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Ex-Speaker J. Warren Keifer has been
talking politic*. He says—but what dif
ference does it make what Keifer says?
Mr. Blaine and Gen. Mahone might not
work together very well in the same cabi
net. Better make a study of that, Gen.
Harrison.
Col. Dudley hasn’t been to Indiana since
he wrote that circular letter about “blocks
of five.” He must be anxious to see his
home, his relatives and hU friends.
Gen. Harrison’s barber in Indianapolis is
reported as having thought for some years
that the general was a man of destiny.
Probably the barber was allowed to talk as
much as he pleased.
Mayor-elect Grant, of New York,'had a
fall the other day, and a possible President
was in danger of being killed. He was en
gaged in the sport of fox hunting,
and bis horse fell, throwing him to the
ground.
Mrs. Langtry has been offered SIO,OOO by
a publisher to write her memoirs, and she
thinks of accepting the offer. She might
get some interesting reading into the book
if she would tell all about Mr. Langtiy and
Freddy Gebhard.
Some of the republicans are kicking vig
orously because the civil service law is to
be extended to railway mail clerks. Ti.ese
are the republicans who believe that to the
victor* belong the spoiL; and their number
is very considerable.
The political and social world is on the
tin-toe of expectation. It is rumored that
Attorney General Garland will wear a
swallow-tailcoat New Year's. Until this is
settled, talk about the next administration
will possess little or no interest.
Gen. Harrison is said to be experiencing
much trouble trying to satisfy the de
mands of Ohio republicans for office. He
could satisfy them by dividing the best pay
ing offices among them, giving each of them
one. Ohio always was easily satisfied.
A New York cartoonist is of the opinion
that if Mr. Blaine is allowed to go into the
Harrison cabinet, he will walk off with it;
if he is not allowed to go in he will tear it
down. If this view is the correct one, Gen.
Harrison’s term of office will be one of trials
and tribulations.
A pretty typewriter—of course she’s
pretty—is suing a dude of a lawyer in
Elizabeth, N. J., for $24 for composing the
speeches he made during the presidential
campaign. It is hardly necessary to say
that the young man who had to get a
female typewriter to compose his speeches
is a republican.
Nearly all of the northern newspapers as
sert that Georgia is greatly agitated be
cause it was discovered that one of the dele
gates to the recent forestry congress in At
lanta was a negro. The Ohio delegate who
slept with him at the Markham house may
have become excited when the discovery
was made, but Georgia is serene.
Col. Lamont's new baby will be known
as Frances Cleveland Larnont. Mrs. Cleve
land was asked to select the name, and for
a while she favored Marguerite: but finally
she concluded that Frances Cleveland was
the proper name, and Frances Cleve
land it will be. Mrs. Cleveland and
Mrs. Lament are quite happy over
the decision, and it is certain that little
Frankie ought to be.
It is somewhat atnud g to notice with
what gravity the republican organs assert
that the people of Texas are opposed to
cutting that state iuto four uarts, and that
what the country needs is the admission of
four or flvo torritonee. Texas would make
four democratic states, you tee, and nearly
all of the territories would be republican.
Republicans hardly ever allow their opin
ions to stand in tho way of politic*.
The Exchange Mass Meeting.
The mass meeting at the city exchange at
noon to-day, which the mayor has called in
the interests of Savannah harbor, ought to
h i well attended by business men. Our
dispatches yesterday respecting the pur
poses of the river and harbor committee
were not very encouraging, so far as secur
ing a recogni’ion of the 28-foot improve
ment is concerned, but there ought to
be no effort spared to secure an
appropriation for that improvement, so
long as there is the least chance of getting
it. It is only by persistent and skillful work
that reisonable appropriations for river
and harbor appropriations are obtained.and
ihose rivers and harbors fare the best for
which the hardest work is done.
If Savannah stands in the background,
v. aiting for congress to do her justice, she
will never get what h r commercial im
portance entitles her to. Her claims will
be virtually ignored, while these of other
places having less merit, being pressed
w;tii a determination that stops at nothing
short of success, will be granted.
In view of the stand which the commit
tee has taken with respect to new projects
it will be very difficult to get an appropria
tion for the 2S-foot improvement. The-e is
nothing like trying, however. If nothing
can be obtained in the House, perhaps
something can in the Senate.
It seems that the river and harbor com
mittee is willing to give Savannah harbor
$20,000 for dredging. Would it not be ad
visable to make an effort to have this sum,
or any other which the river and harbor
bill may carry for Savannah harbor, ap
propriated for the 28-foot improvement
The important thing now is to get that im
provement recognized. The longer recog
nition of it is delayed the more difficult it
will be to obtain it. If $20,000, or any other
amount, cruldjbe obtained for it this year,
there would be no difficulty in getting a
reasonable appropriation next year.
The river and harbor committee did not
accord the Savannah harbor fair treatm?nt
in the last river and harbor bill. If it had
not been for Senator Brown’s efforts in the
Senate the appropriation, in all probability,
would have been only $90,000, instead of
SIBO,OOO. Since Savannah was treated with
indifference last year, perhaps the river and
harbor committee could be indueod to
recognize the 28-foot improvement this
year, even though it should not make any
greater appropriation for it than it would
for dredging.
