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TEACHERS' CONVENTION.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLMEN TO MEET
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A Great Gathering to Defend and Dis
cuss the Catholic Parochial cchool
System—Phenomenal Growth of the
Schools In New York and Elsewhere.
An Army of Br.ght Pupils lbe
Methods Employed In Teaching.
(Copyright 1589.)
New York, Oct. IS.—Arra gements are
Under way for a national convention of
Catholic scnoola, to be held in Wa* jin -t n
early in tne c maing .'inter. Represe ta
tives of every Cath 'lie parish in the
United States are expected to attend as
delegatee, andjiraportant quee.io is atf-cting
the welfare f ih-seeducational institutions
are to be discussed.
It is anticiiiated that one subject of con
sideration betore the convention will bn the
attacks made from time to time upon the
Catholic parochial school system In New
York and elsewhere throughout the c mntry.
These a tacks have actually directed pub
lic attention to a phenome oiiDeduca ional
development. Hardly a score of years ago
a Catholic parochial school was a rarity;
now they flourish by the hundred, and tens
of thousands of children attend t em.
Advocates of this private system repel
the aseertions and insinuations of enemies
that their schools are lnefflcie it or, to use
that singular <.ew phrase of the day, are
un-Ame lean. T iey joint to the time
when private schools were the only kind in
this country, wuen the statesmen of ou
early day. were graduated t rough the log
cabin scuo Is from the primitive colleg ■,
often at a great sacrifice on the part of
their parents or themselve-. They claim
that as the church has declared tnat educa
tion and religion must go together, it is
their rigut as private citizens of the re
public to educate their childre 1
as they please, at their own ex
pense. Recognizing further, that the adon
ticn of t.ie denonuna. ional sysiem, like
that of England, seems a long way off here,
the likewise laira the rigut to urge tiieir
cause in the foruin of public opinion. In
regard to the cfflciencv of thnr system,
they point ssemics to tue 300 schools the
have in New York and vicinity, and invice
them to examine how the 70,000 children in
them are taught
These allegations furnish food for thought.
First, as to extent. Is it possi le that in
this section, wuere a few decades ago a
Catholic school was a raritv, that church
has now 300, attended by 70,000 children?
I set to worn to tiud out the statis.ics, and
they mom tnau verify the ahega ious.
Taking the cities of New York, Brooklyn
and J rsey City, the following is the taHy;
hiw Tonx.
Cos leges 4 Scholars 1,130
Academies 37 Scholars 3.4K8
Parochial schools.... 137 Scholars 83,767
Total 118 Scholars 40,383
BROOKLYN.
Colleges 3 Scholars 454
Academies 17 Scholars 1,885
Parochial schools 95 Scholars 23,575
Total 114 Scholars 27,694
JERSEY CITY.
Colleges 1 Scholars 110
Academies 4 Scholars 445
Parochial schools 12 Scholars 6.806
Total 17 Scholars 6,884
All told the -e are 309 Catholic schools,
attend-d by 74,941 children. Betides these
there are several thousand children a'tend
ing Catholic schools in the small adjacent
towns witch are no more th tn suburbs of
Ne v York.
The vast maj 'rity of Catholic' in New
York are poor. Ho v. thea, can we ace u it
for the fact tha they are > illing to bunion
themselves with the im uense cost of edu
cating these thousa ids f children while t ie
public schools ire freel ■ ouen to them? It
is because they believe that religion and
education are wedded together, a id that
their separation is fatal to the full davei p
ment of man. This doctrine has been
taught With unvarying voice by popes,
councils and bishone, and is as much a tenet
of Catholic beuef asi. the existence of
God. it bag been made of obligatio iby
the last plenary council of Baltimore,
■which decreed '‘that hard by every church,
where it does not already exist, a parochial
•chooi is to be erected within two years Com
the promulgation of this council (June
6, 1886), and to be kept up in th • future,
unless the bishop see ti to grant a further
delay on acc unt of more than ordinarily
grave difficulties to be overcome in the
establishment”; aud Catholic parents a e
com naude 11 1 send their children to these
schools. Of cours , many difficulties have
tee e c untered in carrying out a poj ct
of such vast extent, but the schools '.avo
nevertheless multiplied rapidly. Within
the limits indicated there are . early 1,000-
000, Catholics—a population 'hinn should
yield something like 300,000 children
of a school-going age; so that, exten
sive as the system is, there is room for - ast
development yet The question of finances
is the great barrier in the wav, but as he
Catholic populati n becomes more com
fortable and well off this difficulty will de
crease.
The next poin’ is the efficiency of ths
methods ad pted in Catholic schools.
There are several orders, both of men and
women besid- s lay teachers engaged in
teaching the* sc ools. Of men, the prin
cipal order is the fatn us o e of Christian
Brothers, fou ded by De La Salle in France
but which has spread all over the world.
The brot ers, by the w .y, are not priests,
as many mi takenly suppose, > ut Hymen
bound to vows of charity, obedience and
poverty, whose sole occupation in life is to
teach the young. They have brought heir
•yriem to the greatest perfection. Tber
have taken prizes at state, national and In
ter nan nai exp sitions. Several of t ei
principals have issued public challenges,
with rofits of large sums, against the
world to bring into c impetit.on with them
any school whose result* in training can
■how a h gber standard. The other C it iolic
schools are very -lrnilar in their methods of
teaching, although they may not always
eonal the long experience gathered Lorn
two centuries of concentrated effort of the
Christian Brothers.
Witu a view of seeing for mvself, I pro
ceeded to De La Salle Academy, on Heco id
atreet, and was courte usly received by
Br ther Alpheus, who is the dir.-eto of
this model school. The next day Iweit to
the institute of the same title on Fiftv
ni th itreei. whioti is pres ded over by the
equa ly affable Brother Anthony. The first
piincipleof tbeir school- is division int>
c.as-es, osuit the natural capacities of tne
children. IV hen pu ils a e admitte iby tne
di ector they are examined and classed ac
cording to age and capacity. Upon a reg
ister is ins ribed the name of each pupil,
also the name, residence and occ ipati u of
bis fath-r, mother or guardian, t 'gether
with his Hge aud the date of bis entrance.
