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neous.
Mr. Randall is showing signs of renewing
work as an obstructionist.
Mayor Hewitt is making a record as the
veto Mayor. The other day he vetoed four
teen resolutions, and he is pretty apt to
have been right.
It has been stated that Senator Riddle
berger’s term expires next March. Asa
matter of fact, it does not expire until
March 4. 1889, at which time Virginia will
begin to be represented by two good Demo
cratic workers.
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew said a few
months ago that steam heating on railroads
was impracticable, but his road, the New
Yoik Central, now has a number of trains
on which the new method has been adopted.
It may be that tho days of the “deadly car
stoye” are numbered.
Another aspirant for Mr. Beck’s seat, who
has recently come forward, is Mr. Buck,
the present American Minister to Peru.' He
is now in this country looking after his
“fences ” The change from Beck to Buck
involves the substitution of only one letter,
but it would be a mighty big change for the
woi-se if it were made.
Protectionists speak of keeping up the
faction in order that the Democrats may
again carry New York. They forget that
(Samuel J. Tilden carried New York as far
hack as 1870 by something like 95,000, on a
tariff reform platform, and that protection
theories have lieen growing more unpopular
every succeeding year.
A Washington correspondent attempts to
show that the Senate cannot be called a
rich body. This may be true, and it may
not. There, are about a dozen millionaires
in the Senate, and pioverty does not appear
to be staring anyone of its members in tho
fare. Men who are not weli-off cannot
afford to go to the Senate.
Mr. Moody says the man who steals a
dollar is as big a thief as the man who steals
a thousand. From a standpoint of morality
hi r. Moody is right, hut as a matter of fact
in this country the man whq steals a dollar
is put on the chain-gang, while the man
who steals a thousand and upwards has a
good time spending it in Canada.
Senator Ingalls and Mr. Lamar have long
been unfriendly. They frequently clashed
M hen Mr. Lamar was in the Senate. Their
last quarrel was just, before Mr. Lamar
went into the Cabinet, the question at point
being the controversy at that time between
Gen. Sherman and Mr. Davis. Ingalls
thinks he has a chance to pay off old scores,
but he will have to nurse his revenge a lit
tle while longer.
Anew member of the Houso, from Ten
nessee, is already in the field with a resolu
tion to abolish the Congressional Record.
The resolution will not meet with much
favor among Congressmen who depend on
the Record for having spieeches that were
never delivered disseminated among their
constituents; and if Congressmen will take
their cue from the President's message, the
Record will be worth reading this session.
Limiting Immigration.
The prospect that this Congress will regu
late immigration to this country is very
promising. Both political parties are in
favor of legislation of that kind. They
have so expressed themselves in their re
spective platforms, and it is certain that
they express public sentiment with regard
to the matter.
There is no intention of shutting the
doors of the i ation ag'uust immigrants who
are healthy, capable of taking care of them
selves and disposed to respect the laws. The
purpose is to keep out of the country pau
pers, criminals, cripples and agitators who
want to overthrow olir institutions and
establish society in accordance with some
crude notions of their own.
The measures which Senators Morrill arid
Reagan, the former a Republican and the
latter a Democrat, have introduced into the
Senate to regulate immigration will doubt
less be approved in the main. AVhen they
are discussed it will become apparent
wherein they can be improved. It may be
deemed advisable to make very stringent
regulations witli regard to Anarchists. They
appear to Vie increasing in number, and
they do not make desirable citizens. They
are not only troublesome, but dangerous.
The experience that was had with those at
Chicago isn’t of a kind that would be pleas
ant to have repeated there or in any other
part of the couulry. As Anarchists are not
producers, hut destroyers of what others
have produced, their presence is objection
able, and they should not be received.
The nation can assimilate good citizens of
foreign birth, but not bad ones. It will
continue to welcome those who are prepared
to put their adopted before their native
country, but it owes it to itself not to en
danger the prosperity and happiness of those
who are loyal to it, and who are working
honestly and earnestly to promote the pros
perity of its institutions.
It will lie rather troublesome of course
to keep out of th^ country all of those who
aro not wanted. A rigid system of inspec
tion will have to bo adopted and enforced in
foreign as well as in home ports The trans
portation companies will have to lie held
responsible for bringiug to the country any
who are prohibited by law from coming.
We are in a position to pick our company,
and if we don’t do it the fault is our own.
There are other immigrants who should
not lie admitted to our shores. They are those
who come from localities in which infec
tious and contagious diseases are prevailing.
Many hundreds have come to this country
this year from places where cholera was ep
ideni ic. They were the source of a great
deal of trouble and expense. We shall be
fortunate if they don’t plant the cholera
here. There was no good reason why they
should havo been permitted to land. They
are not worth the risk that has been taken
in their behalf. Congress should place au
thority somewhere, even if it does not pass
an immigration bill, to prevent ships convey
ing pestilence from entering our harbors.
Cowden’s Scheme Fobs Up.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, has
apparently taken up Capt. Cowden’s scheme
to solve the Mississippi! river problem by
cutting a canal into Lake Borgne, and thus
providing an outlet into the Mississippi
sound. The Senator may not be an en
thusiastic supporter of the scheme, but the
fact that he has introduced into Congress a
bill making an appropriation for it would
seem to justify the statement that he be
lieves that it is a good thing, and has, there
fore, determined to advocate it.
