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Newspaper Page Text4 QcSfonringtJktas Morning News Building, Savannah, Ga. s.vrrRPAY. jrsE ao. issa. Registered at the FoetofOce in Savann-th The Morning News is published every day in the year, and is s-mi to suuecnbers in the city •t *5 cents a week, SI 00 a month, $o CO for sis mouths and $lO 00 for one year The UoLvnio Sews, 6* mail, one month. $1 00; three mouths, $2 50; six months, $5 (JO: one year, $lO 00. The Moatn.-co Ntvs, by mail, sir times a week (without Sunday issue , three months, $2 00; dx months. $4 00; one year $8 00. The Mornisq News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or lues lays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months. $1 25; stc mouths, $250; one year. $5 03. The Sundae News, by mail, one year. $2 00. The Wiee:.t News, by mail, cue year, $1 25. Subscription? payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sect by mail at risk of -senders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed *sOnrna Nests,” Savannah, Ga. Advertising rates made Known on application. The Morning News is on file at the following pieces, where Advertising Rates and other in formation regarding the paper can ue obtained; NEW YORK CITY— j H. Bates. 3e Park Row. G P. Rowell 4 Cos., 10 Spruce (tree* W. W. Pearp A Co- 21 Park Row. jttcank Kjkrna* 4 Co- 152 Broadway, Taccht A Cos.. 27 Paxk Plaoe. J. W. Thchpsor, *9 Park Sow. Jobs- F. Phillips A Cos., 2 Park Row. American Newspaper Pckjshus' Association, 104 Temple Court. PHILADELPHIA— JC.W. Ater & bos. Times Bunding. BOSTON— ■ R. Niles, K Washington street fsTTEtreiLL & Cos.. 10 State street CHICAGO — Icrp & Thomas. 45 Randolph street CINCINNATI— tpsrnt Alder Compact, ff West Fourth street NEW HAVEN- Tbx H. P. Hubbard Compart, 25 Elm street ST. LOUIS— Kelson Chesslar 4 Cos., 1127 Pine street ATLASTA Morning News Buriau, SH Whitehall street MACON- Dailt Telegraph Office. 59? Mulberry street JACKSONVILLE— Morning News BuREAr. Hubbard’s Block. RsDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENT! Meeting—Savannah Branch Southern Trav elers Association. Special Notices —Seven Lota for Sale on Easy Terms, W. G. Woodfin; Notice as to PraM dent Pro Tern of Savannah and Ogeechee Canal Company as to Bills against British Bark Er minia; Boracine for Prickly Heat at Heidi’s; To be Borne in Mind, J. J. Reily, Importer and Specialist. Nsw South Stove—Cornwell & Cbipman. Legal Sale—City Marshal's Sale for Taxes. Steamship Schedules Ocean Steamship Company. Educational—Trinity Hall, Bt-verly, N. J. For Salk or Rent—Mount Airy Hotel, Harri son A Peeples, Atlanta. Ga Cheap Column advertisements —H dp Wanted; Employment Wanted; Bor Rent; For Sale: Personal; Miscellaneous. The Morning News for the Summer. Persons leaving the city for the summer can have the Morning News forwarded by the earliest fast mails to any address at the rate of 35 cents a week, $1 for a month or $2 50 for three months, cash invar-iably in advance. The address may be changed as often as desired. In directing) a change cart should be taken to mentioiytke old as well as the netc address. Those who desire to have their borne paper promptly delivered to them while away, should leave their subscriptions at the Business Office. It is whispered in New York that ex- Mayor Hewitt is getting ready to run for President in 1893. Does Mr. He witt con template doing the famous Ben Busier act? Bullivar and Kilrain are celebrated slug gers, but the governor of Louisiana seems to have knocked them oat It is said that they will fight in Mississippi, and now, per haps, the governor of Mississippi will have •ome.hing to say. The hangman has been kept quite bvtsy this week, but perhaps he will get a long ra6t after awhile Wuen viciously inclined people learn that they must suffer the f ,ili penalty of the law if they commit crime, they will be m re careful not to commit it. Mr. Cleveland went to Babylon, L. 1., the other day on a fishing excursion. Col. Lament was not along to furnish the news papers with an account of the ex-Presi dent’s success, but Mr. Cleveland is a pretty good fisherman, even when the colonel is away. _ The Dramatic News announces that it has been settled that Mrs. Leslie Carter, who figured scandalously in a divorce case re cently, will go on the stage next season. The public will not hiss Mrs. Carter off the stage, but if it has proper respect for itself, it will let her play to empty seats. The governor of Georgia and the governor Of Tennessee have been making some re marks to each other lately, and the gov ernor of Georgia, as our dispatches stated yesterday, threatens to tell exactly what was said. lat him do so. It might furnish a sensation for the tims between now and the meeting of the legislature. The picture which the Philadelphia Times prints of Mr. William Waller Phelps represents that gentleman as being quite good looking. It greatly flatters Mr. Phelps, who has a hgad like a hickory nut and a countenance resembling Senator Ingalls'. Mr. Phelps is not handsome. Not even his fondest admirers claim that he is. Ex-Congressman Campbell, of Ohio, does not think that Foraker will be elected next fall. This opiuiou may be due to the fact that Mr. Campbell is a candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination. If any republican can carry Ohio next fall Foraker can. Ohio republicans believe in the bloody shirt, and it follows that they believe in Foraker. A 16-year old boy in New York is living, although his neck is broken. The other day he was diving into the river, when his bead stru k bottom at a shallow point, and his neck wa3 broken. He was taken to a hospital, and the