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mu TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting— Georgia Tent No. 151, I. O. R.
Military Orders— Oglethorpe Light Infan
try; Order 55. Savannah Volunteer Guardi;
General Order No. 23, Savannah Cadets.
Special Notices— The Faust Beer Column:
Townsend is not a Botch;- An
Kxperienced Traveling Agent Wanted for the
Georgia State Building and Loan Association;
As to Crew of British Steamship Tymhead; The
Garden of Singing Flowers at Theater, Dec. 18;
Special Notice, Davis Bros.; Tinning, etc.,
F-. C Pacetti; Christmas Novelties, E. M. Con
nor; Preserves. Cheese, Etc , at Engel 4 Roths
child's; Special Notice. E. A. Page: Carpet
M earing at Si Broughton street: Christmas and
New Year's Races at Thunderbolt Park
Course; Horses and Mules on Sale
Tuesday. Dec. 9, at Auctioneers' Sale Stables.
Boarding Stork Wanted, ,lno. E. Dowling;
Prairie Fowls. Etc., Logans, City Market;
Grocers' Wagons. Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company: Dry Goods Dealers' Wagons,
Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company;
Bull hers' Wagons, Savannah Carriage and
"Wagon Company; Wagons for Mill Men, Etc.,
Savannah Carriage and Wagon Comjiany: The
ether Kind, The Robinson Steam Printing Com
puny; Savannah Steam Imundry; State aud
county Taxes, 189 c, Miss Louisa Sheppard;
Empire Steam Laundry; First Grand Bail of
Savannah Castle No. 8, K. G. E.; On the Right
Track, Mutual Co-operative Association;
Dressed Turkeys at Hedy's; charlotte Kiwse at
Beily’s.
Amusements— Blue Beard, Jr., at the Theater
Ife e. 8-9;"First Annual Ball of Acorn I.odgc
No. 103, I. O. O. F.
Financial—Statement of the Condition of
the Georgia State Building and Loan Assoi in
tion.
Wk Offer Monday—A. Ehrlich £ Bro.
I O U—Savannah Carriage and Wagon Com
pany.
Dull—D. Hogan.
Slippers— The Globe Shoe Store.
Half Price Sale -At Eckstein’s.
10,000 Handbills— C. Gray 4 Sou.
Hu eber Belting, Etc.—Neal linger 4 Rabun.
New Goods for the Holidays— A. L. Deg
houiilous'.
Toilet Requisites -London Toilet Bazar
Company.
Down Go the Prices - Morrison, Foy 4 Cos,
Non Em All Out —M, Boley 4 Sou.
A Great Exhibit —L. 4 B. 8. M. H.
December Means Overcoats— Dryfus Bros
Cheap Column AuvERTisKKNTS-Help
M anted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For
Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
In his annual report i’oetmaster Ueoaral
■\Vanamaker confesses to the decapitation of
iXI,T2iJ postmasters. Tnat comes pretty near
giving our John the full worth of his
money.
Prosperity seems to be on the wav back.
I rom London the announcement now comes
that jthe Bank of England is to reduce its
rate of discount to 5 per cent. Bo the tide
of alarm must have passed.
Bignor Succi when he began bis fast life,
and Signor Bucci now, are two entirely
different looking individuals. Past living
knocks out the best of them. Fat is said to
be falling oif the rigid economy professor
at the rate of a half pound a day. If he
holds out to the end of the limit he will
inako a good and durable barn storming
actor.
Condemnation of the force bill by the na
tional alliance convention seems to have
had a tendency to weaken republican zeal
for its enactment. Borne of the s nators
live in strongly agricultural states, where
the alliance most dotu flourish, and they
•ei in ruther loth to array themselves again-.'
the organization. They are not any too
strong now, and apparently are not pre
pared for political death.
hen a tor Bill Chandler's scheme lo apor- -
priate a legislative majority in New llatup
shire find' a goodly number of sturdy ob
stacles, and hat pro! ably been virtue ly
debated It would tie a pretty severe
common tsry upon the Integrity at public
men in tie : .ramie slate if enough honest
ropulnicMOs could not be found to defeat so
bid and uopriucip'ed a oouspiracy. Kena
tor Blair’s edueatiohal enthusiasm is
requited at heme.
Fiirurlnir on Apportionment.
There is no doubt that ths republicans
inteui :o ua apportionment bill at this
Srwsiua. If they had succeeded in the Novem
ber elections in getting u majority of the
next House they would have left the work of
making anew apportionment to the next
congress. If they were disposed to be fair
they would leave that work lor tho next
oougresE to do, notwithstanding the fact
that the House in the next congress is demo-
cratic, because there is no dcuut that tue
censes which Supt. Porter took last June is
manifestly very incorrect. The queition of or
dering a recount in the city of New York is
now being considered by congress, and if it
is decide! in the aifirmative other
cities, doubtless, will ask for a recount.
There is not much, if any, reason for doubt
ing that a correct enumeration would show
that Georgia, for instance, has 1.'.*00,003 in
habitants. In this oensus district the re
turns of the enumerators show a falling off
in the population of quite a number of the
counties during the last teu years, though it
is doubtful if there has been a loss in popu
lation in any of them.
