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INDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— The Hibernian Society; The Ger
mania Social Club.
Special Notices— The Title Guarantee and
Loan Company of Savannah ; The Gerke Brew
ing Cods Genuine Buck Beer. George Meyer.
Spring and Summer Clothing—A. Falk &
Sons.
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The second ann lversary of New York’s
great blizzard was a day of ethereal mild
ness. Such a blizzard as that of IHSS is a
rare occurrence in that state.
Will the Georgia republicans put up
Carpet-bagger Buck for governor this year?
All good democrats would iiks to get a
-whack at Buck at thi polls.
A statement has been going the rounds
that Senator Dolph is devoid of a sense of
humor. This has been quite evident since
the senator’s smelling committee met.
Nellie Bly has visited the white house,
and the President has congratulated her
upon her trip around the world. What a
great head for advertising Nellie has, to be
sure!
The New York Tribune doubts Mr. Car
lisle’s statement that congress is about
to wipe out the surplus The Tribune will
hardly contend, however, that congress is
likely to make a reputation for economy.
Vice President Morton should send Post
master General Wanamaker a telegram t o
the effect that he is still alive. Statesman
"Wanamaker is a little skeptical about the
possibility of a northern republican coming
south and getting back alive.
It will strike the country that when a
senator rises bo speak upon the Blair educa
tional bill he should not lug in a bloody
B’nrt harangue, as Senator H iar did the
other day. A senator who would and o such a
thing shows himself to be particularly anx
ious to malign the south.
New York and Washington are talking
about the quick trip made by rail the other
day from Jersey City to Washington. Here
tofore the quickest time for such a trip has
been five hours and thirteen minutes, but
Manager Palmer and his “Aunt Jack” com
pany made it in four hours and eighteen
minutes. The distance is 227 miles.
The New York Tribune says: “Mr.
"Wanamaker denies the rumor that he in
tends to build a great mission church in
Philadelphia. His money and labor will
continue to be expended upon Bethanv
church.” A part of his money will be ex
pended upon Indiana floaters, if Dudley
continues to boss the republican boodle for
that state.
Delegates to an educational convention in
Morehead City, N. C., July 1-6, will form a
“Southern Educational Association.” This
is not intended to oppose the national ass o
ciation, but to discuss questions pertaining
to school work peculiar to the south. Cheap
railroad and hotel fare has been obtained,
nod it is expected that there will be a large
attendance.
Republican organs are falling into the
habit of referring to Senator Call’s ampli
fication. in the Congressional Record , of
what he said about Senator Chandler on
the floor of the Senate, as “an infamous
act.” They should fall out of it as quickly
as possible. It is a very bad habit—that of
abusing a man for clothing the truth in a
better garb.
The passage by the Maryland legislature
of a ballot reform bill may be regarded as
a vindication of Senator Gorman against
the caarge made against him some time
ago to the effect that he was an opponent of
ballot reform. This is particularly the case
when it is remembered that Senator Gor
man helped to draw no the bill which was
passed, and that it is a very good bill.
The New Orleans city council wants less
noise in that city at night, an l it has pasied
an ordluancH prohibiting the blowing of
steam whistles between 5) p. m. ail 6:3) a.
in. Thu Timet-Democrat approves Via or
dinance, so far as it goes, but thinks that it
ought to prohibit other night noisei. It is
just possible, however, that the city council
limy find that uolsj is inseparable from
great ciUes,
Savannah’s Commercial Future.
The Morning News published statistics
a few days ago showing that the commerce
of Savannah has incieasel wonderfully
wiibir. the last few years, and that it is now
about as great as that of all the other south
Atlantic ports combined. There are rea
sons for saying that the increase within tue
next few years will be fur greater than it
has been within the last five.
One of these reasons is that Savannah,
in a” proDab.litv, will b) the
point from which the phosphate of Flori ia
will b? shfppe-i to Europe. There is no
other South Atlantic port which offer • so
great advantages as this for its shipment
Deep water to the sea is necessary, because
in order to export it with profit large ves
sels must be employed, aid when they are
loaded with it they have a very great
draught In a week or two toe first ship
ment of the phosphate to Europe will be
made. Already several hundred tons of it
have arrived,and the remainder of the cargo
will so n be here. If the experimental
shipment proves to le satisfactory, and
there is every reason to think it will, the
exporting of phosphate will soon become a
large business. Vessels will be in our har
bor all the time seeding cargoes of it
Another reason for expecting a great in
crease in Savannah's commerce is the open
ing of three new lines of railroad, which
will bring the products of the country trib
utary to them here for shipment abroad.
These road* are the Alabama Midland, the
Savannah and Western, and the South
Bound.
A well-informed railroad man said a day
or two ago that 250,000 bales of cotton would
reach Savannah next season over the Ala
bama Midland. That would be a very con
siderable increase in oar cotton reoeipts.
There will also be sent here over the
same road a vast amount of other products,
and our merchants will have the oppor
tunity to find customers ia a section of
country that has not heretofore traded with
them.
