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Newspaper Page Text4 f|c|Horning|Jctos Morning"Ytews Building Savannah, Ga. M* V DAY , MARCH 27, 1 Bftg. Begisttred at the Postoffice in Savannah. Morning Sew* ia published every day m the year, and is serve. 1 to aubacnbera in the city at SI 00 a month, %i 00 for alx months and $lO 00 for one year Tbe Morning News, by mat., one month, $1 00; three months, (2 50; six months, (5 00; one year, (10 UO. The Mornim* News, by mat', six times s wees (without Sunday laaue , three montha, (2 00; alx montha, (4 00; one year, (8 00, The Morning News. Tri-Weekly. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, three months, (1 *5; alx months. (2 50; one year, IB 00. The Sunday News, by mail, one year, (2 The Weexlt News, by mail, one year. (1 *• Subscriptions payable In advance. Hamit by postal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of "voders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed “Morning News," Savannah. On. . Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type-equal to one Inch space In depth—is the standard of meas urement Contract rates and discounts made known on application at business oflloe. _ OL'H NEW YORK OFFICE. Mr. J- 3. Flynn, General Advertising Agent of the Morning New*, office US Park Row, Mew York. AU advertising business outside ef the states of Georgia, Florida and South Caro lina will be managed by him. "The Morning News Is on file at the following plarv-s. where Advertising Rates and other in formation regarding the paper can be obtained: NEW YORK CITY— I. H. Baths, AS Park Row. ft, p, Rowell & 00., 10 Spruce street. W. W. Sharp & 00., SI Park Row. Frank Kierhan & 00.. 162 Broadway. Dat-chy A 00., 87 Park Plaoe. J. W. Thompson, 89 Park Row. American N ewspapebPublisher's Association, Potter Building frHILADELPHIA- M. W. Ayer & Son. Timas Building. BOSTON— B. R. Niles. 256 Washington streak Pettsnqill A 00., 10 State street CHICAGO— Loro A Thomas, 45 Randolph street. CINCINNATI— Mr.win Aldus Company, 66 West Fourth street BT. LOUIS— Nelson Chrsmah A 00, 11*1 Pin® street NT A Morning News Bureau, 3H WhltehaU street ST. AUGUSTINE— H. Maroottb, St. Augustin®. Fl®- THIS ISSUE -OONTAINSgj TWELVE PAGES. INDEX TO MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings Democratic Campaign Club; Troup Castle No. 4, K. G. E. Special Notices—To Contractors, Henry Ur ban. Architect; Monarch Coal and Coke Com pany, Knoxville, Tenn., E. M. Hopkins, Local Agent; The Chatnam Bank; Magic Headache Waters, T. A. Mullryne & Cos.; Money to Loan, Title Guarantee Company; Celery, Cream and Butter, Mrs. O. Lingenfelser; Salmon, Hali but, Etc., Wm. v. and. Bfeling; Tinning, Etc., E. C. Pacetti; Children’s Blouses, Etc.; Appel & Schaul; Annual Report of the Ixuilsa Porter Home for the Friendless; ;Has Your Horse Got Four Legs' The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company; Works, Not Words. W. A. Thompson, 93t< Bay Street; ltoal Estate for Sale, B. H. Jones; Cabinet Makers Wanted by McDonough & Cos.; Hall for Kent, Thomas A. Ybauez, Secretary; Selling Out, Sam Selig; Domestic Finish in Laundry Work, Savan nah Steam Laundry; A New Optical Depot, R. C. McCall, Druggist; Bargains, John J. Reily; Faust Beer; Think of This. Altick’s Sons; Im portant to All Men and Boys, Falk Clothing Company. Steinwav Pianos—L. & B. 8. M. H. New Arrivals—C. Gray & Son. A Memorable Week op Bargains—Foye & Morrison. Stop and Wonder—Collat’s. “Shoo” Tea—The Great Atlantic and Paclfio Tea Company. Ever Owned a Buooy'—The Savannah Car riage and Wagon Company. New Spring Hats and Scarps—LaFar. .Fine Wood Mantels, Etc—Norton A Hanley, A Show in Fine Furniture—The A. J. Miller Company. A Brilliant Success—At Altmayer’s. The Latest Fad in Kid Gloves—Gutman's. Easter—D. Hogan. Save Your Food—James Douglass. 1865-IS92—Eckstein’s. Amusements— Katie Emmett in “The Waifs of New York” at the Theater March 30. Pants—B. H. Levy & Bro. Canfield Dress Shield—Canfield Rubber Cos. Publication—Mme. A. Rupert's New Book. Trimmed Hats for Ladies and Children— Mrs. P. J. Golden. Hat Cut—A. S. Nichols. Our Spring Stock—Falk Clothing Company. Chkap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The editorial columns of some Georgia newspapers are so covered with Hills that it jolts the reader’s eyes to glaDce down tbe page. The Atlanta Journal fixes the responsi bility for third parlyism in Georgia upon Col. “Lon” Livingston, who chaperoned Weaver aud Simpson duriDg their tour of the state. • The reports whioh have appeared in the Morning News of the proceedings in the great railroad case at Macon have been much superior to those which have ap peared in any other paper. They have been very full and have covered about every point of interest. The new Immigration law, which requires that every immigrant landing in this country roust have in his or her possession money of tDe value of (10 iu United Slates aurrency, was put luto effect at New Y'ork last Thursday. On that day thirty-nine pauper immigrants were denied admission under the new law and ordered returned to Italy. Last month is reported in the financial journals to have been the best February for railroad earnings ou record. AU sectious of the country participated in the improve ment, though the south's proportion of gain was not equal to that of tha north. It is probable that tbe low price of cotton in the •outh and the increasing world’s fair activ ity at tbe north contributed to that condi tion of affairs. "The Republican party owes a nomina tion to no