The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 19, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
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Bally, Importer and Specialist; The Cele brated Faust Beer at William Scheihing's; As to Crew of British Steamship Harrogate; An Elegant Building L >t for Sale, C. H. Dersett; Town Lots in Sack villa, Ga.; Duret s Extra Su perfine Olive or Salad Oil, John J. Reily. Im porter and Sole Agent; Roasted Coffees, John J. Reily, Importer and Specialist. Auction Sale—Sugar, Buttor, etc, by J McLaughlin & Son. Cigars—“ Custom Houyi" Brand, >l. Ferst’s Sons & Cos., Wholesale Agents, Savannah, Ga. Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Com pany. In New Quarters- Falk A Sons. Boynton Ranges and Baltimore Heaters— Cornwell & Chipman. Cheap Column Advertisements Help ■Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rant: For Bale; Personal: Miscellaneous. Mahon*- is quoting scripture in the Vir ginia campaign. This is not the first time the devil, or one of his agents, has been known to do this sort of thing. Messrs. H. B. Davis and Janies Quigley, two New York lawyers, are reported to lie about to fight a duel. Down with dueling! It isn't any better in New York than in Georgia. The northern republican organs seem to be without a southern political sensation just now. Perhaps Senator Gibbs, of the Twenty-eighth Ge >rgia district, will come to their relief with another speech. Will those pan-American delegates corno south? Mr. Blaine has consented that they may next January, but before they com plete their present tour, they will probably be in a frame of mind to oppose another. Ca.pt. Eugene Griffin resigned from the engineer corps of the army the other day because he thought that a salary of (15,000 a year was belter than prospective promo tion in the service of the country. Doubt less a good many other army officers agree With him. The second annual fair of the Gainesville (Ga.) Fair Association will open at Gaines ville Nov. 5, and will close Nov. 8. Gaines ville is a progressive city, and a rapidly growing one, and Hall is one of the best counties in the state. No doubt the fair will be a success. The Chicago Inter-Ocean objects to the statement of a southern newspaper that the country won’t 6eo the last of sectional ism until it sees the last of the Republican party. There is much truth ia the state ment, and the Inter-Ocean is helping the republican party to keep alive sectionalism. Judge Greshatn is quoted as saying that President Harrison’s administration is a failure, and that Mr. Cleveland will be elected in 1892* Probably he didn’t say that exactly, but it is a fact that the Har rison admiuistration is a failure thus far, and Mr. Cleveland’s chances of election in 1892 are excellent Almost every statement of the progress of manufacturing in the United States brings the south into prominence. Tne other day the Baltimore Sun contained the following Washington dispatch: “The list of manu factories in the United States is completed now, and shows a total of 5,128. The most noticeable thing about the figures is the in crease in the number of mills iu the south. They have more than doubled since 1880.” A few months ago the cablegram brought the news of the elopement, in E irope, of Miss Ida Wilcox, of Minneapolis, and Mr. Mylius, of Italy. An irate father was rep resented as chasing the couple from England to Paris, where he overtook them. The young lady was carried back to her mother, and the youDg man was threatened with a lawsuit The other day Miss Wilcox and Mr. Mylius were married in Minneapolis, with the consent of the parents. This country is not much given to run ning after new-fangled means of waging war, although it manages to adopt the best inventions. It doesn’t place much reliance in the smokeless powder that is creating a great sensation iu some pans of Europo, but some time during the next three or four weeks it will make experiments with it An army officer of prominence is represented as saying that tne newspaper accounts of the tests iu Europe with this powder have been very flattering, but that impartial Statements are the opposite. A neatly dressed young lady, riling a horse attached to a cart loaded with prod uoe, was au attraction ou Bay street, y<- tsrday. Her fati.er, u plainly drewed farmer, accompanied tier, waiting on the sidewalk It U a refreshing signt to those who are hopeful of their country to see that we Will have energetic and sturdy people who are proud of their OMupatton. A girl hi a homespun drew, mounts i on a Georgia pony, mates a picture that Georgians, though they ate bu-y „u the huemsi sweet m **e*neh, an glad te look u. Gov. Hill s Critic, It was to be expected that Gov. Hili’s speech at Atlanta w uld not please the rejublican newspapers. It was not in tended to please them. Guy. Hill kept close to the truth, and the truth, in political matters, is not relished by them. The New York Press says: “Gov. Hill told the peo ple of Atlanta yesterday that the south was solid for ‘good government,’ and solid for ‘American idem.’ The Press begs to differ. There can be no good government in thik country when the principles which underlie its very foundation are subverted for par tisan purposes. It cannot truthfully be said that the south is solid for American ideas so long as a majority of the repre sentatives from the southern states in con gress advocate and vote for an economic idea which is exclusively British.” The /Vess is not sincere. It is edited by a native of Eog ar.d, who has succeeded in getting one of the best ofli ■=>< in the gift of the government. llow is it that this En glishman pretends to be a better judge of what are “American ideas” than the people of the south, who are more nearly all Americans than the jieople of any other section? The editor of toe Press is net only a foreigner, but he lives in a city whose ponulation is largely made up of foreign rs, and he is identified with a section of the country which coutains nearly nil the Euro pean immigrants. Does he think the ideas of the foreign born population of the coun try are the genuine “American ideas?” If he does, then perhaps he is sincere in assert ing that Gov. Hill is mistakm in asserting that tbs south is solid for “American ideas.’ The editor of the Press should visit the south and mingle with her people. He would get a 1 letter idea of Americans than he has evor yet bnd, because the vast ma jority of the men he would meet would be Americans, and he would find out whit “American ideas” are. Wnat nonsense is it for him to assort that in the south the principles which underlie the foundation of the government of this country “are subverted for partisan pur poses.” Dies he not know that ties party to which he belongs, and in which he is a shining light, has been particularly active in subverting the principles which underlie the foundations of the government? If he doesn’t, he hasu’t read the recent history of this country aad that of the Republican party to much advantage. What has done more to undermine the foundations of the republic than the cor rupt methods employed by the Republican party to carry elections? Has tho editor of the Press forgotten the great fraud of 1876, by which the Republican party stole the presidency? Has he forgotten the “blocks of five” letter which contained a scheme for carrying a great state for the Republican party by bribery? Has he forgotten that in tho last national cam paign a man raised an immenso sum of money for party purposes, which was put where it would do the most good, and that that mau was given a place iu the preseat administration as a reward, proba bly, fir taat service? The editor of the Preys has ideas, but they are not “Ameri can ideas.” „Thy are ideas that are in harmony with those of the party which has conferred a profitable office upon him. Tho economic idea of the south is ex clusively British, is it? Well, it is the economic idea that has had a mighty strong hold upon this country for more than a century, and it is the idea that is going to prevail in the very near future, because It is the idea that the people are recognizing ns tho true one. The other economic idea, the one fostered by the Republican party, is the idea of the monopolists. If it had not been for their money it would not have lieen possible to keep it at the front so long. The attempt of an Englishman to teach such an American as David Bennett Hill what American ideas are is amusing. The Necessity for Good Drainage. If our municipal authorities were to read the newspapers closely they would find many things that would con vince them that they should lose no time in providing this city with a system of house drainage. Every once in awhile an epidemic of typhoid or other fever, which is directly traceable to bad drainage, is announced in some part of the country. In each instance investigation shows that there was neglect with respect to drainage, or entire indifference to sani tary regulations. There is at present an epidemic of fever of some kind at West Albany, N. Y. The disease is pronounced by some of the phy sicians of the place to be typhoid fever, a nd others of them say that if it is not that fever it is very much like it. All of them agree, however, that tho sickness is caused by bad drainage. About 1,200 men live in West Albany with their families. They derive their support from the railroad shops situated there. Since the middle of August per cent, of these men have been attacked by fever, and 10 per cent, of those at tacked have died. There is no doubt iu the minds of those who have investigated the West Albany epidemic that if tho place had been kept in good sanitary condition very few of these men would have been afflicted with sickness of any kind during the last two or. three months, and that the number of deaths would have been so small as not to attract attention. In order to have good health the things that are absolutely necessary are goad water and good drainage. Savannah has good water and her surrouniliugs are well drained, but she needs g ood house drainage. It is true that her health record is remarka bly good, aud has been for a number of years, but that is no reason why she should not havo a house-drainage system ihat would remove all probability of sickness resulting from had house-drainage. The New York Herald has reports from many c mutiu* of tuat state concerning the probable result of the coming state election, aud tho conclusion to be run hed from them is that the democrats will elect their state ticket, aud the republicans the legislature. Iu some counties the democrats are reported to be very indifferent. They are discour aged on account of Mr. Clevelands defeat, and they do 't admire Gov. Hill particu larly. This is wrong. Political parties must submit to def-at as well a rejoice in victory, aud if they are turn 1 down once in a while they should come up smiling for the next contest. The bouse In Now York rented by Sir Cleveland will be in tborougu order )U about two weeks. At present Mrs. Cl >ve land is busily engaged in scouring New York for quaint old inahoga iy fur uure, iu which she dehghu. Him looks forward wif: great piaasur# to iiousekaspiug, a: and it Is sail lost sue di give scum Oiillm .