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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Ogletbore Lodge No. 1, I. O. 0.
F.: The Chatham Mutual Loan Association;
Savannah Cadets; Liquor Dealers’ Associa
tion.
Special Notices— A Full Line of Sponges.
V. A. Pigraan; Ilorses and Mules for Sale at
Dr. Cox’s Stable; The Next Entertainment of
the Youths’ Historical Society.
Legal. Sale—Chatham Sheriff Sale.
Steamship Schedule—Baltimore Steamship
Company.
Amusements—Songes of Ye Old Folkes, by
Prof J. W. Beardslee.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want
ed ; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Salo;
Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Auction Sales— West Broad Street Property,
by C. H. Dorsett; Furniture, etc., by J. Mc-
Laughlin A Son.
Davis Bros’. Piano Club—The Sixteenth
Drawing.
Gauze Door Ranges and Stoves— Cornwell A
Chipman.
Legal Notices— Claims for and Against
estate of Ramon Salas.
Chairman Barnuin's physicians now think
he will get well. This will be good news to
democrats all over the country.
The time is approaching when the tele
graph editor will keep standing the head
line: “The Blizzard in the Northwest.”
The Philadelphia /Vess charges that the
protection vote in the south was suppressed.
The Cress is mistaken. There was no vote
Suppressed in the south, but the truth is sup
pressed in the office of the Cress.
The New York Graphic says: “There is
no figure in our politics so nearly approach
ing Christ as that of Mr. Lincoln.” That
certainly is the most remarkable compari
son ever made by a newspatxr. What is
the matter with the Graphic f
The farmers of Kansas met in convention
the other day, and passed strong anti trust
resolutions. Their ac’ion is rather late.
They should have voted for Mr. Cleveland,
the anti-trust candidate. Instead, they
helped to roll up a big majority for Harri
son.
Congressman McAdoo, of New Jersey,
says there will be so many election contests
in the next House that very little time will
be devoted to anything else. This probably
is on the supposition that the republicans
arill have a small majority when congress
meets.
The republicans of Boston seem to either
like or dislike Mr. Thomas N. Hart very
much. They have just nominated him, for
the third time, for mayor, and in the two
preceding elections he was defeated by Mr.
O’Brien, who has been renominated by tbe
damocrats. Do they think Mr. Hart is a
good man to offer for the sacrifice?
Three distinguished Englishmen are on
the sick list, and one of them, Mr. John
Bright, may di3 at any time. The o.ber
two are Mr. Spurgeon, the great Baptist
preacher, and Lord Tennyson, the English
poet laureate. Hopes are entertained that
both will ultimately recover. Tennyson is
suffering from rheumatic fever, brought on
by his persistency in walking two miles
daily, regardless of the weather.
Here is a story concerning the Empress of
Austria that is going the rounds: “The Em
press of Austria always rises in time to
breakfast at 4 o'clock a. in. Her attendants
are up and stirring at 2-MO o’clock. After
breakfast she goes for a long walk—fifteen,
twenty and even thirty miles. One Sunday
she walked thirty-two miles.” If the em
press does these things she must be mentally
unbalanced; if she doesn’t, the follow who
Started tho story ought to be in the asylum.
The question, “What will tie Uon. Harri
son’s southern policy?" is not answered by
Gen. Harrison in his brief let or to
the Augusta Chronicle. In fact,
what the general says makes the an
swer more uncertain thau ever. He does
not seem to have decided what it will be,
but will hold his views oh the southern
question subject to modification on further
consideration. Does this mean that he will
wait and see what the party leaders think?
Dr. William ihler is disclosed to dny tht
■tnti.-inent that pneumonia is on the increase
in this country. The latest numlier of the
University Medical Magazine contains an
article from him, in which he takes the
position that it has not, and bases his beliof
on figures derived from several hospitals
which he mentions. The Medical News,
summing u;> the matter, says the question
is still unsettled, but the probability is that
there has been an increase disproportionate
to the increase in population.
J.Tr Blaine's Position.
The impression is gaining ground that (ho
relati *:> between Gen. Harrison and Mr.
Blaine, however pleasant thoy may be now,
are not likely to remain so very long. The
statem : t has been made quite frequently
lav !v that Mr. Blaine wants tj l>e Secretary
of State. It has even been asserted in more
than one of the newspapers friendly to Mr.
■ air. i that he has been offered that position.
A i.spa: -h from Augusta (Me.) declares
tbs: ?lr. Bla: e expects to have it, and that
hi* frr nd i: sis' that he shall.
VT,.; he get i: f Nobody of course knows,
fie : • ien. Harrison, and it may be that
r v be hs< not rvaciie 1 any decision in the
r. r.tnr. One -f t : e closest friend* of Gen.
} ,-r - is the attornev general of Indiana,
Mr M ner. He stated on Saturday that
r if . ad yet been considered in connec
ts .n •* ith tbe cabinet.
. .1 wf - iMr. Blaine want to be See
reta-a '■ "a: For the rea n, dou tiess,
that it 1.1. a' po it; n he would be t ie chief
. i js - the administration, and woul 1
i: i.lert-tke :o dictate the appointment* and
ti try of Gen. Harrison’s administration.
