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Newspaper Page Text4 {Tlu HI ornin§ Kellis Morning News Building Savannah, Ga. FRIDAY, SEPT. 11. isi. Registered at the Poetofflcc in Savannah. The Mukmv. Nkwb is published every Hay m the year, and is served to subscribers in the city at tis cents a week, $1 00 a month, $5 00 tor six months and S.O fO for one year The Morning News, I>v mail . one month. Si 00; three months, $2 50; six months, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Mokvino News, by mail , six times a■s eek (without Sunday issue*, three months, <X; Six months. $4 (X): one S* 00. The Morning News, Tri Weekly, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and 'Saturdays, three months. $1 285; si* months. $2 50; ou© year, $5 00. The SfNDAY Nf.wp, by mail k one year. I*oo - Weekly News, by viatl, one year. $1 Subscriptions payable n advance K* nut poeuil order, check or registered letter, uur j rency soot by mail at risk of senders , } Letters and telegrams should be aaarew* ••Morning News,” savannah, Ga. -netual Transient advertisements, < ther than Mlumn. local or reading notice. Baut, and cheap or want to Hoe. Fourteen lines ot sirs to OF* ,j, r , of one inch space in < depth-dlwum* measurement. Contract nit * ' made known on application at;tse.in OCR \EV\ YORK OFFICE. I Mr. J. J. Flynn, General Advertising Agent •f the Morning Nw. offlce “ r “ rk RoW ' J new York. All advertising business outside of Ufce state, or Georgia, Florida and South Caro- J Una wll be managed by him. , ‘ The Morning is on die at the following olaoes \rt’.a;e Advertising Hates and other In tomation regarding th paper can be obtained: NEW YuRK CITY— J. H Bates. 38 Park How . P. How six Jt Cos., 10 Spruoe street. ■W. W. Sharp A Cos.. HI 1 ark Row fu aa k Kiernas A Cos, 152 Broadway. Dauohy A Cos., 27 Park Place. J. W. Thompson, 39 Park Row American Newspaper Publishers Association, Potter Building. PHILADELPHIA—. H. W aver & 80s. Times Building. BOBTON- B. R. Niles. 256 -Washington street. Brttrsoill A Cos., 10 State street. CHICAGO— , , v , Lord N Thomas, 45 Randolph street. CINCINNATI— . Bnwts Aldks Company, 66 Meet Fourth street. NEW HAVEN , . Tb H. P Hibbard Company, 25 Elm street. BT. LOUIS- . JUuto.v Cuesman A Cos.. 1127 Pin* street. ATLANTA— Morning News Bureau, SH Whitehall street MACON— Daily Telegraph Omo. 597 Mulberry street^ MX TO ‘ NEW ADVKBTISKMKm Mektixgs- Knights of Pythias Tybee Club. Special Notices —Planters* Rice Mill Notice, i George J. Mills, Secretary and Treasurer; Rice Mills' Notice; Savannah Steam Rice Mill: As to Crew of British Steamship Norfolk. Amusements - Chathams vs. Mutuals, at Bolton Street Park To-day Legal Sales— Administrator's Sale, by Jor dan F. Brooks, Administrator. Knox Out All— B. H. Levy A Bro, Railroad— South Bound Railroad Company. Bedroom Suites- M. Boiey A Son 5 Btkamship Schedules Ocean Steamship • Company; Baltimore Steamship Company. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted, Employment Wanted, For Rent, For Bale, Lost. Personal. Miscellaneous. One side of a plank in the New York state republican platform mildly favors 80-called woman’s suffrage. Probably that was chiefly designed to encourage Elder Edi torial Freak Shepard. Finally the Secretary of the Navy has been forced to oppose the potent "pull” of Admiral Walker aud take action upon the charges and recommendations of Admiral Gherardi, with a view to suppressing the pert youngster with a “pull.” Public senti ment bore down too hard. Whatever the luxurious traveling dele gates of the Augusta exposition secure in the way of exhibits or encouragement in the eastern cities, they are evidently provided with the requisite paraphernalia for having slathers of fun, and they have no fixed and unalterable intention of dodging it when It (jomes along. When the late lamented Lenox Hill Bank was closed up in New York for pru dential reasons, Defaulter De Barril was found to be deeply and silently interested in a Bowery saloon and the saloonist was deeply interested in De Barril. Always trust "de Bowery” saloonist to take a Seep interest in “de barrel.” Making up his mind as to whether or not he will undertake to contest the will of his foster mother seems to puzzle that young Mr. Hagan who is popularly known as Timothy Hopkins. When a person has not a properly organized mind nothing appears to so much disturb and perplex him as to have •forced upon him of making up one. French war craft has reduced poutooning rto rather an exact science when a small body of pioneers is enabled to build a bridge over a large river in forty-five min utes. But in case there was a hostile force just behind them the artisans might prove less skillful and more nervous. Theory isn’t exactly equal to practice as a test of capa oity. _____ Hate descriptions of Jay Gould represent him as a gaunt and hollow eyed animated oadaver about to croak and move away from Wall street. Operators down in that dismal fastness of the great American dollar talk about losing him. In that case they wouldficd him so suddenly it would astonish them. Jay knows the country well. He Was born in it. Above all other foreign securities Baron vßothschild commends to his relatives and friends who seek investment the American railways as gilt-edged and profitable shares combining “the maximum of probable