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4 Ckpimiingll'chis Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Morning News is published every day In the vear. and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ar count, a! 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year. $lO 00. The Msrnino News, by matt, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $£ 00; six months, $4 00 one year, $1 00. The Morning News. Tri weekly. Mondnys, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 £5; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. This paper is kept on file and advertising rates may l* ascertained at the office of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers’ Association* 104 Temple Court, New York City. Letters and telegrams should bo addressed “Morning News, Savannah, Ga." Advertising rates made known on ntmilration. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices— Kiefter's Drug Store; Knalte Pianos for Executive Mansions, Davis Bros.; Personal, George V. Hecker & Cos.; Not ice as to Fireworks, R. H. Anderson, Chief of Police; Xmas at Wylly A Clarke's; Special Notice, Ramon Salas, Vice Consul; Turkeys, Etc., Adams & Fleming; Merry Xmas, L. Putzel; Horse Sense and a Turn Down Collar, Town send ; Plainly Perfect, Strauss Printing Cos.; Re moval, Dr. R. P. Oliveros; Potatoes, Kavanaugh & Brennan; The Mendelssohn Concert Season; Dissolution, Parsons & Pike. Champion Leaders op Low Prices —Gray & O'Brien. Bargains—At Altmayer's. A Bank op Candy— Byck Bros. Stop and be Convinced—At Belsinger’s. Christmas Gift for Everybody —A. S. Cohen. Holiday Goods—At Dumas’. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Raffle: Lost; Board; Personal; Photo graphic: Miscellaneous. First Grand Annual Exhibition—Richmond County Poultry and Pet Stock Association. ('H Hi STM AS ANNOUNCEMENT —Eckstein's. Diamonds and Gold— Davis Bros. Only a Week— B. H. Levy A Bro. Holiday Goods— Hirsch Bros. Pianos ami Organs— L. &B.S. M. If. Auction Sale—Two Elegant Residences for Sale, C. H. Dorset t; Furniture, Marshall & Me -1 A‘o<l. Legal Notice— Notice in Admiralty. Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Etc. Theus Bros. Senator Ingalls might save expense by having his novel printed in the Congres sional Record. It is getting time to brace up preparatory to making New Year resolutions. Begin in advance, and you may hold out longer. The last man to solve the problem of per jietual motion is Mr. Thomas W. Malone, of Gallipolis, 0. The men who discover perpetual motion are a source of perpetual annoyance to the country. The death of Gov. Bodwell, of Maine, ele vates an anti-Blaine man to the Guberna torial office of that State. This condition of affairs may have an important bearing upon the political fortunes of the plumed knight. The Minneapolis papers declare that Flor ida is an old humbug and California anew humbug. Florida and California might retort by saying that as a humbug Minne sota puts one in mind of the “story” that is “old, but forever new.” Gen. Phil Sheridan does not think his chances of being nominated for Presi dent next year are goal enough to be worth talking about. Senator Sherman’s chances are in the same position, and have been for years, but he can’t be made to realize it. Mr. Keely the motor man proposes to capitalize his “vitratory sympathy” at $15,000,000. ll's discarded "etheric force” was capitalized at only $.>,000,000. Those who want stock in the new enterprise should not be backward übout asking for it. Each of the two Louisiana Democratic factions is claiming that its candidate for Governor is greatly in the lead, and the New Orleans Chronicle is still hammering away in the effort to get up a boom for a third candidate, Gen. Behan. It may be that a dark horse will win, but such a result uoes not seem probable. The tei rible disaster that overwhelmed Northern China, submerged eleven cities and destroyed thousands of human beings caused scarcely a ripple of excitement in this country. How little do tho misfortunes of peo) e widely separated from us, and with whom we have little in common, affect us, however great their misfortunes may be! The attack upon a policeman last Sunday by a mob of boys was the outcome of the violations of the law by their elders. Such boys will soon become hoodlums unless they are made to respect the law. Would it not be well for the police to give their attention to the selling of liquor on Sunday? Such places are easily recognized by the crowds going in and out of side doors and back gates leading to saloons, and by the half drunken crowds loafing in the vicinity of drinking places. The police authorities cer tainly have it in their power to stop this Sunday traffic in liquor, which is not only demoralizing but leads to other violations of the law. Senator Call, of Florida, has introduced a bill providing for the establishment of a National Bureau of Fine Arts, to be under the direction of the Secretary of the Smith sonian Institution. It is intended that this bureau shall aid in the development of the fine arts in the different States by repro ducing, for the use of schools, casts of stat uary and other objects valuable in giving instruction, by preparing and distributing plans for buildings and rooms adapt'd to art schools, by causing to be held annually an exhibition of works of art, and by the publication of new discoveries, inventions and methods pertaining to art and of the progress of the fine arts in the Union. