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Newspaper Page Text4 C|c|soriring|Utos Morning News Building, Savannah, ua. SAT URI > A Y,SEPTEMBER 27. IQ. Registered at the Pottnfflce in Satrtsn its. The Morning Sr ITS is puhlishei every dnv in the year, and is served to subscribers * * t\e city at 35 cents a wees. $1 iVn month, $5 tW for Ait months and Jin 00 for one year. The Morniso News. ’'V mail, one month, (.1 00; three months, $2 50; six months. *5 00; one year, $lO 00. . The Morning News. Sy moil, six times a week (without Sundav issii-. three months, $1 00; Six months. $4 00s one year. $8 00. The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays. Wednesday sand Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three montha, $1 25; six months. $3 50: one year. $5 (H. The Sunday News, by mail, one year. 52 no. The Weekly News, by matt one year. $1 25 Subscriptions parable in advance Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Our Seticv sen: bv mail at risk of senders. letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News." Savannah, Ga Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or readme notices, amuse menu and cheap or want column. 10 cents a due. Fourteen lines of aeate type—equal to one inch space in depth—is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount* made known on application at business office. Ol R SEW YORK OFFICE. Mr- J. J. Flynn, General Advertising Agent of the Morning News, office 23 Park Row, New York. All advertising business outside of the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro lina will be managed by him. The Morning News Is on file at the following places, where Advertising Kates and other in formation regarding the paper can be obtained: NEW YORK CITY— J. H Bates. 38 Park Row. G. P. Rowell & Cos., 10 Spruce street W. W. Sharp & Cc.,21 Park Row. Frank Kikrnan & Cos.. 152 Broadway. Da cjiy A Cos.. 27 Park Place. J. W. Thompson. 39 Para Row. American NkwspapekPvrlisbcrs* Association, Potter Building. PHILADELPHIA — N. W. AYER & Sox, Times Building. BOSTON— S R. Niles, 256 Washington street. Pettengill A Cos.. 10 State street. CHICAGO— Lord A Thomas, 45 Randolph street. c.ncinnati - Edwin Alden Company, 66 West Fourth street. NEW HAVEN— Phe H. P. Hi bbard Company. 25 Elm street. ST LOUIS - Nisi .son Chesman & Cos., 1127 Pine street. ATLAnta— Borrino News Bcreau, Sty Whitehall street. MAOON— Daily Telegraph Oetice. 597 Mulberry street. M TO NEW mE&TISmXTS. Meetings —Democratic Executive Committee; Savannah Branch S. T. A. Special Notices— Gum Drops at Heidt’s: Are You Hard Up? Go to New York Lo&q Office; As to Crew of British Steamship Klyde, As to Bills Against Russian Bark Jupiter. Auction Sales— Horses and Mules, by J. J. Oppenheim, Auctioneer; Household Furniture, by J. McLaughlin <£ Son. Amusements —"Three Fast Men" at Theater, Sept. 29; "Lights and Shadows" at the Theater Sept 30. Boracine— At Heidt's. Seed Oats. Etc.—W. D. Simkins. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale: Personal: Miscellaneous. Congress has granted to the widow of Gen. Fremont a pension of $3,000 a year. Speaker Reed didn’t get real fighting mad until twenty-five years after the war ended. Quorum is a good word. Ever heard of it* An exchange printed it the other day. Indian nomenclature would probably describe Mr. Reed as Fat-Man- After-a- Quorum. What shall it avail a man if be treat the whole mob atid then fail to get the nomina tion of his party i Our summer girls are returning wearing sun shales on their complexions. All be coming, as Pat would put it. It is a kind dispensation of Providence that poor Bonwell died before the news papers got to printing pictures of him. After eating onions a Pittsburg hotel keeper stole a kiss from a widow and had to pay SI,OOO for that ethereal satisfaction. Despite Mr. Reed’s robust appearance there is much talk in Washington of put ting Judge Crisp in the chair to relieve him. Hon. Roger Q. Mills has been making some lively speeches out in Wisconsin in the interest of the Hon. George Washington Peck. In the statistics of government the sala ries of most of the congressmen should be placed under the head of unearned incre ment. Ohio republicans announce their purpose of nominating for congress this year ‘-only Wrong men.” There’s a chance for John L. gullivan. Striking out Mr. Kennedy’s speech will leave room in the Congressional Record for a few fervid orations that were never delivered. Patti says she is coming back to sing to us just ones more. Her raven tresses are greatly changed. But the price of admission remains the same. Officials figures show that the Maine re publicans lost ground all over the state, except in Reed’s district, where they concen trated all their strength and energy. Kansas democrats have nominated Mr. Moonlight for congress, and the republicans are after him red-hot. Chasing moonlight Is an old infirmity with republicans. Irish relatives of the late A. T. Stewart are still hustling for a share of bis cash, with a fair show of success. They have Gen. Ben. Butler looking alter their inter ests. Fay Templeton now says that she pawned those diamonds iu Paris, and that is the reason they came over so long after she did. Miss Fay has taken a long time to decide how it all happened. Financiers undertake to argue that there is no need for as3 