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4 Clic3Tlcriuiigl!lf(Ms Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. WEDNESDAY 1 , DECEMBER 8 I. 1887 Kegitlercd at the rest Office in Savannah. toe Hobnihr, Rm is published every day In the veer, and is served to subscribers in the city, tiy neivsdealivs and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 cents a week, $1 no a month, :> 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, fl 00: three months, $2 SO; sly mouths, $S 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning N’m by mall, six times a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $2 00; six months, $1 00 one year, $8 00. The Morning News. Tri weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months, $2 BO; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News by mail , one year, $1 25. Subscriptions pay able in advance. Remit bv postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. 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Special Notices—Santa Claus at Lindsay A Morgan’s; Read, AVylly & Clarke; Dividend, Brush Electric Light and Power Cos.; Election of Directors, Augusta and Savannah Railroad. Auction Sale—The Norwegian Brig Amykos, by J. McLaughlin & Son. Steamship Schedules—General Transatlantic Cos.; Ocean Steamship Cos; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Santa Claus—At Lindsay & Morgan’;. Christmas at Thunderbolt—M. J. Doyle. For Beaufort, Etc.—Steamer Pope Catlin. Christmas Piano and Organ Sale—L. &B. S. t. H. Fresh Novelties—L. &B.S.M. H. Great Bargains in Holiday Goods—Solo mons & Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements—For Rent; For Sale; Photography; Lost; Miscellaneous. Preserves, Etc.—At Cooper’s. Imported Confections—A. M. &C. W. West. Apples—C. M. Gilbert & Cos. Speaker CarlisU thinks the time has not yet come to in r : * Mr. Randall to take a back seat. He may this , differently if Mr. Randall defeats another tariff reduction bill. Henry George now' and then says some thing that is more generally appreciated than his land theory At a meeting the other night he declared that Mr. Blaine was doing a good work by advocating pro tection, because he showed its absurdity-. Ex-Gov. St. John made a speech in New York the other night, in which he attacked Mr. Blaine, whisky-drinking and tobacco chewing. He did not mention eigarette smbking, but probably the three evils re ferred to were enough to consume his time. The custom of tipping waiters is receiving the attention of the Boston papers, which are giving it some heavy and scholarly it is safe to say that the Boston press will be unable t.n break up the custom At the same time they are on the right line. Tw-o columns of Saturday’s Boston Uer oJd were devoted to advertising the appear ance in Sunday’s issue of an article on Slugger Sullivan’s methods and achieve ments, and the advertisement was given the best position in the paper. Baked beuns and Sullivan are two subjects that never fail to interest the Boston public. Mr. Henry George has so far recovered from his recent despondency as to deliver au address in which he vigorously defends the Anti-Poverty Society. He must have succeeded in getting away with the money of the Widow Hutchins, whose departed husband was led to believe that he ought to aid in promoting Henry George’s theories. Higgins having announced his intention to retire from the office of Appointment Clerk of the Treasury Department on Jan. 1, the Republican papers say that he is a scape-goat, and that the President will pile an immense load of political sins upon his shoulders. The fact is, Higgins has been an exceptionally good official, and everybody about tho Treasury Department likes him. Hi nee he has been connected with this ad ministration his conduct has been such that no civil service reformer could roasouubly fiud fault with it. The fact that the bills for Mr. Hendricks’ fnnerai were cut down nearly half by the Senate, has just been made public. As the amount finally paid out of the Senate con tingent fund was $4,300, there must have been cause for paring down some of tho charges. The casket was charged at $1,500, but a deduction of $3OO was demanded and obtained. The members of re cent conventions in New York looking to reforms in funerals would do well to begin their work by showing up the extravagance * Congressional funerals. Mr. Lamar’s Nomination. The action of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee in delaying to make a report upon the nominations of Mr. Lamar, Mr. Vilas and Mr. Dickinson until after the holiday recess indicates that there is considerable opposition to Mr. Lamar. As far as known there is no opposition to either Mr. Vilas or Mr. Dickinson, but Mr. Lamar is still Sec ! rotary of the Interior and Mr. Vilas Post- I master General, and the nominations of Mr. , Vilas and Mr. Dickinson cannot, therefore, I lx; very well acted upon until that of Mr. Lamar is disposed of. The sub-cotnmitteo which has charge of the nomination Mr. Lamar will, A it is thought, make an unfavorable re port. If it does the Judiciary Com mittee will probably recommend that the nomination be not confirmed. In that case it may become the subject of a heated partisan debate. Leading Republicans in different parts of the country are working energetically to prevent Mr. Lamar from going on the Su preme bench. The effort that was made at tlie convention of the Republican clubs in New York last week to pass a resolution hostile to him shows that his nomination will not be confirmed without a sharp struggle. Asa matter of fact Mr. Lamar is rather popular with the Senators of both parties, and the opposition to him on the part of the Republicans has nothing personal in it. His