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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— Savannah Lodge No. 1153, K. of
B-; German-American Mutual Loan and Build
ing Association; Chatham Assembly No. 136,
Bo yal Society of Good Fellows.
Stecial Notices- As to steamship William
Lawrence for Baltimore; Dissolution of (’opart
■ership, Marshall A McLeod; Copartnership.
Clifton & Beckwith; To Water Takers; As to
Bills Against Br. Steamship Deßay; Notice
Peacock, Hunt & Cos.; as to Crews of Barks
Aegtr. Gyller, Lady Gertrude and Ocean; State
Specific Taxes 1888
Auction Sale—Valuable Suburban Property,
by I. D. LaKocbe's Sons; Seeds, Prints, by J.
McLaughlin & Son.
Svatp and Buckwheat—Grady, DeLettre &
Cos.
Steinway Pianos—Schreiner's Music House.
Steamship Schedules— Baltimore Steamship
Cos.; Ocean Steamship Cos.
Magazines for January—EstiU’s News Depot.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale, Rafllo; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Bids—Wanted for Material of Old Jail Build
Ing.
Savannah Steam Laundry— l3l Congress
(greet-
At one time the late Gov. Marmaduke,
of Missouri, owned in Floods a large tract
of land, which he sold about four years ago
to one of the Florida railroad corporations.
Hon. James Russell Lowell indorsed Mr.
Cleveland in a recent speech, but he ex
plains that he was not. speaking as a party
man. That is all right, Mr. Lowell. The
Important point is tint your praise was
w*U bestowed.
Justice Stanley Matthews may le unfit to
sit with Mr. Lamar on the Supreme bench,
but as for Mr. Tamar being unworthy to
occupy the bench with Justice Matthews—
bah! the idea is preposterous! Let the
anti-Lamar press not repeat this “mikindest
cut of all.’’
The President etui find in Washington
plenty of material for the postnmstership of
that city. There is a list of thirty appli
cants from which to select. A district nmn
ought to be appointed, even though Mr.
Enright be the uew Postmaster General's
special friend.
General Master Workman Powderly may
be described as a man of good impulses,
whose views a is? frequently coirect and
aometiines wrong, and whose undertakings
have been in the main unsuccessful The time
for his retirement from public notice seem*
to have arrived.
The Georgia State Poultry and Bench \ ■
•ociation, of which Mr. J. L. Hardeman is
President anil Mr. Clark Grier Secretary,
began its exhibition in Macon yesterday,
and will continue it through the week. The
•sMocmtion is in the hands of clever and
competent gentlemen.
A cable letter to the New York Sun says
the Pope, among his other presents, has re
ceived L2,0t)0 pairs of slippers. Doubtless
■II of these slqqiers were embroidered bv
the hands of young ladies, anti perhaps each
one hoped that no one else would think of a
pa ir of slippers for a jubilee gift.
Mr. nenry Laboucliere is said to seldom
express himself favorably toward royalty,
but he has an exalted opinion of the Ger
man Crowu Prince, “whose pluck and man
liness.” he says, “are above all praise.” No
doubt royal personages have in them as!
much human nature as any other class of
people.
Mr. Joseph Chamlx i lain and l.is gold- i
rimmed spectacle- are exiiectod -.on to re- ‘
turn to this country. The two private sec
retaries who accompany the great Britisher
on all occasions say Mr. Chamberlain has
succeeded in mastering the American cook- i
Rrics, but the fisheries have Is-en tw ntuch
Cor him.
Tbe article on in the new edition
f the International Cyclopedia will t*>
prepared by Mr. T. K. Oglesby, who is now
in Savannah, and who will, doubtless, give
an authentic and interesting sketch of the
principal events connected with the State.
It is said that Mr. Oglesby will introduce
veral rather special references to Sh van
aab.
Miss Amolio Hives, a young Southern
author who has come into prominence, is
now reaping one of the results of fame.
The rerent publication of her portrait in
Harper's Magazine has brought ber no end
of letters from cranks who never saw her in
person, but who want to marry h“r. Miss
Rives is a very handsome young woman, as
well as a modest one, und the first proposal
of this kind that she received is said to have
greatly discomfited her, but ns each mail
(nought additional letters of the same im
port. she learned to treat them in a very
natter-of-fuet way. She hasn't decided,
fcowwvor, to accede to any one of the propo-
Tho Central and the Hotel Project.
A little over a year ago a prominent citi
zen of tliis city said that if the syndicate
that was then trying to get control of the
Central railroad succeeded in its purpose
.Savannah would have 100,000 inhabitants
within five yearn. That syndicate did get
Control of the road, and has had the runnuga
ment of all of its vast interests for a year.
Tim railroad has prospered and Savannah
lius prospered. The prospects of both are
very bright indeed, (Savannah lias grown
steadily, and the confidence in her future
is shown by the nunilier of handsome resi
dences and business houses which have been
built within tho lost few mouths, the now
ones which are projected, and the public
improvements which the city authorities
have decided to make during tho present
yen r.
There is one thing, however, which Sa
vannah needs above all others, and which
her citizens have been trying earnestly to
secure for several years. It is a hotel in
keeping with her importance and her pros
pocts. It is believed, and for excellent
reasons, that a hotel, such as there is in
almost every other city of the size and pre
tensions of this, and such as would ineot the
demands of tlio thousands who either stop
here or would stop here for a few days or
few weeks ou their way farther South, or
on their return to the North and West, and
of other thousands in the middle and upper
portions of the State who would like to visit
a seaport at different seasons of the year,
would contribute largely to Savannah's
prosperity.
