The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 31, 1887, Page 4, Image 4

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4 C|cPorning'Hct\)s Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. SATURDAY, PRCRMBIR 81. 1887. Registered at the Post Office in Savannah. The Mousing News is published every day In the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, by newsdealers and carriers, on their own ac count, at 25 cents n week, 00 a month, *5 00 tor six months and S3O 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month, tl 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; ciw year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by matt, six times a week (without Sunday issue!, three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00 one year, $8 00. The MonNtNG News, Tri weekly, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesday, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $1 25; six months, $2 50; one year. $5 00. The Sunday N ews, by mail , one year. 82 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year. $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cun rrncy sent bv mail at risk of senders. 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The City Delivery of the Morning News will be as efficient as mcney and experience can make it, and nothing will be left undone to havo the service unexceptional None but competent carriers will be employed, and every attention will be given to make the delivery satisfact >ry 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 ary part of the City, are as follows: For one week 25c For two weeks 50u For one mouth $ 1 00 For throe months 2 60 For six months 6 00 For twelve months 10 00 All subscriptions payable in advance, and no paper will be delivered beyond the time j paid for. Special attention will be given to , Weekly and Monthly Subscriptions, and subscribers can make arrangements, if they desire, to pay subscriptions at their resi dences, avoiding the inconvenience of call ing at the Business Office. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings —S*vannah Rifle Association; Sa vannah and Ogeechee Canal Company. Special Notices—New Year's at Thunder bolt; As to Repairs of St. Mary’s River Bridge Being Completed and Waycross Route Re sumed: Election for Superintendent of Scaven ger Department. Cooking Stoves and Ranges—Cornwell & Chipman. Amusements— Robert Downing at the Theatre. Steamship Schedules— Baltimore Steamship Company; Ocean Steamship Company. Financial—The Citizens' Bank of Savannah. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; For Rent; Miscellaneous. A house is nothing but a shelter until a woman is put in it. Then it becomes a home.. How about the houses of Mormons and Chinese? The young Washington woman who the other day secreted a lot of stolen goods in her bustle, and was convicted of petit lar ••oy, evidently thought that the bustle should be made both useful and ornamental. Senator Spooner has two well-defined ideas respecting the President. One is that he isn't much of a public speaker, and the other is that he will have a hard time get ting a reuomination. The President may not be much of a public speaker, but the (Senator is wrong about the renomination. The Republicans can’t wave the bloody shirt over the killing of Mr. John J. Litttlo ton, a Tennessee editor. Both parties to the shooting were Republicans. Mr. Littleton, however, was a Democrat until 1884, and if the esteemed bloody-shirters can get any consolation out of that they are welcome to do so. A Washington correspondent draws this picture: “Senator Brown’s big mouth opened into a broad laugh the other day, at which his other features were struck with surprise, for the Senator seldom laughs. ” The occasion could hardly have been when )ie heard that the City Council of Atlanta had fixed the liquor license at $1,500. The latest story about Senator Faulkner is that when he was a 10-year-old boy he got lost in the mountains while hunting, and wandered into a den of bears, where he killed four of the animals with an ordinary shot gun, and the gun was single-barreled at that. The Senator’s ammunition will now be used on Republicans who wave the bloody shirt, and it is hoped he has not forgotten how to aim. To ex-Prime Minister of the Sandwich Is lands Walter M. Gibson's many sins anew one has been added. It is charged that he fell in love with a female book agent in became eugaged to her, but Pkially tired of her, and refused to go to the altar. She brought suit against him for breach of promispj and obtained a verdict of $lO,OOO. Gibson left Honolul u while the trial was in progress. Although a Bible recently brought $BOO in Edinburgh, religious sentiment is not on an unusual increase there. The Bible in question had au intrinsic value of about title., but it had belonged to the deceasod relative of two rich women, both of whom wanted it very badly, and consequently the bidding ran high. Probably the relative had left them a pile of money each, and the $BOO was formerly his own. fn his treatment of the negroes President Cleveland has been just and liberal. He has accorded them all of their rights, and has recognizod the race by selecting from it a number of sensible and deserving men for high public office. It is not surprising, therefore, that he has made himself popular with many of them, and gained their ad miration and respect . The Age, one of the organs of ibe race, says: “We may as well Unit that no President since Abraham s.iucolii eu.j ys so thoroughly the confidence of the people as Pi esident C.eveland. He hit- opinion.- , he is honest; he has courage.' 