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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 39, 1888.
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INDEX' TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Bpecial Notices— Cassimere and Corkscrew
Pants at Jaudon's; Simon Gazan for County
Sheriff.
Amusements— New Year’s Races at Thunder
bolt.
Auction Sale—Temporary Administrator’s
Bale, by La Roche & McLaughlin.
Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Com
pany.
Mammoth Furniture and Carpet Emporium—
A. J. Miller & Cos.
Educational— Commercial College of Ken
tucky University, Lexington, Ky.
Seed Oats, Etc.—W. D. Him kins & Cos.
-Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted;
Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Lost; Miscellaneous.
Now is the time to send in essays on
“The Old and the New Year.” The waste
basket yawns for them.
The recurrence of the blizzard in the
northwest reminds the people of that sec
tion that they had better sell out and move
south.
The Ohio White Caps appear to have
used Gov. Foraker’s proclamation for gun
wadding. Foraker will have to try some
thing else.
Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis still Insists
that his visit to Gen. Harrisou was purely
social. Why, of course it was. Has any
body been brash enough to hint that Gen.
Harrison and Mr. Davis talked politics?
Boston forgot herself the other night,
and actually gave way to enthusiasm. The
enthusiasm was caused by Mary Anderson's
acting. A special says: “Miss Anderson
captivated the house, and the applause at
the end of the act was something terrific. ”
Well, well!
A Cincinnatian, with his face and hands
well washed, and with $6,000 in his pockets,
was arrested in Chicago, the other day, on
suspicion of attempting to incite people to
anarchism. If the charge against him can
be proved, Hartium ought to add him to his
list of wonders.
One man lias been found who believes the
Panama canal will be completed and opened
by 1803. He is CoL Rives, the father of
Amelie Rives. Col. Rives’connection with
the Panama railway, which is owned by
tbe Panama Cana] Company, probably bos
a good deal to do with his opinion.
A dispatch fioni New llawpeliirn states
that if the senatorial election were to
take plai-e In thai state now, Congressman
Dellinger would defeat Henabir Chandler.
Chandler and hie .friends, however, luivs
been toasting recently that the <>p|ittou
to bias was not worth 'VNubdenug. < ’handler
ha* the beet wishes of dooeut Oeoole for Lis
defeat. * “
The White Caps.
Gov. Foraker has not suppressed the
White Caps in Ohio, notwithstanding his
boast that he had done so; and there are
governors of other northern states who
are now culled upon to deal with these
masldjl law-breakers. The White Caps have
made their appearance even in the law
abiding state of New York.
Now is the time for the northern press to
make its influence felt against lawlessness.
It is always on the lookout for lawless acts
and lawless organizations in the southern
states. It has not ceased even yet to refer
to tbe ku-klux klan, and some of tbe repub
lican journals are spending their force in
fighting that dead and gone organization
instead < f directing all their efforts toward
the suppression of the White Caps.
The White Caps sav that there is an ex
cuse for their existence. They declare that
murderers go unhung, and that lessor
crimes and all sorts of immoralities are not
punished. If what they say is true, there
must be a protty bad state of affairs in
s ime of the northern states. Society there
is in need of some radical reforms, and the
temples of justice need overhauling. While
the republican newspapers are effecting
these roforms, aDd purifying the courts, the
south will probably have a little rest from
their attacks. Tbe truth probably is that
they have beon neglecting home affairs.
They have been so much interested in
affairs in this section of the country that
they have wholly overlooked glaring evils
in their own.
If the White Caps 'are not quickly sup
pressed they will give the people a great
deal of trouble. However good their inten
tions may have been in the outset, it is
quite evident now that they have had bad
advisers. Some of the outrages committed
by them lately were horrible. If they are
not promptly checked with a strong hand
they will go to much greater lengths in the
commission of their lawless deeds.
There was some reason for the existence
of the ku-klux klan. though no justifica
tion nor excuse for much they did. Is there
also a reason for the existence of the White
Caps? If there is, the good people of the
north should begin the work of purification
and reform at once.
Gov. Fleming's Inaugural.
It is intended to make the inaugural of
Goveruor-elect Fleming, of Florida, a
memorable one. He is very popular in all
parts of the state, and quite a general de
sire has been expressed to be present on
that occasion. Several military companies
have arranged to take par: in the cere
monies. Veterans of the civil war, who
were members of Capt. Fleming’s regiment,
will be in the procession, and school children
from different parts of the state will add
interest to the occasion.
Mr. Chipley, chairman of the state demo
cratic executive committee, suggested that
tbe inauguration be made the occasion for
a grand military display and a meeting of
the people at the capital. The suggestion
was approved, and it will be acted upon
with success.
