The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 10, 1887, Page 4, Image 4

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4 flic Vtlorning slctos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. 8 A l l' IiUAY) DEC KMHKII 10, 1887. Registered at the Poet Office in Savannah. Morning N*wk is published every <ly is the rear, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count. at 25 cents a week. $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 B 0; six months, $5 00; ere year. $lO 00. Tile Mormno Nnws, by matt, 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, threo months, $1 six months. $2 SO; one year. $S 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by matt, one year, ~>. Subscriptions parable in advance. Remit by postal order, cbeok or registered letter. Cur recev sent bv mail at risk of senders. nils paper is kept on fils and advertising rates may he aacertalned at. the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Association, 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Ga." Advertising rates made known on appllcatlo INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Meetings—Travelers’ Protective Association; Workingmen's Benevolent Association. Special Notices—United States Construction and Improvement Cos.; Fresh Killed Turkeys, I* Putzel; Turkeys and Chickens, J. S. Collins & Cos ; State and County Taxes, 1887; Ship Broker age and Commission, Thomas P. Ball & Cos. Amvsemknts lllustrated Lecture, by Mr. Henry Frith Wood. The Great Southern Portrait C 0.—1., B. Davis, Secretary and Manager. Christmas Goons—Wm. G. Gooper. Santa Ci.aus’ Proclamation Lindsay A Morgan. Cheap Column Aovbrtisrmsnts Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Raffla: Miscellaneous. Men, Bovs' and Chidmiek's Clothing—Men keu A Abrahams. The Oli) akp New—L. AB.S.M. H. Steamship ScntnuLEs —Ocean Steamship Cos.; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Mr. Ethvard Atkinson is trying to solve another problem by statistics. He says that Americans as a nation have grown in weight ami height sinoe the war. Thw New York Herald suggest*; that when the surplus is got away with and the revenue reduced, the average American will feel as though he were ten feet tall and weighed a ton. Mr. Chamberlain continues to lie the social lion of Washington society, and no gathering is counted complete without his presence. Mr. Chamberlain’s heavy gold rimmed spectacles always come in for a share of attention, for, like the snowy fleeced iamb that followed around after Mary, they are inseparable from the Presi dent of the Fisheries Commission. “Blaine and Ingalls” is the latest ticket mentioned by the Republicans. Such a ticket would perhaps have a surplus of bril liancy, but the crying need of the day is a reductirn of the surplus to a figure that will be adequate to the occasion, and that will not be so large as to cause extravagant out lays that do more harm than good and bring more uneasiness than security to the people. The Floi-ida Tobacco Plant, published at I,ake City, Columbia county, says that numerous farmers of that section are ready to make liberal arrangements with experi enoed tobacco growers who will come there and engage in the cultivation of tobacco. Tobacco culture in Florida bids fair to as sume large proportions, and it is probable that much money will be made by those who engage in it. Mr. William O’Brien in Tullamore jail is doing perhaps more for the Irish cause than he could at the editorial desk, and the British government may discover that in imprisoning him it has blundered. His im prisonment and treatment have turned public sympathy in his favor, and may be the cause of gaining advocates for home rule. There seems to have been unnecessary severity in his treatment. The city of Quincy, 111., recently gerry mandered its school wards so that all ne gro children will have to attend the same school. The negroes did not like this, and appealed to the courts. A decision was ren dered a day or two ago that the authorities cannot be compelled to permit mixed schools. The case will be carried to the Supreme Court. Tho white people of the North are no more tolerant of mixed schools than are thoso of tbe South. The circumstances attending the selection f Chicago for the next Republican Na tional Convention can be termed a straw showing which way the wind blows. The straw, in this instance, is of blgproportions, and the wind that blew it amounts to a hurricane. Mr- Blaine wants the nomina tion of his party, and he will take it out from under his thumb at the proper time. Hie country is to be congratulated that, in Air. Blaine’s case, nomination and election are not synonymous. The little town of San Remo has received anjupwai'd impetus since the Crown Prince of Germany went there. Reporters crowd its streets, the number of tolegraph operators has been increased, special cipher services have been established for the English Queen, and for the Emperor and Empress of Germany, and a steady flow of visitors is noticed. These things naturally help the business of the town. Within the first few days after the arrival of the Crown Prince, telegraphic inquiries as to his health were answered at the rate of three or four hun dred a day. Gen. John P. Rea, of Minnesota, Com mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, says that the dependent pension bill is to be urged at this session of Congress in anew form awl with more liberal pro visions than were contained in the bill vetoed by President Cleveland. No doubt the Re publicans hope the President will veto the new bill if it comes before him, in order that they may have something to talk about next year. With Mr. Cleveland’s record on pensions, they will have a hard time con vincing the soldier element that he is not their friend. The Birmingham Age, a protection pa per, prints a communication in which the statement i> made that the anti-Morgan sentiment in Alabama is growing, and may result in the Senator’s defeat. Maj. William Arp calls Senator Morgan “the most popu lar man in Alabama." It may be a ques tion with some of the Senator’s political enemies whether this assertion