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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
SIXTEEN PACES
INDEX TO NEW ADVERHSEMEMI
Meetikgs—Commercial Club; Division No.
B, Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Special Notices— Announcement, Mer
chant Tailoring, Appel & Schaul; Duffy
Street Residence for Sale, W. K. Wilkinson,
Real Estate Dealer; Residences on Several
Streets for Sale, W. K. Wilkinson, Real Es
tate Dealer; A Rare Opportunity, \V.' K.
Real Estate Dealer; Special No
tice, Appel & Schaul; Card of Thanks to
Appel It Schaul, James Held, Secretary of
Chatham County’s King's Daughters; Build
ing Corner Barnard and Broughton Streets
BY>r Rent, Hampton L. Ferrill;
I-* Panto Proverbs, Henry Solo
mon & Son. Distributing Agents;
Notice, M. G. Lehwald & Cos; Removal. J. H.
Baker; Notice, P. Broos, the Candy Man;
Palace Shoe Shop, 21 Drayton street; Special
Notice. E. I. Okarma; Fresh Flower Seed, J.
Gardner; Dr. S. M. Roach s Return; Copart
nership Notice, Moore & Cos.; Corner Store
and Dwelling for Sale, John TANARUS, Rowland; A
Delightful Residence for Sale, John T. Row
land: Notice to Superior Court Jurors: No
tice, Jefferson D. Persse; The Hagey Insti
tute of Savannah; Furniture, Eto., Barbour
& Cos; The Fountain Saloon. Jas. J. Degnan;
Bonds Wanted, A. R. Myres.
o Military Orders—Order* No. 4, Savannah
Volunteer Guards.
Our Spring Importations—Daniel Hogan
Boys’ Bicycle Hosb, Etc Meyer St
Walsh.
What Do Yon Think op That?—B. B.
Levy & Bro.
Low Prices — Jas. Douglass.
On Our Center Table—Eoksteln 4 Cos.
Again a Lodd Notis Is Heard—Krom
Gray s Trombone.
Whit* Goods, Embroideries and Laobs
—At Bon Marche.
Ladies' Muslin and cambric Under
ware Sale—At Gutman's.
Electrifying special Shirt Sale—At
Collat’s.
Low Figures—Under Stand—Emil A.
Schwarz.
Free: Given awatl—Leopold Adler.
Mineral Water— Suwannee Sprlngß Won
derful Water, Andrew Hanley, General Man
ager.
Those Boys' Black Hose— Appel '&
Schaul.
Leader in Low Prices—h. H. Cohen.
The First Week op Our Great Reduc
tion Sale Is Over—Falk Clothing Company.
Auction Sales—Wine#, Liquor*, ate., by
C H. Doreett.
Amusements—Tavary Grand Operatic Con
cert Company at Theater, Jan. 17; Second An
nual Hop of the Sunrise Band Social Club
Jan. 17.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Miss Helen Gould seems to be develop
ing into a philanthropist. Besides help
ing to erect a church to the memory of
her father, patronizing a flower mission
and entertaining poor children at her
house, she is going to establish a school
and home for the poor at Koxbury, where
Jay Gould was born.
Recently a body was sent from the
charity hospital, New York, to Bellevue
college for dissection before a cliss of stu
dents. After the operation it was discov
ered that the body was that of a small
pox victim. Much indignation is ex
pressed both in the college and out, and
there are fears than the students may de
velop the disease.
The Virginia legislature has passed a
hill to relieve a Baltimore drummer from
the payment of a fine of SI,OOO imposed on
him by the county court of Grayson
county for having measles within the
county limits. The fine was imposed un
der a law to punish persons who carry
into or spread a contagious disease in the
tate. The drummer claims he found the
disease there.
The rumor mongers at Washington now
have it that Chief Justice Fuller contem
plates resigning and that Secretary Car
lisle will succeed him. Both the chief
Justice and the secretary say the story is
absurd. The correspondents who sent it
out fortified it with the usual amount of
“ncverthelesses” and “good authorities.'’
but Justice Fuller and Secretary Carlisle
know what they are talking about.
The seventh annual fair of the East
Carolina Fish, Oyster, Game and Indus
trial Association will be held at New
Berne. N. C., on Feb. 19 to 24, inclusive.
The expositions of this association, in com
parison with the average state or county
fair is somewhat unique and very inter
esting. The products of the seacoast
country are the features of the show'.
