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A privilege tax on presidential candidates
would relieve a number of state treasuries.
In granting a franchise to the Louisiana
Lottery Company the government of
Nicaragua must take its chances of getting
a return.
The riots in Berlin and other large Ger
man cities show conclusively that the em
pire is sadiy iu need of a Bismarck in socio
logical affairs.
What is the good of discovering a new
star that don’t shine? The astronomers are
respectfully requested to demonstrate that
the new star Is really there. “Seeing is be
lieving."
A Berlin doctor is convinced that he could
End the north pole if he had a vessel in the
shape of un ark. lie had probably taken a
sohooner too much and was “half seas over”
when he conceived the idea.
The esteemed New York Recorder is en
joying merited prosperity, and iu return is
doing a good part by its patrons. Recently
it enlarged its size and increased the number
of its streets-sweeping editors.
Signor Nicolini, Patti's husband, is kept
busy all the time looking out for drafts. Not
the kind that mean money .however,but airy
nothings that might blow iu stealthily and
make the prima donna sneeze.-
It is said that Chicago people deprecate
the building of anew postolfiee, because
buying stamps in the crumbling old one
carried with it such a spicy flavor of ad
venture that many were attracted to it.
esteemed Postmaster General is win
ning laurels as an editor. His paragraphs
;n the chipper Postal Guide aro as bright
s the scintillations in its widely circulated
sonlemporary, the Congressional Record.
luspector Byrnes, of New York, let his
health escape from hitn some time ago.
Immediately he Btruck out. for the sunny
south, and after "piping” around Florida
two or three weeks recaptured it and has
gone back home happy.
Uncle Jerry Rusk is not treating the
President fairiy. If be wishes to run for
the presidency, ho ought to step up and 6ay
so, and not wait till he gets Harrison into
the woods and then try to freeze him out
with the aid of the weather bureau.
The Reading railroad coal combine has
enough backbone to run for a high political
office. While tbe editors are crying
“don’t,” and governors are preparing to in
vestigate the recent gobble, Reading keeps
right along in the even tenor of its way.
The stately minuet is not a thing of the
past. Uraced by such dancers as George Will
iam Curtis and Erastus Wimau, with lady
partners as sedate as they, the minuet was
danced at Stapleton, L. 1., las: week for
charity’s sake, and the example is likely
to be followed at a number of the great
balls.
A New York newspaper makes the shame
ful charge tout the coroner’s jury that in
vestigated the Hotel Royal fire gave a
colorless verdict in return for a lunch .which
cost $57 85. The oharge is, virtually, that
for sandwiches, wine and cigars, the jury
exonerated somebody who was responsible
for a terrible tragedy.
Tbe decoration of Dias of Mexico by the
Mikado ot Japan with the Grand Ribbon
of tbe Chrysanthemum, coupled with the
fact that this decoration is bestowed only
on recognized sovereigns of “first-class’
powers, leads to the belief that there is
something after all in Garza’s assertion that
contemplates establishing a monarchy
'{ftp- Mexico.
Investigating Reciprocity.
The people are going to hear a good deal
about reciprocity during the next few days.
And there is much for them to learn.
Wien they have read what the
d°mocratic senators have to say about it
they may not think it is quite so beneficial
and deurable as the Harrison administra
tion seeks to make them believe it is.
Senator Vest made a telling attack upon
it in the Hsnate Thursday. He says It is a
sham, and he is au enemy of shams in what
ever guise they appear. He pointed out
that the Republican party would not have
agreed to the reciprocity feature of the Mc-
Kinley tariff had it not been afraid that
that tariff, unaccompanied by anything
modifying it, would drive it from power.
It does not believe in genuine reciprocity,
and the proof that it does not is found in
the fact that thus far it has given the
country only sham reciprocity.
None of the reciprocity treaties which
have been negotiated have benefited the
farmers. They have not stimulated ex
ports from this country to the countries
with which they exist. Senator Vest
quoted statistics, showing what our
exports to Brazil were before a
reciprocal treaty was mads with that coun
try and what they have been since. If
this country has been benefited the official
figures fall to show it.
But why is it that reciprocal treaties
are not negotiated with European countries
and Canada* Reciprocity is, virtually, free
trade. If reciprocity with Brazil is a
good tiling for us, why would not
reciprocity with European countries and
Canada boa good thing for us. It is cer
tain that our farmers would not object to
reciprocity with European countries because
these countries furnish the market for our
surplus agricultural products. In all the
reciprocal treaties thus far negotiated the
interests of the fanners have not been con
sidered, that is, treaties have have not been
negotiated with countries which take a
great deal of our farm products. The inter
ests of the manufacturers, however, are
pretty carefully provided for, and these
manufacturers also have the benefit of the
protection which the McKinley tariff pro
vides.
