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4 Cljf Panting Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1887. h cgistercd at the Poet Office in Savannah. ' The MonvTvo New® is published every day in rteyeai. and Is served to subscriber*; in the city, | > 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, fry mail, one month. $1 00: three months, $2 50; mx mouths, $5 00; ©ce year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mad, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 one rear. $8 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly. Monday's, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesday*, Thurs days and Saturdays, three mouths, $1 25; six months, $1 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, 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. leltera and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Ga." Advertising rates made known on application. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings— DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F.: Georgia Tent No. 15!, L O. R.; German Friendly Society; Calanthe Lodge No. 28, K. P. Special Notices—To StocEholders South western railroad; Imported China at Schreiner's; Independent Presbyterian Church. Legal Notice— As to Right of Savannah Street and Rural Resort Railroad. Steamship Schedules— Baltimore Steamship Company; Ocean Steamship Company. Rolling Them Oct— Salomon Cohen. Kstill's News Depot— William Estill. Corn Eyes, Etc.— T. J. Davis & Jo. Holiday Goods— A. J. Miller & Cos. Auction Sale— Executor's Sale of Personal Property by C. H. Dorsett. Cheap Colcmn Advertisements—Help Want ed: Photography: Miscellaneous. As was seen from yesterday's dispatches, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain’s gold-rimmed spectacles will spend the Christmas holidays with the Governor General of Canada. The Philadelphia Press is quoting from a few Southern protection papers to show that the President’s message is unpopular in the South. That is a very singular way of getting at Southern public opinipn on the question. William Smith, a negro living in Brook lyn, attempted burglary a short time ago, and on Friday was up before the Recorder. On his trial he feigned insanity, but it failed to save him from fifteen years in Sing Sing. The insanity dodge is getting so common that it doesn’t work well. “Gath,” who has returned from a trip to Europe, is of the opinion that the govern ment telegraph system in England is the best in the world, and that our system is fifty years behind the age. “Gath” may lie right in this instance, but as a general rule his opinions on any subject are not worth quoting. A New England school teacher put a list of nouns on the blackboard with written di rection to add “s or es” to make the plural. One little fellow looked at the list a long time and then said sadly, when asked if his lesson was prepared: “No’m. I can’t add sores to those words afid make them mean more than one. ” Notwithstanding the favorable and al most phenomenal light in which Gov. Foraker modestly plated his abilities before the Ohio public, it turns out that his vote was 7,470 less than that cast for the highest candi date on the ticket, and 5,410 less than the next lowest. Can it be true that Ohio is be ginning to estimate Foraker at his true Value? A Washington paper says: “It would be amusing, if it were not contemptible, to ob serve the affectionate and considerate manner in which the Senate Republicans are paying court to Mr. Riddleberger.” For four years they took no notice of him, and he no doubt felt the sting occasioned thereby. He now has an opportunity for revenge, and it is not probable that he is so forgiving as to let it pass. Judge Wallace, of the United States Cir cuit Court for New York, has before him a •ix-million suit. The case grows out of the negotiation of bonds of the defunct New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad Company, the plaintiff being Henry L. Bischoffsheim, of London and the Banque Franoo-Egyptienne, and a long list of defendants includes the bankers Brown & Seligmau. The argument will probably consume five weeks. The statistics of Southern Congressional elections are again being used by some Re publican papers to show that there is not a free ballot and a fair count in the South. If these papers will take the trouble to in vestigate the matter, they will find that the light votes cast are owing mainly to the death of the Republican party in the South. The negroes are becoming more and more Indifferent to politics, and there are not enough white Republicans to make a re spectable showing. (Jen. Weaver, who was the Greenback can didate for President, and is now a Congress man from lowa, says the President’s mes age will carry his Stato.for the Democrats, and gives the reason for his opinion. At the late election the Republicans had only 1,000 majority over the Democratic and Un ion Labor voters. The Labor voters are tariff reformers to a man, and thousands of Ilepublican farmers are on the same line. These elements, Mr. Weaver thinks, will surely carry the State for the Democrats. The companies that are at work on the problem of heating cars without the use of stoves cannot complete their work too soon. Anew system has just been adopted by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road. It consists in conveying steam from the engine tluough the cal's, and is said to have proved successful at a temperature of 'IS' degrees below zero, the result of the test being tliat a temperature of SO” degrees above was maintained in the cars, and this with the ventilators open. The Chicago papers *leak confidently of the scheme. A Washington siiecial says tliat Senator elect Barbour will be an addition to the ranks of wealthy Senators. Senator Brown, of Georgia, he says, is worth <4,000,000, made in real estate and coal mining; Hears t, of California, is quoted at <4,000,000; Pal mer, the same; Sawyer, $:$,0<i0,000; Payne, $*.000,000: Don Cameron, <4,000,000; Plumb, several millions; John Sherman, $1,500,000. The following are Shpposed to lie worth a m liion or more: Stock bridge, Stewart, P -k, Bowen and Kustis. There is said to L scarcely a poor man in the Senate. The Troubles of Loan Companies. The companies of New York, Philadel phia and other large Northern cities which are engaged in loaning money in Southern and Western States