The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, March 18, 1892, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 C|c|Horning fltfos Wofntng News Building Savannah. Ga. FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1892. Rtgitt re i at the Pcetofflce in .Savanna A. The Morn mo News is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the ettii at SI 00 a mouth, $3 00 for ill month* and $lO 00 for one year. The Morning News, by mail, one month. >1 Ou; three months, $3 30; six months, $5 00: one year. $lO 00. The Morning News, by mat', six times a week (without Sunday Issue , three months, $3 00; six months, $4 00; one year, $8 <X>. The Mornino News. Tri-Weekly, Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, $i 35;six months, $8 50; one year, f 6 30. The Slxday News, by mail, one year, 5 3 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, $1 25. Subeoriptlons payable In advance. Kemlt by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters and telegrams snouid be addressed •‘Mornino Sews, " Savannah. Or. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading nolioes, amusements and cheap or want column. 10 cents a line. . Fourteen lines of agate type —equal to one ! inch space in depth—ls the standard of mess ' urement. Contract rates and discount* made r known on application at business other. OI K NEW k OHR OFFICE, Mr J. J. Flynn, General Advertising Agent of the Mornino News, offloe SB Park How, Mew York. All advertising business outside ef the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro- lina will be managed by him. The 51oretvo Nine la on file at the following places, where Advertising Kates and other In formation regarding the paper can be obtained; MEW VORK CITY— J. H. Bates, An park Bow. G. P. Bowsix A Cos.. 10 Spruce street W. W. sharp & 00.. 81 Park Row. ' Frank Kikrnan A Cos., 152 Broadway. Dacchy A 00., 37 Park Place. J. W. Thompson, 89 Park Row American Newspaper Publisher's Association, Potter Building. PHILADELPHIA— I. W. Ayer A Son. Times Building. BOSTON- B. R. Niles, 366 Washington street. Fettengill A Cos., 10 State street CHICAGO— Lost* A Thomas, 46 Randolph street. CINCINNATI— Edwin altikn Company. 96 West Fourth etreet ST. LOUIS— Kelson C'hesman A Cos., 1137 Pine street. \ta Morning Nkwr Bureau, 3H Whitehall street, BT. AUGUSTINE— H. Marcotte. Bt. Augustine, Fla INDEX TO NEW ADVEHTMHENTS. Mketings— Zorayda Archery Club; Landrum Xodee No. 48, F. & A. M. Special Notices—Bids Wanted, Joseph D. Weed, Cbairmao Sinking Fund Commission; Notice to Traverse Jurors City Court; Three Lots in Dittmersville for Sale; Card of Thanks, Workingmen’s Benevolent Association; Spring Rats, Falk Clothing Company. Auction Sales— Damaged Pants and Hosiery, by L D. & R. D. Laßoche; Dry Goods, etc., by J. McLaughlin A Son; Sundries, Estate Sale of Jewelry, by J. H. Oppenbeim A Son. Gentlemen’s Neckties and Fine Fixings— Falk Clothing Company. TheGorrie Ice— The Gorrie Ice Manufaotur - tng Company. Hats— B. H. Levy A Bro. Saddles, Harness, Etc —W. B. Mell A 00. Real Estate and Insurance Agents—J. M. Jenkins A Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rant; For 8a!e; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. To J. Bull, Etq., London-. “What are you going to do about It?" Jonathan. “Money talks,” they say; in which case Sullivan and Corbett are the personifies* tion of immense riches. Prize fighting has a peculiar effect upon the adjectives of its devotees; they are all In the superlative degree. Alger certainly ought to be satisfied with the multitude of candidates in this cam paign. and the consequent merriment thereof. The czar has ordered his newspapers to quit sticking pins In Germany; he doesn't wish to fight. But, by jingo, if William feels like pulverizing anybody, be will be happy to put a million men in the mortar: The will of M. Abellle, who was shot at Cannes by Mr. Deaoou, bequeaths his property to Mrs. Deacon’s youngest child, which fact is regarded as increasing very greatly the chances of Mr. Deacon’s acquit tal of the charge of murder. Nathan Goff is pulling the West Virginia wires for McKinley ; but he is too late. To do the same thing , for Harrison is the job assigned to Klkins in return for bis secre taryship; and now that Blaine Is out of the way, Elkins will carry out bis contract. Tbe progenitor of “Peck’s Bad Boy,” who in now temporarily engaged in governing Wisconsin, was in New York a day or two. The reporters pounoed upon him for a political interview, when, with perfect (candor, he confessed that he had only come over from Madison to get his hair cut. The Postmaster General is beginning to realize that picayunish retrenchment doeß not pay In politics. He reoommended the discontinuance of the fast mall railway service between New York aud Florida, and Congressman Enloe follows with a bill to repeal the mail steamship subsidies, in which Wanamaker is particularly inter ested. lathe publio sohoolsat Bridgeport, Conn., they have a rule requiring all of the scholars to sing in chorus every morning. Some of the girls have conceived the idea that it Bpoils their pretty faces to sing and have refused to do it. The trustees are consider ing a plan to make them comply with the rules, the penalty for refusing being ex pulsion. “The