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Proctor’B Last Essays.
I A series of popular scientific articles, by
■the late Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the emi
nent astronomer and author, will appear in
the Morning News on the dates announced
below.
The article in this series upon “Plagues
and Pestilence” was received only the week
before the author’s death, and was written
apropos of the yellow fever in Florida.
Indeed, the whole series is Prof. Proctor’s
last popular scientific work for newspaper
publication.
They are expected to attract great atten
tion throughout the whole country, and will
prove a valuable addition to scientific lore
which no one can well afford to lose. They
were obtainable by the Morning News
only on account of its prominence in the
;world of journalism, and have an especial
interest for the newspaper readers of the
southeast.
These articles, six in number, are upon
the following topics:
1. For September 23.
Plague and Pestilence.
2. For September 30.
Learning the Stars.
3. For October 7.
Our Two Brains.
4. For October 14.
Famous Comets.
5. For October 21.
Are Men Advancing?
6. For October 28.
Great Telescopes.
Postmaster General Dickinson is right
when he says Mr. Cleveland is President all
the time. Mr. Cleveland is also President
of all the people.
Is marriage a failure! One way to find
out the truth of the matter is t<o observe
the seedy-lookiug and sour old bachelor. Is
bachelorhood a success!
It is stated that the mysterious London
fiend who is murdering women , in that city
is believed by many to be an American.
This is a distinction to which America lays
no claims.
The New York /Yens calls on the business
men to take action in the campaign. They
will take action fast enough. When the re
t urns come in, the Press will wish they
hadn’t been so active.
Marriageable English noblemen, with or
without fortunes, are said to be scarce.
Young ladies who beloug to the “bong
tong,” and who are able to pay for titles,
have gobbled most of them up.
The New York Tribune talks about “the
Clevelaud-Hill unpleasantness.” As has
been explained heretofore, the Cleveland-
Hill unpleasantness exists in the imagina
tion of the republican organs.
Mr. Blaine to Chairman Quay, when
the two meet in New York city: “Ah!
senator, 1 trust “For God’s sake,
Blaine,” interrupts Chairman Quay,
“don’t u*! that word. Homebody might
hear you.”
A good many of the newspapers take a
cheerful view of the fever epidemic. They
>B3’ Unit it has about run its course in
Florida, and that it won’t amount to much
Jin Alabama and Mississippi. It is hoped
that they ore correct.
Monday will boa busy day in thi#city.
The public schools open on that day, and
\ young Savannahians will once more turn
their attention to their books. Except
during the recent rainy spells, the bo3*s and
g'rls have had a pleasant vacation.
Gen. Harrison's speeches seem to tie liber
ally punctured by applause. This is easily
explained. Gen. Harrison has adopted the
plan of editing his speeches, and he inserts
“applause, - ’ “great applause,” “tremendous
applause,” etc., when needed to holp the
heavy speeches along.
The Persian minister w ith the long name
I hasn’t arrived in Washington, but a letter
has arrived there for him in advance, and it
> is supposed he will put in his appearance
after a while. The ministers name is liadje
i Hossien Kouti Khan Motained el Versari.
i If he will drop his H’s, also hi* K’s, he will
got along betior.
General Manager Jeffrey, of the Illinois
Central railroad, speaking of the northern
; travel next winter, says: “Yes, I think the
travel to Florida will be lessoned to some
extent, although there would be ready no
danger in people going to their accustomed
resorts after the epidemic is over." Ot
course there would be no danger. If another
bliigard styiuld strike the north this winter,
it would flhd a great many of the people tf
that section away—ia Florida. i
Chandler at the Crank Again.
Evidently Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, was not satisfied with the way
in which Senators Erarts and Spooner have
managed that old concern, the southern out
rage mill, lately, for when his resolution look
ing to an inquiry into the methods of the late
Louisiana election was taken up, the other
day, he resumed control of the machine
with the determination to turn the crank at
a livelier rate than ever. He is hardly
satisfied with his effort, however. In fact,
he must feel that his attempt to grind out
campaign capital for his party was a dismal
failure. It was effectually blocked by Sen
ators Gibson, of Louisiana, and Reagan
and Coke, of Texas, w’ho showed up the
political scavenger from New Hampshire in
his true colors.
They told him in plain language that his
efforts were part of a political programme;
that his charges of political murder and in
timidation in the south were false; that he
himself did not believe them, and that the
country is tired of hearing him reiterate
charges that have tieen exploded long ago.
Of course every citizen who understands
the political situation in the south knows
that these southern senators are right.
The rebuke would have been felt keenly
by most men, but it is doubtful if it had
any special effect upon Chandler, who has
been shown so often that he is wrong as to
be by this time prdof against rebuke. This
was demonstrated by his brazen manner of
repeating the slanders.
Is it not incomprehensible that Chandler
should refer to the last Louisiana election
to prove his charges? The fact that he
does so is very strong evidence that he only
wants a pretext for waving the bloody shirt
That election is not open to the charge of
being unfairly conducted. Both the demo
cratic and republican candidates announced
their determination to see that every quali
fied voter was accorded the privilege of
voting as he wished, and no obstaole was
thrown in their way. The result was an
unusually large democratic majority, and
many colored people voted voluntarily for
the democratic candidate.
