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INDEX TO NEW ADVKRTISKmIto
Meetings—Savannah Branch S. T. A.; Stock
holders Chatham Bauk; Landrum Lodge No.
48, F. and A. M.
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Christ Church’s Treat for the Poor; As to Bills
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Savannah Brewing Company.
Financial—Report of the Condition of the
National Bank of Savannah.
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Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
Despite all their rigid resolutions to the
contrary, when Christmas got within sight
of the capitol it proved too much for the
toil-stained congressman and they inconti
nently adjourned—to the nearest saloon,
probably. General Hilarity and his volun
teer forces conquered them. *
Kansas alliance farmers begin to suspect
the fine I alian hand of Senator Ingalls in
that convention, called to meet at Topeka
just before the senatorial tussle, and they
are consequently so irate and resentful that
they have declared it off—and away off at
that. So the slim statesman has realized
on another “iridescent dream.”
Chicago had a happy Christinas. For on
that joyous day the President’s message
designating the first day of May, 1893, as
the date for the opening of the world’s fair
was received on the lakes. It was dated
Christinas eve. Now let us see what the
b g hog-killing town intends to do in the
tame of Christopher Columbus.
Instead of quietly going back to govern
ment grub, as they promised, it is said that
the Sioux broke away from tho soldiers and
made off for the Bad Lands again. They
ere a bad lot anyhow. Cowboys are now
said to have gone out to give them a
general round-up, which will probably re
sult in a great many ghosts without anima
tion enough to dance. Cowboys regard
these dancing ghosts as altogether too
giddy.
Statesman Jerry Simpson was deter
mined to get into congress and he got there.
But the politicians literally knocked the
Bocks off him while he “was a-doing of it,”
Now that an eastern firm has offered him
some more socks so as to bring about ‘him’
the clothes of the campaign, so to speak,
the Hon. Jerry refuses to wear them, be
cause he says they are full of tariff. Possi
bly he may be afraid tbey’ii tear if he puts
them ou. So ho intimated to the donor that
be wouldn’t give a darn for them.
What with the ghost-dancing Indians in
the Bad Lands howling for carnage and the
fervidly impetuous Irishmen in Kilkenny
threatening devastation, the intervening
American citizen seems in a fair way to get
very little serene sleep. Why not let these
two implacably belligerent elements “get
together” and thump satisfaction out of
each other? It would do them both good,
relieve their exuberantly aggressive feel
ings and clear the atmosphere. But there
would be a deafening clatter of heads and
heels while the tournament lasted.
"Yours Merrilly” Rogers seems to be hav
ing more than "a peck of trouble” with his
belligerent mother-in-law. His measure of
tribulation appears to him a great deal
larger than a barrel, and still growing. He
now accuses his mother-in-law of hypnotiz
ing his wife —known to the staze world as
Minnie Palmer. Under no other hypothesis
cau he understand how tho bright little sou
brette can resist his manifold personal fasci
nations. Possibly Mr. Rogers might man
age to hypnotist his aggri stove mother-in
law and thus bring her under control.
' Once inure the irrepressible Madame Bis
Debar bobs up serenely with a gudgeon iu
tow. This time the deluded patron of the
fat spook priestess is the wife of Editor
Beach of tho Scientific American. Editor
Heucii, who is generally commiserated by
Ills friends, seems to find it impossible to
divest his wife’* mind of the illusion that the
spook pictures produced by ih s udt euturese
are r ally of spirit origin, la spite of thesx
p euisof ter imposture* when she wax le
ceuUy oonvn ted of fraud aud sentenced to
Biackwt4Pslsiar.il, Fucb deJuity is hsrd
to understand But there is none so blind
at B* who Will not are.
Ingalls and the Alliance.
Senator Ingalls is in Kansas seeking a re
election. The alliance is determined to de
feat him, but it is not certain that it will
succeed. He is now e gaged in the greatest
political fight of his life, and the chances
are against him.
The Kansas legislature is composed of 165
members—4o senators and 125 representa
tives. Of the senators, thirty-eight are re
publican, one is a democrat, and one an
allianceman. Of the representatives,
ninety-one am allianceraen, twenty-eight
are republicans, and nine are democrats.
It requires eighty-three votes to elect a
senator. The allianoemen, therefore, can
elect the senator if they will vote solidly
for an alliance candidate.
But can any candidate be named who
can get the entire alliance vote? The In
galls men answer this question in the nega
tive. They name quite a number of alliance
men who will vote for Ingalls under ony
circumstances. Nearly ail the alliancemen
were republicans before they became al
lianoemen, and many of them, therefore,
have a strong leaning toward Ingalls.
The contest has already developed a very
bitter feeling. The alliancemeu are hold
ing secret meetings and are making ex
traordinary efforts to whip the alliancemen
into line. Threats of one kind and another
! are freely made, but the alliancemen who
I ore supposed to favor Ingalls do not seem
to be disturbed bv them.
Ingalls bases his hope of success upon his*
ability to break the alliance lines. He has
behind him the shrewdest political workers
in the state—men who know all the ins and
outs of the politics of the state, and who
have been mainly instrumental in giving
the republican ticket the big majorities for
which Kansas is noted. They will spare no
effort to secure Ingalls’ re-election.