man, except the man who can lead it to victory,” says the Jouia State Register, a republican newspaper, edited by Chairman Clarkson of tho the ri-publioan national committee. Hucb a declaration from euoh a source is significant. It means that Gen. It. Harrison is nut the choice of the chief wire puller of the oommittee, and that i*ec. Harrisou’e right to a second term DowUjaU'jo is Sutured by mungeg*. The Centra! May Be Sawed. It is the opinion of men thoroughly famil iar with the Central railroad system end its financial difficulties that It can be saved from ruin, and in tbs course of time re stored to the one® proud position, with re spect to its credit, it onoa occup.ed. It has a splendid territory tributary to It, and, therefore, great earning capacity. A careful study of the exhibit of its re sources and obligations that was published in the Morning News’ Macon dispatch on Friday shows that its condition is now per ilous, and justifies tbe conclusion that only tbe most capable and rigorous management management that will invite the confi dence of bankers and that oan make tbe most of tbe road’s resources —can save it And it ought to be saved, not only because it is a magnificent property that has grown to its present proportions through more than half a century, and has enjoyed a credit saoond to no other greet railroad corporation in the oountry, but also beoause there are hundreds, and peS haps thousands, of people, betides charita ble institutions and estates, that are de pendent npon incomes derived from its securities. The chief source of the danger Is the debt due Speyer & Cos., for whioh an immense amount of securities is pledged, and which will bava to be provided for in November next In January nearly (5,000,000 in bonds will be due, and will have to be pro vided for. And running all through tbe year there are fixed charge® which will have to,!)® taken car® of. and for whioh tbe road’s earnings during the dull months of summer oannot be depended upon. It is apparent from this bnef statement that if the court determines to appoint a re ceiver the man selected for the position must be not only a first-class railroad man, but also a man of mora than ordinary grasp In financial matter*—a man who not only knows how to handle a great railroad sys tem and get business for it in the faoe of fieroe competition, but who will inspire bankers with suoh confidence that he can get money on easy terms. And it is evidsnt that if the oourt does not appoint a reoqjver, but restores the road to Its stockholder*, the same sort of a man must be placed at tbe head of It It may even be necessary to have a reorganization of the board of directors. Tbe majority stockholders have said that they would not stand in the way of any ohanges the minority stockholders might desire to make, and they have gone so far as to suggest that the two New York dlreotors would resign If their resignations were desired. There Is an impression that the principal creditors of the road are willing to help It. They do not desire to see it wreaked. AU they want is their money, and it they can be made to feel that it is safe they will not be urgent for ita payment, aud will ren der the road aseistanoe in getting its finan cial affairs in a sound condition. Bet it Is safe to say that before they will do any tbing.or before help oan be secured from any source, a management must be assured that will command such confidence that the oredlt of the road will be restored. Terminal's Reorganization. It looks very muoh as if the holders of the securities of the properties controlled by tbe Richmond Terminal Company do not re gard the Olcott plan of reorganization with a great deal of favor. The tendency of the prices of the securities is down ward, indicat ing that there is a want of confidence in tbe plan and in the new securities. Those who hold the securities whioh are really valua ble, and for which dollar for dollar would in dll probability be realized if the proper ties should be forced into bankruptcy, seem Inclined to hold onto what they have rather than to take their chances for getting some thing out of the new securities, the market value of whioh is yet problematical. One of tbe reasons probably why there Is a want of confidence in the plan is the doubt whether the statement relative to the net earnings of the combined properties is correct. This want of confidence would not agist if previous statements of a similar character had been in keeping with tbe facts. Ouly recently has it been given out that last year the net earnings of the Terminal roads were (700,000 less than their fixed ohargos, and yet (1,000,000 was paid out in dividends. From this it appears that a debt of (1,700,000 In one year was con tracted. In the faoe of such a showing It Is not to be wondered at that there is a lack of confidence la the reorganization plan, or that the price* of Terminal securities should decline. In a special from New York Iu the Morning News yesterday tho statement Is made that it is rumored that Gen. Thomas and John Inman have virtually abandoued the Terminal aud its affairs and that since they ceased to be prominent in its manage ment Its securltiei have been weak. It is not clear wby the severance of their con nection with the Terminal companies should affect the securities of those companies in juriously. Was is not while they were prominent in Terminal's affairs that the financial difficulties of the Terminal proper ties were increased? The men who are now In control of the Terminal seem to be trying to