of the Geor gia humorist-philosopher comes under tho hea l of humor or philosophy, but there will be no ixwrn lor doubt when the Ala bama legislature sends Mr. Morgan hue a to Washington with a rush. Congrei i Interviewed. The New York World sent twenty re porters to Washington to interview Sena tors and Representatives on the President's message, and several other subjects. Tho information obtained was rather interesting, but not valuable. Too many of the mem bers refused to express their views to per mit any satisfactory conclusions to be drawn from the information obtained. The World, however, was much more interested, in all probability, in advertising itself than in gaining valuable information, and it no doubt accomplished its object. The Democratic Congressmen were asked whether or not they favored tho Presi dent’s tariff ideas, and how far they were willing to go in tho direction of a reduction of taxation. The Republicans, besides being asked about the tariff, were inter viewed with respect to their preference for President in 1888. Of the Democrats, ninety-three approved of the sentiments contained in the Presi dent’s message, six were opposed to them, and fourteen declined to give any answer. Of the Republicans, (1!) expressed hostility to the President’s views, 7 favored them and 18 were non-committal. The Republicans refused to talk freely about their choice for President. There were ‘.IS interviewed. Of this number 40 refused to express a preference, 25 wore for Blaine, 17 for the nominee of the conven tion, 8 for John Sherman, 2 for Senator Harrison, 1 for Judge Gresham, and 1 for Gov. Robinson, of Massachusetts There were 4 who were outspoken in their opposi tion to Blaine. From the above figures it is impossible to get Any satisfaction on any subject. They don’t show that there is a majority in favor of reducing the tariff, on tariff reform lines, or against reducing it on those or any other lines. They don’t show that Blaine is the favorite of a majority, or even of a re spectable minority, of the Republican mem bers of Congress for President. Replies of somo of the Georgia and Florida Congressmen are given to tho ques tions addressed to them. Senator Call, of Florida, approved of tho President’s tariff ideas as he understood them. Senator Brown, of this State, declared himself to be a firm supporter of tho President, but said he did not feci obliged to support all his theories and policies. Senator Colquitt emphatically indorsed the message, and said it was in perfect accord with Democratic principles. Representative Blount was in favor of a very large reduction of the tariff. Repre sentatives Candler, Clements, Carleton, Stewart and Crisp approved the message, and Representative Grimes wanted the reve nues reduced and thought there would have to lie a compromise. The reporters do not appear to have succeeded in interviewing Representative Norwood. The whole Geor gia delegation, however, can be depended upon to support a tariff reform bill, with, perhaps, the exception of Senator Brown. Atlanta’s Whisky Squabble. The whisky question is not yet settled in Atlanta. During the canvass preceding the prohibition election in November the anti- Prohibitionists pledged themselves, if they were successful, to so rastrict the liquor trade that there would be no good ground for complaining of abuses of it. The Pro hibitionists are rather anxious to know what kind of restrictions the anti-Prohibi tionists propose to favor, and it is not im probable that there will be a great differ ence of opinion with respect to tho re strictions that ought to be adopted. All agree that there must be a high li cense, but the Prohibitionists may regard the license which the anti-prohibitionists favor as a very low license, while the anti- Prohibitionists may never consent to a license that would be satisfactory to tho Prohibitionists. A majority of the County Commissioners are Prohibitionists, and they have fixed the wholesale liquor license at 81,600. Those who want to do a wholesale liquor business say they will not pay that sum, and there is prospect of a legal contest to test the ques tion whether tho County Commissioners have authority to say what tho license shall be within the city’s limits. Tho anti-Prohibitionists have control of the City Council and it remains to be seen what sort of a license they regard as a proper restriction upon the retail liquor traffic. It may be that they will decide in favor of a lower license than they intended because of the action of the County Com missioners with respect to the wholesale license, or they may say to tho County Com missioners that if the wholesale license is lowered tho retail license in the city will be raised in proportion. The steps leading to the settlement of Atlanta’s whisky squabble will be watched with considerable interest. Even Republicans differ with respect to the President's message. The organ of the Radical howlers and bloody sereechers of the great and growing West, the Chicago Tribune, thus speaks of the document that has produced such consternation in the Ro publiean-Randall camp: “The President’s message is able and statesman-like, business-like in style, per spicuous in statoniont, clear in its reasoning and irrefutable in its conclusions. It rises above party lines, and presents a common basis of patriotic statesmanship on which Republicans and Democrats are bound by every consideration of tho public welfare and of political expediency to stand to gether.” Mrs. John A. Logan is indignant be cause some Washington correspondent,, who probably thought that anything concerning her would be of interest to the public, sug gested that the idea of remarrying was not repugnant to her. She says: “To suggest that I would think of such a thing makes me feel a contempt for the persons who would so wound one’s feelings, and I might say a contempt for the papers that would give such things currency. My husband has not long been dead, and is not yet buried. We have no redress for such false hoods.” Mrs. Logan was a very devoted wife, and the correspondent has doubtless done her an injustice. Strange as it may seem, two morning