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TERMINAL'S NEW PLANS.
closer alliance of southern
RAILWAY systems.
IJI9 Erianger System Likely to Be
consolidated With the Inman Roads.
C T en. Alexander Does Not Speax
Positively, but tie Has Heard of the
cebeme- The Central, While a Part
0 . t jj o Terminal System, is Not In
terested in the New DeaL
The attention of Gen. E. P. Alexander,
-si Jent of the Central railroad, was
eailed yesterday to the Wall street rumor
,- ne Richmond Terminal Company con
templates consolidating all the southern
r at is east of the Mississippi ands uth
of t .e Obi i rivers u ider one management,
a - 1 he was asked what foundation there is
for tiie rumor.
(Jen Alexander replied that he had no
per-onal knowledge that such a far reach
j • project is contemplated, but wkdein
\>.v York be did hear that negotiations are
pending looking to toe consolidation < f the
Cincinnati, New Orlea .sand Texas Pa
cific or Erianger system with tue other
systems already controlled by the Rich
mond Terminal Company.
THE CENTRAL NOT IN* IT.
Gen. A1 xander -ays that the Central is
on triendly terms with the Erianger sys‘em.
or Q teen and C esce it, aud it is not inter
ne,! jn tl e deal eituer one nay or a lutber,
tut he holds, aud has long held, that such
cons lidations of great trunk lines tend to
sth gthen established lines of railway, in
sure the prompt movements of freight a
minimum rates and at minimum ope ating
expenses, and so.ne such plans of consolida
tion t now recognized ns the wanting factor
in the successful operation of great lines of
railways.
Alluding to the dispatches sent out as to
whut roads will be included in ihe co i
solid itiou Gen. Aiexa ider say3 that the
Queen ands tesoent is the only one mn
ti ned which is not already c ntrolled by
the Rie im-ind Terminal Company. He
says the Virginia Midland and North Caro
lina, Charlot te, C dutnbia and Augus a, t ie
Columbia and Greenville, t e Atlanta and
Chari >tte, the Georgia Pacifi \ the Central
Railroad of G orgia.and the East Tennessee,
Virginia ad Georgi are already controll ed
by the Richmond Terminal Company hold
ing a majority of the stock of the East
Tennessee, Vi ginia aud Georgia, as they do
of the Central.
THE Q. AND C. SYSTEM.
The Queen and Crescent runs from Cin
cinnati via Chattanooga, Birmingham
Meri lian, Jackson, Vicksburg and Monroe
to Snrevenort, L utsiana, with a branch
road from Meri ha i. Miss., to New Orleans.
Gen. Alexander says that he does not
know the secrets ot the pending negotia
tt ns, but he is inclined to believe from what
he heard in eiv York that the Queen and
Crescent is t e system witch it is sought to
bring into the consolidation.
The Richmond Terminal Company his
issued a pamphlet report of the workings of
its various properties, and a New York cor
respond nt, who interviewed John H. l i
man, says that Mr. Inman, when ques.ioned
conceiving th sc erne, admitted tunt nego
tia.ions wete under wav looking to a closer
alliance between the four systems of the
Richmond Terminal, Erianger system, East
Tennessee and Georgia Central.
A CLOSER ALLIANCE.
It would be closer even than a traffic alli
ance. He said he would uot confirm the
ot er details, but said there were ideas sue t
as they pointed to “in the air.” He said,
h iweve , that ne had eceutly received an
offer T r .49,01.0,000 • f Richmond Terminal’s
treasury suck at Si t. The present price is
This w. ulii bring the w.iole issue of
stock up to $100,000,0 0, and put $12,250,000
m c.s i into the treasury and give the con
trol of the system to the parties making the
offer. He declined, however, he sai l, to
consider ihe offer iu the shape in which it
was ui .de, aud othmg definite had been
done in the matter, although it nad been
talked over at several meetings. He would
not say* who it was that made him the offer.
THE TERMINAL’S LITTLE BOOM.
