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Newspaper Page Text4 ||torning Hftos Morning News Building Savannah, Ga. SATURDAY, MAT 80, I*9l. Registered at the Pastoffire in .SabannoA. The Morning News ie published every day in the year, and is served to subsen hers in the city •t 26 cents a week, Si 00 a month, $6 00 for six Months and SlO CO for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month. Si 00; three months. $2 20; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue i. three months, $2 00; Mix months. $( 0J: one year, $* 00. .The Morning News. Tri- Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, thiee months, $1 25; six months, $2 50; one year, $5 00. The SrNDiY News, by mail , one year, $2 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, $1 25. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters arid telegrams should be addressed “Morning News,” Savannah, Ga. Transient advertisements, other than special oolumn. local or reading notices, amuse ments and cheap or want column. 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch space in depth—is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at business office. OIR YEW 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 state of Georgia, Florida aad South Caro lina wil be managed by him. The Morning News is on file at the following places, where Advertising Rates 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 & Cos.. *1 Park Row. Frank Kiersan & Cos.. 152 Broadway. Dai'. hy & Cos., 27 Park Place. J. W. Thompson. 39 Park Row. American Newspaper Publishers' Association, Potter Building. PHILADELPHIA— N. W. Ayer & Son, Times Building. BOSTON- S. R. Niles, 255 Washington street, Pettengill & Cos., 10 State street. OHICAGO- Lord & Thomas. 45 Randolph street. CINCINNaTI- Edwin Aldem Company, 3# West Fourth street. NEW HAVEN- The H. P. Hubbard Company, 25 Elm street. ST. LOUIS— Kelson Chesman A Cos., 1127 Pine street. ATLANTA— Morning News Bureau, 3)4 Whitehall street. MACON- Datlt Telegraph Office. 597 Mulberry street. ifrDEI TO NEW ADVERTISEMENT! Meetings—Savannah Branch, S. T. A.; W. 8. Hancock Post. G. A. R. Special Notices— Notice to Water Takers; Notice as to Incorporation or Savannah Light erage and Transfer Company; As to Bills Against British Bark Sequel; Picnic of the Lutheran Sunday School at Wilmington Island, June 2; Cut Prices at Heidt's. Summer Resorts— Farquier White Sulphur Bprings, near Warrenton, Va.; Luray Inn, Luray, Ya. Steamship Schedule— Ocean Steamship Cos. Cheap Column advertisements— Help Want ed; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal. Miscellaneous. One scandal is scarcely closed op and the flooring nailed down in the pension bureau before another bulges into view. Now it is an importunate money lender who has been practicing usury upon the clerks through some cf their superiors that has to be tenderly handled and duly whitewashed. After that there is no telling what may come next. Influenza is said to have played sad havoc among the inhabitants of Gotham under the alias of grip. It carried up the death rate to an alarming extent during the month of April. Enough people died within the thirty days to have made quite a good-sized city if they were living and a large ceme tery dead. They aggregated 13,98 L Rather an alarming total that. Witnesses of Peter Hart’s recent experi ment with a torpedo in Pennsylvania state as a curious fact that the fragments of his remains exactly filled a grape basket when collected by friends from Bradford. People who may contemplate experimenting with torpedoes in other parts of the country may judge from the results of Peter’s experiment just what sort of a basket to take along to be hauled home in. Breaking the ooean record is gradually becoming so common an occurrence as to scarcely attract attention. Possibly the new Hamburg-American liner Furat Bis marck would have been accorded but very kttle attention despite her remarkably quick voyage of six days, fourteen hours and thirty minutes from Southampton, excent for her name. But that indicates that the Bismarck energy is still quite active enough to command the attention of the world. Diligent search along the walls of Liver pool and under all the barrels and boxes and behind all dark objects has thus far failed to disclose any beef cattle from the United States tainted with pieuro-pneuma nia. But a few Canadian bisons of lean and unwholesome aspect are said to have been yanked out from some obscure plnoe and charged with the offense. Her majesty’s government should be careful not to charge up to the United States the brutal enormi ties of her own dependencies. By the recommendation of the Presby terian general assembly at Detroit Dr. Briggs is to remain undisturbed for at least a year. Very likely the worst part of the doctor’s trial is now over. Rushing in their report in the way they did indicates that the members of the committee had decided that the great theologian’s utterances were not so altogether repugnant to the doctrine of the church as they at first supposed, •r else they considered him too strong to be torced out in so summary a manner. Papal newspapers in Rome show a decided inclination to discredit the statements con cerning tne pontiff’s contemplated mediation between Italy and the United States relative to the New Orieaus affair, because of their belief that such a course would involve papal recognition of the Italian government. That sounds rather absurd. As the Italian government apparently gets along very well without from the pope it seems rather an unnecessary precaution on the part of the vatiean to to studiously avoid recognizing King Humbert’s government Considering tbe recent affably pacific talk in France, the announcement from Paris (hat the Chamber of Deputies bat ordered every fortified town in the country pro vision for a t wo months’ siege in time of war s.und* devli felly ominous. Just what nation Krai.o* tutor,as to attack U th# ques tion which p|y interests all Europe. But It isn’t tery hard to guess. There is one nation in Europe ot which tbe !