F so uid endear r to overshadow him just
a* be dd during the campaign. The admin
is:rs*: -n would be spt k*.*n of a, Blaine’s,
ar. and be w ould be the one to whom the lead
ers w uld a ply f, r suggestions and favors.
Is Gen Harrison the man to submit to
such a condition of affairs? Those who
know him well -ay no. Ho lias plenty of
confidence in himself, and will be the head
of his administration. If Mr. Biaine were
made Secretary of State, therefore, there
would soon be a rupture in their relations.
Kaowi: g Mr. Blaine as he does, will Gen.
Harrison likely make the mistake of invit
ing him into his cabinet? If ho is the level
headed man he is believed to be, he will not.
Ho owes Mr. Blaine nothing. Mr. Blaine
did not assist in getting him the nomina
tion. and it is seriously questioned whether
Mr. Blaine did him any goed in th" cam
paign. He is free, therefore, to deal with
Mr. Blaine as his judgment dictates, and th-'
chances are that he will offer him the En
glish mission or some other place in which he
will not have a chance to attempt to dictate
the policy of the administration, but the
probability that he will invite him into his
cabinet is regarded as quite remote.
But if Mr. Blaine does not got what he
wants, will he continue to give his earnest
support to Gm. Harrison’s administration?
It is quite safe to say that he will not. He
will attempt probably to create a I- cling of
hostility to the administration of Gen. Har
rison, and will seek to lie the leader of a
dissatisfied faction. In that role he would
be far less harmful to the Republican party
than if he were given a cabinet position. It
would not be surprising, therefore, if .Mr.
Blaine should remain in private life, and
become what is known as a “sore-bead.’’
The Public Schools of Georgia.
The report of State School Commissioner
Hook, covering the educational operations
of this state for 1887 ar.d 1888, shows that
tbe enrollment of pupils in the public
schools for ISK~ was 343,204, of which 308, •
805 were white and 131],13i* were col
ored. This was an it.crease over the previ
ous year of 23,570, lut the average regular
attendance showed a decrease of 117. The
attendance of children and young people of
school age was 71.3 f>er cent, for the whites
and 40.4 per cent for the colored.
The fund for public school purposes is de
rived from the following sources: Half
rental of the state road, dividends on Geor
gia railroad stock, tax on shows, liquor tax,
hire of convicts, fees for inspecting fertil
izers, and poll tax. The fund for 1887 was
$489,008 54, and it will be increased this
year by about $25,000. From this, however,
are to be deducted the expenses of printing,
and the salaries of state and county com
missioners, amounting to about $.10,000.
Dividing the fund for 1887 among those
composing the school population, each child
was entil led to 82 cents; dividing it among
tho pupils enrolled, each was entitled to
$1 35.
Commissioner Hook takes the posit'on
that the school term should be prolonged to
six months. He shows from a report made
by his predecessor, tbe late Dr. Orr, that to
do this the fund would have to be increased
to more than $1,000,000. That is a consid
erable sum, but Georgia could afford to
pay it for the education of lier chil
dren. A special tax of a little more
than one-tenth of 1 Tier cent, would raise
the required amount, and no one would
feel tbe burden very greatly. In fact, such
a tax could not be regarded as a burden.
It would be an investment, on the
part of the people, that would bring
big returns to this and future generations.
What these returns would be was pointed
out by ex-Gov. Hrsehol V. Johnson, one
of the greatest men Georgia has ever pro
duced, in a message to tbe legislature
more than thirty-five years ago.
The wisdom of what he said is as
apparent now as it was then.
“Education,” said he, “is a friend of tho
state. It will elevate the people. It will
diminish crime, and the expense of execut
ing the laws. It will prize out the poor
from tho mire into which innocent poverty
has sunk them, and place them on an intel
lectual equality with the favored sons of
fortuno. It will dig from the mire many
an unpolished gem to glitter in the crown
of cultivated society. It will stimulate
enterprise and direct its energies to profit
able objects. It will digniliy labor end
open new channels for capital. It will dis
inter the mineral wealth of the state,
and add millions to the produc
tions of agriculture. It will bring
into the field of science an array of mind
that will adorn our escutcheon and dazzle
the world by its achievements. In a word,
Georgia must fail of her great mission with
out the adoption of a wise and comprehen
sive educational policy. Away, then, with
that narrow stinginess which begrudges a
dollar to such a cause, while it is often
wasteful of thousands upon objocts that
possess little or no merit.”
These words are commended to the atten ■
tion of the legislature and the people of
Georgia
The late Dr. Hostetter left no will, though
ho was several timer, a millionaire. It came
about in this way: Ho had boquoatbed
SI,OOO, an art gallery in I’ittsburg, but
lie became angry because the city controller
had some of his property levied ou to pay a
security debt. The doctor thought the
action was hasty, as he would have paid the
debt any way, and he at once tore the will
into shreds. He could not bo induced to
muke another.
The New York llerald has introduced a
new feature in journalism. Its principal
headlines are quotations from tho poets.
This may be very nice, and it may Bhow
considerable familiarity with poetry, but
a serious objection to it is that a person
must read a column article before he can
get connection, so to speak, with the head
line.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 188?.