Several Congresses have gotten tired of
Capt. Cowden and liis scheme. For about
t n years th? indefatigable Ca tair has been
a familiar figure in the lobbies of the Capi
t.L, and the average Cong-essman who
knows him would rather have a touch of
the gout than to be forced to lister, to him
explain the merits of his scheme.
As far as the public knows no engineer
approves the scheme, and what the Capita in
knows about it relates probably to the ap
propriation which he hopies to get rather
than to the effect which a canal to Lake
Borgne would have upion the river.
A few years ago there was a crevasse in
the levee above New Orleans known as
Bonne Carrie. It admitted more water into
Lake Ponctmrtrain. and thence into Missis
sippi Sound, than any canal which Capit.
Cowden would likely build to Lake Borgne
if his scheme should be approved by Con
gress. The crevasse, however, didn’t pre
vent the river from escaping from its banks
in times of freshets, and it didn’t benefit the
river’s channel; and it isn’t probable that
an outlet into Lake Borgne would bonoftt
anybody but those who got the contract
for digging the canal from the river to the
lake. The Captain’s scheme should be per
mitted to be forgotten.
The Jacksonville Muddle.
The newly elected officials of Jacksonville
have got their certificates of election, but
they are not sure that they are going to get
tho offices to which they were elected. The
opinion is strong that the city hail no au
thority to hold an election, and the question
whether it had or not will doubtless lie pire
sented to the Supreme Court of the Stab it
once in the shape of an effort by the newly
elected officials to get possession of the
offices.
The Supreme Court will probably pass
upon the question at the earliest possible
moment, in order that the city may not suf
fer to any great extent from the existing
uncertainty as to who her lawful authorities
are, or whether, in fact, she have any author
ities. If it isdeclared that the newly elected
officers have no right to the offices, the ques
tion may arise whether the old officers have
a right to retain office until their lawful
successors are qualified, or whether the
offices being vacant will have to be filled by
the Governor. The situation is certainly a
rather complicated one.
The blame for Mr. Blaine’s defeat has
often been laid on Dr. Burchard, and it may
be that the Dm'tor served his country a
good turn by influencing a few votes; but
tiie Now York Evening Post has been in
quiring around and states that nobody has
ever turned up who claimed that his vote
was changed by Dr. Burchunl’s utterances.
The Post says that the Blaine managers in
New York pai l John J. O’Brien a large
sum of money to secure the Irish Catholic
vote. O’Brien got a good deal of this vote,
but used too much of the money on himself,
and as a consequence the Irish Catholics
failed to materialize as fully as was confi
dently expected. The Republicans were
so astounded that for a while they could not
hit upon an excuse for their defeat, but
finally agreed to give the honor of that
event to Dr. Burchard, thinking that he
would make a good scapegoat.
Gen. Mahone is reported to have been
snubbed by the Republican National Cotn-
I mittee. He wanted to run matters in the
I interest of (Senator (Sherman.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1887.
Tho Adjutant General’s Recommenda
tion.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards have
been very prompt in approving the recom
mendation of the Adjutant General of the
arm}’ that army officers shall be detailed
every winter to instruct volunteer forces
throughout tho country. They want tho
Congressmen from this State to use their in
fluence to secure the legislation that is
necessary to give effect to the recommenda
tion.
It is probable that other volunteer organ
zations throughout this State will follow
tho lead of the Guards in this matter. The
Adjutant General’s recommendation is cer
tainly a good one. If army officers were
detailed for two or three months each year
to instruct volunteer military organizations
in different parts of the country, tho inter
est in such organizations would lie much
greater than it is, and their efficiency would
be greatly increased.
The army officers could have no objection
to such work. The most of them doubtless
would rather like it than otherwise. It
would bring them in contact with agreea
ble people, and would be a relief from the
monotony of their lives in the cases of some
of them.
The military organizations doubtless
would gladly welcome instructors from the
regular army, and would exert themselves
to profit by tbeir instruction. There would
be at once a revival of the military spirit,
and prize drills would occur more fre
quently than they now do.
There is another thing in connection with
this subject that is worth considering. It
is that if the Adjutant-General’s recommen
dation is adopted Congress will take more
interest in the militia, and will, in all prob
ability, make more liberal appropriations
for its support. In many of the States the
volunteer companies get very little assist
ance, and the annual appropriation by Con
gress for the militia is remarkably small.
The members of the volunteer forces bave
to almost wholly bear their own expenses.
This is unjust. The national government
and the State governments ought to be more
liberal in providing support for the militia
than they are. More help cau be expected
from the national government, however,
if army officers become instructors of vol
unteer forces.
The Brunswick and Western Purchase.
The Brunswick and Western railroad,
which has just been purchased by the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
was built with State aid during the Bullock
administration. It was so heavily bonded
that it has never been equipped sufficiently
to meet all the demands upon it. It passed
into the hands of its German bondholders
several years ago, and since that time has
been on tho market.
About three years ago the Central and
the Savannah, Florida and Western bar
gained for it, and supposed that they had
secured it. The announcement was made
that they had, but the sale was not com
pleted. owing to certain conditions which
were attached to it.
