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THIS ISSUE
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TWELVE PAGES.
INDEX TJ NKW AOVKRTISKMENTS.
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Special Notices— Phoenix Mutual Life Insur
ance Company of Hartford, Conn.; Cyrenius
Hall, Studio: Special Notice, Prof, and Mme.
Von Dor Iloya: Savannah Savings Bank; Den
tal Notice, Dr, Roach; Art School, Mr. John G.
Carter; Seoond Anniversary of St. Paul's Mis
sion; Tinning, Roofing, Etc., E. C. Pacctti; Miss
Vir.’le ;.\s:i.ey, Pianist; Savannah Dressmak
ing Company; School Bookß, E. M. Connor;
Blac.t inith and Wheelright, H. F. 0. Flees:
Homeseekars. M. J. Solomons; School
Books, Davis Music Company; K. P.
Tyles Club; A Maguilloent Residence for Sale,
C. P Kossignoi; As to Crews of British Steam
ships lona, Sir William Armstrong, and Norwe
gian Bark Ilobe: Savannah Steam Laundry;
That Easy Feeling, Savannah Carriage aud
Wagon Company; A Quick Trip, The Robin
son Steam Printing Company; An Enthusiast,
Butlers Pharmacy; The Georgia State Building
and Loan Association: Austin R. Myres, Broker;
Special Invitation, Barbour Bros ; ReoDening of
Prof. Black's Dancing Academy; School Books,
A.X.O'Keeffe; Instruction on Violin,Prof Franz
Hilbner; To tbo Public, Union Laborl’ rotective
Association,
Fashionable Fall Millinery Opening—At
Altmayers.
Are You Ready!— L. St B, 8. M. H,
The Best Value for the Least Money Ex
pended—At Falk Clothing Company’s Store.
Educational— Richmond s Commercial In
stitute, Savannah, Ga.
Blankets, Handkerchiefs, Etc.—Jackson,
Metzger A Cos.
Want It— Norton St Hanley.
The Reliable Furniture and Carpet House
—E. A. Schwarz.
Say, Are You in Need—Dryfus Bros.
! Grand October Sale— At Eckstein's.
Run Your Eye— Appel St Schaul.
We Start the October Campaign— C. Gray
& Son.
En Route and in Stork—Sternberg’s.
Are You Fixed for Frost!—Jas. Douglass.
Step on This— Daniel Hogan.
Do Your Shopping— At Gutman's.
Strike a B-link— Forß. H. Levy & Bros'.
Paints, Oils, Etc.— Broughton Bros. & Cos.
an Evsnt of Great Importance— Morrison,
Toye St Cos.
Auction Sales— Two-Story House, by K. D.
Laßoche St Cos.; Fine Household and Kitchen
Furniture, by I. D, Laßoche A Son.
How Nice—The Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company.
599- D. B. Lester Grocery Company.
Fall and Winter Millinery—Mrs. P. J. Gol
4en.
Amusements Second Annual Hop of the
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths Oct. 11.
Cheap Column advsiitisamexts— Hein Want
ed; Employmsat Want'd; For Kin;; For Sale;
Lost; Personal. Miscellaneous.
Despite the statements to the effect that
the house of Blaine was tired the rheumatic
Secretary of State still holds his grip on the
government with his accustomed firmness.
Likewise his presidential popularity.
Referring to his examination before the
proposed investigating committee of the
Pennsylvania Senate, Treasurer Boyer has
been reported as saying that he has nothing
to conceal. Judging from the size of the
piles that Bardsley and Livesey and several
others got out of the state treasury while
Treasurer Boyer was apparently not look
ing that statement may bo perfectly true.
Since ai! “the byes” of “de masheen” have
liberally helped themselves what tbs treas
urer has lelt is probably not worth conceal
ing.
Getting at the truth of tho actual situa
tion in Cuiio seems to be rather a slow proc
ess. Particularly is it diflicult to ascertain
the real causes contributory to tho present
■trained relations with the United states.
Refugees are said to be denied safe conduct
from the legation to tho frontier and the
minister’s son claims to have beeu arrested.
No rational government situated as is the
Chilean junta .vould lie likely to willfully
provoke the enmity of a powerful neighbor
ing nation in Mutt way. Hucb a course must
haw been rendered justifiable if not actu
ally uauwaary by some offo isive action of
tho lltm. Pat Egan that was not altogether
“safe conduct." Those people need allies
too much to Uogrimtly alienate a friend or
purpatly u aiu; lu enemy. They can’t af
ford a.
Tee Curability of Drunkenness.
An important question, and one that is
attracting a great deal of atteulion at pres
ent is this: “Is drunkenness curable’ ’ In
the North American Review tor September
it was discussed at considerable length by
four eminent New York physicians. They all
agreed that there were easel of drunkenness
that ciuld be cure 1 by proper restraint of
the patients, but nil of them expressed tbo
belief that drunkenness could not be cured
bv medicine. Dr. Hammond in the begin
ning of bis article made the following
assertion: “It may bo stated with perfeoc
I confMence.in the absolute correctness of the
! assertion, that there is no medicine or com
bination of medicines that will cure a per
son of the habit of drunkenness—that is,
that wiil destroy his or her habit or appetite
for alcoholic liquors.”