$ ou tertoii'iusuW this (aasou. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1889. Protect the Forests. There is a steadily growing intereat in the movemeLt which has been inaugurated in a majority of the states to protect the forest*. It is only recently that a system atic effort has been made in this c untry to guard the forests against unnecessary de struction, and it is probable that there would have been no effort of this kind whatever had it not been thought necessary for the purpose of checking the great floods which devastate the valleys along the water courses. The eighth annual convention of the American Forestry Congress met in Horti cultural hall, Philadelphia, on Tuesday. Sixteen states were represented, and a great deal of interest is taken in its pro ceedings. On Wednesday quite a numfier of papers were read bearing upon the subject of the preservation of forests, all of which were of considerable value. Judge Warren Higley, of New York, read a paper on “The Progress and Conditions of Forestry” in that state. He pointed out, among other things, that there are in the United States 450,000,000 acres covered with wood growth, or 26 per cent.of the total land area. As much as 25,000,000 acres are cut over annually, and in 1880 more than 10,000,000 acres were burned over. It is probable that the number of acres destroyed by fire is now as great, if not greater than it was nine years ago. The destruction of forests therefore is going on at the rate of .15,000,000 acres a year. A great many acres of course again become covered with forests, and the number of acres cut and burnt over annually does not therofore represent the actual reduction of the forest area annually. The annual reduction, however, is much greater thauit should be. Mr. Bernard E. Fernow, chief of the Forestry division of the department of agriculture at Washington, read a paper on “Methods of Forestry Reform,” m which he called attention to the pressing need for a forest commissioner in each state, whose duty should be to collect information upon which legislation for the protection of for es s might bo based. He said that tho gov ernment ow ned 70,000,000 acres of wooded land, and he thought that it 3bould set an example to the states by having a definite policy for the preservation of its forests. It has no such policy, however, and it is eaid that it even fails to co-operate with the forest commissioners of the states in their endeavor to protect the interests committed to their care. Mr. S. G. McLendon, of Thomaiville, Ga., made some very interesting remarks about the pine forests. He said that the pine section was steadily growing smaller Irom the ravages of the ax, and he asserted that the total destruction of the pine trees would bo “an incalculable disaster to the human race.” He expressed the opinion that they ware of more value to humanity than any other, furnishing as they do tim ber “for houses, ships and cars, turpentine for medicine and paints, and rosin, creosote, tar and other valuable products.” He be lieved, he said, that the pine tree kept more people alive than the plantain. There is a gradual awakening all over tho country in the question of the pres ervation of the forests and extending the urea of them. Tree planting is going on in many of tho states, and arbor day is ob served more generally each succeeding year. Cardinal Gibbons believes in capital punishment, and he also believes that there are too many loopholes through which guilty persons escape punishment for crime. He has recently written a book, in which the following occurs: “A crying evil is the wide interval that so often interposes be tween a criminal conviction and the execu tion of the sentence, and the frequent defeat of justice by the delay. Human life is in deed sacred, but the laudable effort to guard it has gone beyond bounds. Of late years the difficulty to convict, in murder tria's especially, has greatly increased from the widened application of tho ideas in bar— notably that of insanity. When a convic tion has been reached innumerable delavs generally stay the execution. The many grounds of exception allowed to the counsel, the appeals from one court to another, with final application to the governor, and the facility with which signatures for pardon are obtained, have combined to throw around culprits au extravagant protective system, and gone far to rob jury trial of its substance aud efficacy. A prompt execu tion of the law’s sontence after a fair trial is that which strikes terror into evil-doers and satisfies the public conscience. The re verse of this among us lias brought reproa ch upon tho tdniinistration of justice, and given plausible grounds for the application of lynch law.” In Canada the other day Auguste Archambault come very near being buried alive. A few weeks ago he was prostrated with typhoid fever, and the other night he began to sink rapidly. The next day all signs of life disappeared, and the doctors said that he was dead. He was prepared for burial, but when dirt was being thrown upon his coffin, he was heard to groan. The coffin was raised and opened, and Archam bault was found to be conscious. In telling his experience, ho says that, like