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MONDAY. SKFTSMBKR 31. 1888.
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Special Noticks—A l ine Oyster Luncb at
G ~a ham's.
Steamkui'■ scnrDVLE—Baltimore Steamship
< fti] ;<<-u 1 Transatlantic Company.
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ed: Miscellaneous.
Proctor's Last Essays.
A scries of popular scientific articles, by
tjie late Frol. UiebarJ A. Proctor, tho emi
nent astronomer and author, will appear in
the Morning News on the dates announced
beioiv.
The article in this senes upon “Plagu's
end Pestilence" was received only the week
bfore the author's death, and was written
apropos of the yellow fever in Florida.
Indeed, the whole scries is Prof Proctor's
l-;st schLo rc “x Lt-:-riper
.; h ■ :oi . our-' nr ■ id
to j _ iu -e• ic ioc fitn i. ■
tmcii no one itn weii itrord to lose. Vhev
were obtniv.ulile by the Morning N i:\Vs
only on account of its prominence in the
world of journalism, and have an especial
Interest for the newspaper readers of the
sonthoash
These articles, six in number, are upon
the following t >pics:
11. For September IJO.
Learning the Stars.
5. For October ?.
Our Two Brains.
4. For October 14.
K.vMors Comets.
L For < h'tobor 21.
Ark Men Anvancinl
6. For October >
GREAT fEI.KSCOWi.S.
A young man from * 'hieagu has robtieil
two New York hu ,ks m one day. lie seems ;
to he greedy —in fact, hoggish, never know
ihg when h has enough. Chicago is a
E’.T-at pork market.
Congressman Scott would not accept a
rnioinination, hut he is doing what ho can
to secure the return of a h no ..it from his
district. This probably means that n dein
ouiat wl l 1a- returned.
Mr. Blaine is fri quo dly importuned to
attend fairti in dill'c ent parts of the coun
try, as a means of drawing crowds. He
uniformly declines, probably on the ground
that there will be enough side-show curiosi
ties.
Mr. Hubert Chirr tt's death Is said by the
New York pros'.i he h mutter of onlyafew
days, lb vv.ilc. I" bopelc-slv insane, I
mid to he v.. • .;t i. isdi out with vi'fieiit '
nttdnpts to f'r-.o hitii'flf from his atlund
nnt'.
A c:t!/ nof New \ork was surprised to i
li ,dji htirglnr in his nous,, the other night,
but Ire was ttimu surprised w hen he iliseov
ere3 that the burgla wui an old M'hool
nmti.i of his. This is a great world for sur
prises.
\ Mormon and polygamist went to New
V • line other dav. isrivuue iiitoxic lied,
and threw a way jid.n.H. This isroiglion
hisliutu*'' ms mils. Tliut sntn would ha lie
paid for a very nico Winter outfit breach
one 'f them.
< attfit •*.rw out for the marriage of Mbs
Anna sualgat'u.tA iu.oo.iu and Nir, V.. O il.
Cowarden, atjii.e cathedral in Baltimore ou
the evening of Oct. 4. Mr. Cowarden is of
the firm of Ellvson & Cowardeu, of the
Richmond Dispatch, anil he is one of the
ablest editors and cleverest gentlemen in
the south.
The Philadelphia Press asks this question ;
"ilf President • Tevelaud is for G jv. Hill,
why does n>t he say so:’ Here is one for
the Press: If President Cleveland should
any lie is for Gov. Hill, wouldn't you he the
first to charge him with trying to use his
official position to help a democratic candi
date in a state election I
Congressman Patrick A. Collins, of Mas
saciiusetts, spoke to the Jriib-Americans in
New York tho other night, anl he never
talks buucombo. He showed the Irishmen
in the plainest possible manner why they
should support Cleveland and Thurman,
and -his bearers appeared to think the reu
aons he gave were good ones.
The Associated Business Men’s Cleveland
and Thurman clubs of New York are going
to hold a big mass meeting about the steps
of tho sub-treasury building, in Wall Street,
on Oct. 6, and tne principal s]>eakers will Ik>
(secretary Fairchild and Congressman Wil
-8(1)1. of West Vif-ginia. These speakers will
talk solid sense to the business men.
Mayor Hewitt has at last declared himself
on the presidency. Hays he: ’’The welfare
of the country demnnds the continuance
in fiower of democratic principles for at
leant Tour years more. Mr. Cleveland went
into Tbe office of President ill prepared for
the-wdifk, but his administration has been
remarkably good. His has been a pure and
honest administration. Scam lain Imve
be n sto. ped, au'd the couutry is pros
ijurf. I think She democrats should be
lef Jn so trol.” It took liewitt a long
ti eto say this, brft he makes amends by
•x >r*s:n/' himself in a very sotisfavto. y
v *j.
Is the Problem Solved?
i The southern jieople are pushing ahead in
i their efforts to lind a covering lor cotton
I which will answer all the purposes of jute
! bagging, and at the same time cost less, and
1 it liegius to look like they will succeed,
j Quite a number of substitutes have teen
suggested, and some of them have be©D put
| to the test, but no one of them is known to
be satisfactory in ail respsets. The use
| of osuabmg, as suggested by a farmers’
club of Wilkes c unty, this state,
does not appear to be practicable, for the
reason that while it would cost less per
yard than juts bag;ing, it also weighs less
per yard, ami, being narrower, a greater
number of yards would be required to
cover a bale. Thus, six yards of two-pound
jute bagging at If cents a yard would
cost id cents, and if the farmer sells his cot
ton at 10 cents a pound, he gets $l,llO for
the bagging for which he pa'd 84 cents. On
the other hand, nine yards of osnaburg at 8
cents a yard would cost 72 cents, but the
weight of the nine yards is only 4 pounds,
therefore when the osnaburg is sold with
the cotton, at 1U cents a pound, it would
bring only 4 > cents, or 27 cents less than
! was paid for it.
