Newspaper Page Text
4
C|e||lonung|Jd'j3
Mo miner News Building, Savannah, Ga.
Monday, November 10, isms.
Registered at the Post Office in Savannah.
The Morning News is published every day in
t hc yea-. and .9served to subscribers n the city
et 25 cents a week, 51 UO a month, 00 for si.\
months and 510 (#) for one year
The Morning News. by mail . one month,
$1 ); three months, |2 50; six months, s■> 00;
one year, $lO 00.
The Morning News, by mail, six times a
ve**k (without Sunday issue), three months,
no; six months, $4 00; one year, 00
The Morning News, Tri-Weekly, Monday*.
Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. I burs
days and Saturdays, three months, ?1 ; six
months, $2 50: one year s’> 00. , ..
The Sunday News, by mail, one year, c - <W.
The Weekly News, by mail, one year, 91
Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by
rostal order, cheek or registered letter, t ur-
Tf'.cv sent by mail at risk of senders. .
This naper is kept on file and advertising
mtps ascertained at the .offio, "f G* |
/merieaa Newspaper 1 nblishers Association, .
in. Temple Court. New York City.
letters ami telepTams should be addressed
“Moßxrso News," Savannah, 11a
Advertising rates made known on application.
Tbe Morn I tio News is on file at the folio-vine |
places, where Advertising Rates and other in
formation regarding tbe paper can be obtained: :
NF.'V YORK CITY—
,T. It. Bates, ■!* Park Row.
(i. P. Rowell & (' 10 Spruce street.
V. \V. Sharp & < o„ Cl Parle Row.
Frank Kiernan A: Cos., l.'i Broadway.
Paichy A Cos.. -7 Park Piacc.
.7, W. Thompson, 39 Park Row.
John F. Phillips & Cos.. 99 Park Row.
A);r;> -anNew.sp*" r PriiLisHFRS - Association,
101 Temple Court.
PHILADELPHIA—
y \v. AvE’.t & .Son, Times Building.
BOSTON
S. R. Files, 350 Washington street.
Pkttencxll a Cos., 10 State street,
fit ICAi.O-
U rp A Thomas. 45 Randolph street.
CINCINNATI -
Tnv.r. \< ■•■. Company, r West Fourth street.
N: : ■ Cms tIAN & Cos., 9 Locust street.
ATLANTA-
V.L-iso Nr.iva !!■ reap, Whitehall street.
MACON—
Haii.y Tt't.Kf.tiAPn Offile, 59V Mulberry street.
JACKSONVILLE-
Mott: im. Ni.iv Bi-nttir, Room 1 Eiy Block.
INDEX TO NEW ADVEimSEMKSTSL
'lfetino: DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F.
Fourt h List r et Independent Democratic Club.
Special Noti.t-s— Prof. Cortesa and Ilia Fine
(J :Lrt teat j'volshora A Bro.'s; Banjo Lessons,
ij.-m. Sale Chatham SberifFs Sale.
lottery < Ififid si Drawing Louisiana State.
Steamship Schedi le— Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Railroad ScnKmi-E— Florida Railway and
Navigation Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
el; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Miscellaneous.
It may be interesting to talk about ex
tending the term of the President from
four to six years, but it will lie many a day
before the country agre'-s to such sn exten
sion.
Mrs. Shaw, the New York woman who
has become famous for whistling, lias been
divorced from her husband. Isn’t there an
old saying that a whistling woman never
conies to uny good end ?
The Jersey stock of cattle commands big
prices, but at a sale in Poughkeepsie, X. Y.,
the other day, a Holstein Friesian bull calf
sold for $3,500, the highest price ever paid
in this country. Is the mild-eyed Jersey
losing ground ?
Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Grant got 184,000
votes in Now York city, aiul Mr. Cleveland
165,000 —31,000 less. Can it be said, in the
light of these figures, that. Mr. Cleveland
received the full Taintnnny and County
Democracy vote?
A friend said to Gen. Harrison a day or
tw i ago. “Well, general, the Trouble i
over.” Gen. Harrison replied: “No; the
election is over, but the trouble is not.”
The trouble is just beginning for Gen. 1 iarri
son, and it will be quite serious by the time
lie is inaugurated.
Tho different state majorities, so far ns
cvn be given or estimated, show that Mr.
Cleveland’s popular vote w ;s 57,000 greater
than Gen. Harrison’s. The ofidc.al returns
will change some of trie figures, but it is not
thou, lit that they will lessen materially Mr.
Cleveland's majority.
Senator Edmunds' stato doe3 not believe
in woman's suffrage. By a vote of 193 to
87, tha House of Representative-has decided
that v omen ca mot vote in Vermont..
Lawyer Lockwood, late woman's rights can
didate for President, will have to give tho
eonutor a piece of her mind.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman says
that he does not know what tho p>licy of
Gen. Harrison will bo with respect to the
civil service, but that he lias a very decided
impression that it will boa civil service re
form one. If it is, there will boa good
many disippointeil republicans.
The Louisiana republicans are threatening
already to tear out each other's hair in a
fight over the spoils. The light is bet voen
what ave known as the “new” and tbe
“old" republicans. The first named are led
bv Congressman Dudley Coleman, a former
democrat and an ex-confederate, and they
s ein likely to com ■ out on top.
There is no present danger of illiteracy in
Germany. The school children are so over
weighted with school books that tho police
in the cities have Leeti instructed to take
the names and addresses of children cai Ty
ing more books than their strength will per
mit, so that their parents may be brought
into court and lined for permitting them to
be overloaded.