The number of pu ti*u limited to Sixty iu
the higher clas-es and rig tv ii the lower.
Class i beguu at 8:30 o’oiock. I went
from class to class, ad watched the prog
ress of '.he exercises. F rst let me describe
the youngest. A quarter of an hour was
ahowtd for p e.i binary an a igements.
Then tne scuoool was formally opened by
pra .era and reflect! u, fodowcl by exami
nation of cleanliness—thi.huv ngappaie it
ly had a go> and effect on the little chaps, for
they looked a bright as new liver dollars.
Thirty mi u es of reading lesson and clas>-
talk came next, after hic i t .o boys were
given II short fifteen min ites’ recess, em
ployed chiefly lu gymnastics. A language
lesson o-cupied fifteen minutes, writ.ng
half an ii ur, u"d similar period was
devoted to e ism, closed bva prayer,
whan a recess of an hour and a half was
granted. .he afternoon s-esiou was •un
bar, except for a i o jec, I*l sso t of forty
fire rnjiiuu*-. The eleme tary fourth dies
Cipencil like the it ml Tuei came three
quarters of au Lour of home htudiua, and
the same of spelling and read in?. After
recess, mental arithmetic occupied an't er
three-quarters of an hour. No pr yer
ope eu ;h- aft rnoia sesion. The orir
foillo ved was—arithme.ic one hour, writ
ing half a i hour, recess ten mi utrs, expla
nation oi next davLlewonstweaty m.nu es,
i catechism half an tiour,closing with prayer.
he third class began at 9 o’clock with
' half an hour's recitatiou, a * bo ir’s spelling
and reading, fitte-n minutes’ rece-s, hall a i
( hour’s d/clauiati <n (which I learned was
varied by geography on Mondays aid
Wedn sdays, aud drawing on T .esdaysa and
Thursdays), flf een minu e’ mental ar.th
in*.ic and fifteen uinutes' grammar. Trie
after oou es-ion was si nila to that of the
fourth clas, lhe seen and class consisted of
boys big enough to do without exam:na
tion of c.Muliness. In all other re p-cts the
routine was similar to ihat cf the third
class, although the studies we e more al
vanced and composition was practiced for
three-quarters of an hour.
There are two ad vanced classes, ranking
as first, o .e known as of the ordinary cour-e
and the ether of the superi r course. Bath
b -gin with prayer a.id reflection for fifteen
minute*.
“We va y the stnlies from day to day,”
said Brother Alpheus, “iu order to interest
the pupils and avoid moi tonv. Mol rn
educators have long ago rwogmz-d the
advantage of our meth and, because a child
can only be truly educated bv arousi g his
independent intellect, not by loading his
me nory with fan's he has not digested.
Another point: —>Ve are forbidden to use
corporal punishment of any kind. We
reach the chill through his heart. We
shame him if he does wrong and we en
courage him by kin ines* to do rig it. These
two are the cardinal principles of our sys
tem.’’
All the other Catholic schools I visited
were modeled largely after t one of the
Christian Brother . Of course the gi Is’
schools h and lessons and exercises adapted to
tueir sex, but the same general pian of
variation of studies and the ende vor to
arouse independent though prevailed.
The lack of pecuniary res *urces is more
than made up by the absence f salaries in
the teaching orde a of the Catholic ctaurc i.
T *e Christian and ither Brothers w io teach
these schools get no pay bevond their cheap
raiment aud very nurnbie living. A num
ber of them live in one house, and by this
means a half dozen or half score of Catholic
teachers require no more to keep them
than the salary of a single public echo .1
teacher. The name holds good of the
teaching sisters.
The reader may entertain his own opin
ion about the assertions of these religi ms
teachers tiiat they te eh with tue etpicta
tlon of obtaining t eir reward in a higher
world than ours. But .tie fact cannot be
denied that they live up to the full measure
of their declaration; for without them it
would have been impossible to construe
the gigantic s,ate not Catholic eiucat.on
in Gotham a id, indeed, throughout tne
United Sat's, at s ch a con .aratively
moderate cost Hcjgh P. McElronk.
HESULT3 OF THE EXHIBITION
A Retrospect of How the Great Fair
Has Benefited Ail Cl saxes In France.
from the London Telegraph.
It is now calculated that the exhibition
has had a beneficent financial effect all
round, and that even the meanest of Paris
ian laborers will be able, provided he has
been duly economical, to revel in compara
tive prosperity during tue wi iter. Never
before has work been so abundant and so
wfell remunerated in the citv, and while
London toilers have been on strike for addi
tional “tanners,” their fellow-workingme i
in Paris are enjoying a “harve t.” But it is
not alone in the great manufacturing places,
on the rail* ay companies or in foundries
that t e French laborer is now making
profits which will enable him to lie ud in
com arative "lavender” for the winter, a i
to face frost, s iow, and the inevitable
standstill of trade with philosophical
equanimity. The ex libiuou itse.f has
proved a veritable El Dorado to the orowdi
of itinerant artisans, nondescript lab irers
and navvies ' ho, at tuis penol of ttib year,
are either Faff ig aooutt e city looking for
odd jobs, or down the country assisting in
various agr.cultur 1 operations, for which
many pe sons are required, these men
have all flocked out In the direction of the
big show, wuere they reap large profits as
hawkers of ti kets, bread, wine ami
sausages, or as cao touts, guides to p ovm
cial., and generally useful beings who are
even sometime* c died iu to lend a hand ou
the Champ de Mars. All the regular aid
steady work ne.i of Paris are still at their
old posts, but they, to , have benefited, be
cause owing to the rush for the exhibition
they ba e to do extra work witu ad litioual
pay. One railway company, for instance,
has bad t draw ou the t >wns a ound Paris,
sucu as Versailles, for porters; but the men
so recruited soon found their way to the
exhibition, in or around which tnoy ob
tained figuter labor and more chances of
goo 1 pay.