neck was put iuto a plas ter cast. He is paralyzed below the neck, but his physician says he may live somh time. He suffered but little pain. Baltimore needs better street car faeilitlw, but some of the newspapers of that city oeem to be afraid that- the croakers w*ii keep it from getting them. This is too bad; and yet there are croakers in every city, and Baltimore is no worse off, than some other places. It is said that every thing was created for a good purpose, and ever since that was said people have won dered for what good purpose croakers were created. For the Benefit of Savannahlana. Isn’t it 'Other remarkable that Chatham eonctv is the only county in the state, in which there is an important city, that is without B * ‘no fence - ’ law? Fulton county, in which Atlanta is situated, his the “no fence” law, and so has Richmond, in which Augusta is situated, Muscogee, in which Columbus is situate-!, and Clarke, in which Athens is situated. Chatham is be hind all these counties in this important matter. Why is this? Is it because Chatham is less progressive than other counties in which there are good sized cities. It certainly looks so. If such is the case, then it is time for Chatham county to wake up and put herself in line with coun ties which have the reputation for being progressive. In all the above mentioned cities the cost of living is much less than in Savannah. One of the reasons of this is that the greater part of the eggs, butter, poultry, vegeta ble#, fruits, etc., in the Savannah market is brought from beyond the limits of Chat ham county. Butcannot Chatham county supply the demands of the Savannah market for the foregoing articles? Of course it can. There are thousands of acres of good land in Chat ham that are not cultivated because of the necessity for fencing crops. It costs a great deal to fence even a small farm, and for that reason very few care to open farms on new land. If the “no fence” law is made operative it will not be many years before all the good lands for miles around Savannah will be under cultivation. A great many voters in this city think they have no interests in the “no fence” election. They don’t understand their own iuterest, nor the interest of thsir city and oounty. If they will give the election the attention it deserves, they will discover that they are very deeply interested in it. There isn’t a citizen of Savannah whom the “no fe..oe” law would not benefit. That law, as already shown, will make living m this city cheaper. That is a mat ter of the greatest consideration to the great majority of the people, of whom at least two-thirds have to be very economical. Their incomes compel them to be. If the cost of living is reduced it will be iho same to them as an increase in their incomes. The “no fence” law will also be beneficial to the health of the city. No oue will deny that it is healthier where the land is culti vated than where it is not. Notice what the draining of the lands in the vicinity of the city has done for the city’s health! Does not everybody know that the city is far healthier now than it was before any drainage work was done? If a little drain age has been productive of such good re sults may we not reasonably expect even greater benefits from the cultivation of the greater part of the cultivable lands of the county? It is folly to cling to the law that requires crops "to be fenced, because it means the keeping of the country surrounding Savan nah a wilderness for years. Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus and Athens have rid themselves of that law, and now they are surrounded by orchards and farms which pour food products into their markets, and make the oost of living ia them at least a third less than in Savannah. Do the poor people of those cities who own cows complain? Of course they don’t They know that the “no fence” law is .bet ter than the fence law for them, as it is for everybody else. Let Savannah follow the example of Augusta in the matter and she will never regret having done so. A Credulous Editor. Mr. O. H. Rothaker, editor of the Omaha Republican, does not believe that Dr. Cronin is dead. In Kansas City a day or two ago he said he was confident that Cronin was alive and well, and that he would “show up" in England before long. Mr. Rothaker pretends to have some in formation about this Cronin business that no one else has. He ought to be summoned before the Chicago grand jury and per mitted to give his reasons for thinking Cronin is alive. Indeed, if he believed what be says it is prob tble that he would not hesitate to go before the grand jury without being summoned. There 13 ground for suspecting that some body has been imposing upon Mr. Rothaker, or that he U trying to get himself before the public. He is not at all averse to a little notoriety. It is noticeable, however, that he doesn’t express in bis own newspaper the opinion that Dr. Cronin is not dead. He thought it necessary to go to Kansas City to relievo himself of his secret. Probably he was afraid to express so ridiculous an opinion in a town where he is generally known. There is no doubt that Dr. Cronin Is dead. The body that was found in the manhole not far from the house in which be was murdered was recognized as his. Persons who knew him well in life had no doubt that the body found was his. Mr. Rothaker says the body recognized as Dr. Cronin’s was a “stiff” obtained from a medical col lege, and that it was intended to lead those who might search for Dr. Cronin away from the latter’s true hiding place. If Mr. Rothaker is really sincere in what he says his friends ought to have a guardian ap pointed for him. The refusal, the other