paper* In Jacksonville, Fla., have appointed a committee to discover, if possible, which of them has tho larger circulation in Jack sonville. Each paper lias been boasting that it has the larger circulation until its readers are tired of bearing about the sub ject. It is to bo hoped that the committee will be afforded every facility to roach the truth. Papers frequently do a great deal of blowing about their circulation, but they very seldom submit to tests. Mr. Blaine ap]>ears to lie enjoying mar velously robust health at present. His friends do not seem to get tired of talking aliout it. Is there anything suspicious in this ! THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1887. Mayor Hewitt on tbe Message. Hon. Abrom Hewitt, Mayor of New York, in whose bonnet the Presidential bee does a good deal of buzzing, thinks Mr. Cleveland acted wisely in confining the message to tho tariff question, and that he has given to the country an aide paper. The surplus iu the Treasury, ho says, is dangerous both to business interests and the political morality of Congress, and of the two means of reduc ing it, viz., by increased expenditures and by reduced taxation, the latter is the only statesmanlike method. To continue to pile up the surplus amounts to extortion, and would invite schemes of plunder: to spend it in unnecessary directions simply because it is there would be unwise; therefore, the only thing to tie done is to re lieve the people from a burden of taxation that brings in so much more revenue than the actual noods of economical government require. This is the President’s view, it is Mayor Hewitt’s view, and it is the view of the Democratic party. It can tie understood and appreci ated by the people as a whole, and it is in the interest of tho people that Mr. Cleve land makes an appeal, unambiguous in its diction and courageous in its deliverance. Mr. Hewitt says lie agrees with tho Pres ident also in his demand for tariff reduction substantially on raw materials, and con tends that a tax on them is an obstacle to the growth of business. He claims to have been the originator of this policy, and says it is the one ho recommended in 1883, and every year subsequently in bills he intro duced or speeches he made while in Con gress. With regnnl to the protection idea that tariff reform means the reduction of wages paid workingmen, Mr. Hewitt says not only will it not have that effect, but it will enlarge the fund for the payment of wages. He does not think it quite so necessary to reduce the tax on man ufactured articles, and points out that we might very well follow the example of Great Britain, which released raw materials of industry from taxation long liefore it abolished the duties on manufactured ar ticles. He holds that the higher rate of wages paid in this country is not due to the tariff, but to superior natural resources. Mr. Hewitt fully concurs in the Presi dent’s recommendation that no legislation be enacted that will tend to limit our in dustries, and thinks the necessary reduction of duties can be made without disturbing the favorable industrial conditions which now exist. San Francisco is in the midst of another social sensation. Joseph Oliver, son of the late Marquis Oliver, who received the title from tbe Pope on account of his large do nations to the church, is on3 of San Fran cisco’s wealthiest young men, being worth more than a million, and is a loader in fashionable society. Young Mr. Oliver’s sister had a governess and companion who was very pretty, and the young man fell in love with her without any difficulty. An engagement ensued, and it was agreed that Oliver should go to Europe, while the young lady remained in this country and devoted her time to repairing defects in her educa tion. Tho arrangement was carried out, and a tew days ago Mr. Oliver returned to claim his bride, who had in the meantime improved her opportunities for study. They were privately married, and when the fact leaked out it created a tremendous sensation among the upper ten, and particularly, it is supposed, among ambitious matrons who had designed the young man for their Ara bellas. Tee couple will reside in San Fran cisco, where Mr. Oliver has an elegant home, filled with costly pictures and other art treasures. The young man seems to have acted in a very sensible manner, and his lot in life may possibly to as happy as if he had wedded a San Francisco belle. Our republican form of government is evidently a good thing for ambitious for eigners who come to this country. In the present Congress there is a considerable foreign element. That body contains 9 Irishmen, 7 Scotchmen, 2 Norwegians and a scattering of men from other countries. It is stated that the Minnesota delegation, with a single exception, is composed of men of foreign birth. Mr. Wilson is an Irishman, Lind is a Swede, McDonald a Scotchman and Nelson a Norwegian. Leopold Morse, of Boston, and Mr. Romeis, who defeated Frank Hurd, of Ohio, are Bavarians. John T. Caine, the Mormon delegate, was born on the Isle of Man. Foreign birth is no barrier to political preferment in this coun try. Miss Lydia Poet, a young lady of Turin, Italy, wanted to practice before the courts of Italy, but was not allowed to do so. She prepared herself as a lawyer, and is said to have obtained high honers in all the exam inations through which she had to pass, but when she appeared in court as an attorney, she was not permitted to proceed. The Court of Appeal sustained tho action of the lower court, and the Supreme Court upheld that decision, so that Miss Poet will have to find some other way of serving the public. She might come to this country and take the field next year for the woman’s suffrage candidate, but the most appropriate thing for her to do seems to be to become a Poetess. Mr. John S. Barbour, of Virginia, is at last to receive recognition for his splendid work for tho Democratic party of his State, and in honoring him with the position of United States Senator Virginia will gain immensely in her representation in the highor branch of Cougress. Mr. Barbour’s abilities and services entitled him to tho nomination when Mabone’s piano