Turning to the public departments which
have most prospered during the exhibition,
the railway companies, of course, take the
lead. The post lad tel giauh bureaux
have also had a notable increase of work,
nd tram, om ibus and steamboat directors
have bad every reasou to be grateful. The
cab companies have become so prosperous
that hardly a Jehu but still asks nis fire
boldly for a big tariff before he takes him,
or drives quickly away if the sum offered
does not suit. Tue thea'ers have a it, per
haps, do ie so well, but then the managers
did not expect to share in exhibition profits
in the bight of summer. Nevertheless,
many of tue greater theaters, ad notably
tue opera, which has suffered (inane al
reverses so long, have na 1 their sliare of the
shower of g Id, aud they were frequently
crowded during the broken ad sometimes
f igid weather which prevailed iu July and
August.
To * railway companies, however, are the
chief gainers. At the itare du Nord the
average arrivals are 7,000 pa sengers naily.
Most of these are Belgians, who are clo e v
f flowed by the Engl -li. The eastern
station is daily filled wnh Germans, but
most of the visitors from the F .therland
come into France by SwuzerlanJ, iu order
to avoid tue vexatious passport restrictions,
and they tms s veil numb r f persons who
arrive diurnally by the Gare de Lyon. By
this station, 300,0 0 more th m those showu
on lax year’s returns have c use iu since the
pvmng ot theexmbitio , and it is noticea
ble that the truffle toward Vichy and
Sw itzerla id, vhic i is al vavs consider m'.e
at this |ieriud of the year, has been almost
completely stopped, the chief current of
pa seuger aud luggage trairic being toward
Paris. At the Gare Saint Lazare, tne num
ber of pas.se gers compared with that for a
corrisp mJing period of 1888 has been in
ert-as and bv SO i>er cent., wnile the Orleans
station, winch receives passengers from
central Fruuoe, is nearly as crowded every
day as the Garede Lyon, Fe v insiitu ions
or establishments, eituer public or private,
which nad to do directly with the extiibi
tiou, have been without some benefit. Even
the restaurateurs and cafe proprietors iu
the center of the city, who creased so much
at the beginning of the show, hmkmg t .at
every visitor was going to remain on the
Champ de Mars all day and to sleep nea it
at night, have ow small cau-etoo >mplain.
Th se worthy tradesmen forgot hat Fans
itelf is eve. y bit as attractive as theexni
biti m, ti nd tnat the boulevards, both night
and morning, offe almost as mucu unend
ing aud infinite variety aud attra turn as
auv world’s fair. Tne poliiical result ot all
this prosperi y remains to be soe.i,b it it may
.afeiy be said that Parisians at least will
no* be in a nurry to overthrow a govern
ment which has done so much go -d to their
pockets.
Palestine Comm tindery at Florence.
FLORINCE, 8. C., Oct. 6. Palestine
Coinmandery No. 7, Knig ts Tom flar,
ar.ived here at 8 o’oiock to-night. There
are twomy-tnree knights and three lad es
In the party. It has >ean a pleasaut trip
thus far.
Th* Lonooii polios are now ordered to wear
India-rubber or nuuelea* boot* at sight aiwajrs.
TOE MORNING NEWS; MONDAY, OCTOBER 7,188 U.
T -E DOING3 OF WOMENFOLK
Who Are Fettling Down For the
Winter After Vacation Days.
New York, Oct. s.—Victoria Vokes is
not like R'xuna in face, but the come
diennes are even curiously similar in their
iu nerisms. Victoria’s fas ion of rising
from a chair or seating i.er elf or pinching i
be ween her finge s a bit of the skirt of her i
gown, the pucker of her lips, the roll of her
eyes, her whole air recalls tier sister. Vic
t ria is the taller and heavier and her hair
is less abuml nt than R Hina’s, thong i it
c rlv all over her head in the same way.
Victoria’s ey-s are lot so b.g ad brown,
but her voice is better aud her art of al
iii-at identical quality. Victim might
e siiy give her s.s era few points ab ut
gowi.s. On Broadway one day last w ek
she wore one of the most striking of fie
new round hat* in the fashionable helio
trope shades. The wide felt brim had tnree
immen oitrich plumes drooping to the
shoulder on either side. Bo sof light and
dirk brocail -d nelwtroDe ribbon we e :h>
crown trimmings ,and long streamers were
bro ig t about the neck from behind in lieu
of strings.
This is the season when the verdan’ fresh
man is at the big it of his s offerings, and a
questi * i often asiol concerns he existence
of hazing at the girl’s colleges. Do the
sweet girl sophomores compel t ieir timid
sisters to ride the go it o- indulge in such
like hilarious indiscretion? To this query
only one answer is possible, it all depends
ou the c -lieges aid on the girls. Asa rule
there is no hazing even of the mildest de
scription in the scnools for wonie i only, but
in cso -ducati mal institutio is it ofle i hap
pen - t at the spir tof Mother Eve prompts
t ■ a far away i nita i >n of masculine pranks
i a little surreptitious but i moceut fun.