Strange as it may seem, It is said that
four of the ten democrats will vote for In
galls, and that all of them may do so, unless
the alliance candidate should be a man who
leans strongly toward the Democratic
party. They prefer Ingalls, they say, to
an alliance republican.
Even if Ingalls should be beaten, he might
manage to keep himself in the Senate.
There are nineteen counties which aro
not represented in the legislature. Iu 1885 a
law was enacted providing that the number
of representatives should not exceed 125, and
there has been no reapportionment since
that time. The nineteen unrepresented
counties were organized since 1885. If In
galls is defeated he may ask the United
States Senate to declare that the senatorial
election was illegal, because the nineteen
counties in question had no voice in it. If
the Senate should do so the governor of
Kansas would have to appoint a senator to
fill the vacant senatorship until the legisla
ture filled it regularly. Of course the
governor would appoint Ingalls. The ap
pointment would keep Ingalls in the Senate
until March, 1892.
It Is urged that if Ingalls should bo elected
his opponents would take the advantage of
the fact that nineteen counties are not rep
resented in the legislature, and try to keep
him out of the Senate. They would hardly
succoed, however, because the republican
senators would prefer a republican to an
allianceman as a senator from Kansas.
After March 4 the republican majority will
be rather slender and republican senators
would strain a point to keep Ingalls in his
seat just as they did to seat the republican,
Instead of the democratic, claimants for
seats from Montana.
In Alabama and Georgia in the election
of a United States senator the contest was
between alliancemen and democrats, and
the democrats won. In Kansas it is be
tween alliancemen and republicans.
The feeling that marked the contest
in the two southern states was mild
in comparison with that which is being dis
played in Kansas, and the contest has
scarcely begun. The contest is certain to
reach a degree of intensity seldom or never
witnessed in a senatorial election. Ingalls
is not the man to pouf oil ou the troubled
waters.||The greater the exciteinnt is the
better his chances for re-election will be.
The Speakership of the Next House.
Mr. Ohauncey F. Black, of Pennsylvania,
in an interesting article in the Now York
World, argues that it would be for the best
interest of the Democratic party to select
the next speaker of congress from the north
ern representatives. The point he makes is
this: The chairmen of nearly all tho impor
tant committees and the other prominent
places on the loading committees will nec
essarily have to go southern men, for the
reason that they have earned them by their
long service, and are best fitted for them,
because their experience has been greater
than that of the northern represent itives.
Would it be wise, he asks, under the cir
cumstances to put a southern man in the
speaker’s chair?
If the speaker and the chair
men of committees were southern
men. would not that fact be made
an issue by the republicans in the campaign
of 1892, and would it not be an issue that
could be used in the north with telling effect
against the democrats? Mr. Black seems to
admit that the l est material for speaker is
to be found among the southern democrats,
but he thinks that it would be good
policy for the southern democrats not to
urge that fact in the selection of a speaker,
since the chairmanship of the principal
committees will necessarily have to be given
to southern men.
Mr. Black thinks that Mr. Wilson, of
West Virginia, would make a satisfactory
speaker. His state belongs to the west,
rather than to the south, and he took no
part in the civil war. He is a very able
man, and is popular.
There is, of course, considerable force in
wbat Mr. Black says. But, after all, is it
not better to fill the places of responsibility
with these best qualified for them? If Mr.
Crisp, for instance, is tho best man for
speaker, would not the whole country
respect the democratic majority more
for electing him to that position than for
passing him by for a less capable northern
man, simply for policy 1 * sake? The ma
jority of people have a greater regard for
straightforward dealing ihau for a course
of procedure dictated by policy. They are
never deceived by the schemes of politicians
intended to influence their course of action.
Now the treasury department has even
put a tariff on the natural gas that leaks
into the United States. Why not also as
tese the w ater that runs iuto our streams
from Canada? What right have ws to use
that foreigu water that sneake into our
, boundaries “oubekuowst" to the revenue
"gents without paying any tat? Then
there li also a great deal of very salubrious
atmosphere that breaks through our Bor
der* f r m Mexico 1 hat might be taxed also.
There is nothing hge making our rtUzene
pay fur what they use, especially when tm*
water aiulaimeepheruciowd out the native
product.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATU RDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1890.
The Cloture Rule.
The democratic senators will oppose the
adoption of the rule to cut off debate, in
troduced into the benate the other day by
Senator Aldrich, by every means in their
i power. It is in some respects a more ob
jectionable rule than that which is in force
in the House. According to its provisions
the majority can cut off debate on a meas
; ure under consideration whenever they feel
1 disposed to do so, and after it has been de
\ cided that debate shall cease, no
| senator can occupy more tuan half
jau hour in discussing all the
j amendments that may be offered, nor cau
he make any motion for the purpose of
finding out whether or not there is a quo
rum present. The fact whether or not
there is a quorum present can only be dis
closed by a division, or a yea and nay vote,
upon some question pertinent to the matter
under consideration.