The country understands the situation.
The democratic congressmen and press have
explained repeatedly and satisfactorily that
the colored voters of the south have long
since lost much of their interest in elec
tions, because they found there was no
profit to them in electing carpet-baggers to
ofHce, and because they are not as greatly
affected as the white voters by the success
or failure of any party. Why go over the
ground again every time Senator Chandler
chooses to make an exhibition of his hatred
of the south, and of his mistaken idea that
political capital can still be gotten out of
the outrage mill?
Will They Unite?
The Tammany Hall democracy and the
County democracy of New York city have
been talking for some time about uniting
on a candidate for mayor, but they have
not yet determined to unite. Some days
the prospects of a union seem to be excellent,
but probably in a day or two afterward
they will appear to be hopeless. One would
be justified in believing that the factions
don’t know exactly what to do. They ap
parently would like to unite, but each is
afraid that in the union the other will get
the better of the agreement.
Tammany Hall talks about running a
candidate of its own against Mayor Hewitt,
who is the candidate most frequently men
tioned by the County democrats. Mayor
Hewitt says he is anxious to retire, but at
the same time he appears to be perfectly
willing to give Tammany a chance to try
its hand at defeating him. He announces,
however, that if a candidate whom he likes
can be agreed on by the factions, lie will
get out of the way.
It has been stated by both the Tammany
and the County democrats that the ruuning
of two democratic candidates would have
the effect of bringing out the full demo
cratic vote, and in that way increasing the
vote for Mr. Cleveland. The fact, however,
that the republican organs of New York
arc greatly pleased with the idea of fac
tional candidates, and are doing what they
can iu a sly way to prevent a union, is suffi
cient evidence that Mr. Cleveland would
suffer from such a course. AVhenover in the
past there have been several democratic
candidates, it has been charged that mem
bers of one or the other of the factions
voted for the republican presidential candi
date in return for republican votes for their
candidate for mayor. In this campaign
the democrats seem to be thoroughly united
upon Mr. Cleveland, but with rival candi
dates for mayor iu the field, the temptation
of trading would be presented. Cleveland
for President, Hill for governor, and a
union candidate for mayor is the ticket that
would obtain an unusually large majority
in New York city.
Another American girl has married a no
bleman —that is, she thought she had until
a few days ago. “Lord McKenzie, of
Scotland,” some time ago made his appear
ance in Flagtown, N. J., and it was not
long before he had married one of tiie
young ladies of the town, and had bought
on time a $1(1,000 farm. The other day the
“nobleman’s” brother arrived there, and di
vulged the fact that the impostor’s name is
Edward Hugh Dick, and that he is the black
sheep of the family. The young iadies of
Flagtown will be more careful in future
how they accept the attentions of alleged
noblemen.
The esteemed radical organs which are
offering Mr. Cleveland so much free advice
concerning his future conduct in the cam
paign are informed that the President is
üb!e to pay for their advice when he needs
it. He doesn’t need it now. Ever since he
was inaugurated as President, ho has
demonstrateil his ability to take care of
himself, and on several occasions lie has
shown that he is a better politician than
any republican in the country. Bend vour
advico to Mr. Blaine and Gen. Harrison,
esteemed organs.
Sympathy for the brute creation runs in
the Bergli family. The other day, in New
York, a niece of the lato Henry Bergh, of
the Society fur the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, was walking up Broadway,
when she noticed a inau trying to make a
lean h,rse pull a very heavily laden truck.
The man was using the whip very vigor
ously, and the horse reeled under the severe
stress. Miss llergh called a policeman,who
took the driver in hand.
It was stated the other day in New York
that Gen. Fisk, prohibition candidate for
President, had withdrawn from t.ho race.
Gan. Fisk was asked about it “No,” said
ho, “it isn’t true. lam in the field till elec
tion day. 1 have been ill for the past woek
or two, and have sought the mountains for
recuperation. I will renew my political
work this week.” Another false republican
rumor nailed.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1888.
The V/hyo Gang.
About eight years ago the whyo gang
was organized in the Fourth and Sixth
wards of New York. Its membership was
Composed of men and youths from among
the criminal olasses, and its object was to
steal and to commit highway robbery.
There was no peculiar form to be gone
through with in order to become a member,
and the only qualification required was the
ability to get away with the property of
other people. Even young boys, who had
learned to steal, were adnutted to member
ship, and were given opportunities of
showing their fitness for places in the pen
itentiaries.
For a time the whyos held high carnival.