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is fre quently called tho handsomest anil the best dressed man in the Senate. He astonished his brother Senators last week by appearing in a new’ style overcoat, which is said to be no overcoat at all, but a lai ge, thick cape of rough gray cloth, which buttons about the neck, and falls just below the elbow. As he walked along to the capital, he is said to have had the air of a man conscious that he wa>: in the right, but a little ahead of the Washington fashion. It is Senator Hamil ton, we believe, whom the ladies call the “sweete-t man in the world.” Altogether, Houth Carolina is taking a prominent posi tion in national gossip. A Very Important Local Matter. It is evident that if Mayor Lester remains firm in the |>ositioii he has taken relative to the sale of his interest in the barracks lot it will be quite awhile before the government can obtain a clear title to that property. If an effort is made to obtain his interest by condemning it under au thority obtained from Congress, as sug gested by Representative Norwood, there may be resisteuee and delay. It is evident that Mayor Lester’s motive is a good one. It is in no sense selfish. He believes that if the barracks lot, which was purchased for a hotel site, is sold to the government, it will be many years before a hotel will be built, and ho is confident that if that site is reserved for the purpose for which it was purchased the city will have both a hotel and a public building. It. is not improbable that the government would willingly cease its efforts to get the barracks lot if it knew w here another lot could be obtained for a reasonable price and in a location that would be satisfactory not only to itself, but to the people of this city. It is easy enough to say that a dozen sites suitable for a post office and court house can be obtained, but when they are looked for they are not so easy to find. The court house lot would be a very suitable site, but the Governor destroyed the hope of getting the government to accept it by his veto of the bill authorizing the County Commis sionei-s to sell it. There are other sites, but to all which have been suggested objections have been raised. As long as this lack of harmony in public sentiment relative to a public building site exists, the government is likely to do nothing towards getting a site or to continue its efforts to get the liar racks lot. What, then, is the course to pursue? Clearly to determine upon a site that will be generally satisfactory, and ask the gov ernment to purchase it. If there are suita ble sites to be had, at a price which the government is willing to pay, a committee of citizens can find them and make a selec- I tion that will lie approved by the public. Let this plan be tried. It was tried in a Southern city a few weeks ago with success. The government selected a site that was not satisfactory to a great majority of the city. A committee of citizens was appointed to select one. The government was petitioned to accept the committee’s selection, and it did so willinglj’. This is a government of the majority, aud the authorities at Wash ington are always ready to obey the will of the majority, however unimportant the questions may be upon which the majority speaks. If a few energetic citizen! will take hold of this matter of a public building site, with a determination to stick to it until it is set tled, and will handle it judiciously and pa tiently, they will bring it to a satisfactory termination. Up to this time there has lieen too much talk and too little work. A little opposition and a few objections have been sufficient to check continued effort in the direction that effort should bo made. Encouraging progress is being made in raising money for the hotel. It is confi dently believed that the amount that is needed can be obtained. It is certain that if there were no doubt that the barracks lot would be the hotel site subscriptions would be easier to obtain. Let a well directed effort be made then to have the government consider the question of another site, and the first movement of that effort should be the appointment of a committee, composed of men who have the confidence of the community, to select a site. When the site is selected let the government be petitioned to accept it. There is not much doubt that a favorable response will be re ceived, and within a year or two the city will have both the government building and j the hotel. Brunswick Satisfied. The tone of the Brunswick papers indi cates that tho people of that city are satis fied with the sale of the Brunswick and Western to the Savannah, Florida and Western. The Advertiser and Appeal says: “We believe that we voice the senti ment of the patrons of the road when we say that the news of tho sale is received with joy.” The Journal says: “We rather incline to the belief that the sale will inure to the benefit of Brunswick.” Tho Journal, however, has some doubts apparently whether the sale will result bene ficially to Brunswick, and it gives the Savannah, Florida and West ern fair warning that it “will denounce in unmeasured terms any and all nttempts to divert from Brunswick any of the legiti mate trade which naturally belongs to her.” It is quite certain that the business men of Brunswick are glad that the road Ims passed out of the hands of the German bondholders into tho hands of a company that is not only üble but intends to put it into first-class