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4 ChelPonttwjftclus Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SITS DAY, PBCBMBMt 2.'*. t®V. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. News is published every day in the year and is served to subscribers in the city, hv newsdealers and carriers, on their own ae rourit, at 35 cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and flO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail , one month, $] 00; three months, S3 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $2 00; six months, $4 00 one year. $8 00. The Morning News, Tri-Weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and "Saturdays, threo mouths, $1 35; six months, $3 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail , one year, $1 23. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. 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None but competent earners will lie employed, 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 $ 1 00 For three months 2 50 For six months -5 00 For twelve months 10 00 All subscriptions payable in advance, and no paper will be delivered beyond the time paid for. Special attention will be "given to Weekly and Monthly Subscriptions, and subscribers can make arrangements, if they desire, to pa/ subscriptions at their resi dences, avoiding the inconvenience of call ing at the Business Office. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings —Myrtle Lodge No. 1663, G. U. O. F., and Other Lodges; Myrtle Division No. 350, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Special Notices— Letter from the New York College of Music to Messrs. Chickering & Sons: The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Co.’s Divi dend; Gallery Tickets to G. O. P. Full Dress Ball; Savannah Academy Roll of Honor; Will Open Monday, Davis Bros.; Hang Your Clothes on My Line, Townsend; Strauss Printing Co.’s Card; Christmas Races Postponed to New- Year's Day. What’ll Yor Have? —B. H. Levy fit Bro. Facts— A S. Cohen. Monday, Dec. 26—L. &B.S.M. H. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Miscellaneous. Holiday Goods— A. R. Altmayer & Cos. Amusements— AX’hristruas Cantata at Masonic Temple; “Shadows of a great City” at the The at re. Hay, Grain, Etc.— W. D. Simkins and Cos. Bargains— At Gray & O’Brien’s. •Tust Read— Belsinger’s. Yesterday’s weather could bo classed among the raw materials. The numerous friends of the Pope have presented him with 50,000 bottles of cham pagne. But for his religious principles, the Pope could make big profits by establishing a wine room. The number of Congressmen who went home for the Christmas holidays was much smaller than in former years. The reason Is that free passes have been abolished. A very excellent reason, is it not? The Republicans in speaking of the slen der Democratic majority in Indiana in 1884, say 6,500 is easily wiped out The Indiana majority is not half as slender as Sarah Bernhardt, who “gets there” every time. Gov. Larrabee, of lowa, is engaged in a still hunt for votes to oust Sir. Wilson from the United States Senate. The Legislature convents in January, and the Senatorial situation is said to to considerably compli cated. ________________ * The Keely Brewing Company of Chicago is in no wise connected with the Keely Motor Company, but it proposes to cause trouble by refusing to buy barley grown in prohibition States, and the Motor Company has long been browing trouble in some of the same States by refusing to disclose its secret. The esteemed New York World prints the statement that Senator John Sherman has retired from the race for the Republican homination for President. This is a very uplikely story. Mr. Sherman never retires until he is beaten, and he never knows he is beaten until somebody else walks off with the nomination. The hotel keepers and the proprietors of public boarding bouses of Branch county, Michigan, have adopted a novel method of fighting prohibition. They have signed an agreement to close their houses, in case pro hibition is adopted there. This would be a very good thing for the Prohibitionists who want to get into the hotel business. Speaking of J. Warren Keifer, ox. Speaker of the House, the Cincinnati (O.) Enquirer says: “Gen. Keifer is one of tho most able and erudite of Ohio’s public men. He is an honor to Springfield, 0., and that city honors him as her most gifted son.” Keifer’s greatness is confined to Springfield, 0., and the Enquirer office, and may be represented by a 0. The bloody shirt organs have an idea that the best way to enjoy Christmas is to abuse Mr. Lamar. They are rubbing their hands in ghoulish glee over what they call the prospect of his defeat, but their laughter will be turned into a very ghastly smile when a half dozen Republican Senators repudiate the bloody garment and vo*e for *u able and honest man. Christmas. Christmas is the merriest, happiest day of all the year in all Christian countries, and it ought to be. Of all the holidays it is the one that brings tho purest thoughts and the highest pleasures. The aim of all is to give happiness to others, and in doing so they in crease their own happiness. Christmas is the children’s day. They think of it from one year’s end to the other. They know about it as soon as they know anything. In every household, whether it be the abode of poverty or of wealth, “Santa Claus” is a familiar name. A distinguished divine of New York lately proposed to abolish “Santa Claus,” but his reasons for doing so are njt good ones. The world couldn’t