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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M retings Chatham Assembly No. 188. R. S.
f? F.; The German Amercla’s Mutual Building
•nd Loan Association; Armenia Lodge No. 103,
G U. C. of O. F
Special Notices— Chatham Gun Club; Savan
Bah Bank and Trust Cos.; Central Railroad
Bank; The Oglethorpe Savings aud Trust Cos.;
German Volunteers; ('opartnership, Rowland
& Myrrs; Notice to Water Takers; tv a Iter prill
a! Sacred Heart's Entertainment; Entertain
ment and Apron Bazar; Notice of Partnership
Geo. W. Tiedeman; Notice to Tax Payers,
Bananas.| Etc., Kavanaugh & Brennan.
Cotton Agency— For Austria.
Steamship Schbdcles—Ocean Steamship Cos.;
Baltimore Steamship Cos.
Auction Sales Be .utiful Buildfng T/it. Ad
ministrator's Sale of Tybee Island Property, by
I. I). La Roche & Son; Lot Corner Henry and
West Broad Streets, by Ijtßoclie & McLaughlin;
Horses, Mules, Etc., by R. H. Tatein; le-gal
Kale of Gas Stock. Fine Lots, Valuable Suburban
Property, by C. H. Dorset t.
Legal Notice—Application to Sell Real Ks
tale.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want
ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
Fertilizers— Hammond, Hull & Co.'s Pure
Animal Bone.
Wood— l>. It. Thomas.
Medical— Paine's Celery Compound; Best
Tonic.
Bargains— l, AB.S. M H.
The bootblacks have organized a trust in
Philadelphia, and have raised the prce of
shines. Will they also improve the quality
of the shines'
When lost heard from, Mr. JosephAfedill,
of the Chicago Trilmnc, was tarrying in
Washington. Mr. Medill is very badly
at home. His young man can’t be
depended on.
It is announced by wire that Miss Fellows,
who is supposed to have married a Dakotan
who has Indian blood in his veins, is to
write a novel. She will probably give it
the title of “Mr. Chaska. of Dakota.”
It is a hard matter for Mr. Sam Small t i
keep out of the newspaper business. He is
ab. ut to start a prohibition paper in Wash
ington. Utiles heenncontrol hisp?n lietter
than his ton cue, In will say many things
that had lietter tie left unsaid.
The frightens 1 Republican press now says
that “free wool is fated.” A week or two
•go they sai 1 no part of the Mills bill could
pass. A week front now— .veil, the pros
per s of the bill are such as to cause serious
alarm among tile monopolists.
Ti e Democrats of Jer-ov City have re
noniinatod Mayor Clevela id, who has now
b'-e i the nominee seven times for that office.
The Democrats of the country will re-uomi
nute I'resident Cleveland later ou. Poo -le
name ! Cleveland seem to maka -atisfactor.
public officer*.
Again Mr. Blaine is in dee ming health.
This time the report comes by wav of Bos
ton, anJ is printed in Sun lav’s paper*. It
is doubtless one of the reports that was
started in more stirring towns several weeks
ago. If Mr. Blaine is in a decline now he
will rec iver from it about next June.
A Buffalo pap-r gives the Piesidential
preferences of jieople in that part of New
Y ,rk as follows; Republicans—Depew, IN);
Sheritlan, IS; Bob Ingersoll, lb; Conkling,
8: Sherman, 11. Democrats—Cleveland,
231; Hill, SO; Ben Butler, 2. The Inger-01l
ail Butler booms are not very promising,
but perhaps they will grow.
The other day the Toledo (O.) lthule
printed the following: “The next Repub
lican candidate for the I’residency is in
Toledo to-day, and his initial is to be found
before you get ha f-wuv through the alph i
bet.” On the same day the Toledo Bee
said: "Gov. Foraker is in the city to-day."
All the Republican papers in Ohio don’t
seem to Vie for Senator Sherman.
Mr. Maurice Barrymore, after witnessing
for some time the performances of Fanny
Davenport in “La Ton a,” has couclu led
that the plot was taken from las play,
“Nadjesda,” and has asked an injunction for
restraining Miss Davenport from producing
it. The case will be argued before Judge
O’Brien to-dav. If the plot is as had as the
papers say it is, it ought to be altogether
sup. res -ed.
Rumors of official changes in Washington
are flying about thick und fast. They are
all based on the appointment of anew
Chief Justice. One of the latest is that the
President will aptsiint Minister l’helps to
the vacant Chief Justiceship, send Mr.
Bayard to London, put Mr. Whitney at the
head of the State Department and appoint
Congressman Collin*, of Massachusetts,
frl* cretary of the Navy. Nob sly can tell
Just what the President 1* going to do, but
people who live long enough will find ouL
Facts Relating to Strikes.
Tim circular which Mr. Powderly pub
lished a few day* ago condemning strikes
has been quite severely criticised by some
of the Knight s of Labor, but those who
take the trouble to inquire into the results
of strikes will hardly deny that it contains
good advice. Mr. Powderly takes the posi
tion that, as a rule, workingmen are in
jured more than they are lienefited by
strikes, and the facts which are collected by
the government and Bradstreet's support
him in that position.
From Jan. 1, 1887, up to the present time
there have been nearly 1,000 strikes in this
country. There were 884 in 1887, and there
have already been more t an 100 this year.