Star Spangled Banner” Is a tune that Russians cannot appreciate. Tbe “land of tbe tree and the home of the brave” exists, to them, only in dreams, beyond a cloud of dynamite smoke and across a “slough of despoDd” as treacherous as that which Christian encountered. But a Rus sian band played tbe tune to wolcouie the Steamer Indiana at Llbau, and the yankee sailors, in their heart of hearts, thanked heaven that theirs was the “land of the free and the home of the bravo.” Tbe celebration of the both anniversary of tbe Hibernian Society will be long re membered by its members. It was a vsry great success. Tbe admirable manner in which everything was carried out reflected great credit upon those who were intrusted with its management. The chief feature of tbe occasion was, of course, Senator Hill. The theater was well fliladiwitb those who desired to see tbe dis tinguished democratic leader and hear his ipaecM. He made an excelieut impression. All the speeches wets of a high standard. Cacti of the speakers seem'd to feel that be occasion was a qwcisi one, and did bis •si. Senator Hill and tbs Nomination. The question whether Senator Hill it im proving his prospects for the nomination he is seeking by his southern trip it being dis cussed in all parts of the country. From the fact that he is making mors speeches than he intended when he left Washington, and that he will visit, probably, several i places that were not in hi* original pro -1 gramme, it is fair to assume that be is en ; tireiy satisfied with the impression he is making. There is no doubt that his recep tion all along the route he has traveled has been very friendly. He has bad large audi ences and he has beard a great many ex pressions of opinion undoubtedly which have pleased him and increased his confi dence in his sucoess. But it is doubtful if his southern visit will greatly help his cause. The crowds that have greeted him wherever he has stopped do not mean that he is a popular favorite or that he is being honored for some act that has made a deep impression upon the hearts of the people. They mean that be is recog nized as a prominent and successful publio man, who is a candidate for the nomination of bis party for President. Indeed, the south ern people know comparatively little about Senator Hill. He has played no part iu national affairs and has had nothing to do with questions which directly conoera them. They have no reason, therefore, to have any great regard for him. Whatever . sentiment tnere is in his behalf among them is due to the success he has achieved in state politics and the belief that his shrewdness as a political manager would make him a suc cessful candidate tor the presidency. But has this sentiment in bis behalf been strengthened by his visit! It is doubtful. The southern people have a very high regard for the office of President, and they oannot be favorably impressed by the very oon spiouoas maimer in which Senator Hill is seeking it. They may admire his shrewd ness as a politician, but they will hardly ap prove his methods for gaining his object. The speeohes be has delivered have not made much impression either in the south or the north. They are good speeches, and show the senator to be a man of marked ability, but they do not arouse enthusiasm. Some things upoo which the public would like a positive expression of opinion are skillfully avoided. Senator Hill, when he returns to Wash ington, will have the satisfaction of know ing that he has made some strong personal friends in the south, but alter he has heard from the dlfferents parts of the couutry as to the effect of bis southern visit upon his canvass it is doubtful if he will regard the visit as having improved his prospects for the nomination. The Central's Receivership Case. It is not Improbable that those who think the case involving the legality of the Geor gia Pacific’s lease of the Central and the ap pointment of a permanent receiver tor the latter road will be decided very quickly after it ie taken up next Thursday will be disappointed. A fair oonolusion from the statements iu the intervention and the an swer to the original bill is that a great deal of testimony will have to be taken before the oourt will be prepared to act upon the issues presented in the pleadings. It is a question of faot whether the leasing of the Central to the Georgia Pacific tends to de stroy competition. In the answer to Mrs. Clarke’s bill, it is denied that the Central and the Richmond and Danville are competing systems, and it is as serted that the Hast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia system is an independent one. It may not tate a great while to satisfy the court as to whether the tendenoy of the lease is to destroy oompetitiou, but a good deal of testimony may be necessary to satisfy it as to whether the allegation that the Richmond and Danville is permitting the Central property run down is true. In the Central’s answer it is asserted that the physical condition of the property is as good now as when the lease was made. Doubt less a good many witnesses will be called on eaoh side of this question and no one can tell how long the taking of testimony will continue. It would not be surprising if the court should appoint a master to take testi mony. Iu that case