condition. In its present condition it is little better than no road. The road bed is out of repair, and the roll ing stock is far from being equal to the de mands uponii. It is not probable, of course, that Mr. Plant and his friends purchased it for the purpose of building up Brunswick or any other town. They bought it because they believed they could make it a useful and profitable part of their railroad system. They will put it in first class order and of course its business will be greatly increased. It is safe to say that they have no hostility to Brunswick, and, that being the case, that city must be benefited to some extent by the road’s increased business. All corpo rations do the best they can with their property, and that is just about what the Savannah, Florida and Western will do with tlie Brunswick and Western. One thing is certain, and that is, that Bruns wick will have n first-class and well-man aged road in place of the present unsatis factory one. That is something to rejoice over. There is a good deal of consternation in England over the announcement in a Lon don paper that a New Yorker, Dr. Hamil ton Williams, has at his disposal $1,000,000 for organizing dynamite plots and assassi nation schemes in England. Dr. Williams is said to have succeeded O’Donovan Rossa as the head of tho dynamite party. This is strong evidence that there are considerably less than $1,000,000 in the treasury, and that no harm worth speaking of will lie done across the Atlantic. The situation in Louisiana remains un mains unchanged. Both (rov. McEnery and Gen. Nicholls are about thirty votes ahead, according to the count of their re spective newspaper organs Mr. H. H. Culp left Philadelphia a day or two ago for Georgia to buy up a vast quantity of railroad ties, which are to be shipped East and used in extending the Lehigh Valley road. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1887 A Chance for Reform Work. Convicts do not appear to have much difficulty in escaping from the convict camps in t his State. Accounts of escapes appear frequently in the public prints. In our dispatches yesterday there was an ac count of an effort to recapture at Athens a notorious convict who had succeeded in get ting away from the convict camp. He is believed to have committed at least two crimes since he gave his guards the slip. Is it not about time the Governor was making an inquiry into the management of the convict camps? If the guards were suf ficient in number, competent aud trust worthy, desperate convicts would not be at liberty within a few months after being sen tenced to the penitentiary. What is the use of spending time and money in convict ing criminals, when so many of them suc ceed in escaping the jienalties imposed upon them? Are the convict lessees to bo per mitted, by carelessness or indifference, to continue to virtually nullify the sentences of the courts? Is there not some method by which they can be forced to guard the convicts more strictly ? What has become of Walsh, the life pris oner from this county ? Has any effort been made to capture him? Has the Principal Keejior of the Penitentiary or the Governor taken any steps in that direction, or lias any investigation tieon made of the circum stances surrounding hie escape? If anything at all with regard to lus case has been done the fact has not been made public. The lessees, it is true, offered a small reward for his arrest, but it was hardly enough to in spire any vigorous search ror him. The Governor was asked a few days before Walsh’s escape whether or not Walsh was still in the convict camp, and he answered, after satisfying himself on the point, that he was. The inquiry was suggested by a report that he either had escaped, or was preparing to do so. This would seem to in dicate that it was known to parties outside of the convict camp that he intended to escape, and that no doubt was entertained that be would succeed. There should be a thorough investigation of the Walsh case, and also of the numerous other cases of escape which have occurred within the last few months. The convict camj is are fast losing whatever terror they had for convicts. An Experiment. The formation of a national league by the Republicans indicates two things: First, that they regard the election of their candi date for President next year as very doubt ful, and, second, that his election can be accomplished, if at all, only by extraordi nary means. When the suggestion was made of a convention in New York of representatives of Republican clubs of the country it did not elicit much enthusiasm, but when the importance of such a convention was fully realized all the Presidential candidates of that party and their lieutenants were anxious to have a baud in it. What prom ised at first to be a very tame and compara tively unimportant affair became a gather ing of national importance. At the outset there was no purpose to form a national league. Such a thing was not thought of. The original aim was to organize the clubs for campaign work. The clubs are now bound together by a constitution and by-laws, and will be under one directing head. It must be ad mitted that this league can be made a strong force in the national campaign, but it will have to be wisely directed. It was the purpose of the projectors of the convention that no preferences for candi dates should be expressed, and care was taken not to present opportunities for show ing preferences. The election of a tempo rary