Several efforts have been made to secure
the amount of money necessary to build a
hotel that would meet the wants of the city,
but that now being made is the only one that
has inspired confidence in its success. It is
a very earnest effort, ami is being made
with rare intelligence and excellent judg
ment. It is at a point where the help
of a strong hand can make it a magnificent
success. Where is the strong hand to be
found' The question ha only to be asked
to lie answered. The Central Railroad and
Banking Company is the strong hand, and
if it consents to lie a willing band Savannah
will very soon have a hotel of which she
will l>e proud.
There have been subscribed $130,600 in
stock and $ltX),000 in bonds to the hotel
project. If the Central railroad w ill sub
scribe goO.OOO the hotel will cease to be a
projected enterprise, and will be an assured
one. Whatever additional amount is
needed will be subscribed at once. Citizens
of means who have hesitated about sub
scribing will hesitate no longer. Indeed,
they will be rather anxious to have a [art
in what promises to be a very ]intent factor
in assisting the city's advancement.
And why shouldn’t the Central railnad
help the hotel project ? There isn't one rea
son why it shouldn’t and many why it
should, so far a- the public knows. It is
rich and strong. It is a Savannah institu
tion and Savannah is proud of it. They
have grown up, as it were, together, mutu
ally assisting each other. One now a-ks
help of the other, but the help is not to bo
in the nature of a gift, but rather of a loan
which, in the course of years, will be paid
back with compound interest. As Savan
nah grows she will attract in an increasing
ratio trade and population. Her prosperity
will help to make the Central more prosper
ous, for whatever comes to her in the way
of traffic and travel must do so largely bv
means provided by the Central, whose
dominion extends over land and se.v
Not one, not a dozen, not a hundred peo
ple make this request of the Central for
encouragement and help, but a whole city—
a city that believes she lias a splendid
future, and that what she is now trying to
secure will hasten the realization of tnat
future. Shall she ask in vain for assistance
from her greatest institution?
From Congress to the Governorship.
Although the first session of the Fiftieth
Congress has just begun, and the members
have not had time to settle down to busi
ness, there is said to lie a disposition on the
part of some half-dozen Congressmen to
abandon law-making and give their talents
a trial in an executive capacity. Mr.
Glover, of Missouri, who a year ago mar
ried a handsome and rich young Washing
ton lady, says he wants to be Governor of
liis Suite in order to bring up his
children under Missouri influences. Mr.
Lodge, of Massachusetts, is a favorite with
the younger element of the Bay State, and
is toying in a half reluctant, half consent
ing way with those who wish to put him
forward tor the Governorship. Likewise
Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, who thinks
Mr. Kaudall know s just a little more than
any other living man, is willing to exchange
his seat in Congress for the Executive Man
sion at Trenton, and Mr Stewart, of Ver
mont, who was Governor of his State back
in tue seventies, is said to be casting furtive
glances at the old love.
Messrs. Burrows of Michigan, and But
terworth of Ohio, are also numbered among
tlio.-e who would not object to the swap, but
it is urged that if both of them were to leave
the Huuso the same year the old members
would scarcely know the place, and the
rafters of the building would no longer en
joy an occasional shaking up from the re
verberations of these two statesmen’s thuu
deriug tones. Whether Mr. Blount, of
Georgia, may lie included in the list is not
stated, but,there is said to be a movement
on foot to transfer him to Atlanta.
It is no uncommon thlugfor Congressmen
to leave Washington and take up the duties
ol' Governor. Of the two jaisitions, the
former is probably more pleasant to most
l'.blic men, and the pay is frequently
lletter. The office of Governor, however, is
looked ii|Rjn as a stepping-stone to higher
honors. It is net unusual for Governors to
bo placed on Presidential tickets, and it is
possible that oue or two of the gentlemen
mimed above have their eyes on
the Vice Presidency. The most fre
quent. promotion from the Governorship
stems to be to a United States Senatorship.
A considerable number of Governors have
in the past stop|xxl from the executive man
sion into the Senate, a nil a respect able spr 1n k -
ling of the prese.it members of that body
have enjoyed tbe same promotion. Gov.
Taylor, of Tennessee, fiddled his way into
Congress and thin competed successfully
with his brother for the Governorship, from
which he hopes to enter the Senate. Hon.
J. Proctor Knott , who used to amuse Con
gress with his speeches, was elected Gover
nor, but never reached higher honors.
Many strive, but few are successful.
Dr. Mary Walker has got hold of a long
pole, and i.s trying to bring down a good,
ripe persimmon, in the shape of a govern
ment position. She wants to be a special
examiner in the Pension Bureau, with a
salary of >2,500. If the doctor’s pole is
longer than that of the other aspirants, she
will get the prize, but it is doubtful if such
is the case.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1888.
The Jubilee Day.
I The dispatches indicate that the celebra
tion of the jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. in tho
Vatican was one of unprecedented magnifi
| canon. It is said that $200,000 was expended
j in furnishing the Vatican and in prepara
j tion of the superb musical programme for
’ the mass. The occasion was well worthy of
Iso large an expenditure. Tho Catholic
church has greatly increased in material
! wealth since Leo XIH. became Pops?. His
j influence has been felt in a hundred ways,
j and in all parts of the Christian
j world. He possesses great intellectual
I power, and knows how to use it to the best
j advantage for the promotion of the great
j interests committed to his care. The sound
ness of his judgment has been shown in
more than one instance in cases in which
liis advice and influence have been sought
in the affairs of nations.
Tho career of Pope Leo XIII. is remark
able for the uninterrupted successes
which mark it. He has succeeded in
aiiout everything lie has undertaken,
which shows that before taking any im
portant step he carefully considers every
thing that has any bearing upon it. On
March 10 he will lie 78 years old, and
though his appearance is venerable his
mind is as clear and strong as it was when,
as Cardinal Food, be was chosen successor
of Pius IX., on March 3,1878.