Admiral Luce's Mission.
The four cruisers which have been or
dered to Hatyi to demand the release of the
se zed steamer Haytien Republic, are more
than enough to enforce the demand if it
should be refused. It is not known what
Admiral Luce’s orders are, but there is no
doubt that they are ample for any emer
gency. One cruiser, doubtless, would be
sufficient to secure the release of the
steamer and damages for her detention.
There is an impression in naval circles
that when Admiral Luce arrives at his
destination he will find that the steamer in
controversy has been burned. If he does,
he will of course demand her full value
from the Havtian authorities. In case of
refusal he will undertake to bring the author
ities to terms by dropping a few shells into
Port au-Prmce.
It is rather remarkable that the Haytian
authorities should have detained the steamer
after they found that her seizure was ille
gal. They have had experience of this kind
before, and very costly experience it proved
to be.
Doubtless, however, there is nothing but
mob rule in Hayti, and the course of a mob
is seldom a wise one. The people of Hayti
do not know what good government is.
They are constantly disturbed by outbreaks
and revolutions. In fact, they would
hardly be satisfied if they didn’t have a
political disturbance of some sort every
fow months. Perhaps that is their way of
working towards a higher civilization. If
it is, it is a very slow and costly way.
At the closing session of the New Jersey
Sanitary Association, the other day, Dr. J.
C. Bayles defended himself against the
charges of improper treatment of the ease
of Prof. Proctor last summer. When Prof.
Proctor's case was diagnosed and thought to
be yellow fever, Dr. Bayles had the patient
removed to a hospital, although at the time
a heavy rain was falling. Some of the
newspapers held that the disease was not
yellow fever, but bilious fever, and that
Prof. Proctor’s death was caused by being
removed. Dr. B lyles said that his course
was vindicated by the best professional
opinion, and that this was backed up only
the other day by an admission of Dr.
Mitchell, of Jacksonville, Fla., that he knew
when, where and under wlmt circumstances
Prof. Proctor had been exposed to y.-llow
fever contagion just before he started north.
This, he said, completely answered the
newspapers, whose chief argument had been
that Prof. Proctor had never got within''
range of the contagion.
Chairman Matthew Quay is expected to
visit Gen. Harrison at about the same time
Mr. Morton does. A Washington dispatch
says: “Next to Mr. Morton, it is said that
Gen. Harrison feels that Mr. Quay's views
or wishes should be considered, aud it is
said that it has been his determination to
confer with both of them before communi
cating with other leading representatives of
the party in the east, who will probably be
called to Indianapolis very soon.” Is it
possible that, after all the talk about Gen.
Harrison being bis own cabinet maker, he
is going to let the contract to Morton and
Quayf
Dr. Nathan R. Gorter, of Baltimore, is
suing Mr. Robert Garrett for SBO,OOO for
professional services re dereil during Mr.
Garrett’s trip abroad He says be attended
bis patient eight months, and that lie sub
mitted his bill to two ominent Baltimore
physicians, both of whom pronounced it
reasonable. When he submitted it to Mr.
Garrett's representative, however, it was
pronounced unreasonable, and payment
was refused; and that is why the suit was
brought.
8 imo of the republican newspapers, in re
ferring to the unfortunate affair in Bir
mingham, speak of lynching as being pecu
liarly southern. If these newspapers
will refer to their files, they will discover
the error of such an assumption. Lynch
law—though why it is called “law' 1 would
| lie hard to explaiu—is resorted to too fre
quently all over the country.
California is becoming interested in the
bill to cut that state into two parts, each to
be admitted as a state. A mass meeting at
Los Angeles was held the other day, and
resolutions were adopted demanding a
division. A good many of those who fa
vored the resolution probably were people
j who don’t hold public office, but who would
j like to.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. DEC EMBER 12,1888,
Responsibility of the Clubs.
The political ciubs in this city have un
dertaken to nominate a candidate for
mayor aud candida'es for aldermen, and
they have a pretty heavy responsibility
resting upon them. There does not appear
to be any marked opposition to their dis
charging this duty, but there is a feeling cf
anxiety respecting their ability to dis
charge it satisfactorily. There is no con
sensus of opinion among them as to the
candidates that should be nominated. The
different clubs favor different men, and the
members of the same club are divided in
their preferences. Under the circum
stances, therefore, it will be a rather diffi
cult matter to frame a ticket that will be
generally satisfactory. Each of the differ
ent clubs will, doubtless, demand the right
to select one or more of the candidates for
aldermen, and it is not improbable that the
select.oa in all cases will not be satisfactory
to the majority.
There is one thing that tho clubs ought to
bear in mind, and that is that if they nomi
nate a ticket which is not generally satisfac
tory the business men and property
owners, acting independently of the clubs,
will nominate a ticket. The necessity for
having capable men in charge of the city’s
affairs is so great that those who are most
deeply interested in the city’s prosperity
cannot afford to have the municipal gov
ernment in the control of men who are not
fitted for their positions.