it would take a week or two before the case would be ready for argument. From present indications, there fore. a decision may not be rendered before the middle of April. The Oloott Plan. It will be same days probably before it is known how Wall street regards tbe Oloott plan for reorganizing the Kiohmoud Ter minal propertios. There will be efforts un doubtedly to defeat it. There will be boar movements against the now securities. Tho credit of the Tarminal companies will be questioned probably. If. however, the un derwriting syndicate is strong enough to take the new seouritie9 until confidence in them is established tho plan will be a suo oess. Everything depeuds upon the under writing syndicate. The plan is of special Interest here be cause tho Central securities would have been included in it had not the Central become entangled in the courts. Whether an effort will be made to bring tbe Central into the “Southern company” will depend, probably, upon the outcome of the ponding suit for a receivership. —... A brilliant terolite, burning with a green color, is reported to have beeu seen in Madrid Tuesday night. Is it possible that there has been a mistake made about the date of St. Patrick’s day? But that exhi bition may bave been in honor of a Spanish St. Patrick. The political parties in Canada are squab bling over the official language—whether it shall be French or English. W hatever the decision may be, it is pretty oertain that the expressive yankee word *’boodle" will lose none of its force at oourt. Clarkson says be hopes the Republican party will nominate the right man, but doesn't say who ho is. Of course he wishes it to be inferred that Clarkson would dll the bill exactly. That yarn about tlndtng prehistoric statues down in Tennessee, at the mouth of the Hawassee river, looks very much like a resurrection of the ‘'Cardiff giant.” Is it because the District of Columbia has had too much legislation, or too little, that 2?K columns of delinquent tax notices are advertised in a local paper? Reed will not talk politics, so the report ers say. That is one of the never-falling signs when a man has been stuug by the presidential bee. A ribbon trust Is being talked of. If it only bolds olf until attar Raster, the country may survive the shock when it dues oome. 1* .weil Clayton has been spotted lu the Alger column, bu touch the worse for I Alpor. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1892. Railroad Consolidation. The attorney general of Pennsylvania has filed a bill to break up the great combi nation that was mads by the Reading com pany with the Lehigh Valley and New Jer sey Central railroads a few weeks ago. The combination baa been sanctioned by the leg islature of New Jersey, and that may help it in its fight in the Pennsylvania courts. There is not much doubt that the oombina tion will find some way out of the legal ; difficulties which threaten it. It has hun dreds of millions ,of dollars at stake, and the breaking of the combination would be a serious matter for the Reading oompany. The other companies are well able to take care of themselves. They are in excellent financial condition. The policy of railroads is toward consoli dation. It is the only policy that promisee a profit from railroad property. About all rsliruads are oapitalixed for an amount much above their actual cost. Competition and hostile legislation make it extremely difficult for them to meet their financial obligations and make snoh im provements as are absolutely neoessary. By consolidation they are able to make a very great reduction in operating expenses and at the same time get rid of competition that is often ruinous. The oost of getting business is frequently muoh more than the profit arising from handling it. The railroads do not now fix their rwr rates. If they had the privilege of doing so they would be less active perhaps in making combinations. Railroad commis sions say what the rate* shall be, and It is not a matter of much consequeuoe to the people, therefore whether competition is prevented by consolidation or not. The belief that the Reading combination would be followed by a rise in the price of coal has caused some uneasiness throughout tbe territory tributary to the consolidated roads, but it is probable that there need be no fear of anything of that kind. The railroad commissioners will prevent an in crease in the rates for transporting coal. Railroad consolidation is certain to go on until all tbe railroads In the country are in cluded in a few great systems aud the inter ests of the people will not suffer ns long as honest men oan be obtained for railroad commissioners. Crain’s Amendments. The amendments to the Federal consti tution introduced by Representative Crain, of Texas, changing tbe dates for the meeting of congress and the inaugura tion of the President, are being com mented on very favorably. They pro vide that the terms of congressmen shall begin Dec. 81, a little less than two months after tbe eleotion, and that the President shall be inaugurated April 30. Anew con gress, therefore, would meet Jan. 1. These amendments possess several ad vantages over existing laws. Congress men would be fresh from the people and more in touch with their wishes. The spectacle would not be presented of a