Some of these strikes involved a large num
ber of workingmen and vast interests, and
in not a few of them the losses suffered by
the strikers were enormous. The whole
number of employes engaged in them was
about 391,000. Of this number perhaps
40,000 are still out.
According to Brail street's there was an
increase of 150 per cent, in strikes for 1887
as compared with those for 1886. The sta
tistics furnished by the government, how
ever, do not show so great an increase.
Home of the strikes of 1887 will be long re
membered by those who were interested in
them, because of the damages done to em
ployers as well as the losses of and suffering
inflicted upon employes. That of the
Pennsylvania coke workers, in which
13,000 men took part, was one of
the most notable of them. It lasted
ten weeks, and the estimated loss was
$1,000,00). The strike of the coal handlersof
New Jersey involved 30,000 men. It was
Legun in January, and lasted until the mid
dle of February. The losses of the strikers
amounted to fully $2,500,000. In Septem
ber there was a great strike of the miners in
the coal region of Pennsylvania, and it was
follow-ed in December by a strike of the
employes of the Reading rail
road. The strike of the coal
miners involved about 27,000 ineu
and their loss in wages was estimated at
something over $2,000,000. In the Read
ing railroad strike it was estimated that
30,000 men were involved, and according to
the test information that Brad-street's
could obtain the strikers lost $3,600,000, the
Reading Railroad Company $1,1X10,000, and
consumers of coal, on account of the in
crease in the price of that article, $7,000,000.
The above are only a few of the most im
portant of the strikes of last year. Of
course the great strike of the carpenters in
Chicago in April,w hen 8,000 men struck for
higher wages aud fewer horn's of work, and
that of the 5,000 hod carriers in the same
city,whose demands were similar to the car
penters, are remembered. All of those men
tioned failed, aud they entailed immense
loss and suffering on all who were con
cerned in them. There were a good many
strikes during the year which were success
ful, but, as a general thiug, they
were not such as attracted the attention of
the whole country. According to Brad
street's figures about one-third of those who
went out on strikes succeeded in having
their demands allowed or made compromi es
which were more or leas favorable to them.
The showing for 1887 was more favorable to
the strikes than that in 1886, when only 20
[ier cent, of the strikers got what they de
manded. When that which the strikers
gained in 1887 is compared with that which
they lost it appears that they were largely
the losers.
It is impossible to say what the record of
this year will show. It looks as if it were
going to be a notable one for strikes. Those
100 that have already occurred leave no
doubt that labor is in a very restless condi
tion. The strike that was started on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy r< ad is
gradually spreading, and before it is set
tled it may involve nearly all the railroads
of the West.
Another factor is making its appearance
in the labor problem. It is the combina
tions a hich aro being made among employers
to resist the demands of employes. What
its elicet will bo cannot now lie predicted
with any degree of certainty, but the im
pression is that it will tend to discourage
strikes.
Labor to some extent is beginning to ap
preciate the fai t that a strike is not a satis
factory remedy for a grievance, lieeanse it
hurts those who use it oftener than those
against whom it is used. There must lie
some other way adopted ior the settlement
of grievances. Mr. Powderly has declin ed
again-t strikes, and it is certain that he is
as much interested iu the welfare of labor
as any one can po.-sibly Ik 1 , Arbitration
has not yet been given a fair trial! It is
possible that if there were laws making
arbitration compulsory strikes might soon
become things of the past.
The Stewart will contest drags along at
a snail’s pace. The latent development is
the tendency of Mr. Choate, who is an at
torney in the case, to us i what the mstro
pol it an papers call an “oblique yes," thus;
“Ywr i i examining the witnesses. There
is nothing new iu this st lo of answer. Mr.
Blaine adopted it some time ago, when, in
answer to the question he put to himself as
to whether or not he would run for Presi
ident this year, he said, “No?" If Mr. Blaine
is nominated he will write another letter.
He will say “yes/* and the interrogation
point will l>e omitted.
The 1 merican Musician is authority for
tho statement that Josef llofmaun i> to re
ceive n mudral education through the aid
of the S • igmans, the rich Jewish bankers,
who will pay Mr. Casime • Hofmann $4,000 a
ye a** until his son's education is completed.
The pul lie Ims biiapectod nil along that
something of this sort was at the bottom of
the sudieu rotirement from the stage of
young Josef. At the same time there is
no evidence to show that the Seiignmns or
any other wealthy people are responsible
for that retirement.
Mr. W L. Glessner, of Amoricus, who is
at the head of the immigration bureau of
the Georgia Centra! railroad, is the
editor of *the new paper, the Southern
Empire, startl'd in the interest of
the movement. The pa|>er is typo
graphically all that could lie desired,
and the matter with which it i- filled is of
the best. Mr. Glessner came to Georgia
from Ohio, lie is a gentleman of sound
views on public questions and of unusual
energy.
Delegate (Mmrles Voorlioes, of Washing
ton Territory, has tired of Congressional
honors, and writ *s to one of his friends that
he will not again be a candidate f>r dele
gate. “This conclusion,” lie says, “is unal
terable/ 1 Now, that is good, strong En
glish. The people of Washington Territory
understand from it wlmt Delega e Voorhees
means, and they will go about getting an
other patriot to give up bis valuable time
and repreaent them iu Washington.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1888.
The Rhode Island Election.
