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i £|f iltotning Hctos Morning News Building. Savannah. Ga. ■ATUBPAT, MB MBM *s. I**7. Begirt ered at the Pott Office in Savannah. "~Tr Morning New* I* published every day in he year and ia nerved to subscribers in the city, fcv neaadealers and carrier*, on tbeir own ae etmnt at 25 cent* a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for *U months and sin Ou for one year The Mo km no News, by mail, one month, *] 00; three months, S* 50; sue months, $5 00; cne year $lO 00. The Morning News, by matt, six time* a wwk (without Sunday issue), three months, fno; six months, $4 <W one year $8 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and 'Saturdays, three months, $1 25: six month*. $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail , one year. $2; no. The Weekly News by mail, one year. $1 25 Subscriptlops payable in advance. Kemit by postal order, check or registered letter. 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None but competent carriers will be eniployed, and every attention will be given to make the delivery satisfactory to the readers of the Morning News in whatever part of the City they may reside. The terms for the Daily, delivered every day, in any part of the City, are as follows; For one week 25c For two weeks 50c For one month SIOO For three months 2 50 For six months •> no For twelve months 10 00 All subscriptions payable in advance, and no paper will lie delivered beyond the time paid for. Special attention will be given to Weekly and Monthly Suliscriptions, and subscribers can make arrangements, if they desire, to pay subscriptions at their resi dence*, avoiding the inconvenience of call ing at the Business Office. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Meetings— Stockholders Reppard Iron Com pany. Special Notices—letter from Mme. Rive- King; As to Crew of Danish Bark Bertha; Christmas Trees, Wm. Scheihing; As to Post ponement of Departure of Steamer St. Nicholas; < liristinas at Thunderbolt, M. J. Doyle, P. T. P. C. Cotton Reed Oil Wasted —Southern Cotton ( >i) Cos. A Word of Warning— Hecker's Self Raising Hour. Kstii-l’s News Depot— Wm. Estill, Proprietor. Cutlery—Palmer Bros. Steamship Scuedcle*—Ocean Steamship Cos.; Baltimore Steamship Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; For Sale; Personal; Strayed or Stolen; Raffle; Photography; Miscellaneous. Legal Notice— Demands against Milton S. Hamlet’s Fatale. Coffee—C. M. Gilbert & Cos. Last Chance— L. &B.S.M. H. ( hriktmah Periodicals—Kstill's News Depot. Wish All a Merrv Christmas—Cohen’s, Bar nard and Broughton Streets. Col. Nicholas Smith lias not yet been called on to act as best man at another wed ding. Congressman Clements has gone to Ken tucky to see his Christmas present, which is said to be a chip off the old block. Gen. Butler expects to prove that Parson Downs is an innocent man. The General expected to be Piesident, but his exuda tions didn’t materialize. Senator Riddleberger continues to cut his tohaoco from the plugs of his brother Re publicans. He hud better cut deep and long while he has the chance. Evidence accumulates that Mr. Frank Hutton’s chief ambition just now is to lift Mr. Blaine's scalp. Mr. Hatton had better learn to eat crow. Ho will probably have that diet before long. Mr. Sam. Randall has been appointed to a lucrative position in Kentucky, and Mr. Watterson is pleased thereat. It is proper to say that this is not Mr. Warn J. Randall, but a former resident of Louisville. Several people have lately concluded that the faith cure does not cure. It may tie that they were wanting in faith, or that miracles are not performed in this day. In stead of deliating the question, it would lie well in case of serious illness to send for a physiciau. The ehromo business no longer draws trade, and a Louisville merchant has thought of an enlargement on It. He offers to give a Christmas turkey to every person who will buy sl2 worth Of goods from him. Whether ho will be successful or not must depend somewhat oil the size of the turkey. Plymouth church received this year about $28,000 pew rent. Since Mr. Beecher’s death the trustees have feared a falling off in receipts from this source, and have been actively engaged in an effort to sell the pews privately nt the present ligures. They have about succeeded, aud the regulur public sale will not take place. The “overworked, hollow-eyed and ex pectant officials" in the New York custom bouse liave asked Jfairchild to let them celebrate Christmas ou Monday in stead of Sunday. Christmas is a legal hol iday, aud the officials don’t understand how to make a holiday out. of Sunday. Is this because the saloons are closed on that day, or because they are religiously inclined t The Fish Commissioner, who accepted his office without any salary whatever, is likely to be one of the best paid officers of the government. A bill is pending which fixes his compensation at $5,000. It is even pro posed to pay the widow of Prof. Baird $50,0(10. The professor was Fish Commis sioner a great many years without any ualary. The government is getting liberal. Marriage and Divorce Laws. Henanir Dolph’s joint resolution, propos ing a constitutional amendment on the '••ub jeet of marriage and divorce, may not command a great deal of attention from this Congress. Indeed, it may not get a strong grasp upon the Congressional mind for several Congresses, but if it is judiciously and forcibly urged, session after session, the probabilities are that it will be passed within a very few years. It required thir teen years to get Congress to pass the inter state commerce law. and Senator Blair's educational bill has already been discussed eight years. Horae of the best measures ever passed by Congress were those which were considered many years before being finally acted upon. The feeling is now against giving Con gress power to legislate on marriage and divorce, although it is apparent to thinking men that the best interests of society would be subserved by doing so. The States don’t want to