ooneress entirely out of harmony with tbe will of a majority of the people, legislating as if there had been no ohange in publio sentiment since it was elected. The billion dollar congress, for Instance, continued to make laws for the country for a whole ses sion after it bad been repudiated. There is another advantage iu the pro posed ohange. A large part of the time of a congressman would not be taken up dur ing tbe first session of a congress, as it is at present, in carrying on a campaign for a re-election. The first session Is the impor tant session, and a congressman’s whole time ought to be given to his legislative duties. If his term, however, begun on Deo. 31, he would not bother about his campaign for re-election until toward the end of the sec ond session. Representative Crain was not the first to suggest a oharge of the inauguration of the President. The suggestion is supported by very good reasons. The first President was inaugurated on April 30, and on that date the weather is much more apt to be pleas ant than on March 4. Tens of thousands of people from all parts of the couutry are present at the inauguration ceremonies. If the weather is inclement, ns it generally is, hundreds of thorn contract colds which de velop into serious diseases. It takes a long time to amend the federal constitution because of the delays, for vari ous reasons, of state legislatures in passing upon an amendment. It is probable, how ever, that if congresi should pass Rep resentative Crain’s amendments the neces sary two-thirds of the state legislatures would ratify them. Newspaper paragraphers may breath freely again and proceed to "salivate” Sul livan with their squibs. His recent “ulti matum," that be would hold writers persooally responsible for what they said about him, has been set aside by the Corbett agreement. Ho will not tight while he is under con tract. Judge Henry M. Shepherd, of Chicago, who was formerly the law partner of Mel ville W, Fuller, expresses the opinion that, in tho event of a dead-lock in the Chicago convention, making tho running of a “dark horse” necessary, the chief justioo is more likely than any other man to receive tho democratic nomination for President. Tho Paoifxo coast is playing in great luck. Sau Francisco has just drawn another king. His name is Tombrano aud bis kingdom is Butaritara, one of the Gilbert Islands. Tuis potentate, with their majesties of diamonds, clubs, hearts and spades, will probably make western club hfo interesting during the spring. Thomas Nast, the famous oartooaiat, who illustrated Harper’s publications during tbe war, and for a number of years after, is said to be ooutemplatlng the establishment of a paper at Chicago devoted to oartoons in tbe interest of tariff reform. Nast was formerly a bitter republican. Corbett says he fears he will get no credit for beating a decrepit old man. Sullivan says Corbett is so weak he "couldn’t punch a bole in a pound of butter." It really seems that a “society for the prevention, etc.,” ought to take care of these poor, harmless people. Tbe Emperor (V llliam can couut upon tho support of the Boston Library Association any time he wishes to come to this oouutry and run for office. Tbe kaiser has ordered discontinued his copy of Punch, a publica tion much like tbe papers stopped by the Bostonians. It it said that Secretary Elkins has mere women admirers than any other member of the cabinet. It may be because be is the “hoed boss’’ of the Alaska Seat Kithiug Company,and the ladles ere partial to every thing and everybody having to do with seal skins. PERSONAL. Minister Lincoln has resumed his duties in l-onion, having completely recovered from his recent illness. The bronze statue of Lieut. Gen. - Ambrose P. Hill has been successfully cast, and will be nn veile J at Richmond probably on Memorial day. Ex-Secret art Bayard will address tbs Phi Beta Kappi Alumni of New York on Tuesday evening, March 23. Rev. Dr. Deems is president of the association. Annie Louise Cary Raymond has given to the Maine General hospital, in which she has always felt a profound interest, enough money to fit up three rooms for the use of patients. Henry M. Btani.ey has given up the Idea of returning to Ecgian i via San Francisco. He will proceed direct to London He is said to have some parliamentsrr aspirations. Mrs. Augusta Evaes-Wilsos Is living quietly at Spring Hill, a suburb of Mobile. The au thor of "Beulah” is said to be loth to welcome Amelie Rives-Cbanler as a rival in southern literature. The late Henry Doyle, director general of tbe national gallery of Ireland, was one of those rare connoisseurs who know a good painting when they see it, regardless of the name before tbe pinxit. Prince George or Wales has a much smaller head than bis father; and a London paper sug gests a probability of the crown being reduced in size when it is passed along to tbe son of tbe present heir-apparent. Th* venerable J. W. Bradbury of Augusta, Me., is prostrated with paralysis at Asheville, N. C. Mr. Bradbury was born in 1803, gradu ated at Bowdoin In 1825 and was a United States senator from Maine 1847 to 1853. It is said that Mr. Kipling, during his coming journey, “wisnes to receive impressions and then to commenoe work oa a larger scale.’’ He will, therefore, for some time to come, write only occasional verses and sketches. Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Germantown, Pa , somewhat astonished his congregation last Sunday by ap pearing at the morning service In a scbolastlo gown. The innovatiou Is by no means unani mously approved. The Duke of Clarence was an ardent admirer of Gladstone. On one oocaaion at tbe House of Commons, when the venerable premier intro duced the home rule bill. Albert Victor was so car ried awav by the eloquence of the great orator that he clapped his hands heartily, which was particularly noticed, as the etiquette of tbe house forbids such an outburst of enthusiasm. Robert U. Johnson, associate editor of the Century Magazine, has been presented by Lord Tennyson. Sir Edwin Arnold, and other English friends with a massive silver vase in testimony of his valuable services in behalf of the new copyright law. Collector Heudricks wants a cußtoms duty of 45 per cent, on the value of tbe vase, to which Mr. Johnson demurs with an appeal to the treasury department. Alexander McComas, the Baltimore gun smith, died Saturday aged 70 years. April 19, 1861, when the mob was in possession of Balti more, Mr. McComas cut a hole Into an adjoin ing sore and hid all Ills weapons In the stove pipes. When the mob tried to gain admission Mr. McComas placed himself beside his powder magazine near the door, and, with a lighted match in his hand, warned the crowd that he would blow up himself and them together. His store was not raided. BRIGHT BIT3. The modem man acknowledges This paradox so grim, When h can’t “raise the wind" It is An awful blow to him. —Boston Courier. Mins Dreamier —When you stood on the brink of Niagara and looked into the seething, surging, unfathomabl* depths below did you not. feel that you would like to jump in? Mr. Tourler—No; I hadn’t received my hotel bill then.— Lynn Item. “They must be doing a great deal of good and saving lots of souls at the Touchmenot church." “What leads you to think so ?’’ “They pay $3,000 a ydar to the soprano of the choir.”—Asti; York Brest. Tattle—l see you everywhere with Miss Monlbowe now-a-days. You seem to be very friendly with her, but yeu don't say much about 1L Rattle—No. Wherever I go I find you've saved mo the trouble.— Kale Field's ll'as/imqton. “Miss Bondington,” he said, “I should like to ask your Ideas on a question of grammar. Do two negatives u>ake an affirmative?" “Yes,” she replied. “Why do you inquire?’’ “Because, when I asked you to be mine last week you said ‘No, no.’ Washington Star. Strawher—Mangle and his wife have gone out west and arelning on a ranch. Slngerly—How do they like it? Strawber—lie likes it well enough, but she is miserable. 1 hear she says she can't tell when her next door neighbor has a now dress.—Cloak Review. Mrs. Snaggs was bewailing the fact that she had no library. “Look at me. my dear,,'said Snaggs, swelling up with pride, “am I not a whole library, including dictionary and ency clopedia - ’ “Yes,” answered his wife, looking at him discontentedly, "bound in calf.”— Detroit Free Press. Visitor— What bright eyes you have, my little man. You get plenty of sleep, I pre sume? Little Man—Yes’m. Mamma makes me go to bed every night at S o’clock. Visitor—So you will keep healthy? Little Man—No’m. So she can mend my pants.— Street <f Smith's Good News- Counsel—Will you toll the jury, Mr. O’Han lan, wnat the prisoner said to you? Witness—Yor hanuer, if wan o’ the djurymin will shtep overforentnst me from beyaut there, it’s wid pleasure Oi 11 tell him that same. Counsel—Come.no nonsense! Tell the jury from where you are what tbe prisoner said. Witness—AH' faix, how can Oi, sor? The wretch only spuk to me wid his boot!— Fun. The reporter had just come in from an assigum nt in a murder case. It was a rainy day, and he had to cross a plowed field on foot. “I sea,” observed the City editor, looking with some displeasure at his large and muddy boots, "you have brought the scene of the murder with you.” ’Yes," answered the reporter, apologetically, “I’ve got to have some ground for my story, you know.” —Chicago tribune. CURRENT OOMMJNT. Not a Grave Offense. From the Baltimore American (Bern.). That bill bofore congress prohibiting dealing in futures will not interfere with speculating on the next presidency. A Biased Opinion. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dem.). It is perfectly natural for Mr. Morrison to consider Senator Palmer an unfit candidate. In the opinion of the man that yearns for the presidency there is only one tvbo is really fit for ■t. A Premature Report. From the Rochester Post Express (Dem.). The rumor now in circulation in the south that the New York delemMion to the republican national convention will be Instructed for Tom Platt Is very premature. It was not due to start until April 1. The Value of Italians. From the Baltimore American (Rep.). When New Orleans wifi have to pay for allow log those Italians to be slain in its prison the courts will have to decids, but to claim $30,000 for each one seems to bo putting a .pretty high estimate on their value, either to their families or to tbe rest of the world. The Quay-Clarkson Plan. From the New Haven (Conn.) Register (Dem.). From the Hartford Omrant we learn that Mr. Harrison’s path toward