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WKJDXKSDAY. DEC I'MBER 28, 1887
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MX TO ADVERTISEMENTS^
Meetings—Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. O.
O. F.
Special Notices—For Young Ladies, R. W.
Habersham; As to Bills Against British Steam
ship Dorset; -Vs to Crew of British Steamship
Carbis Bay.
(steamship Schedules— Baltimore Steamship
Company; General Transatlantic Company.
Cheap Colvmn Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Raffle; Miscellaneous
Auction Sales— Temporary Administratrix
Sale, by Marshall & McLeod; Valuable Property
in Crawford Ward, by C. H. Dorsett: Furniture,
by B. R. Kennedy.
Groceries. Etc —D. B Lester.
Legal Notice—Ordinary's Notice to Dealers
in Spirituous or Malt Liquors,
Star Clothing House—Menken & Abrahams,
Medical—Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Macon’s new paper, the Sunday Times,
is an interes ing, entertaining and valuable
addition to the publications of that city.
The Southern States are in a condition of
healthy development. This is better than
having a Southern man for Vice President.
Doubtless a good many of those who got
a headache on Christmas will not get rid of
it until after New Year’s. Noboiy envies
them.
How is the Savannah, Dublin and West
ern railroad getting along? Little or noth
ing has been heard of its affairs lately. Has
the Central got its grip on it sure enough?
It has been some days since the country
lizard anything alout Mr. Joseph Chamber
lain and his gold-rimmed spectacles. He
must be having a very quiet time in
Canada.
A careful canvass of press opinions on the
question of a postal telegraph is said to
show a decided majority against the proposi
tion in any of the shapes in which it has
been presented.
Canvassers for subscriptions for the Jas
per Festival will begin their work to-day.
They should meet with such prompt
and liberal responses that they will think
tbeir task an easy one.
Jacksonville’s Subtropical Exposition
will doubtless lie in good shai>e by the day
fixed for its niiening. The management
will make a great mistake if it permits the
opening to be postponed.
During the past year Boston has shown
her sympathy for Irish tenunts in a very
substantial maimer. She has sent them
8(500,OCX), which has gone into the pockets of
English landlords for rent.
The Republicans expect to diffuse new
lito into their party by means of club con
x entions in different States. The Republi
can animal is very sick, and it is doubtful
if any amount of physic can save him.
There are a good many things which the
city authorities can do the coming year
that will contribute largely to Savannah’s
prosperity. Attention has been called to
several of them in the Morning News.
The directors of the Western National
Bank, o'f which Mr. Manning was Presi
dent, refuse to say anything about the suc
cession to-that position till afterthe funeral.
Tlie reporter who tried to get them to talk
on the subject could have been engaged in
a more decorous business.
So far, Plymouth church has been disap
pointed in receiving the letter referred to
by Rev. Mr. Berry in his cablegram declin
ing the pastorate of that church. The let
ter is supposed to set forth Mr." Berry’s
reasons for the action taken, and to contain
several passages that will console Plymouth
in her failure to secure the English clergy
man. Deacon John T. Howard thinks the
church would huve enjoyed a merrier
Christmas if it had arrived on time.
Facts About the Census.
It will bo two years before the work of
taking the eleventh census is begun, but
some of the preparations for taking it will
be made at the present session of Congress.
A committee on the census will be ap
pointed, of which Mr. Cox, of New York,
j will be chairman. Ho is well fitted for that
position for two reasons. One is that he
[ was a member of the committee which out
i lined the plan for taking the tenth census,
| and the other is that ho takes great interest
I in all matters relatng to the census. While
he represented this country in Turkey he
spent considerable time in studying the
methods employed by European nations in
taking their respective censuses. It is
probable, therefore, that he is prepared to
introduce some changes in the plans that
have been followed heretofore that will in
sure greater promptness and accuracy.
The tenth census is not entirely com
pleted yet. A small appropriation is needed
to finish it. It is barely possible that some
thing with regard to it will remain undone
when the taking of the next census is lie
gun. From this condition of affairs it is
apparent that the task of collecting the nee
essary information, putting it into shape
and publishing it Is a much greater one than
the general public has any idea of.
In view of the fact that the work of
taking the census will not he begun until
two years from next Juno, it would seem as
if Congress were rather anxious about the
matter, but the truth is it is none too soon
for getting ready. The subjects
to be included in the census, the methods for
gathering information, the divisions of the
territory and many other things must be
decided upon a long time before even the
appointment of those who are to do the
canvassing, for the reason that an extraor
dinary amount of printing is involved in
the preparation of the blanks.
Preparations for the tenth census
were begun a little over a year before the
enumerators entered upon their task, but
that length of time w’ns found to be alto
gether too short. The preparations for the
ninth census were begun so late that they
were not finished in time to be of any use,
and that census was taken in accordance
with the law and plans cf 1850. In order to
secure accuracy a great deal of preliminary
w’ork is necessary, and accuracy is what
Mr. Cox is aiming at.
In the census work there are really four
great divisions. First, the plans and the
printing of tho blanks; second, the collec
tion of information; third, tabulating it,
and fourth, publishing it. The census of
1880 cost about $5,800,000, and it is esti
mated that the next one will cost about $6,-
000,000. The average cost for several cen
suses has been about fijic.-per capita, and, as
the estimated population is in tho neigh
borhood of 04,000,000, it is not probable that
the cost will be much beyond the sum
named.