prevent a wreck. It does not appear that they alone are responsible for the alarming financial condition In whioh the Termiual properties are at present. It is true the question with them may be how to make the most money out of the concern, but assuming that is so their immediate purpose is clearly to avoid a collapse and disastrous wreck of the huge Terminal system. Ferdinand Ward, probably the most famous criminal on this continent, who dragged the name of au ex-President of the United States into a swindling “financial" firm, will be discharged from the Sing Sine (N. Y.) penitentiary on April 30. What the ex-Napoleon of fluance will set about doiog for a living when he is free is a question of iutereßt. During his confinement he has become an expert aud artistio job printer, but lie will hardly devote himself to that calling. It is understood, however, that he saved a considerable amount of his ill-gotten gains, which he has placed where it will be available when be wants it. If this is true, he will probably spend the first few months of bn freedom in seeing how much the world has grown since he haa been in prison. A cheap tariff story has been exploded by the secretary of a woolen manufacturing company at St. Mary's, O. A republican club at Salem,Ore., reoently presented Gov. McKinley with a pair of blankets, alleging them to be the first ever made entirely of American wool. Tbe story was published, and Albert Hertzlng, tbe secretary rafsrrad to, lead It. ImmeiiaUly ba wrote McKinley a latter elating that his firm bod baao making 7ui) such biankau each weak for fifty weeks each year lor the hyt twenty years. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1892--TWELVE PAGES. The Bland Bill. It Is the purpose of the free coinage dem ocrats of tbe House to renew their efforts tomorrow to pass the Bland bill. If Representative Catching*, ona of the mem bers of the oommittee on rulee. returns in time that oommittee will report a special order for the immediate o msideration of tbe bill. Tbe anti-free oolnage members will, it is expected, oppose tbe order, and a very lively parliamentary battle with reepect to it la likely to oocur. If tbe special order is defeated tbe fight In behalf of free silver oilnage will be over for' this session. If it Is granted there will be another strug gle over the bill, though It la not probable that there will be any lengthy discussion of it * The vote taken last Thursday on the mo tion to lay the biU on the table showed that the opposing forces are almost evenly di vided. It is estimated that on an abso lutely full vote the silver men have a ma jority of one. Thursday’s vote, however, was a great surprise to the opponents as well as tbs friends of silver. It was thought before a vote was taken that the silver men had at least twenty majority. The fact that the opposing foross are so evenly balanced may induce some of the democrats who doubt the wisdom of passing a free coinage bill at this session either to absent them selvee from the House or to vote against tbe bill. Thursday's vote demonstrated that the Democratic party of New York, Connecti cut and New Jersey Is against the free ooinage of sliver. If, therefore, the Bland bill should be passed by the House the prob abilities are that in the presidential cam paign the Democratlo party would not carry any one of those stales. It is certain that if it should lose all of them it would loss ths presidency. Under the circum stances a good many democratlo represent atives are likely to hesitate to assist in passing through ths House a free ooinage bill that would have no chanoe whatever of besoming a law, beoause it It should reach the president he would veto it. The reason Speaker Crisp and so many other demooratic congressmen from the south are urging the passage of the bill la that they fear unless the Democratlo parly oommlts Itself to the free ooinage of silver by passing through the House a free ooinage bill there will be so muob dlssatlsfaotion among southern demoorata that It will be an easy matter to lead many of them Into the People’s party. There la not muoh ground for fearing anything of that kind. If ths bill should not be passed ths great majority of democratlo voters would see be fore the presidential campaign is over that by passing it the democrats would have made a grave mistake. Some Significant Figures. An affidavit filed by Capt. Jackson In the railroad case at Macon shows that the pay rolls of the Central system for the month of May, 1891, called for (318,103 15, and those for February, 1892, for only (188,725 80. Here is a difference of about (130,000 a month, or a saving, If continued through, out the year, nearly sufficient to pay two thirds of the fixed charges. If these figures are correct, and there Is no reason to doubt they are, the Central system before it was leased must have been operated without any regard to economy, or else the Rlohmoud and Danville reduced the running expenses below a point that would permit tbe system to be kept In good physical condition. May is not a busier month than February, and it is fair to presume that as many em ployes were needed In one month as In the other. If the Richmond and Danville operated the Central for (130,000 a month less than it oost to operate it as an in dependent sys tem that oompany must have made a great deal of money out of the Central, even if there was a falling off In freights on ac count of the depressed oondltion of busi ness; Tbe Central made much more than its fixed charges when operated as