They stole from public and private hoflses,
robbed men on the street, and frequently
committed murder. The organization
waxed strong, aud became a terror to re
spectable people. But after a while the
members found serious obstacles in the way
of a continuance of lawlessness. One by
one they were arrested, tried, convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary. Their
ranks began to be thinned out. One of
their numlier, Driscoll by name, was hanged
a few months ago, and last month the
leader, Owney Bruen, was sent to the pen
itentiary for assaulting a saloon-keeper tie
cause he refused to hand over to him money
demanded of him. Now it is said that
there are not more than a dozen of them
left, and they have become so
uneasy that they are rarely
heard from. The execution of the law has
caused them to be very much less zealous
in their work than they were formerly, and
in fact they have suspended operations for a
season. They are without a leader, and
they know the officers of the law are ready
to take them in as soon as the opportunity
is presented.
There are plenty of men of this stripe in
all large cities, though they may not be so
well organized, or may be without organiza
tion. A few brave and watchful officers
can do much to bring them to justice, and
to relieve from infamy the districts which
are made notorious by the work of such
men.
Railroads In the United States.
The railroads have been great developers
of this country. They have done more, per
haps, than any other agency to make it
what it is. As it is the greatest nation in
the world, so has it the most magnifi
cent system of railroads. No other nation can
compare with it in the number of miles of
road, and, in fact, the mileage in the United
States is not very far from being as great
as that of the rest of the world combined
Our roads possess superior advantages for
long distance travel, and the cost of travel
is less than in other countries. A first-class
ticket in the United States costs one-half
less per mile than it does in England, and
may be purchased for less than second-class
tickets cost in any part of Europe.
The number of miles of railroad in the
United States at the end of 1897 was 149,913,
and the number of people employed by the
railroad companies was 900,000. In addi
tion, 300,000 people were employed in the
factories, etc., connected with railroading.
Estimating that each one of these employes
must support three persons—a low estimate
—there were in this country at that time
3,600,000 people dependent for a living on
the railroads. The earnings of the compa
nies were $33,000,000 greater than in 1886,
and the passenger and tonnage traffic 15
per cent, greater.
It is not unusual to hear railroad compa
nies abused. They deserve, however, a
great deal of consideration from the people.
Of course, most of them make money—that
is what the roads were built for, but they
should be satisfied with reasonable profits.
No city or town can have too many rail
roads. They are developers. Savannah
could very well afford to put forth greater
efforts than she has in the post to secure
additional roads.
Ex-Congressman Converse denies in
positive language that he has gone over to
the republicans. Ho says: “1 am anxious
for the success of the Democratic party,
and wish to do anything in my power to
.■nnble it to retain favor and keep in con
trol of the government. lam a democrat,
and my views on questions that have been
made prominent in this canvass, namely, a
tariff and internal revenue, are expressed
in the national democratic platform of 1884,
and were well known.”
That is generally the way the pretended
Hops of democrats to republicanism turn
out.
One of the most anxious of the republi
can editors has entered upon a defense of
the speeches Gen. Harrison is making, and
states that the general “has not said a word
which his political enemies can effectively
employ as a target far destructive criti
cism.” This may be quite true. Gen. Har
rison has made B)>eeches at the rate of four
or five a week since ho was nominated, and
what has ho said! Nothing—absolutely
nothing.
Physicians in New York are not disposed
to lieliove that Mr. Edison lias found a solu
tion which will exterminate ttie yellow
fever germ. According to the New York
World, they laugh at his specific. This
would seem to indicate that they know a
groat deal more about the subject than Mr.
Edison does. If they do, why don’t they go
to work and discover a reined*’?
Mr. Lovi P. Morton attended a barbecue
near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., the other day,
hut lie refused to make a speech. He ap
pears to bo the only interested person in
the campaign on the republican side who
obeys Chairman Quay’s injunction not to
talk. Ij}’ the way, Mr. Morton is the re
publican candidate for Vice-President.
The rumor that Mr. Andrew Carnegie is
stumping Scotland for Mr. Blame is no
doubt false, basely false. In the first place,
it is doubtful if Scotland's vote would lie
counted by the electoral college, and in the
next place it is Mr. 15. Harrison, of Indiana,
who is running against Mr. Cl veland.
Mr. George Law, of New York, the man
who gives away money so liberal!}’ when he
gets on a spree, has been heard from again.
He is perfectly sober this time, and he offers
to give if 10,(XX) to the campaign fund if Mr.
Roswell P. Flower is nominated by the
democrats for mayor of New York.
Has Chairman Quay rea l the speech Mr.
Blaine is to deliver in New York to-day,
and did he run his blue pencil through all
allusions to trusts? Mr. Blaine’s speeches
nppeir to need a good deal of revision
before they are delivered, and a good deal
more after they are delivered.
After this any thing may be expected
from the republican falsifiers. They stated
the other day that Gov. Fitzhugh Ltw, of
Virginia, had declared iu fuvor of Harrison
and Morton. Gov. says the statement
is “perfectly absurd."
CURRENT COMMENT.
Is It Possible!
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
There are 20,000 revenue reformer* in Phila
delphia to-day who have recently been recruited
from the republican ranks.
Only Proper Precautions.
From the Mobile Register.
The people of Savannah deserve much credit
for their conduct during these troublous times.