The Sa-atmah and Western, which will
be in operation within a very few months,
will largely add to the city’s receipts of
lumber and naval stores. It runs through
hundreds of thousands of acres of as good
pine lands as there are in the world.
The South B tund’s projectors promise to
have that road completed for the fall trade.
If they do Savannah will get a great deal
of cotton from South Carolina, and also a
very large amount of other trade. Already
several South Carolina merchants, it Is
reported, are thinking about moving their
establishments to this city with the view of
getting a portion of the new business which
will come here as soon a3 the road is com
pleted.
Of course Savannah is showing evidences
of her increasing prosperity. Her real
estate is commanding very large prices, and
there is a much greater demand for houses
than can be supplied. There is one thing,
however, that she must have, and that is a
channel to the sea twentv-six feet deep.
She now has twenty-one feet in her harbor
and twenty-seven feet on her bar at high
tide. With twenty-six feet of water ships
capable of doing her carrying trade satis
factorily can come to her wharves. It is to
be hoped, therefore, that congress will
appreciate Savannah’s commercial impor
tance sufficiently to give her a reasonable
appropriation for beginning work on the
projected harbor improvement.
A Bad Lot.
The sheriff of New York city and his
deputies do not appear to be much, if any,
better than the criminals they held in con
finement Sheriff Fiack is now on trial for
getting a divorce from his wife by fraudu
lent meant His wife is old, and the un
derstanding is that he desired to get rid of
her so that he might marry a younger
woman. His wife was made plaintiff in a
divorce suit without her knowledge, and a
decree of divorce was obtained. The news
papers uncovered the matter, and now the
sheriff is trying to keep out of the poniten
tiaty for his share in the fraudulent proceed
ings. A jury will soon say whether or not
he shall put on a striped suit or continue
to lock up those who are in a fair way of
wearing stripe* 1 suits.
His warden, a man named Keating, and
his chief deputy, a man named McGoaigal,
have just been indicted for accepting bribes
from prisoners in their charge in Ludlow
street jail. The evidence of their guilt is
strong and direct. One of the Herald's re
porters had himself seat to the jail for the
purpose of testing the rumors that a
prisoner there could do about as he pleased
provided ha was liberal with his money.
He found the rumors were true. He says
that he bribed both Keating and McGoni
gal, and was permitted to leave tae jail and
go wherever he wanted to about the city.
Of course he had to pay liberally for the
privileges which he enjoyed. He satisfied
himself, however, that a corrupt lot of
officials ran the prison, anl he went before
the grand jury and had the men he bribed,
indicted. It is evident that in New York
the street cleaning bureau is not the only
one in which a reform broom is needed.
The Pniladeiphia newspapers contain an
account of how a housekeeper made matters
rather lively for Evan Adams, of Pieasaat
ville. Pa. Adams went to Philadelphia and
employed the housekeeper, who is described
as a pretty little southern woman. She re
turned to Pleasantville with him, and he at
tempted to assault her. The “pretty little
southern woman” p unded his head with her
fist, and finally picked up a stick, whereupon
Adams ran. She pursued him hotly, but he
eluded her by climbing a tret. Then she
smashed out a few window panes of his
house, and demanded money to return to
Philadelphia. The next time Adams em
ploys a housekeeper he will prob ibly be
quite sure that she is not from t ie south.
An interesti *g rumor from Now York is
that Jay Gould is going to marry again, the
object of his choice being the widow of
Maurice B. Flvnn. Mrs. Flynn is the
daughter of a former theatrical manager
named Theodore Moss, ami Mr. Moss and
Mr. Gould are great friends. Mr. Moss
says, however, that his daughter is not
engaged to Gould. Mrs. Flynn says noth
ing, and Mr. Gould is in the west. The
public will probably have to curb its impa
tience and await developments.
Brother Wanamaker fears that the life of
a northern republican is not safe in the
south. Brother Wanamaker overlooks the
fact that there are a good many carpet
baggers in the south, that they have been
here s >rno time, and that they are not afraid
of being assassinated.
Keuator Bhermuu ways that he is going to
make a speech against trusts when the
Blair bill, which, he thinks, is being talked
to death, is disposed of. Perhaps he would
like to talk tits anti-trust bill to death. It
is difficult to conceive of a republican being
really opposed to trusts.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MARCH 15. 1890.
The ifcCalia Inquiry.
It is impossible, of course, to say what
the finding of the court-martial in the case
f Capt. Met "alia of the United States
steamer Enterprise will be, but the testi
mony that Las thus fur been introduced
shows that he was unnecessarily cruel in
his treatment of some of the men of his
crew. There is no doubt that he struck
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down Fireman Walker with his sword
while the latter was in irons, and that be
threatened to kill a boy who was guilty < f
a flight indiscretion. On the other hand,
it is quite clear that he bad a lot of men to
deal with who were insensible to kindness,
and w ho broke the rules of the ship when
ever the opportunity to do so presented
itself.