gold piece. W T by, we kuow a man who could use several of them right away if they were made and in hand. Three of a kind are good. In the First district republican conven tion at Damopolis, Ala., the popular choice could not nominated because the “cheer mu u was agin him.” Candidates Warner aud Threet both claim the nomination. Minnesota has four distinct tickets in the field. There is the democratic, the repub lican, the prohibition and one known as the building and loan association ticket. So the voter can take his choice or jump into the Mississippi river. Reciprocity and Protection. The Canadians are a good deal stirred up by the McKinley bill, and some of their newspapers are crying lou ily for the annex • ation of Canada to this country. Some of | them do not see why they should remain ! loyal to England when it is to tbeir interest ito become a part of this country. They j don’t take much stock in Sir John Macdon ald's statement that if Canada is prevented ; by bostde legislation from trading with the United States she can trade with other countries, because they know they cannot trade with other countries so advantageously as they can with this. And the dissatisfac tion with the McKinley bill is not c mfined to Canada. The people of this country who are carrying on a large trade with Canada will also be sufferers by the bill, because they will not bo able to c >nti me that trade. It is interesting to note, however, that while the Republican pa ty insists that the one thing needful to make all classes of peo ple in tnis ountry prosperous and happy, two of the most prominent leaders of that party, although they say the McKinley bill is a g x>d one, and just such a one as the best interests of this country demand, are outspoken in favor of reciprocity, which is, in fact, free trade. Tne whole country is well acquainted with the letters of Mr. Blaine urging re ciprocity with countries south of us, and so strong were the reasons he presented in be half of it that congress has incorporated a reciprocity provision in the McKinley bill, it is probable that within a short time after the bill lias become a iaw we shall have free trade with tha West Indies and several of the Central and South American republics. And Senator Sherman thinks that reci procity with Canada would be a good thing. In a recent letter to Erastus Wiman he said; ‘‘The provisions of the McKinley bill no doubt do apply with some severity to Canada, but the bill is general in its appli cation to all oountries. It is no doubt a high protective tariff, and will test the policy of such a law. It is not especially aimed at Canada, but is genoral in its terms. Ido believe that with a little forbearance and moderation on both sides of the line, the feeling will become universal here that special arrangements for reciprocity and trade should be entered into between the two countries.” Yes, the McKinley bill does apply with severity to Canada, and also to this country, but, if protection is such a good thing as the Republican party says it is, why should not Mr. Blaine and Senator Sherman de fend it, instead of trying to get rid of it? While they say that protection is a good thing—the very best thing this country could have—they both admit that free trade is better, because they both favor reci procity. Senator Sherman, in effect, tolls the Canadians that the McKinley bill will cause so much dissatisfaction that in a little while it will not be difficulty, in all proba bility, to make arrangements for free trade, and the inference from what ho says is that if the Canadians will only have a little patience the way will be opened for free trade between them and the people of this country. And, it is apparent, from Sena tor Sherman’s letter, that he will be glad when the way is open. In view of the position taken by Mr. Blaine and Senator Shorman, and, in fact, by the Republican party since reciprocity has been incorporated in tbe McKinley bill, it is difficult to see upon what ground the re publicans can defend the McKinley bill or the protective principle. Prohibitionists in Politics. Prohibition hasn’t quite so strong a hold upon tbe people of Pennsylvania as it had a few years ago. The prohibitionists of that state will not poll anywhere near so large a vote in the approaching state’election as they did in the last state eleotion. They have begun to realize that the way to make prohibition sucoessfal is not by means of politics, but by educatiug the people to accept it. Tha Pennsylvania prohibitionists nomi nated a candidate for governor several weeks ago, and they thought he would be a very popular candidate. He was an earnest prohibitionist and promised to con tribute SIO,OOO toward the expanses of the campaign. For some unaccountable reason, however, he declined the nomination a few days after it was tendered to him. The prohibitionists are inolined to think that the Htandard Oil Company told him that if he knew wbat was best for his own interests he would not be a candidate for governor. The impression is, that tho Standard Oil Com pany wants Quay’s man Delamater elected, and a prohibition candidate would draw a good many republican votes away from him. But the refusal of their candidate to ac cept the nomination did not dishearten the prohibitionists. Their executive oommittee met aguiu tbe other day and nominated