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4 C|cPlrntin'Hcl' s "W V* tp-"■** Morning New: tuilding. Savanit, -*■ — y- i MONDAY .T VM ARY 2.1 " Fegirtered a: Ou Pont l (Tire to The Mows-!' >*ws i puhltah the year, and is served t > subsor / ai at> cent* n eek. $1 rO a moi * months and iiO On for one year The Mo'.mno Nii, fcu mi f] 00; thrm months, $2 60; s.t ,i ene year, $lO 00. The Mormko Nr.ws, hy ri ' * week (without Sunday is* * t emus, :$2 00; sis months. $4 00 or The Wormino Nicwra, Tr. ■'•'■••<■' ondsys, Wednesdays and Fridays < '■ 'i hurs. days and Saturdays, thr * a ;l six !months $2 60; one year ft 00 The Sunday Kkws, bf 1 ”/ • ,r *°o The KKKLY N*ws, 6 flint year. •* *• Subscriptions payable ad Remit by posts order, checs or re - letter. Cur perrv sent by mail at ri a -rs Tb * pe|>er is sept, or t v. i slnp rales ma- lieascert ,nei at of liie Ameri- Oat New spat >*i Put . • ,ss - .atioti, 104 Sample Oourt. Ne V< Untn an talar iM, no addressed •‘Mtoutut# Furs, Be. f a Advert!* rates *wn n application. - - = The Mo ruin a in 6L® City. Ti e terms forthe I>a ly Morning News, •delivered every day, in any part of the City, •r> as follows: if nr one wook 26c for two weeks 60c For one month $ 1 00 Vor three mofriths 2 .'io for six mot*hs 6 00 for twe Ire snontbs 10 00 All subscriptions payable in advance, and nr, papenwill be delivered beyond the time jvaid fo a Special attention will lie given to Weekly and Monthly subscriptions, and subsetpbers can make arrangements, if they desire, to pay subscriptions at tlieir resi dents, or places of business, avoiding the inconvenience of calling at the Business Office. JRDEI TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mekti.nos —Georgia Historical Society; lie Jfalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F.; Mutual Gaslight. Cos.; Georgia Tent No. 151,1. O. R Special Notices N'otico to City Tax Payers; ftherwood’s Dancing Academy; Notice to Water 'Takers; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos; A Card, Leonard Woolsey Bacon; Notice, Bond, Haynes A Elton; New Year's at Thunderbolt. Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship Cos.; tie tiers! Transatlantic Cos. Syrup and Buckwheat—Grady, DeLettre&Co. New Year's Resolve —A. J. Miller & Cos. X.eoai. Notices—Citations from the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary. Financial—Alexander, Brown & Sons, Balti- Bnore. Breakfast Cocoa—W. Baker & Cos., Dorches to', Maas. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; Mis cellaneous. Forest City Mills Bond, Haynes & Elton. As was to be expected, .the President denies that he will shortly transmit to Con gress another message on the tariff. Slugger Sullivan is reported to have been asked to contribute an article to an English magazine. Although Mr. Sullivan ponies Irotn Boston, it has never been thought that he possessed unusual literary talents. The English magazine is probably trying to get the benefit of his fame rather than of his brain. Miss Anna E. Dickinson, whose health is much broken, and who is reported on the ■eve of visiting Florida, has, it is said, parted ■with considerable sums of money since the unfortunate desire to becomo an actress seized upon her. Asa lecturer she acquired both reputation and money, and left the platform in the midst of much popularity, fihe is a brilliant woman, but on the stage Jier brilliancy did not serve her to much purpose. A number of charitable women of Cov ington, Ky., have hit upon what they' con aider a satisfactory plan for disposing of the Treasury surplus. It is to distribute it •unong the sufferers in China from the re tent floods along the Yellow river. If the ■women had the disposal of it, some such scheme might be put into execution, but the Chinese do not seem to be very popular with American statesmen. The surplus will re tnain in Washington a while longer. t 1 The Democrats of Washington are very anxious for the Prasident to place a District bian in the post office there, but Mr. Johu J. Enright, of Michigan, is making a strong pull for the position, and as he is from the same State as the new Postmaster General, and is one of Mr. Dickinson's special friends, he may be successful. It is reported at the •Post Office Department that the appointee has been decided upon, but the matter is khrouded in mystery, and no one can say just who will fill Mr. Conger’s shoes. ft has been discovered that the coffee given to prisoners in the Rhode Island peni tentiary is a mixture of burned rye, burned brown bread, molasses and water. This shocking discovery will make many people ahudder as they sip their tea or chocolate, and it will also make them think certain papers and politicians had better let the Georgia penitentiary system alone ami give their attention to other systems nearer Lome. The Georgia system is not perfect, but it doesn’t admit of the passing off of any such villainous compound for coffee. The report was circulated a day or two ego that Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, was threatened with cancer of the stomach. Relating to so eminent and popular a public man, the rumor very na turally caused wide comment aud consider able consternation. It has, however, been found to be an erroneous one. The Senator was not in Washington to deny it, but Mrs. Blackburn and his private secretary gave it a flat contradiction. Senator Blackburn attended a banquet at Eminence, Ky., a few nights ago, and seemed in his usual health. The different viands before him disappeared in a manner to dispel any idea that he was a sick man. Mr. Henry Smith, of the Milwaukee dis trict, is called by his brother Congressmen the “Anarchist member,” because ho was elected by the Independent Labor vote. Mr. Smith refuses to go into the eaucusses of either party in the House, and reports say he promises to be a useful meml>er. In one resjiect he has set an example worthy of emulation. While he would naturally, having been all his life a carpenter, con tractor and builder, prefer to be on the Committee on Public Buildings an 1 Grounds, he refuses to importune Speaker Carlisle for furb an appointment, and says he will do the best, work he can anywhere he is as signed. If there were more members like J!”