The Richmond Terminal Company has
issued a statement of its linancial affairs,
from which the following extracts wnuid
indicate that it is interested in boomi g its
stock with a probable view of putting a
block oil the mar-et:
“The company now controls 7,521 miles
of rod and water lines, a i increase of 277
within the past year. Last year was the
first in whicu the com pa y had a surplus
over fixed charges. In every year before
that, since its organization, its interest
charges andrunuing expenses exceeded its
income, aud there were years in w htch its
only income was the proceeds of loans. Thar
for the first tune there is a credit tithe profit
and los- account is due to the fact that the
losses of previous years will be nomi ally
offset by charging up $7,590,000 capital as
full paid, although previously carried on
the buoks as half paid.
AN ARGUMENT IN FIGURES.
“The net revenue for the past year was
$668,356, the iuc ease in the bonded debt
14,306,0 0, tbedec ease in the floating debt
$1,199,103 34, and the net increase in the
total debt *2,506,817 16. This net increase
of debt .s rep: e e ted by an excess of se
curities acquired over securities sold of
$4,175,930.
“It is probable that during the current
year the floa ing debt of a little over $2,(100,-
000 net can be fu. ther reduced by the witti
drawal of some securities. The company
has now* left a oompai atively small am rant
of securities hich it could withdraw to
advantage, and it will require a i expensive
development of the prope ties which it con
trols before their surplus eai mug power can
be largely increased.”
PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES.
The Effect of Different Occupations
Upon the Land.
From Nature.
We owe anew and interesting applica
tion of photography to M. Be. tillon, the
well-known director of the inde tificatioa
department at the Paris p efecture. of
ponce. M. Bertiilon has been devoting
himself for some months to tie study of
the physical peculiarities engendered by
the pursuit of different occupati ns. The
police have frequently to deal with por
tions of bodies, and it would greatly aid
their investigations to be able to determine
the cading of the murdered person in each
particular case. The band is, as a rule, the
part natur llv most affected by the occupa
tion, and M.’ Bertiilon has taken a very
largo sei ies if photographs, each one show
ing on a large scale tue hands, on a smaller
scale the wh lo figure of the workman at
Lis work, so that no may see at a glance
the position of the body and which are the
parts that undergo tifiction from the tools
in use. From the hands of the navvy all
the Geco dary lines disappear, ad a pe
culiar c illosity is developed where the spade
handle rubs against the baud; the hands of
tin-plate workers are covered with little
crevas.es produced by the acids employed;
the bauds of lace-makers are s no 'th, but
they have blisters full of berurn on the
buck and callosities ou the front part of
the shoulder, and e to the frtc.ion of the
•tratis of the loom; the thumb and the
fi t j intsof the index ‘f metal-workers
•how very large blisters, while the left
hand has scars nu ie by the sharp frag
thents of met il. Exper s in forensic
dicine (Yernui* among others) have be
f'redraw s attention to the subject, but
this is t-bo first time that an iuve.. ig tion
pas bee i carried out on a large Rcale, and
J u M. Bertillon’s hands it should lead to the
bast rtsui s.
“EV. igbr,” u id tjmith to Jone3 as they
came out of flic club,
"Yes,” answered Jones as tbe clock began
striking the hour of 12, "it is a fine nig.it,
Iju * I expect it will storm when I a ot home.”
-ftnuton. Courier.
WHY SAVANNAH GROWS.
A Cit zen Wto Sr.otrs What He is
lancing .-.bout Tells Why.
Editor Morning Aeirs: The census of
ISBJ gai e Savannah 5J,07S p- puiation. The
City was then on the eve of its sesqui-cen
te mini—l.*o years old. In lSs9, nine years
after, its population numbered nearly, if
n t quite, 60,000. In the last ten years the
city has doubli-d its popula.ion. No other
ci y i the United States existing fif tv yea s
ago has grown so rapidly—that is, has
doubled its s ze. This is the general result;
what are some of the facts m detail!
Ten years ago the Savannah, Florida and
Mestern tail way began its : uccessful ca
rter, and built wh .rves to accommodate
commerce, fen years ago the Ceil ral
railroad spreads its tracks,warehouses, etc.,
along the river bank. Te i years ago the e
was but one factory in Savannah,
and it was losing. Ten years ago there
were four banks now there are eight. Ten
years ago business in naval st- res was small;
now .-avannah leadsovery port on the earth.
Ten years ago 8 tva nab received per year
about 500,000 to 600,000 bales of c it'ton;
now nearly 1,000,000 bales. Within ten to’
fifteen years, the wholesale houses have
doubled in number aud business. So have,
the ietail houses.