The cotton bagg.ng manufactured at the
| lAne mills, in New Oi leans, would be a
muen better substitute than osnaburg, but
a serious objection to it is said to be that it
does not protect cotton nearly so well as
jute bagging.
The suggestion that second-hand jute bag
ging to used seemed to be the most practi
cable one made, but it has been ascertained
that such bagging cannot be returned from
England without being made subject to
duty.
The pine straw bagging which covered a
bale of cotton received in this city the other
day solves the question, in the opinion of
many. Its color is about the only objection
to it, so fa: as has been learned, rod ink not
showing to very good advantage ou it. It
is stronger than jute bagging, and is said
to possess every desirable quality of jute
bagging. As has been stated, the farmer
may sell the jute bagging ou a bale of Cot
ton at a profit of 3b cents, even when he
pays 14 cents a yard for it. Now, it would
require the same number of yards of piue
straw as of jute bagging to
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Si * i
•i, v oulu ... tb.-ui .vA ■ h id, or
.••j . • Lo' _-u • .we s hair It • .\v Id
- - fr m ■ •an ■ ■ p
Utd if aid ' nh ,ae. tion a; lo coat, v’ouid
bring id U, or il 2s mure than the farmer
paid for it.
But a very important consideration con
nected ■,.hit i> flint, by it< mniHifnctui'c,
a commodity that i- put to virtually no use
hi the south would I* utilized to the ad ,an
'nee of the farmers, uud the ad' pi ion of the
Imgg'ng would keep a v*r\ great sum of
mom y in tac south that now goes out ot it.
It would seem that if any satisfactory bag
ging can he madin the south fro n south
eru mat -rial, it ought to be adopted, even if
in its manufactured state it should cost as
much as jute bagging at present pric s. It
would ojieiuip anew aud vast industry in
the south. •
An encouraging sign with regard to bag
ging is that those interested in the trust are
beginning to sque il. Heretofore they have
complacently pocketed their enormous
profits, uud the attitude of the press an 4
people has caused tile n U ) cu.ic rn. He ]
notice in a very recent numlatr of tins New
Orleans Tinies-lb aoavirf, however, a
conumitiicatiou from one interested in the
tru>l, iu which a good deal of growling
against the press is done, and in which an
attempt is ma le to convive tlie farmer- that
they had better stick to jute bagging. Is tiie
trust becoming uneasy!
Mr. John S. Wise, who has c ured 80-s
M i ,one of Virginia a goo 1 deal of trouble,
says lie will eschew polities since removing
to Now York. In order to carry out Ins
purpose, he Ins retained ins legal residence
and his right to vote ifi Virginia. “Of
coins’,'' snvs lie, "ii 1 am practising law iu
New N ik 1 ein't bother with pilitics in
Virginia, and if my legal residence is in
Virginia, 1 eau't be a politician in Now
York.” This may b? a very ingenious plan,
but no doubt Maltone would be better sutis
ti and it Wise Imd taken up his legal residence
iu New York.
Editor Shepard, of the New York Mail
ond A.eyo css. keeps printing biblical quota
tions at tin- head of the ed loral | age ot his
newspaper, not withstanding the other news
jinpers of taut city guy him llituieiviluily
about it. This shows that Editor Shepard
i. pugnacious. The other day he quoted
the words. "Tin* Lord iovetli a cheerful
giver,’' and tlu next rumor circulated con
cerning him was t.hat he had given $10,1.10(1
to.the republican campaign filial. Tins
shows that he oee isioiially tries to live up
to the liijimrti ms i.e prints.
Mrs. I.ingtry, it is announced, isou the
point of securing her long sought divorce.
Her petitions made iu Chicago and Han
Francisco were unsuccessful, owing to the
opposition of her husband to them. Since
she arrived lately in London, however, she
has had beveral conferences with Mr.
I .angtry's lawyer, and it is announced that
her next application will not ho opfxised
This is "in return for certain concessions
on the part of the Jersey Lily.” Carry tho
nows to Freddy (iebhard.
Chairman Murtlia, of the New York
state campaign commit on, says the New
York democrats nro going to wage an
aggressive campaign. That was evident
w lieu Gov. Hill made tile first speech of his
canvass. An aggressive campaign is the
only kind worth waging, and as a general
thing it is successful. The democrats, both
in national and state politics, have assumed
a isild, fearless position, and the chances
are that they will win.
The people of Speaker Carlisle’s district
are not likely to allow tho opposition to
treat them to a surprise this year, as was
done m IHHti. They have renominated the
sjieiker with a ruih, and they will go to the
polls m November t*:id elect him by an old
fashioned majority. This is Mr. Carlisle’s
eighth nomination for cougre s, uud the
longer he serves the country in that capa
city, the better the people like him.
Miss Rebecca Tibbetts, of Bt. Louis, will
be kuowu to fame ss tho wealthy young
lady who did not marry her father’s coach
man. It was uot her fault, however, that
she didn't. She skipped with him, but be
fore the knot could be tied she was over
taken by her father, who carried her home
and sent the would-be bridegroom in the
opposite direction.
Mr. Thurman's letter of acceptance will
probably furnish the next political sensa
tion. Thu old ltoman is uot likely to say
much, but wbat he says will be right to the
point, aud will strike a popular chord.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1888.