surrender any of their powers and privileges, and there is a very strong senti ment against any legislation which encour ages centralization. The divorce evil is be coming so great, however, that the Htates and the opponents of centralization will be willing, at no very distant day, to make con cessions to check it The divorce laws of no two States are alike. The difference in these laws of the various States, the conflicting decisions un der them and the ignorance with regard to them make it possible to palm off fraudu leat divorces upon unsuspecting people, and to secure legal divorces with comparitive ease. A few days ago the New York Sun devoted eight or ten columns to exposing the methods employed to obtain bogus divorces. From the facts which it pre senter) it is Clear that hundreds, and per haps thousands, of people are bigamists in fa>’t, though they are not aware of having violated any law. They were deceived into believing that they were legally divorced. There are so many laws bearing upon di vorce, and the general belief is so strong that in many of the .States a divorce can be obtained without any trouble, and for al most any cause, that bogus divorce lawyers have little difficulty in finding dupes. In some of the courts of some of the Htates, genuine divorces are obtained altogether too easily. Men and women not in frequently find themselves divorced who are not aware that divorce proceedings bad lieen begun against them. The consequence is that people seek divorces who have no grounds for them. They be come tired of the marriage yoke, or of those to whom they are married, and as the divorce court offers them the means of se curing the lilierty they desire, they apply to it. The suffering, misery and crime which can be properly charged to the divorce laws can hardly be overestimated. The number of homes which are broken up by them in the course of a year, in different parts of the country, must be very large. At the present rate at which divorces are increas ing, it will not be long before a very large ]>ereentage of people in all grades of society will have figured in the divorce courts. There is another reason why Congress should legislate on marring) and divorce. It is that if Utah is admitted Congress will no longer have power to suppress iwlygamy there, and that institution will flourish in the new State without anything to restrain it. The Mormon: pretend that they will abolish it, but they are not to tie trusted. If the constitution is amended in accord ance with Senator Dolph’s resolution, po lygamy will bo impossible and divorce will be brought within healthy limits. The divorce laws will be few in r umber, and they will apply to the whole country. It will be possible to obtain a divorce only for a good cause, and there will be no such thing as a bogus divorce. While, therefore, there is much to tie said against Senator Dolph’s resolution, there is more to be said for it. The Plumb-Butler Episode. Senator Plumb said in a debate a day or two ago that (Senator Butler of South Caro lina, either asssumed to he a public censor, or was a common scold. Tlio occasion of this exhibition of temper on the part of Mr. Plumb, was Mr. Butler’s criticism of the at tacks which Mr. Plumb, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Teller and other Republican Senators made upon the House and the Pres ident’s message. Mr. Plumb said that the President's message was all humbug, that there was no surplus that need cause uneas iness, aud that if there were the Houso was not doing its duty by adjourning over the holidays. He further said that if the Pres ident hadn’t vetoed the river and harbor bill, arid the dependent pension bill last Congress there would not uow be any sur plus. Mr. Butler intimated that Mr. Plumb and the other Republican Senators were playing tho part of hypocrites, and that they were simply making a disgusting exhibition of themselves. Was he not right ? What ob ject did Mr. Plumb hope tc attain except to give a false impression to the country? Mr. Plumb criticised the President for vetoing the river and harbor bill, when, as a matter of fact, he himself voted against that bill and exerted himself to the utmost to defeat it. Mr. Butler may have failed in courtesy, but he was close to the truth, and if he were not as courteous as he should have been, he is excusable, for it was difficult for him to keep bis tongue civil and quiet in the pres ence of so much affectation and hypocrisy. The Marquis de Mores married the daugh ter of a rich Wall street banker, and im mediately formed such an attachment for America that he determined to remain in this country and furnish the people with cheap beef. Accordingly he went to Kan sas, after having interested a number of wealthy New Yorkers with him, and estab lished the Western Dressed Beef Company, out of which he got a good deal of glory and very little money. He did not understand that there was really a difference between a nickel and a S2O bill, and in due course of time this country, represented by a Sheriff, formed a reciprocal attachment for him. In tho failure of the concern, no suspicion is east upon his honesty, although he used the company’s credit to the amount of alxmt $50,000, when the limit was $7,000. For some time there were rather strained relations lie tween him and his partners, who say he is simply no manager, but his honesty is not to be questioned. This is only one of the enter prises founded and foundered in tho United Htates by the Marquis, who has now gone to India to shoot tigers. Congressman Moffatt, of Michigan, whose death was announced in our dispatches yesterday, was 4(5 yeais of age, and was serving Ills second term. His sickness began with a carbuncle on his chin. Several days before his death typhoid lever developed. TIIF. MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1887. To# Much Law Making. The people of South Carolina are some what stirred up over the prospect that the Legislature will call a conrtitutional con vention. The upper branch of that body has adopted a