It is settled, however, that this congress
i will make the apportionment, an! the re
j publicans are trying to Bad out what num
ber of representatives will give the best
results for their parly. It is said that they
have reached the conclusion that 34.5 will.
The nurnbrr of representatives now is ;J?2.
Of course, the republicans have in mind
presidential electors as well as representa
tives in congress. If an apportionment
based upon 345 representatives will give
them a better chance for winning the presi
dency in 189:2 than any other, tha* is the
number they will adopt.
It has beeu insinuated several times that
Supt. Porter had the census taken with the
view of gaining great advantages for the
Republican party, both as to congressmen
and presidential electors, but the insinua
tion made no impression until it was pretty
clearly demonstrated that the populations
of New York, Brooklyn, and Baltimore, all
democratic cities, had been incorrectly
enumerated. And it may be that he is not
guilty of any wrong-doing in the matter,
but as there are good reasons for suspecting
that the enumeration is incorrect in a good
many democratic strongholds, and as it is
dear that the republicans purpose to make
a partisan apportionment, it Is the duty of
the democrats in congress to oppose to the
utmest any apportionment bill that is not
in every respect a fair and just one. The
apportionment will stand for ten years, and
the country cannot afford to have it made
with the view of serving partisan ends.
Indians Object to the Census.
In all parts of the country there have been
objections to Supt. Porter's census, and,
according to our dispatches this morning,
one of the grievances of the hostile Indians
is that they have not, been fairly counted.
Secretary Noble has control of the census
business. Is it possible that his department
is incapable of making a fair count?
New York aud other cities are making
vigorous protests against the cansus, and
the Indians are threatening war because of
an enumeration which they say is false. It
is about time for Senator Noble to wonder
whether he knows anything about the cen
sus business. He took occasion in his an
nual report to congratulate himself on the
correctness of the census, but most people,
doubtless, thought that there was no occa
sion for congratulations.
A false count in New York may cause
that city to get a less number of congress
men than she would be entitled to under
the new apportionment, but the falso count
of the Indians means the Joss of much
needed bread and meat. The supplies for
the Indians are bared upon the number of
them to be clothed aud fed, and if ths enu
merator returns a less number than there
really is there are certain to he
empty stomachs among them, and au In
dian with au empty stomach is a pretty
bad iort of a man. Tho government should
lie certain that the Secretary of the Inte
rior has made a correct count of the In
dians before it invites a war with them,
it may be safe to count New York out
of a congressman, but it is not safe to count
the Indians out of bread and meat.
Equaliz s the Taxes.
The Morning News has been urging the
legislature for years to pass some general
measure for the equalization of taxes. On
Friday Mr. Calvin introduced into the
House a bill to create a board of equaliza
tion in each county, whose duty it shall be
to review the tax returns and raise the
assessments where they are too low aud
lower them where they are too high. It is
pretty safe to say that there are very few
counties in the scate in which there is not a
great deal of injustice done in the a sess
ments. This injustice is not purposely done.
It grows out of the willingness of honest
taxpayers to have their property assessed
at a fair valuation and a determination of
other taxpayers to pay as little of the taxes
as possible.
But Mr. Calvin's bill Tdoes not go far
enough. There ought to be a state board
of equalization of assessments. In some
counties property is assessed at much near er
its market value than in others, aud in the
towns the assessment of property is much
higher in proportion to its value tliau in the
country.
If property were fairly and equally as
sessed throughout the state the tax rate
could be considerably reduced without
lessening the amount of the state’s revenues.
There will be very determined opositiou,
doubtless, to Mr. Calvin's bill, and there
would be still greater oppositiou to a bill
creating a state board of equalization, but
the taxes will never be fairly assessed until
there is legislation providing for an equaliza
tion of assessments.
Indians on the Sioux reservation are said
to be digging rifle pits and building fortiti
cations. That souuds ominous Yet with
such treatment us they receive at the hands
of government agents tbeir exasperation to
the limit of revolt is not so much to bo won
dered at. Only when they get into such an
ugly temper as they now manifest do they
receive tbeir duos.
That was rather a singular incident in
gubernatorial life thut occurred nt the ex
ecutive mansion in Albany, N. Y. , Thurs
day last, when a handsome young woman
went before Oov. hill to ask the appoint
ment of her fatln ras port warden <>f New
Vork city. Not only was it very uuusual,
but rather a plucky performance for a
) ouug girl lo undertake. *
Home of the more ultra republican news
papers ami politician* are hooting at the
farmers’ alliance and calling it “only u
democratic annex." That will not help the
tottering republican organization to any
approwiabu .stent. At ill, U they can get
any satisfied.on out of that strt of a growl
they are perfectly wee 'Hum to U all.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
The Twitty Bill.
Representative Fleming of Richmond
! county is leading trie opposition to the
Twitty bill, now pending in the Senate, and
if he falls to convinca the supporters of tha
bill that they are making a mistake it w-ili
be because they art not open to argument.
There is no doubt that tho passage of the
bill would b followed by the withdrawal of
much of the money now loaned in Georgia,
and particularly the money loaned to farm
ers on mortgages. Mr. Twitty seems to be-
lieve that bis bill would be beneficial to
farmers, and would, at the same time,
greatly reduce tfcs fees of lawyers.
Thera is no doubt that be is honest
iin his belief, and yet it is difficult
| to see bow he can entertain taat belief.
