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Real Estate For Sale—Edw. W. Brown
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A Nice Suit—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Men s Half Hose— Appel & Sehaul.
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Cheap Column advertisements— Help
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Sale: Lost: Personal: Miscellaneous.
It is frequently necessary to “call
down’’ tho motormen, truck drivers and
carriage drivers of this city for running
their vehicles at too great a rate of speed,
but it is never necessary to call upon them
to move a little faster. This illustrates
the spirit of Savannah.
One of these fine morning's the world
may wake up to find that Savannah has
become the leader of all the cotton ports.
On Oct. 15 she was only a few
more than 3.000 bales behind New Or
leans, at the same time being more than
150,000 bales ahead of every other port
except Galveston,
A pensioner of the war. who had been
defrauding the government for seventeen
years, recently wrote a letter to the pen
sion bureau confessing his wrong and re
turning his certificate. The incident
struck the republican Philadelphia Press
as bringing to light such a rarity among
pensioners that it put over the article
this neadline: "He has a conscience.' 1
Having set up a provisional government
for himself at Desterro, with Senhor de
Lorena as president, and having de
nounced President Peixoto as a tyrant,
Admiral Mello has suspended the war in
Brazil until he shall have caught his
breath. When he has had a breathing
spell he will probably bombard liio some
more. It doesn't hurt Rio and amuses
Mello.
The new reciprocal agreement between
this country and Canada with regard to
the inspection of immigrants will spoil
the trade of lots of blockade runners who
have been making money by shoving
Chinamen across the border; that is, if
the agreement is enforced. It is alleged
there has been lots of rottenness in official
circles along the Canadian frontier for
years.
In Boston there are rumors to the effect
that Attorney General Olney will shortly
resign, and that Gov. Kussell will succeed
him in the cabinet. It has been an open
secret for some time that Mr. Olney is not
hilariously delighted with his official posi
tion. He has been a corporation lawyer
all his life, and would prefer to go back
to the counselship of the Boston and
Maine railroad.
China has concluded that Siam must
stand alone, so far as China is concerned,
in the event of a fresh outbreak of hos
tilities with the French. Years aeo. in
her days of supposed power and wealth,
Siam cast loose from China and depended
upon the aid of a foreign power in case
China should object. The Chinese em
press dowager has not forgotten this,
and says Siam must now take care of her
self.
The delay of the Senate in the matter of
the nomination of William B. Horn blower
to be Justice Blatchford s successor on
the supreme court bench is occasioning
considerable comment. Judge Hornblower
is acknowledged to be in every way fitted
for the position and there is no political
reason why his nomination should not be
confirmed. Meanwhile public business is
piling up on the hands of the incomplete
court.
Matthew Marshall, the Sun's financial
•Xpert, says the wild talk that the silver
men have been working off in the Senate
will do the sections of the country that
they represent a great deal of harm.
Men who have money to invest will re
member what has been said, and will
send no more money to seek that which
may be already lost to them througn in
vestments in the sections troubled with
the iiat money heresi.
Three cheers and a tiger for I'crr.v. < a;>-
ltal of county -‘F,”Oklahoma! Perry
held its first election this w.k Only
thirty days’ residence was required fur
voters, necessarily, from tn- fact that
Perrv Is but a little ®ore than thirty
days old Some !..Vi votes wer polled
st the fliw ’.ioii, sc ! the den, ycratlc modi
dates Wjje i up tic; . utb wRu the rx ,
Brans auo populists coming out withs
majority of ir<u over sli Perry, as we
ksve heretofore Icmgrasd, mill do.
Head Off a Silver Discussion.
A discussion of the silver question in
the legislature would be of no benefit to
the Democratic party of this state or to
any Georgia interest at this time, and the
democratic leaders in that body would
make a mistake by giving such a discus
! sion any encouragement. The populists
are, of course, anxious forsuch a discus
sion because they are fully committed to
the free coinage of silver, and they would
strive to create dissatisfaction in the
ranks of the democracy. There are only a
few of them in the legislature, however,
and they should not be permitted to
waste time by reiterating the silver ar
guments that the country has heard for
nearly three months from populists in
congress.
There is every reason to believe that
congress will repeal the purchasing clause
of the Sherman silver law within the
next three or four days, and that will put
an end to the silver agitation for the pres
ent. What will bo done in respect to sil
ver after that clause of the Sherman law
is repealed no one can predict with any
degree of certainty. It is pretty safe to
say, however, that it will be a long time
before there will be any considerable de
mand for the free coinage of silver at tho
present ratio. Ii is now pretty well
known that the country does not want
any more silver dollars coined whose in
trinsic value is not equal to their face
value. The silver senators would never
have receded from their position had
they not become convinced that they were
in opposition to the -overw helming public
sentiment of the country.