Oysters, fish and game are the chief ex
hibits, and agricultural products oooupy
to some extent a secondary position.
Almost every imaginable product of the
Bait water and the country that borders
the salt water is included in the exhibits,
together with the industries that draw
upon the ocean, creeks and marsh flats for
their supplies.
A National Board of Health-
Thosß who are now earnestly advocating
the establishment of a national board of
health have forgotten, apparently, that
less than ten years ago there was just
such an institution as that now proposed,
and that it accomplished so little and
spent money so lavishly that it was
abolished. The old board of health occu
pied its time chiefly iu trying to increase
its power. 11 was constantly at war with
the marine hospital service, the one try
ing to limit the jurisdiction and influence
of the other. Beyond a few publications
made at intervals, and weekly reports
relative to health conditions in different
parts of the world, the old board of health
did nothing of value as far as anybody
could find out. In the course of time con
gress recognized its uselessness and cut
off its appropriations, and that practi
cally put an end to it.
There is a bill pending in both houses
of congress now to establish another
national board of health. It is based, it
is asserted, upon that part of the Presi
dent's message in which additional safe
guards for the public health are recom
mended. Additional safeguards may be
necessary, but it doesn't follow that a
national board of health is needed to pro
vide them. The marine hospital service
can provide them. All that it is neces
sary to do is to enlarge the powers of that
service and secure the best talent obtain
able for the work that is to be done.
A national board of health would be
pretty sure to come in conflict with the
marine hospital service, and the two ser
vices, covering in some respects very
nearly the same ground, would be in con
stant trouble with each other. It might
be said that the jurisdiction of each could
lie so clearly defined that there would be
no occasion for a conflict. That was said
when the old board was created, and yet
there was never a time when there was
not trouble between them. The law
makers thought they had made it im pos
sible for the doctors to find reasons for
quarreling, but they were mistaken.
It is said that petitions are being sent
to congress from all the medical societies
of the country in favor of the proposed
national health board. The statement
may be true. It is an easy matter to get
petitions for almost any purpose. They
mean very little except when they are
obtained in respect to some matter con
cerning which the people are thoroughly
aroused.
The marine hospital service is a
thoroughly organized institution. With
a little additional legislation it could pro
vide all the safeguards for the public
health that a national board of health
could. Why, then, should there
be two institutions with a double
set of officers drawing pay
from the government to do the work that
one could do as well, if not better, than
both? With a national board of health,
the marine hospital service, state, county
and municipal boards of health, there
would be nothing done for the public
good if an epidemic of cholera should visit
the country. Let us make the health pro
tecting institutions we already have bet
ter rather than increase the number of
the institutions.
The Redwine Case.
The outcome of the Redwine case is not
entirely satisfactory to the Atlanta pub
lic. There was at no time any doubt of
Redwine’s guilt, and therefore the verdict
against him was not a surprise. What
the public wanted to know was what be
came of the money that was taken from
the bank. Of the stolen money 840,000 is
unaccounted for. What became of it? Ttis
true that in his confession before
the trial Redwine gave an ex
planation of what became of the
missing money, but this explanation
does not seem to be entirely satisfactory.
He was not permitted to tell his story
upon the witness stand. Had he been
subjected to a cross examination he might
not have been able to sustain his explana
tion.
liedwine’s first great- mistake was in
living beyond his means. Had He been
content to live within his income he
might now be an honored man in a re
sponsible position instead of a convict.
Among the set of young men with whom he
associated he wanted to create the impres
sion that he was liberal, and to accom
plish that object Re sacrificed honor.
The circle of society in which lie moved
did not require that he should be ex
travagaut in his expenditures, and ho
would have been as much respected if* ho
had been willing to appear to be just
what he was, namely, a bank employe re
ceiving a salary of 81,500 a year. Like
too many other young men to be found in
all cities, he lacked strength of character
to stand before the public in his true
colors. The consequence was he got in
debt, and debt led to dishonesty. No
doubt ho meant to beau honest man
when he began his career in Atlanta, and
perhaps was ambitious to be a successful
one. He was not naturally bad. He was
simply weak, and fell, as hundreds of
others have fallen, in trying to cut too
wide a swath in social life. Almost every
day there is an account in the newspa
pers of the downfall of a trusted employe
of some bank or business house, and in
almost every instance the cause of the
downfall is extravagance in social mat
ters.