The bill, as has been stated frequently,
makes void all obligations to pay attorney’s
fees in contracts, except whore the debtor
files a plea and fall* to sustain it. If the
bill should become a law the lawyers would
get their fees, because, the creditor would
have to pay them if the debtor did not, but
the farmers would not get money upon ts
good terms as they do at present. These
who pay their Debts, therefore, aud they
comprise about four-fifths of the people,
would have to bear au extra burden if
debtors were released from ail liability for
their failures and short- comings.
And not only would the Twitty bill be
hurtful to the farmer* by preventing them
from getting money at as reasonable a rate
of interest as they do now, but all business
enterprises throughout the s ate would be
checked. In a letter which Ims just been
written by Mr. Flemiug, he points out that
the bill would not only hurt the farmers,
hut would interfere injuriously with all
kinds of business ami business enterprises.
He says: “The bill would give an immediate
backset to every new enterprise in the state
that expects to bond it* property to get
additional funds to carry on its work. How
oau a railroad, manufacturing, mining or
any other company lloat its bouas at their
proper value when the mortgage on which
the ixmds rest cannot provide for the neces
sary expense of collection in case of default?
Surely no sound financier can indorse such
legislation.'’
There can be no doubt that Mr. Fleming's
position is the right one. It may be that in
some cases the fees of lawyers are larger
than they ought to be, and that greedy and
unscrupulous men take advantage of the
10 per cent, attorney fee clause to oppress
unfortunate debtors. Assuming that such
i the case, could not the evil at which tha
Twitty bill aims be remedied by the amend
ment to the bill which Mr. Fleming offered ?
The substance of that amendment is that
while tardy debtors shall pay the expense
which their tardiness makes necessary, the
expense shall not exceed a reasonable
amount, and that the amount shall be de
termined by judge or jury.
The kind of legislation which Mr. Twittv
proposes is alt ogether too radical. It is a
remedy that would work a greater evil
than the evil which he aims to care.
A Whitewashing Report.
The report of the committee appointed
by the Ocala convention to investigate the
charges against Dr. Maeune, Col. Living
ston and President Polk does not seem to
give entire satisfaction to all the members
ol the convention. The dissatisfied members
think, apparently, that it is a whitewashing
report, though it was not stated in our dis
patches yesterday what tbe nature
of their objections to it was. The
committee say that they found noth
ing to justify a lack of confidence in
either Polk, Maeune or Livingston, but that
they regret the official connection of these
gentlemen with the senatorial contest in
Georgia.
It seems, then, that Maeune and Living
ston took part in that contest in their
official capacity. It would be interesting
to have the committee state exactly what
these gentlemen did, and what sort of an
understanding they had with Mr. Calhoun,
if any. The impression Is that they agreed,
a good while before the legislature met, to
use their utmost efforts to get the alliance
members of the legislature to unite on Mr.
Calhoun. They were heat on defeating
Gen. Gordon for the reason, apparently,
that he refused to be controlled by tbein
rather than because they thought that the
best interests of the alllauee would he
served by bis aefeat.
It is hardly probable that there will be
any further investigation of the charge!
against them, but the convention will ad
journ with a feeliug that a mistake was
made In not disciplining them a little more
severely. There is a pretty well grounded
belief, even among alliancemen. that there
Is more in the fight which Maeune aud
Livingston made against Gen. Gordon than
has yot come to the surface, la the course
of time, perhaps, the trne inwardness of the
light will be made public.
Our dispatches this morning throw some
additional light on Macudo's connection
with Mr. Calhoun. According to hi* own
admission he borrowed $2,000 of Mr. Cal
houn, and was given free passes over the
entire Terminal railroad system. It is not
to oe wondered at that the alliance is not
pleased with Macune’s connection with the
Georgia senatorial contest.
After years of futile effort the Interna
tional Copyright League has got its bill
through the House, and it now goes to the
Senate for continuation. It is virtually an
other phase of the 80-called '‘protective’’
policy. It practically puts an end to cheap
foreign literature by excluding foreign
publications except at a very high
Price. It will greatly benefit the
rich publishers and, to a certain
extent, foreign authors. But It shuts out
cheap books from the millions of poor people
who like to read good literature, but cannot
afford to buy novels or other copyrighted
works of current interest at #1 and upward.
With as cheerful a smirk us they can
command the republicans are patting
Harrison on the back with au inaudible
gesture of “good buy," or something like
that. But it is quite safe to sav that not
one of them will paste that message In his
hat for future reference. It in a very bil
ious looking approval they are grunting in
faint voices; for they keenly feel the hollow
mockery of the performance. Party
allegiance sometimes call* for just a trifle
more hardened hypocrisy than even the
sturdiest partisan can got togetrior.
T-va Stceie, the woman who wrecked Hay
Hamilton* Li#, has returned to )wtr father
in 1 emuylvonw and is now doing the Hunt
daughter act while her attorney’s try tbeir
'*• most to raid the .lead man’s estate for her
Benefit. She says she lltpmds to settle down
on a farm. Anything that the settle*
down uu doaMi’ti •ynifMtthy.
Sobs Tipi um to tbs polio* regulation* of
-'• Vork seeiu to include tbe clubb.nv
privilege*.
iJ3 PVRSONAL
saiiah Bernhardt is miried a; the atten
i tiou given to her snake tha: sae Is going to
■ give mm up.
