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Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga.
FRIDAY. APRIL 8. 1889.
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INDEX TO NEW ADfERTISEMENTS.
Meetivos—Savannah Branch Southern Trav
elars’ Association; Irish Jasper Greens.
Special Notices—Notice to Water Takers;
Memorial Day Schedule Over Coast Line Rail
road: As to Bills Against German Bark Wektorn
Chief; Coafederata Veterans’ Association;
Black Hats, Menken A Abrahams; Given Awsy
at Heidts; Dr. A. B. Couch, of Atlanta, at Pike's
Fhartnacy.
Avery's Steel Wins Potato Diqoers—
Palmer Bros.
Axcsexests—Concert for Benefit of Georgia
Tent. No. 151, I. O. K.
AcctiOß SALK—Sundries. by I. D. Laßoche A
Bon.
Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Com
pany: Baltimore Steamship Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employ-men’ Wanted; Korßent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The officers are not seeking the men to a
noticeable extent in Washington, but the
men are making a thorough search for the
offioe*. That is why the President ia un
happy.
Nobody has been able to bring shout a
reconciliation between Senator Sherman
and ex-Gov. A Iyer. The senator cau t for
give the ex-governor for buying some of bis
supporters at Chicago,
Senator Payne having announced that
he would not be a candidate for re-election,
why don’t the Ohio democrats g v in for a
democratic legislature, and then send Col.
Calvin Brice to the senate!
The Eastern Association of Wells college
students has increased in numoert since
Mrs, Cleveland was elected President of it,
and at the annual lutwtiug the ether day
she was re-elected. The lndiee are still try
ing to raise $5,000 to help rebuild the col
lege. winch was burned a year or two ago.
the Uoj. 8. S. Cox is lecturing in Ten
nessee cities. A great many people will go
to hear him, expecting to enjoy his wit,
and they will be astonished at the solid
chunks of wisdom that fall from his lips. It
is the fate of witty men to be regarde-1 by
the genera! public as little more than tri-
Hers.
Philadelphia has honored Capt. Murrell,
et the steamer Missouri, which saved the
passengers of the Danmark, and now she
proposes to raise a purse for Dim. He is ex
pected to arrive in Baltimore to-day or to
morrow and he will receive a public recep
tion there. He only <lid his duty, but it is
not everybody who does that.
The republican organs are beginning to
picture a very sad state of affairs as exist
ing between Mr. Cleveland, Oov. Hill and
Mr. Whitney. They say that each one of
tnem wants to be the democratic presiden
tial candidate in lSti'd, and that thev are
now actively engaged in trying to kill each
other politically. It is verv evident that
the republican organs don't want to see
either one of them nominated.
The Rev. Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's
father, has come inforsocr* of the personal
benefits of Benjamin Harrison's election es
President. It has become tjuito the thing
for engaged couples to have the nuptial
kaot tied by Dr. Scott, and too doctor's
parse grows fat and hn face is wreathed
In smiles. What a great thing it is to be
the father of one's country’s tWt lady—par
ticularly if you are a clergyman!
The Masons cf New York stats held
thanksgiving services the other night to cel
ebrate their deli verance from debt. There
ars 717 lodges in the state, and it is esti
mated that 7.1,000 Masons assembled at tbe
different meetings They bad united to
build s 111,000,000 Masonic hall in New York
eity. Not only has thodebt been wiped out,
but there Is a surplus of $30,000. These
facts afford ample ground for rejoicing.
The republicans are oeuif laming because
they think there is a prospect that "Bishop”
Oberiev, one of Mr. Cleveland s appointees,
will be retained at tbe bead of tbe Indian
bureau They have no particular objection
to Mr. Oberiev, but they would object to
the retention of any democrat. Tb<-\ are
•till applauding the sentiment expressed
some years ago by a Texas republioan, as
follows: "What are we here for, if not for
tbe offices?”
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt of New York,
who, it is rumored, will bo appointed a
eivil service commissioner, cannot be the
right man for tbe place. The republican
newspapers of New York say that a better
selection could not be made, ns Mr. Rooee
v*it is a "sound republican" and an "hou
*et” civil service reformer. Everybody
knows that a man thus described by a re
publican newspaper cannot be a believer In
atvll service "reform.
A Sunday Rest Experiment.
The Sunday rest movement which was
begun more than a year ago, and which has
been pushed with great vigor by those in
charge of it, promises to bu, to a certain
extent, successful. The main effort thus
far has been to get the railroads to cease
running Sunday trains. Petitions con
taining millions of names have hnensent to
congress protesting against carrying the
mails on Sundays. It is thought that if
congress prohibits the carrying of mails on
Sundays the railroads can be induced more
easily to abandon Sunday trains. Con
gress, however, has not taken much notice
of the petitions, and is not likely to unless a
strong sentiinent against Sunday mails is
developed throughout the country.
It is doubtful if any considerable percent
age of the people will consent to do without
newspapers and other mail matter on Sun
days. It is not difficult, to get people to
sign petitions against running Sunday
trains, because they do not take into con
sideration the condition of affairs that will
exist without those train?. The theory will
not seem to be so attractive when they are
confronted by the condition.