The German bondholders have been run
ning the road since they have been in pos
session of it, but they have not regarded it
in the light of a permanent investment.
They were constantly looking for a pur
chaser.
It is doubtless fortunate for the people
along the road that it has fallen into the
hands of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern. It will now be thoroughly equipped
and run as a part of that system. It will
receive the benefit of that system’s intelli
gent management.
The business of the road will, of course,
greatly increase, because of the increased
facilities for doing business that will be
provided. On that account, if for no other,
the cities of Brunswick, Albany and Savan
nah will have reason for rejoicing.
The road is the shortest rail route from
the West into South Georgia and Florida,
and also the shortest route from Albany
and Southwest Georgia to Savannah. It
could tie made, at a small expense, a part of
a line that would be the shortest and most
direct route between the Alabama iron and
coal fields and the Atlantic seaboard. There
are great possibilities in the Brunswick and
Western.
New York wants the Democratic Nomi
nating Convention, and the Herald makes
a bold bid for it. It says that in Chicago
there is more square-toed ruffianism to the
square inch than in any other American
city, and that a convention held there will
be dominated by a nfbb, as was the G irfie'd
convention. “However,” says the Herald,
“our Republican friends inav like to trans
act business surrounded by a menacing
mob, but we see no reason why the Demo
crats should follow their example, when
they have New York with a thousand times
as many attractions, not to speak of the
comforts and conveniences of civilization
which no one supposes to exist in Chicago.”
The Wonder of the West will squirm under
this lashing, and may be expected to make
some reply equally as amiable.
For many years New York has been talk
ing of an underground railway, and she has
now determined to have a four-track tunnel
extending from the City Hall to Forty
second street, by which a person can go
from the City Hall to the Grand Central
station in seven minutes. Broadway is not
to lie disturbed, the route being along Elm
street and Fourth avenue. The tunnel will
at all times be lighted by the best electric
lights, and the engines will be run either
with tireless steam or electricity. The en
tire cost will be about $2,000,(XX).
Two of the Republican members of the
Elections Committee are Messrs. Lodge, of
Massachusetts, and Houk, of Tennessee.
Mr. liodge is from Boston, and his nasal
twang, precise grammar and suave manners,
indicate that he is a true soil of the city of
culture and pugilists. Mr. Houk is a rough,
uncouth man, addicted to coarse language
and tobacco juice, and has long been known
in Tennessee and the South as a disciple of
Parson Brownlow. The contrast between
the two is very striking, but they vote the
same way.
The Michigan farmer who offered to give
Henry lieorge twenty acres of fine land if
the apostle of Anti-Poverty would come out
there and bo his neighbor, probably mis
takes the ambition of his proposed I'enofl
eiary. Mr. George will, no doubt, be glad
to got the land if the gentleman will give it
to him unconditionally, but he doesn’t think
he was cut out for a twenty-acre farmer.
It may lie that Senator Turpie. who is an
nounced as the coming Senatorial orator,
will not shine in the Senate as be did at
home. Such is the case with a great many
people. There is a vast difference between
achieving success at the bar or on the stump
and making a mark in Congress. Men of
fine talents often fail when they go to
Washington.
PRES3 COMMENTS.
It May Be Mr. Bayard.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
The Governor of Delaware owns eleven farms
in that State. The name of tho owner of the
other farm is not given.
Despite Storms and Earthquakes.
Prom the Memphis Avalanche (Dem.)
In the two most disastrous years of her his
tory yearsof earthquake and cyclone Charles
ton has gaiuerl 3000 in population. The shaking
up seems to iiave done the old city good.
Lingering Census Debts.
From the. Philadelphia ledger find.)
Right on the heels of Mr. Cox’s resolution to
provide for the eleventh census comes a request
from the Secretary of the Interior for an ap
propriation of $?7,45 to wind tip the work of
seeing how many of us there were in IHBO.
The Increase of Em! lbs.
P'rom the Chicago Mail (Rep.)
As though the Smith family were not already
numerous enough, two married ladies of that
name, living in Georgia, have been increasing
the tribe at a fearful rate. One of t hem was
guilty of twins and the other of triplets. At
this rate it may become necessary to reverse
the custom of paying bounties on Infantile
products in twos, threes and upward, and im
pose a prohibitory tax on Smiths.
BRIGHT BITS.
An old motto says, “Seeing is believing.”
That lacks confirmation. Seeing EH Perkins
or Ig. Donnelly is not believing them.—Pica
yune.
“Did you know that Algernon Fitzpercy is n
connoisseur in philately?" asked the high school
girl. “No, I didn’t,” replied Amy, "but I knew
he was a crank on collecting postage stamps."
—Pittsburg Chronicle.
“My little cat” is a favorite term of endear
ment with the Frenchmen. A Frenchman,
however, who applied it to his Yankee sweet
heart found that he had stroked the fur the
wrong way.— Boston Transcript.
Father—Come, Bobby, you are all tired out;
SO hurry off to bed.
Bobby (with a slow and reluctant movement )
Pa, you oughtn't to tell a boy to hurry up when
he’s all tired cmt.—PhiUulclphia Forth Ameri
can.
