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4 Cjjeptorniitglhtos Morning News Building, Savannah. Ga. FRIDAY, DECEMBER S, IMT. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah The Mo list NO News is puMlßhod every da,v In the year, and is served to subscribers in the ritij, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, try mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 one year, $8 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three mouths, $1 25; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. _ The Weekly News, by mail, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, cheek or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may be ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should bo addressed “Mornino News, Savannah, Ga” Advert ising rates made known on appllcatior INDEX TO NEW -ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Stockholders United Hydraulic Cotton Press t!o.; Jasper Mutual I/>an Associa tion ; Savannah Lodge No. 2892, I. O. O. F. Special Notices —To Water Takers; State and County Taxes, 1887. Auction Sales—Barroom Fixtures and Good Will, by I. D. Laßoehe's Sons. Railroad Schedule—East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. Bisque Dolls—Jas. S. Silva A Son. Changes, Etc.—W. D. Simkins A Cos. Mammoth Toy and Holiday Goods House-- Platshek's. Lamp Trimming i, Etc.—At Shaffer’s Drug Store. Holiday Goo? At Solomons A Co.'s. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed: Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Personal; Lost; Miscellaneous. Dr. Parker sails for London to-morrow. While in this country he showed himself to be an adept in advertising dodges. Slugger Sullivan writes homo that ho is being dined in London by dukes and mar quises. Boston has every reason to lie proud of the recognition being accorded the representative of her aristocracy. “Jersey justice” will have to quicken her pace, or “Brooklyn justice” will supersede her. The other day in Brooklyn a man was arrested, tried and sentenced to the peniten tiary within twelve hours after he had com mitted an offense. Georgia, according to report, furnishes three applicants for the Mexican mission, Gen. Young, Judge Tompkins and Col. Charles C. Jones, but it is said that Gen. Bragg, “who loved Cleveland for the euemies he made,” will get the plum. The New York Herald is pleased with the appointment of Mr. Lamar to the Supreme bench. It says that the objection that he is a Southern man is no objection at all, and that his nativity forms the best reason for his appointment. “We want,” it says, “a distinctively Southern Judge in this court.” The Republicans have decided to go to Chicago again to select their candidate for President That city possesses some ad vantages for great conventions which no other city dope. A strong pressure is being brought to bear in favor of New York as the place for holding the Democratic Con vention. ______ __ Mr. Chamberlain, who is the central figure of the Fisheries Commission, lounges easily in his chair at the meetings, and uses his heavy gold-rimmed eye-glasses almost con tinually. He generally takes the initiative in the discussions for the English side. When he landed in this country he is said to have filled with admiration and envy the breasts of the New Yorkers who run on dress. In addition to his views on the public debt question given in yesterday’s dispatches the message of Gov. Lee to the Virginia Legislature contains the following im portant recommendations: An increased appropriation for the lunatic asylujns, and particularly for that occupied by colored inmates; the introduction in the schools of industrial and manual training, and finan cial aid for the soldiers’ home. Gov. Lee is a progressive man and au able chief executive. The Fisheries Commission is taking its ease in ita deliberations. It holds two ses sions a week, on Tuesday and Saturday, and the intervals are leisurely devoted by the members individually to the study of argu ments advanced at former meetings. The room in which the Commissioners meet is on the second floor of the Btate, War and Navy building, and is luxuriantly furnished in every respect. It is said to be the most sumptuous apartment the government has ever furnished. The opening Tuesday of the new Cancer Hospital in New York adds another to the list of public institutions erected in that city by citiaens of wealth. This last charity is due to the munificence of Gen. Cullom and Mr. and Mi's. John Jacob Astor. It seems that New York millionaires are giving the city every imaginable institution that will conduce to the pleasure or health of the public. They are greatly to be commended, and yet it is not to be expected that they will carry their wealth with them to another world, and it is just as well that they use it here for good purposes. Miss Eleanor Calhoun, the beautiful actress, must be quite a fascinating woman. A couple of years ago it was said that she was about to be married to Mr. Frederick Winston, who at that time had just been appointed Minister to Russia. She failed to marry Mr. Winston for some reason or other and soon afterward her en gagement to Senator Hearst’s sin was announced. Young Hearst’s jmrents objected to the match, and again Miss Calhoun was a free woman. Now it seems she has made up with her first love, and if there are no more mishaps she will soon be Mi's. Winston. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has become a news paper correspondent. Mrs. Beecher is a very talented woman, though the retire ment in which she lived during her husband's life-tkne prevented the public from placing the proper estimate upon her abilities. She was said to have given up every selfish ambition, though having it in her power to make a lasting impression upon the world, in order to promote the in terests of her husband. She is an example of unselfish devotion, and it is hoped that her entrance into the literary world has not been so long deferred as to blunt her unusual powers. Her letters are sensible, pointed and wed-written. Trying to Raise a False Issue. In its comments on the President’s mes sage the Philadelphia Press exclaims with apparent exultation; “A thousand thanks to President Cleveland for tho liold, manly and unequivocal avowal of his extreme free trade purpose.” The Press, it is safe to say, is not so thankful as it pretends to be. Indeed it is pretty certain that it is not thankful at all. If it were, it would not lie so unfair as to give a false interpretation to the message. The Press, however, wants to create the impression that the message is an out and out i>lea for free trade, because it hopes that such an impression will arouse a feeling of apprehension in the minds of those who are interested in or dependent upon industrial interests. Its course in this matter is the one that is being taken by all the protection journals, but it is doubtful if they are successful in accomplishing their purpose. The people have heard this tariff question discussed too much to be alarmed, or even made un easy, by the extreme assertions of the pro tection organs. The President simply points out that there is now a much larger revenue than is needed, and. that the business interests of the cotuftrv demand that it shall be re duced. He advises that the reduction lie made by lifting some of the burdens from the necessities of life, and to do this the duties on certain imports must be lowered. Can an "avowal of extreme free trade pur poses” bo tortured out of this advice? The protection organs will insist that it can, be cause it suits their purpose to do so. The prominence which the President has g. veil the tariff issue will make it the lead ing one in the approaching Presidential contest unless Congress during the present session reduces the revenues to the extent of the surplus, and even inthatevent it will figure prominently in the canvass. Tho people, therefoie, should inform themselves carefully respecting the positions of tho two parties with regard to it. They should not ixrmit themselves to he deceived by phrases and catch words. The clean cut issue is this: Tho revenue must be reduced. That, both parties admit. How shall it bo reduced ? The protection ists say by making whisky and tobacco free, or substantially so. The tariff re formers say by reducing the duties on cer tain imports, and thus making the necessi ties of life cheaper. The President agrees with the tariff re formers, and the people will say that he is right when they have a chance. Waring’s Sewerage System Criticised. The Engineering and Building Record and Sanitary Engineer of Nov. 20 con tains a communication from the well known sanitary engineer, Rudolph Hering, in which he discusses Col. George E. Waring’s system of sewerage in Memphis, and in which he quite conclusively demonstrates, though not intending to do so, as Dr. Falli gant’s articles appeared almost simultane ously in the Morning News, that Dr. Falli gant’s view in regard to city sew erage is that which has been proven by experience throughout this country and Europe to be the best. He gives the essential features of the Waring system, and points out what he terms its novelties, viz.: Strict exclusion of all rain water.; use of automatic flush-tanks on every lateral; practical abolishment of manholes; house drains limited to a diam eter of four inches, and lateral sewers lim ited mainly to six inches, and sums jip by saying that “that what was new cannot be called good, and that what was good cannot be called new.” Mr. Hering says experience has proven that there is no reason why rain water from houses and yards should not go into the sewers to flush them; that there is no neces sity for flush tanks; that the manholes which Col. Waring so strenuously opposed, and which were afterward inserted by the authorities, were found necessary, owing to the stoppage in the pipes and the conse quent tearing up of tho sewer; that a diam eter of six inches is the only safe minimum for the main house drain, owing to the en trance of rubbish, and that eight-inch pipe will hereafter lie used in tho sewerage sys tem instead of Col. Waring’s six-incli. Mr. Hering, however, gives Col. Waring credit for having suggested the system of small drainage pipes in lieu of the old large sewers when the system was but little known in America, and for his sagacity and courage in giving to Memphis the bene fits of his plan, which, though not perfect, proved of great advantage tq that fever stricken city. The article of Mr. Hering and the study of the subject of drainage by small pijies which it invites are worthy of the special attention of our city’s authorities. The plan of small drainage pipes means the sav ing as a whole of thousands of dollars, and individually of hundreds, to the tax payers. A Detroit special says that the sons of ex-Senator Jones, of Florida, who have been in that city trying to get their father to go to Florida, have given up all hope of being able to do so and have gone to their respective homes and left him to follow at his own sweet will. He says that he will meve when he feels like it, and it is thought he will feel like it when the next Presidential campaign grows warm. He couldn’t do a wiser thing, if his mind is in need of employment, than to go to Jackson ville and help straighten out the municipal muddle in that city. It is doubtful if any of the Speakers of Congress have lieen more popular than Mr. Carlisle. He is so anxious to be just and impartial, that some of his party friends sometimes complain that he does not give his party such advantages as he could with out being unfair to the opposition. When he closes his present term, he will have served as long as Blaine, Colfax and Ma con. Henry Clay and Andrew Stevenson each served eight years, and it may be that Mr. Carlisle will also occupy the Speaker’s chair for that length of time. Mr. W. T. Dumas, a graduate of Emory College, and for a year or so past a young school teacher in the town of Monticello, Ga., is contributing to the press some very good specimens of poetry, the best of which was called “The Dinner Horn,” published last spring. If Mr. Dumas is not spoiled by too much praise, he may by application de velop into somewhat of a poet, provided he prefers communing with the Muses to teach ing a village school. Tbe New York Herald says the Macon Sunday Times, to be started Dec. 10 by Messrs. Edwards & Lamar, will pay SIOO to the heirs of each subscriber who dies by accident. In other words, these gentlemen will conduct an accident insurance business and fling in achromo toevery policy-holder. The developments of the movement will he watched with interest. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER fl, 1887. River and Harbor Appropriations. The New York papers have begun talking about a big appropriation for the harbor of t hat city. The Herald has a lengthy article showing that the increased draft of the great ocean steamships makes the deepening of the harbor channel a necessity. Many of the steamships now have to wait for high water to go up to the city. There is no reason why New York harbor shouldn’t have all the improvements which money can provide. Her commerce is im mense, and fully justifies the big appropria tions which Congress makes for it. But it is rather remarkable that the New York papers, as a rule, are opposed to the river and harbor bill. They continue their at tacks upon it from the lieginmng to the end of a session of Congress. If it had not been for their host ility it is probable that the last river and harbor bill would not have failed to reach the President in time to re ceive his signature. Savannah harbor is not, ot course, as important as that of New York, but it is the most important one on the South At lantic coast. An immense territory is de pendent upon it for an outlet for its pro ductions. The ships which frequent it carry away about a sixth of the entire cotton crop, the largest part of the naval stores produced in the country, an immense quantity of lumber, rice and other articles of merchandise. It needs great improve ments, and it needs them quickly. While the appropriations for New York harbor have been very large, those for Savannah harbor have been very small. Is>t the New York papers join with those of other parts of the country during the present Congress in iMivoeating ample ap propriations for rivers and harbors. An earnest effort on the part of the pres in fa vor of ample appropriations for meritorious public works can hardly fail in securing a river and harbor bill that wifi give general satisfaction. A Surplus Distributor. Senator Ingalls is trying to earn the title of the “great surplus distributor.” He doesn’t want the revenues reduced for two reason:;. First, because the people do not feel the taxes they no w pay, and, second, because ways can lie found to use all the surplus which there is at present or may be in the future. He thinks that the government should establish a great big training shod for teachers, and should not only bear all their expenses while they are being educated, but should send them, like missionaries, to those parts of the country where ignorance is so dense that the people do not appreciate teachers, and should support them while they are letting the light of intelligence into darkful minds. The Senator would build big gun factories and manufacture guns enough to guard every approach to our shores. The fact that there is a committee of eminent for eigners in this country trying to arrange for the settlement of all international dis putes by arbitration doesn’t seem to have made any impression upon him. He would set masons and carpenters at work constructing, in towns in which they are needed, post office buildings and court houses. He does not believe the government ought to hire buildings when it has the money to build them and he thinks it ought to do business on its own premises. The Senator could certainly distribute all the surplus in the Treasury very quickly, and all there is likely to be there for some time to come if he were given an oppor tunity. The probabilities are, however, that before educating teachers, or manufac turing guns, or erecting public buildings he would give a pension to all the men who eidisted in the Union armies, who are living and to the families of those who are dead. Having done that he would have no further occasion to bother about the surplus. There would be none. All things considered it is probably the wiser plan to get rid of the surplus by reducing the taxes. Vitriol seems to be the favorite weapon of women who wish to avenge any fancied or real wrong inflicted upon them. The other day, in Reading, Pa., Howard Potter was endeavoring to demonstrate to Miss Maggie Lloyd that their engagement had better come to an end, as he was too young to marry, and as his parents desired him to free himself from any understand ing looking to marriage. Miss Lloyd excused herself for a minute, saying she felt weak and would go to her room and get some brandy which she kept there for illness. Returning with a glass filled with a dark liquid, she offered it to Potter, who declined what he supposed to be brandy. ‘•Then,” exclaimed Miss * Lloyd excitedly, “take it in this way,” throwing the contents of the glass in his face. The young man dosed his eyes in time to save them, but his face will be disfigured for life. “I felt,” he says, “as if hot coals were clinging to my face and eating it to the blood.” The action of Miss Lloyd seems to have been a purely vicious display of temper, caused by her disappointment in having the engagement broken. The law should reach such cases. It is understood that the New York Press will not favor the renomination of Mr. Blaine The T ribune of Wednesday has a cablegram from Paris, saying that while Mr. Blaine has maintained in Europe a dis creet silence about the Presidency, it is not to lie denied that all those who hold inti mate relations with him have, in some way, gained the impression that he does not ex pect his name to go before the nominating convention. “No one, however,” it says, “has been authorized to make such a state ment,” and the rejrorts of recent alleged in terviews with him are declared to be fabri cations. The Tribune goes on to state that Mr. Blaine is in glorious and robust health, from all of which the public will form the opinion that the Maine statesman is prepar ing to scoop in the nomination of his party. In reference to the threatened trouble at the coming annual meeting of the Keely Motor Company, Mr. Charles B. Collier, the attorney of the company, says; ‘There is no personal antagonism existing among the stockholders, nor any serious question or difference at issue. A few gentlemen have been and are very eager that Mr. Keely shall immediately impart his ‘secrets’ to