His education for the priesthood began
when when he was eight years of uge, in
the Jesuit college at Viterbo. Ho was soon
transferred to the Jesuit college at Rome,
where he quickly made bis mark
as a brilliant scholar. Whan
he was 36 years old he was appointed prel
ate to the household of Pope Gregory XVI.,
and he is the only one upon whom such a
distinction was ever conferred at so oarly a
period in life. A few months after his ap
pointment he was formally ordained a
priest, aud in celebrating his first mass be
was assisted by his elder brother Joseph.
The whole world knows of his rapid rise to
distinction in the priesthood. He was first
appointed delegate to Benevento. His ex
ecutive ability at once attracted attentiou,
and it was not long before he was made
Archbishop of Damietta. He was sent a.-.
Nuneio to King Leopold's C-.urt in Brussels,
where his engaging manners made him a
favorite. In 18U> he reo> ivei the ap
pointment to the See of Perugia,
and in 18.75 he was made Cardi
nal In 1817 he was called to
Rome and made the C'hambe; lun o: Pope
Plus IX. There are few wao haveoovup.csl
a great place in the world w 10 have shown
themselve- so eminently worthy of it
The jubilee presents which the P .pe has
received are many and costly. They were
displayed in the Vatican or. Minday. They
were sent from ail parts of the world by
crowned h '-ais and wealthy private citizen-.
I phase of the pontiff - chare ter is -ho ?vn
in the memorial which he has decided upon
to commemorate the jubilee. Ir i a uni
versify to which an agricultural college wit!
lie attached. It will, of course, be located
in Rome. __
A most remarkable st >ry of trout fishing
conies from Capo Breton Island, in the ex
treme northern part of Nova Scotia. Thi
narrator's hero is himself, and he says that
one winter, Lung tired of salt l*?ef. he went
out t catch trout for hi- table. In that
locality the fi-h are quite plentiful when the
waters of Luke Ainslee arc sufficiently warm
tocaus- tbi-m to seek a cooler retreat, aud
on the day in question th- conditions must
have be"n unu-uallv favorable, for the fist,
erman's only trouble wins in the exertion of
landing the numerous catches. So eager,
j indeed, were the fish that they would often
j jump above the water to get the bait, and
the sportsman concluded o> facilitate mut
ters by dangling the hoi: about a foot ab >ve
the water and getting on hi knee* and giv
ing the fish, as fast as they jumped up. a
dexterous box on the ear- that son* them
sprawling on the ice. Tiio plan w irkl .11
mirably, and the narrator’s hand was kept
so busy that he was finally forced by sheer
fatigue to put mi end to ih novel pastime.
What is called a conservative estimate
places the quantity of fish secured at over
1 four barrels. The gentleman was probable
willing to return to salt beef Ia fore he ex
hausted the supply on hand. What a para
dise for anglers that particular stre im must
be! And what an iuventivo genius that
lone fisherman is!
There is a wealthy and well-known man
in New York who, on yesterday, resumed
his business, and will pursue i* indefatiga
bly until next Christmas. Thus statement
contains no unusual information, a. there
are many thousands or men all over the*
country who have done something very simi
lar. The interest attached to this particu
lar case, however, liee in the fact that the
gentleman in question, although for fifty
one weeks in the year a model of sobriety,
devotes the llfty-seeoini week, after sending
his family off on a visit, to drinking and
debauchery. As regularly as Christmas
rolls round, he collects together a half
dozen companions, locks himself and them
in his elegant mansion, and has a week of
exceedingly “high jinks," to quote from
the classics, in their company. Madness
rules the hour to such a degree that fre
quently the exjiense incurred for the mend
ing and replacing of furniture and crockery
are almost equal to the other bills of jtheoc
easion. The gentleman explains that during
the year he is so overburdened with busi
ness and responsibility that but for this
“relaxation'’ he would go mad. As there
are other modes of relaxation equally effec
tive and more beneficial, it is a Question if
thq release from business care; is all the
gentleman is after.
Chicago com sto the front with anew
wrinkle, and a very ugly one. A hoarding
house keeper of that city compelled an im
pecunious father to pawn his daughter. In
oilier w ids, the purent left his child in the
boarding house as security for an upaid bill,
and, as he is unable to raise the money, the
woman who runs the house refuses to let her
depart. It must lie a very undesirable kind
of father who,under tbe circumstances, can't
raise money, but that does not prevent the
new departure in pawning from being a
pernicious one. It might after a while ex
tend to wives, and in the course of time
lovers, who ai-e often impecunious, might
be required to pawn tlielr bet. girls. The
movement ought to be nipped in the bud.
The scrap book is almost as deadly a
weapon as the parallel column, and Demo
crats who keep such a boi k would do well
to paste In it this item, to be used at some
time in demoralizing t ; e bloody sliirters.
In the Republican eulogy pronounced on
Gen. Mahone recently as a candidate for
United States Senator, it is set forth that
“he was one of the drat to bare his breast
to the enemy and to lioar the bonny blue
flag through twenty-seven battles.” This
“treasonable” uttcrauco comes from a Re
publican source.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Because He Has None
From the AVir York Herald (Ind.)
George W Childs j* the on#* candidate for tb**
Presidency who will not be disappoiu <*l in his
aspirations.
We All Say Amen.
From the Sew York Press (Rep.)
Happy New Year to Dr. McGlynn, with the
nojx} tnat he will drive poverty out of the lain!
ns effectually as St. Patrick'drove the snakes
out of Ireland.
Good Advice, Except the Postscript.
i 'rom the Few York Tribune (Rep.'s
A pointer for the public: Harvest ali the
peace and uuiet you can early this year. After
the two parties have made their nominations
for the Presidency -but a word to the wise is
sufficient. I*. B.—Vote the Republican ticket.
The Three Lions.
From the Boxton Poxt (Pern.)
