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THE TRADE REVIEW.
For years, on the opening of each suc
ceeding season, there has been presented
evidence of a large increase in Savannah’s
business. Heretofore this increase has been
due to the natural growth of Savannah’s
tributary territory, a better understanding
of her commercial advantages, and the
gradual enlargement of her two groat rail
road systems. These things will continue to
contribute to her growth and prosperity,
and, in addition to them, there are others,
which have recently come into existence,
that will make the business year of 1890-91
more notable than any preceding one in her
history.
Since the last trade review of the Morn
ing News there have been built three new
and important railroads to Savannah, or to
connect with her railroad systems. They
are the Alabama Midland, the Savannah
and Western, and the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery. These railroads have
already brought hundreds of buyers to
Savannah and increased her trade greatly.
But the number of buyers and the amount
of trade which these new railroads will
contribute to her markets when the crops
now in the fields tributary to them are
harvested will be many times larger. The
people will have money then and they will
seek Savannah to supply their wants.
The advanced condition of the cotton crop
justifies the opinion that the business season
will open early and with great activity.
The people are already thinking, probably,
of what they will buy with the fruits of
their labor. They are scanning the columns
of the Morning News to see who are the
live and progressive business men of Savan
nah and what they are offering for sale.
There is a large and lucrative trade to be
Becured from the territory which the new
railroads have made tributary to Savan
nah, as well as from the territory which has
heretofore been tributary to her. If our
merchants are wise they will not neglect the
only proper method of getting this trade.
That method is liberal advertising.
The Morning News proposes to make a
special effort to reach every buyer in the
new field that has been opened by Savan
nah’s enterprise. The agents of the Morn
ing News are traveling through the coun
try, and the people are taking the paper
just as rapidly as the mail facilities which
are being established permit them to.
It is proposed to send a copy of the trade
review to each subscriber to the Weeklt
News, as well as to each subscriber to the
daily, thus giving advertisers the benefit of
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We have all these things to show you.”
The annual review will contain the usual
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last year. It will be sent to thousands of
people who are interested in Havaunah's
welfare and prosperity.
The Trade Review edition will be issued
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tained upon application to the business
sffice.
Speaker Seed Cornered.
In the August number of the Sorth
American Ferietc Speaker Heed attempts
to answer the very able article, signed “X.
M. C.,” which appeared in tne July number
of the sam > peri dical, and wh.ch showed to
the salisfacti n of about everybody that
Speaker Heed’s actim in "counting a quo
rum,’’ when a quorum does not vote, is uo
constitutional. The answer is virtually no
answer at all. The truth is, "X. M. C.’s”
article is unanswerable. It puts Speaker
Reed in a corner, and there he.will remaiu,
notwithstanding all bis efforts to get out
of it.
Asa matter of fact Speaker Reed has. on
more than one occasion, maintained a posi
tion directly the opposite of that which he
now occupies. When ho was in the minor
ity ho protested vigorously against any at
tempt of the majority to limit debate, and
he insisted that a eonstitutioaal quorum
was one w here a majority was not only pres
ent, but also voting. He maintained tnis
position in an article published in the
Chautauijuan several years ago, and
he maintained it in a speech
on the floor of the House in
January, ISBO In that speech he said:
“The constitutional idea of a quorum is not
the presence ot a majority of the members
of the House, but a inaj irity of the mean
tier* present and participating in the busi
ness of the house. It is not the visible
presence of members, hut their judgments
and their votes, that the constitution calls
for.” Further along in his speech he said
that the practice is that the “members of
the minority of the House, upon great occa
sions, demand that every bill which is
passed shall receive the absolute vote of a
majority of the members elected. They do
this in the face and eyes of the country. If
they demand upon any frivolous occasion
that there shall be such au extraordinary
vote as that, they do it subject to the censure
of the people of this land. This practice has
hitherto kept this House in propor condition
upon the subject, so that there has been no
improper impeding of the public business.
It is a valuable privilege for the couutry
that the minority shall have the right by
this extraordinary mode of proceeding to
call the attention of the country to measures
which a party iu a moment of madness and
of party feeling is endeavoring to enforce
upon the citizens of this land. And it works
equally well with regard to all parties, for
all parties have their times waen they need
to bo checked, so that they may receive the
opinions of the people who are their con
stituents and who are interested in the re
sults of their legislation. I say, that as a
practical matter, the results hitherto
throughout all our history have justified the
construction which those upon this side of
the House have put upon the matter, aud
which has been put equally by members of
tae other side in times past.”