Great care will be takon in enumerating
the population, as the enumeration will be
the lasts of representation in Congress.
The K-u eis already crowded, and unless
the basis of representation is changed the
hall of the House will have to be enlarged
before the present century closes. As the
numtier of Representatives is fully as large as
it ought to bo, and as large as’ can be hand
led satisfactorily, it would probably ho wise
to change the basis of representation. It
will lie time enough to settle that matter,
however, when the question of apportion
ment is presented.
Nearing $200,000.
The amount of the subscriptions to the
hotel enterprise is $161,600, of which SIOB,
600 is in stock and $58,000 in bonds. This
sum has been subscribed by comparative
ly few citizens, and the gentleman who has
secured it expresses the opinion that the
whole amount desired, viz.: $300,000, will
be obtained. He is certainly justified in ex
pressing confidence in the success of the en
terprise. Ho illustrates what faithful and
earnest work will do. His efforts are
a predated, and if anybody can get
the amount of money that is needed he can.
Neither of the great railroad corporations
whose headquarters are here has subscribed
anything yet. Doubtless they both intend
to make very handsome subscriptions.
When the hotel project was first agitated
they permitted it to be understood that they
would not be found wanting when they be
camo satisfied that the people were in earn
east. They ought to be satisfied now. The
amount subscribed is considerably greater
than half the amount required, and sub
scriptions are being secured every day.
An investment in a hotel would be a good
one for both railroads. Tne Central, espe
cially, would be lieucfitted. A hotel would
draw people to the city, and would there
fore increase travel on the railroads. Many
of the Florida tourists who now reach
Florida over other lines of road than the
Savannah, FTorida and Western would
come here if there were such hotel accomo
dations as they desire, and remain awhile
before going to Florida. Travelers going
North would also visit the city to a much
greater extent than they do.
While an investment in a hotel would be
a good one tbe railroads ought to lend a
helping hand to the hotel project for
another reason, and that is
to help build up the city. It is
their headquarters, and it is to their inter
est that it shall be prosperous. When the
new year begins let us have the assurance
that, the $300,000 is subscritied. There are
some more citizons to be heard from and
they and the railroads ought to bring the
subscriptions up to the required amount.
For the fiscal year endiug June 30, it cost
the government a considerable sum of
money to shoe the horses used by the Sen
ate, for the purchase and repair of vehicles,
harness, whips and saddles. The bill for
shoeing horses for the year was nearly S3OO.
The investment in new vehi les was $297,
and the outlay for harness, whips and sad
dles was sll7. During December last the
favored person who does the sht>eing received
ssl for that service.
The seat in Congress made vacant by the
death of Mr. Seth C. Moffatt, of Michigan,
will be hotly contested by several patriots
who are entirely willing to assume the re
sponsibilities and emoluments that go with
it. Tho district is strongly Republican.
The election wilt be held in January, and
the chances of Mr. Jay Hubbell for securing
the Republican nomination are said to be
very good.
President Cleveland’s telegram of oondo
ent-e to Mrs. Manning, on the death of her
husband, expressed a personal grief that
was evidently genuine. There was an ab
sence of form in the wording, aud tho senti
ments were such as come only from the
heart. The President and Mr. Manning
were intimate friends, both socially aud
politically.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1887.
The Christmas Editorials.
Nearly every paper in tho laud contained
a Christmas editorial Sunday. In a ma
jority of thorn, there was the usual talk
about the world being filled with gladness,
and the millionaire and pauper, the priest
and convict, infirm and robust, young and
old, experiencing alike the universal thrill
that follows the advent of this joyous sea
son. This is not to be wondered at, as
Christmas has been coming and going a good
many years, and with each recurrence has
been the theme of thousands upon tlious
i ands of writers, who have long ago suid
about all that can lie said about
it. But while very little, perhaps nothing
new can be said, some of the writere
clothe old thoughts iu language so attract
ive as to make one aim ist forget that ho
has met with them every year since he was
old enough to keep abreast with the topics
of the times; and others have gotten a little
out of the beaten track and skimmed along
its e iges with articles cn kindred subjects,
which glide on for a little while as if de
tao ed from any other line of thought, but
finally flow into the main stream. It is a
question if Christmas reflections are not
more tersely and attractively expressed
now than they ever were before. At all
events, if compiled from the press and put
in hook form, they would make a very
readaole volume, and it is strange that in
this day of now things some enterprising
publisher has not given to the world such a
book^
This year the New York press rather
eclipses that of other cities in its manner of
dealing with the subject, and tho Herald
stands in the fore front of its city coctempo
raries, but its right to superiority might be
questioned but for the fact that the Tribune
altogether ignores the season, the Nail drops
into somewhat heavy poetry, and the Eecu
ing Post confines itself to the growth of
Christianity. The Press puts everything it
has to say into a three-line para
graph, admonishing the people to go
to church aud thank God for
Christmas, and then to go over to the East,
side aud make somebody thank God for
them. The Times has a lengthy and learned
dissertation on the origin of yuletime,
brightened by the single thought that dolls
are given to the children of the sweater sex
because they train them in the care of in
fants against the coming of womanhood.