<are mention ef its name eats upon all France vary much alter the manner of the traditional red rag pou (he stray hr India bulk The South's Future. In an article in this week's issue of the Record , a synopsis of which was pubUshed in our dispatches yes terday, Mr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, the well-known statistician, speaks in glow ing terms of that large section cf the south which is known to be rich in deposits of coal and iron. That section, according to Mr. Atkinson’s estimates, contains 250,0(10 square miles, an area equal to that of Eng land, Wales, Scotland, Belgium, half of France and half of Germany combined. Its climate is superb, and it is capable of pro ducing, in measureless abundance, fruits, grain, meats, vegetables, aDd, in fact, almost everything needed for man’s happi ness and comfort. And this vast region is very sparsely set tled, and land in many parts of it can be purchased at very reasonable prioee. Its mineral resources have scarcely been touched. No one can estimate how vast these resources are. It is an invi ting field for farmers, manufacturers and miners, and is capable of supporting millions of people. The south is the most desirable section of this country, and capitalists and home seekers are just beginning to find this out. More northern capital is Leing invested in the south now than at any previous time in her history, and the time is not distant when the youug men of the north, instead of going to the new states, will seek the south. And they will be wise in doing so, for the south is bound to have a w ouderful growth in the very near future. Indeed, her advancement in wealth and population within the last decade has been remarkable. Within her limits she has the raw mate rials in abundance for all kinds of manu factures in which cotton, iron and wood are the chief factors, and her agricultural lauds compare favorably with those of any other section. And manufacturing can be carried on within her limits cheaper than elsewhere. What then is to hinder her from becoming the most prosperous section of the union? And why should not the young men of the north, who are looking for fsvor ble locations in which to begin their careers, prefer the south to any other section! Why should not northern farmers, who cannot make a living out of the sterile soil of New England, seek new hoine6 in the south! Capitalists have already discovered how rich the south is, and they are investing in southern enterprises. It will not be long before the farmers, mechanics and ambi tious young men will follow them. Mr, Atkinson and other men like him are doing a good work in making known the south's advantages. Injustice to Colquitt. The New York Mail and Express, com menting on the recent visit of Senator Col quitt to Gov. Hi ! l, makes the statement “that the versatile Georgian, although now in his 68th year, is known as an agile fol lower of the saltatory movements of the political cat, and the Georgians seem to think that if he had not thought Hill was likely to be a bigger ram than Cleveland he would not have gone to Albany on purpose to pay him a visit.” Is not the foregoing unjust to Senator Colquitt! Who of those who know him well will say that his political course has been such as to entitle him to be called a political weather-cock! He went to Albany to see Gov. Hill, but can any one say that he offered to support him for the demo cratic presidential nomination in 1892! Senator Colquitt was a warm supporter of Mr. Cleveland’s administration, and if he has changed bis views with reference to Mr. Cleveland he has not yet announced the fact. It is well known that the senator is an earnest tariff reformer, while it is far from certain that Gov. Hill is entirely in harmony with his party on the tariff issue. It is not easy to see, therefore, how Senator C-olquitt can consistently abandon Mr. Cleveland for Gov. Hill. The probabilities are that the Mail and Express is not more just to Senator Colquitt in insinuating that he has become a supporter of Gov. Hill than it is in characterizing him as “an agile follower of the saltatory motions of the political cat.” At a meeting of republioan editors in Kansas a few days ago Potato Producer Ingalls gave a wild whoop and took a sav age whack at the country with an imag inary gory nether garment that he ap peared to think would make him look very fierce and dangerous, while he literally be spattered every state in the union against which he has a personal prejudice. After indulging in such a tirade as would have curdled almost any one’s blood oa a dark night he suddenly calmed down to the very reasonable statement that “the campaign of 1892 will be waged upon economio and practical questions and not upon memories or emotions.” Very likely the distinguished potato propagator ie now ready to