Old Lady, (sharply, to boy ill drug store)—l’ve
been waitin’ foy some time to be waited on, boy.
Bov (meekly)—Yes 11111; wot kin I do fer you?
Ola Lady—l want a two-cent stamp.
Boy (auxious to please)—Yes’um. Will you
have it licked?— New York Sun.
“Why, Pat, for heaven's sake what’s the mat
ter?”
“Well, sorr, I swaliied a pertater hug, and
although, sorr, I took some parrus green w idin
five minutes after ter kill th’ tiaste, shtill he's
just raisin' th’ divil inside o’ me, sorr.”— Life.
“You say you are starving," said a Magistrate
to one of the unemployed, “and yet the Ser
geant here says you keep a dog.”
"The Sergeant ain’t speaking the truth,” re
plied the tatterdemalion, the dorg’s been keep
ing me.”
“How?" asked his worship.
“Why, I takes him out and sells 'im for five
boh or so. ami he alius comes back—that's 'ow."
— Judy. ,
“Joseph,” said Ihe merchant to the bright
young man with the best of references, "the
bookkeeper tells me you have lost the key of
the safe, and he cannot get at his books.”
"Yes, sir, one of them; you gave me tw•, you
remember."
“Yes, I had duplicates made in case of acci
dent. And the otherone?”
‘‘Oh. sir, I took care of that. I was afraid I
might lose one of them, you know.”
"And the other all right?”
"Yes, sir. I put it where there was no danger
of its being lost. It is in the safe, sir.” —Boston
Transcript.
“Oh, woman, woman!” shrieked an orator in a
speech the other night, “thou art the light, the
life, the salvation of the world' I shudder when
1 think of what this world would he w ithout thy
gentle, refining, ennobling influence. I bow at
thy shrine, acknowledging thy purity and truth.
There is nothing, no nothing so beautiful, so
true, so perfect as a woman i I reverence and
bow down before them!” And when he went
home he said to the woman who was so unfortu
nate as to he his wife: "What did you let the
fire get so low for? You knew I’d come half
froze. You're just like the rest of the women
you haven't a thought beyond your nose. Stir
around and get me a cup of hot tea, can’t you?
See if you can do much for a fellow. I’d just
like to know- w hat you women think you’re good
for, anyhow!”— Tin-Bits.
PERSONAL.
Explorer Greelv does not believe that the
North Pole will ever be reached except by bal
loon.
.1. S. Lamont, the father of the President’s
private secretary, has been the leading mer
chant of McGrawviUe, N. Y., for the past
twenty-five real's.
The Countess of March, wife of the eldest son
of the Duke of Richmond, died the other day
from typhoid fever, caught through sleeping in
a bedroom adjoining a bathroom.
Senator Frye, of slaine, is in line health and
spirits, and prepared to twist the tail of the
British lion with vigor should occasion arise
during the present session of Congress.
Miss Helen C. Smith, daughter of Ex-Gov.
Smith, of Vermont, lias taken the degree of M.
P. at the St. Albans Cooking College. M. P. in
this case is said to stand for Master of Pies.
The fund as a testimonial to Edward Burgess,
designer of the Volunteer, has increased to
iii'ie than SIO,OOO. Mr. Burgess will not have
to pay a cent o' board out of his own pocket for
some time.
Ex-Commissioner and Mrs. Lori ng have com
menced their dinner giving in Washington by a
chorgnng gathering about their board. They
will resume their Saturday night receptions
during next month.
Mlle Caklina Patti, the niece whom Mine.
Patti adopted as a daughter during her last
visit to America, lias been so seriously ill that
her medical attendants express little hopes of
her complete recovery. She is scarcely more
than a child having just entered her 17th year.
“Ex Postmaster General Thomas L. J ames,”
says the New York Sun, "is as successful m
banking as he was in politics. His son-in-law
runs the New York postoffice, while he is at
the head of the Lincoln National Hank, which
has the Vanderbilt and New York Central back
ing."
Congressman John E. Russell, of Massachu
setts, has made a sensation in Washington by
appearing in u bluish-gray overcoat made of
wool which grew on lus own sheep at Worcester
farm. It is a remarkable garment, but Russell
does not look at all :heopish on account of the
attention he attracts when wearing it.
Mormon Bishop McKnioht, of Salt Lake City,
is a well preserved man 55 years of age. He
spent the years of liis boyhood in Cleveland. O ,
where he learned to stick type. It was while
working on the Plain Dealer Unit he became a
convert to Mormonism. He says polygamy is
"a divine injunction and cannot he crushed out
by law.”
Washington Is • great book-buying centre.
In a bookstore in that city one afternoon recent
ly the following well-known persons were gath
ered at the same moment; Mrs. Cleveland, Jus
tices Gray, Matthews und Harlan, several mem
beni of the Cbineso Legation. Secretaries Bay
ard and Whitney, Congressmen French and
West and Seuutors Stockbridge and Edmunds.
Thk Queen ok Spain has fallen in love with
the art of song, and is taking lessons from the
baritone, Napoleone Verger, who sixteen years
ago was a member of tlie concei t troupe that
visited America, with Mlle. Christine Nilsson.