The World delivers a lecture on overdoing
the occasion by giving too many presents,
which custom it denominates a tax upon
thought, time aud purse, and the Star and
Graphic plod along in the old weather
beaten paths. The Philadelphia Public
Ledger devotes three articles to the subject,
each evidently flowing from the kindly heart
of Mr. Childs, while the Press, of the same
city, enlarges upon the idea that men grow
busier and the pressure of life increases each
year, making the burden of work under
which the world groans wax weightier with
every notch cut by F'ather Time, and the
sjian of rest for which Christmas stands
therefore “widens with each return of the
sun from its distant Southern journey.”
The Record's comments are commonplace.
The Boston papers delve down deep into
wisdom's rich beds, as they always do; too
deep in fact for the balance of mortals to
follow. The Baltimore pape -s are polished,
and at the same time sprightly in what they
say, but advance no striking thought. The
Nashville A merican has perhaps the lengthi
est article, and it Is such an out-and-out ser
mon as to create the suspicion that it was
borrowed for the occasion from some
preacher.
Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia mil
lionaires vied v ith each other Christinas in
deeds of charity. In Detroit, Gov. Alger
gave a ton of coal or a cord of wood a
barrel of flour to 100 of the most worthy
poor families in the city, and to each news
boy and bootblack a complete suit of
clothes. Mr. Philip Armour, the Chicago
pork-packer, treated 2,000 children to a sur
prise party at his newly-finished home, and
gave each one of them a nice present. Mr.
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, parted
with not less than SIO,OOO, which he gave in
sums of $lO to SI,OOO to his employes, who,
he says, make the money for him and de
serve a present of some of it. These gen
tlemen, no doubt, feel tlint their money was
well invested.
Readers of the Philadelphia Press
have noticed perhaps its sudden
cessation of hostilities against Mr.
1-ainar. It appears tlmt someone of its
contemporaries keeps a scrap book, from
which has been brought to light this com
mendatory paragraph, writteu before the
older was passed down the line to make war
on the Secretary: “President Cleveland
could hardly havo found a typical Southern
Democrat less objectionable to the North,
and the citizens of a restored Union are
willing to condone the past in the case of a
man so thoroughly reconstructed as Mr.
Lamar.” When following its own judg
ment, rather than the demands of a party
organ, the Press is a very fair, sensible
paper.
Heretofore silk culture in this country
has not been profitable because* the thread
had to be reeled by hand from the cocoon,
and hand labor was too expensive to admit
of much profit in the busiuoss. Now, how
ever, this difficulty is claimed to have been
surmounted by the invention of a machine
which reels the silk automatically, 'and
more accurately and skillfully than it can
bo done by hand. A dozen of these ma
chines are now being tested in the govern
ment “filature,’’ as the establishment for
spinning silk in skeins is called, and the re
sult, if satisfactory, must go a long way to
ward establishing firmly this im[>ortant in
dustry in this country.
Senator Don Cameron hoists the danger
signal. He thinks Mr. Cleveland will cer
tainly be re-nominated, and warns Republi
cans not to expect an easy victory over
him. In fact, he said a day or so ago that
the Republicans would be at a disadvantage
i:i the coining contest. The Democrats, he
says, will have under their control the
machinery of the g< vernmeut, and goiug
into the field with the prestige of success,
will stand the better chance of catching the
floating vote. The Senator will be roundly
abused by his party for making these ad
missions.
A Republican journal in Baltimore heads
a Washington dispatch, “Good-by to
Maryland," aud follows in the next line
with the statement, “No more offices for
this State." If the esteemed editor is
anxious for office, he should move to New
York and become a Democrat.
Mr. Blaine is said to lie always imagining
he has some dread disease. On one occasion
be had a pimple on his face, and directly be
gan to talk about cancer. Mr. Rlaine has a
very vivid imagination. He even imagines
he will some day be President.
CURRENT COMMENT,
It is Always In Order.
From the Baltimore American (Rep.)
The hot house for Presidential booms is being
put in order. List of preferences are making
their appearance in every direction.
Let Them Remain Absent.
From the Fliilrule'vhia Times t Dem.)
A glance at the cable dispatches will convince
anv man that the United States is, to use an Irish
bull, literally swarming with pugilistic ab
sentees.
What He Prays For.
From the Few York World (Dem.)
The talk in Chicago is that Mr. Medill prays
every night that Mr. Illaiue may yet repudiate
that interview pertaining to the President's
tariff message.
A Very Weak Prop.
From, the Galveston Ferns (Dem.)
The Republican party used to be propped
with bayonets. Now it places its reliance upon
congeries of club- It is naturally a party of
violence and intimidation anyhow.
A Republican Led Astray.
From the Few York Press (Rep.)
Virginia is a doubtful State. A Republican
club in each one of its 100 counties to see that
the voters were brought out and their votes
counted, might make it not a doubtful but a
Republican State.
BRIGHT BITS.
Guest (suspiciously eyeing the flattened pil
lows and the crumpled sheets >—Look here, land
lord, this bed has been slept in.
Landlord (triumphantly)—-That’s what it’s
tor.--Brooklyn Eagle.
A Yankee Captain was caught In the jaws of
a whale,but was finally rescued, badly w ounded.
On being asked what he thought while in that
position, he replied: “1 thought he would make
about forty barrels.”— Ex.