Although the nearest city to Jacksonville, there
has been no panic, only the proper precautions.
Not a Conquering Hero.
From the New York Timet (Ind.)
Mr. Blaine will come to New York, then,
where more than in any eastern city the real
nature and effect of the baleful conspiracies
known as trusts are thoroughly understood,
with the bad odor of his defense and apology as
to trusts clinging to his garments. He will come
to a community where he has a considerable
number of followers who have been discouraged
and alarmed by his curious course.
Another Curiosity.
From the Boston Herald ( Ind .)
Showman Barnum isn’t offering to sell his
real estate this year in anticipation of Cleve
land's election. He has learned the folly of that
performance. He thinks he sees dire calamity
in the Mills bill, however. Its passage, he
thinks, would envelop Bridgeport In industrial
darkness, and close up all the manufactories
there. The tariff bugaboo appears to have
been engaged to travel with the greatest show
on earth.
Yes, How Many?
From the New York Graphic (Ind.)
Now comes Murat Halstead and accuse* the
Old Roman of having pnblicly declared that
“this is a white man’s government.” Goodness
gracious! Yet just wait a moment. How many
negroes have the republicans nut in any sort of
a paying office in slates which the grand old
partv controls? Did the republicans of the
north ever Dominate a bltck man for congress?
How many of them have been made members
of the legislature or even common eounciimen
in the biggest republican towns? Have any?
BEIQHT BITS.
“Can a young man marry comfortably on
$5OO a year?” asks a correspondent. Yes, he
can; but he will tie deneed uncomfortable after
ward.—Burlington Free Press.
A German newspaper in Newark, N. J., runs
a beer saloon ill connection with its establish
ment. As it is published in the forenoonl it
must have a head on it every morning.— Yonk
ers Statesman.
“Ah, ha!" said the physician, “30 per cent,
less deaths last week than I expected. By the
way, how much medicine did I leave?"
"About half as much as usual, sir," replied
the attendant. [of
' Farmer —Hi. there: Can’t you see that sign
—"No fishing on these grounds?”
Colored Fisherman—Co’se I kin see de sign.
Is culil i, boss, hut I ain't so ignorant aster fish
on no groun s. I’m fishin’ m de crick. — Texas
Si/lings.
Landlord (mountain resort house) —Well, sir.
I trust that inhaling our mountain air will en
able you to return to the city with renewed
strength and vigor.
Guest—Can’t tell yet; it all depends on the
bill.— Life.
“The really efficient laborer,” says Thoreau,
“will be found not to unduly crowd his day
with work, but will saunter to his task sur
rounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. ”
That is the way the office boy usually does.—
Somerville Journal.
Brown (to Sarcophagus, the undertaker!—
What in the world induced you to settle out at
BlankvfUe? There’s hardly a dozen families
there, I’m told.
Sarcophagus—True; there are not many peo
ple there, but t hen there are three grade cross
ings within half a mile of my house.— Boston
Transcript.
Mistress— Did you buy a stamp and mail the
letter. Bridget ?
Bridget—Oi did. mum, an’ here’s the change.
Mistress—How much did you pay for the
stamp?
Bridget -Wan cint, mum. The boy said he
had ’e n ail the wav from wan cint up, an' its
not the likes of Bridget O’Toolihan wot goes
about wastin' money.— Few York Sun.
“And what do you think of my last novel, Mr.
Fogg?”
“It shows wonderful improvement over your
first one, excellent as that was, Miss Verigush.”
"Do you really think so, Mr. Fogg? You are
sure you are not flattering me?”
“Not at all. It took me six months to get half
through your first novel; and, only think I I fin
ished your last in just five minutes by the
watch.”— Boston Transcript.
“Did you make these doughnuts, Mandy,
dear?"
"Yes, darling, I hope you like them.”
“Well, perhaps mv taste has ehauged or my
jaws have limbered up or something, but they
ain't much like the doughnuts my mother used
to make,”
“Aren’t they? And 1 tried so hard (tears) to
make them nice?”
“Nice: by George, Mindy, if my mother had
made snob splendid, puffy dongbuuts as yours.
I should have died iu my early childhood of an
overloaded stomach. Thanks to the sagacity of
the dear, old woman, it took two hours and a
half to wear out one of her uoughnuts.”
Springfield Union.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Ashmead-Baxtlett. wife of the member
of parliament, always dresses in ultra aesthetic
garo, and makes her children look like some of
Kate Greenaway's pictures.
Emperor William of German}’ is a monarch
of the old style, fond of war and the chase. He
lias abandoned sham battles for a while and
gone to Hubertusburg on a bunting expedition.
Sir George Elliott, the English admiral, says
that tile ideal battleship possess Hqualifications
ranking in this order: 1. Seaworthiness: 2. Guns
aud armor; 3. Handiness; 4. Coal endurance; 5.
Speed; 0. Light draught of water.
The Burnham house, at Round Take. N. V.,
lias been purchased by Mrs. Newman, wife of
Bishop J. l\ Newman, for $13,000. The building
is to be converted into a borne of missionaries
who return to this country for rest.