profit and the minimum of risk.” In a re cent letter of advloe the great London banker said that during the unhappy cir cumstances that have demoralized the whole financial world during the year past Amer ica has loomed up almost alone unhurt and stalwart. What has damaged the rest of the world has largely, indeed, been to America's advantage.” This demonstrates the confidence of sound and experienced financiers in the stability of our republican institutions. Applicants for official positions in the government departments at Washington are bo numerous and importunate and pathetic in their appeals that the appointment clerk of the interior department says he has to keep his heart locked up lu the safety vaults of the department as a protection against moving tales df woe that are every day brought before him by the score. Further appointments just now, he says, are a mathematical impossibility, because Aere is neither room nor money* for more people than are already engaged. Still peo ple will persist in struggling for govern ment appointments when they could make much more money in a far more satisfac tory way in qivil life. Business Prospects Brighter. There is a much better fueling in business circles than there ms a week or two ago. ADd this feeling is becoming more apparent every day. Indeed, the outl-x k throughout the country for healthy ievn ‘*l in tr * l e aud in enterprises of one kind nd another, is extremely encouraging- business men speak more hopefully of the 8,11 make contracts with greater confidence They act us if they fe'.t that a period of groat business prosperity was at hand. And there are good reasons for this con ation of affairs. In the west an extraor dinarily largo wheat crop has just been bar vested, and, owing to cr p failures in Eu rope, good prices are bring obtained for it. In thesouth the cottoo crop will be u good one, • notwithstanding the damage it has j ! ,uttered in localities, and the prospect is that it will command better prices as the I season advances. There has been an ad vance of a cent a pound in c itton since the opening of the season, and a still further ad vance in the very near future is probable. It is true that there was a little falling off in the price yesterday, owing to the favora ble report of the condition of the crop seat out by the agricultural department, but the matket, it is safe to say, will soon re gain its firmness. All of these things help to make those wbo are engaged in business bolder in their undertakings, and cause the strong boxes in which money has been hoarded to be un locked. Money is now abundant in New York and it will soon be much easier to get in all the other cities and towns of the country. With plenty of money in circu lation, there will be unusual activity in trade and in the promotion of industrial en terprises. In this immediate locality the general sentiment seems to be that the present sea son will boa prosperous one. The rice crop promises to be larger, and the indica tions are that it will be harvested in ex cellent condition. Cotton is a little back ward, but the receipts will soon be enor mous, and will put a good deal of money into circulation. Both the wholesale and the retail merchants recognize a marked improvement in trade, and are anticipating a very prosperous season. And in the interior towns a better con dition of affairs is noticeable. The mer chants feel that money is circulating much more freely, and consequently they are encouraged to be more liberal in their purchases. What has been needed for months more than anj thing else is con fidence, and that now seems to be in a fair way of being fully restored. AVith con fidence will come money, and with money unusual activity in all departments of busi ness and industry. Fassett’s Promotion. Mr. Tom i’latt, the republican boss of New York, had Mr. J. Sloat Fassett ap pointed collector of the port of New York, and on AVednesday he had him nominated by the republican convention at Rochester for governor. Mr. Fassett is a typical re publican politician. His object is the suc cess of himself aud bis party. He cares very little about the good of the country. Mr. Fassett has been collector at New York a little more than a month, andduring the most of the time be has been doing politi cal work, for which he is much better fitted than he is for the duties of collector. Tn fact, he is not fitted for collector at all, not because of any lack of ability, for he has plenty of that, but because he has no in clination for the routine duties of the col lector’s office. A first-class man was forced out of the collector’s office to make room for him be cause it was well understood that be could and would use the custom house in a parti san manner. He is expected to have chosen a delegation from New York to the national convention favorable to Gen. Harrison, and he will do it if it can be done. The republican politicians of New York are pretty well satisfied with bis nomina tion for governor, and they ought to be, because he represents not only tbe boss of the party and the President, but also the party itself, about as fully as it is possible to represent them. With him the end jus tifies the means, and not only will he pros titute the great office under his control, but he will resort to all the tactics known to a wily politician, to seqpre