H. Rider Ifftfctfard'H latest story is called “A
TaJe of Threo Lions.” it is supposed to refer
to the recent career abr-md of three distin
guished Americans, Buffalo Bill, John L Sulli
van and James O. Blaine. That leaves out
Gould anl Vanderbilt, but they do not seem to
have been lionized much.
BRIGHT bits.
Rchkin says: “Man should resemble a river.”
Some men do in one respect ai least. The
biggest part of them is theii* mouth.— Hotel
daze tic.
First Wheelman What, to your mind, is
the most pn- i*lng kind of foliage?
S*cond Wheelman—Laves of absence.—
Texas Siftings.
Barber (shaving banker Jon**s. for the first
time)— Do you shave close, sir?
Jones- What is the amount of the note?—
Texas Siftings.
‘Shall I pass you the butter. Mr. McChunker
son?“ inquired the new boarder.
“Thanks/ replied the exj>erienced boarder,
"you may bead it in this direction and let it
come. Chicago Tribu n.
Papa Ho little Tonunv, who had beon to s^v*
‘ 1 ncie 'J out s Cabin —1 suppose \ou saw little
Eva die and go to heaven?
Tommy—l saw her die, but I don't believe she
went t<* neared, ’cause I saw her come out after
the performance.— Philadelphia Item.
Henry Groroe—l had another wonderful
dream last night.
Mrs. Henry* George - Do tell’
“I dreamed that all the sea turned into mo
lasses and the land turned i.ito one vast buck
wheat cake/ 1
"Isn't that splendid. Now you've got material
for another book/*—Om Iha World.
Teacher—. John, what arc your boots made
of?
Bov—Of leather. •
“Where docs the leather come from'/ 1
' Prom the hide of the ox/'
“What animal, therefore, supplies you vx ith
boots and gives you meat to eat '
“My father." -Watth.vut on Critic.
Uncle Mork, euterinE the bouse of Judge
Pennyb'.ukcr. was astounded at hearing a par
rot exclaim:
“Take >fi your hat '
He complied at once, ejaculating w ith chatter
ing teeth:
" ‘Souse me, boss: foie God 1 mistuck ye for
a bird. 1 did. suah/‘— Texas Siftings.
Opera Manager Thar storm scene in “The
Firing Dutcuuian" is not realistic enough.
Musical Director—You vant more
terrible, eh 9
Oj*era Manager -Yes. 1 want it to sound like
astor.ii, fear,id, hoiriblo, death ileaiiu:*. '\aj
-snr* music is all right, but the rendition is t<xi
tam**. it fen>cious, thunderous; make it
suggest a crash of matter an in wreck ot worlds.
M'si m! Director !ut is all ri*;ht. We will
sing him in Yolajmi* -O nrdut Worl !.
St. L>ris man (in bis room r.t ( taieago hotel
oreparing to retio >- What s this sign. “Don't
bl .Cv out ’he gas/* \l! right: if the land rd J
rants • burn ai night it -i it bin t • me
What's tbs ticket up ov.*r the door “Rules of
the house. Jctso. "All gw burned aft
o'clock p m. will t>e chargd for/* So that's
the game, is it: Daresn t blow it our.
and yet got to pay for it if it burns after mid
night, have 1 N*t by a gosh blamed si .lit: I'd
like to *<*e a”y ''og-gontd Chicvg * bulldozer get
ahead ot m * that Way Enjpaes water pitch r
<n gab jet and crawls into bed.)—JWr York
Star.
Little Eddie had I>een sparingly educated in
scripture, but recently while visiting his grand
mother was cakcblsei:
“Eddie, wh) was the first man? 11
“I don't know.* 1
"Well. Eddie, it was Adam; uow who was the
first woman?' 1
“Mrs. Adams/* promptly replied Eddie.
Grtudmotber ;va a:nt::>*,i. but informed him
that the tirs r woman's name vas Eve. “You can
remember Eve, can’t you. Eddie? You can
think or eveuing and then you will remember
Eve “
The next dav Xammy cntechisod him again,
thuply: ‘ Now, Eddie, who was the first man?"
“Adam :*' replied Eddi *.
“And who whs th# 1 first woman?* 1
"Nigh! : answered he without hesitation. - *
Boston Globe. |
PERSONAL,.
The final prn.if-shev ; of Senator Blair's hook
on tbe temperance movement in this country
have been read, and the volume will soon be
published.
Chile Ji-stii r. Watte .m l Miss Waite gave a
v.nmg people., dinner Friday night to Mr.
Waite, the Justice s griudsou, who is h£me
with them for the holidays.
Everybody vll remember Martin Irons,
■ulero the great railroad strike inis'"", jj,.'
was mon* talked about than the Pres: and,: for a
few weeks. Now he is the deader" of a smai
eating stand in St. Louis,
The m Tiali'y among State Governors has
Iwea remarkal.l" ot late. Within a compare
tivly fe v months Gov. Bartlett, of California.
Gov. Bid a -11. m M line, awd Gov. Manna ink'*,
of Missouri, luive di -d in office.
At a sale of 1 utographs recently at Berlin a
letter Sarah liernh ini' M for sm, while
one in'tbe Emperor William went h rd at SiO
only. Sarah's letter must have 1 wen particu
larly racy or the Emperor's inordinately dull
lhi. ni hi ’isi:. of the United S'ates nuvv, has
been ap|rointeil Superintendent of the Naval
Asylum at l’orismoiith. Va.. and has taken up
hi" residence there The doctor will he reineni
beivd for his services ns a member of t lie Me 1 j
eal Belief Corps during the centennial parades
at Philadelphia.
Tuuo'.iobe Tii.tox Is living in a remote quar
ter of Paris in by no means affiuent eircurv
stances. HU dress is almost shabby and with
ins ban-banging about his shoulders he lire
scuts a peculiar apjie.iranee .is he walks ullom
the sr reels of the trench capllal He discs a
little literary w.e k now and then but w rites
with no regularity.