Before and at tho time of the death of
Mayor Carter H. Harrison the current
supposition was that he was worth any
where from $2,009,000 to *5,000,000. lie
lived like a millionaire, and people took
him at what he appeared to be worth.
But unless some other evidences of wealth
besides those which have been recorded
in the coroner's office shall be discovered,
the late mayor will have to be written
down as a comparatively poor man instead
of a very rich one. An inventory of per
sonal property filed in the coroner's office
a few days ago showed the estate to be
worth, including $16,000 life insurance,
$327,812.
The objection urged to the confirmation
by the Senate of J. Scott Harrison,
brother of the ex-President, to be sur
veyor of the port at Kansas City, is that
he voted the republican ticket last fall.
Had he merely voted for his brother that
would have been forgiven h im, say the
senators who are leading the fight against
him. But he not only voted the national
republican ticket, but the state, county
and municipal republican tickets as well.
Robinson Crusoe, John Friday and sev
eral of the streets and lanes of Brooklyn
voted at the recent election in that city,
according to a New York paper.
THE MORNING NEWS; SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1894.
Mr. Harter’s Bond Bill.
At present there does not seem to be
any way for congress to avoid issuing
bonds to meet the demands of the treas
ury. The treasury is running behind
every day, and the indications are that it
will continue to do so for sometime to
come. As long as there is uncertainity in
respect to the Wilson tariff bill impfirta
tions will be delayed, and, consequently,
the amount of custom receipts will be
much below the normal.
Congress doesn’t want to authorize an
issue of bonds because public sentiment is
against increasing the public debt. The
Secretary of the Treasury doesn’t
want to issue bonds without being author
ized to do so by congress because he can
not issue bonds bearing less than 4 per
cent, interest. There would be no trouble
in floating 3 per cent, bonds at par.
The secretary gets bis authority to
issue 4 and 4% per cent bonds from the
act of July 14, 1870, in which provision
was made for the resumption of specie
payment. But why should f or 4% per
cent bonds be issued when .3 per cent
bonds can be easily sold? Congress would
be neglectful of its duty if it should force
the-secretary to issue 4 or 4L, per cent,
bonds.
The bill of Representative Harter, of
Ohio, introduced into the House a day or
two ago, for the relief of the treasury,
provides for an issue of 3 per cent, bonds
redeemable within thirty years. It
authorizes the secretary to issue the
bonds in such amounts and sell them at
such a price as he may deem expedient.
This bill is open to the objection that it
does not place a limit upon the amount
that may be issued. It is the secretary’s
duty to pay the obligations of the govern
ment, and if he should be authorized to
issue bonds in any amount he might deem
expedient he would naturally issue
enough bonds to pay the government’s
debts. Under such circumstances this
congress or the next might forget to be
economical, and the result would be a
great increase in the publio debt. It
would be wiser to place a limit upon the
bond issue, so that congress would feel
there was a check upon appropriations.
The question of issuing bonds will prob
ably be settled very soon. The gold re
serve has already been intrenched upon
to such an extent that it is necessary
that something shall bo done to enable
the secretary to meet the demands upon
the treasury.
Ireland In 1893.
During the year recently ended there
was in Ireland, comparatively speaking,
but little political agitation. About the
time of Parnell’s fall the partisan strife
had reached its climax; at the time of Par
nell’s death the reflex action had set in;
since that time the cooling process has
gone on until the country is now quiet.
Not that the friends of Ireland have let
up one iota in their purposes, or that they
are disheartened by the death of the
home rule bill at the hand of the lords;
there has been merely a cessation of
demonstrative meetings, hot quarrels and
bloody fights.- The people, while keep
ing their faith, have paid more attention
to their industries. The result, according
to the London Times, is that the year
past was one of the most peaceful ahd
prosperous of this century in Ireland.
The agricultural season was the best
since 1826, and not since that year have
the people been freer from dis
tress than the current New Year
found them. The area of farms
under cultivation last year was not
so lax-go as the year before, yet tho har
vest was more bountiful. No drought
blighted the crops, the yield of each crop
was full, and the potatoes were all housed
in excellent condition. The splendid crops
and the improved prospect has had a
tendency to disgust the poorer classes
with agitation.