This assertion is being contradicted by
men who were slaves to strong drink, and
who, according to their testimony, have ,
been cured by Dr. Keeley at the Dwight
ins itutoin Illinois.
In the Octiber number of the North
American Review there is an interesting
article by John F. Mines, a college gradu
ate, and for twenty years a jour
nalist iu Now York. Mr. Mines savs he
wus so great a drunkard that bis friends
had no hope that would evtr reform. He
became a patient iu several institutions es
tablished to cure drunkenness, but in
none of them did ho receive
any substantial benefit. lie finally
decide.d to give Dr. Keeley’s cure a trial,
and entered Dwight institute for that pur
pose. In his article ho alleges he was com
pletely cured in six weeks. He says: “The
disease is out of ray blood aud bones, aud I
know it is out forever.”
It must be admitted that testimony like
this is worth fcomothing. It cannot be
lightly put aside with the assumption
that it is merely the assertion of
a man who is mistaken. If it stood
alone there might perhaps bs some ground
for rejecting it, but it Is supported by the
testimony of hundreds of others who have
had an experience similar to that of Mr.
Mines. Only a few weeks ago the Morning
News published a latter from a physician
residing at Wadley, on the Central railroad,
in which he stated that he had taken a
patient to Dwight who had been cured, and
he submitted a letter from a brother of hie,
a resident of a western state, who also had
been cured.
Mr. Mines says that there waa no conceal
ment with respect to the treatment to which
be was subjected and no restraint placed
upon his movements. “As for me,” he says,
“it was a revelation to find that my man
hood was respected from the outset, and
that not only were there no schoolboy
'bounds’ for our walks, but that in that
primitive community the town marshal,
with whom 1 l.dged, never locked his front
door at night.”
The medicine Dr. Keeley administers is
bichloride of gold, and Mr. Mioes tells in a
graphic way how it affected him. After
he bad been under treatment for about a
week ho began to be greatly depressed,
aud he felt that he was going to have one
of his "periodical attaoks”—that is, a de
sire for alcoholic liquor so strong that he
oould not resist it. He told the doctor his
condition, and was greatly surprised when
the doctor gave him some whisky and told
him to drink it. He did so, but, strange to
say, be bad no further craving for strong
drink. He says:
That was tbe end of my drinking, and all
that has passed my lips since Jan. 31.
Formerly a drink of whisky would have set,
my brain on fire, and in an hour’s time I
would have walked ten mfles to git the
second one, and had it at all hazards. When
I saw that it had censed to make me its
victim and slave I could have cried for joy.
I knew from that moment that the Liohlo -
ide of gold tind gotten the upper hand,
broken tn fetters of disease, and made me
whole. Yet I was not entirely out of the
woods. When this hour of temporary
temptation had gone by 1 passed through
such an experience as is apt to
follow a prolonged debauch, and
for two weeks could scarcely
eat or sleep. Then, suddenly, as if
I had stepped out of the tilackLess of an
African jungle into tho quiet sunshine of
Central para, I broke out of my living
tomb and knew that I was cured. The
knowledge came to me like a benediction
from heaven. No one who has ait been
similarly cursed with the di ease of drink
can know the joy of the moment iu which
my cure came t>me as a fact. Ido not be
lieve, I know, that 1 am cured, and am
satisfied as t > its permanency. I did not
doubt twenty years ago that I was cured of
chills and fever; I did not doubt when this
last May camo around with its blossoms of
spring that my cure was permanent, and
that tho appetite for drink was eradicated.
I do not understand the processes, hut i
know the fact.
Iu view of what Mr. Mines says and
what hundreds of others have said, it is n t
a matter of wonder that the question
whether drnnkonness is eurab’e is being so
generally discussed. Dr. Keeley guarantees
to cure 95 per cent, of the drunkards who
apply to him for treatment, aid it is not
denied that he makes his guarantee go and.
The number of drunkards must be almost
as great as the number a dieted with con
sumption and if Dr. K eeley lias discovered a
cure for drunkenness he wiil rank as a bene
factor of tho humaL race.
Russia’s Unhappy Condition.
Notwithstanding that much has been pub
lished relative to the famine in portions of
Russia it is doubtful if the true condition of
affairs in that country is fully appreciated
in other countries. Unless relief shall be
afforded the stricken districts soon there
will be a condition of affairs that will shock
the civilized world. Even now the people
are subsisting upon food that is totally
unfit for consumption by human beinga,
but they are glad to get it. Even the
most fortunate regard bread made of
finely chopped straw mixed with bran and
a little rye as a godsend, while those near
the famishing point subsist upon what they
call ’’hunger bread,” which is made of dried
droppings of cattle, powdered bark of trees
mixed with what is commonly known as
pig weed and a small portion of ground
peas.