Policeman—Come, along now, quietly, or it
will be worse for you.
O’Tool—Oi’ll not. The Magistrate told me
last time niver to be brought before him again,
an’ begorra. I’m goin’ to obey his instructions.—
Toronto Grip.
“Who is that hard-looking wretch in cell 57?”
inquired one of the committee of visiting philan
thropists at the penitentiary.
“That is the man.'’ replied the warden, sadly,
“who always writes Christmas Xmas ”
The visitors pa— ed on, pityingly, yet sbiidder
ingly. They felt they could do DoUiing for him.
—Chicago Tribune.
“Darringkk, 1 hear that some robbers broke
into your house last night. What did they steal?”
“Nothin*. Bromley. They didn’t get further
than the vestibule. Mv son came home at mid
night and they run. Well, yes; they did steal
several things.”
“What?”
“The house dog, a spring gun I had set for
them and burglar alarm.”- Harper's Bazar.
“Something for the missionary fund, eh?"
said the New York millionaire: “certainly ray
son. certainly. Here are two lc pieces. Give
them freely, my boy. Remember w hat is said
about a ‘cheerful giver.’ But hold on,” he
added hastily, and with some agitation. “I
forgot that there is some copper in those pen
nies. Copper is advancing in price every day.
Give me the coins again. Here is a green 2c.
stamp."— Chicago Tribune.
Uncle Rastcs —Yes, sab, I'se sebenty y'ar ole
ter day.
Gentleman—ls your hearing good, Uncle Ras
tus?
“Who am dat?”
“1 say. is your hearing good?”
“Does I think it am gwine ter rain?”
“No—no, Uncie Rastus. I—want—to—know
—if - vour—hearing—is—still -good?”
“Oh, my ha rin'? Yes, sah, my ha’rin’ am
puffec.”— 7V.ra.s' Siftings,
“Never paid any attention to the moral train
ing of that boy, did you say?” exclaimed the
grieved and iudignaut father to tbo reverend
gentleman who was making a pastoral visit.
“Why, Mr. Goodman. I take that boy to chureh
with me at least twice every Sunday, and if he
falls asleep during the sermon, as he sometimes
does, I toll him how wrong it is after we have
gjue home, and make him commit to memory
two or three short Psalms ora chapter in the
Book of Leviticus before he eats anything or
goes to bed. And yet,” he added, sadly,
“Georgey doesn't seem to Improve. I'm afraid
he inherit! evil tendencies from his mother’s
people.”— Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL.
The pleasing news comes from England that
Queen victoria's cold in the bead is much better.
Foreign securities have somewhat recovered
their tone.
Herbert Spencer is at Bournemouth in very
poor health. The insomnia which recently af
flicted him has returned and he can find no
remedy for it
William K. Vanderbilt, it is stated, will take
up his permauenr abode in Europe, probably in
England, visiting America only at occasional
periods as his interests or pleasure may dictate.
Lord Hartinoton, William E. Gladstone and
James U. Blaine will be within the borders of
Italy before long. They seem to have been
taken with the roamin' fever about the same
time.
Mr. Boonlttls a Siamese member of the
junior class at Williams College. Itt is not such
a boon as he might be, however, as he is ad
dicted to the pernicious habit of delivering lec
tures.
Senator Riddlererger is fully as amusing as
he used to lx*. Age cannot wither hirn, nor cus
tom stale his infinite variety, to adaDt a witty
remark once made by the lamented Shakes
peare.
Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, says the New York
Tribune , iiid bis recent visit to the national
capital for tbe sake of rest end recuperation.
He has now returned to Georgia with his phys
ical condition markedly improved.
Miss Adele Grant was In noway east down
by tbe marriage of Iter former fiance, Earl
Cairns. In fact, she went to a danciDg party in
Washington the night of his wedding day. She
probably thinks she had a lucky escape.
The famous historian, Mommsen, celebrated
his seventieth birthday some weeks ago. He is
a familiar figure on tne streets of Berlin. He
walks along rapidly w it h his eyes on the ground
and pays uo attention to those who salute him.
It is strangely inappropriate for Algernon
Charles Swinburne to accuse William K.
Gladstone of political fickleness. No man bas
ever drifted about upon the sea of political con
victions more aimlessly than Swinburne. Ho
bus tieen a Radical, a Tory and various other
things in his time.
A Washington newspaper recently asserted
that Mrs. Cleveland rode some distance in a
street car while out shopping a few days ago.
The fact is Mi s. Cleveland has not entered a
street ca. since she went to Washington. She
has no foolish prejudice against such a convey
ance. but naturally prefers her carriage.
Not long ago Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania,
tossed a Senate page o. coin for some service
rend--rod. The boy examin <1 the money and
found that it was a 810 gold piece. He pocketed
the cofu. and now the pages run after Quay per
sistently, T ey consider him, perhaps, oue of
the golden Quays spoken of by Tennyson,
Senator Spooner says that Umar's appoint
ment to the Supreme Court will be confirmed
by the Senate. As for himself Spooner says: “I
have been quoted as in favor of Umar, but 1
have not expressed my intention, nor is my
mind quite made up on tile subject. ' Spinner
never looks as well as when he is deliberating.