The governor-elect conducted his cam
paign under great difficulties. There was
an epidemic of fever in quite a number of
the towns of the state, and quarantine regu
lations were so strict that it was difficult to
travel. Capt. Fleming managed to keep
very nearly all his appointments, however,
and succeeded in arousing a great deal, of
enthusiasm. He brought out quite a large
vote notwithstanding the difficulties under
which he labored. The people of the state
are proud of him, and if they don’t give
him an inauguration that will make his
heart glad, it will not be because of a lack
of desire to do so.
Consolidation and Reduction.
It would seem from the consolidation of
two of her principal street car companies
an account of which appears in the
local columns this morning, Savannah
is to have a local transit system which will
enable people to ride for one fare to almost
any point within her limits. The consolida
tion of street car companies is being effected
in a number of cities. The lines iu Memphis,
Richmond, Atlanta, Macon and other
southern cities have all passed under one
management, and it is claimed that
such consolidations nave resulted in a better
service and more economical management.
The investments which northern capitalists
are making in southern enterprises show
that there is great confidence in the futnre
of the south. IV ith anew hotel in this city
and good hotels at Warsaw and Tybee,
Savannah’s attractions will lie so iricreased
that she will be the favorite of the southern
cities.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune,
writing of Washington, says: “There have
been and still are some peculiar conditions
in the Federal City. A border town as be
tween the north and south, it has always
been more southern than northern. Its
architecture, its tradesmen, its men of
affairs, their methods and traditions, were
all southern. That means that it was a
slow, shiftless town.” That is a slander
against the southern people, who are both
e ergetic and enterprising. The south has
furnished New York with some of her best
and most successful business men—men
who have held their own against the sharp
est northerners on W all street. There are
plenty more of the same sort in the south.
Three new entries have been made for the
speakership race. They are Messrs. Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, John M.
Farquhar, of New York, and Thomas M.
Bayne, of Pennsylvania. These entries are
supposed to be in the interest of the western
candidates, it beiug thought that tho east
ern votes will be so divided that a western
man will find no difficulty iu stepping in.
Evidence accumulates that the west is in
the saddle, and no more evidence is needed
to show that the east i. responsible for such
a state of affairs.
While a good many republican statesmen
have been once to see (Jen. Harrison, Sena
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, has been a good
many times. He flits in and out of the gen
eral’s home when he feels like it, and the
probability is that be will tie deluged with
letters from otUoe-seekers, asking him to uso
his influence in their behalf. 'There is
always something to prevent a man from
being altogether happy.
The New York Graphic announces that
hereafter it will be Issued as a republican
newi|>a|>er. One of the flrst things its re
publican editor said after taking his place
was that the south believes In a high pro
tective tariff. A mistake. The south be
lls ve In tariff reform. It is bail for tlis
(Jiaphir to begin its new career with such
au inexcusable misstatement.
Tbs admirers of Mrs. Hiss Debar are in
creasing. The latest addition to the list is
Uie I lev. Titus Merritt, of New York.
From what this gen Human says, Mrs. Usi
I Dakar pussrsss a good deal of merit.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1888.
The Duty on Oranges.
The republicans expect that their tariff
bill will be passed by the Senate very soon
after the holidays. There is no probability,
however, that it will be passed bY the
House. It is almost wholly in the interest
of monopolists and the north. Southern
agricultural products are dealt with in it
as if the south had no right to expect to be
placed upon an equal footing with the
north in framing the revenue laws.
During the discussion of the tariff bill
immediately before the holiday recess,
Senator Call, of Florida, proposed an
amendment to it that provided for such an
increase in the duties on oranges, lemons
and other citrus fruits as would afford the
producers of these fruits some protection.
It met with no favor whatever. The
present duty on oranges is 20 cents a box.
Senator Call wanted it raised to 70 cents.
Oranges are now.brouglit to this country in
great quantities, and are sold much cheaper
than Florida oranges can bo sold profitably.
T f ’he makers of steel rails, for instance,
' ’ 6 being undersold in their own market
the foreign makers of rails, the republi
,n Senate would quickly increase the duty
on them to the protective point. Why is it
that they are not willing to afford the
orange and lemon growers protection? The
only reason, apparently, is that oranges are
grown in the south, and the republican sen
ators are not disposed to aid the south in
any way.
The growers of oranges and lemons in
Florida have to pay high prices for about
everything they need in producing their
crops, because of the high protective tariff
on such things. If the tariff on the things
they sell gave them as much protection as
the tariff oil the things they buy gives to
those who produce they would not
grumble. They complain because there is
practically free trade in their products,
while the articles they need are protected.
They ask, with a good show of reason,
why it is that the manufacturer of stefi
rails, or of agricultural implement*, has the
home market reserved for him, while almost
free access is permitted to their home mar
ket.
The republicans are always talking about
the sectional spirit of the south, but if sec
tional legislation is any indication of sec
tional feeling, the north far exceed, the
south in this respect. There could hardly
boa greater instance of sectional legislation
than the Senate tariff bill presents.