There may t*e democrats in the legisla
ture who favor the free coinage of silver
at the present ratio, but if there are it is
by no means certain that they represent
their constituents. The silver question
was not a leading one in the campaign in
which they were elected, and they are not
therefore in a position to say what their
constituents want. Besides, a great
change has taken place in the public mind
on the silver question since the discussion
of that question was begun in congress.
A large proportion of those who favored
the free coinage of silver are now opjioset]
to it because they have been led to see that
all interests would suffer great injury
from a debased currency.
The whole country has had enough of
silver talk for a while, and it is sincerely
to be hoped that the democratic leaders
in the legislature will head off the popu
lists in their efforts to open the way to a
flood of silver oratory. The repeal of the
purchasing clause of the Sherman law
will be the act of the Democratic party,
and it will be in accordance with the
declaration of the national democratic
platform. The duty of democrats every
where is to close up ranks and give the
national administration a hearty support,
if that course is pursued there will be no
desertions from the democracy, because
the best and the overwhelming sentiment
of the country is in favor of the position
of the administration on the silver ques
tion. If any disaffection in the ranks of
the democracy should crop out it will be
due to the efforts of democrats who are
hostile to the administration.
The President’s Triumph.
The passage of the bill repealing the
purchase clause of the Sherman silver
law. and there does not now seem to bo
any doubt that it will be passed, will be a
. victory for the President such as lias sel
dom been won by a public man in this or
any other country. The President, in re
sponse to tho demands of the country,
called congress together to repeal the ob
jectionable law. in his message to that
body he stated that he favored prompt
and unconditional repeal, and lie gave his
reasons for favoring it. Extraordinary
efforts were made to get him to say that
he would sanction a compromise that
made concessions to silver. When nearly
all the 1-aders of his party had weakened
and eonsented to a compromise he re
mained firm, not because he was anxious
to have the satisfaction of winning a
victory over a faction of his own party,
but because he was satisfied that no com
promise could lie agreed upon that would
not he productive of a worse condition
of affairs than that which already ex
isted.
And those of his party who opposed him
were compelled to admit finally that ho
was right. They recognized the strength
of his position and surrendered. If the
repeal legislation accomplishes what it is
believed it will, he will be stronger with
the people than ever before.
The people admire a man who has back
bone, and that the President lias in
abundance. He has more than once shown
that he has the qualities that are called
for by great occasions. His triumph in
tills silver matter increases the esteem in
which he is held, and gives him a posi
tion in the political history of tho country
that was reached by very few of his
predecessors.
Mr. Depew, president of the New York
Central railroad and spokesman for the
Vanderbilt family, savs Mr. W. K. Van
derbilt bought a controlling interest in
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad the other day merely
as an investment. and that
the purchase does not mean that
Mr. Vanderbilt desires to become a coal
baron. Other parties who are good
judges of what is meant by railroad deals
say that Mr. Vanderbilt has apparently
accomplished by purchase what President
Mel-eod. of the Reading, tried to do by
agreement some months ago—that is to
form a great monopoly which will be
able to dictate the price of coal.
By the Vanderbilt deal referred to
a group of capitalists, hitherto rivals in
business, are brought together in control
of one of the greatest systems of railroads
ever formed, consisting of the New
York Central and Hudson River, the East
Shore, the Reading, the New Jersey Cen
tral. the Lehigh Valley, the Erie, the
I-sc ka wanna and the Delaware and Hud
son. The New York World thinks this
means coal at £7 s ton. whereas under or
dinary circumstances, it would be *p
The radical silver senators are spend
ing the time granted them by the major
ity in which to finish their speeches in
piling insult to the democracy upon injury
to the acm try. They are not explaining
whv they think free silver coinage should
otcais. but are denouncing the President
in low mean, and in eudiary terms
Each of them npjjears anxious to is
r ‘ y cried as applying some epithet to Utc
President. And this is another example
of lh< court**/ ’ pf the Sveaale. It Is
aauwvful.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1893.
The Closure Rule Question.
The necessity for a closure rule in the
Senate cannot be overestimated. The
question whether the majority shall rule
has been sharply presented by the
measures taken by the minority in the
Senate to prevent a vote upon the repeal
bill. It is in thopowerof a comparatively
few senators to defeat any bill by
filibustering tactics. The repeal bill will
be passed in all probability, but its pass
age will not be due wholly to the fact
that it has a majority in its favor, but to
the decision of the minority not to use all
the means in their power to defeat its
passage. Those who were opposing the
bill saw that the people were not in
sympathy with them and so decided to
abandon their position.
During the regular session the bill re
pealing the federal election laws and the
tariff bill will come before the Senate.