“In Georgia,” says the Philadelphia Cress,
“the republicans seem to have been greatly
encouraged by the result of tho recent elec
tion, and they have concluded to take part j
in nil local coutests hereafter and nominate
candidates for the various otllces.” It h
not easy to discover how the result iu Oeor- i
g.H <aa encourage them to put out tickets, j
This state gave 60,000 majority for .Mr. I
Cleveland, and it could have given 100,000. '
Mrs. Cleveland wus graduated at Wells
college, New York, some of the buildings
of which were burned recently. She is
president of tbe Alumni association of the
college, nud last week she attended n
meeting in New York, the purpose of which
was to devise means ol rebuilding the
houses. Her presence created enthusiasm
among the membors, each one of whom
agreed to solicit subscriptions. Mrs. Cleve
land agreed to receive and receipt for any
subscription, large or small, that might be
sent to her. No doubt ago >d many people
will avail themselves of this opportunity of
procuring her autograph. ,
The Republican Programme.
The republican leaders are almost
unanimous in expressing the opinion that
the tariff must be reformed. It is evident
that they see tbe necessity for a reduction
of the tariff, and they propose, therefore, to
reduce it.
Ex-Gov. Alger,of Michigan,says: “With a
republican President, House and Senate, the
party cannot escape any responsibility for
he mam or in which tho government is
conducted. The party is entirely willing to
assume the responsibility, and I am of
opinion that one of its first duties will be to
revise the tariff. I am in favor of a
thorough revision, commencing at the first
article on the list and going straight through
to the end.”
Mr. William Walter Phelp - , who will
probably be in Gen. Harrison’s cabinet,
says: “I lovk upon democratic gains in the
west, os a protest against tb* present in
equalities of the tariff. They wish to see
these corrected. The present victory will
eatrehch iho republicans in power for four
years, certainly, and twenty-four years if
they adjust the inequalities of the tariff. If
this be not done, I think democratic
victory will follow in 1893.”
Mr. Chauncey Depcw, who was a candi
da’e for the nomination which Gen.
Harrison got. Bays : “I cannot tell wliat
the whole party favors, but I think that
there will be a revision of the tariff in
equalities. The tariff must bo revised."
The leading republican newspaper of tho
west, the Chicago Tribune, says: “Gen.
Harrison believes in and insists upon tho
reduction of the tariff needed to Stop the
.accu tiulntion of a treasury surplus, and
which can be made without impairing the
just protection of American indu -tries.”
There is no occasion for further quota
tions. The organs and leaders are of the
same opinion—they all say that the tariff
must be reformed. What the republican
party will do is this: It will reform the
tariff pretty nearly on tbe lino marked out
by the Mills bill, and it will do it because
it is shrewd enough to see that the people
are in favor of a reform of that kind, arid
that if it does not reduce the tariff and cut
down the surplus, the democratic party will
be returned to power in 1893. Its aim
will be to make such a reduction
of the tariff that the democrats
will be deprived of tho tariff reform issue.
It will have a dilHcnlt task to perform, be
cause it will have to overcome the opposi
tion ol its friends, the monopolies and
trusts, but, it will make an extraordinary
effort to accomplish it rather than let the
demi ernts have the chance of getting oon
tr. lof the governni mt again, on the tariff
reform issue, four years hence. It doesn’t
care so much for consistency as it doe- for
success.
An Interesting Theory.
Will there be another famine in Egyot !
Has a tributary of the Nile bee t diverted
from its course so as to prevent the irriga
tion of that country ?
The chief tributary of the Nile is the
Atbara river, which furnishes most of the
slime which makes Egypt fertile. On the
overflow of the Nile the Egyptians depend
for subsistence. The overflow never fails.
It is ode of tho wonders of physical geog
raphy tlmt it occurs, at about the same
bight and within a few hours of the same
time, year bj _ year. However, tho country
cannot become thoroughly irrigated unless
tho river remains above a certain point for
several months after the overflow. 1 lias
fallen below that point, and is still falling.
Sit Samuel Baker, a well-known exp’.or r
in Egypt, has a curious theory concerning
the matter. It is this: The natives of tho
interior of Africa, becoming jealous of En
gland’s increasing power over Egypt, have
caused the low Nile, by damning and de
flecting tho Atbara, which is dry from
March to June of each year, and have
turned tho .Atbara toward the Rod tea,
its waters becoming absorbed in the
intervening desert, or else reaching that
body of w iter. Says ha: “I do not stato
positively that tho actual cause of the
present low Nile is the deflection of the
river, but 1 think it highly probable and
distinctly possible. I have soon a spot, 330
miles from tho mouth of tho Atbara, where
the river might tie deflxttsd without diffi
culty and forced toward the Red sea. This
would bo an engineering feut well within
native ca- acity.”
Tho i lea of deflecting the river is not a
new one with Sir Samuel Baker. From
1848 to 1871 Dr. Boke of England published
a number of articles explaining the possi
bility of preventing in that way the irriga
tion of E-\ pi, and in the middle ages the
belief is said to have prevailed that the
King of Abyssinia was paid u large sun on
his promise not to deflect the river. Friar
Jordauu-, iu 1330, estimated that the sum
was 500,000 ducat-.
Sir Samuel Baker assort < that the p ;ssi
bility of a deflection was known in
Biblical days, and ho quotes several script
ural pa sages to prove tho assertion. For
instance: “And the land of Egypt shall lio
desolate and a waste, and they snail know
that lam the Lord, because lie hath said,
The river is mine, and 1 have made it. Be
hold, therefore, I am against thee and
against thy rivers, and I will make the laud
of Egypt utterly waste from the tower ol
Kyone unto the border of Ethiopia.” Sir
Samuel says: “This is a curious allusion
geographically, as the local disturbance is
mentioned as between Syone and Ethiopia,
which would imply an iuterfercnc.' w.th the
Atbara river.”
Another theory is that, as was alleged to
have been the cise ill 1863 and 1871. t ie
Nile has become naturally dammed with
weed-, causing the formation of lakes.
Whether tho ono or tho other theory is
correct, or whether both are incorrect, the
fact remains tlmt terrible suffering would
follow the failure of tho Nile to irrigate
Egypt.