While it is true that he ought pot to have
resorted to punishments that are not recog
nized by the regulations of the navy, and
also that the striking of the fireman was
a cruel act, nevertheless it will be admitted
that the conduct of the fireman was
calculated to destroy discipline and to make
it difficult, if not impossible, to control
the rough men who composed a large part
of the crew. The fireman, according to the
testimony, cursed and reviled the captain
and applied to him vile epithets. Com
para’ively few men in Capt. McCalla’s
position would have been able, under the
circumstances, to restrain their anger, and
to have refrained from inflicting summary
punishment on the offender. However,
in violently assaulting a member of his
crew with a deadly weapon when he himself
was in no danger of violence, he
not only ignored the rules for the securing
of discipline in the navy, but he lessened
his influence with his crew, and it is prob
aole, therefore, that he will not be exon
erated by the court-martial from the
charges which have been brought against
him. It is probable that he will claim that
a number of the crew had assumed a
threatening attitude* and that an attack
upon himself and bis officers was prevented
by the course which he pursued. This de
fense will not be regarded as sufficient
unless be is sustained by his officers, and it
is certain that all of them do not think he
was justified in what he did. One of them
has testified that on occasions the captain’s
conduct was unnecessarily cruel.
Having a Good Time.
Speaker Reed seems to be getting a good
deal of animal enjoyment out of his posi
tion, and the republican members are hav
ing no end of fun. The speaker metaphor
ically takes by the nape of the neck and the
seat of the trousers every democratic mem
ber who dares to question his rulings, or to
make a sugge-tive inquiry, and pitches him
out of the House, and while he is going
through with that little trick the repub
licans nearly split their sides laughing.
Our readers doubtless remember how he
silenced Mr. Springer, when that gentle
man wanted to know when he could make
a certain motion. “You can make it at the
proper time!” vociferated the dignified
speaker, who never iosos his temper; and
the republican hilarity thereat was great.
Almost daily such scenes taka place. Mr.
Kilgore, for instance, arose the other day
to make a parliamentary inquiry. Tae
speaker allowed him to proceed, and he was
getting to the point nicely when he was in
terrupted by the sweet and low voice of Mr.
Reed, who remarked persuasively that the
gentleman was hardly laying the founda-
tion for a parliamentary inquiry, whereat
the republicans laughed immoderately.
Mr. Kilgore was so much astonished
that he forgot what he was going
to inquire about, but subsequently
he ventured, after a vote had been
taken, to make the point of no quorum.
The point was well taken, for there was
nothing more than a Reed quorum, but the
words came from the speaker: “The chair
overrules the point,” and again the repub
licans indulged in laughter.
The demeanor of the speaker is disre
spectful and even insulting to the House.
It may be very funny, but it isn’t what the
members have a right to expect, and
it doesn’t comport with the high position
which Mr. Reed holds. No doubt the
pe ’pie are taking note of it, and that they
will tee that the democrats have a chance
in the next congress of placing in the chair
a man who isn’t brutal in his remarks, who
isn’t autocratic in his decisions, and who
isn’t quite so lavish in sarcasm at the wrong
time. In doing this, they will necessarily
have to dismiss some of the republican mem
bers who have been lassoed by Speaker
Reed and made to follow at his sweet will,
and who are now trying to get sofne enjoy
ment out of their shackled condition by
joining in laughter every time the speaker
opens his mouth.
There is considerable consternation in re
publican circles because the Ohio legislature
seams to be going to try to change the man
ner of choosing presidential electors in that
state. Senator Buchanan has introduced a
bill providing that, with the exception of
the electors-at-larg?, the electors for Ohio
shall be chosen in the congressional districts,
one in each district, and if this plan should
be adopted the democrats would got most
of the electoral votes from that state in
1592, provided congress could not interfere
with the recent congressional redistricting,
and provided, further, that the democrats
controlled the next legislature. Another
democratic senator is going to introduce a
bill providing that the electors shall he
chosen by the legislature. This bill shows,
at least, that there is some confidence that
the democrats will coutiuue to control the
legislature.
The pastor of a colored Baptist church of
Richmond, Va., has been ousted by the
congregation. It appears that during the
last Virginia campaign he advised adult
male members of the congregation to vote
for the best men irrespective of party, and
it is said that he votel the democratic
ticket, thus showing that he proposed to
practice what he preached. Since then a
movement to put him out has boon grow
ing, aud it culminated the other day as
stated. The members charged the pastor
with having been treacherous to his race.
If they bad os much sense as the pastor
whose name, by the way, is C. B. W.
Gordon—they would know that he showed
genuine interest in them by giving them
the best kind of a 1 vice.
Some of the Georgia newspapers are dis
posed to question the reliability of the
recent count by which Col. Northen ap
peared to be by far the most popular of the
gubernatorial candidates. That the prefer
ences of 1,390 other citizens aid voters
might show a very ditferent result cannot
be denied.