Is Harrison a Chump?
I What is a ebumni The question is agi
tating poiit.eal circles, because tseuator Dou
i (Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has been repre
■ sented as saving, ou more than one orra
! sion, that ben. Hnrrisou, the republican
candidate for President, is a chump. Tuat
excellent authority on words, Mr. Noah
Webster, says a chump is a short, thick,
heavy piece of wood.
Gen. Harrison is certainly not a man of
commanding hight. In fact, he is rather
. short. According to the New York Sun,
I he would not fill the bill as President be-
I cause his coat tails hang too near the
| ground. He may be said to be thick. The
! diameter of his body is, perhaps, greater
than that of theaverage man. Likewise h-“
is heavy in avoidupois, though he doesn't
weigh as much as his distinguished oppo
nent, Mr. Cleveland. But, as applied to
Gen. Harrison, the ’definition cannot be car
ried further. He is not a piece of wood.
It may be, however, that Senator Cam
eron did not speak literally, but intended to
say that Gen. Harrison is a chump in the
sense that he is a negative sort of character.
During Harrison's political career he never
exhibited any great positiveness, except,
jierhaps, when he persistently opposed the
attempt to keep Chinamen out of this coun
try. In his professional life, nis most posi
tive course consists of the part he took
against certain railroad employes who were
on a strike some years ago. He was the
attorney of the railroad, and he is repre
sented as using some very positive language
about putting an end to the strike and
about the wages of workingmeu. The
speeches he is making in this campaign do
not indicate that he has very great force of
character.
It is not pleasant to contemplate the fact
that the relations hetween Gen. Harrison
and some of his former republican as-o
ciates in the Senate are some what strained.
The republicans have nominated an amiable
and a highly respectable person for Presi
dent, and one who is more de
serving of their support than
the candidate they nominated four
years ago. He would not make nearly so
fine a president as >lr. Cleveland, but he
should be referred to in terms of respect by
his party leaders. Senator Cameron's ref
pr.v-cp to hi" is ri •* ’w 'ty r *s- ■■ontc-r’pt
r . ouVr Tf -he ->deemed r-puhllrnßC
lon jw pi erneped hi efr -i
’> b-s\ in the , sxpt’Otthe' ickt 5 amir. -
rrat ’to do o
J. ho v iews of such men as ispouKOi tW
lisle on file noiitieal situation nre worth
more than Hioe of jiersons who form
busty and ill-advised opinions. In a'cry
recent iiiten iew, Mr. ' all isle said: "I feel
quite sure of dmi KTatic success. I'nl- s I
am greatlv mistaken, we will'ciflvy all the
-tales heretofore eiassed as doubtful, and
some others besides. There are many rea
sons why ( out -rtuin this opinion, but it is
sufficient to say generally.' that 1 think Mr.
Cleveland is much stronger personally as a
caiidiiluta than he was in 1884, and I am
satisfied the Democratic party is stronger
as an organization than it was then. Mr.
Cleveland lias given the country a clean,
honest and business-like administration,
and tie has been constantly growing in the
estimation of the substantial business and
sensible people of the country.” There is a
great deal in the above to rue mirage demo
crats to that sort of work which is inspired
by the confidence that it will lie effectual.
Judge Greslmm, during las recent tour in
Europe, was more favorably impressed with
the Germans than with any other people lie
met. He says they are a sincere, hospitable
people, easy to get ari|Uaintcd with, and in
spiring confidence. He also says that the
war sprit invades all classes iu France,
whose people w ill not lie satisfied until they
are again at war with Germany. Judge
Gresham has not a very exalted opinion of
Gen. Boulanger, but perhaps it is as good as
Boulanger di-serves. He says: "Boulanger
commands no res|>eot from the se isiblo men
of France, for he is vain and frothy, with
out much ability; yet he app nrs to have a
majority of the people witli him.”
The new s‘Ji),ooo reward circular for the
arrest of Taseott will be pretty thoroughly
scattered over the world. It w ill be sent o
every postottice in the l uited Stales, and
will lie printed in a number of foreign lan
guages uud distributed in the principal
towns of other countries. The sum to be
paid for postage will be more than $(5,100.
Better take to the woods, Taseott.
Millionaire Mueller, of New York was a
snlTorer from iosoniuia lie couldn't buv
sleep, though lie was worth hundreds of
thousands, so he brought it to terms at the
point of a pist 01. The sleep lie has entered
mi will lie a vorv long one.
EX-SENAXOit JONES OF FLORIDA
A Brother of Mlea Palms Talks Kindly
of Hie Eccentricities
AVo m the Sew York World.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Among the ar
rivals iu this city to-night is F. W. Palms,
the millionaire brother of the Miss Palms
of Detroit, who has given ex-Seuator Jones
of Florida so much meuta’ uneasiness ilur
i g the past three or four years. Mr. Palms
is here to place Miss Martha and Miss Bertha
Palms at the Georgetown convent and
young Charles L. Palms at the Georgetown
college. The party also includes Miss Kate
Moran, daughter of the democratic candi
date for lieutenant governor of Michigan;
Miss Julie Montgomery, niece of Judge
Montgomer yof the supreme court of this
district, and some other Catblic young
ladies who are returning to the George
town convent afte their vacation. Senator
Jones' Miss Palms is not iu the party.