most men who have come near being buried alive, he was aware of the preparations for his burial, and hence his agony was terrible. This story seems to be authenticated, aud it suggests that probably a great many people are buried alive. Gov. Algor’s opinions concerning several matters of public interest were given by the New York Mail and Express the other day. It is said that Editor Shepard invited the general to dine with him, aud that he had a stenographer hiddrn behind the screen to take down everything that was said in the private conversation. Whether this is true or not, Gen. Alger’s remarks were rather interesting. He said that he was not a presidential candidate for 1892, that he was delighted with the Harrison administration, that he approved of Corporal Tanner’s dis missal, and that the grand army was not a political machine. The general seem* to be developing into a first-rate humorist. The I‘resident should by all means refer to tne postoffice department under his ad ministration when he touches upon civil service reform in his forthcoming message. Nineteen presidential postmaster! were ap pointed Oct. lfi, and thirteen of the new appoint!** took the place* of democrats against whom uo charges had been made. This isn't civil service reform. New York seems to have concluded that she had Issthsr raise a guarantee fund iu oonnsctl /ii with the attempt to secare the world's fsir. This was a wise uinciusiua. N'w York is the proper place for the fair, hut m ie ) talks, aud both Chios* > aud Mt. L /!* have IHi Ho * York out of eight , u i tfc* BtlMsr of a guarantee fund. CURRENT COMMENT. A Poor Kind.* From the Wilmington (N. C.) Star (Dem.\ If Kansas must have a senator who parts his hair in the middle, Ingalls will do as well as H© Wasn't a **3hining Mark." From the Ijouieville Courier-Journal (Dem.). Had Corporal Tanner died when he was a baby, Dr. Harrison s administration would not have been tfreat, but it hav© appeared leas foolish. The Attempted Montana Steal. Frrtm the New Orleans Times-Democrat (Dem.). There is nothing novel in the means by which the republicans propose to obtain controi of the legislature ot Montana arid thus secure two L nited States senators. It is precisely the same old trick played so often of old in Louisiana and other southern states. They have no re turning tjoard in Montana, but county canvass ers who serve the same purpose. A Name That Enthuses. From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.) The name of Grover Cleveland is still a name to conjure with among: the democrats of Penn sylvania. When his letter was read yesterday in the convention of the democratic societies in this city, it evoked wildest enthusiasm. The letter was a letter of regret, and there was special In it to set men shouting; but the name of Grover Cleveland was sufficient. He grows, and his administration grows, in popular favor by contrast with Harrison and his administration. BaiGH r BITS. Woman suffraoe has out of fashion in Boston. The ladies must have decided tha it was not becoming to th-m.—Philadelphia In quirer. The nights are getting longer, but the young man who occupies half of a parlor chair with his girl every evening doesn't realize it.— Yonkers Statesman. A medical journal tells “what to do wh°n stung by a hornet.'’ No matter what he may do, what he says wouldn't sound well in print. —Norristown Heraid. Tight collars are said to ba the cause of nearsightedness, it is well to remember, how ever, that tight callers are frequently able to see double. —Boston I> anscript. “Can you help me recover my child?" asked the poor woman. “Is your child lost?" “0, uo. Ilia clothes are worn out."— Munsey's Weekly. lliohfly —Do you think it is grammatical to say “He summers in the country?" Lowtone—Why not? You can say “He falls in the mud" or “He springs ia the water."— America. BAMMY-Maw, what does it mean by a man laughing in his sleeve? Mrs. Lunsforth—Letter ask your father; he has hidden many a smile under nis vest. — Terra Haute Express. Mrs. Grubb-Have ye any more sugar like the last ye sent me? Grocer (briskly)-—Yes. madam, plenty of it. How much do you want? Mrs. Grubb—None —Acid York Weekly. Oldbeau—Y es, my dear Miss Dashley, they say. you know, that every man of 40 is either a fool or a physician. Miss Dashley—And yet I did not know, Mr. Oldbeau. that you had ever studied medicine.— America. “I am quite surprised, Mr. Meeker, to account for j’our wife's knowledge of parliamentary “She? Great Caesar 1 Hasn’t she been speaker of the house for the last fifteen years'?"—Rich mond Dispatch. Rather Ambiguous.—Young author (meeting friend)—Ah, you are just the man I want. You can help me. Friend—Help you in what? Y oung Author—l've been looking for a villain for my new story all day.— New York Sun. Chief—Have you got any clews? Subordinate—No; but I’ve caught tho crimi nal. Chief—Well you must go out and get a few clews. It will never do to hreaK established ruies. you know.—Terre Haute Express. “What is the most unlucky part of a cook’", asked old Chestnut "Give it up. What is it?” “Her hair, of course." “How's thate*’’ “Because, you know, it is always falling into the soup.”— Epoch. Friend—That sun in your last painting is verv natural. Artist—Yes, altogether too natural. “Why do you say that?'’ “Because it dries up the water in that pond so fast that I have to paint new water every three or fou>* days "—Judge. Mr. Lawlimb (a boarder)—.Mrs. Jinx, may I ask you whet her that was tea or coffee that you brought me last nUht? Mrs. Jinx—l hardly understand, Mr. Lawlimb. Mr L.