resolution to call one. and there is a probability that the lower branch will adopt it. There does not appear to be any jjrgent demand for anew constitution. The chief reasons tor calling one are that it will pro vide for taking a census and for giving the counties better governments. It is alleged that there is already ample provision for a census, aud that the county governments are not so bad that they need to be tinkered by a constitutional convention. In nearly all the Htates there Is too much of a disposition to change the organic law. and too much legislation. A constitution is scarcely given a fair trial before there is a demand for anew one. Whenever the jieople find that their Ktate and county affairs are not being administered to suit them they begin an agitation in favor of a new constitution. They do not carefully inquire whether the things of which they complain are not due to the way the laws are administered. They conclude at once that the fault is with the laws, and not with those who administer them. When they get anew constitution they almost immedi ately perceive that they have not got wbat they were clamoring for, and in a little while another constitutional convention is called. A constitutional convention costs money, and a good deal of it. Huch a convention seldom finishes the work intrusted to it quickly. It fritters away its time until it makes a pretty heavy drain upon the Htate treasury, and its work, when finished, seldom gives general satisfaction. There are occasions when a State's con stitution ought to be changed, but these oc casions do not arise every ten or fifteen years. IVhen a Htate has grown immensely in wealth ana population, and when many new industries have been established within its limits, there may be good reasons for amending its constitution, or even for adopting anew one; but frequent changes of its organic law can hardly promote its prosperity or the happiness of its jieople. Asa rule too much is attempted in State constitutions. They should be brief instru ments containing only general directions. Everything else that is necessary for the government of the people should be left to the Legislature, and that body should confine itself as closely as possibls to passing gener al laws. County Commissioners anti munic ipal Councils should have authority to deal with purely local matters. The dispatches say that Congressmen read the report of the Kilrain-Smith fight with lively interest. The Courier-Journal says; “Even the largest man in the House, and the man who has the least to say. Congressman Barnes, of Georgia, wabbled through the north door, and had no sooner got inside before he greeted his colleague, Norwood, with: ‘Did you read the account of the prize fight!’ ‘Yes,’ responded Mr. Nor wood, every word of it.’” Perhaps the reason Congressmen were so deeply inter ested in the fight was that they are expect ing to have some lively fights of their own about eight months hence. Their fights, however, will not be confined to a ring. They will cover whole districts. The fraudulent divorce business flourishes in New York. The Sun has been showing how the public is imposed on by the divorce agencies in that city. In many instances the so-called divorces are forged, a few are obtained in other States, notably Pennsyl vania, and frequently husband and wife are prevailed on to accept wbat is termed a deed of separation, amounting to nothing in law. The consequence is that many couples imagine themselves divorced when in re ality they are not It' New York would emulate the example of Houth Carolina in the matter of divorces, much of this trouble would be averted and the divorce agents would find their occupations gone. The 500 Republicans who assembled in Indianapolis last Tuesday did not show any decided preference for Mr. Blame. It is not easy to see bow they could. Blaine made some severe strictures on Indiana justice, or rather lack of justice, in 1885, and be sides Indiana has herself a man whom she wants to run next year. Ex-Senator Ben Harrison has teen out of a job long enough to satisfy the very reasonable cravings for rest, and accordingly his henchmen were on the ground and made matters quite lively. The ex-Benator may be a very nice man, but Indiana won’t be likely to name J,he Republican candidate next year. Congressman Carlton thinks the Georgia press has not fully stated his position on the tariff. He is a strong advocate of tariff re form, and is in favor of taking the tax off the necessaries of .life first of all; but he also favors a repeal of the internal revenue, because the necessity of that tax no longer exists, and the measure is therefore unjust and exacting. He says he and his constitu ents also object to the tax because of the manner and methoils of its collection, the machinery therefor being oppressive and ob noxious to the people. Does Mr. Carlton want free whisky ? Nude figures are very offensive to Mr. Comstock and others, who are probably right in calling for a reform in this line of art; but while the proposed innovation would make the sculptors happy, it would be rather costly to the public to have to keep their feminine figures properly clad ac cording to the latest fashions. The seal skin sacque would probably remain in style for several seasons, but such things as the high hat and the beaded ornament are apt to fall into iunocuous desuetude. It is feared that Boston will spend the holidays iu sulking. A London letter says the Prince of \Vales and his set are furious because publicity has been given to tho Prince’s visit to Sullivan’s boxing exhibition. It was expressly stipulated, says the letter, that this show-off before royalty was to be kept secret. Bostonians can't conceive how the Prince of Wales can be unwilling to receive with open arms the prince of slug gers. _____ The Thirteenth Senatorial district of Geor gia is already stirred up by political excite ment. Three candidates for Senator are in the field, and the papers there have been for some months past putting fuel uuder the caldron. It is full early