Vassar and Boston University are r-xa nples
of opp >site states of iffairs. At Vassar, in
site f its newspaper rxputati n for frolics
that are f eakish and fe ni line, the tradi
ton f and athless rage between sophomore
and fres imau is maintained by cl iss decla
ration, with smiling lips that c miradictt ie
words, “ lease c insider yourselves hated”
rather than by hostile dein i strations. The
soph mioric campaign against tue fres
woman varies in its details from year to
year, but in general It embraces a banquet
served iu the mnst gorgeous college style to
which eacj freshwoman is escorted with
the -rettie-l ad most graceful c urtesy by
a sophomore dressed in her most stunning
clot es. All t e luxnrfc, procurable are
heupe lon the nowco ners, and flo vers are
provided tied with the V issar c lors for the
corsages of their gowns. At the end of tie
feasting aid the me ryma ting one class
gathers on the one side, the other on the
other of the ravaged board, and then they
soleinulv swear undyi g hosti lty t > each
other and and 'part with arms about ne
a aot ier’s waists to their rooms. At Bosto i
University there is no dorrnit ry system
and no night frolicking, but sometimes it
h ippens that a war party of soph unores
catcaes a group of fres i women off their
guard of an afternoon. The i ri ,es
the sound of laughter and struggle, even in
the si aid preoi icts of Beacon Hill, and by
and by there emerge from the co diet dis
heveled frosbwomei with fl >ur powder
whi ening tiiel hair, wao rela e to their
cla smat s confuse l tales of blindfol li gs
aud leadi *gs up and dow i and orders
to leap from precipios. Cano aid plug
hat ru-hes are more difficult for
the college youth feminine t> imitate;
but tains have been told of how she under
takes the task. Silk dresses, bustles, seal
skin cloass, big i-heeled shoes, slippers with
buckle* aud divers ot era lornments have
ii one school and another been prohibited
by siphnmorio e iict during the freshman
year. The genuine a tides oeiug too valu
able to demolish, daring re hwom n have
puto chees cloth or 'asteb iard imitations
and sallied out to m *et their natuial ene
mies. No sopnom >re couid endure an af
f out of this description. In the twinkli g
of au eyo the upstarts ar -surrounded ad
their unlawful flneryjtorn from them, -wth
screams of triu upliant la -ghter, and scat
tireil to the four winds. How she shall do
her hair is oie of the points on whicu a
sophomore oftenest at,erupts to dictate to a
fresh woman. If a y unauthorized coiffure
is observed the hairpins are pulled out and
the brown, black i r auburn tres es le - down
at the instant gathering of the clans. All
these, howover, are but incidental divertis
sements in the life of the college girl. Take
it together her life is a very industrious
one, anil the more un she gets t e better is
her digestion at the end of the year.
The latest addition to my lady’s jewel
box is a ring or bracelet or n -ck ac < of gold
and plantinum, fashioned of several bands
or wires, half of each material, twisted into
a braid <-r held together by an intricate
knot or clasp in which both elements join.
G Id and platinum are some imes com
bined ii the Greek fillets which are worn
ith classic eveniug gowns to confine the
fluffy kuot of hair. Wlieu use i as a diadem
for the empirn c lffure two bauds of gold
are used, with one between them of plati
num. So uetimen the platinum is used to
trace a Greek fret on the plain burnished
bands of gold. Kathryn Kidder wus one
of tue first to appreciate the possibilities of
?ol l au l pliti iu n. aidms or two of tier
riends wear pr tty twis ed rings cho en
by her from the first dene *s shown. Miss
Liei er, the Wastdngtoa beauty, wears a
unique and artistic fillet of this ne v jew
elry. An ther novelty of the autum , is
the euani-ded ore id je velry. i here is
hardly a va isty of mis weird atii d>l cite
flower whi -his uot nowe .actly reproduced,
if life siz), ii eninal ii very urge
br ocues n ,and dress ornaments which chi ne
in well witu the gorgeous coloring of tue
winter hr cades.
Mrs. Geo-ge Kenna i is the possessor of
a genuine Russian ic in. Tue Russian craze
was epidemic in un isu illy severe form last
wi ter, aud t ere i< only one tning, the bud
di ig passion for Ibsen and tilings Norse,
vhioh can this winter di turb its continued
rule. Tne fur dealers are importing Rus
sia ski is md mo iistes are getting rea i v t>
make much of Russia t gowns. Tbe mo lern
young wotnai thinks her dm inonuple e
witnout au ic m, but as there are not for
sale in this cou try a dozen of these images
which ever saw tue lan l ot ne czar it in ly
be gue se l that Mr-. K-* i aa’s specimen,
wide t the exDlorer of Sibe ia i nnso is
picked up at the Nijtii Novgorod fai , has
a better authen.ioat >d History tha i most,
before wide i p le-dieus are placed ad
bass lamps kept burning. 8j in hard
wood, presumably o ik, is t ie ma erial, but
like all Rus ian wor< it is covered sopo
fusely with > hits paint aid gilding as to
make close examination next to imp i sible.
Tbe features are those of some saiut of tue
Greek c mrob, and tne figure lias brawny
chest and shoulders which fall off into a > In
determinate block, the arm ,hi ids ad all
but the upper part of the body oeing reo
re-ented, with u ude c mve tti-nality hat
has uot altere Iby s > much as a li ie ii the
h unis of ent-uriesof carvers, as oovered bv
a gold tinsel serein. Much of Mrs. Ken
na .’s table service is the work of Russian
silversmiths, and is vilde 1 and embellished
with old Russian proverbs.
Yellow and heliotrope are favorite colors
for dinner and lunch lecoratio is. At a
pret.y breakfast some days since the two
we e combined. Pongee silk, of a helio
trope tin borderi goi violet, was puck
ered nbout a ell >w bowl tilled witu yellow
and dull yeliowisb-red chrysanthemums.
Six silv -r candlesticks were placed at inter
vals, a-d tuese ha is lad -s ot yellow li ien
witu silk fri ige. At each plate were laid
yellow ebri sautheuiums tiel witn helio
trope ribbons. K p, jt
Ben W.lliams of Lansing, Mich., has a
novel way of ridding ui, tab of whiskers.
Ever.' Sunday m r ing for .he past tw-my
two yea he has sat dow i bef re the gla s
and p died the hair out of tbe lower ; art of
his face with a -air of twee* <rt. He tav s
tnat it hurt li <e most anything ut firs , but
h'l -n’t mind it a bit now. He i. 73 yoar*
| old, aud is loaded with nerve and grit.
THE LE iGUB WIND-OP.