1 The Sugar Duty. Senators Sherman and Hiscock are talking about removing the duty on sugar and pay ing to sugar producers a bounty. By this plan very nearly the whole amount of the annual surplus would be got rid of. Its adoption would make it unnecessary, in fact impracticable, to reduce the revenues from other imported articles t<? any considerable extent. That is why the Senators in ques tion favor it, anti why a great many other protectionists favor it. They don't want the duties on articles in which the protected monopolies are interested disturbed, anil they don’t intend they shall be if they can prevent it. It has been said a hundred times, and it cannot be said too often, that tho sugar tax is a revenue tax. It is distributed among all classes of people, and it is so light that it Is scarcely felt, if at all. The aggregate benefit which the sugar planters receive from it is small. They do not prodnee one tenth of the sugar consumed in the coun try. While the sugar tax puts into tho the Treasury over $50,000,000 a year it does not put into the pockets of tho sugar plant ers much more than $4,000,000. What the protectionists want, and what they are aiming to do, is to save the tariff on articles which put into tho pockets of the monopolists who produce them about ten times as much as they put into the Treasury. If tbiß money which goes into the pockets of the protected monopolists didn’t come out of the pockets of the people there would be no cause for grumbling, but there is just where it does come from. The cotton planter, for instance, if he imports bis cotton ties pays the import tax on them into the Treasury, but if he buys of the home manufacturer he pays an amount equal to tho import tax to the manufac turer. The tariff on cotton ties is adjusted so as to virtually prohibit their importation, and the home manufacturer, therefore, gets aJI the benefit of the tariff, while the Treas ury gets little from it. It Is apparent, therefore, that it is much better, in reforming the tariff, to reduce the duties on those articles which pay little or nothing into the Treasury and jter init enormous profits to the producers of them in this country, rather than to reduce the duties on articles which are almost wholly obtained from abroad, and which are, therefore, revenue articles. The protectionists, however, are not look ing out for the best interests of the country so much as for their own interests. The doctrine of protection is a selfish one, and those who advocate it do so, as a rule, from selfish motives. A Good New Year’s Announcement. There is scarcely any announcement that could be made that would give more genu ine and general satisfaction on the first of the new year than that a sufficient amount to insure the erection of a hotel had been se cured. Within the last few days several subscriptions for very considerable sums have been obtained, and the gentleman who has charge of the matter is confident that he will succeed in getting all that is re quired. He certainly has the best wishes of the entire community for his success. Several gentlemen who are well able to subscribe liberally have not yet subscribed anything. Perhaps they are waiting to see what the prospect of getting the amount needed is, and will subscribe fully as much as is expected of them when they are satis fied that the success of the enterprise is as sured. They are interested in the prosperity of the city and ought to help it forward to the full extent of their ability. The public spirit that has been developed in this city within the last few weeks has somewhat surprised some of the more con servative citizens. They are beginning to think that if those who have money would act together harmonioasly, enthusiastically and energetically, they could start a boom in Savannah that would be as great as any in the South that have attracted attention, and it would have one advantage over all of them, viz: A solid foundation to rest upon. The year that will begin to-morrow will doubtless witness a good many improve ments in Savannah. The city will do more paving than in any previous year, and street improvements will encourage other improvements. The erection of a number of good buildings is contemplated, and the new street railway wilt be finished. Let us see if the foundations of the long-talked of hotel cannot be laid before another Christ mas. Moving a Big Hotel. Is Coney Island to be swallowed up by the sea? When the hotel known as the Brighton Beach was constructed, it was thought to be safe from the waves. It was quite a long way from the water’s edge, and it was never for a moment suspected that the sea, even in the greatest storms, would reach it. The sea has reached it, however, and, if it is not quickly moved, will take possessiou of it. During the storm a few days ago the w ater washed the sand from beneath it, and even lapped on its rear walls. Preparations are being made to move it quite a long way back from the sea. It will be placed upon trucks which rust upon steel rails, and when everything is ready a dozen or more locomotives will draw the great structure to its new foundations. How great the task is which it is proposed to accomplish will be understood when it is stated that the hotel is four stories high and 500 feet long. Patience and skill can do almost anything nowadays, however, and the Brighton Beach House will doubtless be ready for guests when the season opens next year - . The cause of the washing away of the beach is believed to be anew ocean current. The effects of what is believed to be such current have been noticed at other points on the North Atlantic coast. Those who are nearest to Mr. Blaine say be will not be a candidate for the Republi can nomination. The latest declaration to this effect is