another candidate—one that will stick. But be is not a candidate who will draw many votes, and the prohibitionists will make such a poor showing in the election that the majority of their folks will become dis heartened and give up trying to get control of the state government It will be a good thing for prohibition if they do, because if the prohibitionists will let politics alone and devote their energies and money to the ad vancement of the prohibition cause as a great moral question, they will accomplish a great deal more good than they have since they entered the arena of politics. Tuesday was a fine day for several peo ple. Mrs. Cooper,of Fulton, N. Y., (ell heir to $9,000,000 iu England; Mrs. Combs, of Humboldt, Tenn., got $k)0,000 from her Scotch grandfather; Policeman Spooner, of Boston, was awarded $2,500,000 from Lon don, and two negroes broke into congress with the connivance of Dictator Reed. Prof. Wiggins, of Canada, will make no more guesses at the weather. Somebody called him a prognosticator tho ether day, and he immediately quit tbe business. Even a storm-snooper can’t stand every thing. At the opening ceremonies of Thomas Jefferson hall in Brooklyn, Tuesday, Gov. David B. Hill, of Now York, delivered tbe principal address. He is the man who was once heard to remark: “I am a democrat.” Cleveland says that ho has had pretty tolerable good health up to this time, but tho multitude of recent remarks about his physical condition are beginning to make him sick—or, at least, very tired. Electricity failed to fatally shock one plain New York murderer recently, yet a shapely young woman in pink tights shocked a whole theatre full of people. But they will survive tbe sensation. Several distinct shocks of earthquake are said to have been felt at Columbia. S. C., yesterday. Wonder if Mr. Tillman got the shakes. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1890. Facilitating Supreme Court Decisions. Congress has redeemed many of its faults and deficiencies by the progress it has made with the bill which creates a court of ap peals to relieve tbe over-crowded United States supreme court. Business is now so many years tebmd in that tribunal as to ‘ entail serious loss and injury upon many litigants who can ill affoid to await tbe slow course of routine procedure. Unless tbe amendments attached by the Senate judiciary committee fail to receive concurrence in the House the bill will soon become a law. An additional judge to be appointed in each circuit with the same jurisdiction as the present judges is provided for in tbe bill. In each circuit a court of appeals compo-ed of three judges is to be estab lished. Most of the cases appealed from t he district courts are to lie subject to review only by the court ot appeals. Appeals from district couris to existing circuit courts are to be discontinued. Appellate jurisdiction is to be exercised by the court of appeals to review the final decisions of district or circuit courts in all cases except such as may be appealed directly to the supreme court. Unless the court of appeals shall ask the supreme court for instruction to aid it in reaching proper conclusions its decis ion shall be final. Should the counsel of the supreme court be asked, it may simply give instruction, or have the whole cause, with ail the records, sent up to it for considera tion. Any cause pending liefore the circuit court of appeals may be certified up to tho supreme court upon an order from that tribunal. In cases where the jurisdiction of the court is involved appeals may be taken from the district or existing circuit courts to tbe supreme court direct. Such appeals are permissable, for instance, from penal sen tences and decrees in prize cases or in criminal ca r es where tho punishment is death. In cases where the constitutionality of the court is involved, where the consti tutionality of any law is in question, or where the constitution or law of any state is claimed to be in contravention of the con stitution of the United States a similar direct appeal may be taken. Although a simpler plan would doubtless prove more effective, any practical organi zation that serves to relieve the increasing burdens of the calendar will be most heartily welcomed by the public. It is a defect that has long needed a remedy. Who Made the Tariff Bill? The conferees on the tariff bill have agreed, and it is safe to predict that tbeir report will be adopted. Four senators and four representatives virtually made the tariff bill, because they settled the disagree ments between the House and the Senate. And the House has its way upon the most important points of disagreement. The Senate wanted to tax sugar between No. IS and No. 16, and the House said no, aud tho House has its way. This decision will give the poorer classes a chance to get a goo i grade of brown sugar cheap, but it is by no means certain that they will get it much cheaper than they do at present. The Senate wanted binding twine put on tbe free list. Tho House objected and bind ing twine will have to pay a duty. The western farmers will kick at this, but they must not forget that it is their own party that upholds the binding twine trust. It would ha*? e been an outrageous dis crimination against the south, of course, to have made binding twine free while bag ging, used as a wrapping for cotton, and cotton