get along without him. He is a favorite not alone with chil dren. The middlo-aged and those who have almost finished the journey of life welcome with glad hearts the gifts which, we agroe in admitting, he distributes. The gifts are not prized for their value, but as an evi dence that we are remembered and that there- are hearts in which there are kindly thoughts of us. Without friends and without loved ones the world would have few attractions. What wor;hless things would wealth and the prizes of genius and courage be if there were none with whom we cared to share them or to whom we desired to give pleasure by means of them ? Christinas makes old hearts young and young hearts glad. It draws parents nearer their children and strengthens children’s love for their parents. It binds together more closely the family circle and breaks down the barriers which have been raised in the struggle for riches, glory, success or the attainment of purely selfish ends. Let us be thankful, then, fora holiday that means so much to us, and let us enjoy it, forgetting the trials of yesterday and shutting out tho shadow of the dull cares of to-morrow. And while we are enjoying ourselves let us not forget that there may be those whose Christmas may be made brighter by a little help from our well-filled larders. “Charity is an eternal debt,” and it is well to pay some of it at this joyous season, when payment is easier and more liberal. The consciousness of having done a good deed will help to round out the pleasures of the day. Mr. Lamar’s Nomination. The statement comes from Macon that Secretary Lamar will make his home in that city if his nomination as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is not con firmed. This is doubtless nothing but a rumor, and it is pretty certain that it is not based upon anything that Mr. Lamar has said. There is no good reason for thinking that his nomination will be rejected. The President doubtless took good care to find out the sentiment of the Scuate before he nominated him. If he had not been as sured that the nomination would be con firmed he would not have sent his name to the Senate. He would have kept him in the Cabinet where, no doubt, he would like to have him stay. Enough Republican Senators will vote for Mr. Lamar’s nomination to insure its confirmation. Doubtless that is understood. What the Repnblicans are aiming to do is to make as much political capital out of the nomination as they can. They may even ha ve a fierce debate over it. When they have had their talk, however, the nomina tion will go through all right,. There is a silly story afloat that the Supreme Court is atious evenly divided on the great telephone case of Draw baugh vs. * Bell, and that it is de sirable that Mr. Lamar should not go on the bench until that case is dis jiosed of as he took some official action wit regard to it as Secretary of the Interior. If he were to become a member of the court at once he would take no part in that case. It has been argued, and perhaps the decision is already written. Doubtless other foolish stories will be circulated before the nomina tion is disposed of. Ex-Secretary Manning's Death. Ex-Secretary Manning, whose death is announced in our dispatches this morning, was in the prime of life, being only 56 years of age. Overwork and the confinement which his arduous duties as Secretary of tho Treasury imposed upon him brought on paralysis, from which he never fully recovered. He was a man of splendid physique and fine mental endowments. The pari which he played in the political affairs of New York and of the nation was a prominent one. For years he was one of the most con spicuous leaders of the Democratic party of the Empire State. He was trusted and re lied upon, and few men enjoyed to a greater extent the confidence of his party. To his shrewd management Mr. Cleveland largely owed his nomination for President. He impressed upon the party that its suc cess required that it should carry Now York, and he made it clear that no Demo crat’s chance of carrying it was so great as that of Mr. Cleveland. Mr.Cloveland fully recognized his obliga tion to Mr. Manning, and depended largely upon his advice and counsel. It was the impression that Mr. Manning did not care to enter the Cabinet, but Mr. Cleveland in sisted upon having him there, and ho would have remained tliere, doubtless, if his health had permitted. Mr. Manning’s administration of the Treasury Department was a very able one. He handled the financial affairs of the nation in a way that commanded the re spect and confidence of the entire country. The announcement of his determination to leave the Cabinet was heard with general regret. Expressions of sorrow for his death will not be confined to his own State. The Washington correspondents have told almost everything worth knowing about the personnel of the present Congress, but this item was saved for the last, probably because it was among the best: Judge Ly man, who represents an lowa district, bus heretofore been known as the ugliest man in Congress, and he was proud of tho distinc tion, because he hoped to become noted by reason of it, but since the new memliers have come in his hopes have been shattered. Mr. Johnston, of the Buncoml>e district of North Carolina, not only has every element of ugliness possessed by tho Judge, but has got the advantage of being cross-eyed. Judge Lyman is loth to yield the palm to Mr. Johnston, but reluctantly confesses that his prospects for retaining it are not bright. Mr. Beck has gone to Kentucky to look after his fences. The Legislature convenes Dec. 31, and his opponents pretend to be lieve that he will have a hard time getting back to the Senate. When Dr. Standiford died, the only opposition to Mr. Beck of any consequence perished with him. The sturdy old Scotchman would have buc [ needed himself ovon if Dr. StAudiforl hud I lived. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1887. Mr. Barry’s Spectacles. Mr. Thomas B. Barry, a prominent offi cer of the Knights of Labor, has just re turned to Philadelphia from a trip through Virginia, North and South Carolina and Geoigia, and he lias given some of the im pressions of his trip to a Philadelphia news paper. It would be interesting to know what kind of spectacles Mr. Barry n ears. They must be very bad spectacles since they do not permit him to see things as they are. It may be that Mr. Barry things as they really are even with the aid of tho best of spectacles. There are men afflicted in that way. It is charitable to suppose, however, that Mr. Barry sees things wrong ly because of a defect in his spectacles and n t because of any mental defect. He says that a Southerner who toils with his hands is looked down upon. It wonld be interesting to know with what class of people he was associated in this section. As a man of his calibre would feel like a fish out of water with the slums and outcasts of society, and as such information he gives can bo obtained by observation among no other class, probably he consulted the advance sheets of Mr. Ingalls’ historical novel, or delved into the riches of Mr, Blaine’s memoirs. “My first work,” he says, “brought ine to Virginia, where I learned that to be colored is to be a negro.” If Mr. Barry had consulted such negroes as Minister Taylor he would have learned that there are no colored men in this country, unless they be Indians, and that the negroes are beginning to regard the meaningless term, “colored people,” as one of reproach. Mr. Barry can impart his knowledge on this subject to tbo encyclopae dia-makers, who will recognize in it a piece of newly-found information. “Every where I went,” he continues, “I heard from the peo ple, white and black, the most horrible sto ries of intimidatiou at elections.” This is tho same old story that has been revamped by Republican emissaries in the South for the last quarter century, and Mr. Barry de serves no particular credit for proclaiming it anew. Can it be possible that ho is an emissary of the bloody shirt leaders of the Republican party and that his Southern trip was id their interest? There are several othor choice bits which Mr. Barry has given to the public, but the above are sufficient to show that it will be wiser for him to attend to labor questions, and let those relating to politics alone. Another of Bullock’s Interviews. The latest interview with ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock, who is very loquacious lately, is dated from Atlanta, and published in the New York Graphic. Gov. Bullock mod estly hints that his opinions are not of much importance, as he has not been prominently identified with any political party since be resigned the governorship of Georgia. He speaks of the resignation in a manner im plying the voluntary laying down of oner ous public burdens that required more of bis time than iie could conveniently give, and the allusion to that tragic act must bring a broad sm le to the lips of Georgians who have not forgotten how lie held on to the office as long as he possibly could, and re linquished it not from choice, but from necessity. The people of this Slate are will ing to regard Gov. Bullock with a consider able degree of toleration, since, the events in which he figured so prominently are long past, and they appreciate the grim humor that pervades the reference to his resigns tion. Gov. Bullock’s career in Georgia has been full of stirring eventr. It is not believed that he was elected Governor of the State. A majority of the votes were cast for Gen. Gordon, hut a master of political intrigue boldly carried out the scheme of seating Bullock, whose administration was marked by some of the most stujieiidous happenings in th > history of the State, and whose con duct to the last was that of one possessing pluck, boldness an ; determination.. Subse quently he was a potent’ factor in At lanta’s growth, and his work for that, city suggests the idea that he repented of his sins against Georgia, and was trying to atone for them by giving bis energies to the building up of her capitol city. Gov. Bullock repeats tho statement made a week or two ago that he no longer regards ex-President Hayes as the only man whom the Republicans can elect next year. Mr. Hayes, he says, has assured him bv letter that he does not want to become the Repub lican candidate, and Gov. Bullock now thinks that any man wiiods nominated on a protection platform will be elected. Very likely he sees that liis assertion that Mr. Hayes was the only Republican who could be elected amounted to a virtual admission of Republican defeat, as it is plain tliat Mr. Hayes cannot lie nominat 'd, so he makes the President’s message the pretext for a change of opinion. Gov. Bullock's par tiality for Mr. Hayes was quite natural, in asmuch as both he and tho ex-President climbed into office by the grace of a return ing board. His opinion that Mr. Hayes could again be elected shows that he does not know how the people regard men who have accepted offices to which they were not elected, and the entire interview bears evideuco of his long retirement from active