was to be filled, but Mr. Daniel captured the prize. His selection by the Democratic caucus Thursday night was an act of justice long delayed, and the unanimity displayed was an evidence of the manner in which his claims were regarded. Mr. Horatio King, of New York, has ad dressed letters to all tho Senators and Rep resentatives in Washington, urging that they change inauguration day from March 4to the last Tuesday in April, which in 1889 will be April 110, the date of Washing ton’s inauguration. He says that by this arrangement inauguration day will never fall on Sunday. If this is Mr. King'* princi pal reason for the change, his proposition will not meet with very general furor. In auguration day very seldom fails on Sun day. Oscar Wilde’s popularity in the country seems likely to be eclipsed by that of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. The English seem bound to set the fashion for us in some res pects: Oscar Wilde gave us the sunflower, and Mr. Chamberlain will prbobly create a furor for gold-rimmed spectacles. The disciples of Mr. Wilde had an advantage that will not exist in the threatened new craze, viz., sunflowers were not very cost ly. It is only the comparatively few who can indulge in high-priced spectacles. CURRENT COMMENT. Good All the Time. From (he Memphis Avalanche (Dem.) Revenue reform in a mighty good subject for flu* fathers of families in y* merrio ChrutlKllM tyme as well as at other times. Palling 1 Back on the Old Trick. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.) Th#Republican press expected to make groat political capital out of President Cleveland’s message, but its arguments are unanswerable, and in consequence they will have to resort to their old trick of abusing him personally, be sides declaring the message too short. Help in Making a Choice. From the Cincinnati Timeß-Star (Rep.) This is the time when perplexed fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts aud the rest of the world generally study the papers to see what is to l>e l>ought for Clirist mas presents, The wise storekeeper will ac cordingly advertise his goods as extensively and attractively as he knows how. It is a general truth that every dollar spent in advertising will bring in $lO in profit, but it is more applicable in the holiday season than at any other time. BRIGHT BITS. The man who complains of a free lunch should go by the board. —New Orleans Picayune. It is humored that the interstate people are now going to abolish the Rocky mountain passes. -Detroit Free Press, “I am at your service, ma'am,” as the burglar said, when the lady of the house caught him stealing her silverware -Exchange. Mrs. Jones—Don't trouble to see me to the door, Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith—No trouble. Quite a pleasure, I assure you. —Exchange. Caller (to his little Bobby)—Bobby, what makes your eyes so bright? Bobby (after a little thought)—l dess it's tause I hain t had 'em in very long.— Texas Siftings. The public look upon the college yell as a useless accomplishment; but in later years, when some of the boys get into the itinerant fish business, it comes powerfully handy.—Fon hers Statesman. “Papa, teacher says everybody w ill tell the truth in heaven.” “Yes, my darling.” “And shall you go to heaven, papa?” “X hope so.” (After reflection)- “Well, p'raps thereTl tie some other way to know' you. Boston Transcript. ■‘WriAT does p. and. q. mean, pa?” asked little Johnny, who is quick at picking up things he shouldn't. “It means that you will go up stairs to bed,” replied old Brown, “if I hear another word out of you the whole evening.”— Judge. Lord Donnvwocks—l want extra steam heat, weatherstrips on the windows, a special hall boy, private dining-rooms, eider down quilts, aud Hotel Clerk—Hold on, my dear sir; I think you have made a mistake. This isn't heaven.— Puck. “You have a brother in foreign lands, I be lieve?” "Yes, he is in Japan now.” “Traveling for his health?” “Well, in a way.” “How in a way?” “Why, he was judge in a baby show some time ago, and it won't lie safe for him to come hack for at least three years.”— Nebraska State Jour nal. It was a few minutes before dinner when little Fred inquired: “Mamma, have I been had to-day?” “Yes, Freddie, very bail indeed.” “Do you think you will send me to bed without any supper?” “I have a great mind to.” “Well, mamma, I wish you w'ould let me know r now, so I can tell how much dinner to eat ."—Merchant Traveler. f Wife—My dear, Idon’t know what I am going to do; the company is only half served, and the refreshments are giving out. Hubby—Well, if Browne is here we are per fectly safe. Wife—But I don’t seo how it is going to remedy the difficulty. Hubby- Why, get him to read that theory of his on “Coming Man,” and you will see the guests disapi>ear like smoke.— Judge. “Mary,” said the old gentleman, severely, “I think I saw you embracing young Blinkersly this evening.” “Perhaps you did, papa. ’ “And yesterday evening Snifkins had his arm around your waist." “Well, papa?” “And the night before that it was Brown whose arm encirclecWyou.” “What of it, papa?” “Nothing, only L think it’s about time for me to take up the franchise for this Associated Press arrangement.”— Washington Critic. PERSONAL. When Senator George, of Mississippi, comes up for re-election in 1889, he will probably have both Gov. Lowry and Lieut. Gov. Sims for op posing candidates. Gov. Gordon, says that just as good rail road-car accommodations are provided for col ored people as for white; or, if not, he has not observed the fact. W. H. Gladstone announces to the world that he has personally assumed charge of the sale of chips from treos cut down by his father, and purchasers may therefore be assured of the genuineness of the precious tokens. Rev. Daniel P. Pike, whose death has lately been announced at Newburyport, Mass., is cred ited with preaching 5,000 sermons, marrying more than 9,000 persons, conducting more than 2,000 funerals and baptizing (.by immersion) uearly 1,100 converts. Mr. W. W Corcoran, of Washington, gave a handsome dinner Wednesday night, of twelve covers. Miss Eustis spent part of last week in Washington