A Celebration Suggested.
Direct railroad communication between
this city and Kansas City was opened a few
days ago. The importance of this railroad
connection between the thriving, growing
city, which commands the trade of so large
a ( art of the great west, aud the chief sea
port city of the South Atlantic coast, is
appreciated, of course, by those who are
directly interested; but it is not thoroughly
under-tood by the great majority of those
who will be indirectly benefited by thi3
great rail route over which, in the near
future, the products of the wealth produc
ing prairies will reach the seaboard.
Would not a celebration of the ‘opening
of this route lie a good thing to have in
this city? Why not have such a celebra
tion before the i- -ginning of the new year?
Macon has just had a fair, Augusta and
Columbus are now having expositions, and
why should not Savannah l ave something
to call attrition to her growing commercial
importance?
And what would lie better than such a
ci 1 brat ion as above indicated? Let us
bring ti e business men of Birmingham and
Kansas City here, and show them our ad
vantages for handling the products of th>
territory tributary to them. They wou and
like to come, and their coining would be
pri ducti ve of suggestions of ways in w hich
they could h lp us and we could help them.
Already the Kansas City grain mer
chants have been making inquiries about
our facilities for handling wheat for export.
Birmingham’s iron comes here on its way
to ni irket. Indeed, the day is not distant
when our wharves will be crowded with
freights fr -m the iron mines of Alabama
an 1 t o wheat fields of Kansas.
It is time that the b isin *ss men of Bir
miiigharu, Bevsemi-r, Ka itas City ar.d Sa
vannah w ere getting acquainted, and there
is no b/tter way to make them acquainted
than a cel-bration of the opening of roads
w hich co. meets their cities What and i the co
ton exchange, the board of trade, and our
business men gene ally, say? iSiiall v/6 have
a celebration ?
Harrison and Civil Service.
The postmaster a’ Macon has issued a cir
cular to his employ's tslliug them not to tie
in a hurry about resigning, a; it will bo
several mout is before their places will be
wanted for adhere .ts "f the incoming ad
ministration. It may be that they will not
he disturb'd at ail. if they are etlic cut and
faithful. The postmaster, doubtless, will
have to g , hut, a very con-iderable per
centage of his subordinates may stay.
There appears to lie a widespread belief
that Gen. Harrison will turn out all the
democrats and fill their places with repub
licans. The impression may prove to boa
mistaken on In his letter < f acceptance
Gen. Hatrison said; “Tne law regulating
appointments to the classified civil service
received my support in the Senate in the
he lief that it opened the way to a much
needed rsforni. I still think so. Only t‘e
interests of the public should suggest re
movals from office. It will be my sincere
purpose, if t lectod, to advance the reform.”
It would be well for those who are talking
about a clean sweep to keep this extract
clearly in mind. Thev may suffer a disap
pointment. Gen. Harrison is not a mau
whoseopinions undergo a rapid change. He
believes in civil service reform, and he may
turn out to lie just as good a civil service
reformer as President Cleveland is. Faith
ful and efficient public se rants, therefore,
should not be in a burry to give up their
places, unless they see a chance to do better.
The other day a statue of William H.
Seward was unveiled at Auburn, N. Y.,
and Senator Evarts was the orator of tha
occasion. Tee senator made some interes'-
ing references to events in Mr. Seward’s
life, but he did not mention the ex-secre
tary’s experience as a school teacher in the
south. From some cause Mr. Seward loft
his home in Now York when he wasayoung
man, and, unknown to bis family ami
friends, came to Georgia, where he accepted
the position of teacher of a school in Put
nam county. Ho did not remain there
long, as bis fathor Darned of bis where
abouts and wrote for him to come home
When he had become famous, he paid a
visit to his friends, of whom he had made
quite a number, in Putnam county. It has
never b-?n explained why he left his father’s
house in tho manner he did.
Although it turns out tha enough per
forated ballots were cast for Mr. Carlisle to
defeat him, if they should be thrown out.
it is not probable that the country will
lose the speaker’s services in tho next con
gress. His opponent, who appears to boa
very different sort of man from Mr. Thoebe,
who contested Mr. Carlisle’s election to the
present congress, has announced that he
will make no contest, unless it is shown
that the perforated tickets were inUmdod t
intimidate voters. It would be very diffi
cult to understand how ballots, perforated
so that they could be easily torn apart,
could intimidate anybody, and if any per
son should assert that ho was intimidated
by them, ho would b open to the charge of
having been very anxious to be intimidated.
A telegram from Philadelphia announces
that Mr. Powderly will not accept a re-elec
tion as general master workman of the
Knights of Labor. Two reasons urs given.
One is that his salary would bo reduced
from ss,lfcX) to $11,500. The other is that he
has been offered s<’>,ooo a year to become
counectod with a Now York newspaper,
either as an editorial writer or as a corres-
Bpondent who would travel through Europe
and write one letter a week on tbe condition
of tho foreign wage-worker r.ud the general
industrial system. It has become evident
that Mr. Powderly can lie re-elected to his
present office, nnd the indications seem
to be that he would not decline to serve,
It is said that insurance companies don’t
regard Presidents of the United States as
good risks. A story is afloat that a Wash
ington agent attempted work President
Cleveland for a $50,000 |>olicy. He didn’t
meet with much encouragement, and wrote
to his company for instructions. He wus
told not to press the matter, as Presidents
were “extra hazardous risks," and the ad
vertisement would hardly pay for taking
the chances.