his election to the governorship. And whatever he does will be approved by the President and all the other lcadebs of the party that falsely assumes to have only the good of the people in view. So anxious is Candidate Jonei to be made the democratic nomiuae for gov ernor of New York that he is actually trying to get Mr. Cleveland imbroiled in bis troubles and his bard scuffle with the various styles of crate. Thereupon he has taken occasion to point a letter at the ex-Pcesident in the oourse of which ho remarks that Mr. Cleveland’s “strength as a presidential can didate lies in his strength with the •asses, tbe wage-earners, the toiler* and pro ducers”—of whom Jones is which presuma bly. Notwithstanding the big pile of thousands that the great freight liquidator has accumulated on common country scales he is still anxious for a short whet longer to sustain the plebian reputation that he has established. By way of faintly voicing his surprise at the occurrence the press correspondent who reported that explosion on the Long Island railway in New York says that “the rpad never had such an accident be fore.” That sounds quit* reasonable enough. Any railway ou which that sort of excite ment was a regularly maintained part of the system would pr.bably prove rather an expensive Institution os well as a somewhat uncomfortable medium of transportation. Hereafter the King of Denmark will iM mit within his realm only such American bog products as have been duly inspected according to the prescribed regulations. This is probably so arranged as a protective precaution against any further oifeusive imputations against an alleged chronic con dition of decay within the limits of that abnormally cold kingdom. Bismarck’s physician has solemnly warned him not to get “oxzitedt.” As‘‘this is an age of prevention rather than of cure” according to ail the best medical authori ties the doctor should now also visit Em peror William and warn hitn not to inau gurate any more of his patent “military re forms”—merely as a precautionary measure in the interest of his patient. Those 2,000 negroes who are now await ing at Gutherie the throwing open for settlement of the Mac and Fox lands in Oklahoma, are evi dently determined to get “them forty acres” of traditional promise even though they should fail to secure the expected ac companying mule. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDA A’, SEPTEMBER 11, 1891. The Supreme Court Bill. The action of the House refusing to sub mit to the people the question of increasing the supreme court to five members is re gretable. There is no doubt that the court has more business than it can attend to properly. And nothing is more necessary to tbe welfare of the state than that the decisions of its highest court should be the result of moit careful research and delibera tion. Hasty decisions are apt to be errone ous, anl business transactions, involving milieus of dollars, based upon them, are pretty certain, sooner or later, to cause financial disasters. The court as at present constituted man ages to get through with the work it has to do, but the judges are under a constant strain and, therefore, are not in a condition to give that attention to all the cases brought before them that they should. Overworked and worried by the burden piled upon them they are likely to make grave errors. And wbo can say that such errors will not jeopardize vast amounts of property aud even human life. The chief justice was unfortunate in a statement he made in a letter of his pub lished last Tuesday, in.which he said that having finished writing the opinion in the last case on hand, and having nothing to do, he would write a letter to the news papers. This statement was used against the bill, and probably hoped to defeat it. 11 should have had no effect upon the House, however, because the meaning of the chief justice was plain. He had been doing work in the brief vacation which bis duties per mitted him to take, and he was at last able to take a little needed rest. There are those, however, who are always ready to accept anything as an excuse for doing whatever they desire to, a:.d doubtless members who voted against the bill excused themselves for doing so on tbe ground that ihe supreme court could not be overburdened if the chief justice admitted be had nothing to do. But that the court is overburdened is shown by the fact that there is one oounty that sends more cases to it now than the whole state sent when the court was first established. And not only ought the num ber of the judges be increased, but their salaries should also be increased. These re forms must fce made in the near future. Tbe need of them is too apparent for them to be long delayed. Results of a Trust in Rain. Experiments in manufacturing or pro ducing rain according to requirements have beeu made in Texas with results entirely satisfactory so far as it has gone. Should future developments place this additional natural element within the absolute control of man it would soon be reduced to tbe status of a commercial commodity. That would certainly be very convenient in some respeots. At the same time it would be very dangerous in many ways. Yet it also has its oomical aspects, which would be more or less affected by one’s point of view and the novelty of tbe idea, l’rotty soon we should probably