It is admitted that it is not intended that
the rule shall be a permanent one. The
purpose of it is to give the republicans
power to pass the force bill. It is therefore
an instrument brought forward to enable
the republicans to pass a purely partisan
bill
The democratic senators would fail in
their duty to their constituents if they did
not oppose the adoption of the rule. Al
though they are in the minority they rep
resent the majority of the people. They
represent those who recently elected a
House of Representatives which will con
tain an overwhelming majority of demo
crats.
It is doubtful if all the republican sena
tors can be induced to vote for the rulo.
There has never been such a rule in force ia
the Senate, and It is somewhat remarkable
that a rule of that kind should be regarded
even by the most extreme of the republican
senators as necessary now. Should it be
adopted the Senate would cease to be a de
liberative body. It woul i simply become
the instrument by which the republican
senatorial caucus would record its will.
Tho democratic senators do not seem
to be anxious with regard to the new rule.
They are confident, apparently, of their
ability to prevent it from being passed. It
is certain that it will not be passed, if
passed at all, without a long struggle.
Fraudulent Divorcea.
Until within the last few days the poople
of New York had no suspicion that the
raudulent divorce business was carried on
to any great extent in that city. They saw
references in the newspapers once in awhile
to it, but these made no impression upon
them.
Their eyes have boon opened, however, to
the extent of it by the arrest of William D.
Hughes on the complaint of ex-Mayor Pen
dleton, of Fort W orth, Tex. The Morning
News gave the details of the Pendleton
case a day or two ago, and also a few points
in the history of Lawyer Hughes, who con
ducted a paper in Jacksonville, Fla., in
1884.
Hughes mado a full confession a few days
ago, and Wednesday he was arrestod. He
blames his wicked partners for his arrest.
In his talk to the officer who arrestod him
he said: “There is more behind this than
you guess, and I will now show it up.”
He has already “shown up” a good deal,
and as he has a chauce for spending the next
ten years in the penitentiary he should
make a clean breast of the crooked divorce
business. He has never been of any benefit
to society, apparently, and now that he has
a chance to render it a service be ought to
do so.
It is pretty safe to say that there is quite
a large number of persons in New York
and other largo cities engaged in swindling
people by protending to get divorces for
them by secrot methods. Of course those
swindled are not entitled to any sympathy,
because they must know that tho e is some
thing crooked about the alleged divorces.
They don’t inquire into the methods by
which the alleged divorces are obtained,
because they want to be free to say
they were deceived if there should
be trouble about them. Every
man of ordinary intelligence, however,
must know that divorces cannot bo obtained
without complying with the laws. The ex
mayor of Fort Worth, who exposed Hughes,
is a lawyer, and he must be a very simple
minded person if le thought, the divorce he
obtained through Hughes was a legal one.
He was so anxious to be rid of his wife so
that he could marry the telephone girl that
he only wanted an excuse to follow his in
clinations.
There is another kind of a divorce in New
York that has been called recently to the at
tention of the authorities. It is granted by
some of the Jewish rabbis to Jews,particular
ly Russian Jews. It seems that these divorces
are quite common in Russia, and a good
many have been granted in New York.
The rabbis who grant them believe, of
course, that they have a right to do so.
The authorities will soon change their belief
on that point. Of course the better class
of Jews comply strictly with the laws of the
country.
If it could be discovered how many peo
ple throughout the country are guilty of
bigamy through the granting of bogus di
vorces the number would be startling. Let
the authorities try as they may they can
not keep up with the wrong-doers.
Jameson’s diary, which has just been pub
lished, is sai lto be the most interesting
bit of the Stanley expedition literature.
Jameson was a scientist of no mean attain
ments and evidently very observant of
natural phenomena and peculiarities that
others might overlook. But he positively
denies that he had any share in instigating
tho cannibalistic incident, aud his wife aud
brother bitterly donounoe Stanley for
accusing him cf any such barbarism.
They say that Stanley made Jameson the
scapegoat for difficulties that were merely
the legitimate result of "Stanley’s own
neglect and bad management.” Jameson
adds to his statement of the facts: “I
would never have been such a beast as to
witness the act of cannibalism, but was un
able until the last moment to bring mveelf
to believe that it was anything save a ruse
to get money out of me.” |Later oa t ,wunl
the close of the century vA> may ascertain
tne actual facts in the cose.
Gradually the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly's
famous cryptogram is being “vindicated
before the law.” At least one judge be
lieves In it and he is a North Dakota jurist
jat that. Lansing upon a case wherein a
| subscriber to tb* book refused to pay be
' cuuse tie couldn't find the cipher, the judge
i decided that the prepomier imce of evidence
fawned the oonel slon that the cipher was
i there, '*d he Intimated that Author Don*
, imlly coaid not tw held accountable lex-ause
| reader failed to cipher It out. Ko it *■ ns
* hat the courts and tbs crltlus sipreas di--
: eeuting opinions upon the uass. Nevertte-
I >* the Hsu. Ignatius Douusliy B* sga.n
j saisi Bis Bacon.
PERSONAL.
A Tennessee scan •rill captain Yale's football
I t*am next year. Thomas L* Me Clung of Knox
j Tllle is the -r.au.