Mr. Carter Harrison, tho distinguished
ex mayor of Chicago, who has just re
turned from a trip around the world.declares
that qn educational campaign is an absurd
ity. He says: "You can no more educate
the people during the heat of a campaign
than you can teach a cat the meaning of
Donnelly’s cipher.” Doubtless nine-tenths
of the democrats agree with him.
It is thought that James Whitcomb
Riloy will be made poet laureate of the
Harrison administration. He was a very
enthusiastic Harrison man, and is thought
to be ambitious to write for tbe general, la
dialect poetry, his first message to congress.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Not Eecided.
From the Washington Post
It is nor yet fully decided whether the com
plexion of the next House will be bloude or
brunette.
Temptation.
From the Philadelphia Xeics (Rep).
The love of display of luxury, of rivalry in
family and social life has tempted many men to
steal. The most fruitful source of temptation
and disaster is the attempt to Ka 1 SU>,OJO ex
istences on $5,000 salar es.
Of Course.
From the Boston Herald (Tnd .>
In point of fact, the democrats in congress
have b en much more liberal in with
contested election cases than have their oppo
nents, and the record abundantly shows it. It
wax not a democrat, but a republican, who,
having an election contest submitted to him,
a-K -d only the question: ••Which is our dashed
rascal V'' And ! e was a republican leader of the
first prominence.
The Month for Marriages.
From the Nashville American (Deni.)
Ye-, t is is the month of all th>* year in which
to marry. Every man and woman of sound
mind and body and ahih'v to earn a living
si-ould marry. They should marry in Novem
!*•; . it jjossitde, but, m a y event, they should
many. Here's to the November tnd*s and
,'rooins. l>ong life and a pathway strewn with
ilowers to every mother s son and daughter of
'em.
BRIGHT BITS.
Yomco Max (entering store)—l see, sir, you
have a card in your w n low “Help Wanted."
Proprietor (not liking looks of applicant)—Ah,
i mistake! I keep that card for use in case of
burglars. —Burlington Free Press.
“Hichk< take tint'"' themselves win*s arid fly
away, sai-.i the teacher. “What kin lof riches
is meant ? And the smart boy at the foot of
the class said he “reckoned they must be
ost **iches. ” —A me; ica nP>> ul tr / *" a rd.
Shouldn't Have Rken So Chipper—lf the
fiozett' had had any i ir*a four Years that it
hurt the republicans as much to be beaten as ir
does us now, we‘U he <1 goned if wo would
htive crowed over them.-Terre Haute Ga
zette.
> mv: \ What ar*' you crying about, Tom?
Tom Ma slapped me In cause 1 wouldn't stop
sir. ,'in
Idnma What yu sinfcinjr?
Tom "Always Take Mother's Advice."—
Tline.
Sunday tV’° l.adies* Seminary at
drey. FIL. was destroy'd by fire. The younjr
: nli' ' a'l eeatied, but - xplodons of abandoned
v, ’ a [' 1 chewing 53-uii. 1 *i't .-diciciriir around on
on ir hbCvs and b dueads. were blood curdling.
- Buraette .
Many a mas* sits in his pew on Sunday nierht
ami sings “Rook of Ac**- and r 11s up his eyes
very piously, wno on c. min* out at the close of
the service, shuts the door an 1 says "Good
by r. liyriou, I will lie hack next Sunday’."—T.
De Witt Tannage in the New York Observer.
Mi?r.s Wideawake agriculturist from
Vermont:—l fancy, Mr. Sidehili, that you are
fornl or husbandry:'
Mr. Sideh.ii iwim an unutterable expression)
—ls'poaei woul 1 U, .Miss Wideawake, if I
could find the Kind of a gal.— Texas Sitt
ings.
Discharged for Cause— “ Why did you leave
your last place?"
"Sure I worr discharged for doin’ well,
mum "
‘‘Discharged for do:ng well? Why, where
you?"
“I worr in the horspital, mum.”— Harper's
Bazar.
Master Tommy is s ek, and also indisposed to
take the pres r bed remedy. "Come, my
precious," siys h.s mother, ‘‘you must swallow
your medicine.*'
“I can t."
“One aiwavs can when one wants to."
“But I don't want to."—Exchange.
What He Pulled Up.—“ The other day I
rowed dow*n the river," said an old Texan
granger, “and saw some cowboys sucking off a
claim in Ble ri heat bottomland on my place.
They were armed with Winchester rifles, an t
were desp'rately impudent."
“Did you pull up their stakes?" asked his
neighbor.
“Not much." was the reply. “I pulled up
the stream."— Life.
Young Author fto friend)—l sav. Fred, did
you rea 1 my last article in the Every Other
Mon hhj.*
Friend (enthusiastically)—Yes, indeed, old
boy; I read it through twice.