see such signs and advertisements os JOHN SMITH, RAIN AGENT. representing the TEXAS THUNDER TRUST. Moisture in any quantity furnished day or night at. short notice. Consumers are advised to make up clubs and thus reduce the cost. Special rates on large areas. Or we might fiud iu some great metro politan want medium an advertisement reading somewhat like this: AXT ANTED, competent operators on rain raa * V chines. Only steady men accustomed to handle large projeetilies rapidly need apply. Then the collector would come around with his bill for so many rains at so much per rain. So on it would go. Probably the man wbo had the bills to pay would be about the only one who would fail to see anything funny in it at the outset. After it came to be an artiole of com merce there would soon be a trust in rain which might be productive of unpleasant results. Few ordinary mortals could bo trusted with the great power suoh a mo nopoly would oonfer upon those who con trolled it. There is just so much moisture in the at mosphere, and when it has all been ex tracted and consumed no more can be had until it oau by natural process be formed. No the temptation to make a corner in rain and thus curtail production of certain crops in certain localities might prove too strong for resistance. That portion of Mexico where no rain has fallen for two years dearly demonstrates that the atmospheric moisture may be wholly withdrawn from a largo area. So the rain monopolist who wished to destroy the crops of a certain locality could simply milk his moisture upon some plain or into some large body of water if he had no prac tical use for it. There is really no reason to believe that the average monopolist would not be mean and selfish euough to do such a thing as that, even though the vegetation and live stock perished for want of it over a large adjacent area. It is no more than they do with other purchasable commodities. On the other hand, the only redress for tbe Injured would bs a precariously uncer tain suit for damages in tbe most aggra vated cases. Where one man's crop was ruined by the continued watering of an other crop adjacent, after due notice to stop, the 10-er of tbe injured crop might re cover. But in tbe absence of such direct evidence of injury, an award would be very doubtful, whatever the injury. beside it would constitute a dangerously powerful influence in politics under such a concentrated controv Judging from their frequent political movements for their owu especial pecuniary advantage there are very few farmers who would not vote for any man who threatened tojftut off their sup ply of rain if they opposed him, whatever his character might be. Entrusted to the government there is little chance that the business would be aught else thau a politi cal machine. Yet if the rainfall could be brought under the ready and practical control of man, and be managed in an equitable and im partial way.it would undoubtedly boa great advantage to the country, as the moisture could then be so evenly distributed, accord ing to necessity, as to make good use of a great deal that now appears to be wasted, and also to render productive lands that are now considered sterile from prevalent drought. In course of this process tbe sur charged air might possibly be relieved of certain superfluous gasses which now cause dangerous atmospheric disturbances. Indicting those who were responsible for the late Park place disaster In New York, as proposed, would be an excellent idea. But by the very nimble way in which every body Seems to be evading all responsibility for the catastrophe the most difficult tbiug the grand jury will have to do will be to find out who was responsible before this unanimous general evasion began. That once ascertained tbe rest is simple enough. PERSONAL. \V W. Astor's daily income baa been esti mated at $2.5,000. Senator Sherman bas been nearly thirty eight years in office without interruption. George O. Whitney, formerly of Snow Hill, Md . but at present a member of the colonial parliament of Bermuda, is revisiting his old friends. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the blind preacher and ex-chaplain of the House, is soon to publish a book entitled ‘Toe Valley of the Mississippi: its Explorers, Pioneers, Preachers and People.” “Give the word of God a place in your heart” was the subject of Postmaster General Waua maker's talx to the Bethany Bible class on Sun day afternoon. Among the students who will enter the Uni versity of Georgia this fall is Alexander Stephens of Atlanta.