Let us look at Savannah’s territory. In
1866-67, near the spot now cro-sed by Hub
eishani and Boltin streets, a gentleman,
one Sunday w him gathering bav flowers,
sank to his neck in mud an 1 would have
been suit* cated had nut some friends g ne
11 his relief. Another, a prominent law
yer, had ttie like experience near the same
s lot. Sub-eq le t to that time, for years,
Springfield pia itation was a like jitter
heavy lain-. So was part of the Vale
Royal plantation, now a network of rail
road iron.
About fifteen years ago the young men
began to wake up to the advantages Savan
nan Las, aud they se to wont to lit it for a
home. It nad 1 ng been a place for busi
ness—to make money—but was n t believed
t) be beelchy. Drainage was enterel on;
sewers were cons,rue ed, low lands dried,
and health came. Citizens soon lealiz.-d
that Savannah was a place for homes; that
it was folly to leave here in summer fot
comfort or health, and Savannah, for the
11 st time in its history, began t ■ gro Iha
capitalist who for seveutv-five years bad
c me here, made a fortune, aud go .e off to
enjoy it, invested in a home or in houses.
O :e or two facts will illustrate the change
within tea years past.
Within tne spae • bounded by Drayton
w s’, Price east, Gwinnett north, ad New
Houston sout , ten year- ago lots sold for
from S9O to S2OO each. Since then the same
lots have sold tor $2,000 to -;s,oooeacn.
O.i D iffy st eet, west o. Barnard, lots
sold in 1882 for S4OO, which are n-iv worth
under the hammer $2,000 e tell. These are
in the city; tut the same increase in values
has beeu lealized beyond the city li nits. In
1880 la id adj fining the Central railroad’<
part of Vale R ival sold for SIOO an acre.
Tne same laud cannot be bought now for
S6OO an acre, and it is not suitable for resi
dences.
South of and near the ci y the increase
ha been even more wonderful. Land there
in 1880-81-82-83 soid for S2OO t i $4 0 an
acie. Now it is worth fom $3,000 10 $5,-
(100 an acre. Can as much i e said of any
other e.ty of Sava man’s size? This increase
in the value of real estate lias not beeu
forced. It is not the result of speeulati in.
It is tbe atural and necessary result of 60,-
000 people requiring double the territ iry
t iut 30,000 people occupied ten years ago.
Some men being foresighted ad Having
faith in Savannah’s great future bought
outlying tr ,cts and have made money—
ju-t as many will do again—but their buy
l g did not adl a dollar to tie value of the
lad. The incieaso in population gave
tbe increase in value by increa ed de
mand for homes. And so it will be yea
after year. As Jaeo > Astor made money
on the sea. he in.es ed in land around aud
in New York, and thus insured to Dim-elf
a id descendants their enormous wealth—
a property that nothing but the si king of
Man .at.an Island can ever destr iy. The
father had co ifideice in the advance and
he security of real estate, a id his children
are e ijoyi. g the fruits of his -ound judg
ment. Ten years ago very few people hud
confidence in Savannah real estate. Those
few have been richly rewarded. I confess,
I was one of the many, ad, as the ex
pressive slang runs, “I got left,”
But, the qu stion is often put, will Sa
vannah continue to grow? I propose to
give the answer in another article next
Sunday, if not sooner. Meanwhile, any
wuo would answer "No,” may find it profi
table to search for reasons to support their
answer, if they wili ae on the conclusion
they must reach after reflection.
Convert.
rail, and CROSSriE.
General Superintendent of Transporta
tion W. W. Starr will return to-day from
his trip in o Alabama.
Road Ma-ter C. E. Marvin of the Ceu
tra.’s main stem is in the city.
Passe, ger Agent J. C. Shaw ot the Cen
tral went up to Macon last night.
James Phillips, who is soon to be ap
pointed trainmaster for the main stem of
the Central at Macon, is from the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad.
All of the Central employes in the oper
ating department have received badges
witu silk braid and the letters “C. of G.”
ujion them, which t ey are required to
wear upon each lapel of the coat.
There has t een a general changing around
of policemen at the Central railroad depot
and yards since Mr. Morgan became agent.