politics. Charlio Ross has appeared again, this time in Louisville. This one is a tall boy, about 19 years old, and suffers from con sumption. He says he was taken first to Boston, then sent back to Philadelphia, where he was placed under the charge of an old woman, who put him in dresses and made him play girl. When the police be came troublesome he was removed to St. Louis, where he remained three years, aud where his abductors, two meu notorious in police circles and known as “Big” Bill Adlers and George Schneider, taught him to become an export rogue and pickpocket. He professes to have reformed #nd to be now a member of the Salvation Army. The Louisville police have their doubts concern ing his representations, and are keepiug him under surveillance until an officer arrives from Cincinnati, where it is thought he is wanted for some offense against the law. A book containing the alleged ex ploits and adventures of every Charlie Ross who has turned up in the last ten or fifteen years would sell like a dime novel or a his tory of Slugger Sullivan’s life. Here is a golden opportunity for Mr. Edgar Fawcett. The supposed discovery by Dr. Prudden that bacteria in ice germinate typhoid fever calls attention to the extensive and widespread use of ice in this country. It is not improbable that the custom of putting it in almost every thing that is consumed on the tuble causes a large amount of sickness and many deaths. Aside from the bacteria there is danger to health in the too free use of ioe in beverages, drinking water and eatables, and if Dr. Pmdden’s discovery reduces to any very appreciable extent the amount used, it will nut him in the light of a public benefactor. CURRENT COMMENT. Saving Work and Breakage. From the Few Orleans Feins ( Item .) It is proposed to abolish dish wasting. The idea is to make paper dishes so cheap that one cam afford to throw them away after each meal. They can be made as pretty as china, as strong as desired, and will be noiseless and not liable to break. No Name for It. From the fit. Louis Republican (Pern.) The New York Tribune says that “magnificent results have lieeu aeeoniDlisned under protection in the United States." "Undoubtedly. Look at the magnificent supply of millionaires and pau pers. and the noble army of trusts. Magnificent is no name for it. When Fcraker Opens His Mouth for Blaine. From the Few York Herald ( hid.) They have found anew mammoth cave on the shores of Like Erie. It is said to rival the one in Kentucky. Well, just wait until next year and you'll see a mammoth cave in comparison with which these two are nothing but rabbit burrows. Be Careful How You Fool With This. From the Chicago Tribune (Rep.) The success that has attended the introduction of the word omnisciolistical into the language by the editor of the New York Sun has embold ened him to make another effort and the result is “omnigriorant." This is not so good as the other. While not necessarily pseudomorphous in its ground plan ami general design, there is evident in its elaboration a sort of inhannonic ousticity, as it were—a vague architectonicao pbonosity or lack of euphonicorthographicality that will prevent its general adoption by a crit ical public. BRIGHT BITS. Ie Christmas came every day in the year we could soon get rid of our Treasury surplus.— Boston Post. Rejoice when your Christmas turkey makes a brave fight for life. The bravest are "the ten derest. you know.— Texas Siftings. Hear the merry merchant's cry, “Ho, the pretty ladies Come to see and not to buy! Doesn’t it beat Hades?" —Life. Customer (in the resturant)—“The last time I was here, waiter, I found a hair in tny soup. Are you sure this is all right?"’ Waiter (confidently)—“Yes, sah, I done took rim all out."—Epoch. A petrified sandwich was dug up near Swan Creek, 111., the other day. They put it with the collection at the railroad station and the pur chaser said it was the tenderest sandwich he had ever bought at that place. —Judge. “I knew a man once who never told a lie.” “Who was he?” “A Chicago drummer.” “Nonsense." "He used to tel! two at a time." — Town Topics. “I have a girl.” says a Jerseyman, “that’s so modest she wouldn't even learn improper trac tions in school.” "My girl is more modest than that," retorted another, "she always goes into the next room to change her miad.’ Boston Budget. If Edison perfects his phonograph the young men of the coming generation won't dare to go courting Sunday night for fear that one of the instruments may be concealed in the parlor. It would be difficult to ovoreoine the evidence of the phonograph in a breach of promise trial.— Boston Globe. Ttalio dk Counte—So you will not be mv wife, eh? Do you forget zat I am an Italian Count? Young American—Oh. no: I do not forget that you are an Italian Count ; but 1 do know that I was never brought up to make a dozen shirts for thirty cents and do the washing for a large family.— Judge. Two friends met in the Omaha depot the other day, one from Chicago and the other from Los Angeles. "Where are you going?” asked the latter, "Going to Los Angeles to spend the winter. And you?” “I’m going to spend the winter in Chicago,” said the Los An geles man.— Tr.rus Siftings, “Do you intend to try housekeeping?” asked the traveling man of another, as they were dis cussing their plans. "O, yes, will try it. We’ve got the place and there are only fifteen or twenty payments due, and a couple of outside mortgages on it. but we stall nevertheless do our best to keep the house.”