* grandnephew of the man whose name he bears. Murat Halstead vigorously denies the story that John R. McLean has secured control ot the Commercial Oaiette, and adds that it is twenty one years since he last spoke to McLean. Dr. Conception Alexander has lately been appointed upon the staff of the Hospitai de la Princesa in Madrid. This is said to be the first appointment of a woman to any official position in Spain. • Richard Wagner's widow, the daughter of Liszt, is a tall, fine lookiug old lady. Her feat ures are those of Liszt, softened to a feminine mold, .and her face is rather striking than handsome. A Chinese compradors named Chin Gong has been appointed United States deputy mar shal for Amoy. The marshal is Dr. Edward liedloe, said to be a descendant of the family after whom Bedloe s Island was named iu New York harbor. Lady Molesworth, who is described as one of tbe most fascinating of London society women, is tbe daughter of Gen. D. M. Frost of fit. Louis. She is charming, brilliant and much sought after. She married Sir Lewis Molesworth when she was only ltj. The most extensive camphor raiser in For mosa, the beautiful island w here that precious gum is grown in large quantities, is named But ler, and is generally tailed in the east the “camphor count.” A camphor nobleman Isa refreshing change after so many mildewed titles. Of the various royal and princely heirs in Europe who are unmarried the eldest, with one exception—the son of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg—is Prince Victor Bonaparte, 30 years of age. Next -omes the Archduke Charles Louis of Austria, who is nearly 28. and then the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, now 27. The czarowitz is 23 years old. Congressman -elect Leslie Russell of New York, who has been nominated for justice of the supreme court, is well known among amateur athletes because of his fondness for athletic sports. By means of systematic training he in creased his bodily size and strength to a most remarkable degree. When he walks down Broadway in the morning with a stride that is said to resemble Consliag's he attracts very general attention. The Composer Offenbach was credited with possessing the “evil eye," and even now the people of Etretat believe that the villa he built there is subject to this diabolical charm. It is certain that every tenant of the house since Offenbach died has met with sudden death or with financial disaster Consequently the villa, though ode of tbe most desirable seaside homes in France, remains unoccupied and shunned by the townspeople. BRIGHT BITS. A Hindoo journalist declares that “many crowned beads are trembling in their shoes. New Yorie Evening Post. Tommy - What part of speech is “woman?” Papa—“ Woman is no part of speech at all, my son. She is the whole of it.—Judy. Smithiunb—Hello, Doc: What are you doing? The Doctor—Trying to kill time. Smlthkias—Why don't you prescribe for L'm? Puck. “1 have such an indulgent husband,” said little Mrs. Doll. "Yes; so George says," responded Mrs. Spite ftilL “Sometimek .ndulges too much, doesn't he?” —Boston Transcript. “My theory about Hamlet.” said BaconiuE, mysteriously, “is that he was a printer.” “And on wtrnt do youjba.se this theory?” asked CrlticuE r “On that line in which he says.‘Either sub due the deftl or throw him oat,—Baltimore American. . Mr. Saphead—l've got a fad, too, don’t ye know. I collect old and rare violins. Come around and see m. Musician—Do you blay? Mr. Baphead- Bless you, no, not a note. Musician (enthusiastically)— Ivill come.—. Veto York Weekly. Penelope Adams— Are you an admirer of Ad dison. Mrs. Nueboddy? Mrs. Nueboddy—O, ray, yes: Penelope Adams—And what think you was his hen effort? Mrs. Nueboddy—The phonograph, by all odds. Harper's Bazar. First Amateur Photographer— l wish I could Invent a good dark room. Second Amateur Photographer—Why don’t you do as I do? First Amateur Photographer—How do you do? Second Amateur Photographer—Hire a Hat in Brooklyn.—Pucfc. His Sister—Had you heard that Laura Figgs’ pug lias run away? He—Well, what of it? His Sister—O, nothing, only 1 thought that if you intend proposing now is your time. A woman's heart is often caught on the rebound, you know Chicago News. “You appear to have caught 'em." observed the manager, as the leading actor came rush iug hastily behind the scenes "Yes," said the actor, wiping the remains of a belated egg from tbe folds of his Roman toga and dodging a cabbage fired after him from one of the private boxes, * ‘everything seems to be coming my way.” —Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Bu kina —1 never saw such a forgetful man in m; life as you are. The clock has stopped again. Mr. Bllkins—That's because you forgot to wind it.” Mrs Bilklns—Hun! You know very well, Mr. Bilklns. that 1 told you to remind me to wind it, and you forgot about it. —.Yem York Weekly. A short time ago an old negro was up be fore Judge Guerry of Dawson charged with some trivial offense. “Haven’t you a lawyer, old man?” inquired the judge. “No. sah.” “Can't you get one?” “No. sah.” “Don't you want me to appoint one to defend you?” "Nd, sah; I jes' tho't I’d leab the case to de ign aoceob deco't.”— Quitman free Press. . CURRENT COMMENT. Here’s a Mean Fling at the Harpers. From the Chicago Mail ( Ind.).‘ If there i* au editor iirthe United States who has not written "R there, oyster,” within the last week he will please step forward and re ceive his harp and crown. Love Leads to a* Loan. ■ From the Baltimore American (Rev.). Russia's success in getting a loan of gf 0.000. 