ability is conceded, and his qualifica tions for the duties of a Supreme Court Justice are unquestioned. The Republicans, however, see a chance to make political capital, and they are disposed to take ad vantage of it. They know that there is no other Southern man who has more fully ac cepted the results of the war than he has, and that no other man, North or South, is more sincerely anxious to promote the wel fare of the whole country, but these things count for little with them if by ignoring them they can secure a party advantage. They propose to conduct the next, national campaign on bloody-shirt lines, and they believe they can stir up a good deal of sec tional feeling by opposing Mr. Lamar on the ground that he was against the Union in the war of secession. There is no reason to doubt, however, that Mr. Lamar’s nomination will be confirmed, and it is proliable that those Senators who are leading the fight against it do not ex pect to defeat it. They know very well that there are enough Republican Senators who will vote it to secure its confirma tion. They will have accomplished their purpose, however, if they succeed in arous ing throughout the North a feeling of hos tility to the South. “No Man’s Land.” The people living in that tract of land lying south of Kansas and Colorado and be tween Indian Territory and New Mexico, known as “No Man’s Land,” have sent a delegate to Washington to ask Congress to give them a Territorial government. The story of “No Man’s Land” and of the customs of the people who live there form one of the strangest that can be imagined. In its uniqueness it rather excels that of the “Oneida Community” in New York, which is not much more than an improved Utah. “No Man’s Ixind” gets its name from the fact that in reality its land can be legally owned by no one, because Congress has not authorized its sal a It is under the juris diction of no courts, and has no laws. By errors in surveys, and by general neglect and inadvertence, it has been cut off to it self. It was originally a part of Texas, but in 1850 was ceded to the United Htates. It contains 3,087,300 acres, and until two years ago was a huge cattle run, but at that time an excessively cold winter killed most of the stock, and the owners moved away. One year later 400 or 500 people had moved there, and now it has 10,000 inhabitants. If Congress grants its petition it will be known as Cimarron Territory. Within the past two years the people, who are mostly farmers, and who have squatter rights for not more than 100 acres each, have built good log houses and frame dwellings and established schools and churches. The territory has been surveyed into townships, the largest of which has 400 inhabitants. There can be no legal course for imposing and collecting taxes, and the people by common consent contribute so much per month for the public support. In November, 1886, a mass meeting of citizens provided for the election of a Council as a beginning of some shadow of govern ment, and this Council enacted rules of conduct which by general agreement are enforced. There is, of course, no constitu tion ; but the people took an oath to support that of the United States. The mail facili ties consist of two mails, carried about eighty miles into the Territory, and the people someitines go a hundred miles to get their letters. The laud is rich, and pro duces good crops of wheat, corn, oats, ca nary and millet, and cattle thrive all winter without attention. There are some things connected with this strange phase of civilization that commend themselves to lands having every facility for good government. Peace is maintained, there is no use for courts, the only crime coming to notice being that of occupying too much land, and this is settled by arbi tration; the people are able to protect themselves against thefts from outside, and debts are paid with commendable prompt ness. Such a condition of affairs would seem to indicate that "No Man’s Land” had better let well enough alone, and not reach out after the 50,1X10 people whom Mr. t). D. Chase, the Delegate, claims will settle there if it is made a Territory. The Confederate flags episode is being re vived by the New York Tribune, which an nounces what it alleges to be on “pretty good authority,” that a number of flags were shipped South from the War Depart*, meat last spring. On this doubtful state ment the Tribune comments as follows: “It would be a curious and interesting com mentary upon the methods of the present reform administration and its relation to the solid South if it should finally appear that the flags over which Jefferson Davis shed so many saurian tears during the At lanta glorification of treason were flags which the soldiers of the Union captured in battle, and which Northern copper heads illegally and surreptitiously surrendered after Grant and Logan were laid in North ern graves.” What a malignant and con scienceless sheet the Tribune is! Col. Ingersoll has delivered another fu neral oration. It reads like the others, be ginning with, “We again stand in the shadow of the great mystery—a mystery that has never yet been solved.” The de ceased was a woman, uud a lieliever in In gersoll’s theories. That men should follow this brilliunt but erratic person is bad enough, but that women should accept his ■ false doctrines is inexplicable. TEE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1887. The Leader of the House. Speaker Carlisle has announced that he intends to apjioint Mr. Roger (J. Mills, of Toms. Chairman of tho Ways and Means Committee. It was expected that Mr. Mills would get tho place, not because he has nny special qualifications for it, but because the usages of the committee entitle him to it. He will, of course, be tho