Two of.tbe great raiiroad corporations
have announced their purpose to make an
experiment with regard to Sunday tiaius.
The Vanderbilt lines east of Chicago, after
May 1, will run no freight" trains except
for the transportation of perishable articles
and live stock, and the Michigan Central
will follow their example, aud w;ll also run
no more passenger trains than it can possi
bly help.
It is estimated that the amount of freight
business done by these two corporations on
Sundays, after May 1, will be less than
half the amount done now, hut the volume
of businesa on Mondays aud Tuesdays will
be greatly increased. Sunday will be a day
of rest for at least half of the employes of
the freight trains, or for all of them t wice
a month. Of course the employes will not
earn as much as they do now, as they are
paid for the time they work. About all of
them, however, say that they would rather
receive less wages and have one day in the
week on which they ran feel that their time
le their own.
It is understood that Mr. Cornelius Vau
derbilt is the chief promoter of the Sunday
rest movement so far as the railroads are
concerned. He does not believe that the
railroads will be losers if the experiment
proves to be successful. Just so much
freight has to be moved, and if the em
ploye* have a day of rest they will have to
work all the harder the following day*.
Indeed, it look* as if the Sunday rest move
ment would put money into the packet* of
the railroads which adopt it, because the
freight that is now moved m seven days
will be moved in six, and the men who
handle it will get !e- pay than they now do.
If the experiment of stopping freight
trains on Sundays is successful, a similar
experiment will doubtless be made with
passenger train*. As the movement to stop
all Sunday trains is a religious one, the ob
jection to running passenger trains is as
strong ns that to running freight trains.
The passenger trains, however, are closer
to the pooplethan freight trains, and before
they can be stopped the people must change
their Sunday practices in some particulars.
They Should be Taught a Lesson.
According to the President’s proclama
tion no one could lawfully enter Oklahoma
until noon of April 2 ‘l, and it was stated
that no claim that was staked out be
fore that hour would be recognised.
A large uuntber of men wearing the badges
of deputy United States maruhals, together
with railroad aud land office employes,
met at Guthrie at 10 o'clock a. nr, on the
day of the opening, held a meeting, organ
ized a town company, laid out a town and
grabbed all the bet lots.
The first settlers arrived shortly after 12
m., dU were very muoh surprised to find
that they were too late to get any of the
1 ts in tba town ’that were worth having.
They were very indignant, of course,
although they would have taken the tame
course perhaps if the way bad been open
for them to do so. Nevertheless those who
entered the territory and grabbed lots be
fere they could do so lawfully, ought not to
be given title* by the government. Several
hundred m;i have effected an organization
and it is their purpose to see whether the
lets can be held by those who obtained them
in such an unlawful manner. They have
“jumped'' the lots, that it tbev have put a
man on each of them, alleging that the lots
have not been legally entered, and they
intend to insist upon a fair deal even at the
risk of coming into contact with the mili
tary authorities.
Public sympathy is with them. The meu
who wore badges of deputy marshals did
not intend to render the government at y
Service. Their object was to get into the
territory ahead of others and grab land.
They ought l.ot to be permitted to enjoy
the fruits of their unlawful acts. It is the
duty of the government to sue to it that
they do not. It would be an outrage to
permit its own officers to violate the law
they were appointed to uphold. If the bet
tier* who Lave raised the issue with the
government ofiirers have the right, sort of
grit they will maintain the position they
have taken, whatever tbe couseipienr--;s
may be.
The President to the southern colored
voters; "My friends—you ate my friends,
because nearly all of you voted for me —1
am now going to tnow you bow l appre
ciate vour friendship. 1 can’t give yoj any
of tbe offices, as they must go to tnv white
friends, many of whom did not vote for
me; hut 1 will do this: l w-.1l allow you to
vote for me again in 18—', and if you don’t,
you may expect to be diifrancbised. 1 am
exceedingly grateful to you, nnd I will use
that vou get your right*." it is understood
that tbe President instructed his itenogra
ptaer to inaerV the word*, "IJraat applause,"
at this point; but. them was in (act no ap
plause, a* the ooloieJ people were not in an
appreciative mood.
The 23d anuual convention cf the Georgia
1 ea ter*' Azsoctatiou will bu held in Athens
May 1 -3, inolu’ive. Tl)u programme em
braces tbe ditcussioa of a Bumbsr of topics
which have uo important hearing upon
school work. State School Commissioner
Hook will deliver an address, and Profs.
Thigpen, Athtnore and Hpeocer, of Savan
nah, will take part in the discussion*. Prof.
Thigpen is the secretary ami treasurer of
the association, and Prof. Arthur O. O’Hara,
of Savannah, is tbe assistant secretary.
The "flaestc City” has cotnpletod prepara
tions for the proper entertainment of the
expected guests.
Mayor Armee, testifying in his own be
half, says that he did not intend to pull
Gov. Boavef s nose. H simply reached
out bis hand to stop tbe governor, and tbe
governor's nose happened to be in the way.
This appear# to be rather a lame defeuse.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. APRIL 2(i, 1889.
Not What it Was Pictured.
It seems that a groat many of those who
were so anxious to get into Oklahoma are
just about as anxious to get away from it.
