, your choice of our fine Plush
Wraps, satin quilted linings, fur and plush
trimmed, regular price $25 to $35, this week
onlv, down to sl7 50.
BOYS’CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
300 Boys’ Wool “Kickabout” Suits, extra pair
Pants an J Polo Cap. In checks, stripes, plaids,
etc., Norfolk style, price for this week only
#3 50, worth $5.
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT.
We have ever- conceivable idea in Plaids.
Stripes, etc. Evb*y winsome nlaid and stripe
newness is here. Special for this only. 50
pieces Dress Goods, Combination lot Plaids,
Stripes* etc., 38a; regular price 50c. and 75c.
500 pieces Dress Silk, in black and solid colors
will run them this week at an advance of 5 per
cent, above cost.
SHOE DEPARTMENT.
' 38 dozen Children’s Kid
and Pebble Goat Spring
Heel Button Shoes, sizes
sto 8,75 c.. worth sl.
250 pairs Youths’ all
solid School Shoes, but
ton and low solar tips,
$1 25, worth $1 75.
ty Mail orders receive
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For sale by LirPMAN BROS., Lippman’l
Block, Savannah. .
SEED OAT S.
Rust Proof Oats, Seed Rye,
APPLES,
POTATOES,
ONIONS.
CABBAGES. , „„ TTrra
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By every steamer.
25 Cars Oats, 25 Cars Hay,
50 Cars Corn.
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and feed of all kinds.
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