There Is a good deal of fun iu Senator John
Sherman. At Senator Palmer's billiard parties
Sherman is one of the jolliest of men. To see
tbe partially favorite son of Ohio skipping about
with a billiard cue in his hand ana shouting:
“Pm a son of a -son of a -son of a gamboleer.”
w ould astonish a great many people. But at
the billiard parties referred to Sherman thaws
out and becomes as sprightly as a boy.
Ex Attorney General Wayne MacVeagh, of
Philadelphia, is one of tho note I “diners out”
of bis day. His sarcasm and wit are welcomed
in spite of the severity with which he often gives
intellectual thrusts at his fellow guests or host.
Mon coming thus iu contact with him for tlie
first time are likely to fear bis tongue as a two
edged sword. Occasionally ho meets his match.
Such was the case at the dinner-table of George
A. Robert*. President of tbe Pennsylvania rail
road, in Philadelphia, a few days ago. Mr
MacVeagh is Solicitor for the road Tiis com
panion at Mr. Roberts’ table was Arch Lisbon
kyan. of Philadelphia, the oistlnguNbod prel
ate who has since sailed for Rome to is- present
at the golden jubilee of Pope Leo XIII., and to
officiate at tb<- laying of the corner stone of the
uew edifice in the Eternal City. Archbishop
Kyan is one of the brightest ad ablest men of
bis church. As the dinner proceeded. Mr. Mnc-
Veagh had sent little barlssi shots at every man
at tbe table without finding an op|iortunity to j
touch the Archbishop, when something was said :
by the latter about the kiudnew and goodness j
of their host, especially in the matter of rail
roud passes. “Since our President is so good,
why don't you give him a free pass over your
line to heaven?” queried Mr. McVeagb. Quick
as a ilssh but with tbe mildest tone and the
most penetrating manner, the prelate replied:
“J should not like to separate him from his
Solicitor.” Mr. MacVeagli’inudr no more at
tempts to find a weak spot In the Archbishop's
intellectual armor.
AN OLD BLACK TEXAN.
He is 117 Years Old, and Has One
Thousand Descendants.
From the Dallas News,
A case of remarkable longevity is that of
fYauk Blacks, colored, residing within ten miles
of McKinney, over whose remarkable head one
hundred and seventeen summers have rolled.
The evidence of bis age is afforded by a bill of
sal" from a slave-trader to !'• H. Welch, dated
1860, and certifying that Hicks was t hen SO
years.old. As in the sale of a slave, like that of
a horse, the vender, while lie might, have an ob
ject in underrating the age of his chattel, could
nave no possible motive in adding to bis years,
the proof that Hicks has spent 117 years in this
vale of tears is conclusive. Hicks, though a
little bent, is iu perfect health, not looking a
day over 70, and giving hope of living an
other quarter of a century, or to see ltd years.
When sold to Mr Welch lie was thrown
iti with his wife, but in the
37 years that. have since elapsed
he has never failed in doing a
man's work at hoeing, ami this year, with the
aid of bis w ife, now iu her 00th year, he has
harvested eight bales of cotton, which he sold
in McKinney last w eek. The cottou was grown
on the plantation of Mr. Welch, who, out of re
gard to his for uer slave’s old age and diligent
Service, allows him the free use of all the land
he can farm. By his present wife Hicks had
fifteen children, thirteen of whom are living,
and by former wives he had many children—he,
says the good Lord only knows the number
some of whom, if they arc yet living, must lie
octogenarians. His early families were born in
South Carolina, to which he wits brought in a
slaver from the coast of Georgia when he was
only 10 years old. He remembers naught of his
native land, but has a distinct recollection of
his voyage to the laud of bondage. He was
always faithful in his services, and he proudly
acknowledges tiiat be neither merited nor re
ceived harsh treatment from any of tiis mas
ters. His descendants, in the opinion of Mr.
Welch?, exceed a thousaud.
A PRELATE’S COSTLY ROBES.
Value of the Various Garments and
Jewels Worn by an Archbishop.
From the New York Sun,
An accurate calculation of the amount it
takes to fit out the Archbishop of New York for
the performance of his functions reaches to
about $7,000. As he robes in the sanctuary he
first dons his purple silk or cashmere cassock,
which costs about SSO. Over this is put the
rochet, a lace garment, value, $l5O. The veil,
or .apron, is then tried on. It costs $75. The
tunic costs $ 5, the cappa magm ¥l5O. the bar
rette $lO. the sasn $lO, the silk hose $lO, and
the sandals S2O. The set of vestments be wears
at mass and benediction, consisting of a chasu
ble, stole, maniple aud cope, cost $2,000. Ho
has i hese vestments iu four colors-white, black,
purple aud red -each costing $2,000. The crosier,
or Bishop’s staff, costs $700; the arcoie.piseopal
cross, which is carried be ore him, $1,500: the
pectoral cross, which hangs from his neck, $500:
his ring SSO, the ewer SIOO, and the oil stock
S2OO. He has his private articles of altar ser
vice, consisting of a chalice, ciborium, cruets
and monstrance, which aggregate in value
aho it $1,300. Total $7,000. a tittle more or less.