The Times adds that there are many
signs of the material and moral bettering
of the people. Rents have been paid moro
punctually, and manufacturing industries
find the prospects encouraging. The
linen industry in the north of Ireland has
been hurt by the American tariff, but
ship-building and the other trades are
brisk at Belfast. The strikes and general
depression in England reacted upon Ire
land, but, thanks to the excellent crop
season, Ireland was not seriously affected.
At the commercial centers there has been
no extraordinary increase in the volume
of trade, though credit has been main
tained. and trade has been sound and
steady. In the agricultural districts there
will this year be experienced some diffi
culty in obtaining laborers for the fields,
cheap foreign products increasing the
tendency to abandon tillage.
If “Billy” Brady should faii to “pull
off” the Corbett-Mitchell affair, he might
recoup' himself for his outlay by signing
Gov. Waite, of Colorado, and his legisla
ture for a season of farce comedy, in
“The Extra Session.” There would be no
need for the writing of a dialogue, and
the legislature is now actively rehearsing,
so that it could take the road on the day
of adjournment. One scene should in
clude the legislative day of Wednesday,
Jan. 10, during which the following reso
lution, from the journal of the House, at
Denver, should be introduced: "Whereas,
it looks like the devil for the members of
the ninth general assembly to be stopping
at the sumptuous hotels of Denver and
drawing $7 per day from their impover
ished constituency under the protense that
they can better their condition by legis
lation. Therefore, be it resolved, That
the members of this assembly and the
employes of the same will stay here with
out pay until h—l freezes over, and do all
we can for the good of the state.” This
resolution, together with the explanation
of the member offering it, that he was
only following the language of the gov
ernor, would bring down the house.
The succession of Joseph H. Manley, of
Maine, to the chairmanship of the execu
tive committee of the national republi
can committee looks very much like “first
blood’’ for the Reed boom. His prede
cessor, Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, is
a Harrison republican, and had he re
mained at the head of the committee
would probably have used his influence
to bring about the renomination of the
ex-President in 1806. The new chairdian
had pronounced for Reed before he was
elected to the chairmanship, so that his
selection is a distinct thrust at Gen. Har
rison, notwithstanding Gen. Palmer's as
sertion that the ex-President does not de
sire another nomination. It begins to
look as if the race would be between Reed
and McKinley. KThe democracy has rea
son to hope it will be.
PERSONAL.
Sara Bernhardt recently won SI,BOO on a
horse race that took place at Melbourne.
Australia As she was playing in Pails at the
time, this may be considered the longest shot
on record.
Sir Richard Burton, during the first seven
years of his stay in India, passed examina
tions, It is said. In Hindustan i, Guzaratl, Per
sian, Maharati, Slnahl. Punjabi. Arabic.
Telugu, Pushtu, Turkish and Armenian.
Queen Victoria, according to the Gotha al
manac, has reiened longer than any other
ruler in the world, having ascended the throne
in 1837. Next to her, in point of time, are E 111 -
peror Franc:s Joseph, of Austria, and Fred
erick. the Grand Duke of Baden.
The eminentcomposer. Saint Saens. usually
leaves Paris at this seas in of the year, and
carefully conceals the place of his hiherna
nation. The French papers have divulged
his secret, and by this time, no doubt, he has
changed his alias aud sought a safer hiding
place.
The eyesight of George Du Maurier, a
famous London artist, Is failing rapidly, so
one of his friends who has just arrived from
England reports. For some time Du Maurier
has been obliged to do his sketches almost in
life size on a wall, from whiih they are re
duced by photography.
Judge A. B Morton, the unshorn Texan,
who died lately, was popularly supposed to
wear his long locks because-of a vow he had
made that he would not cut his hair till Henry*
(lav was elected President. A writer in the
Milwaukee Journal says he once asked More
ton about this and he replied; • 1 was a warm
admirer of Henry Clay, but I hope that I never
was such a fool as that story would make me
out. The reason why my hair has not been
cut is that I am a Dunkard and that is one of
the outward signs of our faith."
Bishop McNierny, of Albany, who died last
week, played an Important part in the deli
cate and difficult negotiations carried on dur
ing the war to prevent the recognition of the
confedearoy by Great Britain and France.
He was secretary of the three-commissioners.
