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INDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—DeKalb Lodge No. 9, L O. O. F.;
Calanthe Lodge No 28, K. P. •
Special Notices —Closing of City Offices; As
to Applications for “Theatre Parties” Tickets to
the Mendelssohn Concerts; As to Extra Train
on City and Suburban Railway; Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway.
Amusements— Miss Louise Balfe In “Dagmar”
at the Theatre.
SmcRBAN Schedi-le— Coast Line Railroad.
Cheap Colton Advertisements—Fur Rent;
Strayed or Stolen; Miscellaneous.
As was expected, Senator Sherman denies
■ that he has withdrawn from the contest for
the Republican nomination next year.
What is the matter with the Peru (Ind.)
postmasters!)ip* It pays $2,000 a year, and
yet nobody has applied for it. Are the peo- ;
pleof the Hoosier State not haukering after
office any longer!
Senator John Sherman still pretends to
think his chances for being President are
excellent, but he will eventually have to
confess that no man who calls Florida the
least progressive of the Southern States cau
hope to govern this great and glorious Re
public.
Senator Don Cameron is being brought
forward for the Presidency by some of his
Philadelphia admirers. If Pennsylvania
wants a Cameron to occupy the White
House, what’s the matter with ex-Senator
Simon Cameron? He is very old, but his
sou Don can’t begin to conqisre with him in
l)prd common sense and political judgment.
The report of New York’s Secretary of
State for the past year shows a small in
crease of crime and a considerable increase
in convictions in that State. Crime is apt
to grow with population, and altogether
the report is not discouraging. Crime is
rampant in Pennsylvania to a greater ex
tent, perhaps, than in any other of the great
States. _______________
Tammany Hall’s attitude towards Mr.
Cleveland is very different now from what
ft was four years ago. Then it was antag
onizing him with great vigor; now it i3
among the foremost of those who approve
and uphold his actions. This shows that
Tammany HaU is patriotic enough to lay
aside private prejudices for the general pub
lic welfare.
“I noticed one thing about the House
while Mr. Blount was speaking, and that
was that it was quiet, giving him the com
pliment of attention, and this the House
rarely accords,” says a Washington cor
respondent. Col. Blount is the kind of man
to command attention. When he speaks,
he says something worth listening to, and
when there is no occasion to speak, he keeps
silent. Congress needs more members like
Mr. Blount.
That the best thing Georgians can do is to
remain in Georgia is an oft-told truth, and
those Georgians who have moved to Kansas
no doubt realizjd its force during last
week’s terrible blizzard* in their adopted
home. There are some pretty cold days in
this State, and everybody is not amassing a
fortune, but fos an all-round good place to
live in, the Empire State of the South is
ahead of anything between this and the
North Pole.
The Jacksonville News-Herald wants the
entire press of the South to unite in a sys
tematic effort to induce the United States
Geological Survey to make a thorough in
vestigation into the mineral deposits of tin
Southern States. It says the Survey lias
heretofore confined its efforts in the main to
developing the West,. This is probably
true, and it is equally true that the South,
which pays hor proportionat e |irt of money
for carrying on thhswork. lias not received
her port of the benefits. The recent Pied
mont Exposition was an eye-opener to people
iio did not know how rioh the South ii in
mnucluk.
Results of the Wool Tariff.
The manufacturers of woolen goods in
this country are finding it more difficult
each year to compote with the European
manufacturers of the same kind of goods.
In New England quite a number of the
woolen mills have been closed, and there is
not much doubt that others will have to be
closed if tbe tariff on wool is not abolished
or greatly reduced.
A prominont manufacturer in Hartford,
Conn., said a few days ago that he was not
a free trader by any means, but that he was
in full sympathy with the views expressed
by the President in his message. Free wool,
ha said, would benefit wool growers in this
country more than it wouli harm them be
cause, as a general thing, the amount which
they jay for woolen goods, above what
they would have to pay if wool were ad
mitted free, is greater than tbe amount
which they receive for their wool above
what they would receive if there were no
duty upon it.
The finer. wools are not grown in this
country to any considerable extent and a
very large amount of the coarser wools is
imported. Asa rule the price of wool lu
this country Is about 10c. a pound higher
than it is in Europe. This tremendous ad
vantage in favor of the woolen manufac
turers of Europe cannot tie very well over
come by the woolen manufacturers of this
country. It is true that an effort is made
to protect the woolen manufacturers of this
country by a duty on woolen goods, but the
effort is not wholly successful Last year
the value of the woolen goods imported was
over $40,000,000.
From this it appears that our home manu
facturers of woolen goods are not only not
able to supply their home market, but they
are shut out of all foreign markets. They
cannot send their goods to eit her Canada or
South America because the European manu
facturers can undersell them.
If American manufacturers could get the
raw material at the same prices at which
the European manufacturers get it they
would bo able to supply their home market,
and eotrpete successfully with European
manufacturers in foreign markets. The re
sult would be that the manufacture of
woolen goods in this country would greatly
increase. There would lie employment for
many thousands more workmen than at
present, and their wages would be about
what they are now. It is true that rather
better wages is paid in this country than in
Europe, but the difference is not so great
that the advantage which it gives the
European manufacturer could not bo over
come.
