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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MILITABT Order—Order No. 80, Georgia
Hussars.
Special Notices l.e Panto Cigars,
Henry T. Schroeder; As to Bills Against
British Steamship Maude.
Steamship Sc heiiui.es—Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Another Paralytic Stroke—B. H. Levy
& Bro.
if You've Got It in a Sock—Appel &
Schaul.
Railroad Scheppi.e—Savannah. Florida
nnd Western Railway: Savannah. Amerlcus
and Montgomery Railway; Central Railroad
ol Georgia. „
Auction Sales—Sundries, by J. H. Oppen
heim A Son.
Cheap Column advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Kent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
A man named Redstone, editor of a so
cialist paper at Washington, is the per
son at the head of the movement to hold
a “hunger parade” in Washington.
American wage-earners cannot afTord to
affiliate with the people represented by
the man and his paper.
The wires of all the telegraph lines
leading out of Savannah were down yes
terday and last night. The Morning
News received one dispatch from Way
cross early in the evening, but by 10
o'clock telegraphic communication with
that place had been cut off. The condi
tion of the wires accounts for the ab
sence of dispatches in the Mousing News
to-day.
It transpires that there is tio authority
for the statement that certain prominent
republicans, among them ex-Doputy Com
missioner of Pensions C. P. Lincoln, in
tend to try the experiment of bringing
Secretary Hoke Smith up with a round
turn in the courts for suspending certain
pensioners pending an investigation. The
supreme court has decided that a pension
is not a vested right and can he set aside
for fraud. Under that decision former
administrations, Gen. Harrison's included,
have suspended.pensioners pending inves
tigations. The practice is old. in fact.
The difference between such suspensions
under Noble and those under Smith
is in numbers, merely, and not
in 'principle. It is believe 1
that Gen. Alger, whose por|>ctual
candidacy for the presidential nomination
influenced him. was about u> put up the
money for a light against Secretary
Smith when friends persuaded him that
the effort would prove fruitless.
The New Orleans Picayune prints a
most remarkable story from Battlet'reek,
Michigan. It is about a man who is
growing anew pair of eyes. Thirty-odd
years ago he became totally blind, and his
eyeballs becoming diseased they were re
moved. For ten years he wore glass
eyes, but finally discarded them and
covered li,s sightless sockets with a pair
of smoked glass goggles. A year ago as he
was sitting with his wife one evening he
suddenly thought that he perceived a
light and asked his wife, “what is that”’
pointing in the direction where he seemed
to see something. She replied that it 1
was a lamp. Next day a surgeon was
consulted. On examination it was found
that small eyeballs were growing on the
ends of the optic uerves
that were left exposed when
his eyes were removed. Since that time
his sight has gradually improved, and
from being able to catch a sensation of
light, he can now, in a good light, dis
tinguish strong colors. Physicians who
have examined him say there can be no
doubt that ho is growing new eyeballs.
Tlie man, who is a devout adventist, be
lieves his sight is returning as a direct
answer to prayer.
The postoffice department has ruled
that the writer and sender of a letter may
control its movements until it is delivered
to the jierson addressed. The case upon
which the decision uas rendt rod was an
interesting one, from California. A young
woman wrote a letter to her lover and
directed it to him at his place of residence,
adding on the envelope. “l)o not deliver
to any one except the person addressed,
and him in person.” The postmaster at
the delivery office made several futile
efforts to deliver the letter to the young
man, refusing to deliver it to members of
his family. Finally the letter was re
turned to the forwarding office. Mean
time the young woman met the young
man and shot him. She claimed the
shooting was in self-defense. She was
arrested upon the charge of murder. The
prosecution made efforts to secure the
letter, believing that its contents would
show the killing to have been premedi
tated. The prisoner's attorneys resisted
tlie efforts of the prosecutors to get the
letter and a legal struggle ensued. The
department at Washington was finally'
appealed to, with the result of a ruling in
favor of the woman. The letter will,
therefore, be given to her, and the prose
cution may be defeated.
The Vote To-day.
In accordance with an agn'oment cn
i ternl into when the silver debate was be
! gun. the House will to-day vote on the
| question of free silver coinage at the ex
i isting ratio of 16 to 1. and at an iicreasCd
! ratio up to 20 to 1. If no one of the ratios
I proves to he acceptable a vote will be
taken on tlie Wilson bill, which pro
! vides for the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman silver law.
Thesound money men feel confident that
free silver coinage will be rejected at any
ratio, and that the Wilson bill will be
passed by a very satisfactory majority.
If this should be the case, and there is now
no reason to doubt it will, the Wilson bill
will lx- sent to the Senate immediately,
where it will rest until the Senate gets
ready to vote on the Voorhecs bill, which
is virtually the Wilson bill with a simple
declaration in favor of bimetallism added
to it.
According to our dispatches the Voorhees
bill will be passed by the Senate within
the next week or two. It is believed that
the Voorhees hill is the one that will he
agre> 'I to finally by congress. The Presi
dent would sign it promptly, because it is,
in effect, what he recommended in his
message.
The vote in the House to-day will be
looked for with intense interest. The
IK-uplw have liocii waiting patiently for re
lief legislation, and the passage of the
Wilson bill by the House will have the
effect of creating a better feeling in finan
cial circles.