Speaker Reed was a member of the
minority when he made the speech from
which the foregoing is an extract. The
views therein expressed are those which are
entertained by leading public men of both
parties, and, no doubt, were entertained by
Speaker Reed until he determined to ignore
the rights of the minority for the purpose of
carrying out partisan schemes which ho and
some of the republican leaders had agreed
upon as being nocessary to enable the Re
publican party to retain control of the gov
ernment. In nothing which he has written
or said since he became speaker has ho
answered the arguments he made in behalf
of the rights of the minority when he was a
member of the minority. When he became
speaker he changed his views relative to
the rights of the minority, not because he
was convinced that the views he had enter
tained were wrong, but because he wanted
to accomplish certain thiugs which could
be accomplished only by disregarding the
rights which had always been recognized as
belonging to the minority. Under the cir
cumstances, does he occupy an enviable
position in the eyes of the country? Does
he not stand convicted of having abondoned
his principles to achieve party success? The
thought that must find a place in any hon
est mind is, can power be safely entrusted
to such a man;
Railroad Growth of Fifty Years.
The Boston Herald devotes six columns
to a review of the progress in railroad
building in the United States for the last
fifty years, for the purpose of showing that
the interstate commerce law is inefficient
and a drawback rather than a benefit to the
railroads. Aside from this issue the facts
and figures obtained from authoritative
sources relating to the growth of the rail
road system of this country in the last half
century are of general interest.
Fifty years ago the country possessed
practically none of the facilities that we
now enjoy for the quick transportation of
freight and passengers. The gains that
have been made in fifty years have been of
incalculable advantage in the development
of the wonderful, resources of this great
land. In IS3O there wore twenty-three
miles of railroad in operation; in 1889 the
mileage had increased to 161,397.
The total amount of money invested in
railroads is nearly $10,000,000,000, and one
point worthy of special notice in this
connection is the relatively small amount of
earnings which are received upon the aggre
gate railroad investments. Thus in 1889
the total investment, including stock, funded
debt and unfunded debt, was $9,680,943,949.
The gross earnings were #1,003,736,596,
equal to 10.4 per cent, ou the investment.
The net earnings were $323,284,963 or 3.3
per cent, on the investment. The amount
of interest paid was $219,877,150, leaving
for dividends $81,264,029. As the stock
capital of the roads amounted to nearly
$4,500,000,000, it will be seen that the rate
of interest was a very small one, b3ing less
than 2 per cent, per annum. But it is
probable that much of the railroad stock in
this country pays good interest, while a
great deal does not pay any at all.
The straightout democrats in South Caro
lina oppose the proposition that the August
convention shall nominate the ticket.
That convention was called to decide
whether or not there shall be primaries to
choose delegates to the September conven
tion, which is the convention to name the
ticket. The opposition of the straightouts
is based on good ground. If they were ,to
agree to the proposition the campaign would
be at an end, with Tillman victorious, bo
causo he has the majority of the August
convention. And it is safe to say he will
have the majority of the September con
vention.
O’Dynamite Kossa is peddling cigars for
a living. He finds it more profitable than
twisting the British lion’s tail. His scheme
to wipe the English off the earth has gone
up in smoke.
Does Mr. Felex C rput intend to be a
candidate for the speakership of the next
legislature? If he does, a lively campaign
for that office can be counted upon.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. AUGUST 4, 1890.
The Next Senate.
Although this is an off year in politics,
the elections tb:s fall will bo of the utmost
importance to the democracy. It Will bo
necessary not only to make every effort to
elect democrats in place of republicans now
representing congressional dis:ricts, but in
| many of the states it will be equally im
portant to secure the election
of democratic legislators as well.
The terms of twenty-eight United States
senators, sixteen republicans and twelve
democrats, expire on March 4, 1891. The
republican majority in the Senate is now
ten, an 1 it is pretty certain that four more
votes will be added to the republican column
from Wyoming and Idaho. The prospects
for reducing the republican majority,
appear most favorable, however.
In lowa, Allison, rep., has been re-elected.
In Maryland, Wilson, dam., has also been
chosen as hu own successor, and in
Louisiana Judge White, dem., and in Ohio,
Calvin S. Brice, dom., have been elected to
succeed James B. Eustis and Henry B.
Payne, both democrats. Kentucky, Geor
gia, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas,
Alabama, North Carolina, Indiana and Mls
souii may be counted upon to elect demo
crats, making twelve democrats for those
whose terms expire.
The situation in some of the states now
represented by republicans is most encour
aging for democratic success. In Wiscon
sin the democrats hope to elect a legislature
that will sand ex-3ocretary Vilas to the
Senate in place of Senator Spooner. There
is a strong division in that state on the
school question, in which the democrats ap
pear to be on the winning side.
In Illinois Gen. John M. Palmer is a
formidable rival of Senator Far well for
the Senate. He has the unanimous indorse
ment of the Illinois democracy, and caudi
dates for the legislature will make Palmer’s
election an issue In the campaign.
In California the Hon. Stephen B. White,
of Los Augeies, is making a strong fight
for Senator Stanford’s place. He is backed
by the entire democracy, and also of those
republicans who want to shake off the Cen
tral Pacific railroad,’yoke. Tne chances for
another democratic senator from California
are, therefore, good.