talk “practical questions,’’ such as 8 per cent, and a mortgage, otc., si .ice he has fired off all of his superfluous hoarded up memories and emotions Now Italy wil! probably be puzzled some more. Since a number of Russians recently drove a fierce aud dusky Italian into the river at Denver in the course of an interna tional slugging sociable, King Humbert’s statesmen will probably take recourse ta scratching their diplomatic heads again iu their quandary as to whether they shall de mand money from Russia or from the United States. Soaking an Italian is un doubtedly an offense against the monarch with the straight hair. Beside money may prove get-at-able. Both countries are rich. Sweetness is swooping down on Philadel phia. Just about this time sugar seems to be badly needed in the Quaker City. But even Treasurer Bardsley’s enormous short age of municipal funds doesn't call for quite as much sugar as now reported to be hover ing around the inlets of Penn town. Thirty vessels carrying 12,000 tons of raw sugar from the West Indies, valued at a minimum aggregate of $720,000, must make the in habitants of that serene village feel de ctdedly comfortable and hopeful. Such a thing doesn't happen there often. Arizona is making trouble for tbe Mor mons. Although they have long been tol erated in that territory the United States courts are getting after them in the live liest sort of fashion. Within tbe next thirty days tbe population of U tah will probably be largely increased. Grand jury indict ments stir them to active emigration when everything else fails. investigation into the big failure of tbs Steve Ryan men entile concern in Atlanta is developing some rather ugly aj u of the firm's methods. Apparently everybody holding claims against the business, except relatives of tbe firm, stand a pretty good chance of loeiug all that is due them. Af fairs appear to ha in a curiously shaky shape. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 30. 1891. Ingersoll Talks About the Farmers. Although Col. Ingersoll.the distinguished agnoetic, is well informed on almost every subject be oonflaes himself at a rule to law, politics and religion. Once in a while, how ever, he talks of other matters in that pict uresque language for which he is so famous. In *•. Paul, Minn., the other day the spirit moved him to express his views with respect to the farmers’ movement, and this is what he said: Ido not blame the farmers for trying to better their condition. They have certainly had a hard time and they feel that thev have been oppressed by the bankers, rail roads, merchants, and patent medicine makers, to say nothing or ministers and lawyers. Everything seems to be against them. Tney have to fight frost and floods and droughts and all sorts of worms and bugs and specu ators and cyclones, and ail the birds of the air. Everybody and every thing takes toll from the farmers. No wonder that they want to do something. I do not think the planks in the Cincinnati platform can be fastened together and held in place. The farmers ought to know that resolutions passed by political conventions raise neither corn nor wheat, neither can they affect prices. I do not believe that the government can make money by law any more than it can make good crops by law. The government can’t support the people. The people have get to support the governm nt. The government is a perpet ual pauper. I ask this one question—lf the government can make money why should it oollect taxes! why not make what it needs and stop bothering the people! Still I am glad the farmers are discussing these questions. They will find out what the government can and cannot do. Why couldn’t CoL Ingersoll have stopped talking when be had told of the troubles, trials and tribulations of the farmers! What need was there for him to ask that question, viz.: “If the government can make money why should it collect taxes! why not make what it needs and stop bothering the people?” And yet the re cently organized People’s party seems to think that the government can make money in unlimited quantities. In the resolutions it adopted at Cincinnati it asserted that the government had such a right, and insisted that it should make money and loan it to whoever wanted it at 2 per cent, per annum. It is true the farmers have a pretty hard time to make their farms profitable, but it is equally true that an unlimited issue of greenbacks would not benefit them in the long run, and those who tell them other wise are either-mistaken or intend to mis lead them. Dr. Brooks’ Case. A rather interesting condition of affairs would be presented if the standing commit tees of the fifty-two Episcopal dioceses should vote in favor of confirming the elec tion of Dr. Phillips Brooks to the office of Bishop of Massachusetts and a majority of the bishops should vote against him. But that is what is going to happen if the opin ion of Bishop-elect Gailor of this state is worth anything. But Mr. Gailor will not have a chance to vote on the question of his confirmation. If he had he would vote against him. At least that is a fair infer ence from what he says. Thus far sixteen diocesaa have voted for Dr. Brooks aad six against him. The six against him are Newark, lowa, Western New York, Milwaukee, Mississippi and Chicago. The vote in the Chicago diocese was a tie, but it will be counted against him. It is somewhat remarkable that Mis sissippi voted against him in view of the fact that Bishop Thompson oft