I.if.it. Gov. Biddle, of Kansas, who is looked
upon ah the probable successor to Got. Martin
is oue ol me tinesi tenor singers in that State'
Col. Mapleson, after hearing Riddle sing at a
pr va * e reception In St. Louis s- eral years ago
offi-p-d him a position a' ft salary oi' ,-j
week, but the i (Ter w H ., inodestlv declined Hid"
die probably knew Mhj ;es n too well.
Annouxi iXENT is made of the engagement of
Ensign Edgar, of the navy, the „n of Borden
town s late dist mguisnod resident. Mine, j.-ro
Bonaparte, lo Miss Victoria Emu -y, laughter of
the iate Gen. William 11. Emory, and sister of
Cunt. W. H. Emory. commander of the Thetis
in the (lively expedition. It is expected that
the marriage will take place early in the spring
As waa noted by cable at the time, L’nited
States Minister McLaue and .lames u. Blame
together witnessed lhe recent balloting at Ver
sailles for President of the French Republic
During a recess for luncheon Messrs. McLaue
und Blame sat in one of the galleries an i ate a
fried siile in a truly Democratic and friendly
manner. An American who knew thpui both
witnessed tbe episode, ami approaching them
said: “Well, well; this is the first time lever
saw two political enemies with but a single
sok'.’’
The Louisville Past is of the opinion that Mat
John M Wright will have a nice life position in
the Marshalstnp of the United States Supreme
Court, “w hich ha lias seemed through the per
somil friendship of Justice Harlan and Chief
Justice Waite The Major seems to bare al
ways lived in clover Ho was once on tbe edi
tonal staff of the Louisville Cottritr-Joureel
leaving that paper to become Superintendent of
the Louisville oard of Trade, then ?!anoger
and President of the exposition in that city.
Hi.s military training on lien. Buell's staff will
doubtless Ixs of an advantage to him in his new
office.
Ex Senator Henry . Davis is quit,, an inter
esting character to Hoffman House, New York,
loungers when he makes his rare appearances in
the Bacchic art gallery. His friends suv the re
cent cave tlnds in the 'Vest and South, with
their mummies, coins and pottery, are nothing
in importance compared to the latest discov
eries on some of'Mr. Davis' property in Grant
county. W. Va Ou a great smooth cliff side,
near a county road recently cut through a par
ticularly wild portion Of Mr. Davis domain, the
painted outlines of deer. Ilsh. bear, panther and
sunken are to h> seen in picturesque profusion,
the work, evidently, ot aborigines who had a
belter eye for drawing than anybody else has
since developed in thai part ot the country.
MR. LAMARS AFFABILITY.
How He Retreated With Flying Colors
on One Occasion.
front the Yew \ < "k
Wamhkqtok, Ihv. 31 Mr l4inar > affability
and his kindness toward * .mdm are prov ‘rhi.V
in Washington, and In ooiih 1 probably hi*
generosity has hern abused An lu< b
ill uitt rate* liofh his *wl nature and the per
sisfeucv and ingenuity of the voniiln with a
claim,” occurred mvnily. It appears that n
lady in reduced ouvumMmvvs who holds a
claim Agninat tlie government. auoceeded. w'
eml years ago. in presenting her case to Mr
lamar. whose n'M) sympathies were aroused
in her behalf. He tried lon* and faithfully to
have the claim adjusted ami i*atd. but was un
able to overcome certain obstacles and became
dhteouragod, Not no with the claimant, who
dogged his footstep and sought his p •*s i n*e
almost daily. At lost both his gallantry and
patience Invaine exhausted. and he tiegun to
evade his fair torment, r When she railed he was
always “out.'’ and if he saw her in tha strN't he
dodged around the nearaat corner For a time
he was successful, but one day not lon* ago h
was fairly caught Hiding down tow nina * b
he espi-‘d the “claimant. ' w ho st.wlat theeurb
stone frantically waving her jairasol as 1 signal
for the driver to stop Mr Lunar quickly
uirmsl hU head l*Aoe<l out of ihe op>oMte win
dow. signalled to the driver and cried
“hon’t stop, driver, for roeivy s sake: IVm’t
stop, I say. drive on !"
Alas' The driver wan deal or he misunder
stood, ter he calmly reined his horse up at the
curb. The 'claimant” understat'd the situation
perfectly and theiv was a malicious twinkle in
her eyes as she exclaimed;
''An. fairly caught this time, Mr Secretary,
fairly caught at last *
The enirapi**d statesman had a ha id st niggle
to conceal his vexation, hut gallantry triumphed
and he lifted his hat with courtly grace as he
remarked with utmost suavity
“Ah. madam, g v*d morning, good morning.
lam delighted to >ee you And you are
looking so well Vud l was al>out to drive past
without recognising you You have not bvu to
inquire about the progr*** of that matter of
yours recently 1 hope yen will find it conven
ient to call soon lam hastening to meet an en
gagement, so good morning, madam, gixxl
morning.’*
Of course my informant would not pretend
that he had quoted Mr. Lamar s language liter
ally. The main point, be said, was that the Sec
retary escaped ’retreated ith flying colors,"
so to sp>ak
A Famous Beauty ot Bygone Days.
Lady John Manners in tbe London Qveen: It
would be difficult to name among the women
wfcn shone in the aristocratic ••ircles of the last,
century .1 lady mere distinguish'd by personal
and mental eudovrnjenu* than Georgians
cer. the eldest iljiigti'e 1 of John, nrst Earl of
Silencer. In'ra in 1757. After her marriage to
William Cavendish fifth Duke of Devonshire,
in l.ib she became the centre of a brilliant cir
cle in tbe world of fasht >a. where her wit,
tast** and accomplishments p ..d* rcd her hv
••iety powerfully attractive, rallying n*uinl her
the* |x>litical an l literary ceWmties f the
b<jog a leader of
fashion the beautiful Duchess of Devon
suite made her mark as a poetess.