Both bills will be vigorously opposed by
the republicans. If they resort to filibus
tering it will be impossible to pass either
of them. It is . not known what course
they will pursue. The Senate, however,
should not be at the mercy of the minor
ity. It ought to have rules that would
enable the majority to reach a vote when
a reasonable time for debate had been al
lowed.
Senator Hill is on the right line in
urging the adoption of a closure rule. If
he succeeds in having such a
rule adopted he will be accorded a lead
ing position in the Senate. It has been
clearly demonstrated that what is called
senatorial courtesy cannot be relied upon.
It answers except upon extraordinary oc
casions, and then it fails. The conditions
in the Senate should be such that the
minority could never defeat the majority.
If the republican senators should pursue
the course followed by the silver senators
the Democratic party could not fulfill its
pledges to tho people. It could not repeal
the objectionable election laws or reform
the tariff. Senator Hill should make a
light for a closure rule and continue it
until success crowns his efforts.
They Are Wiser Now.
That theatrical manager who carried a
company of octoroons, quadroons, mulat
toes and negroes of both sexes to Louisi
ana the other day and advertised them in
Louisiana towns as ‘ La Belle Creole
Minstrels,” is much wiser than he was.
He has found out that a creole is not a
|>erson who has negro blood in his veins.
Many people in the north have a differ
ent impression. And the manager of
"La Belle Creole Minstrels,” who was a
northern man, evidently thought he had
a company of genuine creoles.
A creole in this country is a person
born in this country of French or Spanish
parents, and creoles are most numerous
in Louisiana and Florida. They are of
pure white blood, and they are very
proud of the fact that they are creoles.'
There are no more polite and charming
people in the world. They are charitable
and hospitable to a marked degree, and
the creole women are noted for their
beauty and attractive manners.
At Luke Charles, La., there area few
creoles, and when the alleged creole min
strel troupe stopped there, they found an
angry population. They were given a
short time in which to move on, and the
indications induced them to move quickly.
A wiser theatrical manager would have
departed wlrh his /dthpany from Louis
iana at once. This one announced a per
formance at New< IM'ritTy'Wliewtt tifwjnr
ity of thy people are creoles, and his ex
perience unused him to carry hit? alleged
creole company back to the north. No
injury was done him, but lie Will never
again make the mistake of advertising in
Louisiana a theatrical company of octo
roons and quadroons as a company of cre
oles. lie has been enlightened.
The Manchester (Eng.) ship canal,
which will be opened for traffic on Jan. 1,
lfi'Jd, will afford cotton shippers at Amer
ican ports the means of direct communi
cation with the greatest spinning center
in the world. Manchester and the dis
trict immediately adjacent consume about
one-third of the total shipments of cot
ton to Great Britain. Besides tho great
cotton shipments through Liverpool for
Manchester, the Manchester district con
sumes immense quantities of staves, cot
ton cake, grain and fruit, and these
products, it is said, can, after January,
be shipped direct for a great deal less
than the cost of shipping them through
Liverpool. It is announced by the Man
chester Canal Company that California
fruit growers have made overtures to the
company and to Britisii ship owners to
put on between some southern port and
Manchester a line of fruit steamers, and
the manager of the company says he is
"in communication with shipowners with
a view to their providing refrigerating
chambers, so that the California and
Florida fruit traffic may find its way to
this great center of consumption.” The
port through which the direct fruit traf
fic is to go has not been determined upon.
If Savannah were to make the proper ef
forts to secure it she might succeed.
There is not a better or more convenient
port in the south for shipments from both
Florida and California.
The death of Judge Hugh L Bond, of
the United States circuit court of the
Fourth circuit, creates a vacancy in a
high and important office. The Presi
dent will have abuudant material of the
best kind from which to select
his successor. In the states of
the circuit are jurists of as high
standing as are to be found in the country.
Maryland, however, will probably be
asked to stand aside when the selection
comes to be made. She has filled the
place for twenty-three years, and with a
man who will be remembered in his cir
cuit with bitterness. It is more than
probable that Judge Charles H. Simou
ton, of the federal district court for the
district of South Carolina, will be pre
sented for appointment by his friends,
and if he should lie appointed it would be
an honor well placed.
The populist politicians of Southwest
ern Kansas are sorely troubled. They
have discovered that the opening of the
Cherokee strip and the failure of tho
crops h*Vo had tin; effect of nearly depop
ulating several eouuties. The populists
will, through the depopulation, lose six
rc|r< -a ntalivcft in the legislature.
A race worth talking about was won on
Wednesday, when the American ship
William Taylor -ailed into New York,
bcatmgthe British ship Western Belie. In
their 15‘*si md race around l 'ape Horn
from Astoria. Ore. The Yankee won
SIJKM by hie pcrfurinsiuat
PERSONAL.
Sir Henry James, of the English house of
commons, is an all round sportsman and capi
tal shot. He frequently accompanies the
Prince of Wales on his gunning expeditions.