There is a triangular fight among the re
publicans of New York state. Ex-Se.iators
Piatt and Miller are struggling for party
control, and the independents, headed by
Fisli and Gibbs, are opposing both of these
bosses. The outcome of this three-cornered
dispute cannot but result beneficially to the
democracy, which in the meantime is
strengthening its forces to secure Senator
Evnrts’ seat.
The republicans, by the admission of the
new states, are certain of the control of the
Senate for the next six years. To drive
them from power is a hard task, but by
'perfect organizition and thorough dis
cipline the democracy will be able, un
doubtedly to accomplish it.
Cloelne of the Cotton Mills.
The New England cotton mill men have
determined to close their factories for two
weeks to relieve the overstocked market.
They have on hand now a surplus equal to
two weeks’ production. Commenting on
this the Chicago Tribune, a republican
paper, says there would be no necesssity for
closing if the Latin-American mar
kets were opened to the manu
facturers in the manner suggested by
Mr. Blaine. “The coarser grades ot
cotton cloth,” it says, “are one of the chief
articles imported by the people of Southern
and Central America. The American man
ufacturer gets his raw cotton so much
cheaper than the Lancashire mill men that
he can pay much higher wages than they
do and yet sell goods at a lower pric\ It
is far better for the United States to manu
facture its own cotton into cloth and ex
change it direct for the coffee, sugar, hides
and other products of Latin-American
countries than it is to send that cotton to
England to a manufacturer there, who
afterwards ships it to South America as
cloth, the making of which has given em
ployment to English labor and a profit to
English capital.”
If this course was followed it would cer
tainly be better for the workmen. It would
relieve au overstocked market, and there
would not be such periods of enforced Idle
ness. But tho manufacturers are not look
ing after tho workingmen’s interests. Pro
tection is for them; let the workingmen
take caro of themselves.
Congressman Struble, who had the te
merity the other day to speak “right out in
open mootin’” against the tyranny of Reed,
will not go back to congress. A strange
explanation is given of the way ho got left
in the convention before which he was a
candidate for renomination. It appears
that he had everything his own way, hut
through the error of the leader of bis dele
gation ,the editor of the Sac (la.) Sun, who
lost his head, the vote of the delegation on
the critical ballot was cast for Sruble’s
opponent, who was nominated. The editor,
of course, was much chagrined when he
discovered his mistake and its disastrous
consequences, and in the next issue of his
paper he says humbly, speaking of his mis
take: “It was our blu der, and we feel it
lhe more keenly because we have attended
enough conventions that we ought not to
have lost our wits. We have made our last
appearance upon the arena of nominating
conventions, and shall try to confine our
labors to spheres for which we are more
fitted, and we don’t care how humble they
are." This must be consoling to Mr.
Struble.
The New York Age, the organ of the col
ored people, pats Fred. Douglass on the
back because in describing the mixed popu
lation of Hayii he spoke of them as “black
and colored people.” “Now,” says the Age,
“let Editor Smith, of the Cleveland, 0., Ga
zette and Editor Lowry, of the Gainesville,
Fia., Sentinel jump on Douglass as they
jumped on Fortune for using identical lan
guage in speaking of the race in the south.”
It is curious to see the editor of the Age de
manding recognition for the colored brother
as an equal and then drawing the color line
himself. This is one of the anomalies of col
ored journalism.
St. Paul, Minn., kicked against a recount,
but when the Secretary of the Interior
found that the schedules in ono of the dis
tricts of the city In which out of twenty
six families eighteen were enumerated as
having ten members each, her kicking was
in vain. It is hard work to get the truth
about the populations of St Paul and Min
neapolis.
The Chicago Tribune says that “the title
‘Czar Reed’ does the speaker of the House
of Representatives an injustice. Mr. Reed
is really a much greater man than toe
czar.” It is certain that he thinks he is,
and his rule is just about as despotic as that
of tbe czar.
PERSONAL
Conorebfman RiYßVffv of Philadelphia haa
bought an island off the coast of South Caro
lina.
Coi. Inoersoll believe# that when he live#
through February he is safe for the rest of toe
year.
Loro Brassey owns 10,(XX) acres in Australia,
i A man with such a r.am) ought to own the
earth.
Mn. and Mrs. Navarro have been making a
tour in the midlands of England, and have
?>pent some time at Nottingham.
Ex-Gov. Alcorn of Issaquena, ard .fudge
| Simrall of Vicksourg, are the only republicans
j * tf tre 115 members elected to the state consti
tutional convemion of Mississippi,
j George Francis Train will attempt to beat
the record of a trip around the world. He will
1 leave Tocoina Aiu. 7on tne ‘.teainahip China,
i and calculates that he can ir.a'ie the trip of the
globe in fifty seven days.