. Smith the Speaker would have an nounced the committees some time ago. Guarding- Their Graves. announcement that a guard has hern 1 over the tomb of the late Mrs. John h Astor directs attention to the fear iig very rich or prominent families for • safe-keeping of their dead. Up to ten *' twelve years ago grave-robbing was eon d.'ied to obscure subjects for the dissecting table, but in INTO human ghouls fronted a tremendous sensation throughout the coun try by attempt ing to steal the embalmed body of President Lincoln, for the purpose of extorting a ransom for its re turn. Election day was selected as the time for the robbery, as the conspirators thought police vigilance would he relaxed then. The attempt was frustrated and the men subsequently captured and sent to the penitentiary. Two years later the body of A. T. Stewait was actually stolen from the vault in St. Mark’s church, Now York, and though the negotiations for its recovery have been as far as possible kept from the public, it isunderstood that Judge Hilton pri vately secured its return by paying a heavy ransom. Since that time it lias been deemed prudent to pla<-c guards over the graves of people whose wealth or greatness in life might tempt ghouls to perpetrate their fiendish deeds. After the body of President Garfield had been placed in the vault, guards were kept on duty for some time, and in like manner Gen. Grant’s body was protected from theft for nearly a year after its interment. A de tachment. of Pinkerton’s defectives was em ployed to keep watch over the vault hold ing the body of William H. Vanderbilt until a now tomb,constructed with a special view to security, had boon built. The surviving relatives of Mrs. Astor and Mr. Vanderbilt say the graves of these per sons are guarded merely ns a matter of pre caution, and not because any special fear is or has been entertained that they would lie robbed of their dead; hut since the attempt to obtain Mr. Lincoln’s remains, and the successful stealing of those of Mr. Stewart, the necessity for such precaution among very rich or prominent people is obvious. President Arthur and Vice-President Hon drioks’ bodies have remained unmolested, probably for the reason that these men did not die rich enough, or were not thought prominent enough, to bring a ransom that would tempt the vicious to run a very great risk. \i\ future, it may be found necessary for extremely rich men to make provision in their wills for a fund to be used in protect ing their bodies from theft after burial. Why Riddleborg-er is Happy. For some time prior to tho present session of Congress, Senator Riddleberger, of Vir ginia, was ostracised by his brother Repub licans in the Senate, but lately a rather re maskable change has tnkeu place in their conduct toward him, and from being a sort of social outcast he has become something of a social favorite. There have been vari ous conjectures as to the cause of t his change in his social position. The Republican Senators furnish an explanation that is rathe.' creditable to them. Mr. Rid dleborger, they say, has been the principal in as many painful scenes in the Senate as any other mail who was ever a member of that body. These scenes, it is charged in some quarters, were mainly due to the fact that ho took his “cold tea” too early in the day. It is or ought to be, gen erally known that too liberal potations of cold tea, taken before the morning dews have had a good chance to disappear will lie more than likely to cause trouble before night. The concoction, it is said, had an unusu ally had effect on Senator Riddleberger, ami led him to the enactment of scenes that made him the laughing stock of the other Senators and an object of derision to the country. But, say tho Republican Senators, he lias mended his ways, repudiated cold tea, is looking neater and better than lie ever did, and is assiduously endeavoring to wipe out by good conduct the reproach that has been east on his name; and in order to help him in his efforts they are taking him l>y the hand and bestowing upon him bene dictions and words of encouragement. This picture is one that is very creditable to them, hut is it a true one? There is a suspicion that the Republican statesmen have brought about a political love-feast because they need Mr. ltidilleber ger’s vote. Tho world is rather cynical, and, doubtless, will fail to give the kind hearted Republicans the credit to which they pretend they are entitled. Blind Tom’s Future. The wonderful musical performances of "Blind Tom” have not (‘harmed the public ear lately. Tne musically gifted idiot re tains the strange power that has made his name a household word, but legal compli cations have prevented his appearance be fore the public in a professional capacity. Last August, after a legal light last ing nearly two years, he was given in charge of Mrs. Eliza Be thune, a daughter-in-law of his former owner, but Mrs. Betliune’s authority did not extend beyond the care of whatever estate he may have hud, and consequently she was unable, without the special authoriza tion of the court, to make money out of his talent. Hhe is now, however, taking steps in one of the New York courts looking to the appointment of a trustee for the special purpose of managing the "Blind Tom Con certs,” the profits to bo deposited in a trust company to his credit and that of the com mittee in charge of him. Mrs. Bethune's attorney will this week, he says, move in the United States Court at Frankfort, Ky., that Tom's mother, as next of kin, be allowed to bring suit against the estate of John G. Bethune for the re covery of $19,000, which he hopes to show the court ought to be turned over to Tom s estate. He has already obtained judgment against the elder Bethune for $7,500, and there is another suit pending for $200,090, estimated profit due Tom since he was freed and jput upon the stage. The attorney claims that Tom has been very meager ly compensated, but Gen. Bethune always maintained that if anything tho gifted idiot was indebted to him for mnint *nanee and care. It is not probable that the $200,000 or any part thereof will be recovered, but the chances are that the $19,000 will be, and this sum, added to the $7,500 for which judgment lias already boon obtained, would place Torn beyond want, and if he returns to the stage and lives ten years longer he will bo one of the wealthiest men of his race. A New Orleans paper says that the com mission recently appointed in New York to inaugurate a reform in the method of exe cuting criminals does not mark the login ning of the agitation in favor of abolishing the gallows. In his last message to the Legislature, Gov. McEnery, of Louisiana, called attention to the barbarity of the present mode of executing criminals, and suggested the adoption of some more humane method. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 2,188 k. The Court House Sales. An old citizen enters a complaint against the auction sales in front of the court house on the first Tuesday in every month. The substance of his complaint is that the ar ticles which are offered at these sales em brace almut. everything from a suspender button to a lame mule, and that they make a collection which is far from attractive, and which occupies a large part of the space in front of the court house. The sales call together a crowd of people who obstruct the entrance to the court house, and who sometimes interfere proba bly with tho transaction of business in the courts. It is also complained that the articles and the crowd, taken together, do not present a picture that adds to the at tractions of Bull street. • There is no doubt some reason for the a I sive complaint, and, perhaps, when tho county builds anew court house provision will be made for the monthly auction sales at some other place than under the shallow of its walls. The custom which sanctions thee sales in front of the court house is a verjuold one. and an effort to abolish it would dou litless he objected to quite strongly. There are other localities, however, where the sales could lie con ducted as satisfactorily as they are at present, anil if n movement was in augurated to prevent them from being held in front of the court house the probabilities are tout it would lie successful. If the Judges of the courts should express a desire for their removal their wishes would doubt less receive prompt attention. There is a strong disposition to cling to olil customs everywhere, and especially in places where the spirit of conservatism is as marked as it is in this city. The spirit of progress gets the upper hand in the long run as it doubtless will in the present case. Germs of Fever in Ice. For some time past a number of physi cians anil specialists of New York have been trying to discover the cause of tjphoid fever in that city, and one of them, Dr. T. Mitchell Frudden, who has been and is still conduct ing chemical investigations with ice, is of the opinion that many cases may be traced to ice cut from the Hudson river. Ilis investigations are of widespread interest and importance. They cover more than 270 samples, taken from different blocks of ice at the same time. Dr. Prudden lias established to his own satis faction that this ice contains tho germs of disease. In an ordinary drinking glass holding half a pint of melted average ice ho found about half a million bacteria of vari ous kinds. By far the greater number of bacteria are harmless, so faras is yet known, but it is claimed to be clearly established that a largo number of them pro duce deadly diseases, and may even promote epidemics of cholera. The popular belief that freezing kills the bacteria is shown,to be an erroneous one, as Dr. Prud den kept them frozen 103 continuous days, and at the end of that time found that a formidable percentage survived. Water polluted by sewage is claimed to contain a greater number of bacteria than any other, and along the banks of the Hudson are a number of populous cities that empty into that stream their sewage. Poughkeepsie is one of these cities; Troy, with 50,000, and Albany, with 90,000 inhabitants, are others. The ice is gathered indiscriminately as near as two or three, and as far as sixty, miles from the ice houses, and it is evident that the w ater cannot purify its If within the localities where the ice is cut. It is possible that Dr. Prudden has made a very inqiortnnt discovery. It lias not been ascertained with absolute certainty that typhoid fever is produced by the bacteria in the ice from these regions, but it is not only possible, but highly probable, that it is, and his suggestion that the New York Board of Health, or some other authorized body, be given full control of the ice-har vesting fields, and establish a system of thorough inspection of them, is one that ought to be carefully considered. The two most sensational events in the life of the late Gov. Marmnduke, of Mis souri, are said to lie his duel with Gen. Marsh Walker in IStixJ, and his capture the following year by a Federal private. Gen. Walker was a gallant Confederate officer, as was also Gov. Marmailuko. Walker’s com mand was moved to a place where Marmaduke's was already stationed, ami ns botli officers held the same rank, a dispute arose as to which should be rec ognized as commanding tlio united force. The dispute became very animated, and finally Walker ordered Marmaduke under arrest, and Marmaduke retorted by round ly denouncing Walker, who felt bound to notice the insult offered, ami a hostile meet ing was arranged, resulting in Walker’s death. Gen. Marmaduke is said to have so suffered from remorse afterward, as to be come desperate, and his associates tell many st,dries of his reckless daring. His hardi hood seemed to forsake him one day, how ever, when, mistaking a Federal cavalry man for a Confederate, he unwittingly al lowed the latter to aim a carbine at his breast, and surrendered himself without re sistance. The commission appointed in New York to investigate the subject of disposing of murderers lias reported that condomncd