chairman, however, brought out the Sherman and Blaine men. One of the can didates was a Blaine man and the other an adherent of Sherman, and while the vote was being taken the wildest enthusiasm pre vailed. The Sherman candidate, was chosen by a majority 'f five. This national league may cause trouble in the nntional convention. Doubtless efforts will be made to use it to control the conven tion. The clubs will be very active in selecting delegates, and so much feeling may be aroused as to introduce discord into that body. The holding of a conven tion of the clubs is an experiment which may result beneficially to the Republican party, but it is one that is not without danger. They Should be Restrained. The tendency seems to be growing among parents to let their boys do pretty much as they please, and the consequence is that youths of tender age may be seen parading the streets and spending their time in loafing. Too much liberty is allowed in this direc tion. It should be curtailed. The loafing habit is not one that will bring credit or future success to those who engage in it. The street loafer contracts idleness, and idleness makes cases for the court calendars. This city has its quota of idle youths. White boys who seem to have nothing to do but to walk the streets and puff ciga rettes may be found in numbers, without instituting anything like search for them, and colored boys block the street-corners and invade the lanes. The effect of such loose management of children may be seen in the courts, and it seems to lie impossible for the police to check the growing tenden cy to minor crimes. After a while these minor crimes will be followed by graver ones, which great measure may be traced back to idleness and street-loafing. If parents cannot send their children to school, or get work for them, the duty is in cumbent upon them of keeping them as far as possible out of the reach of such influen ces as are encountered by young boys who spend their time on the streets. It seems useless to strike at that other habit of boys nowadays, viz., cigarette smoking which goes along with street loafing. It is not probable that these boys buy a good article of tobacco, but on the contrary they generally purchase the cheapest brands on the market, made not with a view to purity, but simply to sup ply the demand. These cigarettes contain an opiate that gradually and surely in creases the boy’s appetite for the habit, anil will as surely undermine his health if ho continues the habit long enough. In Chester county, South Carolina, the other day, there was consummated a marriage in which the groom was l(i;i years old and the bride iifi. Both were colored people. If the records are to lie believed, Thomas Parr, of England, who is alleged to have lived to the age of 152, married his first wife when he was 80 and his second when he was 120. Mr. Blaine is to have the naming of his associate on the Presidential ticket, and he will name Foraker. This is the latest. What a ticket for gab that would bo! CURRENT COMMENT. The Wrong View of It. From the Chicago 'Tribune (Rep,) Charleston, S C., vent Democratic lust Tues day as usual. The earthquake was a useless warning. The Most Prominent Tobacconist. hYom the Chicago News ( Ind .) Mr. James G. Blaine is now the most promi nent tobacconist in the universe, with some back counties in the planet Mars yet to hear from. No Doubt of It. From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.) A friend from the country informs the Pis patch that we will have a warm winter, because the hornets' nests hang high. No doubt it wifi be warm in the neighborhood of the nests. Cowboys as Civ lizers. From the Baltimore American (Rep.) Hereafter if any of the local authorities in the East wish to stop a prize tight let them engage tlie services of a cowboy. The way in which one of these hilarious individuals prevented a set-to in an Indiana town shows that on such an occasion, at least, the cowboy is a valuable pro moter of civilization. A Lively Organ. From the New York World (Dem.) Mr. Hatton's penny Piess is only fifteen days old and yet it rises in its might, reads the New York Timer o n of the Republican party, kicks it down tlie back stairs and pitches its carpet bag after, ’l liis is a herculean feat, and if the Press never does anything else it can point with pride to this display of strength, nerve and cheek. BRIGHT BITS. Don't run against a chimney sweeper; he's liable to tiling soot against you.—Lowell Citi zen. A .sew brand of Christmas stocking has been made in Chicago, It holds a five-gallon demi john.—New York Morning Journal. It seems to be unfortunate that there are not enough Presidential nominating conventions to go around to all the big cities that want them. —Boston Post. “Do you believe in luck, my good man'"asked a superstitious old lady of a tramp. “I can't say that I do. mum,” replied the tramp, “be cause 1 never had any .'"—Judge. Doctors say that drinking large quantities of water will produce fat. To show its absurdity, look at a fish. It fairly lives in water, yet why is it so bony y—Binghamton Republican. Barber Ho contryman in chair)— You don't get shaved often. I guess, sir? Countryman—Don't get shaved often? I cum to town oncet a month, mister, an', b' gosh, I gel shaved every’ time I cum.— Epoch. Teacher— What is the shape of the earth, Johnny? Johnny —I dunno.’ “But didn't I tell you it was round?" “Yes. but I don't believe it all the same.”