They nave discovered that it is not such a
country a* they thought it was. They had
been led to believe that the Oklahoma
lands were about the richest in the world,
and that the Oklahoma climate was with
out an equal.
Thousands who went to the country with
the first rusn are returning to the localities
from which they emigrated, or ard seeking
homes in Texas, Kansas and Missouri.
Doubtless there is some good land in Okla
homa, but there is not a great deal of it.
One man who declares that he h acquainted
with the entire t erritory say* that about
one-fifth of it is very desirable for agricul
tural purposes, one-fifth is only moderately
good land, and three-fifths are compara
tively worthless.
If reliance is to be placed upon reports
which ate now finding their way into print
the territory which has been opened to set
tlers is not the Oklahoma about which
there bar been so much talk for many
years. It is only a small pan of it, and
the part which is the least valuable. The
part which is still occupied by Indians con
tains immense tracts of remarkably fertile
land.
The government ought to make every
effort to remove quickly the obstacles in
the way of opening to ettiers the Cherokee
strip, which contains about 8,C >1 '9,00j acres ,
much of which is as good land as there is to
be found anywhere in the southwest. The
commissioners have been appointed to ne
gotiate with tne Indians for this strip.
There does not seem to be any good
reason for delaying the negotiations. The
government does not appear to have man
aged the opening of Oklahoma very wed,
and some of the suffering and trouble*
which are being experienced by the
thousands who have gone there are
chargeable to it. It ought, therefore, to
hasten the opening of such torvitory adja
cent to Oklahoma as it can control.
Jmdtre Adams’ Resignation.
The announcement which Judge Adams
made yesterday, of his purpose to retire from
the bench within a very few days, will be
received with great regret throughout this
judicial circuit. Ho ha* discharged his du
ties so faithfully, conscientiously and ably,
and has given|such general satisfaction, that
the people will feel that by his resignation
they will suffer a severe loss.
The Morning News ha* always given
Judge Adams a warm support, because it
recognized liis eminent fitness for his posi
tion His constant aim has been to admin
ister the law fairly and justly, and while he
has kept Bteadilv in view the good of society
in deal.ug with violators of the law, he lias
not friled to recogni/.e that there are occa
sion* when justice may be tempered with
mercy.
His resignation was not a great surprise.
The salary of a judge superior court is
far below what it ought to be, and if he re
turns to the practice of his profession in
this city he will soon be in receipt of a much
greater income than he now receives as a
judge. The reputation that he has made as
a judge wilt doubtless soon make him a
busy lawyer.
Iu the supreme court of New York the
other day, Mr. Joseph A. Choate, counsel
for Dr. C. E. Simmons, moved to place in
the hands of a referee the suit which Dr.
Simmons has brought against the estate of
the late Samuel J. Tildeu. He contended
that us a tedious examination of accounts
and other papers would be necessary, the
case was not a suitable one for jury trial
James C. Carter, representing tbe executors
ol’ tbe Tildeu estate, thought the case
should ts* tried by jury. He said that Dr.
Simmons' charges were extortionate, being
at the rate of SSO a day, and that a trial by
jury would give the executors a better
chance to show that they were justified in
refusing to pay the bill, which is $142,-
250. Mr. Choate rejoined that although
Dr. Simmons did not visit his patient
daily, yet be had the responsibility of
M>. Tildeu’* condition upon him all of tbe
time, and was ready at any time to drop all
other cates to attend his distinguished
patient, whom he had by medical skill kept
alive several years. Judge Ingraham rather
intimated that be would appoint a referee,
but he reserved his decision.
The following it a list of the republican
editors who have been given appointments
by President Harrison, together with the
offices to which they were appointed:
Whittle w Reid, of the New York Tribune,
minister to France; Allpn Thorndyke Rice,
of the .Yu/ Ift American Review, minister to
Russia; J. S. Clarkson, of th* lowa State
Register, First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral; Robert P. Porter, of the Now York
Press, superintendent of the census; Ellis
H. Roberts, of the Utica Herald, assistant
United Urates treasurer; John C. New, of
the Indianapolis Journal, consul general at
Louilou; John Hicks, of the Oshkosh A oi Hi -
isestern, minister to Peru. Mr. Murat Hal
stead was nominated for the German mis
sion, but the Senate refused to confirm the
nomination. It will be seen that the editors
are walking off with some of the choicest
fruit of the President’s plum tree; and their
newspapers will uo doubt be Harrison or
gans iu 18!)2 through thick and thin.
It appears (bat when lien. Harrison was
inaugurated, ten picked men were er retly
appointed to guard him during ti e entire
ceremony. Maj. Arrnes, who is now being
triad by court martial for attempting to
1 ull Gov. Beaver's cose, was ore of the ten.
That n why be was close to Gen. Harrison's
carriage at tba time tnat lit* was ordered
out of tbe precession. His trouble with
Gov. Ileaver grew cut of the nummary way
in which hews* driven from his post of
trust. If it had not, been for this court
martial, it would never t*e been known,
outside cf a few, that (Jen. Harrison was
protected by ten picked men during the id
auguraticn ceremonies.
