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ee: Lost; Miscellaneous.*
Jacob Sharp is ir. a very precarious con
dition this morning. He grows worse as
the time for his trial approaches.
Senator Blackburn is very much pleased
with the recent endorsements by Grand
Army posts of his speech in replv to Sena
tor Ingalls. He says they attest the ap
proval given by brave men to his efforts to
defei-d the memory of the brave dead. In
the meantime Ingalls goes on writing vin
dictive letters.
Miss Isabella Singer, daughter of the
deceased setting machine man, has in
formed her guardian that she wants $(10,000
to spend on her wedding outfit. The French
man she is going to marry has no money.
Perhaps he would prefer for his future wife
t i lie more economical. There would be
let i a bigger (file for him to spend.
Senator Wade Hampton rarely makes a
■pecch. He doesn’t lielieve in speech-mak
ing. He thinks it a waste of time, and in
his opinion it has never changed a vote, if
the Senator were an orator, he would prob
ably have a different opinion. He isa good
Worker, however. People are very apt to
attach importance to those tilings in which
they excel.
Since Mr. Shepard bought the New York
Mail mid Express, he has caused to be
printed each da/ on its editorial page a pas
sage of scripture. This innovation in jour
nalism is bemg derided by the other metro
politan papers, hut there is no reason why
It should be. On the contrary, it should lie
encouraged. The New York press doesn’t
follow scriptural injunction any more than
it ought to.
The late Joshua Jones, of New York,
kept an unusually watchful eye on the
wealth which lie said was such a burden to
him. He added $5,00!),000 to it, and was
worth $7,001,000 when lie died. He gave
$25,000 to charitable associations and divided
out about $05,000 among his friends and
several of his servants. The rest of his
estate goes to his cousins, each of whom
gets one-ninth. Here is a fine chance for n
will contest. The lawyers are, doubtless,
already bestowing their blessings on Mr.
Jones.
The New York Tribune prints a special
from Columbus, 0., s lying Senator Sher
man is not pleased with the delegates so far
elected from Ohio, and has written ton
friend that unless that State sends a delega
tion that unanimously fav rs his nomina
tion he will withdraw. G >v. Foraker is no
doubt trying to tear down the Senator’s
fences, but the Ohio delegation will lie satis
factory to Sherman, for the reason that if
be can’t get a whole loaf he will tak what
is offered him. He will hardly withdraw
before he is defeated in tilt*convention.
“Tho Providence paper which kicked
against, the Republican ticket in Kb do
Island, ** snys the New York Tribune, “must
be highly gratified by the applause which
Its treacherous course is drawing forth from
Democratic and Mugwump journals.”
Whether or not Mugwump praise is some
thing to be proud of is a question that is re
ferred to the New York Time* and Harper's
Week-Ip for discussion. There can be no
doubt that Democratic applause is highly
gratifying wherever.bostowed. The Provi
dence Journal should feel proud to re
ceive it
Senator-elect Barbour, of Virginia, says
there are some Protectionists In Virginia,
but the general sentiment is that the present
high import duties should he reduced and a
sufficient tariff maintained to keep the gov
ernment exfiense* paid. His people, he says,
want the tax on tobacco abolished, and the
Mills bill provides for its aliolishiuent. He
pays no Attention to the assertions that Vir
ginia will i>e carried by the fa-publicans
B' xt fall on a Protection platform. Such
talk is merely speculative, and the Old Do
minion will go Democratic. Mr. Barbour
might to understand Virginia politics,
w hat he says is not encouraging to the
liepublicAna,
A Youatr Man Off His Base.
Mr. J oseMedill, of the Chicago Tri
bune, ha* returned home from Florida. A
day or t~vo before he left the South tiie Tri
bviuj, iu speakiug of the efforts of Southern
papers io lielialf of immigration, said:
‘ It would seem alnio t needless to inform
the South that the political co ditions pre
vailing in that, section are not such as to
invite Northern capital or immigration.
When tiie South ceases to eulogize treason
anti traitors and tob< nst of its devotion tot he
lost cause, when freedom of political opin
ion is tolerated nnd the untrainmeled right
of suffrage is conceded, when the laws of
the couctiy are respected and the prepos
terous dogma of State rights is abandone 1,
and when ull men, white anti black, are ad
mitted to the equal rights guaranteed hy the
constitution, the South may hold out some
inducements for Northern immigration, and
not until then. Northern men are not ac
customed to the conditions imposed by
Southern Bourbons and bulldozers. They
think as they please, talk us they please,
and vote as they please. They would not
enjoy the social advantages of ostracism
and caste nor long e: dure the insufferable
airs of Southern chivalry. If the South
wants Northern men or Northern capital
she must grant political and civil equality,
give every man his rights of citizenship, al
low fretslotu of speech ami an honest suf
frage, and meet the North a full atnl fair
half way. Otherwise its Southern paradise
wiil remain undeveloped to any extent by
Northern capital and untenanted by North
ern people, who would rather live in bliz
zards the year round than endure the social
and political inequality, injustice and dis
regard of law that prevail in that section.”
l)oubth“Si it was after reading this re
markable outburst that Mr. Medill grabbed
his gripsack and went West. He didn’t go
any too soon. In fact he went a few days
too late. The young man whom he left in
charge had got in his work.