ties were taxed. The south is accus tomed to unjust discrimination, however, and would not have wished to deprive the west of au advantage denied to herself. It is to be honed that the Republican party will be satisfied with its work. It is doubtful, however, if it will. The tariff bill is going to cause a groat deal of dissatis faction. The more it causes, however, the better the situation will be for the Demo cratic party. There is no law nor pretext nor precedent under which the flunkeyish conduct of Minister Mizner can be excused or palliated. He had no more right to deliver a refugee under the protection of the American flag to his enemies in Guatemala than he had to murder this man himself. Nor was the conduct of Capt. Pitts of the Pacific mail steamer Acapulco one whit more creditable. That a man should be delivered up to be butchered by his enemies on an American vessel while technically under the protection of our flag and within a stone's throw of two American warships is almost iucredible. Some mys terious underlying motive must have prompted such ready compliance with so unlawful a demaud, and as soon as Mr. Mizner arrives in Washington he should be called to a striot and searching aoeount. Neither ho nor the ship’s captain had any authority to permit armed men to go aboard that vessel on any account. In ail previous discussions of this unhappy affair the fact appears to have been overlooked that two days before Gen. Burrundia was shot peace had been declared between Gauteinala and San Salvador, and tbe Gautemalan govern ment had virtually pardoned all political offenders of G autemala. That being the case there was no excuse whatever for at tempting to arrest Gen. Barruudio. An athletic club in Galveston has offered "Jack” Dempsey and “Bill” Fitzsimmons a purse of SII,OOO for a “fight to a finish” in the club’s house. If southern gentlemen aro to abandon dueling merely to devote their leisure to prize-fighting the alleged improvement is scarcely in line with the advancement of civilization, and not to be commended. It is not the southern gentle man, however, who indulges in that very animated variety of diversion. It is the overseer grown opulent and idle. He it is also who vociferously thirsts for gore on the slightest provocation and renders ridiculous before the world his erstwhile employer, whom he closely imitates up to the point where his own native instincts crop out. This is the epoch of the overseer. Still the real gentleman will unobtrusively continue to pursue the even tenor of his way, and when the necessity is thrust upon him, de fend bis rights and his reputation in tho usual quiet and effective manner. But dis putes rarely lead to violence between gen tlemen. Technically Mr. Kennedy’s speech in which be frankly expresses bis deliberate opinion of Senator Quay, has been stricken from the Congressional Record , although thousands of copies containing it, and also Mr. Enloo’s synopsis of it, had previously beeu scattered broadcast. Base hall ha 9 been so overdone this season that its devotees will be grati fied to learn that the Players’ League is to be merged In tbe American Association. Of late the game has been piled on a little too thick. PERSONAL* The engagement is announced in London of Miss Isabel Scott, daughter of ex President I scott of the Richmond and Danville rood, and Douglas Grant, son of tne late Beach Grant of ! Nevr York. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell has been entertaining Mr. nod Mrs. Josiph Lh&mlierlain of England, ,at his Newport collate. He gave a large enter tainment in their honor at the Casino a few nights ago. Anton Rubinstein is staying in the Black - Forest, and is so busy comp- sing that he rarely goes out except fi_r an hour s stroll late in the afternoon. He is thought to be at work on a grand opera. Mias Harriet Hosmcr has been commissioned to execute a life sized statue of Queen Isabella of Castile, for which a special pavilion will be erected in the women's department of the Chi cago fair of 1'93. Sira Jeannette Duncan is a young Canadian authoress who has been gaining a name for h“rs-lf bv a book of irsvels. She is quite a pretty woman, of slight figure, with brown hair and light blue eyes. Tolstoi, at 64. is a rugged-looking man with iron-gray hair and sunburned face set in a frame of gray beard and mustache. His broad brow- is deeply furrowed and his small eyes gleam out from beneath busy brows. Mackenzie, the chess player who went to England against the advice of his friends, to take part in the international chess tournament at Manchester—where ne won third prize—is reported to be dying of consumption tn that city. Amelie Rives Chanler is studying art at Fontainebleau aud doing no writing. She goes but little into "society, although the French people admire her. Mild V me. Carnot, the presideut’s w ife, has taken a groat fancy to her. Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was a few years ago regarded as one of the greatest men in France, is now a broken old man. socially, financially and physically. lie LeSßeps will lie 85 years old on Nov. 19 should he survive till then. Gen. Ely 8. Parker, civil engineer, of New York, who served on Gen. Grant’s staff during the war. ls a lull bloc sled Seneca Indian, and is said to have suggested the main features of a design th.it has been adopted for a monument to Red Jacket, the great Seneca chief. Hon. Henry W. Hilliard of Georgia has nearly ready for the press a volume of reminis cences covering a period of fully half a century. Mr. Hilliard was minister to Belgium when Mr. Webster was Secretary of State, was in oon ? rests from 1813 to 1851 and minister to Brazil rom 1877 to 1881. James I. King of Buffalo registered at the Bohemian spa at Carlsbad during the summer, and was announced in the local press as James 1., King of Buffalo. This brought down upon him such a rush of beggars, tuft burners and fee searchers that he had to get out of town. Some of the natives even took him for Buffalo Bill. Col. George P. Davis, who has been chosen director general of the Cnicago Columbian fair of 1893, is a native of Massachusetts, his mother being a member of a well known family of Con necticut Quakers, an 1 his wife is a southern woman. Col. Davis went to Chicago tweuty years ago with Gen. Sheridan, ands -on after ward resigned from the army. He ha i since been active in the affairs of the Republican party m Chicago. BRIGHT BUS. The fast train bears her out of sight Three weary months from me away. She toid me she would often write. And I said I'd write every day. (A week later.) She writes me tbu . while on her tour, Some other beau she's got, I'm sure; But then—l’ve got another girl. —J. li. C. in Puck. The ice cream joke is laid away. No more twill clou-1 the reader's brow, ’Tis so all things must pass away— The summer girl eats ousters now. W ashington Post. Kisses are like an actress’ diamonds. The oftener they're stolen the better their owners are pleased —Life. A scandalmonger is n person who talks to our neighbors about us. An entertaining talker Is a person who teiis us mean stories about our neighbors.— Munsey's Weekly. Hungry Man (at cheap lunch counter)— Gimme some baked beans in a hurry. Tough Waiter (at the too of his voice)—Rush a plate o'Boston sweetbreads!— Chicago Trib une. Bunks- Pugilism has suffered an irreparable loss in Sullivan’s going on ttie stage. Bjabbers—Oi don’t tnink poogilism is hurted half so much as the stage, and what's more our sioators and ripresentatives are goin’ into poo gilism.— Siftings. “How pleasant it is to see husband and wife of one mind!" "It is, Indeed. There's the Robinsons, for example. She thinks there's nobody iu the world like Robinson, and he thinks so, too." Boston Transcript. Robbie—When I get to be a man I'm going to be a priuter. Papa—Why so? Robbie (smacking his lip6)—'Cause Mr. Tvpe, the printer up the way, says they always have lots of “pi.”- St. Paul Globe. “How are you?" exclaimed a visitor at the capitol, as he chanced to meet the congressman from his district. “Hush; not so loud.” “What’s tha matter? Anybody after yon?" “No, but there isn't any telling where a quo rum is going to strike’’.— Washington Post. Beggar— Help me, good sir! I have a large family and can scarcely keep the wolf from the door. We are in need of food. Crusty—H’m! Have you got a gun? "Yes. sir!" “Well, here's 5 cents. Go and buy some am munition. and the next time the wolf comes around kill him and eat him ."—Lawrence American. Judge—And you saw the prisoner strike the complainant? Witness—Yes, your honor. Judge—And had he given you any provoca tion? Witness—Why, you see he pulled out a roll of bills. Judge—And you mean to say the prisoner struck him fur that? Witness—Weil, he struck him for some of it.— Bingiamton Leader. “I understand. Mabel, that you had a dull time at the seaside this summer,’’ observed one of the "eau’t-get-away” girls to her more for tunate friend. “Exceedingly," was the reply. “But just think of the poor sharks!” "Sharks?" “Yes. They were man-eaters, you know, and there was not a young man—that is, a nice, ten der young man—in sight during our entire stay. — St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Fauntleroy Boy—Mamma, wouldn't 'it have been grand to have lived in the good old times, and had a big castle on the hill, and robbed everybody who came near it. just like the brave barons I rea l about in that big book? 1 wish I could have been one. Mamma—Hush! You shouldn’t talk so. Boy—Can't I just think about such things’ Mamma-No, you shan't. Change the sub ject. Boy—Mamma, when is papa coming back to to the city? Mamma—As soon as his summer hotel closes. —New York Weekly. CURRENT COMMENT. Lucky They Don't Listen. From tbe Ne re York Herald ( Ind .). If one half of the world knew all the mean things said about It by the other halt, a war of extermination would ensue.. Made Their Mark in History, From the Sheffield Telegraph. Of the twenty-six barons who signed Magna Charta it is stated that there were only three who could write their names, the rest having to “make their mark.” Genuine Protection Offered. FYom the Lancaster Inquirer (Rep.). It is getting pretty hot for alleged republicans who do not tavor a federal election law. Come in boys, out of the rain. Dollars Win Every Time. From the Coudersport Journal (Rep.). Ag ressive republicanism is the kind that wins. Defensive fighting is always poor fight ing m politics. When republicans assume the offensive as vigorously as they aid up in the Pine free state they can generally count on whipping their opponents. “Why, now I cannot get enough to eat,” says oub lady, who formerly had no appe tite, but took Hood’s Sarsaparilla— Adv. The Greatest Accomplishment. From the Chicago Keening Post. She doesn't sing, she doesn't play. She doesn't paint, a as! She never works at mol liny clay, ■ She never Hammers brass. And yet 'twill be a joy for me To make her mine tor life. For doing none of these you see Will give her lota of time to be A good home-keeping wife. What Ailed Him. “Good evening, nncle " "Eboning, boss, ebening.'’ “How are you getting along*' 1 "Tol’ble, Bah. tol'ble; gwme ter go a l“etle slow casa de roomatism got er grip in dese laigs ere late." says the Arkansas* traveler. "You are not quite as spry as you used to be? "No, I ain't dat." ‘‘Where is your brother. Sam*" "O, he done dies out o' dis life two yeahs ergo, be did. 1 ’ "Did he die in bed?" "No, an' he didn't want to, neither; four or “ ve . , [ljen ffi“d to mek him to do it, but dey couldn't hold him dar. so dey couldn't. 1 , "Why. what was the matter with him?" "Well, de doctabssaid ez how he had de hila rious tremens, but 1 guess it was de scaiks. an' dey wuz big ones, reg’lar boa strictors, dey wuz. Yas. he bad 'em large, mighty large, boss. Dey done got erway wl,l him. dey did." On the Other Foot. Four or five of us bought tickets at Louisville for Nashville, says a writer in the New York Sun. and as we walked about waiting for train time a young man about 2d years of age. who was travelling for a Richmond house, broke into a chuckle and asked: "Do you fellers believe that honesty' is the best policy ?” "Certainly,” we replied In chorus. "So dd I on certain occasions. This isn’t one of the occasions, however." We asked him to explain, but ha told us to wait until we were off. When that time came he said: “The ticker agent made a mistake of just 81 in ray case, and I tuink it is ail right to beat him. The agent in Cincinnati once beat me out of $5, so I am hardly even." As he explained the case he pulled out a wad of bills and counted them, and all of a sudden he turned pale, jumped to his feet and gasped; “Great heaven! but I’m left!" "How?” "Why, I gave him a twentv intead of a ten and instead of my beating him out of 8l he’s knocked me out for §8! Somebody hold me, before I break loose and do awful damage!" Common Human Cussedness. Many people spend their time trying tew find the hole whare sin got into this world. If two men brake through the ice into a millpond, they had better hunt for some good hole tew git out, rather than git into a long argument about the hole they cum tew fall in. If you must chaw terbacker, young man. for heaven’s sake cnaw oid plug; it iz the nastiest. Truth iz like the burdocks the cow gits iDto the end ov her tall; the more she shakes them oph the less she gits rid ov them. There iz 2 kinds ov men in this world that I don t kare about meeting when i am in a grate hurry—men whom I owe rfhd men who want to owe me. There iz always one chance a :in the best laid plans of man, snl the Lord holds that chance. My private opluyun about "absence ov mind" is that 9 times out of 10 it iz absence ov finines. The flattery that men offer tew themselves iz the most dangerous, bekause the least sus pekted. Take a kitten that kan hardly walk on land, and chuck bim into a millpond, and he will swim ashore. Everybody kan aoply the moral in this. • The best philosophers and moralists I have ever met have been thoze who had plenty to eat and drink, and had money at interest. It takes a wize man to suffer prosperity, but most enny phool kan suffer adversity. Pride, after all, iz one of our best friends—it makes us beleave w e are better and happier than OHr nabors. How strange It iz that most men would rather be flattered for possessing what they have not than to be Justly praised for having what they possess. Took Him a Long Tims to Decide. “Just watch this crank," said a man in a res taurant to a New York Tribune man. “He comes it. nere every day. and goes through a whole act before he gets up courage enough to ask for fried onions. He always finishes by or dering them, but he i ever avows his real pur pose until he has beaten around the bush for ten minutes Ths waiters know him well and humor him." The lover of onions seated himself, and looked over the dinner-card with a languid bored air. “How are the soft-shelled crabs deviled?" he asked. "They are very nice, sir.” "It’s a little late for crabs, isn’t it?" "Yes, it's a little late, sir. “H’ln. Let’s see. How is your canvas back?” "That’s very nice, sir.” "But, come to think of it, I don’t care for any duck,” and he knitted his brows and carefully scanned the menu card. "There doesn't seem to be anything here that I care for.” "How-would you like a nice piece of roast lamb?" "No, that doesn't strike my fancy." "A chop?” "No. Perhaps you would better bring me a bottle of St. Jullen and a slice of cold roast beet I have no appetite to-day.” “Very well, sir,” and the waiter started off slowly. “0. Gaspard." “Yes, sir.” “I have an idea.” "Yes, sir.” “1 might be able to eat a good steak with a few fried unions.” “They would be very nice, sir.” “Ooly a few unions, but have the steak good” "Yes, sir.” "That will be all. You needn’t mind the claret.” "Yes, sir.” But the lover of onions leaned back in his chair as innocent appearing as a child. tier Point of View. On the plaza of a fashionable watering place hotel there were seated, one evening