a renotnlnatlon does not lie through rose gardens. The plau of operations against him is to have as many favorite sous in the field as possible and thus diminish his streugth at tbe outset, and then to oonoentrato the opposition upon some dark horse. In this well laid plan is Connecticut for Hawley or l’iatt! Senator Hill’s Speeches. JVom the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.). Senator Hill Is not making sjioeohes that will enlighten intelligent men as to party policies or Ills own liellef, but Ihnt am first-class s|ieeches for tbs work they have to do. This fact should l recognized Mr. Hill Is an astute politician He does oot intend to talk over tbs hsadsot tbs man who inako delegate* or to antagonize fac tious of the party, Wbathe wants to do is to arouse |*oriv entlnmtaam and to set himself up at Him bold and ooafident leader of the dstu x-rary. From a politician s standpoint hta speeches, though in themselves poor trash, are very cleverly ton waved. Probably Paying Oft an Old Score. Custom House Inspector la New York (to sus picious looking passenger, according to the Chi cago Tribune)—“Hold on a moment What is that in your ear?” Suspicious Looking Passenger (just landed)— “N—nothing, sir. Nothing at alt but a piece of cotton, I assure you." (Examining Hi “Perhaps not. but I’ll just take it out and look at it. • * * If you’ve got any valuables concealed la it they must be mighty small. * * • I doa’t find anything. That hat of yours Is to tall. I'll trouble you to let me take a look at it. ” 'Tremblingly) ‘There’s nothing the matter with my hat, I assure you. It a the latest Lon don style.” “With your leave, my friend. I'll examine It. * * Ha: 1 thought so! It’s got a false top. (Spends fifteen minutes examining the false top and finds nothing ) If there's anything con cealed in that hat It’s a little too slick a job for me- _ What’s that you're holding behind you?” "Upon my word, sir I—it's nothing but a lit tle valise." "IU uwrect it if you please. * • • H’m — just so! N.ce little secret compartment: I’m up to all ineae dodges, my friend. (Ransacks secret compartment in vain Nothing there.) Step into the office with me, my friend. One of your shoes looks larger than tne other • * • Take H off, if you piease. * • * Ha’ False sole! 1 suspected It. -.Searches false sole with much thoroughness. Same result.) By George, if you’ve got anything hid about you you're keeping It pretty well hid. Take off your upper garments • ** * Now we’re getting at it. Porous plaster, hey? Guess you hadn't heard of the fellow that tried to work that game on us the other day and lost SOOO worth of diamonds on tbe strength of it. (With considerable trouble gete porous plaster off and finds noth ing.) Hay, v. hat kind of a job is this you're putting up on me, anyhow?” “Don't you want to examine that lump on the back of my neck? 1 had a mighty fine carbuncle there once.” "You needn’t be so everlastingly fresh about it. I’m only doing my " “Wouldn't you like to Inspect my ‘trunk’ be fore I put on my clothes again? I might have a false diaphragm, you know." (Crustily) "That II do, sir My time is worth $lO an hour and 1 can't waste any more of it on you.” “My time Isn’t worth $lO a week. Go ahead. ” “I’m done with you, sir." “Nothing else you want to overhaul?” “Nothing.” (Putting on hts upper garment again) "Then you may keep that porous plaster as a little memento. Lovely morning, isn’t it? Good day!" Knew It Was Something Like That. He was from Pewaukoe or St, Louis, or some thing like that, and the elaborate menu at the Palmer house rather staggered him, says the Chicago Post. But he came from fighting stock and went right through from soup to coffee. One dish in particular pleased his fancy and palate. He hesitated a moment at first before ordering deviled crabs because he was a class leader at home and he wasn't quite mire whether a thing with a name so suggestive of wickedness might not be one of the wiles used by Satan to lure men from the narrow path. But the old man risked ihe temptation and he liked the dish. Toward the end of the meal he wanted more of the same, so he hooked his finger at the waiter, to whom he said: "Say, mister, I want some more of them things.” “Yes, sail,” said the grinning Afro-American. “What things, sah?” “1 forget just now whfc-they air called on thet programme of vounn; O, yes, by gosh: they're a kind o’ fish we useter ketch In the spring buck o* the old log school house when I wuz a boy, and they’ve some cuss word in front o’ the name." "Jest a mlnit, sah. I'll get you a menu,” suggested the puzzled waiter. "x ou don't need ter mean me et tall," said the old man. ”1 know what I want. Just bring me some more o’ them and and craw fish." In No Man’s Land. The Academy. Two shapes were walking on tbe strand One starilt night la no man’s land; Two shapes that during mortal life Gave hate for hate, in deadly strife. They met. Swift forth their faichionß flew; Eaoh pinned the other through and through. Yet neither fell. Again they strove For mastery, and madly drove To right and left their falchions bright. Nor sound nor cry profaned the night. Through corselet, casque and visor, too, As through the air their swift blades flew; Until, amazed, they stood aghast. And on tbe sands their