Savannah has entered upon a period of
great prosperity, aud in order that this pros
perity may continue her municipal affairs
must be directed by' men possessed of sound
business sense and who are liberal and pro
gressive in their views. It is the aim of the
clubs, doubtless, to nominate such men, but
this aim may be defeated by the demands
in behalf of different localities and various
interests. The welfare of the city as a
whole should not be sacrificed in order to
gratify club pride or to satisfy tho demands
of any section of the city or any
interest. It can be stated with con
siderable certainty, therefore, that if the
nominations of the clubs are not such as to
meet with the approval of the best element
of the clubs, and the tax-payers outside cf
the clubs, they will encou iter very strong
opposition. There is a very general hope
that the clubs will prove equal to the re
sponsibility which rests upon them.
How to Get Out of Debt.
The Greenesboro Herald wants to know
why the farmers of Greene county don’t
grow tobacco. It thinks tobacco could be
made a profitable crop, and it gives the
experience of Mr. W. A. Kimbrough to
show that it could be raised there. A num
ber of years ago Mr. Kimbrough planted a
small piece of ground in tobacco. The
crop did excellently, and Mr. Kimbrough
says that after dampening and pressing the
leaves he had some of the finest
tobacco he has ever tasted, and for
which he refused $2 a pound.
The question of tho Herald is pertinent.
Why don’t the farmers of middle Georgia
grow their own tobacco, instead of depend
ing on Virginia, North Carolina and Ken
tucky for it* The conditions of climate
and soil are suited to tobacco growing,
although the farmers have never given
much attention to that branch of agricult
ure. If they should, they probably would
save money.
There are other crops that might be
grown in Georgia, but to which the farmers
giv eno attention. Are not the farmers
pursuing a course in this respect that
works to their injury * They complain of
hard times. They say it requires more
monev than they make to pay their debts—
that they are siuking deeper into the mire
of debt every year. If they had previously
adopted the plan of growing everything
possible that is required on their farms,
their debts would not be so great—perhaps
they would be out of debt, with a balance
laid up for the proverbial rainy day.
The tendency of the times is to diversified
crops, aud, with the advantages of soil and
elimato that Georgia affords, there really
is no reason why farmers should buy a good
many things that they do. An era of pros
perity will set in when they realize and act
upon this.
Tho washerwomen of Richmond, Va., are
becoming quite too high-toned for anything.
The following advertisement appeared in
one of the Richmond newspapers the other
day: “A washlady, moving in the very
best colored society, desires a position in a
fashionable family with full posses, ion of
the back building and privilege of daughter
takirg music and French." Tt'.nk what
wanes the “wasliladies” must receive to
support themselves and families, and pay a
French teacher and a mui'c teacher by
washing for a single family. Geswhilikms!
The North Georgia Conference, held re
cently in MilledjreviHe, took the right view
of the public school question. It passed a
resolution expressing sympathy with the
movement to extend the public school terra
to six months. Will the South Georgia
Conference take similar action? The
Methodist preachers of Georgia, mingling
as they do with the people of the cities and
towns and of the country, have an excellent
opportunity of finding out the public needs,
and their opinions are entitled to a groat
deal of respect.
The newspaper correspondents se?m de
termined that Mrs. Folsom shall marry
again. Some months ago they had it ar
ranged that she was to become Mrs.
Bayard, and now they have settled on Mr.
Henry F. Merritt, United States cjnsul at
Chemnitz, as her future husband Mrs.
Folsom denied the allegation in the first in
stance, and she demos it now, but probably
that will make no difference with the cor
respondent who hasn’t a very good nose for
news, but who must write about something.
Now people are beginning to talk about
making two states out of New York. The
Syracuse Jo ureal proposes seriously that
the five seaboard counties of New York,
Queens, Kings, Suffolk and Richmond be
admitted as one state, aud that the fifty-five
other counties be udmitted as another.
There is one thing to be said in favor of the
proposition—it would forever stop the tulk
about New York being tho pivotal state.
Russell Harrison, son of the general, is
coming in for a good deal of praise in con
nection with the presidential campaign. It
is said that he contributed some very ex
cellent work to the republican cause. Yes,
it is uudei stood that Chairman Quay sent
the young man west in search of boodle,
and that a good big lot of it was found.
It seems that the old story about Senator
Brown resigning on account of ill health
has been revived. It was left alone so long
that fieople began to thiuk it was dead, but
is wosu’t, it only slept It will live as long
as Senator Brown remains in the Senate,
and n ill outlast a good many people who
thought it had beuu laid in the grave.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Expert Testimony.
From the Chicago Herald (Dr in.)
Walker Blaine has an article in one of the
December magazines entitled. "Why Wes Har
rison Elected?” The magazine would have
shown more enterprise had it secured an article
on the subject from Matt Quay, who handled
the ho die and knows a great deal more about
it than W'alter Blaine.
What If Texas Were Republican?
From the Philadelphia Pres* (Hep.)
The members of congress from Texas are
practically unanimous against the division of
that state, and they represent the people down
there as strongly opposed to it. Texas is all
right for a good many years at least, although
in the great future its wide territory is quite
likely to furnish more than one state. The need
of the present is the prompt admission of the
territories whose population and growing im
portance entitle them to that consideration.