Before the end of the investigation that
the democratic senators are making it will
be pretty clear that there Is nothing
substantial in the reciprocity which the
Harrison administration Is giving the coun
try, anil that it was not intended by the
Republican party that the reciprocity for
which the McKinley tariff provides should
be genuine. That party, however, will try
to make a good deal of political capital out
of its reciprocity policy during the presiden
tial campaign. That is already indicated by
the tone of the republican papers. The in
vestigation of the subject by the demo
cratic senators is, therefore, timely. The
Republican party should not be permitted
to have the credjt of palming off on the
country sham reciprocity for gonuine re
ciprocity.
The Chautauqua at Albany.
The Chautauqua at Albany is a Georgia
institutfbn, and Georgians take pride in it.
Its success has been eo remarkable that it
has attracted very general attention. Its
fourth annual session will begin March 7,
and the people of Albany and Southwest
Georgia hope it will be even more success
ful than the preoeding sessions. Much of
the sucoess of the Chautauqua is due
to the management of its super
intendents, Drs. Duncan and Dun
ning. Both of these gentlemen
are thoroughly qualified for the positions
they hold. They are earnest and intelligent
workers and they have the rare faculty of
iuteresting others in their work. Associated
with them, and under their direction, are
teachers who aro thoroughly competent to
disclmrgo the dutios of their positions. The
lines of instruction will be of a oharacter to
win general approval, and the lectures will
be upon Bubjeots in which there is great in
terest.
Much attention will be given to the Chau
tauqua’s assembly feature, which will occu
py the last week of the session. There will
be a Press day. Governor’s day, Military
day, Children’s day and other special days.
The Chautauqua has been a great help to
Albany, and that city has shown a com
mendable spirit lu supporting it liberally.
It has the best whiles of the progressive
people of Georgia for its success.
Borne improvement in the manner of col
lecting garbage from residences in this city
is needed before the warm weather. Some of
the drivers of scavenger wagons apparently
think more of covering their territory in a
hurry than of collecting all the trash that
needs to be taken out of the yards. If theso
drivers are not hailed by housekeepers they
never stop for garbage no matter if they
have been previously requested to do so
regularly. It is not possible to keep the
city in a oleauly condition unlees this
matter is looked after properly and
promptly.
If tho world’s fair grows to be the great
success that its friends propose to make it,
the credit will be due to individual efforts
and not to state eld. Only one or two of
the western Btates have made appropria
tions large enough to do.themselves justice,
while the majority of legislatures that have
acted on the matter have appropriated
sums just about large enough to make a de
cent show at a county fair. Georgia has
no state aid to depend upon, but her people
are determined that she shall have a credit
able exhibit.
Mr. Balfour, lately chief secretary for
Ireland and at present government leader
in the English House of Commons, is a man
of wonderftitforce of character. Notwith
standing the%*rms of Indignation that con
tinually beat about him while he was Irish
secretary, andf the failures be is alleged to
have met in parliament, Mr. Balfour re
mains at the “top of the ladder," and one of
the most prominent and influential men in
Great BritSffi:
The hickory switch is mightier than the
pen In Kentucky. A Dlue grass editor,
formerly a minister, now an infidel, gave
offense to certain citizens, who took him to
the woods furthe avowed purpose of mak
ing him rettact certain of bis editorial
utterances, otherwise they would present
him with cutaneous demonstrations of the
existence of a caloric hereafter.
The bright young men of the metropoli
tan newspaper press having failed to make
the Haytian revolution "come to time,”
have gone industriously to work to set Cuba
free. They have “discovered" a powerful
revolutionary society in the United States
having the avowed purpose of wresting the
pride of the Antilles from Spain.
The persona non grain gag has been
worked all the way from Chile to Berlin
during the last two months, and is getting
to be an uuweioome chestnut.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1892.
Legislation at Washington.
The republican papers are trying to make
it appear that this is not a working con
gress, and that it will not do much besides
passing the appropriation bills. It is true
that it has not done a great deal yet, but it
is ge'.ting down to work, and there are indi
cations that within the next month or two it
will shfw results that will compare favorably
with those of the first session of any previous
congress. It took the members some time
to get acquainted with each other and for
the committees to prepare bills for consider
ation in the House. It is understood that
the river and harbor bill is almost com
pleted , and that a great deal of work has
been done on the regular appropriation bills.