— Texas Si/tings. ‘•That's one of those Hanlan razors, is it not:" said the customer. "Hanlan razor:’’ interrogated the baber. “Yes, pulls like thunder,” gasped the suf ferer. "No.” said the barber, “we call it the Teemer now.”— Boston Budget. ‘ Helen,, said auntie, “bring me a clean apron to put on you." Now, Helen and sister had aprons alike and through mistake she got one of sister's and looked with surprise at the sleeves, which came over her hands. “Well, auntie” she exclaimed, “Ideas my apron has outgrown me.'—Phila delphia North American. “The great trouble with most people is,” shouted an impassioned orator, "they never know when they’ve got enough.” Then his audience began to grow thin as one after another left, aud the inqiassioned orator discovered before he got through that quite a number of people know when they’ve got enough.—Nieto York Sun. An exchange says that a folded newspaper placed under the coat in the small of the back is an excellent substitute for an overcoat. There is considerable warmth in a newspaper, that's a fact. Many a man has become heated by simply reading an article in a newspaper: and at such times he wantr to make it hot for the editor, too.— Norristou ~ Terald. $k ,'iewhat Ambiguous.— Visiting Friend—You have got a pretty house. lady (who has just moved in) —Yes, but we are all in confusion, and it does take such a long time to get things settled. V. F —Yes, a long time. L. —Yes, but I hope we'll be all settled before you call again.— Boston Courier. Policeman (leaning against peanut stand)— Gape fer me, ye calico-hided Oyetalian 1 Peanut vender gapes. Policeman—Gape wider, ye shnake! Peanut vender turns his head inside out. Policeman—lt’s well ye did! (Fills his tail pocket with peanuts and goes into saloon for something to keep awake on.)— Puck A Detroiter who has traveled extensively and who has seen “Marie Antoinette’s watch” in the pawnshops of New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago and other places, stepped into a local pawnshop yesterday and asked of three balls: ‘•‘How happens it that you haven’t Marie An toinette's watch here ?” “Haven't I got it ? George! George!” “Well ?” answered a voice from the rear of the store. “Where is our Marie Antoinette’s watch ?” “Sold it day before yesterday.” “Oh, you did. That's all right. Please call next week, my friend, and we shall have anew supply.” —Detroit Free Press. PERSONAL. Col. Ingersoll receives his friends on Sunday evenings. He never turns even strangers from his door. Rev. O. 11. Walker, of New London, Conn., has been absent from his pulpit only two Sun days in thirty-five years. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, one of the richest women in England, recently received a bequest of $9,000,000 from a relative. The Prince of Beria, son of the Crown Prince of Portugal, was recently burned about the head and hands by a fire in his nursery. Representative John M. Glover authorizes the announcement to lie made that, he is a candi date for Governor of Missouri on an anti-ring platform. According to Constance Femiiinore Woolson, Seville has the best hotels in Spain. They are conducted on the American plan, and tlie average rate is $2 50 per day. Li ttle Marshall P. Wilder says that he is con stantly mistaken for Josef Hofmann,the mimical marvel. He wishes the public to understand that the M. I’. in his name does not stauil for "Musical Prodigy.” George Vanderbilt, a son of William H., has offered $200,000 for the "Seaman’s Retreat.” house and grounds, at Staplctou, Staton Island, with the purixi.se of presenting it to the couuty for a court house aud jail. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, who is in Florence. Italy, for the winter, lias received SB,OOO for her story "Sara Creme" frotn an English magazine. Financially considered “Sara” evidently belongs to tho creme de la ci'eme. Dorothy Whitney, who was once a person age of national fame, has been somewhat neg lected by the press of late. She has not allowed this fact to depress her, however. Monday she reached the mature age of ten months, and celebrated the occasion by cutting her tenth tooth. A statue to Parmentier. who made the potato popular in France, is to be erected atNeuillv.near Paris, A few days ago Frank Parmenter. of the Troy. N. Y.. Press, was in New York city, and was askkd by a well-known New Yorker if if he was a descendant of the Parmentier "who introduces tlie potato into France.” "Yes,” answered Mr. Parmenter. “and our family lias in its possession the original potato.” When in Paris last year the King of Greece called at the Elysee. The conversation turned on the affection of the Greek people for their King. “Yes," said the King, "the Greeks are really attached to me. They know I love their country, and they have painted me in u picture aver la belle Helene.” Mine. Grevy, joining in the conversation, here said: “Site is said to be very handsome-your Helene.” “Excuse me.” interrupted the King, “it is Helen of Troy not my Helen.” M. Grevy, turning to his wife, remarked: “You kn ,w, La Belle Helene she who was carried off by Paris.” The King rose to leave, and he also did not return to the Elysee. One of the men who never fails to be on hand when any important gathering of Republicans is to I* held is ex-Gov. Charles Foster, of Ohio Gov. Foster hails from Fostoria, a town in the Buckeye State that has h‘r>u named since be became prominent. The (Joverner enjoys won derfully go.sl health. Bis genial full face, in Which are