Sir. Palms says he never could understand
Senator Jones’ eccentricity. "Why he did
not return to the Honate I never knew, and
I don’t believe his confidential friends can
tell you. He is around Detroit still. I see
him vorv frequently. He seems to be all
right. Ho is a very bright taker and very
pleasant company. I do I’t know that he
ever calls at my father’s house now, because
I do not live with my father, and my sis ers
and 1 don’t know that he ever was a. very
froque.it caller there. 1 was not ut home at
tho time, but whatever happened it was
greatly ex iggorated.”
Mr. Palms says Jones’ eocm. trinities do not
exclude him from the best society iu Detroit.
He is a lawyer, but has never opened a law
office, lie appears to live by working as a
newspaper correspondent.
‘•Uncus John Wright.”— There has just
been buried in Montgomery <• >uuty, Tennes
see, "Uncle John Wright,” ageu $5, free
man of color, and fur ton years before Ills
death blind and helpless. But want was far
from him. All alone, without wife or child,
lie sut in the sun at his cabin door, clothe i,
fed, warmed, through the care of his mas
ter's only sou—an ox-eonfode? ate soldier—
and Ills meals were brought to Inm, nut by
hireling bauds but by tin so of two bright
tittle hids of 7 and A, the grandsons of his
former owner, who delighted to lead "Uncle
John” where be would go, audio hear his
old-time tales, anil now that he is dead,
mourn him as their playmate and trusted
friend.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It Still Goes On
From the Boston Glob* (Dem.\
The manufju*tur of spurious extrat-ts from
F.nx'ish papers ik an infant Industry that thrives
ai republican headtjuar* rs. It doesn't need
any protection.
Crematories for Garbage.
Prom the Philadelphia Ledger (Rev.)
By ail means let us have crematoriea for ?arb
aire. and thus get rid of several nuisances preju
dicial to at one u\>fce. Pi* peas and
cow stables within the city limit*, and milk that
is auspicious if not dangerous would disappear
together if the garbage should all be collected
to be burned.
Funny, but Absurd.
From the Boston Herald (Ind. )
Tom Reed can t help beinj? funny. He told
the Jerseyman the other night that the people
who w ar taxed clothing, sleep in taxed beds
dii*l take taxed medicine never knew it until the
wicked democrats told them so. Tom has
already ihissed through the ordeal of an elec
tion. so he can afford to be Jocose even at the
expense of being somewhat absurd.
The Democrats on Top.
From the JVeir York Times (Ind.)
The rejection of the recently negotiated
treaty by China will he a serious annoyance to
the politicians of the Senate who wished the
exclusion bill to reach the President iu a way to
embarrass him, whatever action he might think
best to take upon it They now have the satis
faction of knowing that by their amendments
to the treaty they b came responsible for the
d*f.nt of that, and must leave to the President
the opportunity to give the force of law to a
bill to replace the restrictions imposed by the
treaty.
BRIGHT BITS.
The traveler returning from abroad is always
haunted by the customs in spectre.— Harper's
Bazar.
Every mas likes to talk about himself , a good
listener makes a delightful wife. —Louisville
Western Recorder.
The Piutes dance to bring rain. Holding a
SutHtay-sdiooi picnic has the same effect.—
Ihttsfrurg Ck run icL.
I r tak s a maiden lady of 33 to confess that
she is nt tro bitterly set against smoking
atter all. Texas Siftings.
A uuod man gone wrong is a sight sad enough
to inak.* one wish h* had been found out before
he left —lS etc Orleans Pivayui i*\
Almost any grocer's clerk can sell at least
four brands or chewing tobacco out of a pail
hidden under the counter.— Toledo Blade.
Listeners in the country can hear corn grow
on hut days just before it ripens. The snapping
sounds are good crop reports.— Picayune.
There is only one sure way to stop a small
boy from asking questions, and that way is not
satisfactory if you have any further use for the
boy.— Jostrral o* K ,, n*'a* j"'.
< V.-v;: viia \f v z- —i vrt you to ger me ?
pen* u>n*
L ' vv .ver— .. . neire ck you v ounded
it!>&-• . 1 t . • >u hut m3 iUb
f' tic .cu hdi ' - V Forks .
‘ ' t.rr due iosidy.
i
aottle with my friend uliikins. I owe him SIOO
MU a hor-4. rare. n > and and .t•- of honor should >e
prtid first, yon know. Philadelphia Record
• loummv >Cri*r.a wl*,> has just Is*’ui accepted)
And now, can I se** your your
Voting 141113 shyly My father. .Mr. Brigham?
Mormon Suitor \ no; 3*olll* sister, darling:
and then I can s-r jour fat her alout you both
.W,r York Sm,
AN on 1 yonr husbaml score you when he
comes horn** and what awful bills you've
been running up n>ked Mrs. Timid.
No, indeed, replied Mrs. Highball; “my
husband is cent *r fi 1! in the ludiauapv/lis; he
never iette.
Chi mley—Yes, Clara is certainly a lovely girl.
I used to be very soft on her, Dumley. In met,
I think I would have married h r but for the
determined ojipodtiuo of one of the family
Dumley Her father, 1 suppose:
t hum ley—Nu; herself. -Sa ii Francisco Exam
iner.
Pius! Philadelphian—l don't see Blinks
an >uml.
Sircond Philadelphian—No. Coming up from
the shore \ * f rduv he started through the
train to take a straw vote, and
I see. ,\ t w hat hour is the funeral? Philadel
phia Recant.
Mkv Jason—Mr. Jason, you w*ere drinking
last night. Don't try to deny it.
Mr. .ias.ui Yep.
"Well i should tljink you'd want to go some
where and Ind * your diminished head."