Upholding Sheriff Smith.
From the Xew York World i Dan.)
Sheriff Smith of Birmingham. Ala., is an offi
cial to be commended. He had committed to
his keeping a wretched brute, who was accused
of the murder of wife and child. A mob as
saulted the jail on Saturday night with the in
tention of lynching the a•■cused. The sheriff,
as in duty bound, defended his jail, and, as a
sad consequence, Birmingham is in mourning.
A little more of this sort of spirit, and the peo
ple who organize to set law aside and commit
murder to gratify community hatred will be
more careful. The lesson is a timely one.
The Slanderers Injured.
From the Philadelphia Record ( Dem.)
it has been rather the fashion of late years in
this country to scandalize our public men. and
Mr. Cleveland has probably been as harshly
treated in this regard as almost any public
character of the day. But he has not suffered
from it in the estimation of his fellow country
men. Whatever odium and disgrace may have
been evolved from the heap of rotting scandals
which has been sq industriously stirred up must
lie imputed to hik detractors and to those—less
vicious in Intent, but equally so in fact—who
have given credence and currency to some of
the basest slanders that were ever devised to
wreck the happiness of a faithful and loving
pair.
BRIGHT BlTfa.
At the restaurant -Waiter, T see here you
have wine at 50e. a bottle and some at 51.
W hat is the difference between them?
Waiter—s3e. —Boston Transcript.
A clergyman who married a couple of deaf
mutes in Brooklyn the other day made a bad
break when he wished them “unspeakable
bliss.”— The Cartoon.
Bifkins—l hear you are to umpire a Fame be
tween the Pluguglies aud Dudes. Which do
you t.iink will win?
Umpire (confidently)—The Pluguglies.— Phila
delphia Record.
O, ma, did you think I was lost?” said Jennie,
who had gone for a walk around the block and
returned five hours afterward.
“No,” replied her mother. “I thought that
young man load found you.*’— New York Sun.
Agent—Has the religious press much of a
showing in this community?
Old Citizen (in a whisper)—Well, the parson is
all right, but they do say that Deacon Pusley is
mighty fond of hoggin’ the women when he
gets a chance Washington Post.
Mrs. Bunks—You did nobly at church to-day.
Instead of going to sleep during the sermoa
you listened attentively to every word.
Mr. Blinks- Best sermon 1 ever heard. Glori
ous! The w r ay he pitched into rich men like
Winks and Minks and Jinks just did me good.—
Philadelphia Record.
“You should never point v Tohnnie,” said Mrs.
Brown, as they left the store. “It is rude.”
“But what are you to do, ma, when you don’t
know the name of the thing ?”
“Why,” she returned, “let the clerk show you
everything in the store until he comes to the
right one.” —Sew Yoik Sun.
Mrs. Jason -Jehiel, I’ve had the awfulest
scare. I opened the door and found the worst
looking tramp l ever saw. Why, I couldn’t say
a word tor ten minutes.
Mr. Jason Do you know which way he went?
I would like to get his make-up if it had that
effect.— Terre Haute Express.
“Can you lend me $25 this morning, Mr.
Williamson?” asked a needy friend, entering
the broker’s office.
“Borrv. Barrows, but I really can’t. Mrs.
Williamson went out this morning to buy a
little surprise for me, and she took all the
money I had.” -Harper's Bazar.
Dime Museum Manager— Please don’t bother
me now, Maria. I’m must dead with traveling
and disappointment. I’ve looked all over the
country and can’t find one.
His Wife—Eh! What have you been looking
for?
“A mugwump. I * Philadelphia Record .
Woman (looking at a house to rent)—l don't
fancy these windows on this side. The people
in the next house can look in here and see
everything that’s going on.
Landlord—lf you want the house, madam, I
will have the windows boarded up.
“How on earth could I see into their windows
then?* 1 — Detroit Free Press.
PERSONAL.
Ex-Congressman M. C. George of Portland,
Ore,, is the latest discovered double of President
Harrison.
M. de I.essf.ps has just entered upon his R4th
year, and seems to lose none of his extraordi
nary physical vigor.
Westing house, the inventor, who has made
$5,000,000 out of his air brakes, once offered to
sell it outright for $20,000.
Miss Titiens, niece of the famous singer, has
gone from t alit'ornia to live in England per
manently. She - ‘is but 1?, but she is tall and
stately," and decidedly pretty, and she promises
well to bee Jtne a tine singer.