Rhode Island holds her election to-morrow
for State officers and members of the Legis
lature. In State elections the entire vote is
anywhere between 15,000 and 25,000, and
the average Republican majority since 1880,
except last year, when the Democratic
ticket was elected, is about 5,000.
A matter of special interest attaching to
to-morrow’s election is that, as was the ca-e
last year, the Republican ticket is not satis
factory to a good many members of that
party. Whether the defection is general
enough to cause the party's defeat is a
matter of conjecture. The situation is suf
ficiently grave to have occasioned a visit to
the scene of action of the two Republican
Senators from Rhode Island.
There are three parties, viz.: Democratic,
Republican and Prohibitionist. With the
exception of the Lieutenant Governor, who
cl3clmed to run again, the Democratic
ticket of last year was renominated. Gov.
Davis has had no opportunity during his
year's service of showing whether or not he
is a great Governor, but he has shown
that he is a safe one. and has made no ene
mies The ticket which he heads is gener
ally admitted to be a strong one. The Re-
publicans nominated for Governor a
wealthy manufacturer, against whom no
charges have been brought. The
nominee for Lieutenant Governor, how
ever, is unpopular with his party.
The Indejiendent Republicans don’t like
him because, as they charge, he is the crea
ture of a ring. The convention was warned
not to nominate him, but it disregarded the
warning, and in cor.sequeuee the Independ
ents. led by the Providence Journal, are
making a fight on him. As was the case
last year this opposition may affect the en
tire ticket. The Prohibitionists, who poll
about 2,000 votes, will probably vote for the
Democratic nominee for Treasurer. As the
successful candidates must get a majority
over all, there may lie no election, and in
that event the choice will be with the Legis
lature.
The Legislature which is to be elected
will choose a successor to Senator (Jhace.
Mr. Isaac Bell, Jr., who lately resigned the
Netherlands mission, is at work to secure
a Democratic majority iu that body. If he
succeeds he will doubtless go to the United
States Senate, thus giving the Democrat* a
gain in an unexpected quarter.
If the Republicans carry the election they
will probably assert that their victory is a
rebuke of President Cleveland’s administra
tion. There is no particular reason why
they should do this, but that party has
lately fallen into the habit of claiming vic
tories, even in municipal elections where
they were certain of success, as a disap
proval of Mr. Cleveland’s course. Asa
matter of fact, Republican success would
have no bearing on the Presidential elec
tion. Democratic success would not pla e
Rhode Island in the doubtful column next
fall, but it would encourage Democrats in
other States.
The Senate of the Next Congress.
The United States Senate contains thirty
nine Republicans, including Riddieberger,
and thirty-seven Democrats. Virginia has
already elected a Democrat to succeed Rid
dieberger, and if a Democratic Legislature
is elected in New Jersey next fall, there
will be a tie in the Senate of the next Con
gress. There is no probability that a politi
cal change will occur in any of the other
States which aie to elect Senators to suc
ce and those whose terms expire with this
Congress.
The election in New Jersey, therefore,
will tie an unusually important one. The
State is now represented by two Democrats,
but she has frequently elected Republicans.
It is fortunate for the Democrats that the
legislature which will choose the Senator
is to be elected this year, for in Presidential
years New Jersey is more apt to go Demo
cratic than Republican.
Should New Jersey elect a Democratic
Legislature, and should that party succeed
in tlie Presidential election, the Democratic
Vice President will cast the deciding vote
in ease of a tie in the Senate. This is an
advantage that is well worth having.
It is highly probable that after the inau
guration of the next President the govern
ment will be wholly controlled by the Demo
crats, assuming that the political complexion
of the next House will undergo no change.
The Democratic party was never in better
shape. Three years of President Cleveland’s
administration have set at rest the feais
that the business interests of the country
would be injured by the accession of the
Democrats to power, and the people proba
bly realize that they would lie the gainers
if a Republican Senate, which in a measure
ties the hands of the administration, should
be succeeded soon by a Democrat e one.
Some of the protection papers nml the
Repot lican members of the Ways and
Means Committee seem to he somewhat in
dignant because the repo t of that commit
tee on the Mills bill was obtai ed by the
Louisville Courier-Journal notwithstand
ing the members of the committee enjoino 1
themselves to secrecy. The Hon. Thomas
Reed charges that one of the Democratic
members gave the report to the Courier-
Journal, but the Washington correspond
ent of tliat paper said he learned that the
report was in the ofll -e of a New York pa
per, and ho had it t degraphed to Louisville.
Nobody knows how the New Y >rk paper
obtained it, and uobody blames the Covrier-
Journal for printing such excellent read
ing matter.
Hero is something curious, to say the
least. Tho Baltimore Herald of Sunday
contains an interview with Claus Sprockets,
in which the sugar king is made to say that
he has decided to locate his refinery in Balti
more, and to give a written statement to
that effect. On the same day the Phila
delphia/Vrx.s quotes Mr. Spre-ke's as sav
ing that he will not lie able to make a de
cision for several days. By the ay, Sun
day was “All K*nils’ day," wasn't lti Did
the Baltimore Herald take in many people!
The joke was a cruel one for B iltiinoroniis.