— Merchant Traveler. Bunco man (to strauger)—Aren’t you Mr. Smith of SrnithviUe? Stranger—No. sir, My name is Pressure of Philadelphia. lam forming a stock company to raise funds to develop the new and wonderful phenomenon which has been unfolded to my friend, Mr. Keel but by this lime the bunco man was blocks away.— Yew York Sun. PERSONAL. The Emperess Eugenie has recovered her heali h, and now talks abont a tour in the Holy Laud. Gillic k Wickwire is the peculiar name of the newly-appointed postmaster at Colchester, Conn. Gov Stevenson, of Nevada, is reported to have disposed of his property iu California, for $1,500,000. Mrs Mackay presented the new Countess Cairns, who is a Jewess by birth with a diamond and ruby aigrette brooch. The Duke of Newcastle will w inter in Flori da, and pay a Hying visit to Philadelphia. He is young, unmarried and has a cork leg. Prince Bismarck has an elder brother, who has been Under Prefect of Mingard since 1811, and is about io retire, aged seventy-seven. Senator John Sherman pax’s taxes on prop erty in Washington which is assessed at $112,000. It may be noted that the Sherman family origin ally came from Connecticut. The Parisians have at length unveiled a mon tltnent to Edmond About. The inveterate pun ster, who, of course, does not admire the French language, says this is About right. Ex-Gov. Alger is said to have made from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 in Michigan pine lands. When lie went to Detroit to practice law at the close of the war he was almost penniless. The valuable Stinneekr scholarship at Prince ton has been aw arded to Robert Sch ci. of Heading. Pa., class of 1890. The scholarship is worth $1,590, aud is good for three years. Ben Butler has not sent in hisb ill yet to the Chicago Anarchists, lawyer Tucker wants SSOO, und his bill is still unsettled. All the money has been spent giving the martyrs fu nerals. Smith and Kilratn intend to have themselves photographed in t heir present bruised condition. Patent medicine proprietors who are looking for a picture to be entitled "Before taking," would do well to ltear this in mind. Senator Ev.uits claims that fair weather on election day. 1884, would have resulted in a tri umph for Mr. lilaine. The man who depends on sunshine for an election to the Presidency of the United States is not likely to reign in the White House. Ex-Absemblyman James Haooerty, who is dead, at the age of 53, was one of the wits of the lower House at Albany, N. Y. 3Vhen he rose to speak the Assemblymen al ways listened to him. Although not eloquent, his speeches wen always pithy and contained some original phrase or thought. He was eccentric but po|>- ular. The address delivered by Henry Broodrib Ir ving before the Contemporary Club, of Phila delphia, the other day was a second-hand affair It was substantially the same address delivered at Oxford some time ago. But even a second hand address on play uetors may have contem poraneous interest in a Philadelphia Contempo rary Club. Miss Laura Bridgman, the blind, deaf and dumb inmate of the Perkins’ Institution for the Blind in Boston, gave a reception Wednesday to her friends to mark the fiftieth year of her resi dence in that institution, as well as the fifty* eighth anniversary of her birth. She enjoyed the music, the addresses of the guests and the presence of those she knew, after her own fashion, and expressed her approval of the re marks by clapping her hands. Dr. Howe, her teacher, thougn long since dead, has left behind him a living monument to his earnest and laborious work of educating this afflicted woman, who, it should Is- said, does not consider anybody a friend who calls her unfortunate. Bram Stoker, manager for Henry Irving, is the sort of man who makes ,’rieuds readily He is tall aud breezy, with a wonderful fund of small talk, and a good big budget of solid talk behind it. He has the rare faculty of remem bering names of persons introduced to him, es poeially if they have a kind word to say of Mr. Irving, for whom his admiration and friendship are unbounded. When he started for England after Mr. Irving's last visit to America. Mr Stoker sent little cards with happy farewell notes written on them to each of his numerous acquaintances. At one time and another Mr. Stoker has written muuh newspaper matter. He is an Irishman and enjoyed the advantages of collegiate education, lie was what is called uu Inspector of Petty Sessions in Ireland before h - went to Eng and and fell th with Mr. Irving. Among his other accomplishments It is said that be cun write fine sonnets- ANALYSIS OF A TEAR. Thing’s Which Make a Dewdrop Upon a Woman’s Cheek. From the London Quern. The principal element in the composition of a tear, as may readily lie supposed, is water. The other elements are salt, soda, phosphate of lime, phosphate of soda and mucus, each in small proportions. A dried tear seen through a mi croscope of good average power presents a pe culiar appearance. The water, after evapora tion, leaves behind it the saline ingredients, which amalgamate and form thenise ves into lengthened cross lines, and look like a number of minute fish bones. The tears are secreted m what are called the "lachrymal glands," situ ated over the eyeball ami underneath the lid. The contents of these glands are carried along and under the inner surface of the eyelids by means of six or seven very tine channels, and are discharged a little above the cartilage sup porting the lid. The discharge of tears from the lachrymal glands is not occasional and aecidental. as is commonly supposed, but continuous. It goes on both