Col. L. Fontaine of Canton. Miss., has trained
a pair of pat bears so that he drives them double
to a buggy, lie occasionally appears on the
streets with them, scaring the horses half out
of their wits. The bears amble along at a pretty
fair sort of pace.
Mr. Jackson, husband of the late Helen Hunt
Jackson, was married recently and is now re
siding at Colorado Springs, Col. He married a
niece of his lirst wife, and there is stilt a
Helen Hunt Jackson. The grave of the lirst
Mrs. Jackson, known as “H. H ." is literally
covered with visiting cards left by tourists
who climb the mountain near Colorado Springs
to visit the last resting place of this noble
woman.
There seems to be a ducal epidemic ranging
in society at present, and for the benefit of the
young ladies of Pittsburg who are afflicted with
this malady, the subjoined list of all the unniar
ried >vailaide dukes left is given. It would he
well to commence operations at once for most
of them are quite old and cannot wait much
longer. Duke of Somerset, born Dec. 30, 1810;
Duke of Richmond, horn Feb. 37, 1818, widower;
Duke of Grafton, liorn June !i, 181!!. widower;
Duke of St. Albnns, born April 15,1840, widower;
Duke of Devonshire,born April 47,1 SUN,widower;
Duke of Rutland, born May if, ISIS; Duke of
Argyle. born April 30, 181:8. widower; Duke of
Portland, born Dec. 38, !85T; Duke ot Buoking
iiamand Chnndos, born Sept. 10, 1833, widower;
Duke of Westminster, born oct. 18, 1835,
widower.
When Mr. Newdcgate, for more than forty
years member of parliament for North War
wickshire, died, it seemed as if his honored
name would disappear. Mr. Newdegato was
not married, and there were no heirs, direct or
collateral, bearing bis name. By a curious coin
cidence, his father married the "daug jter of the
heir to a w ealthy baronet named Sir Roger New
digate, and the late member, wit b a considers
hie property, was heir to the double name, his
full style being Charles Newdignte-N’ewdegate
His only living relations were members > ( Ills
mother's family, ami to one of these Gen. Now
(ligate, c. H . Mr. Newdegato has left Ids prop
erty. stipulatuigthnt he shall change the “l” for
nn ■ (•." aud shall henceforward be Newdlgate-
Nswdegate. The General has accepted the
terms, aud will henceforward sign his newly
spelled name.
I ran across Jesse D. Grant, the youngest son
of Gen. Grant, in a hotel corridor uptown a few
days ago, says a New York let ter, when he told
ine t tiai he had been for nearly a year located
permaneatly at San Francisco, where he is en
gage liu promoting n number of mining enter
prises liis family is there and his visit to New
York was only u flying business trip. There has
been a great ueal of newspaper talk about the
resemblance of Col. F D Grant to Ida father,
and to some extent there is a resemblance, but
old men who knew OeiL Grant In Ids younger
duys say that Jesse is the exact counterpart of
bis father, and g ves general promise of closer
resemblance than any of the Grant ooy*. O il.
Grant ia u larger man than his father was, and
both the colonel aud U. N. Grant, Jr.. “Buck”
Grant as lie Is liest known, have black hair aud
whiskers, whereas Jieso has the sandy c im
plex on and hirsute growth of his father.
An Ecstatic Moment.
From Life.
“George, dear.’" she said, shyly—they had
only been engaged a week —“can you recall the
happiest moment of your life?"
"Yes, indeed:" responded George earnestly.
“Was it—er lately, George?" she almost whis
pered.
“Yes, only last week—"
“Oh. George!"
“When I won SSB for $5 on a place horse.”
The Proper Kind.
From Fuck-.
Quibble (entering the office of his friend
Coke) —I say, Grotius, my correspondence is
growing so lately that I’ve got to get a type
writer. What kind would you recommeud?
Coke—l'm-1 believe your engagement to
Miss Jones was announced a month ago?
Buibble— Yes.
oke—Then, Puffy, my boy. If you don’t want
to have a little breach of promise case of your
own on the calendar.you’d better get a boy of 18
or so.
Seeking the Beauties of Nature.
From the Detroit Free Frees.
"Are there any objects of special interest in
this locality?” asked a party of tourists of an
aged rural resident in Missouri.
The old man reflected a moment and then
said:
“Ain’t been to see Sile Dagg’s set o’ triplets,
hev you ? All boys, an’ ”
“No," hastily interrupted the spokesman of
the party, “you don’t understand; we’’—
“You'd orter go an’ see Bob Peterson’s Berk
shire shotes; they ain’t but three months old
and they weigh"—
“We are looking for"—
“I do’no but I got a little curiosity of my own
back here in the shape of a punktn that weighs
nigh onto 60 pounds an’ is still growin'.”
“You don’t understand; we are looking for
beauties of nature: choice bits of scenery, etc."
"Oh, scenery? vVal, I do'no es they is any
seenery ’round here; I never heard of it if they
was. But I tell you them shotes of Bob’s is
wuth’’—
Bnt the tourists had gone on.