The Archbishop has the costliest collection of
vestments in the United States. The sets men
tion-id above, costing s2.oooeach, were imported
from Lyons, France, which has a monopoly of
that kind of goods. The material is silk, em
broidered with gold, and adorne l with hand
painted portraits of the saints. The rochet is
made of the finest lace manufactured, and the
tunic, veil and cappa magna are twilled silk. He
has two mitres embroidered writ#gold and sil
ver. The barrette is pf purple velvet. His hose
are red silk. The material can be judged when
it is known that they cost him $lO a pair. The
sandals are white silk, and have a silver buckle.
THE VERY LATEST AuONY.
Its Comes from Faris and is a Dress
Coat of Heavy Corded Silk.
Apropos of the published announcement that
silk dress-coats have come into fashion at Paris,
and the old broadcloth is relegated to the gray
beards and the waiters, the Listener of the Bos
ton Transcript recalls meeting a gentleman at
an evening entertainment, a short tune ago who
wore one of these silk coats. There is no deny
ing that the garment was very handsome: it
was made, of course, not of shiny cloth, but of
heavy corded silk, which, at a little distance,
gave no other impression than that of rich
black broadcloth. A day or two afterward the
Listener chanced to meet his tailor. In the
course of the conversation he took occasion to
ask about the silk coat,
’•Yes," said the tailor, “it is the latest Paris
ian agony. I suppose we shall have there pres
ently. The bead of our house; brought one river
from Paris on bis last trip The suit is superb ’’
What a harvest, by the way. tbe change of style
will make for the tailors f it is generally adopt
ed! It would have the advantage, at first, of
serving to distinguish guests from waiters, but
that distinction it would not possess long. Be
fore many months the waiters would blossom
out in silk coats.
A Man Who Burned a SI,OOO Bill to
Escape Temptation to Gamble.
From the American Magazine.
One of New Orleans' rich and impetuous
young men bad been playing at the roulette
tillile and losing heavily. His excitement grew
more intense in proportion as be lost. At last
he became frantic oil perceiving that he no
longer had a cent in his purse. He felt and
fumbled in vipn with trembling hands nli over
and in his wearing apparel, until, iu the pro
found recess in a huge pocket of his overcoat,
he uuexiiectedly discovered a bank note that
seemed to have carefully and prudently hidden
itself to escape from tde general wreck. Eager
ly unrolling it, he joyfully exclaimed: “By
heavens! It is for $1,000! I’ll stake it in a
lump. Fortune favors the bold.” Then, lean
ing forward over the voracious board of the
black and red, as he raised his arm to fling his
last note on it he caught the eye of Sterlain,
who occupied his usual seat as dealer, and was
keenly watching the movement.
Immediately the youth straightened himself
up, still holding the hank note, and thus apos
trophized Sterlain: "Ah, ah! I see that you
greedily exacted this $I,t)00 note to swell your
pile. \V. U. you shall not have it, and to escape
ail temptations, here it goes!” Whereupon he
twisted the note as if it bad been waste paper,
aud, holdingt up to tbe flr.ines of the chande
lier. he wrathfully hissed these words through
his clenched teeth: "Burn, my poor note, aud
evaporate into thin air rather than be swallowed
up, tike your lost sisters, by tbe bloated monster
whose maw yawns for you.” Alter this he
broke loose aud rushed away, amid the loud
laughter of his friends, who shouted: "Bravo!
bravo
The First Breeches.
From th * .Yete York Sun.
Ofttiroes my thoughts will wander back
To childhood's rosy hours,
When, like a wanton butterfly,
I only saw life’s flowers.
With joy I think of each loved spot.
The brooks, tile fields, and ditches;
But dearer lnr than all of these
Is the day X first wore breeches.
’Tis true I’ve sipped life's pleasures since,
Am blessed wit b worldly riches,
But joy so sweet I've never felt
lake that of my first breeches.
What tales those breeches oft could tell.
Of rent, and patch, and stitches,
Of fence and tree from wntch I hung
Suspended by those breeches.
How well their ample seat were stuffed
To break the master’s switches,
Or soften blows my mother gave,
With slipper on these breeches.
Not all the gents of Solomon’s mine*.
Or wealth in Aruby which is.
Could half compare with the treasures rare
In the pockets of those breeches.
That garment I would fain have kept.
Though full of holes and stitches,
But years ago my mother made
Rag carpet of those breeches.
P. H. H.
The Highest Waterfalls in the World.
From Iron.
According to Dr. Wertsch, (fie highest water
falls are the three Kriinbs Kails, in the upper
Prinzgau. which have a total height of 1,148
feet The three falls next in height are found
In Scandinavia—the Verme Foss, in Romsdal,
984 feet; the Vettis Foss, on the Sogne Fjord.
KVlleet; the Kjukari Foss, in Theleuiarkcu. 804
feet. With a decrease in height of 913 feet, the
three Velino Falls, Mil feet, near Zerui, the
birthplace of the historian Tacitus, follow next
and are succeeded by the three Tossa Falls, in
the Val Foriruuxa, 541 f>vt. The (ia.teht Falls,
in the eastern Valley, 4llfl feet, arc midway be
tween the Skjaggodal loss, In the Hardmig.v
Fjord, 694 feet, and the Poring Foss, in the same
fjord. The great Atiio Cascade, near Tivoli, 3i5
feet, appears small bvtho side of the foregoing,
bill is Still larger Ulan the l ulls of the Elbe in
the Klesengehirge, w hich arc only 148 lent high.