The Baltimore American says that
Charles 11. lteed, who was counsel for
Ouiteau, lives lu that city. He has a well
furnished home, and appears to be ouutantad
and happy, lie hit retired from active
t>rof jttioual Ufa.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Tesre are two birds at the London Zoo that
have great reputations as vemnk.qutots. One
i* a crane-like bird called the trumpeter and the
other is the emu.
A Man who recently fell ill in Warsaw begged
his dSctor to accept an o.d lottery ticket in
place of fee and the doctor dll so. The ticket
has just drawn $40,000.
Patti will sxin appear at Omaha It is said
that she gets $4,000 for every public appearance.
This means that in one evening she will con
sume g'-.ftJO bushels of Nebraska's fourteen cent
corn.
Miss Olaf Krarer, an Esquimau, is the first
woman of her race to come forward as a public
lecturer. She speaks Fng.i-h with remarkable
accuracy. Her height is only three feet four
Inches.
Ir is stated that the ex Emperor Dom Pedro
has received and accepted an invitation from
the Austrian court to take up his permanent
residence in the impenu. chateau of Helzen
dorf district, about an hours drive from
Vienna
A statistician calculates that the total ton
nage of the world, steam and sail, is in round
numbers 21,iM0.000 tons, of which 50 per cent,
is British. Over 71 per cent, of the foreign
fre.ght tonnage of the world is carried in British
vo&se ji.
Since the oldest womin of Vienna died a
short time ago. a most animated competition
has been in progress for recognition as her suc
cessor. This comnetition shows that the Aus
trian capital has no fewer than five ladies who
are all over 103.
Walter Rothschild, who has just been ad
mitted as a partner in the great banking house,
is said to be a quiet, thoughtful young man, re
sembling his mother m :>re than his father. He
lias a soft, low voice, a genial disposition, and a
mind for business.
A writer in the Toronto Globe calls attention
to the increasing spread of the Canada thistle
in the dominion. There is a law on the subject,
but it is a dead letter, he says, and he suggests
that the government appoint weed inspectors to
abate the nuisance.
Sir Morell McKexzib, the great London
throat specialist, has won two suits against
London newspaper* for publishing disparaging
articles about his treatment of the late Emperor
Frederick of Germany. The damages awarded
amounted to $8,250.
Dom Pedbo, ex-Emperor of Brazil, has been
followed constantly by ill luck. The other day
he got into a carriage a: Nice, whereupon the
horse nearly upset the vehicle and its contents.
Dom Pedro, however, managed to escape being
thrown to the ground.
Thunderstorms are more frequent in Java
than in any other pan of the globe. On an
average tney occur in the island on ninety-seven
days of the year. In England the average
marks thunderstorms on about seven days in
the year—only half the number recorded In
France.
The German Empress is forming a “League
for the Preservation of Go ?d Habits” among
Prussian ladies. The members bind themselves
to discourage luxury in every form, both for
themselves and their friends: to wear fewer,
more simple and cheaper dresses, and to prac
tice rigid economy in tneir households.
The Sioux Indians certainly can't complain
that efforts are not at least being made to im
prove their morals. A Catholic Indian mission
ary, Father Jerome of the Benedictine order,
has compiled a proper book for their use. It
will be published by Bishop Marty and will be
printed in the Sioux language.
A soldier was court-martialed last month at
Venice for breach of discipline and condemned
to six months’ imprisonment. When informed
by the court that he could appeal, he contempt
uously tore off his number and other insignia,
threw them on the flo r and shouted: ‘Cursed
be your army! Y’ou are a lot of assassins!”
For this he was condemned to seven years'
close confinement in prison.
The man who blows out the gas has a rival.
He recently stopped over night at a Michigan
hotel, and the smell of burning cloth prompted
a search for him. After rapping up several
guests this man finally peered out of the dark
ness of his room and confessed that he had
tied a towel around the electric lights, and it
had scorched it. “I tried to blow it out,’’ he
said, "but it wouldn't go out.”
Away back in the dim and misty past some
body poisoned Mr. Drew's cattle, down in Ber
rien county. Mioh. He thought it was his neigh
bor, Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. Sheppard was ar
rested. The case has been dro ging along for
years, has cost the county about $16,000 and
may not be settled yet, as the jury disagreed
last week, notwithstanding the overwhelming
evidence of the accused’s innocence.
An English medical commission, incidentally
to another investigation, had to make some ex
periments as to the effect of tight lacing. Fe
male monkeys were used. They were put into
a plaster of paris jacket to imitate stavs. and a
tight bandage was bound about the vralst to
imitate the petticoat band. Several of the
monkeys died very quickly, and all showed
serious injuries resulting from the treatment.
Shakespeare is well appreciated by the
higher-educated natives in India, and last year a
iarge number of his plays were rublished in the
vernacular. “As You Like It” and “The Win
t r's Tale" were translated into Tamil and
Telegu for Madras; “Tee Taming of the Shrew”
came out in the Punjab; and “Hamlet.” “Much
Ado About Nothing” aud “The Comedy of Er
rors” were great favorites in the northwest
provinces.