Archbishop Hughes. Thurlow Weed and
Bishop Mcllvaine. who were sent to those
countries, and he was the last surviving mem
ber of that historic mission. For manv years
he kept the records of their proceedings, rich
In material of romantic interest, until a few
years ago. believing it better that they never
be published, he threw them all into lus
furnace.
bright bits.
"Would you call Dauber a No. 1 artist?"
“Well, er—l should think from his luck that
No. 13 would nearer describe him.’ —lnter
Ocean.
Stagger—What's this I hear about you
getting a job on a prohibition newspaper.
Jagger—That s what I’ve got. ana it s a
snap, too. I have to go around after ho rs
and get drinks at all the saloons that are open
unlawfully.—lndianapolis Journal.
“I've been looking for mv husband for the
last two hours," said an agitated woman to a
calm one.
“Don t be excited, madam." replied the
latter. “I’ve been looking for a hnsnand for
the last twenty-five years."—Harper’s Bazar.
A Practical Sarcasm—" You don't look like
yo'd had very bad luck at that house," said
Plodding Pete.
“I got a cake," replied Meandering Mike.
“Den what yer looking so sour a out?"
“ 'Twas er cake o’ soap."—Washington
Star,
Mrs. Longgncro (recently divorced) -Par
don me. were yoif addressing me?"
Berriman—N-no, madam; I merely re
marked that you were a regal-looking woman.
Mrs. Longracre (sweetly)—How stupid of
me: I thought you said legal.—Frank Les
lie’s Weekly.
Sho—l hear you are going to marry a rich
widow.
He-No: I love her to desperation, but I
cannot ask her to be my wife.
She -What is the obstacle?
He-t Her money.
She—Goes to her husband's family If sho
remarries ?—Lif e.
Lady—Ah, how fortunate that we should
happen to meet you, doctor! Do you know
we have been suffering for some time from—
from—l think you term it congestion of the
brain, and besides, we experience great diffi
culty in walking? What would you advise us
to take, now?”
Doctor—A cab, ladies, a cab. —Dagens
Nyheter.
A Matter of Doubt.—He was in a sad plight
when they brought him into the house, shaking
from an involuntary ice water lath in the
skating pond.
“Johftily!" exclaimed his mother, aghast,
“Where have you been?”
The boy was silent.
“Why don't you answer?”
Q " 'C-cause, m-mothar, I can't exactly sav ”
"Why not?”
“ ’C-cause, Id dunno whether I’ve b-been
skatin’ or s-swimmin’." Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Crisp and Wilson.
From the Houston (Tex.) Post (Dem.).
Chairman Wilson is making a line reputa
tion as a debator and loader of the Houso and
if Speukcr Crisp should be promoted to a seat
in the Senate, Chairman Wilson tr.i:ht pro- e
a fofmid itoie candidate for speaker of the
next House of Representatives.
A Matter of National Importance.
From the New Orleans Statos (Dora.).
The open manner in which the Duval
Athletic Club has defied the authority of Gov.
Mitchell, of Florida, has caused something of
a sensation throughout the country. If the
governor, however, has the least bit of grit la
liis composition, he will drive the prize light
ing crowd out of the state. ir he has to call to
his aid every military company under his
comipand.
Tariff and Bounty.
From the Galveston (Tex.) Nows (Dem.)
Nothing did more to huild up the cordage
trust and other trusts than an exclusive re
publican tariff. In order to avoid results of
this kind the bounty method of protection
might be substituted with great relative i ene
tit to the people. For example, there has
been no trust under the present bounty in the
production of unrefined sugar, and the price
of sugar generally has steadily declined.
Commended to the Repvtblicans.
From the Chicago Herald (Dem.).
It is to be hoped that William McKinley
has not lost sight of the fact that a London
newspaper, the Globe, is criticising Grover
Cleveland for his "pig-headed ’ determina
tion to do away with the sacred protective
tariff system. English displeasure is the
proudest reward of your true protectionist
and if Cleve.and can excite it as well as the
McKinleys and Reeds, what will it profit a
man to be a Napoleon or a czar?
A Great Florida Enterprise.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.)..
The Disston Company, by its drainage
operations in Florida, has obtained 2 Oio.oou
acres of land from the state. It has been
full.v earned and the company that invested a
fortune In a great public undertaking will de
serve every dollar it can make out of its en
terprise. It has redeemed and made
fruitful an immense tract of land that has
heretofore been worse than useless. It could
not have done this except bv very large and
venturesome outlays of capital.