leader of the majority of the House, because the chairmanship of the Ways ami Means Committee carries with it the leadership. Mr. Mills is a man of considerable ability and is popular not only with his party but also with the opposition. Ha owes his popularity to his unfailing good nature and to his sterling integrity. He has a pleasant word for everybody, and would rather lose his seat in Congress than do a mean, unjust or unkind act. He has been in Congress about fifteen years and he stands so well with his constituents that he can remain there the remainder of his life if he wants to. Virginia is his native State, but he has been in Texas so long that compara tively few people iu his State know that he is not a native Texan. He is not cut out for a leader of a parlia mentary body. He lacks judgment, tact and caution. He talks when he ought to listen, and he is not always sure what he is going to say when he begins to talk. If he doesn’t seek a good deal of advice from his party associates he will get the majority into a good fnany tangles. He is well informed on the subject of the tariff, and is a thorough tariff reformer. He will work faithfully for the passage of a tariff reduction bill, but unless he displays greater skill as a parliamentary leader then he has the reputation of possessing he will be in constant danger of obstructing t his own efforts. Superstitious Sailors. Sailors are not the only people who are superstitious, but it is pretty safe to say that the pere entage of them who are super stitious is larger than that of any other class of people. On last Sunday night the bark Scotland, from Liverpool for New York, stranded on the Jersey coast near Sea Girt. All on beard reached the shore safely. The sailors were sure that some misfortune was in store for them long be fore the vessel was wrecked. When about 800 miles off shore the crew was startled one day, just as they were about to sit down to dinner, by the sudden appearance of seven crows. The crows flew through the window, settled upon the table and began to eat as if they were about starved. There is no doubt that they were very hungry as they consumed the greater part of the food on the table. The sailors refused to touch the food after the crows appeared. They left the table at once, and, from that day until the disaster, were silent and gloomy. They were confident that trouble would overtake them, and they were not surprised when the bark stranded. They would have been surprised if they had reached their harbor without an accident of any kind. There are those who will insist that the apjiearance of the crows was a warning that the ship was going to be wrecked. Most people, however, will not admit that there was any connection lietwoen the crows and the stranding of the bark. An interesting question now agitating Germany is the decrease of blondes in that country, which has always been know as the home of yellow-hair. Out of every 100 women, only thirty-two are said to be blondes, and the large per centage of mixed tyjies is said to be gradually merging into pure brunettes. Likewise in England, out of 726 women, 369 were brunettes and 357 blondes, showing a decrease in the latter. It is also said that in England the pet rentage of marriage is 78 among the bru nettes, and 68 among the blondes. In the United States the decrease in blondes re cently has been far greater than in either of these countries, but it is owing to the fact that blondes are not as much in the fashion as they were several years ago. Senator Evarts is at it again. During the Grant-Cook campaign in New York he re peatodly expressed his admiration for the Republican party, referring to it as the “party of action and ideas ” The other day he "pointed with pride” to its achievements. It is natural that men should be partial to their party and glory in its achievements. Tho Republican party has no doubt achieved in the past some feats of which it may be proud, but it has also been the means of ac complishing some ends to which Senator Evarts ought to point with anything but pride. If it was ever a great party, ite greatness has departed, and tho country looks to the Democracy now for wise legis lation and honest government. Philadelphia is complaining because New York and Chicago are each allowed 20 per cent, of the gross receipts of their post offices for clerk hire, while she is allowed only 17 per cent The Philadelpltia oflice is allowed a smaller per rent, than either New York, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Cincin nati, San Francisco or Baltimore. The gross receipts at the Philadelphia office are second only to those of New York, The postmaster has for more than a year lieen urging the necessity for a more liberal allowance for postal work in the city, but has not obtained what he considers ho ought to have. As Philadelphia is second in pop ulation in the country, her allowance for postal work ought to lie second in amount. Mr. Carlisle is at present the target for Republican shafts, because he cannot an nounce the House committees until after tho Christmas holidays. When the Con gressmen go away for a week or two and leave Mr. Carlisle to pursue his task unmo lested, he will he able to accomplish some thing. He desires to please each member, so fur as he can, (and, perhaps, in the goodness of his heart In- gives too much time to their importunities) but the fact remains that his is a Herculean task, ana one that few men could accomplish so well as he. St Louis is intai-ested in a duplicate of ex Senator Jones of Florida. His name is Gooding, and he is a police commissioner. Like the e.