Tho heavy rains are causing the potatoes
to rot in the water-soaked ground. The
cattle plague has killed vast numbers of
cattle, and many villages have been de
s royed by lire, the people being too weak
and too much disheartened to make an
effort to save them from the llames.
The tales that are told of the distress and
suffering in the famine-stricken districts
are heart-ro.-.diug. And the outlook for the
future is not encouragiug. lu many in
stances the corn furnishei the peasants for
planting has beeu eaten by the starving
people, and, ns it is not probable that an
other supply will be provided, the situation
promises to grow worse instead of better.
The civilised world ought to lend a hand
to the sufferers, hut no general movement
in that direction it noticeable. One reason
is, probably, tbe cruel policy of the Russian
government toward the Jews, but the
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starving peasants are not responsible for
that policy. Unless some relief is afforded
thousands of people will die from starva
tion. The Christian world should not per
mit such suffering longer than is necessary
ro relieve it.
Badly Advised.
The strikers are being badly advised. The
understanding on Friday night was that
they had decided to accept the wages offered
by the transportation c impanies and re
turn to work yesterday morning. They
did not return to work, however, because
they learned that the transuortatlon com
panies would not recoguiza their union and
allow them to dictate who should be
employed. The transportation companies
can get along without them. Thfy have a
sufficient number of men to handle their
freights and can get more if they need them.
And all tbo other places which have been
deserted will soon be filled, because the
labor to fill them is obtainable. The desire
to favor the old hands Is the chief reason
why mws ones have not been sought.
If the strikers persist in their obstinate
course they wiil soon find themselves with
out a chance to obtain work. Their first
great mistake after the strike was inaugu
rated was in refusing the liberal and vory
fair offer of an increase of wages. They
would have acted wisely had they accepted
It pro.mptly.
Tlieir second great mistake was in not
going to work when they had finally de
cided to accept tho wages offered. All of
them might not have found places at once,
but the most of tbem would, aud eventually
all of them would have ob'.alued employ
ment.
Every day they remain idle increases the
difficulties of their position, because of the
new men who are ail the time coming in to
fill the deserted places many are likely to
remain permanently.
The rank and file of the strikers should
think for themselves. They should look at
the situation ns it is. If they should do
that they would see that tbeir leaders are
not safe advisers, and that there is no possi
ble cbance for gaining anything more than
has been already willingly conceded to them.
If they listen to reason, they will seek em
ployment on Monday moruing and take the
places that are still open to tbem. That is
better advice than they are now acting
upon.
China and the Missionaries.
England and Germany have addressed a
note to China in which they say that they
believe that China intends to protect the
lu 63 and property of foreigners within her
borders, but that they waut some assurance
that she is able to protect them. The mis
sionaries have been having a pretty hard
time of it lately in some parts of China.
The natives have shown a disposition to
drive them out of the country and there
have been a number of riots in which they
were roughly handled.
It is evidont that it is a very difficult
matter for the Chinese authorities to fully
protect the missionaries, particularly those
who are located iu sections of the country
far removed from the principal cities, it
wouLi be a difficult matter for the authori
ities in this country to protect Chinese, even
In some of the larger towns, if a feeling
hostile to them should crop out. It has not
been so very long since a large number of
Chinese wore shot to death aud their prop
erty destroyed in one of the territories, and
:he same thing is likely to happen again in
thinly settled sections of the country.
It is claimed by missionaries that they
have made great progress in converting
Chinamen to Christianity, but men of pro
minence in China declare that the mission
aries are mistaken. They admit that a great
mauy Chinamen profess- to be converts to
the Christian religion, but that, as a matter
of fact, they do not understand that religion.
They simply profess to do so for selfish
reasons.
There is no doubt that there is a great deal
of hostility in China to Christian mission
aries, and if ttiese missionaries were not
protected by the government they would Le
driven out of the country. And this hatred
of the missionaries is not so very
remarkable. The same intolerance that
exists in China is seen in this country. If a
lot of Mormon missionaries should looate in
this or any other state and attempt to make
converts they would be notified to leave
very quickly, and if they didn't respect the
notice they would run the risk of being sub
jected to violence. It has not been long
since Mormon missionaries were driven out
of Alabama. To expect the Chinese to be
more tolerant than Christians is expecting
a groat deal.
The Cmnese have a profound respect for
their own religion and they vory naturally
object to have another religion—one they
find difficult to o improhen I— taught iu
their homes aid at tboir firesidei. Aid
they rosont the efforts cf their
governnimt to protect the propaja'.ors
of this religion. It lookr to t ;em os if it
were to bo f rood up. n them whether they
were willing to accept it or not.
It may be that the Chinese government is
not doing as much as it might to protect the
missionary-, but the probabilities are that
it is acting iu good faith. It would have to
bo extremely vigilant to prevent outbreaks
against the missionaries. Indeed, it is doubt
ful it it could do so. All that can be rea
sonably expected of it is that it will shield
the missionaries to tho extent of its power
and make reparation for any damage they
may suffer. Aud it seems to be the rurpose
of Christian governments to hold it respon
sible to this extent and to render it assist
ance if it should booome necessary to do so.