to bring politics to a head. Can’t the press and jxilitieians let the suffering people alone* Senator Faulkner thinks he can afford to bo generous with Mr. Lucas aud is seeking to allay that gentleman’s disappointment by having his expenses in Washington paid by the government. Mr. Lucas’ expenses amounted to about $2,000, and consist of hotel bills, railroad faro, lawyer’s fees and the printing of briefs. CURRENT COMMENT. Sherman Ahead in Ohio. From the Cleveland Plaindealer <Dern.) Tber>- is a bitter war going on in this Con gressional District be:, w. e i the Blaine and Sher man factions over the question of delegates to the next National Republican Convention. Hod. Amos Townsend is the leading Sherman man in Cleveland, and his chances of being elected one of the delegates seem to be ex tremely bright. Ovation to the Hon. Jake. From the Chicago Tribune (Rep.) The Hon. Jake Kilrain has done better than was expected of bim by a not oversanguine country. On bis return borne he will be greeted with a reception such as Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ward Beecher. Ralph Waldo Emerson. KUhu B. Washburue. and other comparatively eminent Americans may have dreamed of in their time, but never’ experienced. Appa rently they were not really representative Americans. Shattering an Old Sentimentalism. From the Louisville Courier-Journal iDetn.) Poetess Wilcox is right. Why should a poet ess tly to nature rather than live in town, where she can order a can of oysters at any moment* if she wants birds, there are the sparrows. If she wants trees, there are the shade-trees. If she wants brooks, she can go to the bath-room and turn ou the water. The murmur in the sup ply pipe is often louder than the brook's. The shade-t rees may lie decorated with attractive show-bills, unknown to the country woodland. The sparrows make as much noise as the most exacting poetess could require. What we want is town p.je.ts and poetesses, lex Mrs. Wilcox keep her ideas before the people. BRIGHT BITS. A little boy being reproved on Sunday morn ing for having a dirrv face retorted; “Well, I wored dm face to Sun'ay ’cod, anyhow.’’— Charlottesvillel Fa.) Chronicle. Ate icher writes; “What will you charge to publish an advertisement of a high school four inches long:'' A high school four inches long must lie such a curiosity that people will go ana see it without any advertising. Exchange. A writer in a November magazine asks; “Are the lower animals approaching man?"’ Some of the lower animals have frequently ap proached Isiys in the vicinity of orchards, and no doubt they would also approach man if he were on the same errand as the boys.—Norris town Herald. Jones (meeting Smith, with whom he was out the night before)—lia, me boy! Get home all right* Smith i gloomily)—Yes, but my wife wouldn’t speak to me. Jones (enviously)—Lucky fellow! Mine did.— Boston Courier. Judge (some years bence>- The sentence of the com i is t let you lie bam sued for twenty years. Anarchist—Thanks. Judge. Ig > mit the next steamer. Judge I have not finished, sir. You are to be banished to a prohibition State. (Prisoner faints.) — Omaha World. Miss Blanche—Have you made any conquests this summer? Miss Lilliau Oh. yes: Mr. Jones proposed the day lief ore we came away. Miss Blanche—Doesn’t he pop the question in th“ most aw kward manner imaginable? They meet as strangers. —From Life. Friend—Why. Wheeler, what a state you’re in! Had an accidentr Bicycler—Yes. slightly. In that race against time yesterday I broke my machine, my head, two fingers, a rib F.—Hold on. for heaven’s sake! Was there anything you didn’t break* B. (sadly)—Yes, the record!— Tid Bits. “I hear. Colonel, that your son is about to take a vacation.” “Yes. He has worked so long and steadily in that he needs rest, and will take a run to Canada.” “He will, eh* Excuse me ” “What's your hurry?” “1 have some money iu the bank.” —Lincoln Journal. A tall Missourian called at the district school, and, eyeing the teacher, sternly said: "My boy Henry tells me you whipped him last evening.” “Yes," assented the teacher, edging toward the door, “but lie deserved it, I assure you." “And he says you used a rawhide on him?” “Yes. sir, but ” “And you slapped him with your hands as well?” “I did, but I assure you ” “Assure nothin . Let me give you a pointer. When von have to punish that boy use a club; he doesn’t care a darn for rawhides,"— Nebraska State Journal. PERSONAL Acoust Belmont won $21,000 with eight horses this year. Mh. Phelps, the American Minister to En fjlaml, says the finest scenery he has found in jlreat Britain is in the valley of the Dee. The railroad train used by the Czar in his travels is the same as was formerly used oy Napoleon 111. It consists of twenty tars. The contract for the erection ofjthe Hendricks Monument at Indianapolis will be let Jan. 1, all but -3.000 of the £2b,000 subscribed for the fund having been raised. According to the new city directory of Hart ford, Conn., “Mark Twain, author.” and "Sam uel L. Clements, author,” both live at No. 351 Farmington avenue. The Hartford Times re marks: “Really, these Twain are one flesh.” The very breathing, moving image of Mrs. James Brown Potter got into a New York street car Saturday at Fourteenth street and demurely sat down. She was dressed magnificently, am' her sea-green plush wrap, which reached to her feet and was trimmed with splendid black fur. caught at once the eye of every woman in the ear. The owner's )>eaeby face, bright brown eye, aristocratic nose and generally handsome features were equally attractive to her mascu line fellow passengers. Everybody has seen people who draw while apparently deprecating admiration. Things soon began to get uncom fortable for the wearer of the sea green plush. Women whispered to each other, men nudged their elbows and finally a deaf man next to the driver said in a distinctly loud voice: "James Brown's trotter, you say y I didn't know' Brown had a trotter.” Whereupon the fair unknown stopped the ear in desperation, dived into a florist's on Broadway, near