Much praiso has boen bestowed upon the
street pavements of Washington, with re
gard to which the city is compared with
Paris. No doubt the street pavements there
are the best in tho United States, but tho
same amount of praise cannot bo given to
the sidewalks, which are said to lie iu a
wretched condition. In fact, they are so
bad that a great many fieople, whoso feet
have been made sore by the unoven side
walks, go boldly into the streets. A Wash
ington corresspondent says: "Sunday is
the day when people apjiear in drove*. Trio
sidewalks are almost deserted, end the
churchgoers, in their most fashionable at
tire, take to the middle of the street as a
campaign heulor takes to boodle."
Mr. Andrew Carnegie is going to figure
in tlm role of a public benefactor. He bus
decided, it is said, to establish iu New York
a grand conservatory of music. Certainly
he owes it to the public to do something of
the kind. Ha has become wealthy under a
tariff system which enriches the few and
imposes hardships on the many.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1888.
One Term of Six Years.
Since the election, the question of ex
tending the pro ide itial term, and of makinS
the President ineligible for re election, is
being discussed quite generally. A term
of six years seems to find general favor
among those who want a change.
It is interesting to note that some of the
framers of the constitution favored a six
years’ term. Considerable difficulty was
experienced in filling the b.ank for the
presidential term. Horn: members of the
convention advocated three years, others
seven, and others eight, while one o - two
preferred fifteen or twenty years, rath r
than give the President more than ono
term. Seven years was agreed on, with
a clause debarring the incumbent from re
election, but this clause was stricken out
afterward, and that lei to a reconsidera
tion of the entire matter. Six years was
substituted, and finally it was agreed that
tho term should be four years.
One of the arguments presented in favor
of a single term of six years is a very strong
one, if it can bo sustained. It is that dur
ing the presidential campaign of this year,
, tho commerce of the country fell off $510,-
0)0.000. It is estimated that the entire busi
ness for the four months of the campaign
would have amounted to #5,000,000,000 if
not interrupted, and that liy reason of the
excitement and uncertainty attendant upon
the election it was diminished 10 per cent.
It is doubtfnl, however, if this estimate of
the loss can be sustained. The reports of
the chief commercial agency of the country
indicated- that business was injured very
little, if any.
Other reasons given for a change are that
under ono term of six years the President
would not be tempted to use his power to
secure a renomination, and that anv policy
he might mark out for the good of the peo
ple, as, for instance, Mr. Cleveland's tariff
reform policy, could lie thoroughly- ex
plained and understood before another elec
tion.
On the other hand, it is contended that
the effect of presidential campaigns up n
business is not so great as it was: that under
the existing system the President is put on
his good behavior, so to sp->ak, and made to
feel that a run-unination depends on the
success of his administration, and that a
term longer than four years would make
tbe presidency a prize too valuable for the
public good, and would lengthen the cam
paign.
It is not an easy matter (o secure the
passage by congress of a bill amending the
constitution. Numerous bills of the kind
have been introduced, and them
have had in view a change of tho presiden
tial term, but those that have been passed
and ratified are very few.
More Outdoor Exercise.
Southern women ought, to twice more out
door exerci-e. Asa rule, they keep them
selves cooped up in the house too much.
They want more sunshine and fresh uir.
Perhaps the northern women are more
healthful than those of tho south, and if so,
the reason is that they take more exercise.
Tricycles are becoming a no; ular treat’s
of exercise for women. They nre emi
nently fitted for them, and they are com
paratively cheap, always ready- for use,
easy-going, durable and safe. Women who
cau’t afford to keep a horse would find atri
eycje an excellent substitute. la England
tricycles are used very extensively. Re
cently two Americans, Mr. and Mrs. Pen
nell, made delightful excursions on a “tan
dem” through portions of England, and no
doubt their enjoyment was keener than if
they had adopted the usual mode of travel.
They were able to go outside of tho beaten
tracks, and see a great deal that was new to
the-b. They gave in one of the American
magazines an interesting account of then
travels, Mrs. Penuell having taken
notes of the persons they met
and of the incidents growing out of
the ride, and her husband having made
sketches of tbe scenes. In this country,
every month marks an increase iu tha cum
ber ol' tricycles used, and on any pleasant
day dozens of them are wheeled over the
asphalt pavements of Washington, Phila
delphia and other cities. Tricycling became
a fashionable recreation at some of the re
sorts the last summer.
Southern women cannot avail themselves
of this delightful mode of exercise very ex
tensively, became generally the streets in
the south will not admit of it. Perhaps
after a while they will lie nblo to do so, but
in the meantime they should taka more
outdoor exorcise in other wavs. A leisurely
stroll on a pleasant day is not as much as
nature demands, and a great many women
do not take that. A brisk aad gradually
lengthened walk would bo greatly benefi
cial.
The latest w-ookly financial circular of
Henry Clews & Cos., New York, contains
tbe following reference to the presidential
election: “It must he allowed that Mr.
Harrison’s election was due rather to politi
cal accidents than to a distinctly pro
nounced national preference for the policy
for which he stands. The changes in iho
vote of the western, and some of the east
ern states, are clearly indicative of a grow
ing hostility to, at least, the existing range
of tariff duties; and, in that sense, the re
sult of the election is significantly suggest
ive of future tendencies.” * # “The re
sult has been to encourage the tariff re
formers. rather than to discourage them.”
Mr. Clews, iu a review of tha management
of the treasury department under Mr.
Manning and Mr. Fairchild, says; “It has
been bottHrold and masterly. It could
hardly be excelled.”
Tho New York Herald hits the bull’s eye,
so to speak, when, in .auswor to tho ques
tion, “Is tariff reform to be given up now?'
it says: “Why, no. I)r. Cleveland inocu
lated tho patient and the virus ‘took’ pow
erfully. The doctor was discharged, to bo
sure, which was ati easy thing to do, but
who can get the virus out of tho system?
It is bound to work, and there is no power
this side of the blue sky that can stop it."
The “campaign of education" will go right
on with its good work. Look out for some
thing to happen in 1893.
It is not hard for one to reach the bottom
of the hill when once he begins the descent.