What Will the Bullies Do P
From the Chattanooga Times (Dem.).
Col. Blount gave the Senate si;b-committee
some information about Hawaii, at his in ur
ing yesterday, He said there was absolutely
no power toeing exercised in that country but
the power of the United States, and he,deem
ing that wrong, unlawful, unfair, sent tho
marines aboard their ship and took the
United States flag down from where it never
ought to have been. That is all the story up to
this date, so far as the Stevens usurpation is
concerned. What are the Houtelle bullies
going to do about It?”
The South's Amazing Progress.
From the Albany (N. Y.) Press and Knicker
bocker (Ind.)
The new south continues along the avenues
so heroically taken up twenty years ago. and
the list of new industrial enterprises for
IsiM gives very little evidence of the monetary
depression and stagnation in trade whicli af
fected other sections of the country, it is
amazing, in view of the financial stringency,
that the south should have established 2,29.5
new enterprises during the past year and en
larged and improved even a larger number.
’1 hs record shows a total of 4.USI new enter
prises In two years of Industrial ad vancement
of the most gratifying character. The south
is taking advantage of opportunities This
is more apparent in the commercial centers
and coast trading points, the returns from
which are the best evidence that the south is
growing and reaching out on lines contrary to
all precedent. The new year is especially
rich in promise.
“Tige” Wouldn’t Drop It.
“The hero of my story,” he began, to a St.
Louis Republic man, and he was a hero of
the first water, was an Arkansas farmer who
sailed under the honorable name of Miller.
Of course you all know that in Arkansas it is
against the law of the commonwealth to use
dynamite In the public waters. Well, to
hurry through the statement of the case a lot
of us came to the conclusion that if we wanted
to make a big haul of fish it would be neces
sary to use a little force Accordingly dyna
mite bombs were secured, and we asked Mil
ler to go up stream and throw the bombs in.
while we. his guests, would gatherat a ford a
few rodsdown aud secure the floating fish.
Miller, accompanied by a highly educated
water spanial. went up the bank and prepared
for his attack upon the denizens of the water.
He hurled one missile, fuse attached, into
the stream. An instant later his dog was in
th • water, and in a moment he had the bomb
in his mouth, swimming fur the shore.
Drup it. Tige" shouted the farmer.
‘Drap it. I say!’
Hut the dog would not obey. He swam
w ildly forward and in twenty seconds bad
landed. Miller started to run. the dog com
ing after him at a break neck gait. Miller
ran toward the fishermen 1 elow. They real
ized the situation in an instant and, leveling
their guns, warned the farmer tohead in an
other direction. "I he situation, for all its
seriousness, was the funniest that I ever saw.
Miller ran wildly down the hill, yelling at the
dog to go back.
" 'Stop:' he yelled. ’Drap It, Tige! Go
home ’' But the dog only increased his efforts
to rea h his master's side. •
"But the end soon came. The fuse t urned
its length, and then Miller never le.overed
even the collar of poor l'ige."
A Story of Amos Cummings.
Nobody, it seems to me, can blame the
usually amiable and good-natured Congress
man Amos Cummings, chairman of the naval
committee of the House, for tripping up ex-
Congressman >ypher by calling him a liar
for asserting that the naval committee, to
gether with Secretaries Horbert and Tracy,
were leagued in a conspiracy with the Cramps
lo defraud the government by placing a pre
mium on excess speed in ships of war. says a
New York Press writer. Ihe charge was so
preposterous as to make any responsible
man indignant at listening to such wTld and
unwarrantable assertions. Mr. Cummings
is a man slow to wrath and full of
the milk of human kindness, but he once
took a vertal fall out of Horace Greeley,
and has a way of asserting himself on
occasion ever sin e. When Mr. Cummings
was. under a misapprehension, summarily
discharged from the tribune, the story goes,
he w alked across the street and called upon
Mr. Dana, whom he knew very well. Out
wardly Mr. Cummings was calm, hut inward
ly he was a raging volcano.
"Why did you leave the Tritune, Amos?”
asked Mr. Dana, mildly.
T didn't leave; l was discharged,” said the
future congressman, promptly.
"What were you discharged fere” asked
Mr. Dana, laughing.
"Alle't’d profanity and insubordination.”
respond’d Mr. Cummings, hotly.