an iude pendent system. For two or three years it made as muoh as 12 per oent At least it was reported that it made that much. But it did not make th 6 dividend it paid during tbe last two years It was operated as an in dependent system. If the Richmond and Danville saved (130,000 a month in op erating expenses it must have made a great deal more than the 7 per cent, dividend the lease called for. It may be that it was only during the last few months that the operating ex penses were reduced to as great an extent at the figures quoted indicate. In that case It is fair to presume that the saving was effected at tbe expense of the physical con- 1 dition of the road aud could not have been continued without disastrous results. A South Dakota divine is the latest in the field to accuse Dr. Talmage of plagiari-m, furnishing a list of quotations alleged to have been “cribbed” by the eminent Brook lyn divine. Whether or not these charges are true each interested person is left to as certain for himself, as Dr. Talmage per sistently refuses to pay any attention to ad verse criticism. In this connection it may be noted that in a recent sermon preached by Dr. Talmage he dealt with “crooked whisky” in language strikingly sim lar to language used by the la’.e Henry Durant Howren, an ex-member of tbe Florida leg islature and formerly a Georgia newspaper man of bibulous habits, who "reformed” and became an evangelist. Mr. Ho wren’s serpentine and tortuous adjectives in de scription of crooked whisky were used in such a manner as to create almost a sugges tive parallel. Prof. Goldwin Smith, the well-known Canadian annexationist, while in Washing ton this week remarked at a dinner table when tbe Bering sea matter was under dis cussion: "The United States had best be very careful not to go too far. They are not dealing with a Chile now.” Tbe re mark, though brief, is significant. Prof. Smith is disposed to be very friendly to the United States, and therefore would be apt to look on the more favorable side of a question involving this government. But being in touch with Canadian affairs and British sentiment he sees the dangers which threaten the peace of the two countries. The remark quoted waa made prior to the Presi dent’s la*t note to Lord Salisbury; what Prof. Smith now think* of tbe situation would be very interesting. The “small holdings bill,” which was looked upon as likely to preoipitate a crisis In tbe British ; arli*ment. was passed to its third reading, without a division, or a nota ble inoldant save Mx. Qladstone’espeech. He astonished bit friends and disarmed hie anemiaa by proclaiming that ha baliavad tha bill to be an bouest effort oo tha part of the governsienl to aoourd Justice to ths formers, but told it f*U abort of Ite purpose bocaua* ita friend* wara unable to oompiste what they had begun. PERSONAL. Ths German emperor talk* of sailing his yacht Meteor In ths Oowes raoa. President Harbisom ia to lay tha corner stone of the New York Grant monument April *7. Gen. O. O. Howard will delirer a lecture be fore the Christian Association in the City of Mexico. Mai A. C. Towns, vice president of Army of the Tennessee, has been lying at death's door In bis residenae near Chicago, from an abscess in his left lung. SaNon P. Montt. Chilean minister, is In Con cord, N. H. He is on a risit to the New Eng land stares for the purpose of obtaining infor mation upon industrial matters. Mas. Francis Hodgson Burnett shows that she has not bean spoiled by residence abroad by declaring that she is determined to give her son an American free school education. It is practically settled that Mr. Stanley is to go out to the Congo in the Interest of the Independent state before the olose of the year, and will remain there for a long period. Elizabeth Stbono, the young American art ist whose pictures wore hung In a prominent place in the last Pans salon, is a girl from Cali fornia who has made her own way in the art world. In memory of Mua Josephine Medill, who died iu Paris in January last, her father, Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, will endow beds in Paris hospitals tor the use of Americans. Richard Claverhoitse Jebb, LL. D., Lett. D., professor of Greek at Cambridge University, England, was a passenger by the Majestio, which arrived at New York Wednesday He it among the most eminent living English classi cal scholars. Ex-Congressman Wildricx, the contem porary at Webster and Calhoun In congress. Is reported critically ill at bis home in New York. He it 8!> years old and Is said to have held every elective office in New Jersey, except that of governor. Sir Julian Pauncxfote’s optic* In Washing ton contains a large number of portraits of the British ministers, secretaries and attaohea of legations in the United States, as well as of special ambasasyiors to this oountry. It Is thought that in point of likeness and in com pleteness the collection is without a Darallel. Judge Emery of the supreme judicial court of Maine was given a pair of white kid gloves not long ago by the grand Jury of Franklin county as aD emblem of the county’s irreproachable morals. The judge had to dismiss the jury from service because there were do indictments to be acted upo i at the term for which the jurors were drawn. Probably the only monument to Christopher Columbus in the United States is in Baltimore, and waa erected 100 years ago. It stands on the grounds of the Samuel Ready Orphan Asylum. A singular feature of its inscription Is that the Ithmortal egg-breaker was characterized as •’Chris" Columbus There is talk of removing the shaft to Chicago. BRIGHT BITS, “I’d lixe some half hose." she said, “With clocks?" inquired the clerk. “Yes. I’m particular about the clocks. I’m making this purchase on tick."