Lat diocese favors him. Eleven more dioceses are needed to give Dr. Brooks a majority of the standing com mittees, and there is no doubt that he will get them. ludeed, it is quite certain that he will get two-thirds of them. Under such circumstances it would seem as if the bishops would hesitate a long time be fore casting the majority vote against him. It is pretty certain that his rejection would be the cause of a good deal of dissatisfaction in the Episcopal ohuroh. A Bg Undertaking. A beginning has beeu made toward rapid transit in New York city. The rapid transit commission has reported in favor of an underground railroad. The plan calls for a four track railway under Broadway and other streets from South Ferry to the city limits. The scheme is an immense one, and will require a mint of money to carry it out. Can the money be obtained! It can with out doubt if it can be demonstrated that the railway will pay. Rapid transit has been talked about for a good while in New York. The present means of transit are not satisfactory. The elevated and surface roads don’t meet the wants of the times. But Mr. Gould, who owns the elevated roads, and the owners of the surface roads will not favor the scheme. If it should be carried into effect the stocks of their roads would quickly drop below par. But the movers in the underground scheme won't trouble themselves about Mr. Gould’s losses. What they want is money, and if they can get all they want the underground railway will be in operation within a very few years. With the chance of losing such a tower of denominational strength as the Union Theological Seminary staring them in the face, the Presbyterians assembled at De troit show a disposition to look upon Dr. Briggs aud his somewhat progressive views with decidedly more moderation. Evidently they had never for a moment contemplated such a possibility as that the whole faculty of the seminary might stand by their fellow and secede from the Presbyterian church if he were dealt with too harshly. But Dr. Briggs appears to have bad au thority for laying before the assembly the alternative of handling him carefully or putting him out altogether and losing their finest educational institution along with him. Doubtless the assembly will manage to find in the doctor’s theology features which render it much less objectionable than it was at first regarded. Once more the good Elder Editorial Freak Shephard ha* broken forth in a freah place. Thu* far ahead of the opening of the world’s fair at Chicago he wants to establish a regu lation for the purpose of closing it on Sun day*. Apparently the elder is a trifle pro miscuous and previous in this —or something of that kind. Quite a deal of hustling will be neoessary to get that fair securely opened. After that is done there will then be plenty of time to work up an earnest and passionate controversy about the hours at which it shall be peremptorily closed. Journalist Shephard is wasting bis energies in riotous advice. International penny postage is threatened with further delay by the admission of Australia to the postal union. Of course the new nsemher will demand ea much time as lias been allotted to seeds of the others to think it all over. This prut ably means so other year of weiUeg PEHSONAL. J. Armstrong Charlie. the husband of Amelia Rives, is suffering from a severe attack of nervous prostration. The em;*ror and Empress of Japan are con vaiesclng frem the gr.p, and believe that their hold on life has bean tightened. MaxSchneueenburgeb. the author of “The on the Rhine,” Is to tave a monument at Tutlingen in the Black Forest. Frank Work, the well-known Wall street op erator, and once a lieutenant of Commodore Vanderbilt, baa retired from Wall street. When a man beoomes sick enough he gener ally throws prejudice aside and hire* a doctor. Walt Whitman haa done so and ig better. Robert Christie, who has just won the title of the English champion checker player, is a native of Sunderland, and is in his 24th year. The Kino of Dahomey cherishes as bis rich est possessions a brass helmet and its green plume. His court uniform consists of even less. John Bullough, the Scottish millionaire who died recently, was the husband of Sheila, the heroin# of William Black's novel, “A Princess of Thule." Mb. Barnabd, out at the Lick observatory, has focused another comet. As he gets §2OO each for tl.em he is excusable for the frequency he has found wanderers ot late. William Tell may lie a myth, but the Swiss are perfectly willing to lake their chances, and are erecting new and continuously more costly monuments to the memory of a fable. Surgeon Suzuki of the Japanese navy is au thority for the statement that the Japanese en joy an almost total immunity from scarlet fever. Scarlet and jedow fever never would harmonize, anyhow. The .King of Corea wants to make an American tour, but the Corean exchequer is low. Dime museum managers are. however, always available, and an eastern potentate should be a drawing card. Mrs. Katf. Pier of Milwaukee Is a lawyer and a court commissioner. Her husband is a lawyer and one of the daughters has already been admitted to the bar, while two others are studying with the game end In view. J. R. de Lamar of Idaho is an ideal citizen in the estimation of Chicago. Not only does he hope to raise $50,000 or SIOO,OOO by subscription as a popular contribution from his own state to the world’s fair, but he offers personally to give as much as all the