One of Gov. Hill’s friends has about con
cluded that the Governor will not lie a can
didate for President or for Governor of
New York this year. From all reports he
is a candidate for matrimony. The papers
say he uploads every Sundry in New York
city. The Georgia delegation will be solid
for Hill in his matrirn rtial aspirations, and
so will every other State delegation, liis
nomination ought to lie unanimous.
Mr. Keeley doesn’t intend to tell the
secret of his motor if he can help himself.
A Philadelphia court has decided that he
must submit his plans to an inspection, but
his lawyers are trying to get the order in
such shape that there will lie virtually no
inspection. How much longer must putient
stockholders wait before learning what it
is they have put their money inf
CURRENT COMMENT.
So It Would.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.i
It would be a grave lons to the Democratic
party it Mr. Carlisle should consent to leave the
House of Repreaentdtives.
Mrs. Langtry's Reasons.
From the yew York Star iDem.)
The attempt to make a sensation out of Mrs.
Langtry's refusal of invitations at Charleston is
very absurd. The lad v remains out of society
on account of two reasons the condition of her
health and the recent death of her father.
No Dodging.
From the New York Graphic (Ind.)
Firm as the rock stands Gibraltar, and firm
as the rock stands Grover Cleveland on the
question of the hour—tariff revision. There is
no (lodging the question, ('nine it must and
shall. Th* duty has been plainly pointed out
by the President. Let that duty be performed.
Blalneish.
From the Nashville Democrat (Dein.)
It becomes every day more evident that there
is no Republican candidate for the Presidential
nomination with any enthusiastic following in
his own party. It becomes every day more evi
dent that James G. Hlaine was and is the only
man with any real and hearty support.
BRIGHT BITS.
Ham Fatter—-I had a daisy part in the “Dark
Secret’’ company.
Agent— Let's Lee. That's the play where
they have the real water on the stage, ain’t it?
What part did you take?
Ham Fatter—l played the tank.— Tid-Bits.
Mr. Oldboy (looking at the baby)—Well—
um—it’s rather a nice baby, isu 't it?
Mother- Of course it is.’ Mr. Oldboy. I think
it is perfectly lovely.
Mr. Oldboy—Ob, do you? Well -er—you
must be naturally fond of children, I suppose?—
Texas Si/tinys.
Mrs. Mayne Chance—My dear, you have my
sympathy. So that rich old humbug has broken
off his engagement with you. You have his
letters and bav* seen a lawyer, of course.
Miss Piper—Oh, certainly; hut he made an
assignment last week.
Mrs. M. C. —The wretch!— Life.
“George, you seem downcast. Didn't the
lovely I .aura smile on your suit ?"
“Smile replied the young man. “O. yes;
she smiled! She smiled till her sides ached,''
he continued, bitterly ' .She leaned back and
smiled till you could have heard her a block
away!" And George kicked a sure-eyed, mendi
cant dog across the street and hurried on.—Chi
cago Tribune.
In a few weeks the paj>ers will he much more
interesting to the man who is weighed down
with business cares during the day. He can
then read that “Flipkins got his base on balls,
went to second on Skinner's fumble of Bon
ny's hot one, and took third on Stubhen's wild
throw in of Munch's rtv to left, only to die at
the plate on a splendid double play off Sinnick's
grounder to Menaffy to Snagsby.'*— Norristown
Herald,
“How d'do, Greenbag? I see you won your
case in that suit of Ketchum vs. Grabbum. Per
fect success, wasn't it?”
“Yes, I won the case, but I don't consider It a
perfect success, by any means."
“Why, did Grabbum appeal?”
“No, but I rind that Ketchum has S2OO cash
left. If I had known it I would have postponed
the case a couple of mouths longer.”—Spring
field Union,
Boss barber— Want a job, eh? Where'd you
work I*3 fore?
Applicant—This is my first venture in the
business, hut I think you won't mind that; I
have other qualifications.
Boss !>arber -Wluit are they?
Applicant- I took first prize in a recent talk
ing match and
Boss bartx*r— Enough. What salary do you
want?— Philadelphia Call.
Rt Peter (consulting credentials of applicant)
—Always lived in Philadelphia, always snut the
door after you. never asked any one whether it
was hot or cold enough for him, never wrote a
spring poem? Front, show this gentleman to
Row A. Hold on a minute! What's that stain
on your finger?
Applicant -I I used to smoke cigarettes.
Rt. Peter—Front, show this gentleman to the
chimney.— Philadelphia Call.
Mrs. Young wife— Do you know, Charley is
dreadfully extravagant ? He pays $2 50 for his
gloves.
Charley's Mother-Did he tell you so?
Mrs. Youngwife—No, but he grumbled because
Fido took them to play w ith, and so I just went
to the store where he deals, and got a pair for
poor Fido's very owrr.. you know.
Charley’s Mother—Yes, men are very extrav
agant ; Charley's father was before him.—Chi
cago Mail.
Mr. Huckleberry— When I marry, I don't
want to marry a girl with her head all full of
I^atm and < i reek and French and German—l
don't want any girl who clot s embroidery and
china painting and fal-lals and gim-cracks—l
want a good, plain, old-fashioned girl, who
doesn't know more than is good for her, and
who will attend to her household and see that
her husband is properly fed for his money. But
I'm hanged if I know where to look for such a
girl nowadays.
Mr. R.im‘l edge-Why don't you try an intelli
gence office ? -Puck.
PERSONAL.