at a high rate of inter est, are meeting with some trouble in get ting their money back. They ought to have known that farmers cannot pay the exorbitant rates of interest which they demand. A man who is in great need of money will agree to pay almost any rate of interest, and will give a mortgage on his land to secure the payment of princi pal and interest He will also submit to almost any conditions which the money lender may ask, hoping that by some means he will be able to meet his obligations when they become due. In most cases, however, ho hasn’t the money to pay either the mort gage or the interest on it when pay-day arrives. He must, therefore, involve him self still further in debt or lose his land. Eventually, however, he must lose his land, because he cannot make out of it enough to meet the incumbrance upon it. In this State a good many of these loan company mortgages have been foreclosed, and where it has been shown that unlawful interest has been charged the companies have been able to get judgments for only what appeared to be lawfully' due them. A great many farmers, however, prefer to lose their land than to shield themselves be hind the unlawful contracts which they fully understood when they made them. In the West, particularly in Kansas, the loan companies have suffered severely. It Is estimated that in Southern Kansas there is as much as $100,000,000 due to loan com panies, about all of which is secured by mortgages on alleged farms and improved town property. If the mortgages were fore closed not half that amount proliably could be realized. It is said that the agents of the companies were so anxious to make their fees that they did not tako the trouble to examine the titles of property offered to them as security and not infrequently the mort gaged property was not worth half the amount loaned upon it. There are reported to be well authenticated cases in Kansas where men have made small fortunes in im proving town property and then mortgaging it for at least twice its value. It seems, therefore, that the loan com panies have not been so fortunate as their high rates of interest would seem to indi cate. It is quite certain that some of them have lost a great deal of money. Asa rule, the man w’ho has first-class se curity can always get, money, when it is to lie hail, at the prevailing rate of interest. Those who haven’t good security must pay interest in proportion to the risk that is taken. Kissane’s Remarkable Career. The case of Wiiiiam Kissane, which at tracted so much attention throughout the country’ last spring, has been brought to a close in the Recorder's Court of New York by a dismission of the indictment against him, it being found impossible to procure evidence of witnesses. The charge on which Kissane was arrested thirty years ago was that of forging checks for a large amount on New York banks. He was brought to trial and the jury disagreed. Again his case came up, but was not disposed of, and his attorney suc ceeded in having it taken to an other court. Kissane became a fugitive from justice, and his subsequent career pre sents one of the most astounding records of crime and achievements ever made in this country. When he vanished from New York he joined Walker's Nicaragua fili bustering expedition, and was appointed Commissary and Quartermaster General under Walker. He got into trouble with the filibusters and deserted. He reached the sloop-of-war St. Mary’s, a ragged, unkempt man, clad only in a linen duster. He gave his name as W. K. Rogers. He was taken on board and landed in San Francisco, w’here ho remained in concealment for some time, when he went to British Columbia and soon got rich. In 1860 he went to Washoe, where he cleared $300,000 in mining. The manner in which he was discovered after thirty years is interesting. One of the crimes charged against him was the burning of a factory in which Glen. Darr was interested, and for which the Gen eral swore vengeance on him. Going to San Francisco one day, the General sud denly encountered Kissane, rich and honored, and going under the assumed name of W. K. Rogers. The General accosted him, but be acted his part well, and when later on “W. K. Rogers’ ” record was unfolded, there was a profound sensation in California society. Kissane had been wonderfully successful in California, amassing a large fortune, and commanding a high position in the best society, being related by marriage to some of the most influential families on the Pacific slope. Throughout the thirty years of his life after his flight from New York, he was hunted by men who sought to bring down vengeance upon him, but fortune always seemed to favor him. Kidney C. Burton, whom Kissane had defrauded, was one of these men, and ho gave up his business and spent $59,000 in the endeavor to hunt him down. Just as he thought justice was about to overtake Kissane he died suddenly after drinking a glass of whisky which was sup posed to contain poison. Kissane’s luck has followed him to the present time, and he is now free from all danger of arrest. The army of cranks seems to increase, and now and then someone in its ranks at tracts nn ire than a passing notice. A man named Warren wrote a letter in the New York Sun tho other day, asking everybody in the country to send him lc., in order that he might acquire a fortune. This novel ex pedient reminded the Sun of an incident in the life of John Jacob Astor. “A ragged beggar,” it says, “called upon Mr. Astor one day at his office and asked him for alms. Mr. Astor refused to give him any thing. The begger persisted in his appeal; the millionaire was firm in his refusal. The beggar became pertinacious, and sjmke of his hunger as he stood in his rags. Finally, in turning to leave the office, he put in what he regarded as a clincher, by saying: ‘Re member. Mr. Astor, that though you are a millionaire and I am a beggar, you are driving out a brother, for we are brothers all the same, as children, of Adam and the Almighty!’ ‘Ay, ay! Hold a minute,’cried Mr. Astor, as he pricked up his ears, put his hand in his pocket, and took out a cent. ‘That is so; wo are all brothers. Now, my brother, I give you this cent, and if you get all your other brothers and sisters to give you as much you will be a richer man than lam.’” The Philadelphia Press is engaged in an earnest effort to give aid and comfort to Mr. Randal. So are other Republican journals. Mr. Raudail got very little com fort from the President’s message. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1887. Facts for the Curious. The report of the Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office for the year ending June 30, 1 St-7, contains a good many facte that will interest people who are inclined to gather information of an unusual order, and for statisticians who philosophize on figures. For instance, Mr. Edward Atkin son might take the statement that these letters were misdirected, partially addressed and unaddressed to the number of 497,107, and attempt to show from it, in comparison with former reports that carelessness is on the increase or decrease, as the figures may indicate, in the country, or he might in the same manner endeavor to show by the reception of 110,- 554 letters containing money and stamps whether insanity is on the increase or de cline. A useful hint may be obtained when it is considered that there wore received 69,- 978 letters and parcels containing unmaila ble matter, and that the number of letters held for postage was 128,510. There were also received 21,868 letters containing drafts, notes, money orders, postal notes and other evidences of monetary value; 31,230 containing receipts, paid notes, etc., where failure to corue to hand may be used by unscrupulous persons in some instances for obtaining a second payment on the part of debtors, and several million containing nothing of value, but many of which were no doubt of much importance to the senders. Of the letters received 35,250 contained photographs, which figures show an interesting state of affairs; and 21,504 bore fictitious addresses, going to indicate that a good many people have a facetious turn of mind. A reasona ble per cent, of letters and packages was re turned to the senders, delivered on receipt of postage, or correctly addressed and for warded, but the bulk will never reach their intended destinations. There is, therefore, a large accumulation of articles in the Dead Letter Office, and they are to be sold at auction, the sale be ginning to-day. The list contain-i almost everything that is, or is erroneously sup posed to be, mailable. Toys, underwear, cheap ornaments, infants’ clothing, silk and linen liandkerchiefs, gloves, trimmings, old clothes, cheap picture \ music and Christ mas and New Year cards and valentines, seem to predominate. There are innumer able miscellaneous articles; something like 2,000 books and a considerable amount of jewelry is named in the iist. The terms are cash on delivery, and probably the only cheap auction sale that is held is about to begin. The Opposition to Mr. Blaine. Although Mr. Blaine seems to be the favorite with his party for President, it is not out of the range of possibility that he will not get the nomination. There is a per sistent effort being made to place the honor elsewhere, and although it may not be very widespread, it may amount to something. This opposition is, apparently, not crystallzing around any particular candidate but is an expression of disapproval of Mr. Blaine and his methods and of a desire to see a better man put for ward. If it could unite on some available person it would stand a better chance of success, but the prospect for concert of action is not at this time very flattering. Senator Sherman does not seem to be able to concentrate the anti-Blaine sentiment in his favor, and it would be difficult to name any one who could. Until some thing of the kind is done, the movement will not amount to much. Its sympathizers, however, are getting in some very good work against Mr. Blaine, who, it must be admitted, is quite vulnerable to attack. Here are three papers, the Portland Press, the Trov Telegram and Philadelphia bul letin, representing as many important States, that are strongly opposing his nomination. The loss of Maine would not count for a great deal in the matter of votes, but if the Press could make a show of any considerable opposition in Mr. Blaine’s own State, the effect would be somewhat disastrous to his hopes. The Republican party, says the Press, “will not tolerate any coquetry with doctrines that they beliove inimical to the liest interests of the nation for the purpose of catching votes.” In New York and Pennsylvania a defection sufficient to give the delegations from those States to someone else would be a very serious blow. The Telegram says “there are thousands of Republicans who stand ready to explain why Mr. Blaine will not be nominated,'’ and the Bulletin says that a great many Republicans voted against him in 1884, and a great many more would vote against him in 1888. Others of tiie Republican press are ridiculing his schema of landing in San Francisco a few days previous to the assembling of the con vention, and making a run through the country in order to attract votes. They declare that it will fall flat. Gen. Grant, they say, after having traveled around the world and re ceived greater honors than any man from this country has ever received, tried the same plan, and came home just in time to be defeated. So far as the Democrats are concerned, they would probably be pleased to have Mr. Blaine receive the nomination, anti, unless some unexpected change of sentiment takes place, they stand in a fair way to be accommodated. Their pros pects of success are very good against any candidate the Republicans may nominate, but they would derive great satis faction from giving the “Plumed Knight” another drubbing. Although his enemies have severely criti cised Mr. Cleveland on his pension record, the report from the Pension Bureau for the fiscal year 1887 shows that he will be able to go liefore the soldier element next year with good prospects of securing their indorse ment. A year ago there were on the rolls 365,788 pensioners of all kinds; to-day there are 416,648, and the increase keeps up at the rate of 2,000 a month; 1887 has shown the best record over known with regard to num ber. Comparing Mr. Cleveland’s record with that of any other President, it appears that he not only is not unfavorably disposed toward pensions, but has signed more pen sion bills than any one of his predecessors. The statement is also made that 1888 will exceed any previous year in the number of pensions granted. These are facts that will be very hard to overcome when the Repub licans begin their attempt to place