000 from Paris is the solidest indication of peace that has come from Europe for many a day. Capital is cowardly, and it does not venture out if there is danger of war. Beyond Balconies and Beer. From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) They say that Emin Pasha is back at Wadelai —ths plac- from which Stanley rescued him. Fortunately, there Is neither nor a iialcony there, so that be dannot dnna the former nor fall out of the latter. Stuck in the Bierrlan Snows. From the Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.). Somewhere in the west Senator Stanford is trying to start a presidential boom for himself. As vet it has not swelled to any material size, and there seems to be but little danger that the 1 rade winds of the Pacific will succeed in carry ing it eastward over the Rocky mountains. A Remarkable F.sh Story. From the Boston Herald lholt. Gov. Hogg of Texas went a fishing the other day, and on pulling out his line at the first nib ble, he found that be had hooked a snapper, the snapper had been seized by a terrapin, the terrapin had been run througn by a swordfish, which was fastened by bis long blade, and a sungares had wrapped himself around tbe swordfish and stung him to death Altogether there were *JO pounds of fish at the end of the I d-. Oov. Hogg has hitherto been considered a trustworthy man who would scorn to tell a fish story. An Incident in Henry Clay’s Life. An old Kentucky politician, writes a New York World Washington correspondent, takes a hand in the discussion as to whether Henry day ever swore, with an emphatic affirmation that bis profanity was as picturesque and im pressive as the other order of his eloquence. Clay, says this gentleman. never forgot a faco, a name or a kindness, and in this connection he tells a story of how Clay, when an a trip down the Ohio river, happened to meet a planter named Obediah Keach, whom, when a young man, years ago. he had known as a barkeeper at Frankfort. Clay recognized Keach at once and insisted that he come into the cabin after the crowd had retired. When Keach came in Mr clay stepped forward and, takiDg his hand, said: “Obe. I owe you sso."’ Keach smiled and replied; “No, you don’t, Mr. Clay. Ive long since called that f square." “No," per sisted ulay,‘*l owe you SSO, and I intend to tell these gentleme 1 all about it." He then narrated how, when a young member of the legislature, he was engaged one night in a stiff game of draw poker in a tavern at Frankfort, and, having been cleaned out by hii compan ions, had gone to Keach for assistance and been obliged by a loan of S3O. And then, turning Agai ito Keach, he resumed: "And I never paid it back. Now I must have that bill-SSO and interest—and when I get back home I'll send you the money." Keach, still smiling, but by this time struggling with a large and growing lump in his throat, replied: "No, Mr. Clay, we must call that square. The other bo3 r s got that money almost as soon as you put it dowu.. No, sir, if it wasn’t square before it’s square now." By this time Keach’s voice was thick and his eyes were a trifle misty, and Mr. Clay, moved by the homely, generous sentiments expressed, was no better off. They shook hands again with genuine fervor, and after sampling the captain's toddy for the fourth time the party broke up. Clay, upon his return to Ashland, sent Keach a handsome walking cane, with an autograph letter expressive of friendship and good wishes. An Educated Do g Meets un Admiral An old admiral, whose loDg sea service had given his legs a decided out ward curvature, says the Kan Francisco Argonaut, once had a singular adventure on this account with a ship's pet. The crew of the ship owned a large black spaniel, and took great pains in teaching him to jump. A man, standing up, would put one foot against the otbsr knee, thus making a hole tor Nep. the dog, to make bis leap tbrojgb. The dog always jumped through the aperture readily, though if his trainer's legs happened to be short it was rather a tight squeeze. One day the admiral came aboard from the flagship on a visit of inspection. Happening to walk to the forward part of the ship he stood there for a few* minutes conversing with the officer who bad attended him. Here he was spied by the dog. Non stood a moment surveying the admiral's bow legs. Sud denly the dog made a rush at the legs and made a leap through the tempting gap. In astonishment at the black tornado that had passed beneath him. the admiral whirled 3uiokly about to see what was the cause. The og took this action as a signal for an ‘‘encore" and jumped again. Once more tne admiral turned, and again the dog jumped. The bewildered race of the ad miral and the serious attention of Nep to what he Imagined was his business wore too much forth© gravity of the bystanders, and, forget ting the respect duo to rank, they all roared with laughter. A saiior, however, bad enough presence of mind to break from the crowd and catch the dog by the collar. He led him off and Nep seemed to wonder whv he did not receive the praise due to such spirited efforts. The excited admiral got but an imperfeot ex planation of the affair from the spectators, for they could hardly toil him that his logs had been used as a kind of circus hoop for a fore castle dog. Perhaps to his dying day the oc currence was a mystery to him. Longfellow in Chicago Literature. “ I have a poem here I'd like to know if you will print," said a solemn, ethereal sort of a man coming into the editorial bungalow of a Chicago newspaper recently. The editor reached under the desk for his gun but saluted his visitor politely. “ Let me see it," he almost commanded. “It's a good one, I think," ventured the solemn man as he handod it to him The editor took it and began reading. “ Why," he blurted out on the first line, “ this is Longfellow’s ‘ Psalm of Life.’ What do you mean by trying to palm this off on me?" "Will you print it?" urged the visitor. “Of course not. Do you think I'm a blamed fool to print one of the finest poems in thf* lan guage, banded in by such a looking apology for a poet as you are No, a hun " “Then you refuse to print it," he said, taking the poem off the desk and interrupting the editor's flow of language. "I most emphatically do, and if you don't get out of this in two minutes I’ll throw you out of the window," “Don't do it." pleaded the visitor, almost earnestly, as he began to back out with consul erable haste. “I want to live long enough to help eat a champagne supper. I’ve won on a bet that there was ah editor in this town who didn’t know' any better than to reject one of Longfellow’s poems. I’m from St Louis, and vou Chicago people seem to think you know it all .and twice as much more. It was a Ohicago literatti, as he called himself, that I had the bet with, and maybe you’d better come around and help us on the supper. I’ll see if he'll send you up an invite. There's nothing mean about me. I don't care If I don't Kook like I could write the ‘Psalm of Life.’ Tootle, tootle, old fel, see you later." and the editor got up and staggered over to the w indow for fresh air as the solemn man slammed the door and went down the stairs. Gen. Oates' ComiDg Campaign. Representative Oates of Alabama has taken the stump against ihe farmers' alliance in his state, saysthe New York World , and proposes to make the strongest campaign of his life. He is a born fighter. An empty sleeve attests his gallantry on the field or battle A few days ago Col. Oates had occasion to visit the war de partment. There he met for the first time Act ing Secretary Grant, who commanded a brigade in the army of the Potomac with distinction. “Were you at Cedar Mountain, colonel?" asked the secretary. "I have a very distinct recollection of being there, ’ replied Oates, "and for the time it lasted it was the hottest place I ever cot into. Do you remember seeing just as the battle be gan a battery take position on the mountain side?" "Very distinctly." said the secretary. “They were six pound Napoleons, and when i close my eyes 1 can see them shining in the sunlight of that magnificent afternoon twenty-nine years .' • "Do you remember seeing a regiment of in fantry come up to their support when Craw ford let loose on Jackson's left and killed Win der, who commanded the Stonewall brigade?" "Yes. 1 saw and admired the work of that regiment.” "Well, I was captain in that regiment." said Oates. “Those were hot campaigns, but I’m going dowu to Alabama now to take a hand in one that promises to bo quite as hot as Cedar Mountain. I left an arm on a battlefield, and I shall endeavor not to leave my body on this one. ” _________________ A RSMaRKAnLF instance of a dog's sagacity has just been reported from Indiana. A large English setter was “making a point” at a fish that was chasing minnows in the shallow water of a lake near a small boat pier. A bystander told the dog to “hie in,” an i in he jumped; his h*ad went down iu the water and he threw a lar re fish high in the air. It fell into the water, when he caught it again and brought it to shore. It was a bass and tipped the beam at pounds. Oliver Wendell Holmes takes infinite care of himself, and is particularly watchful against the approach of an attack of pneumonia Tha rooms of his house are equipped with ther mometers. barometers and aerometers, and he never rises in the ra raing without knowing the temperature of his bedroom, or takes his bath until the water haa been accurately tested. He lives by inflexible rules, and strives to avoid the sligntest risk of taking cold. His time Is scrupulously divided, and his meals are studies of The doctor views the approach of death with philosophic fortitude, but is said te have an eager curiosity to seo how long he can live by rigorously following the laws he has prescribed for himself. BAKING POWDfeK. /Lain Baking Powder Used in Millions of Homes— 40 Years the Standard FLAVORING EXTRACTS. P ' DELICIOUS S Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. \&n!lla AO f perfect purity. Lemon - Of great strength. Almond ' conorny * nthelrusa Rose etc.- Flavor as delicately and deliciously as the fresh fruit. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Alaska is not so bad a country as it might be. A party that were receutly engaged in fixing tho boundary line on the British border found grasses six feet high along the Yukon and Por cupine. which latter extends many miles above the Arctic circle. There were also salmon berries, blueberries, currants and raspberries in profusion, and hundreds of acres of cran berries. A little 10-year old girl came down to break fast a few morning ago, says the Buffalo Courier, in a great flurry of excitement. She said she had had a dream the night before "such a fumiy dream." She dream a “riddle." Of course ail were anxious to know what it was. She sail: "What is the difference between a sailor and a landsman?" After a good laugh the child's mother asked her if she dreamed the answer also. S‘ie replied that she did, and im mediately told the answer given in her funny dream “The one sails the seas, the other sees the sails!” What do the psychologists say? Maurice Bernhardt, the divine Sarah's son, who is traveling with his wife in this country, does not look like