day and ui 'ht—though If-' abundantly at night- - through the “conduits,” and spreads equally over the surface of the pupil, in virtue of the incessant movement of the lids. After serving its mirpose, the (low is carried away by two little drains, situated in that corner of each eye nearest the nose - into which they run- and called the ’ lachrymal points.” The. usefulness of this quiet (Tow of tears, to both men and beasts, is manifest. There is such an immense quantity of line dust floating iu the air and con stantly getting into the eyes, that, but for it, they would soon become choked. Wry little is requisite to keep the ball free, and when some obnoxious substance—smoke, an insect or the like that affects the nerves—does make its way in, an increased flow is poured out to sweep it away. They Ought to Have Sprung Up. From the Chicago Tribune. One evening while we were making a neigh borly call at a Nebraska settler’s bouse near where we were camped for the night Briar es sayed some music on a cabinet orgau in one cor ner of the room, but found that when be pressed down a key it usually stayed down au l ooutiu ued to sound t hat particular note. This tended to mar some of the finer effects, especially iu the staccato passages. “Some of (hem bus’nesses seem to stick down when you hit 'em, don’t they?” said the setr tier s wife. "They do seem to stick a little,” Briar ad mitted. “ 'Taint the way for ’em to act, is it v” contin ued the woman. "No; they ought to spring back up,” replied Briar. “1 knowed they bad all the timel Bennerv," she said, turning to her husband, “this feller says they ought to jump back up ev’ry time, same's I said, an’ 1 b’lievo you knowed it all the time, too.' You see," she exclaimed, “I’d been dingin’ at him to git me an organ for a long time, an’ the other day he brought this old sec on'-hand thing home. I tried it, an’ says I: ’Hennery, these keys don’t flop back up like they orter.’ *W’y, says he, a-rubbiu’ bis hands an’smilin’awful nice to try to smooth it over; ‘that’s all right—they ain’t intended to —this is one of them new kind or organs—got a patent onto it. When you play a key. w'ys she’s played an’ you don’t have do more trouble with it. S’poseu you hit B, or E sharp, or K— there you got 'em' they keep playin’ long's you pump—needn’t to worry no more ’bout B. nor, l„ nor K. When you get ’em all jabbed down your piece is done au’ you can pry ’em up an’ start agin. It saves work an’ is right in the same suit with other labor-savm’ machinery. I knowed it wan't so then an’ I know it all the more now, an' I tell you, Hennery, you can jes’ pack that o and thing back au’ git me a good one or I’ll sell a cow an’ git one myself I Jes’ take your choice remember that I’m all riled up an’ you know when a McAskill gits her dander up something’s got to come 1" Snowflake.). How they fly all through the air, Merrily; Making glad the wood and glen, Cheerily. Now they dance along the way, Glancing o’er the frozen bay, Feathery flakes athwart the cold, clear day Swiftly on the schoolboy slides Laughingly; Bright his eye, and his cheek glows Rosily. Now his hapy, joyous glance Doth the old and young entrance, Tis the day for childhood’s sweet romance. Hoary age is creeping on Passively: Slowly now he picks his way Carefully. How the snowflakes dance and freak, O’er his sad and careworn cheek. Caring not that he is old and weak. Now the wild, free dance is o’er, Finally; Each pearl flake assumes her place t iracefully; TUI they everywhere have hurl’d Fleecy snow robes O’er the world, Where deep night has ’round her silence furl'd. Mabel Hayden. A New Joke by Our Own uvarts. From, the Philadelphia Kecord. Speaking of George Washington always re minds me of that good story of how Kvarts told Lord Coleridge when they were at 51 ount Ver non the legend of Washington throwing a dol lar across the Rappahannock. “But,” objected Coleridge, "the Rappahannock’s a broad stream.” “Yes,” retorted Evans, “but you must remember that a dollar went further in those days.” At a dinner party not long ago Kvarts was chaffed a tittle about the many stories attributed to him by the newspapers, and incidentally this one was prai sed as his best. "Oh,” said Kvarts modestly, “J don’t say all the good things that are, credited to me. Every now and then some anonymous newspaper paragrapher says a wittier thing than any of us. Now, what I might have said to Jx>rd Cole ridge w.is that it was not so strange that George Washington threw a dollar across a river since he i lirew a sovereign across the sea.” That was certainly as bright as the other. Yet Kvarts begins to snow the effects of his seventy years. He repeats himself. He has got off that witty remark originally presented to the ('lover Club, that like some other gnat enterprises he lacked terminal facilities, liah a dozen times. lam afraid he will never be President. Nationality in Beards. From the Poston Advertiser. An observant friend who had been examining a collection of faces representing a large num ber of the public men in the United States, made the following general conclusions in re gard to national types in the cutting of the beard, which contain more than a grain of truth “The simple moustache, with the rest of the face clean shaven, is the prevailing American type,” he said. "The old time Yankee chin whisker, like that of the traditional Uncle Sam, is no longer the national cut. In the same way the old French type of the imperial, or heavy moustache and long goatee, has given way in Fiance to the present tv|>e of a eloso cut