contained in Thursday’s Chi cago Tribune , and is sent from Washing ton. The statement is that four yeare ago Mr. Blaine wrote a lettor peremptorily declining to allow his name to he used, but was persuaded by his friends to withhold it, and that such a letter will certainly be forthcoming at the proper time this year. It will be very hard, indeed, to get the public to believe that Blaine will decline to again lead the Repub licans to brilliant defeat. Mr. Eugeue Hale is said to be “laying low” for the President. He is going to make a speech in the Senate soon rasping Mr. Cleveland for allowing Democratic officials to contribute to campaign funds. Mr. Hale must think the Republicans are badly in need of an issue. How are our friends, the enemy, getting on since Higgins iwigiiedf Upon whose de fenseless l ead have they decided to thewer their maledictions I THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1887. Louisiana's Gubernatorial Campaign. The campaign in Louisiana for the Dem ocratic gubernatorial nomination is attract ing the attention of the whole country. Bach tlay the feeling between the two factions is growing more bitter. The personalities in dulged in have already load to a number of fatal affrays, and it is probable that other lives will be sacrificed before it is deter mined whether Gov. Nicbolls or Gov. Me - Enery is to have tho gubernatorial nomi nution. One day this week ex-Congressman Nat Wallace, one of Louisiana's millionaires, made some damaging charges against James D. Houston, one of the leaders of the M('Enery faction. Mr. Houston is a man of war and he allows no one to knock a chi(i off iiis shoulder without getting hurt. Mr. Wallace's attack brought almost an im mediate reply. Mr. llou ton, in a published statement, declared that Mr. Wallace was elected to Congress by means o' stuffed ballot boxes, and that Mr. Wallace had agreed to pay a price to have the ballot boxes in' at least one district stuffed in his interest. He named the amount that was agrecti upon,and also the man who was to receive the money, and concluded by alleging that only one-half of the sum agreed upon was paid and that the other half was repudiated. Statements in Louisiana like the forego ing menu trouble, and it would not be sur prising if Mr. Wallace and Mr. Houston were to have a meeting under the far fat tied oaks in the lower City Park. It is still a matter of doubt whether Gen. Nicbolls or Gov. McEnery will get the nom ination. It looks now as if contesting dele gations would hold the balance of power. In that case the nominating con ventiou may become a historical one. Neither factiou will yield a single point. The success of the winning party will depend upon superior management. Swaim’s Place Wanted. If there is any way to get Judge Advo cate General Swaim out of the army there is no reason why tho President should not got rid of him at the earliest possible mo ment. Gen. Swaim was tried by a court martial on certain charges and found guilty. He was sentenced to be suspended for twelve years anil his pny was reduced one half. Gen. Swaim is still Judge Advocate, but he cannot perform any of the duties of that office. The duties must be performed, how ever, and as a matter of t act they are per formed by a subordinate, whose compensa tion is not more than half of that of Judge Advocate. It seems hardly just that for a decade the office of Judge Advocate should remain virtual : y vacant, and that a man who rendei-s no service should draw a hand some salary from the government The point is maue that as the Judge Ad vocate is an appointee of the President he can be removed at the will of the President with the consent of the Senate. If an ac ceptable nomination to the office were made it is probable that the Senate would confirm it, aud if it did Gen. Swuint would be outof office. The President Is being urged to make a nomination, and there is not much, if any, doubt that it is advisable for him to do so. Let the Senate take the responsi bility of keeping Gen. Swaim in the army. He does not appear to have a great deal of self-respect. If he had he would resign. There is no reason why the President should have any hesitation in trying to remove him, particularly as his retention in offico, under existing ciruumstances, is embarrass ing. Emma Abbott is not yet ready to drop the Gaudier-Abbott sensation. Probably she sees in it a good deal more free advertising. She had herself interviewed bv the Memphis Avalanche the other day, and amoug other things said the papers had not published everything that occurred in McKcndree church, because, she hud no doubt, Mr. Candler was permitted to erase from the stenographic report of his sermon the passages that aroused her to action. The sermon, she says, was a wholesale denuncia tion of stage people, and the preacher made no exceptions. Furthermore, the severest portions were directed personally against her, and when Mr. Candler, in a contemptu ous, sneering manner, referred to “that woman who gets down on her knees in a play house and utters sacrilegious prayers,” she felt certain that he meant it as an al lusion to her prayer in “Mignon,” and con sequently she rose and spoke right out in meeting. “Didn’t I do right?” she asks. Perhaps you did, Etnma; at any rate all will be forgiven if you will drop the matter. Complaint is being made in some quarters that the punishment inflicted upon mail thioves is inadequate, and that of all classes of pei-sons convicted in Federal courts, post office offenders have gotten off the easiest— so easy, in fact, that their punishment does not servo as an example to others. The law provides that letter thieves may be punished by being imprisoned as long as ten years, but