The World Championship to Be Be
tween ew Yorx and BrooK.yn.
During last wwik there were everal
changes ia the league race t >r the peuoa it.
In the eariy pa f the week B-s on drew
up even with New York, but her success
was shortlived, and with her defeat by
Pittsburg Saturday and Ne v Yora’s victory
over the B lbies, clinched the race for the
Gia ts. The Ciiicagues drew u> to an i
passed the Ponies in a ca.iter for third
place, while Cleveland was dropped a peg
and tails into sixth place, Pitt.b.rg fids -
ing fifth. Indian polis aid Wamington,
ti.e league pudqiugs, fi uued seventh aud
eightu, respectively.
It ■' as a great season for base ball, and no
sue i playing ever see i before. Aflt-e
clubs, with one r two except! ms, were
about as evenly matched as cou and be, ad
seemii.giy Wrt.l the ti st six leaders it was
anybo iy’s race from sta t Vi finish. The
Cleveiands stated out in the firs, of the
seas ia anding tremendous work, but they
could m t k ep up the i ace set for them by
the veterans. They are, however, quite
you g .et, but they are growing.
Eve j tning . i ig.-d on Satur-iay’s game.
If Boston had wo iad Ne-v York had lost
the trophy would n t na>e been safe to tbe
Giants. If Bo t n had placed two games
and won them New Yor.s would have bee
i.i tne soup, ad eve iif the bean-eate s. ad
wo i their game, and it rai ed i iCleveia and,
the Gia ts would have lost the penn nt.
The betting in Savannah was nearly
all in fa-or of New York, son©
of the boys giving odds of 10 to 7. The
Giants have been the favorites all along.
The association seas m will lose this week,
and Brooklyn has a pretty sure h Id on the
ue nant. The playing of most of the clubs
has not been i. comparison w ith the league
clubs, as is see i by the great disparity- be
tw -en the olubi; tnat is, from tue leading
club to the tdl enders. It is now about set
tled tnat the Giants and Brideg ooms will
fettle the question of the world’s champion
ship on eacuo bar’s grounds, a id th s former
will have no picaic. The Giants will have
to do some hustling to getaway with Brook
lyn, as sue has been playing at a winoiDg
pace all al mg.
The following is the standing of the
league at the finish, and the as ociation up
to date:
THE LEAGUE.
Tied or
Won. Lost. Played. Po t’d. To Play
New Y0rk...83 43 126 13 14
Boston 83 45 128 12 12
C icago 67 65 132 8 8
Vhilad -lphia.AJ 6l 127 12 13
Cleveland 61 72 133 7 7
Pittsburg... 61 71 132 7 8
Indianapolis.s9 75 134 6 1
Washington. 41 88 124 15 16
THE ASSOCIATION.
Tied or
Won. Lost. Played. Post’d. To Play.
Brooklyn f-7 42 129 3 11
St. Louis 84 44 128 5 12
Athltt.c 71 54 125 7 15
Baltimore 69 58 127 7 13
CincinnHi 71 61 132 2 8
Columbus 56 76 131 1 8
Kansas Ly.. .53 77 130 3 9
Louisville 26 105 131 2 9
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
Some of the coup .ns for October interest,
due on the South Carolina railwa firs',
mortgage bonds, which wort se it th the
company’s agency in New York fo pay
ment, have bo n return id to tha hold rs iu
C ,arle to 1 unpaid, as they refu e t > acca .t
the conditions imposed upon them by the
comoa iy, of substituting their 6 per cent.
bonds for 5 per can s., >r, more definite.y,
taking 90 cents on the dollar for the r
inve tme it and 10 per cent, in preferred
stock. It is thougi t that an action will be
brought by the tockholders against the
roa i for the ion- myrnent of tuese coupons,
which, in the opinion of tho e versed in
such matters, will mean the appoint,nem of
a r ceiver, tbe sari of the road, and the
wipi ig ou of its debts nt probably e ough
to cover the Art mortgage aid leave a
s nail p.cki ig for the seen and. It is proba
ble ,the Charleston World savs, that tie
Central Trust C mpany of N w York will
become the o vners of the road.
The Railway Age has compiled a state
ment of the progress of railway building
during tbe last nine months. Itisaniabie
fact, the Age -ays, that the new c instruc
tion is not confine 1 to special localities
throug .out the country, but is in progress
in al nost every state and territory. The
greatest activity has bee ,in the so th. In
eleven southern state-, counting Texas as
such, the track laid this year already aggre
gates 1,478 iles, or nearly 45 per cent, of
teetotal. G-orga leads t e country thu
far with a i addi.ion of 238 miles on twelve
different line., followed by Texas
with 179 miles, Virginia with 176
miles, Tennessee with 170 niles, N > th C ir
ofl ia witu 147 miles, M ssissippi with 140,
Kentucky with 137, and so on. Asi e from
the southern s ate , Washington ter itor
thus fa. mikes the largest showing, 214
miles haviug been laid on 12 lines, arid this
will be ve y co riderably increased bef ne
the ed of the year. The greate-t nu ober
of ne (roads is reported from Pennsylvania,
where 152 niles naveal eady been liid ou
15 new li es, with much more in progress.
The New England sta.es together with New
York and New Jersey nave add and 235 miles
aud have se oral e ite-p ises u ider way.
Comparedwith most previous veers mt e his
torvof hs coun ry tue trask- ayi ig recor 1
of 1889 chus far is very respectable. L ist
year was one of great acti-uty, and vet
nearly half as much mileage has nee i laid
in the ni e mont is of this year is in ihe
wta le of 1888. Tue year 1887 with nearl •
13.000 miles, 1886 witn about 8,200 mil >s,
1882 witu 11,500 mile-, and 1881 wi.h 9,800
miles will very likely o mti iu > t * sta and as
unequaled exa.npio of the poss.bilities of a
year’s work ii new c mstruoti m. But 18S9
has already surpa sand the total of 1885, au i
before us ciose Will ha- e exceeded tnat of
1884, and will not bavefaile i verv far short
of 18811. Meantime bund eds of enterprise ,
repre e iting every st tea id erritory w.ta
out exception, are’ being kept al.ve or are
making active preparation for progre s, nd
with tue encouragi g outlook in fi a cial
matters there is already r ason to believe
tnat 1890 w ill be characters and by a very
cmsiderable increase of railway construc
ts i over the preien year, al hough 1889
will not make an i .significant record.