Col. Shepard's Sudden Rise.
Few men in New York have attained
notoriety so quickly as Col. Elliott Shepard,
the editor and proprietor of the Mail and
Express. New Y orkers are unable to make
up their minds whether he is a crank or
a very pious man. He pretends to be
very religious, and perhaps he is, but some
things he does raise a doubt whether his
piety rests upon a solid fofinda’ion.
When he took hold f the Mail and Ex
press he began printing a Biblical text
every day. This he continues, but the texts
he prints have not taught him to be chari
table and to avoid disturbing the peace.
Not long ago he printed an editorial article,
in which he virtually repeated the scandals
which have been circulated about Mr.
Cleveland, and expressed his belief in their
truth. He is now talking about making
wa- on the south, and, if the southern peo
ple do not adopt his opinions, he threatens
to make the war a bloody one.
For a good while the colonel has been ob
jecting to the running of the Fifth avenue
coaches on Sundays. He thinks it wrong
for the coaches to run on those days. He
has always been a large stockholder in
them, and has now obtained control of
them. No one has beard, however, that he
lias refused the dividends the coaches
earned on Sundays. Now that he controls
the coaches, he will of course give them a
rest those days. But why does he not pro
test against the running of street cars on
Sundays? He is interested in the Madison
avenue street car line, which parallels the
Fifth avenue coach line, and when the
coaches stop running on Sundays the street
car line will get all the passengers which
the coaches got. As the coaches don’t pay
expenses on Sundays, ttie colonel will make
money by not running them on those days.
Col. Shepard may be both a pious man
and a crank, but doubtless his piety would
be more appreciated if he were less a crank,
and if he were more of a crank there would
be less doubt about the genuineness of his
piety. •
Col. Shepard, of the New York Mail
and Express, for some time has been call
ing on the southern people to beware (with
a big B), or he would turn loose the and ;gs of
war on them. It was not thought that the
colonel really meant it, but it appears that
he did. A reporter of another New York
newspaper called at the Mail and Express
office the other day to find out what the
colonel’s intentions were. Col. Shepard
sent word that he was out, but the reporter,
in roaming aimlessly through the building,
discovered a brass cannon planted in it,
and by persistent questioning, he learned
that the staff of tho newspaper has been or
ganized into a military company, and that
Col. Shepard puts it through war move
ments every day. This looks ominous.
Perhaps the southern people had better tell
the colored voters that they won’t be
allowed to vote the democratic ticket any
more.
Congressman Bynum has been talking
for publication. He said that if the repub
lican majority of the next House turned
out to be less than five, an extra session
wf uld tie called by (Jen. Harrison, so that
the majority might be increased by seating
republican contestants. With regard to
the admission of new states, be said the
Springer bill would pass the House at this
session, but would be defeated in the Sen
ate, and that at the uext session a republi
can congress would admit those territories
which show republican majorities. Mr.
Bynum probably was right in all that he
said. The republicans will run things in
the interest of the Republican party, and
the people may go to Jericho, or some place
equally as undesirable.
A sister of the late Charles Sumner died
in Massachusetts the other day, and be
queathed a considerable sum to the cause of
spiritualism. The will is 'being contested,
mid (Jen. Butler represents the contestants.
He eaidlin his s|ieech the other day that the
clause was not in accordance with the En
glish law, and added: “You might as well
make a will iu the interest of Ingertolllsm,
Henry (Jeorgeism, atheism, etc., but it
would not stand law."
Manta Claus having come and gone, tho
Christmas dead having been buried, and
the holiday conflagrations having taken
place, people sbotil<l begin to think aUut
I**U. It soon will beiiine to form New tear
resolutions. Suppose, for a novelty, that
you Keep oua.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Here's Another Rumor.
From the Nashville American ( Dem.)
It is rumored down east that J. G. B. is to
purchase the Washington Post and nail sign
boards on it that B. H. may know which road
to take.
The Deadly Cigarette.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.)
Another argument against the beastly cigar
ette is the late disaster on the Mississippi, the
origin of fire on board the st-vner being due,
it is thought, to someone having thrown one of
these parodies on a cigar among the cotton
bales.
Now Remain in Georgia.
From the New Orleans Times (Dem.)
Instead of three months of public schools,
Georgia will have four months next year and
five months in ISJO. This is certainly progress,
and the Georgia papers very properly compli
ment tbe legislature for the good work it has
dune. Georgia has been losing many people
lately, who moved to Texas on account of the
superior educational advantages of that state.
The Moßt Popular Poem.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
Who wrote the most popular poem in the
English language? Clemente. Moore. It com
mences, ” ’Tivas the night before Christinas,
when all through the house, not a creature was
stirring, not even a mouse;” and it has given
enjoyment to more people than any other living
verse-story of its length.
BRIGHT BITS.
Sue (tremulously)—George, pa threatens to
turn oil the gas if you stay after 10 o’clock to
night.