Coi. Nicholas Bell’s plan to secure tbe
prompt acceptance cf bis resignation was a
very good one. He announced his purpose
to contribute to the democratic campaign
fund for 1592 all of bis salary from March
4 last to the time of his retirement. United
States Marshal WilsoD, of Tennessee, has
also hit upon a very good plan for being
dismbsed. He has induoed tbe President's
brother to apply for the marehaiship. There
is always a way to get out of office when a
person is really anxious to get out.
Notwithstanding th* talk about Bsnator
Quay refusing to make ti tends with Sena
tor Sherman it is said that a reconciliation
between them has been brought about, and
that it was tbe work of a mutual frieud,
rx-Senator Mahooe. The ex-Bsnator is an
ardent Hfanrman man, aud he understands
very well that Sherman can’t afford to
quarrel with Quay.
CURRENT COMMENT.
And Elsewhere.
From the Philadelphia Xeirs ( Rep.)
Elliott F. Shepard has Acquired considerable
unenviable notoriety in New York.
Very Probable.
From the Xerc York Star (Dem.)
Senator Sherman shows a grnat disinclination
to quarrel with Senator
that tbe Ohioan means to try it again in 1892?
That Southern Boom.
From the Baltimore American (Rep.)
There is no break in the south's industrial
progress. She keeps forcing ahead. Last year
she made 2<>tyx)o more tori' of pi*? iron than sie
di l in 1887. This is a solid indication of the
work she is doing.
Limit the Inrush.
From the Chicago heirs (ind.)
The present rush for Oklahoma ought to
teach all men in this country who ar*i so fond of
boasting a-out the public domain that land
hunger is becoming fierce even in the United
Mates. That tbe cities are overcrowded every
one knows. Under exiling conditions it is
high time to limit the mighty iurusii of for
eigners.
BRIGHT BJT3.
Some peoole are called weak-minded because
it takes them at seven days to make up
their minds. —Soinei t itle Journal. %
t nci.e Jerry Hr** wants to know what
breeds of hoi ties grow the bear kind of horse
radish, and we Law v.) hesitation iu telling him
the fiery breeds.— Richmond Dispatch.
Brook Positive —Tom—l'm quite certain
Mr Smy tbe is a foreign nobleman in disguise.
Jack -How do you know?
Torn He ha 6 such a dignified wav of askiug
you to loan him slo,—Chicago Journal.
Lvrky bicyclist should use his personal in
fluence to secure good roads, but his duty does
not require him to get off his wheel over the
handles and smooth the highway down with the
hack of his neck.— Somerville Journal.
Miss (JesiiEHLV (young and styliab. rising
from hei seat in horse car)—Won't you fake iny
.Neat i
Miss Prudely (elderly and pi&iu)—But why
should 1 deprive you of it.'
Miss Giwueriy—Oil, I II have a seat given me
when you wouldn't, you know— Harper's
Bazar:
The Only Way to Solve the Problem.—“l
am devoted to phrenology’, and 1 love the study
an'l pursuit of literature, and am puzzled as to
which I should maio* my life work ' 1 said tne
student.
“My dear boy," returned the professor, “why
don't you toss a cent and decide the matter
that way? Heads, phrenology: tales, letters."
Harper's Bazar.
“Thr dearest and sweetest object in all the
world," said the young husband fondly, [ hold
in these arm a."
“Isn't be a little darling?" assented the young
wife, with a gleam of pride in tier eyes.
" And to think they wanted us to put him in a
kennel at Battery i) for th* mob to look at!
Plenfce don't embrace us o hard. Alfred. Ki lo
doesn't like to be treated roughly.''— C f<icago
Tribune.
Uld ilit. Hayseso to his son Johnny, aged
18, who has just returned from a visit to his
uncle s people iu New York)—l hope. Johnny,
you did not neglect attending this sanctuary
regularly while you \ere in New York?
eJohnns—You bet I didn't. I went to a sacred
concert every Sunday evening
uld Hayseed—l'm glad to hear. Johnny, that
you didn’t for git MlO religious training I've
given you at home. Tejca Ai ft infix.
Jones—So you ora from Salt Lake City. Mr.
Brigham? f’ould you fell me what became
of young .lags that moved out there awhile
ago?
Mr. B Why, that young feller was lynched
.just afore I left for bigamy.
“Bigamy' l don't understand. I thought
“Waal, ye see, he wudn’t take morn two
wives, so the avengin’ angola natdted im. Nice
young ch&Pipipy-ff.’oluusbia Sp’ ctutor.
A Genuine St ki*ftißE Party ?snith Won't
you give me a iir.tte aid here, .roues?
Jones- With what ?
K. —( Htn to be surprised to-night by my
friends with a present—an e&s3 chair—and l
am trying to writ© out a speech of thanks.
Now, how shall T begin?
J.—Begin ‘Ladies and gentlemen: l am so
overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude for
this generous, this undeserved, this wholly un
expected gift that, i cannot And suitable
language iu which to thank you." How does
that do?
S.—That's ,THBf the thing; I'm much obliged
to you.
J lt. is to be a surprise party?
S.—Yes. A genuine surprise party; our
friends are going to surprise us with a visit.
.I.—Yes. I see. And the carpets have been
taken up and a couple of musicians hired?
B.—How did you know?
and And an ample collation has been pre
pared?
S.—Exactly. How did you find it out?