day, of the royal yacht squadron in London to accept the terms for a contest for the America’s cup seems to indicate that there will be no inter national race this year. It is thought that our friends, the English, are afraid of being beaten again, as they probably would bo, so they object to the rules as a pretext for not making the contest Lord Dunraven, who owns the Valkyrie, may come over, however, and get up a race or two just for the pleasure of the thing, although, with his British characteristic of desiring always to be first, he could not get much pleasure out of them if the Val kyrie should be beaten. Mrs. Abbott, who is now called the Geor gia wonder, is astonishing the people of Richmond, Va., by hor exhibition of alleged strength. She seems to have taken the place of Lula Hurst, who made a fortune and then married a young Georgian named Atkinson. There are a great many people who will tell you that they caa do all of the “tricks” performed by Lula Hurst and Mrs. Abbott, and perhaps they can, but somehow or other they are found wanting when brought to the test. Mrs. Whiteling had hardly been hanged for murdering her family to get insurance money, when a Massachusetts woman com mitted the same kind of crime. No doubt Mrs. Brennan thought she would not be found out, or that, if she was, she would be lightly punished, being a woman. We shall see if Massachusetts permits her to escape the gallows, as Mrs. Robinson did. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889. The Conemaugh Relief Fund. There seems to be no plans for the distri bution of the money contributed by people in ail parts of the country for the Ooae maugb valley sufferers. The Johnstown finance committee wants all the money dis tributed at o ce, and advises that it be dis tributed among all who suffered a loss of property. It is willing, however, to hear suggestions from the different committees that hold the relief fnnda It* main object is to get the money into circulation and thus relieve much existing distress. The committees having the relief funds have come to the conclusion that the charity fund shall be given only to those who are actua'ly tn need of assistance. In this, of course, they are right. There are thousands who lost heavily by the flood who are still in comfortable circumstances, and who have all the necessaries, and even the comforts,of life. The people to be assisted are the thousands who lost everything, and who are now homeless. Of course the relief funds ought not to be used to encourage idleness. Those who will not work when employment is offered to them ought not to be assisted. There are plenty of men in Conemaugh valley who will not exert themselves in their own be half as long as they and their families are given food and shelter. There is another thing that the relief committees will have to bear in mind, and that is that there will probably be a great deal of sickness among the flood sufferers, and those who become helpless from that cause will have to be cared for. Typhoid fever has made its appearance in the valley. In one day this week fifty laborers were taken seriously sick with symptoms of that disease. No doubt the relief committees will dis tribute the funds in their possession to the best of their ability among the needy. Some of the most deserving will be over looked, doubtless, and many who are well able to provide for themselves will manage to draw their support from the relief funds. This is always the case where there is abundant charity, and it is a condition of things which cannot be guarded against successfully. Robbing the People. Some of the millionaires of the country think that trusts are very good things foi the people: They really mean that they are very good things for the people who have stock in them. A few weeks ago an article was published in the Political Science Quarterly, which was a defense of trusts. The burden of its argument was that trusts cheapened articles needed by the masses, and the Standard Oil Company was pointed out as hasting made kerosene a great deal cheaper than it would have been had not that company the monopoly of the coal oil business. But what have the apologists for trusts to say about the sugar trust. The price of sugar has been advanced about 2 cents a pound since last January. Two years ago refined sugar sold, on an average, at about 3 cents a pound less than it is sailing at now. The other day in the New York Stock Exchange sugar certificates sold for $136, and it is freely predicted that they will sell at $l4O withiu a month or two. When the Biigar trust was formed and the certificates were put upon the market, they were sold at $65, their par value being SIOO. What has caused this extraordinary ad vance in sugar certificates? The tru >t is, of course, robbing the people, and it is there fore able to pay enor . ious dividends. It is said that the managers of the trust talk about paying au annual dividend of 35 per cent. Is it not an outrage that the people should be robbed in this way? Nobody would complain at a fair profit, but to put the price of one of the necessaries of Ida so high as to virtually deprive many poor families of it am rnnts to a crime. A court in New Orleans declared the other day that the cotton seed oil trust could not do business in that state, and a New York court some time ago decided the sugar trust to be an unlawful institution, but both these trusts continue to do busi ness. Will a republican congress attempt to release the people from the grasp of trusts?” It is to be feared that it will not. The republicans are the friends of trusts and monopolies. The Philadelphia Inquirer rubs its hands together in