Young Author Ob. then you must have
found it very interesting?
Friend Well—er -no, not so much as that:
b it Fred Smith bet me $lO that I couldn’t read
it through twice, and I bet him $lO that I could*
— L'fe.
PERSONAL.
Secretary Bayard, according to reports cur
rent in Wilmington, Del., will resume the prac
tice of law after tin* accession of ihe newad
niinisti it ion, and will become a resideut of New
York city.
Herr William Hasset.mans, an ex-member
of the German Parliament, who eight years ago
was exiled from tlie fatherland on a charge of
high treason, has just opened a beer saloon in
New York.
A Dundee newspaper, after referring to vari
oils miracles and pointing out that nothing is
impossible witn God, suggests that “all the
lovers all over this earth of Mr. Gladstone join
in prayer at the same time in one body and send
up a petition to God. who is so good to us, to re
new Mr. Gladstone’s years and make that noble
man unto youth again—say the years of Cl,
wit ball the knowldge and wisdom and good
ness that he now possesses.”
Tnz chief .iudge of the Parnell commission
anil the chief defendant in the case are vogeia
rians. Both Sir James Hanneu and Mr. Parnell
have practically to avoid meat diet. Sir dames
used to sutler greatly from that curse of people
whose employment is sedentary—dyspepsia.
He eats htl le flesh now, and certainly looks the
better for it. Mr. Parnell also largely avoids
the diet of the joint. His refreshment at
luncheon time is a glass of hot water into which
a lemon has been squeezed.
L. S. Norton, at one time a well-known and
successful lawyer of Erie, Pa., was before a
Philadelphia court|Friday, eloquently and skill
fully pleading his own case in a petition to be
released from the Pennsylvania hospital for the
insane, when* he is now confined as a lunatic at
the instance of his wife and liis sister. Two
years ago Norton had a practice of $10,001) a
year at the Erie bar He run for judge on tbe
republican ticket, and claims that lie could have
secured the election, but he refused to spend
SIO,OOO and perjure himself.
H. Rider Haggard, who has never looked
like a literary man, has begun to cultivate an
air of genius, lie now wears his hair in flow
ing locks which reach almost to bis shoulders.
He lias shaved off bis blond mustache and his
pale lace wea s an expression of rapt contem
plation, as though his mind was engaged in
searching for Henry >l. Stanley or solving the
Whitechapel murder mystery. Ho wears a
velvet coat, cut short behind, which gives his
tail lank figure a peculiar appearance. He
smokes cigarettes continually, and there arc
those who say he sometimes rolls his eyes “iu a
tine frenzy."
Here is a now story of Mr. Lincoln; During
the war a Virginia girl, whoso soldier brother
was a federal prisoner, went to the President
for permission to go and see him. She bad
been cautioned beforehand not to betray her
Southern sympathies, hut when Mr. Lincoln
said to her, “Of course you are loyal?" she
could not resist the impulse to reply: “Yes
loyal to the heart's core—to Virginia.” After a
long look at her, Mr. Lincoln wrote a paper
and gave it to her without a word. And when
she opened It, in fear and trembling, she read:
"Pass Miss M. She is an honest girl, and can
lie trusted.— A. Lincoln."
The catalogue of tho British Museum has 805
entries un ter tile name of "Gladstone." Many
of these works are pamphlets abusing the grand
old man. Some of the titles are suggestive:
"Belshazzar Gladstone," "Granny Gladstone,"
"The Muhdi of the Midlothian," "The Wondrous
Adventures of St. William, the Woodcutter,”
"The Number of Antichrist in the Name of
Gladstone,” "Mr. Gladstone a Friend Not of
Truth but of Sophistry,’ etc Uladstontan
writers are not exclusively English. Of the :0 >
eutrles eight are in Italian, sewn in French, five
in German, two in Greek, two in Russian, two
m Dutch, two in Welsh, one in Danish anil one
in Spanish.
Tint t>ersonal appro ranee of Talleyrand, who
arrived in this country in 1*94, is described as
being as remarkable as his character. Ho was
very tall amt bad light hair, long and parted in
front. His eyes were blue and expressive, but
his complexion was sallow, lie had a wide,
coarse mouth, and bis body was large and “pro
tuberanl in front." His lower extremities were
singularly small, and liis feet deformed. While
his manner was tranquil and watchful, he was
regarded in many respects as being vulgar and
repulsive. A New York lady, at whose houso
lie frequently dined, said he would rest his el
bows on the table mid talk wdth his mouth full
W'ould cut the meat on his plate ntn small
pieces, pierce them with a fork till the prongs
were full, then thrust the whole Into Ids mouth,
and closing his teeth, null out the fork, leaving
its freight in Ills capacious jaws.
SHE DID NOT DANCE.