He (delightedly)—Let him, let him! That’*
just what I want. He can't say I did it.— Boston
Courier.
When a voung lady was told that the latest
fashion in bonnets was to place a stuffed ostrich
on the crown she said that might do for a
theater hat, but she didn’t think it would be
come popular for driving or shopping.— Norris
town Herald.
Weller—l suppose. Nigsby, if you were
worth a million dollars you would absolutely do
nothing.
Nigsby (yawning)—Yes, by thunder; and
I’d even hire a man to do that for me.—liar
iter's Bazar.
"Now. children,” said the visitor, creasing
his face into the Sunday school smile, sun baked
and kiln-dried, "why do you think I am a Chris
tian?”
Young Heedless (in back seat)—’Cause we
don’t know you!— Burdette.
Tommy—l wouldn’t waut to be the preacher’s
little boy.
Aunt —Why?
Tommy—O, he's got hundreds and hundreds
of slippers. They are scattered all over the
house. - Terre Haute Express.
Thoroughly Scientific.- Bartender—Seems
to me you are pounug out a pretty big drink
for that dime.
Tramp—l drink, sir, because the weather is
cold. I want to get warm, and you know
it is a well ascertained scientific fact that “one
swallow does not make a summer.”— Neu> York
Weekly.
A minister’s taking his text from "Robert
Elsmere’ is now too common an occurrence to
excite remark; but we do not remember to have
seen reported hitherto what is chronicled of a
Portland divine at a service last evening. "He
read a selection from ‘Robert Elsmere' instead
of the usual lesson from the scriptures.”—Lew
iston (Me.) Journal.
“Then you think you really appreciate orches
tral music, Mr. Fitzroy?” she said in a quizzical
sort of way.
"Well- -er—yes. That is, I think I do. Once
in a while, you know, tbe instruments seem to
be all out of tune, und wander a little, but when
the man hits the brass drum solid all is clear to
me."— Hartford Post.
W. D. Dudley threatens to squeal unless he is
permitted to go his way in peace. Inasmuch as
no good man is likely to be harmed by any
amount of squealing, we would suggest that
Mr. Dudley be forced to squeal, “let the chips
fall where they may." The chances are that
Mr. Dudley is simply bluffing on seven-spot
high. - Chicago Morning News.
The Present—Scene; A Toronto household
—Mamma (to Edie, aged 3)4 years, just home
from her first morning at the kindergarten i
Well, Edie. how did you like it?
Edie—l didn’t like it, a bit. The teacher put
me on a chair and told me to sit there for the
present. And 1 sat and sat, and he never gave
me the present.”— Detroit Free Press.
Paterfamilias —Ah, it does my heart good to
see your Christmas trees. When I was a boy 1
used to go out in the woods and cut my own
trees. What do you Charge for trees ?
Dealer (stiffly)—We do not-st-11 by the tree
"O! I remember. Hight must be considered.
Well, how much are they a foot ?”
“We do not sell by ihe foot, sir. We sell by
the inch.”— Philadelphia Record.
Little Daughter- Mamma, may I play with
that little girl next door?
Mrs. Tiptop (severely)--Certainly not. Her
papa goes to his business in a street car. He
hasn't a carriage to his name.
"Weil, can I play with Sallie Liveryman,
around the corner. Her papa has twenty-five
carriages."
"No; he has too many."—Philadelphia
Record
Hard Lines—Dumiey—l say. Brown, can you
let me have the SJO you owe me ?
Brown—Wb.., Dumiey. I'm just going to the
races. You wouldn't rob a man under such
circumstance*, would you ? I’ll see you again.
Evening of the game day.
Dumiey—l wish you would let me have that
S2O, Brown, I spoke to you about. I need the
money.
Brown—W-what! Dun a man who's just got
back from the races ? I didn’t think that of
you, Dumiey.— The Epoch.
PERSONAL.
Jake Hading almost had nervous prostration
in Kaunas City. She was acooste Jby one of the
citizens who spoke very good French. With
Parisian politeness he invited her to buy a cor
ner lot.
Miss Eu.sk Terry Jhas . designed her own
gowns for the part of Lady Macbeth, which she
is presently to assume in Loudon. Tiiat for the
flrst act. is woven of dark blue, witii Inroads of
gold. It clings Li the figure, and is “full of ser
pentine gleams." With it she will wear a man
tle of peaeock-blue velvet and gold.
London's new commissioner of police, Mr.
Munro, is, like his predecessor. Sir Charles War
ren, a graduate or the Anglo-Indian school of
affairs and methods. He was at one time chief
of the Indian police, and had 20,000 men at his
command. Warren was a soldier pure and sim
ple, but Munro has been at the iiead of the de
tective department at Scotland Yard since 1881,
succeeding Howard Vincent. Muuro does not
keep bloodhounds.