Georgian's s h auty wis of the kind
vaicii attracted humble folk as powerful as her
own s#.lt*ct circle. Wherever she appeartal in
public, at eh* fc on times, on raeeco irses, etc.,
she me* w i,h the most cordial reception. Her
a iventure with the butcher, wiios* v te for Fox
-Nhr pmvhaseii with a k'Ss is well known, and
the ecstasy of a young farmer, who stoo l close
to her at sotue nvev and rapt in ad ni ration,
•xclaimed Ah. if I was only tied the Almighty
>b * would l>e the queen of heaven/' i> but one
ribute amongst many jaid spontaneously to
h- charms of her appearance E\en time
dealt tenderly with the beauty of the 1 u.'hess
of D v Uishnv, preserving the attractions of
her i leameiits iu face and figure to an ail
vanced age. Uuforf unateh she 1 >st one of her
eyes shortly before she died, in 8 >B.
The Fart o 7 Smoke in Warfare
From th* St. Janie,a Gazette.
Smoke win certainly play an important part
n the warfare of the fwtuiV. Last y *ar. at Mil
ord Haven and this year, in Langstone Harbor,
and was artificially created ir large quantities in
irder to term scions behind which attacking
uirets might uuob.served approach within
range of forts and batteries. < m each occasion
rafts laden with com bust iblcs were on fire
and ilouted into fiositlons from which the wind
carried the smoke in a more or less dense cloud
sn the direction of the defense. On the other
hand, ever since the introduction ol‘ modern
ordnance autl rapid rifle tire, it has been felt that
the lit) a volume of smoke which would Ik?
beVhed forth during a battle of the. present day
would probably prevent the use of big guns to
best advasrag-*. Smoke, in fact. may. accord
mgtoctrcmnfetauceg.be either a great assist
ance or a grave impediment to warfare. The
ideal state m things is, of course, one in which
the production of smoke shall be controlled, so
that either a clear atmosphere or a clouded cue
may. as nc'Hi may arise, lie created around a
battery or ship tu action. This ideal has now,
to some extent, been attained. It is found that
smoke, as it issues from the muzzle of a heavy
gum can in? almost instantaneously precipitated
by me ms of a simple electrical apparatus. The
invention is based upon the researches of Prof.
Tyndall. Ix>rd Rayleigh, and Prof. Lodge iu th*:
a * ! ;on of electricity upon floating dust ami
v.cvjr. and it should In- of considerable military
Ke Hadn’t Got hrougrh With the First,
• From fh*• <ihicayo Tribune.
1 happened in a Dakota settler’s house one
day while we were waiting for something and
noticed the first volume of Johnson's < yelo
ped la on n shelf, each volume of whicn work be
ing al#oui the size of oue of the unabridged dic
tionaries and very closely printed. I casually
suggested that it was a good thing to have iii
the house, o- words to that effect
“Yes," he replied, “it's handy. 1 only got the
first book."
“How does it happen you haven’t the oth
ers?"
“W .r. you see T got it of an agent when I was
livia’down in lowa, an* bout six mouths after
round be come agin an* knocked at tbe door an
I opeued it an’ siys he: ‘Mister, here’s the
sec'in’ book of your cyclopody.’ 'Hit out!' savs
1. I ain’t got tie first oue read yet!’ and l made
bun go. too Wy. j.*s’ lb ink of it, that was
nigh onto ten year ago. an' I ain't moron two
thirds through this non. an my wife isonlv jes’
nicely started on the 'B’s!* It took a pile o’
brains to make it. but for all th t I don't mind
say in* that I think it’s got its dry streaks je-V
like other books.*’
Another Way.
From Harper's Magazine.
Ah. come to me in dreams, and then,
One saith, l shall be well again,
For then the night will more than pay
The weary longing of the day.
Nav. come not in those dreams, my sweet,
With shadowy relies, and silent feet.
And with tbe voice, and with the eyes
That greet me in a soft surprise.
Last night, last night, in dreams we met,
Ami how to day, shall I forest.
Cm* how, remembering, restrain
>1 in#* incommunicable pain?
Nay. where thy folk and country are.
Dwell thou, remote, apart, a far,
Nor mingle with the snaf*** that sweep
The melancholy ways of sleep.
But if. perchance, the shadows break,
if dreams depart, and men awake.
If face to face at length we se>\
Be thou the first to welcome me.
—Andrew Lance
Parents, Obey Your Children.
From the yew York F)*>ch.
The above is the way in which the command
merit should have l>*An writ ten. if we may judge
hy what goes on around us every day. In the
private house, the hotel, the boarding house,
th* street car. th * store, and even the theatre,
the comfort ad pleasure of adults arecontinn
ally being sacrificed to those of children. There
Are. ot coui'se. sonic parents who have sufficient
common sens** and strength of mind to insist
that their children shall lie brought up plainly
and simply; that they shall eat such plain food
as is who eaome at their ages and that they
shall eat it at proper and regular hours; that they
shall !>e dressed with som' regard to their
pare tits' means, and not solely with a desire to
make them outshine all other children in the
neigiiborh-KMi; and than they shall N> taught
that childhood is a period in which to practice
obedkonoa, and not to command. fn happily.
th‘ wise parcta sdp pot for?a a large majority,
if, indeed, they form any majority at all.
Want to be Great Lawyers all at Once.
From the Boston Advertiser.