—That is quite necensarv. I merely wanted to say. in case it was coTee, I will takr* tea in preference for the future; but if it was tea, I should prefer coffee hereafter.— Toronto Grip. PERSONAL. John' H. Littlefield, a former law student under Abraham Lincoln, is in great demand this season as a lecturer. The Star lyc-mm bureau has made engagements for his lecture •‘Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln ’’ in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kama. and New York. He will take at least three trips to the west this season. Ex-Senator Jones of Florida is still in De troit, where he wanders the streets in the last stages of shab .iness. He is said to be penni less, and how aud where he lives are mysteries On ordinary subjects his mind is sound, and on political and other public matters lie talks in telligently and well, but on the subject of his unfortunate love affair his mind is impaired. llkur von Below, the German minister to Switzerland, lias made a formal complaint to the Swiss government against the performances of a conjurer who has for some time been enter taining c>wis amusement-seekers. The charge made against the offender is that of lose mojettie in impersonating the German kaiser and holding bi nup to ridicule. The Swiss council has promised to investigate the matter' Charles .Joseph Bonaparte, the distinguished advocate of civil service reform, is described as a remarkable reproduction of the man who fell at Waterloo and died at St. Helena. The oval face, the firm, strong jaw, the aggressive chin, the overlaying forehead and the piercing eyes are all there, and the resemblance is increased by Mr. Bonaparte’s fashion of bringing his hair down on tho brow in the way made familiar through Napoleon's portraits. Announcement i3 made of the death of Thomas Monck Mason, who accompanied Mr Green in the famous voyage of the great Nassau balloon from Vauxhall Gardens to Weilberg in 1836. He was a brilliant flute player, and once managed an Italian opera company in London fora season at a loss of over $330,000. The lat ter years of his life were spent in retirement in literary pursuits, and particularly on a criti cal treatise on the Greek New Testament. Sir Frederick Young, who Is over 70 years of age, has returned to London after a remarkable journey. During his sojourn in South Africa Le has visited the Kaffirs in their kraals, passed a fortnight in the hush without entaringahou.se interviewed Mr. Paul Kruger, completely trav ersed the Transvaal and traveled altogether just 16.000 miles. He has not had a day's illness since he left England. His journey will stand as one of the most remarkable ever made by a man of his age. Mrs. Mackey, wife of the millionaire, is very much interested in ch ldren, and her charities are often directed to their interests. Another pleasant phase of Mrs. Mackey’s character Is her williugness to assist any young woman who is struggling for fame or fortune, ami many are the young girls to whom she has give.n u> 11 nly financial aid, but good womanly advice as well, taking an interest iu them aud not making theni feel her charity a humiliating burden. With all her ivculiarities of temperament Mrs. Mackey lias some trait* of character which endear her greatly to those who know her well. She is a stanch friend and very sincere in both her likes and dislikes. Prince Adalbert op Prussia, the third son of the German emiieror, is still in short frocks, but ha baa already developed quite a strategist's instinct lor making the most of an opportunity. The phonograph wo* exhibited the other day to the imperial circle, and, at the request of the empress, i-ach of the young princes recite 1 Something Into the receiver. The crown prince sang a verse of the (martial “Hed der im Hie gerkrau/., and Prince Kitel Frit* rendered a stan/a of IJbland's well known hed "Ich halt* slneri Kamersden " When, however, it cam* to Prince Adalliert * turn. Iu- seized the op|sjr ■ unit r of saying someth';!* that was evidently very near his beai t. ''Will papa phase give me a |u>uyr" I. w at he ebouted al Ibe sensitive iiMu'buie, with au earnestn< ** which made papa an 1 iiiamtna aud the whole court circle roar with laughter Angostura Bl iters cut os colic, fevsr ar.4 ague, and pidvgeat-oii The gsnuiae manu factured only tjr Dr. J. Q. ii, fcftegerl & None. AM druggies keep them. molasses tasters Men Who Make C ood Wages and Lead Rigid Liv es. From the Boston Herald. The professional molasses taster is a martyr. Imagine a man having to sample twenty-five to thirty grades of that syrup and then try to eat a square meal. He cannot eat a square meaL, you will say. O, yes, he can, is the reply. To be sure he tastes of thirty kinds of m dases in one day, but he does not swallow a parties©; at least, not more than a particle. This re quires practice, this abstinence from swallow -18 Gie great difficulty in the begiLner's “ e Inuat protect his teeth too. and, therefore, his masticators require careful cleansing, not alone to prevent decay, but in order to keep liis gustatory sense per fectly neutral. I have been a molasses taster for several yeare. said a Boston man to a Herald reporter, ana I assure you mine is no easy job. There is a strain that the occupation imposes and one that many succumb to, and therefore quit the business. The tongue being very sensitive, it requires great care, and therefore I feel It best not to use