Oi.n Dmu.kep Hinoh ought to come over here
and go into partnership with Jerry Donovan,
alias “Rossn, or, better still, Donovan should
go over to Paris and join the wild-eyed Maha
rajah. in less than three years, Dbuleep Singh
says, the English will lie driven out of India.
"1 atn,” ho says, "the proud and implacable foe
of Eugland. No compromise is possible. It is
war to the knife.” Really, the fellow talks as
though he would like to nurt- somebody.
Dr. MoiwakDix the popular rector of Trinity
chapel, New York, is suffering from a severe
affection of the eyes, the result of a strain
caused by overwork. Dr. Dix hopes that with
care and abstinence from excessive work bis
eyesight will be as good as ever. The doctor is
uual ile to dictate his sermons or lectures to a
stenographer, having always been used to write
his own homil.es. in consequence of this affec
tion, Dr. Dix has d.-s-idnl to abandon the idea of
giving a terics of lectures during the coming
Lent. Those who remember his sensational dis
courses during the last penitential season will
doubtless view this circumstance with mingled
feelings of pleasure and regret.
Ma Brioht used to be fond of saimon-flahing
in the Highlands, i )ne evening he and his party
were returning to I heir inn, after a day of poor
sport to ail except himself and lie had a brace
or flne salmon By the roadside, on a heap of
Slones, they passed a wretched looking man
weeping, with his hands on Ills face, and all in
rags. In answer to Mr. Bright's Inquiry, he
told a piteous tale of starvation at home, of a
sick child and live hungry children. The
Tribune put liis hand in his pocket, but
unluckily had no change. “Never mind; take
that,” be said, offering n salmon. "It will at
leaat make a good dinner for you once The
sequel was as follows: After washing his hands,
Mr. Bright was coming down to diuner when a
girl happened to Is- crossing to the larder with
s tine Ash. “Thai Is my salmon," said Mr.
Bright. ”1 know him, for tie was hooked on
the outside. Where did you get It?" “Oh.
from Handy," said the simple Hcotch lassie,
“and he in in tho taproom." Mr. Bright
looking rattier grim and stern,‘fumed his way
into the tap room, where bis lachrymose
friend sat with a number of cronies taking his
‘‘nip,*’ and In full glee recounting his adventure.
Nor was he a hit übashed at the stern faea of
the Pis >|lie's Tribune. Imt hail begun a long ex
plauatory statement, wnen tile glance of scorn
which had eke-trifled issrllatiienta and MUllienees
swept over hlid. Without a word Mr. jlrlght
returned to his plant. Afterward be was nut so
Uriah with bis Ash
A DECKHAND BUT A HERO.
How One of the Hanna's Crew Faced
Death to Bave Scores of Others.
New Orleans, Dec. 28.—The story of many
acts of heroism on the part of the crew of the
steamer John H Hanna, which was burned near
Plaquemine yesterday, are being told to-day by
the survivors who were brought here. One
story makes James Givens the hero of the occa
sion. Givens was one of the crew. When the
steamer touched the bank and I ounded away
and pilot Jolles left the wheel and sprang over
board. Givens quickly realised that the salva
tion of all on board depended upon the Hanna
being brought back to the bank. At this time
the pilot house was surrqunded by the flames.
Nothing daunted, the brave fellow sprang to
the wheel, brought the steamer's head again to
the bank, and lu order to keep her there locked
the wheel in the proper position. While he was
doing this the fire swept over the pilot house,
end he was imprisoned by the flames, which bad
already severely burned him.
To escape it was necessary to push through
the wall of fire surrounding him. Givens made
a dash for the side of the steamer, and al
though frightfully burned, succeeded in reach
ing it. Although a moving mass of fire, he did
not lose his presence of mind, but jumped into
the river and struggled to the bam;, where he
was pulled out cruelly burned and exhausted
from his efforts. He was taken to the hospital
in the city and died in a few hours.
Senator Blackburn and the Doctors.