Col. H. C. Parsons denies that he has sold
the Natural bridge. He has placed the property
in tra-t for 100 y ars for the benefit of his
family, and has m**<Je strict res* rvations for the
m&inieca ice of a natural park.
One of the hardest worked men at Long
Branch is George M. Pullman, of palace-car
fam9. He makes full time every day. even if he
doe# ride in a coach and smoke Si cigars that
have neen packed in rose leaves.
Andrew Carnegie will spend more of his
time in England and Scotland than he has been
in the habit of doing. He has taken a house in
the south of England in addition to Cluny
< 'astle in Scotland, which he has rented for the
season.
Edwin Checkley. a young New York doctor,
in ordt r to know the sanitary value of bicycle
ridi g. is going to ride to Chicago, starting Aug.
i). He will us* a safety, and come through
Southern Pennsylvania to Columbus. 0., and
thence by the straighiest line.
Dr. Stoecker, the leader of the anti-Semitic
movement in Berlin, has disciples after his own
heart in the University of Heidelberg. At a
meeting of the governing body of students,
held recently in the classical oidtowu.it was
decided to bo\coit all Hebrew shopkeepers. It
is not stated whether the money lenders are in
cluded in this general ban or not.
Moncure D. Conway, who is at work on a
life of Hawthorne, says that Hawthorne origin
ally heard the story of Evangeline related by
an Arcadian exile, and intended to weave it
Into a romance. But be incautiously told the
substance of it to one Conolly, wdo imparted it
to Longfellow, with the intimation that the
mat 3rial had come from Hawthorne as a gift.
Many of the senators in Washington have dis
carded their vests during the heated term and
have donned thin clothing. Senator Vance
stands alone as the wearer of a sasn in the
t-enate, and he has beon su jected to consider
able chaffing in consequenc *. A broad black
sash, with a long light frock coat and trousers,
may not be good form, but the North Carolina
humorist has original ideas of style. S- naters
Evarts, Mitchell. McMil an, Hiszock and Ingalls
were attir and in light cieviot suits. Senator
Wilson of lowa looted comparatively cool in a
cream-colored sack coat and dark trousers.
Senators Hampton and Butler were clothed iu
gray and buff linen, respectively, while Senator
Bla 'kburn was the only senator to venture into
the chamber wearing a flannel shirt. Senators
Sherman, Morgan. Colquitt, Quay, Paddock,
Dawes and Frye endeavored to Keep cool with
the as istance of black alpaca coats and white
vests. Senators Plumb, Blair. Reagan. Platt-
Aldrich, Coke. Gray, George and Payne appear
to be sweltering in ail-black attire.
BRIGHT BITo.
The melon trust has beed squashed and the
soda water apparatus trust has fizzl'd out.—
Philadelphia Ledger,
Lawyer—Do you swear positively that you
know more than lialf this jury?
Witness—Yes, sir; and now that I have taken
a good look at ’em i'll swear that I know more
than all of ’em put together.—The Law.
Photographer (to young lady)—There is no
need of telling you to look pleasant, miss. Sum
a face cannot be otherwise than pleasant.
Young Lady <graciously)—l will take two
dozen, sir, instead of one dozen.— Boston Cou
rier.
Sorry She Spoke.— Miss Ou9hy (as Snagby
prepares to rise) —Oh, don’t get up! Don’t get
up! Pie ise keep your s^at!
Snagby (slightly bewildered)—Like to oblige
you, madam, but 1 get off at this street.—TVie
Racket.
Lawyer— You're perfectly sure no one will
pay a single cent to the concern?
Client—l am. There's nothing left for any
body.
Lawyer—Then a receiver must be appointed.
Society.
Mr. Freespender —Can you tell me, dearest,
how those waves closely resemble myself?
Dearest—No, Arthur, how do they?
Mr. Freespender—Well, both the waves and I
go broke as soon as we reach the Deacb.— The
Jester.
Rather Ambiguous.— “l see by your sign that
you are a dispensing druggist.”
“Yes, sir.”
“What do you dispense with?”
“With accuracy, sir.”
‘‘l was afraid you did.”—-Veto York Sun.
She Knows the Market.— American Novelist
(of tbe realistic school)—Well, Maria, there isn't
a penny in the boas*, and as for writing, why,
I haven’t an idea in my head.
Maria- -Goodness gracious, Edward, then
don't wait a minute! Sit right down and turn
out a novel. You’ll take the country by storm
and make your fortune.— Life.
In a Connecticut Sunday school a teacher was
reading from St. Mark v. to his class: "And the
unclean spirit went out and entered into the
swine,” etc., when a bright little boy said:
“I knew where that happened ”
“Indeed,” replied the teacher,” “how did you
hear about it?"
"I heard my father tell Mrs. Lee at our
luncheon that the deviled ham came from Chi
cago.”— Life.
Doctor— Y’our wife is in a dangerous condi
tion.