Matthias Mull, whose death occurred re
cently In India, went there thirty years ago
as manager of a large printing establishment,
and became the founder of the Times of
India
Rev. Dr. Carter, a Baptist preacher of Ash
Grove. Mo., told his oengregation that the
souls of the wicked were simply dissolved;
but his county conference has expelled him
for heresy.
It has been denied by the Salvation Army
authorities that Mrs. Emma Van Norden the
society girl ami (laughter of a New York mil
lionalrc banker, has deserted from Its ranks.
She is said to be simply enjoying a vacation
in Chicago
Mrs. Sallie Walsh Johnson, the daughter of
the late Gov. Shannon, of Kansas, who died
in Washington a few days ago. was a famous
heautyas a girl. The Grand Duke Alexis,
who met her at a bail in St. Louis, declared
that she was the handsomest woman he had
seen in the United States
"The three most patriarchal men in the Sen
ate. ' says the Evening Post, are Stewart,
Palmer and Coke, their white beards adding
to thoir venerable apjx aranee: but it would
te hard to find another three young or old.
who can stand more fatigue or who will come
out of a night session in tetter physical con
dition.''
Gov. Peter Turney, of Tennessee, although
70 years old, is still fond of hunting fox and
deer, and has a pack of hounds at his home,
called "Wolfe's Craig, in the southeastern
part of the state. He follows the hounds on
horseback, and can stand as much riding, ex
cept wheu attacked with the rheumatism, as
any one.
Archbishop Redwood, of New Zealand who
is making a tour of this country, preached at
the cathedral in Baltimore last Sunday. The
archbishop is a native of Engl ind He is an
aecomp.ished and enthusiastic violinist, and
carries with him an old violin of celebrated
make. While a guest of < ardlnal Gibbons he
entertained him by playing the familiar air of
"Home .sweet Home anil other selections.
Prof. Cuming. M. D . to whom Mr. Gladstone
has offered a baronetcy, is one of the most
eminent of Irish physicians. He has already
and 'dined the lesser honor of knighthood. He
is an Ulster Catholic, and a nationalist in pol
itics. and practices at I e fast, where he is a
professor in the Queen s college. His
daughter Is married to a son of Sir Charles
Russell.
Representatives Mark Smith, of Arizona,
and Samuel M. Robertson, of Louisiana, are
both devotees of the shotgun and the bird dog,
but thov differ sharply about weapons and
breeds, and have many discussions concern
ing them. Mr. Smith prefers the twelve
gauge as a compromise weapon and tho
double-nosed pointer Mr Ko. e tson will
anytime stake his chances on the superi
ority of the sixteen-gauge gun and banner
tailed setter.
BRIGHT BITS.
Mrs. Muggs—That horrid Mrs. Frills told
Mrs. Nexdoor that I was a regular old cat.
Wbat do you think of that'-
Mr. Muggs - I think sho never saw you in
the same room with a mouse.—New York
Weekly.
Teacher—Give me a familiar instance of a
narcotic.
Pupil hesitates.
Teacher—What docs your father smoke in
his pipe?
Pupil—Mother says it smells like hayseed,
but I guess it s leather. Boston Transcript.
Binkerton—Come over to the house to night,
old man. We re going to celebrate our silver
wedding.
Pilgarlic—Your silver wedding' Ain't you
a little previous? Why, you've only been mar
ried fifteen years'
Binkerton—That's all; but silver is away
below par now, you know —Puck.
Palace Car Porter font west)—Don' gub mo
no fee. sah, till we gets to the end ob de
trip.
Passenger—Very well. Just as you prefer.
Porter—Yes, sah. You see, these train
robbers always goes for me fust, an' ef I ain't
got nullin'doy say dr passengers, hin t got
nuffin'. an’ goes ol -Newi York Weekly.
Moriarity. it’s home you should be going.
Ye re dhrunk.”
“Bedad. but Di m not, soir. ”
"Ye're dhrunk. Ot say.” ■ '
"Di m a liar. then. Phellm O'Reilly?'’
"No; ye re jist dhrunk.” ~(* {
"Ye wouldn't say that if Oi was sober.” ,
"If ye was sober ye wouldn't deny it.’ 4
Life.
Sunday School Teacher—l told you last
Sunday that 1 wished each of you would try
to make at least one person happy during the
week. Did you?
I'ov -Yes'm: I made grandma happy.
'• 1 hat is noble. How did you do it?"
"I went to visit her. and she's always happy
when she sees I’ve got a good appetite."—
Good News.
"Johnny,” said the boy's father, "you
should not interrupt me at the dinner taole
when I tell that story about when I was in tho
war. Evrn tf it is a long story, and you havo
heard it I ©fore.' filial respect requires that
you be patient. "
"Father,” said the lad, after a minute of si
lence.