There are several things which delay
legislation. One is the differences among
the majority relative to silver, and another
Is the certainty that neither tariff nor silver
bills passed by the House are likely to be*
come laws. And, besides, this is a presi
dential year and national politics draws
the attention of members away from their
legislative duties.
However, the record which the democrats
will make during this session will not hinder
the success of the Democratic party in the
national campaign. It will be a satisfactory
record when it is made up, and the Demo
cratic party will not bo afraid to go before
the people with it.
In some of the states the democrats are
grumbling at the slow progress congress is
making. They are afraid that a compari
son will be made between the last congress
and this ooe that will not be favorable to
the democrats. It can be stated with safety
that this congress will make no record that
will be so generally condemned as that of
the billion-dollar congress.
a Yarn Prom Florida.
Ths Jacksonville (Fla.) correspondent of
the Chicago limes has furnished his paper
with a cleverly written sensational article
on the politico-race situation in the south.
The Times is a democratic newspaper—a
good one, too—and the correspondent's pur
pose seems to have been to make political
capital for the Democratic party by the
yarn he spins. Chicago is a good long way
from the south, and Chicago newspaper
men are probably not so well acquainted
with affairs here as they are with those of
some other sections. If they were the story
never would have beeu printed. It reads
well, but lacks the vital element of truth.
The story is to tho effect that northern
republicans, in accordance with a pre
arranged plan, are furnishing Winchester
rifles and cartridges to the negroes in Geor
gia, Florida and South Carolina "at about
cost price,” for the purpose of instigating a
race war with a view to establishing bay
onet rule in the south. The assertion is
made that at least one member of every
negro family in Georgia and Florida has a
rifle ready for instant action, and that the
negroes of the two states invariably go
about with a rifle as a constant companion.
"The old and respected citizens of this
place,” says the enterprising young writer
at column rates, “denounce In bitter terms
the infamous schemes of northern reoub
llcans and carpet-baggers to Intimidate the
whites and imperil their homes by arming
and encouraging outlawry in suoh an ele
ment.”
The artiole Is fiction pure and simple.
The negroes are not being armed by any
body, exoept themselves as individuals, and
in this the arming is not a concerted move
ment. They are supplied with rifles "at
about cost price" just as they are supplied
with coats and trousers at a hand mo down,
"so sheep you dinks I shtole ’em” price.
It is true that the negro hands working in
the turpentine woods and along the new
railroads make a practice of carrying guns
with them. Their object in so doing is to
bag any game they may come across in tho
forest. On several occasions, indeed, they
have been known to turn those guns against
theirfellowman, but the cause of it always
grew out of a craps game or an old quarrel,
and the slayer has been promptly arrested
and held for murder. Only last week a negro
was hanged in this city for a murder com
mitted at a railroad camp. He had his gun
handy, was drunk and killed his man. The
Morning News must not be understood to
offer an excuse for the carrying of guns. It
condemns tho practice, and calls upon tho
authorities to suppress it. But it merely
mentions the practice and explains it In
order to show that there is not one iota of
politics in it.
The Idea of “bulldozing” white democrats
by gim-oarrying is not worth considering,
further than to say that the democrats of
the south are not to be intimidated by guns
or anything else. They know their duty
and their rights, and will do the one and de
fend the other fearlessly. They have confi
dence in themselves and in the good sense of
their colored neighbors as a class. They
know the negroes a:e not buying guns
with any ulterior motive, hence they take
no stock in such silly stories as that pub
lished In the Chicago Times. The southern
democracy is established on a firm and
broad basiß, and neither needs nor will
countenance any such campaign thunder
and bloody-shirtism, even though it be cir
culated in the hope of creating sympathy for
the party.
The Keelev gold cure ought to be investi
gated at once, and the practice of inocu
lating “students” e :joined until a scientific
inquiry has demonstrated whether or not
the treatment is responsible for the numer
ous deaths and cases of insanity that are
laid at its door. Almost every day the
news dispatches tell of some unfortunate
man dead or oommitted to the asylum after
being treated at a Keeley institute to be
cured of the liquor habit. If such results
were less frequent it might be held that
they were exceptions, but they ap
pear to be too frequent to be explained in
that way.
Blair’s platform, if he Bhould ever need
one—a contingency that will hardly arise—
would be (1) national supervision of educa
tion for southern negroes, and (2) “the
Chinese must go.’’ The south has already
affirmed that she can take care of herself,
and the Chinese have told Mr. Blair that he
must not come.