Chauncey Goodrich, for instance, was a
wealthy and influential citizen of Connecti
cut several years ago, and wus made a state
senator. He made a big plunge down hill
when he lost heavily in a stock speculation,
and now ho is nt the bottom. He was ar
rested the other day in Brooklyn ns a
vagrant.
Stocks in Wall street have not jumped
up ns the admirers of Gen. Harrison snid
they would if he were elected. The day
after tho announcement of his election the
■lock market was.a little stronger, but it
soon lust its grip, and it is now about as
lifeless as it is possible for it to be.
CURRENT COMMENT. u
Will Mr. Blaine Get In?
From the New York World (Dam.)
Wp still think that there is no room for tho
elephant in the log: caoin, though it may be
<ie ined expedient to remove the chimney to
admit him.
Why H© Will B© at Horn©.
From the liontnn Herald (Ind .)
Attention is called to the fact that Mr. Morton
is tLe wealtiest man that was ever call*‘d to t o
vice presidential chair. Twenty millions will
enable him to make his sojourn in Washington
socially brilliant. He will be quite at home
presiding over the United States Senate, too.
There are plenty of money-bags there.
The Downtrodden Darky.
From the (Jhicao'j Mail t Rep.)
A man in Leorgiahas buil* himself a burglar
proof chicken coop! Its walls are hard cement
covered with thick sheet iron, and the door is
supplied with a big combination lock, while just
outside there are two bear traps with teeth like
a shark. The hardships of the colored people
i the south can hardly fail to excite republij
i hu sympathy as soon as Mr. Harrison g<>es into
office.
Reasons for the Loss.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
The great loss of membership which the
Knights of Labor have sustained is fully con
firmed by the official report of the treasurer of
the order. From this report it appears that the
order has lost 300.000 metnbei** in the last year,
hut how many suli remain is not mentioned.
Nor are any causes as.signelfor this great de
cline in the strength of the order. That divis
ions, strifes and jealousies among the leaders
iave had much to do w*th it is obvious enough
without any explanation.
BRIGHT BITS.
Maxky—T*re got you, you rascal! What are
you doifig with your hand in my pocket?
Tramp 'Acuse me, boss; we look so much
nlike I thought it was my own.
Blinks—Think your w ife would object to hav
ingfyou go deck shooting with me?
Jinks 1 m afraid she would if 1 asked her,
but I’ll tell my little son to order her to let me
go. She obeys him.
What the Pear Things Know About Poli
tics He—l see that our friend Fenrelton ran
away behind his ticket.
She Those Fenneltons grow meaner and
meaner every day. Why didn’t he hire a
coupe? ,
Bessie—O, Jessie! Isn’t that sunset just too
lovely for anything:' And do you hear the sob
bing oC t ie water under the rocks? It is like tbe
sa<l repining of n human soul.
Jessie—-Yes. Say, Bess, let me chew your
tfjin f< •• a few minutes, won’t you? You make
me most frantic. --Hu liny ton Free Preys.
Mrs. '! i .lups (solus ; I wonder when John
will get in to night '
Tommy lie won’t fie home till daylight.
mamma.
Mrs. Tillup rd like to know what you know
about it. yo i little scamp.
Tommy \Y 11, I heard him (eli Mr. Soker
that be'J bet the old hen would be laying for
him when he came hum a. Terre Haute Ex
pTcSS.
Jings—l heard that Addie had on”* of those
allege j surprise parties at his house lust night.
Ji'.ngs—ll was a g nuine affair, 1 assure you.
.Tings -Oh, come <>ff! He knew they were
coming, and had a big spread for them. *
Jjitigs—Precisely. His wife board they were
going to give him a costly gold chronometer,
and after the party ate everything in the house
f hey surprised him with a Water bury.— Lowell
Citizen. •
Wipe (at suppp'.*)- O, I was so annoyed at the
drug store this Afternoon.
husband What was the trouble?
Wife —There were six or seven ahead of mo as
usual; one wanted a lO ceut box of wafers, an
other an equal amount of tooth powder, still
another scents’ worth of tutti frutti gum O, ]
should think tbex* poor druggists would go
crazy trying cufttim.
Ilusba *1 Ai 1 -a hat did you buy. my dear?
Wife—A 2-cent postage stamp.— Epoch.
Master of His Trade -Jeweler Yes, sir; I
will < ngrave anything you wish on the ring
without exi -a eua ge.
Young Man Well, inscribe on it “From
Gearge to Alice.'j
Jcwcli r Hem! The lady is your sister, rmy
lx* ?
You ig Man The fact is, this is an engage
nv:it liit.. .. . . .
■ie\i’joS AhJ ITy yogng friend, I have had
■ onsiaefyu?' Oxpjr. ic iofengagement rings,
and I Woirtd suggest fnac the inscription be
simply, “From George.” Then it wid do for
anyb >dy. Time. .
Wf. attended church the other evening in com
pany witn Hank Rifer’s oldest girl. Sarah.
When the contribution box was parsed we in
tended to cisip in a quarter, but got hold of a
dollar by accident. Aft r the services we went
,<> 1> aeon J aggers, who runs the box, and re
quesled 7 cents rebate. Ili refused to make it,
saving that rhe L *rd never allowed discounts or
rebates. The deacon being this sort of a man.
the Kicker does not hesitate to record the fact
that he b-o •* jail at Akron, O , twelve years
ago, anti i> s* id wanted iu mat state for bigamy.
.\ e have been keeping si ill on him because we
were trotting Suran about, and because the
deacon claimed that he was doing work for the
Lord in ties l rality. \Ve have given Sarah the
shako, and we shall now s’nrid tho deacon out to
publ c view iu a way which will make him
anxious to move before Christmas. —Arizona
Kicker . in Detroit Free Ib'css.
PERSONAL.
Pot! r.T Lons Stsvknson is reported in capi
tal healr.o a id spirits, and delighted with every
feature of bis South Pacific wanderings.