J. How iid \ find it out’ Why, I've been
“surprised" itself in my time.—Boston
Courier.
PERSONAL.
Hei.tn Fawcett's letter* on the subject of
the employment cf children m cneaters are now
being published m England in tract, form, bhe
is much opposed to such employment,
Thr Prince of Wau£ now practice© noon the
l>anjo or California harp,' as it is styled in his
district, with groat persistency, aud the czar is
hard ar work upon one of the lower wind in
btrumentt.
Qvf.kn Victoria is so pleased with the intro*
ductiou of electric light.iug into the corridors of
Windsor Cast 1 that she is going to have it ex
tended to tbe whit*, crimson and green drawing
rooms, the ball and dining rooms.
Secretary Noble thus explains why his
predecessor came to wear his hair so long:
"Justice r.Hi:’ar one* hapjiened to h* Secretary
of the interior, and didn't have rime tv* get his
haircut. You set* that mine is down to my
shirt collar already. It will soon teon my shoul
ders.'’
Warner Miller chews gum with ail the vigor
an<l enjoyment of a shopgirl, and paper
covered novels while traveling on the railroad,
it is possible that these discreditable weak
nesses are responsible for the melancholy fact
that Mi . Miller continues to ornament the out
side of the breastworks.
Mrs. John A. Looan is busying herself while
abroad in working upa scheme to establish a
finishing school in th l * arts of housewifery when
she returns home, either in this city or Chicago.
The nchool will be a sort of home where >:n K
after graduaiDm. can spend a year becoming
acquainted with the mysteries of housekeeping.
Mmk. KacoZ!*. the historian, who tins b*ea
contributing to Putnam's “Stories of the Na
tions,’* i* a Frenchwoman who married a Kim*
Sian They came to this country and went on a
('atiforuia ranch; oa her husband’s death sue
came to New \ orfc, where she lias since lived,
writing for both American and Transatlantic
publishers.
Rrv. Kdwar'd Biecber in published a
book on the pre-existence o( human life His
fatner. Dr. Lyman Beecher, was ask-d what ht*
thought of thetkmcry. "Well,' he replied, "if
the Almighty :.a been running the universe on
thi* plan ah these a ; zes. and has succeeded in
kee; iug it a secret., i think it s a hliame for Ed
ward to expose it.'*
PopTMAui ph General Wan am akxr is doubtless
a devout chrtetian. out he 1* evident.y a sly
joker an well. Sunday before last ii* request.d
r.is Sundk) Mcbwl c<ast to iin/ “There's a
Stranger at th* Door *' and last Sunday his )es
sen was* unt! i**-i "The Bon Kejectrd ' Of cotir-e
neither had any nI it ion to il** postofhees, out
8 ILL# IS will make tbe application.
Vi- a \Dirnut 3 C\ Rowan of the navy, who
recently took h place on tbe retired . sj
year- of age. but in fine physical condition. lie
wa born n Ireland, bui is accredited to Ohio
on the Laval register. He 1* a man of ►plundid
phybique. much more thuu six feet in bight, in*!
broad and strong in proportion. His hair is
white, hit cheek* red, hi* eye* bright, and av in*
stride* along with the springy step of a middle
aged man, men turn ami lock at t.uu in
wonder.
Miss Braodcn'k only dramatic venture wa*
knocked out on its tuat presentation by one cf
the remoPFeles* critics of the gallery. A scene
was introduc'd in whieb a chi and a kiUnui>ed
from its mother, al-i at the end, when all were
made happy, the restoration of the child %a*-
taken for grunted. It .vm- the fault of a novelist
and passed unnoticed for auite a minute a f ter
the fall of the curtain. Then a “god"
leaned over from the balcony and solemnly
inquired: "WLat about that kid v ' Tue piece
wait swamped m an inextinguishable burst of
laughter.
r a LSI DENT Harriaom’a HKAtTR is the subject
of cuofoderable gonsip tn Washington, and it is
Mtid bin family acd friend* are not at all satis
fied with his general .appearance Hr has al
ways had a pale complexion, but there 1- u
chalky whiteness to his face at present wuich is
unusual. He takes much more exercise thnu
did either Arthur or CUeveiaod. but bsdocio 1
get enough rest at night Be has bem troubled
with into run ia, ands he refuses to give up
smoking his case is hard to treat. Uo looks for*
ward eagerly to his visits to Deer park when the
weather becomes warmer.
The “Harrison Hoodoo* was one of the
spooks of the campaign. The expression has
taken on a new* meaning of late Tuere has
grow n up a superstitious feeling that the men
Harrison wishes to honor are doomed to mis
fortune. Murat Halstead is very ill. as is also
Minister to Denmark Enauder. Tne son of
Thomas Ryan, miuister to Mexico, has been ar
rested for forgery. Russell Harrison is under
going the unpleasant ordeal of a libel suit. If
thi*- sort of tnmg goes on the President will
find it difficult to overcome the impression that
i bis favor brings ill luck. J is no scarcity of
! candidates, however, for the remaining offices
at his disposal.
The First Grandchild.
Annie a. Preston, in Harper's Weekly.
“Grandmother:" called the farmer, and there
came
Out through the vine-wreathed porch a blush
ing <ia:Kß>.