Mr. Medill spent several weeks in the
South. Did he notice any evidence that
the colored people are not given their full
rights in all respects? Did he notice that
Northerners in the South are not allowed
to express their opinions, or that they are
socially ostracised! Did he notice that the
laws are less rigidly enforced than in any
other sections of the country? If he noticed
none of these things he should pay his
young man a week’s wages and part with
him.
The Tribune protmlTly forgets that there
are thousands of Northern men in the
South, and that they are among its best and
most prominent citizens. They are treated
with every consideration. If they weroap
liealed to, no doubt they would say that the
Tribune doesn’t understand what it is talk
ing about.
The South wants Northern immigrants
anti she will get them, notwithstanding Mr.
Medili’s Tribune. The Northern people
know that such stuff as that quoted above
is not true, nnd they are not going to be in
fluenced by it. There are tens of thousands
of Northern i>eople in the South, and ai!
they know about being ostracized or de
prived of the privilege of speaking
their opinions freely they see in
Northern Republican papers. There are
some people wh > would bo ostracized any
where. They take particular pains to make
themselves offensive. Perhaps Mr. Medill’s
young man has met some people of this sort
who did not find it pleasant in the South.
Now and then a Northern man comes South
who thinks it is his mission to make South
ern people think as he does, and is dissat
isfied if he fails. Such men are mischief
makers, and tire never happy anywhere.
Thoy are not desirable citizens North or
South.
Immigration to Georgia.
Southern newspapers lmve given a great
iienl of attention to the subject of immigra
tion to the South lately. The severe winter
at the North has drawn attention strongly
to the South’s advantages. The Northern
lands are not more fertile than those of the
South, and for five or six months of the
year in the North no work can l>e done and
the stock must be fed. The South’s ad
vantages are only just beginning to be
known.
Erroneous impressions * are enter
tained of it. To correct those im
press ions is a task to which the
Southern press is devoting itself. Each
Southern State should assist in this work
by means of a bureau of immigration. The
Southern railroads could also spend
money profitably in making
known the advantages of the
sections of country tributary to them. The
action of the Central railroad of Georgia in
establishing a bureau of immigration is a
most encouraging sign. If the other roads
of tills State will follow its example, and if
the people will supplement the work of the
roads, the benefit that will accrue to Geor
gia will lie very great. This is a matter of
vital importance to Georgians. It is not
sufticieut that they should admit its im
portance. They should act. Approval of
a good work is all very well, but action in
its behalf is a gre t deal belter.
If them is an impression in an y quarter
that spasmodic efforts in behalf of immi
gration will serve the pur|>oso it should be
dismissed. Spasmodic effort does not ac
complish much anywhere. In the matter
of immigration, men do not give up homes
and ass ciations w ithout thought and study.
The advantages of other sections have to be
drilled into them. Every county in Georgia
should setfonh in some shape its particular
advantages, to be placed before people who
are thinking of seeking new homes.
Tlie Manufacturer's Record says: ‘‘As
the truth of the South’s brilliant future and
the desirability of living in a country where
blizzards are unknown become more deeply
impressed upon people, they will decide to
make a change, and then they will natur
ally select that place which most forcibly
attracted their attention through some
lmphlot or newspajier article.” There is
sound sense in this, and it should be acted
upon by progressive Georgians who desire
to see their lands occnpiod by u desirable
class of people.
I* appears that ‘‘Mark Twain" is a bigger
man than Samuel L. Clemens. The other
day Congressman “Sunset ’ Cox received a
call from a gentleman whose card boro the
lattorname. “Who is Samuel L. Clemons.'"
inquired the Congressman of the servant.
The servant didn’t know. "Tell him I’m
busy and can’t come out,” said Mr.
Cox. When the funny little statesman was
apprised of his mistake, lie gave the servant
a raking over. “But low could I tell it
was a humorist,” said that person; "ho
didn’t look like one. He had a very sn I ex
pression.” Mr. Clemens should learn from
this experience to have “Mark Twain"
printed on his cards.
Congressman Samuel J. ltandall say* the
Mills lull has no chance for |>assing. He
think* it will be materially altered in com
mittee of the whole, and that when com
pleted it will be a very different measure
from what it is now. Is Mr, Randall
whistling to keep up his counurwl
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1888.
Nominations for the Presidency.
A study of the Republican situation with
regard to the Presidency is a very interest
ing one at this time. Some weeks ago Mr.