Policemen Thorpe, Dougia-saud McD maid,
who formerly were stationed at the car
sbed and tbe general offices, have been
placed on ti e regular Cen nil railroad force,
ami anew man is stationed at the shed and
office every day.
Some new rates have gone into effect with
the Southern Exnres- Company. Tbe com
pany gives no more special rates on perish
able matter. The rates f r everythi g
shipped by the company now are based
upou tne mercuandise rate. The rates re
main about the same, however. The cha ge
was made in consequence of the volume
of business arising irom l aving so many
different rates. The new rates, or rates
based up in the merchandise rate, are called
the “Mem,.his rate.”
A committee composed of Central rail
r ad c nductors will call upon General
Supe into .dent of Tra isportatton St irr to
day to ask for some conce-sions upon tie
part of the Cmitral in behalf of tue local
conduct rs running between here aid
Macon. The following conductors, it is
understood, form the committee: J. G.
Johnson and L. C. You ig, Sou kwestern
divist m; Hall and Musgrove, Columbus
a id We-tern division, and A. A. Mathis of
the Mai i ste m. The difference in pay of
the through freight c inductors and tnat of
the local conductors is only ah iut $5. Thn
local men claim that they are entitled to
more salary than a tlnough conductor.
Bet wee a 8 ivannah aud M icon there is a
large number of stations, ad at each
station treight bas to ne discharged, un 1
the work is heavier and the responsibility
greater wit i local than wit i through con
ductors. Tbe committee will call up >n tne
general superintend© it this morning and,
it is underst >od, will make suggestions look
ing to some kind of a change.
Anew feature in furnace building is to
be introduced at tbe p iwer-houss being
erected in Alleghany City by the Pleasant
Valley Street Railway C impany. Tne nov
elty consists of a smokeless fikmace. It is a
contrivance by which ti.e fuel i auto opti
cally dumped into the fur aces, causing
regular combustion, proper feel of a r. ad,
it is claimed, an eco lotny of 20 oer cent, in
fuel. Last of all, this very economy in the
burning of the fuel nake-i the furnace p-ac
tically smokeless. Th-ro wiil e six stokers
placed in the ne v plant, and it is estimated
that tuev will save" tbe labor of four me t.
This is the first machine of its kind to be
put into practical u © in this section, al
though it bas been introduced with great
success la the west.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
CONGRESSIONAL STORIES
THE RARE YARNS HEARD AROUND
THE CLOAK ROOM FIRE.
A Sociable Ing'.eside that Attracts
th© Raconteurs—Characteristic Sto
ries by Various Congressmen—How
Tom Ochiltree Sold His Ranch—The
Man Who Bribed “Robert Elsmere”—
A Passage at Arms with a Dramatic
Climax.
From the Xeic York Sun.
Washington, Feb. 1. — There are times
in the House when debate becomes weari
some. There is a sameness in the argu
ments, and a mo -.otony la the quoted sta
tistics that duils the ear. Even the brig t
est tepresentative becomes fatigued aud
seeks relief iu the cloak rooms. There are
two of tuese, one in tbe rear of the repub
lican seats and the other behind the chairs
occu ied by the democrats. These rooms
are long and narrow, and plainly fur
nished. They contain marble wash-stauds
and silver-plated ice coolers. At tbe
end of each room there is a sort of clothes
horse surmount© 1 with pins, upon wh ch
the members hang their hats, coats, and
umbrellas. Three are three sofas iu each
room. The apartments aro plainly car
peted, and bright with electric lights, for
there are no windows to admit daylight.
In a corner of each room there is a small
fireplace. Cane-bot tomed chairs are there,
and two or three s fa< near by.
It is at these fire ides t hat the story
tellers gather. Fothing refreshes a man
wearied with do' ate more than to bear a
good story. The listo ers t uff fragrant
cicars and laugh immoderately. The hum
of business in the chamber of the House can
be heard, and at times the droning accents
of the clerk as he rt a Is some substitute or
amendment to a p tiding pr position. The
listener feels like one who dozes in a warm
aud cosy room while the elements are war
ring with ut.