the sentence is rarely for more than three. A carrier may sometimes determine to facil itate delivery by dumping a number of let ters on the road or elsewhere, but citizens are fully protected in the matter, if the law is only carried out, for the carrier who is found guilty of throwing away a single letter is liable to a year’s imprisonment and may also be fined. Both Mayor Hewitt and Gov. Hill are accredited with a desire to defeat Mr. Cleve land's re-uominatiou. Mayor Hewitt is said to be himself planning to get tbe plum, and is being aided by his brother-in-law, ex- Mayor Cooper. Gov. Hill’s sole ambition is to defeat Mr. Cleveland, and be doesn’t himself care the snap of his finger for the Presidency. It certainly takes men of re markable inventive genius to get up such stories. Eithor Mayor Hewitt or Gov. Hill would make a good President, but they are both too sharp to euter a movement that would be more tbau apt to fail, and are too friendly to Mr. Cleveland to oppose him. While n good many Congressmen are en joying the holidays ut home, Senator Sher man is steadily at work in Washington. He did not remain there because ho was unable to get a free jiass over the railroads, but in order to prepare a great tariff speech, which is to lie at once a reply to Mr. Cleveland, a warning to Mr. Blaine, and a bid for the Presidential nomination. Poor Sherman: He can’t see that he is about as far from the Presidency as he ever has been since he sought it, and as near to it as he will ever get- Occasionally the rumor crops out that there is an insane man in Congress. It is just now being revived by portions of the press The crazy member’s name is never given, but he haitsfrom tbe West, and is in tbe House. American constituencies have not yet sent lunatics to Washington to make their laws, although some of the laws have been very bad ones. CURRENT COMMENT. Tho Really Important People. Ft on* the Chicago Sties (Rep.) Politicians do not amount to much these days. The really important people are the judges at turkey raffles and leaders of the german. Chicago Becoming Reconciled. • From the .Veto York Press (Rep.) Chicago is gradually becoming reconciled to the prolonged absence of Carter Harrison. Natural gas has been discovered on the South side. Probably Needed a New One. From the Sew York Graphic (hid.) The President has given a gold-bound consti tution to the Pope. That able octogenarian must have started life with a gilt-edged consti tution of his o n. Put the Democrat In. From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.) If it is as hard for a rich man to get into heaven as it is for a Democrat to get into the Boston eustom house, the throne will never be surrounded by millionaires. Dueling Weapons in Georgia. From the Baltimore American (Rep.) sVecongratulate Georgia editors upon hav ing a hostile meeting wlthout-recoin-se to lethal weapons. When Editor Lowry, of Rome, used his lists, and Editor Graves defended himself successfully with ail umbrella, no further proof is requited that the world moves progressively in North Georgia. Editors should not fight; but, If provoked to do so, fists and umbrellas are commendable improvements upon pistols and knives. BRIGHT BITS. A few government lmnds thrown in do not injure the bonds of matrimony.—. Yew Orleans Picayune, ‘‘Say. doctor. I wish you'd tell nte how to lie w hen I'm asleep.” “Hello; You going into the real estate busi ness, too— Chicago Sens. It must l>e particularly gratifying to have your p>rtralt on exhibition in an art gallery and t hen read in a newspaper article that it has a ' disagreeable smirk . —Martha's Vineyard HrraJd. Stkangeh--Ik Mr. Blinks in? Hotel Clerk—Yes, he's in his room. "Tell him >lr. Bchw uflVnyitzonouferheim " "Front, tell Kti a gentleman from Cincinnati wishes to see him.”— Omaha World. Cashiers, from medical report, Are seldom very strong; Their longest ages are but short— Their short ages are long. • —Tid Bits. A man in Dakota advertises that he will be hanged iu any mans place for $20,000. Wonder If he wants the money iu advanceHe do su't appear to know much about the law, anyway. A man who can raise $20,000 is not, in muchdaii ger of being sentenced to be banged.— Drake's Magazine. The “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” show performed here Monday night. As they forgot to give the usual coinplimentaries in return for free puffs we didn't go. Their best actor the trick jack ass—died before they got here; and that s the only thing we cared about seeing, anyway.— Te.cas Paper. Magistrate (to tramp)—The policeman says you were acting in a disorderly inauntr. Tramp 1 wes gobbling, your Honor. Magistrate—What do you go about the streets 'obbling for? Tramp I can't help it. your Honor; I've had nothing but turkey three times a day forever tw o weeks —The Epoch. Mrs. Jobberly—l should think somebody would shoot those dreadful blizzards. Mr. Johberly—llow isyour miDd workingnow, my dear? Mrs. Jobberly—Why, it says here in the paper that the blizzards have stopped all the trains in Dakota. What is the good of Indian reserva tions if the government can't keep these war like tribes shut uj —Boston Record. A Western debating society discussed the question of female suffrage, and a stuttering orator hr the negative wound up his argument with this clincher: "I d-d-defy anyone to point out a woman In this city or o-c country who could bedSliSrhf. Would a woman turn out in the dead of the nigbs to track and arrest a tn m murderer? I say n-no. Ten to one she would elope with him 1” He sat down amid thunders of applause. —Boston Journal. PERSONAL. Mrs. M. C. Butler will receive on New Year's day at her resideuce, I*sl P street, assisted by her two