What is it. my boy?”
"Is filial respect' something like ‘sena
torial courtesy?’"—Washington Star.
Prisoner- As my rounsel has failed to put
in his appearance, I would ask your Honor
to adjourn the case.
Judge—Why, yon were caught in the act of
stealing a gold watch from tho person of a
gentleman. Besides, you admitted the
charge. I am curious to know what, under
these circumstances, your eounsel could have
to say In your defense.
Prisoner So am 1. your honor; and there
fore I should like to hear him.—Vogue.
‘ Doctor,” said the senator's wife, "you
must do something for m.v husband. He is
simply woaring himself out.”
What is the matter?”
"His mind is never at rest He talks in his
sleep as much as he does in the day time.”
"H'm'm! Don't he alarmed. That isn't his
mind. It's involuntary action of the vocal
chords, the diaphragm, the maxillary and
other muscles Be ll get over it as soon as
the effects of the recent financial discussion
get out of tile system.”—Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Sherman’s Trap for the Democrats.
From the Springfield Republican (Ind.i.
Senator Sherman denounces tho proposed
compromise—now apparently as dead as Cock
Kobin, thanks to the President's unbending
loyalty to principle—as a cowardly surren
der. Yes. but did not the senator, in open
Senate call upon the democrats "for Gods
sake' to "have a caucus." and "you must
agree on something?" Their fault now is
that they took his advice. Was It a sly trap
he set for party ends?
Wants the Reserve Strengthened.
From the Washington Post (Ind.i.
And now that unconditional repeal is about
to become an accomplished fact. let this good
work be followed by such legislation as may
be deemed necessary to strengthen the gold
reserve of the treasury. The Post has stead
ily advocated the suspension of silver pur
chases, and, as a supplementary buttress to
the stability of the currency, the buying of
gold. It is still of this faith as best clearing
the way to bimetallism by International
agreement.
Bepubllcans Favor Closure.
From the Baltimore American (Rep. i.
If the Senate will act like a body of rational
American citizens and adopt a rule that will
enable It to reflect and carryout the wishes of
a majority in that body and a majority of the
nation outside of that body, the repeal epl
sode will have had its uses, and there will
have been some slight compensation for the
enormous injury Inflicted upon the business
iimlth" workingmen of the country by Its
preposterous behavior during the last six or
seven weeks
Cleveland’s Victory.
From the Greenville <S. C.) News (Dem.t.
Well Grover has won again. We don't
know how he did It. but he has won. Ho al
ways whin. May be It is because he refuses
to lx sidetracked by anv thing and sticks to
the plan of doing one thing at a time and
hammering at It until It la finished His
victory i a very notable one It Is an fcU
toric triumph over oituw hostility, the weak
ness of frit ode and t lie I reason of pretended
friends 111 1 ■ first result Is encouraging
Kvert thing went up with a rush yesterday
Including cotton Things seem to be in better
shape generally.
Where the Senats’a Rtrengrth Lies.
Ex-Senator Doolittle, of Wisconsin, says
the Chicago Herald, speaking yesterday of
Thomas H. Benton s success In‘securing the
passage of the famous expunging resolutions
In Jackson s time, said: “In February. 1857.
Just after my election as senator from Wis
consin. on my wav to Washington to attend a
special session of the Senate upon the inaugu
ration of President Buchanan. I called upon
General Fremont, then living In the city of
New York. I was introduced by him to Thom
as 11. Benton, and. at the same time, to Mrs.
Fremont, the daughter of the great ex-Sena
tor.
I found Benton in the library playing with
his grandchildren—rolling silver dollars on
the floor—for he had just come from a lec
turing tour In New England, and his pockets
were well filled with the hard cash. I was
presented by General F>emont as the newly
elected Senator from Wisconsin. Benton rose
to his feet, took me by the hand and said: -I
am glad to meet you, sir. A young senator
from a young stale, sir. PerhaDS Irom 30
years' experience in the Senate. I may tell
you something about the Senate you do not
yet know. sir. but you will surely find out. sir.
Doyou know, sir. where the strength of the
Senate lies”
" Young man, let me tell you what perhaps
will surprise you. The strength of the Senate
is In their bellies, sir: in their bellies, sir!
" Shall I tell you how I carried through the
expunging resolutions in Jackson's time?
We held caucus after caucus anti agroed
several times when we would bring the
question to a vote. But oa trial we failed,
from time to time. Whenever the majority
attempted to sit the matter out. about 9
o'clock in the evening. Mr Clay, who led the
minority, would rise and move to adjourn,
’i he yeas and nays would be demanded, and
the motion would be lost. Then, perhaps,
Mr. Webster would rise. and. in his solemn
way. move to lay the matter on the table.