"It hasn't begun tu diminish yet." —Terre
Ila lilt dt! .ale.
'•lons, suici Mrs Billus. affectionately, "l
wish 1 could do.someth lug to relieve your tooth
ache, or, at least, to help you to forget it. Shall
1 sing for you. '
And she ->e ited herself at the piano.
I L guess l can stand it, .Maria, ' moaned
Mr. Bill us. i.raciug himself in his chair, "go
ahead Chicai/o Tribune.
PERSOXAu.
The second Mrs. 1 aurence Oliphant, while
still Mi-s Knsamoiid bale Owen, often lectured
in the socialist societies in Loudonon her grand
father s colony at New Harmony.
At Burlington, V .1.. Sept. 7, Florence Ethel
youngest daughter of William U. Burney, was
married to IT.nee Pietro Paola Beccadilli Bo
lognade i impiireiila of Palermo, Italy.
11l IN. Thomas Mi-sick is the republican candi
dal*' fur congress in the Klovenib .Missouri dis
trict. ami lion, i'don Guitar is not only pulling
every siting, but making speeches for nim.
\\ iio says there isn't harmony iu the republican
ranks*
Groiu.i Law denies that he gave the anony
minis s".’.'ll-I tor tue relief of the Jacksonville
ye.low-lew-1- sufferers, But we ladieve lie has
not deni- and that lie distrimited sever;*! thousand
dollar- .-Huong a lot of New York toughs and
prize-fighters
bu Maiiv Wn.i.lß lias liean admitted to
ineiiiis'i-hip in tiie Philadelphia Medical So
eiely. I lie voting was done uiiiutly. but when
tin result was made Kuowu it is said Hint the
pm siriniis pi exeni broke him loud, enthusiastic
cheers over Ihe success of their sister hi niedi
cine.
Phimue Ki i.ene, youngest son of the King of
Sweden, is studying art in Paris. The painter
Gervex is Ids most intimate friend. Eugene is
a goialdeal ofn democrat, and lias lieen nick
named the ‘'Red PMnce.” II is to Is- Imped that
this is not because bu ia in thu habit of painting
iTU'ia rod. ' '
Mrs. Clkvpa,and Is a great lover of fruit. At
Oak View there are some fine pear trees, and
the President’s wife has them snaken "for her
benefit a number of times a day. She also eats
a great mauy peaches. Her increase in weight
of late is due in great measure to her outdoor
life and fruit diet.
(Jcee.n Victoria’s visit t*> Scotland has had a
striking effect upon the bards of that country,
"the learned and the unlearned" have been
scribbling isles to her,majesty.But not aline was
writ ten to glorify Prince Henry of Battenberg.
His well know n aversion to the kilt hasreudered
liim unpopular in Scotia.
At Easton. Md., Mrs. Febinger, wife of Ad
miral Kehiuger, United States navy, was pre
sented with "Lord Baltimore's key,'' the relic
so prominent in Easton's late centennial cele
bratiou, and the day was most happily chosen,
being tne both anniversary of Admiral Febiu
ger s entrance to the navy.
Master Melbourne Grubb, who lives near
Wytbeville, Va., is claimed by his parents to tie
the largest boy in America. He measures 17
inches around the waist, 41 around the euest, C 4
around the thigh, anil 13 around the muscle of
the arm. He is a leet i inches high, weighs gU)
pounds, and was 10 years old July 3.
Bih William Harcourt's son nets as his
father’s secretary, and has learned shorthand
in order to lie more useful m that capacity. The
Hon. Mrs. Brett, the future Only Esher, lias
also learned it—lu order to write her future hus
band's letters, perhaps. Hundreds of English
girls are now adopting shorthand lor a liveli
hood.
The Prince of Wales has purchased anew
uniform Ins eightieth. Each new costume of
military character that he buys costs Liim about
*4.-0. lie, therefore, owns about ttft/,000 worth
of unit oi ms. His latest investment is the
gorgeous costume of an officer of Austrian hus
sars. A gold tuuic, red brewhea, Hossiuti boots
uml white shako make bun look like a clumsily
cut toy Roldie . But the prime never shirks the
duties that jiertuin to his exalted station. He
may nate to H|ieml the money of Knglish tax*
pa.' ers in buying military clothes that he wears
once and easts aside, hut he is obliged to make
the sucrillce.
‘ln the line of cmnmign stories,” says the
Indianapolis Afiri, “a school teacher recalls a
little incident of some interest relating to Ueu.
Harrison, it is customary iu the public schools
of this city,* he says, ‘to give the pupil some
special information of the life and character of
George Washington preliminary to announcing
a holiday iu honor of his birth. Away back in
the seventies, after remarks upon such an oc
casion wlili a class of first year pupils, to ascer
tain how well they were Impress'd with the
necessity of having a good man for President. 1
asked any one to till me who was the very best
man he knew. * )ne little fellow, not yet 7 years
old. loudly vociferated ‘Ken Harrison.’ I nues
tfoned hifn Rome to learn the grounds of his
preference. He replied: ’Why, he gave me a
nickel for pulling some weeds.' 1 did not learn
where the weeds were: whether they fringed
the Sidewalk, choked a gutter or obstructed an
alley. Hut that they obtruded on the general’s
weil-kept premises I entirely disljeliave. At any
rate the little fellow felt amply rewarded for
the job, and I did not in the least controvert his
idea.’”
THE BACREDNESS OF SEVZN.
A Mystic Number Which Appears
Throughout the Pages of Scripture.
from the Christian Observer.
Undoubtedly seveu is the sacred number.