Joseph Howard, Jr., is responsible for the
statement that “John Wilkes Booth had
more brains to the square inch in his su
perbly fashioned head than all the Booths
rolled into one and multiplied by 105.” That
U the reason Wilkes Booth went orazv,
possibly.
It is alleged that Samuel J. Tilden enter
tained a very poor opinion of Mr. Cleve
land. Mr. Tilden has been dead a long
time, and the people have come to know
Mr. Cleveland better than he over did.
Postage stamps as a legal tender must go.
They have no place in the circulating me
dium, and ought to be contlned to the
service for which they were created.
A valuable addition to the literature of
this state has been compiled by Mr. Charles
Edgeworth Jones, of Augusta, In a pam
j Pblet entitled, “The Political and Judicial
I Division of the Commonwealth of Georgia."
The purpoee of the author Is made known
in the name of his work, which is a concise
treatment of the subject. The history of
the early divisions of the state Is rapidly
sketched, and references given in case a
fuller statement it desired. Conning down
to the county divisions, an alphabetically
arranged list of tho 137 county names Is
given; also the date of the creation of the
county, and the reason each particular name
was chosen. Asa book of reference Mr.
Jones’ pamphlet will prove very valuable,
besides containing much condensed bistory.
PERSONAL,
Bishop John M. Walden of the Methodist
church hss been made a 23d degree Mason In
Cincinnati.
Prop. Johh Fish declares that there is not
a competent scientific man In the world to-day
who is not an evolutionist.
Card:*ai. Gibbons will visit Boston soon snd
preside at a meeting to raise money for a
monument to John Boyle O'Reilly.
Dr G. C. Lorimer, who wns a personal friend
of Mr. Bpurgeon, is preparing a volume on the
great London preacher for early publication.
No members of the royal family will attend
the Ascot races this year, and the queen has
already given orders for the royal stand to be
kept closed, with all the blinds drawn down,
during the meeting.
Mendoza Cortez, a peer of the realm in Por
tugal. was recently sent to prison became he
could not make good a deficit In the bank of
which he Is president, and the House of Peers
has since met and passed a resolution approving
his arrest.
The Czarina ot Russia receives the massage
treatment from a German practitioner who was
originally a butcher, but who now has an im
mense list of patients who, whether they are
prmc -.peer, or peasant, are treated alike, so far
as three minutes’ service and a $2 fee are con
cerned.
Victoria has decided to confer upon the Prin
cess May the style of royal highness, which
George may some day elevate to "her majesty.'
By the way. this endowed young prince is to oo
cupy the apartments in St. James palace that
were being arranged for the reception of his
eider brother.
Mr. Brics has a way, when on the floor of the
Senate, of flitting about among his colleagues
during the moments occupied by unimportant
business and bending ov-r their desks for brief
chats. Hia rambling visits are welcomed by
the senators, and by means of them he has
established a reputation for good humor and
passing courtesy.
A recent prank of the little Queen of Hol
land, Wflhelmina, is recorded. Having for
gotten to prepare her georgraphy lesson on a
certain day, she was required by her governess
to draw a map of Europe as a penalty. This
governess, by the way, is an Englishwoman.
When the young sovereign had completed her
task it appeared that the country of her in
structor was represented by a minute dot, while
Holland had been exaggerated into an Im
mense kingdom.
BRIGHT BITS.
Winebiddle—Which do you consider the mas
ter of modern Action, Kipling or Btevenson?
Glldersiveeve—Mr. Porter, the superintendent
ot the census. —Brooklyn Life.
Talking Shop—The planter (after reading
about succession to the British throne)—What
does “primogeniture" mean?
The Milior—“First come first served."
Wife—Nothing for me? Then you have for
gotten that this is my birthday?
Husband—Not at all: Only I didn't wish to
remind you that you’ve grown older,— Fliegende
Blatter.
If husbands would only be the same at home
as elsewhere! There’s Mhortput, for example;
on the street he is a leading bull, but at home,
so bis wife says, he is a regular bear Boston
Transcript.
Bride (just a'ter the wedding)—Alfred, you
promised to give me a surprise after we were
married. Say, what is it?
Groom (a widower)—l’ve got six children, my
pet— Comic.
Leap Year Girl—Livpryman, is this horse
gentle?
Liveryman—Yes, ma’am, exactly what you
want; he ia used to being driven with one hand.
Binghamton Republican.
Gentleman—Does work make you tired?