Husband—l thought she was, even before I
sent for you.
“And I suggest that you call in some special
ist to consult in the case.”
“Just what I expected. I told my wife long
ago that she ought to get proper medical ad
vice, but she thought you might be offended.”
Texas Siftings.
At it Again.— " Hell o!” exclaimed Mr. Chug
water. looking over tbe morning paper, “here's
another tragedy in high life."
“What is it?” eagerly inquired the other
members of the Chugwater family.
"Giraffe in Van Humbug's circus broke his
neck by getting it tangled in a telegraph wi—if
you throw that saucer at me, Mrs. Chugwater.
I'll plaster your face all over with this mashed
potato "—Chicago Tribune.
Pretty Far Gone.— “Shadbolt,'' saidDinguss,
peniteutly, “I'm sorry I can't pay that last $lO
bill I borrowed of you, but the fact is -”
“You paid me that $lO last Monday, Din
gnss.''
“Paid you last Monday!" echoed the aston
ished Dinguss. “Why, I—l—l was on a little
spree that day.”
“Yes. You were.”
“And I paid you?”
“You did '
“Soadbolt,” gasped Dinguss, “I must have
been awfully drunk.”—Chicago Tribune.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Fraying for Good Old Days.
From the Florida Times-Union (Dem.).
There were no oppressive laws passed or sug
gested during the Cleveland administration.
The south prays for a return of democratic
rule.
It Nevar Will.
From the Providence Journal ( Tnd.\
It does not seem to have occurred to anybody
to ask In these later days what are the views of
national policy entertained by the Hon. Benja
min Harrison.
A Well Paid Dictator.
From the Philadelphia Ledger i Rep.).
Mr Sala. a London correspondent says, re
ceives SIO,OOO a year just for dictating four edi
torials a week for the London Telegraph. This
is twice as much as Mr. Reed gets for dictating
a whole session of congress.
War Declared at St. Paul.
From the St. Paul Pioneer- lb-ess ( Rep.\
Fie' Fletcher, foul fixer of found out and
frustraled frauds, filming and fretting, with
frenzy ferocious, through forty-five folios of
feculent fustian, of rtbsand flapdoodle; of flat
ulent frippery; of filthy aud I oolisb fanfarron
nde—fie Fletcher, fixed fixer of fixes that
wouldn't stay fixed—go fry in the fat of your
fury irenetic aud flounder forever in your
of a fix.”
After all, the best way to know the real
merit or Hood's tSarsapa: illa u to try it
yourself. Bo sure to get Hood's.— Adu.
'Twaa a Chestnut.
From the Sew York HemH.
The funny raa came with a brand new joke
Toteil to his grandfather, g'-ay an l o! .
Not a smile through the old man's wrinkles
broke.
Although the story waa cleverly tell
But tie dim old eves grew dimmer with tears.
And. instead of a laugh, a sign was heard,
s the rollicking yarn poured into his ea-s.
With incentive to laughter In every word.
“Alas ‘ he cried, when the tale was done.
“For the years that are fled since I was young,
When the story you tell as new. my son,
Was the best that I had at the end of my
tongue!"
How They Shake.
Frank Putnam ;n Ashland Press.
Attorneys shake for money.
Collectors shake and dun;
With girls its merely honey.
But no one shckes for fun.
Your sisters grab you 'round the neck
In a sort of rough and tumble.
The w hile they calm proceed to wreck
lou, anl you never grumble
The preach r takes ycur tiny fist
In both his Irawny paws.
And yanks it square elf at the wrist
Witnout apparent cause.
The politician shakes with all
Till ready for bis coffin:
The poet don’t shase hands at all.
But he gets there—well—real often.
Old Heads and Young Hearts.
“Now, Samuel," said bis doting mother, "you
are going to see one o’ the nicest girls to-night
that ever came to this town, and I want you to
make a good impression. Now, the way to do
that is to show appreciation. As someone
says. Bea good listener.' Now, don't you for
get it.”
"I won't, mother,’’ answered the dutiful
Samuel.
At another house, the one to which Samuel's
feet were tending, says Pua, a loving aunt
was saving to her visiting niece: "Now. if
Sain comes don't you rattle on as if you hadn't
any brains. Just you keep quiet and let
him do the talking. He’ll like you all the better
for it.”
To this day those mateb-making women can't
understand why those two young folks despise
each other.
Searching for HI3 Wife.
"Has my wife been here?” an excited and
almost winded stranger demanded of Paul
Gores at the Grand Pacific hotel, says the
Chicago Post.
"What name plea ?”
‘'l got a telegram from her telling me to
meet her at the depot this morning,” the
stranger interrupted. "She came from New
York, but didn't mention the train or depot,
and as there are half a dozen in the city, of
course I struck the wrong one. Why couldn’t
she have mentioned the right one? But then
that's just like a woman. I thought she might
bo here, so I came to ask.”