ON THE DIAMOND.
The Games Played Yesterday on the
ball Fields.
Washington, Oct. 6.— Bose ball games
were played to-day with tho following re
sults:
At Louis—
St. Louis 2 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 0-9
Kansas City 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0— 4
Base hits: St. Louis 6, Kansas Ctv 5. Er
rors: Bt. Louis 2. Kansas City 2. Batteries:
Ramsey and Milligan, Swartzel and Gunson.
At Brookly,.—
Brooklyn 0 0 0 4 1 4 9
Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Base hits: Brooklyn 9, Athletics 4. Errors:
Brook yn 1. Athlerics 2. Batteries: Caruthers
and Visner, McMahon and Bren .an
A KI ÜBaLL HOUSE S^RAP.
Tom Cobb J iccson Knocks Out Gor
don Kiser With His Fist.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6.—A difficulty be
tween Tom Cobb Jacks m a id Go don Ki
ser created a little se t .ation 1 , the Ki nball
house arcade this evening. Jackson knocks l
Kiser do >• i with his fi-t, and was proceed
ing to furtlie do him up, whm frie ids
interfered. T'se are tho voung gentlemen
mentioned in the sen-at ional di patch seut
from Athens last week, as bei g about to
fight a duel.
A Holiness Convention.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 6.—The Smith
Georgia Holiness Association omivenes here
to-mo r iw in a gospel tent accommodating
I.OUO persona
t fflee-. olders In Danger.
Washington, Oct. 6.—Secretary Win
dom i tui ki g of pr pusi ig to the Presi
dent n ge terai change ot collectors aud oluer >
annum* officer* iu Georgia.
Weather Forecasts.
Local foreca t for Bavan ,ah and vicinity
for to-day: Fair ea her.
I 1 Special 1 orecast for Georgia:
Comparison of rrtean temperature at Savan
oafi, (ia., <)ct 6. Ibß9, and the same day for
eighteen years:
Mean Tempebatcre frmnUwT
normal i “oe,(^n
for 18years Oct. 6. 89J or * *
71 I 74 1 —3 j S9S
COMPARATIVE RAINFALL ST TKMENT.
Amount Amount I fp r>^ 1 rt ,h rtf Departure
Amount - from T*n
for 16 years oct g -gj ~1, .tfaj.
:3 I .00 j —l3 i -1- 014
Maximum temperature, 84; minimum tern
perature, 64.
The height of the river at Augusta at
7:33 o’clock a. ra. yesterday (August! time)
was 7 2 feet —t fa. t u.3 lee during the
past twenty-four hours.
Ob ervation takes at the same moment
of time at ad stati * is.
Cotton Renon bulletin for twenty-four hours
ending 6d. m., Oc 6, 1889. 75th Meridian time.
Districts. I Avekaok.
1
V- N j:;’ f Max. ! Min. Rain
’ Al!t turns Temp Temp fall, t
Atlanta 16 68 50 .00
Augusta 12 78 58 .(X)
Charleston 7 82 58 .00
Galveston. 16 84 62 00
Little Rock 13 76 48 .00
Memphis. 15 70 46 .00
Mobile 5 78 50 00
Montgomery 2 7 2 54 . 00
New Orleann 11 80 51 .00
Savannah 9 '4 60 .00
Vicksburg 2 74 59 . 00
Wilmington. 10 72 50 18
Bummary
Means
STATIONS OP j Max. Mill. . .am-
SAVANNAH DISTRICT. Temp Temp falll.t
Alapaha. 82 ) 58 00
Albany 82 62 .00
Bainbridge S4 56 00
Eastman
Fort Gaines 81 66 00
Jesup 82 62 .00
Live Oak
Millen 84 60 00
Quitman 88 60 .00
Savannah 84 64 .00
Smithville
Thomasville 86 66 00
Waycross
Summary . ..j
Means, i
Observations taken at the same moment of
tune at all stations.
Savannah, Oct. 6. 7:36 p. m., city time.
Temperature.
Direction.
te
Ve.ocity. P
Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations.
Portlanu 52 S E 10 .14' loudy.
Boston £6l S ! 6 *T Cloudy.
Block Island .... 621 S 10 02 Rainiig.
New York city.... 52 NW It .Os;Cloudy.
Philadelphia sf!s\\ if! *T Raining.
Detroit SiiNW 18! {Cloudy.
Fort Buford 6i ; S ..[ [CI udless.
St. Vincent sj N 8 Cloudless.
Washington city... SI[NW 12 *T Cloudy.
Norf dk 5 NW 121 .82 Cloudy.
Charlotte 48j N 12 [Clou ness.
Hatteras { i
Point Jupiter, Fla.. 76|NE.. 14[ Cloudless.
Titusville 72 S E.. .46 Cloud ess.
Wilmington 61 N 12 .20 Cloudy.
Charlest on 62| N 22 Cloudy.
Augus a 62[ N 12 ... Pt y cloudy
Savannah 74 j W 10| .. P’tly cloudy
Jacksonville... ... 76{ S .. .. Cloudless.
Cedar K ys 76 NW 12j Cloudless.
Key West { 80NW|12| .10 Cloudless.
Atlanta 48 N 24.. . Cloudless.
Pensacola. 64 N 14 Clou Hess.
Mobile 62 N 14] [Cloudless.
Montgomery 58 NW si ’('lo nlless.
Vicksburg 68 N ..I Cloudless.