tobacco, sweetmeats or highly sea soned food. Doctors tell me that sugar of itself does not injure the teeth, but after re maining on them for some time undergoes a chemical change from the saliva and food, and •“•J_*“ e chemical result is corrosive. Whether this is so or not, 1 know that my teeth have suffered from tbh business, although I take extraordinary care. The difference in between some grades of mo.asses is so slight that the tongue must be in a perfectly neutral condition to be an accurate guid *. But not only must the tongue be cared for, but mouth, lips and teeth must be as free as possi ble from any foreign substance. in tasting the various brands I place only a drop on the most sensitive part of the tongue. I try to keep it away from the lips, moutu and tof-tn, but dr* Lot always succeed. Now, to dis criminate between twenty-flve different samples I must, keep* a clear head, concentrate my atten tion and inaktj, as it w. re. an instantaneous anal sis. To do this faithfully requires brain work that book writers know nothing about in ract, a day at honest, painstaking molasses la?or “^ * dft y °* —I almost said solitary— A Great Hand. A quartet of well-known West Philadelphians -namely Dr. S. R. Ski Hern, Col Alexander Kussell, Joseph 11. Cofrodeand William S. Kim La 1 -were gathered in tne cozy card-room of t;ie present Hamilton dub, intent up>on a game wt ’ Bavs tho Philadelphia Record. Dr. Dkiiiern shuffled and proceeded to deal. The last card in the pack, which he turned up for trumps, was the knave of diamonds, and as the doctor examined his hand he discovered to his astonishment that it coutained every other card or the suit—twelve diamonds—nothing more, nothing less. ••Fell°w s , I never had such a hand in all my life, the doctor chuckled after a momeut’s pause. “\\ hat do you think of it? Every card's a diamond." "Great heavens!” cried out Mr. Cofrode, why, mine are all clubs!” “And I—l—l hold thirteen hearts!" ex claimed Cl. Russell breathlessly, rubbing his eyr sand pinching his nose to make sure that he was awake. And t-ien they all looked in Mr. Kimball s direction. The whole suit of spades lay spread out before him. When the astonished players had somewhat regained their composure, tuey put their heads together and concluded that the law of chance ha i sanctioned a most peculiar freak. They called their friends in to view the wonderful deal, then picked up the cards tenderiv, and stoned an affidavit stating how the hand was dealt, and denying tho operation of any ex ternal agent iu the arrangement of the cards. The pack Is now on exhibition in the club rooms, where it is viewed by scores of half iucredulous clubmen. It is said that o dy two deals of like character are on record as having been made m this country—one in a Chicago club house and the other on a Massachusetts railroad train-both of them some years ago. The Fat Woman Spoiled the Show. From the New York Sun. “Boys, let's go in here!” The remark was made by four swells who were "doing” the town. Each mail wore fash ionable clothing and a high hat. They nad stopped before a dime museum. V.'lo-n the party entered tbey found an interested crowd standing before the living curios and listening to the eloquent lecturer. When the lib-uiruuod historian bad made tho rounds of the attractions and had arrived before the Abyssinian fire eater. he was surprised to see toe crowd surge to the other ena of the room, where sat the Oreassian girl. Beside this bushy-haired beauty stood the most gorgeous of the quartette of swells. Placing his glossy hat on the platrorm at his feet, and holding his yellow kids in his left hand, he bowed as gracefully ns his condi tion would permit, and thus addressed his deeply interested audience: “Ladies and gentlemen, you now see before you the beautiful Circassian girl from the east rn slopes of itussia. Although fihe is a genuine Circassian, as you can see by t:ie remarkable luxuriance of her hair, yet lam force,l to con - fess that she was born on the banks cf the Housatonic river, in Connecticut.” Here the amateur lecturer was interrupted by his professional confrere, who was dancing around in the outskirts of the crowd in uncon t Tollable rage. The crowd appreciated the joke so highly that it refused to part and let the paid lecturer through. “Go on, nobby; tell us where she bought her hair!” shouted a Bowery boy. The swell steadied himself by placing his right hand on the back of the Circassian girl’s chair, and was about to resume his lecture, when the NOO-pound fat woman waddled over behind him, uud with a vigorous shove sent him head tirst into the crowd. He was picked up iu a rather wrecked condition and lugged down-stairs by his friends. The Nutting. From Harper's Young People. Chestnuts are ripe— Are ripe, and now from the prickly burr The brown nuts fall. And bound To the ground With a twinkling sound Where the woodland folk ar > camped around At the epil of the pasture wall. With tongues that chatter and wings that whirr. Birds in feather and beasts in fur— Squirrel and jay And chipmuntv gay— They scrape and scamper and scold and play While the little white worm in the midst of the storm Grows fat on his diet and laughs at them all. Chestnuts are ripe— Are ripe, and now when berries are few The brown nuts fall, And here, With a cueer. From far aud near, In the spars ling sun t ,e boys appear At the end of the pasture wall. Bitten with brambles, washed in dew. Ruddy and brown, a barefoot crew. ’ Each with his sack