Ir. U r| . \nd Miller of Sheffield, Mass., has
given s4o,ooo'to Williams college to esfnb eh a
chair m American history, literature and
eloquence.
Mrs. Martha Strickland, the first woman
lawyer it) appear before the supreme court of
Michigan, did so recently to argue a motion in a
divorce suit.
John BaNvard, who entertained and in
structed tin- last generation with his pano
ramas, is living in humble circumstances in
Watertown, I>. T.
M. 11. DeYocno, editor of the San Francisco
Chronicle, who is freely talked of as a probable
member of President Harrison’s cabinet, is n
Jew. Should he be appointed, it will he the
first instance in which a member of his race has
reached such a distinction in this country.
The Shah <e Persia has discovered anew
lake in his dominion, and has written an article
about it. which he calls “The New Lake be
tween Kom and Teheran.’’ He sent his pro
duction to a newspaper editor in Teheran, who,
of course, published it,, but the existence of the
lake is still doubted by Persian geographers.
They are inclined to exclaim “Oh Saab!’’ in the
privacy of their studios.
The Sultan ok Turkey has become intensely
interested in mind reading. With his usual
luxurious method of indulging anew fad he has
advertised in l uropean papers for mind readers
who are willing to reside iu Constantinople for
some time and receive large salaries tor devot
iug tlu ir talents to his umuseuient. As the
Sultan and n*s not pay his cooks the advertisement
has not been especially effective.
Miss Isahki.i.a Lee of New York, great gran I
daughter of John C. Calhoun, Is contesting the
will ot her grandfather, T. (i Clemson, who be
queathed the homestead of Calhoun and all his
property to an agricultural college, the estate
being valued at sloo,oi 0 ihe c ase has become
almost an issue in the state, as many citizens
protest against the college taking the property
irom Calhoun’s great-grauddaugtiter.
It is told in the Pall Mall (iazette that Mr.
Labouchere once made good use if the Irish
moml>ers hatred of Cat>t. O'Shea. Mr. Brice
had appealed despairingly to Mr Labouchere to
secure iho attendance of members hostile to
some bill which was to cut up common land on
Hayliug Island. “Nothing can be easier.” said
Mr. Labouchere, and he at once sought out Mr.
Biggar. “By the by,” eald he, with his usual
air ot engaging confidence, “do you know that
( apt. O'hheu is p* rsonally interested in secur
ing the passage of tho Hayling Island bill?”
“Indeed* said Mr. Higgar. “Yes,’’ said Mr.
uo more,' ’ said Mr. Biggar. “the bhoys will be
there.” He was not mistaken. Tho “hhovs”
came down in force, and it was not until after
the bill was thrown out they discovered that
the captain had no more to do with it thuu the
man in the moon.
The Marquis of Queenaberfy, who has ben
away from home for eight months, traveling in
this country and Australia, has returned to New
York alter n two mouths’ stay In California.
He expected to sail for England next Saturday,
but a postponed engagement with John W.
Mackay to meet Robert O. logersoll at dinner
may delay his departure for another week,
dhe "Markis” as lus admirers call him, has
never basked In tho sunshine of the genial
pagan’s presence, and would willingly postpone
his return home for n month ratner than miss
tha tn m which hafaaJitba meeting with Ingwr
soil has In store for him. He is a nephew of
the sporting nobleman who gave his name to
the rules which govern combats in the fistic
arena, and is & Scotchman by birth, descending
from the famous house of Douglas He has
what can l**st be described as an inquisitive
countenance Ills eyebrows, which are Jet
black, are siugulurly bushy, and thick tufts of
equally 'dark hair fringe a pair of ro*y
cheeks. He does not appear to be more than 35
years of acre, and yet he was born 1544. It is
more than twenty years since he participated
in the famous hunt in Texas which Col. l)chil
tree organized for his benefit. The nnhle mar
quis is rather inclined to loudness in his attire.
His trousers run to broad stripes. His shirts
are cut low in the n ck. and his favorite pattern
appears to be broad, horizontal bars of blue.
An enormous j>earl adorns his necktie. His high
silk hat tapers toward the crown. Like his
famous uncle, the marquis is a patron of ath
letic sports.
A Love Song:.
How fares the humble weary flower, say you,
Without the dew?
The horizon far, or the sea waves dun,
Without the sun? *
Or the gloomy night and its cloudy bars.
Without the stars?
Or the nightingale—poet, .whose sweet notes
riog- *
Without the spring?
Or the soul that yields ’m ath suffering laid.
Without hope's aid?
Or my dreams by night, ancl my songs by day,
Without love's sway?
The Pump was Out of Order.
From the Detroit Frce Pres*.
“Beg pardon, sir." he said, as he stopped a
citizen on Michigan avenue, "but Joes this ave
nue lead to Dearborn? *
“It does."
"And to the poor house?"
“Yes.”
“Thanks. lam on my way to that institu
tion."
“ Yea."
“Dot to go out there as a pauper."
“Yes."
‘ i shall probably die out there, ns my spirit
is broken and my ambition gone."
“Very likely; but they have a nice cemetery
there."
“If I had a dollar I think I could keep myself
until I found work, and would not bo obliged to
go," continued the man.
“But you haven’t t ..e dollar?"
"No, not even a penny."
“1 thought not. Just keep right on walking
and you 11 get out there by night. Very nice
place. Part of it is an insane asylum, and then
there's the cemetery I spoke of. Good-day."
The citizeci walked on. and the other shuffled
around a corner, where a companion in wait
ing asked:
“Well, did he play?"
“Yes."
“How much?"
“Played me fer a fool We'd better try some
other dodge. This is no crowd for sympathy."
When Men Cross Their L9?e.
From the Liverpool Courier.