It is not improbable that the wool grower
would get about the same prices for his
wool that he does now, because if this coun
try became a free buyer in the marfets of
the world, the prices of wool would undoubt
edly advance, and even if they did not he
would still be better off without the tariff
because of the lower prices at which he
would be able to purchase necessary woolen
articles.
It is quite certain that the wool tar iff is
ruining the woolen manufacturing industry
of this country. The woolen manufacturers
are demanding relief of some kind. Thous
ands of operatives have been thrown out of
employment lately. Isn't the wool tariff
rather costly protection?
Investments in the South.
The country has lately heard a good deal
about anarchism, communism aud social
ism, but it is gratifying that these isms do not
flourish to any great extent in the South.
The labor troubles and the doings of tbe An
archists are almost wholly connected with
other sections. No doubt this state of
affairs has been an embarrassment to busi
ness in the sections where it existed. Chicago
must have suffered when public interest
was fixed on the trial anl execution of the
bomb-throwers, and private homes were not
alone in their uneasiness lest some method of
reveuge should be attempted hv the friends
of the condemned men. The labor strikes
in New York, Philadelphia and other large
cities have injured both employers and em
ployes, and have produced a very unsettled
feeling in business, in addition to bringing
want and suffering to thousands of working
men and inconvenience to the wealthier
classes.
What is the moral of this? Simply that
men having money to invest had bettor put
it in the South, where they will not be
troubled with strikes and dynamite. It is
not likely that such a condition of things as
exists in the North and West will ever exist
in the South. There may be some outcrop
pings of it, but tne different classes hero
have too much to bind them together to
afford anarchism much encouragement.
Besides, the South presents a
tempting field for investment. It has
been said so often aud so tamely
as to become a mere figure of speech that
the South is the garden spot of the world,
but we venture to repeat it with the hope
that its significance will lie more deeply
studied. The South is being built up, and
her growth is creating astonishment, but
she can stand to grow faster. There are
vast possibilities waiting to be taken ad
vantage of by men of means aud energy,
and it is gratifying that this fact is gradu
ally becoming recognized.
Thu has been good weather to talk aliout
overshoes, and the New York Sun has been
discussing that subject in its usual interest
ing way. It says a tremendous responsi
bility rests upon the overshoe makers, as
the health and life of millions of people de
pend directly on the honesty of the product
which they manufacture and sell. Shoddy,
rotten overshoes, it says, mean wet feet,
fever and congestion, acute rheumatism,
pneumonia hud il uth, and yet it is well nigh
impossible to procure for love or money in
the open market a pair of sound, honest,
rubber overshoes, the entire manufactured
product being confined to a cheap article
tlint is made for sale, not for use, and yielils
to the weather like pasteboard. The treach
erous humbugs crack and yawn and split
open, aud every crevice, big or little, is
largo enough for death to creep iu. The
Sun declares (hat this is no joke. If what
it says Is true, the matter certainly does not
call for very great mirth.
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The New York Graphic's Christmas troe
contains some very appropriate presents.
Grover Cleveland is presented with the
White Honse for 1888; James O. Blaino is
given au elephant in the shape of the Re
publican party, or the Republican party is
given an elephant in the shape of James G.
Blaine, it is hard to tell which; Samuel J.
RandaU is presented Moth a hobby .horse
labelled “Protection,” and J. B. Foraker has
a dired-bare garment dyed in blood. Mr.
Chamlierlain’s 'present is a big fish, Mr.
Gould’s is a globe, and Mr. Dana’s a bottle
of vitriol. Ingersoll’s Is the only inap
propriate gift. lieing an angel; but it may
lie that the angel hails from the lower
legions. John Sherman gets nothing.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1887.
Ohio and Sectionalism.
The fact that sectionalism seems to have
a stronger hold in Ohio than In any
Stiitd is significant. It suggests several
things. One is that Ohio is very much be
hind the times, and another is that the well
tieing of the Republican party in that State
is dependent to a great degree upon keejAig
alive the animosities of the past. There is
cause to believe that both of these conclu
sions have some foundation. That the peo
ple of Ohio can be influenced bv the glaring
misstatements of Foraker, Sherman and
some of the Republican papers is proof that
they nro either a very ignorant set of
people, or are- allowing themselves to be led
by the nose by a group of politicians whom
they know to lie wrong. The war came
to an end some twenty-three years
ago, and the bloody shirt has almost
censed to beau effective weapon in political
campaigns; but here is a State saying by
Her vote that the war is still going on, a;.d
that it is the duty of the people of Ohio to
hate the South and to save the Union by
voting the Republican ticket. Were the
bloody shirt not worth a considerable num
lier of votes to the Republican party it
would be laid aside.
The truth is that when sectionalism in
Ohio flies, the Republican party there will
receive a shock that will go a long way to
ward placing it in the same coffin with the
bloody shirt Foraker and Sherman know
this, and they ding to the bitter past with
the tenacity of a bull dog.
New York is in striking contrast to Ohio.