-c-Senator he is infatuated with a woman. She is rich, a widow, and very beautiful. She refuses to see the police com missioner. and once when he called, she bad him shown the door; and now- he imagines that ho is the victim of a diabolical conspir acy to thwart his niutrimoiiial plans. Jones and Gooding should be brought fare to face, so that they might see what fools some mortals are. • Mr. Lucas has decided that he will issue an address to the people of West Virginia in vindication of his claims to tho seat in the United Htates Senate now occupied by Judgo Faulkner. It is not expected that the address will cause Judge Faulkner to turn over the office to Mr. Lucas. CURRENT COMMENT. They Continue to Come. From the New York World ( Deni.) Another certificate of Mr. Blaine'srobustitude so to speak, comes to ns by cable this morning. And yet the Republican Nominating Convention will not be held until next June. How Did the Republicans Vote? From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.) “The party in power, responsible for all legis lation while in power," is good Democratic doc trine of a few years hack, which fixes tho res ponsibility for the failure to reduce federal tax ation a year ago. Young and Very Fresh. From the St. Louis Poet-Dispatch (Dem.) It is stated that Mr Thoebe, who wants Mr. Carlisle's seat, is still young. One would sup pose that he is not only young, but very fresh, if we may judge from the facility w ith which his party associates have made a fool of him. Mr. Comstock in Baltimore. From, the Baltimore Herald (Dem.) Mr. Anthony Comstock lectured in Baltimore recently in advocacy of the organization in this city of a Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was Aristotle who said that man was simply a chicken picke 1 of its feathers, and another ancient philosopher observed that man was the only animal whose natural ugliness was so hide ous that It liad to lie draped with clothing. Mr. Comstock probably par akes of this latter opin ion. as he looks upon the nude in art as the fecund source of untold depravity. The lec turer showed himself to he acutely familiar with the problem of social crime and told some naked truths with tine effect. BRIGHT BIT’S. It must be a very good brass band that can play all the airs a drum major puts on.— Wheel ing Intelligencer. The older a man gets the more difficult it is to pull the wool over his eyes. He lias a good deal less wool, you know.— Yonkers Statesman. Young Mr. Sissy— l am atraid that lam making a rather long call, Miss Smith. Are you tired ? Miss Smith (politely)—Oh, no, Mr. Sissy; not physically tired.— Tid Bits. Young Man (to druggist)—Wha-wha-what are ymi-your ra-ra-ratc for t t-talking through you .vour t-telepbone? Druggist -Fifteen cents for five minutes, but I'll give you fifteen minutes. I'm a fair man.— New York Sun. A Texan cut and carried away six tons of a neighbor's grass one night recently and was lynched for it. The theft was a genuine ease of ’blade clashed to blade and steel to steal.” P. B. There is nothing very sharp about this ex cept the scythe, but it goes.— Binghamton Re publican. ' A Boston mother was putting her little one to lied and said: ‘ I think. Flossie, you are old enough to learn an evening prayer. I’m going to say it for you and you will repeat it after me." "Yeth’m,” lisped the little one. ‘Well, we’ll begin. Are you ready*” “Yeth’m. Ler’er go, Gallagher!”— Boston Courier. Peddler —l liave here some very fine towels, madam. Only 10 cents per Irate female—Get out o’ here 1 I have no use for towels. Peddler (with much presence of mind, open ing another bundle)—Here you are. madam. Portraits of Johann Most and other celebrated reformers. Only 25c. apiece.—Chicago Tribune. “If I should tell you. dear,” he said, “that my love for you had grown cold; that I had ceased to care for you, and that the happy time when I shall claim you as my ownest own will never, never be, would it really be a trial to you dar ling)” “Yes. George,” shyly admitted the girl.” it would be a breach of promise trial.”— New York Sun. Miss Smith (whose brother has just arrived from Texas)—Duke, you are making a perfect exhibition of yourself! Duke (continuing the exhibition!—l don’t care a rap. You can dress me up in dude clothes, make mo cut my hair, and insist on my saying “ither” for “either;” but when the band strikes up “Old Keg” I’m going to dance Alamo style or bust!— P,tck. “George, there is a sadness and mplancholy in your eyes to-night, and your cheeks seem blanched.” "Yes. Naomi. I am far from being happy.” “Confide in me, dearest. Let me share your sorrow. Have the bufferings of this cruel world cast a gloom over your soul?” “Weii.not exactly, but you see these shoes are new, and they pinch like thunder.”— Nebraska State Journal. Bobby had been a bad little boy all day. and his mother was very much displeased with him. “Why, Bobby,” she said, “what in the world will become of you when you grow* to be a man if you will lie bo naughty?" Bobby looked completely discouraged for a moment over his gloomy prospects and then brightened. "Well, ma,” he said, “why wouldn’t I make a good weather prophet?”—.Yew York Sun. Robinson—How did Dasher get along with his California land speculation? Jones—Oh, first rate. He bought a ranch near Los Angeles for $20,000 and sold it next day for SIO,OOO. Robinson—Well, I don’t call that doing first rate. Jones—Oh, you don’t know Dasher. He’s a Napoleon, be is. He bought on thirty days’ credit and sold it for cash and got out of the country before they got onto his methods.