daughters, Miss Hampton, of South Carolina, Miss Geneveive Pan! and Miss East man. The British Minister and Miss West have sent out cards for an at home on Wednesday, .Tan. 4. Dancing at 9:50. The invitations are engraved upon the lower half of the first page of a double sure? of paper that lias the crest of Great Britain at the top. Guv. John C. Frv von r. accompanied hy bis wife and daughter, has arrived in Los Angeles. Cal. The General and family propose to spend the remainder of the w inter in Igis Angeles or vicinity, and >.hile there he will complete his second volume of memoir . It was a queer coincidence that the venerable Dr. John l>. Ogden, of New York, should have died on “the night before Christmas." He was twice married, both liis wives being the daugh ters of Clement C. Moore, the author of the poem, "The Night Before Christmas.” Miss Sadie Morgan, niece of Col. and Mrs. W. R. Morrison, gave a very pleasant dinner at Willard's Tuesday night to some of her school friends from Noi-wo, and Institute. The dining room was tasteful y decorated with flowers aud smilax. After ditK.-u.-s ng the menu the party adjourned to one of the parlors, where they danced to their heart's coutem and listened to music, both vocal and instrumental, discoursed by some of their number. Miss Aiwa 11. Whitney. (Ik; proprietor of the Chequewset Keunels at Lancaster, Mass... is said to be at the head of mastiff breeder s in this eountiy. Always a lover of animals. Miss Whit ney gave up her vocation of school-teaching, which sbe Bad followed for thirty years, and went to Europe, where she secured the liest stock obtainable and thus started ilie kennels. Her name is in the list of those who have taken steps for t'ue. organization of a St. Bernard Club in this country. Kays .Mr. Edmund Yates, (n the London World: “Mine. Sarah Bernhardt's bov was married on r>ec. Z 0 to his noble Polish fiancee, Princess Terku Jablonowski. Mine. Sarah is in high glee. They are wildly In love with each other. She says: ‘C'e / beau I'attumr le rher Mu nr ice. Ina few months f shall be a grand mother. Anew avatar: What joy! What a wedding : AH Paris will lie there, you know. Of course, you will come* Complex site, my divine rtarah. 1 would not miss the ceremony forau empire.’’ "Bishop" Obf.kly, the Civil Service Commis sioner, is one of the most entertaining talkers, and tells some very funny stories. Here is one of them. He says that many years ago, when a young man. fie was elected to the As sembly m Illinois. He was frightened when the time ciOta for him to go to the capitol at Springfield, for he was conscious that he was not the possessor of a polished education. He feared that U would be paled by the flashing of bright intellects all around him. He took his seat on the first day in fear and trembling, lint in live minutes he was perfectly at ease, and was even made to think that, perhaps, lie might be one of those who would “shine.' This was what wrought the great change in his mind: "Mr. Speaker,” said one Assemblyman, “there are no ink in the inkstands.” Young Oberly was amazed. “Well,” he thought, “is this the kind of timber they send here?” Up rose another Assemblyman, since famous the country over. "Mr. Speaker,” said he, “there are ink, but it are froxe in the bottles.” That was all young Oberly needed to put him perfectly at ease iu the Legislature. 31n. Hr. Alter is making extensive prepara tion* for the coining Washington social season An iron frame for an awning to cover the high steps of the Ferguson House h/ts lieen erected, so that the discomforts of the inclement weath er will be greatly modified. Mrs. Hearst has with her Miss Butterfield, who was her guest last winter, and Miss Nickerson, of S. Loiilr, will arrive next week for a month’s visit. Next month Miss Clara Anthony, of Boston, whose mother was a school friend of Mrs. Hearst, will be added to the family circle and the hostess will give a coming-out party for the young lady. Miss Anthony is the grand daughter of Dr. Silas Reed, who was prominent here during Gen. Grant’s time. Mrs. Hearst has brought with her many beautiful things from her Kan Fran cisco borne, and a collection of Japanese art that she has been ten years in gathering. Mrs. Hearst w ill lie at home on Thursdays in Janim ly, and will make those Informal receptions elaborate entertainments, for which no Invita tions will be issued. Senator und Mrs. Hearst entertained a party at dinner on Christmas Day that was reri larks ble because the guests were all strangers in the city, and uw a.v from their homes. Tbe Mowers upon thu ible ware Ia Fr tnce rote's, the ladies rcoaived favors o* lion (similere bags of satin, covered with gold lace, the girls found pung -uts (lie obed silver at their places and the fccut!euicn received silver cigar •.-utters. A Lively Coachman. From the Srw York World. TLe large aud turbid young gentleman who is known by the important title of Baron Blanc, has had a lively time with hi*coachman. Baron Blanc recently married a wealthy Philadelphia lady known as Mrs. Rigt, and when the newly wedded pair came to New York to live the bride brought along her horses, carriages and coach man. The coachman was known in his particu lar social set as '“Philadelphia Mike,” his family cognomen being Cunningham. The other night Mr. Cunningham, w ho had tieen for some weeks developing a growing desire to coil himself around the bulk of Now York whisky, came to a sudden realization thut the undertaking was a failure. The fact bore with it such a painful condition of mind that Mr. Cunningham imme diately took to shying chairs, lamps and other domestic implements at his baronial master and mistress. For these diversions Philadelphia Mike was promptly discharged, and he went out from the family mansion surcharged with rage and woe. At the stable he found the Baroness’ $3,000 saddle horse., which he promptly rode away to a stable In Forty-ninth street. Two days later Mr Cunningham was arrested, and .while in durance more or less vile, he consented to tell where the stolen animal was secreted. In the morning his master and mistress relented sufficiently to not press the charge of thievery, and he was simply held for disorderly conduct. Obstructions In the Mississippi. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The extremes by low stage of water in the Mississippi has nearly caused an entire suspen sion of steamboat operations to the South, and river men who have liven trying to navigate the stream in the face of many difficulties since last July are almost discouraged aud ready to abandon water transportation. Low water is frequently encountered during the summpr and fall of the year, but the boating stage has not been so reduced for such a long period of time before in the recollection or any of the old pilots. They began to encounter bars between St. Louis and Cairo diming the early part of July, when the protracted drought set in, aud from that time since the river has gradually declined. In the mean time millionsof dollars, invested in steamboats and barges, have lieeu tied up in a way t hat benefited no one, aud the boats were left to decay. According to river men this would have been avoided bad the government work of im pro\ jug the channel beeu continued. In view of the discouragement of the present season and present hope of relief from the government in reclaiming the channel. Oapt. Henry C. Haar stick. President or the St. Louis and Mississippi Valiev Transportation Conipauy, says there is likely to be a great falling off in the gross amount of river tonnage, as under the circum stances there is no inducement to build steam boats and barges when they can t earn interest upon the investment. The consequence will be that when the present fleet is worn out St. Louis will have no boats to float tbe grain of the Mis sissippi valley on its natural course to European markets, and the farmer will then be at the mercy of the railroads. His Honor's Revenge. I ton the Chicago Sews. One day while the Anarchist trial was going on in Jiidge Gary's court, Mr. William King, who is upward of 80 years old, sought admis sion, but was told he could not go in Going to the State Attorney's office, Mr. King explained that he w as an old friend of Judge Gar} , and he was sure the Judge would let him in if he knew he was there. Mr Furthmann told him the court room was full, but that he would try to And a place within the bar. In a few. moments the two entered the court-room and started to walk down the aisle. "Sit, down," said Judge Gary, sternly. "Your honor,” explained Mr. Furthmann, "this is au okl friend of yours.” “Sit down," said Judge Gary, louder and more stern y. Mr. King looked as if he would like to have a big hole come up through the floor ami swallow him. There was no place for him to sit down, and still the Judge kept railing for him todo so. He looked appealingly at his old friend, hut the, old L .er.d only glared on him savagely and re pented the awful command. "Sit down. ’ When tne old gentleman had succeeded in reaching the bar >lr. Grinnell got up and gave Idm his seat. When court was adjourned Judge Gary came down from tbe bench rubbing his hands together gleefully and laughing clear to his feet, "I made him sit down, didn't 1f” said he to ■Mr. Griunell in Mr. King's presence. "I'll teach him not. to beat me at whist as he did last night. 1 wish I had had half a chance I would have put him outs" and grabbing Mr. King by the arm he took his old crony out to lunch with him. The Clerk It's work. work, work, For the oity clerk. From morning till twilight-tide, With straining of eyes and bending of back And throbbing of head till if seems to crack Unheeding the world outside. How changed since the days Of Dan Chaucer's lays, When the geutle. the scholarly clerk Rode down from Oxenford hetimes. With his books of philosophy, logic and rhymes, And wisdom was all his work: But now', alas! The long day must pass With account and receipt bill. With inquiry, order end countermand, With credit and debit and total grand That our modern folios nil. On a high desk-stool Sits the lad from school—* lie hopes to he rich one day. Though the septuagenarian there on his right Only fifty draws on Saturday night. For his life of all work and no play. And yet. and yet One cannot forget. In the dreams of a future fair. That directors, officers. President, too, Started once on a time, if the tales be true. Pen in hand, on the stool-perch there So strive, strive, strive, In the busy hive That frowns upon jest and chat.. The trim type-w riter, with pensive smile; Ah: there's a figure well worth while- - But, no! ’twere not business, that Six days in llje w-eek Thou shalt pine and peek. Of the despot Success, the slave. Dost thou dream of the sunshine, the woods and the sear Pray, w hat are such idle, remote things to thee? Time enough when thou'rt seeking a grave. —Henry Tyrrell. The Word Nihilist. From the Centum The word "Nihilist" was introduced In Russia by Tiirgonieff. who used it In his novel, "Fathers aiid Children." to describe a certain type of character which had then recently made its ap pearance in the ranks of the r sing generation, and which he contrasted sharply and effectively with the prevailing types ill the generation which was passing l’roni the stage. As applied to Bamroff. the skeptical, materialistic, icono clastic surgeon's sou in Tui geniefT's novel, the wonl ' Nihilist” bad