Fifty thousand pounds sterling ha* Fees
! con'Tibiitad toward the i'ho Amdeaired by lieu.
Booth to redeem dames: Fi gland."
'•las. Marshall O. Kuaeßfs. who lives now
la Spencer house. Lor,dor i* el ui receive as
many offer* of marriage as any widow la the
British metropolis.
Mr. Maple-on. ,n behafi of $Mr. Abbey, is
sail to have offered Patti very high wages fur
a professional tour ,a the I uiied Slates, .jegm
nlng in the fall of 1891,
Justice Erf.wer of ih- Fa ted State* su
preme court wore a .jr, g beard wheu he first
went to Washington, Lit nu appears on the
bench with a smooth fare.
M • Mabei la Young Low, a Harlem girl
and college graduate has purchased a nursery,
and w ill devote her time aal energies to the
cultivation of roses and mushrooms.
Gov -elect Russelloi viissachueetis. Laving
returned to Cambridge from a vacation, has
promptly paid bi reape- t to Gov. Brackett,
au 1 is preparing to write bis first state paper.
The statue of .Jo*n D Arc. which was ua
veiled in on Saturday by the
t rev -h cit.zen* of iba r town, depict- her in fud
urrao-. astride a pro. horse alaoiu armor,
and carrying in one nai l the oriflamme.
Prince Edmund Rad.:,gill, one of the Cal no
lle leaders in the German Reichstag, aud also
well known as an amour has Just entered tbe
re:igiuus order of the Benedictines. In tbe abtiey
of Beuron He will he known hereafter under
tbe name of Father Benoit RadziwUl.
Thf Turkish minister st Washington. Mav
roveni Bey, has recently received from the
sultan the grand cordon of tbe order of the
MedjiJie. a distinction which is never awarded
in Turkey to diplomatic officers whose rank is
below that of ambassador 'lavroyeni Bey, an
envoy, is lbe first officer of his rank who has
received the honor.
Moony Merrill, whom the republicans of
Bostou have nominat-d for mayor, is a New
Hampshire man by birth. He has held many
municipal offices, and has taken spec.al interest
in the park sysie.n of Boston in 1888 he was a
member of tbe Massachusetts electoral college.
He is a lawyer by profession, but from 1872 to
188*1 was also president uf a home railway com
pany At the present lime he is president of
tbe Roxbury Club.
Col Lucius W. Milieu, congressman elect
from the Oshkosh district of Wisconsin, Is a
foster son of Col. J. .Miller of Vermont. The
latter gentleman was in Greece when that couu
try was lighting for its existence: and on the
field of Mlssoloughi. to w hit-U Byron refers, he
picked up a little boy, whom tie brought to this
country, adopted and educated. Some years
ago young Miller went out to Wisconsin, and
he will noiv take his place in the next congress
as the first full-blooded Greek ever elected to
that body.
BRIGHT BITS.
>hk at a hotly-contested game of football
Why don’t they give earn side a ball and not
have bo much fuss*— Exchange
A man no sooner gets old enough to know
how to talk well than he also learns the value
of not talking at all. -Atchison iMobe.
In describing a newly invented typewriter
one that can be bek] in the lap—the patentee
neglects to say whetbri oi not >he is pretty.—
Chiiayo Post.
“Drop me a line,” yelled the drowning man
“What's the use' said the humorist on the
deck. “There's no post office where you are
going ''—Life.
There are twenty svon murderers confined
in the jail at St. Louis The florists of that
city must be doing quite a lively business.—
kiansaa City mar.
He tat 11:55 p. in -I declare, the lamp is
going out!
Shij—Yos. The lamp seems to have some Idea
of time Harpere Bazar.
Scribbler—l have just lots of fun writing my
jokes.
Friend—Then thut explains it. I wondered
where the tun came in Detroit FVee Press.
“So the old gentleman kicked you down the
stoop when you .cared to see his daughter. Did
he break anything *■
"Yes. he broke our engagement,’'—Philadel
phia Times.
Husband- Tne on my collars are get
ting hu faint 1 can i read them
Wife—Then i wish you would get another
bottle of that indelible ink.— yew Yon . S\u.
Mr. kiisuo- Here's a bill for gas.
Mrs. Bingo-But the gfa has been turned off
all summer.
Mr Bmgo- Well, this is a bill for the gas that
was turned off Xew York Herald.
* Why did vour parents call you Gladstone
Smithy" ttsked a woman of a lit tie ragged
urchin
“ T Oos they thought a good name was better
’n great riches. —Xetocastle Chronicle.
“I would feive anything if I but had a musical
ear.'*
•‘Why don't you take quinine ?*’
“Quinine •
“Certainly; that will make your ear bing."—
Indianapolis Journal .
Indignant Bicyclist —Madam, your dog snaps
at me every time 1 pass. Here he uomew now.
iStarts off.)
Old Lady -Sport. Sport, you foolish dog. coine
bore. Them ain't bones. Them's leg*.—A>a
cattle Chrtyiiiiir.
AsiEßii as What is it the Irish want KngJaad
to do?
Irishman They wants Kngland t' give th‘
Oirifih the power t’ gooveru thunsilves.
Americau after reflection) Only heaven can
do that.—TVtv.