Who says Washington it not swell? Reflect
carefully on the foil wing item: “Miss Bancroft,
granddaughter of the historian, is organizing a
dancing class for the winter. It is to be con
fined solely to young ladies who have tall rooms
attached to their residences. ’’
Kalakaga, King of the Sandwich Islands,
will visit this country in the spring. Kalakaua
is now W years of age, and cannot staud quite
as much sociability as he could when he was
here before, but it is said that there is life
enough in the old man yet to add a vermillion
tint to this town when he reaches here. He is
anxious to get away from the cares of royalty,
the pressure of literary work and, be it whis
pered, Queen Kapiolani.
jAcqt’Bs Meyf.r, banker of Paris, speculated
too rashly, and in order to cover his losses, de
voted himself more energetically than ever to
“play." He has tied. Among his largest credi
tors are Mine. Jane Hading, the actress, who
had sent biin SIO.OIXI quite recently from
America. Mme I ladings mother had als ide
posited a considerable sum with him. His de
licit amounts to over 1,000.000 francs. Ten
years ago he was a reporter at 8 sous a line on
an ephemeral newspaper, and at the same time
canvasser for financial advertisements.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has been much
annoyed by various unwarranted reports which
have been in circulation of late to the effect that
she recently gave a breakfast in Boston to
young Sothern, the comedian The story was an
absurd one. Mrs. Blaine, as is well known, has
lieen very ill, and is still far from strong. The
origin or the fiction lay in the fact that her hus
bau 1 entertained Mr. Sothern el breakfast at
the Hub. Another report that she was in Chi
cagoa few days ago nail the same foundation.
James G. Blaine, Jr., not his wife, is traveling
about and enjoying life.
Senator-elect John G. Barbour of Virginia,
when he takes his seat next March as Kiddie
berger's successor, will lio one of the noticeable
man in the Snate chamber. He was in New
York a dav or two ago, and as he walked along
crowded Broadway men turned for a second
glance at the straight, ruddy-faced, bright-eyed
and white haired gentleman who had all ttie
ltearing of an old-tiine Virginia planter Bar
hour Is not only a good-looking man, but be is
mentally a strongman Just alter the war
closed he beut his energies toward the huildiug
up and restoring the wasted and abandoned
railroad system of his native state, and in a
few years was at the head of the Midland line,
which runs through the battlefields of Central
Virginia. He made money, and he needed it,
for the war had left him almost penniless.
When he had grown rich, ho took a brood part
In the politico of his state, and to him is largely
due the defeats that have swept Mahone from
power in Virginia. Mr. Barbour will not be an
eloquent senator, but he will be a brainy one.
Cm.. I)ei.anckv Kane, who is spoken of ns the
probable successor of Ward McAllister as gen
oral master workman of the Four Hundred, is a
pudgy little man. who would, it has been said,
"look like a coachman did lie not wear such
good clothes." Mr. McAllister retires tem
iiorarily on account of the death of his brother,
flail McAllister, of San Francisco. Mr. Kane is
generally voted a good fellow in spite of the
insignificance of his personal appearance lie
Is short. Inclined to be rotund, has brown eyes
and cloeelv trimmed brown whiskers. For years
he was a familiar figure to the loungers on up-
Kr Fifth avenue, os. seated by his wife on tue
x seat of his roach, be tooled bis four-in-band
from the Brunswick to Pelham or New Richelle,
rain or shine, snow, blow, sleet or freeze. Col.
Kane coached a good deal in England before be
helped introduce this expensive quadrupedal
sport to New Yorkers. It was said that bis
health demanded constant exercise in the open
air He has been a favorite leader of the ger
man in fashionable society and is
descended from the old Kane family who used
to own a good slice of New York. He is agree
ably short of 50 years of age
Civilization in Montana.
From the New York Herald.
The civilization of Montana is of a high order,
as shown by these rules displayed in a hotel:
Gests will leve thar weeping so's they’l not go
off in the r.ite.
No fitin or shutin allowed in the bed mines.
Gests must sine thar names evry day & pay
accordingly.
Enny gest who isnt satisfiyd with these rools
must mosey or stand the konsequences.
The Anarchist Primer.
From the Chicago News.
A Is for Anarchist, gentle and calm.
B is the letter which stands for a bomb.
C is for civilization- a sham.
I) is for Dynamite, also for Dram.
E\s for Explosives to set people free.
F is for Foreign; for example, see me.
G is for Gary arui also Grinnell,
H is the Haymafket that you know well.
lis Incendiary—this you'U be yet.
J is the Justice we fear we shall get.
Kis for killing—it's greatly enjoyed.
L is the lnbor I hope you'll avoid.
M is for Murder, a foible with some.
N's Nihilism—it's certain to come.
O's the Oppression of laws- they’re a pest.
P's the Police w ho this city infest.
Qis the quarter we never will give; we prefer
to buy Deer with it—we drink to live.
K's the Revolver I wear In my boot.
S is the next, aud of course stands for Shoot.
T's for Trepanning—no anarchist fears it.
U's for Upset, like a plan whenSchaack hears it.
V'B for Vitriol to throw in the dark.
W is for War. and an X menus “his mark.”
Y is for Youth, whom I hope to deceive.
Z is for Zeal, which you have, I believe.
A Clever Woman.
From an Englishwoman in America.
Once, while travelling in the west, she was
obliged to take a seat, in one crowded car, while
her friends entered the next.
Her neighbor in the seat was a disagreeable
looking fellow, whose feat ures showed an alarm
ing amount of low cunning, promising actual
knavery. In spite of the Enslislnvoman’s dis
trust of him she fell asleep, and was awakened
by feeling her companion withdrawing his hand
from her pocket.
