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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1893.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—DoKalfo Lodge No. 9,1.0.0. F.:
Joseph Lodge No. 76,1. O. B. B.
Special Notices— Scourcne, Henry Solo
mon & Son; As to Bills Against British
Steamship Slingsby and Norwegian Barks
Tros and Ore; Come and See. Falk Clothing
Company: Wo Are iloing to Surpriso You,
Kohler s: Special Notice, Claude Shewmake.
Unprecedented Values— Daniel Hogan.
The Attention— Falk Clothing Company.
Youb Boy's Overcoat— B. H. Levy & Bfo.
The Miller Hat— Appel & Schaul.
Kid Glove Sale—At Adler’s.
Legal Notices—Notice in Admiralty: As
to Notice of Amendment of Act to Incorpo
rate i 'hathara Dime Savings Bank.
Auction Salks—Clothing, Suspenders,
Hosiery. Etc., by J. H. Oppenhelm & Son; All
Kinds of Furniture, Etc., by ('. H. Dorselt.
Carpets. Upholstery Goods, Etc.—Lind
say & Morgan.
Steamship Schedules— Ocean Steamship
Company: Baltimore Steamship Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help
"Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Kant; For
Sale; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous.
It is understood that Secretary Hoke
Smith is meeting with some difficulty in
selecting a superintendent of Indian
schools. There are a number of appli
cants for the position, but none of them
seem to fully meet the requirements of
the oilVe fixed by the secretary. Is it
possible that none of our advanced edu
cators knows anything about milking?
By means of anew device tested off
Sandy Hook last week the flagship San
Francisco was foaled by the Kearsarge
while the two vessels were 200 feet apart
and steaming all the while at a speed of
four knots an hour. The invention,
which works on the trolley principle, is
that of Philip H. Low, the American
seaman who rigged the America’s cup de
fender Vigilant; and its effect in making
possible the coaling of a ship at sea will
enable our government to be independent
of foreign coaling stations. The trolley
has revolutionized rapid transit on land :
its possibilities on the sea would soem,
in the light of this practical device, to bo
none the less useful.
A pathetic incident of the hard times
was witnessed at the real estate ox
change, New York, a day or two ago,
when the property of Michael J. Egan
was sold at auction on foreclosure pro
ceedings. Egan had bought a lot and
built a s'.ooo cottage upon it, but had
been obliged to mortgage within $6)00 of
the cost of the house and lot. I gist De
cember, being out of work, he defaulted
in the interest and the mortgage was fore
closed. "When it was sold on Friday for
$3,700, a sum which will not leave him a
dollar, Egan fell on the floor in a faint,
and his wife, thinking ho was dead, cried
and screamed in a way that brought tears
to many eyes. The man was carried to
a hospital, and the ambulance surgeon
said that if he was subject to heart
trouble the result might be serious.
The impression has got abroad that Mr.
Andrew Carnegie, the great mill owner
and some time leading republican politi
cian, is not a citizen of this country. So
firmly has the impression taken hold
upon the popular mind that Mr. Law
rence T. Neal, democratic candidate for
governor of Ohio, recently made such a
statement as a fact. That it is a fact, how
ever, Mr. Carnegie denies in a letter to
Mr. Neal. He says he did not take out
naturalization papers years ago for the
reason that it was not necessary for him
to do so. His father, with w hom he came
to this country in his youth, became
an American citizen by naturalization be
fore he (the son) was of age. Some time
ago when the court house at Pittsburg
■was burned the papers of Carnegie, pere,
were destroyed; then Andrew Carnegie,
to “protect” himself, took out papers in
his own name. So it is Citizen Carnegie,
however much his love for Europe may
discount his professions of preference for
America.
The supreme court of Massachusetts,
full bench, has decided, in re Matteson
vs. Strong', that a raan is justified in pre
venting a dog light, and that if in doing
such a thing he gets bitten the owner of
the dog must pay damages. The decision
of the court in this matter is a delight
fully refreshing piece of legal literature.
It runs along like this: “On the plaintiff's
testimony the jury may have found that
after the dogs had been growling, but be
fore they hud come together, and while
the defendant's dog was lying under a
wagon four or five feet away, he told the
cog. which was in his custody, to come
along, and put his hand on the dog's col
lar and neck to fetch him along, and that
the defendant's dog then sprang on the
other do;.', and iu doing so struck the
plaintiff’* finger.
bin ! a gr> :.t deal depends on the size, tho
apparent dp position, the . ondition, und
nitunti. nof th. two dogs, ana upon other
cireuiK-tuiie, ,i Which ure usually proper
lor the consideration of th,- jury.” These
'“‘t'l pen.* I rum the dot ision;
** ,U they show that e-.en tb„ supreme
olunau' nusi iu is human und
M.oWb dugu,
State Registration Wanted.
What is needed in Chatham county—in
the state at large, as a matter of fact is
a comprehensive, equitable, onre-for-al!
registration law. This thing of tinkering
the registration laws at every whip
stitch, and making one law for one
county and another law for another
county, has gone on already too long.'
The whole state should he put under one
good law covering the matter thoroughly,
and that law should be clinched and cop
per-fastened.
The member of the Georgia legislature
who, at the approaching session, shall
succeed in having such a law passed, will
earn distinction and the gratitude of the
masses. W’hat is wanted is merely a law
that will insure honest registrations and
fair elections.