Col. John R. Fellows, who was recently
elected to one of the most important offices
in New York city, was an officer in the Co
nfederate army; and yet even tho Tribune ,
one of the most partisan of the Republican
papers, did not allude to the fact during
the cam[iaign, because there was no polit
ical capital to be made out of it. New York
is the most progressive of the North
ern States, and t*o better evidence- of her
liberality can be given thau her refusal to
accept, malicious falsehoods for the truth,
and to resurrect the past. When a well
known Georgian preached a reunited coun
try in New York he received
the greatest ovation of the day;
when another weU known Georgian
preached the same doctrine in Ohio, the Re
publican leaders and press heaped upon him
nil manner of personal abuse. It is true
tlif t the first of these speeches was made at
a time when there was no political excite
ment, but the fact that Gov. Gordon went
on his mission of peace to Ohio, ami not to
New York, shows that he was needed more
in the one State than in the other.
The spectacle may be termed
Ohio is a State of too great possibilities to”
be looking beck twenty years. It is high
time the light was dawning upon her, and
that she was taking her position with other
liberal and progressive States.
Where Reform is Needed.
The hardships suffered by the sewing
women in New York have lately been
brought prominently before the public by
the newspapers. A state of affairs has been
presented which ought to appeal so forci
bly to the better impulses of employers as to
bring about some relief for these poorly
paid and hard working toilers whose earn
ings barely enable them to ek e out
an existence. The woman who, for a mere
pittance, plies her needle all day, and even
late into the night, finds tbe path of honest
toil a thorny one, and her experience is ren
dered more bitter by the reflection that
while her .skill with tbe needle is bringing
her only a mite, it is adding many dollars
to her employer's puise. The term “white
slave,” as applied to her, expresses very
well the condition of the class of workers to
which she belongs.
On the other hand, take the picture of
opulence and ease presented in the da.ly
lives of the rich men of New York, who
have their magnificent houses, their famous
picture galleries, their private yachts, Iheir
stables of fast hones and their luxurios of
every description, and whose chief
occupation, in many instances, Is to
find a way of spending their
prinoe'y incomes. Here Is an example: An
unmarried man with a yearly income rang
ing from $20,000 to $30,000 has no business
at all, but devotes his intellect entirely to
devising means of spending the money that
flows in upon him. His apartments consist
of several elegantly furnished rooms, a
fortune is annually squandered on dress,
and every pleasure that money can com
mand is brought within his grasp.
This man’s income is not an uncommon
one. There are those who could buy him
out many times. It is true that the money
so lavishly spent helps the toilers by afford
ing them occupation, but it is too often the
case that the middle-man gets the great
portion of the benefit from it by utilizing
the skill and genius of wage-workers with
out adequately remunerating them.
The Tallajioosa Journal accuses the New
York Herald wrongfully in saying that
that paper has entered upon a general war
on the prosperous cities of the new South.
“Two weeks ago,” says the Journal, “it
opened fire on Birmingham, Ala., and tho
South in general, followed by an attack ou
Tallapoosa, and, we learn, is preparing ar
ticles on all the leading progressive cities
of this section.” Whether tho Herald was
right or wrong in its forecast of Talla
poosa’s future is a question that time alone
will settle. It is quite certain, however,
that that paper is an 1 has beoti one of tbe
mast liberal to the South that is published
outside of this section. It is liberal in its
political views, and has repeatedly shown
its interest in Southern progress. In short,
it is one of the best friends the South has.
Cnn’t the Street and Lane Committee
strain a point and coutinue the proposedas
pha t paving on Bull street from State
street to the Park; If the sidewalks were
widened to the standard width, and grass
parkings made so as to reduce the carriage
way to twenty-five or thirty feet, the work
would not cost the city a very largo sum.
It would give Savannah an avenue in which
every citizen would f<>el a pride. Bull
street’s beautiful little squares and rows of
stately trees make it one of tho handsomest
streets in the country.
It is hal’d to tell which paper is the more
enthusiastic for Mr. Blaine, Mr. Whitelaw
Reid’s Tribune or Mr. Patrick Ford’s Irish
World. It seems impossible to anyone to
transcend the ‘sudden enthusiasm of the
Tribune for the “man from Maine,” but
that is Mr. Patrick Ford is trying to
do. These gentlemen should lie careful to
get "a free ballot and a tair count” in this
contest, aud may tue best man win.
Circuit Judges iu New York receive sala
ries ranging from $7,000 to SIO,OOO a year.
They probably do uo more and no better
work than Georgia Superior Court. Judges,
who get only $2,000. Judge’s salaries in
this State ought to be made au issue in next
summer’s legislative campaign.
CURRENT COMMENT.
For the Enemies He Has Made.
From the Cleveland Plaindealer (Rem.)
President Cleveland is stronger before the
people to-day for tbe enemies he has made.
No New Thing.
From the yew York Herald ( Ind .)
They say that natural gas has been discovered
in Chicago. Natural gas 1 Why, why, they
have enjoyed that luxury for twenty-five yeai-s,
haven’t they?
They Couldn’t be Fooled.
From the .Veto York Press (Rep.)