weapons cast. Then laughed they both at mortal strife. The passing dream of earthly life. And clasping each the other's hand They walk the shades of no man's land. The Ex-Speaker’s Mistake. The Washington correspondent of the New York World says: The triumph of the speaker in the spirited colloquy of last Friday afternoon between Mr. Crisp and Mr. Reed over the ques tion of a quorum has delighted tho democrats. The speaker’s ready replies Illustrate Judge Crisp’s most prominent Characteristics. He is clear of head, quick of apprehension, and at all times even-tempered. A leading democratic member said: “It was comparatively a slight circumstance, and yet It has had a very happy effect on our side of the chamber. Few ot us expected the speaker to floor Reed so easily and so thor oughly. Reed, lam sure, was completely sur prised, for he has believed himself superior iu a short, running controversy to everybody In the House. "One of the good effects will be to teach Reed a little prudence, and save us a good deal of delay. When in full swing, Heed likes to punctuate th* debates with sharp interruptions and witty observations, I think lie was prom ising blinself some fun with us this session. I am sure he will recast his programme, now.” Of Gentle Blood. He was a gentler specimen of his class than one usually meets, .says the Detroit Free Press, and when he made his appeal for something to eat at the kitchen door of a Case avenue house was asked to come in by the (ire. As the lady of the house bustled about she watched him and finally said: “ You don’t look as if you had always been a tramp.” “1 haven't, ma’am." he replied, without of fense at being called a tramp. “I came from a very good family.” Sne let him eat ou without interruption, but after he had finished she said: •You say you came from a good family. May I ask the name?” "It was Blankleigh, ma’am," ho responded. “Why,” she said in surprise, "that is the name of the family next door to us." “Y’es’m,” he replied, "I noticed it on the door plate. That's the family I came from. They gave me the bounce just before I called here,” and he got away speedily, Colorado Eloquence. Old Gov. Routt of Colorado has a way with him that goes right to the heart of the Colorado miner, says the New York Tribune. Just before the sale of public lands in Creede the other day, he got up and. amid wild applause, made the following speech: '‘Boys, I'm no tenderfoot— I'm one of you. I've been through the mill, and know all about your desires. You have come here in good faith to make this your home. You have squatted on public land, and you ought to bave it. Tbe statutee require us to sell to the highest and best bidders. You are the best bid ders, and, by the eternal, the mule's your’n. Howl down tbe speculators, but don’t shoot. I left my gun at home. Take yours back to your cabins. Now, go on with the bidding. But don't shoot.” According to a recent reckoning a human be ing of either sex who is a moderaie eater and who lives to be 70 years old consumes during “tbe days of tbe years of his life" a quantity of food which would fill twenty ordinary railway luggage vans. BAKING fQffUltlt. oSS Used in Millions of . Homes-— 40 Years the Standard. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. p? PRICE’S Flavoring Extracts NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla AOf perfect purity. Lemon “I Of great strength. Almond ,-{ Economy in their use Rose etCid Flavoi ' as delicately and deliciously as the fresh fruit. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A rancher of Hillboro, Ore., on the eve of his marriage, fell from the roof of a barn and brokean ankle, Tbe guests bad been Invited and the minister engaged for his wedding, so the doctor put the foot and ankle In a plaster cast, and Casper was married on schedule time. In many countries of the world, mpst especially la England. France and Germany, not only tbe peasants, but the middle classes and the nobles believe that bees are curiously and mvstenously connected with the weal or woe of the human family in general. It is a common saying in all the English shires that be--s do not "do well” when the red-coats are engaged in wars abroad. Unlike the Romans of a later age the Egyp tians did not confine tbe privilege of shaving to free citizens, but obliged their slaves to shave both face and head. The data Is not exactly as authentic as one would like to have, but it is believed that the custom of shaving the beard was introduced at Rome in the year 300 B. C. According to Pliny; Scipio Africanus was the first Roman who shaved daily. In Southern Europe the cantharldes Insects are gathered by shaking them at night upon sheets from trees on which they have gone to roost in flocks. Then they are exposed in sieves to the vapor of boiling vinegar, after which they are dried in the sun. and are rea iy for sale in the drug shops. The flesh of all "blister beetles” contain a peouliar chemical compound called “canthariain" which burns the skin. In Paraguay it Is chiefly the women who chow, and travelers have often described their emotions when, on entering a house, a lady dressed in satin and adorned with precious stones, comes toward them, and. holding out her mouth to be kissed, as is the usual custom or welcome, pulls