There is still some doubt as to whether
a majority of the Senate will vote for the
unconditional repeal of the Sherman sil
ver law, but the very general belief of
those who are in a position to give an un
biased opinion as to the sentiment of sena
tors in respect to silver is that
the bill repealing the Sherman silver law
will be passed. In a week, probably,
but certainly within two weeks, it will be
definitely known whether or not the
‘•cowardly makeshift” known as the
Sherman silver law will be removed from
the statutes.
The country has heard all it cares to
hear at this time in respect to silver, and
there would be general irejoioing if the
Senate should pass a repeal bill at the
same time the House does.
The Atlanta Rusting Out.
When Secretary Herbert took charge
of tho navy it was suspected, by him and
others, that he would find a good many
loose ends that needed to be taken up.
And before many weeks went by the sus
picion was proved well founded. It was
demonstrated that some of the subordi
nate officers had a habit of running
things about to suit themselves. When
certain commanders were ordered to sea
they hesitated and found excuses for de
lay until tho order was countermanded or
the officer took it in his head to go, as a
matter of accommodation to the authori
ties.
But, in the midst of all this, not even
the secretary suspected that the need of
rubbing up and lubricating, so to speak,
extended beyond the officers to the ships
themselves. It has been ascertained,
however, that at least one splendid ship
of the new navy has for more than a year
lieen rusting to ruin.
Recent events aboard the cruiser At
lanta convinced the secretary that an in
vestigation of the officers and a rigid in
spection of the ship was necessary. The
outcome of the inspection has just become
known. It is said that, although the
Atlanta is anew ship she will have to
undergo repairs from keelson to truck.
Outside, to the casual observer, she is as
clean and bright as anew made pin. But
in the holds things are different. The
water-tight compartment doorsare rusted
on their hinges until the doors cannot
be shut, and the compartments are, there
fore, useless. The inspectors say they
are sure the doors have not been shut for
a year; the regulations say they shall be
shut and opened every day. Steam and
drain pipes deep down in tho vessel are
said to be eaten with rust until they leak
constantly. Some of these leaks, to use
the language of the Baltimore Sun's re
port, “havei rusted the hull so as to re
duce it to oue half of its original thick
ness.”
To say that Secretary Herbert is angry
at tlio state of affairs is putting it mildly.
He is going to stir things up as they de
serve to be stirred. Tho officers respon
sible for tho rust will probably be put
where they ma.v rufit all they want to. llut
suoh carelessness will not in future be
permitted in the navy.
Mrs. Lease explained to the farmers' al
liance encampment at Mt. Gretna. Pa.,
the other day how it happens that she is
making stump speeches and spending
most of her time on the road, while her
husband remains at home looking after
the children. "This is woman's day out,”
said she. How long she means to stay
out is a problem, but it is evident that
she is not going home yet awhile. There
are a number of public questions yet to
be settled. ‘lf you mm cannot settle
t hem.” Mrs. Lease went on to say, “we
ask you to remain at home and mind tho
baby and knit tho stockings; we can set
tle every problem that confronts this na
tion.” She is, at least, consistent.
These are her days out, and she is mak
ing Mr. Lease stay at home and miiul the
baby and knit the stockings while she
tackles the problems She is not settling
many of them, by the way. There are
more questions confronting mankind now
than when Mrs. Lease began her crusade.
And nut the least of them is. whither are
our women drifting'
Tlie anti-trust bill introduced in the
Senate the other day, to take the place of
the Sherman anti-trust act of lsik). goes
into details defining exactly what trusts
are, and how monopolies may be consid
ered and discovered by law officers. It
sets forth that a monopoly shall be de
fined to mean an agreement between two
or more persons engaged in or interested
in the same kind of general business for
the purpose of suppressing competition,
raising prices or charges for the transpor
tation of persons or property, or limiting,
decreasing or controlling production.
Such an agreement is declared to be il
legal. and it is made the duty of federal
courts to issue injunctions, ujion sufficient
complaint, and to perform other acts to
wards the dissolution of such illegal com
binations.
A perennial political joke is about to be
perpetrated in New York. An “assault
upon Tammany” is on the programme for
the near future. Tammany fattens upon
assaults.
THE MOKNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST2S, 18113.
Why the Outlook i Brightening.
There is a much better feeling in finan
cial and commercial circles because the
belief is growing that the Sherman silver
law will be unconditionally repealed. If
the situation in congress should become
so changed as to make the repeal of that
law doubtful, the financial situation
would quickly become even worse than it
was a week or two ago, and there would
be numerous failures. There are finan
cial institutions and business firms that
are holding off disaster from
day to eday, hoping that
the Sherman silver law will soon bo re
pealed, and confidence' so restored that
the money stringency will cease. Re
move the hope they have of an early
relief and they would yield to the pres
sure against which they are now bravely
and successfully struggling.
The fact that the belief that the Sher
man silver law will be unconditionally
repealed is helping the financial situation
is good evidence that that law, and not
the fear of tariff reform, as many repub
licans allege, is the cause of the financial
distress. . The truth is, that
if fear of changes in the
tariff was the cause of the money
stringency arid business stagnation the
financial troubles would have occurred
immediately after Mr. Cleveland's elec
tion, because he was elected with the un
derstanding that tho tariff should be re
formed.