rest put together. Gen. Franz Sigel does not look well, and it is evident that the hard experiences of life have toid upon him. He is but 66 years of age, yet it is half a century since he was a student of the military school at CarLruhe, in Germany, forty three years since he held command in the Baden revolution, forty years since be came to Now Ybrli, and thirty years since be entered upon services in the war for the American union, in which he won renown. Admiral Warden, who commanded the orig inal monitor in its historic fight with the Mem oriae, still shows in his face the heavy peppering with gunpowder which he received in that en gagement by the exposion of a confederate shell at the peep lole to which his eye Was ap plied. He is living unostentatiously in Wash ington, and it is difficult to get him to say any tiling about himself or about the battle in which he won distinction. He eschews all articles of dress which would indicate his profession BRIGHT BITS. Father— lf you paid more attention to cook ing and less to dress, my dear, you would make a much tetter wire Daughter—Yes. father; but who would marry me?— Cloak Review. First Passenger -They say that everybody is more or loss superstitious. How is it with you? Do you believe m signs? Second Passenger Believe in signs? You bet your life I do! I make my living painting ’em. —Somerville Journal. Tee city clerk of Falls City, Neb., who has been a bard kicker against the electric lights in that place, wa3 given a candle to work by at the last meeting of the city council. For once he kicked for electricity and finally the lights were turned on.— Omaha Bee. He (tremblingi—l have one last wi—wish to ask you be—before we part in an—anger for ever! ■ ‘ t She fsobbingly) Wha—what is it, Geo- George? He—Wi—will you me—meet me next Th— Thursday as u—usual? She—l wi—will, George!—Yankee Blade. A postal card bearing the following super scription was received in the city a few days ago: "Postmaster Auburn. Please Deliver to Some Aufser or Cheefee of Police. N. Y. ” It con tained the startling announcement that a re ward of sls would be paid for the conviction of a man and the return of a horse and buggy stolen from a person in Cortland county.—Au burn Advertiser. Mrs. Wickstaff—My dear, this ribbon you have brought hom> tor Fido is a shade too light. Wickstaff—All right; I’ll try it over. t Mrs. Wickstaff (the next day)—My dear. I'm sorry, but the ribbon you have brought home to-day is a shade too dark Wickstaff (wearily)—Then wait until to-mor row, and I’ll change the dog— Cloak Review. Mr. Suburb (after a long weary tramp to his nearest neighbor)- Good evening, Mrs. Lawn mower; I find my wife has not returned from her shopping trip to tbe city, and the house is locked up. She left tbe key nere. I presume? Mrs. l.awnmower—No-o. She said it was a pity you should have to take such a long walk for the key every time she was out, so she put it under the front door mat. —JVeio York Weekly. Maurice Thompson thinks that a poet should not be hampered by botanical facts, but that he suould be permitted to make hollyhocks, dahl ias aud tulips bloom ail at the same time if he fells so inclined. We are not disposed to deny the poet tnis right. Indeed, we would go a little further and suggest that now and then he make the sun set somewhere besides in the west and give a few such words_ as rest and blest a brief vacation for purposes of recuperation.—Detroit Free Press. Eminent Advocate (to possible luror>—Do you entertain any conscientious scruples against tbe infliction of capital punishment. Possible Juror (confidently)—John Smith, 62 years old last grass, thank ye. Advocate (wrathfully)—l did not ask your name. Possible Juror (cheerfully)—No, sir; hain’t read nuthin’ about the case. Advocate (roaring)—Are you deaf, or a fool ? Possible Juror—You'll haf to speak a little louder. I'm Kinder hard o’ bearin'. Advocate—Accepted '.—Puck. CURRENT COMMENT. No, They Are Safe at Home. t'rom the Chicago News (Ind.). United States Senator Call was yesterday re elected by the Florida legislature, receiving 51 of tbe 54 votes cast. This exciting and memo rable contest suggests that tbe three “gem - men” who voted against Senator Call had better move out of Florida. No Unwarranted Enthualaem in This. From the Cincinnati Enauirer (Dem.). On Monday evening the friends of Senator Call, iu the democratic caucus of the Florida legislature, succeeded in adjourning that caucus sine die. It had been vainly trying for many long weeks to nominate a democratic candidate for United States senator. Then, yesterday, the legislature in joint convention duly re-elected Senator Call. Predicts Injury to the Party. From Russell Harrison's Weekly (Rep.). The displacement, through a legal technical ity. of the democratic governor of Nebraska, Mr Boyd, from the high office to which he was fairly elected is a mistake of the gravest char acter It must result In lasting injury to the 1 epublican party in that state and in the na tion, unless tbe mistake is promptly and com pletely rectified. The result of Gov. Boyd's dis placement is to place the gubernatorial office in tbe hands of a republican, though a democrat was elected by a fair and honest election, and a clear and decided majority. Suggests 1 hat O’Mallsy Gat the String. From the Philadelphia Times tlnd.). 