Blaine declared that his name would not go
before the convention. But for that declar
ation, the situation would be a very simple
one. Mr. Blaine virtutdly had the nomina
tion in his hand. The opinions respecting
his motive in writing his Florence letter are
not all one way. Some think he would not
accept a nomination, while others are of
the opinion that he wants to be nominated
over his protest, and that he believes a nom
ination under such conditions would in
crease his chances of election. At any
rate, his ostensible retirement has
brought a large number of candidates into
the field. These candidates, up to date, are
Messrs. Hale of Maine, Phelps of New
Jei’sey, Hawley of Connecticut, Depew
and Hiscock of New York, Foraker of
Ohio, Harrison and Gresham of Indiana,
Algor of Michigan, Lincoln of Illinois,
Husk of Wisconsin, Allison of lowa, Beaver
of Pennsylvania, and Ingalls of Kansas.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, was already an
avowed candidate. Should Mr. Blaine re
fuse to accept the nomination under any cir
cumstances the party will hardly know
whom to nominate. Senator Sherman is
now apparently in the lead, so far as an ex
pression of preference goes, but it
is not probable that he will be able to enter
the convention with a majority of the dele
gates favoring him. Is it not reasonable to
suppose that Mr. Blaine saw that his with
drawal would cause just such a state of
affairs* And is it not probable that if after
casting many ineffectual ballots the con
vention should bog hi n to accept the nomi
nation lie would do so?
The situation on the Democratic side is
not so complicated. No Democrat has an
nounced himself in opposition to Mr. Cleve
land. Gov. Hill, of New York, is sup
posed to be willing to enter
the field, but he will not meet
with much encouragement. Mr. Cleveland
has not expressed himself on the subject of
a renomination, and iMAone knows whether
or not lie desires another term. It is not
probable, however, that he would decline,
particularly as the sentiment of the party
seems to lie overwhelmingly in bis favor.
The chances are that lie will meet with little
or no opposition in the convention.
A Farmer’s Organization.
The Farmers’ Alliance, which is vs rv
strong in the West, lias lately been extend
ed to the South, where it is rapidly increas
ing in strength. In Texas it has 250,000
members. In Georgia it is becoming a
power. Branch organizations will doubt
less soon be established in almost every
county in the State. Mr. J. H.
Turner, of LaGrauge, is visiting
the different counties in its interest.
The object of the Alliance is to promote the
educational, financial and moral interests of
the farmer. This is expected to be done by
co-operation. Can co-operation bo secured ?
The promoters of the Alliance believe it
can, and thoy are giving their tide to the
work of bringing it about. It can hardly
fail to bo productive of beneficial results.
Since the organization of numerous trusts
throughout the country, co-operation among
the farmers is a matter of vital importance
to them. They are the victims of these
trusts, and they must do something to pro
tect themselves.
There aro strong grounds for the belief
that whiles the manufacturing industries of
tho country are prospering, the farmers
are gettiiig deeper ill debt. In the West,
where the Alliance first came into existence,
the condition of many farmers is deplor
able. They do not own the lands they till,
and thoir crops are covered by mortgages
before they are gathered. In the South the
farmers are not much better off. They are
bound to do something. If the Alliance
can improve their condition—-and properly
organized and conducted it doubtless can—
it will prove a blessing not only to those in
whoso interest it is organized, but to the
public generally.
To advance the cause of the Alliance, a
newspaper has been established at West
Point, in this State. It is called the South
ern Alliance, anti its editors ami proprie
tors are Messrs. W. H. Burgess and W. T.
Huguly. Botli of these gentlsmen aro con
nected witli a manufacturing house in West
Point, and their enterprise is commendable.
The paper is a very teat eight-page jour
nal. It is well-edited, and will doubtless
be influential in promoting co-operation
among the farmers.
The Hon. C. G. Dixon, the United Labor
Assemblyman in Illinois, thinks Anarchy
is far from dead in Chicago. H > says;
“There are ton Anarchists in Chicago to
day when there was one when tho Anarch
ists were hanged. I am not speaking at
random on this question, for t know what
I say to be a fact. They hold their meet
ings every week in secret places and are ad
vocating their principles with redoubled
vigor. Parson’s old paper, the Alarm, is
still published and its circulation is fnr
greater than it was when he it ad bold of it
Matters would have been entirely different
had Gov. Oglesby shown executive clem
ency. And I want to say right here that
tho Governor would not have allowed one
of those seven men to hang had it not beea
for the tremendous pressure brought to
bear by certain wealthy politicians. It
was, in my judgment, the most foolish act
ever performed by a man in his position
under like circumstances, and tfie history
of tile future will prove what 1 have said is
true.” The dispatches have corroborated
Mr. Dixon’s statement aliout Anarchist
meetings in Chicago. The rest of the state
ment is doubtless pure and una lulterated
rot. Gov. Oglesby put a check upon the
growth of Anarchy when he refused to
stand between the hanged men a id the law.
The surplus has proved too tempting a
bait for Joseph McGerigan, a Senate mes
senger. Joseph wants a pen-ion, and a bill
has been introduced providing for one of
$25 a month fur him. He docs not base his
claim on military service during the war,
hut says that while lie was carrying an im
portaut document to a military officer in
Washington, he was thrown into a swamp
by the government ntule lie was riding.