Washington Dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer
Mr. Blackburn said in his opinion there is
nothing in the world the matter with Senator
Beck. “Every vital organ in his body is as
healthy and sound as it ever was. He is to-day
a better man physically thin I am, and there is
nothing the matter with me except a bad cold,
and Beck hasn’t even got a cold. The trouble
with him was that he was overcome by a strain
that he bad kept up for a long time, which any
man with a less sturdy constitution than his
would have succumbed to long ago. He needed
rest, and he has had it, but the doctor that he
lias bad has scared him into believing that he is
a very sick man and must abandon his legisla
tive duties and otner business and take a trip
south. Well, the trip will not do him any harm,
and. as he is getting along in life, will doubtless
do him good. Beck,’'continued Mr. Blackburn,
"has always been in the habit of taking fiom
half a dozen to ten drinks of whisky
a day. and on the adviee of this doctor
of his he must shut that off,
and now he is depending upon his stomach
alone to perform the work of digestion, which
used to have the assistance of the liquor he was
in the habit, of drinking. I believe if he would
take two or three drinks a day he would find
that his nervous system was all right. When
any of ray children get sick I always call in two
or three doctors, but that is only through moral
cowardice—not that I have any confidence in
the ability of the doctors, but simply that! may
shift the responsibility should their illnessprove
fatal. Wuenlget sick, however,” continued
Joe, “I always have the table in my room
drawn up close to my bedside, an 1 on it I lay a
revolver, with the inn ntion of shooting the first
doctor that enters the door. Consequently
lam never confined to my bed or room very
long. Now there is Whitthorne upstairs,’’
aided Mr. Blackburn. “The doctors won t let
him leave his room—not even to come out in hi s
private parlor. They have got him to lielievlng
that he is a very sick man. The truth is there is
nothing the matter with him. He has not even
got a cold as I have, but the doctor he has at
tending him says he must ’go south.’ ‘Go
south.' that's what Beck's doctor told him, and
he has gone, and Witt borne is going soutn this
week, although, I say, there is nothing the
matter with either of them. It’s the doctors.”
Raise the Curtai l.
Flora A". Candee in New York Tribune.
Raise the curtain—let the brightness
Of your cheerful light shine forth;
To the passers in the darkness
It may be of vital worth;
Give a glimpse to lonely wand'rers
Of your household fuff of joy.
It may rouse to new ambition
Some poor friendless, tempted boy.
Raise the curtain—we are kindred—
Each to all is bound by ties
Which forbid a selfish shutting
Of ourselves from other’s eyes;
Share your light and share your blessings,
God hath made the whole world kin
And bis love so universal
Takes the weakest sinner In.
Raise the curtain of your window.
Raise the curtain of your mind;
Do not let possession make you
To the wants Of others blind.
Helping others we are strengthen'd.
Giving we are richer made;
And no one so strong or patient.
But some timefhath need of aid.
In the Art Museum.
From the New.York Star.
One can always find something new in the
Metropolitan Art Museum, whether in the pic
tures and bric-a-brac, or among the folks exam
ining them. I spent some time there yesterday
looking at the Museo Torionio collection of etch
Ings. In this collection are a youth and maiden
of Florence, who might be Komeo and Juliet in
their teens, kissing each other.
‘'lsn't it very natural, dear Charles?” chir
ruped a young girl of suburban appearance,
appealing to her lover.
Ho looked about him, sighed as he saw the
spectacled eves of a bloodless scientist sternly
fixed upon him, and they both descended to the
basement, where a good deal of quiet kissin ;
can be done behind the statues I also went
down to the basement and there saw a melan
choly-looking man scrutinizing the Egyptian
mummies. I went up aud down many a time,
but always found the melancholy-loosing man
gazing at the mummies.
•‘I presume you are an Egyptologist?" I in
sinuated, politely.
‘ No. sir, I am an undertaker and am wonder
ing how tbeiudead bodies were buried.”
Ruled Out by Poker.
From the New York Times.
Richmond, V*., Dec. 19.— The leading anti-
Mnhone republicans in this state, some of whom
are belioved to be in constant communication
with those close to Harrison, assert positively
that they know Mahone will not be given a
place in the cabinet, Discussing this matter.
James A. Frazier of Ilock Bridge, who i* one of
the most active opponents of Mahone, said to
night: .“Mahone will 'oot be iu Harrison's cabi
net. I know what lam talking about. I speak
by the book. Mahone, you know, is one of the
greatest poker player* in this country. He and
Harrison were in the Senate together, but they
were not at all friendly. Harrison, as vou are
awaie, is a consistent church member, and,
therefore, the two meu were not at all conge
nial. The President-elect would not join the
Virginian boss in his favorite game.”
“would Mahone’s fondness for poker lie the
means of defeating him for a cabinet place un
der the new administration?"
“Never mind,” said Mr. Frazier, “I repeat
that I know that Mahone will not be a member
of Harrison’s cabinet, and the former is aware
of it.” *
An Bxcluslve Club.
From the Kansas City Times.
"1 am sorry, gentlemen, but them’s my bor
ders. Cawn't admit nobody without a card.”
The speaker was a smooth shaven, short
haired young man, who wore a red-braided
roundabout of blue flannel and trousers of the
same material. It was the flunkey at the Kan
sas City Club. A Ore was raging within the
building and a half dozen firemen and as many
policemen were endeavoring to gain an entrance
through its marble front.
“But we are ofllcers and must get in," clam
ored the angry blue coats.
“I cawn’t ’elp that, you know," said the im
perturliable Cerberus. "This is a private club
and the gentlemen bis very hexcluslve. If you
aven't a card you will 'ave to go round to the
back door.”
And they did.
Travelingr Incognito.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Eminent 8 atesman (walking up to reporter)
—My face is familiar to you, I presume?
