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4 C|e^lflrningUctos Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. WEDMs>DAY. DEC. 12. 188S. Registered at the Port Office in .Savannah The Mormso New. is published every day in the year, and IS served to subscribers in the city at 2} cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 for six months and $lO 00 for one year The Mgrnino News, by mail, one month, |1 00; three months, S3 50; six months. Si 00; one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by matt, six time* a week (without 6unday Issue', three months, $2 00; six months, $4 00; one year, s<j 00 The Morkino News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays. three months, $1 25; six months. $2 50; one year $5 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. 52 00. The Weekly News. ->y mail, one year $1 25. Subscriptions payable In advance. Remit by yoctal orucr, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent hv mail at risk of senders. Letters arid telerrams should oe addressed “Morning News." Savannah. Ga. 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JACKSONVILLE— Morning News Bureau, Room 1 Ely Block. dTdex to new advertisement! WR mcGS—Georgia Chapter No. 3, R. A. M ; < itizens’ Sanitary Association: The Merchants and Mechanics' Loan Association; Franklin Ravings and Security Company; Golden Rule Lodge No. 12,1. O. O. F.: Magnolia Encamp ment No. 1, I. O. O. F.; West End Democratic Club; Oglethorpe Light Infantry. Special Notice— lmportant to Buyers, N. T. Pike. Pharmacist. Amusements —A Bazar of All Nations at the Guards Hall by the Ladies' Auxiliary of Savan nah Port Society. Useful Articles —Palmer Bros. Arcnow Sales—Executor's Sale of Valuable Property, by Laßoche & Mclatighlin; Choice Furniture, Postponed Sale, by J. McLaughlin A Son. Practical Brass Moulder, Etc.—P. F. Dil lon. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; For Raffle; Lost; Found; Miscellaneous. 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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