men can lie instantaneously killed by an electric shot. Of course everybody knew this before the commission made its report. They can esoa;>e the horrors of hanging in other ways, such as taking a dose of laud anum that will put them in a dreamless sleep from which they will never wake, hut the law has not provided for such methods, holding the one now in vogue good enough. It seems, however, that the fact of giving up one's existence as an atonement for a crime committed is the essence of the law’s vindication, and if any more humane method of extinguishing life can be made available it ought to he adopted. Sheriffs would no doubt welcome the change. One of the Boston papers stated this week that Boston is overrun with sneak thieves, pickpockets and burglars, and that there was a carnival of crime there. The other city papers are making matters particularly warm for that journal, and accuse it of act ing frctu malice. It is hard to conceive how it can be actuated by such a motive, yet harder to explain how a city of so much learning can contain such a numerous law less element. The home of Longfellow, Holmes and Su livarh opt. ears to be degen erating. * In the person of Miss Woodward, of Lon don, another name has been added to the list of fushion’s victims. Miss Woodward was fou ml by her sister lying on tho floor of her room. A doctor arrived just in time to see her die, and pronounced it a case of tight lacing. The cigarette and tight lacing habits are two things thnt, in many in s'a ices, nothing but death cwn check. CURRENT COMMENT. A Bad BeginDin*. From the Philadelphia Press (Pep.) A luckless strike is a bad beginning for a New Year. Tim strike and the hist nay of I*B7 should lx? struck off the calendar together. Where Protection is Needed. from the. New York Press ( Rep.) Put up the bars, Messrs. Congressmen. Oer many is going to send her Anarchists out of the country, and we do not want them dumped Into this. Able to Hold Out One Day. from the Baltimore American (Hep.) For t hose who swore off it was very fortunate that the drat day of the new year was Sunday. They were able to keep the vow for cue day, at least. " • i Hard to Explain. From the. New York World (Dem.) Why is it that it has been an easy matter to raise a handsome fund for the Beecher memorial and an impossibility to raise even a decent one for (Jeneral ( fraut Y Yet each was a magnificent type of his class. How’s This? From the Philadelphia Record (Dem ) Our esteemed subsidized contemporary the Press has n t a together lost its self-respect. It winces a little at the mention of the $20,000 paid to it for the dissemination of its protec tionist opinions. No newspaper making claim to thorough independence cun afford to be as sisted iti that way. Its readers never can after ward tell whether its opinions rest upon a basis of conviction or of cash: ami pers ns whom it assails may doubt whether its criticisms are the offspring of its mind or or its pocket. BRIGHT BITS. Fait.l'RE in the Yarn Trade—Writing unsuc cessful novels.— Omaha lice. Son— Papa, how do they catch lunatics? Cynical father—With diamond necklaces, doeolette dresses and fourteen button gloves, my boy.— Exchange. Teller (turning to the President, solemnly)— I do not sec the cashier this morning. President (dry and solemn)—And I do not see any cash here, either Drift. The man whose step-ladder collapsed when he was hanging his father's portrait, bringing the picture down on the top of his head, says it is a striking likeness of the old man.— Boston Com mercial Bulletin. Robbif Mamma, doesn't it make your hands warm to spank me? Mamma Why. yes. Robbie, it does. Robbie Wouldn't It do just ns well, then, mamma, to go and hold 'em over the register? Exchange. “Oh, yes," said a grumbling beggar, “folks always helps them as don't need any help. Why, there's lightnin'; it can git down ti the ground fast enough all by iLself, and yit folks is all the time a puttin'up rods for it to slide down on." — Exchange. Bobby (looking at the new moon)—Ma, is there really a man in the moon? Mother That is a popular superstition,Bobby. Bobby Well, I should think that living in a moon like that would make him bowlegged.— New York Sun. “What's that?" asked a country gentleman in a music store. “That ? O. that is used on violins. It is called a chin rest." “Chin rest, is it? Well, gimme one. It's just the sort of thing 1 want fora New Year’s pres ent for my wife."— Texas Sift inq.i. Wife (to husband, who has been to New York) You murmured in your sleep last night, John, about seeing the elephant in New York. Husband Er-um did I, my dear? Wife- Yes, and from the appearance of your rocketliook, which you left on the manllepiece, think the elephant must have stepped on it.— New York Sun. Me. Porcine (of Chicago)— I That's a fine pic ture. mister! Picture Dealer—Yes, sir, its a Raphael. Mr. Porcine How much might it be worth? , Picture Dealer—lt is already sold, sir. Mr. Porcine—Sold? Well you see this man Raphael, and if he wants to get one like it up for me he can name his price. — Epoch. English tot-rist (to citizen, passing White House grounds: Washington monument in the distance)- On ei\ I say, y know, what is that bloomink tall <>lelisk there? Citizen (politely)—< me of Cleopatra’s needles, sir. They grow to that size when transplanted to this soil. English tourist makes a note of it.— Texas Siftings, A porti.y lady endeavored to skate on the ice at Central Park, but she suddenly sat down, making a nois<* like an iron safe dropping from a sixth story window. A gentleman rap to her assistance and as he helped her to her f<et, he remarked: “l presume you are skating for the first time.” “No, for the lust time," replied the disgusted female.— Texas Sif 1 1 n<js. Man (to colored washerwoman >— Look here. Aunt Millie, l gave you ten white shills, but you have only brought back eight. Aunt Millie Rat so, honey ? W’y, how come dat ? Man—You are the one to give the explana tion. Aunt Millie—Yas, an' it’ plain ernuff, too, sah. I washed and shirts dis week in raiu water. Man—But why should the rain water cause two shirts to be missing? Aunt MilUe -W'y, de shirts shrunk; dat's w hy. —Arkansaw Traveler. PERSONAL. Georok A. Stewart, yachting editor of the Boston Globe , has become a partner of Edward Burgess, the famous yacht designer. They will make a centre-board combination as a yacht building partnership. 