— Detroit Free Press. PERSONAL. Alan Arthur son of the late ex President Arthur, is traveling in Egypt. Germany has recently celebrated the centen nial anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Ilreyse, •inventor of the needle-gun. Israel Coe. of Waterbury, Conn., is tho old est surviving member of the Connecticut. Legis lature. He celebrated his Old birthday Tuesday. He was a member of the Connecticut House of 1824. Secretary Fairchild, Senator Morgan and Representative Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and Wilson, of West Virginia, will attend the dinner of the Massachusetts Reform Club in Boston on December 28. The engagement of Miss Nellie Hunt, daughter of the late Minister to Russia and Sec retary of the Navy, and Mr. William Emory, of Phi'adelphia, is announced. Tho wedding will take place iu the spring. “Snapper” Garrison, the famous jockey, was once a musical wunder. Asa young boy he was a remarkable singer, and hail begun to attract the attention of the public when he decided to take to the race-track for a career. Two da vs before his death, lost week, J. Aubrey Jones, of Philadelphia, remarked to a friend: “Wouldn’t it be strange if I should die this month: All our family die in December.” He was in his usual health at the time. Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati, made earnest efforts to save the Chicago Anarchists from death He wrote privately to Gov. Oglesby, who is a personal friend of his, beseeching him to extend clemency to the condemned dyna miters. W. B. Richmond, the English artist who is now in Berlin painting a portrait of Prince Bis marck, describes the Iron Chancellor as one of the best, sitters in the world. MeD and nations who have been sat upon by Bismarck will coin cide with this opinion. John Henry Parnell, a brother of the Irish leader, has just returned to New York from a prolonged visit to Ireland. He said in reference to his brother's health: “If you had seen Charlie jumping the ditches in Wicklow with me you would not have thonght him sick." Wm 1). Howells has denied the genius of Dickens, and now Edgar Fawcett says that Thackeray does not amount to much. But Dickens and Ttiaekeray will prolialily lie read by posterity when the names of Howells and Fawcett liave been forgotten by the novel-read ing world. Washington society promises to be well rep resented at the charity liall to lie given in Balti more Jan.‘J. It is probable that the President and Mrs. Cleveland will again be invited to at tend, and as they were so highly pleased with their trip to Baltimore last season on a similar errand, the committee will doubtless receive a favorable reply to their invitation One of the strange coincidences of nomencla ture is that the daughter of Gen. Logan married a Mr. Tucker, while the daughter or ex-Repre sentat Ive Randolph Tucker ma rried a Mr. 1,, igan. i Each couple have a Soil. The name or one is Tucker Ligan and the other is Ixigan Tucker. | The boys are about the same age. blit I am told they have never seen each other. Something I very- similar occurred a number of years ago. Senators Dorsey and Clayton, of Arknn - sas. had sons born to them atsiut the same rime. They were intimate then aud christened their children accordingly, one Using named Clayton Dorsey and the other Dorsey Clayton. This was very nice, and the boys w ere as loving as broth ers. There was no fence between the Dorsey and Clayton mansions and the two families were ! as intimate as uny ever were. But the time I came w hen the fathers fell out. and I under stand that they have not bren on speaking terms with each other Cor years. Ono can't drop a name as he does a friendship, however, and the bore are reminders of the past. ARRESTED THE WRONG MAN. Carlos Rivas Wants $50,C00 Damages from the City—His Story. bVoia the Chicago Tribune. Another alleged high-handed act of Chicago police officers was shown yesterday in a suit be gun in the Superior Court by Carlos Vetter- P.ivas against the city of Chicago to recover $50,000 damages for false arrest. He says he is a native of Carracas, Venezuela, and is the son of the Venezuelan Consul at Stutgart, Germany. For some time past he has-been traveling in the United States for pleasure and to learn the lan guage, and came to Chicago in Juno last. On Nov. (i, as he was going home wit h a friend, John Van Plinsky, he was arrested on a charge of being an Anarchist and attempting to blow up the Chicago Avenue Police Sta tion, or something af the kind. He was examined before Justice Kersten Nov. 7 and re manded to Nov. 17, but the next day, Nov. S, he was brought up again before the Justice and sent to the Bridewell for 256 days. While at the station lie* says he was treated in a brutal man ner, and threats were made by the police offi cers to "fix” or hang him. After being in the Bridewell eighteen days he was released on or der of the Mayor, it being ascertained his arrest was a mistake. Rivas says he never was an An archist, and only carried a. revolver when he was arrested on account of the public excite ment at the time, and because he was attempt ing to carry home a young man who was some what intoxicated. Exaggerated and sensational accounts of his arrest, he says, have lieen print ed in all the newspapers of the civilized world, and he has consequently been damaged in his reputation to the extent of $50,000. Capt. Sehaack had not heard of the suit until informed of it, by a rejiorter last evening. He exclaimed: "Another crank!” and then went on to say that he saw Rivas a short time ago, and that the latter then said he was going home in a few days. The Captain said that the night of Nov. 5, during the excitement preceding the hanging of the Anarchists. Rivas and Van Plinsky, were found prowling around the alley in the rear of the East Chicago Avenue Station. Rivas had a revolver in his hand and Van Plinsky a club. They were fined $75 each. Rivas at that time laid the blame of the whole affair <*n Van Plinsky, who had that day been released from the county jail and whose