Brown —Ah been abroad, eh v Have u good
passage v
Gray —-Splendid: sea as calm as a millpond.
Wasn't seasick a second.
Brown Then you must have had a good
time.
Gray- Not a hit of it. Nobody else was sick.
I didn t enjoy the trip at all*— Poston Tran
script .
“Five years ago, ' began the stranger to
Weutmao.’T bought that woman to he in y wife.
I believed her congenial, light-hearted aud
l*eautiful. Has our married life been pleasant?
Nol’J
“No! Why not?” asked Wentman.
‘ Why not Bec&Uße she declined to marry
me, of course * - American Grocer.
In Illinois a man been fined SIS for
kissing u woman against her will, aud an Ohio
court has punished a man to the tune of
for a similar offense. Now, this is outrageous.
When these men were infants think of the
women who kissed them against their will: And
when a mau up shall he be ffmtd if he at
tempts to retaliate ? — Bout on Transrript.
“1 suui ll like to observe, madatn," said the
patient boarder, “that while l am very fond of
the neck of the fowl you are carving, I shall
deny myself f His year and beg for a large, white
chunk off the I> east. With this view I have had
my trunk packed, and a drayman Is now wait
ing at the door for an answer. Er -is it breast
or neck? imerican Grocer.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Democrats Did That In November.
Prom the York Mail and Express {Rep.).
The Hep .i.iican party should send the derua
gogues to tbe rear. Correct!
Hopeful Outlook in Hawaii.
Pro i the Paradise of ttie Pacific.
Honolulu m becoming quite Parisian of late
We have, since some time, our Notre ]>au*>
Carhedrai. and now our local "ladies' tailor.*’
1 hat'a Real Mean; So, There!
Ft out the Chit ago Mail (Hid.).
-Misi Willard's suggestion that the woman's
building at the world’s fair be shaped like a
woman’s heart Is very l*autittil indeed, but it
Is decidedly Irnpracticable, nevertheless. The
srmoron* must 1*? pennauent; it cannot be
changed e\ rv ten minutes.
T&k® Another Trow.
Hat in inter riere in Qo Hunan i's Messenger.
Well, ns ••garde the McKinley bill, them is
no fiend whatever for such a rumpus. What
d'e.s it uu , nf to? Why, $1 a <io/,en on chain
• au 1 will that prohibit the man who in
dulge* in i i, at luxui > still pursuing it? 1 trow
not otii* wiosi ih uiiiwsetwl, and so on all
round, 'i iacscare will t*ooadle away.
An AccompUehad Liar.
f > >ei thj Halit morn American ißep,).
I ruth has iwn again crushed to earth. this
Imw isj Atieli, and use Mr. Gavin, a member
of lb** (A a iian (ArasiOHit u proudly silting
• n MtlPipi . ertty. Thie gentle into, wno um*iiui
f- U in H'U*.isr neaipound of uiavrilL An
aids* and Mum Umtsma. uays that a otm tears
nf" b* tart m Washington *<*utbern senators
who \‘Ad t,au *ba> would bud Us* e*ib joeu-Mi of
(he t idled again <v the lintssh cto* n
Not a Candidate.
Senator Vance of North Carolina, unqu s
tionably the ebampton story teller of the Sen
ate. has a broad stripe of Calvinism diirn bis
tack tbocgb hr is not a cotmniiDicact in tbe
eb ireb, sav s the New York Tribune. It is told
o r him that riding along in Buncombe conati
on* la. h overtook a vote-able darky, with
j whom Le thought to have "a iittZe fun
"t'ncle. said the governor, “are you going
to chuivoV'
“No. sab. not edzaothly - 1 rc gwine back from
eburen.
You're a Bapttst. I reckon—now. ain'r you: '
“.So. sab. 1 ain't no Baptist, do most of debred
eren and sutlers about here has been underlie
wal-r.
"Methodist, tbsnV
“Wo, sab. 1 alat no Mefodis nudder.”
VampbeUite “
“No, sah. 1 can't errvgate to rnyseff de Cam
elite way of tfclnkln’.”
“Well, wbat in tbe name of goodness are you.
ttien' rejoined tbe governor, remorn be Tirol the
narrow range of choice in reiigions among
North Carolina negroes.
“Welt, de fae' is, sah. my old marsler was a
Harruld of do Cross In do Presbv.erian church
and 1 was focch up in dat faith.'
“Wbat! You don't mean it* Wbv, that ismy
eburch. '
l'he negro making no comment on this an
nouncement, Gov. Vance went at Inm again
“And do you believe iu all of tbe Presbyterian
creed f ’
“Yen, sab. dat I Joe a
“Do you believe in the doctrines of predesti
nation’"
1 dunno dat 1 recognize de name, sail.
W hy. do you believe that if a man is elected
to he saved he wiii be saved, and that if be is
elected to be damned he will be -iainne* i
“O, yes. boss, l believe dat- It's gospel talk,
dat is. "
■‘Well, now. take my case. Do you believe
that 1 am elected to be saved;’’
The old man s'rtiggled for a moment with his
desire to bs respectful and polite, and then
shook his bead dubiously.
“LYmie, now . answer my question. ' pressed
the governor. “What do you say?"