Tbe story that cancer is caused by an excess
of sugar in the sy-t**m comes suspiciously near
the time for tbe holiday boom in the candy
market. Children should not let the old folks
fool them with any suck stuff as that.
Advice to a Bloody-Shlrt Organ.
From the Chicago Tribune (Rep.)
We do not expect to me auv improvement in
tbe tone of the editorials in the St Louis irlohe-
Democrat until the editor ha* gone through a
searching and thorough course of treatment for
liver complaint. Take some anti bilious pills.
Joe.
Hope Springs Up Eternal
From the Sew York Star (Pew.)
The statement that Senator Shennan has
about given up all hope of obtaining the Presi
dentiai nomination' from the Republicans is
creditable to his good sense. Inn is not probable.
An Ohio Republican is not tbe kind of man to
give up reaching f r anything he can see.
A man's reac. - oukl be beyond his grasp,
Or what's a Heaven for?
BRIGHT BITS.
Ox seeing a bouse being whitewashed, a small
bay of 3 wanted to know if it was going to be
shaved.— EnAange.
“W* and. n’t care for the rain." said one Balti
more girl to another as she raised an umbrella;
“we re n- ither sugar nor salt.”
•'So.” refilled the other; “but we’re lasses."—
Harper" Bazar.
“Whim is your tome?" asked a man of a dis
consolate looking stranger.
“J haven't any borne at present,” was tho
reply. “My wife’s mother is making her a
visit."— So mere. Ur. Journal. ,
Teaches— Mr Bagster. can you give a prac
tical instance of the virtue of self-denial?
Bags:* r~ Y**s. sir; a man can hear a snake
story iruhp.it ringing In something about
whisky.— Burlington Free Press,
St, Pacl Miss , claims to have spent sll.-
OCYVXVi in building this year Minneapolis,
which held her claim back to see what Bt. F&ul
had to stay, spent $11,000,500, as nearly as can
be estimated. —Pittsburg Chronicle.
“Yogß bill has been running a long time,’’ in
sinuatingly remarked the butcher to Slopay the
other morning.’’
“That's bod." remarked Slopay, sympathet
ically, “why don’t you let it walk?"— Washing
ton Critic.
A little Cass a vest k girl came home from
church greatly troubled over the bottomless
pit. After awhile she cheered up, saying: “I
didn’t think of it before, but if the bottom of
.the pit is out I could get out on tbe other side,
couldn’t I?” — Detroit Tribune.
< day Julia Ward Howe was introduced to
Sitting Bull by thit full name, and the gentle
man remarked. “How,” with his usual urbanity.
"Ah:’’said Mrs. Howe, with quick apprehen
sion. “The gentleman has heard of me, J see.
He is really a very intelligent aborigine.”—
Judge. .
“You seem to be enjoying yourself, Bobby,”
remarked one of tbe guests at a dinner party.
"Yes.” asserted Bobby, with his mouth full.
“lain leakin' the most of it, ’cause alter pa an
ma give a big dinner like this it's always cold
pickin’ for the next thirty days.”— Harper's
Bazar.
“Wose, deah. tell me—ah—did you make a
mem > wandiun of the -ah—wemark I made to
you when I was here befoah?
“No, Charley, I didn't.”
“That's dweadful. cause, don’t yer know, 1
cawn't wecollect myself w hether I pwoposed to
you or Claw a. — Whitehall Times.
Lady (to husband)—You don’t tell ms, John,
that eleven cities were overflown, and millions
of people left homeless and starving ?
Husbaud—Yes, in China.
Lady (disappointed)—Oh, in China. Interest
ing matters of that kind always happen such a
provokingly long distance away:—.Yew York
Sun.
Joints—You seem to be always miserable.
Smith —So I am. Life has no pleasures for
me.
“What is the matter?”
“Anxiety about my future robs me of one
half of present joy. and remorse for mv past
life get® away with the ’other half.”—' Texas
S / tings. •
Johnnie, a bright boy of 6 years, while being
fixed up for school, observing his little overcoat
much the worse for wear, and having more
mended places than he admired, turned quickly
to his mother and asked:
"Ma, is pa rich?"
“Yes. very rich, Johnnie; he is worth two
millions and a half.”
“What in. ma?”
"Oh, he values you at one million, me at one
milli n. and baby at half a million."
Johnnie, after thinking a moment, said: “Ma,
tell papa to sell the baby and buy us some
clothes.”— Boston Glob?.
“All I have to say,” observed the hard
featured passenger, bringing his fist down em
phatically on liis knee and talking loudly while
the car was filling up, “is that when 1 have
bought my ticket and paid for it and taken my
seat in the car, that seat is mine, and there isn’t
any obligation resting ou me, morally, legally
or otherwise to get up and give it to any woman
on the glolie. A healthy woman can stand up
in a crowded car just as well as i can There is
no reason under the sun why I- here. Miss, take
my seat; 1 had not noticed that any ladies were
standing up. Confound you,” he exclaimed,
glaring fiercely at the men about him, “are
there no gentlemen among you? Don't you see
these ladies have no seat sV'—Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL.