Like a peddler’s pack. They climb and shake and cudgel and thwack • But the little white worm in the midst of the storm Feasts on the kernel and laughs at them all. Salaries of Foreign Statesmen. From the London Court Journal. In Belgium each member of tne Chamber of Representatives receives £l6 6s. a month if he does not live in Brussels. In Denmark mem bers of both houses receive 15 shillings a day during the session. In Franca senat -rs and deputies are paid £356 per annum, and the same rate obtains in Austria. In Portugal peers and deputies receive £6l a year. In Holland mem bers of the lower house receive £166 per aa num. In Greece, Roumania, Norway and Swe den. senators and deputies are paid, as also are the members of the local German legislatures in Switzerland members of the national coun cil get 10 shillings a day, and members of the state council from 6to 10 shillings. In Italy neither senators nor deputies are paid, but they travel free and receive other concessions in taxes and patronage. In tho United States senators and deputies receive £238 per annum Why not pay our M. P.'s, then they would, per haps, remember tb- saying. “Every one ought to make himself worthy of bis hire." Born a Missionary. From the Ixeds Mercury. An extraordinary affair has occurred at Marv port. A few (lays ago the wife of a laborer in the town gave birth to a son. When the child was born it was found that its head was covered uh a veil or caul. Tub veil was placed on one able and no notice was taken of ii until some hours afu-r the child's birth. When examined however. It was found that the words, "Uritldi an t Foreign Bible Society" wr • deeply im pressed upon the veil. w hen ltd* discovery was made the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighborh /od, some of the women declaring that uothhig skmt of miracle had been en acted Toe doctor, who inquired into ttu, Ul *t ter however, soon e X |iialUed the affair. Tne veil, while in a plidvie condition, laul been pisc il upon a Bible, ., H the over of which the words “British and Foreign Bible ft.allotv ' were dee-i/iv indented. Tie words ware m rbis way transferred jf't* l " veil, hip sums uf t w Inhabit am* still ascribe tie- affvir Is sinsfustiirsi tu fiuvnca, sad declare that the child Is s "iiik •tenary bora.’’ ITEMS OF INTEREST. In London lately fourteen policemen were rut off duty in two days by bites, kicks, knocks and punches administered at the hands, feet and teetfi of the unrulj citizen. Eagoaoe smashers should take as a warning the fate of William Kelly, a Lake Minnetonka porter, who dropped a trunk, when a revolver !" I£ , wa f di-charged. shooting Kelly through the head, killing him instantly. A portrait painted by Van Dyck, which he thought si good that he took it about with him on bis travels as a sample of his skill, is that of Cornehus van der Geest, in the National Gal tery. London. No picture in the gallery is so often copied. J In the ceramic display at Memorial hal’, f airmount park, is a dinner set of 540 pieces the exhibit of Phil J. Walsh. The decoration is in royal W orcester representing specimens of St? - rt is one of tho handsomest sets at the exhibition and is valued at $2,000. Some English and American physicians have resolved to found in Vienna a society to be called the Anglo American Vienna Medical As- Wlth . a Tlew to firing information and i” the English and American an ' students of medicine who come to the Vienna university. The students of JohDS Hopkins university have adopted the Oxford cap and gown, but it fo?nni ikely . t^ at 'bey will retain the costume length Of time. There is hardly ln thp J'°untry which has not at some afflicted with the cap and-gown craze and has given it up. The queer will of L. B. Eaton, the eccentric farmer of Steuben county. New York, has been will tl P<l | Va !i and . hy the court - His 100-acre farm '' ,lv| ded into ten-acre lots and forty nf ?Ln u" ,dowß ? nd old maids above the age bee .'? cte 3 lhprp on. The colony is to the er/i^ th t'' Katon " The value of the estate thus bestowed is about $30,000. A man 30 years old, with no hair on bis head, no whiskers on his face, and no eyebrows, is ™ treatment in a St. Louis hospital. He , t l om Texas, and claims to have been on -, f r m . h w ,sbirth ' He has married fmce. and another Lone Star Indie has agreed to can’hl ß^‘ S h u <1 A if the defects in his make up fu?hed™To^hands hatißW,,y h ° PUt himßelf During a political campaign Gen. Mahone converts his home into a regular political head quarters, and he can be found when in Peters- PS& Va -. surrounded by his clerks and secre suPrmtending the mailing of docu iTf% th 9 schedule of speakers and tbe wortt - Th “ mailing of docu nf rln* w°l!' rh t . he state is the principal feature of Gen. Mahone’s campaign. Ellen Terry is said to suffer agonies of anxiety whenever she undertakes anew part, her on T lrcely any one to speak to Me, K preceding the first perform ,Jt ls ber , *! ablt to spend the greater part le i n '? riT ‘ ncfarout ' * n to the country. v?s tor 8 T CUre gainst the intrusion of we com, T h . on y person Whose company is daiigtuer, All9nT>aig. * her Early last summer a young girl at Summer side, Prince Edward Island, wrote her name f™nH l 'f reSS UP ? Q o D which subsequently lound its way to Boston, Mass., am eg other vfc e n B -. The parents of the young lady js.i ? d Boston recently, and, strange to saj hnd r K (i l ° tl>e - vou ' l k Bostonian who had received the egg an l asked them if they , t,le yoook lady—thair own daughter. Ex' planations followed and a correspondence December!