Another call of the yeas ar.d nays, occupying
fifteen minutes, would declare the motion
lost. Then, after some speaking or parlia
mentary skirmishing. Mr. Clay would rise
again and move to adjourn. By this time it
would be 10 o clock, anil some of the majority
wouid begin to say: "It is useless; we had
better adjourn.'' so an adjournment would
be acquiesced In. After several such trials
and failures to come to a vote. 1 resolved to
make provision for the weak ones on our side
and to take away from the opposition all
reasonable excuse for adjournment.
'“Another time was agreed upon in caucus
for a vote—with a firm resolve to sit it out to
a finish. I went to Gautier sand ordered a
supper for <so men to be sent to my committee
room at S o'clock sharp that evening 1
ordered him to have it either ho* orcjld. I
did not care which. But one or the other
sure—not lukewarm sir! When the time ar
rived for voting, before any logon to show
signs of weakness on our side. 1 sent a page
around the Sen He to inform all our friem s
there wa , a supper waiting in my committee
room, --about 9 o'clock Mr. Clay, as usual,
arose and moved that the Senate do now ad
journ. While the yeas and nays were being
called 1 sent a jute to Mr. Clay and to Mr.
Wenster to inform them that supper with re
freshments was provided In my committee
room and that they and all tholf friends were
cordially invited.
The result was that about 10 o'clock that
night the Senate came to a vote tnl the
famous expunging resolutions w-ere passed.
" Now, young man. you see whit I told you
is true, ihe strength of the Senate is In
their bellies, sir! In their bellies, sir.’ ”
One on the Texan.
The Texas congressman usually has a
shrewd perception of humor, stys the Wash
ington Post. The delegation has a corner on
half the good stories going, and can lay claim
to several which have got awav. A corre
spondent backed the dean of the delegation
up in a corner the other day. and told him the
following tale:
"A friend of mine " said the correspondent
"came up from Texas when the serson
opened, and as hecxpected to be here some
time, he looked around fora moderate priced
room, which he located in a nice neighbor
hood. A motherly old lady showed bun the
room, which pleased him very much. As he
was about to leave, she asked him where he
was from.
" .From Texas, madam.'
Well, let me show you how this gas works.
You turn it on so. ra i put a match to It so;
and when you get t hrough turn it oIT. so
" But I understand all about gas. We have
it at home.'
"Yes. but I have hud a good deal of trou
ble with Texans about gas, aad it doesn t do
any harm to show you. Turn it on so, and
turn it off this way. Don't try to blow it out.'
"But, madam,'protested my friend, vou
needn't go to all that trouble. If it will're
lieve your mind any. I lived in Chicago for
six months before coming bore.'
"‘You did. eh? Well, 1 want you to under
stand that this is a respectable house, and I
won t have any Doker playing or drinking and
carousing Up here.' "
"Haw. haw!” laughed the congressman,
"that is one of the best stories I ever heard,”
and his sides shook with laughter.
But.” said tho correspondent, "the boys
are sending that story out to-night and saying
that you are the Texan."
"The you say. Well, that is a pretty
low down sort of a yarn to spin on
anybody,” grumbled the congressman.
Delmonico’s Black List.
A well known man about town met an old
friend on Broadway the other evening and
asked him to go with him to Deimonioo a for
supper, says the New York Press. T hey went
into tho dining room, seated themselves at a
table and ordered drinks. The waiter re
turned with one glass for the stranger, and
the man about town inquired after his. The
waiter made a very deferential how and said
to him. T did not know you drank anything.”
"Oh, yes, my boy," said the man about
town, first blushing, and then turning deathly
pale, "you are right, i have sworn off, you
know ”
This man about town was on Delmonico's
black list, but ho had either forgotten the
fact or thought the people at Delmonico's
had. Charles Delmonico makes lip this list
of men who can. but will not pay their bills
after being duly notified, and of those guilty
c.f any sort of gross impropriety while in the
restaurant. It is not an easy matter to get
your name off the black list after it htis once
been placed there, and most society men in
town would almost as soon be expelled from
their clubs as to have their names put on this
black list.
Fred May never could got his name removed
from this list until his sister came over here
from Euroie and with tears in her eyes,
begged Charles Delmonico to relent.
She Could Use a Burglar.
A citizen living on Brush street was on his
way homo the other night when a shoe came
untied, and he sat down on the doorsteps of a
house to fix things, says the Detroit Free
Press. He was about to go on. when a win
dow was opened above him, and a woman's
voice demanded:
'Say! Are you a burglar?"
"No, ma'am,” was the reply.
"What are you doing there?”
"Just tying up my shoe.”
"Oh. that's it!”
"Did you want a burglar, ma'am?" asked
the pedestrian, thinking he detected a tinge
of disappointment in her tone.