An Irish Love Song.
Oh! the leaves are green.
And an epierald sheen
I)o the fragrant fields now wear;
And the lark’s sweet song
Rings clear and strong,
And swells in the balmy air;
Bright flash the streams,
The sunshine gleams.
But my heart is sad to day,
For my thoughts must roam
O’er the ocean's foam,
To a lover far away.
He’s away afar—
'Neath the western star,
In "Minnie's" fertile land:
Beyond the sea
He toils for me-
True heart and stalwart hand.
The war and strife
Of a strange new life,
And the city’s pomp are vain.
His heart e'er strays
To the olden days
And the first fond love again.
And the time rolls by.
And I grieve and sigh
In my lonely village home;
But sadness flies
When my dreams arise
•if the cbarmi ag days to come;
For my iover bold,
With bright red gold.
Again will seek our shore;
Sweet bliss and joy
Shall, without alloy,
Be mine for ever more.
—Michael Kavanah.
Penelope’s Words of Comfort.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"Penelope, can t you say something to soften
the blow?" implored the young man.
“Oh, Philip, Philip! ’What can I say? It is
all over between us.”
“That doesn’t soften it any," rejoined Philip;
“that’s what you said before.”
And the unhappy youth looked mournfully at
a 810 volume of poems he had presented her a
few months before, and heaved a sigh so deep,
so profound, that it made his shoes perceptibly
tighter.
"Penelope.” he continued, “when a young
man builds all his hopes on the promise of a
young woman, and that young woman deliber
ately goes back on that promise, it knocks the
props, as it were, out from under his hopes, and
they come down, kerswash! You may have a
perception;sotne time, Penelope," he added, with
increasing gloom, "of the feelings of a human
being standing by a wreck of this kind and look
ing at the debris of his own happiness."
“I couldn't help it, Philip," sne replied. “I
have become satisfied that we were not made
for each other. We should not be happy to
gether. We’
“It is because I am a mugwump?" he de
manded.
“No. Phillip, it is not that; I think, with
proper nursing, you would recover from that in
time. Neither have I any objection to your
personal appearance, your position in society,
your habit*’’
“My habits!" he exclaimed. “I hope not.
Penelope Witherspoon, I never in my lire took
a drink of anything intoxicating, never chewed
tobacco, never smoked a cigar, never went to a
circus, and never was in a ball room. I don’t
drink tea or coffee, eat peanuts, chew gum, read
novels, swear, gamble, lie, use snuff, play check
ers, sit up late at night, go to theaters, eat be
tween meals, nor read Amelia Rives. I never
kissed a young woman in my life”
"So far as my experience goes." asserted
Penelope, retrospectively, “I can certify that
you have Dot, Philip," she added, with a glow
of tender womanly sympathy on her face, “you
asked me to say something to soften the blow.
I think I can foresee a great future for you.
Your habits have fitted you for a shining ca
reer.”
“In what capacity, may I ask?"
“Asa SSOO-a-week freak in a dime museum!”
A Surprise for the Fencer,
FVom the Albany Journal.
A young bank clerk in Albany is wiser than
he was a year ago. In the bank where he was
a clerk anew man was given a somewhat in
ferior position. The newcomer was a small,
slight framed Frenchman, whose English was
decidedly lame, but who so seldom spoke that
it made little difference. The senior clerk had
a decided penchant for fencing, aud compared
with most fellows of his age and position was
unquestionably a good swordsman. In addition
to this he was a most insufferable braggart, ami
his military accomplishmeup was his one topic
of thought and conversation. He had about
him a very patronizing air, which he proceeded
to infftet upon the inoffensive Frenchman and
his familiar slaps on the back evidently dis
pleased the stranger. Finally, a particularly
emphatic thump between the little French
man's shoulders produced as response a sting
ing slap in the face which left tbs red mark of
a small hand sharply prominent against the
otherwise deathly pale face of the young Ameri
can.
Speechless with rage, the young man found
his desk, and shortly afterward, through a
friend, challenged the Frenchman to mortal
combat. The latter apologized; in fact, did all
in his power to undo the mischief of his hasty
blow, in vain. ‘’Nothing but blood can wine out
that insult,” the young man said, haughtily.’
The details wore arranged, the Frenchman, as
the challenged party, choosing rapiers. Greatly
to the surprise of the hot-blooded young chal
lenger, the cashier of the hank, who knew’ the
Frenchman well, acted as the latter’s second.
The day came, and the hour. The principals
stepped to positions, saluted, and the blue
blades crossed with that smooth, gliding sound
which is music to the ear of the true swords
man. The Frenchman, whose familiarity with
his weapon was evident at the start, confined
himself at first entirely to defease, turning his
opponent's point with grace of movement and
absence of fear or nervousness which were poe
try in action. The young man grew bolder, his
thrusts began to have an air of ferocity which
seemed to anger the Frenchman a trifle, and
turning asido his opponent's thrust he made a
quick lunge, and the young American barely
parried.