M. Gtirw saw twelve Cabinets, with 120 Min
isters, serve under him while he was Presideut
of France.
James H. Johnson, of Pittsburg, has sued
James O. Flower, a dentist, for $20,000 damages.
Two years ago Flower pulled Johnson's tooth
and broke his jaw at the same time. The vie
tim has spent $2 000 in doctor’s bills since then,
aud is a confirmed invalid yet.
Jay Gort.D never smoked hut one cigar in his
life. It made him so ill that he never tried all
ot her. It seems bard that many a man who
loves good cigars can't afford to buy them,
while Jay Gould, who could have tbe (Inns!
weeds in the world without seriously impairing
his income, has uo taste for tobacco.
Congressman Martin, of Texas, Is devoting
his time at present to denving that he blew out
the gas in his room at Willard's. He should not
feel so sore about the matter. No one believes
that a Congressman, no matter where ho is
from, is not well acquainted with gas in all its
various applications to men’s affairs.
The wife of Don M. Dickinson, the ngw Post,
master General, is a handsome woman, tall,
with auburn hair, clear complexion and large
dar< eyes. She has always been very popular
iu Detroit, and has been a prominent "figure in
the social life of that city. She is extremely
affable amt his both tact and dignity. She is
considerably younger than her husband.
In September. 1811 (says the Hartford Cour
ant). John (J. Whittier wrote to Henry W. I/ing
fellow urging him to accept tbe nomination for
Congress which Mr. Whittier bad the disposal
of. “Our friends," he yvrote, “think they could
throw- for thee 1,000 more votes than for any
other man.” Mr. Longfedow said "No”; but
there was Whittier going around with slates in
his pocket, just as the boys do now.
Messrs. O'Connor and Estnonde, the Irish
m libbers of Parliament, have lwen ocouped in
making a number of calls aliout Washington oh
[e-rsoiis to whom they have letters of introduc
tion, and also on a timelier whom thev desire to
meet before returning home. They w ont from
Washington to New York city, where thev will
determine their future plans. Their visit to
Washington just finished out a week, and was a
very pleasant and agreeable experience of t heir
trip. They wore the guests of the committee
representing the Irish-American societies ur
ing their stay, and both of the visitors express
their appreciation of the hospitality shown
them at the capital. They were given a" fare
well reception at the residence of Mr. Morris
Murphy, on I street.
“Bishop” Oberly, of the civil service com
mission, has shocked the senses of some of the
believers in the F&tonian theory by speaking of
the retirement of Col. Eugene Higgins as fol
lows: “If un.v other jie.rsou at the head of any
other bureau or division of the government
should have made so few removals as Higgins
has made in tbe appointment division, he would
have provoked a revolution lathe Democratic
party. No oUlcer of the government has show n
a greater respect for tin* letter and spirit of the
civil service law than Mr. Higgins. During his
term of office not only has be peisonally refused
to consider propositions to remove clerks iu
other branches for political reasons, but be has
retained tne force in ins own office almost in
tuut, just ns he found it when be entered the
office.”
That Old Slouched Hat.
' From the Sew York Sun.
Attorney-General Garland still refuses to
shake that old hat. He wore it when be first
came to Washington as a Senator, ami the top
coat he brought from Arkansas at the same
time has lieeu taken dowu from the hook again
for anoilm.- winter's service. But tbecoat is all
right. It does cot fit him and never did. It is
too wide across the shoulders, and hangs like a
shirt on a beau pole. It is not much the worse
for wear, but the hat is in a condition of ad
vanced decay. The braid on the brim is badly
worn and shows a fringe, and there are several
small holes in the creases in the crown. A law
ought to be passed by Congress placing it on
the retired list, for it is totally disabled. Gar
land is by no means penurious. He is a gener
ous man. and his purse is always re-idy to open
at every appeal for charity, but his negligence
in dress is a serious matter. Whitney and
Bayard have talked to him about it several
times, but he always savs that he likes old
clothes better than new aud wasn't cut out for
a dandV. jf..
A Belle’s Littls Joke.
From the Sew York Sun.
They are telling in-one circle of fashiouahle so
ciety a story of a jolly young millionaire widow.
An admirer at a hall, after puzzling himself
over the twinkle of one of her eyes, while its
mate was demurely expressionless, asked for an
explanation of the phenomenon
"And tyhich eye do you admire?” she said.
"H-b-hard to tell.” he stammered. "The one
w-w with the denjureness sort of mashes a fel
low; d-d don't you kuow, ami the one witli the
twinkle sets b-h-hiui ablaze with its flashes. It's
a choice bet vixt, two—two—m-mighty g-good
things, you know."
"on me wnole w hich one do you prefer?"
"Wa-wa-well, I think the demure one."
“I am so glad. Ttolphy, to hear you say that,"'
ami the widow beamed rapturously into his
face, "because the eye is a glass one, and 1 am
sometimes afraid it disfigures me.”
This revelation lost, her a lover. But she will
hardly miss him from the gang, and she cer
tainly had fun with him while he lasted.
No Longer lao.ated.
From the Sew York Sun.