About thirty years ago Queen Isubella developed
a taste* for piano playing, amt her instructor
was Herr Louis Engel, now a w-riter on musical
topics in London. Herr Engle was in America
during ttie Titieus season, but he never becamo
acclimatized,
Two distinguished belles put themselves con
spicuously liefore the New York public last
week One was Miss Minnie Selignum, of the
socially and financially foremost Seligmans, who
made tier debut as n professional actress. Her
role was small in “Elaine, "but she was a wonder
for cool self-possession. The other was Elsie de
Wolfe, the swell amateur, who is expected to
follow* Mrs. Potter to Wie regular stage. She
played in “The School for Scandal" at a charity
matinee She is not a superlative beauty, and
her talent is not remarkable, but she i* in fash
ionable vogue. Meanwhile, Mrs. Potter now
goes into a spell of one-night towns in Pennsyl
vania. w here she may run across much disen
chantment.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, one of the
brightest of the new Senators, has been suffer
ing agonies for more than a year with a terribly
painful eye. Something was the matter with it,
but no one seemed to know what, although one
distinguished oculist after another examined it.
But it actually stood out of its socket, and it
tortured him so that he could not sleep nights
nor work days. At times he could not bear to
see any human face but his wife’s. One of the
Washington physicians, not a special oculist,
discovered the other day an abscess liehind the
painful eye, and soon reduced the swelling and
restored the eye to its place. The Senator is de
lighted. and is planning a handsome Christmas
1 gift for the doctor.
DEAD LETTER OFFICE SALE.
Buying Packages Without Seeing
What They Contain.
From the Washington Post.
Tile sale of unclaimed matter in the Dead
letter Office was begun Monday at Dowling's
auction rooms, and a large crowd of bidders
thronged the rooms, eager to purchase the
mysterious packages which were ranged along
the shelves and tables. The sale partakes of
the uuture of a lottery, for although all the
articles are catalogued and sold according to
their numbers, still it is impossible to guess at
the value until they areopened and the contents
examined. The interest, therefore, never flags,
and the surprises received by the purchasers are
frequeut and often ludicrous.
Tlie packages were sold at the rates of four a
minute, and the prices ranged from lc. to $3.
Everything goes and the auctioneer accepts
whatever is offered, no matter how small the
amount.
There are 5,368 packages to be sold and the
sale will probably not close before Friday. The
numlfcr of packages is not as large as usual, as
it represents only the accumulations of six
months, instead of a year, as is generally the
case. The variety of articles is infinite, and
e verything from a stocking to a gold watch is
to be found in the catalogue.
A Firm Believer in His State.
From the Washington Critic.
Congressman Dougherty, of Florida, is a firm
believer in the superior attractions of his State,
as the following true story will testify: On one
occasion a Massachusetts man was his guest,
and the Congressman took him around, show
ing him the charms nature had so lavishly be
stowed upon the favored section.
“See,” said Col. Dougherty, rapturously, “the
beautiful flowers, the luscious fruits, the soft
blue sky, the birds of brilliant plumage, the
gentle undulations of the land."
“Oh, yes, I seel” replied the practical
Yankee, slapping his face and hands, “I see, but
thes ■ infernal mosquitoes ruin the prospect.”
“Why, my dear sir,” expostulated Dough
erty. “there are no mosquitoes here. You are
totally mistaken. You only think so."
The visitor wouldn't be persuaded, however,
and after an argument, emphasized by slaps, he
accepted a bet of §SO from his host that he (the
host) would take off all his clothes and lie on
his face in the sand for ten minutes and not be
disturbed by the mosquitoes, nor show the
slightest sign of discomfort.
The Congressman peeled down to the skin,
prostrated himself, and the visitor stood over
him holding a natch with one hand aud fighting
the pests with the other.
For five, six, seven minutes Dougherty lay
there, covered with mosquitoes, but betraying
not the slightest emotion. The visitor by this
time thought he was going to lose his fifty,
and with great sagacity, took a sun glass from
bis pocket and focused the rays on the tlon
gressman's back. For a quarter of a minute
Dougherty never flinched, then he began to
squirm. The Yankee kept perfectly still. In
three-quarters of a minute Dougherty was con
torting like a man in agony, and stretching back
one hand appealingly to the visitor he called
out: v
“Say, Boston, if you'll let me kill that d —d
yellow jacket. I'll go you SSO more on the mos
quitoes.”
A Diminutive Missouri Belle.
Paris (Mo.) Letter to the St. Louis Republican.
There resides in this city a pretty little lady—
Miss Nellie Branham. She was born in Paris
twenty years ago, and has resided here all her
life. She is 50 inches high, measures 14 inches
around the waist and 87 around the bust:
weight 57 pounds. Her form is perfect. She
has a pretty eye, beautiful hand and foot, an
easy carriage, bright and vivacious in con versa
tion, and is popular with ail, both old and
young. She has quite a number of admirers
among tbe young gentlemen. Her father and
mother were of normal size, her father weigh
ing 180 pounds. She is quite pretty, and is ac
complished in manners and education. In our
literary societies she takes part, sometimes iu
recitations and occasionally in character parts,
and her intellect is bright and active.