Men generally cross their legs when there is
least pressure on their minds. You wiil never
find a man actually engaged in business with
his legs crossed. The linos at those times are
straignter than at. any other, because the mind
and body' work together. A man engaged in
auditing account** will never cross his legs,
neither will a man who is writing an article, or
who is employed in anv maimer where his brain
is actually engaged. When at work in a sitting
posture the Inn ha naturally extend to the floor
in a perfec ly straight line. A man may cross
his legs if he is sitting in an office chair discuss*
ingsome propositi, u with another mao, but the
instant he becomes realiy iu earnest and per
ceives something to be gained his limbs un
cross quick as a dash, he bends forward toward
his neighbor and begins to use his hands.
That 8 a phase that i believe you will always
observe
Men often cross their legs at public meetings,
because they go there to listen, or to l>e enter
tained; the}' are not the factors in the perform
ance. and they natural! v place themselves in the
most comfortable position known to them—
namely: leaning well back in their chairs ancl
crossing tlieir legs. A man always crosses his
legs when he reads a newspaper, but is more apt
to lie .:own when he reads a book. He reads the
paper, of course, to inform himself, but at the
same time the perusal of its contents is recrea
tion to him, and his body again seeks its posi
tion of relaxation. When a man is readiug a
newspaper and waiting for his breakfast his
logs are always crossed, but as soon as the
breakfast is hr -light to him he puts the paper
asid , straightens out Ids legs, and goes to work
—that is. begins to eat, his mind now turning on
the duties or the day before him.
Matrimonial Jokes.
“Many amusing incidents are met with by a
clergyman in the performance of rites matri
monial," said a reverend gentleman to a St.
ixmis Globe writer, “it was not long since I
was called to 'officiate at a* we iding which was
impromptu. The invited groomsman failed to
appear, and a neighbor was aslcd to ass.st, as
the couple, both having been married, were
anxious to get out of town and avoid ohaidvari.
The emergency groomsman was verdant, ami
grew so embarrassed tb it he completely upset
tne nerves of tlie bridesmaid. She had two
tasks on her mind—one. to arrange her bustle,
the other, to fasten a bouquet to tbe grooms
man’s lapel. She got these mixed in her niirnl,
and pinned the bouquet fir<t on her bustle and
then tore it impatiently off and pinned it to his
coat tail. They upset half the furniture, and
tripped the bride while adjourning to thenarlor.
A lunch had been provided on a tray close at
hand, and when I asued for the ring the assist
ant promptly hande lme a biscuit. Seeing his
mistake, for want of a better place, he awk
wardly put the muffin in the groom’s pocket,
took the nng irenn ms mouth and handed it to
the bride, at. the same time pouring a glass of
wine from the bottle at hand into a dusty niece
of lovely Sevres china. Perspiration stood out
in great beads on his f jrebcad, and, as soon as
the ceremony was perforin**. 1. he looked at the
envelope in his hand containing my fee. broke
the seal, saw the money, an 1. I guess, thinking
either that he had earned it or that it was in
tended tor him. put it in his pocket, handed me
the empty envelope and fled. The couple missed
the train by the delay, and when the noise of
dozens of inharmonious instruments broke the
happy couple’s slumbers that night, 1 believe
the groom would almost have shot the grooms
man. A little leaven of embarrassment let
loose in a bridal party, leaveueth the whole
crowd."
All Full.
From the New York Evening Sun.
A weary man of suburban aspect drew him
self up to a tramp yesterday who was wedged
in between the corner of a city hail park settee
and a neighbor.
"Friend," spoke the weary mau, “what will
you take for your seat?"
Tbe tramp did not evince much interest in the
inquiry or any desire to negotiate.
“Suppose," continued the tired looking st ran
ger, “I w.is to offer you the pric* l of a glass of
beer, what would you do it?"
“I should go and get the glass of beer," re
plied the tramp.
"Very well, here it is," said tbe wayfarer,
producing a nickel. Whereupon tbe tramp
took the coin, vacated the beuch, took the
shortest cut to the nearest saloon, and the
weary man sank with a sigh of relief into tbe
empty place.
"I never saw such a crowded town as New
York in my life," he remarked to the neighbor.
And being in an affable mood he did not notice
that that person paid no attention to his oi>
servation, but continued: “I came to Now York
last Saturday, and I declare Fve been on my
feet and crowded out ever sincj. It began on
the ferryboat. I had to stand up all the way
across the river. Then I got on the eDvated.
No scats. I hung on by a strap to my station.
Then 1 went to a hotel. Full. Went to another.
Full. At last I got an inside eleventh-story
room. Thinks I, after dinner. Til have a little
fun. so I went to a neighboring theater.
‘Standing room only* was stuck up on the side
walk 1 went to another. ‘Seats all sold,’*ui<l
the man in the box office.
"\\ ell, I was disgusted. I turned away, think
ing I*d go to bed, when I remembered there was
a political meeting near by. So off I went to
that, but could only get. half way up the stairs
to the hall, it was such a jam. t balanced on
tbe staircase a few moments, And then left and
went across the street to n big beer garden.
But the waiters were llyiug around so fast they
wouldn’t look at me, And so I soon got out of
that as thirsty us I went in. I spent the rest of
the evening waiting for a turn to get my Suu
day shave.
“When Sunday came, ‘Now," thinks I, I*ll
hear some of this famous preaching and music
they tell of,’ so 1 got an address and poked off
to church. Well, by thunder, the same old
crowd! Hundreds or people standing in tbe
aisles and around tbe doors, and nobody to be <
seated till the service was weil agoing 1
couldn't bear that, so off 1 went to another
swell church; but there was the same crowd
again, which satisfied me as to church 4 worship
for one day.
“Well, tnen. Monday I went shopping to get
some notions oiy wife wanted me to buy for
her. And such o crowd as I got luto ’ The place
was a mob. only the people in the thickest of it
were shouting‘Cash ' instead of Murder.* It
took me pretty much all the afternoou to find
tbe right counters and get waited on. Then I
had to wait for the dentist and tbe chiropodist,
and, by jingo, a pancake man. wh< was selling
cakes on tbe ciirtatohe. he made there; and so
on everywhere and fon?ver, crowded, full, every
wnere. It was just the same here, you aee, all
the seats full. You saw 1 absolutely had to buy
one."