— Washington Star. “How brilliant the moon le to-night.” said Naggs, os thay walked to church last night. "Yes." said Mrs. Naggs, “like most men, he’s brightest when he’s full.— Philadelphia Record. Chumplet—l say. Chollie, doncherknow, I just received an anonymous letter, doncher know, Lapley—Good gwaclousl Who twomt—Har vard Lampoon. A SMALL damsel of 12, who disliked boys’ wrote an essay upon them, in which she said: “If I had my way. half the boys In the world would be girls and the other half would be dolls.’’—Ttf Bits, Enigmatical—But haven’t you ever thought about getting married. Unole Jack? "Why, yeg, I certainly have thought about it, my dear—in fact. I've remained single owing to that very reason."— Fun. Mrs. Wanglo— You must bava been quite 111 to be visited by your doctor twice a day. Mrs. Polkadot—O, no. But he's a friend of ours just starting out. and I wanted to encour age him all I could.— Harper's Bazar. Brown (at an ultra full dresa evening party.) —What enchanting oostumes these ladies ap pear In to-night? Foggs—Yes, that’s what I should think if I were a mosquito.—Boston Transcript. Examiner of Zoology (to small aspirant)—Can you tell mo something peculiar about the cuckoo in regard to nesting? Student—Yes Please sir, he don't lay his own eggs himself, sir!— Texas Siftings. ’Tis one of life’s perplexities Conspicuous ’mongst many That he who buys umbrellas Is The one who hasn't any. Washington Star. “Here's a hair-raising thing began the literary member. "For charity’s sake give it to me.’’said the bald-headed member, excitedly, passing his hand sadly over his shining dome; “I need it badly.’’— Truth. “Did you like to go to Sunday school?’’ asked Uncle George of little Tommy. "Y T es; an’ dey sang about two funny Uttle children." “Who were they?” “Cherry Blm and Sary Flmm.”— Fuck. Little Dot— Sister Nell is too uppish for any thing to-day. Little Dick—She's just as stuck up and cross and ugly as she can be. Thinks we’re just com mon nuisances, that’s what she thinks. Wot’s got into ’er? Little Dot—Some one sent her a valentine calling her a fairy an’ a queen an' a angel Good Xews. CURRENT COMMENT. The Kaiser’s Numerous Ills. From the Pittsburg Dispatch (/ad.). With emphysema, asthma, severe earache, Brandenburg speeches, a paralyzed arm, bread riots, an obnoxious education bill and what-not, Kaiser Wilhelm is in hard lnck. The Tariff Teacher From Texas. From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.). The Senate of the United States stood in need of the tariff erudition which the state of Texas has provided for it. On the tariff question no man in the country is better equipped than Mr. Mills. In the Doubtful Event of War. From the New York Advertiser (Dem.). If the Bering sea troubles and a row with John Hull a id Canada should develop Into something vigorous and hOßtiie what a time New York and Elkins and Tracy would have in making generals, admirals, commodores and colonels! The woods would soon be full of ’em. Georgia’s Free School System. From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.). The free school system in Georgia is rapidly expanding under the influence of liberal and careful state and county administrations. Ab a proof of this is the county of Dooly. In this county only fifteen years ago there were only five public schools; now there are eighty, ad well attended. A Presidency Lost for the Speakership. From the Charleston News and Courier (Dem.). Speaker Crisp saved the silver bill by his vote on Friday. Speaker Crisp pays political debts like a man. He mate Springer chairman of the committee on ways and means, he forced the silver agitation in the House, and he saved the Bland bill from sudden death We fear that the south (oat tbe presidency for tbe demooracy when it got the speakership for itself. A lllance and “Third” Party. L. L. Polk, President National Alliance, I think that the third party has a good lighting show in nine southern stales, and In Georgia it is dead spre of winning. If the southerif states stand by ths movement, as 1 have every reason to behove they wdi, the third party will also carry every slots re# of ths Missouri rtver. That soill 5 row the election In the Houee.and that is tbs way the neat President of the United States is going to be chosen. The Vote on tba Bland Bill. From the Memphis Appeal - Avalanche (fleet.). Of tba dem cratie congressmen from Sets York. New Jersey, Heaue/lvauia. Maasacbu tetio, Coonec icut. Rhode Island, Nee Hamp shire, Maryland and Deiaear* only one has v,.u*d for tbs cousldvrstl m <.f ths Bland bill. What doss this mean? 1c moan* that ail of these stales, oasttn* 112 voles lu tha electoral cutiaka. ora opp sed in 40* fra- con ace ol Ml- V<m ette *4 vaus -jtr — any party UAI tovffU A Bold Young Pirate. H had tba air of a aaan of ths world, says the Boston Herald. HU dress was becoming and not too showy. He seemed to be an indi vidual who had dined well, who would tell good stories at the club. Stretched out in tba barber's chair in tbe hair dresser* room on Send street. Instead of set tling down with that indifferent, self-satisfied air that usually co-r e- over a man lntnat situa tion, he seemed troubled. He looked about from chair to chair, yet he was Dot happy Tba barber shaved him and *ai so impressed that he even forgot to talk him to death