There are seven days of creation; after seven
days respite the flood came; the years of famine
and plenty were in cycles of seven; every
seventh day was a Sabbath; every seventh rear
the Sabbath of rest; after every seven times
seven years came the jubilee; the feasts of un
leavened bread and of tabernacles were ob
served seven days; the golden candlesticks had
seven branches: seven priests with seven trump
ets surrounded Jericho seven times and seven
times ou the seventh day: Jacob obtained bis
wives by servitudes of seven years; Sainton
kept his nuptials seven days, and on the sev
enth day he put a riddle to his wife and he was
bound w ith seven green withes and seven locks
of hit hair were shaved off; Nebuchadnezzar
was seven years a beat; Sbadraeh aud his two
companions in misfortune were cast into a
furnace heated seven times more than it was
wont. In the New Testament, nearly every
thing occurs by sevens, and at the end of the
sacred volume we read of seven churches, seven
candlesticks, t*-ven spirits, seven trumpets,
seven sea es, seven stars, seven thunders, seven
vials, seven plagues, seven angels and a seven
headed mounter. Such are merely a few in
stances of the sacred use of the number whose
employment in this connection seems common
to all nations and all religions.
PERSIAN DRINKS.
How Their Different Beverages are
Made—Their Drinking Vessels.
From the Youth's Companion.
The great beverage in Persia is sherbet, which
is plentifully supplied, and of which there are
many varieties—from the bowl of water with a
squeeze of lemon, to the clear concentrated
juice of any gort of fruit to which water is
added to dilute it.
The preparation of sherbet, which is done
with the greatest care, is a very important
point in so thirsty a country as Persia, and one
to which much tune is devoted It may bo
either expressed from the juice of fruit freshly
gathered, or from the preserved extract of
pomegranates, cherries or lemons, mixed with
>*ugar and submitted to a certain degree of heat
to preserve it for winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drank is called guzang
ebben, it is made from the honey or the tania
ri>k tree. This honey is not the work of the
bee, but is made by a small insect living under
%he leave* of tUo nb
M ■'
lly > _-t i- cpll .tide.id'thebone\
’u *d f6v bi vN'* ’*■ ri mix'd witn
•-lid at* hourtb ithi *> dc Uciou < *-z that made froo
\'nt .
r
fids iy m “and: in all otl. r;,CL sherbet vi; erv and
in i h'UB bonus, and drank from deep 1 ooden
spoons carved in p**arwool.
The Oldest Virginia Suit.
From the Richmond stair.
Burton. **U\. vs. Brown, etc., is th* tine of t
>uit now oti the docket *f tin* Chancery court of
thiscitv. if is landing also in one stage or an
other in the supreme court of appeals <>f Vir
gi:mi. Th*c-ts have been more than SIOO,OOO
so tar. for if has b*en through the various high
courts of Richmond often mid several times iu
past years I m •fore th* supreme court of Virginia.
Some of lias best Frankliti street property was
formerly involved in the proceeding, and also
some of the best “blue grass’* soil or Kentucky
Once during reconstruction times <the reign
of Hen. Canby of “District No. 1 and gov
ernor of Virginia,”) SB,OOO was paid to B.
\V. (iillis, who was then publisher of the
Virginia Slat* Journal, And who now lives in
Washington, I). (’.. for printing the record,
The suit, which niav well be considered a cause
celebre, so far as Virginia legal aunals are con
cerned, was commenced in I*oß or thereabout,
and affected the disposition of property as
stated Ixith in Richmond and Kentucky. The
ostensible piaintifl' in the suit was Dr. .s>hn
Burns of Kngland; the defendants, KT>ert
Brown's heirs. Am< dz these latter were in
cluded the lab- l*ht Wilkie Brown. M. !>., Thomas
Broun, culled “Spanish,** United states Consul
to Spain, and other well-known citizens Ml the
original parties to the suit, which was about the
dis|Mjsition of property wholly, aud was always
apparently divested of feeling, have long ago
passed t* the beyond. The present proceedings
is in the nature of interlocutory decrees.
Count Kalnoky’o One-Finger Trick.
brunt London MoVeni Society,
Count Kalnoky lias been trying the one-finger
trick of iiis once too often, and has received a
lesson which he will not forget in a hurry. The
count has a very exalted notion of his own dig
nity, especially on official occasions, and has a
hand of extending only one finger to diplomat
ists under the tlrst rank. At Vienna a few days
ago he met a man, well known in London cir
cles for the facility with which he has run
througii two fortunes, and is now ardently
angling for the third. The count had frater
nized with this individual on the n -utral ground
of London drawing-rooms, and bad frequently
dined with him.
Hut in Viennese ißplornatic circles the count
diil not consider it necessary to maintain the
friendship, and on meeting his old chum coolly
extended the stereotyped forefinger The other
gazed for a moment through the eyeglass which
lie always wears at the rigid digit, and rheu as
coolly advanced his ow n forefinger, and with
it touched somewhat gingerly that of the count.
The latter blushed furiously and scanned the
faces of those around to see if notice had been
taken of Ill's greeting. <if course, there were
smiles, which were checked as soon as possible;
hut the lesson was well merited and should he
taken to heart.
How Knfirag-ement* are Broken.
From the Boston Courier,
( 'losely clinging t* each other,
Hound tin* floor they go together,
dunces lovuig piano's meeting,
Words of tenderness relating.
K<i.m*h in her cheeks are flowing,
Joy her heart is overflowing,
And hi' manlier is caressing.