Twenty-third street, and gave an order for flowers to be sent to a well known society leader, no other than herself. F. W. Hoi.ix. who was abroad last summer, tells of an incident at Moscow where he came in contact with police regulations. Two letters which were addressed to him were opened by the police before they were delivered to him. A copy of the Century magazine for July, which had been sent to him by a friend, had the article on Count Tolstoi and all the advert isc meets trtm Oat. Being at a loss to undent and what possible objection there could be to the advertisements, Mr. llolls introduced himself at police headquarters as an American traveler, an<l mad" inquiry as to why his magaziue had been mutilated. With the hope of gaining the good graces of the official. Mr. Holls ventured to suggest that there were numerous soap advertise ments in the pai>er. and t hat he could under stand from his observation that the importation of soap might lie as dangerous as an equal amount of dynamite. The humor of his sugges tion was euttrely lost on the officer, and it was with some difficulty that Mr. Holls persuaded him that no offense was meant. The officer then gave the information that the police ob jection to the advertisements was that they con taiued announcements of “irreligious becks.” Any book is termed irreligious that is not of the strictest orthodox Russian faith. Police sur veilhance is extended to newspapers as well as to magazines. Newspapers are not delivered tq subscribers until twenty-four hours after their arrival, and frequently have entire columns ob literated with printer's ink by reason of the censor's decision that news articles about Russia are daugerous to the government. Ex-Congressman Hernando D. Money, of Mississippi is a somewhat disappointed man. He was six years in Congress, and retired at the opening of the Cleveland administration. It was a sort of half understood thing ttiat he was to have something nice from the incoming President. Indeed, the Mississippi delegation unanimously presented his name to Mr. Cleve land as a lit man for the place of postmaster I lenerai, and Senator Lamar went on rr, Albany to advocate his friend's name before the incom ing ex 'eutive. That was I he first time Mr, Cleveland had e\er seen the long-haired states man from the Southwest, and he took a great liking to him. It was the beginning of the po litical fortune which is likely to land him in the cosy, comfortable chair on the bench of the Su preme Court. He stayed three Gays with the President elect, and when he left Albany after honestly and manfully urging Mr. Money's appointment, the last answer he received from Ml ~Cleveland, as b- Stood main the steps of the Governor's Mansion at Alliany and said good-hv, was the famous quotation from the courtship of Miles Standish, “Why don't you speak for yourself, Johnt Not long afterward lie vaaadvised that he himself, without solicitation or suggestion from any one, had lwen chosen for u place in the Cabinet. He at first declined to accept the place, but Mr. Money heard of the mutter and manfully urged Mr. Lamar hot to refuse because of auy |>ersoiial amt friendly feeling toward him. And that is how Mr. lfernaudoD. Money was disappointed, and how Lucius y. C. Lamar became a Cabinet officer. I Queen Victoria’s Scotch Friend. From Modern Society. That the present Lord Fife ibetter known as Macduff i is her majesty's cherished pet is a se cret to no one. This was shown in the most marked manner some years age. A cer tain American heiress desired greatly to go to a court hall, and yet she bail not been presented. The difficulty appeared quite insurmountable. The Prince of Wales, when appealed to by the fair foreigner, avowed he could do nothing by direct influence, but would make it a personal favor with the late Marquis of Hertford. •bo was then the lord Chamlierlain. The noble Marquis did his best, but failed, and sent the following letter to Marlborough House: "I have done my liest to meet the wishes of your royal highness as regards the invitation to lie sent to .Mrs. and Miss for the state ball to be given on the ,b it have failed utterly 111 my at tempt. If your royal highness would care to speak to Lord Macduff on the subject it might )<erlia|>s Ije arrang. d." The Prince took the (lint, and in twenty-four hours the invitation ar rived at the ladies' hotel iu Albemarle street, to the great satisfaction of the ladies and the amusement of the he r apparent who had thus stumbled on an imperium in imperio. A Chance Meeting. from the Ro/rfon Globe. How shall I look at him, how shall I meet him? Can I lie dignified, can I be cold / What shall the words be wherewith I shall greet hun/ Has he forgotten the sweet days of old? Not for the bliss that was mine for a season. Not for the wealth that the wide world contains. Would I allow him to guess the one reason Why one weak woman uu wedded remains. How can I look at him: how can I hear him Kpeaking words commonplace, civil and few? How still my heart s beating when I draw near hint. How my emotions completely subdue? Why must my lot bear this heavy sorrow? Why has my life been so lonely and drear? Why must I wearily dread each to-morrow? Tiring so quickly of each passing year. One woman's heartache is not worth the meas uring; One woman’s sorrow is trivial and small; One woman's happiness not worth the treasur ing; One woman's heart is not thought of at all. A Californian who ctuck to the Truth. from the Chicago Tribune. "Then you are an old ( alifornia miner,’’! said to a man who was talking very loud as we sat in the office of a Dead wood hotel. "Yes. sir; yes, sir; one of the Argonauts, sir. Always lived in California till 1 came here to look after my interest in the Homestake mine, sir." "Were you one of the '49-ers?" "No. sir, I wasn't I didn't reach California till 1850.” Ahl I should think that was near enough so you could stretch it a little and say you got there in 49." "I could if 1 wanted to make a liar of myself, but I don't sir! I'm a man of my word, sir, and even if I was going to lie I wouldn't lie about a little thing like that!” I was somewhat crestfallen, and after he had stepped out suggested to the proprietor of the hotel that the Californian was the first from mat State of his age that 1 ever met who did not claim that lie reached there in ’49. “When did he tell you he went there?” asked the proprietor. "In 1850 He said he wouldn't lie ahout it for worlds—it does me good to see a Californian at last who can tell the truth on that point.” "Yes; well, you haven't seen one yet. To my certain knowledge the first time that old fellow struck California was in <l7, when he came down froln Vancouver Island, where he went three or four years before to avoid the draft.” Probably the Most Beautiful Dinner Ever Given. From the boston Herald. ■Washington, Dec. 9.