Her first impulse was to raise an alarm, her
second to ascertain the extent of her loss. It
proved that the thief had only succeeded in tak
ing her baggage checks, and, as his ticket was
marked “Chicago,” the lady resolved to wait
until they reached that place, also her destina
tion.
The train ran into the station at Chicago, the
pickpocket made his way to the door and the
lady walked beside him. A baggage express
messenger was passing by the car aud the la Jy
stopped him.
“This gentleman has the ch cks for my bag
gage,” she said, pointing to the thief.
The messenger turned to the man who, aston
ished at the suddenness with which the tables
had been turned, hastily produced the checks
and disappeared in the crowd.
Getting Around tho Law.
From the Albany Argus.
The “secrecy of grand jury chamber'' is
another legal fiction that is easily penetrated.
An instance is as follows: A justice of sessions
was curious to iearn whether the grand jury in
a noted case had been unanimous in their find
ing of the indictment. He asked me whether I
had learned concerning it. I replied: “No, but
! can readily find out for you from Mr. ,
your tow nsman,"indicating a grand juror stand
ing on the opposite side of the street. “Oh no,
you must not ask him,” rejoined the anxious
member of the court, “it would be an indictable
oftVnce for you to ask him. or for him to tell
you." “I don’t propose to ask him. but to get
him to tell you,” I replied. “I will pass over
and engage him in conversation, and then you
come up and call me aside and repeat|your ques
tion loud enough for him to hear.''
It took but a few minutes for me to engage
the rural grand juror in conversation regarding
the crop prospects of his neighborhood for an
Arym item, and then the magistrate beckont'd
me off a few feet and repeated his part of the
play.
1 replied that I had heard two versions: “One,
that iney were unanimous, and another that
they stood nineteen to four.”
“You're right the first time,” broke in the
bucolic grand juror, “we were unanimous
about it, and don't you forget it.” I have not.
His Pace Acquitted Him.
There used to be in practice in one of the
southeastern cities of Massachusetts, says the
Listener in the Boston Keening Transcript, a
well-known lawyer, who had a considerable de
gree of success at the bar in spite of an in
firmity of speech that he never could get rid of
His stutterieg appeals in behalf of his clients
were sometimes tearful and wonderful deliver
ances oratorically, but his opponent s used to say
that they really gained in effectiveness from his
stammering, because the jury not only sympa
thized with him, but had time to take in and
digest all his points.
One day he appeared in a Bristol county court
room before Judge Pitman aid a jury to defend
a very tough-looking citizen, who had been ar
rested’ on a charge of selling liquor without a
license. The man had a bad reputation a;d a
bad face; whisky had been found on his prem
ises. and if ever a man was convicted before he
was tried it seemed to be this one.
But his stuttering lawyer was equal to the
emergency. He cross- questioned the policeman
who made the seizure;
“You s-s-say you found li-U-li-quor in this
man's house?"
“Yes."
“W-w-w-hat kind of liquor w w-was it?”
‘Whisky."
“Urn. Now, h-h-bow much w h h-hisky did
you f-f f-find?”
“About half a pint,” sir.
“H-h-h-half a pint; yes. Now. g g-g-g-gentle
men of the j-j-j-jury, I want, you to take a good
! 1-l-long look at, my c c c-c-li li lient”
The jury took a good look at him. He wasn't
a very pleasant sight to see; his nose was a
sort of purple vermiliion and considerably
■ xaggerated in its proportions at that; his
rows were low and shaggy and his eyes
Cleared.
"Now.g g-g-g-g-gentlemenof thej-j-j ju-u-ry,”
the lawyer went on, "I want you t > t t-t t-tell
me if ray c c-c c-c li-lient looks like a man that
would s s s-s-sell a half pint of whisky if it was
all he had in the house.”
The jury acquitted the man without leaving
their teats.
The Corner Passenger.
From the New York T.mes.
The corner passenger was wet, but the damp
ness had not sunk in deep enough to chill his
good humor nor paralyze his tongue. He
dropped into his corner of a Sixth avenue street
oar, and, after a moment's reflection, half rose,
and, putting his ear to the window, listened
“It's raining yet," he observed with great
confidence.
Avery nicely dressed young man who had
dropped into a seat near by did not dispute this
assertion. Neither did a jollv-looking man,
nor did his fiercely prim wife who sat. beside
him, nor did the two other men in the car. The
rain fell heavily and the ear ground along on
its watery way.
The corner passenger raised his hand find fish
ing around among the signs over his hea l
rallied the cord which blows a whistle on tne
platform. The car stopped and the conductor
shoved back the door and looked inquiringly in.
A gush of wind swept the rain in, too. The
corner passenger huddled himself into his
corner aud said;
"Conductor, it seems to me that the driver
and you ought to come in when it rains s > hard.
You look reasonably intelligent, and I'm sur
prised to see you remain outside In such
weather.”
The conductor slammed the door and rang the
bell. The jolly gentleman wanted to join the
other men in the car in the laugh which fol
lowed, but the look on his wife's face forbade
such liberty. By and by the rulu ceased falling
and the conductor opened thedoor. Thecoruer
passenger leaned forward ami inquired: "Will
we run through a swamp ?” The conductor
shook Ins head.