a "cigaratte athlete,'’ as he has been described. He is a rather handsome specimen of the Frenchman, with a tall, wiry physfque, a clear olive complexion aud a small, dark mustache*. He resembles his mother in the promiuence ofjhis features, and is an ex quisite in dress. His wife, the daughter of a Russian princess, is a ]>etite brunette, not es pec tally pretty, hut possessed of beautiful dark eyes and black hair. She has a well developed figure aud a graceful carriage. A curious incident in proof of tho super stition of the race course came out in a conver sationat Hamline the other afternoon. A small Minnesota grasshopper alighted upon the shoul der of the beautiful wife of a well known patron of sports of New Urieaus, & she stepped from the railway train at the fair grounds. A lady fnend made an attempt to brush away the diminutive coleopterus spretus, but her hand was stayed by the lair southerner, who said ?uietly: "Let him alone. He's my mascot. If can keep him I shall win to-day." And sure enough tne little fellow clung to her clothing tho whole afternoon. The lady wagered stead ily on the races in small amounts, and won SSO on the first three events, a large part of it on Polemus. A teacher was giving a lesson on the human body to a bright class of 6-year-olds. She be gan by asking about the school house, says the Youth'* Companion, then let them tell some thing about the houses they lived in Then she told them that God had made a little house for each of us alone. They quickly understood and eyes were shining and hands raised. “Oh, Miss M., that house wears clothes," cried one. “Audit's shingled with hair!" cried another. “The windows are the eyes," said dear little Lenore. “Mamina says she can look right into ray hoartJthrough ray eyes." “The door is the the mouth,’ cried a round little fellow, putting his fingers between his rosy lips. Little Willie Jumped quite out or his seat with the sudden ness of his idea: “And tho nose ib the porch over the door, and the buttous on my coat aro the steps up to the front door!" During Bishop Newman’s missionary trip around the world, a while ago, he spent some time in India. One day a lot of native pastors were ceflled together to hear the bishop's views on the best methods of carrying on evangelical work. Native converts, according t-o the mis sionaries. are apt to think they know just what to do and aro perfectly qualified to get along without advice. Bishop Newman began his talk, but was constantly interrupted by the na tive brethren, who jumped up one after another to remark that they thought this or that would be preferable. “Now, look here," finally ex claimed the bishop, losing his patience a little, "if any of you think you can conduct this meet ing better than I can, will you please rise." There was silence for a moment as the bishop gia iced around the room. Then four of tho brethren gravely rose and waited to be counted. Thirty-seven years ago a Yankee flsbine skipper Solomon Marshall of Vinalhaven, Me , courted Deborah Sholes, a pretty maiden living at Upper Port La Tour, N. 8. When ho left her one autumn to go home he brought a lock of her golden hair to keep him company through the long winter. Before long Capt. Marshall heard that Deborah was receiving tho attentions of a Bluenose gallant, and in his anger he bored a hole in a white birch tree, put the lock of hair in the cavity and drove a pine plug in after it. He married Deborah iu tri iraiph, however, the next summer aud brought her home. lie faw years later, his wife married again in Lockport. N. S., aud the lock of hair was entirely forgotten until last wheu a man who was chopping up a white birch tree for flrewQod laid bare Abe golden tress, which was covered with three inches of solid wood. Jane Thurston of Portland, Me., a somewhat eccentric and avaricious maiden lady who claims to own and run the United States, is seldom heard from nowadays but there are lots of other amusing people in Maine, among them several who must be lineal descendants of the original man who wanted the earth. The Skil lings heirs, of whom there i3 a small army, claim Monument Square, Portland, as part of their birthright which got lost in the shuffle. They will not g?t the square, but they're after it, and that seems to please them as much as if they had it. Another crowd of wealth seekers have engaged counsel to prosecute their claims to a considerable part of the city of Augusta, and a Gardiner man now rises to announce his owner ship to a large part of Oxford county. Besides these hopeful individuals there are dozens of others looking for fortunes varying from $1,000,- OOu to $14,000,000 from ancestral estates in Eng land, Germany, and other distant parts of the world. The claimants realize only the joys of anticipation, but the lawyers are getting gener ous fees in spot cash. To add to the continued miseries inflicted upon them by the continued rains, English farmers are now pestered with another inflic tion. In Lincolnshire. Cambridgeshire and Nor folk counties the insect known as the mustard bug is making sad ravages among certain of the crops. At Deeping a field of mustard was found to be badly infested, aud as soon as the crop was cut down the bugs were to be seen crossing the road in extraordinary numbers. 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