A great many young lawyers come out of the
law schools every year who find it difficult for
many mouths to make enough to Uvo on in their
profession. It is hard to get money for office
rent, hard to keen the ball rolling or to follow*
the social cue. In former days, in the days
when all lawyers took their turn in training in
some old lawyer's office, young men were glad
to pay a small sum yearly for desk room and
for a chance to serve under a wise head. A le
gal friend of the Athenian declares that now-a
days it is impossible to find a young man willing
to senre an apprenticeship such as be served,
eveu for jay. He said he would be glad to give
onii-e room and a reasonable salary to any
youug fledgeling who could make himself useful
while gaining years and wisdom. But, strange
to say, it Is not possible to Ilnd a young lawyer
willing to take the training and money.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Fifty years ago th*' scriptures were circu
lated in I'ri languages; uow they are circulated
in 2**
Uicoiir.it Miu.rti. of Miron, 0.. wns burled
Tliiir'.i i, in n cnllln in.-ule from (ho o.ml of a
oborri irvo ho |lunl.sl fortius purpose wxij
years ago.
I'h V If Junks, of Huntsville, Ala, has !>>"■•
chased the building* and equipments of the
Hunt*.die Fennile College. This property
1,1. Iwn in hll)?atlon nearly twenty years,
hsvhur !>• t'H taken to the Supreme Court ot the
United Mates.
A warmnc against wearing full Harris comet*
from Burlington, N J. Gen. Abraham Post, of
1 hat city, was talking with a friend mw a cigar
stand, when his l*vtrd came in contact with the
cigar lighter Before the tire could he exUu
gu.shed Ins face was badly burned.
Of the i.|rt students of Michigan University
it instated by President Angell that the parents
ot NU* won* farmers, !71 merchants, ikl lawyers,
8.1 physicians, M manufacturer*, 54 mechanics
and .M clergymen. He estimates that as many
as 4.5 i*er cent helongtsl t< the class who gained
then living by manual toil
51 rs. Edward List, of Chicago, went out to
mail a letter on Thursday evening last aud was
despoiled of her long ami abundant braids of
hair by a man who stole up behiud just as the
was itepipltinjt the missive in the letter box, and
clipped them off w ith a sharp pair of scissors.
Mr*s. List was so overcome at her loss that she
fainted lead aw a.v, and was found unconscious
on the sidewalk by a |Kliceuiau.
A 91 AIIKF.I, among the people of Highland
Park, N ,!.. Inis compelled the school-children
to go about the place with liaskets, begging coni
in order to keep the school opni. Th® school
building is also used ms a Sunday school, nnd
the day-school trustees refits* 1 to buy m>al be
cause the Sunday school people use it, and the
Sunday people w ill not buy coal for all the
week, while using it on only one day.
An expert commercial t raveler says that hotel
experience has taught him a neat device. He
places a silver quarter under a cut-glass goblet.
It is magnifiixl to the proportions of a ear wheel
dollar. The waiter sees the huge coin and
serves food with enthusiastic alacrity. Dinner
over, the traveler. Ivnng an artist, picks up the
coin and makes a study of the waiter's face
when the quarter is pocketed by the owner of it.
C'jtsxATiox is becoming general in Europe.
The new crematory at Stockholm, Sweden,
burned its first bode Oct. 15. From that day to
Dec. 6, nineteen corpses were incinerated. A
crematory is in com*se of erection at Zurich,
Switzerland Another is to be built at Basel
on the same plan. At Honiburg. (iermany, the
erection of a crematory will commence next
spring. The cremation Society at Berlin has
secured the ground for a crematory.
A Kaffir was suspected of beLng in posses
sion of uncut diamonds, and was pursued by of
ficers* of the law. When they came up with him
be had just sh<t one of his oxen. Then they
proceeded to search him. They ransacked his
scanty el :thing. They combed his woolly head.
They tried all the usual pnxvsses, but rever a
diamond did they find, ami tin illy they had to
retire discomfited T ’.en the Kaffir proceeded
to pick out from the dead ox's carcass all the
diamonds with which his gun had been loaded,
and which he fhvd into the unfortunate beast
when be saw the officers approaching.
It is asserted in political circles, that strong
efforts are being made to discourage Col. Fred
Grant from accepting a nomination for Quaran
tine Commissioner should Gov. Hill seud liis
name to the Senate in the pla**e of Thomas C.
Platt. Fbitt's friends are fearful that the Gov
eruor will take the only known process of get
ting rid of the Commissioner by selecting Col.
Grant as his successor. It is believed by some
that the Miller members of the Senate, under
the lead of Judge Robertson, would pluck up
sufficient courage to unite with the li Demo
cratic Seuators m continuing the Colonel, in the
event of the Platt Senators insisting on “bang
ing him up/ 1
A learned Chicago bootblack attracts trade
by the following Boston language displayed on
a card: “Pedal teguments artistically illumin
ated and lubricated for the infinitesimal com
peDsation of lrtc p**r ojeration. Antiquated teg
uments tpedai or sutler-pedal > expurgated judi
ciously and resuscitated with expedition tor
nominal compensation. Of the Innumerable
foretastes ot heaven en joyed by every patron I
would simply state From the event mi lion of
the operation, even to its ultimate successful
comnletiou, th*' patron reclines superincumbent
on cushions which n sybarit * might envy in a
superlatively luxurious attitude in whmh t!ie
horizontal aud p#‘rj*}:idicuiar are gracefully
blended. 11
Gen Nathan Goff, Congressman from the
Third West Virginia district, was the youngest
Union general in tbe late war. commanding a
brigade at tbe age ot 25 Since the war he has
been the luckiest of xnetv He bought up miu
ing property in West Virginia, which had been
tried aud tliought worthless, and immediately
afterward it began to yield handsomely. A
half million dollars was the amount of the
Then an uncle died leaving him another
naif million. An aunt soon after went to the
grave, making him heir to $lOO,OOO. Then he
was nominated for Congress in the Wheeling
district, which had always gone Democratic,
and h** was elected. He has been twdee re
elected.