The enormous purchases of silver by
the goverment weakened confidence in
the stability of our currency and brought
on the panic, and when the purchases of
silver are stopped the panic will disaj>-
pear. Congressmen who refuse to assist
in putting an end to the panic do not rep
resent their constituents, and ought to be
made to understand that they do not.
The Life-Saving Service.
A hill has been introduced in congress
to provide for experiments looking to bet
ter means of communication between out
lying light houses, light-ships and life
saving stations. It is proposed to utilize
the telephone and submarine cables, and
an appropriation is wanted with which to
defray the cost of experiments.
Any measure that may reasonably be
expected to benefit tlie life-saving service
is worthy of the careful consideration of
congress. The Morning News recently
gave some details of the work of the life
saving services of the world during the
last twenty-five years, in which it was
shown that thousands of lives and
millions of .dollars’ worth of property had
been saved through their efforts. The
service in this country is said to be the
best. Still, it is deficient in many re
spects. Wrecks along the coast are often
sighted first by the look-outs in the tall
lighthouses, some of which are in almost
inaccessible places on land, while others
are far out in tho water. If means of
quick communication between these
places and the life saving stations could
be established, much vuaiuible time
would be saved in getting men and boats
to the rescue of those wrecked.
Another need of the Atlantic coast ser
vice was illustrated during the great
storm along the New York and New Jer
sey coasts a few days ago. It is the cus
tom to keep full crews on duty only a part
of the year. Most of the stations are
now closed for the summer, and.when the
storm broke along the New Jersey coast
the other day it found only one or two
keepers at each station. What might
have been accomplished with even half
crews is suggested by what was accom
plished by the keeper at Deal beach. He
hurriedly organized a volunteer crew of
hotel guests and rescued four out of elev
en iship-wrecLed men. Had the trained
life savers been on duty tlie number of
rescued would probably have been great
er. It is the opinion of seafaring men
that many lives were lost because the
stations were closed.
It seems that, considering the high
state of efficiency to which tlie signal ser
vice has lieen brought, if it is not prac
ticable to have the stations fully manned
during the entire year, emergency crews
might be provided and ordered by tele
graph whenever a severe storm is discov
ered to be making its way to the coast, to
report at once at the stations for ser
vice.
The New Y’ork Commercial Advertiser
lias been one of the extremely partisan
newspapers to contend that fear of demo
cratic tariff tinkering is mainly responsi
ble for the financial and industrial de
pression. But out of its own columns the
Commercial Advertiser stands convicted
of insincerity or very poor judgment. As
told in the Mhknino News dispatches. Un
commercial Advertiser has received from
its own correspondents and published a
“broadside” of opinions to the effect that
the commercial crisis is past, and that an
era of prosperity is about to. be ushered
in. And now, before wc get well --out of
the woods,” it is as well to remark that
whatever degree of prosperity may come
to the country after this seasonof depres
sion will bo due ontirly to the efforts of
the Democratic party. The populist and
the republican press, and the politicians
of those parties as well, have exerted
themselves to magnify all of the bad feat
ures of the situation and bide all of the
good ones, for the purpose of embarrass
ing the democrats and making iiolitical
capital for their own parties.
Tho Hughes court-martial at Topeka
continues to drug itself along. Two or
three weeks have been consumed iu the
inquiry, but a conclusion appears to be as
far off as ever. Coi. Hughes disobeyed
the order of Gov. Ia? welling to shoot
down a lot of republican legislators, and
is being tried therefor under an indict
ment embracing about all the crimes aud
misdemeanors in both the civil and milita
ry codes. The state house officers are im
portant witnesses for the prosecution. It
appears that every time a witness for the
defense makes a point Secretary of State
Osborne is put upon the stand to contra
dict him. Osborne has now reached a
point in. his serial story where he tells of a
plot on the part of the republicans to as
sassinate Lewelling. Osborne, it will be
remembered, is the official whose sanity
was questioned recently.
Montana has, during the recent past,
figured so extensively in the silver talk as
a silver state that the fact that she pro
duces any tsther metal has been almost
lost sight of. Asa matter of fact Mon
tana is one of the greatest copper produ
cers in the world, her output exceeding
even that of Michigan. Excepting Mich
igan, Montana produced last year more
copper than all the other states and
territories combiued.
PERSONAL.
Honrj Jone*. the Enjrl'.hh wbtftt player and
writer under the name of < avenlih.“ has
reiA' hed Boston. where ho expresae* his high
opinion of American whUt pluvor*. Tho finest
players ho found tn N* * <‘rl.*ans fliienfo.
rianton. Penn., and Minneapolis Tho Ameri
can player ho places of the English on
account of their pro^re*--iyctipkk and willing
ness to try new method- >f play
Mme. Patti will sail for America on her reg
ular annual farewell tour Oct. 28. She will be
accompanied b.v Mme. Fabri, Signors Galas*!.
Lely and Novera. a maid, a valet, a cook, a
monkey, two parrots and a pug dog. Mr.
Nn olini husband of the diva will, it is un
dorstood. alro be of the party, chiefly to take
care of tho menagerie and to swear at mana
gers who are unfortunate enough to displease
Mme. Patti.