Then tbe man aat bolt upright in tbe ohair and took an envelope from hU pocket. It was scented; tbe barber could tell that It was writen in a lady's bad. too. Tho strange man opened It. took out a note, read it over and over again, then from lu folds withdrew a lock of hair. It was golden, and the victims who were waiting for their turn in tbe chair saw him kiss the sunny lock and put it back in the envelops. ‘ Hair cut?" asked the barber, as he rubbed the tufts of hair which surrounded a bald spot on the strange man's head “No. no, not for the world,” he replied. “I cannot spare any," "Man In next chair haa hair like yours, only a little more of It," suggested the barber. “By Jove, he has," said the troubled man, and he darted out of hi* seat and almost jumped to the occupant of the next chair. "Going to have a hair cut?” asked the strange man. "No," was the rather curt reply, "Well, will you have a hair cut at my ex pense?" said the man without hesitation. "I must send my best girl a lock of hair, and I can’t spare mine. Come, bow much Is it worth?" and the eyes of the colored boy who brushes coat* bulged out beyond his forehead. "Sell it for a small bottle!" replied the man with a good growth on his head, and the stranger answered: "I'll go you." The barber began bis work and a lock of the man's hair was handed over to the stranger, who put It in a little silver locket that bore a monogram. Then, when the work was finished, the two walked out together. The stranger was smiling oontentedly, the club man grinned, tbe barber laughed and the customers gazed on in astonishment. “Wasn’t Charley a dear, good fellow to keep hi# promise snd send me a lock of his hair’” said the pretty girl that night as she took the daintiest sort of a locket from a little box. And all was still but for the beating of her faithful heart. An Icjurod Brtkemsn’a Nerve. Pat Conley was rear brakeman on a Southern Ohio train that broke in two while he waa on deck, says the Omaha Bet. He made for the brake wheel to keep the rear section from dash lng into the forward part of the broken train. The brake ohaln snapped, he was thrown off the car before the wheels, and lp an Instant he had both legs cut off below the knee and one hand severed, Wbat was left of him was hurried upon the engine to the station, fortunately very near at hand. The stumps were amputated and dressed without anaesthetics, the call being too sudden and summons too hasty to procure them, if the man a life was to be saved at aIL Pat never ut tered a sound. Quivering with pain, white and periDirlng with agony, he never so much as winced. Gangrene set In and the arm had to be taken off above the elbow. But the brakeman never uttered a moan. Late one night, when he was still weak from the second operation, the hospital cot on which the shattered form lay broke down. The patient fell to the floor, the bandage w as loosened upon his leg, the ligatures burst, and but for the quick action of the nurse, Pat Conley would have bled to death. When the surgeon arrived the brakeman's face was drawn with anguish. He was so weak from loss of blood that It grew doubtful whether life could be coaxed back Into his frame. Every thing that could be done was attended to at ones. Fainting, sick, racked with inexpressible tort ure, the poor looked up at the surgeon who was compelled to stoop to his pillow to catch the feeble words. In a whisper that was Inaudible to the rest of the room. Pat murmured “ Doc, how—long—ought a feller stand this be fore he hollers? I oao’t stand it—much longer without—cryin’, but I don't want to do the baby act, “For God’s sake, Pat,” cried the doctor, “cry if you want to. It'll do you goo J. ’’ Then, for the first time in all these days of pain, Pat turned his faoe to the wall and wept like a child. A Cat’s “Swear Off." Samuel McDonald, a saloonkeeper at Frank fort road aud Vienna street, possesses a cat whioh he calls Hector, and which, up to half a year ago, waa a staid and happy pet, enjoying the respect and affection of tbe whole McDon ald famdy, says the Philadelphia Times. The cat s downfall corn me r, 0 -d one day when he wandered into a saloon which is attached to the McDonald home, and as he was a favorite with Tim, the bartender, was allowed to im bibe a small quantity of beer. Thereafter he was a regular frequenter at the saloon, and soon began to have as ardent and periietual a thirst for beer aa the most confirmed inebriate All of his former decorum and self-respect dwindled away, and Hector soon became dirty and disreputable, avoided the family and lav under a table in the barroom all day. He had lost all friends but Tim, the bartender, who several times a day gave him a prettv good 3rinkln y °* b * er ' which he lo3t no time in This state of things o mtlnued until the ap pearance of anew cat In the bouse—a very picture of rigid respectability—which, the few times that Hector saw him, treated him with tbe utmost contempt and refused all overtures of acquaintanceship. About a month ago after a peculiarity bitter affront, which almost caused a light. Hector suddenly left the barroom and waa gone several days. When he reappeared he was olean aud presentable once more, and seemed to have recovered his oM pride and spirits. Nothing could tempt him to enter the saloon again, and when Tim offered him beer once he became furiously enraged. He resumed his former virtuous habits and temperate life waa as tidy and dainty as ever he was and is now gradually winning his way again to the re spect snd esteem of the