Progress and science are knocking all the
romance out of the ideals of our younger days.
The number of gondoliers at Venice has been
much diminished since the introduction of
steam launches in the canals which form its
thoroughfares. The few gondoliers left in ser
vice, however, are not complaining, as they re
ceive better wages, through lack of competition
m their own special line, and their sculling is
much in demaud by visitors.
Nothing, says the Hartford Post, has caused
so much wonderment among physicians in a
long time as the recovery of John McDonald of
Waterbury, Conn., of his eyesight, McDonald
has been totally blind for thirty years, and is
now 74 years old. His blindness was caused bv
droppiug sand lu his eyes many years ago. Mc-
Donald has recently been very sick. He states
that while on his bed he felt a dizzy sensation
in his head, when suddenly something seemed
to snap like a cord, and suddenly his eyesight
came back to him like a flash, after he ha I
been in total darkness for thirty 3-ears. McDon
ald's sight is growing stronger all the time, aud
he is rapidly recovering.
Illcstrativk of the decadence of rural New
England villages, the following from TV indhain,
an old village in the eastern part of Connecticut,
is going the rounds of the press of that state;
“The population of this village, the scene of the
Windham frog scare, is less now- than it has
been the past 150 years. As there is no business
done here of any account, the young men who
have a particle of ambition for business go to
other places to get a living. The old people are
fast disappearing, and the place now has the
appearance of a nearly deserted village. There
an- fourteen unoccupied tenem-nts here. From
Brick Top on the north to Lander’s corner on
South Main street, and from George Lathrop's
on West street to Mrs. Moulton's on Hast
street, and to Rufus Huntington's on the Bally
hack road, the population, including men.
women and children, will not vary much from
241. Included in that number are twenty
widows and four widowers. There is not a
mechanic of any kind that has a shop for doing
business, where formerly nearly all the com
mon branches of industry ware represented."
ANew Y ork jeweler was remarking the other
day that he had just received the most extraor
dinary order for a handsome gold bracelet that
had ever been given to him. A fashionably
dressed woman had come into the store and
said she wanted him to make a bracelet for her
pet dog, the idea being that the dog should
wear it on one of his front legs. The lady bad
prepared herself with the measurement of tue
dog's leg above the knee joint, but the jeweler
suggested that probably the bracelet would not
slay on, for the reason that a dog's leg ordina
rily tapers toward the extremity. Ho said that
possibly the dog would kindly provide himself
with an enlarge uent of the knee joint or a con
venient carbuncle, and then it would lie all
right If not. tue lady would have to bring her
canine favorite around and see bow the thing
could bo adjusted. Oliver Sumner Teall. the
political reformer, is lu the habit of going
around town with a dog wlnoe collar is deco
rate 1 with a large bunch of violets, hut It re
mained for the wmen to discover possibilities
in the wav of decorating dogs wtili golden orna
ments and precious stones. If the idea is taken
np and I'gtUiiialoly devel pod, the dogs' tails
may soon lie ornamented with emerald rings
mid their wn hung with diamond |ieud*uts
Tlie remit would is* very picture: pic, but at
the sau.it time i st!i'*r expensive.
Kvory tissue of tins hodf, every t*nn*.
muscle aud organ, is made stronger aud
mure healthful by tint usuof Hood's Msrsa
paiuils. -AUv,
PERSONAL.
Gem. Gbielt, chief of the signal ierviee, >ti
eeeo recently on the streets of Washington
dressed in anew soring suit and wearing no
oeercoat. It was snowing at the time. Greeiy
says that the best he can do is to dress accord
ing to the calendar.
IL Rider Haggard has quietly disappeared.
He is not at his country seat in Englacd and h s
London haunts know him him not. It is gen
erally supiosed that he has gone to the Orient,
for inspiration, but this is denied by people
who claim to have seen him recently in Scot
land. Perhaps Haggard is trying an advertis
ing dodge.
United States Senator Wolcott's bitter
enemy, ex-Senator Hill, controls the principal
newspaper in Denver, Col. Every day Walcott's
doings are noted by an ohserver in the Senate
gallery, and the next morning Hill's journal
records the Senator’s career for tne preceding
day. Walcott naturally feels uncomfortable
under this surveillance.
Says a Washington correspondent: “There is
no more probability that Cashier Silcott will be
brought back to Washington than that Capt.
Howgate will. Silcott, like Howgate, ‘knows
too much.' No serious effort has been made to
capture him, and none will be made. Like
Howgate, hv could be had at any time if
wanted. Like Howgate, he will never be
wanted."
Bishop Clark of Rhode Island told this story
in his sermon last Sunday. He said that a con
vention of unbelievers met recently in a cer
tain city, and, as one after another delegate
arose to give his views, traces of the old super
stition lurked in his discourse. At last a vehe
ment member arose, and spoke something after
thisfasnion: "Ido not like the tendency of
the remarks of toe speakers. They are still in
the shackles of the ancient beliefs: they still
hold on to by-gone prejudices. For me, let me
be known by my name. I am an out and out
atheist—thank God 1"
Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talk age professes to
be a lover of books, and yet he does a thing
that no real book-lover could do. If in the
midst of writing a sermon he needs a quota
tion, he seizes the volume that contains it and
tears out the desired page with ruthless hand.