New Orleans. 66 N 121 [Cloudless.
Bbreveport 60 ( N E 6 ... Cloudless.
Fort Smith 60 N E .. [Cloudless.
Galveston 74 N E 22 ...Cloudless.
Palestine 62|N K ..[ Cloudless
Browneiville 78iN E .. P’tly cloudy
Rio Grande 80 [S E 8 Cloudless.
Knoxville 40 N 6.. Cloudy.
Memphis ... 52 N E Cloudless.
Nashville 501 N [l2 ... Cloudy.
Indianapolis. 42 N Cloudless.
Cincinnati 44 N 10 cloudy.
Pittsburg 42 N [.. *T Cloudy.
Buffalo 40 N E 8 .02 Cloudy.
Cleveland 42 N [l2 01 R lining.
Marquette 34 : N I 8 *T ICloudless.
Chicago 44 N 16 .OljP’tly cloudy
Duluth 40 N Si [Cloudless.
St. Paul 44 S E 6, Cloud ess.
Davenport 41 N E Cloudless.
Cairo SSiN E 81 Cl udless.
St. Louis 50 N E 8] Cloudless.
Kansas City 521 E 6 j ... Cloudless.
Omaha 50;S E 6, Cloudless.
Sioux City [
Bismarck 56; S 12 Cloudless.
Rapid City 62; NW ...... Cloudless.
Cheyenne 66! N | Cloudless.
North Platte 66[ E 101 Cloudless.
*T Indicates trace, finches and hundredths.
E. R. Demain. Observer Signal Ce ps.
~ MEDICAL.
Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood,
builds up weak and debilitated systems,
gives strength to weakened nerves, over
comes that tired feeling, tones tile digestive
organs, invigorates and regulates the kid
neys and liver, expels disease and gives
vigorous health. Young people say: “It is
the best medicine we ever took.” Old peo
ple say: “ It makes us feel young again.”
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE VILLAGE OF IiEAsIVGI'GA “
Within three minutes’ ride and easy walk of
the city.
200 PEOPLE OWN LOTS THERE NOW,
And the town not two weeks old.
A MONTH-BUYS A CHOICE LOT
105x40 feet. All cleared and ready to build on.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY*.
SEE PLAT AT LESTER HUBBELL’S OFFICE,
NO. 17.1 CONGRESS ST.
PATRO IZF
THE G. M. HEIDT COMPANY
—FOB
RELIABLE DRUGS, FINE CONFECTIONERY
—AND
FRESH SEEDS.
TIIT? “"“-NINO NEWS „ mep ,
I M K ®"T P 1 of 'be oily early TwZ
* AA L n* ouuu a weak pays for n,*
__ DEATHS.
iEKiiiEXS.—Died, Oct. sth. at No. 190
Charlton street. Mr John S. Mkhbtxns.
Funeral notice will appear to-morrow.
M F.ETIXGS.
DeKALB LODGE AO. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o'clock, sun time. Metrop ,iitan
na.i. corn r Wuu-ker and President Streets.
The nrst degree V.. i tie conferr and.
Members of ot .er Lodges and visiting brothers
are cordiadv invited to attend.
By order of U. ti. McLAWS, N. G.
John Riley. Secretary.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will be held at Hodgson Hall THIS EVENING
at eight o'clock.
BEIRXE GORDON,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “.Special
Voffeet” will be cnargeii *1 00 a Square each
insertion.
*At AV\ AH \ OLI VI E. K GC Y KDb
PRIZE DRAWING.
All parties holding books ot tickets to Prize
Drawing of this Corps, to be held on
NOVEMBER 13,
are earnestly requested to collect in the money
for tickets sold at once, and to make returns to
Mr. Jo in B. Fernandez, Treasurer, on or before
OCIOB .R 20.
By order of the Executive Committee.
JOHN R. DILLON, Chairman.
David Robinson, Secretary.
STATE AND COCA f Y TAXES 1889.
Office Collector State and County Taxes, )
Chatham County. Georgia, J-
Savannah, Ja , Oct. 5, 1889. i
Tie Dgest is now open for the collection of
the above taxes o all property, real and per
sonal: the specific tax on p of ssions; also the
POLL TAX f..r DC ATIONAL PURPOSES
ou all MALE RESIDENTS of the city aud
county between t ie ages of 21 and 60 years.
Oiflc ■ at the Court House (Whitfield Budding).
Hours 9 a. M. to 2 p. M.
JAMES J. McGOWAN,
Tax Cos lector C. C.
NOTICE.
Neither the master nor consignees of the
British steamship NAPIER, Harvey, mas
ter, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by her crew.
A. SIINIS & SONS. Consignees.
NOTICE.
The firm heretofore existing under the name
of SCHLEY & BRIGHAM is this clay dissolved
by mutual consent, W. S. Brigham withdraw
ing. Julian Schley will continue the business
aud sign the firm’s name in liquidation.
JULIAN SCHLEY,
October 1,1889, W. S. BRIGHAM.
FOR SALE.
5,000 GOOD SECOND-HAND AND
3-BUSHEL SACKS.
Suitable for Rice and Cotton Seed.
Apply at HAYNES & ELTON.
HENRY DLLN
Offers the new 6 per cent. 30 year gold bonds
of tha
SAVANNAH, AMERICUS AND MONTGOM
ERY RAILROAD
For sale at 95 per cent, and accrued interest
The above road is now operated from LOU
VALE TO McSAE (on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia)—l3s miles—the grading
of 40 miles ad dtional to STERLING will be
finished iu the course of 30 days. At Sterling
the road will connect with the
SAVANNAH AND WESTERN,
Now being constructed by the Georgia Central.
The earnings of the Savan Ah, Americas and
Montgomery Railroad, with present trallc
arrangements, will be ample security for the
payment of interest on the bonds. The right is
reserved to raise tbe price of bonds without
notice. The above bonds are recommended
for investment.