.Is the mule was vicious, Joseph declined
to mount him again, preferring to walk the
rest of l.lio way. The light was a very
cold one, and Joseph's wet clothes froze
to him. Sinee then he has been subject t
rheumatism, but he thinks ho can stand it
if the government will give him $25 a
month. The President has his veto eye on
the bill, Joseph,
“Savannah,” says the Baltimore Sun, “is
a delightful city, but its great drawback
has b. en want of a first-class hotel.”
Tliat want seems certain to be supplied soon.
When Savannah decides that sho needs a
thing, sho generally gets it.
CURRENT COMMENT.
When the People Speak Out.
Front the Nashville American {Dem.)
There in nothing in the world that makes a
politician so hair-tearing mad as to have the
people pack a convention on him.
Not Properly Dressed.
From the New York Herald (/ad.)
The Charleston (8. C-) World informs us some
what prematurely that the Mills tariff bill is
dead. A statement of that kind is most lie
coming when it is cut bias and laced up the
back.
Warmoth's Campaign.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat (Dem.)
The Republican National Committee has
finally decided not to give Warmoth any assist
ance in his present campaign, as it does not find
that there is sufficient promise in it.
No Wonder They Emigrate.
From the. New York Star {Dem.)
No wonder the Chinese want to emigrate. A
week or two ago *l,OOO of them were killed by
an ear;hoimke, and no# *4000,000 are rendered
utterly destitute by floods. Either Chinese
arithmeticians are different from ours, or the
Flowery kingdom is the most Godforsaken
land on the face of the earth.
BRIGHT BITS.
Ke.vtitck TFACHKRiof infant geography class
—Tommy Blood may tell us what a strait is.
Tommy Blood- It’s jest the plain stuff ’thout
nothin' in it.— New York Sun.
Bob Inoerroll is so irreverent that, if he
should see death coining on a pah* horse, he
would look around right away for the red
headed girl.— Journal of Education.
The new Democratic paper in Chicago is to
he called the Globe. This will do, but it would
have Rounded better to call it t lie Earth. There
isn’t u man in Chicago who wouldn't take the
earth if he got a chance.—P. oria Transcript.
Customer—Are these neckties strong ?
Snopman—Strong / Why, sir. last week I
sol?! one to a gentleman as was a-'ankering after
suicide, and V liked it so much that 'e used it to
’ang 'isself. and it bore ’is weight beautiful.
Loudon Globe.
A thief was about to relieve a Wall street
operator of his handkerchief when a by stander
called the latter’s attention to what was going
on.
“Let him alone.” said the broker, g od
humoredly; “we all have to begin in a small
way down here." Judge.
Viss Waldo (of Boston) Yes, Mr. Wabash, I
attended four Weddings last week, and tliree
more arc on my tablets for this week.
Mr. Wabash (from the West) Indeed, Miss
Waldo, quite a profusion. I s'pose in Boston
leap year makes a great difference in the num
ber of weddings.— New York Situ.
A little girl in New York was in the habit
of going to the Episcopal church, and one day
she came home and asked her mother if the
prophets were hung on the commandments as
gifts were bung on Christmas trees, for she
Heard the minister say: On these two com
mandments hang all the law and the prophets ’’
-Metropolitan
Man of the house (aroused by a knock) —Come
now, what do you want here at this time of
night?
Stranger—Excuse me, sir, hut could you let
me have a candle and a couple of matches? My
dog and my little girl have fallen into your cis
tern; aud he’s a valuable dog. and—There! bear
him bark!!!— Harvard iMinpoon.
“Willie,” said little Mamie, who had been to
church with her (5 year-old brother, “what
makes the preacher say‘Amen’every time he
gets through with a sermon?”
Willie paused in a deep study for some time,
ami then, with the air of one who has solved a
mystery, said; “Maybe it’s a wav he has saying
a period out loud.’*— Boston Courier.
First U. S. Man—Ever l>een to Canada?
Second U. 8. Man No; have you?
“Yes; it is a very singular country. It snows
200 days in the year.”
“What do the people do the other 165 days?”
“They sit ground with their ear muffs on.
ami wonder how long it will be before it snows
again. It’s not much of a country for picnics,
lightning rod men and raising honey.”— Texas
Siftings.
A LITTLE bov up town was nt breakfast the
other morning aud the waiter was putting iumi>s
of sugar in his coffee. Whe it ie fourth lump
went in the nov nut bis hand on the waiter’s
arm. “Amen,” he said briefly.
“Why. tommy, wluu do vuu mean by that?”
inquired his mother, greatly shocked.
“That means 1 ve got enough,” replied the
youngster, with his mind on the devotional ex
eroises.— Washington Critic.
Rev. 'Rastus Hkelit (in the midst of his dis
course. addressing Brother Smith, who is in the
"Brudder Smith, yon's pretty
good at talkin', 'suppose you give a /ample oh
hypocrisy, \\ inch is do subjic oh my discourse."
Brother Smith (who suspects that Rev. 'Ras
tus has tampered with his poultry) —"A minis
tah obde gnspil in a hen roost on a dark night,
am a /ample oh hypocrisy, sah." (Confusionof
Hev. 'Hastus. )— Texas Siftings.