To see her walking upon the streets one's first
impression is that some large doll has strayed
away from a shop window. In her personal ap
pearance she is as neat as anew pin, always
bright and cheerful, and it is a real pleasure to
be with her. She can converse upon any sub
ject, as the saying goes, with ease and grace.
She is the idol of Paris, and wherever she goes
she attracts the special attention of all be
holders.
She lias rejected all propositions to travel w ith
circuses or place herself on exhibition ill any
manner.
Much Needed “Don’ts” for Women.
From the Neio York Graphic.
If you are lantern-jawed don't wear a sailor
hat. You are certain to want to, but take warn
ing by the awful examples you see of doleful
old girls that have yielded to the temptation.
If people stare at you don't plume yourself
and simper; it may he because you have a |>aper
pinned on your hack or a streak of smut on your
nose.
Again, if you are stared at don't flounce and
frown; it don't do any good and makes you con
spicuous. Besides you are probably imagining
the attention anyway
Dou't wear a bustle as big as a bay window,
unless you have some way to lasli it securely
to your spine, and you are sure your spine is in
the middle of you: a big bustle on the left hipis
noCfasbionable as often as you see it.
Don't think all the men you know- are in love
with you. and that only various secondary mo
tives restrain most of them from declaring their
passion. It is likely that very few of those that
do declare it tell the truth.
Don't run down prettier women to men. Your
motives are certain to be impugned.
Don't estimate yourself by the most extrava
gant compliments paid you: rememlier you hear
inevitably a great deal more from the people
that admire you than from that perhaps equally
large constituency that don't.
The Shadow of the War.
From the Boston Daily Advertiser .
We will not slur the glory.
Nor let the cry of pa n
Drown out the triumph music
That celebrates earth's gain;
For still does history repeat
Man's forward march on bloody feet!
'Twas two ideals in conflict,
And one must throttle one;
And all man's weal was waiting
Until the tight was done;
And from the struggle with its foes
A nobler human hope arose!
But now, to-day, while with us
Within the shadow wait
The widowed, orphaned, homeless,
The sick, the desolate;
Although we ne'er can pay the debt,
We’ll show them we do not forget!
Remember then the glorjr;
But oh, remember, too,
Th£ broken lives, O brothers,
Whose pain is borne for you;
And let each veteran feel we know
The worth of gratitude we owe!
Why They Admired Each Other.
From the Birmingham Herald.
“Have you read any of the Russian novelists?”
asked a society man of a fashionable young
lady.
"O, yes; they are splendid,’' said she. “What
do you think of them?”
“Think they are splendid.”
“So life like."
“Splendid. True to nature.”
“Splendid.”
“Nothing overdrawn.”
“Nothing. Splendid. I think.”
“She'H one of the brightest women I ever
saw (addressing someone else and nodding to
ward the young lady to whom he had been talk
ing). Knows all about Russian literature, don’t
you understand.”
“Don't know when I’ve enjoyed conversation
so much,” said she. turning to someone else.
“He has got all the Russian novelists at his very
tongue’s end.”
For the New York Press.
From the Chico yo Tiibune.
“You say you want my daughter,” said the
proprietor of a New York newspaper to a young
man who was sitting nervously on the edge of a
chair, and wiping his feverish brow with a
trembling handkerchief.
“Y-yes, sir.”
"Have you spoken to her on this matter?”
“Bhe -she referred me to you, sir."
“Is your affection for her deep and sincere?"
“Sincere!" gasped the young man. “I pledge
you my word I haven’t slept a wink nor eaten a
mouthful of victuals for six whole weeks for
thinking of her."
“George,” said the father, after looking at
him a moment reflectively, “1 Hunk you mav
come Into the family. I need a young man of
your capabilities to swear to the circulation of
the paper "
Partisan in a New Light.
From the Boston Traveler.
Mrs. Cleveland is an ardent admirer of Gen.
A. W. Greely, the Arctic hero. They are very
close friends. The other evening at the White
House the fail' young mistress was discussing
the General with a number of her lady friends
She praised him without stint, when the Presi
dent quietly looked tip from his papers and re
marked : “My dear. 1 am afraid I shall be obliged
to discharge Gen. Greely on the ground of of
fensive partisanship.” Mrs. Cleveland is not
afraid of spy such nuhpp to her friend.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
It is estimated that the ice industry in Maine
this season will aggregate SBOO,OOO.
J. 8. Marshall, of Garrison, Butler county,
lowa, has an old "bull's-eye” watch of the vin
tage of 1060.
Great excitement prevails at Bismarck, D.
TANARUS., over the killing of one of the largest pan
thers ever seen in that country. It measured 8
feet from tip of nose to tip of tail.
All the Territorial Governors of Wisconsin
are dead. Nelson Dewey, the first State Gover
nor, is still living, as are also ex-Govs. Farwell,
Salomon, Lewis, Fairchild, Taylor and Lading
ton.
The Boston women appear to be losing
interest in their elective franchise. The number
registered to vote at the school electious this
year is only 837, as against 1,193 last year and
8,833 ill 1885.
The largest electric light in the world is in the
lighthouse at Sydney, Australia. It has the
power of 180,OiX) candles, and can be seen at sea
fifty miles distant. America's largest light,
81,000 candle-power, is at San Jose, Cal.