gray chin whiskers, never looked happier than now. Gov. Foster tielieves that tho star of Republican fortune has again risen in the political firmament. He sava Ohio poll- Melons are beginning to rely tor success more upon personal labors than upon popular demon strations. To this he largely attributes Gov. Foraker's sweeping victory last fall. ITEM3 OF INTEREST. H. H. Sun.ES is suing the Wabash railroad for 40 acres of Kansas City land worth $1,000,000. Hung Seen, the new Chinese Ambassador at Berlin, lias arrived there with an imposing suite, and chest upon chest of curious draperies, which the Berlinese hojie will be also suspended soon. In Coventry, England, Maj. Knox Holmes, 80 years of age. recently took part in a tbirty-tive mile tricycle race and came off one of the win ners. He made a quarter of a mite in forty-nine seconds. Mh. Rufus C. Harthanft, of Philadelphia, has one of the largest and most complete col lections of old American plays in existence. There are more than JO,OOO distinct titles in his catalogue. It is said that Cincinnati is the most crowded city in the country outside of New York. In Cincinnati the average is fourteen people to every house. lu most of the great inland cities it is from six to ten. A citizen of Toronto, Canada, was arrested ami fined the other day for displaying a Union Jack in front of his place of business with a placard attached notifying passers-by that they could find bargains in clothing within. A little Bov was arrested in Hartford, Conn., for the theft of some turnips from a farmer’s wagon. It appeared that subsequently the farmer sold the lotas a bushel, and as that was the quantity before the theft the boy was dis charged. Mh. A. Wright Sanford, of New York, is a member of more than a dozen fashionable clubs and pays in his annual dues enough to support half a dozen families. He is the jolliest sort of a favorite in all the clubs, but is about to take a sea voyage to benefit his health, The first cremation in Michigan occurred in Detroit Saturday in a crematory erected by a stock company, Dr. Hugo Ericsen being the promotor of the enterprise. The body cremated was that of Mrs. Barbara Schow of Millerburg, O’, whose dying wish was that her body might be reduced to ashes. During the late blow on Lake Michigan a part of one of the state-rooms of the late Vernon washed ashore on Little Point All Sable, Mich. It was picked up by Hugh Divine and Marion Johnson and found to contain a large French plate min or and marble slab screwed to the side of the room. The glass was 4 feet 1 inch by 3 feet 1 inch, and many who have looked at it say it is worth at least SSO. Several Russian women have deserved a very fluttering fame abroad, Mme. Kovalersky is a professor of high mathematics at the university of Stockholm. Mine. Ogonovsky lectures on Slavonic idioms at Bologna, Mme. Novikoff has merited a widespread reputation as a woman politician in the scientific circles. Mme. L. Ragozine—little as yet known in Russia is well appreciated in Ne’v York for her historical in vestigations of the East. The Railroad Gazette says that the mechan ical construction of the bicycle is well worth study. The requisite amount of strength is probably obtained with a smaller proportion of w eight than in any other machine, and. consid ering the trying nature of the strains, a fair amount of durability is obtained. The price per pound, however (about $3). of the best and lightest machines is considerably in excess of that of almost any other machinery . The splendid old Colonial homestead “Oak lands,” in Loudoun county, Virginia, belonging to Mrs. George W. Carter, nee Miss Kate Curtis Powell, bas been placed in the hands of real estate agents for sale, and will*soon go into the possession of strangers. The family have owned it for over 200 years, it having been ceded to the great-grandfather of the present proprietor by King George, to whom he was Counsellor, and whose portrait, with that of his wife, still hangs iu the ancestral hall. Congressman William Walter Phelps has hopes of the passage of a joint resolution in the present Congress to lease the tract of land on the government reservation at Sandy Hook to the National Hotel Company of New' Jersey, for the purpose of erecting t hereon a mammoth summer hotel. Mr. Phelps says that he has no personal interest in the matter, his only desire being to help New Yorkers get anew summer resort of great attraction, and to give New Jersey new property to tax. Signora Crispi, the wife of the Ital ian Minister. is much interested in the education of her country-women. Feeling how useful a friendly inter course with foreign ladies would be, she means to establish in Rome an International Ladies’ Club, where the women of all nat ions can meet. A reading room will be opened and lectures given, and discussions held as to the best means for establishing industrial schools and schools of technical instruction for women. INQERSOLL'S ALBANY SPEECH. His Distinction Between Beverages and Drinks. From the Albany A rgus. One day last w eek the Court of Appeals was crowded with spectators anxious to listen to the eloquence of ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, it having been giuen out t hat they would argue “motions” that day. The one in which Mr. Conkling ap peared in behalf of the city of New York was a commonplace appeal from a judgment on an alleged fraudulent street con tract, and it did not afford him much of an op portunity for the