Surprised and eager at the strange new name.
The clock within rang forth the chime for
eigMt,
“A message? Read it—quick—how can you
wait?'*
Her husband, smiling, leaned upon the gate.
At arm's length holding in his trembling hand
The crisp white sheet, while be the writing
scanned.
Then read once more, with voice almost un
unmanned:
“Thy grand laughter salutes thee, ‘Baby Bell.’
Mother and child, thank God, are doing well."
A moment's silence on the proud twain fell.
She broke it soon. “Grandfather. I congrat—"
“W'bat, m the good man cried, lifting his
hat—
‘"Grandfather'—me? I hadn't thought of
that."
Yea, Verily.
Prom the To'edo Blade.
What doth it profit a rnan v
In the in ruing he ariseth and pntteth on his
new spring overcoat and goeth forth humming
a jocund lay.
And when noon is come, lo* the wind riseth
and prevaileth over all that region round
about.
And the prevalency with which it prevaileth
i more prevalent than any other prevalency
that hath pr.*vaile i in all time.
And the wind bcateth upon that man. yea, it
smiteth him sore.
Also doth it rain, and wheu even is come, lo!
the coat is spoiled ?
And the man taketh unto himself a cold, and
wist not what he is going to do about it.
Now, on the morrow, he putleth on the
winter overc >at, lest, p** rad venture, it be cold
even yet again, and snoweth.
And. even as on the preceding day, the
weather shifteth itself about and waxeth very
hot.
And the man doeth likewise, even as the
weather wave t he hot.
An 1 many uajrs and many nights doth this
thing continue, and no man kncweth the day
nor the hour wheu the weather changeth.
Verily, verily, what doth it profit a man?
Queer Demands Made on Hotel Clerks.
From the Chicago Times.
"You can't imagine the amount of extra
work we do for our regular guests," remarked
('lurk Willey at the Grand Pacific last night, ns
he finished charging a hungry looking man with
an extra meal. "We receive telegrams from
customers journeying from east to west and
vice versa to buy them all sorts of things and
do all sorts of queer errand.-. Any like com
munication received from a guest of the house
always receives our best attention. We came
mar disappointing a man last night, though.
Just look at this telegram.*'
‘llav* 3 ‘ Uhg, cunning Skye terrier at hotel
to-right; will pass through city.'
* 'The signature was unkuown to me and I
put the message one side. After a while I
picked it up. and thought it a joke from some
mellow traveling man.
' Then 1 decided id have the dog, but tell no
one about it in case it turned out a game. I
sent a hoy to a dog fancier and he brought hack
some kind of a purp. He had just, entered the
hotel as an ex-governor from Montana arrived
and asked if 1 got his dog.
■ It seemed he had promised his little girl to
bring home such t pet, but the errand had
slipped his mind till within a few hundred miles
of this city. So he telegraphed us. The opera
tor bad caught the name wrong, and that's
what bothered ine
“Our luck m getting tne dog saved the poli
tician quite a few Montana dollars, because sev
eral bottles of champagne were wagered oa t.he
chances of having his terrier at the hotel wheu
he came.
"So you never thought hotel clerks had to
supply dogs for guests? Why, 1 expect some
one will wire us to get a divorce for him, and
have it down to the train wnen ho passes
through."
Bibliomaniacs Classified.
Eugene Field in the Chicago AV ws.
In answer to numerous letters that have come
to us of hue, we will say that bibliomania
a fleets different people so differently that med
ical science has coma to regard and o tr*at the
several maladies as distinct mental diseases.
There are, as we are told, eight classes of bib
liomaniacs. as follows:
1. The bibliophiles are those who love books
and collect, them for the good that is in them.
These people are kindly, tolerant and inde
fatigable.
*!. The bibliophools are those who try to make
other people believe that they are book-lovers,
and with this deception in view they buy all
sorts of truck, but Dever read anything.
3. The blbliophrodisiaes {sometimes called
‘teazers’’) are those who. loving books, incite
others to the love and purchase of books. They
are always males.
4. The bibliocranks are those who recognize
no reason in any fad but their own. While they
are collecting Americana, they regard old Eng
lish balladry as the veriest rot. and they have
no patience with any crank unless he is a crank
of tneir own kind.
•’>. The bibliopuranoiacs are such as enjoy
being known as patrons of literatu *e, but they
buy very little. The woods hereapjuts are full
of them, i
C. The bibliophrenetics are thes-v who fancy
that they are bibhuphiles simply because they
read old catalogues
V. The bibliophobiaes are those that buy up
and destroy other books in order that book*
which they possess shall thereby become
uniques: an extravagant, dangerous and incur
able class
8. The bibliopelts are the vulgar bibliophools
who glory in costly bindings, without regard
to taste. Seventy five cent reprints are decked
out in s3' covers. Tue bibliopelts are too
plenty.
A Debtor's Triumph.
From the Buffalo Express.
There an* a number of business blocks in this
town which have stairways loading from two
streets. You can turn in from one street, climb
the stair*, go tbrougu passageways on the sec
ond floor, and descend on a*.other side of the
building to a different street. Such buildings
aro familiar fo all Buffaionians.