Under existing circumstances in this
state, and in this part of it especially,
where the black vote is very heavy, the
question of who shall fill an office is sim
ply a question of money. There is no lte
publican party here to keep the Demo
cratic party in line. The elections arc
nominally free to all democrats, or alleged
democrats, and the lax laws and condi
tions are taken advantage of. The candi
dates whose friends back them with the
greatest amount of money and whisky
are frequently—very frequently-the can
didates who win. The negro vote is the
balance of power in these contests.
So notorious has this manipulating
of elections with dollars and drams
become that many of our best citizens de
cline to vote, knowing full well that their
expressions of opinion at the ballot box
can and will be nullified by black votes
bought for $1 each, in case the citizens’
votes are against the bosses.
This matter of vote buying has been
brought before the grand jury time and
again, but while there is no doubt in the
minds of that body of the facts they
never can be proved, and never will be.
The remedy for this condition of affairs
is a state registration by which every
legal voter will be permanently regis
tered ; that is, until he dies or removes
from the state. There is no mystery in
or science necessary to the getting
up of a proper law. Other states protect
their voters with such laws, and there is
no reason why Georgia cannot protect
hers likewise. Rhode Island has anew
election law, the like of which,
it seems, would bo advisable in
this state. This is the law in
Rhode Island qualifying voters: “A
freeholder or real-estate owner may
vote after one year’s residence in the
state and six months’ residence in the
city by simply having his name put
on the voting list, where it remains
until ho dies or moves away. An
owner of personal property may vote
after two years’ residence in the state
and six months in the city. He registers
once, after which his name remains. Per
sons owning no property must have lived
the same length of time in the state and
city as in the preceding case, but they
must register every year. Their names
must-be recorded before Dec. 31 of each
year to enable them to vote at any elec
tion in the coming twelvemonth.”
A few negroes might be elected to office
under such a law in Georgia; but even
that would be better than that a venal
black vote should decide elections in
cities and counties in which domoerats
divide.
Cool Weather This Winter.
We are booked for an extraordinarily
cold winter of it tho coming season.
Farmer Sterling Morton, at Washington,
has not told us so, but Farmer Loren
Cushman, of Chenango county, New
York, has vouchsafed tho information,
backing up his prognostications with evi
dence that defies and silences doubt.
Farmer Cushman is one of tho “oldest
inhabitants,” wears his beard in the
Joshua Whitcomb style, tucks his trous
ers in the tops of his cowhide hoots,
drinks hard cider whenever he feels like
it, attends meetin’regularly,
“the signs;" therefore when it comes to
forecasting the weather for a whole
winter at a time he is just as reliable as
any other weather prophet. Probably he
could give the weather office
at Washington cards and spades
and then beat it out. For tho
weather office takes no notice of “the
signs” that have become time honored
among the farmers and which Farmer
Cushman believes in. During the past
month ho has been watching “the signs,”
and they have led him to the conclusion
that we shall have this year tho hardest
winter since 1833, for these reasons:
"First, the husks on corn are much
thicker than usual, and of a deep orange
tint, instead of a light lemon hue.
“Second, the hog's melt runs jagged, in
stead of smooth.
“Third, the goose bone taken from a
May-raised fowl shows larger and whiter
spots than customary, which resemble
the canals of Mars.
•‘Fourth, the crop of nuts of all kinds
is immense, and the squirrels and chip
munks are laying in prodigious stores
early in the season.
“Fifth, the partridges and woodcock
are lighting in barns and outhouses, in
stead of trees, and ducks are flying in
U-shaped, instead of V-shaped flocks to
ward the south.
“Sixth, the green frogs are changing
thoir skins and even now are seeking cool
wells and springs for their winter quar
ters.”
With such evidence as this before us it
would bo foolhardy to neglect seeing “our
uncle” about that overcoat longer than
i when the first chill blast shall have blown
| out of the north.
If there is one tiling more than another
calculated to vex the soul of a would-be
passenger who is w aiting at night upon
the sidewalk on Bay street for his par
ticular trolley car to come along, it is the
difficulty attending the identification of
the proper car. For some distance along
the Bay there are three car lines, and at
night, so far as the average observer can
tell, each car looks precisely like every
other one until it is close enough to touch.
| And with regard to the Belt and Barnard
street ears, it is necessary to ask the
inotorman which is which. A Canadian
i genius Ims produced a device which, if
applied here, might obviate the difficulty.
Above the head of the motornian a disk is
hung containing a white circle, a red tri
angle. a green square, or other distinctive
emblem aeeording to the locality for
which the car is bound. These sign* are
large enough to be seen at a longdistance,
and nr" to Ik- Illuminated so us to be us
i distinct ut night as by duy.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1893.
Dr. Peters on the Negro.
The interview of Dr. Carl Peters,
the eminent German savant anti-explorer
of Africa, that appeared in the Morning
News dispatches yesterday, was an in
teresting contribution to the literature of
the negro. Had Dr. Peters visited the
southern as v.-cll as the northern sec
tion of this country before express
ing such positivo opinions, it might have
been charged that he had become preju
diced against the American negro.' But,
as it is, he studied the negro in his native
state in Africa —studied him, in the lit
eral meaning of the word, and from a
scientific standpoint—then came to Amer
ica and studied him in the northern cities
in the highest state of civilization to
which he lias yet attained in any country.