French opinion indicates that with a little
more of what we Americans call nerve
Boulanger might, easily have ruled France
pretty much as ho pleased. Always as dra
matic as possible in life he was tragic in
death. Success was too much for his abilities.
After the ironical M. Fioquet had said to
him in the Chamber of Deputies, “Monsieur,
at vour age Napoleon was dead,” bis native
egotism commingled with admiration for
the “Little Corporal” may have Induced
him to seek what tho great emperor called
la fete d'arme —after his money and the
prettiest woman he knew were goue.
In the course of a recent interview the
Philadelphia Press asked Treasurer Boyer
"how the Hume's law operated on the treas
ury.” That's comparatively unimportant.
What the people of Peausylvania are prob
ably most anxious to know is how Quay
and Barlsley sid est amine genus “oper
ated on the treasury." That would be
uiigbty interesting information.
While Commissioner (ireen Bay Raura
has that pulls adhesive application of
Lemou at bis back be bids farewell tv every
fear and mops his tearful eye*. So long as
this pension Lemon doesn't "sour on him"
be isn’t much afraid of a President who is
too anxious to be renominated to <larv make
an enemy even in the clear boa of his
official duty.
FBRSONAL.
Lord Lytton'b health Is said to be seriously
impaired, and he thinks of resigning his post of
ambassador to France.
S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain) is making a tour
of the French rivers in a fishing biat. He
travels with a courier, servant and pilot.
Mies Frances .V*illard *f proves of bicycling
forladißS. And ladies are I kit n; to bicycling
witfv: A. any reference tp M;|p Willard's ap-
JfeSiß ForttEni'LL. whoso Anost successful
work was the musical novel ' The First Violin,"
could not herself play aa Instrupieiit— could not
even Sing.
Powlett Mxlbank, whom the Duke of Cleve
land male one of his executors, succeels
by reason of h's appointment, to nearly
85,000,000,
Rev. Mary I>. Leggett, the new pastor of the
Unitariau church at Green Harbor, Marshfield,
Mass., has just closed a successful three years'
pastorate at Beatrice. Xeb.
The words of the “Marseilles,'' when sung be
fore the czar, are not according to the French
text, but are changed for others more accept
able to the ears of his majesty. .
Judoe Touroee, who is said to be ageing very
rapidly, is an inimitable story teller, and knows
many rich tales of episodes in the south with
which he entertains his friends.
Augustus St. Gacdens, the soulptor. has made
a colossal copper statute of Diana, eights-n feet
high, whio iisto b - placed on top of the tower
of the Madison Square garden building. New
Y’ork. t
Henry de Vere Vane, who now inherits Raby
and other estates of the Duke of Cleveland, the
house in St. Jamei square, and about 81-10,000 a
year, was a small clerk in the offices of the
charity commissioners w hen this tidal wave of
fortune struck him.
Herman Melville, the author of "Omoo,'’
“Types.”and other seafaring tales that had a
wonderful run forty years ago or more, and
which are the very best of their class, died in
New York on Monday, aged 78 years. He leaves
a wife and two daugnters.
Millionaire Thomas Lowry, the Minneapolis
railway king, gave his daughter a cool draft
for $200,000 on tho occasion of her recent mar
riage to H. P. Robinson, a local newspaper
editor. And the lucky editor did not drop the
contribution into the waste basket.
In spite o' the czar's desire for an alliance be
tween the czarowirz and one of the Montene
grin princesses, the heir to all the Russians has
remained faitnful to his first choice It is said
on good authority that ills bethrotha! to Prin
cess Marie of Greece will shortly be formally
announced.
Clara Barton has the honor of being the
first person who thought of decorating soldiers’
graves as a patriotic rather than a personal act
of homage. Shi is the - nly woman who ever
received the Iron Cross of Russia from the old
Kaiser William, as she is likewise the only
woman who ever sat in tho Swiss national
council.
Mme. Wagner feels that she is fulfilling a
sacred mission when she presents her husband's
works to the audieuce at Bayreutb m the most
perfect settings and performed by the b -st
singers. It Is said that over giOO.OOO have beeu
spent in bringing out “Tannhauser " alone, in
everything tue great composer's widow has
followed her husband s directions to the slight
est detail.
BRIGHT BITS.
Polly—So you are r->ally and truly engaged
how did it come about :
Patsy—Well, papa said he didn't care, mamma
said she didn't care. Jack said he didn't care,
and I'm sure I didn't care, so we became en
gaged.— Puck.
“How did you ever happen to become so
lean!” inquired the visitor at the dime
museum.
"I was born so, sir,” replied the living skele
ton with dignity. "I began life a poor boy."
Chicago Tr.dune.
He—What allowance do you think your
father ought to make us wheu we are mar
Tied!
She—Well, if he makes allowanoe for your
faults I think he will be doing all that can be
expected of him.— Brooklyn Life.