with her uncle, and was accom panied back to New York by hor brother, Mr. George Eustis, who went for a short stay. Leopold, of Belgium, was recently received by a rural Mayor, who offered him a glass of w ine, and, it being praised for its excellence, remarked: "But I have some wine in my cellar, your majesty, which is better still.” “So?" answered the King, with a twinkle in his eye; •‘then I advise you to keep it for a better occa sion than this:” The man whom Senator Riddleberger was de fending last summer when he incurred the dis pleasure of the court and was sent to jail for contempt was sent to an asylum for the insane after the acquittal of the charge of stealing rails. He spent several weeks in the asylum, and then the doctors decided that there was nothing the matter with him but laziness. Dr. Middleton Goldsmith, who has just died at Rutland, Vt„ was one of the founders of the New York Pathological Society. A short time ago he gave the society $5,000 for a lectureship oil nervous diseases. In the medical world he will be remembered as tip? first physician to in troduce the use of bromine in cases of gangrene and of disinfectants in tho treatment of typhoid fevers. Senator Tcrpie is a man of medium height, slender, but not graeefnl to the ordinary eye. His dark hair and beard are heavily streaked with gray an t his movements are quick and nervous. When lie reached Washington he went quietly to his hotel and took a modest room, in wfiich some of the brainiest of his prospective colleagues have already been enter tained. He is a charming fellow among his particular friends, but is diffident in the pres ence of strangers. Col. Lamont says that Mrs. Cleveland has had hut few photographs taken since she has been in the Wliite House. The greatest nnmlier of the genuine ones in existence were taken before she married President Cleveland, and the Wash ington photographers who have been given sit tings by tier have abused their privileges by taking naif a dozen pictures when they were pretending to take only one. They would ask Mrs. Cleveland to move her head this way and that, and thus got a number more negatives than she intended to give them. Kumcnd Yates has recently established anew department in his paper, the World, of London, called “Moi-Meme.” "Under this heading," he says, "I purpose from time to time to take my readers bv the button-hole and ask them to listen to lire comments ui>on passing events, and the contingent reminiseanses which five-and-thirty years of active literary life may suggest. The personality -if I may use the word without of fense—-of ‘Atlas’ has lieeome considerably mixed, and so many subjects are now treated of under bis signature, most of them, while un doubtedly intercwtiivg to the roadrr, obviously and necessarily the w ork of other hands, that 1 prefer to set up a pulpit for myself in which I shall lie the sole week-day preacher." Gen. Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, stopped in New York a day on his way to the national capital. The General is a Democrat, hut he is mude of the stern stuff that wins in this life, even against heavy odds, and he doesn’l carry his polities into his jiersoiml friendships. While Discussing the result In Massachusetts with a group of friends he inquired with an in genuous air whether there had been any recent additions to the Mugwump faction here. "We used to havo some tip in my State," he went on, •but they must lirvo migrated. The party statistical ns have been hunting for them in the election returns, but thus far no one can learn either that they voted or stayed at home. Th re is actually not a single figure in the voting on either side that indicates the presence of a Mugwump.” A ROMANTIC WEDDING. Weddintr a Youner Lady First Met Under Unusual Circumstances. From the Few York Sun. Clyde, N. Y, Dec. 6.—John G. Maniere, a banker of Oakland, C'al., and formerly cashier in a hank on Wall street, New York, and Miss Mary West were married at the home of the bride in Walworth this afternoon. The bride was on her way from Albany one day last June. She lost her purse and railroad ticket on the cars, and at Syracuse the conductor was about to put her of! the train Mr. Maniere, who sat in the same car, paid her fare home. He took a seat with the young lady, and they became acquainted. When he reached ins home in California he found a remittance from her for the amount of the fare. Correspond ence followed, and last September Mr. Maniere proposed marriage to Miss West. She learned through her California friends concerning his standing there, anil accepted his offer. Among a large number of beautiful floral designs at the wedding was one large piece representing the exterior of a passenger car, and upon one side was worked in blue immortelles the word “Syr acuse.” in memory of the romantic meeting on the ears thereof the couple. One of the groom’s New York friends sent a railroad ticket from Syracuse to Walworth inclosed in a costly frame. The happy couple have gone to the groom’s home in Oakland. The Graphic Blows Out a Little Gas. From the Few York Graphic. The Hon. William Hannibal Martin resolutely demands the name of our Washington corres pondent. who said, the member from Texas blew out the gas in his hotel before going to bed one night. We see the iron hand in the velvet glove of his courtly and classic sentences and must politely but firmly decline. Our correspondent is in delicate health, and we can’t permit Mr. Martin to pulverize him. And his name is an office secret, anyhow But we assure Col. Martin that we are prepared to assume the responsibility for the utterances of our correspondent, even when they are indis creet. If lie will favor us with the honor of a visit we will try to mako it pleasant and satis factory. But why should this noble Texan, whom na ture cast in a truly Roman mold, and who uses the Latin language with Bietian grace, object to our recital of ibis incident? If our corre spondent was mistaken, if Mr. Martin turned out the gas like other nien, we are sorry. But what of it? To the end of his life Jeremiah Black could never tie his neck scarf, Another illustrious Texan, Bam