Mr. Cummings was promptly given a desk
in the Sun office and has kept that desk ever
since. To-day he is one of the most popular
men in congress without distin tion of party,
and is likely to stay there for the rest of his
life.
Owned Three Names Between Them.
A pretty woman who has been playing in
one of the Frohman companies got married
not long ago. and very shortly after opened
in Philadelphia for a week s engagement,
says the New York Press. The happy couple
stayed a. the Continental hotel. The hus
band was the heavy man of the company, and
registered, of course, for botji. The next day
the young matron was observed pacing the
parlor in great distress. A chambermaid
asked her what the matter was. and she said
she wanted to get hei* wrap, which sho had
left in her room, and could not get in because
sho had forgotten its number.
' That's all right, miss." said the chamber
maid. "I’ll send down to the office and find
out.”
"Why. the fact is you see, I've traveled so
much myself, and got so in the habit of regis
tering—and I don't know whether I am regis
tered by my stage name or by my husband's,
or by our own real name. Do you think you
can tlx it for me?"
The chamt ermaid said she thought she
could, and did. I hope nobody will think this
anew way of telling an old story, because it
happens to be true. The young wife's most
intimate friend vouches for it, and I have her
name on my visiting list, not for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith.
Endorsed by Cullom.
Senator Cullom figures as the center-piece
of a story that is now current at the capitol,
says the Washington Post.
A few days ago the senator called npon
Secretary Cui lisle. "I have come," he said
to the secretary, -‘to say something in behalf
of a gentleman who desired to be appointed
collector of customs at Chicago.He is a demo
crat, of course, and is a worthy gentleman,
regarding whom everything favorable can be
said."
"What is his name?” naturally Inquired
Secretary Carlisle.
Senator Cullom began to search his pockets.
“Ah -yes -hem." he began, hesitatingly, div
ing into his clothes in vain for the memoran
dum that had evidently been mislead. "Ah—
yes—hem —he is a good democrat.”
"But what is his name?” persisted the sec
retary. with the faintest suggestion of a smile
on his face.
"Ah. yes." began the senator, hemming and
halving again. "Keally. i had it, but 1 seem
tbTrit’c lost it, and 1 really cannot recall it.
Anyway, hq wanted me lo call and see you,
and 1 have dis barer!] that duty. ’
And so Senator Cullom bowed himself out,
and Secretary Carlisle has not, yet discovered
who is the democrat Senator Cullom came to
indorse. ■
Twilight Time.
Anna Mclntosh Beville, in the Macon Tele
graph,
When twilight falls o'er land and sea,
There seems to be
A face with eyes of softest grey
Thatwomes in the hush of dying day,
Comes as he did in the olden time.
With voice and hands and heart sublime
For love of me.
And while I dream those happy things,
Some withered leaves to mem’ry brings
The useless, hopeless love I crave
That lies long buried in a g.ace.
Hair and Hand Both Real.
The Buffalo Express tells the following
story: A duffy-haired woman and a man were
walking in the railway station the other day
when a young man nudged his companion and
exJluimed: "I wonder R that hair s real ”
The woman walked up to him and asked
“ What did you say, sir.-”
The young man stammered and blushed
and finally managed to say: "I,m sure i
meant no offense, but I was wondering if that
hair was real.”
The woman reached over and took his hand
and lifted it to her hair. "Pull it,” she said
The young man gave a gentle tug. He smiled
sheepishly and said; -Iguess it's real.”
Then the woman squared her shoulders and
hit him a -eso riding slap in the face. "That's
area ! hand, too." she said.
And as. she walked back to her seat the
young man slunk out of the door, and her
companion said: "Pshaw, you hit me a good
deal harder-than that when we do our boxing
t ’
Charles Ridabock recently gained admis
sion to t.bc San Francisco a mshouse, at the
age of 81. He is a New Yorker by birth, and
once owned the present site of San Francisco
In 1828 he made a voyage as a sailor to the Pa
cific coast, and while there married the
daughter of a wealthy Mexican ranch owner
through whom he inherited the land destined
to he so valuable. Hut he was taken awav in
Irons by the ships captain, and lost his
chances of owning a city. Later he returned
to r-an Francisco, and made money in mining
which he soon lost. Lately he has been tend
ing sheep on California ranches.