Mr. Bacin— Ro you want my daughter's hand
in marriage? What have you got to Bupport
yourselves with?
Mr. Frauke—Nothing, sir. I have tried my
hand at o erythiog; now I would like to try
your daughter’*— ) onkersStatesman.
The following incident occurred in a Medford
school: A class in grammar was reciting, un i
oce of the yodnger boys was asked to compare
‘■tick,’ He began thoughtfully, “Sick.’’ paused
whil-: bis brain struggled with the problem,
thenfluishedtriumphantly, “Sick, worse, dead,"
Ha pe 's Bazar.
Brown— OH Cobwiggcr Is remarkably super
stitious for a man of his intelligence. I saw him
pick up aa old horseshoe the other day.
Merritt—Yes. He nailed it over that $5,000-
vase iu his libra-y.
Brown—Did it brim him good luck?
Merritt—lt fell down and broke the vase.
Harper's Bazar.
Mr. Bore—l was q,t the landing when Mr.
Jones left tor New York last evening.
Miss Pret'ygirl—Well, what of it?
"1 saw you wave your hsudke chief at him
and I envied him, doncher know."
"If you will only leave. Mr. Boro, f >r New
York, I’l do as much for von, and if von will
p omi.se not to come back I may even give you
a ki-s”—3 eras Siftings
The citizen from a rural county had alighted
from the cars at the foot of the capitol.
"What's that monument!’ he asked of a
pcsser-by
"That is the Peace monument.’’
“Humph:" h- rejoined with a knowing smile,
"ye ean tfool me, if I am fro u the c'umr,-.
That’s no lVac • monument; not wit i all them
wirnmea onto it.*'—lhai ttnulim Sia .
If an 3 and ar. 1 aud an O and a TANARUS,
With an Xa* t o end. spell Su:
Aii-t an Ji aid a Yaud an s iel! I,
Pray, what is a spoiler to and >?
Teen, if also an Sand an I and a G
And an it. F. i ', sp 1. to le.
Tune's echini iiiuoo hut for a so-11-T to do
But lo go.lad commit siouxevedg ,ed.
Bea s in's ii 'eekly,
A man may delve with nun do and brain;
May stru ::1 - for power or strive for gam;
May climb t ■ the pinnacled bights of renown;
Or, by trouble o’erwhelmed, be forever cast
down;
Mavdotm uimself the lord of creation.
Society's bulwark, tbe strength of the nation;
Lut there's one thing for certain a woman
can do
That's be} oad his skill—bite a thread in two:
— Smith-Gray Monthly.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Tariff Etill Looks Like a Tax.
Prom the Boston Transcript ( Ind .).
Squaring the circle and porpetuil motion are
simple problems compared with the complex
seneme of levyine duties ou foreign articles in
order that the consumer may get them at a
cheaper rate than it the duties were not imposed.
Quter Exponent of the Queer.
Prom the Dayton. Journal (Hep ).
The Cincinnati Am - s S'ar practically accuses
the Commercial o'asH‘e of helping the Kepub
lickn party very miici as the Enquire • is as
ssting Gov. Campbell. The C. G.'s editorial
conduct in this campaign has certainly been
very unsatisfactory to the republicans. As the
Timet-star says, it has been “queering" the
campaign. Somehow or other, the C. <). bas
seldom been in line with all other republican
organs and leaders of tho party.
Simple Faith in “Protection” Not Safe.
From the Providence Journal ( Ind .).
Care should be taken not to let the McKinley
campaign medals of “American tin" fall into
’he hands of children who are still at the a go of
testing everything with their tongue The pro
dominance of lead in the alloy that covers them,
and which is supposed, of course, to be pure
American tin. makes tbem dangerously poison
ou*. Tho little ones of the households are
naturally unaware that tho blessings of a high
tariff cannot always beat the teita of simple
faith.
Democracy Not on the Decline.
Prom the Vicksburg Herald (De m.)
There are still some expressions of doubt as
to what Senator WaUtolt will do when re elected
to Its United Slates Sens' c that Is, as to
whetkSf or not be wifi decline to serve We do
uoiho,r- these *nm*a w come from the
people. We think thsv *gine from those who
rsthsr regret that tba p-'fple have fully deter
mine i to reelect tbe distinguished and faithful
senator W* are ttfl r conTMeut that Senator
WeMail will is* Manna He left the people
entirety free hr 4c.de tor themselves, end he
did this after a pals ajuireasson of bis views on
the leading tenses la the Stats. The people
wtth grsat uoep.imtjr Lav* decided and it will
be Senator Wilt bell a duty ta serve them, and
he will out shrink from It.
Steve Todd Bluffed Potter Palmer.
‘■Remember Steve Todd, who used to be
cash! rat the Palmer-?" asked C. G. Clemes,
an old timer in hotel circles, of a Chicago Neict
reporter.
‘".Veit, sir, he played about as good a joke
upon Potter Paim-r some time ago as I ever
heard of. It was a terribly cold a ternoon.