1 ho other afternoon, during the debate on
the Oklahoma bill, which had become tire
some, 1 sat down In the Democratic cloak
room. The live coals in tbe little grate, de
spite the brightness of the electric liguts,
cast a cheerful glow upon the polished
hearth. A group of souther ers were there
telling stori 's. Amoi g them was a repub i
can who had wardered over from his own
side of the Hoji-e and had been drawn to
the fi eside by s line occult magnetism.
The stories were all good. They were po
litical, personal, and moral. Oue was told
by the Hon. William L. Wilson of West
Virginia. It was concerning his experience
at a democratic meeting in Baltimore. Mr.
Wilson and Clifton R. Breckinridge, son of
John C. Breckidridge, once Vice President
of the U.iiied States, are of less tha i me
dium sta'urs. Wilson is a little thinner than
Mr. Breckinridge, but ot ads auce they
look somewhat alike. In the late Cleve
land campaign the Crescent Club of Bal i
mora held a public M eeting every Friday
nigut. Mr. Breckinridge male an a Idre-s
at one of th sa Friday night meetings, and
Mr. Wilson foilowed him a week later. O ie
of Wilson’s pers mal friends sto id near the
door while the West Virginian was speak
ing. Two well-dressed young me i stepped
inside, and began to listen 11 him. Tuey
egardel bin with open astonishment.
Finally, one said to the other:
“Why, it’s the same little cuss who
was talking a week ago. He hasn’t got
through yet. Lei’s go out and get a
drink.”
******
Mr. Wilson had hardly concluded his tale
before another congressman related a good
story which William C. P. Breckinridge, a
cousin of Clifton R., teils at his own ex
pense. Last year B eckiuridge was invited
to address an educational convention at
Girard, Pa. Of courso he did his best, and
his listeners were delighted. Tne next
morning, when lie weut t ithe dep it to take
the train, ha f the town acco n pan ied him.
Leading citizms complimented him upon
his oration. One said he should never be
contented till e heard Mr. Breckinridge
speak ou political i sues. He expre sed a
hope that at some future day ne wouid re
visit the t iwn and favor them with a polit
ical s; eech. The silver-haired congressman
thanked him, an 1 cus tally remarked that
be was not particularly well up on educa
tional matters, and thought hi could make
a much better speech ou political subjects.
At this an Irishman, who stood n ar by*,
broke in on the couvars itio.i, saying:
“Well, I heard yez yesterday, Misther
Breckinridge, aud, upon me sawl, I think
you can.”
One good story leads to another. On one
occasion Thomas P. Ochiltree and Senator
Wole itt were in the same hotel. Oebiltiee
had been fervently descanting upou the at
tract ms of Texas. The senator was much
interested. Turning to Col. Ochiltree, he
sai' 1;
“I believe that the Oahiltraes are of one
the oldest families in Texas.”
“Yes, sir,” said tie colonel, wi-h much
pride, '‘they are. My great-grandfather
was killed iu ti.e massacre at Goli id. He
pre-eui'itei the ancestral rauch w en Texas
was a fief of Mexico. He took part in the
long struggle for Texan indepe nte ice, an 1
his name ta ids high on the scroll if fame.
I though a great ileal of the ra ich, but my
service in the confederacy left me pentdles
at tbe end of the war, an 1 I was compelled
to sell it. It was a l itter pill to swallow,
but ancestral pride has to give awav under
the str st of pecuniary circumsta col”
“Did you sell the rauca?” the senator
asked.
“Yes, sir,” the colonel replied, “Isold it,
and worse than all 1 was compelled to sell
it to a damned Englishman, sir.”
“How much did you get for it?” the sen
ator inquired.
“Seventeen thousand dollars, sir,” an
swered tne colonel.
“Did you get the money?”
“Yes, sir,” wits the leply; “seventeen
thousand dollars in gold, str —gold a.id
Bank of E iL'lui.d n tes, sir.”
She senat >r rubbed bis chin and looked
at the colonel for a minute or more, and
then slowly i:
“Did the Englishman find the ranch?”
******
There was a long outburst of laughter at
the conclusion of the story. Then there
was a run up m the outher i fund of hu nor.