an ecstacy of joy as it says: “If the colored people of the south are so well pleased with President Harrison now, as their address shows them to be, they will fairly idolize him when his policy has been in operation long enough to secure them in their right to vote.” The colored people of the south are not very well pleased with President Harrison, and they have not pre sented an address of approval to him. Tne other day ex-Congressman Lynch of Missis sippi marched up to the white house ia front of a company of colored republicans whom he had been putting through the motions for some time, and be succeeded in getting them to say their little piece with out a break, but they did not represent the colored people of the south. They repre sented John R. Lvnch, who was recently given a piece of government pie. The President isn’t satisfying many people. It is extremely doubtful if he is satisfying those republican organs which preteud to be so greatly pleased with his administra tion, but if he satisfies himself he will have attained the object for which he seems to think he was elected. Some time ago a young school mistress out in Dakota grieved her parents by mar rying an Indian named Choska. Mr. and Mrs. ChaskA were engaged by a dime museum man, and they made a good deal of money. The other day Thomas Mc- Laughlin, of West Superior, Wis., married an Indian maiden. He had beeu engaged to her some time, but a few weeks ago he announced that the engagement was “off,’ as his parents were very much opposed to the marriage. In making this announce ment he was “playing ’possum,’’ so to speak, for the preparations for the marriage went right on at the maiden’s home, and now Mr. McLaughlin knows what it is to have a squaw to look after. He is said to be an industrious aud a respectable young man. Eld Reed, the son of the late Belle Starr, was captured in Fort Smith, Ark., the other day. Reed is a notorious character, aud he is wanted for having committed several murders and for having stolen many horses. He boasted that he would never be taken alive. He rode defiantly into Fort Smith the other day to sail some horses he had stolen, and while he was in a stall of a livery stable he was arrested. His father, mother, brother and two sis ters died violent deaths in the Indian ter ritory, and the family has long been known as one of criminals. If Reed is convicted and sentenced to be hanged, it is not proba ble that there will be a petition for his par don. CURRENT COMMENT. Should Women Be Hanged? From the .Yew York Herald (hi) Women insist that they ghoul i not be'de prived of any of the ri*DL? which men enjoy. It would be ur.gallant and ungentle mauly to thwart their wtsnea in a little matter of hanging. Lively Times Ahead in Ohio. From the Sew York Star (Dem.) Forakers renominatun will revive discussions not calculated to promote harmony among Ohio republicans or bring success to their ticket. The factional contests of the Chicago convention will be renewed, and knives will be sharpened for the time server whose vacillations lost to his state a place on the republican national ticket. The Truth In a Nutshell. From the Boston Globe (Dem ) The truth of the whole matter .seems to be that Tanner s free and-easy system of granting pensions and increases has brought the pension department to its present financial straits. At least a score of employes of the pension office, many of them bis own appointees at high sala ries. have succeeded in getting their own claims for original pensions and increases pushed through during tne Tanner administra tion. and, to cap the farce, nearly all of these men appear to nave dined Commissioner Tan ner and their other colleagues to celebrate their great good luck. BRIGHT BITS. ‘‘Bill was very fond of his wife." said a Da kota man. speaking of a bereaved comrade. “I actually believe he thought as much of her as he did of his dog; it’s a fine bird dog, too.”— Time. Gecerositv Explained.—Mrs. Brown —How did you come to give your sister the big apple and keep the little one for yourself? Little Johnnie—'Cause there was a worm in it.— The Epoch. Michigan must be an awful state.' A man in Port Huron has just sold the city seventeen acres of land to be used os a cemetery, provided no liquor shall be sold on the premises.—Bur lington tree Press. Stubbs—Going to take your wife up to the mountains this year! Wrangler—No. She's going, but I can’t stay with her. The doctor says X must have rest and quiet. See?—Tine. A. (somewhat illit -rate)—l read something in the paper about idiots. Are they human be ings? B. -Certainly, they are human beings like yourself.— From the German. Unwilling to Make the Acquaintance.— "Know thyself,” real Fogg, musingly. "No, thanks. 1 know so many people now that Ido not care to extend my acquaintance, not in that direction, at least.”— Boston Transcript. First Citizen—Cashier Outskip seems to have made a bigger : aul than the average. Second Citizen—Yes. but there's some com fort in knowing that he won't get much good of it. I’m told he s gone to the Paris exposi tion.—Time. "You are enjdying yourself. I hope?i' said the hostess at a soiree to Galuchet. ‘You know, madam." sail Galuchet. with his most gracious smile, "that the dullest parties never bore me; I can stand almost anything.” —French Fun. Not Far Whono.—Mr. Sociqte (who has just bee , presented to a bevy of young ladies)—Par don me. but with so many names I am quite at sea regarding yours She—But you are not far wrong. I am Miss Atwater. —Harper's Bazar. Hexbt —Yes, Carie; I love you with all mv heart. Carrie—lt seems strange, Henry, that you should think so mu:h of me. Henry—l don’t know about that. There's no accounting for tastes, you know.