actions were regarded with special suspicion by the police. How They Started. From the New York Evening Sun. Zob Vance was a hotel clerk. Senator Plumb was a type-setter. Hitt, of Illinois, was a stenographer. Boutelle, of Maine, was a sea captain. Plumb, of Illinois, was a grocery clerk. Senator Allison was an abstract clerk. Guenther, of Wisconsin, was a druggist. Romeis, of Ohio, was a baggage master. • Gen. Patrick Collins was an upholsterer. Deacon White, of New York, was a miller. Secretary Bayard was a clerk in New' York. Bourke Cockran used to be a school teacher. John D. Long was a country school teacher. Pidcock. of New Jersey, was a civil engineer. Solicitor General Jenks used to he a surveyor. S|>eaker Carlisle was a country school teacher. Smith, the Milwaukee member, is a mill- wright. Tom Reed, of Maine, w-as a paymaster in the navy. Dougherty, of Florida, was a sailor before the mast. Anderson, of Kansas, was a Presbyterian clergyman. Judge Chipman, of Michigan, was a mine prospector. Senator Kenna was once a coal miner at $1 20 a day. Senator Pasco was a school teacher at S4O a month. Leland Stanford was a country lawyer in "Wisconsin. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, kept a country grocery store. Ben Butterworth used to be a plantation boss in Virginia. James B 'White, of Indiana, was a calico printer and tailor. Senator Dawes was a school teacher and country editor. Taulbee, the tall Kentucky member, was a divinity student. Delegate Cane, of Utah, w r as many years a theatre manager. Robertson, the new Louisiana member, is a college professor. Justice Blatchford was Gov. W. H. Seward's private secretary. Capt. Dunham, the Chicago member, was an insurance agent. Civil Service Commissioner Oberly was a Chicago Times reporter. Senator Cullora was famous aa a corn-husker in early days in Illinois. Congressman Outbwaite was principal of a city school five years. John Lund, a Minnesota Congressman, used to run a threshing machine. Judge Tarsney. a Michigan Congressman, was a steamboat engineer. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, mined with a pick and shovel in California. Senator Sawyer “bought his time” when 18 years old and ran a saw mill. Darlington, a Pennsylvania member, was a re porter on Philadelphia dailies. Felton, the California multi-millionaire, was a chore boy on a farm in Erie county. New York. John McShane, the millionaire Omaha Con gressman, was a cowboy without a cent in 1871. Maternal Instinct. From the Boston Globe. I wonder what my papa means By calling me Miss Fidget? A silly goose That has no use- A troublesome young midget. He says I always “ought to laugh Good little girls are jolly,” What would he do If he, boo-hoo! - Had tored his little Dolly? He says my Dolly's nothing bus A lot of rips and creases— That all combined Could ever find One-half the missing pieces. And mamma told me if it w a3 Made out of iron and leather, It wouldn’t stay More than a lay Securely held together. I know its nose and ears are gone, It has one leg left only, A great big crack Is in its back And one eye looks so lonely. It's face gets blacker every day, It’s never tidy, never; And if I rub And scour and scrub It makes it w-orse than ever. They want to know what makes me keep The “nasty thing" about me. Why, don’t they see It’s fond of me? And couldn’t dp without me? Now, does it matter much to them How sick and cross 1 may be? I'm not afraid Mamma would tradej Me for another baby. Edison the Wizard. Mr. Edison keeps 400 electric lights burning all night about his house and grounds at Llewel lyn Para, where he himself frequently sits till dawn experimenting in his favorite line. De spite the length of time which he has resided there many of his neighbors still look upon him with awe, the most superstitious of them believing him in league with beings who dwell in the fabled sulphurous regions. One of his favorite tricks -that of turning out at night all the lights ou his circuit thus plunging the surrounding region into darkness more appalling because of the contrast—is never resorted to without causing the blood of the rustics to curdle in their veins. The most knowing of them always call him "the Wizard.” while others bestow upon him the less charitable title of "the Devil,” some, it is asserted, being willing to swear that be has a cloven foot. * . The Value of a Whale. From the San F'ancisco Examiner. The owners of the bark Stamboul have brought suit in the United Stales District Court against the Pacitic Steam Whaling ompany, owner of the bark Wanderer, to recover $7,n00 for the loss of a whale. Plaintiffs claim that they had harpooned the whale, which thereupon swam under a Held of ice and came to the sur face a mile away, and that, the crew of the Wanderer then captured the same animal, and, in order to give a shadow of claim, substituted their own harpoon for that of defendant. It Is claimed that for forty years it has been the recognized oust im that when a crew had once harpooned a whale it was entitled to the full ownership of the animal. It Worked Up. From the Boston Herald. Two little urchins coming from school were overheard discussing the illness of the grand father of one of them, and its nature evidently was a source of great bewilderment. "Well, th- doctor says it Is salt on the brain.” said the bigger child. "Not” in a tone of wonderment from the Other. "Why, how'd it get, there*" “Oh. I don't exactly know.” Then in a tone of mysterious wisdom: "He's fond of salt on his things, and I guess it's worked up." Thu is a new cause of softening of the brain. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Ida Keen, a blind girl at the Pennsylvania ■State Institute for the Blind, runs a type writer very cleverly, which, for a blind person, is more difficult than to play the piano. A lady of Carmi, 111., while combing her hair the other evening, accidentally thrust the comb in a gas jet near the mirror. The comb was of celluloid, and flashed into flame, setting fire to her hair and giving her a narrow escape from serious injury. There is still plenty of big gamo left in the wilder portions of Tennessee. A party of five sportsmen who recently spent a few days hunt ing in Dyer county bagged nineteen deer and one bear. They say that if they had given all their time to hunting deer they could have killed fifty. Three bald eagles of great size, which for five years past have preyed upon the herds and flocks of Blount county, Alabama, and caused the farmers great loss and annoyance, were recent ly caught in traps by two young men named McCoy. The largest of the eagles measured twelve feet from tip to tip of the wings. A pair of Canadian detectives have been ar rested for conspiring to steal a valuable painting in Montreal and holding it for ransom. The multiplicity of old masters would have defeated the scheme, replicas would have been pouring in from Europe before the ransom could be cashed, and the original w ould have been lost in the rush. New England is deeply interested in the rumors about the solvency of some of the West ern farm mortgage companies. The loan com panies of Boston alone hold 81.000 Western farm mortgages, on which $76,000,000 is out standing. And the insurance companies of Hartford hold Western farms to the amount of $70,000,000. A large vault with walls of stone and filled with skeletons of human beings has been dis covered in an Indian mound which overlooks the Missouri river from a hill near Jefferson City. Mo. The skeletons are thought to be the remains of theaneientmound-builders, although the remarkable state of preservation in which they are found would Indicate that they are of more recent date. What might have been a very serious acci dent occurred on Monday morning at Richard Blickenderfer’s machine shop, in Lancaster, Pa. While William Fyfer, a machinist, was using a fourteen inch emery wheel it split in half, one part nitting the wail of the building with such force as to scar the bricks badly, and the other striking l*yfer on the right leg and inflicting a painful wound. The wheel was revolving at the time of the accident at the rate of 1.800 revolu tions a minute, which was not considered extra ordinarily fast, as it had been tested at a speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute. “No, that is not put there simply for orna ment,” said an oyster opener in a Philadelphia oyster house yesterday, "It is useful as well as decorative. It is a clock, and it was imported from Paris.” The object referred to was a big tin plateor waiter which hung against the wall. Around The edge w ere grouped a dozen oyster shells. The one at the top bore the number 12 iu big letters and the others were numbered from lup to that figure. In the center was what appeared to be a saucer with four slices of lemon upon it, and crossed on the saucer was an oyster knife and fork. These latter were the hands. The clock was going and as the knife, which was shorter than the fork, pointed be tween the 2 and the 3, and fork to the figure 7, it was 2:35 o’clock. Frozen fish are now imported into France, and a society formed in Marseilles for the pur pose of developing the trade has a steamer and a sailing vessel engaged in it. The steamer Rokelle lately came into Marseilles with some 30,000 kilogrammes of frozen fish in its hold, the temperature of w'hich is kept at 17 0 below zero by means of a Pictet machine (evaporating sul phurous acid). The fish are caught with the net in various parts of the Mediterranean and At lantic. After arrival they are dispatched by night in a cold chamber. Experiment has shown that fish can be kept seven or eight months at a low temperature without the least alteration. These fish are wrapped \in a straw or marine Alga-, and have been sent on to Pal is, and even to Switzerland. In Philadelphia, a few days ago, a well dressed man, pretending to be a member of a large grocery firm in Pittsburg which deals largely with Frank Siddail, the millionaire soap manufacturer, called upon that gentleman and was shown the usual courtesies. In a walk through Chestnut street the Pittsburg man sud denly remembered that he had some diamonds to buy, and with Mr. Siddail entered a large jewelry establishment, the proprietors of which were only too glad to accommodate Mr. Sid dall’s friend. Diamonds amounting to some SSOO were selected and laid aside An hour or two later the Pittsburg man called by himself and said he would take the gems to his hotel and examine them closely. That was the last that was seen of him or the diamonds. The jewelry firm now want Mr. Siddail to pay for the diamonds, but he says that the man turned out to be a fraud and he did not in any way warrant the sale. This diamond thief is said to be one of the most expert swindlers in his special line in this country. “It is remarkable what a craze there is for foreign goods," said a Philadelphia merchant. “The people want goods in our line of foreign fabrics and make, and if they cannot get them at one store they will go to another. Just now. on account of Cnristmas, there is a big demand for jackets and wrappers, and I notice, too. that the people want good things. They are shown articles at a certain price and they ask for something finer, showing that they want articles of worth. Then, too, there seems to be no scarcity of money. People are willing to pay for what they want and do not haggle over a price. This year there is a demand for fancy things, such as silk mufflers, embroidered