someone, and in their eagerness to have this done they assume that it can be done in a half hour’s time.” Can’t he impart what he knows, Mr. Collier, in much less than half au hour! Many of his motor stock holders would like him to make an effort to do so. A Boston jury has decided that cigars are a drug. In that city a druggist was ar rested for violating the Sunday law by sell ing cigars, and in the trial his attorney claimed that cigars came withiir the faction of the law relating to drugs and medicines. The jury decided that the attorney was right, and Boston druggists are rejoicing. CURRENT COMMENT. But Nobody Believes Them. From the Washington Post (Deni.) To believe Republican arguments against tar iff reform, one would be compelled to believe that the Deuftcratic party, which owes its strength to the votes of workingmen to a greater extent than any other party in this country ever did, is an organization whose chief aim is the destniction of our industries and the consequent breaking down of wages. For Penny Postage. From the New York Herald (Tnd ). We question if it should l>e a matter for con gratulation that our.postal service is self-sus taining until we have penny postage. Every advance that has been made toward cheap post age has proved in the result a pecuniary gain to the Treasury. With so large a surplus the country would not grudge the spending a few millions in the experiment of penny postage. How Very Kind! From the Philadelvhia Press (Rep.) Secretary Lamar's appointment to the Su preme bench is no doubt entirely satisfactory to the South, and will le acquiesced in by the North because nothing better was to l>e ex pected. President Cleveland was hound to meet the wishes of the Southern wing of his party in filling this vacancy on the Supreme bench, from which it had been so long denied, ami in- < ould hardly have found a typical and representative Southern Democrat less objectionable to the North than Mr. l^ainar. Seating the Senators. From the New York Sun ( Dem). Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, is accused of embezzling and appropriating to his own uses anil purposes one of the choicest seats on tbe Democratic side of the Senate chamber. Now that the Senate is divided about equally between the two parties, the problem of seating the members is greatly simplified There are Re publicans enough to fill the chairs east of the central aisle, and Democrats enough to occupy all of the desks west of that frontier. This dis position of the members, with Riddleberger pa trolling the middle aisle, would exactly express the political situation in the Senate as it is at present. But w estward the course of empire takes its way. BRIGHT BITS. Brer Pulitzer will likely buy a horse pistol and Brer Dana a new' cat before the trouble is ended. — Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ht. John remarks that the Prohibitionists will go into the next Presidential campaign with ardent spirits.— Orange City Times. The triumph of the Atlanta whisky “wets" gives an encouraging outlook to uext summer's crop of Georgia snake stories.— Cincinnati Com me rcial- Qazr t te. A mountain may have its summit covered with snow and have none at its foot. Men should be like mountains in this respect -have cool heads and warm teet.—Norristown Herald. Bride (exchanging bridal costume for travel ing suit)—Did I appear nervous at all during the ceremonv, Clara? Bridemaid (envious) —A little at first, dear, but not after George had said “yes ."—Harper's Bazar. Timid young suitor who has won consent of papa—And now may I ask you, sir, whether— ah—whether your daughter has any domestic accomplishments? Papa (sarcastically)—Yes, sir; she sometimes knits her brows.—AT. O. Times-Democrat. “Mamma," said a Boston young lady, “is it proper that Clarence should kiss me before we are married?" “Certainly; you are engaged to him, and, be sides. if you care to have him kiss you, Penelope, you had better let him do it now."— Tid-Bits. In Chicago. The lady is leaning on the arm of an elegant and wealthy young man, aud leading her little daughter by the hand. Little Daughter—On, ma. ma, look there! See t hat gentleman on the other side. Don't you know him? Ma—N no, my dear. L. D.—Why mamma! hfc was papa last year. —Town Topics. Mr. Beldar's wife had eloped the day before. “My dear fellow," saidDunton, “lam heartily sorry for you." “You've heard of it, then, have you?" “What, of your wile's elopement? Why, its all over town." “Oh, then you didn't hear about her carrying off mv new' silk umbrella?"— Chicago News. PERSONAL. Speaker Cabi.isle was 52 last September. Gov. Bioos, of Delaware, owns eleven farms and has made a fortune from them. Theodore Cramp, of the great, ship building firm, has gone to Austria on a business errand. The Prince of Naples, who has just come of age, is pronounced to be the most accomplished (Sown Prince in Europe. “Son in Law" Wilson's mania was to found newspapers, none of which ever paid. It is said that he annually lost about $150,000 by* them. M. E. Ingalls, of Cincinnati, carries an insur ance of $300,000 on his life, the largest sum car ried, it is said, by any resident of Porkopoiis. Congressman George West, of Ballston, is said to be the shortest in stature of our national legislators. He is by no means short in his bank account, however. President of the Senate Ingalls was born in Middleton, Mass., December 29, 1833. He graduated from Williams College when only 18, leaving a good record, both as a painstaking student and as a ready debater. Gen. Sheridan has been elected President of the Army and Navy German Club of Washington. Sheridan is as skilful in leading a german as he is in leading a cavalry charge. This is as it should lie. The ideal soldier can dance and fight equally weh. In writing of his youth to an autograph col lector Gen. Lew Wallace says: “1 fear you wouldn't have called me a good hoy, as I hunted, fished and ran wild generally until I was 18, and then I became a student, and that is the course I would lay down for every life.” Rosa Bonhecr is now an elderly woman, but she has her youthful enthusiasm for her art and for animals. Her home in the village of By, on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau, is a veritable menagerie. Among her pets