It is rather interesting to observe with what
solicitude the Republican Senators watch after
the interests of Mr. Riddleberger. Last session
be was an Isbmaelite. He always sat alone. He
wandered down to the lunch room and t-x>k a
seat at a solitary table every day. The other
Senators would take a look at him and go by.
If he had asked them to ta-e a bite with him
they, in all prooability, would have recollected
other engagements. Riddleberger says pub
licly that the only one of the Republicans who
had eveu invited n|ji to enter the door of his
home was Senator Palmar, of Michigan. But
now the atmosphere has changed. You never
see the . enator Horn Virginia alone. Some R•-
publican Senator is always chatting with him.
He has received invitations to dine at their
houses. Some of them have introduced him to
their wives, although he has been in Washing
ton four years without a presentation. He
nasn’t lunched alone since the session opened,
but always has one or two companions. Don
Cameron has even invited him to join the
poker party that meets at the mansion of the
Senator from Pennsylvania on rainy days.
Riddleberger seems to enjoy it. and the & via
tors, now that they are gelling acquainted with
aim, say he's an uncommonly good fel.ow. So
much for the power of attraction in politics.
Forever and a Day.
FYom the Boston Glebe.
“I love my love forever,
Forever and a day.”
I full of high endeavor.
She but a frolic fay,
We qpng this song together
Long since in summer weather.
This old time lovers' lay;
"I love my love forever,
Forever aud a day.' 1
‘‘l love my love forever,
Forever and a day." <
Oh. she would fail me never.
And X was befs for aye:
’Twas thus our irotn we plighted,
'Twas thus our heaven we sighted,
Wneu life was in its May;
"I love my love forever,
Forever aud a day.' 1
‘T love my love forever,
Forever and a day."
And yet we twain did sever,
Each went a separate way.
She swore her heart was breaking;
I know that mine is aching
E'en now, though I am gray.
I love my love forever.
She loved me for a day.
How Congressmen Draw thslr Salaries
From the A r eu> York Sun.
One of the Clerks of the House, the other
day, in talking about the habits of members in
drawing their salaries, said that about one-half
of them drew what was due them in advance
every month. About one-Ihi- and of the entire
number made checks against tue Sergeant-at-
Arms, whenever they wanted money, as they
would against a bank, and that official usually
easues tnera, no matter whether any money is
due thr! Congressman or not, but he usually
west at they do not overdraw their annual
salary. Several members let their salary ac
cumulate until the end of the session, and then
dgi witin a lump. John H. Ketcbam. Wi.ham
L. Sc- tt. Adams, of Chicago, and Wilkins, of
Ohio, invariably do this. Mr. Randall. who has
nothing but his salary to live on, usually draws
down to his margin. In the Senate, tue
practice is similar. Mr. Cullom, who is a poor
man, draws his salary at the end of each month.
Mr. Edmunds generally leaves his until the end
of the quarter and takes three mouths’ wages
at a time. Mr. Sherman is one of the monthly
payment Senators, but Mr. Payne leaves liis on
depastt until he happens to need money, and
then sends a page to the Clerk's office to hay -a
check made out ior all that is due him. Mr.
Hule has a similar habit. William Maxwell
livarts gives checks against his salary to the
real estate agent from whom he. rents his house,
aud it takes it all. Don Cameron is very care
less about his salary, and never seems to know
how much is due him. He lets tha money aeeu
mutate for several months, and then, when he
wants funds makes a check regardless of the
amouut due him. Mr. Stanford generally leave
his until the end of the session, and then draws
it all before he leaves Washington. When he
arrives here for the winter he always deposits
$50,000 to the ere lit of his wife at t tie bank of
Kiggs & Cos., aud that carries the family tm ough
the session.
I xtraordinary Forgetfulness.
From the Chicago Tribune.
A paragraph has been going the rounds of the
press of late purporting to boa truthful ac
count of a remarkable ease of absent-minded
ness. which made a young man forget his weil
dlug-day. A prominent civil engineer in thiscity
c till'd attention to this Hoatiug paragraph, yes
terday, and said:
"I know of a much more remarkable case. It
was not absent-mindedness, however, but an
illustration of the wonderful concentration of
thought which is possible in great emergencies.
Somewhere about ISST Ed. D. Mason, as istnnt
engin er on the Wabash road, went to Buffalo
to be married. The ceremony was [lerformed at
10 o'clock in the morning. While congeal illa
tions were 1 icing extended, the newly-wedded
Bened ct received a telegram from bis chief in
Toledo informing him that an important truss
bridge over a river on the line of the rood had
been vurued, and must be rebuilt Immediately.
The working plans c mid not be found, arid
Mason was ordered home.
“As the trains rau he could not reach Toledo
before the next mofnlng. Taking a hasty adieu
of the bride aud the wedding party, aud prom
ising to return at 3 o'clock to partake of the
wedding dinner, he hurrjeu to the office of an
engineer well known to him. who at once
placed the facilities of hfs office at Mason's dis
uosal. By 11 o'clock he was hard at work.