-Fires seemed unable to make looms warm
There was a cocstaat call for porters to attend
to grates, One man iu particular on the '3oo'
floor w anted a porter abo it every halt hour.
Mr Palmer was in tho office t liking to Todd,
when the guest's las-, frantic call for a hod of
I coal arrived.
" By Jove, all of the porters are bus}-,’ said
Mr. Palmer, ‘and Mr. So and-So must have coal.
Steve, suppos • you carry a hodful up to him.’
" What me? 1. Steve Todd, carry coat up
stairs? No, sir, never! I was hired to act as
cashier.’
"The frowns upon tbe hotel proprietor's face
began to darken. Steve quicKly perceive! that
time for diplomacy had arrived. Then he
began ?
" 'Now, of course, Mr. Palmer, I could carry
that coal; but don't you know that if I were to
do so I would get my hands all dirty? Then,
when I came down to attend to my books I
would smear them with coal dust. That would
certainly result in censure, because most man
agers would consider that a palpable proof that
I was not a good cajhier ’
“ ‘That’s so. Steve Never miad the coal. I'll
have it sent up later.’
“A few minutes after thepTterhad taken the
coal up Mr. Palmer approached Mr. ToJd.
‘Huh, you never thought about the fact that
you could have washed your hands after taking
up tbe coal, did you?’
"'Yes, sir, I did, but you didn’t.’
"And one could hear the columns of fleures
adding them selves up, so quiet was the office. ”
An Erudite Fch>.
In the course of last summer some strangers
ef distinction were induced to visit a wil 1 and
unfrequented retreat in distant part of the
Highlands, says the Boston Daily Glob , chiefly
from the report they heard of an echo which
was remarkable for the ciear and distinct na
ture of its reverberation.
On reaching the spot whence the trial of its
powers is usually made their guide put his
hands to the side of his mouth and bawled out
with the lungs of a stentor a salutation in
Gaelic, w: ich was repeated with a precision
that seemed beyond the expectations of the
party.
One of the gentlemen, byche way of trying
the strength of his voice, put bis hand to the
side of his mounth in tbe same manner as his
guide and ra id out:
“How iar are we from home!”
These words, much to the surprise of their
guide, were also rep ated, wben poor Donald,
with a simplicity which brought a smile over
the facis of all present, exclaimed:
"You may think It is strange, gentlemen, but
this is tbe first time I ever heard our echo speak
English."
"I have no doubt," said the gentleman, “but
it can repeat other languages if vou put it to
the test," and Instantly bawled out some brief
queji-ons iu Fr -nch, Spanish and ItaU-in.
Dona and looked more dazdd than over.
“Well, I must say that’s very queer. My own
father and my own self have known that echo
for more than seventy years, and we never know
it uss any language but Gaelic before.
"Your echo is more learned then, than you
supposed," said the gentleman, laughing,
though at. a loss whether to impute Donald's re
marks to archness or simplicity.
"You may say that, siri’’ said the poor fellow,
with an expression of earnostao s that was
highly amusing to thosi preient; "out as the
echo has never be n out of the country where
can she have got all her education?"
True to H e Fiiend.
The trains on one of the railroads leading
into Atlanta are notoriously slow, says the
Detroit Free Press, and they are on that ac
count much frequented by tramps, who can
rea nly catch on as they pull out of stations.
Not long ago, as a paiscnger train stopped at a
water-tank, a tramp, dusty and tired looking,
slipped off a truck anl approached the con
ductor,
“An't you tho conductor?” he asked.
"What were you doing under that car? ’ was
all the information lie received.
"Ridin'. You didn't s’posa I was walkin’, did
you?"
"Well, what do you want? I'm the con
ductor!”
' "For the Lord's sake, mister, can't you put
more steam on. or put a brakeman out behind
to push her, or do something to git al--ng
faster? I want to gtc to Atlanta before the ex
iiosition is over,*'
“Gome off." growled tho conductor. "If you
don't like it why don't vou walK?"
"Because the preddent of this road is a friend
of mine,” and the tramp drew him e!f up m a
dignified way, "and if I walk I'll beat the train
there about eight hours, am th.it’l! set compet
in’ lines to makln' unkind remirks. I an t
oli.' back on a friend in no sic i low-down man
ner as thaq even if I did i't git to Atlanta in
time to make New Year's cubs; you hear me.
cully con iuo."
The conductor gave him a seat in the smok
ing car after liar, and he went, ti sleep and for
got id-at. there was any such placi on the map
as Atlanta.
“No I üblic F-pea ter.”
Richard Coleman of Virginia, while yet a
very young man, was made judge of one of tho
eastern circuit courts, says the Youth's Com
panion. Before his appointment he had led a
quiet, si odious life and had obtained no ex
tended reputation except a nonr lawyers.
Shortly after ho went upon the bench a cruel
murder \va; com i itted in his district by a
notoriously bad man. Tb - murderer w s ta*ea,
t ried, an i convicted of murder in the fist de
gr-e.