during the season just passed, three ladies, who were listen ing to the music of an orchestra when it played —using their tongues when it didn't and tneir eyes at all tunes, says the New York Times Suddenly one of them gave a start of sup pressed excitement. K "Look,” she said alnlost breathlessly, leaning over to her companions; "there is that Mrs B from New York, you know.” What! exclaimed No. 2. "the divorcee?” “Yes,” was the answer, while No. 3 echoed with a sigh of satisfaction, "Now- i.ewiii have a chance to see what she is like.” Three pairs of eyes focused their gaze upon a common object—a young woman, blonde and comely, seated in front and a little to the left of this optic battery. The music began again while the ladies stared intently. When the orchestra stopped, the tongues were ready. "She s not hopelessly pretty,” began No 1 with a little laugh. “Too pink and white," said No. 2, who was sallow and black-haired. "They ray he is very handsome.” went on the first speaker, and "O, he is, but dissipated awfully so, asserted the second. "Don’t you think,” continued No. 1, “that she shows her suff ring? Heroyes have a sort'of wistful look of pain to me." "Yes, and the lines of her face are sharp ” replied No. 2. “She cortai ly shows that she is a woman with a history. The most casual ob server can see that." So tbe chorus went on till No. 3 came to tbe front. "I have been watching tbe way the corners of her mouth are drawn down," she said with the air of one about to make’ a re mark, “and I tell you there are two sides to that sto.y. although all the sympathy seems to be with her. No woman has a mouth like that for nothinand she snapped her lorgnette shot and thrust it with some decision in her corsage. "Why do you think so?” commented No 1 “I’ve been fancying that droop rather pa thetic." "Nonsense!" said No. , "that’s not pathos that’s temper and lots of it. His family ,av that he con and not live with her. and now that I have seen her face I believe it.” At this moment a gentleman approached the person who, all unconsciously, was the object of such serious scrutiny and comment, and in some haste, exclaimed, bowing and offering his arm: "Miss L., you, mother is in the parlor, just home late from her drive. She has sent me for you.” Miss L. arose at once, and. with a laughing remark of compliance, walked away with her escort. Among the trio in the seats back the silence could be felt for a moment, then No. 1 recovered herself. “Well." she laughed, "it wasn't M.-s. B after all, was it?” Nobody answered her. In particular, the stu dent. of character, from the curve of the lips maintained a stolid quiet. By way of aftermath it may be added that this is a sketch from real life. After a sea diet, to prevent boils and assist acclimation, use Ayer's Sarsaparilla.— Adv. BAKING POWDER. ||fi| B a^,r !fsT CAKE & MAKES THE SAW- iP&TNx Biscurri E uC ssa- yfrYW', VvS. WE HAO was /\V \ Y/, Vu 1 W/H ITEMS OF INTEREST. The income derived by French people who rear fowls, according to official returns, is 337.- 100,000 francs, of which 153,500.000 francs repre sent the value of the flesh and 188,600,000 francs that of the eggs. The famous Hindoo god, Linghain, is now owned by an English gentleman named Spencer, who paid 813,000 for it at an auction sale in London in 1888. This curious relic stands but inches high. A man named Johnstone, out in Chicago, has succeeded in opening the combination lock of a fafe while blindfolded, muzzled, gloved and plugged as to his ears. If this sort of thing becomes fashionable, what will a safe with a combination lock be work* Only tbe time lock can thwart Johnstone, it is said. As an instance of ruinous depreciation in the value of agricultural lands, it may be men tioned, says the St. James Gazette , that tbe Bra kenborough estate, in Lincolnshire, which was valued twenty years ago for mortgage purposes at £86,000, and since that tim - baa bad £10,0,10 expended on improvements, bas now been valued at only £19,000. An immense caravan leaves Bagamoyo shortly for the Victoria Nyanza, says the St. Janies Gazette. It will include 4,C00 porters recruited by the notorious Sua Hajee. Fifteen hundred of these, costing sro per head for the journey, have been engaged by tbe Frenoh Algerian mission to carry loads to reprovision all their stations iu Central Africa. Evidently the days of big nuggets in Aus tralia ace not yet over. By the last mails from rerth comes the statement that "Five men arrived from Shaw Falls, Nuilagine (a western Australian goldfield), bringing with them 460 ounces of gold and a big nugget weighing 353 ounces, nine pennyweignts.” "It is described as "a very massive and handsome nugget." Tne following advertisement is taken from the Li erpool Daily Post: "Will the lady wear ing sj ectacles who. on Thursday evening, the Ttainst., drove a dark pony and four-w'heeled phaeton, with groom behind, along Halewood road, and injured a valuable saddle rorse by not taking her side of tbe road, kindly get a better pair of glasses and take driving lessons before she ventures out again?” Here is the witty answer by which a hero, whom Bismarck was commissioned by tbe emperor to decorate with the Iron Cross of the fli st class, discomfited the chancellor s attempt to chaff him. "I am authorized,” said Bis marek to bim, “to offer you 100 thalers instead of