And liia conclusions were reached after
comparing the negroes of the two coun
tries.
To those who have passed as much as a
quarter of a century among the freed
negroes of the south and watched their
political, religious and social habits, Dr.
Peters’ opinions concerning them are not
new. Aside from what the learned doctor
says of their natural inability- to rise to
a pro|>er appreciation of the dignity of
American citizenship, it is an historical
fact that no people have ever been so
forced to the front by a hotbed sys
tem of civilization as has been tried
upon the American negro. And yet his
citizenship in the true sense of the term,
is a failure. The white people of the
south have expended years of effort in
trying to carry out the high ideas of a
few New England cranks. They have
taxed themselves to the verge of beggary
for the purpose of trying to educate the
blacks Up to an appreciation of their posi
tion, and to keep them within the lines of
civilization. And they have made a failure.
The negro to-day is the negro of twenty
five years ago. Many of them are edu
cated, but as a race they have not been
elevated. Of course, there are individual
exceptions to this statement, but it ap
plies to the negro as a race.
A Remarkable Woman.
The cause of woman’s rights sustained
a great loss in the death of Lucy Stone,
reported in Thursday’s Morning News.
She was one of the pioneers in the “equal
rights” movement in this country, and
had been steadily- battling for representa
tion as well as taxation for women from
1847 up to the time of her death. She
was such an active champion of her cause
even in her old age—she was 75—that it
was expected she would make stump
speeches in Kansas this fall in behalf of
woman suffrage. Mrs. Stone—or Mrs.
Blackwell, as she should properly have
been known, for she was born Stone and
became the wife of Henry B. Blackwell,
of Cincinnati—was the daughter of a
revolutionary colonel; was born at West
Brookfield, Mass., and was a graduate of
Oberlin College. Woman’s rights and
the abolition of slavery in the southern
states became hobbies with her before
she left school, and immediately upon her
graduation she took up lecturing on the
two subjects.
So thoroughly was she Infatuated, im
bued, saturated, or whatever it may be
called, with-the opinion that women were
being unjustly treated by men. and that it
was a part of her mission to release them
from thraldom, that she learned to read
the Biblo in the original languages in
order to satisfy hersolf that the texts
quoted against the equal rights of women
were correctly translated. Of Mrs.
Stone’s uncharitable attacks upon the
south it yvould be uncharitable to speak
now. Besides being a lecturer, she was
an editor, having conducted the Woman’s
Journal, of Boston, and an organizer, hav
ing brought into existence various
woman's suffrage associations.
She was a brainy woman, and a “re
former” before everything else.
Hypnotism in Court.
A criminal case that is receiving more
than usual attention on the continent
of Europe and in England, is that of the
Do Jongs. Mrs. De Jong, an English
woman, disappeared mysteriously shortly
after her marriage to De Joug, a Hol
lander. Circumstances, very slight, how
ever. ix>int to De Jong as the murderer,
and he is under arrest; but not a word
can he got from him that tends to clear
up the mystery of his wife's disappear
ance. '
After a conference with several emi
nent medical men and specialists in mind
diseases, the criminal authorities have,
it is reported, concluded to place De Jong
under hypnotic, influence for the puiqiose
of obtaining a confession from him. The
theory is that while iu a hypnotic state
the prisoner will have no power to resist
the command of the hypnotizer to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth.
There is something iu this proposition
especially repugnant to American ideas
of arriving at. a just verdict. Suppose
the prisoner while hypnotized—in a to
tally irresimnsible state -should make a
statement incriminating himself, would a
court be warranted in sentencing him to
death upon that evidence, unsupported?
Under our laws, a man in full possession
of all his faculties may not be forced to
testify against himself. Then what are
we to think of tho proposition to take
away De Jong's intelligence, place him
wholly under the influence of a mind not
Iris ow n, and then use whatever lie may
say against him? How is the court to
decide whether the prisoner tells a story
of his actual experience or merely voices
what may be passing in the mind of the
hypnotizer?
If the hypnotists and the prosecutors
of Do Jong put their theory to the test,
the experiment will undoubtedly be inter
esting, from a scientific point of view.
But too little is yet known of hypnotism
to accept it as an auxiliary to tho law in
criminal cases.
Some of our filibustering democratic
friends in the Senate delight to refer to
the filibustering that killed the force bill
as a happ.v precedent. Well, now, sup
pose we turn another than the customary
light upon that affair; what has since
become of the party that permitted that
successful piece of filibustering? Is the
Democratic party seeking a similar fate?
A Brewery company, taxed for SIOO,OOO
in Chicago, has just sent in its cheek for
the w hole amount to tin- city treasurer,
although the taxes are not duo till Jan
uary. Utis really amounts to a gift to
tho city of |I,OOO- thi' amount of inter st
voluntarily lest b.v the brewiug company.
After this we shall in vor lx; surprised ut
uuythmg Chicago docs.
PERSONAL.
John H. Craig, of Danville. Ind.. only weighs
007 pounds, but hop-'s to pick up a few hun
dred as soon as the weather Yets cooler.