full beard, trimmed to double points on the chili. The German anil Russian national types are heavy full beards parted at the middle of the chtn. The English tyne is a small, short cropped moustache, with small square side growths. The general South European type of Spain or Italy is either an entirely clear-shaven face or else a very small moustache and goatee crowded close about the month.” When Girls Should Look Out. From the Buffalo Courier. “I wish you’d tell me of anything in the world,” said the young man that boards on South Division street, “that is worse t han the stiff brimmed hats worn by the men of this gen eration." “What fault have you to find with the stiff hat ?” asked the Arounder. “Well, there’s one fault that out-villainies all the rest, and that is the difficulty a fellow en counters in trying to kiss a girl with a stiff brimmed hat on. You make a sally and w-ben within two inches of the goal your hat brim strikes Clarissa on the forehead and stops you. Nine times out of ten your hat is knocked off, and falls on the [Kirch with a great racket, which makes you ridiculous. A fellow that lias liecu caught so once or twice always takes care to set his hat on the back of his head before try ing to kiss a girl, and then he has some chance. When a girl sees her companion” push his hat to the back of his head she needs to be on her guard. He is bent on mischief. ” Chicago’s Transient Shoe Trade. From the Chicago Mail. A boot and shoe man on State st reet begged to remind me that the story about the large feet of Chicago women, if it ever had any truth in it, was as hare of fact now as a last year’s bird nest. “It is a noticeable thing,” he said, “that we sell more small sizes t .an ever. I have been iu the trade for many years, and It Is a rare thing for us to sell a larger size than three. I called my partner’s attention to this, and he said that maybe the big footed ones wore buying elsewhere. Then I thought I would make some inquiry among ray fellow-dealers, and they all told me that they had noticed the same thing. No. 2 D last is about the average Ido not at tempt to ex plain it, but I know it is-a fact.” Miss Hzi.es C. Smith, daughter of exOov. Smith of Vermont, has taken the degree of M. P (master of pies) in the St. Albans Cooking ‘■oUe.-e. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Ranchmen near Mangus, N. M., are trying to catch a big bear that has already killed over 200 goats and thus far eludes all pursuers. A Mexican banquet may consist of t hirty two courses, or of nothing but hard-boiled eggs. It is a country where the customs are classic and the eggs reasonably fresh. A Michigan man thinks that by draining cer tain Tennessee bog lands he can make a fortune raising celery. He has just bought 1,000 acres near C'hattauooga for this purpose. A London association of performers on wind instruments is giving concerts at which only such instruments are used. The highest classical music is attacked fearlessly. A Bellajre (Mich.) man whose cow died sud denly conducted a post mortem examination and found a darning-needle in her heart. He is looking for the party who darned the cow. Annus Nelson, aged ß, lived in a little Den mark village and liei' aunt lives in Montague, Mich. Annie wanted to go to her aunt, and so her friends started her off alone, aud she has just arrived. A bio buck stood on a Michigan railroad track the other night so interested in watcliing the glare of the head l.ght of an approaching locomotive that ho never stirred until he was knocked off the track aud killed. An Italian at Mansfield, 0., wore a pair of very tight shoes two days. The result was in juries to his feet that were followed by gan grene, so that he has had his toes and oilier parts of his feet amputated in order to save his A flock of about 100 crows passing over Cuinminsville, 0., were attacked the other af noon by thrice their number of English spar rows who completely routed the big birds Sev eral crows were disabled, and one was found with both eyes pecked out, Says the Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise: Halleck is the coldest place on the line of the Central Pacific. It is a terror to railroad men. At that point a current of air comes down from the north through a series of valleys—a sort of trough that extends up into Arctic regions. A mortgage dated 1840, which affects the title of one-sixth of the real estate of Shamokin, Pa., has been found. It is for $42,000, and has never beeu paid. The Sheriff of Northumber land county notifies the proprietors of the property affected that the property will be sold Dec, 30. The Times of India says that a general order is about to be issued by the Commander-in chief directing that cavalry, like infantry, shall henceforth cheer when charging. It is sug gested that when Colonels give out their com mands on other matters, soldiers might also be permitted to express their approval by a “hear; hear!" A Boston Highlands Sunday school class was told by the teacher to find out all it could about Solomon and relate it on the next Sunday. When Sunday came the teacher said to the brightest boy in the class: "Well, Andrew, of whom did I ask you to give a succinct account to-day?" “Sullivau,” answered Andrew, with great interest. It is proper to warn art collectors against purchasing any Rembrandts, Dimers, or Ra phaels which may stray into the market at present. Anew scientific process of copying is said to have been applied to the pictures in the Esterhazy gallery at l’esth, with startling re sults, and tne fact