"You don't see any around, do you?”
"No. not just now. hut I presume I ran find
one somewhere about. Is It anything special,
ma'am—anything which won't keep until to
morrow night?”
• No. not so very sperial," she answered.
"My husband went away with sls in his
pocket this morning, and came home drunk
about an hour ago. I’ve been through his
pockets about six times and can't find a cent,
and I thought if you were a burglar and
would look him over I'd divide with yon on
whatever vou found. Never mind, though.
Come to think of it. he always tarries his
money in his shoes when he gets full, and I’ll
run down stairs and overhaul them.” .
Henry Miller, of Annville, Pa , has a plate
that is over 100 years old. It contains on the
outer edge the names of the thirteen original
states, and is highly prized by the owner. |
TT 1 . only J^ rCam P ""-No Ammonia; No Alum.
UJcd in Millions of Homes— 4o Years the Siandani
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Customs Collector William M. Marine, of
Baltimore, has nearly completed a history of
the British occupation of Maryland during
the war of 1812. which he Is preparing for
publication.
Of diminutive steeds the Shetland pony Is
the most popular anil the most reliable one
for children, says the Baltimore Sun. There
are several varieties that resemtde the Shet
lands. Among these are the Welsh mountain
ponies, the English Exmoor, with a very
beautiful spe les that comes from the West
ladles. With the exception of the Shetland*
most of these arc likely to fall into bad
habits, learning to kick, bite and run away.
All resemble the Shetland pony and are usu
ally so denominated. The real Shetland Is
thoroughly reliable. They are duello, easily
managed and Intelligent, and will allow their
owners to ride by the primitive method of
clinging to their mane without thought of
kicking. The age of the Shetland pony
reaches 35 years sometimes. It carries at out
in its day several generations of children.
The Exmoor pony is perhaps the hardiest. In
the hilly country of which they nre natives,
they thriye on the coarse, scanty mountain
herbage, acquiring a power of endurance that
will enable them to travel thirty or forty
miles a day, carrying a weight of 275 pounds.
The value of a pony differs ih accordance
with its quality. They are quite as expensive
as horses, the average specimen costing from
1150 to $175. A pair of white ponies recently
sold for SI,OOO. The most soqght after, how
ever, are the spotted ponies. The carts cost
from SSO to $l5O.
The origin of the best strain of Arabian
blood has been related by some romancer,
says a writer in Harper s Magazine. While
Mohammed was fighting his way to greatness,
he was once compelled to lead his .corps of
20.000 cavalry for three days without a drop of
water. At last, from a hill top. they descried
the silverstreak of adistantriier Mohammed
ordered his trumpeter to blow the call to dis
mount and loose the horses. The poor brutes,
starving for water, at once sprang into a mad
gallop toward the longed-for goal. No sooner
loosened than came the alarm—false as It
happened-H>f a sudden ambush. "To horse!”
was blown, and repeated by 10) bugles. But
the demand was too great; the parched throats
were not to be refused; the stampede grew
wilder and wilder as 20.(190 steeds pushed
desperately to the river banks. Of all
the frantic crowd but five mares re
sponded the call. To these duty was higher
than suffering. They turned in their tracks,
came bravely hack, pleading in their eyes and
anguish in their sunken flanks, and stood be
fore tho prophet. Dove for their master and a
sense of obedience had conquerod their dis
tress, but their bloodshot eyes told of a "fear
ful torment; the more pathetic for their
dumbness. The danger was over: the faith
ful mares were at once released, hut Moham
med selected these five for own his use: and
they were the dams of one of the great races
of the desert. F'rom them have sprung the
best of Arabian steeds. It cm. however
scarcely he claimed that the average horse
of the Orient comes up to this ideal. He
must have been bred from the 19995.
The bulls used for fighting purposes are a
specially-selected, specially-cared-for class.
They are all pedigreed, says the Gentleman’s
Magazine. Andalusia is especially the dis
trict of the hull. Here, at the age of one
year, the young bulls are separated from the
heifers, branded with the owner's mark, and
turned out loose on the plains to graze with
others of their own age. When a year older,
the young bulls are gathered together, in or
der that their mettle and fighting qualities
may be tested. One of them is sejiarated
from the herd, and chased by a man ou horse
back, who, by the skillful use of a blunted
Innee, overthrows the escaping bull, where
upon another rider comes In front of the ani
mal with a sharper lance, to w ithstand the
expected attack. If the bull, on regaining his
feet, attacks the rider twice, it is passed as a
fighting animal; hut if he turns tail and
runs off, then it is set aside to be killed, or to be
used In agricultural work. And so with each
animal, until the whole herd of 2-vear-olds
have been tested. Each bull that has stobd
the test successfully Is then entered in the
herd book, with a description of its appear
ance. receives a name—such as Espartero,
Hamenco. and the like. This process of care
ful selection gees on from year to year until
the bull is 5 years old, when, should its met
tie still prove true, it is ready for the arena,
and flaming posters appear on the walls of
Madrid or Seville announcing that Espartero
(or whatever his name is) will on such and
such a date make his first and final appear
ance. A good warrantable” 5 year-old j, u ll
for the fighting rings costs from £7O to £BO.