are two lions that she bought to use as models. Mme. Janacscrkk. the actress, has instructed her lawyers to bring suit for S2S,(XX) damages against the proprietor of the Parker House, Newport. The suit is the result of an accident w. icn happened to Mme. Sanauschek while she was a guest at the Parker House last summer. The Prince of Wales has received a present of a table nearly ten feet in circumference made out of the hide of a rhinoceros killed in the re cent Kilimanjaro expedition. The top of the table, which is beautifully polished and quite unique in design, is partially supported by horns nearly twenty inches in length. Gf.n. Mclves, a well-known character in New York, has served under many flags. He was a soldier for the British East India Company, the Southern Confederacy, the Argentine Republic, the Cretan, Japanese, Egpytian and Turkish Governments. He was also in the Franco- Prusso War as a French staff officer. Queen Victoria personally wanted Sir Ed ward Male! transferred from Berlin to Paris, but Prince Bismarck wanted to keep him at the German capital, and the imperial family used their influence to that end. However, the Queen will presently mark her regard for Sir Edward by having him raised to the jieerage. D. R. Lot: re, of the Toledo Made, who has made himself famous under the uom de plume of ‘‘Petroleum V Nasby,” is in wretched health. He suffers terribly from dyspepsia. He is now about sixty years of age, and is said to be worth half a inilhon dollars. He would doubtless give his whole fortune for anew stomach. Mss. Giij.iuan, of Bridgeport, onn., who at tacked an eseayed lion after the great menagerie fli-e and who has agreed to travel with "the greatest show on earth,” baa received an offer of marriage from a Western ranchman. Her devotion to her cow doubtless suggested the possibility that she would be very faithful to a cowboy. Don M. Dickinson, the new Postmaster Gen eral. is described as u terror to the rich Detroit ers who are in the habit of forgetting to pay their bills. He has a list of these people in his office, and has so familiarized nimsolf with their resources that they pay bills as soon as they know that he has been intrusted with their collection. , Capt. Mulford Rich is one of the bravest of Cape Cod surfmen. He is now 85 years of age and has followed his heroic calling fifty-three years. Among his medals is one presented him by the Massachusetts Humane Society for his exertions in rescuing twenty-one persons from Hie wreck of the ship Franklin off Wellfleet Beach March 1, 1849. The Queen Regent of Spain is gaining a great hold on the affection of her subjects, and is said to be a wonderful woman, charming in manner and possessing great, administrative ability. It Is claimed by many that she will rank as one of the great women sovereigns of history. Some may doubt all this from the fact that she cannot keep the baby King quiet in public. Fitting: Shoes on Women. From the Merchant Traveler. “Once in a while,” says a shoe salesman. ‘I have customers— Udies—whom it takes mean hour or more to serve. They'll want to look at all the shoes there are in the place, and to try on a great many. J had one this morning; she put on several shoes, and each time she would stand on both sides of her foot and twist it around into all sorts of shapes, and insist that the leuther ought to be perfectly smooth in every part. When she got tired of pulling shoes on and off she took a pair. They fitted her ex actly, though she wasn't satisfied. She thought that when she subjected her feet to such con tortions that they almost doubled upthe leather above the instep and wrinkled too much. Men are easy to fit. M. Quad's Warm-Hearted Greeting:. Detroit Correspondent Pittsburg Dispatch. C. 11. Lewis, the “M. Quad” of the Detroit Free Press , is now in the South writing letters for his paper. According to all accounts he has been royally reee.ved, but on Friday last, at Gufaula, Ala., he met with an unexpected recep tion at the hands of a man who walked four teen miles to see him. Some years ago this caller wrote M. Quad a letter and the humorist held the writer up to public ridicule in the col umns of his pat**r. The Southerner had not forgotten it and in the exuberance of his joy at meeting M. Quad took off his coat and folded the newspaper man to hD breast. Then he laid Quad on the floor and tramped on him. After otherwise toying with the distinguished humor ist t ill weary, the assailant was arrested and later raid a fine of $4. The same evening Lewis delivered a discourse upon the signs of the times, and said it made his heart swell with Joy to witness the warm hearted greeting tendered Northern men by their Southern brothers. Her Singing:. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat* Her voice rose like the rising lark, And soared into the skies; To me the stars left heaven dark, And gathered in her eyes. The trembling air in music broke, A ml quivered into bells; The mocking-bird in envy woke; The sea despised its shells. The rippling wavelet softly flows, And whispers to the shore; The perfume of a sleeping rose Seems sweeter than before. A breeze drinks up the fairy sound, And sighs it through the air; 1 saw a star slide to the ground, The better still to hear. So silvery soft it seemed to me, So tremulously sv 4et. I longed to fall upon my knee And worship at her feet. Bethought ’t would l>e a happy thing No more a sound to hear. |so t hose melodious tones might ring Forever in my ear. He Hasn't Been Born. Font the Boston Courier. “And as for marriage,” Blousabella observed thoughtfully, poking the toe of her neat boot with her umbrella, and looking abstractly at the two policemen who were sheltering themselves from the rain in the doorway of the Old South, “1 don’t see why mamma need bother about me. I mean to marrv when the right man comes along—provided ho asks me." “And the right man ?" the editor repeated in terrogatively. “O, the right man would have to be one to suit me. Or course he must be good looking, and clever, and refined, and manly, and well off, and good natured, and of good family. Every girl insists on these {things. “Good heavens!” murmured the editor, “how do ordinary men ever get wives if all girls in sist on these things?'