Re|>orter- -I have certainly seen you some
where, a id yet I can not exactly
Eminent Statesman—'There is no use in trying
to keep anything from the watchful eye of a
reporter. You recognize me, of course, as Con
gressman Blank?
Reporter—Why, so It is? May I inquire, sir,
the object of your visit to our locality?
Eminent Statesman (with dignityi—You may
say, sir, that I am traveling through here In a
quiet way, and as far as possible avoiding
publicity.
Dented Christ and Fell Dead.
From the St, Jjouis (Hohe-Democrat,
Detroit, Mich.. Deo. 22 - -Decatur i* excited
over a strange occurrence lust Thursday. Asa
spiritualist named Jonah DeMi/SS. au old citi
zen, was arguing about the Scriptures with
another chronic debater of tiie town, the latter
orthodox In his belief. Its Mona made the re
mark
"There never waasticha men as Jesus Christ.”
At that Instant the speaker fell Insensible.
The doctors prorwunco hiru • lead of heart die
ease, bet the eolrltualiaia say he is only In a
trance, and will be alive in a few days.
Angostura Bitter* ant the beet remedy for
removing Indignation Ask your druggie for
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The constitution of Costa Rica prescribes
hospitality to strangers as a sacred duty, and
declares citizenship to be forfeited by ingrati
tude to parents, abandonment of wife or chil
dren, and neglect of the obligations due to the
family.
There is a dog employed in the postal service
in the office at Allentown, Pa. The mail bags
are laid on the pavement, and the dog sits on
them until the prop r person takes them away.
No one else dares to touch the bags while in the
dog’s custody,
A let" jr carrier in New York, who was
making a collection of stamps, has been ar
rested for appropriating cancelled stamps on
foreign letters that passed through his hands.
The offense is punishable by a fine of SIOO or a
short term of imprisonment.
The population of Illinois is actually decreas
ing outside the cities. The school census of
1888 shows that while there were in the state in
1880 789,676 males under 21, in July of this year
there were 843,976. This is a gain of 54,300, but
the gain in Cook county was 83,217, showing
that the loss in the rest of the state was 28,917.
The work of repairing the break in the bank
of the Yellow river, in China, was going ahead
at a rapid rate when native papers just re
ceived were issued. One journal says: The gap
is now only 400 feet, but as the workmen are
approaching the conclusion the difficulties are
increasing, owing to the increased pressure of
the water. ,
The last five years have seen everything im
proved but the telephone. Induction troubles
the taker and listener as much as ever, and few
of the other annoyances have been lessened.
For short distances it is invaluable, but on the
whole it is morely a substitute for sotnethiug
that is very much wanted, and is a good open
ing for inventive talent.
A jeweler at Seattle, W. TANARUS., locked his shop
door and went home to luneb. On returning he
was surprised to find that during the forty
minutes of absence thieves bail gone under the
house, bored a hole through the floor, and car
ried off everything in sight. The building is
situated on piles, and the thieves had built a
platform on which to stand.
A German paper reports that a novel use of
electricity has been made in India for the pre
vention of the intrusion of snakes into dwellings.
Before all the doors and around the house two
wires are laid, which ar* isolated from each
other, and connected w-ith an induction appar
atus. Should a snake attempt to crawl over the
wires he receives a shock of electricity which
either kills or frightens him into a hasty retreat .
Electricity is being enlisted as a medium for
fishing. The most level-headed fish that ever
shunned a baited hook will stare in wonderment
at an electric light, submerged in his native
element. The United States steamer “Alba
tross” is fitted with electric fishiug lights for
scientific researcu, and preliminary experiments
reveal the fact that the curiosity of the fish to
nvestigate this unwarranted radiance is almost
unlimited.
There was great excitement in the Omaha
depot the other day. A noise like the crying of
a child was traced to a closed trunk, and when
the bystanders put their ears closer they were
sure that something was wrong. “My God!”
cried one; “give ini' a handspike or somethinc.
There is a child inside and it will smother." No
handspike was at hand, and people began to
pull keys out of their pockets, and at last the
lock clicked. The cover was raised and inside
were discovered an old maltese cat and five
new-born kittens.
In the collection of engravings of the lat-
Maj. Ben: Perley Poore, recently sold at auc
tion in Boston, were two rare prints of special
interest to collectors. They were portraits of
George and Martha Washington, and their value
lay in the fact that they were the first portraits
ot the Washingtons ever executed by a profes
sional engraver in America. The 'work Was
done by ,1. Norman, and printed in Boston in
1782. It is thought that there is but one other
copy of the George Washington in existence,
and no other of the Martha Washington. The
prints fetched SSOO, and were bought by a Bos
ton man.