Mas. Keeley, the veteran English actress,
has just enter© 1 upon her year, and is still
j m rigorous health.
Samuel Bowles,of the Springfield Republican,
refu-ei to have colonel prefixed to his name,
f-ven by a man h© so much respects as Got.
Russell.
Bricx Pomeroy, as he appears nowadays, is
a portly, weil-dressel gentleman, whose attire
is topped off with a slouch hat. He is described
ns the same jolly, g x>d-natured. abstemious,
cynical gentleman that he was of old.
It brixg definitely ascertained, says Joe
Howard in the New York Press, that the New
York W\.rld netted S-00.000 in the year IH9O,
the N?w York Uei 'll i and tha Boston
(Robe $*150,000, what’s the matter with journal
ism?
Cardinal Gibbons is very simple and method
ical in Lis habits. He rises at 5:30. says mass at
7. breakfasts at 8, takes a walk at 10, din*s at 2,
and spends the afternoon receiving visitors.
supi>er is served to him at 7 and by 10 he is in
bed
Goto Taleno, the new Japanese minister to
Washington, who is expected to assume the
post by the end of next month, was a loading
member of the committee that received and
entertained Gen. Grant during the latter’s visit
to Japan.
T. B. Aldrich has taken advantage of his re
lease from editorial duties to achieve more
literary work than had been possible for him
before in some years. On the other hand, Hor
ace E. Scudder, since assuming the chair Mr.
A'.Jrica vacated, t as found no leisurj to accom
plish anything beyou ! the work connected with
his position as an editor.
Senator Vance of North Carolina is likely to
bo the next southern democratic victim to fall
beneath the blow of tfce alliance ax. In the
legislature there will be lud members of tho
farmers’alliance, which will give that organi
zation a good working majority. As they are
drawing the line on too sub-treasu y bill it vill
not be surprising .f s im* ‘‘nayseed' 1 wears Mr.
Vance's senatorial shoes for the next six years.
Duke d’Auxy, a Belgian nobleman, spent a
portion of last summer at a Stateu Island hotel
and is now being sued before a common justice
of the p.*ace for a remnant of a board bill. The
duke was charged extra for meals served in the
seclusion of his apartments. He protested and
refused to pav. i iis trunks were seized. He
gave a check for the disputed amount, secured
his baggage, and then stopped the payment of
the check. Hence the proceedings.
Jere Simpson, the sock less statesman of Kan
sas, received recently from a New Jersey man
ufacturer an elegant assortment of silk, woolen
and cotton hosiery. The congressman-elect
studied over the situation awhile, picked up a
we.!-thumbed copy of the McKinley bill, and
expressed the cargo back to Jersey City, with
the following note: “Sir; our forefathers re
fused to drink tea because it was taxed 3 per
cent., and held a tea party in Boston for the
purpose of getting rid of the Rtuff. I have just
finished figuring up the tax upon these stock
ings and I find that it amounts to 7b per cent.
1 will wear no socks until the tax is taken off.”
BRIGHT BITS.
It is well to be satisfied with one’s abiding
place if one has to live in it, even if it is not very
attractive.
Maud— Here's a lovely bracelet from papa,
with a card attached to it wishing me a merry
Christmas.
Mabel—Lovely! But I wonder why dear papa
always writes it “Xmas.”
Maud -Maybe it's because the bills make him
‘ “cross. A m erica.
Johnny —What did mamma say when you
asked her if old Santa Claus was going to give
you a pair of skates for Christmas?
Willie--She said {neb by.
“What does rnebby mean, anyhow?”
“It means a little yes and a great big no.
That’s what it xgieans. Chicago Tribune.
She was a Boston girl and ho
A Putladelphian Tired.
"Each day 's an opportunity
In ail our lives,' she said.
It must have been it struck him then,
(No matter if good taste, or
Not), he must have thought her one,
For he mstaiitly embraced her v
Times.
“Whit a fool I aru,” was tho remark of an
old smoker In Stoneham tne other day. He had
been rum maging through his pockets, looking
on shelves, and searching through closets in
frantic baste.
“What have you lost?” inquired a bystander.
“My pipe,” was the impatient reply.
“But what 19 tnat iu your mouth?’’ asked the
correspondent of the Norway Advertiser, who
tells the story. Ami then it was that the old
gentleman made the remark above quoted.—
Leu islon Journal.
Miss De Be Tante—Why do you engage in
su h a cruel game as football, Charley?
i Varies Augustus—Oh, I like it. Miss Florence.
I engage in it for the same reason that you en
gage in the german.
Miss De Bu Tame—The german! Why, I don’t
see any comparison. Taink of the scrambling
for the goal, the tripping and the bruises! I
think it’s just horrid!
Charles Augustus—Yes, Miss Florence, and in
tripping of the german just think of the
scrambling for the goal, and the bruised hearts
instead of heads!— Boston Budget.
Thk crowd appalled, in mute suspense,
Gazed at tne lineman, who, suspended.
Hung o'er the multitude so dense
AU fancied that his race was ended—
But when they took him down
These words the victim softly said,
“I s’pose it’s dark all over town.