In p cnour.c ng the sentence of tile law upon
the prisoner J u-i Coleman sucku with si
mucu feeling aud eloquence thui many- o£ lh •
ii-leri-Ts v.'-u’v moved'to tea s. -h • inurd'-ter
on tiie other baud, seemed to b> quite m Lifer
ent, looking a: tue o 'it.ng an 1 app r ; ,tly uav -
lii ,-no attention whatever to what vas being
sail.
Aft rho wag remanded to jai! one of the
young la vy.-rs w;-in into r e cell, curious to
kuo .v how the criminal ha 1 felt: wueu tue judge
was p issi g seme on 14,0 1 hbu.
‘■"hat deyo.i mean?" aS'C I the murderer.
*’t me 10 w 011 a- judge was t riling you that
you were ;o he uanged.'
“ You mean when be was talking to me?"
•Yes."
‘V’h. 1 nev r paid no ’tention to Dick Cole
man; no ain't no public speaker, nohow."
You Can Bet on It.
J rout the D )St n Courier.
Now fro n thoir rural outing
Como the summer baaraers, shouting:
'Bout iho skirn-mili; and the al /n ntai jujk
T <ey he ve forcedly partaken.
Of tar mildew© \ pork and bacon
At the farmers' in Skowhegau and Squadunk.
Tney will drip with revelations
Of their wonderful privations.
Of the six bj'-e.ehi apartments where they
slept.
Of the beds of real macadam.
Of th- meanness of the madam,
And the snakes that thro' the porous flooring
crept.
They will prattle of the chickens
That were “toucher than the dickens,’'
Of the pigs that overran the parlor lloor,
Of the winkles* little “critter"
That doth slumber-timo irnbitter,
And of sufferings and miseries galore.
Yet it's saf * to be predicting,
When again the spring’s evicting
And these very people pack their outing trunk,
You’ll discover, it you eye them,
Tney’ll unanimously hie them
To the fanners' iu Skowbegan and Squedunk.
The Fossil Journal , published in Morrow
county. Oregon. 6*3-9: John Putuim was over
in the Wagner country iaet week and brought
back with him a beautiful specimen from ihe
Morrow county opal beds. The opal is large
and luminous, and is imbeded in a hard, c,n
glomerate snbsiance about the size of a man’.,
fist. To get the opal out of this substance w ith
out breaking is a delicate and tedious operation,
performed bv means of a fine steel saw' and a
continuous dropping of water. Several thou
sand dollars' worth of the opals have already
been sold, and a large shipment will soon be
raa le to Eogland.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
‘‘They have aa old gardener at the House of
Industry in Boston harbor," writes William P.
Andrews in the October -orum , “who lias had
himself committed to prison more than 100
times. He says in* knows when he is well off."
A farmer living at Mazomanie, Wis., made a
remirkable di-covery recently. He found an
old hen and thirteen young chickens occupying
a nest in which a cat and five kittens had also
takn quarters. Tney were all nestled up as
slick as abig in a rug. The question naturally
ar.s \s which is tlie mother and which is the off
spring. The cat ha-* helped to hatch out the
egg-;, and the hen helped the old cat in her try
ing period.
A curious live cargo has been landed in
Hamburg. It consists of a collection of snakes
and serpents made by the agents of a natural
ist in that citv. For toe purpose of transit they
we"** placed in long coffin like cases, with holes
bored for ventilation and feeding. When un
packed they became much excited. Some of
the assistants, in endeavoring to recapture
them a* they wound themselves round posts
and stair balusters, sustained bites, which,
however, have uot proved serious. Borne of tho
larger ones also took to swallowing the smaller
fry. The deman i for them from zoological
s -cieties, snake charmers and others appears to
be considerable
The New York finance department is prepar
ing to pay the interest on the registered and
coupon bonds of the city. The total amount to
be paid is about $2,250,000. New York city has
torn * distinguished bondholders, including Her
Imperial Majesty Victoria, Adelaide Maria
Louise, Dowager Empress Frederick of Ger
many and Q 'eea of Prussia, Princess Royal of
Great Britain and Ireland; Matilda, wife of
Baron Julrs Edmond Renouard de Bussiere;
Bari/n William Charles de Rothschild and Baron
Adolphus de Both sc lid; Blanche Pauline Eliz
abet t, wife of Emery Henri de Cardevac,
Com pie d'Haverin Court.
A San Franciscan who had been hunting in
the vicinity of L ike Tahoe without bagging any
game came upon a mountaineer who was feed
ing a caged wildcat he had caught the day be
f re. ‘*llow much will you take for that beast?"
lie asked. The captor said s‘2o, and the money
was pai 1 over. ••Now," said the Ninuod. “lia
one end of n strong cord to that tree and an
other to tne cat's neck. This was finally accoin
idished, and tho tierce animal sto >d straining at
its tetuer. T e sportsman, who was watching
the exerc ses from the interior of the cabin,
leveled his ride across the window sill, took
careful aim and blazed a wav. The wildcat gave
a joyrul yell an i disappeared into the forest.