— Boston Tran script. Judoc to Pkisoizr—So you were drunk and disorderly? What nave you to say? Prisoner—l’ve a good deal to say. your honor, if you’li only give me time to say it. Judge—Certainly : with pleasure. Sixty days will be enough, won't it? Our object is to please. Washington Critic. It is asserted that two bills passed by the New York legislature were onee signed by Gov. Hill, and that- tie signature was afterwards erased. He is lit- the minister, of whom oue of his outlying patfiaiioners said, "Parson Hibbard went aDd ’pinteJ a meetin' at our school-house, and then went and un-'pinted it.”— Lowell Courier. \ Friend Ixdchd -First New York Club Man— Cbolly, if ever I die will you make sure, me deah fellah, that 1 am weaily dead before I'm bwurried? Second New York Club Man—You can wely on me, Fweddy 111 ask you to twake a dwink before the undertwaker screws down the lid. Thwanks, Chully, awfully thwanks.— Texas Siftings. PERSONAL Auce Longfellow, daughter of the poet, has been an enthusiastic photographer for several years. Perhaps if it hadn't been for her nega tives she would uot have remained Miss Long fellow. Senator and Mrs. S poorer of Wisconsin have returned from the Paris exposition de lighted with their trip. During their stay in Paris they were the guests of Minister Reid at a bamuet, at which they met many prominent Frenchmen. The man who seems to have made the most out of the Oklahoma boom is ex-Oov. Crawford of Kansas, who received 10 per cent, of tue amount laid to the Creek Indians for the lands, on account of his services as an attorney in ne gotiating the sale. Ira D. Sanket. the revivalist, is to give up evangelical work entirely and settle down. He has just purchased a line estate on Long Island, beautifully situated berween Seatuck river and Seatuck creek, and will erect a handsome resi dence upon it at once. Coot Keratry landed in New York on Sat urday from La Bourgogne. He was an aide-de camp to Marshal Bazaine, a general in the French army, prefect of police of Paris, and is known besides as a historian and a dramatist. His father was a peer of France under Louis Philippe. John W. Bardslky, the man who introduced the English sparrows into Philadelphia, was buried last Friday by the different rituals of fifteen societies to which he belonged, the cere mony consuming six hours. Pity the results of his unfortunate mistake in the sparrow line could not be as effectually buried. Parnell, who of late years has neglected all the arts of dress, appeared in parliament re cently attired "like a lily of the field," as an admirer puts it. “Faith, and I’m proud to fol low such a coat,” said an Irish member, as he gazed upon, the long, light frock coat, “white samit- mystic,” in whicn his leader was ar rayed.” Ex Conores.suan Randolph Tucker has for mally accepted the professorship of constitu tional law at the Washington and Lee Univer sity. at Lexington, Va. In his speech accept ing the position Mr. Tucker announced his permanent retirement from politics, and his in tention to devote the remainder of his life to teaching. The Comte de Paris, head of the Bourbon famdy, who recently celebrated his silver wed ding, is a worker. He rises at 5:30 o'clock in summer and at 6 o'clock in the wiuter. and. lighting his lamp, if neceasary. begins the labor of the day He has a little breakfast with his family at 8 o'clock, then he returns to his work. His correspondence is extensive and he makes a point of replying to all his letters. Miss Kate Field, it now appears from a re port of the vltiricultura! commission of Califor nia. is in her wine crusade really acting as the agent of that state, and receives a salary of $3,000 per annum. Morris D. Boruck, Gov. Waterman’s private secretary, ears that “oae of the bills which the governor delayed signing was for $307 50 expended by Miss Field for one lecture in Washington, making hor total cost to the state for the month of March $562 50. Why. •he gave a collation there, among other extrav agances. whicn cost $169. Her bill never should have been audited, hut there was no other re course left.” Alexander Graham Bell, the millionaire in ventor of the telephone, is going to enjoy his summer in a novel fashion. A Baltimore boat builder has built for him the most singular looking craft that lias ever been put afloat, pat terned somewhat after Mr. Noah's historic craft. Mr. Bed calls it a house-boat. It is au immense catamaran, housed over with a charm ing cottage that contains double parlors, dining room, billiard room and spacious sleeping apart ments, besides kitchen, bathrooms and servants' quarters. The house is elaborately furnished and fitted up with every comfort aud con venience tha: can be found in a modern resi dence. It is propelled by two powerful screws, and in smooth water it is estimated that the boat wdl attain a speed of flrteen miles an hour. It is now being put together in Nova Scotia and will be ready for occupancy by the time Mr. Bell reaches there with bis family and guests. They passed through New York yesterday on their way to the rendezvous. If you suffer from looseness of bowels or fever and ague, Angostura Bitters will cure you. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, solo manufacturers. Ask your druggist. Bather Embarrassing. From the Nmr York Star. . James Rice of Indianapolis, ez-auditor of tbe state of Indiana and a popular democratic politician, told a Rood story at tbe Fifth Avenue hotel last night on young ijenry Cooke, tfco vv ashington banker and son of the famous ex nnancier. Jay Cooke. Younr Cooke was com in* over to New York and fell in with a party of Indiana democrat*, among whom were Rice and ez-Senator McDonald, who were coming to the meeting of the national committee. Cooke was introduced to McDonald, whom he had D ®J? r niet before, but failed to catch the name. The talk turned upon politics and the young man said: “You democrats can always be counted upon to put up the wrong man. Now. if you'd nominate ‘Old Saddlebags' McDonald of Indiana I’d vote for him myself." The ex was embarrassed, but the others held their laughter in and led the young banker on to discuss farther the merits and chances of McDonald. Finally the old Indiana warhorse could stand it no longer, and so made an excuse to get into the next car. “Did , nt you know who that old man was?” asked Rice. “No,” said Cooke, “I never saw him be fore.” ‘‘Wen, that was Joe McDonald." ’Tn® ; why didn't you let me know? J roeant it, anyway." C >oke got off at rhiladelphia and came on to New York by the next train In order not to meet rh**. ex-senator again. The Judffe Takes Up the Politician. From the New York Star There is a breeziness about the buzz of tbe venerable Wiskinskie John D. Newman of Tam many Hall that delights the sense, and the way he reels off scripture is a warning to dea cons to look sharp after their laurels. He was discoursing yesterday in the vicinity of the City Hall, and in thi course of his interesting re marks said that Cooper, Power and Cunning ham reminded him of sh&drach, Me*ha‘h and Abednego of sacred history. ‘‘Why?" asked the crowd, r B®£au*e *hey are “ark-angels.” explained John D., waiting for laughter. “I don't think you ought to tamper with scripture. John.” said Judge Monel. •*>S byT* asked Jo n P. “Because your biblical education has been, neglected.” replied the handsome judge. *'£. hat ‘ 3 the matter with what I said?" queried the W iskiuskie "There's nothing in it,” replied the sheriff's counsel. Snadrach. Me&hach and Abednego were sons of Noah and went into the ark; so of John! 6 ' W6re See?” explained “I see nothing of the kind,” replied the judge. tour ignorance is unpardonable, fhe three sons of Noah were Shatn, Ham and Jophet! They made a-bet on it and have been hunting around among their political friends for a decis ion, but nobody seems to know how that goes. Can you tell them * At Night. From the Argosy. At night, when work is done, ’mid shadows gray that darken And cling about the window, where once the sun was bright, Sweet sounds come back again, to which we used to hearken, At night! At night, though we are old, and the gray shadows clinging Presage to us that shore where there is no more light; Sometimes there come again sweet airs of child hood's singing, At night! At night we two may sit in shadow, open hearted; Long since the time has passed when hope was all in sight: Softly we sing the songs of happy days de parted At night: At night the cricket’s voice sounds through the shadows dreary; At night the cricket’s voice sounds through the shadows dreary; our songs, alas’ like his, have neither charm nor weight; We only rest and sing, hushed hopes and voices weary. At night! A Tight Squeeze. From the Boston Transcript. Speaking of going to Europe, the listener is reminded of a dialogue that he heard in a Back bay car the other day. A middle-aged lady with a heavily beaded cape, a high pointed bonnet, gold-heaned umbrella and an inquiring expression of countenance, had quietly seated herself and b?en engaged in the study of a swell English costume opposite for some time, when another lady, somewhat younger, and whose costume, oddly enough, happened to be a sort of caricature of the swell English cos tume, got into the car and sat down by the lady in the beaded cape. The two recognized each other at once, and fell into a conversation. The older lady began to tell about her alia rs, making delicate allusions to her house, her ser vants. her carriage, and the various more or less gorgeous proceedings of tbe members of her family. At last tbe younger woman asked— “fh-rag to Europe this summer, Mrs. il a tier dash ?” “On, dear, no! we couldn't think of it.” The young lady looted an interrogation. “Oh, you see,” Mrs. H-aberdash went on, by way of explanation, ’’Europe will be se crowded this year!” “So it will,” said the other. “You will find it less crowded down on tbe shore, I suppose ?” “No; we aren't go.ng to the shore. John thinks that oar Marta needs the mountain air, and so we’re all going to White River Junction Yt.” “Oh, how charming! And your daughter graduates from Wellesley this summer, does she?” “Yes. if s'ne gets through. You know she’s had to be home so much that she’s got kind of behind. John says tbat it was kind of handy for her to be sick and have to come home from college just when the Newlicomes and the Shod dierafts were having their parties. Bh’s scared to death now for fear she won't pass the ex aminations. But do you know what John says? He's such a case.” “What does he sav?” “He says that nothing will please Maria more than to just barely pass the examination, be cause if there’s anything she likes it’s a tight squeeze. Ha. ha. ha, ha?” And then, the car coming to a stop at the park square corner, the two ladies got out in a state of convulsion over Mr. Haberdash’s mem orable mot. Ho Wasn’t a Rabbit. From the New York Tribune. Several years ago when John M. Thurston, the weil known republican leader of Nebraska, was stumping that state in an important cam paign he included its extreme western part, then a decidedly wild region, in his circuit. He was proceeding bv stage to Sidney one day, when they stopped at a little station to change horses. While tnis important operation was going on a large, determined-looking