Ciro Pinruti, the song writer who died the
other day. was a pupil of Rossini and a close
friend of Mario, Grisi, Bosio and Konconi.
Congressman Thom as., of Illinois, is said to
wear the loudest overcoat iu Washington. It is
of beaver fur, and is only equaled by one which
Ben Butler sometimes wraps around his big
frame.
Senator Edmunds wears silk underwear
almost erclusively. It is made especially ior
him in Paris, and is hultonless ami seamless.
When the Senator gets the whole outfit on he
looks as if he had been poured in, the lit is so
perfect.
The late Duke of Rutland baM at Belvoir a
“confession book" in which the Princess of
Wales recorded that her favorite artist was
Rubens,her favorite author Die favorite
dish Yorkshire pudding, and her favorite am
bition non interference in other people's busi
ness.
The present German Empress is the fifth En
glish Princess who bus held that rank. The
others were Kdgytli. daughter of Edward the
Elder, wife of Hto I.: Gunhild, daughter of
Knot, wife of Henry 111. of Germany: Matilda,
the link between the Norman and Plantagenet
dynasties, wife of Henry V. of Germany; and
Isabella. daughter of King John, wife of Fred
erick 11.. the Wonder of the World. This last
named Princess was a direct ancestor of the lute
Prince Consort, of England, and therefore of the
present Gerfti&n Empress.
Admiral Porter is justly entitled to be called
the r ounder of the Naval Academy." When
' r Bancroft was Secretary of the Navy he said
to Porter, then a L outenant: “What can Ido
to improve the service?" In answer Porter slid:
* (ive us a naval academy. The one at Phiia
delphla is only an apology for one. unworthy of
the country. Go down to Annapolis and obtain
from tin* War Department its reservation on the
banks of the Severn and there build a naval
school which will Ik* worthy of the country and
a monument to yourself." And it was done.
Mary Ann Snodgrass, of Huckleberry corner,
N. J., is the envy of all Monmouth county. She
has a sie**k)ed barnyard hen that began on Ash
Wedues lay to lay colored eggs. They were of
a brownish tint. On Saturday la*t she (the hem
laid a beautiful pea green egg. w ith a distinct
representation of a palm leaf on the broad end.
On Sunday she (the lien) laid two eggs. One of
the i was a delicate scarlet, with wavy lines of
white, ami the other was deeply, darkly, beau
tifully blue, with passementerie trimming on
the corners. The hen is a non-eackler. and all
her wonderful laying is done without the use of
a net.
Willard P. Shaw, of the law firm of Ewing
& Sout hard, New York, w as astonished when lie
a-rive l at his home in Paterson, N. J.. on Mon
day last from Florida, to find that I is f unlly
hftd been no completely snowed under during
the blizzard that they were compelled to dig a
tuuuel through the snow to reach the milkman
While the how I her blast was hanking up the
Paterson home with great drifts, tin* head of
the household whs quaffing the health-giving
zephyrs iu the balmy atmosphere of the Ameri
can tropics and feasting his eyes on the golden
fruit, hanging in cluaters from the over laden
trees m tin* (iod-protected groves of ever green
Florida. In other words he was eat in'oranges
by the quarter peck.
Rosen r Conxi.lno*B hair is getting thinner on
the top of his head, and one with sharp eyes
can see the outline of his skull hack of tin* fore
head. The scalp is of the ruddy tint, which
niak *s his brow look a little fevered, and which
deepens in color on his cheeks and neck so i hat
the man senns as if he were blushing. Still, it
is only his usual healthful glow, heightened hy
the increasing whiteness of his hair. That fa
mouH curl over the middle of his forehead,
which his caricaturist used to burlesque so
sharply, has lost its old-time glory, and has
dwindled so that it is only a small image of its
old self. Theiti used to oe told a story that
Senator C’onkling wore the curl to conceal a
scar which he had received from a horse when
m lad. The scar must have been small and
alight, for it is pretty hard to see anything of it
now that the curl has retreated.
April.
Joseph Whitton in April Table Talk.
A little skittUh ami irresolute—
And yet I like her. I like the mixture
Of her cloud and sunshine; her tricks fantastic,
Boxing the compass of Old Probs to thwart
And muddle him. Her sigh will wake the bud ;
Her tears, the apple bloom will drink and throw,
Tnperfume, out on the delighted air;
The pampered pansy and the shy violet
Are thirsty two, and long have coveted
Her honeyed weeping. So. then, sweet April,
Welcome: Thy blue eyes and thy tears
Are the twin artisans of Nature— Earth's
Apt upholsterers whom she calls to lay
Her carpet for the dainty foot of May.
The Ground Upheaved.
From the Sew Orleans Picayune.
Tullahoma. Tenn., March 22.—A strange up
heaval occurred on the farm of Mr. Eoff, on
Duck river, Coffee county, a few' days ago
A strange rumbling noise was heard by the
residents of Mr. Eoff .s household. There were
thoughts of an earthquake, and many were
badly scared.
After the noise subsided Mr. Eoff found, a few
hundred feet from the house, a strange cause
for the unusual disturbance and noise. He
found for a measured distance of 48 feet that
huge chunks of rocks, weighing ten tous. had
been shattered in many instances, and in other
instances split in twain.
The work was done by no human hands, and
there was nothing to indicate that it was other
than an upheaval and explosion of unknown
elements under ground.