Tramp—No, sir.
Gentlemen— What!
Tramp—l never got so far as that. But the
thought of It makes me tired. —Epoch.
Head of the Firm—O. that’s all right. Pen
wiper; you needn’t say any more. I nope your
dead grandmother will have a good time.
Puck.
“Here’s a letter from poor Carrie. She and
her husbaud both want a divorce and neither
can get it.”
“What’s the matter?’’
“He, unknown to her, was about to elope with
the governesi just as she, unknown to him. was
about to elope with his secretary. They met in
the dark and eloped with each other.— Life.
Mr, Softreart (wearily)—l am so beset by
subscription agents for societies for the ameli
oi ation of all sorts of things that I can’t half
attend to business. How do you manage such
fellows?
Hardheart (genially)—Send ’em to you.
Harpers Bazar.
John Jay Knox, during the last five years of
his lire, had been engaged upon a history of
banking ia the United States, which was about
ready to be given to the public at the time of
Ids death. Mrs. Knox will carryout the plans of
her husband by an early publication of his last
and most important literary work.
“When two words are made into one—that Is,
into a compound word—you join them together
with a hyphen,” said the teacher. “That boy
who was whispering may now tell me what I
was saying.’’
’ You said that you must fasten two word to
gether with a hairpin," answered the boy.
Harper's Young People.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Speaker Crisp's Tonic.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Speaker Crisp has a pleasing way of bracing
up on newspaper health bulletins.
Hill, Blair and Train.
From the Buffalo Courier (Dem.).
The presidential campaigns of David B. Hill
and Henry W. Blair have distinct likeness to
those of Ueorge Francis Train in years gone by,
in that they ore ••personally conducted.”
Young Mr. Egan’a Little Game.
From Judge (Rep ).
Young Mr. Egan was doubtless engaged In
an effort to swindle Chile out of several million
dollars and if old Mr. Egan had no knowledge
of or interest in the matter be was amazingly
obtuse for so able and covetous a man.
Dalzell’a ‘Third” Party.
From the Boston Herald (Dem.).
Private balzell has issued a call for a conven
tion of old soldiers to meet in Minneapolis the
day before the republican convention, for the
purpose of seeing to it that no man is nominated
for President who is not In favor of largely in
creased pensions, and of giving the old soldiers
the preference in appointments to all offices
from the cabinet down. Asa snap proceeding,
this is calculated to take the seine all off of
Hill’s affair.
The Crisis In Germany.
From the Hero York Times (Ind.).
It is plain that Germany, so far as her peace
is concerned, is absolutely at the meroy of a
young man who thinks that the worst injury
that cau Happen to Germany is to oppose any
personal scheme of ms own; and plain that this
is an intolerable condition for a civilized coun
try. It is to be hoped that the rumor is well
founded which sets forth that Bismarck is to
head the parliamentary opposition to his recent
"master.” Bismarck is 77 years old,
but he is the one German who
has, by popular consent, the author
ity whica belongs to the emperor only by his
rank The old man's retirement has not thus
far been either dignified or useful, lie has
shown more uesire to spite the emperor than to
thwart him for the good of Germany, But If,
even now, he should take the leadership of the
opposition he might regain the prestige that ho
ba-i in part lost, and even the emperor would
be apt to consider before he risked a conflict
with the man who more than any other com
mands the confidence of the German people.
What the Champion Mean Man Dll.
Bbe was a pale, qua nt, quiet old woman who
did wasbing for a living, says the Chicago
Times. One day she was paler than usual, and
her hands trembled Her mistress asked her
the reason. Sbe said: “1 been tbiukin’ of a
lsdy I helped to nurse once—out In Colorado
‘twas She was took bad suddeut an* thev sent
for me The bouse was only kind of roofed in,
and the rainy season was on them. 1 set tubs
to ketch the water, else it would have dripped on
her. I'd heerd tell about her before I went t here,
an’ about him, too. Sbe was use to things fine
back east Her folks had warned her not to
marry him. When she did, an found out her
foolishness, she was too proud to make moan.
He was a man o' means, but stingy! GreAt Je
rusalem 1 child, the good Lord couldn't never
have made him He hadn’t the print of decent
fingers on him;
" 'Get a doctor, says I. seeln how bad she
was.
“ ‘No,'he answers cool, ‘it’s a useless expense.
Ive got a book here ’ll do.’
“Bimeby the hired girl come to the door.