Tho Duke of Fife has been summering at
Westgate-on-Sea and ha - got himself disliked
by the local populace on account of his stingi
ness. He never “tipped the boatman, to
whom he paid the lowest legal price, and he
finally became so parsimonious that he or
dered out the coast guard galley for the use
of himself and party. A> the duke is the
queen s son-in-law. tho loyal Britons have
not said much about the matter, but they are
keeping up a deuce of a thinking.
The late James Stillie. Edinburgh's oldest
bookseller, who died a few weeks ago. was
one of the few living links that bound Sir
Walter Scott to the present generation. He
was in his ninetieth year, and when a boy. as
an apprentice in the publishing house of Bal
lantvne & Cos., it was his duty to carry the
proofs of the Waver ley Novels to Sir Walter
at Abbotsford. Afterwards, when Stillie sot
up in business for himself as a bookseller, his
shop was one of Jsir Walter's regular places
of resort.
W lien the speaker pro tem. notified a Mis
sissipi member that his time was up. at Tues
day nights session, says the Philadelphia
ledger. Representative ti a v moved that the
member s time be indefinitely extended, and
the latter resumed. Then the pro tem.
speaker (Hiehardson. of Tcnn.i called Mr.
Tracy to the chair, excused himself and left.
Mr. Tracy was also left, for Mr. Richardson
did not come back, and Mr. Tcacy hud the
fatfgueing pleasure of forming one of the very
smqll audience that enjoyed the Mississippi
mans indefinite extension.
Henry Arthur Jones, in many respects the
most successful playwright of the day, says
that only once has he put an incident from
real life in one of his plays. That is a brief
bit of dialogue in “The Silver King," repro
dneed from a conversation between a tipsy
traveler * and a railway guard at Waterloo
station. His famous Bauble Shop.'' the
story of a statesman's career ruined by a
woman, was suggested by the I’arnell case.
Mr. Jones is a slight but well-knit man. a
brilliant talker and a good horseback rider.
He is forty-two years old, and his first play,
"Only Round the Corner," was accepted in
1877.
BRIGHT BITS.
"What is your idea of 11 poet?" she asked.
"A poet." replied he. is a man who is
long on hair and short on cash."—Washington
Star.
"Well. Mollio.” said her napa, who is a
militia colonel- did sou see me marching up
Broadway to day ?”
“Yoth." said Mollio, "and I was real mad.
papa. They might have let you have a drum
to play on like those others had."—Harper's
Bazar.
She—Henry is such a simpleton. He's like
the ostrich that hides his head In the sand
and then thinks nobody can see him.
He—Oh. hut that isn't a hit like Henry.
She—Why. you know how indiscreet he is.
He—Yes. hut he hasn't got the sand.—Bos
ton Transcript.
"There's one eurious thing about discover
ing places." said Johnny, after he got through
with his study. "Take Bermuda, for In
stance. It was discovered by a man named
Hurmudes How hi' happened to stumble on
a place with a namo just like his beats me."
—Harper's Bazar.
Gaswell—l'm disgusted with young Mr. Van
Braam.
Dukane—Why?
Caswell—He does nothing but flirt with the
girls.
Dukane—Then you don’t like to see a man’s
efforts ail miss directed —Pittsburg Chroni
cle-Telegraph.
Baldrey—Jayley. I wish you would join our
lodge. Y'ou've no idea what a comfort you
would derive troin the brotherly love that is
rife among its mem hers,
Jayley—Yes, I know-one of your men—Jimp
sou.
Baldrey—Great Scott! I hope you won’t
judge the rest of us by him.—Detroit Tribune.
Fair Patron—“ See here! You told me a
horrible story about the way my husband was
acting, and I’ve found on investigation, that
it is not true. He's just as good as he can
be.”
Fortune Teller—"Very remarkable, madam;
very remarkable. I've told that same story
to about 10,000 different women, and you are
the first one who has made a complaint.”—
New Y'ork Weekly.
“What was de trouble at de pokah pahty
las'night?"
Well, yoh see. one oh do g oilmen tried ter
cash in er him full oh brass buttons. De
banker savs: -All ile res' ol> de cheeks is rut)
ber buttons." De oddah feller answers 'im
buck, 1 can't help it.' Well.'says de banker,
'de financial stringency am sech dat yo’U
hah to get desc checks certified.' An' den de
troublo commenced.''- Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Batter Distribution Needed.
B’rom the Memphis Appeal Avalanche (Dem.).
Something wrong a,bout this: Western
farmers are offering .+2 a day for luiior to save
the w heat crop, and cannat get help, while the
cities are overrun with idle workmen.
Now Judge Your Congressmen.
From the Galveston News (Dcmj.
Tho people of ihi.-s country now have the
best opportunity they have ever had to ascer
tai'.i just li"\v little- money th- long winded
arguments ot their congressmen are worth.
Where Are Wo Now "At P”
From Hie St. Louis Republic (Dem).
General Warner sac s that a repeal of the
Sherman act would "put the country on a
singte gold standard and c hange all debts to
gold debts.” Will the distinguished Silver
advocate tell us what standard we are under
now. and whether our debts are not gold
debts? A repeal of the Sherman act would
not change the standard in the least.