Just then the neighbor, who had shown no in
terest in the grumbling narrative, made a limp
lurch, which threw him heavily upon t e speak
er's sh udder and almost into his lap.
The weary man started and looked at the limp
and boozy neighbor in disgust.
“By thunder, he's full, too!" heexclaimad,
&i*l he got up and left town. When last seen
be was standing up on a crowded ferry boat,
valise in hand, with a very discontented expres
sion of countenance.
ITBM3 OF INTEREST.
The occupants of an Astoria (Ore., hostelry
fish from their bedroom windows and haul in
their supper from the surg.ug water about the
hotel foundations.
The justice of the peace at Cossville, Mo.
Samuel Gilmore, is 40 years of age and only 2
feet 9 inches tall. He weighs 40 pounds. Mr.
Gilmore is a successful farmer and a prominent
man in the county.
Archibald Campbell, while out driving near
Cincinnati the other day, pulled out his hand
kerchief to wipe his nose. Mrs. Osborne was at
her gate and thought he meant to dirt with her,
amt she followed him up and shot him in the
arm.
A Maine genius has discovered that spruce
sawdust is an excellent substitute for sanl in
making common mortar for plastering houses.
Helms used it in making a house in Greenville,
end other masons in the state are experiment
ing with it.
In New York sentimental scruples in regard
to the demolishing of ecclesiastical landmarks
and" not seem to exist when business presses for
ward. The latest destruction will be that of
Christ church on Broadway, which has been
sold to make way for commerce.
Last week, near Chicago, Mr. L'Hommedieu's
house caught fire, aud his big Irish setter was
burned to death in it, because it could not be
persuaded that the three children of the family,
its especial playmates, were safe. The dog
thrice rushed into the burning building aud
searched for them.
A Michigan man who decided to settle in
Jasper, Ala., shipped his goods thero by rail,
and then, with his wife and two children, dro\ e
the whole distance, 1,000 miles. They had a
splendid time, and saw more of the country
and the people than years of railroad travei
would have permitted.
Henry Adams and Joseph Smith of Rutland,
Vt., while coon hunting last week treed three
bears aud shot them. They were cubs about 0
months old, jet black and weighed 90 pounds
each. A party hunted down the mother the
following day and enjoyed some exciting spirt
in the capture. She was in a line condition and
weighed 250 pounds.
In front of the provision store of one McMa
hon at Crescent Beach, near Boston, numerous
squashes were displayed the other day. Rain
drops falling upon them from the electric light
wires so charged the vegetables with electricity
that McMahon, in handling one of the squashes,
received a severe shock, (Ither persons tried to
pick up the squaihes, with the same result.
Wolves are doing great damage ta Northern
Montuna by destroying stock. In Choteau
county, Charles Adam was compelled to tty
from the beasts the other night, when they de
stroyed eighty of his thoroughbred bucks. One
night recently 150 sheep were killed in one flock,
and also thirty colts belonging to another
ranchman. Tbe wolves also attacked travelers,
and a merchant of Helena barely escaped with
his life a few days ago.
A story has been circulated that Sir William
Harcourt has had his face slapped at a dinner
party. It is said that the descendant of the
I‘lantagenets was chosen by the hostess to take
a certain French lady down to dinner, because
he was supposed to be proficient iu her native
tongue. Whether it was Sir William's faulty
construction of the language or his keen sense
of humor is not explained; but the ladv, it is af
firmed, misunderstood him, with the aforesaid
result.
Elder George E. Lucksy of Paris, Ky., per
formed a rather novel marriage ceremony the
other evening at the l aris depot. He had pro
cured a marriage license, as directed by tele
gram a few 1 lours previous to the arrival of the
evening passenger train, ami going to tiie depot
he awaited the coming of the train, when he
entered the coach and, during the time con
sumed in making an exchange of engines, he
married a couple m the presence of quite a num
ber of passengers.
Mme. Val Sayre, a Paraisian woman, with a
reputation as a duelist and otherwise as quite
bold and dashing, has petitioned the French
parliament, to grant the right to women to dress
m masculine attire The privilege has been
tacitly conceded in exceptional cases, in those
of Georges Sand, Rosa Bonheui and Mme. Iheii
lafoy, the celebrated Persian explorer, but the
petitioner wisaes to have it accorded as a right
to the sox. Parliament declined to take any ao
lion in the premises, declaring it to be a matter
of police regulation.
Bishop Keane, the rector of the new Cath
olic university of New York, will sail for Europe
this week on business connected with the uni
versity. and Will not return until spring. He
will inspect the principal universities of the
old world in ord r to get points and ideas for
the new university. He is also anxious to
secure professors, but because of the contract
h.b >r law will not be able to engage them per
manently. When he returns from Europe he
wi.l visit the northwest and the Pacific coast to
collect funds for the university.
A man dressed in Tyrolese costume entered
the shop of the principal barber in Innspruck,
sat down in a chair and made a sign that he
desired to he shaved. The proprietor of the
establishment, seeing a rough looking fellow
clad iu the national Joppe reclining on the
velvet plush, requested bi n to -git.” “We
don't serve peasants here; this is a saloon for
gentlemen." Tne stran ;er rose wi.lta stnile.
-Very well," he said; -hut oblige me. in case
my adjutant should come in, by telling him
.that 1 have gone to be shaved by your rival,
across the street. lam the Archduke Joseph.”'
The new director of the Vienna Burgtheater,
Dr. August Forster, was born in 1828. He
studied at the university of Halle, and intended
at ti st to devote himself to theology, but he
decided to exchange the pulpit for the stage.
He made his debut at Halle in 1851, an.l tit
flrst appearance at the Burgtheater in 1858. He
soon won the favor of the director (Laube). who
made him unter regtsseur, and afterwards
regisseur. In 1876 Forster assumed the direct
orship of the Leipsic Stadttheater, which he
retaine 1 for six years. He then removed to
Berlin, to take part in the foundation of the
Deutsches theater.