I PILSENBEER
ON AND AFTER SATURDAY,
—THE sth INSTANT—
WE SHALL SERVE (BESIDES THE REGU
LAR PILSEN BEER) OUR
MUNCH NER H O F B R A U
—AT #2 75 PER KEG.—
This is, without exception, the finest beer ex
tant, and the Savannah connoisseurs will know
how to appreciate it..
FOR RENT.
The Rooms over Butler's Pharmacy, corner
Bull and Congress streets, now occupied by Dr.
Bachman, will be for rent on November Ist.
The rooms are especially suited for dentists or
physicians, having been built for that use. Ap
ply early at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
ONION SETS
And all other FALL GARDEN SEEDS of the
best quality and perfectly fresh, at
E. J. KIEFFER'S,
West Broad and Stewart streets.
READ THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE.
August 31, 1874.
Dr. B. F. Ulmer. Savannah , Oa.
Dear Sir—l must tell you that after having
been treated by my physician for six montts,
and havi g tried other remedies for a deranged
liver. I gave your Liver Corrector a trial, and
experienced great relief. lamin in 9itu year
aun mv resp.rati *n is amazing to myself. I
feei in some respects as if I was about to be
remade. With uianv thanks for your timely
benefaction, an i with fervent prayer for your
temporal an I eter al welfare, 1 sub-cribe my
self, yours, much obliged, Lovicx Pierce.
The venerable LO'ick Pierce was tne fattier of
Bishop Pierce, and was w idely known, having
labored as a Meth disi divine in Georgia for
upward o sixty-nine yea s.
ecommended by pr minent physicians and
awarded ufgnest prize over comp titors. Ask
for ULMi-R‘B UVI R CORRECTOR, and take
no other l‘re|>ared by B V. ULMER, M. 1).
pnar nacist, Savannah, (ia. Price $1 per
bo tie. If you oannot obtain the “Corrector"
from yohr druggist, send your order direct, aud
It will be forwarded by ezpross, freight paid.
State
or
Weather.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER
TWO NIGHTS AND MATINEE,
COMMENCING
MONDAY, OCT. 7,
America’s Favorite Actress
EFFIE ELLSLER!
And her Superb Dramatic Organization, in th.
following select repertoire- la ®
SOimATfVSMSO.j fug 6I) v ER!iEi 5 ,
T SK’4 T - (EGYPT!
Grand Special Matinee, Oct 8
M E K ZE!-
3 Beautiful Performances, 3
Seats now on sale at fiutler's Drug Store
Next Attraction—“lVY LEAF C 0.,” Oct 9th.
SAVANNAH THEATER
ONE NIGHT - ONLY, OCT. 9.
W. IL ITO COMPANY.
In the new Picturesque Irish Drama in fI TA
acts, entitled
THE IVY LEAF 1
BY CON. T. MURPHY.
A Great Spectacular Production
Introducing an Excellent Company
The Best Jig and Reel Dancers in America.
A Genuine Irish Bag Fiper.
The Famous Ivy Leaf Quartette in Selected
Gems of Irish Melody. M
A Car Load of Special Scenery.
See the Eagle's Flight.
An Eagle Carries a Live Child in Its Talons
See the Revolving Tower.
Seats on sale at Butler’s drug store Oct 8
Next Attraction-''HELD BY TH . ENEMY ”
Oct. 11 and 12. • ’
EDUCATIONAL,.
SAVANNAH ACADEMY
88 BULL STREET, MADISON SQUARE*
THE Savannah Academy opened TUESDAY
Ist of October. Instruction giv-n in an'
cient and modern languages, mathematics and
English. Special attention - iven to the Gram
mar School Department so that students mar
enter business at an early age. Catalogues 0 6-
taine iat Davis Bros, or Savannah Academy
Office hours 8 to 10 a. m, and 2 to 4 p, M
JOHN TALIAFERRO,
Principal.
1V EW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY, OorT
18 wall-on-Hudson. Col. C. J. WRIGHT
B. S. t A. M., Supt.; B. F. HYATT. Comd’t oi
Cadets.
CLOTHING.
tirfii
TPO OUR NEW QUARTERS. 161 Broughton
street (theold atand of John A. Douglass
& Cos.), where we have opened our new and
complete stock of
MEN’S, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S
Olothinor,
Hats and.
Furnishing Groods.
After untiring and incessant work during the
past week, we are now prepared to wait on our
friends and the public generally, feeling confi
dent that a visit will be mutually advantageous,
as we are determine !, in our new quarter!, to
sustain our reputation of being the leader! in
everything that is new and fashionable. Hav
ing strictly ONE PRICE TO ALL, we hare
ma ked our groods so low that we are deter
mined not to be undersold. Fair and honest
treatment is our motto Respectfully,
A. FALK & SDNS,
161 BROUGHTON ST.
Sole Agents for DR JAEGER’S BAXI
TARY UNDERWEAR.
MILLINERY.
mum
IS NOW PREPARED TO EXHIBIT
HER STOCK OF
FALL AID fill
MilliOTflNoTeis.
Special Attention ia Directed
to Her Line of I
Ladies’ anJ Children’s Black Hosiery. I
PLUMBER AND GAS FITTER. I
“CHANDELIERS I
Of many artistic designs andl
styles, for sale low.
John licolson, JrJ
32 DRAYTON STREET. I
PRINTER AND ■
BUSINESS IS OPENING, I
And Business Men are needing!
their supplies of Office
ery. Orders for Blank ® c ! 0 j 5 b
and Printed Blanks of all k |n *■
will have prompt and carefu * ■
tention if left with the Old arl I
Reliable Printer and Binder* ■
93 Bay. GEO. N. NlCHoj> 1
WHOLESALE GROCER*. —.■
G. DAVIS & SON. ■
WHOLESALE GROCERS, I
PROVISION. HAY, GRAIN AND Ft-0 K
and COMMISSION MERGHAftr*
196 and 198 Bay ju*wi. ■