A Means to the End.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
Nobody l-elievi s that the repeal of the sil
ver purchasing clause of the Sherman act
would of itself give us a sound and ample
currency. But the repeal would prove to tie
the indispensable preliminary to an adjust
ment of the currency question on a stable and
•equitable busts, if there lie an industry more
directly interested than all others In such an
adjustment it is that of silver mining; and
its representatives in congress will be ren
dering it the greatest disservice if they shall
seek ny ilb tatorial or obstructive methods to
delay the first stage of a settlement of the
protlem.
“The Passing of Hill.”
From the Now Y’ork World (Dem.)
Senator David B. Hill has put his state to
shame, the has misrepresented its . intelli
gence and hot rayed the trust it had reposed
in him. He has allied himself with the chief
senatorial representative of chaotic igno
rance in an assault upon the financial institu
tions of the great cities for doing what they
could in t time cif distress atid danger to
avert universal disaster, in all this he is
without excuse. He cannot plead ignorance
or intellectual density as PefTer can. He
cannot even urge the demagogue's plea that
he is obeying the will of his constituents. His
course is a wanton, shameless betrayal of
high trust for the miserable purpose of wreak
ing the revenge of petty jealousy.
Peffer’s "Declaratory” Money.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
The populist senator has doubtless all the
breezy, cyclonic independence of fact that
characterizes the Kansas patriot, but it is
difficult to beiievc that even he assents fully
to all the follies Implied in this bill. Aside
from the absurd whereases, the measure pro
poses the issue of anew sort of legal tender
greenback which shall not accomplish any
thing, but be merely "declaratory. ’ It shall
say simply lam a dollar.,’ A piece of paper
with this and the government's stamp" on
it will vindicate, it is believed, the power of
this glorious nation to "make money." The
proposal marks a step forward in financial
lunacy The greenbaeker has long demanded
unlimited paper money, but he has exhibited
a wont of spirit in servilely agreeing to put
on his hit of silk-t hreaded paper a promise to
pay something or other some time or other
by way of redemption.
Spoiled a Lynching Bee.
When Hank Taylor was put on trial at
Strawberry Hill for killing Steve Brown
say* the Anaconda Standard, he pleaded
guilty, and In a little speech to the crowd be
said
In course you'll hang me. I expect it, and
shall be disappointed if you don't. But 1
want it understood right now that 1 hev
rights "
What be them rights, prisoner." queried
Bill Totten, who was acting as judge
"Waal. 1 want to ho hung with anew rope
I was brought up respectably and 1 want to
die that way. Then I want to wear a tiled
shirt. I was brung up to wear blled shirts,
and 1 don't want to disgrace the fam lv. I
want to be shared, to have my hair combed
and parted in the middle, and I insist
on Zeke Cooper lendin' me his new butes.
Them s my rights, and I shall insist on ’em. ”
' Prisoner, hnin't vou jest a little too par
ticular Inquired the judge. Hain't it put
tin' this 'ere camp to a good deal of extra
trouble for no real benefit? Whar are wo
goln' to get a biled shirt, for instaucc?"
1 dunnn. but we hev got to hev one. Do
you s'pose I'm goin to bring up in the other
world with this old red shirt on 1 They
wouldn’t allow me to stake a claim or set up
a shanty."
How arc you goin'to be shaved when we
hain't got no razor in camp? We kin furnish
you some grease and a comb, but thar can't
be no shavin'.”
"Got to he." replied Hank. "I hain’t goin'
over the divide lookin' like a wolf with his
winter fur on. And as fur grease. I want
reg’lar liar's ile. I bound to look jest as purtv
as 1 kin.”
"Zeke. will you lend him yer butes?" asked
the judge.
"Naw! I could never feel easv in 'em
agin!”
"Then I don't hang!” retorted the prisoner.
Mind you. boys. 1 hain't denyin’ that I killed
>teve. whom everybody knows w-as a pro
vokin , cantankerous cus and orter been
killed long ago, and I hain't kickin' as to
what will follow. I'm jest stiekin' out fur my
rights. S sposin' any one o' you was goin' to
arrive in the other world as a tenderfoot,
wouldn't you want to look fairly decent?”
That's so. that's so," mused the judge. “In
course it'll be known that you cum from
Strawberry Hill, and in course we ll hev a
pride in fittin' you out in decent shape. The
prisoner will be removed while we hev a
talk."
We had a talk. We couldn’t get a white
shirt, anew rope and a razor any where within
10.) miles. And. as Hank had observed. Steve
Brown was always saying mean things and
provoking quarrels and wasn't oi much ac
count. After discussing the pros and cons. It
was decided to overlook the offense and let
up on Hank, but after telling him our decision
the judge says:
"But don't do it again, Hank. It are the
opinyun of some of the boys that you were too
darned parttcklor about the biled shirt, and
of others that you were right about w antin'
to make a decent appearance on the other
shore, and so we decided to call it sonar.
Next time, however, we ll hang you with a
mule rope and in your old duds and let ye run
all the chances.”
"Wall, boys, fix it to suit yerselvesand it'll
suit me,” carelessly replied the prisoner,
and court was adjourned and we returned to
work.
Two Stories of Rich Men.