“Then I won't have to lake off my clothes?”
•‘No,” said the conductor, "you won't.”
Rain liegan to fall again, and the nicely
dressed young man rolled his trousers up at tne
bottom.
“Conductor, is it raining In here?" asked the
corner passenger.
“Then what's he got his trousers rolled up
for?"
The young man flushed and nervously pulled
at the legs of his garments.
“ You can get a stretcher for a quarter of a
dollar, and then they won’t bag at ti e knees,”
observed tbe corner passenger.
The prim lady walked firmly down the aisle
behind her husband, with her feet exposed by
the dress lifted from the floor.
"You ought not to come out without rub
bers," said the corner passenger reprovingly,
"particularly when it looks bo much like rain.
Ray, boys," as the lady disappeared, "let's all
have a drink Couldn't ask you while she was
here, you know," apologetically; "wouldn’t look
well. Het a dollar he'd been glad to take a nip,
though."
Nonody responded to this invitation, And the
fact that it had been extended immediately e
cap si the memory of tbe corner passenger. He
was silent for a time, and then fell asleep.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The scholars in the Norwich (Conn.) public
schools were each requested to give their teach
ers. on a recent day. either a potato or an apple
for distribution to the poor. The result was
that ten barrels of the vegetable and fruit de
sired were divided among the needy.
A citizen of New Ulm, Minn., owns a horse
which he considers an unerring weather prophet.
He can always tell when a storm is coming by
watching the animal s eyes, which change from
a very light color to dark blue twenty-four
hours before a change in the weather.
Wm. Ladce, of Toledo, 0., with two compan
ions, who were drowned, was thrown into the
river three weeks ago by the upsetting of a
skiff. He was taken sick afterwards, ana now,
on recovering, his hair is as white as snow,
though at the time of the accident it was jet
black.
A story comes from Nebraska to the effect
that there is a school house in Blaine county,
the roof of which is made of willows and sod.”
Whenever an urchin meanders from the broad
path of virtue the teacher has only to reach up,
extract a portion of the ceiling and proceed to
chastise youth so meandering.
A merchant captain, when rounding Cape
Horn recently, made observations as to the
height of the waves. By climbing to the head
of his mainmast, which, being in the center of
the ship, would be less affected by the motion
of the water, he observed certain waves that
reached the enormous height of 65 feet.
A woman, who, with her three children, was
sent to the almshouse, at Bellefonte, 0., a few
days ago, escaped Tuesday night, and taking
the wheelbarrow belonging to the institution,
loaded her babies into it. and walked and
wheeled them ten miles to her former home.
She is being commended for her pluck by her
townspeople, who propose to procure work for
her and assist her otherwise, so that she will not
be returned to the institution.
When the first electric telegraph was estab
lished the speed of transmission was from four
to five words a minute with the five needle in
struments; in 1849 the average rate for news
paper messages was seventeen words a minute;
the present pace of the electric telegraph be
tween London and Dublin, where tne Wheat
stone instrument is employed, is 403 words; and
thus waat was regarded as miraculous sixty
years ago has multiplied a hundred fold in half
a century.
A thief in San Francisco, who robbed a man
who befriended him, was identified in a strange
manner. An intimate friend of the rascal's was
arrested, and afterward the “cro3k” himself
fell into the hands of the police for attempting
suicide. He was taken to the station, and, while
passing the c *ll of the friend, the latter called
to the officer that his prisoner was the man
wanted for the theft. The prisoner confessed
his guilt, and thereupon the friend was released
and the formar put in his cell.
The report of the superintendent of foreign
mails to the Postmaster General shows that,
during the last year, there were carried abroad
by all steamship lines 260,000,009 grams of let
ters and 1,000,000,000 grams of prints, of which
the North German Lloyd Steamship Company
carried 130,275,000 grams of letters and 500,597,-
000 grams of prints; the Cunard Steamship
Company, 67,263,600 grams of letters and 263,-
047,000 grams of prints; theCompagnie
Transatlantique, 18,170,000 grams of letters and
78,760,000 grams of prints.
At a meeting of the Medical Association of
the District of Columbia, in Washington, the
following regulation was adopted: “In certifl
cates on account of illness given to employes in
the public offices, or others, respecting absence
from official duties, the disease shall not be
specified; neither shall the name or nature of
the disease bo divulged by any written descrip
tion or statement of ia symptoms given to the
patient himself, nor by any specification of the
disorder, nor by any disclosure which may be
construe! into an evasion of the meaning of
this regulation.”
There are 3,140 national banks in the country
with a capital of S500.000.000; surplus fund,
$185,000,000; other undivided profits, $700,000;
and the outstanding circulation against bonds,
$151,702,000. The individual deposits amount to
$1,850,000,000. and the government deposits to
$56,000,000. The total number of new* national
banks organized during the year was 132.
Forty-two banks went out of the system during
the year, of which 34 went into voluntary liqui
dation and 8 failed, making a net increase of 90
banks. The net increase of capital in the year
has been over $14,000,000, and the net increase
of circulation nearly $17,000,000.