1 he New Orleans grand jury 1 laving found In dictmeuu for bribery against two at Detective O'Malley's assistants, it has now made tbe dis covery that Louisians does not possess any law to punish (ueiii Naturally, the citizens are vexed, aud a New Orleans dispatch Intimates that "strong steps may lie taseo before the week ta out " At the Utus of the hlstor.c lynch ing it was pretty generally Intimated that the mob, Of U>WU f I It*** 1411 J( Of VtittlßVMT t l|f pr< pur name for it, ought to have Ist tbs Italia as alone for awhile and strung up o Mai ley. U you decide, from what you bars heard or read, that you will take Hood s baraapa rilla. do not be taduoad to boy any subU> Mil* instead. —4d. ' He Had Grievances, Too. “I bare traveled on this road for fifteen years," said the loquacious man to his New York Tribune neighbor, "and I never knew a train to be on time." The other looked out of the window, making no answer. "I remember riding on this road when it took four hours to go seven miles," the first speaker added. No answer. "It's a scandalous outrage that the public should be treated in this way." No answer. "Some day the people will rise in their might and put a stop to such things It’s just such in solence as this that caused the French revolu tion.” He shook his head savagelv and glared at a brakeman. ‘‘l'm goins in town to keep an engagement at 3 o'clock. I'll bet you even money that I’m late." There was no reply to this offer. "I’ll bet you twoto one." The other shook bis head, giving the first in dication that be was not deaf. “I'll bet you two to one that I'm half an hour late. "No, I won’t bet," said the second man. Just then the train stopped and the indignant passenger jerked out his watch. "Ten minutes late, now!” he said. "Brake man, what’s the trouble now?” The brakeman did not know "If I'm over half an heur late I’ll sue this road for damages." The other occupant of the seat smiled sadly. “Hang it' You're always lace just when 1 don’t want you to be late.” The brakeman looked at him pityingly. "I don’t see how people tolerate it.” the angry man went on. Then turning and looking at his companion be said fiercely: “You don't seem to mind this stop much?” “No.” was the answer. “Travel on this road much?" “Yes." "How long!" "Kvery day since it we* built." "And you don’t kick at this thing?" "No." “Well, you’re a Job." "My friend,” said the man of few words, in a subdued voice, “have you aoy interest in this road, any money invested in it, any claim against it?” "N—no,” was the reply. "My friend. 1 have had three crops of hay burned by sparks from locomotives on this road. I have had three Jersey cows and a horse worth Si.ooo run down and killed by trains. I was smashed in a collision once and staid in a hos pital for five months." ’’Weill" gasped the first speaker. *T have been a stockholder in this road since the first train ran over it, and I have never had a cent of dividends out of it. I wear a cork leg since the accident. I have seven acres of line lay land which I never touch. I don't dare raise any cattle I can't get any insurance on my life. My dear friend, you ought to thank your stars that you are so fortunate." "Stranger," said the other, "I beg your par don,” and then there was a long silence. Our Queer American Ways. He was takiDg a pleasure trip through this country, says the Chicago Tribune, and was un used to the ways of its citizens, which may ex plain his action. He met a friend, showed him a card, and a.vked him to go with him to the ad dress on it. "What's the matter?" a* ked the friend. “Why. this gent eman.” explaine i the for eigner, "helped me out of a very embarrassing position. You see. thioughcarelessness. 1 got eaught on a street car witu nothing but a draft in my pocket, ami he paid my fare. I insisted on having his card, and now I’m going around to thank him again and pay him the money. ” ' The nickeD" “Certainly.'' "Don’t do it.” "But I owe it to blm." "It makes no difference; he'll be angry." And he was. He said the stranger must have thought him mighty hard up or close fisted to have come chasing after him with a nickel, and he indignantly refused to take it. "But, sir,’’ said the stranger, with surprise, “I owe it to you I don’t wish to have other people paying my street-car fare. ’’ “Offer him a cigar," whispered the friend. The foreigner promptly followed instructions. "Will you join me inasmoke. then?" he asked, putting away the nickel and taking out a hand some cigar case. "Why, thank you,” was the reply, and in a few moments the three were smoking. “Ask him to have something," suggested the friend again. Again the foreigner followed instructions and they promptly adjourned to a place where something could be had. Here each man felt it Incumbent upon hiur to buy a "round.” Then the foreigner and his friend started for the hotel, and the former remarked: "Queer ways you have here." "How so?" asked the friend. “Why, he was too proud to accept five cents that was due him, bat h® would lake a cigar and a drink that were not And because he did me a favor I had to take three drinks that I did not want and smoke’a cigar that I was saving for after dinner. If I paid my care faro that way I’d be drunk and broke all the time.” One On t'ne Husband. The seminary where Mrs. Langhnm’s daugh ter was a pupil one night gave a reception, says the Youth's Companion, at which that lady was unable to be present. Her husband, how ever, was there, and solemnly promised before he left home to bring back information regard ing the prettiest dresses worn by the girls. "Now,” said Mrs. Langbam,when