W ,en 3 o’clock came, feeling faint and weary,
he walked down stairs mechanically, entered a
neighbor ng restaurant that he had frequented
before, refreshed himself with a sandwich ami
a glass of beer, and returned to work. By fl
o’clock he had duplicated the original plans of
the bridge from memory, including exact meas
urements and quantities, and telegraphed
from Toledo. On this telegraphic plan the
bridge builders instantly set, to work and fouud
it Absolutely correct even to the minutest detail.
It was a most astonishing feat. But. what is
still mow astonishing Is the fact that from the
moment Mason left his bride in the morning
until he hail forwarded liis telegraphic report
he never recalled the event of liis marriage.
When be weut out for his lunch he might just
as well have gone to the wedding dinner, as the
distance was no greater, and excused himself
without loss of time. But bis mind was so oc
cupied In meeting the emergency that no
thought of auythmg but the hurried bridge
could gain entrance.
“In later years Mason was a Colonel in the ar
my, a prominent member of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, and left us monuments
to his skid the bridge over the Mississippi at
Hannibal amithat over the Missouri at St. Jo
seph. He died some fifteen years ago. His
widow is still living, aud has in my presence
corroborated, so far as she oould. Col Maspn s
account of his wedding-day experience.’’
The occasional contributor dropped into the
sa- cturn wearily. boat'd at the desk was a
beetle-browed tramp printer.
“Are you the mule editor*” softly inquired the
visiting contribute.
“Nay,” answered the apparition, poising a
proof slip in his delicately discolored digits. “1
am the calf editor. Do you wish to be edited?”
II tt.ihtnj.uii hatchet
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A Germax chemtst has learned how to make a
first-class brand of brandy from sawdust.
Diamond pins jeweled both at point aud head,
are now fashionable, worn thrust carelessly in
the hair.
It is an uncommon thing In our recent history
to have all branc.ies of the Government in the
control of one party Such a state of affairs has
not existed at Washington for thirteen years.
A San Antonio preaches paralysed a "loudly"
dressed masher the other Sunday, who took the
accustomed stand at the door and gazed at the
girls. This preacher remarked: "Walk right
in young man; she's over there in that corner
winking at you.’’
Hera Paschke, a Berlin butcher, recently
celebrated a curious “jubilee" — the slaughter of
the 100,000 th in his establishment. He be
gan budness in ISO 9. au I Dee. 2 wa ; able to kill
the jubilee goose, a choice specimen specially
fattened for the occasion.
Dallas, Tex., does not object to tramps, but
putsthem ;o good use. Dallas has made them
build fifteen miles of turnpike road and grade
many miles of public roa Is. and therefore, the
town is disposed to receive the tramps very cor
dially, and extend to them a shovel in one hand
and a pick in the other.
Recently a consignment of 19,870 boxes of
rai-ius from Fresno, Cal., were shipped via the
the Sunset route to New York. The weight of
the consignment was 417,ft)0 poinds, and it
occupied a special train of twenty cars. It wis
the largest single shipment of freight ever made
from California, and regular rates were paid.
The Cesarean operation was successfully per
formed at the Lying-in hospital of the Univers
ity of Maryland. Baltimore. Wednesday last.
The patient was a young colored woman. At
last accounts both the mother and child were
doing well. It is said that this is the second
successful operation of this kind ever performed
in hospital practice iu this country.
One James Schrimsber has secured and taken
to Missouri, says the Omaha Republican, one of
the biggest prizes Nebrasl a ever gave. He has
married and taken away Mrs. Jane Walden, nee
Hickev, who tips the beam at 340 pouuds, and
is Johnson county's biggest daughter. The
groom is somewhat slender, and stands almost
seven feet in height in his stockings.
Two boys recently, in search of a rabbit, re
moved the rear steps of St. Mary's church, in
Kittanning, Pa. and found a bundle containing
three gold watches, two gold chains, one silver
watch, a dark lantern 'and a jimmy. Three
years ago the articles were stolen and the thief
sent to the penitentiry, but the property was
never recovered Two of the watches belonged
to Kittanning parties, and the third is thought
to belong to a Brookville man.
The Queen of Portugal wears the Paris life
saver's medal because, in 1874. while bathing
at Cascase with her sons Charles and Alfonso.
11 aud 9 respectively, she swam out to save her
children from drowning. A large wave sud
denly sdvpt the children ofit their feet, and
their mother, in trying to rescue them, came
near drowniug also, but they were seen by the
lighthouse keeper, who dashed in and succeeded
in getting them safely to land.
Indications now point to the existence of a
submarine volcaaic crater between the Canary
i Islands and the coast of Portugal. From a
I cable-laying steimer in 83° 25' north. 9° 54'
! west, the. water was found to measure 1,300
I fathoms under the bow and 800 under the stern,
1 showing the ship to be over the edge of a deep
i depression in the ocean bottom. The well-known
great inequalities in the lied of the sea of
LislioD are thought to be duo to a sujiniarlLe
chain of mountains.
The combine o( lime manufacturers a* Hunt
ingtoD. Ind., which had exisied for many years,
and which went to pieces a few weeks ago. is to
be reorganized with a capital of 810.0)0, and it
will include all the manufacturers in the
vicinity. The jsiol Is to be operated much after
the manner of tbqfwliisky trust, and will practi
cally control the dime output of Northern In
diana. A number or new and improved kilns
are to be erected at once, and crude oil will be
substituted tor wood for fuel. The pool will
employ about WO men.