" 'What for dinner, sir?” she asked.
|| 'Graham breai and potato balls,' he says,
‘“But the children wants to know if they can
have a bit o’ ham. There s two bams in the
cellar ’
" By no means. Meat Is not hygienic for
children. But you kin cook one slice—jus' one
thick slice—fur me.’
" 'David.’ begged her weak voice from the
bed, 'tin I have a cup of tea?"
“ ‘Oertingly not 1’ be replies prompt, * ’Twould
affect your heart.'
" 'Coffee, then?’
“’No, indeed’ In your nervous condition: I
am surprised, Idella”
’’Everything was the same way. There wasn't
nuthin’ he thought migho't injure ber but
crackers an’ water. The children couldn’t have
but one helpin' at meals. That wasn't a big
one. But his plate was piled while a bit would
go on it. Fust day- she was up I made some
rolls. Mlguty nice rolls they was, too. She et
one. Then the baby cried. Sbe went to tend
to it. When she comes back sbe took up another
roll.
’• 'Drop that 1’ he says.
“ ‘Why?’
‘ He was after swallerin’ seven himself in
about the time you'd be sayin' Jack R ibinson.
’“You’ve been awav from the table turee min
utes an’ a half. Do you want to begin eatin’
again? You'd ruin your digestion.'
“ ‘But—l'm so hungry, David, an’ they’re so
good’
•| ’Did you hear me?’
“She looked as if she was goin' to cry. But
she put the roll back.
“ ‘Dried coin an’ crackers for dinner,’ he
says. ‘I can't toe hick in time. I’ll take mv
frugal bite down town. 1
"I followed him to the door.
" 'She ain’t strong. An’ a-nursing that big
babv What for her?’
‘What's wholesome fur the the re3t,’ he
growls.
" ‘But if she had a bit o’ fresh meat—or some
chicken broth’
“He looks at me awful mad.
|| ‘D'ye think I'm Vanderbilt?" he asked.
. "The letter my grandson brought me over
]nst now? Yes, ’twas from my niece, who lives
out there. She's dead —the sweet starved little
creature! An' the children—mostly the baby
—[l’m fuddin' the clothes clean mam] —don’
mind me—is what lam thinking about!”
The Surprise of Spartacus.
It was at a certain eastside theater recently
that a tragic star of medium standing produced
in the report of his repertory the well-worn
tragedy of “Spartacus,” savs the New York
Commercial Adver iser. Late in the afternoon
the management was notified that the gentle
man who had been accustomed to portray the
fighting Gaul in the arena scene had succumbed
to the grip and wouldu t be around that evening.
After an hour or so of sharp hustling for a sub
statute a Milesian of diminutive proportions was
secured, ami theie being no opportunity for a
rehearsal be was told in a general wav what to
do, and informed that he was to give up the
ghost when the star told him to do so. When
the evening came the stage manager and his
assistant rigged up the volunteer in breastplate
and helmet, gave him hia little tin sword, and at
the proper moment turned him loose in the
arena. The star opened the combat
by giving his antagonist a lively era-fc
in the ribs. This roused the latter's Celtic blood,
and he retaliated by whacking the star s helmet
in good gladiatorial fashion. Pleased by ibis
display of enthusiasm on tne part of a tyro,
’•Spartacus” smote the fighting Uaul In tne
neck by way of encouraging the same, and re
ceived a sharp jab In return. For two minutes
the battle was a sharp one. wheu the star, who
is a stout man and not much given to exercise,
began to retreat. “Die, Murpny, die,” he hissed
between his teeth, as he valnlv tried to dodge
the triphammer blows the Uaul aimed at him
‘‘Divvil a bit,” hissed the flgbtingGaul in reply;
"Give jist clapped me oies on the tarrier that’s
runnin' agin me fur sargint-sv arums in our
society, an’ it’ll niver do fur him to say me
bate!” The curtain was running down on the
hitherto unusual spectacle of the doughty
••Spartacus” being chased all around the ring
by a small and red headed gladiator of
generally measly appearance.
Having Fun With a Chinaman.
“The other day a real smart young man came
aboard,” said Capt, Leale of the El Capitan to
a San Francisco Examiner man, “and he came
up to chat with myself and two young ladies be
fore the boat siarted. Next to the ladies sat a
Chinaman. The smart young man b gan to
nod toward the blue-bloused heathea. and make
all sorts of grimaces. He kept up his panto
mine for some time, showing off before those
girls in the endeavor to establish a reputation
for dare-devil fun. The Chinamen eyed him
with that stolidity which the race has accumu
lated through generations of starvation. Finally
my o'er bright friend tired of his monkeysnines
and said: "Just watch me have some fun with
that Chinaman. ’ ‘O. no; you’ll not have any
fun with me,’ answered the brown man in irre
proachable English. All the smartness left the
bright youth. He was the cheapest buy on the
human market. It was tho first time I had
ever seen him done up. He reddened, became
all hands and feet, and silently stole away
stepping on himself as he went. -I think I had
more fun with bun than he had with me
quietly remarked the Chinaman. ‘Rather a
tiresome young man, don’t you think?'"