The descendants of old Amos Benham, New
Haven, are having a lively row among them
for the possession of the store teeth of their
revered ancestor. Amos, in his old age, went
to New York and purchased a full set of false
teeth, with gold plates, valued at over S6O. He
exhibited them to his friends with much pride,
and for years the teeth were the wonder and
admiration of the town. At last the old man
died and the teeth were buried with him. Not
long since Gilbert Benham, a nephew of the
deceased, announced that he was going to get
those teeth, and last wee< opened the ground
and secured them. The other members of the
family are furious and a lawsuit for tho posses
sion of the teeth is the result.
Admiral Henry Grinnell, a son of Henry
Grinned, the founder of several Arctic expedi
tions, is about to bring a suit against the town
of Westport, Mass., for false imprisonment.
Something over a year ago Admiral Grinned
took up his residence at Westnort Harbor, and
this year lie was taxed for £50,000 on his per
sonal estate On his refusal to pay the tax, lie
was placed In tbe jud at New Bediord about two
weeks ago, where he remained for two days.
At the end of that time lie took the poor debt
or’s oath and was released. The admiral claimed
that he was taxed on trust funds, from which
he received no income. He got his rank in the
Peruvian navy. He has also held the rank of
commodore in the United States navy.
A curious panorama is to be provided at the
Paris exhibition next year by the Compagnie
Generale Transatiantique to represent its fleet
of steamships. The cyclorama is to be painted
by M. Poilpot. The Compagnie Transatiantique
cyclorama is to be mounted in a circular build
ing by itself, and affords some novel effects.
The spectator, on ascending to the stairs,
emerges upon what appears to be the deck or
one of the newest and largest steamers of the
fleet, the Touraine, which is now in process of
construction. Around him are the masts and
rigging of the vessel, and he can hold by the
shrouds and look over the bulwarks at the sea,
which extends to the horizon. On one side can
be discerned the red roofs of Havre, aud lying
at anchor at different distances are the other
shins belonging to the company, while the il
lusion is heightened by the mists which obscure
the background.
Mention was recently made of the costly
coffin in which Dr. Hiller, a rich manu
facturer of pills in Wilmington, Mass., was
buried. The doctor, as was stated at that time,
employed his declining days in designing the
casket and preparing for his funeral. Nuw.it
is reported, tiis widow finds daily consolation in
overseeing a similar work. Her casket has
been made in much Ihe same manner, and
scarcely a day passes that sue does not rehearse
her obsequies. She dresses herself in an elabor
ately trimmed robe of the finest material,
which sparkles with jewels. She is then lowered
into her casket, and views herself in a mirror
suspended above her. She says the operation
makes tier long to die. I*.very morning she
visits her husband's grave and says. Good
morning! and leaves a fresh bouquet of flow
ers, and repeats the same operation at evening.
The French papers have been narrating the
adventures of a body of French soldiers, 1250 in
number, invalids almost without exception,
who left Saigon (Indo-Chinaj on April 25th last
on their return to France. The troopship in
which they sailed run aground at Colombo, and
as sue was unable to continue the voyage, the
men were put on hoard a Russian steamer,
which, however, was on her way, not to France,
but to Saigon, where they were duly landed.
After some days of discomfort, they started on
their return journey once more. They got as
far as Suez this time, but there the ship broke
down and they were sent ashore. After a weary
wait of t welve (lays a French transport hove in
sight and took them on hoard. Hut she, too, as
it turned out, was bound, not for Toulon, but
forTonquln. and thither the soldiers wore trans
ported. Finally, they sailed for borne again
and reached Toulon in safely.
Olp Chief, one of the biggest, and probably
the most vicious, elephants in captivity, has
been guilty of so many homicides that his own
ers, the Robinson Bros,, of Cincinnati, succes
sors to old Uncle John Robinson, of menagerie
and circus fame, have decided t hat he shall suf
fer the death penalty, Old Chief Is 25 years
old, weighs 10.000 pounds an 1 is worth over #1
a pound, in youth be was very docile, but of
late he ties well proven his claim to the title of
“man killer." in 1879. nl Charlotte, N. C., he
killed his first keeper, John King, os brave an
elephant driver as ever carried a "prod,” by
crushing him against a railway car. Two years
later, in the same manner, lie killed George
Sullivan, his second keeper. Many times he has
crippled keepers for life, aud it was like signing
one's death warrant to lake charge of him. it
has been suggested that he be executed by an
electric current, and the Robinson Bros, have
signalized their willingness to have the experi
ment tried.
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SAUCE.
Lea & Perrins’ Sauce.
Lea & Perrins, the original and genuine
Worcestershire Sauce, has been before
the public over half a century. Like all
popular favorites, it has long been the
standard of comparison and the pattern
for counterfeiters, who not being able to
imitate itaexcellence, offer to the public,
i imitations in bottling, labels and style of
putting up. They dare not counterfeit
the signature of Lea & Perrins, which is
on the red label of every genuine bottle,
and of which this is a facsimile.
To be sure of obtaining the genuine
article, see that the above signature is on
the label. [American Analyst]
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