How Mr. Chamberlain Came to Take
an Interest in Miss Endicott.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
The Secretary of State gave a dinner to the
commission, and those invited to meet them
were Mr. Justice elect Lamar, Mr. Justice Brad
ley, and Mr. Justice Field. The British minister
and Miss West issued invitations to meet simply
“Mr. C a nberlain." Your correspondent was
standing near wuen Mr. Chamberlain, arriving
from the dinner at 11 p. in., was introduced to
Miss F.ndicott, she being the first lady Miss
West presented. It was Saturday night, and
the invitations read for 9 o’clock. As all
who enjoyed dancing in the beautiful
ball rouin of the legation knew that
the music would cease at midnight, they
were prompt in arriving, and quickly deserted
the drawing room for the ball. Miss West kept
her position near the door of the middle draw
ing room to welcome lady guests as they en
tered. For this reason only Miss Endicott and
a few others who did not dance were with Miss
West when the gentlemen, in company with
Secretary Bayard, arrived. Miss Endicott is
very ready in conversation, and as soon as Mr.
Chamberlain was introduced a lively conversa
tion ensued. The young lady has a brilliant
color, light-brown hair, and large blue eyes.
Sbe looked handsome in blue tulle over silk, and
so toe Britisher seemed to think, for he was in
no hurry to mingle with the guests and enlarge
his circie of new acquaintances.
Every one remembers what a social time
there was during December, January and
February. It was observed that the Secretary
or Var was always among the invited guests to
dinners given to Mr. Chamberlain, and when
la lies were included his daughter was invited.
Toward the close of February Mrs. Hitt gave a
lunch to young ladies. While the party were
waiting in the drawingroom for a tardy girl,
Mr. Chamberlain accidentally called. When
she did n -t arrive Air. Chamberlain was invited
by the hostess to take the vacant place. lie
gladly accepted, and was given tue seat
next to Miss Endicott. He was
brilliant, ar.d, being the only man among
more tnan a dozen girls, lie made himself so
numerous that the male element appeared to
l>e largely in* the majority. Not ev nai ter that
notable occasion could those present determine
wl.et ier tne fair Priscilla had said yea or nay.
But when the other members of the fishery
commission noticed that their hone rable chair
man lingered in Washington day alter day when
their work was concluded aid the treaty sub
mitted to the state department, ihey attributed
r.is delay to unwillingness to l ave until he re
ceived either a dismissal from tne daughter of
the Secretary of the Navy or au intimation that
he might return to claim her as his wife
Lba.
All o' dese here doin's
Don't suit me;
Ise an ole time nigger—
Don’t you see?
I)is here edd'eation’s
Humbug, siio';
It’s done played de devil
Wi i n,bo.
Fomewhar ’bout lars' summer,
Dicey she
Tuck'n* struck a notion—
idon't you see?
Says she: “Ise been thinkin'.
Au' I says:
“What youdonn thunk, honey?"
Says she: "Yes,
“I'se been thinkin* mons'ous
'Bout Ebo:
He’s fo teen year oie now—
Don't you know?"
ST: “Ole 'oman, you is
Kight, i spec';
Bar’s fo'teeu—he kim fus’—
Dat's kerrec'
Says she: “He's a grow in'
tp a fool;
An' Ise gwine ter son' him
Terde school."
Bein's how it looked liko
She was bent
On de projick, Ebo
Tuk 'n' went.
An' sence dat lars* summer—
Don't you see?"—
Dat ar boy hav p int'ly
Outdone me!
Whe-evr! de norrations,
Dem o' liis'n!
Umph: I 'bu ses laughin'
Jes ter lisseu I
What you think dat Ebo
C’ome ceil me?
Da ail dis here y'arth here—
Flat, you see—
Dat it's roun’, and roll3 jes’
Like a ball!
“Ebo, dat's a lie," I
Says, “dat's all!
“Don't you see yer Mammy
Evvy night,
Set <ie water-piggin
Out o' sight
“Ob you Chilian, up dar
On dt* shelf?—
Now, 'Mars’ Speilin'-bookei.
'Splain yerself—
“Sunrise, dat 'ar water's
In dar still;
F.f de y'arth turned oyer
It ud spill!"
But he keeps resistin'
It are so—
Eddication's done gone
Sp'ilt Ebo.
He's forever tellin’
Some such lie;
He's gwi fine out belt el
By--uni-by.
Ef Ebo keeps 'lamin’
At dat school.
Nex' thing, he'll be provin*
I’se a fool!
I are p’int'ly gwine ter
Take Ebo
Way f'om dat ar school-'ouse,
Sartin sho ?
A. S. Gordon.
Sent to Jail by a Mouse.
From the Denver Times.
A curious incident came to light at the Capi
tal hotel a day or two ago which is in a manner
interesting, and the publication of which may
be a beacon to guide some misjudged unfortu
nate, perhaps, into doubtful leniency at least.
For a year or so the proprietors have been
aware that monov was disappearing in small
quantities, which was a source of great annoy
ance. Finally, a trusted employe was dis
covered in tbe act of abstracting a small
amount of bis employer’s funds, which had
been taken in through the office. He was at
once accused of having secured a considerable
amount, aggregating in the neighborhood of
several bund ted dollars, and ultimately appre
bended for tbe theft. He confessed to pet it
larceny, which was all that could lie proved
against him, and as stoutly maintained bis inno
cence in excess of the ainouut he had confessed
to taking
Circumstances, however, were against him,
and tie paid the penalty. The matter was
settled satisfactorily, perhaps, and he left tho
state. A day or two ago the casti drawer was
found to be short of a balance in tho sum of
$25. A careful review of the entries revealed
no remedy, and the proprietors were puzzled to
account for the shortage. Finally the cash
drawer was removed from Its position and a
large-sized hole discovered, through which rats
or mice had gained an ehtnauce into the money
drawer. Further search revealed tlie fact that
anew nest had been constructed underneath
the counter top, which was built of papers
taken from tiie drawer. In addition to this the
nest was lined with three $5 lulls and one $lO
bill, which balanced tbe account with the casli
drawer.