Georgians had remi dscencea of their native
sta e to ret iil. a ul Alabama ad Arkansas
came ii neck and neck. A Kentucky
member, however, told one illustrative of
tne fervent p ety and lacit of inteil ganca of
the old-time southern i.egro. He said that
one afternoon an old darkey near Hickman
was at work on tt t bac o plantation. He
be.onge i to the Baptbt church, and had
been a member in good standing for many
a year. He always led the sieging and
had charge < f t e hat when contributi >ns
were carried to the al ar. On this day,
while hoeing the tobacco plants, a ball-ion
appeared iu the sky. The old negro re
garded it with g eat, astonishment. As it
gradually approac.,ei the earth ho ran
toward it. The car came to the grou and,
and the balloo Ist got out aud walked
toward the old mail. He was astonished at
the greeti g he received. The old darky
clasped both ha ds ii reitgiou3 fervor and
saluted birat u<: “0, I’so so glad to see
my blessed Savior! It gives me a heap of
jov. Pleaie tole me, Massa Jesus, how’s
your pas”
■'* * * * * *
Soon the sou* hern stratum was panned
out, and the republican memuer from New
York ope ed his budget. His first story
was o e concerni g the New York legisla
ture. It wm in 1836, when chartering
ba iks was the order of the day. Col.
Samuel Young of the Saratog i senatorial
district u iformily voted against them. He
was the Solitary s inator who voted “No”
in at least a hundred msta ces. He was a
democrat. Tuere was also a y rang demo
crat from one if the river counties
who was distasteful to Young o i
account of irregular habi s. His
name wa Maison. He thought Young was
overscrupulous and made a display of his
virtue in not voting for charters, aud he
was eternally nagging him. A proposition
came up to increase the capital stork of the
Waterford Bank. Young aat unshed eve y
bodv by voting for it. Mais n ai on liis
feet in an imta u He said it grieved him
to hear that toe distinguished senator was
intei ested in the bank whos st ck ho had
voted to it.cre.se. He was loth lo believe
it, but his infortna'ion came fr tn a trust
worthy source, and duty compelled ium to
call for an iuvestigat, on.
UoL Y'oung replied that hi-wife had an
interest in tbe ba k who he nar ied her,
and had always re aine.l it. The fr.c. that
his w ife was int< re ted i ad slipjied his n and
when he voted for tue bill, li- wouid t.iere
f >re ask the consent of the Senate to with
draw his vote.
.Mai-on, snll standi- g, replied that he was
gratified with the explanation, and hoped
that c nsent would be given. Ho was sorry,
however, that so distingui iea a se at r
shou and find it nectssa y to ta..o shelter uu
d -r the i-etticoalsuf his wife.
This ret rt fi ixl Young, who promptly
returned iu a voice of t under that wha -
ever might * e said of him on that oc asion,
he t lapsed Gnd he had uot the repu ation
of taking shelter under the pe.tic uts of
other women
Maison hotly shout and that ho never had
been indicted by a j.:ry > f Ins county.
This was a hit at an incident i.i Young's
life.
Y’oung straightened himself to his full
big.it, six feet two, and roared;
“I would to God that th re was some
machine like a moral diving bell by which
that senator nugin descend into tbe bottom
of his own h- art. and there discover its
moral pollution. It would be a descent in
co npaiisou with which the descent of
oEueus into bell was but a h Inlay.”
***** * •
This story led to a second from the lips of*
tbe same n.ember. Gov. B rack of New
Y’ork, in one of his messages to the legisla
ture. refe. red proudly to ti.e fact that ho
was the only gover or who had ever been
take i from tue agricultural portion of tne
community. When tbe me.Mge was road
ii the Senate. Enoch Stro..g, with a voice
like Job Randolph’s, drawled;
"Mr. President, I move that so much of
the governor’s mes age as relates to liis
h iving come from the ag.lcultur .1 portion
ef the community be referred to the com
mittee on a-g-r-l-c-u-l-t-u-r-c,” drawing it
out as if he would never get to the end of
it.
*******
Negro minstrels frequen ly teach wisdom
by tneir uotiseuse. Their jukes ad their
narrations aro usually very enjoyable. But
o man can spend an hour with greater
deligat and more whole-soulol enjoyment
than the man who squat* at tbe ingleside
in a co igressional cloak room and liste s to
its raeo.iteurs. Amos J. Cummings.
PROFITS ON PROGRAMMES.
How the Casts Get Lost in the Adver
tisements.