Houston, always used his fork as an humble and lowly auxiliary to his knife, and the great I)r. Johnson drank sev enteen cups of tea when Irish whisky was only a shilling a quart. Eccentricities are the privilege of greatness and when they involve danger are often heroic. We extend to the honorable member the assur ance of our esteem, and we are at home from 9 in the morning until 4 p. m. every day the Graphic is published. She Wanted No Alimony. From the Chicago Journal. “And so you want a divorce, eh?” remarked Judge Horton to Kate Murphy, a robust speci men of Parnell’s land, after she had repeated in strong colors the usual story of cruelty inflicted upon her by her husband, Patrick Murpliy. “A doivoree! A doivorce, ish it? Well, phat ilse does yez think Oi’d be afther wantin’ here?” ■‘Have you asked for alimony to protect you from want?” “Allemony? Shure Oi hev no needs fer alle mony, sorr; ef Pat Murphy iver raises his hand to nie agin, sorr, Oi ll not sthop to use any allemony on him; Oi’ll be after takin’ a club to bun !” "But you do not understand me,” said the Court, after he had controlled his features and thus prevented the solemnity of the court from being disturbed; “by alimony is meant an allow ance out of your husband’s estate for your sup port.” “Shure, Oi don’t want no support from the loilces av him I” "But can you provide for your own wants?” “Kin Oi? Just lave me alone fer that, sorr! Oi'll be afther marrvin’ Pat’s brother Tim, Yer Honur, so soon as the law gives me a chance. Then whin Pat doies he’ll lave his 'state to Tim, and faith Tim’ll lave it to me, so Oi don’t need his ould allemony, sorr.” The evidence was ordered written up. He Compromised It From the Arkansaw Traveler. “How much yer charge ter go er mile?” an old negro asked of a street car conductor. “I wantergo out ter see Brudder Lias Smif. Ain’t er flesh an’ blood brudder, yet, understand,’ jes er brudder in de faith.” ‘ Five cents." “Jes fur er mile? I tell yer dat de man ain’t more sho nuff brudder—jes a brudder in the faith.” "The fare is five cents.” “Jes fur er mile?” "Yes.” “How much is it fur two miles?" “Just the same.” “Look yere, how fur yer take me fur fl’ cents?” “Five miles.” “Whut's de name o’ de place?” “Citv limits." ' “Take me all de way out fur fl’ cents?” "Yes.” “An’ won't take me no mo’n er mile wa'r Brudder Smif libs fur no less?” “No.” “I ain’t got no bizness out dar at your limits, but yer may take me out dar tn’ I’ll walk back ter w'ar Brudder Smif libs. Yere’s yer money, sah, I’se one o’ desc p’litical ’conomists, and b elis in gettin’ de full worth o' mer money. It would beer mighty fool man dat would pay er dolar fur er pa ro’ britches wen he kin git er whol suit o’ cloze fur de same price. Take me on out to yer limits, sah.” Love is All. Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the Courier-Journal. We two in tlie fever and fervor and glow Of life's high tide have rejoiced together; We have looked out over the glittering snow And known we were dwelling in summer * weather; For the seasons are made by the heart, I hold, And not by outdoor heat or cold. We two in the shallows of pain and woe, Have journeyed together in dim, dark places, Where black-robed Sorrow walked to and fro, And Fear and Trouble with phantom faces Peered out upon us and froze our blood, Though June’s fair roses were all in bud. We two have measured all depths, all heights, We have bathed in tears, we have sunned in laughter. We have known all sorrows and all delights: They never could keep us apart hereafter. Wherever your spirit was spent I know I would defy earth, or heaven, to go. If they took my soul into Paradise And told me I must be content without you, I would weary them so with my lonesome cries, And the ceaseless questions I asked about you, They would open the gates and set me free, Or else they would find you and bring you to me. The Longest Railroad. From the San Francisco Examiner. The Russian transport Russia, which lately ar rived at Hong Kong, carried eleven engineers sent to survey a line of railroad sixttor seventy miles long from Vladivostok inlandw This is to be the first link in the great trans-Siberian road, which is to put St. Petersburg within fifteen days by rail of the Pacific. The scheme is the most gigantic in history, but not the most diffi cult. The Siberian road will be twice as long as our Pacific lines, but instead of bringing a soli tude to connect two civilizations, it will traverse a more or less settled country all the way. For the most part it will is' laid in a plain, and the engineering difficulties will be principally con fined to nrotooiing the line from snow and frost. The road can be built slowly, and the local traffic will support the completed sections. The part now tone surveyed, from Vladivostoek inland, will do a good business in tranujorting the products of the coast region to the ocean. Tile road is next to lie extended to lake Baikal, where it will secure the important trade of Irkutsk and its tributary country. The Russian government has alucady contracted with the volunteer Meet to carry the rails and rolling stock, anil the scheme seems to bo fairly under way. It is now time to revive the suggestion of an American genius to run a line up our side of the ocean and bridge Behring Straits. Is the Innovation an Improvement? From the .Vein York Evenin'/ World. Thera is anew wrinkle hi the dress suit. For yean* the only tiling for a gentlemau to appear in at evening social event, has been a garb of unrelieved funeral block- satin lined coat, black waistcoat and trousers. Now the furnishing stores for gentlemen exhibit waistcoats of heavy watered silk in white, black, gold and lilac. They are sold rapidly at SB. There is rather a ghastly suggestion about them. They look too muon like the "proper enper" of a deceased gentleman. It is doubtful if they will sunplant the old style. Conservatism in the complete suit of black is deeply based on the sound principle that a gentleman is dressed l>est when his garb has no pretensions except to richness of material and perfect fit. True, it creates a little confusion when ser van Is and masters are commingled on swell occasions, and there are no external marks of difference. The servant may look more dis tinguished than the master. Hut they do not often gel mingled, and there is the safety. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The death of a man named Ghostly is chroni cled in an Indiana paper. A Nebraska genius has invented an auto matic cow-milker, which is said to be a success. It takes $7,000 to fit out the Archbishop of New York with the robes and insignia necessary for the performance of his official functions. The Moravians, who are one of the smallest religious denominations, maintain 393 mission aries in various parts of the earth and 1,503 native assistants, and now have 81,000 adherents in mission field*. Another of the numerous silver dollars of the coinage of 1804, of which only four were origin nally struck, has turned up in the West. This particular one is held by a resident of Urbaua, 0., who values it at SSOO. Chief Justice Waite was 71 years of age on Nov. 29. He could have retired under the law with SIO,OOO a year, but prefers to work right on. He has no .thought of resigning. His health is perfect, he likes work and work likes him. Tipton County, Tennessee, has a young woman who is attracting attention on account of her remarkable power over horses and other animals. She can ride and drive at a moment’s notice horses and mules that no one else can handle. Vernon Lee is the pen name of Miss Violet Paget, a relative of Lord Paget. She is a woman in her early thirties, fong resident in Florence, though a yearly visitor to London. She has been trained for her work by the most careful study. A young Engi.ish Nobleman traveling in the West stopped over in Chicago for a few days of sight-seeing, and took several “flyers" in the grain market. They resulted so well that he is there still with a balance of $150,000 to his credit with his broker. A. D. Bullard, an old resident of Virginia City, quarreled with a neighbor and struck him a severe blow on the head. At the same instant, although his antagonist oid not return the blow, Bullard staggered back, fell to the floor uncon scious and soon expired. Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to Lady Florence Dixie, says he believes that the question of home rule in Scotland, should it ripen for action, will not probably give occasion either to constitu tional struggle or serious practical difficulty as to the form and manner of its treatment. Two gentlemen of Norwich, Conn., have had a match at cribbage together nearly every day since Jan 1, 1882, playing in that time nearly 15,000 games. One or them is now nearly twen ty games ahead of the othee, and at no time has either had the advantage by more than fifty games. A party of hunters from nenderson, Ky., re cently shot a strange little animal which has excited the wonderment of the villagers. It is a two-legged creature, about a foot long, with a sharp nose like a weasel's and glossy fur like that of a mink. Its fur is black, with a broad stripe of pure white running down the back, and it has a large bushy tail. In 1890 will end the term of 100 years during which the cities of Boston and Philadelphia have each enjoyed the income of a bequest ef $5,000, made by Benjamin Franklin, with the proviso that the interest from the funds should be loaned out to young married mechanics. In Boston the fund has grown to nearly $328,- 000, while in Philadelphia it has reached only $70,000. A Louisville man who had lost his last dol lar in a bucket shop wrote a piteous letter to the proprietor, begging him to refund S2O, and promising, if the money was received, to leave the town and engage in honest labor. The money was sent and the next day the man’s body was found in the river. He had lost the sum in another bucket shop, and, driven to des peration, had taken his life. The manager of a theatrical troupe that was billed to give “Shanius O’Brien” in a Nebraska town engaged a number of cowboys as super numeraries Just before the beginning of the scene in which the crowd fires on the villain of the play, W. B. Cahill, who assumed the part of the villain, asked the boys if their guns were properly loaded. "You can just bet they are,” said one of the cow boys. Cahill took one of the guns and, withdrawing the charge, was paralyzed to find that the gun was half-filled with buckshot. The Indian Meteorological Department has published a report, in which Mr. Blanford, head of the Department, discusses the theory, first started during the Madras famine ten years ago, that famines tend to recur in Southern India at periods when the sun’s spots are at the minimum of size and frequency. Mr. Blanford comes to the conclusion that there are no suf ficient coincidences to support this theory. Nevertheless, he says, droughts of more or less severity do visit parts of India not liable to the influence of cycionic disturbances, at intervals of ten or eleven years, and the reason cannot be conjectured satisfactorily. William Muldoon, the heavy and muscular wrestler, w ho used to be a New York policeman, has a pretty painful haud just now. About a month ago he had a contract to throw flveotbgr wrestlers ill an hour up in the interior of New York State, and the last man of the five fell on Muldoon’s fingers in a way that threw them back against the upper side of his wrist. The next day he wrestled with Sorakichi and made his hand worse, and three or four days ago. as it was once more getting into condition, Mervine Thompson, the heavy-weight, fell on it again, twisting the fingers back just as they* were in the first place. Mr. Muldoon begins to regard life as a fleeting show, for man's dislocation given. But he continues to accept challenges to chuck his fellow men around, just the same. “I hear,” rays London Truth , “that the Queen has written privately to the Emperor William strongly urging that an arrangement should at once be made to afford a liberal pro vision for the Crown Princess and her younger children in the event of the deaths of the Empe ror and Crown Prince, as if they died now she would be left in very moderate circumstances. The Emperor has vast wealth