has become a subject of in vestigation by the Hungarian Congress. The colored children at Oxford, 0.. have al ways had public schools separate from the w hite children's schools, but this year they refused to attend them aud iusis ed upon going to tbo same schools that the white children attended. They were refused admission and brought an action against the school authorities, which has just been decided in favor of the negroes. Auckland. New Zealand, Is a lively and en terprising city of 70,000 inhabitants. It is situ ated near the crater of a large extinct volcano, w hich, according to scientists, may reasume ac tive operations at any moment. The Auckland ers, however, are not terrified at the prospect, and. it) fact, are going to cement the bottom of the crater and use it as a reservoir for their water supply. While Ida Gephart was tieing married at, Mount Pleasant, N. Y., her mother with a scream fell to the floor of the church unconscious. Then Ida tlopjied into the arms of the groom. The minister wasn’t to be deterred by a little thing like that, and kept on with the service until it was finished. Tnen Ida’s mother was picked up and restored to consciousness, aud Ida herself came around all right. A driving wheel of a locomotive that was drawing a passenger train buret recently near Milford, Pa. One piece whizzed past the fire man's head and passed, screaming like a shell from a cannon, through the baggage car. the smoking car, and a passenger coach without doing injury to any person on the train. The train was running at the rate of forty miles an hour wheu the accident occurred. Levi Campbell, of Kingsbury, Me., set a bear trap and a bear got into it. He dragged the trap a good distance, until it was caught in a log. Then Levi came up and struck the bear with au ax. The animal turned suddenly, wrenched the trap loose, grabbed Levi, and w as in a fair way to make an end of him wheu his dog pitched iu and attracted the bear’s attention until Levi could drag himself away. Two little fellows, Sammy and Willie Bald win aged 11 and 12 respectively, walked from Kearney, Mo,, recently to St. Joseph, Mo., to see their mother in the insane asylum, whom they had not seen for six years. They were afraid to ask their father to let them go, ami walked the entire hundred miles. A constable went after them and found them willing to re turn, as they had been successful in their mis sion. Dec. 5 a Wyandotte (Kan.) boy was leading along the street an old white horse that had served many years at the front end of a street car. Every cable car that came alone and stop p'd near the ancient equine caused him to jump m front of it, and only by force could the poor old Roziuante, be induced to change his position; aud when the. car glided On he appeared greatly puzzled as to where the motive power was ob tained. Os an island in the Penobscot river, twelve miles ahove Bangor, live the remnant of the once great tribe of Tarratine Indians. They are civilized, and most of them prosperous. At a recent wedding of two of them the bride wore a robe of “delicate blue brocade satin, trimmed with cream Spanish lace and cream satin rib -1) ns,” and one of the guests wore a “peacock, blue surah silk and satin, with overdress of Oriental lace.” Since the recent imprisonment for life of Mrs. Martha Crockett of Swanville, Me., for the al leged murder of her husband, rumors have been atioat, that she is innocent, it is suid that a neighbor sprinkled Pans green on some apples, with the intention of making a thief ill. After some time he disposed of the apples, without carefully removing the poison. An animal that was fed with them died, and it is said that some of them, fried, caused the death of Mr. Crock ett. It is said that the man who used the Paris green said that Mrs. Crockett was innocent, but he has not the courage to tell the whole truth. A Philadelphia family, living near the Church of St. Alphonsus, own a very brig; t parrot. Every evening the bells of the church ring the “Angelus,” and recently one of the little girls of the family was taught to recite the appropriate prayer at the sound of the bells. The parrot watched her carefully, and the other evening, at the first sound of the chimes, dropped to the bottom of the cage, put down his head, and said the first few words of the nrayer. He has kept this up ever since, and is adding other words of the pl ayer ns the little girl teaones them to him. A qi'KEK mioht was seen the other day in front of the Charles street jail in Boston. The head quarters of the city paving department, con sisting of an office two and a half stories In height, the stable and repairing buildings, two stories each, were taken up bodily and shipped down the river a distance of fully one mile to enable the eommissioneis of tlie new Charles river embankment enterprise to proceed with their work. The largest structure. -11 by At feet In size, was divided into three sections as neutlv as though cut by a big cheese knife, and each settion was placed by means of rollers on a scow or barge. When the barges w ere being towed down the liver their queer freight made them look like the pictures of Noah's ark. At a trial in Jeffersonville, Ind., before a Jus tice, John Wahl admit ted t hat he had struck 51m. Seidler, the defendant, but pleaded in Justifica tion that his accuser was a witch. Through friendship, he says, he watched the house of Jacob Sorg, a neighbor who had been placed trader the influence of evil spirits by Mrs. Seidler. 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