The first merchandise that crossed the new
bridge at Dubuque was nine barrels of whisky
from Illinois into prohibition lowa. The first
person to cross the ice bridge between Lyons
and Fulton carried two jugs of whisky.
Public, meetings in favor of early closing are
being held in London. It is alleged tljat the
average hours of English shop girls and clerks
are from thirteen to fourteen a day. There is
an early-closing bill now before Parliament.
London Truth , describing a loud young
American girl who has been shopping considera
bly in London recently, says that there is some
fun in her recent remark to a very lazy sales
woman. ‘'Look here,” said the American, “are
you above your place, or have you got a tooth
ache.”
Gen. Thomas, who rented the country resi
dence of the late Henry Ward Beecher at Pecks
kill recently vacated this delightful homestead,
finding Hudson river country life uusuitefl to
his taste. This mansion and the broad acres
about it have not been sold as was once re
ported.
An artist of Boston gives receptions at
which two small white cats are permitted to be
present. Each, with a scarlet ribbon bow and
collar, is the object of much attention, and the
istir make a lively addition to the company.
One of the little cats performs a variety of
tricks, and is as sociable as lie is bright.
Women are steadily forcing their way in the
industrial world. The South Brooklyn Ferry
Compnuy has substituted women for men as
collectors on both sides of the river. They
work ten hours a day and receive a salary of
SOO per month. They haye not only proved
themselves as efficient as men, but more honest.
j While tin* Queen’s hounds recently were
chasing a deer in England, the animal took to a
railroad track, and presently rounded a curve
right in the face of an express going forty-five
miles an hour. The deer swerved in time to
save its life, but the pack following close behind
ran square, into the locomotive, and several of
them were cut to pieces.
English custom officers are puzzled what to
do about goods made in Germany and France,
with English marks put on them, sent to En
gland, and then reshipped to other countries as
English goods. If they permit the goods to pass
through discredit is cast upon English manufac
tures, and if they stop them English vessels lose
the job of carrying the goods.
The latest explanation of the way in which
the ancient Egyptians erected their enormous
monoliths ami obelisks is that inclosures were
were made around the huge stones as they lay
horizontally on the ground, floats were attached
to the upner ends .of Ihe stones, water was
then introduced into the inclosures and the
monoliths were floated into an upright posi
tion.
Jacksonville, 111., has been sued by a man
who seeks to recover damages caused by a run
away horse, which, be says, was frightened by
a bicycle. He claims that the city was guilty
of neglect in not preventing the use'of bicycles
on the streets. The City Attorney is iu consulta
tion with leading wheelmen and officials of the
Wheelmen's League, who are giviug him points
for the defense.
There is on exhibition in a Pittsburg show
w indow an image which w as dug up by a farm
er. who was plowing, near Montgomery, Ala.
It has a human head upon a bird-like body, with
a fantail, and is carved in stone The face is
purely Egyptian, and across the head is some
thing resembling an amice, placed in such a
manner as to leave the entire forehead revealed.
The figure is linches Wng and 9% inches
high and weighs twenty-one pounds.
Of the Davy family, of Rochester, the eldest
girl is in the w orkhouse as incorrigible, the
father is jailed as a drunkard, and Esau, the
eldest son. aged 9, being left at home in charge
of his three sisters, aged 5,6 and 8, took them to
a cburch.where the whole party loaded up with
Billies, hymn Ixioks and fans, and got well away
before they were overhauled by a policeman
and taken to the station. There three silver
watches were found in Esau’s pockets. He and
his sisters were sent to a charitable institution.
An experienced journalist publishes his con
viction that some people cannot learn to sited,
no matter how much pains they take. It is a
constitutional defect, he thinks. In some in
stances it seems to depend upon the health. A
man who knows how to spell Wednesday when
he is in good condition, iapses into “Wensdy”
when he has the headache; and a boy who can
spell down a whole school in the morning will
make forty mistakes in writing a short note
w hen he is sleepy in the evening, Shakespeare
evidently had these facts in view when he made
Dogberry declare that "reading and writing
come by nature.”
The Galician frontier of Austria is a long,
round curve hemmed in by Russia and practi
cally undefended by strong fortifications; nor
do the dispositions of the peace establishment
of the Austrian army give it full protection. No
natural line of defense exists until the Carpa
thians are reached, and the first act of Russia if
ever war comes would lie to spread a cloud of
cavalry Cossacks and mounted infantry over the
plains of Galicia, destroying Austrian lines of
communication and preventing mobilization.
This weak point renders Austria sensitive to
every gathering of Russian troops upon her
frontier, aud while it is difficult to believe that
Russia can mean war by her concentration of
troops, the detense of Austria is sufficiently
precarious at this point to make military pre
cautions ready at every threat of Russia.