"Shall we play for a little money, Miss
Smith.” le said, tenderly, as they sat down to a
ganv l of cards, “or simply for love?"
"Oh, 1 think it’s wrong to play for money,
even if the amount is trilling."
"Then we will play for love."
"Yes."
"And if 1 win, Miss Smith?" he said, still more
tenderly.
‘■Then you don't get anything, of course; cut,
please.”— New York Sun.
"What do you mean by jostling against me,
sir?” llercely exclaimed the man with the bristl
ing hair.
“It was as much your fault as mine, sir," re
plied the man with the slouch hat, "hut if you
want any satisfaction 1 shall he happy to give
it to you. There is my card."
"What," ejaculated the man with the bristl
ing hair, looking at the card, "‘J. J. slum,
cigarette manufacturer!' My dear sir, accept
my sincere apology. lam proud to make your
acquaintance. Snake! I am a keeper of a
lunatic asylum." —Chicago Tribune.
PERSONAL.
Sfnator Stourbridge, of Michigan is about
to purchase! from Senator Stanford, of Calif->r
nia, a brother <*f the famous horse Bell Boy,
The price isslH,iXX).
Four times has the White House been draped
in mourning since President Cleveland beeame
its occupant fur Grant, for Hendricks, for Ar
thur ana for Waite, *
Senator Chace. of Rhode Island is a peutie
man *f very pronounced ideas, and does not re
gard the dictates of fashion in the least. He is
said to be the only member in Congress who
wears a spiketail coat.
Prinof.sk Clkmkntink, mother of Prince Fer
diriand of Bulgaria, has gone on a mysterious
mission to Paris, and it is hinted that her pur
l-osc is to find some Princess who will be willing
to share her son's rickety throne.
Rr.v. Krfnrzem Fitch resigned the Presidency
of Williams College in JHIS. A few days ago
President Carter, of that institution, received a
letter addressed to “president"* Fitch. No one
will be surprised to lcam that the letter was
from Philadelphia.
Again guiles the report that .John Rusk in is
insane. It is asserted that while staying at
Sundgate recently ho purchased a number of
i>eiis and spent* all <!ay ringing them, lie
finally became so violent that tie had to Ik?
placed in a private asylum.
(Jr.s. A. W. Gukkly, Chief Signal Officer, will
contribute to the April Seriburr'a on article in
which he will show uis far as one can predict
from the series of observations made by the sig
nal service of the army for many years) which
will Ik* the three hottest days of the coming
summer cast of the Mississippi river.
Sir Morkm. Maokknzie receives d-uly in Ber
lin ninny abusive and threatening letters. He
is railed at in the pres* ami insulted on the bill
boards. Recently a cart -on was found posted
on the famous Brandenburg gate departing the
Km press Victoria and I)r. Mackenzie, with th*
n ben alhj "The murderers of our
Emperor.'*
Chari ksS. Voorhers, son of Senator Yoor
hees ami Delegate in Congress from Washing
ton Territory, writes to a friend at Walla Walla
that umb r no circumstance will he lv* a candi
date for re election, ami intimates that lie will
spend the remainder of Ins days in efforts to In*
sufficiently grateful for the uuderserved honors
lie has already received.
William Barclay . who has recently returned
from India, says that the Rajah of Bhumaboor
is about to many a handsome English girl and
that his subjects are so much excited in coti.se
que:ice that they threaten to burn the bride.
Twenty of the ringleaders in the mutiny were
stoned to death, and Mr. Bat clay, finding things
getting warm, packed his grip.
Frank Knight, an Albany barber, has shaved
every Governor of his State from Reuben K
Kenton down to Gov. Hill. Speaking of the
late John T. Hoffman, Knight recently said:
*‘Of all the Governors that I have ever 'shaved,
Gov. Hoffman was the moot genial, the most
gentlemanly, and yet possibly the most con
servative. I cant say 1 ever found him either
in iil-tomper or at all impatient. Altogether
Gov. Hoffman was a man who, If you came in
contact with him, forced you. bv hi* very bear
ing and action* to reaped him.'*
BUSTLES IN WHITE HORSE GULCH.
The Miner 9 Had Never Seen One Before
and Toole it tor a Deformity.
Prom the Rocky Mountain News.
Every miner in the camp was excited and
talking: about it. Now, it took some very im
portant event to thoroughly arouse all the boys
along: the gulch. A row in which only one man
was killed was considered a very commonplace
social event, and an ordiuary lynching did not
attract much attention.
What was it?
Why, there was a woman in camp, and all
was commotion. It was the first great social
event in White Horse Gulch.
The young lady had finished her dinner and
was strolling about the camp with her uucle, a
large, fleshy, jolly old man, who was a large
stockholder in one of the principal mines in the
gulch. He had brought his niece, a young lady
of twenty, on a trip with him for company and
also to show her something of the wild and
rugged West. It had been many a month since
the boys had seen a woman, and hence every
body wanted to meet her and invite her to par
take of the hospitalities of White Horse Gulch!
for all the latch strings were out and she would
have been welcomed to the best the rude moun
tains cabins afforded.