1). R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade , who has attained notoriety under the pen name of “Pe troleum V. Nasby," suffers terribly from dys pepsia. He is about 60 years of age, and is said to be worth $500,000, which doesn't make amends for his dyspepsia torments. Speaking of the Rev. C. A. Berry's declination of the call to Plymouth Church. Henry Labou chore, of London Truth , remarks: “Brooklyn's loss is our gain. Mr. Berry is an able advocate of the Gladstone Irish policy, and it would have been a pity if he had betaken himself to America." History repeats itself. President Orevy lost his position in France because he defended his son in-law, and now King Kalakaua'scrown is in danger because the Hawaiian monar h is stick ing by life brother-in-law. He is the wise ruler who places his relations to the people above h.s relations by marriage. S. S Crandkll, of Ballston. IN. Y.. it will lx? remembered, recently killed his mother-in-law and step daughter, seriously wounded his w ife and then committed suicide. Mrs. C'randell has had a hard fight for life but will probably recov er. Her escape fr>m death is considei ed . y phy ciciaus almost miraculous. It is a funny rumor that is flying arou* and now' in literary circles, to wit: that* there is a matri monial engagement between Mrs. Frank Leslie and Marshall P. Wilder, the humorist. It is known that they have beeu attached friends for several years and have more than once voyaged in the same vessel to England and return. Senator Palmer's big house on McPherson square, Washington, is the eheerisbed of all the large West End mansions at night, as it rarely happen* there is a front room unlighted. The light from the ball jet streams down the path way. and from the billiard-room in the base ment to the kitchen on top the floor, it is all gay with lights. Senator ana Mrs. Palmer are rarely without guests, and for the Senator's gentlemen friends his billiard parties are a special attraction. Maj. Rathbone. United States Consul General at Paris, has gained great popularity at the French capital. By a strange coincidence he and United States Minister McLane are both graduates of West Point, mitered the same regi ment after graduation and now find themselves, after twenty years of separation, colleagues in Paris. They both married Southern women. Mai. Rat hi tone entertains handsomely in Paris and has shown a great deal of social tact since he bejian bis Consulship. Blowitz. the famous Continental correspon dent of the London limes, has been in low spirits of late, owing to the death of a favorite dog The dog was iiLs companion for years and was. says Blowitz, a source of literary inspira tion to me." There are those who say, however, that it would he a much greater loss to Blowitz's literary fertility should* he be deprived of the services of Alger, his private secretary. Alger is a short, thin, red-haired man, possessed of remarkable energy It has been whispered that without Alger, Blowitz would nave difficulty in maintaining his present reputation. It has just leaked out that the dinner which Dr. Evans, the famous American dentist, gave to Mr. Blaine and Minister McLane at liis Paris ian home recently was the cause of an unpleas ant episode. Mr. Blaine was placed at the right band of the host , while Mr. McLane was on the left. The Minister felt that his position as the representative of the United States government entitled him to the seat of honor. Tie left the house as soon as the dinner was ended. The following < lay Dr. Evans received a note from Mr. McLane, in which the writer said that he did not atteud the dinner “to be insulted.'' BEAUTIFUL FOR SIX MONTHS. How the Operation of Enamelling a Woman’B Face is Performed. Describing the operation of enamelling a lady* face, a writer in Sanitary Scienre say*: All the materials for the operation being at hand, the operator begins to overlay the skin of his patient with a skin of his own composing. Me applies the enamel to her face and then to her bust. This euarnel consists chiefly of white lead or arsenic, made into a semi-liquid paste. It requires a good deal of skill to lay it on so that it shall I>e smooth and not wrinkled, and two or three hours, and sometimes a much longer time, are consumed in making a good job of it. This being done, there yet remains f he finishing touches and adjuncts of head and cheek gear. So down she sits again, and he, with his pig merit of India ink and pencil of camel hair, paints her eyebrows divinely. Then her cheeks are inlaid with ‘•plumpers,” which she brings with her, and wnlch cost her 425. Tbev are made into pads, and composed of a hard sub stance, which combines various chemical ma terials. After the cheeks are thus made to look like a girl s cheek they are carmined with a vegetable liquid rouge, laid on with a hare’s foot. The finale of the make-up is the adjust ment of the teeth, which, when properly set. give the mouth a lustre as of opals. The lady then goes away with a chuckle of deep satisfac tion as she thinks of the conquests she will make in the evening in the glare of the lamps, wax candles and gas. She has a bust as white as alabaster with shoulders and arms to match, and warranted to “stand” for six months. Strange facts these, but such fantastic tricks, thank beaten, are not at all oointnon in En gland,how ever t hey may obtain among the ladies of America. At the same time we fear that our women are not wholly sans reproche in the matter. An Old Claim. From the New York Timex. W. (\ Reed, of San Francisco, a government claimant, tells the following story in a jietifion presented to Congress last week, and just printed by order of the Senate- In the year 1885 he chartered a vessel, loaded it with marine stores, investing his entire for tune in