A young mun. wretchedly in debt, decided to
“’skip the town." He scraped up what cash he
e >uid packed Ida grip and r ode ! ivn tow u m a
street car One of Lis most pertinacious cred
itors took the "time car. espied the x tchel. and
was at once suspicious. It took nerve to dun a
well dressed gentleman, with a ‘tar be i at his
feet, before a score of passengers, out Mr. tjreu
itor was detp rate and sbov< i the bill m the
cither's fact with a ibrekt t at u must be set
tled forthwith or tbere’d by trouble.
Ihe debtor was tqr.al to ibe emergen y. "I'm
glad you inet me this morning." k o said; “hut
if you hadn't 1 thou.cl have locked you up be
fore noon. I've a sacnelful of valuables which
I'm to deliver, for cash, tc a party who's
wnihug for me now in hm office. trav. you come
right along with me and you'll be sun* of ,t ’’
This wa-. refre*: iog. indeed, from an invete
rate debtor. Nothing could be better. T ogether
they left the car aud walked up “he str ei. \t
the foot of a stairway tue debtor halted and
said:
"Mr. 'a otfiee is on the third floor. There's
no need -f dragging you clear up there. Here,"
producing a cigar, ‘Jus* step in ad light up
w hile 1 "kip up and get the cash, I shan t boa
minute."
The creditor didn’t know the building, and,
thinking to himself, *Tve gor him caged, and it
be doesn’t come prettv quick I'll follow him
up.*' waited and smoked.
At first he pufled placidly, then nervously,
and finally, as the minute* went by, ho became
exasperated and started up stau*.
At the top step he collided with an odor of
cigarette and a small blue uniform, both of
which were found to envelop adi rict mess n
ger boy. who appealed to be still busy with
some **rra;id or yesterday.
Where’s s office*' asked Mr. Creditor,
peering around in the dark.
The boy knew nothing, of course A dim
stairway was found leading to the third floor,
but afu*r a fruitless, groping examination of
ancient signs, and rai * at locked do rs, he
started down* again; got confused at the land
ing, turned the wrong way. and found-he
other sta.rway to the other street, just at the
minute tr.at his late companion. wh< had stood
somewhat nervously and out of breath on the
platform of a train thai was slowly pulling
from the station, turned into the smoker, and
lignieo a agar.
“The beggay!” mused the fugitivecontentedlv
to bimself; “he's in on roe one good clear, but 1
reckon I do t need to complain. Besides," with
sudden thought, “the cigars are not paid for.
after all 1"
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
! On a recent day in Pittsburg there were so
many funerals that liverymen were unable to
supply the demand for carriages.
; Of the 1,007 srunxanrs who have graduated
from the Yah* Divinity school, the Boston
Transcript l-arue that 1,129 are living.
I Jo in F. Price, confined in a Colorado peni
tentiary for horse stealing, has fallen heir to
$109,000. He formerly lived at Circleville, O.
A Cbicaoo negro put in an hour in a cold
, storage room to see if ic was what it claimed to
i be. His frozen nose and ears are proofs that it
was.
The seemingly incredible statement is made
in a Washington territory journal that the
Chinese have entirely disappeared from Ta
coma
According to the Methodist Recorder there
are 421.784 members of the Wesleyan body in
Great Britain, the last year showing an increase
of 5,000.
A reward of SIOO has been offered by the
New Haven Historical Society for the return of
the sword of Admiral Foote stolen from the
Connecticut state house.
A Buffalo bachelor has a memorandum
book in w hich he keeps the name of every girl
he has ever kissed. He had 923 names on the
list the last time counted up.
A newly-born infant that was found in an
ash barrel on Marshall street, Philadelphia, re
cently was taken to the Sheltering Arms, where
it was christened "Marshall Ash."
Chang Fau Moar, the int rpreter attached to
the Chinese le ration at Washington, is de
scribed as a “gigantic blonde Chinaman with a
profile as regular a Greek statue."
A thief entered the house of Rev. Mr. Coissart,
of Tilden, Neb., and stole $lO. The curious part
of the transaction was that the roll of money
from which he took the bill contained SIOO.
Cyrenus Arter of Youngsville, Pa., went
to Sugar Grove to attend the funeral of a
brother who had been accidentally killed,
was taken ill there with grief and died in a few
days.
Deer and elk are being literally massacred
in Wyoming and Western Colorado by wealthy
Englishmen who come over to enjoy the sport.
The great herds are Rapidly depleted by the
useless slaughter.
In Kingston harbor the other day a shark
was captured, and, on examination, his stom
ach was found to contain two straw hats, a
cow's head, two hoofs and three horns, a large
kerosene can, a basket and some sardine tins.
William H. Harrison, a Haddonfield (N. J.)
grocer, dreamed a night or two ago that money
was concealed in an ancient house near his
store. He investigated and found $1 50 in
continental currency, back of an old mantel
piece.
The largest pine tree ever cut in Michigan
was felled recently near Hobart. It measured
at the bmt fi feet in diameter and scaled 10,331
feet of mercantile lumber. In the fall the top
was broken, destroying about 300 feet of choice
lumber.