man •Those most conspicuous article of clothing was a big revolver, approached the stage cauliousiv. and while occasionally glancing nervously at 'a small building, some hundred yards away, with a large sign of "postotfice’’ on it, he inquired for Mr. Thurston. That gentleman made him self known and the stranger said: "You speak down at Sidney to-night, I hear?” “Yes. I expect to.” “1 reckon X’U come down with my partition and do a little work.” - iVhat is your petition for?” inquired the judge. “the postoffice up there,” and the man pointed at it with his thumb. "Is there a good prospect that you will get it J” “You bet—l'm sure of it, but I Towed a few more names wouldn’t do no hurt. When I git it there s goin' to be the doggondest biggest change you ever seen in a small place.” “How’s that?” “Why, I aiot had a letter out o’ that air office ter over two years. ” "Why not?’’ “The dinged critter that has it now says he will s'uoot me on sight, and you bet he'd do it, too, so I lay mighty low. When a letter comes fer me he nails it to the door, shoots it full o' holes, sends word fer me to come aud git it and watches fer me out o’ the winder. ” “How comes he to have such a dislike for you?" "Claims I stole one of his steers. I din't touch none o' his steers till he’d hooked two o' my calves, aud I can prove it. But jess you wait till my commission gits here aad 1 git holt of that office. I’ll wad the first letter that comes fer him into my snotgun aud fire it down the we.l. wait a little, jedge: he'll find tuat I can pound stamps with one hand and cover the front door with a six shooter with the other jess as well as he can My name is old Jim White, and you bet when I’ve got my b iota on 1 can tie up the eastern mail with my teeth and ho.d a gun on the geu’ral deliv'ry and mouey order wiuder both at the same rime! Old Jim White ain’t no rabbit when it comes to holdin’ a gov er'ment position an' lookin' out fer his rights.” Different Views of ax Ideal, she—You must think me fickle for refusing you. but the man I marry must come up to my ideal. He must nave all the virtues of a knight-errant. Ha-That’s all right, my dear. I’ll introduce you to ray brother, who is studying for the ministry Ju3t the fellow you want. He is the fool of tbe family.—ii/e. ITEMS OF IKY3BE3T. A Yankee has set up a stfcooi in Paris and advertises that he “wifl teacs way Frenchman to speak the only sensible >t®*uage in the world in six weeks and at a cost-c tsmiy *. Ix some sections of it has rained every day for ninety successive days. The corn, wheat and potatoes maw suffer in conse quence. but what a crop of grass and weeds and toistles! A Frenchman tried his firing machine in the suburbs of Paris the other day. Ho flew off a barn, and it will be several months before his broken legs will allow him to canter around os blithely as before. Th* simplist way to fumigate a room is to beat au iron shovel very hot and then pour vinegar upon it drop by drop. The steam aris ing from this is a disinfectant. Doors or win dows should be opened that it may escape. Thebe is an association in Chicago which is sending postal cards to eastern men offering to give them any academic degree they desire tor a money consideration. It will sell a very nice D, D. degree, very slightly shopworn, for Agriculti re carried on by means of irriga tion is usually much more profi'ablo than if de pendent on ordinary rainfall, and if 8,000,000 more acres can be redeemed in Wyoming bv government aid, it will outrank agricultural states. American KAcnixEßY in many respects seems unsurpassed, yet we sea it stated that tin Cnited kingdom export over $50,000,000 worth IS* J*“kle year as compared with less taan r it 1 .(AJO, 000 sent to other countries by the United States. MosqcrroEs are so plentiful in Chicago that a couple of lovers sitting on the back steps of a residence on Wabash avenue were bitten 3*.0 times in thirty minutes. They didn’t mind it, however—in fact, they didn’t know they had received a bite until an hour after. A practical joke, says the Troy Chief, was played recently on the venerable Methodist b j* ho P: Wiliiam Xavier Nlode. At a hotel, the other day, he registered as plain “W. X Ninde.” Then the joker strolled up, as soon as tbe bishopis back was turned, and wrote a “his” over the ”X,” in the signature, and a “mark” under it. The ordinary method of scraping or burning off old paint is hardly expeditious enough for general purposes and is also laborious. Soda f?.,. quicklime are far more thorough. The solution of half of each is thus made: Dissolve me soda in water, and then add the lime, and apply with a brush to the old paint, which can thus be removed in a few minutes. Horace Walker, of Marlborough, Mass., has experienced many disappointments. He tried Paris green, but took too much; jumped out of a second-story window, but failed to land with iatal effect. The next time he put a bullet into his brain, and. much to the surprise of the medical fraternity, he lived. His last suicidal act was to cut his throat from ear to ear. but tailed to sever his jugular vein, and is still alive. Those living in a locality in which mosquitoes are troublesome may make a trial of the fol lowing recipe for expelling these pests from the house: Take a piece of gum camphor, in size about the third of a hen’s egg, anil slowly evaporate it by bolding it in a shovel or tin vessel over a lamp, taking care that it does not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the mosquito- s, and it is said that they will not return, even though the windows should be left open all night. , '* l A “postal tube” to connect Dover with Ca lais, over the English