Governor Flower has had u lake named
after him. It Is a body of water neur Saranac
lake and has just been cleaned by the state
authorities.
The ■ archbishops of York and London
each receive a salary of S6O 000 a. year; and
the archbishop of Canterbury receives $75,000
for a year's ecclesiastical work.
The Maryland Historical Society has ob
tained, in England, copies of the wills of all
th- Lords Baltimore, and will print them In
anew volume of Calvert papers, soon to be
issued.
Mr. Gladstone is one of the greatest oppo
nents to divorce in the English speaking
world. He believes that marriage is a con
tract for life, which only expires when life
itself expires.
Key. .1. M.Carter, of Ash Grove, Mo„ has
beon expelled from his church for heresy.
The reverend gentleman held that the souls
of the wicked simply dissolved and that they
met no future punishment.
M. Chauvln. the barber elected to the
French chamber of deputies, attempted to
make a speech recently, but was overcome
by embarrassment. It is not true, however,
that he cried: "Next ' and sat down in con
fusion.
Prof. Henry Drummond, the Glasgow
teacher, says the universities in the United
States are something the country has rea
son to be proud of, and their chairs of phil
osophy are, as a rule, worthy the admiration
of Europe.
Administrations may come and go, hut
Richard F,. White sits serenely at his desk In
the sixth auditor s office at Washinlon. Illling a
position to which he was appointed fifty
seven years ago. Mr White is believed to
have served Uncle Sam for more continuous
years than any other of his public servants.
Jules Verne, perhaps, has earned more by
his pen than any other living author. He has
taken up his abode in the old cathedral town
of Amiens. The rooms ho inhabits are re
markable for their strange simplicity. His
study is furnished mostly by a narrow writing
table, an iron bod and books of travel, science
and adventure.
Mme. Carnot, the fascinating and popular
wife of the president of the French republic,
seems to have discovered the secret of peren
nial youth. Although she is already a grand
mother, there are times when she looks a girl
of 20. Her face has not a single wrinkle, nor
could one gray hair be found among her raven
tresses. She is, perhaps, the best dressed
woman in France.
BRIGHT BITS.
It will be noticed that the Senate adjourns
immediately after Senator PefTer has spoken.
It is concluded that his efforts produce "that
tired feeling.”—Detroit Free Press.
Salvationist—lf you swear at those horses
you'll never get to heaven.
Jersey City Driver—Yes; an’ if Idon’tswear
at 'em. I’ll never get to Hoboken.—Judge..
Novelist—l would like to have my heroine
do something absolutely unique.
Friend—Yes? Why don’t you have her
faint when there's no one looking ?—Tid-
Bits.
"You may think you’re smart.” said the
tragedian as the audience pelted him with
late lamented hen fruit but I think you're
making some pretty bad breaks.”—Elmira
Gazette.
"The great advantage a prize fight has
over a yacht race,” said Uncle Allen Sparks,
who was in a reflective mood, "is that there
is never a lack of wind to make It go.”—Chi
cago Tribune.
His Mother—What makes you think she
wishes to discourage your attentions?
The Dejected Dover She told me she was a
twin, her mother was a twin, and lior grand
mother was a twin—Puck.
Customer—How many blades are there in
that knife
Clerk—Four; two large and
Customer—Well, if they are too large I don't
want the knife.—Yankee Blade.
Miss Millet—ls it true that you bicycle
riders soon get attached to your machines?
Mr. Wheeler—lt hasn’t worked that way
with me yet. I can fall oft my machine
without the (least trouble. lndianapolis
Journal.
Mrs. Hayseed —l’m afraid John is misbe
having in college.
Farmer H.—Why so, mother?
Mrs. H. —In his last letter he said he was at
the head of his class, and to-day he writes me
he’s half way back!—Hallo.
“Are you not the man I gave a dime to last
year?" said Gazzam, In a severe tone, to the
beggar.
"Yes, sir,” the latter replied humbly; “I’m
very sorry I huvefl t, it now; but a man
has to live, sir. "—Brownings Monthly.
"Jarley's stair rail in his new house is a
strange looking thing. It has a nowel-post on
every other step.”
"Yes, That is one of Jarley’s patents. It's
what he calls his Anti-Slide-Down-Banister
for Families with Boys. He has also a
scheme to prevent servants from scratching
matches on the wall.”
“What is that?”
“It s a little notice in the servants’rooms
requesting them not to scratch matches on
the carpet.”—Harper's Bazar.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Reform. Not Destroy It.
From the New York Press (Rep.).
The talk about abolishing the federal Senate,
as if it were part of an unwritten constitu
tion like the British house of lords, is the
veriest rubbish. One might as well tail;
about wiping out the United .-slates supreme
court or of destroying the autonomy of the
states.
Whoro Mr. Sherman in Rig-ht.
From the PhUidelphiaJTiraes dnd ).
Mr. Sherman is right in this, that the duty
of leading, of initiating a remedy, does lie
with the party majority, and that is where
the democratic senators are at fault. It is
they who must make the motion out of this
mischievous deadlock, and they ought to
make it soon.
The Man Who Stole the Flag.
From the Pittsburg Post iDom.).