But I can’t help it!” “Aren't you dead?”
They cried amazed—“ Praised be the gods?”
“Oh, no,” said lie, ‘Tm pretty tougn;
They don't make volts and ohms enough
To kill me—l’ve sold lightning rods!”
—Hew York Herald.
Jcstice—You say the prisoner threw stones
at you?
Witness—Yes, sir. He threw over a dozen at
me.
“Did any of them hit you?’’
“No, sir; I doged them.”
' How far was the prisoner from you when he
throw?”
•'About twenty feet.”
“And do you mean to say the prisoner threw
a dozen stones at you at a distance of twenty
feet an i did not hit you?”
“Yes, sir. You see, I used to be a base hall
umpire, aud am used to dodging.’’— Texas Sift
ings.
CURRENT COMMENT.
All the Boys Get Good Now.
Mom the Chicago Inter-Ocean (Hep.).
This is the week to take the census of the
Sunday school scholars. The increase would
almost satisfy New Y'ork!
Sneezes Amid Their Shouts.
? From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
New Orleans is trying to celebrate the festi
val in the midst of 3i),000 cases of grip. It is
saeezy merriment they are having.
Better Ee orm Them.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem).
Some of tho boys, alas! are finding a ride
in the police patrol wagon jolts a great deal
more than a nae on the tail of a mule-car.
Didn’t Approve the Decision.
From the Boston Herald (Ind
It is not surprising to hear that 31. Evraud
has appealed from the verdict of the French
court. The guillotine has no charms for him.
Seasonable Amiability.
From the Baltimore American (Rep,).
Judging ffoai the merriment of his tariff
reform speech, ex-l’reii lent Cleveland is having
a merry i iirisin-.il*. We are glad to see every
body nappy to-day—even our strongest oppo
nent .
Where the Candidates Went.
From the Chicago Mail (Ind ).
A gentleman from the tar northwest tells the
reporters this morning about teeing snow-drifts
two miles deep, lly digging to the bottom of
the drifts a r publican congressional candidate
would doubtless he discovered.
Giving Us a Foreign Gag.
Ftom the Chicago Xews (Jnd.t.
It seems necessary to again call attention to
the tael that the uiMSti used word ‘'cloture,'
which Congressmen so delight Iu uitenug with
sn infinite variety of in ■■cuts, means nothing
more nor le , than the “previous question."
The word Is an leme-Mv-ary iutfioi tatiou from
Its KrsLcli. and is ai oust s;n myirion* with the
i ligitsi •'closure.'' Tha damana for tie. pn-vi
ous question .*nd ihe stiff in* <*r * closure of fur
insr 'lebste i ail tat is meant by tha my atari
“us Oahu- term.
I'opulsriy rs lsl tha lung of mediums*
110 si's heissi <*r .la Jl coujus r *> sc, fuls
sail rßseu.asulailuthar Limit u naavat. -Ad.
Little I. e'.ie's Chrlatm ’
Every one who knew ‘-Little Texas” agree 1,
say* the New York Herald, that he was the
most amiable and altogether the sweetest and
most lovable child to be found anywhere.
A pretty child, too, was ‘ 'Little Texas," with
her wealth of golden curia blue eyes Md gunny
f eaturea.
She was a child of the people.
Xo one ever seemed to know who her parrnts
were nor what was her real name nor how or
where she lived. That she was p- or was evi
dent. as she earned daily a small pittance by
selling mostly to the occupants of one
of the large office buildings on lower Broadway.
She had a smile and a good word for every
body, but was very reticen as to her antece
dents. Belle, she paid, was her name, and she
livel, as she state 1. with an aunt somewhere
under the big bridge. But wnether.it was Belle
Smith or Belle Jones the child would never sav
••My aunt does not wish me to tell my name "
she would answer when questioned on the sub
ject.
Little Belle, then—she was only ten years old
—visited the various offices la the big Broad
way building each morning, and the kind
hearted men bought her little bunc eg of vio
lets aud roses, often paying many times what
they were worth, for little Belle had such a
sweet smile of thanks for those who purchased
her w ares.
From day to day the child sold her flowers,
and, although daily questioned, she would
never reveal her full name nor say where sue
lived. It was finally accepted as a matter of
course. Little Belle was a mystery.
In one of the large offices of the great build
ing one morning last week a mi idle-age I man,
with a full brown beard and a slouch hat. care
less and easy in ids manners, but well-dressed
withal, sat discussing gruera topics with a
pariv of gentlemen there assembled.
‘ Yes,’’said the stranger. ‘•Christmas comes
but once a year, as you say, but that is just
once too oftaa for use." At this there was a
general exclamation of surprise on the part of
his auditors. The stranger continued:
"It is a sad story, and one that hal its begin
ning on Christmas day six years ago. I had
one of the prettiest hom a down in Texas then
you ever saw. My wife, she’s dead now," he
said, with a sigh, "aud the sweetest child, i<
littlo girl, with golden-brown hair aud blue
eyes. Little B die was her name.