If the width of flic falls Is to la* talen into con
sideration, the most imposing arc those of the
Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, which are 391
feet high by a width of 8.900 feet. A long way
lieldnd come the Niagara Falls, feet high
and 1,968 feet wide. The third largest fall is
that of the Rhine at Schaffhausen. 148 feet wide
by only 33 feet h gh. The highest waterfalls
mentioned cannot compare with those rofautic
falls aa regards cubic con teals
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
It is reported that Chinese are coming into
the United States by way of San Diego from
Mexican ports at tbe rate of fifty per day, aud
the customs officials make no sign.
The novelty at MenosUa, 0., is a tombstone
of sixteen ufcs cut in the form of a tree with
birds and squirrels lodged in its branches, and
ferns, Howei-s, an open book, and a scroll of
music ut tbe base.
Who says that there is not hope for the young
men of to-day? Of Amherst's ninety-three
freshmen but seventeen smoke tobacco. A to
bacco report from tho class three years from
now will be interesting.
It is said there is a minister in Saginaw City
who practices what he preaches. He walks be
tween t he two cities on Sunday, rather than pay
sc. to encourage the street railway companies
in carrying on business ou that day.
It has been rumored in Jersey City for some
days that Congressman William Walter Phelps
is negotiating for the purchase of a Sunday
newspaper, which he Intends to turn into a Re
publican daily. The owner of the paper re
ferred to does not deny the truth of the rumor.
In the cropof one of a lot of Western turkeys
recently received in Hartford, was this note,
duly signed, aud with the writer’s address: “I
am a young 111511 about 31 years old, and never
kept company with a girl. Would like to cor
respond with some young lady, if this chances
to rail iu the hands of such.”
One of the cheapest and best modes of de
stroying insects in pot plants is to invert the pot
and dip the plants for a few secondß in water
warmed to 130°. A German paper, referring to
this plan, says that the azalea will stand 133“
without injury. Usually heat the water pretty
well, and pour in cool until 130° is reached.
San Antionio boasts of a citizen over 100 years
old. For the benefit of those pe -sons who are
interested In old people, it may be said that his
physical condition is strong enough to have per
mitted him to ride to a dog fight eighteen miles
away, and his mind clear enough to have
enabled him to pick out the winning dog aud
pocket sl4 In stakes.
At Carrollton, 0., Miss Linda Martland was to
be married to James Wright, of Cbetopa, Kan.,
to whom she bepauie engaged through corres
pondence. But when he arrived she declared
she would never wed him. and he left with his
sister, who had acconqianled him from Cincin
nati. He is said to be worth $50,000 and pro
poses yet to-win the girl.
Mittal organizations to insure against epi
demics are t icing established Id some of the
large manufactories of Sheffield, Eng. Each
workman contributes 20r25 a per cent, of bis
wages, and In return is guaranteed a payment
equal to his Average wages should he be obliged
to quit work on account of any epidemic in his
family. The proprietors of the manufactories
have charge of the funds.
Starfish have done great damage this year to
the oyster beds of Fair Haven, Conn. Some en
tire beds, valued at $20,000 each, have been de
stroyed, and it is estimated that SIOO,OOO worth
of dama e has been done. To meet the un
doubted demand for something tc destroy the
starfish, a Yankee has invented a dredge which
takes the starfish and leaves the oysters; and
several owners of beds are using it.
Dr. J. J. Dtnlop, of Waterford, N. Y., was at
tacked with gastraigia on Nov. 11, after eating
dinner, and it developed into a violent fit of
hiccoughs. He took to his bed and suffered
greatly for nine days, having no relief, except
in sleep. During this time his life was despaired
of, and lie gradually grew weaker, until the end
of the ninth day. when the complaint left him.
He is now slowly recovering, but very weak.
Three or four weeks ago Lorenzo Beers, of
Stratford, N. Y., sold a number of tumbler pig
eons to E. M Beardsley, of Huntington, Conn.
A week or more after their removal two of the
birds returned to their old home and were sent
back to Beardsley, who plucked the quills' from
one wing of each bird as a precaution agaiust
an attempt to fly again to Strat ford. Friday
one of tbe pigeons came walking down tbe
street to tbe Beers residence, having walked the
whole distance—nine miles—from Huntington.
There isn’t much doubt that Cape Cod is get
ting eaten up by the greedy sea, and in time will
disappear. The Proviucetown Advocate says
that "less than onehundred years have passed
since a lighthouse was placed here by tho gov
ernment. The original purchase included a
plot of land ten acres in extetjf. At the pres
ent time this enclosure embraces bareiy six
acres. On a point'just north of the Marine
Stations at Highland Light the face of the bluff
has moved inland 10 |eet in the past five
years.” < -, ~ .
Some time ago the government of Colombia
offered SIO,OOO in silver to any one who would
discover anew merchantable article of export.
Rafael Vaugas thinks that he deserves the re
ward, or two of them, because he lias discov
ered a valuable medicinal plant, hitnerto un
known; and also has ascertained that cocoa
trees abound in such profusion in the forests
along the river Guabiare that the gathering of
then- pods would furnish work for thousands
who are now idle, aud bring great wealth to the
country.