* ThS Wedding ls takl? >” The German purists are still continuing their campaign against the French element in the language of the Fatherland. Finding that thev cannot enjoy their cigar under that name the? r , 8 >rne . l ,(Ticult . v in finding a smtahl'e (rermau term to take its place. The cigar manufacturers of Dusseldorf, however recent?? tor The of!nnv for ‘e® h ' Wt T ''"' omc substitute cioicehnlflf! for?,u vocable, and their of Paßt ° r ZeUf ' r J. E. Brown of Delta. Out., on Monday re ceived a package by express which was found to contain a gold watch and chain, a gold ring and s3oin money stolen from him five years a 5?; ihesender asked that tbs receipt be acknowledged in the local papers and promised to send the rest of the money stolen ff Mr Sinit!!t7 OU l and riotif y h j m of the amount. The restitution Is supposed to be the result of the revival now being held at Kingston. Two men £? berime! 0 * SeuteQces at the Antral prison A man who lived near Fidelity, Mo„ died last Wednesday, and since that time a steady rain has been falling on the part o£ the roof im mediately above the chamber in which he died. At first it attracted no attention, until it was noticed that there was not a cloud in The heavens, and toe rain continued to fall only in l ooTo® P aC ®K TUe “figtmors noticed it and “ excited, and hundreds of people soon flocked to see the singular occurrence. An eyo witness states that the limits of the rainfall are so exact that one can hold his hand in the hisTiand “‘SL*? “ Wet H S ° far as ,le Educes lus nand. Toe decaased was an infidel. A wedding was to have been celebrated on Sunday evening in the McCloud residence on Fischer avenue. New Durham, Hudson county, 13. J. TJie guests were all assembled, the wed- P but the bridegroom, Adar “ : V ll(1 not Put in an appearance at the hour set for the ceremony. Adams is empioyed on the West Shore railroad. The friends of the bride and several of her relatives it^a?i 80arc * 1 f ,? r th ,° m,9B ing bridegroom and found him soundly asleep at his re idence He ex- £ r nT e n5 roat . r - Kr S t ., at * )l ’ rail,,re appear o* time, and explained that on the previous evenin - he had been ceiebratlng his approaching mar’- r.age. Another day has been fixed, when the ceremony will certainly take place. “The grave and reverend seigniors of £be French Academy of Medicine." remarks a for eign writer, “are alarmed at the increasino. number of absinthe drinkers, and at their las* vy; eti ,"h' ducted the gre n-eyed fairy dear to rt^ftH e w ÜBSet - Aftr studying the proper ties of the numerous essences which enter mto its manufacture, they have come to the conclu sion that it is not the essence of absinthe alone which causes drunkenness an! variom other evils, but the different plants Gmt are added to this essence. Tne doctors think that the perni cious effects of absinthe drinking can be less ened by modifying the composition of the liquor, and using wholesome herbs to counter act the effect of the dangerous ones." The builders tell a rather interesting story of a Buffalo capitalist, who was pretty summa rily taken down for trying to set himself up as the end of all things in whatever he undertook No matter what was on foot, if he went into it he must have ail the say, and nobody else allowed even a side remark. Not long ago he AS m S.?Sfi, briCk R hOUBe Y In tbis undertaking, f A.flL n he m’ he " a l br,ss and a 'l hands, dic tating to builders, architects and all without the slightest hesitation. At last they grew very tired of the browbeating they had to stand and let him have his way, whether it was right or wrong The house was finished, and shortly afterward the owner set about building furnace tires to test his heating apparatus,when behold there wasn't a chimney in the house! According to Mr. Andrew Lang dress coats are going out of fashion; but as a similar an nouncement has been made anytime during the last twenty years the public are naturally skeptical. Again and again efforts have been made to replace this garment. Purple has been tried, with the result that, imteadof the wlarere looking less like waiters, they only succeed in looking more like footmen iu some eccentric kind of livery. Brass buttons were attemnteii and the Prince of t\ ales lent the movement his countenance. Yet even under such august patronage the innovation failed, and diners out came back to the old garment cut in the old style. Th > change of material was. if possible a greater fiasco. Velvet was tried, but even velvet did not save the reformer from helm laughed at: and When he added knee tWhes matters went very ill with him. r ”ecnes, One of the curious features of the present craze among women to have their young sons resemble lu outward appearance the good ‘ Lit tle Lord Kauntleroy” Is tbeir determination to make the poor child have blonde hair It is true, re marks the New York Timet, that nearly 50 per cent.of the little ones have this attractive characteristic, hut the proportion of them who wear long hair is very smalt A fash ionable hairdresser informed a Times reporter that he hail recently received quite an Impetus to his business by fashionable women taking til; Ir children to him to have their liair bleached! Th** la lies are very particular, too," said he- They stand over ths chair ai each dressing and see that we make no mistake in toe shade. 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