"IVe had such a happy home, too. And that
Christmas day. Ah, bow well I remember it
now. The child had a nurse whom she used to
call auntie. Somehow I uever trusted that
woman much. Well, there's no tlse in going
into particulars. Little Belle and her nurse
went out for a walk on that Christmas morning.
Neither the woman nor tile child has been seen
since. My poor wife died—it broke her heart.
And I, well I ”
“Want any flowers to-day, sirs?" came from
the voice of a little child who had just entered
the office.
"My God! Whose child is that? What's your
name, girl? Who are you?” camo from the
Texan In excited tones.
Little Belle, the flower girl, for it was she,
stood irr.'solute for a moment, eyeing the
stranger suspiciously. Suddenly her basket
UrSpped, and the light of recognition shone in
her eyes. "Why, you’re my papa,” she said,
simply.
Tears streamed down the Texan's face as he
clasped the child in his arms.
"Thank God!" said he, "I have found her at
last, and so near Christmas, too. This is in
deed a Christmas blessing!’’
Father and daughter left the office together.
It was afterward learned that Belle’s supposed
aunt was the nurse who had kidnapped her and
brought her to this city six years since. The
men about the big building heard of It and as
little Belle had gone to her Texan home the
day fallowing a purse was made up among
them find one of their number witu it pur
chased a handsome silver cup, which is now on
its way south.
"Little Texas, from many friends. Merry
Christmas, 1890!” was the inscription on the
cup.
Fought Better Than He Fiddled.
Apropos of the death of Gen. Cadmus Wil
cox. writes a New York I'ribune correspondent,
I recall some original and characteristic anec
dotes concerning Stonewall Jackson, which he
was in the habit of relating. When Jackson
first entered West Point he was regarded as a
remarkably stupid and green youth. Gen.
Whiting, who afterward served In the confed
erate army, was then a cadet in the class above
Jackson's, and was appointed to ask him some
questions in mathematics, in accordance with
the custom which then prevailed at the military
academy. Whiting thought him at first remark
ably dull, but noticed that he studied aud
worked with dogged persistency. The class of
which Wilcox and Whiting were members was
graduated just prior to the Mexican war.
Several of the young officers were in Washing
ton on their way to Mexioo, and on the night of
their arrival they were invited to go with Jef
ferson Davis, then a member of the House, to a
reception given at the white house. Later both
Davis ana T. J. Jackson turned their faces
toward the Bio Grande. At tae close of the
war Jackson ranked every member of his class
and was a brevet major, and was stationed on
Governor’s Island, near New York. Whiting,
Wilcox and a number of young officers were
visiting New York, and when several brother
officers from Governor’s island called on them
Whiting asked:
“What has become of Tom Jackson; how is
he getting on?"
“Badly, badly,” replied the officer; “since lie
has stopped fighting he has taken to fiddling.
He came over to this city a few weeks ago and
bought a fiddle, several bows and a pile of rosin,
You will remember at Wed Point there was no
music in his soul, no poetry, no relaxation,
nothing but hard application to his text books.
So his new fad makes it awful for us. Every
minute he can spare he devotes to practicing on
the fiddle, and the sounds which fill the bar
racks in his vicinity are beyond description;
almost beyond endurance."
“Be catient,” said Whiting, with a smile; ‘ ‘if
‘Tom’Jackson is determined to master his vio
lin you will listen to a second Paganini before be
gives up.”
But Whiting’s prediction was never verified.
Jacxson never became a musician.
Use of Cat’s Whiskers.
The long hairs on the side of the cat’s face are
organs of touch. They are attached to a bed of
fine glands under the skin, and each of these
long hairs is connected with the nerves of the
lip, says the South Boston Neteg.
The slightest contact of these whiskers with
any surrounding object is thus felt most dis
tinctly by the animal, although the hairs them
selves are insensible. They stand out on each
side of the lion as well as op the common cat.
From point to point they are equal to the
width of the animal's body. If we imagine,
therefore, a lion stealing through a covert of
wood in an imperfect light we shall at once see
the use of these long hairs.
They indicate to him through the nicest feel
ing any obstacle whicb may present itself to
the passage of his body; they prevent the rust
ling of boughs and leaves which would give
warning to his prey if be were to attempt to
pass too close to a bush; and thus in Conjunc
tion with the soft cushions of his feet ana the
fur upon which he treads—the claws never
coming in contact with the ground—they enaoie
him to move toward his victim with a stillness
even greater than that of the snake, which
creeps along the grass and is not perceived
until it is coiled round its prey. Is this evolu
tion or design?
Their Christmas Presents.
From the Boston Courier,
CHRISTMAS CHIMES.
I.
Little Penelope Socrates,
A Boston maid of four,
Wide opened her eyes on Christmas morn,
And looked the landscape o'er.
“What is’t ioflates my has de bleu?"
She asked with dignity.
“ ’XiB losen iu the original;
Oh joy beyond desire
ii.
Miss Mary Ca lwallader Rittenhouse,
Of Philadelphia town.
Awoke as much as they over do there;
And watched the snow come down.
“Wcll.l’m gla l that Christmas has come again,”
You might have heard her say.
“For my family’s one year older now,
Thau it was last Christmas day.”