A sew road for pack mules and cattle is be
ing made across the Isthmus of Darien, between
Chiriqui on the Pacific and Boeo del Toro on the
Atlantic. The company opening the road has
been granted a fifteen-year franchise, which
also covers a strip of land one mile wide on each
side. This g.ves New Orleans another direct
route to the Pacific ocean.aliueof steamers now
running between that city aud Boco del Toro.
Tiie ride over the mountains can be made in
two days easily, and in one if the traveler is in
a hurry.
The following was signed by the Americans
and Mexicans who assisted in founding the new
town of las Palomas. Mex., Nov. 1R; “Au in
timate and personal knowledge of each other
by the citizens of the two Republics is a sure
safeguard against trouble upon the border, and
of aii Increasing respect and love for Republi
can Institutions: May the friendship this day
inaugurated at Las Palomas, Mexico, between
Mexicans and Anglicans grow with each day
and year until our intercourse shall lie that of
brothers whose every interest is common and
fraternal."
The coasts of Lower California abound with
huge turtles, which weigh from 300 to 400 pounds
each. Down at l’unta Banda, where a company
is building a big hotel, one tf the workmen, who
is an expert swimmer, and who spends much
time in the water, has become skillful iti riding
the big animals, A traveler says that when the
man sees one that is big enough to ride he
rushes into the water and mounts it. He has a
way of slapping the turtles oa the side of the
head that makes them jog along, aud, by strik
ing them, he also guides them. He rode a big
fellow near the shore the other day as the stage
drove up the coast road, and the occupants of
the stage were so pleased with the exhibition
that they mude up a purse of SJO for the ri ler.
Portland, Me., has a gambler whose recent
exhibition of nerve lias given him great honor
among the fancy. He was behind the faro
table the oth r night when several men from a
neighboring town came in and sat down to the
g me. Play ran high until ss'so was on the
tall), waiting the turn of h card. The gambler
had liefore this made up his mind that the out
siders had put up some sort of a job on him
and were going to tieat him; so he whipped out
a revolver and coolly announced that he was
(foil),- to take everything in sight, and if any
body objected lei him say so. Nobody objected.
The revolver was a card no one could beat, and
the Portland sport, quietly sweeping everything
off the table into the drawer, locked it, and said
the game was closed.
James Spencer, a Chattanooga grocer, being
greatly troubled by flies, put twenty one sheets
of sticky fly paper about his store. In the
evening he gathered them up. and noticed bow
Ihuch heavier they were, being covered with
flies. He weighed the twenty-one sheets and
found they weighed ’seven ffounds. Then he
put twenty-one fresh sheets on the scales and
th"y weighed four pounds four ounces. Thus
tile tiles weighed two paunds twelve ounces. He
found that there were twenty flies to eaeh
square inch of the fly (taper; each sheet bad 346
square Inches aud ti,V3O files, and the twenty one
sheets had 111.19 U flies. Thus one may ascer
tain the weight -of a fly; for, il’ 141,120 flies
weigh two pounds twelve ounces, It's easy to
calculate wha one will weigh.
Admiral Wells, of the Navy, has embaiked
upon the literary profession with Adm ral
i m-ter and other old naval officers. He is on
the retired list and instead of spending his days
’ the club, as some of them do, has been eu
gaged iti preparing his reminiscences, which will
shortly lie published. His first paper will beau
additiou to the naval history of the war a de
scription of the battle ot' rort Royal, ib which
he was engaged as a Lieutenant on the ship Sus
'tuebanua. As the Admiral is a vigorous writer
.ind takes a different view of this engagement
from that generally held, his paper is likely to
creute a good deal of comment in naval circles
The second chapter in the book will give an ac
count of the cruise of the Resolute, which went
to the Arctic in search of Kir .John Franklin
Dio third is au entertaining description of a visit
to the island of St. Helena by a united States
mar.-of war. The fourth and final paper is en
titled ’An English Christmas,” in which the Ad
miral gives some interesting reminiscences of
‘a own career.
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We Wish You i a Very
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We also wish to state that
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loliiay Goods,
Gent’s Toilet Slippers, etc.,
that are left unsold, we will
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a useful and ornamental arti
cle at a very trifling figure.
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FOR THE TEETH
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stunt Grit , or injurious mutter
It is Fvbr, Refined. Perfect.
Nothing like It Ever Known.
From Senator CoEgesbiill.--''TtakopteM
ure in recommending Zonwelss ou account of Its
efficacy and purity."
„*>> Mr*. Gen. T.oaan’s Dentist. Dr.
F. S. Carroll, Washington,)) c7—"l have had
Zonwctss analyzed. It la the most iicrfect, denti
frice I have ever seen.”
From Hon. Cbns. P. Johnson. Ex. lit.
Gov. of Alo.—“Zonweiss cleanses the teeth thor
oughly, Is delicate, convenlen’, very pleasaDt.and
leaves no after ta9tc. 801 lny all LBcaotsia.
Price, 35 cents.
Johnson St, Johnson, 23 Cedar St., N.T.
—T" I ■Hill II 91 111 111 "IT
For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., LippmanM
Block, Savannah.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
tat Citj Sills
are making an extra quality of GRITS
aud MEAL, and can recommend It to the trade
as superior to any in this market. Would he
pleased to give special prices on application.
We have on hand a choice lot of EMPTY
SACKS, which we are soiling cheap,
BOND. HAYNES & ELTON