“Well—l tell you what ‘tis, Marse Zeb; Ise
been libin' in dis hyah world uigii on sixty
years, and I nebber yit hyard of any man being
elected dout he was a candidate.''
An Obliging Man.
“!-et me See your Encyclopedia Nut vomica,
if you please." said a farmer, as he stepped into
a prominent book store of Pittsburg.
“Yes, sir, " replied the clerk, although he
thought the inquirer looked like an unprotais
ing customer.
still, he was polite, for the clerks had general
instructions to treat all caliers with con-itera
tion. aud. iiestdes. this particular clerk had read
somewhere of literary men with agricultural
habits and of a granger like appearance,
and it was barely possible that the man now
asking to see the encyclopedia was a man of
that kind.
It does not always do to judge people by the
clothes they wear, nor to form conclusions from
rhe hayseed which may endeavor to conceal
itself cunningly in their hair.
Ho reasoned this clerk as he displayed all the
twenty four volumes of the Encyclopedia Nux
voinlca to the investigative rustic aud expati
ated learnedly on the dead loads of erudition
which had been consumed In the production of
tne great work.
Tbe fanner looked slowly and carefully
through the volumes, one by one, and listened
to w-bat the voluble clerk said, but made no re
ply or gave any indication of a desire to add
the set to hH literary possessions. Finally the
clerk asked:
“Were you thinkiog of getting an encyclope
dia?”
“Oh! no.” replied the farmer; “but I like to
oblige people ’
"Like to oblige people?" exclaimed the aston
ished clerk.
“Yes. I alters try to oblige people when I can,
but sometimes it s mighty inconvenient, in the
busy season, for instance, "like it is now."
“But, if you don’t intend to buy an encyclo
pedia,'' said the clerk, in an injured tone, "why
are you wasting your time and mine by looklug
ail through those books?’’
"dis bekase 1 oilers try to oblige, sir, even at
some inconvenience to ihyseit'.'’
”1 don't see bow you are obliging anybody.”
added the clerk, us he sadly replaced the books
In their box, and wondered if he had better call
the police.
"Don’t you?" asked the granger, “Well, I’ll
tell you. You have a sign in the wiuder which
says, ‘.Ask to see our Encyclopedia Nuxvomlca,’
an' as 1 ailers try to oblige, I come in an’ dun as
the sign said, but there lie some people as never
appreciate it when you do try to oblige ’em.’’
And the farmer walked out. resolving never to
try to obiige the city people again
What Bhe Ate.
A party of men sat at a table in a Broad
way restaurant sipping Cognac after lun
cheon. A girl of 17 or thereabout entered shyly
aud took bar scat at a table near bv. The girl's
figure was slender, her lovely face was softly
tinted, her eyes were blue and innocent, says
The New York b'n. She drew her gloves from
her small white hands, and held the bill of fare
daintly tiefore ber. She seemed seaiuhiug tor
soniethtog made of rose leave* and honey
dew.
“Two to one she orders lobster salad, ’ said
one of the men, watching the sweet maid.
"Done,” responded another. “Salad is
too coarse for her. "Shell have cold con
somme ’
"Well, now, you just listen for her to order
an omelet soufflee," said a third. “L never saw
a girl out shopping in my life that didn’t run in
at noontime and get an omelet soufflee. They
are so fluffy and sugary that they just hit femi
nine taste.
“That girl will order a chocolate eclair and a
cup of lea," said a fourth man in tbe party
In the meantime tbe waiter was standing at
the elbow of the dainty fairy, expecting her
order She studied the card long and carefully,
and then she pouted.
“1 don't think you have what I want.''
“We have most everything. said the
waiter.
"Yes," responded the girl, "but 1 came in
here on purpose for oae thing, aud 1 don’t see
it on the meon.’’
“VVhat is it, miss-" asked the waiter.
"Frankfurter sausages and sauerkraut," re
plied the maiden.
Oue of tbe men at the neighboring table
dropped his brandy glass, and another coughed
convulsively from having swallowed some of
the uquor the w rong way. The young lady rose
from her chair ana iuuuired of the waiter If he
knew any place close by where sausages and
sauerkraut were ottauiabte. She was told to
seek Sixth avenue, *nd as sire rustled awav the
men who bad discusbed her appetite ordered
additional brandies
"I will bet," said the waiter, “that that girl is
of German descent And he turned up his
hose as far as it would go. He was French.
The Past Love.
Dora Head Goodale , in Harper'* ITeri-Ip.
1 hate the brohie leave* and the red,
And that pale flower with fluttering stalk
That lined the shadowy poplar walk
Where our first words of love were said.
We loved: the corn was in the ear;
Gay hunters made the hillsides ring;
And, oh, love seemed a beauteous thing.
And all we sighed for oiuse and near:
1 hate the woodland's spicy 6mell.
Through whose wild sweets at dusk we
strayed
Ann linked in arm. by rock and glade.
Wnlletne heart whispered, “All is well .'’
Mas mine the fault that love was brief
The wonder of a matchless dav
Whose glory dimmed and died away
Like the red color on a leaf’
Was mine the fault that all that flame
Passed as u breath and ceased to be’
Heirs of a fruitless hope were we;
Worthy of pity more than blame.
We parted: and the lev gust
Stripped-the dull forest's vy Snored plume,
And cast it through the echoing gloom
In purple fringes mixed with dust.