Mai. Isaac B. Brown, of Corr.v. who is
slated as the Quay nominee for secretary of
| internalaflairs. will probably make his cam
paign on the platform of “The war is not
over." He will likely lug around with him
the old secesh rag relic which his bravery
captured at Chicago when nobody was around.
Stewart as Bad as Sherman.
From the St. Louis Republic (Dem.).
Stewart's company is as dangeiojs as Sher
man's. At li> to l. a silver monometallism is
as bud as a gold standard. Things have gone
wrong. Begin at the beginning. Satisfy the
needs of trade with a democratic repeal of
republican legislation a .and then get together
cm a democratic measure for gold and silver
coinage.
A Reminder of the Past.
From the Boston Globe (Dem.).
A stray copy of the Florida Republican
dated July 2d. 18W, turned up by accident in
the Globe ortlce yesterday and in an editorial
list of republican pledges kept by the Sen
ate and House" we find prominent mention
of "the silver hill." They were proud enough
of it then io boast of it. but the country
; w ild be a good deal better off to day if that
! particular "republican pledge " had not been
kept.
What’s the Matter P
I-'rom the Chattanooga Times (Dem.).
How does the Atlanta Constitution like Sen
ator David Bennett Hill, as an unconditional
repealer of the "cowardly makeshift?” How
does the esteemed Georgia populist organ rel
ish Mr. Hill s pushing for a closure rule in the
Senate, to stop debate and come to a vote, the
result ot which would, according to the or
gan s alleged idea, ruin the country? Even
our esteemed contemporary's flim-flam Wash
ington kerdoodler hasn't jumped on Hill for a
renegade and traitor to the rights of silver.
What's the matter?
A Sad Decadence.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.),
If the silver senators from the south per
sist In their present course, what is to lie
come of tanlT reform, of the repeal of the
federal election laws und of other reforms
democrats have so long been hoping for?
1 hey denounce the democratic I’resident,
Ignore the a i tlnicnt t>( the House, bring the
Senate io impotence. Incur the contempt of
all that great number of men throughout the
country who understand finance, and give
melancholy proof of life decadence of south
ern stutcunnuiihip. They do uot represent
the southern democracy.
Sickles’ Claim Upon Texas.
Gen. Dan Sickles, the hero of more san
guinary passages of the late unpleasantness
than almost any other veteran of the House,
and who does not look within a score of his
70 years, made his way down the center atsle
to where Hon. Buck" Kilgore in the farther
aisle loomed up like a weather-beaten human
I Gibraltar.
i ‘How Is the Lone Star state to-day?” in -
! qutred the general.
Blooming.” responded Mr. Kilgore, ‘and
j how is Tammany?”
j The tiger s fur was smooth, os usual, and
| Gen Sickles was led to recall how In his
1 youth he had once materially befriended the
| Lone Star state.
' When I was a young man my patriotic
Imagination was greatly fired by reading of
the Alamo and Sam Houston's struggles for
liberty. I wanted to run away down to Texas
and take part in the i uslness myself, but m.v
father exercised the veto power, and travel
ing was not as easy then as it is nowadays.
A man named Hitchcock was raising a com
pany to go down and help the Texans in their
war, and I was anxious to join him, but pater
nal authority prevented. About that time
my kind hearted old grandmother gave me
S6OO to buy a horse and buggy. A horse was
something 1 had always wanted, so you can
depend upon ft that I w-as delighted with the
gift but Hitchcock talked so eioiuentlyto
me about the wrongs of the Texans and their
noble struggle for liberty that I was per
suaded to turn over my grandmother s gift to
him for the cause.
Naturally my grandmother inquired in a
few days where my horse was. I told her
that I was waiting to get a 2.10 horse, which
was a very fast animal in those days. Well,
her unsuspecting soul was satisfied with that
explanation, but soon my father came to
make the same inquiry, and ho was not so
easily satisfied. 1 finally had to come out
with the truth to him. It's hard to tell
whether he was most amused or angry at
what ho considered my foolishness.
'But the sequel to the matter was the
most interesting part of it. Soon after this
incident there came along another man. Col.
Hunt, who was raising money to furnish sup
plies for the fighters in Texas. He got after
my father, I seconded him. and between us
we got father so much interested in the cause
that he volunteered to duplicate my contribu
,tion. and handed over another SSOO. So you
see I have some claim on Texas.”
“Here is another friend to Texas, oF one
who used to be a friend,” said Thomas Dunn
English who had joined the group which was
listening to Gen. Sickles' story. "No fighting
ever interested me as did that down in Texas
Later on I did all 1 could to bring the state
into the union, and I may say that 1 was al
ways proud of my work until I came to con
gress and saw Buck Kilgore.”
An Oriental Tale.
“Sir,” said Abdullah, according to
Fliegende Blaetter, as he appeared with his
sister Fatima before the judge, “perhaps you
will remember the brave Abbas, who died
thirty years ago. He was our father, and
left both of us his property In equal portions,
on which we have hitherto subsisted In com
mon. Fatima, it is true, has been peevish
and quarrelsome during tho last few years,
but I always gave way. as I am a lover of
peace. But I have recently chosen the beau
tiful Zoraida for my bride, and thought of
giving her this valuable string of pearls—the
most precious keepsake of my father in my
possession, for he gave it to me on his return
from a journey when I was 5 years old, and It
has been mine ever since.