A man who spends his life saving money
will surely lose the power to enjoy money,
says the New Y'ork Press. He may secure a
vast fortune, but In getting It ho will miss tho
happiness of spending money wisely for his
own and others' well being. It is curious how
strong the habit of thrift gets fixed on a man.
“I was reminded of it the other day," said a
famous author to a Press reporter, ‘‘by a very
rich publisher, who for yoars has traveled as
a commuter on the same suburban train with
me. A month ago he told me that he was
about to withdraw from the active manage
ment of his business and leave it to Ills sons.
‘I am 61 years old,’ he said, and I am going
to enjoy life as long as I live.’ He lias over
fl .000,000 invested in mortgages and bonds
outside of the income from the firm, which is
very large. The first of the month passed
and I noticed that my wealthy friend was
still going regularly to town by the 9 o’clock
train every monine as of old On the ferry
one morning I said to him: Mr. H., X thought
you had retired from business.’
“‘lhave,’ said he.
“ ‘You still go to your counting room every
morning as of old.'
“ ‘Yes,’ he explained; ‘you see, my commu
tation monthly ticket on the road has a few
days to run, and I thought I'd use up the
ticket.’ ”
Here is another rich mans story: “An af
fluent lumber merchant presented himself
not long agp in the office of L>r. S. Wier
Mitchell, the celebrated specialist in nervous
diseases. The physician recognized In his
patient an old schoolmate whom he had not
seen ior thirty years. An exchange of rein
iniscences and a professional consultation
ensued, followed by a dozen office consulta
tions' on the ailment of the merchant. In
due time he received a bill from the famous
physician for S3OO.
'• I see you arc doing well,’ said the mer
chant to the physician.
•' ’Yes,’ returned the doctor, ‘but it required
thirty years' experience to reach this point.’
"A year later the physician was building a
new house on Sixteenth-street, and it was
wainscoted in English maple. He did not at
ome find the wood he desired for his beau
tiful dining room, and remembering the lum
ber n erchant he drove to his office. The de
sired maple was found there, ordered and
soon dt.ivercd. and in the course of time a
till came. It was for SBOO. '1 thought.’ de
murred the surprised physician to his school
mate that maple was not so expensive.’
"It is not. - ' returned the merchant— ‘ usu
ally. H has taken thirty years' experience to
reach the point oi charging s3oofor it.’ ”
Pacifying Johnson.
The author is as thoroughly won by praise
of liis book as the mother by praise of her
child, says the Youths’ Companion. Two or
three anecdotes of Doctor Johnson, told In
Mr. Smyth's ■ Philadelphia Magazine.” illus
trate how readily the irritable, dogmatic man
became pacific, when his works were praised.
Gilbert Stuart, tho American portrait-painter
who has graven the far of Washington upon
our memories, learneu - art in the English
home of lienjamin West. One day lie met
Doctor Johnson, whose dislike of the Ameri
can colonies was notorious.
“Sir." demanded Johnson of young Stuart,
Where did you learn English?”
Out of your dictionary, sir." replied the
quick witted artist. The old man became
gentle.
Dr. John Ewing, provost of the T T niversity
of Pennsylvania, while visiting London dined
with Doctor Johnson* He had been cautioned
not to contradict the great man. and he saw
from the silence that fell upon the company
when Johnson entered the room that he was
regarded as a literary despot, whose opinions
were to tie received an not criticised,
n Johnson attended to nothing but his plate.
Having eaten voraciously he surveyed the
guests for the first Cm'. The conversation
turned upon America, and Ewing defended
the colonies.
■ What do you know, sir, on the subject?”
exclaimed Johnson. “Sir. "he thundered on,
"what (lo you know in America? You never
read books there.”
• Pardon me sir,” blandly replied Ewing.
"Wo have read the Rambler. ” The compli
ment to the author pacified the enemy of the
colonies.
Sometimes Johnson met with another sort
of reply. Ur. Benjamin Rush, of Philadel
phia. when in London attended a meeting of
"The Club,” which numberodamong its mem
bers Sir Joshua Reynolds. Edmnnd Burke.
Johnson and Goldsmith. Dr. Rush relates
that Goldsmith asked him a question about
the North American Indians. Before he
could answer. Johnson remarked that there
wtnot an Indian in North America foolish
enough to ask such a question.
"There is not a savage in America, sir. rude
enough to make such a speech to a gentle
man,” retorted Goldsmith.
He Hit tho Mark.
Armed with a big Roman candle and a big
ger jag, a good-natured do w ntowner wandered
into a South Ninth street saloon the other
night, says the Philadelphia Record. After
ordering refreshments for the crowd, he be
gan boasting of liis skill as a marksman.
Some of his assertions provoked smiles of in
credulity which riled the downtowner. A
bronze figure that ornamented the mirror be
hind the bar attracted his attention, and he
offered to bet that he could hit it three times
out of five attempts. There were more smiles
of incredulity, and before the bartender had
time to interfere, the fuse of the Roman can
dle had been touched to the cigar lighter and
the sharp shooter was aiming at the bronze
figure. Balls of multi-colored fire were seen
flying in every direction, and the saloon was
promptly vacated by all except the• shoot
er and the employes, who were kept busy ex
tinguishing the flames among the curtains
and netting that covered ail the fixtures
Something like SSO worth of property was de
stroyed, but the man with tne jag marched
proudly down the street with the shell of his
firework, chuckling toliimself as he repeated"
“I hit the figure, anyhow.” *
Military Examiner—What must a man be
to be buried with military honors?