the enterprise, and set sail forSimoda, Japan, to establish himself in business in ac cordance with the treaty negotiated by Com. Perry. He carried the necessary passport and papers; but despite treaty, passport and papers, permission to land was refused nirn. He called on Com. Rodgers, commanding the American naval forces, who assured him of his right to do as he had contemplated, and who lent his best efforts to secure him in the right. After several months of diplo macy the Emperor made a positive re fusnl to permit the landing, and he turned homeward. Com. Rodgers wrote him officially as follows: “I have sufficient forces at my command to enforce your rights, hut I am not commissioned to declare w ar with the Japanese government. I must therefore ask you to w;ith draw- and return home I report your cast* to my government, to whom I refer you. Rut in doing so I am American enough to believe that it will fully indemnify you against your great loss.” Reed returned to find himself SBO,OOO in debt, for his ve >sel, with no market for the stores he had on hoard. He therefore sent the ship to the Okhotsk sea to find a market, but she foundered on the way, a*id he lost everything. He now sets forth that for ’ thirty years he has been a petitioner for the re dress assured him by Com. Rodgers. lie says the Department of State has declared his claim valid, and once it has been passed upon favorably by the Senate and once bv the House, but never by 'both during the same Congress. He is informed that there is a fund of more than $1,000,000 in the possession of the State Department leing accrued interest on the Japanese indemnity fund which no one claims. “Khali 1.” he concludes, “an old man now in want, fail of my rights because too poor and too feeble to vigorously urge my claim? May I not w ith hope and propriety ask of Con gross to adjust my claim, take prompt action, and cause to be refunded the money so wrong fully w rested from me? lam the sole survivor of the expedition. Both of my Captains are dead. Com. Rodgers is dead. My jiartner T. T. Dougherty, is also dead." The President’s Advice From the Philadelphia Times. Jim Chenoweth, of Texas, is one of the men the new administration brought into power. He is an Auditor of the Treasury, and wants to be Land Commissioner in place of the late and not lamented Sparks. He will hardly have his am bition satisfied, for when young Congressman Crane spoke to the President about the mattera day or two ago, Mr. Cleveland intimated that the distinguished Texan had better be content where he is. Jim was in the Texas Legislature a couple of terms, and was distinguished for the ferocity with which he attacked the railroads. He wanted freight carried for nothing, and pas sengers to be pair! for riding in palace cars. He thought he could beat old Dave Culberson for the Congressional nomination up in North Texas, an*i he stumped the district for six months prior to the convention. Dave is admitted to be the laziest mau in Congress, and one of the ablest. He paid no attention to Chenoweth, but when the convention met he went up to Jefferson, w here the convention was held, and made one speech. The vote was taken, but not a single ballot was cast for Jim. But Mr. Culberson wanted him out of the way, and so he got him a place iu Washington, and as soon as he arrived there started to make a rumpus. He posed as a great reformer, and began to get his name in the papers in a way that marked him out as a sort of crank. He grew-tired of the notoriety, gave up his purpose of perfecting the entire Treasury Department, and has proved a most sensible and competent officer ever since. A Legacy. From the Independent. Friend of ray many years When the great silence falls at last on me, Let me not leave to pain and sadden thee A memory of tears, But pleasant thoughts alone Of one who was thy friendship’s honored guest And drank the wine of consolation pressed From sorrows of thy own. I leave with thee a sense Of hands upheld and trials rendered less— The unselfish joy which is to helpfulness Its own great recompense; The knowledge that from thine, As from the garments of the Master, stole Calmness and strength, the virtue which makes whole, And heals without a sign; Yea. more, the assurance strong That love which fails of perfect utterance here, Lives on to fill the heavenly atmosphere With its immortal song. —John ti. Whittier. Oak Knoll. Dan vers. Mass. An Italian Bride’s Strange Dressing Boom. From the San Francisco Alla. A remarkably strange scene was enacled at the depot opposite the broad gauge ticket win dow yesterday. A party of Italians, consisting of four women, one of w hom was a pretty young woman of 30 years, had come off the boat. It was a wedding party, or rather the damsel had come from the country to meet her lover and tie married. Dusty and travel stained as she was. she could not possibly meet her intended hus band. Accordingly the party slipped out of the stream pouring from the ferry, and gathering against the bulkhead the young lady com menced to undress herself. Regardless of the crowd which soon collected, she proceeded to strip herself until she was stauding in a state of almost Eve-like simplicity. Then stir commenced to don her wedding trous seau. This was soon accomplished, ana when the young lady found herself completely ar rayed for her nuptials she w-alked off with her party through the laughing crowd, unmindful both of the laughter she excited or that she had done anything immodest. Mrs. Berry Wall in London Society. London Special to the .Veto York World. Much gossip is occasioned here by the news of Berry Wall’s runaway match' with Miss Melbourne a few days ago. Miss Melbourne is well known by the American colony. Accom panied by her sister she came to London during the season of INB6, and occupied fashionable apartments at No. 112 Piccadilly, facing Green Park. Being both beautiful und interesting, the Misses Melbourne soon got into the swim of society. Mr. Sattoris, the husband of Nellie Grant, was their introducer, and soon Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck adopted them as her par ticular proteges. In a few weeks the engage ment of the present Mrs. Berry Wall to Ohas. Phelps, son of the Minister and second Secre tary to the American legation here, was an nounced. The match was sternly opposed by Minister Phelps and soon was broken orf. The Misses Melbourne then faded from the social horizon. Agreeable Way to Make Money. From the iVeto Orleans Picayune. More than one woman In New Orleans is said to have "gone to Europe on her camellia bush," for a number of up-town ladies are known to cultivate and sell camellias at a very good profit. But raising artichokes is still more lucrative and far less trouble than growing camellias, and any woman with a strip of ground can in a short time earn a snug little sum thereby. Arti chokes require ns little attention ns potatoes, and grow as easily, and may he sola at $1 a dozen. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Nor vis Green says that J*y Gould could se‘ tie up and have SOO,OUO,COJ. Nine cables connect Europe and America. Altogether there are now in use 113,000 nautical miles of cable. Rafael Li na and IVtra Negrete were lately married in Guanajuato. Mexico. The bride is 'JS and the groom 99 years old. "The great American deer stalker," Sir. Win ans, now controls 219,00.) acres of deer forest and employs several hundred keepers. Two East Jordan, Mich., hunters followed a deer track for six miles a few days ago and than found that it had been made by a pig. Ax immense hunting expedition is about to stai-t for Masai land, the ground of Ryder Hag gard’s last novel, "Allan Quartermaiu.’ The State Line Coal Company of East Pales tine, 0., has received a wire rope two miles long from Liverpool, Eng., to be used in its mines. An old woman at Phillipsburg, 0., who owned plenty of real estate and was quite wealthy, killed herself with poison because she was afraid she could not pay her taxes. A scientist states that paralysis among rail road engineers is increasing, on account of the rapidity with which trains are rim nowadays, the constant motion and nervous strain break ing a man down. A yocno woman of Bangor. Me., who had been forbidden by a jealous suitor to go to a dance with a rival, had the jealous swain ar rested and lodged in a cell, and she Vent to the dance with the other fellow. It is said that scales for weighing diamonds are brought nearly to that delicacy of balance which would enable dealers to detect flaw-sin the stones by minute variation! in weight. They weigh accurately the G4oth part of a carat. The latest financial notion in London is an “exchange” for disposing of superfluous wed ding presents. At last accounts it was believed the exchange bad 105,672,480 silver-plated but ter knives and 702,528,611 pickle dishes on hand. In Harrisburg, Pa., the other day a goose escaped from a farmer’s wagon, flew- down the street and alighted on an electric arc light w ire The current was on and the goose dropped to the ground dead. It weighed eighteen pounds. Turkeys pay in Vermont—when everything goes well. A Green Mountain farmer made a net profit of S4O 50 from a single hen turkey during the past season. That's belter than raising wheat or cattle —if you have enough turkeys. A rich vein of pure Galena lead ore has been discovered near Monroe, Wis Ten thousand pounds of ore were taker, out in three days, in eluding one chunk that weighed 1,500 pounds. A vast amount of ore is in sight, all of the very best quality. Work on the Potomac flats is progressing. About 508 acres have lieen reclaimed from the overflow of the ordinary high tide, and about 6,150,000 cubic yards of the 12,000.000 yards re quired to fill the flats to the required height have been deposited. Another inventor conies to the front w ith a patent photograph holder to he attached to tombstones. It is intended to hold the pictures of the subjects of the memorial tablets, and is fitted with a sliding cover to protect the photo graphs from the elements. A Detroit woman, seeing a thief making away with her clothes-lines and the clothes thereon, got hold of the fellow by the throat and held on till a policeman captured him. A plucky w oman sometimes does better execu tion tbau a big man with a revolver. Fifty-nine survivors of Balaklavi attended the annual dinner in London, a few- days ago, on the thirty-third anniversary of the charge; and in other places on the same day there were ath letic games, sword contests, sham contests, and other celebrations of the day by other surviv ors. Turkey has joined the other European powers in trying to make this country the dumping gronnd for its pauper population. One hun dred Turks landed At Castle Garden Saturday in a filthy and destitute condition, but they were detained awaiting the action of the Collector of the Port. Five negro forgers were arrested in I.an caster, and when brought together began quar reling violently, accusing one another of treach ery. This suggested a mode of punishment, and each was provided with a whalebone whip and compelled to inflict twenty lashes upon every one of the others. Half a do7.kn book agents were arraigned before a Pennsylvania Judge for obtaining money through false pretenses. The Judge field that they had done no more than to tell falsehoods in order to sell their goods, and that the law- would not warrant him in imprisoning them for plain, ordinary lying. George Riebald, an Idaho pioneer and mine owner, says that Joaquin Miller named the Ter ritory “Idaho," being a pure Bannock word, meaning “Gem of the Mountains." Miller him self says that the word should lx* pronounced with the accent on the second syllable, Ida ho, the “a" having a broad sound. The sloop Favorite, which recently foundered near Orient, L. 1., was wrecked by a beach wea sel which was loaded into the vessel when she took on a cargo of seaweed. Finding higiself confined in the hold, the weasel gnawed a hole in the side of the sloop below the water line, and the result was that the Favorite foundered. A distillery in Rappahannock county, Vir ginia, has tempted twelve stands of bees from