“But Fatima will have it that the pearls are
part of our father's legacy, and claims half of
them as her share. She refuses to listen to
my arguments and insists upon her claim, not.
indeed, for the sake of the pearls; oh.no! I
see quite plainly she wants to spoil m.v pleas
ure and that of my bride elect, for my sister
does not like the idea of Zoraida entering the
paternal house as mistress. Now, wise Cadi,
give me judgment.”
The Cadi bowed his head and said:
"Fatima, Is the case as your brother
stated?"
“It is all quite correct excepting the asser
tion that the string of pearls belongs to him
alone. Hon- does he mean to prove that father
gave It him? I dispute the fact, and claim
my share: my reason for so doing is imma
terial to the question at issue."
"Well. Abdullah.” said the Cadi, addressing
the plaintiff, "have you any living witnesses
or any handwriting to prove that your father
gave you the pearls?”
"I have nothing of the kind,” was the re
ply.
"That is a bad outlook." the cadi contin
ued. “I fear there is no prospect of an
amicable settlement by persuading your
sister to accept a sum of money for her
share.”
“No,” she broke in, "I want half of the
pearls.”
“Very well,” said the cadi, beckoning to his
clerk. "I must have a report of tho case drawn
up before delivering judgment. Say, de
fendant, your name is Fatima. What is your
age?"
Here she blushed, hesitated, tried more
than once to speak, but never uttered a sylla
ble.
“How old are you?" the cadi repeated.
“Speak!”
At last she replied In faltering tones: “I
am 28. ’ ’
“Really?” said the judge, with an Ironical
smile. "I hereby award the whole string of
pearls to Abdullah alone. Take them, plain
tiff. and go your way In peace: Fatima is not
your sister, for Abbas died thirty years ago,
and she is only 28.
Wtten Rejection Becomes Difficult.
My last proposal was from a man at a ball,
says a writer in the Ladles* Home Journal.
On his dross coat, as he claimed me for a
waltz, was a long white thread. I smilingly
called his attention to it and took it off. My
sister saw me, and. knowing things were In
that Interesting condition w-hen a word would
precipitate matters, thought to tease mo by
saying:
■ Who is It that says if a woman will take
the trouble to pick a thread from a mans
coat, that man may have her for the asking?"
.She laughed gleefully at our discomfiture,
and floated away.
The first lime we stopped to promenade mv
partner glanced down at me. and there,
caught in the flowers of my gown, was this
same long thread. H e bent down to take it
off „u .t as we came to a clearing among the
dancers.
"What are you doing?” I said.
“I'm picking tnreaus off your coat." he re
peated, stepping in front of me, "Will you?"
I thought he meant would I go on with the
waltz. I laid my hand in his, and we glided
into our places.
"Dll you understand?” he whispered.
Now. it is bad enough to have to refuse a
man on the sofa, but to have to do it when you
are innis very arms; when, while he tells you
over and over that he loves you. he can cm
phasize with a hand pressure without reproof:
when every second you arc impreeptlbly being
drawn closer and closer, until the wretched
truth dawns upon you that the music and the
dance are secondary things, and that in real
ity you are being hugged, actually hugged by
a man whom you are not going to marry—you
must resist the impulse to put both your
hands against him and push with all yotir
might. You simply get tired suddenly,'and
are taken to your chaperon, where at leas
you can refuse him properly.
Bugs and Beal Wickedness.
“Confound you!’, exclaimed a deacon, as a
bug peeped over the top of his hymnal at
prayer meeting the other night, says the New
York World. Then he raised his hand cau
tiously and brought it down quickly. The bug
fell, crushed and lifeless.
"There's a lesson for you.” said a student of
human nature, commenting on the incident a
while later.
"What do you mean!” was asked.
“Why, I mean that a bug or some other
creeping form of life will always bring out
the real wickedness in a mans heart. I make
no exception, for I have found the rule infal
lible. That same deacon might stop on the
streets and protest with a man for beating
his horse, and yet he would walk out of his
way to crush bugs and worms with his heel.
He regards all the smaller agents of the
Creator as his enemies, and in his efforts to
exterminate them he is cruel to the ex
treme.”
' But doesn t religion temper the wicked
ness in his heart?"
"No, not toward such as bugs. He might
throw a hungry dog a crust, but if he should
see a fly eating a crumb on his table ho would
smite it with a degree of satisfaction akin to
barbarism. If you would make no mistake in
judging a mans heart, watch his hand. Re
gard the man who brushes tho harmless fly
away, kindly; but beware of him who brings
down his hand on every little form of life that
is cast in his way.”
J aides Magnar. who is said to have a well
authenticated record of his birth 1! 1 years ago.
Is living In Fairfax. Va., though he Is now
sinking gradually from old age Mr. Magnar
Isa native of Ireland, and came to America
In I*4B. finally settling us a farmer In Vir
ginia. Where he now lives under the cure of
his grandchildren and great grandchildren
His wife Is nearly a centenarian hut Is atm
hale and hearty, and doe* the household du
ties of the farm.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The cost In making a first class lead pencil
Is not In the wood, nor In the finishing, but In
the time and labor necessary to make it per
fect. Tho graphite carefully selected for tho
purpose Is floated th. otgh water time and
time again, and in this way the grit and-',
coarser particles sink and become detached.