From the Neio York Tribune.
“Well, I’ve found it at last.”
“Found what?”
“The programme of the play. It is here,
although I began to think it had been loft
out entirely. I think it is a shame to fill up
the programme with advertisements like
this. Who is interested in dry goods and
corsets and eating saloons and cocoa and
all that sort of thing when they come to the
play* What do they put iu ail these things
for, anyway*”
“Because it pays, of course. Do i’t you
know there is money in these programmes?
D ui’t you know there are men who make
a living by getting them up? Of course
t’s an annoyance to the theater-goer to ba
obliged to read all that stuff, but tie really
isn’t obliged to re td it, you kuow.”
Part of a c mversation at one of New
York’s theaters. Jt is not necessary to
specify winch one, as the theater-pro
g amine nuisance is about as prevalent in
ne as in another.
“Y’es, there is money in them,” continued
the speaker, “Iu fact, there is so much
money in them that too me i who ge, th in
up jiay the managers of the theater a bo us
for the contract. S une pay as hign as
? 1,500 aid $2,000 a reason. They mako a
contract to furnish so many programmes
every night during the season, and the i
go fortti ad solicit advertising enoug ito
pay the bo ius and net a handsome profit
besides. There are two or three men who
practic lly monopolize this theater-pro
-rammo business, printing as many as
a score of them each. Mr. Daiy and one
or iwo more of our ma mgers print their
own programmes and reap all the profit
from he advertising.
“Of course this turning the theater pro
gram ne in o an advertising sheet isu’c very
complimeu ary or agreeable to the patrons
of the theater, hut it nays, and that is the
end of tha ma ter. No amount of protest
ing on the part <f the public ill avail
again t that argume.it. It nrnkej no differ
ence to the man who prints the programme
whether or nog you have to turnover page
after page of advertising and search indus
triously among flat, stale and unurofltable
commercial aim uncemonts iu order to fiud
the cast, but it tT >es make a difference to
him if he c innot fill those s .inejjages with
paying ‘ad-.’
“I heard there was a scheme on foot re
cently to crea o a grand theater programme
trust all over the c rautry. The proprietors
of an enterprising dramatic newspaper
were at tbe bottom of it. Their pi m was
quietly to by up the programme privilege
in New York, and afterward iu all s ctio is
of the country, and to issue programmes
which should completely revolutionize the
present idea on the subject. They into d
ed in Jthe first place to print the jjrog.-a i mes
on a half dozeo pages ot tueir dramatic
newspaper, preserving the general make-up
and appearance of t.e paper, title-page,
reading-matte • and even ‘ads.’ The read
ing- natter would be selected with speciul
reference to the play on the boards at each
theater, and be jir dusely illu*trate 1 witb
portraits of the cast aud scenes from the
play, thus forming a handsome and valu
able souvenir to carry home and preserve.
Tne cuts would p actieally cost nothing,
being taken from tie stock of th> piper.
Of course the scheme would cost money,
but then it would be a regular cold mine
and boom the dr irnatie weekly behind it
beyo iil ail precedent.”
“iVliy didn’t they carry out their
scheme?” as.led the woman.
"Simply b-cause the pa or itself died of
financial debility soon af e \ and this, with
its other brilliant schemes came to
naught.”
Marie . wain as Hols To-Day.
From Once a Week.
M rk Twain is a close-knit, profm-e
--haired man of quiet manner, with shaggy,
protruding eyebrows and a drooping red
dish mustache, ti ig and with gray. He
speaks slowly and measured:y, sometime
lingering over a word and tnon accelerating
the speed of the next few, s > as to make up
for the delay. Ho waxes eloquent oil t o
subject of internatio al copyright, and has
a habit, when talking, of staring fixedly at
s une imaginary object, ns if ne had got
hold of an idea and was determined to keep
in sight of it. He writes a you bftilly legib.e
hand, but pigeon-holes a story for some
years alter writing it, and is not chary of
his autograph whsn property asked for.
He lives next door to Harriet Beecher
Stowe; takes a long walk daily; smokes a
corncob pipe; is se.dom see i iil New Y rk.
and can drive a bargain. He has more
offers to lecture than any other rn-au in
America, and an accomplished wife, who is
utterly at a loss to see any fun ii his books.