Edward Weston, the electrician, says: ‘lt is
well known that tbe nitrate of amyl possesses
the power of causing insensibility very quickly
in a human being breathing its fumes. The
effect is equivalent temporarily to a paralytic
stroke. Now, nitrate of amyl is very cheap and
plentiful. I propose to fire shells filled with this
chemical instead of gunpowder. It will not be
necessary to penetrate a ship. A few gallons of
this nitrate dashed on the deck of a war ship
would soon render her crew helpless. The most
powerful iron clads would be even more vulner
able than the light cruisers, for they would be
sucking down light draughts of air through
Iheir artificial ventilators, and the odor would
thus rapidly permeate the whole ship. The
whole crew being rendered helpless for an hour
or two, the ship could, of course, be towed into
a safe spot, while the captors ventilated her and
removed the insensible men,”
The formal announcement by China of Ihe
independence of Corea is an act of statesman
ship that se ts at rest a possible source of trouble
on the eastern coast of Asia, anJ enables foreign
countries to deal freely with what was not long
ago 'the hermit kingdom.” It may be said that
China, in this case, made a virtue of necessity
That, however, is not so clear. Compared with
lier vast military and naval power, modernized
asit has been of late by the Introduction of Ku
ropean methods and inventions, the resources
of the peninsula would soon lie exhausted. It
is true that the suzeraint y claimed by the Middle
Kingdom over her nomiual dependency of Corea
has long been of a very shadowy sort, but it is
at least as substantial as that for which ninny e
European counti-y has gone to war. There is
something odd in the frank announcement of
Chinese diplomacy that the reason why ,orea
is declared independent is that she has refused
to pay any further tribute.
There is under way in Baltimore a stupendous
electrical enterprise that will, if mechanically
successful, as it promises to be, revolutionize
the common carriage business of the entire
world, and bring about anew era that will stamp
the present as an age of electricity, if there lie
any doubts of that at present. The enterprise is
nothing more nor less than the construction of
an elevated framework, the main features of
which are two narrow rails, upon which shall
run a vessel or carriage capable of holding ex
press or mail matter, newspapers, baggage or
freight of any kind. Above these rails and
equidistant from them is to run a third rail or
copper conductor cable, through which the
electricity will pass and propel the vehicle.
It is stated that the freight cartridge, filled
with newspajiers in Baltimore, would land them
in New York in little over an hour and a quar
ter. Ihuspapais going to press at 8 o'clock in
the morning would be in New York shortly
after 4 o clock. J
BAKING POWDER.
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PURE
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Its superior excellence proven in miltionsnf
Homes for more than a quarter of a century. It Is
"sed by the United States Government. In
lorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as
'he Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. l)r.
Price’s the only Baking Powder that does not
.•ontain Ammonia, Lime or Amin. Sold only in
1 Ana
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.
sew YORK. CHICAGO, ST. LOOTS.
A. R. AI.TIIAYER & CO.
A. H. Altmayer & Cos.
--——i Our great sale
Hanan & Son Gents of Ladies’Plush
Hand-Sewed Shoes Sacques, Wraps
la Gents Patent- Cloth Raglans
Leather Dress Shoes and Newmark-
W 98. ets has been a
magnificent
and an astound-
ALTMAYER’S!™V u aay Ce for
four weeks past
& although the
COTfMERMm) season hashard-
Gloves. ly commenced
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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 oi’Boys’
Clothing ever shown in this
city. We have everything
from the very cheapest to the
extreme finest, and we sruar
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 make your purchases.
Boys’ good eve.yday Suits
$ 1 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 never liefore heard of.
Holiday Goods of sound sterling merit that are
useful, artistic and ornamental. Flegant Plush
Dressing Sets. Satin lined. Celluloid Comb, Brush
and Mirror #1 95,a lieautlfulnrtieleandextreme
ly cheap. A Lady's Walnut Writing Desk, 18
inches long and 12 wide, oulv 99c.; very cheap.
A 14 inch Indestructible Doll, Lid body, real hair
and bisque head, just thick, only 49c. A 27-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, filled with XXX
Cologne, only 35c. Full lines of Toilet Cases,
Ornaments, Faacy Boxes, articles of every de
scription, and all at prices that will attract
economical people ana shrewd buyers. Mail
orders receive careful ami prompt attention.
HT-STORE OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M.
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FOR THE TEETH
Tsmartefrom Fern Materials, contains no Add),
Hard Urrt, or injurious matter
It ts Pure, Kbfined. Perfect.
Notitino Kike It Ever Known.
From Senator Ootireeh all.--"! take plea,-
“Jjf a recommending Zonweiss on account of iti
efficacy and purity.”
Fr°m Mri, Gen. T.osrnn’s Demist. Dr.
r.. Carroll. Washington, 1). C\-**l have had
Zonwelna analyzed. It la the moat perfect denti
frice I have ever seen.”
hrom lion. ('has. P. John.on. Ex. Lt.
*®V; of Mo.—"Zonwela* rlusn.r. the teeth thor
oughly, is delicate, convenient, very pleasant, ana
leaves no after taste. Sold ht all delOGlst.,
I’riCc, SB centa.
Joiin.on & Johnson, 23 dedar St., N. T.
TT-eiiihiihi Hii iiaiinm i nil mu l—n—
For sale by IJFPMAN BROS., I.ipprnan’*
Block, Savannah.
HARDWARB.
EDWARD LOVELL k SOW,
DEALERS IN
Parker and Colt’s
Breecli Loading Gruns.
Brass and Paper Shells.
Hunting Coats, etc.
Chamb erlin Loaded
Shells*