Then com <s long continued grinding and*
careful mixing, and other painstaking opera
tions. which make up the perfect pent 11.
The gold hugs which were so popular as or
naments a few years ago, were most of them
manufactured, says the Jeweler's Magazine.
There is a genuine gold bug, or beetle, colored
a pure bronze, hut It Is found only in the
tropics, and is not plentiful even there The
gold bug of commerce Is simply the common
Juno bug dipped in shellac or some other
gum. and rolled in very fine geld dust. After
the dust has dried in the shellac, the bug.
except in weight, would pass for a piece of
genuine go!d jewelry.
The origin of the cockade and the right of
wearing it are alike lost in antiquity, says the
Toronto Empire. It has been held by some
that the cockade came into existence during
the wars of the Hoses, when the views of the
wearers were published by the colordlsplayed,
while others derive its discovery from the
struggle* of the Scottish Covenanters or the
advent of the Hanoverian succession. Beits
origin what It may. it is curious to note that
while the custom has become pretty general,
it has never attained any official sanction.
The college of arms hap never recognized the
cockade, either by Issuing permits for its use
or by forbidding its display. The subject
received a good deal of attention in a contem
porary some years ago. and the weight of
evidence went to prove that the cockade orig
inated at the Hanoverian succession, the black
cockade being the badge worn by the follow
ers of the new house, while the Stuarts wore
white. This custom is referred to by Sir
Walter Scott in “Waverly."
One of the most wonderful time-keepers
known to the horologist was made in London
about 100 years ago and sent by the president
of the East India Company as a gift to the
Emperor of China. The case was made in the
form of a chariot, in which was seated the
figure of a woman. This figure was of pure
Ivory and gold, and sat with her right hand
resting upon a tiny clock fastened to the side
of the vehicle. A part of the wheels which
kept track of the night of time were hidden
In the body of a tiny bird, which had seem
ingly just alighted upon the lady's finger.
Above was a canopy so arranged as to con
ceal a silver bell. This bell was fitted with a
miniature hammer of the same metal, and,
although It appeared to have no connection
with the clock, regularly struck the hours,
and could be made to repeat by touching a
diamond button on the lady's bodice. In the
chariot at the ivury lady's feet there was a
golden figure of a dog, and above and in front
were two birds, apparently flying before the
chariot. This beautiful ornament was made
almost entirely of gold, and was elaborately
decorated with precious stones.
One of New York's philanthropic merchants
spends thousands of dollars each year in aid
ing the poor, but none of his beneficiaries
ever gets a cent in cash, according to the
Sun. His idea is that money-giving demoral
izes the recipient. He will buy groceries and
pay rent for a distressed family, and secure
employment for the wage earners. Once they
are at work, he tells them that he considers it
a moral obligation for them to refund, at any
convenient season, the sum he has expended.
If they do. he regards the case as a triumph
of self respect; if they don’t, he finds some
excuse for them in his own mind and keeps
right cm at his self-appointed task. Last win
ter he hired a hall in the Hebrew district
down town, hired a competent teacher, and
provided a m m ?er of Jewish girls with free
instruction. No proselyting was attempted.
Indeed, not a word was said about religion.
The girls became greatly interested, and
their brothers begged for and obtained admit
tance. Similar classes are to be established
this winter. The merchant allows himself an
income of $3,000 per year. All the rest of the
money he makes is devoted to the aid of
others.
Our most eminent astronomers do not pre
tend to give us exact reckonings on the great
floating worlds outside of our own solar sys
tem, but within that monstrous aggregation
everything has been reduced to certainty.
The kingpin of this solar system is Jupiter,
"mighty Jupiter, the colossal giant of all the
sun-kissed woills.” His diameter is about
88,000 of our miles, being about eleven times
that of our own globe: the circumference
276,000 miles at the equator, which would give
the giant a volume exceeding that of the
earth by 1.284 times. Were it possible, says
the St. Louis Republic, to bring the earth
and Jupiter so close together that the dis
tance separating them would be no greater
than that which now separates the earth
from the moon- about 210.000 miles—what a
wondrous sight would be In store for the resi
dents of our little globe. Tho world of
Jupiter would apper to us to have a diameter
forty times larger than that of our usual
mighty attendant, and the surface of his disk
would occupy a space greater than that of
1,600 full moons. And this giant of planets is
removed from the sun by a distance of 496,-
OOO.COO miles; has an orbit of m ire than 1,000,-
000,000 miles In extent, and makes a circuit of
Its celestial track oune every 4,332 days
Thus it will be seen that a year on Jupiter is
equal to eleven years, ten months and seven
teen days on our globe. The immensity of
the world of Jupiter and Its orbit may be ap
proximately measured by this comparison.
In order to complete its orbit in the time
given above, it must speed around the sun
with a velocity of 700 00) miles a day. or a lit
tle more than eight miles per second.