—The most elegant of the long list of brilliant entertainments given in honor of the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was the dinner tendered him by Secretary and Mrs. Whit ney. The arrangements for the table, for what may aptly be termed a white and gold dinner, were in the perfection of taste. The heavy white damask was strayed with the most delicate tracery of fern leaves. Down the centre of the table was a broad, elegan! scarf of cream white satin richly embroidered in gold and fringed at either end. In the middle of this was a large, curiously-shaped bowl of smooth frosted glass, on which in relief were vines and flowers in gold. This was heaped with Puritan roses and maiden’s hair fern. At either end of the scarf in tall French cahdelabra were wax candles under globes of gold lace finished about tha edge with a fringe of white silk. Beyond these again were small epergnes of gold, holding peppermint drops and pink and white bonbon*. The cut-glass decanters were in circular stands of gold, with an open work pattern of grapes and vine leaves encircling them. The individual salt cellars, oyster forks and knives used at dessert were of gold. The finger bowls were of Bohemian glass in crim son, blue and gold, and rested upon doylies of fine white linen, on which, embroidered in white siiK and outlined in gold, were floral designs. In the deep recess window of the dining-room was a tall stand of ebony and gold, filled with growing ferns of all varieties. Upon the wall above the buffet liaDgs the famous piece of tapestry, worked in figures and designs typical of the progress of the human race from the time of the creation to the flood, and worked in one of the convents on the Continent in 1525. Not Encouraging to China Painters. From the China Decorator. “You say the price of this beautiful hand painted dinner set is $175?” “Yes, madam." “And the price of the plain set of the same ware is sl7l. Only $4 difference?” "Yes, madam." “Then, how can that lie real hand-painting? Surely it must cost more than $ 1 to decorate a set like that. The figures are exquisite." Both dinner sets were of Limoges ware. They were displayed in a Broadway crockery house. The decorated set had delicate figures traced on each of the hundred or more pieces. "I assure you, madam, that it is genuine hand-painting," he replied. "The slight dif ference in price does not arise from the cheap ness of the painting. It comes from the high ness of the tariff.” “Well, I thought so," said the lady. “I've done some iiainting on china, and I know such beautiful work as that could never be had for $1 a set.” “Just as I thought, too," said the dealer,when the lady had gone. "She is one of them.” “One of wliat?" “The women with the china decorating craze. I told a little fib about the tariff, or, rather, stretched the meaning. It is our tariff on cus tomers and uot the customs tariff that makes the small difference in price. We charge within Ia trifling amount of as much for plain Limoges | and other high grade chinas as we do for the richly decorated sets, simply to keep the plain sets out of the reach of persons,principally wom en, by the way, who otherwise would buy them and make their own hand painted decora tions. Few persons can tell real art work from daubs on chiua any more than they can on can vas. If we gave the china-decorating cranks a chance we'd soon have the market flooded with real Limoges ware hand-paiuted by home tal - ent. By making the plain setsalmost as expen sive as the imported hand-painted sets we shut out these amateurs. This course is pursued by the trade generally." Oerster’s Loss of Voice. Interview with Patti in Few York Herald. Mme. Patti, after au exchange of compli ments with the Herald'* envoy, expressed deep regret at learning of Mme. Gerster's misfor tune. When asked how it happened that so young a singer as Mme. Gerster should lose her vocal powers so early, Mme. Patti replied with geu uine sincerity.' “It is not for me to say what I think about it, for it is a rather delicate matter for me to speak of." “But,” said the correspondent, “it is now a subject of public comment. There can be no harm in saying what you think of the matter.” After a moment's hesitation Mme. Patti said: “You know mere arc only a few singers who have brought children into the world and who have l>eeri able to retain their vocal powers. Grisi did, for one. I know; but it is always at a risk. When Mme. Gerster’s first child wan born there were no unfortunate results, but I think the birth of her second child has had its effects and impaired her voice.” "Do yoi think," asked the correspondent, "Mine. Gerster can ever regain her voice?" "No," she said, “I do not. I don’t believe hers can ever he restored.” “What Is all this I bear," said the correspond ent. “about t’ampanini’s voice being impaired? Is it because he is getting Ola?” "Yes,” said Mme. Patti. “Campaninl is grow ing old, and it is quite natural that his voice should change somewhat." "How does It happen, Mute. Patti, that your voice retains all its strength and sweetness? You have been siuging longer than Campaninl has." "I take excellent care of myself," she re plied. “What shall we do if all our favorites are going to vanish?" asked the Herald