Two Lovers.
Tom Mason in Truth.
One day a youth and maiden strayed
Close by a winding river,
And Cupid crept up to the maid
~ Cat like, that he might give her
The weapon that she most desired—
An arrow from his quiver.
She took the arrow on the sly,
And, as the youth was lying
AY it h careless ease upon the bank.
She sent the weapon Hying,
Straight to his heart the missile went.
Love looked and saw him dying.
A year passed by. This time the maid
i Came with another wooer;
And Cupid, from his leafy shade.
Looked out. At ouce he knew her.
And straightway brought, with stealthy step,
Another arrow to her.
And as the youth with burning words
The hour away was whiling.
She took the dart that Cupid gave,
Her innocence beguiling.
And sent it speeding to his heart—
Love looked—and saw him smiling.
A Frigid Tale.
A man living on Woymouth street, Holbrook,
tried the old fashioned method of keeping the
feet warm after retiring, says the Brockton Dis
patch. A ju; was filled with hot water and put
in the bed. but whether the man’s feet were so
cold that the water froze in the jug or woetber
the cold air was too much for it is a matter which
requires deep thought to determine. Which
ever it may be the jug broko some time in ihe
night, aDd when morning came the man dis
covered that his feet were on a cake of ice.
When Gen. Booth of the Salvaion Army was
in Calcutta no building large enough for his
purposes could be found, and he therefore
accepted the offer, made by a circus manager
of a tout In which to hold services. The army’s
singing and ’•vollev-flring” agitated the caged
lions, however, to such an extent that these
anima s began to roar just as Gen. Booth began
his address. Hut they were soon silenced "in
response to the exercise of faith," the W 7 ar
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Another lover of the curious has discovered
that Thursday played a great part in the life of
the late khedive. He was born on Thursday, ac
cording to this authority, ascended to the throne
on a Thursday, entered Cairo alter the revolt of
Arabi on a Thursday, and died ou a Thursday
Finally, his seal ring was also broken and de
stroyed on Thurs ay. Jan. 21, in the presence of
Abbas 11. and his ministers.
An underground lake has been di soovered
three miles from Genesse,ldaho. It was found by
a well digger. At a depth of sixteen feet clear,
pure lake water ran out over tbe surface for a
time, then settled back to the earth's level The
most curious part of it is that fish were brought
to the surface by the overflow. They have a
peculiar appearance and are sightless, indicating
that they are underground fish. The spring has
attracted much attention, and many farmers in
the vicinity fear that their farms will drop into
the lake.
The family Bible of George Washington's
mother, now owned by Mrs Lewis Washington
of Charleston, W. Va.. has been loaned for ex
bibition at Mount Vernon. It has a oover of
homespun cloth put on by its original owner.
The Washington Post says that the book is
wonderfully preserved for Its age. and all ot its
paces are still intact except the first five or six
that were torn out and placed in tbe corner
stone of the Mary Washington monument at
Fredericksburg, Va. The first entry in it is of
the marriage of Augustine Washington and
Mary Ball in 1731, and the next is of the birth of
George Washington, Feb. 11, 1732 (o. S.J.
Four cities in Europe stand wholly or in part
on islands. Ghent, In Belgium, is built on
twenty-six islands which are connected by
eighty bridges, the city having as many canals
assireets. Amsterdam, in Holland, a city of
ten miles in circumference, is mostly built on
piles driven icto the sandy soils, but the flowing
of the tide and the debris of the Ainstel river
has made ninety islands, and the city has more
canals than streets. Tho waterv ways are
traversed by over 300 bridges, so that Amster
dam has earned the designation of the Venioe
of the north. Venice was built on eighty is
lands, great and small, wnloli are connected by
400 bridges. There is not a carriage in the city,
although footways are abundant, and it is pos
sible to go from one end of the city to the other
on foot, though sometimes long detours must
necessarily be made. St. Petersburg is built on
a peninsula and two'islands, Connected by sev
eral large stone bridges and in summer by nu
merous bridges of boats, which, however, are
removed at the first frost.