IIL
It was Christmas In giddy Gotham,
And Miss Irenp de Jones
Awose at noun and yawned and yawned,
And stretched tier languid boues.
‘■-Well, I'm sorry that it's Christmas,
- Pupa at hum* will stay,
For < 'bangs Is closed, and he won't make
A single cent all day.”
IV.
Ob, windly dawned the Christmas
In Un* city hy the lake.
And Miss Aisled Wabash P.reesy
tv us Instantly awase.
"Ah tv li it's that In wy storking!
Well, ia two Jiffs I'll know
And slat drew forth a grand piano
Freni away down in the te
Boasts irregular tsi oeusllpetrg. resulting
is I'llrs.sislSri by laklag Maasss Liter
Mrgulatar, Ad.
! . I-nram
Oj^SUPERIOR^S
fiH F i si i^® s i ina
The Official Reports of the p
tilted States Gsveramant, 2539,
Caaaiian Government, ISSD, i
New Jersey Commission, 1689, £•
BOkio Pood Commission, 2387,
show “Cleveland’s Superior” to be
the best baking powder manufac
tured, being the strongest of all the Pfl
pure cream of tartar powders. j
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The California poppy tEscholsia California ,
was chosen 3 esterday by the State Floral So
ciety, as the flower of California. A most ap
propriate choice, it would seem, the California
poppy of a d< ep golden or orange hue.
and a flower that gr_ws wild in great profusion
in every j art of the state. It tyj ifles at once
the orange groves of Southern and goldmines
of central and Northern California.
A company of counterfeiters of Turkish money
were arres ed in Tiflis in July. Among them
were several Russian priests and one Arab; the
rest were all Russian tra lers. Their case was
hear l fn the criminal court of Tiflis in No
vember. Fite of the Counterfeiters were sen
tencsl to imprisonment and hard labor for
eight to fifteen years respectively: the others,
and among them the two priests, will be sent to
Siberia. Three of the accused were found not
guilty.
In* August last a wonderful occurrence hap
pened in the house of a certain M, FlorofT in
Moscow. The image of the Holy Virgin ap
peared there; sweet odors filled the house at
her appearance. Crowds of people soon
gathered in and around the house to sea the ap
paration, and many of the devout deposited
their gifts at the threshold. The secular and
church authorities were informed of the wonder.
At the instance of the former investigatigations
were made, and it was discovered that Mrs.
Flaroff herself had enacted the miracle. She
was called to account for the deception, tut she
pleaded that her object was not to deceive the
peop e, but to regain the affectious of her
husoand. which had markedly cooled off toward
her. On Nov. 12 she was sentenced to impris >n
ment for three weeks, during which she will
have to practice religious penance.
There are about 300 hands employed at the
mint of Yeddo, Japan, says the New York
Evening Teleqram. When the meu enter in
tin* morning they are made to divest themselves
of their own clothes and put on others belong
ing to the mint. At the end of a day’s work a
gong sounds, w*hen the somewhat curious spec
tacle is presented of 800 men springing from
the ground, on which they have been seated,
throwing off their clothes and rushing, a naked
throng, to one eud of the yard. Here they pass
through the following ordeal, in order to prove
that they have no silver on them: Their back
hair is pulled down and examined; they wash
their hands and hold them up to view; they
drink water and then halloo, ana, lastly, they
run to th • other end of the yard, clearing two
or three hurdles on their wav. After this per
formance they are allowed to go to their lodg
ings.
Irvxn Wric.ht and Mrs. Mary Quaige were
married in Quincy, 111. Subsequently It was
learned that Mrs. Wright’s former husband was
living and that she had never been divorced
from him, and she was arrested. After her
arrest she coolly confessed that she had been
married four times. Some years ago at Water
loo, 10., she had married a man named I*ewis.
S) e thinks he is dead, but is not certain.
she married a man named Reeder, who died in
the Adams county poorhouse. Her next hus
band was George w. Quaigg. whom she mar
ried in Palmyra, Mo., about four years ago. She
left him, ana six weeks ago married Wright.
Mrs. Wright, or whatever her name may be. is
about 35 years old and rather prepossessing.
After telling the story of her numerous mar
riages she declared that George Quaigg ha 1
also been married tour times, and had never
been divorced from auy of his wives. Quaigg was
arresteJ and after much questioning admitted
that he had married four different women and
had never received a divorce from any of them.
He married a woman at Nevada. Mo., whose
maiden name he will not reveal. Afterward he
married Miss Martha Comes at Palmyra, Mo.,
and later the woman arrested. Quaigg declared
that Wright knew the woman was his wife
when he married her, and he, too. was
locked up.