A Hairless Mare.
From the San Francisco Call.
Avery interesting equine curiosity, in the
shape of a horse absolutely without hair, ar
rived on the Alameda from Australia on Satur
day last. It was exhibited to a few connois
seurs in horseflesh yesterday by the owner, K.
A. Cunningham. The horse, or rather the mare,
for it belongs to tile latter gender, is a pro
nounced phenomenon. Her skin is black, and
as smooth and flue as that of a human being.
Site stands a little over fifteen bauds high, and
is about seven years old. It would be difficult
to find a ban Isomer or moro shapely animal.
She looks well bred, and is strongly developed.
In action tile movement of every muscle is
plainly discernible by reason of tne animal's
utter nakedness. Were it not for her abnormal
appearance, the mare would make a most ex
cellent carriage horse. Anything more peculiar
than the appearance of the ileast, with her
smooth, shiny skin, black as ebony, attempting
to whisk from her hack with a hairless, stumpy
tail the flies clustering there, it is impossible to
conceive. The softness nnd smoothness of
every part of her anatomy, even where the
mane ought to bo found, precludes the idea
that the hair has been gotten rid of artificially,
as by shaving. Mr Cunningham purchased the
mare in Kchtica. Victoria, from a farmer, who
utilised her as a buggy horse.
ITEMS O? INTEREST.
Poverty-stricken nomadic tribes are infest
ing Lincoln, Neb., and the vicinity, and the
authorities are puzzled to know wnat to do
with them.
The Missouri commandery of the Lo>'al
Legion intends establishing a military museum
in St. Louis. A fund of $30.U00 has been raised
for the purpose.
Eleven million eogs were imported into this
country from Canada last year, and the Boston
Transcript tbinks that if any of them are left
over they will be useful in case ot retaliation.
The first locomotive built in this country was
christened “Best Friend," and Henry G. lia
worth, the man who first ran it, is still living.
Even the early triumphs of steam under control
are not very old.
Luther R. Marsh, who was so effectively
done in oil by Raphael and a medium who is
now in jail, has paid $.500 for a type-written
copy of the recent trial in which he was one of
the central figures.
It ts an ordinary thing, says the Philadelphia
Times , to see two and three ladies going home
from the theater in a group all in full dress,
with wraps, but without uonnets. They never
think of being molested.
According to official statistics there were
2.047 avalanches last winter in Tyrol and Yonarl
berg. The number of human lures lost was 53.
and about 500 beasts were killed. Many hundred
buildings were destroyed.
The Queenslanders propose using h?roic
methods for the discouragement of Chinese im
migration. Mongolians entering the colony ille
gally ar>* to be imprisoned for life, if the queen
gives her assent to the law.
A New York oculist, who traveled about
the city for a week on a tour of observation,
encountered 2,000 people, who were doing ex
actly what he would recommend a person to do
to destroy his eyesight in a couple of years.
The cannery proprietors of British Columbia
have arranged to introduce a large number of
crofter fishermen from England next season to
take the place of Indians and Chinese. There
will be 120 families, or about 000 souls in all.
Thirty-one shares of the Chemical Bank of
New York, of the par value of SIOO, wore re
cently sold at from s3,sf>o to $3,805 each. These
shar es pay about 15u per cent, per annum oil
their par value. Importers aud Tra iers’ Bank
stock par gIOO, sold tor 5409.
A “marriage trust” is the latest in combines.
One of these baneful organizations has been
started in New Albany. Ind. It is intended to
facilitate matrimony tor eloping couples from
Kentucky by providing the speediest ways of
performing the wedding ceremony.
It took twenty-eight men two weeks, working
night and day, to hang the Verestchagia war
pictures in the American Art Galleries. The
gi -at si/.e of t e canvases made the trouble.
There is one c..a2s fee:., and the others are
nearly as large. The pictures are only for exhi
bition, aud will not be sold.
Mary Fitzgerald, w ho. it is said, has spent
forty years of her life in prison, was arrested in
New York this week, on the charge of pocket
picking. The New Y'ork Press believes she is
the oldest professional sneak left in the country
her life of crime coveringXlp rio t of sixty-nine
years. Shejbegan stealing when 11 years of age.
Says an English papor: The first inventor of
the sewing machine turns out not to he Howe
hut a man named Thomas Saint, who took out
his patent in 17i>0, sixty years before Howe pro
duced bis machine. A machine made according
to Saint's specification is now iieing exhibited at
the exhibition of sewing machines and domestic
appliances at the Koyal Agricultural Hall
Islington.