* “But there are three other qualifications," Blousabella continued serenely, "that I insist upon. He must le an Episcopalian and a homeopathist, and lovs lap dogs. And just for this mamma says I am difficult to suit.* “O, not at all," the editor assured her. "Not difficult, only characteristically and beautifully feminine. Did you ever advertise,*my dear?" An Unpleasant Experience. From the New York Herald's Washington Special. Mr. and Mrs. Belden Noble, nee Yulee, who were married last Wednesday, had a startling experience in the fire which totally destroyed the residence “Rosemount," on the Hare wood road, where they were spending their honey moon, and which they had leased for four months. They were awakened by the crackling of the flames, and escaped from the house wrapped up in such clothes as they could hast fly pick up. Mr. Noble endeavored to save some or the house belongings and things in their trunks, but Mrs. Noble lost nearly all her wedding presents, including many valuable diamond ornaments, and the groom s wedding gift, a pearl necklace, worth fully $5,000. Only one servant remained at the place at night, ami he and Mr. Noble could save few valuables before the fire reached its great head way. Mr. and Mrs. Noble are now at the Noble family residence, on Massachusetts avenue, where they will remain for the present. They were supposed to have gone North on their bridal trip. Mr. Noble intends to fit himself for the duties of a clergyman of the Church of England. Cheek Which Should Win a Bakery. From the New York Star. Going up town the other evening on a Broad way car a reporter stood on the front platform enjoying a flagrant Havana he had recently fallen heir to. Several men stood beside him. The car was crowded by a gay throng return ing from the theatre. Suddenly a smooth-faced, rosy-cheeked young man remarked to his com panion, a huge fellow’ of Sullivan like build: "By Jove, 1 wish 1 had a good cigar.*’ The other offered to get him one. The first speaker objected. "I don't want to leave the car; lam in a hurry,** he said. The giant said he would not have to leave the car, and before the candi date for a smoke could object his friend said to the driver: "Say, old man, got any cigars in your clothes?” "Naw,” was the surly and laconic answer of that astoni hed individual. He then oj>ened the door and addressed the same question to the man sitting by it, and re ceived the same response. He closed the door and looked rather discouraged. It was evident that both were somewhat under the influence of red-eye. He of the red cheeks sighed sadly, “It’s no use,*' but this merely stimulated the big fellow, who suddenly opened the door again and said; in the blandest and most persuasive of tones, "Has any gentleman on this car a cigar that he can spare?” The passengers appeared dazed at his audacity. Some were for having him put off the car, others shouted, “Shut that door." the ladies tittered, but the questioner stood in the doorway wearing an inquiring smile and sublimely unconscious of any impropriety until at last one of the passengers went through his pockets, discovered some weeds, and holding out a couple said, “Yes, here are some and you've earned them.” The big fellow took them with thanks and, turning to his friend said, "Here's your cigar, my boy; you'll never get left while you travel with me.” The little man with the rosy cheeks intimated that he might wear diamonds or bracelets if he did. She Needed Just Such a Brother. New York Cor. Jackson ville News-Herald , I was eating dinner the other evening in a well-known restaurant up town. At a neighbor ing table a young lady tnat I know slightly was sitting with her brother, a college fellow about 20 years of age, and a big, splendid, right minded fellow. He was treating his lovely sister with the same eloquent politeness he would have employed with a sweetheart, though he did not watch her so closely as he might nave had such been the case. 1 caught a side view of each of them from where they sat. and I was very much surprised to observe that the girl was flirting with a man who sat at a table back of the brother. I was shocked, and began to wouder if no New York girl was above such cheap immorality. What made it worse was the fact that I recognized the man who was presuming so much as a notorious gambler. I felt that 1 had no right to say a word, and of course 1 did not, though I was very angry at the false innocence that decent girls afreet some times. When the gambler had finished his din ner he went to the desk and wrote something on a slip of paper. Then he called the w aiter who was serving the two young people and handl'd the paper to him with some verbal directions and a large fee. He then left the restaurant. Immediately I heard the young fellow ask his sister to excuse him a moment, and then left ths room. 1 had a table by the window, and I looked out. The gambler was standing on the side walk,look ing in. Presently he was confronted by the sis ter's brother. There was just one word said by each of them, and then the gambler was struck two blows in the face that could be heard in the restaurant. He staggered back, anti then, gathering himself together, made a rush. Once more he was struck a resounding blow, and this time he fell backward and stayed w’here he fell. The lad then came back to the room. His face was flushed, but he took his chair and said some light thing to his sister, who had heard not hing. He spoke to the waiter in an under tone, and the g&mhler'R message to the girl was handed him. He put this in his pocket, and the little episode wa & over. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Port Huron (Mich.) church is rented out during the week for dancing, gymnastic exhibi tions and roller skating. A merchant of Merrill, Wis., has adopted a novel and successful method of advertising. He took his old white cow, plastered her over from head to heels with advertisements, and set her at large in the streets of the towm. Keeper Judson, of the Stratford lighthouse near Bridgeport, Conn., has a cocker spaniel dog that has become an expert fish catcher. He took up the sport of bis ow n notion, and pur sues it regularly and enthusiastically. The other day he carried to his master a 2^6- pound A notable horse di<*i the other day at Gir ard, l*a. The animal was 37 years old, and in his younger days was driven continuously for ten years as carrier of the mails between Girard and Lock-port, traveling during the time 10.000 miles each year, and never failing to be on time for duty. * At the fair held in Philadelphia by the ladies of Grace church there was a silk plush quilt, valued at SIOO, and the friends of Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Cleveland entered into a contest a< to which of the two should become the owner. Mrs. Cleveland maintained the lead until Satur day evening, when the Blaine forces rallied and secured the victory, “Van,” the favorite shepherd dog of the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, lived for years at the Peekskill residence, the pet dog of the fami ly. This beautiful animal, with his shaggy coat, liquid, laughing brown eyes and the sunniest kind of a dog disposition, left the Beecher man sion soon after his master's death to live with a kind-hearted neighboring family. Nothing will induce the dog to return to his former home since the master left it. Mrs. Agnes Steihr and her niece, Mrs. Anna Beuchs, of Newark, N. J., are engaged in a legal war for the possession of an old family Bible. Mrs. Steihr had the book for nineteen years and Mrs. Beuchs borrowed it. Mrs. Steihr wanted it again, and her niece asserted that tffae owned it, alleging that her grandmother gave it to her. Replevin suits followed from eacL side, and now the case is in a fair way to get to the Supreme Court before it is settled. The taxpayers of Worcester, Mass., feel sore. They have long lieen making an effort to get the Old South church off the city common and the City Council determined to remove it. By a recent award it has lieen decided that the city must pay the parish $148,400 damages before the objectionable structure can be taken away. The common was donated 200 yeats ago for pub lic and “meeting house purposes” ana a church has been upon it since 1719. A few weeks ago some excavations at Pom peii brought to light a set of surgical instru ments. many of which resemble instruments in use at the present day. Some dayi later four beautiful silver urns of fair size were found, also four smaller vessels, eight open vases, four cups ornamented with leaves and figures of ani mals, and a very beautiful statue of Jupiter seated on a throne. Beside those silver objects, several gold ornaments, such as rings, ear rings, etc., were also found. The house occupied by the son and daughter of Gen. Robert E. I>ee, at Lexington. Va., was built bv the General after the war, and is a plain brick structure with a vine-bung porch. Inside, the house is very homelike and comfortable. Its walls are hung with family portraits, many of them very old, and one from the brush or Sir Godfrey Kneller. Gen Custis Lee, who is pres ident of the Washington and Lee University, has his study here, although he spends a large part of his time in the university, the grounds of which adjoin his. H. H. Davis, of Morriston, has just completed a tombstone bearing an inscription a little out of the common order of such things. The stone was ordered by A . D. Salmon, and was put up in the Sccasunna burying ground last week. The inscription reads: “In memory of Charles H. Salmon, who was born Sept. 10, 1858 He grew-, waxed strong and developed into a noble son and loving brother. He came to his death on the 12th of October, 1884, by the hand of a careless drug clerk and two excited doctors at 12 o’clock at night in Kansas City." Rev. Father Hkinan, pastor of St. Joseph's German Catholic church iu East Mauch Chuuk, Pa, has declared war on bustles. He brands them as unsightly, as a production of vanity and altogether immoral. He further asserts that unless the women of his congregation, old and young, abandon that offensive article, he will not give them ecclesiastical attentions and will turn them from the chnrdh. On Sunday last he preached sermons in German and English against immorality in general, direct ing his words particularly to the women of the period. His remarks created a big sensation among the congregation and left quite an im pression. The dispatch from New South Wales announc ing the victory in the sculling match there of Mr. Beach came over 12,000 miles and cost $2.47 a word to send. It passed through several cholera infected districts without being quaran tined, am! after being "relaid," or given a fresh start half a dozen times, arrived in Philadelphia a few* minutes after it had been sent. The dis patch originated at Sydney, then it went to Adelaide, from there struck North, directly across Australia to Port Darw in; there it dived into the ocean and took in Singapore, Penang, Madras and Bombay, passing through telegraph stations run by operators of every degree of black and shade of yellow, many of whom do not know who Beach is. In some places the wires are strung on palm trees, then again they go through sandy deserts and under the feet of caravans. Some of the people among whom the message passed were baking in a sun as hot as Philadelphia’s hottest August, and others were shivering in November ulsters. The news did not stop to spread itself among the worshippers of Buddha, over whose temples it passed, but dashed northward to the more hardy and athletic believers in Christ. From Bombay the electric fluid went to Aden, through the Red sea. skirted the Suez canal to Port Said, back to Alexandria, through the Mediterranean to Bona, in Algeria, by cable to Marseilles and then on to London. Its route thereafter be came more commonplace, for an every-day sub- Atlantic cable brought it to the United States. One of the brightest men that ever attended Harvard College was Sumner Paine, son of Henry W. Paine, a leading lawyer of Boston. Paine always lead his class at the college, as he had done before at the Boston lot in school, without much study or effort. It was during the war, and just before the battle of Gettys burg, that one of the professors of the college, who was much disliked bv the students by rea son of his arrogant manner, was about to lie married. The evening of the wedding Paine headed a band of students who, just as the pro fessor was about to go to the house of the bride, at which the wedding was to take place, locked him in