family, to the evident surprise and chagrin of the other cat. A Scotch Dog’s Wonderful Sagacity. T. Sidney Cooper, the English animal painter, tells an exchange, says the Chicago Herald , that he often made valuable studies in Cumber land at places where Scotch drovers halted with their cattle for the night. On such oooa - sions he often had a chance to s-e illustrations of an animal's intelligence as well as of its phy sical perfection. One day wh*m there was a pouring rain a man consented to sit for me at the inn where I was staying. He brought his collie with him. and both of them were dripping wet, so be put off his plaid and laid It oil the floor by the dog. I mode a very successful sketch' of tbe man. but before I had finished it the dog grew fidgety with the wet plaid, and his master said: "Tak’ itawa. mon; tak’ it awa'.” The dog took the end of it between his teeth an t dragged it out of the room. After I had finished tbe drover’s portrait I asked him if he thought his dog would ba quiet for a time, as I wished to sketch him. “O, yes, mon," he answered, "he ll do any thing I sav to him. Watch. Watch?" he called and then "whustled" for him, as the Scotch say. As the dog did not appear we went together to look for him and found him sitting before the kitchen fire with the end of the plaid in his mouth holding it up to dry. I expressed my admiration of bis intelligence, and the master reclied: "Ah. he's a canny creature, sir. He know a mony things, does thot dog, sir. But come awa’, mon; the gentleman wants to make your picture.” 8o we returned to my room, and the hand some coolie sat for his portrait. Fired the Gun and AIL In the Crimean war, says the Irish Times, a raw recruit was told off to watch the fire of the Russ an artillery and cry out to his comrades when shot, shell or rocket was fired, so that they might be prepared for it. He gave tne signal "shot!" "shell!" “shot!" “shell!" punc tually until he saw a rocket, which, of cours • is a long, tubelike missile. It was the first he saw, and imagining it was a cannon, be yelled out: "Tare an’ages, boy*, the gun an' all Is cornin’! If the Roosblans are eomlng after it they won’t lave a mother’* son of us alive." _ BAKING fOffPM. D” PRICES dsasssi Used in Millions of Home* —40 Years the Standard. FLAVORING extracts. Keep the Standard High The best articles never fail to please. High price always carries with it a conviction of superior quality. When you are influenced to pur chase a substitute because it is cheap, depend upon it, if not injurious to health, you will find it: comparatively worthless. In all the food products introduced by Dr. Price, his aim has been to keep the standard high and his Delicious Flavoring Ex tracts are not an exception to this rule. Try them and see how superior they are to the cheap flavoring extracts for sale as substitutes. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Milk is described as the most wholesome and nutritious food that we possess, and even aa a representative and ideal one—excellent not only for children i furnishing as It does every element necessary to the growth of the body), but moat valuable also for persons ol every age. Right at Durango City. Mexico, is one of the most wonderful and extensive iron deposits in the world, the “Seirra Mercada," said to be al most a mountain of iron. Tne ore of this famous mountain is said to be magnetic : mag netite: and absolutely free from phosphorus, and henoe especially adapted to steel manu facture by the Bessemer process. This prop erty is now owned by a United States corpora tion. There are no great woolen factories in Egypt, but the looms are scattered in small numbers over the country. According to Felix Mengin, in his "Histoire Sommaire de l’Egypte, 1823 T 3B,’’ published in 1839, there were in Egypt in 1833 4,000 looms for weaving woolen stuffs. These stuffs were used to dress ths fellahs and the sailors and for bed covers, etc. The coar e wools of Upper Egypt were chiefly used for those purposes, not being suitable for any other use. There are no laws against child labor in China. They begin to work as soon as they walk. A boy or gtrl at 4 years of age will carry the baby "piggy-back" half an hour at a time and mind it from dawn till dusk. They also hunt up the pig wbeu be is lost, lead the water buffalo, or tend a herd of sheep with almost the same success as a grown man. They work In the eardens. bring water from the wells, destroy locusts, caterpillars and slugs, pull out tbe weeds, and in every way show themselves ex cellent horticulturists in minature. The mining and fusing of lulphur ore ia Sicily has been carried on for a great many years, but from lack of enterprise and for want of outside capital, which cannot be Induced to invest in any enterprise on the island, tbs mining and fusing is still carried on tbe most primitive fashion. In tne majority of mines machinery is unknown, and in the larger and more valuable ones only pumps and Rotating apparatus is used. Hand labor is universal.and a great many children find employment in car rying in baskets on the head the mineial from the mine to the surface. The best boxwood comes from the Caucasus, hitherto Turkish territory, but taken by Russia. Since 1872 some of the forests have been closed and others denuded of the tree. At that time (1872), in Persia, a wood was discovered similar to the Turkish or Abasian boxwood, and as much as 8.00.) tons have, in some years, been Imported from that country; but, owing to the exhaustion of the forests near the coasts