Love his every look confessing
< \m* them (Arpid smiling hovers—
Happy, joyous pair of lovers'
11a: his foot in caught thuy stumble;
To the uoor tao c *uoie tumble;
nv. the maiden quickly fatsos
With'fcpMogetic phrases.
But the angry damsel turning
From him, nis excuses spurning.
Smoothes her ruffled frills and laces,
While with chagrin red her face is,
And declares he's really shocking,
His unski Ilf ulness provoking.
“Yes. you know 'twas all your fault, sir;
Where did you e’er learn to waltz, sir?
Clumsy fellow.” He retorting.
Says she's worse. Thus ends their courting.
Wheat from teed 5,000 Years Old.
Plymouth (Miuu.) Special to Cincmnali Kn
quirer.
A most interesting experiment culminated to
day in the raising of some wheat grown from
seeds as old as ttie Exodus. The experimenter
is David Drew, who last year received from a
friend in Alexandria. Egypt, some grains of
wheat taken from a mummy exhumed near the
ruins of Memphis, and belonging, it is believed,
to the period of the Ninth dynasty, which would
make it grown about 11,000 B. C., or tie nearly
6,000 years old. He planted the seed early in
the spring and carefully nursed it. It grew
rapidly, and at the time of cutting measured
from bti to ' feel High. The leaves alternate on
the stalk like common wheat, hut the product
of the plant is the most singular part of it, for,
instead of growing in an ear like modern corn
there is a heavy cluster of small twigs ill place
of the spindle which hangs downward from its
weight, and each twig is thickly studded with
kernels, each of which is in a separate husk.
From what is threshed a large crop will lie
grown next year, as the result proves this
ground to exceed in quality anything that the
modern grain can grow.
The Making of a Business Man.
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
The precocity of 8-year-old boys has often
been the theme for newspaper comment, but I
think 1 kuow of one who is entitled to pariicu
lar distinction for his brightness. The other
duy he importuned his mamma fora night shiit
“just like papa's, " with a pocket in it. His
mother made him ono, and the first night lie
wore it lie went to bed in high glee. In the
morning, when his mother took the robe off,
she round In the one |>ockt a couple of seed
case three matches, a toothpick, a small silver
watch, several pieces of cough candy, and the
boy's pocket handkerchief. When the little fel
low was questioned as to the reason for the very
varied assortment, he replied: ,'Well, 1 thought
If I got hungry in the night time I would need
the seed cakes, and of course I'd want the
toothpick afterward; if I wanted to see what
time ft was by my watoh I would hare a match,
and 1 was afraid of coughing, so 1 put the candy
tiiere.” His excuses were equal to bis prepara
tions at any rate.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The heroine of the summer in the Alps was
an American girl, Flossie Moss, aged 13, who
made the ascent of the highest peak of Mount
Blanc, the youngest person of either sex who
ever put foot there.
Queen Kapiolani’s gold watch, presented her
by his majesty the King of Hawaii, was re
cently stolen by an adroit native thief. When
recovered the outer case, bearing the inscrip
tion of presentation, was missing.
Henry Vxllard's private secretary confirms
previous statements that Mr. Villard is only a
subscriber to, not a leader in, the projected
south polar expedition, and expresses the opin
ion that the expedition will not go after the pole
this year.
A large number of horses and cattle have
died in Bedfordshire, England, from the effect
of eating spearw'ort, a poisonous variety of
crowsfuot, tue rainy season having developed
the growth of that weed to an unusual degree
in the pastures.
San Antonio, .out in California, boasts the
littlest baby ever bora. It is the son of Alfred
Maguire, a railroad brakeman, and when born
it weighed only sixteen ounces. A pint cup
covered it. The father aud mother are both
well proportioned.
An unwise workman in a mill at Eaton Rap
ids. Mich., who selected a large machine belt as
a sleeping spot, was ground to pieces, the ma
chinery having been started by the owner of the
mill, who was ignorant of the whereabouts of
the unfortunate man.
Dr. Francis L. Patton, Princeton’s new presi
dent, says he is not going to be satisfied with
having the college stand still. Dr. McCosh
aimed at a roll of 000 students, and succeeded
in bringing the figures up to that point. Dr.
Patton puts his figures at 1,000.
Maryland peaches are being sent to Alabama,
and thus far good prices have been obtained.
It's only an experiment, according to the Bir
mingham Age, and if successful it is thought
regular shipments of northern peaches will be
made to southern cities next year.
In connection with the recent Sheridan me
morial meeting iu London, a Sunday newspaper
of that city, which makes a specialty of Ameri
can news, referred to Minister Phelps as the
‘‘Commander-In-Chief of the American Army,”
in its local report of the proceedings.
I>r. William F. Waugh, editor of the Medical
Times, contributes to that journal an article in
which he takes strong ground against the seud
ing of nurses from the north to the yellow fever
sufferers in Florida. Unacclimated persons are,
he argues, almost certain to be attacked.
Landscape artists have had rather a hard
time of it iu England the past summer, owing
to the long period of rainy w eather there. In
some instances, it is reported, they have been
seen painting or sketching in the rain, sitting
heroically under their umbrellas and working
a way with diligence, if not with comfort
*- " *. ’to r -.ed £<•; pieioualy i: £ -
*tfor . dv. good* store - er tv ken into cun tod' ,
•
Povl>'t or h‘ • • or-c bit* ir so .nbr 1 6 t viiLß
: *h* carried s y arc* joi •■aeh aUL, and small table
JZiS*?, c -*'. t chopper. ‘ bmithi. pairs’of
giOVLC, v pt.irs of cock;. h poefcatbook*. s-do &
napkin ring.