Tho bullet bad cut the rope!
The OTnsR afternoon a couple of hoodlums
coaxed a handsome setter dog belonging to a
family on Sixth avenue, and a pet of all the
chi and eu in the r.elghbo hood. Into an alley and
pried the registry collar loose from his neck,
when the pair tried to run off with it says the
Pittsburg lead* . isui it seemed to dawn on
the mind of the dog that he had beon robbed,
aid h** gave chase. He caught the io'iber down
near Fifth avenue, and with a fierce growl
spraug upon the boy and fastened h s teeth in
tim i .ii’ of t lad’s clothed, t’ne boy roared
with pain and droppe 1 fc’c bid go, upon whicu
the doglut go his hoi t and pioKe 1 up the badge
in his mouth an and trotted away with it.
Melbourne, the rain wizard, bas a rival in a
Hindoo fakir in Northern India. I ast winter
the season was very cry, and a failure of the
crop; entailing great scarcity was the result.
In consequence of th? draught a Hindoo fakir
imp sed ape anee upon him elf, anl was
suspended by hu> fodt trotn a wooden bi-mi. In
this p osition he was swung backward aim for
ward for a consideiab’.e time bv means of a
ro; e attached to his body, and pulled ny a fol
low saint. Both me i were p entifuil be
daubed with ashes, an i. save for a small cloth
arotm l the waist, we. o without elothmr. In
suenacose, suould ram fall within a reason
able time after th* penai.c •. the fakir ta l :es the
entiie credit fo til * relief to himsdf. and rises
immens ly in th'* optima*ion of the simple and
credulous cu’tivat of uie soil.
A nio boast that was; in fact, a verity greatly
amused a par;y to strangers net long ago who
wero stopping over in New Orleans for a few
days. It seems the visitor were strolling
through the s ut ern to n with a nat.ve, who
tr ok much pri 1 * in printing out the numerous
*l>J c'sofmt r*si a <i eliiug romantic stories
of lovely creoles and gallant geiulemen long
oa * aid co ie. <)n one of the old streets,
wh ro . lately remden *\s s*i 1 stand, although
f ismon v a. drifted nwav, a quiint house, elo
of snabhv aristocra-y. attracted the at
ti tiou of one of the pcry. * >O." sad tin
guide. “I’m sorry, but 1 really caa’t say who
uve th re. 'l'ell u , u icie,” tur ing to a
white be (led, dacrepid darky creep!-g by in
the Aiinsh ne, “whos * place is that?" “ibinno,
c lie,” cr ak*d the old m >n, “and in o and don
keor. 1 and • know whose ’twas Hit b iongea ter
my fam'l ; fo de way, what was derr granest
white peop e what the sun ever shone on. Onr
daughters never ma’y wil uoMiia* c‘p’ Pres*-
ueuts and Pres'dent s sons. Wei-; der Birang
-rs. we i--.." 1 ud with a lift of his tat
tered bat th* ag?d man hobbled away. Some
oie hu hea at the s nle vaunting* of the es
slave, b u after a moment’s red otion the native
said: “That old fellow is righr. Why, they
were the beautiful Biranger sisters, and ail
he boasted of them is tru. The eldest
of th -rn was Jefferson DaviiJ flr3t wife, and
the second married Gen. Dick Taylor, Zachary’s
;on.”
A kino of the gypsies of the Americas has
been born, says the Boston Advertiser. It was
out in the woods of N *wton, in a tent, about 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon, that he was
ushered into the world, and thus may Massa
chusetts claim the distinction of being t;bo
birthplace of him who. a month bonce, will be
christen • 1 King John of the gypsies, and pro
claimed throughout all gy pay land as successor
of King Henry, late ruler of the Homany tribes
of the United States, Canada and tiie South
American states. The royal youngster—he
weighed 11 pounds—is the son of iryphena,
thirty-fourth queen of th Zut tribe of liomari
umchiels, and of Gypsy Sam, whose surname
is Bull land They wvri made one in merrie
England fourteen years ago this summer. The
mo‘h *r is a granddaughter of Charlotte, who
was the twenty-seventh queen of the Zut tribe
of the Casque and Asturias province in Spain.
The youth 1 ul king is the fifth child of the couple,
a id bis titles come to him through his being the
first son born of Queen Tryphena. after the
death of King Henry, which occurred in Bir
mingham. England, last November. Of tho
other children, Lena 12 years of age. has fora
goufatber Sir John Sneridan McCloud of Eng
land; Pbnebe, born in Providence eight years
ago. claims ex-Gov. Sprague as her godfather;
t ie la*- Dr. Knight, bishop of Milwaukee, was
g.xifather of Samuel, a little tot of 3 years, and
Katie, b years old, has for a godmother Mrs.
Ernest Girard of Middletown, Conn.
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French and Bookkeeping, Apply for c its
losmes at "OiTlce of School" ?S Bull street.
Madison square.
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