at his disposal, of which it is supposed nino-tenths will pass to his successor on the Prussian throne, the Grand Duchess of Baden getting the rest. It would be easy for his Majesty to make an equitable ar rangement in favor of the wife and family of his eldest son. and lie certainly ought to do so, as it would not be right that they should be left to depend on the liberality of Prince Wil liam." Mr. Gorman Surprised. From the Baltimore Sun. Washington, Dec. 7. That flash paper, the New York World, sent over iast night a de tachment of interviewers to obtain the opin ions of Senators and members on the Presi dent's message, not anticipating that the Balti more Sun and other progressive journals would have the cream of opinion in this morning's issues. One of these World men approached on the Senate floor Senator Gorman, when the following conversation took place: "Are you a Senator?” “Yes, I belieye I am ” “What is your name?" “Gorman,” said the Senator, looking at the young man with astonishment. “Are you a Democrat?” “Well. I have generally been classed as one. Now, may I ask who you are?” “Oh, I represent the New York World." “Well, I ant not surprised the New York World does not know a Democrat when it sees one. and 1 have nothing to say about the message." This conversation was heard with decided relish by several Senators and others, who, con sidering the frequent attacks on Mr. Gorman in the New York World, thought it rather a good joke on him. A Poetic Gem. Judge John Erskine, of Georgia, it seems, is a contributor to the new monthly magazine in New York styled Woman, issued last month. The lines are inscribed to “Miss 11. D." who doubtless appreciates the delicate compliment, and are as follows: THE VERITABLE CAUSE OF CUPID’S BLINDNESS. 'Tis false to say the wanton boy Came sightless to his mother’s joy— Ah, no I with sentient eyes of blue, And purple wings, he to her flew: She with her girdle clasped him round, He broke the zone wilt) ,nr light bound Flow to the suu- the situ ws pale Then turned him to the lightning's gale; But caught the glance of Helen's eyes, Gazed--crled—fell blind; and there he lies! John Erse ink. Judge Erskine wields a facile pen. It has, in times past, disposed of grave issues, and un tangled legal knots. It now produces poetry of rare merit. It Is not often that a learned ex- Judge is also a poet, and we hope to read further contributions from this distinguished source. He Guessed It. From the New York Herald. Twenty-seven pounds of new born McCarthy were added to the aggregate weight of the human race on Monday. “What! A child weighing twenty-seven pounds?” No, not ex actly that. “Well, then, twins, weighing thir teen and a half pounds each?” Guess once more. “Not triplets?" Great Scott! You have it. BAKING PO‘ . IJER. SB Its superior excellence proven in millions nf homes for more than a quarter of a century. It if used by the United States Government. In dorsed by the beads of the Great Universities a# tlie Strongest, i'urest and most Healthful. Dr. Brice's the only Baking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in ans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. ST. Lotus. PROPOSALS WANTED. City of Savannah, 1 Office City Surveyor, v Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1887, i PROPOSALS Will be received at the office of the Clerk of Council until 12 m. December 14th, for paving the following streets: An average width of 40 feet of the roadway of Broughton street, and curbing, from Abereorn street to East Broad street. Length 1,604 feet, number of square yards 7,129. Thirty feet of the roadway of Liberty street, from West Broad street to Wheaton street, and curbing. Length 4,726 feet, number of square yards 15,753J4. Forty feet of the roadway of Wadley street, from Bay street U> River street, and curbing. Length 1,186 feet, number of square yards 5,271. 1 Thirty feet of the roadway of New Houston street, front Whitaker street to Drayton street, and curbing. Length 680 feet, number of square yards 2,2664*1. Forty feet of the. roadway of Bay street, from the Savannah and Ogeechee canal to Wadley street, and curbing. Length 457 feet, number of square yards 2,031 1-9. —ALSO— Thirty feet of the roadway of Jones street, from East Broad to West Broad street, and curb ing. Length 4,020 feet, number of square yards 13,400. Thirty feet of the roadway of Harris street, from East . road to West Broad street. Length 4,020 feet, number of square yards 13,400. Bids will lie received for asphalt blocks or sheet asphalt. for granite orgraywacke blocks or for wood blocks. No artificial foundation is required for stone or asphalt blocks. For sheet rsphalt the usuai concrete of broken stone and cement, from three to four inches in thickness. The curbing of blue stone or granite, dressed down ten inches on the face side ana four inches on the inner side; four inches in thidkness and equal quantities of fourteen and sixteen inches in width, and in lengths not less than five feet. Bidders must send specimens of stone, asphalt or wood blocks with their bids. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. • For specifications apply at the office of the undersigned. JOHN B. HOWARD, City Surveyor. TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED BIDS are solicited for building 491 running feet of brick wall, 12 feet .high around tlie new jail lot; also for 491 running feet of galvanized iron covering to this wall ; also 80 running feet of iron railing. Plans and specifications can be seen at the County Engineer’s office, Exchange Building, between the hours of 3:30 and 5:30 p. m. Bids must be handed to JOHN R. DILLON, Clerk Commis sioners Chatham County, by 12 m. December 10th, 1887. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. EDWARD j. THOMAS, County Engineer. MEDIC AL. Dysjßjsia is fe fi of the present ifeiieratfon. If Is for if cure and its attendants, Si<*k Head ~ 1,... < , 111 uud I'll,-, tbut have become bo famous. They no .necritty and gently on the digestiy. t>r£fans. irfi vius them tone anil vij/for li ussimftlate food. or nausea Sold Everywhere. 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