He is rising five aul fifty, does fit lo k it,
wears e e-glasses, and can get a laugh out
of u grindstone or a civil engineer.
Weddings.
Wedding invitations and cards printed or
engraved at the shortest notice and in the
atest styles. We carry au extensive and
well selected stock of fine jiapei-s, envelopes
and cards especially for such orders. Sam
pies sent on application. Morning News
Priuting House, Savannah, Ga.
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EIGHTY of them have been introduc-d in tbe
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OVER HALF THE AMERICAN CROP.
Several of those first eri-oted have pressed
over ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION BALES
eacti, WITHOUT DEFE T OR APPRECIABLE
WEAR. Their immense weight and strength
have rendered them the ONLY DURABLE
COMPRESS in use.
Sole Owners and Patentees,
S. B. STEERS & CO.,
Cotton Exchange, New Orleans.
DRY GOODS.
NOW IS THE TIME!
No Puffing, But Facts.
VITE are closing out our entire Winter Stock
V V at such prices that defy comparison. A
8 l#*n lid pair of i ace Curtains for 75c. and up
wards. Elegant Fancy Tallin Cioum 6uc. and
up. We must have room for our spring pur
chases, and prices will make it. Call and ee
us. Country orders carefully executed.
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No. 154 Broughton Street.
INI) KRTA K EliS.
Thomas Henderson's Sons,
UNDERTAKERS,
56 DRAYTON STREET, CORNER OF HULL.
H AVING succ-eded to the business of our
deceased fattier, Thomas Henaerson, we
bea to inform ou -fri-nds and the pui-lie gen
erally that we will continue tbe same busin-as
at 50 Drayton street. Being thoroughly familiar
with the business in all its details, and trusting
to merit continued confide,-*c. we ar,-. respect
fully, JAMES E. HENDERSON.
T. HUNTER HENDERSON-
Residence 135 Gordon street.
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licensee manufacturer of
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will open at any page and remain perfectly flat.
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It is the only elastic binding designed to open
fiat that has received the unqualified indorse
ment of bookkeepers as well as bookbinders.
Books ruled to any pattern, made to any size
an-! bound in any styl .
We are making books for a number of firms
in this city and elsewhere, and will take pleas
ure in showing them to those interested.
THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING
HOUSE,
3 Wtutaxer street. Savannah.
V te**' CENTS A WEEK will nave tbe
. y . *v MORNING NEWS delivered at
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lIBY GOODS.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN (SCO.
Will Offer This Week Ex
traordinary Values in
Cambric and Nainsook,
Embroideries, inserting,
Flouncing and Skirtings.
Plain, Checked and Striped
White Goods 5 cents Yard.
Torchon Laces, Largest
Stock. R. &G. Corsets,
All Styles. Stylish Ging
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Black Hosiery for Ladies
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Spring Styles Fancy Hosiery.
Cheapest Silks in Savannah.
New Lot Silk Warp Henriettas.
Look at Our Linen Goods.
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1 @i>o yvrrvrv I .via— 1890
MILLINERY NOTICE!
At KROUSKOFF’S
MAMMOTH MILLINERY HOUSE
The most successful W inter Season is closing, and unusual
preparations are in progress for a very complete offering in
such Novelties for Spring Headwear as the European and
home market can offer. Already our Agents are sending
from London and Faria Novelties in Pattern Hats and
Bonnets that Are a marvel of beauty in design, and we
promise a display that has never been equaled. On our
Second and Third floors we are opening very complete line
of the latest patterns FRENCH FLOWERS FOR EVEN
INGr WEAR; also, Ribbons in all widths, including Sash
Ribbons. We are closing balance of Winter Stock at any
price. Our Ribbon Sale continues as before. Merchants
and Milliners supplied up-stairs at same prices and terms as
in New York.
INSTALLMENT HOUSE.
THE LEADING HOUSE FURNISHERS.
J.W.TEEPLE&CO.
Are LEADERS, because they sell EVERYTHING to furnish a bouse with. All kinds of
Furniture, Crockery, Stoves, Mattings, Shades, Carpets, Wall
Paper, Sewing Machines, Etc.,
!?0 matter what you want. Coma and see. Everything on installments.
193 to 199 Broughton Street,
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA
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