Another quick thrust and turn of the wrist
were too much for him; there was a sharp snap
and the top button of his coat flew across the
room. Angry at this evident trifling, the but
ton's owner made a spiteful lunge, which wus
quickly purred and the next button was snap
ped away. One aftrr auoti.er the shining but
tons on his natty blue-braided jacket were cut
off by the Frenchman’s ready p ,mt. Decidedly
“rattled "at his opponent s skill and the irre
pressible smiles of the seconds and surgeon, the
young clerk now, witli greater rapidity and less
caution, made fieroe lunges, any one of which
would have driven the sharp rapier through the
hi sly of the cool Frenchman, while the little
man, quietly parrying, witli the sharp
point of Ills weapon stripped the
front of the young man's jacket to
ribbons The contest had lasted souie twenty
minutes when suddenly the Frenchman caught
the swiftly-advancing point of his opponeut,
turned it aside, slipped his own sword quickly
down along the other's blade, turning It with a
quick wrist motion so that it iiartly wound
around it. and with a sharp wrenching raotiou
tore the weapon away and sent it llymg across
the room. Then he saluted, threw his
weapon down and left the room.
It subsequently transpired that the
foreigner was and is—a member of a onco
noble French family, a captain In the French
army, aud bis teachers have been some of the
best swordsmen in France. The young Amer
ican has not challenged any mis ellaneotis for
eigners sinot tnen, an I is less inclined to talk of
his experience or skill.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
A woman has been elected superintendent of
schools at Johnsbury, Vt. Her name is Miss
Belle P. Small, and she is a graduate of the New
Hampshire normal school of Amherst.
While conveying a prisoner from Meriden to
New Haven, a Connecticut policeman fell
asleep, and his charge, though handcuffed,
picked the bluecoat'* pocket* aud then jumped
out of the car window and escaped.
Engine 810, of the Union Pacific road, that is
now employed In transferring cars across the
Omaha bridge, has a record of having run 1,140,-
625 miles. It has been in use for twenty-five
years, and was one of the first locomotives used
west of the Missouri river.
The best paid drummers traveling for Chi
cago houses are five men in the grocery trade,
who receive salaries of from SB,OOO to SIO,OOO a
year. There are perhaps 100 traveling men in
the Lake City who make $5,000 a year, but the
average is sot above $4,000.
Wilson Waddingham of Savin Rock, Conn.,
is said t* be the largest land owner in the United
States. He is belived to own over 2,000.000
acres of grazing land in New Mexico and else
where, and he has also made large investments
in real estate in western cities.
There was a very old trunk at Castle Garden,
New York, the other day. It arrived with
William Behrens on the Fulda, and had the
date 166? carved on it. The trunk is of black
oak. Mr. Behrens is bound for Monticello, la.
He said the trunk had been in his family for 220
years.
A citizen of Danbury, Conn., who was
troubled with sore eyes, saved some snow from
the great blizzard of last spring, melted it, and
treated his eyes with the water. His eyes were
cured, and now a friend of his, who is threat
ened with blindness, is using the water for his
eye trouble.
A 5-year-old boy of Auburn, Me., was to
spend the afternoon at tliff house of a young
woman who, he heard his mother say, had been
married four years. He was advised to take
some playthings for fear he would not be con
tented, and his answer was: "Well, if her hus
band can stand it to live with her for four years,
I guess I can stand it one afternoon. ”
The people of a church in Belfast, Me., report
a singular coincidence last Sunday. Just as the
pastor was reading the words, “I beheld the
spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, ana
it abode upon him,” a beautiful dove fluttered
in at the open door and alighted upon the rail
ing of the back gadery. It next flew to the
pulpit, and, after resting a minute, perched
upon the speaker's head. Being brushed away,
the dove flew down beside the Bible, and finally,
near the close of the services, flew out through
the open door at which it had entered.
In an obscure little town in Mexico lives a
lineal descendant of Montezuma 11., the legal
heir to the A ztec throne. Senor Montezuma, as
he is called, indulges in no idle dreams of the
restoration of the ancient empire, and quietly
accepts the meager pension allowed him by the
government. In contradistinction to this the
heirs of Cortez receive immense revenues from
the estates of the Marquis del Valle (Cortezt and
live in grand style. There is also living a de
scendant of the Indian Emperor Chimalpopoca,
who is a civil engineer of much ability.
! |Mount St. Elias promises to be the future
mountain-climbing center of this country. A
traveler who has returned from there, after
failing to ascend to the summit, reports that
his party, after surmounting great difficulties,
reached a hight of 11,500 feet, and were then
compelled to abandon tbe enterprise. The
ascent was covered with ice mounds, strewn
with boulders. The party were at one time
knee-deep in snow, and at another were wading
through icy waters fed by giaciers. He believes
the mountain cannot be ascended without the
assistance of trained Bwiss mountaineers. The
packers with the party could not climb.
German papers announce that, though suffi
cient money has been collected for the Heiue
monument at Dusseldorf, the structure will not
be raised after all. The cause assigned is the
opposition to the movement in high quarters.