Now, any woman would have appeared hand
some. A dried-up old maid from New England,
dieted and preserved on non-sugared tea for a
quarter of a century, would have been con
sidered handsome and very lovely, for the
mountain boys are very gallant to women, anu
old maids are given a fair show every time.
The boys were all charmed by the polite man
ners and handsome face of the* young lad}’, but
there was a look of deep sympathy in the eyes
of all when they saw her. “It is too bad" was
the prevailing sentiment of all.
“What a handsome face, pard?” exclaimed a
miner, “but how unfortunate."
Some admired her handsome face, others her
beautiful black hair, and others her comely
sbai>ed foot, but all pitied her for her deformity.
That evening, after the young lady had re
tired, the uncle was chatting with a number of
the miners, and his niece, of whom the fond
uncle was proud, became the topic of con
versation. Finally, one hardier than the rest
said it was a pity she was deformed. In ti nes
of sympathy lie* told the uncle how the hearts
of all tlie miners in White Horse Gulch had
gone out toward him for her affliction.
“Afflicted!“ shouted the enraged uncle. “Af
flicted: Why, she is only wearing one of those
hlankety blank bustles. 11 And everybody re
plied in a chorus:
“Bustle! Bustle! What's a bustle? 11
A Rhyme for a Rainy Day.
From St. Nicholas.
With pitter-patter, pitter-patter,
On my window pane,
Tapped chipper little visitors.
The tiny drops of rain:
They did not ask to enter,
But in liquid tones 1 heard
This story, which as told to me,
I tell you word for word:
Within a cool, deep well we lived,
Quite happy, side by side.
Until an empty bucket came.
And asked us out to ride;
Then springing in away we went,
Drawn up Into the air.
And a pretty china pitcher
Stood waiting for us there.
"Beneath that pitcher's brim w r e thought
Much happiness to see;
But soon a lump of ice popped in,
With whom we can't agree.
For though Ice claimed relationship
Before it married Frost,
Wit h such a hard, cold-hearted thing
All sympathy is lost.
“Ice tried to steal our heart away,
But Air was on our side.
And when it felt how cold we were,
It just sat down and cried;
You might have seen the tears upon
The pitcher where they pressed.
Till Ice. itself, was forced to melt,
And mingle with the rest.
“But next I have to tell you
Of a most amazing thing—
Above a blazing tire
Wh were made to sit and sing,
Till bubbles brought the message up.
That heat would set us free;
When boiling hard we just steamed off,
And gained our liberty!
“We bounded off with motion swift,
But met a colder wind,
Which blew so fast that everything
Grew cloudy to our mind.
V\ e cured not to go higher then,
We felt a heavy chill,
And down we came quite suddenly
Upon your window-sill."
Now little people everywhere,
There is a saying old
That “Truth lies at the bottom
Of the \v<illand we make hold
To say. Within this bucketful
Of water you may find
Some grains of truth brought up to store
Within each busy mind.
Don’t Rush Into This Business.
Prom the New York Critic.
The ways in which people gain a livelihood in
New York are sometimes as curious as they are
original. For example there is a man in this
city who for a long time posed as a model for
artists, and iu this way became well acquainted
with the fraternity. He may have got tired of
this indoor work, or there may not have been
enough of it for him to do of late; at any rate
he has given it up and gone into another line of
business. He is the owner of a "delective”
camera, and with this he goes about the city
taking instantaneous photographs of striking
scenes. He has been so long associated with
artists that he knows pretty well what they
want, so wherever he sees an unusual group, a
particularly dilapidated tramp or loot black of
picturesque posibilities, lie presses the little but
ton on the side of his box and the image is trans
fixod upon the negative. In a recent number of
Unifier's Weekly the front page was devoted to
a drawing by Frederick Barnard, representing
one of those “combination" musicians occasion
ally seen in New York—a man who plays an ac
cordeon with his hands, beats a liass drum on
his back by a movement of one foot, clangs the
cymbals with the other, jingles bells by shaking
hts bead, and blows on a mouth organ fastened
somewhere within reach of his lips. The pho
tographer sold his photograph to Mr Barnard,
who thus got a capital subject without having
to leave his studio. Let not every man or
woman who owns a camera go through the
street making photographs in the hope of sell
ing them to artists, however. Trie reason this
ex-model is successful is because by constant
intercourse with the profession he has learned
its wants. ,
Tommy's Enthusiaem Explained.
Prom the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A lady who had a Sunday school in Allegheny
tells me that a few Sundays ago she noticed
that one of the youngest boys among her
scholars took part very heartily in singing the
hvnin with the refrain of “Gathering in the
Sheaves.” She happened to approach this
young voca'ist during the singing of the hymn,
iind was surprised to hear the words of tlie re
frain as sung by him altered to “Gathering in
the Slices.” The change was unmistakeable,
so at the end of the hymn the teacher called
the little boy to her and asked him to repeat the
words of tiie hymu. Sure enough, when lie
reached the chorus he said, “Gathering in the
Shees.”