The big rowing tank at the Yale gymnasium
has been largely reconstructed of late in mak
ing changes by the way of experiment for the
tank which is to be built iu the new gymnasium
on Elm street. Heretofore the water in the tank
has swept backward in re'urn currents when
forced against the end by the action of the oar,
as the course did not allow* the water to flow
about each side in a single current. This has
been a great detriment to the men in practice,
for the currents have been irregular ana par
ticularly strong at the stroke end. It is believed
that by the recent improvements the difficulty
has b en largely overcome, so that the tank in
the new gymnasium will probably be con
structed largely on the prin-iple of this tank as
it is at \ resent arranged. First a false bottom
has been put in the tank to make the water
shallower and lessen its volume, so that there
will be less resistance to the race and quicker
strokes can be taken. By this false bottom the
water is made six inches shallower at one eDd
and eight inches shallower at the other end,
with a gradual incline so as to regulate or coun
teract the currents that are caused by rowing.
The curves ati the end of the tank have been
changed so that instead of allowing the water
on each side to separate and form two cur
rents, there is only one current on each aide.
Capt. Perkins of Harvard visited the campus
last week for the purpose of examining the im
provements on the tank. Similar changes will
will be made at Harvard.
We take our snowstorms at a distance—and
to most persons that is one of the most attrac
tive features of this climate; writes a visitor to
Albuquerque. N. M. True, a little sleighing now
and then is relished by the most of men—and
some woir^n— but that condition of the ele
ments which renders sleighing practicable is
not relished as a regular tiling by many per
sons. and as betweeu a country that is ice-bound
all winter and one in which the sun shiues every
day and the afr is w*arm enough to permit peo
ple to live out of doors with comfort, and with
out voluminous wraps and furs, a large nia
jority of mankind would vote in favor of the
latter. It used to be neoessary to have severe
weather in the winter in order to make our ice
for the summer, but that is no longer required,
and the invention of the apparatus for the
manufacture of ice removed the lust argument
in favor of cold weather, and leaves frost as
oue of those conditions of nature which we
Lave outgrown. The point above referred to
ha l a good illustration in the weather as it was
experienced at Albuquerque yesterday.
When our people flrkt ventured out
of doors in tne morning a furious snow
storm was raging in the sandla mountains, and
although this wintry aemon.-tration by the ele
ments was in full view and the clouds could be
Been rolling iu terrific grandeur like waves
upon a troub ed sa, and every rift in the float
ing vapor revealed glnnpi’es of the mountain
side clad in a i riant loot wintry wliite, yet the
utmoHphere that prevailed in the town the
wmle made December literally as pleasant as
Muy, and by y o'clock, when the sun bad
clin.bed above the mist aud was bathing the
valley in a flood of efful *ni light by
the t.reath of spring, visitors might have been
seeu at a.l the notels silting on the balconies on
tbe sunny sides enjoying the delicious atm os
phere that surrounded them and admiring the
w ild rsveiry of th# eiein nU that woh going on
iu the mountains. A mow storm, w hen you Ate
so Hituut •it ii - .1 have to be on the ft.i^e
and IASs part in the p i fortnance, Is generally
an unpopular omuis, but wt.eu you are so
fortunate a* to bo A part of the Audience aud
o* cuj>y a ~b ox" beyond !'• rang* of the §:.*riu
king s breatf, th sijAetfuM* incomes delightful
iu lb# extreme and grandly beautiful.
11 ‘ifrusif BrusihUl Troches' are ex
eebetil for toe relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. Tbry #jt g.y effective.
<ClurisUun li'urid, t#n4un, Lny —Ad.
MEDICAL
Advice to the AgeeL
Age bring, Infirmities, such as •lasxl.h
U*er *’ ” eak kUue > * ud bladder and torpid
Tint’s Pis
have a specific effect on these organs, sttmu
laclng the bowels, giving natural discharges
without treining or griping, aud
IMPARTING VIGOR
toI the kidneys, bladder and liver. Thev are
adapted to old or young.
SOLD EVE RYWHERE.
(jgfc
removes) SSFEEDiAV,
CORNS. (V
BUNIONS
and WARTS, W/IjT!H.QUTr PAltt
BEECKAM'S PILLS |
cure SICK HEADACHE, j
25 Cents a Box. §
OTP A.X.X. XDXrtj- GGISTB. 3
CLOTHING.
I elg
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In spite of laws.
Old Santa Claus
Steals stealthily ia
At night.
And what you find
He leaves behind
Which certainly
Is right.
We have a yearly contract with the old
gentleman for furnishing him with every
thing in our line. If you fail to get your
winter Suit or Overcoat from him you
need not be disappointed, for we are now
in a position to offer you a substantial
present. Would be pleased to send it home
to you, but unfortunately we are dealing in
Clothing and not in cakes, and you have to
come and get fitted. Clothing this fall is a
drug in the market, and “THE FAMOUS’
will sell from now on lower than ever. A
saving of $5 on a Suit or Overcoat is worth
going after.
“The Famous” Clothing House,
148 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
WALL PILASTER.
ADAMANT
The Indestructible Wall Plaster
Has during the last five years
been used all over this country
in thousands of buildings of all
classes, and proved true to its
name. No one who wishes to
build economically and well
can afford to use anything else.
For full particulars address
SOUTHEASTERN PLASTER CO.,
Sfivannnh, Gra~
McCauley, Stillwell & Cos.,
Yellow Pine Lumber,
rough or dressed.
Planlnu Mill. f*rl a*4 office,Owlna-tt
Mat ufST. * kndW. lty.
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