Let winter sweep the desolate aisles,
And make their stones his winnowing floor,
.Nay. let the green spring come once more
And light it with immortal smiles:
Decorated With Her Stocking.
KUen Ten-y is one of the readiest of women
in an emergency as well as one of the wittiest
iu relating her exnerience, says the Chicago
Putt. During an ititerntisslou of her part the
last night she played in America she slipped
Into the back of a lrieiid's box, chatting and
waiting her cue. While talking she dropjied
gracefully on her knees, and calling every one's
attention to s knot of entnson resting on iter
blonde locks, began relating a funny exjten
enou at that very evening. Hsr costume had
iloutaudnd a red suood in her hair, and to the
consternation of herself and her maul it we .
discovered on reaching the tbcatei that Mot
ribbon had tiemi forgotten. The* rusbe-l about
in great elate, looking for am hit of vivid color,
hut to no atall, and were in despair wlten Mbs
Tvrry thought of a substitute, yulck as a flash
tier scarlet stlk stocking was drawn ofT, a black
one substituted and when the curtain rose her
toll*! war i ouitdcui. tips showed bow tew! and
toe had tieen deftly trusted, but observed that
is an Impjssihnad sown* ab war wry nearly
oven oiae with laughter, thinking of tiie bit of
lias hveiery tiguriug u u per tragic boad.
ITSM3 OF INTEREST.
The Salt Lake Herald i* responsible for the
following: ‘ At a quarry near Salt iAke last
weak a frog hopped out of a pocket in the cn
ter of a root wmch 1a I just been blasted. Tlie
animal of small mzc and pe r jjxtiy white,
lu eyes w-re unmaally large, fill £ ly
bind Where the mouth should Lire been
there was only a hue. The frog dteJ boat
morning."
■losiPß Thomson, the explorer. e<u remark
ably polite recently under trying circum
stances He was steaming along the Shirt
river when a Portuguese guuboit. whose
manner disputed Thomson s right to make a
highway of the stream, poured a volley of ahuf
into his boat The young man merely lilted
his hat. bowed very gracefully, told the engi
neer to put on a little more steam, and weut
oa Lis nay without showing any belligerency.
"The nest of the borret is the first article of
paper manufacture that aver saw the light of
Jay.' said a paper maker to a representative of
the-Paner H nrtd. "The hornet takes the wool
of a tree, grinds it assiduously into pulp and
forms sheets or paper, out of which he con
structs his nest Although, as you can see, tire
paper is gray in Its present condition, it is tin
doutitedl> paoer. and of the finest kind. It is
out of honor to the nohle hornet -the first paper
manufacture." known—that I adorn this office
with it. So. there are no hornets iu it now."
It is a lamentable fact that there is a large
proportion of men with an inclination to be well
dresse i who cannot, or think they cannot, tie
their own neckwear. This proportion will, of
course, in time be reduced, but a considerable—
-1 may say dominant— percentage of non-tieable
masculinity will still remain. There are some
men who could never k-arn under any kind of
tuition how to tie the simplest knot. Mean
while the swells ot all the swells are harrawing
the souls of the non tieable ooutingont by not
only tying their own scarfs and cravats, but
tying them crookedly enough to show aggres
sively that they are tied by themselves.
A woman is no more capable of being in two
places at the same time than a man is; so accept
with a grain of salt the statement from the ad
mirers of the sex that there are perfect house
wives and perfect mothers who are also real
estate agents and doctors and dentists and
other professional net-sons. The unincumbered,
unmarried woman may be any of these things
if she is strong enough, but she cannot lend
both a domestic ami a professional life any more
than a man can This commonplace, self evi
dent remark would need apology if one did not
hear the contrary opinion expressed whenever
these assemblages of women get to discussing
the matter of woman's rights and capacities
The bi dden death, the other day, tn mean
apartments of Newark, X. J., of Margaret
McElroth. aged 60 years, has brought to notice
what is declared to tie a long-continued imposi
tion on charity. Says the New York Times-
She had lived on the benefactions of her
neighbors for a year or more, and the King s
Daughters of the Centenary Methodist church
waited on her in her las; illness. A few hours
before her death she lifted the quilt of her bed
and drew two bank book; from beneath it. Oue
of these showed an account of $8,634 with the
Security Saving Bank, and the other an
account with the Dime Savings Institution for
$230.
One of the native Japan papers reoords the
capture of a huge eagle in Nanne-mura, Iliatcbi
district, a short time ago, says the San Fran
cisco Alta. A man was at the door of his house
with his child, 8 months old, when an eagle
pounced down and attempted to seise the babe
The father, however, drew the child into the
bouse, aud the eagle lost its prey Tlie servants
of the household rushed at the bird ana at
tempted to kill it. It fought furiously, but was
finally killed by a blow on the back of the head.
When examined the w ings were found to meas
uro nine feet from Up to tip, and the bird
weighed three kwamme (about twenty fife
pounds).
A VERY PRETTY YOU NO BCHOOLMARM 111 a public
school not a thousand miles from Long Branch
aav a mouse run across the class room floor one
day last week. "Scholars,'' said she, "a mouse is
in the room. Do not he frighteued.” The lit
tle girls ail tightened their skirts arouud their
legs and the eyes of the little boys glistened
with suppressed excitement. “Don't anybody
be afrai said the young schooluiarm.
but—heavenjust then the mouse dashed
across the floor toward her, and she made a
frantic leap to the top of a liencli. The
mouse shot out of the door, and in time the
trembling teacher descended and taught school
again.