his room and prevented him from lieiug on hand at the appointed time, in con sequence of which the wedding cere mony was postponed. Through a window the professor recognized Paine among his tormentors, and the next day preferred charges against him. The faculty were loth to discipline Paine, as they admired the young man and his ability, and partook to a great ex tent of the students’ dislike for the Professor. It was necessary for the preservation of dis cipline that some notice should be taken of the matter, and much against their wishes they ex pelled Paine, with the understanding that when lie apologized he could be reinstated. Paine was over-sensitive and keenly felt his disgrace. He at once went to Gov. Andrew, who was an old family friend, who gave him a commission in a regiment at the front at Gettysburg. Paine left for his post of duty at once, arrived at Gettysburg the dav the fighting began, and fell mortally wounded within a lew hours of his arrival. At one time the name of John Graham was as familiar to New York ears as that of O’Conor and Brady or Lord. His square, chunky figure, his large head surmounted by a long, unique, yellowish wig, his absolute independence, his sturdy bearing, his power of incisive cross examination—to whom were those not familiar* in the celebrated McFarland-Richardson case -Mr. Graham came into literal physical contest with the District Attorney, Noah Davis, and it required all the vigor ami determined energy and judicial fearlessness of Recorder iiocket I to prevent the absolute thrashing of the one by the other in open court, packed as it was with a dense throng of inter ested witnesses. Years thereafter, when the tidal wave of reform swept Noah Davis to the bench of the Supreme Court and left him there, and (.raham, as one of the leading coun sel m the case of the people against William M. t weed, was declared in contempt of court Davis and Graham again came face to face the one a stern magistrate, inflicting tine'and threatening imprisonment, upon the bench the as .fn £F'. ai'oloKi/ing and submitting, as an officer of the court rebuked bv the nrosid mg Justice. Since that time Mr. GraWs of tbe h ,mv m „ r n?A"", heard in tbe court rooms of the city, and his figure, once so familiar to the streets, has been noticeably and ciZpieu ously absent from his old haunts. Monday-lie walked down Sixth avenue, his round hat pulled far down over his eyes, tin- wig alone retaining a sembiance even of the old time man, wif VoCftte ,lnd j ur y magician. By a few recognition was sought, but there was a total absence of the old-time heartiness, and in fact it almost seemed as though it were a ghost st!nt! K SlloUtly uud ““impressed along thebusy BAKING POWDER. p?PRICE§ CHEIM Its superior excellence proven in millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It it used by the United States Government. In dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. l)r. Price's the only Baking Powder that does not ,'ontam Ammonia, Lime orAtum. bold only ia 'ana PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NSW TOBK. CHICAGO. ST. LOTTS A. If. AI.TMAYER & CO. WE’LL BE ready to wel come the house ful of the season from Monday till Saturday. Grentle in e n’ss S3 30 Hand Seweh Shoes —DOWN TO—- $4 00. We have looked over our list and provided full and plenty for all. We cannot itemize the vast array of wonderful bar gains to be found in this es tablishment, but we can pluck a few for yonr especial benefit, and if we don’t hit the mark here come around and see us, we certainly have an immense stock to select from. There is no idea so peculiar that we can’t hit it. fl|. 9 99 Altmayer s DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. One case fast color Calicoes, regular price 5c., price while they last 2c. per yard One case ail wool Red Flannel, 22-incb, sold last week at 30c., t his week 19c. BLANKET DEPARTMENT, One case* 10-4 White Wool Blankets, fancy border, regular price $1 25. this week 99c. One case 12-1 white all wool dtf-pound Blank ets, reduced from $8 to $5 ; this week only. GENTS' FURNISHINGS. 50 dozen Gents’ all wool Scarlet Under vest* 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; w orth double. This week only, your choice of our fine Plush Wraps, satin quilted linings, fur and plush trimmed, regular price $25 to $35, fciiis week only, down to sl7 00. BOVS'CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. :iOO Roys Wool “Kickabout” Suits, extra pair Pants an i Polo Cap, iu chock.-, stripes, plaids, etc., Norfolk style, price for this week only $3 50, worth DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. We have every cofcCrivable idea in Plaids, Stripes, etc. Every winsome plaid and stripe newness is here. Special for tnis we -k only, 50 pieces Drew Goods, Combination lot Plaids, Strifes, etc.. 38c.; regular price 50c. anti 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. r 35 dozen Children's Kid and Pebble Goat Spring i R ALTMAYER^^ n w SSs l " i “* , MSO pairs Youths’ all oc CO.. solid School Shoes, but ton and low solar tips, BROUGHTON AND $1 25, worth $1 Jo. -, , ., t cTppvTs Egf-Mail orders recei*e BULL STREETS. caro£ul and pronlp t at- _ ZONAVEISS CREAM. ZONW.I.t CAM FOR THE TEETH ft mrntfrom Weir Material*, contain* no AcuUi Ham Grit, or injurious matter It is Pcbs, Kifinep, PIEFECT. Notiiimo Likb It Ever Known. From Henotor roeershnll. — “I take pleas rc in recommending Zouwciss on account o' it* cfncacy and purity.” From .lira. Gen. I.onan’s Dentist. Dr. E. Ft. t'nrmll. Washington, I>. C.—”l have had Zonwctss analyzed. It la tlic most perfect deal.* trice 1 have ever seen.” From Hon. thus, P. Johnson. Ex. T.t. Gov. of Mo.--“Zonwe!as cleanses the teeth thor oughly. Is delicate, convenient, very pleasant, and leaves no after taßtc. Bonn nr ali. dblogists. Price, 30 cents. Johnson & Johnson, 23 Cedar St., K. T. IThwipiiiwibih 'ii iiitmaw iw~ For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., Lippman’l Block, Savannah. FOOD PRODUCTS. tat City ills. W E are making an extra quality of GRITB and MEAL, and can recommend it to the trade as superior to any in this market. Would be pleased to give special prices on application. We have on hand a choice lot of EMPTY SACKB, which we are selling cheap. BOND, HAYNES & ELTO*