Then, taking his shears, he cuts out the particu
lar passage he needs, and pasting it on his
manuscript page, tosses the book aside. There
is scarcely a hook in his library that is not so
mutilated. “But what do you do when you
wish to refer to such a passage again!” a re
porter asked him. “I never want to refer to it
again,” he answered, sententiously. “When I
have used it once, I am done with it for good."
Not many of the members of the Fifty-first
congress have introduced as few bills as Repre
sentative Foreman, who was sent to Washing
ton from the district formerly represented by
“Horizontal Bill” Morrison, says the New York
Tribune. He explains this by saying that when
he was a member of the Illinois legislature he
thought it was his duty to frame laws as well as
help pass them. “I went to one of the oldest
memoers," be says, “and asked him to recom
mend to me a few good bills that it wouldn't do
any harm to introduce. ‘Young man,’ my friend
replied, 'in the course of my first term 1 sue
ceeded in getting three of my bills passed, By
hard work I was ab e to get two of them re
pealed in ray second term, and ever since I have
been trying to get the third off the statute
books.’ ”
Lay of the Cowboy.
From the Washington Post.
Oh, I am the cowboy of legend and story.
Whom the back Eastern youngsters so highly
admire:
The slaughter of pilgrims is ever my glory.
And few have escaped when they drew out
my fire.
On the deck of my broncho I skim o’er the
prarie,
A terror to all who my darling behold;
I defy any civilized constabulary,
And all vigilantes the country"can hold.
As free as the proud, soaring bird of the ocean
I speed on my way over valley and plain.
And no man dare make the least treacherous
motion.
That he lives for a minute to do it again.
The joys of existence I don't claim forever:
Some day I must mizzle like other galoots;
But the Old Boy will be most devilish clever
If he gets me laid out while I stand in my
boots.
When I'm roped at the round up of judgment
eternal
And corraled in a furnace forever to dwell.
I’ll be able to teach them some capers infernal:
I won't be a tenderfoot even In h—l.
Showed Him How It was Done.
An amiable senator, who has not been long in
congress, was talking with a newspaper man
yesterday about the bu nlng question of out
raged senatorial dignity, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. “Now tell me," he
said, “how do you boys get these things, any
how?"
“I really have no particular objection to
telling you.” the correspondent replied, “but
I do not propose to tell that smelling com
mittee."
“Well, I am not a member of that com
mittee,” said the senator, repelling the insinua
tion.
“I do not propose to recognize the authority
of the committee,” continued the correspond
ent. “I do not see what authority they have.
Where did they get any authority? Who con
stituted them a committee to smell out other
people's business? Ido not see any record of
their appointment.”
“Oh," said the senator, “they were appointed
in executive session. That is why there is no
record. They were appointed with full author
ity and instructed to make a thorough investi
gation.”
Tneu he went on to tell how complete their
authority was and what were their instructions.
"But," he added “you said you did not mind
telling me how you got your information about
executive sessions.”
“This is the way. I have just given you an
illustration.”
Th : senator looked puzzled for a moment.
Then he looked mail, but in a moment reached
out his hand. “That's all right,” he said, “I
forgive you."
The Samaria of To-day.
From an illustrated article on “Some Way
side Places in Palestine,’ - in the March Century,
we quote the following: "I am free to confe s
that I did not meet the proverbial good Samar
itan as I journeyed through this much favored
country. If one nietts a tiller of the soil he
will sidle off as far as the narrow path will
allow, and scowlingly watch the traveler's ap
proach. The offer of a piaster will bring him
to a standstill.
“ ‘How far is it to Nain?’
“ ‘God knows,' comes the fervent answer.
“ How long will it take to go there?’
“ ‘As long as God pleases,’ he answers, with a
shrug of his shoulders and a pull at his pipe.
“ ‘Shall I reach there by noon?’
" ‘lf God permit.’
“ But may I hope to make the distance in an
hour?'
"'AsGod may direct,’ he answers, walking
away.
“ ‘ls Nain distant, or is it very near?’
“ ’There,’ lie answers, moving his finger
through a wide arc. If one extracts a more
neighoorly spirit than this from a Samaritan he
must have the mysterious power of a dervish."
CURRENT COMMENT.
1892 Is the Year.
From the Few York World (Dem.).
A fair held in 1893 will be absurdly meaning
less. It will be significant of nothing but
blundering incapacity.
Small Man From a Small State.
From the Philadelvhia Times (Lid.).
Chandler is from a very small state, anil as a
senator be about fits the state, but he man
ages to make noise enough for a senator of full
size.
The President’s Duty.
From the Hartford Times (Dem.).