The London correspondent of tbe New York
Times thinks "this evidently means Bismarck
or the emperor, and is no doubt due to Heine's
free-thinking sentiments in matters of govern
ment as well as of religion. That opposition
should be made in any quarter to a testimonial
to the people’s poet of Germany is altogether
remarkable, and. though the pajers say little,
the fact cannot fail to arouse widespread indig
nation.
A parmer by the name of Oter, near Glen
town, 0., has a young bull terrier. The other
day a large eagle swooped down on a hen with
chicks. The terrier, seeing the danger, ran to
the rescue, as the eagle started skyward with a
young chicken in its mouth. The dog jumped
and caught the eagle by the tail. This, how
ever, retarded but little the upward course of
the bird, and it was not till the tail gave away
as the eagle soared over an oak that it was freed
of the plucky dog, which dropped unharmed
into the prongs of tbe oak, 50 feet from the
ground. After a great deal of difficulty, the
terrier was brought to mother earth. There is
a bald tailed eagle near Glentown now.
Some month* ago a Lawrenceburg (O.) miss,
the daughter of a farmer, while packing eggs,
wrote her name, age and address on the shell of
one of the fruit Three or four weeks after she
was surprised to receive a letter from a gentle
man connected with a produce commission
house in Boston, Mass. He told her that tbe
egg upon which she had written her name came
into his possession. In concluding his letter the
Bostonian gave his name and references, and
asked the young lady to correspond. The girl
accepted the proposition. In a short time pho
tographs were exchanged, and it is now an
nounced that the couple will shortly be mar
ried. He has been west to see his intended, and
“he finds her exactly his ideal."
News from Dr. Nansen. Greenland explorer,
up to July 17, fcas jiist been received in London.
He left Iceland June 4, and five days later came
in sight of mountains to the north of Cape Dan.
but there was too much ice to land. So he turned
back and spent a montn seal fishing with poof
result*, and ha.l to shoot his pony, which he
U6ed to carry packs up the mountains, because
he had no more food for the animal. On July
17 he returned to within sight of Cape Dan and
found a place at Inigsallc. where a landing
seemed feasible. Nansen’s letter was brought
back by the sealing vessel Jason, which he had
then quitted. He hoped to get across to the
west coast of Disco Bay by Sept. 1, in time to
catch the last of the Danish vessel* then leav
ing.
In Jcne last an interesting archaeological dis
covery was made at Sonderby, on the west
coast of Jutland It consisted of about thirty
urns of clay, found in a moss at a depth of three
feet. They occupied an area 4 feet wide and 10
feet long. Formerly there was a shallow lake
here. Most of the vessels rested upon rough
stones, but there was no trace of stone wails or
roof; they varied from ato 8 inches in bight.
In most of them lay ashes and remnants of cal
cined bones, whilst the bottom was lined with
some reed-like kind of grass. Some of the urns
had lids, but others ap|ieared to have been
placed in the earth open. Most of them were
very simple in form, with smooth sides, but on
some of the larger there were three knobs at the
sides and attempts at rough ornamentation. No
metal or stone implement was found. In the
same moss some huge oak trunks were also due
out. "
One of the oldest customs in London is the
tolling of the liell of St. Sepulchre's, Holborne,
on the occasion of the execution of a person in
Newgate. The necessary funds to maintain
this practice were derived from a rent charge
upon certain premises in Smithfleld, and known
as Robert Downs' Prison Charities. This fund
has now loan scheduled by the charity commis
sioners as a charity, and a scheme lias been de
vised for its future administration. The rector
ami churcli wardens of St. Sepulchre's, ns trus
tees of the fund, may appropriate the money
for the benefit of release I prisoners, may assist
juvenile prisoners with clothes, etc., or may
pay the money over to u discharged prisoners'
aid society. The question of the tolling of the
bell at executions has to bo decided by the
vestry of St. Sepulchre, out of whose foods, if
the custom be continued, the cost will be pro
vided.
Accoroino to a Chinese paper, a curious case
of punishing the gods is reported from Torchow.
The idols of a certain temple in that city were
those appealed to by persons who desired to be
revenged on their enemies. They were supposed
to cause death to those against whom prayers
to them were directed. Recently the Tartar
military commander died suddenly, and the idea
got abroad among the people that he iiad been
slain by the idols In question. The viceroy of
the province, hearing this, at once gave orders
that they were to he arrested and pun
isned. The prefect was instructed to seo
the decree earned out. and, armed with the
viceroy’s warrant, he went to the temple and
had tlfteen idols arresmd. These were of wood
aud about 5 feet high. Before being brought
for judgment before the prefect their eyes were
all put out, so that they should not see who was
their Judge, and be able to trouble him either
here or hereafter. After a full investigation, a
report was sent to the viceroy, who gave orders
that the idols should be beheaded, llieir bodies
cast into a pond and tbelr temple sealed up for
ever, to prevent them from troubling the peace
of the town in future.
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