The United State fish commission is engaged
in the greatest speculation on record. From
an investment of $1 13 in four years it produces
the equivalent of $4 OJO. This is how it is done:
Thus far this season, for example, 876 jars of
whitefish eggs have been taken on Lake Erie.
The average cost to the government is $1 13 per
jar. Each jar hoi s 16(1,000 eggs. In a goo!
season 90 per cent of this take could be hatched
out, but, allowing for a loss of 80 per cent.,
which would be phenomenal, the remaining 20
per cent, will produce In four years 80,000
pounds of fish, worth at a low estimate 5 cents
per pound or $4,000.
A correspondent of the New Y'ork Tribune
believes that children's features, like their man
ners, can be trained. He writes: To joke upon
“ears that stand out from the head’ ’ would be
somber fun for a victim. But all young Barents
ought to know that this trial to a child may be
.just as surely averted as a “tip-tilted" nose. If
:he mother teaches her nurse al ways to lay the
infant In the cradle on its ear, never letting the
pillow push it out, the ears wil grow flat to the
head. Just so the nose can be “educated” by a
very gentle pull to the bridge of it every day of
habyhood to grow straight. A pretiy mouth is
often spoiled by a careless parent allowing the
1 ttle three-year-old to suck its thumb.
The question of reviving the use of the lance
in the French army is again being discussed. A
military expert, in a recent letter to the Paris
Temps, has much to say In favor of this weapon,
lie appears to think it was abolished after the
war without sufficient reflection, and mentions
two incidents in the battle of Waterloo in which
English cavalry, while in the act of charging
French troops, changed their purpose when
they saw these armed with the iance. and at
tacked other regiments supplied with short
weapons. The writer thinks the main argu
ment employed in aliolishing the lance In tue
French army -the length of time needed to
obtain a mastery of the weapon—an erroneous
one.
Among the novelties in pyrotechnics, daylight
fireworks are now made by the Japanese.
Shells, containing figures of animals, birds,
fishes, dragons, caricatures of men and women,
and beautiful colored smoke effects, are thrown
from a mortar Into the air. Some of these
figures are very odd. One recently displayed in
New York represented a large vase, the upper
nart decorated with a hideous face. The next
disclosed a monkey holding a large globe; tnen
a Jaiianese woman appeared dressed in a yel
low gown, with a large rat on her I lead—not a
modem rat, but the real old-fashioned article;
then a fish with a cat on its back, the cat hold
ing the reins in its mouth, apparently driving
the fish, and a host of others. Another Japan
ese frivolity in pyrotechnics is water fireworks,
in which they have succeeded in producing some
marvelous effects.
Some savage tribes think books speak to the
readers. Caribs and Uuiana Indians so believed,
and some Esquimaux, seeing a priest read from
the Evangelists, thought that he heard the
voice of the book and repeated it to them.
Tribes in Africa, South America and Oceauica
thought the reader was conversing with the
book, and Weddell said a Fuegian put the book
to his ear in order to hear tne sound of the
voice that spoke to the reader. In West Aus
tralia books and letters are thought to reveal
hidden secrets, and are called tqieaking pa
pet's.'’ It was inexplicable to them that the
person receiving a letter announcing the send
ing of a number of sheep should b < able by it
to detect a lost one. Some Cochin China Bau
nols were likewise astonished at finding that a
demand for double fees for carrying a letter
was defeated by the letter itself, the writer
having announced the prepayment of the sum.
A California Indian, being detected in the theft
of ono out’ of a number of loaves of bread
which he was carrying to a missionary, adopted
the plan of hiding the note under a stone the
next time, so that it should not see him eat the
bread. Canadian Indians, Brazilians and Peru
vians thought books and letters were spirits of
live beings.
A horse In a small town near Norwich, Conn.,
which is disposed to swailow anything that
comes within its reach, recently bolted a large
hall of wrapping twine. The ball rolled in
easily, but a knob at the end of the cord an
chored Itself windward between tile animal’s
front teeth, and the knot and the visible piece
of twine served as a key to the situation when
the young groomewoman visited the stable and
inspected her steed. There was a somewhat
troubled loon on the horse's face as he stood
with feet braced, ears lopped, mouth open, and
in his eye was a mute appeal teat lielokened a
growing suspicion that, probably the case was
hopeless The young lailv unloosed the knot
wound 6 inches of the cord around her bund ami
began to unravel the mystery. The horse kept
his mouth open, looked wise, anil seemed per
fectly to understand what was going on; and
out, yar I after yard, fathom by fathom, the
animal comphatitly yielded up his peculiar
dinner, and on neither side of the mntiger was
a comment uttered, except t .at now an i then
the grstetul is ait emitted a sigh, as lie oiiserved
the nUTiial lsill swelling In marnitude and felt
Ihqlnt-rnal oue steadily dlinm snlUg Finally
the last yard of eortl was fried out of the
horse, wound up. ami the l.all taken Into tbs
house, where the animal couldn't get at It
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