Mr. Cleveland m the false position of opposing pensions. Gov. Gray, of Indiana, is overhauling some of the abuses existing in the Woman’s Reformatory, one of which abuses is that of tying up girls by the wrists and whipping them on the bare back. Tho press will please note that this cruel treatment is prac ticed in Indiana, and in the meantime Gov. Gray will make bay for ’BB if he continues his reforms. CURRENT COMMENT. Can’t Believe it. Fiow the Xew York Herald find.) Yes, the pavements in New York streets are in a wretched condition, but when acorrespond ent writes that be was made seasick while driv ing up Broadway we have our doubt*. He Hasn’t, Eh? Prom the Baltimore American (Rep.) If Hon. Henry O. Turner, of Georgia, lie ap pointed once more chairman of the Committee on Elections, Sir. Elliott, of South Carolina, may have a bad quarter of an hour in his con test with Smalls Turner did not hesitate, as an act of justice, to report against Frank Hurd, and vet Elliott has not hail as good a case as Smalls. Blaine and Cleveland. Prom the Xew York Star (Dem), Blaine stands for our present prolonged war tariff taxes. Cleveland con ’emits them. Cleve land demands that our suicidal taxes on im ported raw mabrials shull be atiancloned. Blaine declares they shall be continued. Cleve land would give more income to our wage earners by dropping our worst taxes. Blaine contends that those same taxes shall even be increased. Cleveland tells his countrymen that because American labor earns and gets the highest wages in the world, therefore American machinery-made products have shown the least labor cost in the world; and, therefore, with free raw materials, American machinery-made products can defy all competition, no matter whence it comes. Blaine argues that only low wages can insure low labor cost in the product. BRIGHT BITS. Of all the pictures that hang on memory’s wall, that on the back of a borrowed $5-green back is most rare. -.Veto Orleans Picayune. Men who wait for luck to make them rich are generally compelled to leave the settling of their funeral expenses to their relatives Baltimore American. The brain of an elephant is somewhat larger than that of a tnan, but the trunk of an ele phant Is considerably smaller than that of a woman.— Lowell Courier. A struggling editor in Carroll, la., has tum bled on to a fortune of $12,500 by tbe demise of a relative in Germany. Such kindly remem brance mitigates tbe stings of death .—Omaha Bee. Smith—Why are you always so silent in the society of a young lady, Brown? Brown—Because it is not good form for two to talk at the same time.— Binghamton Repub lican. A family named Cleve in Germany has hung on to a certain government postal clerkship for 2JO years. It is remarkable how some people will ‘cleave” to a good thing when they once get a grip on it.—Xew York World. The Boston Herald calls Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, a ‘‘cry baby.” If Ferdinand does not like the expression lie can obtain satisfaction by applying to John L. Sullivan. Westminster Aquarium, London, England.—. Yen: York World. A lady teacher of music in Ontario county inserted her professional card in one of the county newspapers. It teas seen by an old lover in Chicago, who at once hunted her up, explained his absence of a quarter of a century and married her. It pays to advertise.— Elmira Advertiser. Church was over, and, as usual, a company of women were standing about the doorway talk ing and laughing, though probably not concern ing the sermon Soon a young man acquainted with the group approached, saying; “Aren't you ever going home? Y'ou are blocking up the way like Baalain s ass.” "You are wrong there, ’ replied a young lady with a toss of the head “It was the angels who blocked the way and the ass made a fuss about it.”— Boston Times. A clergyman in a rural parish was remem bered at Thanksgiving with a monster turkey, one of the kind that hang at the door of the markets Thanksgiving tune. The family was small, and meal after meal that turkey “bobbea up serenely." At last one day the minister's young boy manifested a prodigious; appetite. Again and aguin lie passed tiis plate, until his father aud mother became alarmed and asked him what he was eating so much for With his mouth full of turkey he answered: “Father, I mean you shau t have to say grace over that old turkey again.”— Concord (X. U.) .Monitor. A Dearborn farmer was trying to hire some of the numerous loafers around the Central Mai-set to go out to his place and husk corn, and he finally found one who had interest enough to ask; “What wages?” “I'll give you $2 per week and board. - ' “Is the coru in the barn or out in the field?” “Out in tbe field, but I'll set up a tent and stove, and lay down anew Brussels carpet for you.” “Do you have pie and pudding every meal?” “Oh, yes." “Can I sleep iu the parlor bedroom?" “Certainly." “Any cider to drink?” “Plentj’ of it. Will you come?” “Y e-a, I guess so. Say, how far is it to church?” “Three miles, but I'll take you in the buggy.” “No, you won't ! That settles it! I’ve got a lame back and it hurts me to ride. I've got to be where I can find a church by walking a couple of blocks. Might hand me 10c for con suming my valuable time.”— Pet]-oil Free Press. PERSONAL. The Misses Bayard did not see visitors Wed nesday. They will not be at home on Wednes days until Jan. 4,1888 r M. Grevy's age is a disputed matter, and the ex-President himself does not know. One author ity says he was born in 1818, another in 1807, and Vaperau gives 1820. “Mr. Blaine, 'says Mr. Frank Hatton, “is the best advertiser in the world. If I were going to start a show, I should secure his services as ad vance agent ut any cost.” Oscar Wilde's baby is the itnageof its beauti ful mother. Mis. Wilde's reception dresses are always designed by her husband, hut she ob jects to his taste in bonnets. Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs. Stevenson are housekeeping in the residence lately occupied by Senator and Mrs. Pugh, 1,513 Rhode Island avenue, Washington. Constantinopolis Goodell, Jr., a young stu dent of Princeton with a proclivity for foot bail, is the nephew and namesake of Constant inopo lis Goodell, Sr., who was the first white Ameri can child born hi the Sultan's capital. Gov. FoRAKgR of Ohio, says that President Cleveland's message is"ioo trifling and insignifi cant to merit consideration.” One would think that Foraker wasspeuking of his own Presideu tial boom ratherthan the most interesting state paper of recent years. The Secretary of War and Mr*. Endieott en tertained Hon. Joseph Chamberlain and Sir Charles Tupper at dinner Wednesday evening. Covers were laid for fourteen. The centre piece was a great silver bowl, a family heirloom, filled with bonsilene rose buds. Lady BcRiiETT-douTrs denies that she has any intention of visiting America, and adds that she is afraid that a journey to this country would probably be made unpleasant by newspaper comments. At a recent wedding the venerable old lady wore a cloak entirely made of ostrich feathers. Mas. Lamar received the congratulations of many friends Wednesday in a happy frame of mind. She believes the Secretary will enjoy the duties of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, aud wishes of all things that he would retire with her for a fortnight's seclusion in her quiet home in Macon, Ga. Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, gave a reception from 8 to 0 Thursday afternoon, iu honor of his granddaughter. Miss Bliss, who made her debut upon the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll arrived from Baltimore, where they have been for a fortnight past, and were present, the latter assisting Mr. Bancroft in receiving. Miss Eunice Tomlin, of Jaelcßon. Tend., is said to lie the most fearless rider to hounds in the Southwest. At a recent cross-country hunt she distanced all the men and took the fences and ditches with such ease aud grace that those who hud joined in the sport held hack in admira tion to watch her as her spirited horse lifted her over all obstructions and brought her in the winner of the chase. Justice Grey is one of the most interesting men on the Supreme Court Bench. He is bright at repartee, a good raconteur, ami he is a genial host. He is fond of French novels, and is said to read from six to ten of these a week. His singular-looking house on the comer of Six teenth and I streets is rapidly nearing comple tion. As Justice Grey is a bachelor, Washing ton gossips are wondering why he has built so pretentious a mansion. The report that he is engaged to Miss Van Vechten, of Albany, is said to be unfounded. The “Carnot*” are in one respect like the three generations of the Mendelssohns. When Abraham Mendelssohn was a young man he was spoken of as tbe son of “the great Mendels sohn/' meaning Moses Mendelssohn: and when he was an old man he was renowned as the father of "the great Mendelssohn,” meaning Felix Mendelssohn, tho composer. So when La zaro Hypolyte Carnot was a young man he was famed as the son of the illustrious Carnot, the organizer of victory; and now he will be more widely known as the father of the distinguished Badl-Cornol, President of tho Fronch Republic. A Daughter of Liszt. From Adolf Houxsaye's Pari* Letter. Some Interest ha* been excited by the appear ance of a young lady who claims to be a daugh ter of Uszt. Her mother, she says, was and is a menitHr of one of the reigning families of Eu rope: indeed, one of the most eminent royalties. Her birth was kept a secret. of course, to avoid scandal and she was brought up in ignorance of her parentage, t-the was.however, treated al most like a young princess. When Liszt died she was visited one night secretly by the royal iadv in question, who first obtained from her an oath of secrecy, and then told her the story of her birth. The young lady still conceals the name of her mother, who is living, but feels un der no obligation to keen the oath so far as her dead father is concerned. She is a handsome girl, with Liszt s of features and with an apparently native talent for music. She has received a handsome fortune front her mother, and so will not be ilejieiiiient upon her own ex ertions for a living, but her euthusiasm for music is so great that she will give a series of public piano forte recitals, and perhaps make a concert tour of the world. The Baby and the Soidiers. From the Chicago he dyer. Hough and ready the troopers ride, Great bearded men with swords by side; They have ridden long they have ridden hard, They are travel stained and battle-scarred; The hard ground shakes with their mart ial tramp And course is the laugh of the men of the camp. They reach a spot where a mother stands, With a baby clapping its little hands, laughing aloud at the gallant sight Of the mounted soldiers fresh from the fight. The Captain laughs out: “I'll give you tnis, A handful of gold, your baby to kiss.’’ Smiles the mother: “A kiss can't !>e sold, But gladly he'll kiss a soldier bold." He lifts up the nabe with a manly grace, And covers with kisses its smiling face, Its rosy cheeks, and its dimpled charms, And it crows with delight in the soldier's arms. “Not all for the Captain" the soldiers call; “The baby, we know, has a kiss for all." To the soldiers' breasts the baby is pressed By the strong, rough men, and by turns caressed; And louder it laughs, and the mother fair Smiles with mute jcy as the kisses they share. “Just such a kiss," cries one trooper grim, “When I left my boy 1 gave to him;" “And just such a kiss on the parting day I gave to my girl as asleep she lay." Such were the words of the soldiers brave, And their eyes were moist as the kiss they gave. Origin of ‘‘Chestnut." From the Philadelphia Press. Mr. Joseph Jefferson is responsible for the latest explanation of the word “chestnut." He attributes the introduction of the word in its slang sense to Mr. William Warren, the veteran comedian of Boston. "There is a melodrama,'" Mr. Jefferson said to a Press reporter, “but little known to the pres ent generation, writteu by William Dillon, and called ‘The Broken Sword.' There were two characters iu it, one a ‘(.’apt. Zavier,' and the other the Comedy part of ’Pablo.' The Captain is a sort of Baron Munchausen, and in telling of bis exploits, says: ‘I entered the woods of Collaway, when suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree —Pablo interrupts him with the words: “A chestnut, Captaiu; a chestnut.’ ‘Bah!' replies the Captain. ‘Booby, I say a cork tree'." “‘A chestnut,' reiterates Pablo. ‘I should know as well as you, having heard you tell the tale these twenty-seven times.' William Warren, who had often played the part of Pablo, was at a ‘stag' dinner two years ago, when one of the gentlemen present told a story of doubtful age and ’originality. ‘A chestnut,' murmered Mr. Warren, quoting from the play, ‘I have heard you tell the tale these twenty-s wen times.' The application of the Hues pleased the rest of the table, and when the party broke up each helped to spread the story and Mr. Warren's commen tary ‘And that, concluded Mr. Jefferson, ‘is what I really believe to be the origin of the word chestnut.'" Good Talkers in Congress. From the New Yor w Graphic. Now that the flood gates of Congressional oratory are about to be opened upon t lie eoun try let us see who are the good talkers among the old members. Take the Senate. For genuine out and out rip roaring oratory, Joe Blackburn, of Ken tucky, is at the head of the class. When he speaks he festoons the Senate with flowery gar lands, and when be has finished you have for gotten what be said. Blackburn will have a rival in Daniel, of Vir ginia, when the black-eyed, one-legged states man gets started, and Joe will have to look to his laurels in an oratorical tussle with him. Senator Beck. Joe's colleague, is the exact antipodes cf the flowery Kentuckian. If he had to state that three and three marie half a dozen he would do it just in that way. He is one of the best equipped debaters in the Semite, and never speaks except when thoroughly informed about the subject he is to consider. For a good, pathetic, heart-stirring speech, Dan Voorhees cannot be equaled. For dry law discussions that clear the galler ies, Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, Pugh, of Alabama, and George, of Mississippi, are the champions of t he floor. Frye, of Maine, talks as though the words were driven from his mouth bv the piston of a steam engine. The richness that has crept into the coffers of Eugene Hale since his marriage seems to have dried up t he springs of really interesting talking that used to make him a favorite in the House of Representatives. Blair, of New’ Hampshire, orates like an old time town crier Dawes, of Massachusetts, has a voice like Reagan, of Texas —a big trumpet sounding the words and keeping the ears strained to distin guish what he is talking about. John J. Ingalls ought to have a place in the list of speakers. He has a good deal of vitriol iu his oratorical composition, but when he gets upon his feet he always has something interest ing to say, even if it be a little impregnated with bitterness, and no one is more attentively listened to than the literary looking Senator from Kansas. Little John C. Spooner, from W iseonsin, sprang into the ranks of the Senate's orators before he was a month iu his place. Spooner's equal in size, George Vest, of Mis souri, is a bigger, though not better talker, and with Dick Coke, of Texas, makes the driest and most profound of constitutional arguments. Our own Evarts lias uot much of the orator about him, if we except his long, lean fore finger, which is the sole weapon or offense and defense in his flights into the regions of Con gressional discussion. Tom Bowen, of Colorado, and Don Cameron, of Pei nsylvania, do not make many speeches, but in all that constitutes a well equipped states man they-get there all the same. Ad ventures With the Folding Bed. From the Chicago Tribune . A remarkable ad venture with a folding bed occured a few uights ago to a young man con nected with a leading dry goods house of the city. The young man referred to lives on the North Side, and manifests, occasionally, much conviviality of disposition. He hail been mani festing such quality one evening week before lasi. and when he went home was in a balmy and beaming mood. He hit the keyhole some how’, and went up stairs to his room. His fold ing bed he recognized as the place in which he was accustomed to sleep, and he recollected that something had to be done with the article to make it r.ady for oc cupancy. He grappled with it. The next morning the chambermaid entering the room was surprised to see that the folding bed had not been occupied, though it had been pulled down. She did the usual sweeping and brushing, and then seized the l>ed to lift it back to its place. Then she dropped it and began a series of blood-curdling screams which as sembled the household. She said there was a body under the lied. It was lifted and the body was there, sure enough. It was the Ixxly of Mr. , and he was sleeping like a lamb. He had pulled the lied down on himself and had gone to sleep perfectly satisfied, the legs of the article of furniture holding it at a sufficient height to prevent his suffocation. In his dazed condition he had discovered the easiest way of going to bed ever yet hit upon. Still another story in w hich the folding bed figured is reported from Ellis avenue. This par ticular folding lied is ow ned by a lady on the above named thoroughfare. One memorable night in her life no sooner hail she fairly im planted her head on the downy pillows than the pesky contrivance began to close iu upon her. Faster and faster it moved, and ail the stories she had ever read of people being buried alive flashed Through her mind. It was a moment of supreme horror. But as the average woman at sight of a mouse will summon to her aid a woman'B only weapon—to-wit, her tongue- so did the fair Ellis avenue sufferer bethink her of that useful but oft unnily member, and right lustily did she employ it., too, as her neighbors can well and truly testify, and as her husband might also, but for the fact that it was lodge night, and his presence had been de manded down town. Hearing a succession of unearl hly shrieks, the more venturesome of the aforesaid neighbors attempted to get into the house, but not being professional housebreakers their efforts were signally unsuccessful. Mean while the screams and shrieks continued with redoubled vehemence, aud it was not until one of the neighbrs had called the police patrol, and two of Chicago's preservers of the peace had broken open the door aud invaded the premises, and discovered the cause of so unseemly an out break in a most respectable, quiet neighbor hood, that, the poor woman was released from her folding prison, and peace gradually settled down upon the scene. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Daniel Lyons, of Walla Walla, W. TANARUS., found partially buried in the sand on the Snake river the skeleton of an Indian, some of the ribs of which were thoroughly petrified. Sam \. Rose, of Ashland. Wis.. commenced suit a few days ago for divorce. Ilis attorney went to Chicago to serve the papers on Mrs Rose, and was surprised to learn that she secured a divorce over a year ago wit bout the knowledge of her husband and hail again mar ried. A solitary' highwayman held up a stage coach near Agua Fria, Ari., the other day, robbed the driver and the only male passenger, and a few minutes later robbed a mine superin tendent, who was driving with his wife. The brigand was gallant, aud robbed none of the women. Assegai throwing is to be the popular amuse ment in England next spring according to the Court Journal. It is called “arrow-throwing.” for short, and is said to have been int reduced by persons returning from trips to Zululaud and other places where it is practiced by the natives. A buzz saw broke while running at a high rate of speed in Oorvellis, Ore., and a piece striking William Buchanan in the arm just below the shoulder-cut it off so quickly and easily that he didn’t know he was hurt until he saw his arm lying at his feet. Then he clasped the bleeding stump and ran to a neighbor’s house. The Natchez Democrat says that a pair of shoes were built for a man who lives in Cata houla parish, Louisiana, which, if they were to be numbered, would be eighteen. It required the best part of a calf skin for each one, and ju-t twice as much of other material as is nec essary to make a pair of ordinary shoes. The other day five leading Indians of the Coeur d’Alene tribe left Spokane for their reserva tion with the latest improved threshing machine and a handsome buggy. Each has seventy acres of grain, which by this time is harvested, and they were well dressed and drove well-fed ponies. It is said that most of the tribe are thus prosperous. Kangaroo leather has become so decidedly popular for shoes that 6,000 skius are received and tauued in Newark alone each week. But that means most of the skins used, for they go all over the world from the Jersey tanneries. One result is that kangaroo hunters in Australia are making money. They get 70c. a pound for skins, and some of them clear from $2,000 to $5,000 a year. Marie Roze addressed the pupils at the Royal Academy of Music, at Liverpool, a few days ago, after the Mayor had presented certificates to those who had passed the examination for en trance, and saia that no one better than an ar tist Imew the value of early training, and that in looking into the past of her life she recalled with the greatest gratitude the efforts of those who first moulded her voice. The 12-year-old son of Charles Shong, of Augusta, Wis., w ho was injured by being throw n from a carnage against a barb-wire fence, will be disfigured for life by his injuries. His mouth was cut from ear to ear, a part of his tongue torn off and left hanging to a barb, and a gash cut from the mouth across the throat, within a quarter of an inch of the jugular vein. His arms and body were also badly cut. Miss Marcßant, who is in Ireland in behalf of a work for the assistance of Irish families of the upper class who have fallen into poverty through the disturbed state of the country, writes to England that, during the past sixteen months she has had to secure homes for thirty nine children of from 2 to 14 years of age, lie sides relieving many cases of sickness aud destitution, and providing many with the means of supporting themselves by needle work. Cathreine Bunsin, aged sixty-nine, was sen tenced at the Liverpool Assizes, recently, to seven years' penal servitude for stealing a pair of drawers. The prisoner, on hearing the sen tence, dropped like a person -hot, and was car ried out by two wardens. A man named Dillay. who had been once previously convicted, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for fraudulently obtaining a shilling under the pre tense that it was wanted for a charitable object. The schooner M. A. Boston recently brought to Gloucester from Ia Have banks a most pecu liar monster, unlike anything ever seen by the oldest fisherman there. It was four feet long and five inches thick; had one dorsal fin extending the whole length of its back, and a triaugular-sha|ed head, the lower jaw extend ing two inches beyond the upper. Both jaws are armed with very sharp teeth. The upper jaw had three long prongs at the extreme tip. This queer fish will be sent to the Smithsonian Institute. In the valleys of California grows a tall, slender-stemmed liliaceous plant with purple and white flower which played an important part in the economy of the Spanish population ami is still more or less used by the country people. It is the well known auiole or soap plant. It rises from a subterranean bull) which Is egg-shaped iu form, two or three inches in diameter, and enveloped in a thick coating of black, matted, hairlike fibres. This bulb has the detergent properties of soap, cleaning the bauds or clothing quite as well and much more pleasantly than the coarser kinds of soap. A young Bostonian has written to several prominent generals asking how they felt in their first battles Gen. Sherman says that such questions are hard to answer, Admiral Porter says his first battle occurred when he was 12 years of age and that he did not feel much afraid. (Jen. Pleasontou remarks that his first, battle was iu Mexico in 1846, and that he felt the sooner the enemy was thrashed tie* better it w’ould be; while Gen. Averell says that the battle of Bull Run, 1801, was his first, and that when lie saw r the enemy he thought that a great and useless crime was about to be committed. Ik Congress show no greater liberality in spending than the departments have shown in asking, the surplus will not be greatly dimin ished. The estimates of all the departments, if granted without a penny of pruning, will only exceed by a trifle less than $17,000,000 the ex penditures of last year. This includes an in crease of $22.0 M,OOO asked for by the War De partment, showing that the estimates for some of the other departments are considerably less than last year. About $3,000,000 of the excess asked for by the War Department is for coast defenses. The balance of the $22,000,000 of proposed increase is due to the estimates for river and harbor improvements. It is evident that the surplus problem will not be solved without a radical reduction of the revenues. When Englishmen as a rule in visit ing New York are accustomed to speaking m terms of greater or less sarcasm regarding