display of his forensic power. But that in which 01. Ingersoll was pitted against ex-Judge Noah Davis was one in which he felt himself “at home,” and his fancy hail full swing. It was the appeal of Breslin and Vilas, the New York hotel keepers, from their arrest for selling wines to their guests at dinner on Sundays. He bristled with quotations from Scripture and Shakespeare, claiming that the men who were honest in their prohibition efforts were even more infrequent than "angels’ visits,” aud repeatedly asked his learned opponent: “May I not enjoy my ease in mine inn*” He objected to “ice water as a re freshment,” saying that he himself knew it to be injurious. But, the highest flight, of his humor was wheu he defined the difference between a "drink” and a “beverage." The former a man, he says, takes and enjoys witn his dinner to aid digesti li. The latter is the potion that some men take “between meals.” This consti tutes, Col. Ingersoll claimed, the chief distinc tion between a hotel and a saloon, the former being, by their licenses, allowed to serve drinks, and the latter forbidden by their’s to sell intoxi cating beverages on Sunday. Smith’s Remarkable Memory. From the Nashville American. Another Smith is he who occupies a place in tho document room of the Senate, and is known as the man with the phenomenal memory. lie can tell from memory the exact volume iu which any bill or resolution passed by Congress may be found. He scarcely ever refers to his index, aud then only when minor cases of a private nature are inquired after. There is a tradition among the older newspaper men that Smith was suddenly taken sick some ten years ago and that the trouble soon assumed the shape of a fever and attacked his head. The solicitous Senators insisted on daily reports of his condition from the quiet little country house a few miles from Washington. For many days, as the disease gained on him, it seemed dubious for Smith and his cyclopedlc brain, and corres pondingly for the public men who depended upon his ready stock of knowledge. But the clouds broke at last and he began slowly to mend It was a b limy morning in May when Amzi returned to his old desk, and among the first to test the brain of the convalescent man was Senator Windom. "Amzi,” he said, “is there any document which will give me any information as to the Mendocino Indian Reservation?" Amzi squinted at the ceiling n few seconds longer than usual, pulled meditatively the front lock of his hair, while his nsslsianta gathered about iu sympathetic s spouse, and then sud denly, as if catching the spirit of revival borne in through the windows on the blossom-laden air, broke out with: "Why, yes; it was in the Fortieth Congress, second session. And 1 think you will find it iu Vol. 1 of House Miscellaneous Documents, No. 145." A search for the document proved the cor rectness of Am/.i’s statement. Though nearly ten years had elapse,l since the document was issued, Amzi Smith still remembered its number aud what it contained. Love’s Importunity. Tou'll marry me, darling, Full soon, will you not? I’ve laid out the garden And finished the cot. I’ve built one bright room, love, That looks toward the west, That you, oh, my sweeheart. May call your own nest. Theu name the day early. For time's on the wing The sexton is waiting The joy bells to ring. You’ll marry ine, darling, Full soon, will you not, And reign as my bride In our dear little cot? —Mas. M. A. Kidder. BAKING POWDER. _ fe== p *-I— - Its superior excellence proven ip millions of homes for more than a quarter of a century. It M Med by the United States Government. In •flbrsed by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest and moat Healthful. Hr. Price's the only flaking Powder that does not contain Ammonia, Lime or Aiura. Sold only in Cans. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. NSW YORK. CHICAI o. ST. [,onr A. R. ALTMAYER fc CO. A. R. AKraayer & Cos. I You all know what £™lr'Tco‘ are. They wili not qiring neei ouucs fepmg up\lw $1 50 this w % I past reputation and UTMAYFR’S helping their cus ul AlliMlCtt u. tomers to make a dig saving Maybe enough to lay in a part or all of next Sun day's Christmas din ner, or enough to ALIM AYER’S! S'-C..”™: is certainly the place to make hard-earned wages buy a dollar’s worth worth carrying home. In the line of Holi fi . t p. . day Novelties we uents finest have a most elaborate French Calf Hand- display, surpassing o j ni r anything ever shown oCWCd Mioes heretofore. Our pur this week at ALT- chase , s hav ; e bee , n ex - AYFR's! traordinarily large MAI Lit a and are hardly de scribable. Fancy Plush Albums, Autograph and Photograph, two hundred different styles, from $1 to $lO. Combination Plush Whiskbroom Holders, with beveled mirror, $1 25 to $2 50. Imitation Russia Leather Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, satin lined, complete set, only sl. Francy Brass Vases $5 98; cheap at $lO. Antique Brass Umbrella Stands, plain, ornamental and hand-painted, $3 50 to $6. Esthetic Brass Whiskbroom Holders from 50e. up. Artificial Flowers, with Majolica Pot, complete, $1 to $3 50. Combination Screen, Card and Chess Table, all complete, $1 50. Papier Mache Collar and Cuff Boxes, set complete, 25c. Elegant line of Gents’ Fine Silk and Satin Scarfs. Silk Handkerchiefs, etc. A fine line of Gold and Gold-Plated Scarf Pins, Eardrop Brooches, Cuff Buttons, etc., etc. An artistic line of Toilet, Manicure and Shaving Sets. Brass Goods of every description. An extensive line of Bisque Dolls, Drums, China ware, Stationery, Perfumery, Vases and Writing Desks. We would especially call your attention to our extensive line of Gentlemen’s Toilet Slippers, our Misses’ and Children’s Spring Heel Shoes, our Boys’ and Youths’ School and Dress Shoes, and our Ladies’ aud Gen tlemen’s Dress and Walking Boots. 