the beloved tobacco quid from her cheek pouch. Some of the South American tribes actually eat the tobacco cut into small pieces. Gallapageous tortoises are vegetable feeders, browsing chiefly upon a succulent cactus. It Is said that they are entirely deaf, so that even the report of a gun does not startle or alarm them. At intervals they make pilgrimages to the hilltops, where water U to be found, travel ing by night only. Thus, in the course of cen turies, they have worn regular roads from the shore up the mountain sides, by following which the Spaniards first discovered tbe water ing places. The Victoria Colonist says there arrived in town five young men who are all sons of north ern Indian chiefs. Threo of them are skilled jewelers, and all have with them large stocks of native trinkets, costly and otherwise. They have brought down In addition to their ordinary goods, anew style of Indian ring, which recently seemed to be the cause of a great deal of curi osity and admiration among their friends on the reservation The innovation consists of a plaited circle of silver and bear skin. A Detroit man has a novel walking cane that represents the work of odd hours every day for six weeks. It Is made of old postage stamps of various denominations and six natioualltins —United States,Canadian, English, French, German aDd Italian. It took 5,014 stamps to make the cane. The face value of the stamps was SIOO. The surface of the cane, when th stamps were all on, was died smouth and finished until It glazed. A heavy gold knob completes one of the handsomest and most unique canes ever seen in Detroit. In the sacred city of Ourga, the headquarters Of Mongolian Buddhism, ore numerous “prayer wheels." inscribed with prayers and dedications to Buddha, and the more they are turned the more religious they uinko you. .Many of the more devout persons turn smaller wheels held in the left hand, while manipula ting tho large one with the right hand. The curioue bits of rags noticed flying above the palisades of the inclosures of this town are "prayer flags.” No Mongolian house is with out them—the more the better-for each one is supposed to convey a prayer to BtMdha. A cubap portable disinfectant Is permangan ate of potash. A bottle full of these crystals, bought at the store of any chemist, will last for years. It can be used when wanted by putting a pinch of the potash over night In a jug of water; lu the morning it will present a reddish appearance, and can be used for drains, eto. A small quantity of this liquid kept in a basin and renewed daily keeps a room £resh and destroys disease germs. The only drawback is that, if too strong, the liquid will stain linen; at the same time it has the great advantage of being easily carried about, while it can be prepared in the smallest quantity at a moment’s notice. Poor old Crocky Baldwin, the antiquated cockatoo at the Zoological gardens, whose age is variously estimated, but who Is known to be well on to 100 years old, is pining away, says the Philhdelpuia Record. Orocky’s days are numbered, and the mournful old bird seems to realize It. Since his precarious condition was published some time ago letters have been re ceived at the zoo from all parte of the country expressing solicitude for the condition of the aged bird. In many of these epistles offers of various sums have been made for Crocky’s re mains after death has done its work. These offers range from $5 all the way ud to SSO, the latter offer having been received from a Boston taxidermist. Although the peach tree is usually consid ered short lived, them s-ems to be no real rea son, outside of circumstances and conditions, why they should not live as long as other trees. There are some Instances of very aged peach trees, and possibly one of the oldest is in Mif flin county, Pennsylvania, on tho farm of Jacob Hoover, in Fermaoaugn township. When he bought his farm, which is now forty years ago, tbe tree was then in full bearing, so that its ex act age is not known, but it Is safe to say that it is about fifty years, and by all accounts it is yet in perfect health, and bearing bountiful crops yearly. We should be glad to know if there are any other older trees than this known in the country. The Standard oil trust controls the petroleum ell refineries in all the principal cities of the United States. It produces 65 per cent, of the country’s total output of refined oil It also controls the wells of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and has pipe lines for transmit ting its oil to tide water. When the trust was organized ten years ago there were only thirty persons in it. Now there are about 2,000 stock holders. For the past eight years the trust has paid 12 per cent per annum dividends. Twice it has Issued stock dividends. The original capi tal was $70,000,000, now it is $95,000,000. The export trade of the Standard companies amounts to $50,000,000 a year. This is' two thirds of the total business of the companies. The first Standard company was the Ohio cor poration, start-d by John D. Rockefeller and 11. M. Flagler in Cleveland In 1870. rußNisaixo goods, DUNLAP’S MerllHs Spring, 1892, Beautiful New Shape NOW READY AT LaFARS, Sole Agent for Savannah, 27 BULL STREET. 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