Nothing goes to waste on a big railroad,
and every scrap of iron and much second
hand material is valued at a fixed price and
carried on the books as so much stock on
hand, says the Philadelphia Call. The system
followed by the storekeepers' department
of one railroad is a sample of many. The
second-hand metals are gathered and placed
in piles, regularly assorted. Then they are
classified by the foreman and taken" into
stock by the storekeeper or assistant. There
are regular schedules—one of material which
can te used again, which Is denominated
"second hancL" and another of material
which has to be melted before it can be used
which is known as "scrap.” The classes are
arranged something after the following
order; Steel scrap, Ncs. 1. 2. ?. 4. & and 0 at
prices ranging from S2B a ton down; wrought
Iron, Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4; cast iron. Nos. 1, 2. 3
and 4. Even borings are taken into
account, brass borings being credited
at 8 cents per pound and brass
scrap and copper at 12. This material Is
shipped to division headquarters when a car
load has accumulated. Here it is disposed of
by the storekeeper on order of his .chief
being shipped in car loads to big dealers in
old metals in large cities. Much of it goes to
Pittsburg. Cincinnati and such points. Orders
for as high as 500,000 pounds of one kind of
material are occasionally received from
single Arms. Most of the seoond hand ma
terial is used over again in the shops, but it
is previously taken on the books at a fixed
price by the storekeeper and is charged up to
the account of the articles for which it is
used. All usable No. 1 wrought iron is re
ceived and charged up at It* cents a pound
a nd cast iron at i cent.
The python lays eggs and hatches -them by
developing a high degree of heat, as has been
proven in the ease of the Indian and African
species, says the IHustriote Zeitung. The
tirst careful investigations of this subject were
made in 1841 by the renowned naturalist
Achilla Valenciennes, in the Jardln des
Plantes. Paris. A python there laid fifty
eggs within three hours, which at first were
oval, but pointed toward the poles, the shells
were soft and of a gray oolor; they soon
changed to a perfect egg-shape and became
white, aud the shells hardened somewhat
although they remained pliable, like leather’
and were lusterless and rather rough. Their
length varied from two and a half to four
and a half Inches. After laying the eggs the
snake gathered them together in a heap
under the cover she had In her box. wound the
rear part of her body around the base of this
heap and then formed a cone-shaped spiral of
the rest of her body around the whole, her
head closing the top. Not a single egg was
visible. After 56 days the tirst young ones
crawled out. They were about two inches
long. The temperature In the centre of the
heap of eggs was 106 degrees Fahrenheit,
while that of the box was only 72.5 degrees
Fahrenheit. Two ether pythons tried to
hatch their eggs in tho London Zoological
garden, one in 1862, and the other
•in 1881. In these cases the differ
ence between the temperature
inside of the heap of eggs and the outside air
was much less; but the eggs were spoiled and
no young were hatched. In the zoological
garden of Mr Plnkert. in Leipzig, two brood
ing snakes (Python molorus) can be seen, each
one rolled around lte pile of eggs in the man
ner described by Valenciennes. Careful meas
urementa taken on June 21. between Hand
(* o'clock In the morning, showed the tempera
ture within the rings of the snake to be 82
degrees F ahrenheit while that of the box was
67.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The thermometer
could not be placed In the bottom of the heap
w here the heat was considerably greater; but
it was left 20 minutes inside <>f the rlpgs It
was Impossible to experiment much with the
creatures without causing injury to them aud
their young.
LEOPOLD ADLER.
AdleFsT"
*
At 9 o’clock this morning
we let loose a Kid Glove
sale that will take the town
by stornv
This is a stock of bran
new fashionable Kid Gloves.
’Tis the bankrupt stock of
the well known firm of
*
HARRIS BROS.,
835 Broadway, N, Y.
2,300 dozen pairs Ladies’,
Men’s, Misses’ and Boys’
Gloves of every description.
Prices have been put so as
to enable you to stock your
self for the entire season.
Just what you will do when
you see them if you are
wise.
Leopold Adler.
DANIEL HOGAN.
MM MB
' IN
NEHQI!
Who Ever Heard of Prices Like to These
LinMMPS!
Latest and Best Styles.
Ladies’ All-wool Jackets $ 2 75
All-wool Cheviot, doable breast lap
seam 3 75
Fancy Cheviot, large horn buttons 4 50
Marine Blue Jackets, ap seam 5 uo
Fur Trim, Columbia Collar 6 60
Black Cheviot, Franklin Collar 7 50
English Box Front Coats, braided 9 0)
Fine Cloth, Natural Beaver trim 10 00
Double Breast Skirt Jackets, braid trim 11 50
Finest Braided Broadcloths 12 00
Misses' and Little Children's Jackets and
Cloaks in all sizes and at all prices.
In Foreign and Domestic
Dress Goods Novelties we
will place before our patrons
this week the most complete
and varied line that we have
ever offered. This depart
ment is replete with beauti
ful goods and exclusive
dress patterns, ranging
from 25c per yard to $3.
Lace Curtains.
We will offer this week a Lace Curtain, 3A
yards long and 50 inches wide, and worth ami
has been selling for SJSO, this week's price
$1 50. All other curtains in stock have re
ceived a similar out, and cannot be duplicated
elsewhere.
200 pieces Tapestry and Ingrain Carpets
just received. Also, 100 pieces French Canton
Matting. These goods will be made and laid
promptly.
11l ■
PORTLAND CEMENT,
Tin Plate for Roofing,
roU HALS iiY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
IHrUKTKRS.
OLD trrrtrsPAPERK. 000 t.,r a cents, •
UwHuvta Ollice Morning NvWm.