Let President Harrison take the first step to
ward peace in the south by the promDt with
drawal of the nominations of Judge Swayne
and Marshal Mizell. aud thus prove to the south
that there, os In ttie north, justice shall be ju
dicially administered. If be shall lake that im
portant step in earnest he will speedily lie
amazed at tne tranquillity of the south and the
harmony of the races.
Congress Is Not Almighty.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem ).
If McC Unas or Wickham should get his hill
through congress prohibiting a change m con
grcssloual District., it would create such con
tusion as never was wltcoaseff in </hlo. Tie
republicans propose to hold control If ih y have
tor. sort to the ‘mailed hand.'' winch will. ,(
followed u|>, had to their own discount urm
Congress Is hot almighty, ami lots never lief ore
ei and never will ho fs-viuitted to regulate affair*
that belong exclusively to states.
•duituoa# Mier Regulator hgi never hern
kaows In fall to fit* ati liter disc aos.-ahi.
ERIGHT BITS.
Two college boys were guessing each other's
ages "To judge by your immature and
amateur joke*, you're about IS," said Bdl.
“To judge by your antique and mossy jests,
you're about 2X1,” replied Bob, and honors were
easy.— Providence Telegram.
A young attorney got a queer letter the
other day. It was from a negro in Florida, and
requested him to look up the whereabouts of
some friend supposed to be in this city. The
intelligent b ac.; concluded his appeal with the
request: “if you don’t get this letter please let
me know."— Buffalo Fxpress.
Some say that too much prominence is given
at Yale and other institutions to boat-rowing,
etc. Just imagine if there should be another
Hood bow this knowledge would come in useful.
A college education teaches a man to look a
big distance ahead, an l wnat is wiser than
foresight?— Philadelphia Times.
Thkt were talking of death, when one man
asked:
“What were his last words?"
“He didn't say anything," was the reply.
“That's just like him," said the first man.
with an approving nod: “there was no gas
about him. He was all business.” —Texas Sift
ings.
Friend—Miss Brown, let me introduce to you
Mr. Gariay. •
Gariay (bashfully)—l think I've met you be
fore, Mias Brown.
Miss i .—lndeed: I do not recall it.
Garley (still more bashfully)—l think I pushed
you down stairs about thirty years ago, when I
was young.— Harper's Bazar.
Junior Partner (Colde. Cash & Co.) — The
salesman in department X says he won’t per
jure his soul another week lying about
our goods. It will be difficult for us to fill his
place.
Senior Partner—How much is he getting?
"Ten dollars a week.”
“Offer him sl2 and a commission.”— Neu>
York Weekly.
Hostetter McGinnis—Miss Esmerolda, If you
only knew how much I love you. There is
no sacrifice I’d not be willing to make for your
sake.
Esmerelda—ls that so? Are you really in
earnest ?
“I am, indeed. Try me."
“Then marry my oldest sister, so it will be my
turn next.” —Texas Siftings.
And This is Conversation !— Wiggins— How
are you, Spriggins?
Spriggins—How are you, Wiggins?
Wiggins—lt is a good while since I saw you.
Spriggins—l haven't seen you for a good
while.
Wiggins—Beastly weather.
Spriggins—Beastly.
Wiggins—Well, good-day.
Spriggins—Good-day.— Boston Transcript.
“Hello, Virgil, how are you?”
“I am not fueling very well, I am sorry to
say."
"What’s the matter, my dear fellow?"
“I’m troubled with insomnia."
"Are you? Well, I'll tell you how I think you
can get all right again. You work too hard.
Take things easy. (Jo to bed early, and get
plenty of sleep; you've no idea how quickly that
will set you up.”— Shoe and Leather Keporter .
Not Wonderful.—Severalmen were standing
in the curio hall of a dime museum discussing
the Georgia blue man. “Oh, he is simply won
derful!" said a woman who came up and'joined
in the conversation. “How on earth could he
have turned so blue?"
“I don’t set) anything wonderful about It,”
replied a sad-looking old fellow who stood near.
“Nothing wonderful about it. The fellow ran
a country newspaper, that’s ail ’.— Arkansaw
Traveler.
Particular About His Drinks.
“Have a drink with us, old man," said a
young fellow who was treating three or four
companions in a popular cafe, the other night,
“I’ve had a stroke of luck to-day, and feel gen
erous enough even to treat the house. Ours is
whisky.”
“Tuanks,” said the smiling proprietor, who
was behind the bar. “I’ll take gin,” and he
poured himself out a thimbleful or two from a
bottle that stood near him.
“Gin's a horrid drink,” said the speaker.
“What makes you take to it, when you have
the choice of so many fine liquors 1”
"Depraved taste, I suopose.” replied the bar
keeper, with a laugh. “S'long, then.”
“Sav, old mat,” said a red-nosed individual
stepping up, "I don t like to drink it all alone.
Won’t you keep me company?"
"Certainly,” said tne proprietor; “what will
you have?"