A great deai. of misinformation is being cir
culated as to which Is the largest schooner
afloat. Everybody on the Atlantic coast thinks
that the 5-masted schooner Gov. Ames is the
largest of all fore-and afters, but this Is a
mistake, The largest schooner in the last pub
lished government list is the Golden Age, 1,763
tons: built at Abbott's Bridge, O , in 1833, and
hailing from Sandusky. The Gov. Ames Is
second in the list and the largest schooner on
salt water. She was built at Waldoboro, Me .
In 1889, hails from Fall River, and registers 1.6-9
tons. The Millie G. Browne, built at Camden,
Me., in 1839, measured 1,596 tons, but, as she
was lost on the first trip, she doesn't count in
the present list. The 4 masted Tecumseh,
1,590 tons, built at Bath, in 1889, is the third
largest schooner afloat, and the John F. Ran
dall, 1,585 tons, built at Bath 1891, is fourth in
point of size. It is thought that the limit of
size has been reached In this class of vessels,
but there is a possibility that some ambitious
down-easter may yet produce a 2,000-ton
schooner.
The most recent achievement of Mr. Webb,
the chief mechanical engineer and locomotive
superintendent of the London and Northwestern
works at Crewe, is, a contributor to the English
lilustiat il Magazine says, the engine Great
Britain, which, at the time of writing, had
only been out of the shops a fortnight, but had
already had the honor of conveying her majesty
from Carlisle to Wolverhampton, entoute from
Scotland to Windsor, last November. This is
perhaps the most powerful engine
that has ever been ouilt. Although heavier
than any other that has been made at Crewe,
it is so constructed that there is no
more than the usual weight on any one pair of
wheels, and there is therefore no extra strain
on the permanent way or bridges. This is
brougnt about by the two pairs of driving
wheels being placed in front of the fire-box, and
an additional pair of small wheels behind the
fire-box and underneath the foot-plate, having
half an inch of side play The wheels under
the front, or leading end, are fitted with Mr.
Webb's patent radical axle-box, so that,
although of great length, the engine oan travel
over curves with complete safety.
Mr. IS wan, a missionary, who has been resi
dent in Kantatjga, in the south of the Congo
Free State for over three years, makes in his
journal the following interesting contribution
to the folk lore of the people in the neighbor
hood of the river Lulu. He was at tbe time
traveling with Lieut. La Marinel. an officer of
the Congo Free State: "Not far distant from
these parts many of tbe Luba people have the
combination ’Basblla’ in their family name—
for instance, the Bashllange iKalanba's peo
ple, Bashilambwa. Baslnlanzefti. Mr, I-e Mar
inel and I were talking over the probable mean
ing of the combination. We knew that Ba was
a plural prefix, but it waß not until after some
thought tnat I remembered that the word snila
(sometimes chiia or jila) is that which
the Luba people use for 'antipathy.’ If
1 were to ask the Yeke people why they <io not
eat zebra fiesh, they would reply. ’Chljlla' i. e..
‘it is a thing to which we have an antipathy,’
or, perhapß, hotter, ‘lt is one of the things
which our fathers taught us not to eat.’ The
Biheans use tbe word chi-cola to express
the same thing. The words nge. mbwa, nzefu,
in the above combinations, means respectively
leopard, dog, elephant. So it seems as though
the word Bashllange means ’the people
who hove an antipathy to the leopard;’
the Bashilambwa, ’those who have
an antipathy to the dog;’ and the
Basbilanzefu, ‘those who have an antipathy to
the elephant ’ We called a native, and, after
a great dial of questioning, he understood what
we were driving at, and we found our conclu
sion to be correct. He then told us how the
Bashilambwa and the Bashilanzetu got their
names. At one time they were only known as
and Bashilambwa, because they considered it
was wrong to eat the dog But one day a num
ber of them went across the Lubi river to bunt
elephants, and stayed many days, during which
rains had fallen, tbe river became much swollen
and when tne hunters returned tfiey could not
cross. While they were wondering wnat to do
an elephant came past, and Be*lng that they
were troubled, asked w hat, was the matter.
They were all much surprised, of course,to hear
the elephant speak. But it went on, saying
they must not be surprised, for it was a human
being like themselves; they could not cross the
river, but it could very easily, and advised
them to get on Its back, whieft they did, and
reached the other side in safety. Ever since
that time they have refused to eat the flesh of
the elephant, and are kuown as ■ the Basbtlan
zefu. ”
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