he returned, having left tue daughter to spend the night with asc oolmate. "what was the handsomest dress there? Did Edith look as well as any of the girls?” “Oh, yes, yes; better than most," said Mr. Langham, briskly. "What did Jenny Sears wear?” “Well, I should thing Jenny had on a. green sack, or something, and a kind of blue cape over her shoulders ” “Acape and a sack, and at a reception! My dear, do think again!" “O, I'm quite sure of it! I noticed her par ticularly, And there was Belle Smith. She had a light blue dress, if I remember rightly, trimmed with purple.” Mrs. Langham regarded her husband In some scorn. Then she deliberately set a trap for him. “My dear,” said she, gently, “what did Edith wear?” “O, Edith ? That black and white check, to lie sure, that she wears to school.” •That proves it.” said she. "After this I shall know exactly how much to depend on your knowledge ot dress. Edith wore anew white musliu. Never mind, dear! 1,0 to sleep. We can’t all be clever in every direc tion!” Made Bis Time Count. A certain physician in a large New England town had acquired an unenviable reputation for making his bills as large as possible without much regard to the state of his patents’ purses, say6the Youths' Companion There were peo ple who, furthermore, said that it really seemed as if there were ‘ ’visits” on his bills which had never had existence anywhere else. But he wasaskillful physician, and his tend ency to overrate his services only served to amuse some of his patients, who had plenty of money and were not especially sharp in looking after it. “Why,” said one man to another, speaking of the doctor, “he brought my daughter Jennie up from her attack of pneumonia, when two other physicians had said there was no hope for her, but when she was quite well again he charged me for three oalls he made to inquire in a friendly way how she was getting on ' “That seems a little forced,” admitted the other man, “but it’s nothing compared to an experience I had with him at the seashore. • We hapjened to be in bathing at the same time on * day. and I swam up to him and In quired for his wife. " "She's very well,' said tbe doctor. “ ‘And your daughters?’ I asked. “ They’re perfectly well, b ,th of them,’re plied he, rather shortly, I thought. So I said. I'm delighted to hear it; remember me to them, and swam away. “And what do you think I received from him a wees or two after? An itemized bill—one item: ” To consultation at sea, $5.” Although no one ha< ever seen that hill the story clings to the doctor's name to this day, after the lapse of many years. A baffled Miser. A miser, having lost £IOO, promised £lO re ward to any one who should bring it to him An honeet poor man, who found it, says tbe New York Clipper, brought it to the old gentle man. demanding the £lO. But tbe miser, to baffle him, alleged that there wae £llO in the bag wheu lost. The poor man was advised to sue for the money; and whan the case came to be tried, it appearing that tbe seal had not been broken or tbe bag ripped, tbe judge said to the defendant counsel “The bag you lost had £llO pounds in It, you say?" "Yes,’ replied the claimant ’Thau,” said the judge. ’ according to tbe sv,deuce given io court this beg of money ,*■, not lie your properly. for inside their was but £IOO. Therefore tbe plaintiff must keep it •Hi the trueowaer appears aud proves his claim The lien packed husband who ‘llf TIT a Irani he has prubMaad his wits to return < a , t [ Id” whip begets kum.~ thutUm (jperlsr. ITEMS OP INTEREST. Gov Pixxorxaof Oregon came near not hav ing the pleasure of seeing President Harrison at all- When the train bearing the latter reached Salem the governor was still at the state bouse, there haring been some delay in the arrival of his carriage. But teu minutes later the vehicle was being furiously driven toward the railway station. Had he taken five minutes more he would have been too late. An Atchison (Kan ) woman has been in formed that she cannot live two years. She has, therefore, resolved on making the most of her time, and has entered upon a career of merry - making and gaiety. Another doctor informs her that if she will saw off on high living and go slow in her merrymaking she can recover her former good health. The gay life strikes her fancy, and she accepts the death warrant of doctor No. 1. Medical Director Wales has furnished Health Officer Townshend of Washington, D. C , with a report on an examination of the "blood" oranges recently submitted, in which he says: "The oranges are naturally stained, no art.floial coloring of any kind having been used. The small spot on the side is a fung, sand not a puncture. It is impossible to stain an orange by injecting an artificial fluid into the fruit, either before or after plucking it from the tree.” At the drug store of J. M. Sprague in St . Paul, Minn., there is a thrifty fl< tree four years old and perhaps five feet high which came up spontaneously in a tub which con tained an oleander. The only way in which its voluntary appearance is accounted for is that it grew from seeds of figs wmch tad been fed to a canary whose cage hung over the tub. But the most perplexing part of the problem rests on the fact that the figs were preserved. Will seeds of preserved figs retain their germinating properties? Sometimes, perhaps. A curious relic of the war is in possession of Charles F. Gillet of Cleveland, who values it highly, says the Union Veteran of that city. It