Channel, is being dis cussed in England. The plan is to suspend two tubes of about a yard each in diameter by means of steel cable’s' across the channel, 40 yards above the level of the sea. The steel ca bles will be fixed to pillars at distances of about 600 yards, aud In each tube a little railway will run with cars capable of carrying 450 pounds in weight. No parcel of greater weight than this will be taken, and the cost is estimated at the modest figqre of $5,000,000. It appears that wood pavements have met with greater success in some of the countries of Europe than in our own. the reason assigned for this being the fact of their having a founda tion of concrete to rest upon in the former, at the same time receiving more attention there in the way of maintenance than here. Owing to its hardness aud resinous quality, American yellow pine, it is said, has become the favorite wood for this purpose in Berlin and Hamburg, and an official report says that Frederick’s bridge, Berlin, which was paved in the spring of 1879 with the wood in question is still in good cond non. while the approaches, paved with granite blocks, have twice since required repaving. The oldest organ in the United States is said to be in St. John's church, Portsmouth.N. H. It was imported by Thomas Brattle in 1713 and pre sented to the society worshipping at King's chapel by him. There was such a prejudice existing against setting it up, that the cases containing its parts remained unopened for seven months, after which time the organ was in use until 1756, when it was soil to St. Paul's church. Newbaryport. In 1836 St. John’s church, Portsmouth. N. H., became the owner paying $450 for the instrument. Anew case was provided, the old pipes and wind chest being found in perfect order. There the organ is to-doy, doing service in tbe vestry, where the veteran is regarded with the tenderest solic itude. 'iilV 1’ A Boston fap#r tells of an old burying ground in a large southern New Hampshire town where there Is an interesting group of seven tombstones. Each of six of them marks a little strip of earth where rests the remains of one of the wives of one man. and tbe seventh is the gravestone of the Blue Beard himself. The epitaphs of tbe wives are short aud simple enough, but the fifth bears underneath the name and record of the woman’s birth and death, these words: • The Peacemaker. ’’ One can only speculate as to what the circumstances were under which she exercised her benevolent art: but no doubt she had to be a peacemaker to enable her husband to get along in any sort of comfort with all his deceased wives' rela tions. But the epitaph on the husband’s tomb stone is a gem. It reads thus: “Rest, Wears- Pilgrim.” A Stranger hurried into a physician’s office at Niagara, the other day, aud, displaying a bad scalp wound, asked to have it sewed up. It was of considerable length aud to the skull. As to tke manuer of obtaining it he told this story: “I was entering Prospect Park when a haekman solicited me to drive to the Whirlpool rapids. I asked him his price and he said: ‘Oh! never mind about that; I will treat you all right: jump in, anyway!’ I wanted to see the rapids, and so I got in. He drove me there, and on our return the question of price arose, and he wanted double the amount I thought was right. I did feel like paying so much, and when I wouldn’t give it to him he raised his whip high in the air and struck me on the head with tne butt end, cutting me as you see.” The man did not give his name, but said he was from Canada and did not feel like making a complaint against his as saiiaut for fear he wouli be detained. It will be a disappointment to the Canisbay. England, crofters should the attempt to dispute the will of the late Earl of Caithness prove suc cessful. According to a clause in it, £250,000 was to be divided among them, and, consider ing that the district is not large, this would mean a very respectable sum to each indi vidual, What would make the bequ st all the more acceptable is their extreme poverty, for though they get the name of being, as a com munity, above the average in regard to thrift and industry, there is extremely little to be made out of their moory, heathery farms or from tne high sea out of which they try to sup plement their livelihood. The late earl was on extremely friendly terms with his tenants, and there is hardly auother district in Grant B itain where the relations between castle and cottage were friendlier than in his time. To hear tl.e tenants speak about them is like a dream of old times. Mr. Phkylax, a wealthy farmer who lives about fifteen miles from Detroit, has begun pro ceedings for divorce. Two years ago he married Nettie Rockford, whose beautifulhead of golden hair excited his profeundest admiration. He ■was extremely fond of his wife, very proud of her beautiful locks, and seemed happy. Sud denly Pheylan left her and became mute as an oyster as to the cause of their sudden separa tion. His lips were first opened when his wife filed a bill for divorce because of his desertion, and he filed a cross bill. Mr. Pheylan alleges that he discovered soon after bis marriage that it angered his wife for him to touch her hair, and that, as she refused to let him be present wnen she made h;r toilet, he grew suspicious, watched his chance, peepsd over the transom and discovered that his wife was as baid as bald could be. and that her gotden locks were hang ing on a bracket as she combed them out. He fell to the d-iojt with a yell, and when his wife had mustered up courage to open the door a nd see what wSs fin? matter he had gone, never to return. 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