"Wherever there's smoke, there's fire" is
an adage based on observation of unvarying
physicallaws; but the reverse does not al
ways hold good, says t he Newcastle Chronicle,
for there may be fire without smoke, or at all
events without apparent smoke. In Berlin an
inventor has succeeded in devising a means
for insuring complete combustion without the
emission of smoke, and his method has, on
repeated tests, proved so satisfactorv that
two of the most important steam shipping
companies of Germany havedecidedon adapt
ing it to their steamers. inthis system coil,
reduced to powder in centrifugal disintegra
tors. is introduced into a pear-shaped com
bustion chamber lined with tiro brick, and
fitted with an induction apparatus like those
used in petroleum fired furnaces, the coal dust
being drawn along by a jet of steam or
compressed air. The combustion cham
ber. which takes the place of a furnace,
is provided with two aper
tures. one in the center line of the boiler oc
cupying the position of the usual fire-hole
door, while the other, on the opposite side of
tho combustion chamber, serves for intro
ducing the coal dust through a pipe, so placed
that the dust Is evenly dispersed over the
whole surface of the chamber. After the first
ignition, which may be effected by any
source of heat, the combustion continues regu
larl ,• and intensely under the action of the air
current, which is regulated in accordance
with the quantity of dust required to produce
the necessary heat. The air or steam and
dust are intimately mingled in the zone of
combustion, while the speed of the current
which has served as a vehicle for the dust is
much reduced. Kach particle of fuel held in
suspension is by tills method brought into
such close contact with the oxygen necessary
for its combustion that this combustion is so
complete as to allow of practically no smoke
being generated.
The war that is now going on In Matabele
land. in South Africa, is. at best only a con
tinuation of that contest for the survival of
the fittest that began with the discovery of
America, says the Pittsburg Dispatch What
Cortez was to Mexico and Pizarro to Peru,
the British military leaders in South Africa
WhV.s en m° , z . ululaml Beehuanaland.
What the Virginia company was to King Pow
hatan an 1 the natives of Virginia at the be
ginning of the seventeenth century the South
Africa company is becoming at the close of
the nineteenth to King I.ohengula and the
savages of the MatnffoHnls. Everybody who
has studied the history of the colonization of
.North and south America knows that civili
zation recognized no questions of duly or hu
manity towards the savages of the two Amer
icas. The natives were not only despoiled
of their happy hunting grounds. but
they were ruthlessly slaughtered whn
®Yr, 'bey came in the way
of the white mans greed. Indian savagery
o l ?oh? rth ,i. Anne r lo ? ,he seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries is not to be compared
with the barbarism of the European conquer
ors. \\ hat began on the James with the Vir
g nia company is now going on under the aus
hGci?o^ 11 ? 6 South Africa company in Mata
beleland..ln its professed purposes thisorgan
ization which came into existence iri Ihs'i
under the presidency of the duke of Fife is
very pacific, but as a matter of fart the inter
r^ of .,' hecol ?P anv ‘‘‘ volv <- tho most ruthless
spoliation and butchery. It was Intended to
bold such outlying provinces in
South Africa as had not been seized by the
European land grabbers. Portuguese, Dutch
Hvitish. But the ascendency of Great
•2£L ta,n !* al T, ad Y almost supreme, and in the
-oth Lenturv British supremacy in South Af
rica will !*> as great as it might have been'in
North Amerlcn in the 19th but for an unfortu- 1
nate tax on tea. j
LEOPOLD ADLER.
Adler’s.
; Friday —not Robin
■ son Crusoe’s Friday.
You can read all about
:him in those elegant
; cloth bound Books at
:11c. each. But
FRIDAY,
111 I!
i When remnants and
i short ends from every
department that are
: cut off during each
iweek go on sale at half
their original price—
:sometimes less —like
: those remnants o f
; Sateens from the big
isale last Monday —like
this lot of short lengths j
:of Flannelette House
:Gown Suitings, dark
I colors, stripes and
figures, at regu
lar and 15c.
I Remnants of Braids,
Trimmings, Silks, Vel
vets. Dress Goods.
Remnants of Damask
Table Linens.
All at prices to en-;
courage the economical:
housewife.
P. S. —Don’t forget;
the 1,000 odd remnants;
of ?0c Cretonnes at
6 l-4c a Yard.
Leopold Adler. =
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