America, it isu't altogether uupleasant now’ and then to find the country difficult to get away from. A couple of months ago Capt. C. A. Tbimrn, of the Second Lonriou Rifles, lauded in New York, in tending to remain only a week or two. From week to week he postponed his departure, but his many American friends made life so pleas ant for him that he couldn’t get away. Capt. Thinim is one of the very few' English gentle men who have made it a point in London to go out of their way to extend great attentions to Americans abroad, and accordingly the Cap tain's reputation here has spread to an extent t hat has led to the heaping of social honors upon him in New York. He returns to England very deeply impressed with the hospitality and the general greatness of the New World, and anxious to get back again at an early date. A. Horned Hen that Weighs 230 Pounds. From the Oil City Blizzard. Walter Lewellin. of Durham, N. 0., has thh greatest curiosity of the county in the shaj)e of a Dominique hen, which possesses ou each side of the head a horn, curled up like a ram's. A few days ago the hen, which weighs 230 pounds. Attacked a valuable horse aud gored it so terri bly that the animal had to be killed. It has also caused the death of a number of calves and and pigs in the same manner. It laughs very naturally and merrily when it gets a pig into a tight place and commences to maul it, but is kind to children and delights in trotting them off to school on its back. This information we get principally from a Philadelphia paper, which makes mention of the hen and her horns. We have taken the liberty, however, to interj>o late, a statement or two which the paper either accidentally overlooked or for some other rea son neglected to mention. In referring to such matters it is always best to let the reading pub lic iiave the whole truth, and not simply a brief and garbled statement, which may be produc tive of misleading inferences. Some people were talking about a young married couple who recently solved the problem ‘"yjappiness by a divorce. “How fortunate that they married," remarked an old club cynic. "How so?" replied a lady. " by, if they had not and had married separably they might have made four people unhappy instead of two ."—Philadelphia Press. There is a King in the interior of Africa who is evidently a Missouri Colonel in exile. He has written a letter in which he alludes to rum aud brandy as “those sweet and soothing medi cines" At home here the Colonels are always l?/, 5 alth ’ al,d the >’ *lway* take the African Kiug s favorite prescription.—62. Louis Globe- Democrat. BAKING POWDER. CREAM Liwffo perfect Its superior excellence proven in millions of mines for more than a quarter of a century. It U tsed by the United States Government, in. lorsed by the beads of the Great Universities as he Strongest. Purest aud most Healthful. Dr, 'rice’s the only Baking Powder that, does not ontain Ammonia, Lime or Aium. Sold only ia nns PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. TOOK. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. A. R. ALTMjVTER <fe CO. A. H. AUmayer k Cos. Our great sale Haaan & Son Goats’ of Ladies’ Plush Hand-Sewed Shoes Sacques, Wraps *5. Gents’ Palent-Jcioth Raglans Leather Dress Shoes and Newmark- 9B. ets has been a ra a g n i fi cent and an astound- ALTMAYEK‘ n 4.;7 a ;^ four weeks past ,& although the Gentlemen’s Ki and season hashard- Gloves. ly commenced o, T nn for these goods •"™ T % ! >?£ we find °o r 5-buttooTan,sl2d. -.• 5-bafloi M'k| 815!>.EXLlfi We ask of those who wish to avail themselves of the phe nomenal bargains in the above department to make their visit as early as possible. We par ticularly wish to bring to your notice the fact that we have the most extensive line ofßoys’ Clothing ever shown in this city. We have everything from the very cheapest to the extreme finest, and we guar antee our prices are much lower than any house in the State of Georgia. We invite you specially to examine the goods and prices here before you maki your purchases. Boys’ good everyday Suits $L 50 and upward. Boys’ neat Dress Suits $4 and up ward. We’ll sell the greater portion of our HOLI DAY GOODS between now and Christmas. The dullness in the money market has given our Northern buyers the golden opportunity of pur chasing goods at prices nerer before beard of. Holiday Goods of sound sterling merit that are useful, artistic and ornamental. Elegant Plush Dressing Sets. Satin lined. Celluloid Comb, Brush and Mirror $1 Sin. a beautiful article and extreme ly cheap. A Lady's Walnut Writing Desk, 16 inches long and 12 wide, only 09e.; very cheap. A 14-inch Indestructible Doll, kid body,"real hair and bisque head, just think, only 49c. A s!7-inch Wax Doll, real hair, etc., the largest, prettiest and cheapest Doll in the city, only 75c. A 9-inch Glass Night Lamp, all complete, tilled with XXX Cologne, only 36c. Pull lines of Toilet Cases, Ornaments. Fancy Boxes, articles of every de scription. and all at prices that will attract economical p. ople and shrewd buyers. Mail orders receive enrefuj and prompt attention. STORE OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M. n ■ ■ i———————— ZON WElss CREAM. FOR THE TEETH T* mart* from y no Materials, contains no Acids, Hard Grit , or injurious matter It is Pub*, Kkfined, Pibfect. Nothing Lik* It Eyib Known, From Senator Coifeshtil.- "!tikepltM* uro in recommending Zouweus on account of it* efficacy and purity.” From Mrs. Urn. Inen.V* Dcnflt Br, • E. S. Carroll, Washington, I>. have had Zonwelb* analysed. Ii is the moat perfect denti frice I have ever seen.” From lion, f ling. P, Johnson. Ex. tt Wot. of Mo,~ “Zonwetsa cleanses the teeth thor oughly, is delicate, convenient very pleasant, and leaves no after taste. Sold by all duuguists. Pnce, 35 cento. Johnson Sc Johnson, 23 Cedar St., N. Y. For sale by LIPPAIAN BROS., Lippman* Block, Savannah. _ BRICK. Wm. P. Bailey & Cos., BRICK MANUFACTURERS, TZEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, in tore* IV quantities, at their yard on the SPRING' FIELD PLANTATION, and will deliver the, same in any part of the city upon the shortest notice. The best Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Herd Brown Brick, Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick. Orrtcic -Corner Bull and Broughton, at SI MON GAZAN'S ( lUAR STORE, where oil of ders will receive prompt attention.