A curious Thibetan musket or match-lock
has found its way from Sikkim, where it was
picked up after a battle, to Calcutta. It is de
cribod in the Indian papers as of primitive de
sign, although comparatively new. it is a
smooth-bore muzzle-loader, mounted on a long,
narrow stock. The barrel is fit ted with a double
prong rest, the points of which are sharply s lod.
so that the rest itself may either he placed
tirnily in the ground or used, if necessary, as a
bayonet. The contrivance is Ingenious, and the
weapon is not altogether to be despised. At
tached to it is a belt, un which are strung six
hollow w ooden plugs for powder charges and a
small horn for priming powder.
Malmaison, the famous chateau of the ill
fated Josephine de Beaubarnais, is simply
going by piecemeal to the rats, and it, has been
suggested that the place should be converted
into a museum containing historical relics of
the first empire. Malmaison was ottered for
sale at the upset price of tIO.OOO, but no bidder
could be found. The park is now let out in
small lots to builders., and hideous villas are
rising around the chateau. The two facades of
the mansion—that of the courtyard and of
tile garden—are intact, but the interior is iiK>- n
barn. The salon of Josephine still exism, with
its mural decorations of birds and gilt flowers,
and so do the dining hall, the council chatnh t
--sha|ied like a tent —and tie library, but, the
furniture is all gone.
William 11.. has no fixed salary as Emperor,
of Germany, but there is about $1,000,000 he can
use if necessary. As King of I’russia, however,
he has a civil list amounting to $8,550,000; but
the taste for travel and other expenses Incurred
in the inierest of the empire necessitates, it ap
pears, an increase of revenue. So, when the
reichslag reassembles, a proposal will be made
to add several millions of marks to the imperial
civil list. The emperor's recent journey to
Vienna and Rome cost about $200,000. Among
the presents that he distributed along his route
were eighty diamond rings, thirty diamond and
emerald necklaces, fifty scarf pins, thirty gold
kwatchesand chains, six satires studded wilh
diamonds and emeralds, and 100 boxes of cigars.
One Ali.en of New York city, after visiting
his sweetheart in Kocklhnd county. New York,
the other eveniug, started for the house of a
friend to spend the remainder of the night.
The two dwellings are about a m Is apart, and
Allen decided to make a "short cut across lots
and through a yard. A dog objected to Ihe
proceeding and attacked Allen the moment hr
entered the yard The brute whs beaten off,
hut continued to worry Allen until the owner of
the properly and his son appeared, each carry
ing a revolver. “Call off this brute.” shouted
young Allen, nnd the farmer replied: "What
busiuess have you here? Goingtosteai some of
my chickens, were you? It Is lucky for you
that the dog didn't eat you up. I guess we will
take you in charge until we can summon a con
stable.” The dog was call and off, and notwith
standing the young lover's protestations, he
was taken hold of by the farmer and his son
and led into the kitchen. The remainder of the
family in a stale of great excitement, peered
Into the room at the "burglar," when the
farmer's wife, who had met young Allen, recog
nized him. In a few minutes the whole matter
was understood, and the members of the family
insi-ted on Allen remaining with them the real
of the night, which he consented to da
BAKING POWDER.
CB!£Jk3I
Its superior excellence proven In million, n
homes for more than a quarter of a century tt
is used by the United .States Government En
dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities u
the Strongest, Purest an* most Healthful iv
Price’s Cream Baking Powder does not contain
Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only in Can* “
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO..
NEW YORK. CHIC AGO. jp. LOUIJ.
STOVES.
BOYNTON’S
FURNACES, HEATERS.
AND RANGES.
WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE ABOVE.
CORNWELL & CHIPMAN.
MACHINERY.
J. W. TYNAN,
ENGINEER and MACHINIST,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
Corner West Broad and Indian Streets
All kinds of machinery, boilers,
Etc., made and repaired. STEAM PUMPS,
GOVERNORS, INJECTORS AND STEAM
WATER FITTINGS of all kinds for ale.
SEED OATS.
Georgia Rust Proof Oats,
TEXAS RUST PROOF OATS,
KANSAS RUST PROOF OATS
KEYSTONE MIXED FEED,
OUR OWN MIXED FEED FOR COWS
COTTON SEED MEAL.
Corn, Oats, Hay, Etc.
T. J. DAVIS & CO,
1712 Bay Street.
DYES.
LADIES^Pdyu
Do Tour Own Dyeing, at Home, •
They will dye everything. They aresold every
where. Price IOC. a package. They have noeqakl
tor Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color, or non-fading Qualities,
They do not crock or cm ut; 40 colors. Tor sale bf
B. F. Ulmer, M. D.. Pharmacist, corner Brough
ton and Houston streets; P. B. Rum, Druggist
and Apothecary, corner Jones and Abercorn
streets; Edward J. Kisrficß, Druggist, corner
West Broad and Stewart streets, and L. G
Stepso.
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
ORDERS FOR
RULING, PRINTING. BINDING,
OR BLANK BOOKS.
Will always have careful attention.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
PRINTER AND BINDER,
Bay Street.
COAL.
Coal, Coke and Pig Iron.
In Carload Lots, Shipped to All Points.
ALABAMA COAL CO..
BIRMINGHAM, AI.A.
PAINTS AMD OIL*.
JOHN G. BUTLER
PAINTS; RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MUj
SUPPLIES, SASHES, DOORS, BUNDS A.™
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Bole Agent I*
LAHI) UME, CALCINED PLASTER l*
KENT. HAIR and LAND PLASTER.
140 Congress street arui St. Julian str.
SarAnnah, Ga.
POINTING.
Ik Honing fl®
PRINTING KIM
WILL BE PLEASED TO FURNISH
ESTIMATES!
ON ALL KINDS OK
SPECIAL BUNK BO®
Fine Work and Low Price*
MORNING NEWS BCILDIN r
Sayann*
MORNING NEWS
| eTßry part of Die v'
-I At* cent* A woe*