’’What name, pie—?” repeated Gores.
“O, the name. What difference does it make,
60 long as she ain’t here? If she bad onlv ex
ercised a little common se ise. But, pshaw!
who ever heard of a woman having common
seuse? Say, if she comes here tell her to meet
me at noon. ’*
"What name and where?” yelled Gores. But
the man had disappeared out the Jackson
street door and was speeding toward the Leland
hotel.
Not an Expert in Vegetables.
A lady living near the corner of Park and
South streets, noticed a peculiar odor c ming
from her kite lea a ie v days ag > and stated
down-stairs to investigate, says the New Haven
Palladium. Sbeasod the girl wh.t cuu.el
the odor, but the servonf di i not know. The
lady fount that tue odor was i-s 11 ng from a
kett'e on the stove. S e aske i the cook what
was boiling in the kettle, and the latter replied
“beets.”
"Whv, where dii you get the beets, Mary? ’
was asked.
"Why, ma’am, you brought them home your
self last evening.”
“I—brought—heme-beets!" and then the
lady went into a tit of lau: hter. As so nas she
had rec jvtTe J herseif sufficiently to<pia , she
Slid: "We.l, what have you done* Too e
'beets’ were the n ee, big radishes t brougne
home last uight au l wuich I forgot to put on
the breakfast table this morning. ”
The g.rl did not sav a word, but shuffled oat
of the mom with ill-disguiseJ chagrin dep.c.ed
on her features.
A Senator's Mighty Power.
Occasionally a liar enters Wall street—areal
liar, of course, not an imitation, amateurish,
papier macbe liar, but one who lies with a seri
ousness of expression and attention to detail
that command respect, says the New J York
Times. Not one of tho-e “in the winter of ’49”
chaps, nor yet one of tne “when I was a boy”
fellows, but a real liar, one who lies skilfully
about current evems. Recently Wall street,
from Nassau to William, was repaved. A
smooth pavement replaced the old granite
blocks. The old granite blocks were too noisy,
"and noise,’’ the complaining "promoters’’
s-iid, “interferes with the plucking of lambs."
The hot wave made the new pavement soft and
yielding. You could, as the ancient end man
would observe, hear a tree bark, though even
a Fifth avenue stage pass: and down the street.
“That pavement is soft, " said a prospective
millionaire the other day.
"Soft," said the liar; “you call that soft.
Why, that's hard compared with the Washing
ton pavement*. Yes. sir. Ever been in Wash
ington? No? Well, Washington is paved with
asphalt, same as that. It gets very hot in
Washington and the pavements get very soft;
quite like molasses, in fact. And I have seen,
in tbe middle of a hot day, fifty people stuck in
the pavement. They stand like animated
statues. They can’t release themselves, so they
stand and cry'Help! Help!’ People cannot go
to their aid, because if they do they will get
stuck, too.”
“And what," asked the prospective million
air*, “and what becomes of them?”
‘ ‘Pretty soon Senator John Sherman comes
along." replied the liar. "The pavements
harden as be passes and get back to their
proper state, and Ihi victims are released."
How Palmer Established His Credit.
A. T. Packard tells a Chicago Fo. t reporter of
a deal that once occurred between A. T. Stewart
and Potter Palmer. “It was during the early
days of Palmer's career in the dry goods busi
ness—lS62, I think, He enjoyed a good credit
in Chicago, but in New York he was not much
known, and for that reason he went there him
self to huy his goods and pav cash for them.
Every day and sometimes twice a day the re
ceipts of the business in Chicago would be sent
to him and he would p ace the funds in a safe
iu his quarters at the Fifth avenue hotel until
he went out to buy, and then he would carry
tbe money with him. His banking business
ho did in New York One day a friend advised
him to buy prints, as a boom in the price
was about to occur. Palmer posted off to A. T.
Stewart's wholesale establishment and
was shown through the print department, in
which were 420 eases of the goods. After look
ing them over and getting the lowest price, he
remarked as calmly as if he were purchasing one
yard, '1 11 take tbe 420 cases,' and then went to
his hotel. The sale caused a flutter in the
house. ‘Who is this Potter Palmer?'was )he
query. And as the bill amounted to $200,000
the clerk, unwilling to take the resp nsib lity of
so large a credit upon himself, reoortad it to
Stewart.
“The next morning Palmer received word that
Stewart wanted to see him and thither he
posted In the meantime, I should sav, the
price of prints had already advanced a couple
of cents, and Stewart made up his mind to can
cel the sale if by any possible honorable means
he could do so. You know that in the dry
goods business 'cash goods’ sometimes means
•payable in ten days' and sometimes in thirty
days, a fact upon which Stewart relied to help
him out.
•' Mr. Palmer,' he said when the latter ap
peared, you bought a pretty large bill of goods
yesterday. I suppose you know on what terms
you purchased?'