Frane Henry, of Crawfordsville, Ind., owns
an English bulldog and two milch cows, and
pasture not being convenient, the dog is their
protector anil constant allendant. Through all
kinds of weather he follows at their heels, re
maining with them until they return at night.
tYnen the cows are fed on corn, he, too. must
have his ear, or he will jump up in the manger
aud help himself from under the cow s noses.
He eats the corn with as much relish, appa
reutly, as do the cows, and thrives on the diet-
A Paris octalist the other day went into the
office of the Mayor of the Eleventh arrondisso
raent aud asked to see the Register of Burns.
He had just been made the happy father of a
daughter. To the usual qiesti in as to the Dane
of the coild he declar'd she was to be called
"Egalite.'’ The Clerk said that by the law of
therrench capital that nuns was ill -gal. A
l.vely conversation en-tued. during which the
Socialist declared be had taken a triple oath to
the effect that if he had three daughters their
names should lie. Liberte, Egalite. and Fraler
niterespectively. Liberie had been born aud
christened in the Provinces, and now Egalite
had come.
W. H. Benson, of Philadelphia, announces
that he is about to found a Socialist church, the
members of which will believe in God and a
life hereaft r All members will be requested
to takefihe following oath: "I hereby solemnly
swear that I will not roll, cheat, strike, tell lies
about, communicate disease to. nor injure iu
anyway a fellow-member of this church. 1
also swear that I will drink distilled and fer
mented liquors with great care and moderation.
I also swear that I will not lend money to, nor
borrow money from, a member of this church
except a- a regular business transaction. I also
swea4|that, as far as I am able, I will keep my
body, clot les and dwelling iu a clean and
healthy condition. I also swear that 1 will give
to this church every year 1 per cent, of my in
come. provided that said 1 per cent, is not more
than SSO '
A press dispatch has announced that Gen. N.
P. Banks had been appointed United States
Marsha! nd interim for Massachusetts by Jus
tice Gray of the Supreme Court. Gen. Banks
has just finished his term as Marshal, but will
continue to fill the office until bis successor
qualifies. Gen. Batiks is at present in Washing
ton, and as he wanders through the corridors of
the capitol ho must feel pretty antiquated.
Thirty years ago (Jen. Banks, then a slight
boyish fellow from New England, was elecied
(Speaker of the House after a memorable con
test. Of all the men who served with him in
that Congress, whether in the Senate or the
House, only one man remains in public life,
John Sliermau began his first term in Congress
when Banks was elected Spe iker, and he is the
only mat prominently In public life who was in
Congress thirty years ago. Banks served also
in the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses.
The Board of Trustees of the Wa sliington
D. C. public schools in their annual report to
the District Commissioners recommend in
creased pay for the teachers, saying: “What
ever ait ion may be taken in regard to the sys
tem of annual increases, the board earnestly
recommends a substantial increase in the sala
ries of our teachers. Tue salary of messengers
throughout the departments of the government,
is fixed by Congress at ss(i) per annum: t iat of
what are known ns assistant .messengers is $?vH)
per annum, while the average salary of the cul
tivated men and women who constitute the
teachers of our public schools is limited to SO7O
per annum, or only $lO per annum more tnau
that of a laborer in the departments. All re
sid • in the same community, aud subject to the
same general conditions which regulate the cost
of necessaries of life. That the average sala
ries tuns allowed teachers is. In the city of
Washington, barely adequate to the comforta
ble ami decent support of a single person oeeii
pjingthat position m life, and that it affords no
possible margin for provisions fur sickness or
old age, to say nothing of the maintenance of a
family, must be apparent, not only to every citi
zen nut to every temporary sojourner iu our
midst.”
Is the Arctic regions so greatly does fish pre
ponderate over all other kinds of food that the
people theke have often been grouped together
under the name of iehthyopngi, or fish eaters;
and there have been naturalists who have fol
lowed this idea so far that they have been able
to hscover a fishy type of physiognomy among
them. Some of these people in the course of
th'-ir lives prouably novei tasted any other kind
of food! and as its peculiar richness in fat es
pecially adapts it to their requirements of an
easily digestible heat-giver, it is well that na
ture has been so lavish in peopling the waters.
So numerous are the individual members of the
finny tribe that they may lie said to exist iu
their myriads, thug forming a striking contrast
to laud animals, wnich are comparatively
scarce. This ahunduuce of ttsb arises from toe
evenness of temperature of water os compared
with land. Seaweeds grow luxuriantly in lati
tudes where laud plants of any importance
would be an impossiiiility. aud thus the primary
requirements or a large population of animats
are supplied. If It, w-re not fur t.tils s ’ppiy of
seaweed t is not too much to say that I h -Arctic
regions would be almosi uninhabited; but,
thunks to the consequent abundance of fish, the
Esquimaux and the riomoides extend themselves
to within ten degrees of the pole, 1
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