the path of honey and wax and made confirmed inebriates of them. Before the distillery was started, their owner, a woman, found the bees very profitable, but their periodical visits to the still have made them comparatively worthless. A oirl who is but 10 years old has been noticed practicing the arts of the highwayman upon the streets of Monroe, Mich., lately. The child confines her attention to children, of course, and lays particularly for little ones who have been sent on errands, often robbing them of considerable sums in cash or quite valuable bundles of goods. An orator who recently addressed the Louis iana Sugar Planters’ Association on the “Great American Mule" began his effort with these words: "I do not propose to enter into the his tory of the mule; he is with us and has come to stay. Neither horse nor donkey, he is the mug wump of the animal kingdom—by nature a kicker and never a swayback." Alabama is going ahead fast, according to the reports of a correspondent, who writes that in ten years the State has increased her taxable proirarty from $125,030,000 to $215,000,000; and in the past year Jefferson county, of which Bir mingham is the county seat, has increased $26,- 000,000 in tax value. The total increase in the State for the year was $41,091,703. There has always been suffering in Nebraska and Kansas in winter, and but few years have passed without the ice king claiming some vic tims. The present has been worse than usual, because the population lias been moving farther West, and thousands of people have settled in a new country as yet ill-provided with railroads and other means of communication. An old sea captain thinks he has a good answer for the question: "Where do sea birds obtain fresh drinking water*” He says that he has often seen birds far from land that could furnish water Ilyins around and under storm clouds, drinking the drops of water as they fell and chattering like ducks in a pond on a hot day. They will smell a rain squall 100 miles away and fly for it with tremendous speed. Some years aoo a life-convict in State prison at Jackson, Mich., contributed his entire for tune to a proposed fundtoestabblisba home for convicts who have served their time. The fund has been growing for several years, and enough has been raised in small subscript ions to war rant the establishing of a home in the city of Detroit. Several wealthy persons of that city have said they would sec that the home is sus tained. The Nevada City Transcript says: “A gentle man of this city had the misfortune a few weeks ago to lose by death his wife. A few days ago he visited a bank on business and was told by the cashier that at the time of flic dim! h of hi's wife she had accumulated and had on deposit in the institution in her name the sum of ‘jii.ooil Tlie widower was thunderstruck and could hard ly believe what the cashier told him. Ho soon idealized the fact, however, when the oasM r gave him a certificate of deposit for ti.ut amount.” "You can get a music-box," said a dealer, "for 50c., and we have some that would cost you $3,000. The cheap kind will give just one tune, and only then by turning a erauk. The $3,000 instrument is a handsomely carved choitv or mahogany cabinet. In the box is what wo call a full orchestra. It, consists ur diiuns cymbals, castanets and flutes, in additnju p, in,’, ordinary comb. It plays forty-eight tmras having eight, interchangeable cylinders. Kadi cylinder plays six tunes; extra cylinders can Ira purchased at any time, and any piece of music arranged on the cylinder. The cylinders \ a-v in price from S2O to S6O each. ‘ 1 BAKING POWDER, PORE pRRRICE^ CREAM Its superior excellence proven in millions of 'lomesfor more than a quarter of a century. It 11 ised by the United States Government. Tn iorsed by the heads of the Great Universities as he Strongest- Purest and most Healthful. l)n ’rice’s the only Baking Powder that does not ■ontain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in a “ A PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. KV VORK. CHICAGO. ST. LOpt*. A. R. ALTMAYER * CO. fflimrtt. V “CENTEMERI” KID GLOVES. 3-Buttoa Tan -99 c. 5-Button Tan $1 2.1 5-Button Black SI 59. A. R. ALTMAYER & CO. will close out this week in one GRAND SALE all the Rem nants that have accumulated in the past six months, consist ing of Remnants of Laces, Embroideries, Ribbons, Etc., Remnants of Black and Colored DRESS GOODS, Remnants of Black and Colored SILKS and SATINS REMNANTS OF Domestics, Linens, Etc. The Remnants will be dis played. on the Bargain Coun ter in centre aisle ami marked in plain figures, and we guar antee that the price asked is GO percent, less than first cost. Sale will commence at 8 a. m. MONDAY.. Wishing you all the compli ments of the season, we remain , Respectfully Yours, L B. jjgagr t Cos. ZOS WEISS CREAM. ZONWKIM OMAN FOR THE TEETH t* made from Nett Material*, contains no Acid9 t Mlard Grit , or injurious matter It is Pubi, Refined* Perfect. Nothing Like It Ever Known. From Senator Cocufihnll*i takftplM*- nrp in recommending Zonwcigs on account of lu efficacy and purity.” From Mrs, (Jmi. T.ofran’n Dentist, Dr. F. H. Carroll, Washington, 1). C.—"l have had ZonwelM analyzed. If Is the moat perfect denti frice I have ever eeen.” Ffom Hon. Clian. P. Johnson. Fx. U. Coy. of Mo.- “ZonweUit cleanses the teeth tlior pcgnly. Is delicate, convenient, very pleasant, and loaves no after taste. bou> bt all Diueoiaxa. Price, 35 cents. Johnson & Johnson, 23 Cedar 6t., N.T. nmnmmmmmmmmmaammmmmmmrn For sale by LIPPMAN BROS., Lippmon’i Block, Savannah. WATCHES AM) JXWELBT* X M AS Is fast approach and e verybody is on the <jni vive to ouy and to receive HOLIDAY PRESENTS. X T OW is the time to make selections. I would, therefore, extend a cordial invitation to niv friends and the public to call early and ex amine my very large and well assorted stock of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Which for variety, design, quality and pries* cannot be surpassed anywhere. All gooaE soIJ warranted as represented. CT. ZKIOCIET (Lyons' 810.-iO, 22U Whitaker SALE OF' lints