representative. “Mme. Nilsson’s voice is as good as ever," re plied Mme Patti, “only she prefers not to sing. Then 1 bear Mile. Arnoldsou, who Is young and pretty, has a remarkably sweet voice.” ITEMS OF INTEREST. A needle, which ran into the foot of George Davidson, of Mitchell, Canada, nine years ago, has worked its way up to his thigh, where it is giving him a good "deal of pain. Ax ihweHie i/xxjmotive has just been con structed at a Paris foundry. Its builder pre dicts that it will realize an approximate speed of 93 miles an hour. A trial trip is to be made in the near future. Probably $250,000 has been sunk in the sink ing of gas wells in Kentucky, yet not a foot of natural gas is being utilized in the Mate save at the Brandenburg Salt Works, where it has been doing good service for twenty-two years. In London during the seventeenth century, when the population was only 1,000,009, the mortality rate amounted to 44 to every 1,000, while now. with a population of nearly 5,000,000, the mortality only amounts to 91 for every 1,000. Thr Baroness Burdett-Coutts and other phil anthropic persons in London are about to estab lish. it is said, a scheme to provide workshops furnished with sewing machines where poor seamstresses can go and have the use of the machine at a very low charge. A singular accident occurred recently in one of the silver mines at Freiburg, Germany. While two miners were engaged iu boring, they struck a subterranean basin of water, from which a jet was thrown up in such abundance ami such force that both men could not escape quick enough, and were drowned. A Do. Barnado in Fdlnburg is devoting him self to the work of securing homes in Canada for destitute boys and girls in his own country. He has already started a tow n on a tract of 4,700 acres of land in Manitoba, which he calls Vic toria Regina, and will populate it with young emigrants. It is to be ruu on the system of an industrial farm. A man living near York Pa., started to move the other day, and loaded ail his household effects upon a wagon. He had not proceeded far with the load before it caught tire and furni ture, bedding and wagon were totally destroyed in the middle of the road. The fire is supposed to have caught from a pipe which one of the men on the wagon was smoking. While bogus dynamite bombs and cartridges have been quite the fashion lately, two genuine articles came to light early in Ihe week, one in Mount pleasant, Pa . and the other in Toledo. O. The latter had been placed in front of the residence of General Manager Ferris, of the Toledo and Ohio Central railroad, and when dis covered was lighted and ready to explode. A Philadelphia grocer who had three bams stolen from hi* store wrote and pasted up a paper which read as follows: "I know who stole the three hams from in front of my store. They are worthless to any one but myself. If re turned in twenty-four hours, no arrest." When his clerk opened the store the next moruing the hams hung outside. They were made of saw dust and were only for show. Southern Japan possesses a Bishop, 32 European missioners, 50 catechists. 13 Nuns of the Holy Child Jesus, and 14 Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres. The mission comprises 16 dis tricts, 87 Christian settlements, 41 churches or chapels, a seminary w ith 12 pupils. 19 schools with 008 pupils, 6 ornhanages, 7 girls’ schools and 3 pharmacies; 1667 baptisms, of which 989 are adults, have been administered during 1885-86. An old woman who has just died at San An tonia, Zacatecas, Is said to have had quite a ro mantic history. It is said that formerly she (sirsued the unlawful avocation of a highway robber. She used to mount on horseback and stop the stage, pistol in hand, and several times succeeded in robbing the passengers. She al ways eluded justice, but lately, when railroads were built in the State, she abandoned her un lawful calling and retired to private life. Jack McCloy, the noted Niagara Falls guide, accomplished another of his daring feats last week by removing an advertising sign on one of the small islands above the falls, which the Reservation Commission has long wished re moved. McCloy crept through the water that was rushing along at a twenty-five mile rat* w ith the aid of a spike and rope to the island. It is stated that Jack wili be presented with a medal for saving the lives of several persons by the government. One of the peculiarities of the natives of South Africa is their aversion to the use of water for external purpose diming dry weather, especially when tney are in perspiration. They avoid bathing except during heavy rains, when they take advantage of the opportunity for purposes of bodily cleanliness. Their reasons for so doing are that frequentablutiocw debilitate the system and render it incapable of withstanding the local climate and that very frequently baths are fol lowed by malarial fever or cutaneous eruptions over the joints. Col. Zeb Ward, of Little Rock, Ark., v ho has been Warden of three State Penitentiaries, de clares that he was the last man to pay for a negro slave in this country, and that was the re sult of a suit brought against him a few years ago by a woman slave whom he wished to set free, but who remained with him during a long dispute in the courts regarding her ownership. She sued for remuneration for six years’ ser vice after the emancipation act and gained a verdict. Colonel Ward says that in making out the draft for the amount found he worded it: "To pay for the last negro that will ever be paid for in this country.” There is an exhibition of sewing machines at the Royal Aquarium, London, where En glish, American and German sew-ing machines are being shown. It is the first exhibition of the kind, but will lie repeated, it is said, in Boston, Mass., and subsequently in Paris. There are sixty-nine patents shown, ami they include maiiy novelties. A specimen of the first sewing machine ever made, reproduced from the orig inal specifications of Thomas Saint, of London, an inventor of the last century, is there, and with it are exhibited modern