Recruit—Dead, sor.
ITEMB OF INTEREST.
When Cavendish nnd Dudley first landed In
the West Indies they saw an Infinite number
of lights moving in the forest, and. supposing
the Spaniards were upon them retrenied to
their ships. The lights wore caused by Bro
llies.
A peculiar result of lightning was noticed
near Dijon, tn France, after a severe thunder
storm A holt struck a small pond Just out
side the city, and H was discovered that the
electric shock had killed all tho fish in the
(loud, about 1,900 in number.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals does not hesitate to stop, through its
agents, in the streets of Philadelphia United
States mail wagons when they are being
drown by sick or maimed horses, and to take
the animals away, whether the United States
malls suffer detention or not At least this is
the story told by the local press. The agents
protest that the law against inhumanity shall
not be ignored through the greed of contrac
tors even if the wagons are conveying the
mail.
It is said that an Italian savant, having no
ticed with some disgust the habit that many
ladies have of kissing their pet eats and dogs,
h:is made a careful examination of the saliva
of these animals, which may be interesting to
those indulging in such osculations. The sal
iva of the cat is especially rich in all sorts of
minute bacilli, anil contains anew form set
dom absent, and so fatal that rabbits and
guinea pigs inoculated with it died in twenty
four hours. The dog’s saliva contains an
even greater number of bacteria, some of
them of a particularly disagreeable character,
plus occasional flukes and the eggs of intesti
nal worms. Nor is the horse free from these
death dealing organisms. For among the di
verse "bacilli, streptococci and sprlllia,” in
its saliva weie three forms of a noxious de
scription.
J. W. Bradley, formerly of this city, but
now of Pomeroy, la., is visiting friends here,
says the Columbus (O.) Dispatch. He was on
the prairie within about six miles of the fear
ful cyclone near Pomeroy several weeks ago.
and tells of some miraculous performances of
the wind. He could see the dark, death-deal
ing cloud across the leval prairie and watched
it as it apparently struck the ground, and
after traveling the earth for a distance would
ascend, only to swoop down and wipe up
everything in its path. Ile went to examine
the work of the cyclone the next day. and
with others came across a house t hat had been
wrecked. The only evidence of life about the
place was a live rooster that ran out after the
boards had been removed, but the bird hgd
been plucked of his feathers. In fact, not a
single feather remained on the rooster. It hud
been completely stripped of Its plumage, but
was otherwise uninjured.
The New York Sun has been makinga study
of the debts of the various states, and finds
that in the last ten years there has been a
total decrease of $10,000,000, the forty-four
states owing collectively $224,000,000 upon J
which they are paying $10.000,000 a year in in
terest. Ten states—Massachusetts. Indiana.
Minnesota. New Jersey. Virginia, Maryland,
Georgia. North Carolina. Florida and South
Caroiina—have Increased their indebtedness.
Seven states—Vermont. lowa. Michigan. Il
linois, Wisconsin. Orogon and Montana —are
out of debt. The other twenty-seven states
have reduced their debts during the ten-year
period. Ten years ago five states had more
t han $20,000,000 each in outstanding obliga
tions. as follows: Virginia, $29,000,000; Ten
neßsee. $27,000,000; Louisiana. $23,000,000; Mas
sachusetts, $20,000,000; and Pennsylvania,
$20,C0J,000. The debts of these five states now
stand as follows: Virginia. $31,000,000: Ten
nessee. $10,000,000; Louisiana. $11,000,000;
Massachusetts. $28,000,000: Pennsylvania,
$11,000,000. 'the outcome in general shows
that good financiering is the rule in the ma
jority of states.
Josephus, the Jewish historian, relates that
the following phenomena appeared Just at the
beginning ot the war that ended In the de
struction of Jerusalem by the Roman army
under Titus: "A comet, which bore tho re
semblance of a sword, hung over the city of
Jerusalem for the space of a whole year.” A
short time before the revolt of the Jews, a
most remarkable and extraordinary light was
seen tiefore the altar of the temple. It hap
pened at the ninth hour of the night preced
ing the celebration of the Feast of the Pass
over, and continued about half an hour
giving a light equal to that of day. Ignorant
persons thought this a good omen; but those
of superior Judgment thought that it was a
prediction of approaching war. The eastern
gate of the interior part of the temple was
composed of solid brass, and was of such im
mense weight that it was the labor of twenty
men to make it fast every night. It was se
cured with iron holts and bars, which were
let down into a large threshold consisting of
an entire stone. About the fifth hour of the
night this gate opened without any human
assistance. Some persons thought this a
good omen also, but others thought that it
predicted tlie success of the enemy and the
destruction of the city. A short lime after
the celebration of the Feast of the Passover,
before the setting of the sun, the appearance
of chariots and armed men were seen in the
air. in various parts of the country, pftjsing
around the city (Jerusalem) among the
clouds.