A Very Smart Dog.
From the Washington Star.
A Washington lady determined some months
ago to set an old hen. She placed fourteen eggs
in a nest, and the hen, accepting the contract
without a murmer proceeded to business with
the patience and perseverance for which
hens are justly renowned. It was noticed t hat
the eggs began disappearing daily, one at a time
in a manner most mysterious. One afternoon,
hearing a great noise in the henhouse, the own
er proceeded to investigates and was surprised
to find a small dog, owned by a neighbor, bark
ing furiously at the hen, and endeavoring to
drive her from the nest. He at length succeeded
in the face of vigorous opposition, and taking
an egg in Ifs mouth, earned it some distance
and carefully buried it in a pile of sawdust.
After a while he returned to the sawdust uncov
ered two eggs, took them to a parking near by,
and there plaved at egg rolling, shoving the
eggs along with his paws, catching them in his
mouth, and tossing them from place to place,
apparently as much delighted with the sport as
a child would be. This continued fifteen min
utes or more, and he then brought the eggs
back, hid them aw ay in the saw dust for future
use, and departed, deciding, doubtless to engage
in more intellectual pursuit.
The Presidents’ Wives.
From the Sew York Sun.
Shall we have a trio of Presidents* wires in
Washington next summer? Mrs. Francis Cleve
land will be there, of course, except when hot
weather drives her away. The second queen by
courtesy of a republic will be Mine Diaz, of
Mexico, who is to start on a tour of this country
in May, coining leisurely across the continent
from San Francisco, to arrive in New York in
July. She will spend some time in Saratoga,
Newport and Long Branch, and it is fair to pre
sume that she will go to Washington and pay her
respects to Mrs. Cleveland. The third member
of the trio is Mine. Carnot, wife of the present
President of the French republic. With her
lies the only uncertainty as to the interesting
meeting. It was said in the Paris Figaro
that she contemplated an ocean voyage in
some direction or other next summer,
and that her inclination was to cress
the Atlantic, but South America appeared to be
in her mind. However, it would seem strange
to give that comparatively uninteresting conti
nent preference over our own, and if sne sails
westward, as she is qualifiedly announced to do
early in the summer, may we not count confi
dently on her meeting Mrs. Cleveland and Mme.
Diaz in Washington? In that case, somebody
might get up a personally directed tour for the
various South American republics' President
esses, so that we could assemble a wondrous
party of these peculiarly distinguished ladies.
The only competitor with our own Mrs. Cleve
land for preeminence in such a would
be Mme. Carnot. She is the soul of gracious
dignity, brilliant in conversation, a magnificent
dresser, and a handsome woman; but Mrs.
Cleveland would have the advantage of youth
fulness and a greater degree of beauty. So we
need not be shy about it.
Didn’t Sell Him.
From the Arkansaw Traveler.
A gentleman, while riding through the Missis
sippi river bottoms, stooped at a negro cabin to
get a drink of water. Noticing a very fine setter
dog, the gentleman said:
‘ That is a beautiful dog.’*
“Yas, sah, 'bout ez putty er dog ez dar is in
dis Irere neighborhood."
"You haven't any use for such a dog as that."
"No, sah, dat'ser faek."
"Suppose I were to give you $5. put a rope
around the dog's neck and lead him away ?’*
"Wouldn't hear no 'plaint outen me, sah.'*
The man gave the ingro $5. took up a rope,
secured the dog and led him off. He had cone
about two miles w hen he wa.s met by a planter,
who, looking at the dog, exclaimed:
"Look here, what are you doing with my
dog!"
"You must be mistaken, sir. This is my dog.
1 gave an old negro $5 for him just now'.
"Five dollars! Why, he cost me fifty. Come
on back here and show me the negro."
The man went hack with the planter. They
found the old negro sitting in front of his cabin.
"Look here, Mario," exclaimed the planter,
"why did you sell my dog?"
"I didn* sell yo’ dog, Col'n."
“You are an old liar! 'exclaimed the man.
"I came along here and gave you $5 for him "
"W’y, man. you ain't right bright in yo' mine.
You come erlauug here an' said dat de dog vvuz
beautiful. I didn't 'spute dat. caze he is beauti
ful. Den you said dat I didn't hab no use fur
sieli er dog, an' I didn't 'spute you. caze I ain't.
Den you said suthun’ ’bout gibin' me ft’ dollars
an’ leadin' de dog erway. Dat hit me, fur a
man down in dis count ry is er fool dat woan
take fp dollars w'eu er nusson gibs it ter him.
I)idn’ ax me if de dog longed to me, an' didn’
say nutbin’ 'bout buy in’ 'im. 1 ueber tole you
dat de dog wuz mine."
"You old rascal, give me my money."
"What, de fi' dollars?"
"Yes."
"Wall, sah, I would do it in er minit an’ show
joy on iner face in bein’ able tor 'commerdate
yer, but 1 spent dat money jes now fur some
con ter feed mer ole nag wid. Jus skuze me,
please, for I'se got huziness out yore in de
woods."
How a Locomotive Raced After a Baby.