and the Increased cost due to scarcity and longer laud carriage, the price is now almost beyond reach, except for the engraver, for whose use, it is affirmed, there is no substitute yet discov ered. The different nations of the world, both an cient and modern, have employed various sym bols to represent the fires that flash from the thunder-clouds The Chaldeans symbolized It with a trident; the learned Babylonians used a human arm for the same purpose. The bas reliefs of Nimrod and Malthia, the work of la el and more refined Assyrian artists, show the trident doubled or transformed into a trifld fascicle. This triumph of the classic art se cured for the ancient Mesopotamian symbol the advantage over all other representations of the thunder bolt. The Greeks represented the storm-flre with the feathers of a bird of prey. Later on, when they had begun the use of the Asiatic form of the symbol, they put It in tbe elaws of an eagle and made it the scepter of Zeus. Gaul received the symbol from Italy, but soon altered it to the familiar two-headed hammer seen on the Gallo-Roman monuments. Tha same symbol is seen on amulets found la Ger many, Scandinavia and Brittany. When a chief is about to be crowned king paramount of the Swazi nation, a warrior (called an imp!) is sent out to hunt for a lion, a tiger, a buffalo and a largo snake. This, be cause part of the ceremony at the coronation, consists of the king eating portions of the hearts of the three animals, the oil of the snake only being used. The medloine man rubs the oil on the breast, temples and between the shoulders of the king, this to prevent him being bewitched. The animal hearts are supposed to act on the liver and make his royal majesty brave indeed. During the ceremony the king sits upon the skull of the buffalo, which has been placed upon the ground in toe heart of the village. The exercises last three days. On tbe first he is clothed only in the skin of the lion; on the second, in the skin of the tiger, while on the third the skull is la the cen ter <f the buffalo's skin and mounted by the king, who is perfectly naked. In this situation he receives the congratulations of his people, who hall him as "Great Lion,” "Great Tiger." "Slay er of Serpents" and "Rider of the Buf falo.” By tbe above titles he is ever after known to his people. There are many odd and curious specimens of bei anieal rarities In the government botani cal gardens at Washington. None, however, attract more attention than that remarkable Oriental oddity, the "barber plant.” It was not given its odd name, as some might suppose, be cause its leaves are like razors or its sap like lather. Neither will jts inner bark make splendid towels (as is said of the "vegetable cloth r ’ tree), or its seeds make razor hones. It is simply called the barber plaut because the juices or either the leaves or fruit applied to the face prevents the beard from growing. Mr. Davis says that this does not apply to cases where the bard has taken root, but that it maybe applied with perfect safety by boys who desire to keep the hair on their faces from getting a start Another oddity pointed out to the inter ested visitor at tho government gardens is the so called "cruel plant,” which belongs to the “flytrap” order. This vegetable Nero kills just for the pleasure of being a murderer. The leaves of the cruel plant exude an Intoxtca'ing honey, which regularly attracts flies, bees, but terflies and other busy little flutterers. The slightest touch of these little creatures causes the leaf to close in the real flytrap fashion, squeezing the intruder out of ail semblance of an Insect. As soon as death stops the struggles of the insect and the irritation oeaaes the leaf slowly opens, drops the mangled remains to tbe floor and automatically sets itself for another victim. CHRISTOPHER GRAY ± SON If ARRIVALS PLAIN WHITE TABLE LINENS. HEMSTTCHED DOYLIES. Hack Ground Cilored Figured Chin SJb. FIGURED CHALLIES, GINGHAMS, PERCALES HOSI E R Y AND SPRING DRESS GOODS. C. Graf & Si SUBURBAN RAILWAYS. ~~ SUNDAY SCHEDULE CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY AND COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. The 8:00 p. m. train leaves from Second are. nue and Whitaker street depot All other gain* leave from Bolton street depot for Bonaventurr Thunderbolt, and Isle of Hope, Montgomsrr and Beaulieu, city time. 7 ‘ For Bonaventure and Thunderbolt—9:o010 00 11:00a m.. 2:00,3:00,4:00,6:00. 6:00 and 610 m For Isle of Hope—10:00, 11:00 a. m_ *3 00. 6:30 p. m. For Montgomery—lo:oo a. m„ *3:00 p, m. Returning, leave Montgomery 7:30 a m 18:60,5:10 p.m. * Returning, leave Isle of Hope 8:00 a. m. IMI. 1:20.6:40 p. m. ’ A Returning, leave Thunderbolt 8:20, 10:00 am. 12:30. 2:30. 3:30,4:30, 6:30, 6:00, 6:30 p. m. * Arrive In Savannah 8:40, 10:20 a.m.. 12 50 *1:40, 2:50, 3:50. 4:50, 3:50 6:80, 6:50 p. m. ' ’ •Seoond avenue and Whitaker street depot. Trains for city leave Bonaventure cemetery live minutes after leaving Thunderbolt. G. W. ALLEY. Supt. _ FLOUR. If there is any one thing a cook delights in, it is uni< fornrity. I SELF-RAISING BUCKWHEAT is always uniform. ’ J UAItDWAKt. Garden Hose 7 GARDEN TOOLS. GARDEN TILE. FOB SALE BY Edward Lovell's Sons, 155 BROUGHTON STREET. ICE. “A thing of PURITY Is a joy forever" is Che matter of ICE. Such ia TIE GORRIE ICE Buy It, and enjoy the hot weather. Loo* *• this space next week for our prices, haven’t got room to put them In this time. Ths Gorrie Ice Manufacturing Company. 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