the cross.” "How much is the cross worth?” asked the soldier. "Three tha ers.” “Very well, then, hignness. I’ll take the cross and It? thalers.” Bismarck was so surprised and pleased by the ready shrewdness of the reply that he gave the man both the cross and the money. A man of figures at Saginaw, Mich , has cal culated that the average person trims off a thirty-second of an inch of nail from each finger aweek, or three inches a year. The average of human life the world over is forty years. Ten feet of flog r nail for each finger—a round 200 feet from the twenty fingers and toes. There are 1.300,000,000 people in this world and alto gether they waste on an average of 300,000.000 feet, or 56,818.15 miles of finger nail in a gen eration sufficient to leach twice around the earth and still leave 6,000 miles to do our scratching with. An "Art Supply” company has been uncov ered at Lafayette, Ind , whose special mission, It seems, bas been to supply collectors with ancient and rare coins of recent manufacture. So long as none of these bogus coins go into general circulation the public can afford to look upon this peculiar kind of counterfeiting with some indulgence. Should this "Art Supply” concern enlarge the field of its use:ulnr-ss so as to supply the stamp collecting cranks with home-made foreirn postage stamps, it will meet a long-felt want, aud may fairly claim that it has come to stay. Daniel Seales (colored) is a millionaire of San Francisco. He is a friend of ex-Senator B. K. Bruce and Frederick Douglasss, and his ac quaintance with distinguished men of the nation is extensive. Mr. Seales is of flue ap pearance. He dresses in the bight of fashion, and his gray beard frames a face of amia bility. Forty years ago he went to California and his early investments in San Francisco property made him rich. Mr. Seales bas never been in politics. He has confined himself en tirely to law aud realty. Although in his 70th year he is as lively as a cr.cket. He believes in enjoying life. Some interesting features will be seen in the new signalling station which is to be established at Tory Island, between Ireland and Scotland, which is expect to be of tbe greatest service to Atlantic steamers. A large cable lias been laid between tbe island auu tne shore, tbe chief use of which will be to announce tbe passing of vessels and the transmission of telegrams from them An ingenious buoy-like waterproof dispatch case has been devised, which will contain any number of telegrams. This can be picked up by the boatmen from the island and' conveyed to the signal station. The message can then be telegraphed to any part of the kingdom, an arrangement which will be of the greatest con venience not only to travelers, but also to mer chants and shippers. A statement having been made that nine teiepheno girls had gone crazy in New York city, the superintendent of a Chicago telephone exchange was interviewed for the purpose of discovering whether the western girls took more kindly to their work. He said that what ever grounds the superintendent might have for becoming insane, be could not see that the operators tiad any. He bad never seen any signs of insanity in the young ladies under his cuarge; on the contrary, they were bright and efficient, and that was wny be kept them. Some of them were '’mad” when the inroduction of the receiver that is strapped to the head was in sisted on, as it was anything but ornamental but that was only momentary. It was how-’ ever, the nearest approach to insanity on record in the Chicago exchange. Although William Windom spent several years, prior to his return to the treasury de partment, in and around Wall street, says the New York Star, he never succeeded in attaining any position of prominence, or even notoriety in financial affairs. In this respect he presents a marked contrast to the record usually made by men who have occupied high positions in the treasury department, and who, on retiring from office, decided to go into the bankln * business, or otherwise cast their lot in the street. In fact, the financial district is full of men occupying high positions in the finan cial world who were formerly government treasury officials. John J. Knox, who was controller of the currency, is president of one national bank, and Mr. H. C. Cannon, who held the same position, is president of another. Mr Fairchild, Cleveland’s Secretary of the Treas ury, is at the head of a trust company, and Mr Hillhouse. a former treasurer of tbe United Males, now presides over a similar institution Ex-Assista t Secretary Coon is a partner ina big stock brokerage house. In fact, tie experi ence that a bright man obtains in a responsible post in the treasury is an almost certain pass port to position and prosp rity m the street. It is now remembered that this rule did not work witn regard to Windom. Why will you suffer front Indigestion and Dyspepsia! KlnmoDi Liver Regulator Is pleasant and cures.— Adv. MEDICAL. Advice to the Aged. Age brings Infirmities, such as sluggish bowels, weak kidnev. and bladder and lorifd liver. r ‘ Tint's Pills have a specific effect on these organs, stiinu. lating the bowels, giving natural discharges without straining or griping, aud IMPARTING VIGOR to th* kidneys, bladder and liver. They nr* adapted to eld or young. 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