machines sewing at the rate of 2,000 stitches a minute. The low est-priced one is $1 37 and the highest $250. When I. C. Libby was 18 years old he lived on his father’s farm near Troy, Me., and was sidk and lame. One day a sheep buyer bought lambs of his father at $3 apiece. The boy thought that if the buyer could make money at that he could do better, for he could buy lambs for $2 50. So he borrowed SIOO of his father and Utiliz'd off on foot buying lambs. In five mouths he cleared SSOO and laid the foundation of the big cattle business that has given him the title of the "Maine Cattle King.” His four sous are learning the same business, but they have a better start than their father had. The other day he handed bis youngest son, aged 14, SI,OOO and sent him to buy stock. The United States is the largest consuming country of raisins in the world and reliable authorities estimate the consumption at about 2.000,000 boxes of about 20 pounds each, which at an average of $2 per box shows an expendi tiu'e of $4,000,000 per annum for one article in the dried fruit line. Tile amount referred to represents say 1,000,000 boxes of Valencia, 750.000 boxes California, 200,000 boxes Malaga and 100,000 boxes Smyrna. The crop of tne world for the present season is estimated in round numbers at 6,500,000 boxes, about as follows: Valencia, 8,000,000 boxes; Malaga, 60i>,000: California. 750.000, and Smyrna, 2,000.1X10 The shipments of Valencia raisins to the United States to date are 500,000 boxes. Instantaneous photography is no longer a question to be determined by study and experi ment, but has assumed the place of an accom plished aud familiar fact. One of the most in teresting achievements in this direction, as de scribed In a London paper, originated in the question as to whether the upper part of a wheel of a vehicle when in motion travels faster than the lower part. In determining this mat ter liy instantaneous photography, the artist took the photograph of an omnibus wheel en route, and in this photograph, while the lower ends of the spokes immediately adjacent to the ground are not perceptibly unsharpencil by the motion, tbo tops of the upper spokes show an augular motion corresponding to about ten de grees. The photograph in this case most suc cessfully expresses the fact that the wheel it represents is in rapid motion. Mrs. (5. P. Baiucy, wife of the editor of the Utica (N. Y.) Observer, has invented a contriv ance for the convenience and comfort of the sick, which is very highly spoken of in the hos pitals where it has been tried. Two iron sock ets are attached firmly to theshlesof a bedstead by screws, and into these arc fitted short, poles, and between the [wles is susp -tided a horizontal bnralso fit ted into clamps mid adjustable to any height übove the imtient lying on the bed. From this bar hang a pair of strong straps, with grips, and these can lie moved from right to left at will lly grasping those straps the sick man can utilize the strength of his arms to lift him self up, to change tils position, to turn over mid to allow the bedding to be changed. There are a variety of attaclimentsito the invention which extend Its usefullness indefinitely. One is a rest for the leg, in which a broken limb can bo placed while it is being dressed. It is only necessary to un screw the sockets attached to the tsidstead and change their location, to utilize this. Another is a small table for medicine, book, anything a patient wants, within immediate reach. An other is a cut tain-rod, likely to be especially serviceable, in hospital wards to avoid a draught, to shut out the light, or to afford a degree of privacy. BAKING POtVDER. CREAM Its superior excellence proven In millions of Homes for more thani quarter of acentury. It is used by the United States Government. In lorsed by the heads of the Great Universities a* he Strongest. Purest nd most Healthful. Dr. ’rice's the only Baking Powder that does not onlain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Bold only in ana PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. v w YORK. Cnil too. ST. Lotus. DRY GOODS, ETC. Useful Xmas Presents AT 'Mi 4 taw’s, Successors to B. F. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. 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WHITE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. 100 dozen White Hemstitched Silk Handker chiefs, wide and narrow hems, in pure and cream whiter from 50c. to $1 50 each. 75 dozen Pure and Cream White Brocaded Silk Handkerchiefs from 50c to $1 50. COLORED SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. 500 dozen Fancy Colored Silk Handkerchiefs, in all the latest designs and oeiorings, from 50c. to $1 50 each. Ladies' White Embroidered Aprons from f 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, Oxided mountings. Ladies’ Mourning Umbrellas, in Puritan and Gloria Silks. HOSIERY, HOSIERY. A full line of Ladies’ Unbleached Balbriggan Hose, in all grades and sizes, from $3 to $9 INT dozen. Full lines Ladies’ Colored Cotton and Lisle Hose. Ladies’ Black Cotton, Lisle and Silk Hose from 25c. to §1 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. CROHAN & DOONER. --| I iimiii ll—imr — 1 CHIMNEYS. This is thcTop ofthc GrNCINB Pearl Top Lamp Chimney All others, similar are imitation Insist uponthe Exact Label and Top'. Foe Sale Everywhere. Made only by 6EO, A. MACBETH &C 0„ Pittsburgh, Pa. MEDICAL,. Tutfs Pills To pnrgethehonels docs not mk ( them r.-gulur but leaves them in worm condition tlmn before. The liver It the the neat of trouble, and THE REMEDY must not on it. TiiU'n Liver Pill* ilirvctlv on Mint ouulnjf a frt'< flow of bile, without which, the bow elaurc always ronstiputed. Price, Sold Everywhere. Dlllce, 44 Murray St., New York n T prescribe and foBJ endorse Big u * JJJf 'urnln specificforlhe-cr* /U6B? 1 TO bll AY tutncun oftlilsdlswa’- JHHfOnuiintMd not B| Q. U (nokailAM. MJ"• ffg* cam.Btrloturs- " Amsterdam, ri- >• Okf and only by tbs We have sold Big® h* Chwlcil YCct Cincinnati. W iaction. K uv ;#4'V AarkTsl. Sold by Drugg**’