The story that Gen. William H. Lytie wrote
the celebrated lyric, “I am Dying, Egypt.
Dying," two hours before his death is positively
deuied by his nephew and heir, Marion D. Lytle,
a stalwart, handsome young Teunessean, who
has just come back to civilization after two
years of wonderful experience as government
agent among the Sioux. Young I vtle's family
home is at Murfreeslioro, the historic town
founded by the ancestors of Charles Egbert
Craddock. He laughs as he tells the story of
subduing a Sioux outbreak at Rosenud, where
his agency was. by declaiming his famous
uncle's poem to the ref aleitrant red men, who
agiv-d immediately that their agent was an Ho-,
quent orator. Young i.vtle rais m the hair of his
waiter at DHmonic >‘s by an occasional allusion
to the grizzlies be killed and skinned in tbe
Rockies, and of w hose pelts he lias had made a
big fur coat that draws more eyes on Broadway
than the Christmas diamond show’.
Touching the lack of a Southern literature
the Augusta Chronicle says that if the South is
not literary, she is the cause of literature in
others. What would half the Northern maga
zine.- and literateurs do if it were not for South
ern themes? Tbe ever wonderful cotton plant
something the Northern eye never seems to tire
in looking at aud the Northern reader uever
wearies in reading of—the lovely magnolia: our
japoulcasand violets that bloom in the Christ
mas frosts; the lag jon. with its long funereal
moss; the sugar and rice fields; the orange
grove; the live oak, the noble Georgia pint ; tin*
whole beautiful flora of this gifted region; the
queer ways and quaint dialect of our colored
brother; our own open, “asv, careless tyup->r,
are constant topics for the Northern pen. Icel
and above this is is the never t iresorac. ever
majestic story of the war. The picture of the
poor ragged soldier, rich in nothing but pluck,
)>owder and hull, is limned over and over again,
until, as long as printing lasts, his gauut, victo
rious figure will shine on glory's png<*.
Beoinm.no his SMrd year M. Ferdinand do Los
seps can look around, says t Loudon Ikiih/
Mur*, and see but very few men of anything
like equal eminence who are as old as he. The
German Emperor is 111), Dr. Doilinger is B*.
Moltke and Bancroft, the historian, are each 87!
Kossuth is 8.5 and Prof. Owen is 8.1, but it is not
easy to extend the list. Yet it is astonishing to
note ihe large number of living great men who
have passed the ordinary limit of human life
Of the sovereigns, the rope is 77, nnd King
William of th* Netherlands is well oq in his 71st
yeui Of statesmen, Mr. Gladstone is 70, Mr.
Bright is 76, Prince Bismarck i* 72, M. Jules
Grevy is 74. M. Leon Sav and M. Loruyerao
each 71. Lord Selborne is 75 and Lord Granville
is 72. Of Generals, McMahon is 79. Lebmuf is
78, and L’a/aine and Cialdiua are each irt. Of
poets, liord Tennyson is IS, Mr. Browning ig 75
aud Dr. Oliver Wendell Holm* 1 * is 78 Of
musicians, M Verdi is 7M. or engineers. Lord
Armstrong is 77 and Sir John IlawUshaw is 16
Of paiuters. Meissonier is 12, and tinallv of
showmen, Barnum is 77.
Th* city of Crcfeld, in Rhenish lYustda, bats
for some time been in a gruat flutter of expecta
tion of its IOO.OUOth inhabitant. “There pre
vails,” says the Crefeld Zeitung. “a mot un
usual excitement as to who shall have the dis
tinction of being the UK),oooth. Look there
that vouthfal father runniug himself out o l
breath lest any other happy father should fore
st til him, in order to announce, all in a per
spiration with the lon* run, the happy advent
of his baby. Tiie grinning registrar of births
says to the poor, disappointed man, it was No
*J9,WO. Vivat sequcns! The next father, sure
to gr asp the prize, comes running to the office:
“My twihy is the 10U,000th, sure he is" “You
are mistaken again, sir. There were two deaths
announced Just uow. Your baby is three less
than 100.000/' lu that way the struggle went
on. but it could not last forever. “The time is
, V?' th * Zeitung , “when the 100,000 th
CYefdder will be lying in tils cradle -the mun
of the future, destined to see Crefeld one of the
largest manufacturing and commercial centers
datll >B h 7 into the second
hundred thousand of habitants from the
moment of hia own birth. Ob, enviable baby
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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
Lafps, Embroideries, Ribbons, Ek (
Remnanfs 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 and marked
in plain figures, and we guar
antee that the price asked is
60 per cent. 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,
I. B. Allmarer 4 CD.
POROUS PLASTERS.
For Localized Rheumatism.
DWCAV’C ‘Viatica. Neuralgia, Pleurisy,
lILeMLI O Lung and Chest Difficulties,
Backanhft, bpiue and Hip Dis
ease, Lumbago. Sprains, KM
IU Tilueyand Liver Affections, Net
lO 111 Lj voua Action of the Heart.
Cramps, Lameness, Stiffness
or Weakness of the Joints or
|)KT Muncies, Severe Aches, Pains
DLc I and Stitches, Inflammatipn,
and all maladies for which
ninra.nrti Porous Plasters. IJniments,
\al r K Medicated Oils, Salves. Oitv
JiiUl Lll. ments and Lotions have been
found useful. Beware of ind*
1 rnjn tat ions aud worihless wibsti*
A \ Hill lutes that may be offered.
Ask for a ‘•Benson ,
Plaster,” and take no
MTITiTinVV substitute under names simi*
Mll A I luAo. 1 “<’a|K-i.ie- or any
other name.
IU mm 111-I .JII j l) Mlll
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W© will duplicate any Northern or Western
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He])airo<l, and first rate workmanship guaran
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