From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Portland, March 22.—Twenty years have
passed since a certain Bath sea Captain, entering
the port of New York, telegraphed his wife at
Bath to join him at the metroitolis prepared for
a sea voyage. Accordingly, a day or two after
the arrival of the message saw the wife em
barked iq>on the through train from Bath to
Boston, accompanied by an infant child scarcely
2 v**nns old Tills ear was shunbnl on to the end
o( the Portland train at Brunswick, and. leaving
the child asleep, the Captain's wife seized the
opportunity to fill the baby's bottle with milk in
the depot restaurant.
While the mother was intent upon her errand
tin* train slipped quietly out of the station, and
when the mother emerged from the restaurant
door it was fast disappearing under Spring
street bridge.
Eagerly she explained the situation to the
sympathizing group >f railroad men who gath
ered around. Baby and purse, containing all
her money and ticket, were in the fast disap
pearing traiin.
A hurried council followed and a plan was in
stantly formed.
Old No. *2B, ‘the Brunswick," was side-tracked,
waiting the passage of the train just gone.
Uncle Thomiwon, the station baggage master
at the time, ran hastily fc> this engine and asked
her aid to overtake the flying tram. The genial
Charles, ever ready to aid the cause of any
female in distress, volunteered to catch the
robber. Hastily filling tbe fire box with wood
from the tender while T.'iomi>soß was assisting
the womM to mount the engine, with a oom
maud to the switchman to "give us tbe main
line," with hand upon the throttle. No. 28 flew
quietly over tin* switches and commenced her
run. An empty engine chasing a heavy train
up "<>uk Hill grade," which extends four miles
straight away from Brunswick, has an easy
task, and before they had covered more than
half of that distance they could see alieud the
object of their pursuit.
’io sound his whistle, calling the attention of
the train men to the cfms*\ and thereby stop
the train, was not part of his programme, fear
ing that he might run over them should they
suddenly stop. So quietly running along, the
roar of the train deadening the pursuit, lie is
soon immediately behind them. Then his
tender for they are running backward—rubs
against the rear platform of the train, and
while the engineer holds her there Thompson
assists the woman over the tender, down upon
the platform of the car containing the bohy,
still fast asleep, the mother clasping tightly the
liottle of milk which co*t auc'u riTort.
The captain attempted to reward the men
who came to his wife’s relief so nobly, bnt they,
with true nobility, refused to accept money for
such a service.
A New Perlumery Factory
has just been erected by Colgate & Cos. to
supply the increasing demand for their
perfumes.
, ITEMS OP INTEREST.
It has been estimate 1 by competent authori
ty that 132,ii0 tons of tish are annually dis
posed of at Billingsgate, London, tlie largest
lish market in the world.
Here's an item from a Maine newspaper that
ought to 1 of great interest to book agents in
that section: "There is not a dog owned in
Fairfield Centre, nor within a mile of the place.”
A Syracuse burglar had been all through
the house to rest a bit before going off with the
swag. There was a carpet tack in the chair,
and the yell be uttered awoke the people and he
had to clear out.
Officer Orguello of the Los Angeles po
lice carries a lasso, and he finds it of great as
sistance in catching tramps who may desire to
evade him and the jail which awaits the cap
tured tramp in that city.
During the recent fox chase at Gettysburg
Col. John H. McLellan, 80 years of age, rode for
two hours and finally won the brush. He was
so little fatigued by his exertions that he went
to the opera the same evening.
The novel spectacle of a prairie fire was
witnessed near East Boston the other day. A
locomotive set fire to the dry grass on a salt
marsh, and several acres were burned over
before the progress of the flames could be stayed.
During a recent snowstorm in Warren, Me , a
robin flew into a farmer's kitchen, apparently
for the sole purpose of getting where it was
warm. The bird was fed, and soon became so
tame that it would eat from the hands of the
children.
The names for money In the language of the
Ogallalla Sioux are interesting. Gold is mases
sko-zi, literally “yellow white iron;” silver is
mases-ska-ska, or "white iron,” and greenbacks
are minne-huapimases ska, or "paper that talks
white iron.”
Out in Douglas county, Kansas, they have hit
upon anew way of destroying wolves. A large
piece of beef is placed where the w, .Ives will
easily find it. and in the fight resulting for its
possession, exjierience lias shown that odb or
more of them is sure to be kilied.
A notable event in the history of the Uni
versity of Michigan is the electioii of Dr. Hattie
Allen, of Waterloo, la., to fill the position of
Assistant Professor of Medioiue in that institu
tion. She is the first woman ever chosen to
a position of that nature in a Western univer
sity.
There are said to be several gypsies in New
York City who are worth upward of $lOO,OOO
apiece. A prominent Chicago clergyman is of
gypsy parentage, and there are as many as fifty
eminent professional people in Canada whose
parents belonged to the dark-skinned Bohemian
race.
Guadalajara, a Mexican city of over 100,000
inhabitants is about to welcome its first rail
road . The city is described as the * ‘Chicago of
Mexico.” It has important manufacturing in
terests, and is situated in the State of Jalixo,
one of the richest agricultural sections of that
country.
The Horse-thief Detective Association of Illi
nois, twenty-five in number, have just met in
Champaign, mid have organized a grand lodge
of the fraternity, to be known as the Illinois
State Detective Association. The association
will co-operate with similar associations in
other States.
C. P. Lindley, of Bridgeport, Conn.. is proba
bly the oldest commercial traveler in the United
States. He claims to have been the first drum
mer who ever sold by sample. He started from
Meridan, Conn., May 6, 1836, with a pair of
horses, and he has been on the road practically
ever since, fifty-two years.