“ 'Certainly; thirty days,' Palmer replied.
“ 'Not at ail.' responded Stewart in his sweet,
oily wav. They are ten days' good -, and on no
other terms can 1 sell them.'
“At this Palm r was silent a moment, while
Stewart chuckled inwardly at the thought of
tbe eas-* with which he had saved the profit of
the rise to himself. But wishing to appear
liberal be said
“ ‘Yes, that is the best I can do; but if you
can pay spot cash I can give you a good dis
count. ’
•• 'How much of a discount?' queriei Palmer,
after the manner of a man thinking of some
thing else.
" "Ob. can give you 10 per cent, for spot cash;
otherwise, I must have the money id ten days
or no sal-*.' Stewart's manner was that of a
fisherman playing with a well hooked trout.
Palmer remained lost in thought for about two
minutes and then, while his taco grew longer
than ever, though inwardly he was laughing at
the glee in Stewart's eyes, said, slowly u rawing
a big wallet from his inside pocket:
' ''•Veil. I guess I’ll pay spot cash.’ and to the
astonishment of Stewart, Palmer counted out
tbe amount, less the discount, and asked for A.
T. s receipt. The latter's admiration for his
Chicago customer went up like a rocket, where,
to the day of bis death, it remained. Ever after
ward Potter Palmer's credit wu A), and he
paid for his goods when be got ready."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A number of young ladi-s. graduates of Yas
#ar and Srmtn College#, have organized a col
lege settlement in the slums of New York,
wher* they are making an effort to civilize tae
wild children of the neighborhood.
In a certain locality in Augusta. Me.. says
the Journal cf that city, there are ten houses,
al within the area of an acie, containing
thirty-two widows and single women, the
lar.est number beiug seven at ooe bouse and
six at another. The same bouses col tain only
thirteen men.
The original baker’s dozen wa3 the devil’s
dozen, thirteen being the number of witches
supposed to sit down together at their great
meeting. Hence the superstition about sitting
th rteen at a table. Toe Laker was an unpopu
lar character and became a substitute for the
devil in tne ‘devil’s dozen.”
The United States labor bureau reports that
in New York city there are 27,00) men who are
supported by their wives, and that of these
wive# less than 7,i*Joare in menial service. The
modistes lead, hut there are many milliners,
dressmakers and boarding Louse keepers whose
husbands are dependent o i them for support.
Two young men calmly boarded a train near
Lone Pine, Neb., the other day aud w ent through
the passengers ala Jesse James. After getting
al. they wanted they jumjied off, and, though
the conductor had, by ibis time, secured a Win
chester rifle, he was so nervous he couldn’t fire
at them. It is needless to say they haveu’t yet
been caught.
Central and South American disturbances
will cause the following distribution of some of
our fleet: The Tallapoosa has been ordered to
Buenos Ayres: the Pensacola and 18-. ex will
shortly move that way: the Eearsage will go at
once to the Atlantic coast of the Central Ameri
can states, and the Rauger and Thetis to Gua
temala ou the Pacific.
An English woman resident ia Syria report#
the discovery Lear Beyroot of a bedstead made
of g.jld and silver and inlaid with precious
stones. An inscr.ption upon it in English char
acters states that it belonged t * Eleanor,Queen
of England. Tne bedstead was discovered in a
cave and is supposed to have been placed there
for security when Edward L left the east.
At one time women threatened to become
formidable rivals to the men as printers, but
the invention of typewriting has opened to
them a more congenial <jccupation. and the
number of female typesetters is said to be de
creasing. There are not over 300 women
printers in New York now. though formerly
they were so numerous as to excite the hostility
of the typographical unions.
The senior class of West Point cadets visited
the national guard camp at Peekskill and had a
royal good time. As they were departing Cadet
Capt. Mcindoe rode up to Lieut. E. E. Har
din, who was in command. “We have
asked,” he said, “to give tbe class yell May
we. sir?” “It’s your day—yell.” And they did
yell. “Boom Ah—Boo.n Ah—Boom Ah—9l—
-I—9l—U—S—M—A—Whew!”—Whew!”
Dr. E. W. Day’s marriage in Pittsburg this
week brought to light a rather remarkable
promise which he and three classmates made
while at college in 1884. Each agreed to be
present at tbe wedding or funeral oi any one of
the others, whenever aud wherever it might
occur, regardless of where they might be.
The first call was on Dr. Day’s account, and the
trio responded and acted as ushers.
Consul Meyers says that of the 1,159 lepers
in Hawaii twenty-eight qtj Chinese, and these
pay more attention to increasing their worldly
More than to anyth ng else, but while their
thrift may bo profit a ole to themselves they en
courage drinking, gambling and opium using
among their fellow-uufortunates. A leper set
tlement would be about tbe last place in the
worid where one would look for such vices.