a natural appropriateness which the Russian public at . once recognized. There Were differences of opinion us to the question whether any such class as that repre sented by BazarofT really existed, but there was no difference of opiulou with regard to the ap propriateness of the Oerm as applied to that particular character. It was accurately deser.p tive of the type. The word "Nihilist," however, was soon caught up by the conservative,'. and b the government, aud was applied Indiscriminately by them as nil opprobrious and discrediting nickname toall persons who were not satisfied with the existing order of things, and who sought, by any active method whatever, to bring about changes in Russian social and political organiza tion. To many of the reformers, iconoclasts and theorists of that time the term "Nihiltst" was. perhaps, fairly applicable ns it certainly was, Tor example, to Bakunin and his followers —and by sonic of them it was'even accepted in a spirit of pride aud defiance as an appellation which, although a nickname, expressed con cisely their opposition to all forms of authority baswi on force To the great mass of the Rus sian malcontents, however, it had then, and ha* uow, no appropriate, reference whatever. It would be quite as fair and quite as reasonable to say that the people in the United States who were once colled ‘ Know-nothings" were person* who really did not know anything, as to say that the people in Russia who are now called "Nihilists" are persons who really do not belie*- in nor respect anything, nor do anyt ing exeepi destroy. By persistent iteration and reiternl ion however, the Russian government and the Rur sian conservative class have succeeded in max ing the world accept this opprobrious nicknam as really descriptive of the character and opfc ions of all their opponents, from the “terror!*" who throws an explosive bomb under the car riage of the t'zar down to the peaceful aud las abiding member of a provincial assembly wt, respectfully asks leave to petition the Gro* i for the redress of grievances. It would be b*r| to find another instance In historv where an in congruous and inappropriate appellation k < thus been fastened iq>ou a heterogeneous nA-s of people to whose bell fs and actions it iutf tio sort oi applicability, or a case in whicnm opprobrious nickname has had so confusing kid so misleading ub influence tipou public on!a n turouguout the world. The people .ost I represented and wronged bv this utcknaintfire unquestionably the Russian f U-ihlh-the lJ iiera oftije |>ratom lug party wt.osee u> o* in relurws by pence, .tie and legal uivluuUa. j ITEMS OF INTEREST. A oranddai o bter of Charles Dickens does a flourishing business with a typo-writer. Several German firms have given notice to houses in Bradford, where there are many Ger mans, that they will adopt, volapuk in corres ponding with English manufacturers. A young woman of culture in London has set the fashion of wearing a black Port in gown lined with crimson to the theaters and has gained sev eral followers. She is now trying to lead off with a studded shirt front, and white cravat. mm A man who is said to look almost exactly as Mozart did is making money in Loudon by ex hibiting himself at fashionable (lartlcs and musical entertainments. He aso appears in tableaux of the great musician's iite. The man charges SSO an evening, Juoge Hornblower, on the California bench recently sentenced a man who had betrayed another’s wife w*th the remark that, "if the spirit of chivalry were not dead in California you would have been called to account long ago before another and a higher tribunal.” The relative strength of parties in the Ger man Reichslag, which differs very little from what it was at tbe loginning of last session, is: Conservatives, including Imperialists and free Conservatives, 111: Clericals or Centre, 101; Boles, 13; National Liberals, 09; Liberalists, Progressists, or Radicals, 34; Social Democrats, 11; Independents, including the Alsaoe-Lorrain ers, 8J; total, 397. A lady in San Francisco had three canaries so tame that they flew about the house at will. One sickened and died suddenly. The dead body was taken from the cage and laid on a table, and the other two flew to it and examined it very carefully. Then they went back to their cages, and for over thirty days neither of them uttered a note. After that period of mourning was over they pip'd up and sang as of old. A preacher in one of the towns on the Mar quette range concluded not long ago that be had bad enough of the place and would get, up and get. although his congregation did uot want hiiu to. So the people got up a S3OO donation party, and u hen he called for the money informed him he could have it when it was earned, at tne same time fixing the price per sermon he was considered worth. The munster (lanced and talked until he was red in the face, but his task masters were inexorable, and he is still preach ing for them. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, has sent an ac credited agent to Europe to purchase a number of choice Percheron stallions and mares. Then his ageut, will proceed to Arabia and secure five of the best Arabian stallions that can be bought. Brought to this country the Arabs and Perche rons will be bred together and the produce bred again. By long and intelligent in breeding Senator rainier hopes to create anew type of horse, or, failing in that, to improve the old type by crossing the Arab horse upon tbe Per cheroti mares and vice versa. Stevenson's ballad, "Tieonderoga,” in the December Scribner, has led to a newspaper oon troversv iD England. Lord Archibald Campbell writes that the two personages in tbe first, scene of the poem were not, a Stewart and a ( aiupron. but a Campbell of Inverawe aud a Macauiven. Mr. Alfred Nutt, however, who claims to have first told the story to Mr. Stevenson, states that he got the legend from Mr. Cameron’ of liarcal ■ dine. a lineal descendant of the Cameron of the ballad, and the owner of the glen where the murder isJielieved to have taken place. A tidy housekeeper of Lisbon, Me., w as much troubled by a certain window-pane in her par lor. i o what she could, she couldn't get it clean. She tried acids, alcohol, and window rubbers to no pin-pose. Her husband laughed at her and said he could clean that glass lie tried, it remained just as dingy as before. Then the housekeeper called in a glazier and told him to take out the offending glass. He started todo so and found that somehow or other two panes of glass had been set in that sush. and the inside of each pane was dusty. Of course the dust couldn't be reached by wash ing. It was a very simple solution of what be gan to seem almost a mystery. The same young woman who swindled Cen tral New York with the bird protection scheme has operated considerably in Maine. Some of the richest aud most influential citizens of Lew iston not only signed her papers promising to nse their influence lo protect song birds, but also entertained her at their homes, and gave her money to help carry on the work Sudden ly the pretty Widow—Sne was a widow there was culled away by a telegram announcing the death of her brother, and a few days afterward a man appeared with $1,600 worth of promis sory notes, which it appeared these citizens had sigued when they thought, they were pledging themselves Dot to kill the pretty birds. The people of Sonoma have anew way of catching fish. They go down to the ernbark adero at high tide and get into the creek, and by beating t he w ater w ith long sticks and mak ing a terrible noise they scare the fish back, and keep them back till the tide ruusout; then the fish are left in the holes and the men a,ni boys attack them with spears, pitchforks, and clubs uutil they obtain all they want. A friend of ours caught a fine lot of earn there the other day, some of them weighing as much as three pounds each These carp escaped from Poppe's fishppol, near Glen Ellen, some years ago, and have multiplied wonderfully. They now seem to enjoy the salt water better than the fresh. At a recent gathering of re; orters, detectiv s and politicians, in Columbus, 0.. Detective John T. NoiTis made known a peculiar theory. He s noted for his quick detection of rascals, and holds that au unreliable man has low set ears. A line drawn straight back from the eve wili pass above the ear. This is the test. Try it aud see if you are honest. Pictures tell it best. If the line cuts through the ear the chances are in favor of your reputation. There are excep tions to the rule, and indeed many eminent men have just such cars. The idea is not so much that persons with such ears are dishonest, but rather that they arc unreliable and tickle—not to lie depended upon when wanted. Watch the cats of the men you know, and see if the theory holds. Mai. Thaxter, of Portland, Me., is one of the few veterans who know that Virginia was the only Confederate State that sent twelve cavalry regiments into the war. He got his information this way: He went out with bis regiment from AVarrenton, Va„ on a raid. When he returned at night he rode to the place whence he. bail set out. and came upon a cavalry eauip asleep "What regiment is this?" he shouted. "The Tv Ifth.” was the answer. "The Twelfth what?" he asked. "Twelfth Virginia, you foo was the auswer from one who was sur prised that any one shouldn't know that there was blit one Twelfth Cavalry Regiment in the service. Maj. Thaxter didn't wait for further information, but got away. He afterward that the Union troops had fallen back, ai i! the Confederates taken their place. There recently died in Rockland, Me., an Italian musician, F. A'. D. Singbi, whose life was out of the ordinary. He was when a boy ap prenticed to an image [toddler of Lucca, and with him crossed Kurope ou foot witli a load of images on his hea !. On reaching England be r m away from his master aud enlisted in the English array and was sent to Canaria While tee regiment was at Quebec the band played a selection, widely advertised as the composition of the bandmaster Young Singhi recognized it as an old Italian melody. That evening at the barracks he whistled the air, until he was interrupted by the bandmaster, who asked here he heard that. The Italian was quick witted. "Heard the hand play it,” be said The leader was pleased, and Singhi was put into the rand. Ho afterward deserted anil wnnt lo Maine, where, after earning a precurious living by shoemaking and barbering, he at last got solidly established as a musician. He was born a Roman Catholic, became a Methodist aud died a Swedeuborgian. The Chicago Neir* offered a prize for the best story written by a pupil in the Chicago public schools, and as a result was deluged with all sorts of productions. It, printed many of them and rejected more, but that its readers might not lie deprived of considerable enjoyment it primed short extracts rrom some of the re jected manuscripts. Here are a few of these extracts: "Cora Brown was fortunately the possessor of a birthday, for she was the daugh ter of rich friends.” “Xormau was a dear bright but thin little boy.” "But. all this time a cloud was gathering over Mrs. Delaney whieli grew large as years went by, and thatcioud was fill} of grasshoppers. ” "Eva was a pretty littlo girl, but not smart, being the only child. * "She fell down, scattering her senses in every direc tion. 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