The new Governor General of Canada and
Lad\ Stanley haw seven children, only one of
w hom is a girl. The ages of the four sons who
erenoratly go about with their parents mi their
vice regal journeys, range from 17 to ??. The
oldest .sou, Edward, is in England, and is the
tuture Lord Stanley. the governor general
will succeed his childless brother as F.arl of
Derby.
Another chapter to the “youngest soldier.”
youngest grandmother*’character of reading
is under way. The “tallest man” in Pennsyl
vania being incidentally referred to by au ex
change, numerous claimants for the honor are
now coming forward. At last accounts the
most worthy was a Caester county farmer, who
towers in his stocking feet to a hight * of 7 feet
6% inches.
The Boston Journal says that a colored
nurse, who went from New Orleans to take
chirge of yellow fever patients in Jacksonville,
rather astonished the physicians by a refusal to
nurse colored people. She said indignantly:
“Me take charge of the colored ward’ Not
much! I’m one of the leading trained nurses
of New i )rloans. and 1 didu't come here to nurse
niggers! Tin a lady!”
Three French soldiers of the 114th regiment
w ere condemned by their officer, for minor
offenses, to run for three hours, carrying their
rifles and fully equipped One, named Vnllad,
fell down exhausted at the end of two hours.
The officer insisted upon his being made to get
up and go on. saying that he must “keep on till
he dropped dead.*’ Vallad rose and shot him
self dead.
Westsiders in (Chicago are once more ex
cited over the prospect of an elevated road, the
matter having been crought up in the shape of
an ordinance introduced in 'he council to grant
a Chicago corporation the right of way west of
the river to the city limits. It is rumored that
a company comprising some New York and
Philadelphia capitalists is preparing to oppose
the Chicago corporation, and that a “pretty
tight” may ensue in the council.
A REMARKABLE DOUBLE-HEADED CHILD WOS re
cently horn to a French family named Reoul
boult in Manchester, Me. The heads are both
perfect, and are joined to the body by two
short well shap'd necks. It uses its mouths aud
eyes apparently at w ill in earing, crying, wink
ing, and even sleeping. The parents'were much
shocked at the appearance of their baby, and
went at once to Montreal to avoid the notice of
their neighbors. The child is likely to live.
Gfn. I)an Macauley, one of the cent ral figures
at the republican national headquarters, has
had an eventful career. He is a bookbinder by
trade. Me entered the Union army as a private
and came out of the service brevet major
general. He was three times mayor of Indian
apolis. He has been an actor, theatrical man
a .er, miner, hotel keejer, and is now u finan
cier. The general is a raninit* raconteur and as
a popular campaign orator has few equals.
A ladies’ race whs sailed at Red Bank. Pa.,
the other afternoon, in which nine yachts n
tered. One man was allow ed on each yacht for
ihe purpose of giving directions, but was not
permitted to handle the tiller or assist in any
way in the management of the Boat. It so Imp
peued that a number of young men of the place,
wishing to win the prize, dressed up us woman*
and iu this disgui** deceived the judges. It is aid!
more creditable lo add that they came in last.
Evkrktt Hzydbn of the hydrographic bureau.
In a recent lecture before the Franklin Institute,
gave some Interesting data concerning the re
markable drift of ocean derelicts. For exam
ple. the ship Ada Iredale caught Are from spon
taneous combustion, was abandoned, drifted
2,423 miles in eight months, was towed into
port and continued to bum for eleven months
longer, then was repaired and made into a
handsome bark, which is doing good service in
the Chinese trade. Another vessel drifted
3,621 miles in eight months and ten days.
Tint scene at the meetiug between President
Cleveland and I‘rinee Henri d'Orleans at the
white house was a curious one. The portly
representative of a democratic form of govern
lneut toweled high above the slender mon
archical misfit. But the conversation was ani
mated and cordial. Mr. Cleveland asked the
prince many questions about bis travels and
showed groat tact in not, alluding to France In
the slightest wey. The call lusted over a quarter
of an hour, and the Frenchman left the white
house much pleased with Ills visit. But he still
clngs to his admiration for monarchical forms
A striking illustration of the facilities for
travel which now exist is found in the recent
departure of an excursion from Paris for Sam
arcand, a city of Central Asia The whole
journey is to be performed by railway except In
a portion of Circassia, when post conveyances
will be used, and a short sea trip of twenty
hours over the Caspian sea Six cent uries ng‘o
the city was the capital if one of the mightiest
empires the world has ever seen and the center
of Asiatic learning and commerce. Forty
colleges were found w ithin its walls, which now
surround little hut gardens. Ttmerlane, the
great conqueror, is buried there, and his tomb
is still to be seen.
John McKinnkll, a Providence barber, had
some fun in Eugland this summer. John sev
eral years ago deserted from an English man-of
war and came to Ibis country, lie was fortu
nate enough to bo ona of the iiersons purdoued
by Queen v’ictoria at her jubilee, and as soon as
he got the paper he ataried for a visit to his old
home, with the document safe iu his inside
pocket. On the other side he ran across his old
commander, Bertrand Walpole, who recognized
him and hail him arrested. John never sui 1 a
word. He was hurried to a court martial, where
Commander Walpole was the principal witness
against hltn, and In short order was sentenced
to four years' imprisonment. Then he pulled
out the Queen’s pardon and read It in the court
room. Ther.-upon he was released and Walixile
reprimanded. Asked why he bail not showu
Walpole the pardon iu the beginning. McKm
neu Answered, "Because tho swab never aakei
mo. i
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