The tales which the owners of the Maryland
and Delaware and New Jersey peach orchards
tell are quite pathetic. Instead of fifty to a
hundred thousand baskets of peaches a day,
th-re is hardly a single basket. California is
the only source of s ipply, excepting a small
quantity from Georg a New Jersey iniv
scrape out five or s x Hundred baskets, and this
will be all. The cold spell in March did the
business.
A prisoner in the jail at Huntingdon, W. Va.,
has developed into a remarkable sleeper. He has
been there four months, and on no one day in
that time has he been awake more than four
hours, while he often sleeps three or four days
in succession, it being impossible to rouse him.
He awakens with a start, looks about wildly for
a moment, then appears to be perfectly at ease.
His appetite is good, and he doesn't seem to
lose flesh.
Among the new laws in New Jersey is one
relating to smoking by boys, which provides
that on and after Sept. 1 next no child actually
or apparently under 16 years of age shall smoke
or in any way use cigars, cigarettes or tobacco
in any form whatever, iu any public street,
place or resort, and that any violation of this
act shall be a misdemeanor, puuishable by a
fine of not mere tnan $lO nor less than $2 for
each offense.
The ape Is in great request among Siamese
merchants as a cashier in their counting houses.
Vast quantities of base coin obtain circulation
iu Siam, and the faculty of discrimination be
tween good money an i bad woul 1 appear to be
possessed by these gifted monkeys in such an ex
traordinary degree of development, that no hu
man being, however carefully traine l, can com
pete with them. They put the coin in their
mouth, immediately spitting it out if bad.
Judge Tuthill of Chicago gave the following
definition of cornering the market in a recent
decision: “To consti ute the offense of corner
ing the market, then, there must exist an inten
tion to get control of the market, not partially,
but wholly, and thus, by force, make other
dealers settle with those having control of the
market for the commodity at au unreasonable
and unnatural aud fictitious pr.ee, regar.iless of
the true value of such commodity, thuscausiug
injury to others and to the public.”
Police Justice White of New York has just
taught two practical jokers a lesson—fining
each $lO. While painting a building in Mott
street as a bit of pleasantry they spattered
pamt over every Italian man. woman or child
whose head appeared in any of the windows be
low. This amusement grew too mild, and when
Miss Muccbi appeared in tho next yard one of
them dropped tbe entire cm-outs of a paint pot
on her head. Mi s Muccbi bad dark hair and
her friends were so shocked at her changed ap
pearance that they had the painters arrested.
The electric light has puzzled the bees iu Ja
maica. A beekeeper living near a large hotel
being built at Kingston recently found his hives
in the utmost confusion, with many bees lying
about exhausted or dead. The electric light
was used at the hotel in order that the building
operations should continue all night, so the bees
mistook tbe light for daylight and would go out
to hunt pollen around the neighborhood thus
illuminated. Wnen they came home they
found that the real day was dawning, and they
flew < ff again without any rest till they literally
worked themselves to death.
The coinage executed at the mints during the
fiscal year ending June 30 last reached a totai
of 112,698.071 pieces, of a face value of $60,253,-
136 93. The total gold coinage was 1.25,’.207
pieces, the silver 44.774,085 pieces, and the minor
coinage 6.666,779 pieces. The values of the dif
ferent coinage were as follows: Double eagles
$19,547,860; eagles. $ ,398,700: half eagles. $37,-
995; three dollars, $7,122; quar er eagles, si67;
gold dollars, $29,901; standard silver dollars]
$35,923,810; half dollars. $6,358; quarter dol
lars. $3,179; dimes. $882,483; five cents, $937,-
259; three cents, $564; and one cent, $479,027.'
In aiding a drowning person, writes Ciarence
Deming in an article on swimming in the Chris
tian Union, seize him firmly from behind be
low the armpits, trying to prevent his turning
upon you. if, in spite of your grasp, he seems
likely to turn, swim two or three feet away,
and try to grasp him behind once more. Should
he once seize you firmly,strike him with a quick
blow between the eyes. Then.when he is dazed,
jerk yourself fie*, grasp him again, and “steer"
him to shore, or support him until help comes.
Iu surf bathing, if you are caught in the under
tow near shore swim in near tue surface. But
if pretty far out from shore swim high on the
top of the waves and low in the trougn.
There are few men, or corporations either,
says the New Y'ork .Star, who nowadays will
mglv offend Jay Goulu. This is shown plainly
by one notable nautical instance, When he left
the management of tue Erie railroad, two of its
ferryboats were named i espectiveiy the “Jim
Fisk’ and tne "Jay Gould." The new manage .
m nt adopted the idea of naming its boats
after towns on its lines, such as Erie. Susque
hanna, and so on. Jim I isk was then dead and
gone, and the name of the boat bearing bis
name was chang-1 to Passaic No attempt
was made, howev. r. to Chang • the name of t e
Jay Gould, and she is still piying from Jersey
City to the toot of West Twenty-third street.
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