While on a recent trip out Into the country,
says a writer in the St. Louis Globe Demo
crat, I saw a farmer rid himself of several
nests of bumble bees in a very simple but
effective manner. The particular field which
was being plowed over for the fall sowing was
especially infected with the troublesome in
sects. and a plow boy the day before had been
badly stung. The farmer asked me to go
with him and see the boys "jug the bees.” A
common brown jug half filled with water was
taken along. One of the boys led the way to
t n especially large and dangerous looking
nest lying on the stubble close to the ground.
The jug was cautiously deposited bv the side
of the nest. Then, with a long branch of a
tree, the nest was violently stirred and the
lad fled for his life. In a perfect swarm the
bees fiew out to see who had dared assault their
castle and circled angrily about, buz
zing violently all the time. Prom a safe dis-'
tance the farmer and his boys threw clods of
dirt and stones at the angry insects. They
seemed to he looking for their enemy. Gradu
ally tjioir numbers grew less, and at last
there were no bees to be seen. "Let us look
In the jug. " said the farmer, as he led the
wav. It was picked up and its contents poured
out on to th ! ground with difficulty, as 154
humble bees, by actual count, had flown into
the jug in a vain effort to find the destroyer of
their home and had drowned. I walked back
with one of the boys to a spring to till the jug
with clear water, preparatory to an attack
upon another colony of bees. As we trudged
over the sunny fields the berry-brown lad re
marked: "I'd rather jug bees any day than
plow, wouldn't you?”
The very fountain and source of the world’s
cholera to-day is Zemzen, the holy
well of the Mohammetans, says
the New Orleans Picayune. It
is situated in one of the marble apartments
of the famous mosque at Mecca, and is simp
ly a circular hole about five feet deep and six
feet In diameter. Its waters are dark and
malodorous, and are described by one of the
few Enropeans who have tasted them as be
ing a good deal like a teaspoonful of Epson
salts In a tumbler of tepid water. The Mos
lems claim that this well was miraculously
opened by the wing of an angel for Hugar,
when she was sent into the wilderness by
Abram, and it has been vener
ated from times long before Moham
med preached his new religion.
In fact, ho got his start chiefly through the
fact that his family were the custodians of
the well with the right of dipping wa
ter for the pilgrims, who even then fre
quented it in throngs. Wherever the
water originally came from, at present it is
mostly derived from the drainage of Mecca, a
city that has no system of sewage or any kind
of policing, but throws all its offal into the
streets. Tho well is simply a cesspool, and
analyses made at various times show that it
contains from sixty to fifty times as much im
purity as the sewage of London. Every pil
grim to Mecca must visit the well and do cer
tain things there. He stands at the brink of
the pool stripped of all clothing except a
breech-clout. The attendant dips a bucket
into the pool and brings it up full of this
awful water. The devotee stands with face
upturned and mouth wide open, and the at
tendant pours the water upon his face. He
drinks as much as he can. The rest of the
water flows over his body, runs down upon
the marble floor and back into tho
well. So this goes on, one pilgrim
rapidly succeeding another, day after day,
and each moment the water of the well has
been further befouled by the washing of ten or
a dozen Mohammedans. Whatever of disease
there was in the pool, each pilgrim has drunk,
has had washed over his body. And the
fanatics think these waters are especially be
neficial in cooling fevers and healing all dis
eases. But this is not the worst. Those
who are not able to go to Zemzen ask the
pilgrims to bring them some of Its waters.
And In tens of thousands of flasks and bot
tles these deadly waters are carried away to
be drunk in cities and villages all over tho
Mohammedan world. The pilgrim himself
may escape, but he bears bottled cholera with
him and in some unhealthy village hundreds
of miles from Zemzen its poisonous waters
are set free to start anew center of infection.
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HOUSEHOLD LINENS,
Clearance sale of odds and
ends. All odd lots Table
Damask, Napkins, Towels
and Toweling - , as well as
remnants of Table Linens
at reduced prices.
One lot Bleached Satin Table Damask, all
linen. 50c yard; reduced from 62<4c.
One lot Bleached Double Damask, all purs
linen, 66c yard: actual value 75c yard
One lot Cream Table Damask 45c yard: re
duced from 60c yard.
One lot Knotted Fringe Damask Towels,
extra large sizes, fancy colored borders, 25a
each. value for 40c each.
One lot Dinner Napkins. 26 inches square,
$2 25 dozen; reduced from $3.
Ladies’ Shirt Waists.
One lot Ladles' Laundered Percale Waist3
$1 each; absolute value $1 75 each.
One lot Colored Sateen Waists at $150; re
duced from $2.
One lot Colored Sateen Waists at $1 25; re
duced from $1 75.
One lot Dark Lawn Waists at $1 25; former
price $1 75.
One lot Colored China Silk Waists at $3 75
each This line has never been offered under
$5 and $5 50 each.
Mark Down Sale
Cotton Dress Goods.
Printed Dotted Swiss Muslin at 10c yard;
worth 15c
Printed Dotted Swiss Organdies, beautiful
floral designs, were 50e and 60c yard; this
week's price only 25c yurd
Engl.sh Batiste, embroidered, fast colors,
were 60c and 65c yard; this week s price 300
and 35c.
Finest Imported Gingham, in stripes,
checks and plaids, were 35c and 400 yard; re
duced to 25c.
New lot Fresh China Matting at prices
ranging from 25c to 60c yard.
Remant Boys’ Clothing to
be closed at half price.
Daniel Hogan.
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