An Eastport man hopes to keep his lawn in
fine condition this summer. He recently dis
tributed 2,600 bright new marbles of assorted
colors among the boys, in consideration of a
promise that they would keep out of his grass
tliis season.
In the town of Bessbr >ok. Ireland, where
John < r. Richardson employs 3,000 p * iple in the
manufacture of Irish linen, no liquor has been
sold for fon y ars al l as a result the e is
neither policeman, prison, pawnshop nor pauper
in the town.
Two sisters in Franklin, Ind., becoming
angered at a young man because he deserted
one of their family with whom he had been
keeping company, followed him to his new
girl’s house, and there on the doorstep gave
him a sound thrasuiug.
A most interesting experiment has recently
been made in taking a photograph by the light
of the Cuban firefly. After various trials of the
insect s power, the experiment of photograph
ing by ts light was successfully car ried out. A
V°P> of a family portrait was made, the insect
i*eiug held within an inch ol the original, ari l in
such a way that the rays fell perpendicularly
on the negative. The time of exposure to bug
light was about thirty seconds. A living sped
me.a of these tropical insects was recently pre
sented to fc-.-c brdgeport {Scientific Society. It
is about I*4 inches long, and bears upon each
side of its body ova! spots, resembling eyes. In
the dark these spots emit a greenish light,
resembling tiny electric lamps in full glow.
At Bangor, Me., a native went to a lisb dealer
to purchase a salmon. He saw a fine large fish
marked "20." He had been living in Oregon,
where salmon are comparatively cheap, and he
thought that was the price per pound. It
wasn’t, but it represented the weight of the
fish. With a patrician wave of his band toward
the Penobscot twenty-pounder. he care
lessly remarked to the shopkeeper,
‘That's rather a decent fish; I guess
*ll take it home to my family" The
fish was w rapped up. and the returned Ore
gonian handed over a S2O gold piece, and Rtood
waiting for about $lO change, when tne shop
keeper said “$lO more, please." The would-be
purchaser's jaw fell, and he grabbed his gold
and departed, followed by roars of laughter.
Hunters in Berkshire county, Massachusetts,
have adopted an ingenious method of cap
t wring rattlesnakes, whose oil is there believed
to be a cure for deafness, and as such com
mands a big price. They go about on warm
days, carrying a long fishiug rod and line and
a .sharp scythe, and when the reptile is discov
ered, usually asleep near a loose ledge of rock,
it is prodded more or less gently with the pole.’
Like any other sleeper suddenly interrupted,
the snake wakes up angry, mukes a dart at the
nearest irritating object, which is the fish hook
dangling near his head from the en i of the
pole, and very accommodatingly allows the
sharp tines to penetrate his jaws. The man
with the pole holds the entrapped reptile at a
safe distance, while his comrade moves up and
severs the snake's hea l from the body. The
latter is thou deposited iu a bag, ami the
hunters go in search of other game.
A • ORKEBpondent writes the Boston Journal
as follows from Scftuate, Mass.: Reading in the
Journal the interesting account by the Hon.
Gidson Haynes on remarkable longevity brings
to my inimfa case that probably has no parallel.
Tr:** Hon. Samuel A Turner of .s or well, iu w
living at the age of 97. well remembers Ebenezer
Coob of Kingston, who was born in 1094 and
died at the age of 107, who remembered the
funeral of Deputy Governor Bradford ib.rnin
lt>24), ‘ that t tie public road was obstructed by a
deep snow, the body had to be brought from t ie
family residence along the sea h ore to the spot
where his father iex-Uov. Bradford) was
buried.'' Mr. Turner has two lives between
him and the Pilgrims, whose Hires combined
reach to within four years of the lauding at
Plymouth, w hereas the combine l ages of Eider
Fan ace and Deacon Spooner, mentioned in re
lation to the late Sidney Bartlett, reach twenty
six years later.
Capt Moore of her majesty's ship Rambler
lately described, in a paper read before the
China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, the
apieararice and effects of the remarkable
“bore" which often occur* in Hangchow bay.
This dan rerous visitor Is the result of the strug
gie betw au the advancing tide in the great est
uary and the current of the river, (ant.
Moore and his offi'-era o*i several occasions ob
served the progress of tha wave, ami their in
ves igatioriN are summarized as follows: The
rate at which the bore travels varies from ten
to about thirteen miles per h *ur. The bight of
the bore rarely exceed* twelve or fourteen feet,
and broken water, in which no small boat
could lire, follows it for tome di-tancn.
With the pasting of tne wave tne tide rises
rridwy feet in a few seconds; in one instance, ob
served by Capt. Moo e, it rose from 9 feet 4
inc es below to 4 feet 7 inches above mean
level The rush of the bore w*.4 *o strong that
th-* force of tne waves breaking against the
broadside of the Rambler sent the water into
Hie niitzen chains ou.i the spiay on to the poop
Th<* junk* in that region are protected by pint
forms with narrow steps cut iu the Hides. To
tne north of the estuary is a great sea wall,
built to protect the surrounding country from
be.iig flooded by these great tidal waves. It is
3 ) miles Jong, and is strength-tied, where the
bore strike- most strongly, by an elliptical
stone buttress, 263 fe*-t long bv 03 feet wide,
behind this the junks are drawn up for shelter.
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