Lord Wolseley has a very poor opinion of
the white trailer in Africa. He says it is use
less to appeal to his humanity or feelings. The
average trader, he says, does not care whether
the vile alcohol he sells claims more victims
than war or pestilence, or whether the arms he
barters for oil and ivory cause large districts
to be laid waste by the slave dealer, if he only
grows rich he cares nothing for all the suffering
he may inflict, though Lord Wolseley adds that
the mouth of this same trader is often tilled
with moral platitudes when he speaks in Europa
on African topics. Lord tVolseley thiuks Afri
can questions should be settled by tha European
Dowers, without auy regard to the wishes or
opinions of African traders.
The pickax can hardly be stuck anywhere
into the soil of modern Rome without bringing
to light some relic of the old empire or the
later republic. While laying some water pipe
the other day the workmen unearthed a tine
bust in Carrara marble of the Empress T'austi
na. The bust is quite uninjured. In a vineyard
belonging to the Capuchins u statue bos been
resurrected which is recognized as a statue of
the Goddess of Fortune. 'Pen feet below the
surface, in the Via Polls, has been found au
ancient Roman road, which is undoubtedly the
road that in early Roman lima. led from the
city to the Fl&mluiau gate. Thirty feet below
the surface iu another part of the city have
just been found the remains of an old Roman
house, parts of which are in a tolerable state of
preservation.
Dr. Flascar recommends the juice of pine’
apple as oue of the best remedies to dissolve the
mucus which obstructs the bronchial tubes.
He has had remarkable success In cases of
chronic bronchitis with insufficient expectora
tion and notable dyspnu a. He had never no
ticed any accidents following this treatment.
The done prescribed was troineight to ten table
spoonfuls during the first few days, after which
the dose was diminished. The author recom
mends the preparation of the juice in the fol
lowing manner: Cut the fruit in slices and
place it in an earthen dish, which shall be closed
after having covered tha contents with sugar
This dish is coveted with straw aud placed in a
kettle of water and heated to the boiling point,
it is then removed from the fire, the juice al
lowed to cool, and poured into small bottles.
Mrs. Leslie Carter is beginning already to
sliow herself in public in the afternoons, says the
New York World, and it begins to look as though
New York would lie supplied shortly with an
other w oman to talk about.' Mr*. Langtry and
llrs. Potter occupied a shining position in the
world of gossip for several yearsjpast, and when
they disappeared the suave and restful person
ality of Mrs. Kendal came in. But, after all,
Mrs. Kendal is a year old, and she was so ex
clusitely talked about last season that her sec
oud year finds her threadiiare as a creature of
sensations. Mrs. i latter has horses, carriages,
diamonds and opinions. She has done some
remarkable things lu the past, and the eyes ot
New Yorkers are upon her at present. She has
beon managed for a year and a half past by a
group of theatrical experts in quiet, and she has
bi-BD a docile and obedient pup I. But there are
rumors about town of a pupil who has turned
mistress of her own actions.
As to Prince Napoleon's daily life in his
ivangrltis retreat, says the Paris Oauioi*. he
rises with the sun, lounges or works in his studio
and receives visitors, if anv there be, until
luncheon, which is announced for 11:45 oXjlock
a. in., aud never lasts more than bulf an hour.
Immediately afterward, and no matter wtiat the
weather may be, he takes a long walk beyond
the confines of his park, and returns between
and 3oclock|p. m .to open his mail correspond
ence. which coma; to hand during his afternoon
stroll, and which is always voluminous and very
regular This occupies him until the dinner
hour, lu the evening lie plays chess with neigh
tiers or with fallthful Parisian friends, sue* ns
.M. Adeloti. Baron Brunet and one or two others
who arrive in torn. Kaoh share his exile for a
few days. He prides himself upon being a great
player, but shows intaself a very bad one,
especially with M. Adelon, who vies with him lrl
the wit ie.t and most comical manner imagin
able. He retires toward 11 o'clock.
"The most curious thing 1 saw was the change I
which has occurred in Germany with reference
to Bismarck. Three years ago he was the one
great figure of all Europe. To-day there are
tew so poor ns to do him reverence." An indi
cation of tms nil ration of sentiment is the large
sale in Germany of a little trick which is in
tended to belittle the ex chancellor. It is u
Porcelain saucer, on tlie inside of which, near j
tlie rim, is the question: "Wo Ist Bismarck'-"
i" Where Is B smarckVi The apparent I
answer is that he is nowhere,
for tie surface of tne saucer seems
to he perfectly plain, tine who is not in the
se -ret turns me toy over and over again, but [
fails to find the .intern of the [si/./.lw. The ,
answer to tlie q a-siiuii is found by rubbing with I
a Wad prupl Uie inside of the saut-r until It Is I
enllrali black, wlieu the features of tjie prince '
appeal When lb* graphite is wiped off tlie
iwcitira disappears. A lew years age the maker
or seller of eur.b s toy would bave been severely 1
dealt with but boss (lie Joke Is laughed at liy
pretty triai h the whole nelson.
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