“What do youiaean by that. Tommy?” asked
the teacher.
•Bringing in •>" girls, of course!” was
Tommy’s instat^repiy.
A EaM Order to Obey.
Prom the Hoston Post.
The Preside*! s order prohibiting office
holders from taking part in political conven
tions will he a (serious hardship to some of the
old stagers w ink are now installed in office in
Washington, Svop some who thoroughly ap
prove his policy WHhe matter would like to go
to St lsiuis if thev could with propriety. A
gentleman who called on Secretary Whitney
the other day remarked that the convention
would se>un quite unlike that of IHKI without
Mr. Whitney pushing about among the dele
gates "Don’t you w ish you were going again
uske i the caller. “Yes,” replied the Secretary,
“1 want to go awfully bad, but I suppose the
etiquette of my position will uot permit it.”
Then, after a pause, he added, half seriously.
“By Jove, I’ve a good mind to resign and go
anyway."
Wouldn't Lease.
Prom the Wall Street Nrms.
A plain-faced, blunt-headed farmer walked
into the headquarter office of a Wisconsin rail
road the other day, and said to the president:
"1 cum to see if 1 could iease ten miles of
your track down in Redmond county."
"W-wbat?" asked Hie president, after a long
stare.
“Cum to see if I could lease ten miles of your
track down in Redmond county. I want to use
part of it for gettin’ sawings to mill, and the
rest I’ll put Into fall wheat!"
The janitor was ordered to show the stranger
outdoors.
He went, but he waited long enough to say:
' Ob, wall, tnebbe you rather keep it for a flsh
pond or a skatin’ rink, but you might give a
man a decent auaw eri' 1
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A Berrien Springs, Mich., family of four
persons live on 10c. a week, exclusive of house
rent.
Frank Crawford, of Galesburg, 111., was re
leased from the Springfield (111.) jail, and an
hour later was mri over and killed by the cars.
A colored man in Carrollton, Mo., stole a ham,
was arrested, convicted and sentenced to eleven
days in the county jail, all within two hours
time. /
Australia is celebrating its centennial as a
British colony. Just 100 years ago Capt. Cook
took possession of the vast island for the Brit
ish crown, and the first colony was a ship load
of convicts landed at Botany bay.
An eccentric individual who died recently in
Barren county, Ky.. had not seen his father or
brother for thirty years, although living within
three miles of them and being on good terms
with them, and wasn't blind either.
Deer have been so plentiful in the woods of
Northern Wisconsin this winter that many of
them have been captured alive by the men in
the lumber camps, the snow rendering it diffi
cult for them to escape when pursued.
If the 60,000,000 codfish annually taken off
the Newfoundland coast were left in the sea, it
is estimated that there would be a yearly addi
tion of 150.000.000,000,000 of young codfish for
future treaty wranglers to get muddled over.
Mme. Tussaud has added to her collection of
relics the camp bedstead on which the Duke of
Wellington slept the night before Waterloo. It
is a simple one of ropes and wood, and is bareiy
six feet in length, with the merest pretence to a
mattress.
One recent morning when the ground was so
covered with sleet as to l>e very slippery, J. D.
Helton, of Clifton, Tenn., chased four deer live
miles and captured them all. They could hardly
stand on the ice and soon became thoroughly
exhausted.
This inscription was found upon a tablet in
an English cemetery: “Here lies the body of
spectable general business in an adjoining vil
lage, which is now continued by his widow.
N. il.—No trust given."
While an engineer and two firemen were
trying to drive an engine through the snow on
the Manitoba road the Other day ihe fire got so
hot that the flames burst out of the furnace
door and set the cab on fire. The men jumped
and two were fatally hurt.
Dn. Growther, of Baltimore, probably owes
his life to his parrot. The cries of the bird
awakened him at 3 o'clock in the morning. He
discovered that his house was on fire and barely
bad time to arouse his family and get them out
before the building was completely wrapped in
flames.
A New York paper says that the artificial
flower trade is the worst paid of all trades.
, Learners are paid Si a week, and the 'nest work
ers rarelv average over $4 a week. For single
sprays of fine flowers that are sold for from !sc.
to 18c. a dozen those who make them receive Bc.
a gross.
It's an old saying that “beggars shouldn’t
be choosers." A Canton (O.) beggar disre
garded it, nevertheless, and chose to return a
$2 50 gold piece which, through mistake, had
been given him for a cent. For his honesty he
was rewarded with the price of his supper and
a night’s lodging.
On a recent very’ cold day a citizen of Chaplin,
Mass., went fox hunting. At the edge of a
wood he put out his hound, which soon disap
peared from view and hearing. The hunter
waited three weary hours, and then went to his
wagon, where he found the intelligent dog snug
and warm under the blankets.
Buenos Ayres, in the Argentine Republic, is
now the largest city’ in South America, the cen
sus of 1887 giving it a population of 434,000. The
population of the entire country has increased
175 per cent, in the last twenty years, while that
of the United States in the same period of time
has increased only 79 per cent.