silk suspenders and such rich goods, that is far in excess of that of any previous time. I cannot account for this, but so it is. As for business, my opinion is that if you watch the market and buy what people want, giving great attention to the direction of popular demands, there will be uo difficulty in selling.” The anniversary of the Prophet Mahomet’s birthday was recently celebrated at Constanti nople in a striking manner, affording evidence as to the bent of the Sultan's mind and his de sire to assimilate Ottoman social usages to those of other countries more advanced in civilization. After attending the us ial service at the Mosque all the high officials present and visitors were requested to proceed to the palace, where large saloons had been docked out with flowers, rare fruit, confectionery and delicacies in a profuse and sumptuous style, anil the guests, over 400 in number, were invited to regale themselves. The aspect of the rooms was most charming, and Christmas trees only were wanting to give a complete picture of the religious festival. The chamberlains then called upon the com pany to aupear in the presence of his majesty, and. the folding door being thrown open, the Bui tail was seen. His majesty greeted his guests in the most affable way. and made a political speech, wherein, after recalling Ibe glories of Mahomet and announcing his intention that the yearly Moslem festival should be henceforth kept with the same solemnity and r joining he pointedly alluded to the cause of satisfaction for the empire and the world at large furnished by the reign of general peace, which his gov ernment was making every effort to preserve for the welfare and prosperity of all nations This is the first time since the foundation of the dynasty that a Sultan has made a speech in public. The proprietress of a fashionable boarding house in New York, in talking about her ex periences, told this romantic story: “One of the most polished bank burglars in the profession boarded with me three months. We thought he was very pious. He always had plenty o'f money, gave references when he came to board —thougli I afterward learned these were for geries and soon became a favorile with the young ladies in the house. He finally married a young and beautiful girl. He professed to lie a commercial traveler. He was frequently absent two or three weeks from his wife, and during that time she never received more than two letters. When he departed he never permitted his wife to assist him in packing his valise. He said it was his humor to pack Ins valise, because women were forgetful One day he went on one of his usual trips saying he would return in two weeks. Two weeks fiassed and two months, and lie did not return or write to the almost distracted wife He had often told her never lo go down town to the business house and bother his employers w hen he was absent. She had never even gone to his place, or business w hile be was at home Disregarding his injunction in her alarm about his absence, she went to the firm and discovered that no such man as her husband had ever been connected with the house. She then consulted the police and found that over a month after her husband left her he was captured and con victed of robbing a bank, and was then in Sing hmg serving a ten years’ sentence. Did she pine and die* No; she procured a divorce anil married again. Her present husband is wealthy and be idolizes his pretty wife. He knows, toil his wife s history. They move in good circles." "Prisoner, did you kill this boy*’’ "I did, your honor; I cut his throat. He shot me in the ear witli a rubtier sling, and ” .y, T “P prisoner is. discharged, and the sheriff will give hull back his knife, and tell the janitor to sharpen it for him.— Burdette. BAKING POWDER. CREAM It* superior excellence proven In million* of homes for more than a quarter of a century. 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HMIMMtt FOR THE TEETH I* made from New Material*, contains no Acidh Hard Grit, or injurious matter It is Puke, Refined, Perfect. NoTniire Like Lr Evan Known. From Senator Cogsreshall.--*‘ltakcpttM* tire In recommending Zonwelse on account o it* efficacy and purity.” From Sirs. Gen. I.osrn f n Dentist. Dr. JR. h. €-nrroll, Washington, 1). C.-”I have had Zonweiss analyzed. It is the most perfect denti frice I have ever seen.” From lion. Thus. P, Johnson. F*. Gov. of IVlo.— M Zoiiweiss cleanses the teeth thor oughly, Is delicate, convenient, very pleasant, and leaves no after taste. Sold bt all decgoi&tb. Price, 35 cents. Johnson & Johnson, 23 Cedar St., N. Y. For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., Ltppm*nl Block, Savannah. . BAKKR’S OCOA. JGOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187& BAKERS JreaffiCtt Warranted ab.olntely P nr " Cocoa, from which the eiees* o Oil has been removed. IthaaMt timm the. strength of Cocoa n>‘ with Starch, Arrowrootor Sugar, I and la therefore far more econo 1 leal, coating Uaa than one ctj 1 I cup. It i> dellcloue, nourish *• ■ strengthening, easily dlge , land admirably adapted for Inv Ends as well as forporsons Id heaaa. ■ Hold by .verywhere. I.BAKERS CO.,Dorister, Ma& You all know what fenerous providers LTMAYER &. CO. are. They will not fail this week in keeping up their past reputation and helping their cus tomers to make a big saving. Maybe enough to lay in a part or all of next Sun day’s Christmas din ner, or enough to equal part of a week’s wages. This is certainly the place to make hard-earned wages buy a dollar’s worth worth carry,ng home. In the line of Holi day Novelties we have a most elaborate display, surpassing anything ever shown heretofore. Our pur chases have been ex traordinarily large and are hardly de scribabte.