25c. to $2 saved on every pair Shoes purchased of us. J3T 1 Mail orders receive careful and prompt attention. Store Open This Week Until 8 P. M. POROUS PLASTERS. The market is flooded with nostrums of various sorts, in the form of so-called ‘•Elec tric" appliaaoes and Porous Plasters that have no merit beyond that of a mere me chanical support to the parts to which they are applied. Avoid these nostrums and use I only Hchhoh's Plas > ters in cases where outward® applications are desired. For Lung and Chest Affect ions, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back. Bowel Troubles and all disorders resulting from ovei exertion or exposure these plasters have no equal, and their efficacy is indorsed by thousands or Physicians, Phar macists and laymen. Ask for a Benson’s Plaster and take no other. DON’T BE DECEIVED BY QUACKS! BENSON’S THE BEST PLASTER. CORSETS. other 7! FRIEND MAKES M CHILD - BIRTH |M ~ X ■ £ M EASY! Send for book "To Moth one," mailed free. Bradfield Keullator Cos., Atlanta, Ua. * BOYS’ CLOTHING, CARPETS. ETC Daniel Hogan. BOYS’ ME. WJ K will place or sale on MONDAY MORN- T V IXG st*o as haudseme Boys’ Suits as can be found south of New York. Prices of tailor made aud perfect-fitting suits are for belter grades $3 80, 3? 50, $8 .’O, $9 and $9 50. Also a large variety, fully 503, just as durable, but not as flue, at the following prices: $1 75 $2 25, $2 50, $3, $3 50. $4, $1 50 and $5. SPECIAL SALE OF Tapestry anil Ingrain Carpets DURING THE ENSUING WEEK. One lot Tapestry Carpets at 65c. per yard. One lot 3-Ply Ail Wool Carpets at 85c. per yard. One lot All Wool Extra Supers at 60c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 55c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 50c. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 4<le. per yard. One lot Ingrain Carpets at 22JxjO. per yard. 500 Smyrna Rugs RANGING PRICE FROM 85c. Each to $lO. Canton Matting. 100 rolls fresh Canton Matting, ra price from JJOe. to 50c. per yard. Special Bargains Will also be found in the following goods during this week: Silks, Satins, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Shawls, Lace Curtaius and Curtain Goods, Flannels, Blankets, Bed Comforts, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Ladies' and Gents’ Silk Umbrellas, etc., etc. Daniel Hogan. DRY GOODS, EiU. Useful Xmas Presents AT Man iS Dooner’s, Successors to B. F. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS. ■1 '|| DOZEN L lies’ White Hemstitched " Linen Handkerchiefs, wide and narrow hems, from 10c. to 73c. each. 500 dozen Ladies Coiored Bordered Hem stitched Linen Handkerchiefs, all different styles, from 10c. to 7oc. each. 150 dozen Ladies’ Mourning Hemstitched Lin en Handkerchiefs, very choice patterns, from 10c. to 75c. each. 75 dozen Ladies’ White and Fancy Embroid ered Linen t 'am brio Handkerchiefs, exquisite styles, from 35c. to 73c. each. 100 dozen Children s Colored Bordered Hem stitched Linen Handkerchiefs, all new designs, at lie. each. GENTLEMEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS. 135 dozen Gentlemen’s White Hemmed Linen Handkerchiefs from 10c. to 35c. each. 200 dozen Gentlemen’s White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs from 20c. to 75c. each. • 175 dozen Gentlemen’s Colored Bordered Fine Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, all new de signs, from 20c. to 50c. each. white silk handkerchiefs. 100 dozen White Hemstitched Silk Handker chiefs, wide and narrow hems, in pure and cream white, from 50c. to $1 50 each. 75 dozen Pure and Cream White Brocaded Silk Handkerchiefs from 50c to $l5O. COLORED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. 500 dozen Fancy Colored Silk Handkerchiefs, in all the latest designs and colorings, from 500. to $! 50 each. Ladies’ White Embroidered Aprons from $1 to $2 each. Ladies' Black and Colored Kid Gloves. A full line of Pocketbooks from 10c. to $1 each. A large assortment, of Gentlemen's Neckwear, comprising all the latest novelties, from 25c. to $1 each. Children’s Fancy Scarfs and Bows at 25c. each. SILK UMBRELLAS. Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Gloria Twilled and Puritan Silk Umbrellas, in Gold, Silver, Ox.del mountings. Indies Mourning Umbrellas, in Puritan and Gloria Silks. HOSIERY, HOSIERY. A full line of Ladies' Unbleached Balbriggan Hose, in all grados and sizes, from 83 to S'-* l* r dozen. Full lines, Ladies' Colored Cotton atid Lisle Hose. Ladies' Black Cotton, Lisle and Silk Hose from 25c. to 81 50 a pair. COLGATE'S EXTRACTS AND TOILET SOAPS. We have just received a complete assortment of Colgate's Celebrated Extracts, Toilet Soaps, Powder and Vaselines. CliollA\ & Doom INMiiAM E. Ik Savannah Fire anil Marine Insurance Company. PAID DP CAPITAL - $200,001). HOME OFFICE, No. 97 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA WILLIAM GARRARD President. LEWIS KAYTON Vice President. W. H. DANIEL Secretary. DIRECTORS: Herman Mvfrs. Gf.oroe J. Baldwin. John L. Hammood, Andrew Hanley. J. B. Duckworth, I. G. Haas. Samuel Mkinhahu, L. Kayton. J. H. Estill, David Wiua C. R. Woods. W. H. Danieu Willliak Garrard.