“Gin," replied the man. “You’ll take the
same, won’t you?"
“No gin for me,” said the proprietor.
“Whisky is my drink." and he poured out his
own liquor from a different bottle from that
which he had set before his former customers.
This sort of thing went on with variations for
an hour or two, says the New York Tribune.
The proprietor drank with every one who asked
him, but never took the same liquor as his cus
tomer.
“How is it,” asked a man who had been look
ing on from his seat at a table near by, “that
you can manage to consume so much liquor iu
the course of the day, and yet not snow the
effects of it? You have had at least ten horns
in the last hour, and I suppose the same sort of
thing goes on all day, yet y ur eye is clear,
your skin healthy looking, and yotir whole ap
pearance that of a man who never takes more
than is good for him ’’
“Well, I’ll tell you,” said the proprietor with
a laugh, “seeing that you're an old friend, if
vou promise not to give me away. You see for
yourself how hard it is for a popular liquor
seller to keep from becoming a mere tank, a
sot, so many people are always
asking them to driak, for va
rious motives, and if he declines he is
apt to give offense. Now I attribute my success
in that line to a wise choice of liquors'. Giu or
whisky of an especial brand, I always take,
anti I keep them in particular bottles, which
are never handed to customers, but are kept
here on the shelf for my own use.
"Taste my whisky,” added he. setting out his
private bottle, containing a yellowish liquid.
"What do you think of it?”
“Curious stuff,” said his friend, sipping it,
and “sniffing’’ at it. "Don’t think I ever tasted
anything like it before, "It's not at all bad
though. Has considerable arorna, but its
mighty weak for whisky. What brand is it?"
"Taste the gin,” was all the reply the pro
prietor gave, as he set his private gin bottle
down beside the other.
“Curious,” said the friend, pouring out and
sampling a colorless liquid, “I am sure I never
tasted anything like it before. Come now,
what is it?”
“That’s water,’’ said the liquor-dealer, with a
grin. "Never lasted it, eh?”
"Water?” gasped his friend.
“Yes, and the other's cold tea. Now you
know how I drink and drink and yet keep a
clear head and a steady pulse. But keep it quiet,
my boy. It would not do tfl let people know
that the man who sells as much liquor over his
bar as anybody in the ward is almost a tee
totaler.”
Col. Thomas Went on His Bond.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Macon Tele
graph says: festerday afternoon Bailiff Couch
rushed into the Sheriff's office with a gruy
haired and grizzly-bearded prisoner, who trem
bled with fear as the bailiff announced:
"Mr. Sheriff, here is an old man who is
charged by a negro with stealing a dog last
Christmas. 11
“Can you give bond?” the sheriff asked the
prisoner.
"I can. sir, if I will be allowed to see some of
mv neighbors in DeKalb county.”
“Well, we can't fix that now, and I reckon you
will have to go to jail for the present.”
The old prisoner’s eyes began to fill with
tears as he dropped wearily into a chair.
Presently someone spoke to the sheriff as
“Col. Thomas.”
The prisoner sprang to his feet and asked ex
citedly:
*'ls this Col. L. P. Thomas?”
“I am.” replied the sheriff.
“Don't you know me. Colonel? Don't you
remember old Newt Nolan, who was in your
command during the war?”
An expression of recognition came over the
colonel's face as he held out his hand aid re
plied:
"Newt, old fellow, how do you do, and where
have you been all this time?”
“Colon-1, 1 have been out in DeKalb county
working ever since Company D laid down her
arms. Say, Colonel, about this dog-stealing
business. All I di 1 was to take up a stray and g,
and when the owner called for him I wouldn’t
give it up until he pai 1 for his board. Colonel,
1 never stole but one thing in my life. Don’t
you recollect the night we went out and stole a
sheep?"
“Yes; hungry soldiers are excusable for
foraging a little."
"Now, colonel, tell the boys what I did. Tell
’em, colonel, how honest obi Newt is."
“Why, you refused to eat any of the sheep
because, so you said, you couldn't eat a mouth
ful of what didn’t belong to you."
"And I was mighty hungry.”
“Yes, we were ad halt .-tarred "
"Now, colonel, do you think I woul 1 steal a
negro's dog;"
"Why, bless my heart, old fellow, of course
you w uldu t. lb-re, .Mr. Bailiff, I'll put up the
amount f tliat bond, last my old cmi rude
lie/e go fr-i.'
And ti e wsr scarred veteran bugged Ms nil
commander, and went out into too suasion**
proud and happy.
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End. on analysis, a parjele of Mercury,
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AK EATING 3CRE
Henderson, Tex., Aug. 23, 3339. “Per elrb
teen months I had an eating sore on my tongc
I was treated by the best local physicians, tut
obtained no relief, the sore gradually grow-v
worse. I concluded finally to try S. S. 8. szi 1
was entirely cured after using a few bottles.
You have tny cheerful permission to publish tha
above statement for the benefit cf these similarly
afflicted.” C. B. McLemore, Henderson,Tez. *
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