is the honorable discharge of a faitiful dog, owned by Mr. Gillet's father, the animal having served for three years in Battery H, Independ ent regiment, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. The discharge reeftes that Jack Puppy (brindle) is a "watchman ” in Capt. E. H. Nevin's com pany, that he was enlisted Jan. 81, 1862, for three years, and was discharged June 10, 1803, at Camp Barry, District of Columbia, by reason of expiration of term. He was born, according to tuis record, at Alexandria, Va , and was 4 years old at the time of the discharge; with a yellow complexion and brown eves, and was by occupation when enrolled “a fighter." The dis charge is duly signed by E. H. Nevins, Jr., captain commanding battery, and by I. A. Tor rence, mustering officer, lieutenant Second United States artillery. “A great deal has been said and written, especially in the way of democratic criticism," said Congressman Cannon, of Illinois, while at the Palace hotel San Francisco, "about Secre tary Blaine's great wealth, and I think itcan be safely -aid that the amount reported is greatly ia excess of that which he actually possesses. It is true that Mr. Blaine is a wealthy man. but a million would probably more than cover his entire estate. I nave been informed by those in a position to know his circumstances that he came out of the campaign of 1884 actually im poverished, anu at one time was compelled to borrow from his friends. It was soon aftertbat, however, that be wrote his "Twenty Years of Congress.’ and it is no secret that he netted $400,000 on that transaction. This gave him a sum for investment that enabled him, through the advice of friends, to make a number of for tunate deals. His mining speculations in Colo rado have proved perfect bonanzas, and he has done well in coal and iron lands in West Vir ginia Altogether. Mr. Blaine is a shrewd finan cier, in addition to his other mental qual ifications, but his wealth has never been more than one tenth of the amount attributed to him by bis democratic critics. ” No two members of congress are more inti mate than Benton McMiilin of Tennessee and Amos J. Cummings of New York. But they are now stronger friends than ever. Last week something happen' and that brought this about. The two congressmen went iu to a New York up town resort and were entertaining a number of their friends with stories of congressional life. Finally Mr. McMiilin, In one of his stories men tioned the name of hisnarivetownin Keutucky. Mr. Cummings interrupted: "I remember a family named McMiilin in that town.” "It must have onen my father," said McMiilin, and in an swer to the question whether his father sub scribed to the Christian Worker, he replied in the affirmative. I can remember the j aper well,” be said, "and my father used to look eagerly forward to its arrival. Mr. Cummings then told bis companion that his father had been editor and proprietor of that paper. "When I was a little boy,” he said, "I used to address the wrappers for the out-of-town sub scribers. I well remember writing your father’s name.” "And I remember tearing those wrap pers for my father,” said Mr. McMiilin, and there was vigorous handshaking, and in his high glee over his discovery Mr. McMiilin gave to Mr. Cummings a hickory stick, once the property of Andrew Jackson. Genuinely witty stories too, are rare Wen dell Phillips declares that there are but twenty five original witty stories in existence, and that all the others are founded upon or borrowed from these. He tells us that the story of the man who was writing a letter as follows: “My dear friend, 1 should tell you more if there were not an impudent fellow looking over my shoul der and reading every word”—“You lie. sir, I have not road a word you have written’’—comes from Egypt, and is 230 years older than the New Testament. So witu the story of the man who said, "I would have been a very handsome fellow if they had not changed me in the cra dle." “Take the Irishman,” says Mr. Phillips, "who carried around a brick as a specimen of the house he had to sell; take the Irishman who shut his eyes and looked into the glass to see how lie would look when he was dead; take the Irishman who bought a crow, alleging that crows were reported to live two hundred years, and he was going to set out and try it; take the Irishman wno met a friend who said to him, •Why, sir. I heard you were dead.’ ’Well,’ says the man, T suppose you see I am not.’ ‘O no,’ says he, T would rather believe the man who told me thaa you any day.' Well, all these are Greek; a score or more of them of a parallel character come from Athena” Abxib Jenner, a 17-year-old girl of New Or leans, has solved the problem of existence for herself in a very comfortable way, and her suc cess is full of suggestions to other women who are asking themselves the harrow ing question: What snail I oo to make a living?” Annii and two others, a crippled girl of 16 and a boy of 12, were left orphans a few months ago with nothing but a little cottage near a great rail road station that they could call their own. A nie was deeply anxious to keep the children together, and it was while pondering the problem the suggestion came. The crippled sister, whose fingers were very skillful, whose taste, was good, was set at work with old flower baskets or fruit baskets ornamenting them with pretty knots of ribbon or brightening them up with cheap dyes. 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