The Women's Club, of Wisconsin, the first
Western organization of women for social pur
poses to have a building of its own. possesses a
commodious club-house in Milwaukee that was
erected at a cost of £25,000. The club has a
large membership, to which only women are
admitted, and is in every way in a flourishing
condition.
W. J. Andrews sometimes wears a coat that
his great grandfather used to wear in North
Carolina and which is 112 years old. It is made
of linen and cotton, which was spun, colored,
and woven by the wife of the original owner. It
is cut in the continental style, and the buttons
are round molds cut from a gourd and covered
with cloth.
At a i.eap year party near Bonnersville, Dak.,
a young lady proposed to the gentleman she
had escorted, and. on being accepted, produced
a minister and the ceremony was performed
over the pair. The bride intended the affair only
as a huge joke, but the groom didn't, and has
called upon the court to decide on the legality
of the wedding.
Among the correspondence of a Philadelphia
professor of dentistry there came recently a
rather odd inquiry from a Western member of
the profession. He is about, to open an office,
and asked the price of a bushel of old teeth,
which he intends placing on exhibition at his
place to impress a credulous public with “his
ability" at extracting.
Railroad men in California estimate that up
to January 1, 40,000 California excursion tickets
were sold in # 1887, representing $4,000,000 profit
to the transcontinental roads alone. This does
not include the first-class and second-class, or
or emigrant, single-trip tickets that have been
largely sold, which are estimated as increasing
the number of tickets to 100,000 for the year.
Andrew J. Blackbird, a son of the famous
Indian Chief Blackhawk. living at Harbor
Springs Mich., has written a history of the Ot
tawa and Chippewa tribes that will soon be pub
lished Blackbird is a well-educated man, hav
ing been a diligent student at the Ypsilanti Nor
mal School ih his youth. He expects als* to
publish some day a treatise on the language of
his tribe.
The new Federal building to be erected in
Wilmington, N. C., will occupy the lot on which
the people of the town held a grand barbecue,
followed by a great torchlight parade, in 1815.
in cel ‘br&tion of the ratification of the treaty
of Ghent and Gen. Jackson's victory at New
Orleans. It was the greatest event in the his
tory of the town, and the oldest inhabitants tell
the story of it with a glow of pride.
Recently a novel marriage took place on a
bridge near Beech creek. Center county, Penn
sylvania. Arrangements were all completed for
a grand wedding at the bride’s home in Center
county, when it was discovered that the mar
riage license, which had been procured in Clin
ton county, was invalid in Center, so the only
remedy at hand was to load up the interested
parties and drive to the county bridge across the
line at the nearest point.
A facsimile reprint of the famous black
letter jest book, “A Hundred Merry Tales,"
the most ancient book of its kind in the English
language, has just been issued in London. The
following tale is not brilliant, but provokes a
smile: “A marc bant vs wvfe ther was in bowe
parys in london some what slept in age to who'
tier mayd cam on a Monday in lent after dyner
& sayd maystress quod sin* they ryug at sevnt
Thomas of acres for ther shall boa seriiio*
prechyd anon to whom the maystres answered
A sayd mary l<lyi blessyng on thy hart for
warnytig me thereof X liecausc I slept not we!
all thys nvght I pray the hryngo my stole wvth
me for l wyii go tiiyder to ink** whetbei i can
take a nap there whyle the prest is preehyng.”
A well-known Pauis hcientiht, Dr. Delaunay,
has made some dtirious discoveries which show
the connection between little and great things.
To ascertain the qualities of an applicant cool:
be says it is sufficient to give her a plate to
clean, a sauce to make, and watch liovv she
moves her hand in either act. If she rnov>s
from left to right, or in the direction of the
hands of a watch, you may trust her: if tin*
other way, she is certain t< Is* stupid and inea-
Itable. The intelligence of people may also he
gauged, the doctor further says, by asking them
to make a circle >n paper with a pencil and
noting In which direction the hand is moved.
The good students in a mathematical class draw*
circles from left to right The inferiority
the softer sex. as well as the male dunces, is
shown by drawing from right to left.
The flower farms of the country around
Nice yield os an average yearly crop 2,000 tons
of orange flowers. 1,000 tons of roses, 150 tons of
violets, as many of jessamine flowers and
larger quantities of other blossoms. The larger
portion of the oil or attar of rose come* from
the rose farms of Knumelia. in Turkey, and
from Chazipur, in India. It i* reckoned tli.it
800.000 rose blossoms are required to produce an
amount < f the attar equal in weight toa silver
rupee alsmt 50c. of our money and worth $ 0
an ounce. I-arge quantities of the oil of orange
peel and the oil or orange flowers, known as
nerolJ, are made in Sicily. Much of the oils of
peppermint, thyme, rosemary and lavender
comes from Surrey, England, while in North
large quantities of oil of sassafras are
distilled, the business rising & tb© proportions
pi a coiittiUcr&bh: md u&lry.
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