Of the world’s refracting telescopes nine have
apertures exceeding 20 inches, viz.: Lick
observatory, California, 30 inches: Pulkova
Rusiia, 30; \a o college, 23; Lit’row, Vienna,
-•7; University < f Virginia. 2i: Washingt n nava’l
observatory, 20: Gateshead, England. 2 ;
Princetou. N. J.. 23. and Buckingham, London,*
England. 21. Six of these instruments are the
work of the American firm of Alvan Clark &
Sons.
It’s a feast or a famine at times, even with
the rain supply. The farmers around Saginaw,
Mich., can bar evidence to this The land
thereabouts having becometerriniy parched,the
soil tillers united in a prayer for ram. The ram
came shortly after, and continued as long as
the most exacting farmer desired and so much
longer that some of tbe farmers were tempted
to again go on their knees and a k that the rain
should cease.
"Under the operation of a commendable
iatv," observes the New York Timex, "the price
of gas in London has fallen steadily. Two
weeks ago me directors of the Gaslight and
Coke Company, by far the largest of the
metropolitan companies, resolved to reduce the
price on Jan. 1 to til cents per 1,000. At the
same time this company is [laying dividends of
about 13 per cent. The law permits the com
panies to raise their dividends in return tor a
reduction of the price to consumers.’’
The Xews and the .Journal of Chicago con
tinue their war against cigarettes. The Neux
has had a number of cigarettes of popular
brands analyzed. The "smokers" were stripped
of every distinguishing mark, each brand put
in a separate box. ibe lid of which was inscribed
with a letter, and the whole lot then handed
over to a well-known chemist. He found that
the cigarettes submitted were generally made
of tobacco "imperfectly fermented," aiid that
nearly all had an unnatural proportion of in
soluble ash. that several kinds were steped in
an injurious substance, and were impregnated
with airt in varying proportions.
The first cotton ever raised in New Jersey is
now on exhibition on the farm of William
Baker, in Lower Alloway Creek township, Salem
county. The seed was sent to him by bis son
John, who owns a farm near Lake Charies. Cal
casieu county, La. Mr. Baker was urged to try
the experiment of planting cotton seed in Jer
sey soil, and has been more successful than he
anticipatid. He gave the seed little or no at
tention. allowing them to grow up at random.
Tlie cotton liolls were smaller than those grown
in the south, but the quality was good. Ho will
make another experiment and give some atten
tion to the seed and cane with a view of testing
tiie practicability of raising cotton on New
Jersey soil.
Curious hands in whist having elicited sev
eral communications in the newspapers re
cently, Charles ,7. Page of 82 Devonshire street,
Boston, writes to the Herald of that city: "I
am led to make public fur the first time a most
remarkable fact which occurred two years ago
in the home of Mr. John F, Hdridge, formerly
in the rubber business, on School street, Bo don.
Mr. Eldridgo and myself bad been in the habit
of playing a game of whist as partners, having
for our opponents Mrs. Eldtiigo nnd iny wife
On tbe occasion referred to Urs EiJridge shuf
fled the cards, my wife cut the pack, and lie
dealt. To my astonishment I found 1 held tho
entire sequence of diamonds. At that moment
my wife, who is rather impulsive, threw the
cards on the table, declaring she would not
play such a hand. She held the entire sequence
of hearts. My partner then showed his hand,
exhibiting tho entire sequence of trumps
(spades), leaving, of course, the entire sequence
of clubs in the hands of his wife.”
The following little incident, which happened
in an agricultural village in Germany, shows
that the belier in witchcraft is still deeply rooted
even in civilized countries: A farmer lost sev
eral head of cattle within a few months
and his family agreed that this could
only be the result of witchcraft, exercised by a
neighbor with whom they were noton friendly
terms A miller from the vicinity, far-famed
for his power over evil spirits, wus consulted,
and ordered the doors to be painted with a cer
tain ointment. The evildoer, he said, would lie
the first person to enter thereafter, and could
only lie kept from further mischief by having
his or her nose squeezed between the door and
jamb until the member was crushed. Tho first
person who entered was the neighbor's wife,
who was duly captured, and who, though the
attempt at. crushing hor nose was unsuccessful,
received some serinus wounds on tho head in
her attempt to escape her torturers.
There were no ballet girls in 1071 when
“Pomone" was produced, and tho male dancers
had been recrultod among the dancing masters
of Paris and their schools. The youngest and
plumpest of theso passed for shepherdesses,
nymphs and goddesses, and all wore masks. It
was not until ten years later that four roal
dsnseuses,.pupils of Lull, appeared to an en
thusiastic audience In "LeTriomphed'Amour."
Their names have merited record—Miles. La
Fontaine, Roland, Lepeintre au.l Fernon liy
1713 tho ballet had increased to a dozen dancers,
who received from 400 francs to 1,000 francs a
month, and ton danseuses with 400 francs to 900
francs. The most brilliant era of the ballet was
during the regency, from 1715 onward, nnd the
masks did not fail till much later, when it took
all the pyramidal assurance of liaeian Vestris
to break through the custom. He It was who
said: "There are but three great men alive
upon the face of the earth, myself, Voltaire and
the king of Prussia."
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