A hospital for the treatment of sick or dis
abled birds has been opened in Chicago by Mrs.
A. F. Moir, and there are already a number of
feathered patients undergoing treatment in it.
All the birds receive, besides their medicine, a
daily Turkish bath and are rubbed down with a
solution of quinine and morphine.
Mr. Craig, of New York, undertook to drive
a cat out of a cafe. The contract was a bigge.-
one than he could fulfill without assistance.
The cat jumped at him, bit him in the face,
caught the lapel of his coat, scratched his chin,
cheek and neck, and bit his left wrist through to
the bone. A waiter had to pull the infuriated
animal off.
At Dover, Me., a jury of twelve men were
recently on duty, not one of whom used tobacco
At a convention of beekeepers at Waterville, in
the same State, not one of the fifty men who
attended was addicted to the use of the weed.
A Bangor paper says it is doubtful if any other
part of the country uses so little tobacco as
Maine.
The town of Algora, lowa, is making arrange
ments for the erection of a great hay palace,
which will be a feature of the Kossuth Countv
Fair. The sides of‘the structure will be built
of baled hay, ami the roof will be thatched with
prairie grass. The building will be handsomely
decorated, and will undoubtedly be a unique at -
traction.
Among the divorce cases decided in a Chicago
court recently was one which originated from a
novel cause. The wife had a pet dog, of which
she was very fond. One day the husband en
tered and found her kissing the dog. On his
reproving her for such conduct she said she
loved the dog better than she loved hitn. Then
there was a row and a separation. The divorce
was granted.
Morning Light is the name of a very young
Indian who recently arrived in New York. He
first saw the light of day in mid-ocean, having
been born on the voyage across from France on
the steamer La Bourgogne. His Barents are
full-blooded Spirit Lake Chippewa Indians, who
w-ere members of the Buffalo Bill Company. As
he was born under the French flag France may
claim him as a subject.
Twenty-two years ago Evander Cameron, of
Toulon, Tenn., wanted to marry Mary Baynes,
and she wanted to marry hitn. He was 3d and
she was 20. Papa Baynes saitl “no,” and so the
faithful lovers waited, and waited, and a few
days ago the old man telented, and Evander,
aged 52, and Mary, aged 42, were married. It
looks a little as if Evander was not unlike the
bird whose name rhymes with his.
The young men of Woonsocket, R. I„ are pre
paring to give a turkey supper to the young
ladies of that place. The meal is to lie wholly
prepared by gentlemen, no lady being allowed
to assist in cooking or even to contribute as
much as a slice of bread. The young women
had got up several excellent suppers and chal
lenged the young men to do as well. A meeting
was held, and the boys decided to show what
culinary skill they had.
R. J. Tenny recently died in Los Angeles. Cal.,
and this is the story the California papers tell of
him: “He was living with his grandmother in
East Galway, this State, and went West to b-t
--tcr his condition. He got work in Los Angeles,
slept on a bench in the shop to save rent, and
went without sufficient food in order to save
enough money to send to his aged and helpless
grandmother in the Fast. He denied himself
too much, and died the other day of actual
starvation.
Barney Conway, of Clark county, Indiana, is
100 years of age, and said to be the oldest citi
zen in the State. He still makes his own living
by a little farming and woodchopping, still
handles an old-fashioned rifle with accuracy
and brings down an occasional turkey or grouse'.
His hair is white as snow, and his face a study
in wrinkles. He is a staunch Demooral. takes a
deep interest in politics, and the oth-r day
walked four miles and back again in order to be
at a primary election.
The French Senate Army Commission, pre
sided over by M. DeFreyclnet, hies prepared a
new recruiting bill. The bill subjects all citi
zens alike to service for twenty-five years, but
provides for various partial exemptions, in the
case of students and others, imposing, however
taxes upon Jrt-rsons thus exempted. These
taxes, it in calculated, will result in a revenue
of 25,000,000f. yearly. The bill also provides that
all sons of parents born in France are liable to
service, whether naturalized or not.
It is a curious fact that while the annual sup
ply of quinine for the whole world Is about
fi.wm.onit rmn'-es. the consumption of this drug
in the United States is more titan 3.100,<X*0
ounces, or nearly one-half the entire product
The price of quinine has l>een so low for the last
three or four years that large plantations of tlie
cniuehona tree have been uprooted in Ceylon
ami the tea plant is substitute i. Ceylon ptve
dueea a vary large share of all the bark that is
marketed, and the exports from that island de
clined more than one-third between 1885 and
1887.
Mrs. Hamilton, who lives near Greenville,
Mich., awakened the other night, hearing a
noise. Thinking the cats were trying to get
into her pork barrel, she jumped out of bed and
proceeded to investigate. Upon opening the
door she found a man filling a sack with pork
Grabbing a club she whacked him over the
heud and back, and followed up liig retreat un
til they reached the gate. A companion was
waiting there, and seeing a figure dressed in
white, he mistook it for a ghost and took to his
heels. The thief dropped tbe bag and fled also.
The plucky woman picked up the pork and re
turned to the house, whore sue found her hus
band still sleeping calmly
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n .LI Corns and Bunions cause no pain
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Small pox and other contagious
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