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The largest wharf on the Pacific coast is at
Santa Monica, Los Angeles county. Cal. It
sticks out into the Pacific ocean almost a
mile, being 4.683 feet long. It is 131 feet wide,
and has seven railroad tracks. Eight ships of
a draught of twenty-eight feet (deeper than
most of the freight ships of the world i can
discharge cargo into Southern Pacific railroad
cars at once at this big pier without crowd
ing.
One of the few places in this country where
the curfew bell is yet rung is Fayetteville,
N. C. The village has been settled more than
two centuries, and the practice has never
lapsed. Indeed, so quiet and undisturbed by
the outside world has this community re
mained that the curfew has there almost its
original significance and it is considered
time for all good folk to be indoors when its
summons is heard.
The vicinity of Huntsville, Ala., claims to
have a human prodigy in the person of Lizzie
Beale, who will be 9 years old in February
next, gays the Baltimore Sun. She weighs
162 pounds, and is possessed of great strength
It is asserted she is able to lift with compara
tive ease an anvil that weighs 225 pounds.
Her hair is very long and she has regular and
beautiful features. The only trouble her
great amount of flesh is to her Is the diffi
culty it causes her in breathing in warm
w eather. Her father is a blacksmith, and an
excellent citizen. This young girl can lift up
a man weighing 180 pounds with ease, who
can scarcely lift her up from the ground. 4
The proverbs of savage races are generally
pointed and pithy. The Basutos say, “The
thief catches himself .” the Yoruhas, 'He who
injures another injures himself;” the
Wolofs. “Before healing others, heal
yourself.” In Accra they say, "No
body is twice a fool;" among
the Oji. "The moon does not grow full in a
day.” "The poor man has no friends.” A
Pashto proverb says. "A feather does not
stick without gum.” Others are: ‘Acrab does
not bring forth a bird.” "A razor cannot
shave itself.” "Cross the river before you
abuse the crocodile,” “Truth is only spoken
by a strong man or a fool," "Perseverance
always triumphs,” “The thread follows the
needle,” "Preparation is better than after
thought.” •
A useful piece of information to any of
those suffering from that dreadful affliction,
cacoethes scribenel, and who in consequent
feel themselves tmDelled to write to Queen
Victoria, will do well to bear in mind is that
they must on no account fold the paper on
which they have written, says a London let
ter. No communication which bears evidence
of having been creased will ever fall into her
majesty's hands. The proper method is to
write on thick, gio3sy white paper, and to dis
patch the missive in an envelope which fits
it. Any folded communication never reaches
the queen for the simple reason that she
won’t look at it. All such letters are
opened by the mistress of the robes, and
as a rule their contents never get beyond her,
or. if the letter is of importance, it is re
turned to the writer with directions how to
forward it.
The African explorer, V. Hoehnel, on his
voyage to Lakes Rudolph and Stephanie en
countered one day, afier a long
rainy spell, rolled up in a corner
of the basket in which the dishes or the ex
pedition were carried, a serpent of narrow
girth and about twenty-seven inches long.
His servant armed himself with a long dirk to
kill the serpent, but the moment he ap
proached the basket he fell back with a heart
rending cry and covered his eyes with his
hand. The snake had projected into them a
tiny stream of burning liquid, which caused
terrible sufflering. Hoehnel came up and
placed himself in such a position
that the wind would blow the liquid past
his eyes, should the serpent defend itself in
the same manner it had done before. As soon
as the snake caught sight of him it lifted its
head and squirted two drops of black fluid on
his neck, which, however, produced no burn
ing seasition on the skin. An Arab guide,
who had heard the cries of the explorer's ser
vant. came up, and wrapping his turban
around his hand, endeavored to make a dive
into the basket for the snake. A moment
later he. too. fell back blinded, and covering
his eyes with his arms. Hoehnel did not seek
to repeat the experiment. He turned the
basket over on the ground, and the serpent,
in its flight, was killed with sticks, so that
the mystery could not be solved as to the
nature of its peculiar squirting qualities.
The public generally knows very little of
the marvelous progress being made in dent
istry; only individuals obtain a hint occasion
ally when it happens they are subjects of ope
ration. A reporter for the Knoxville Journal
recently witnessed a remarkable and success
ful operation performed by a specialist in the
matter of constructing artificial gums, jaws,
noses, etc. The case in question was a hand
some, middle-aged lady whom the doctor had
been operating on for a couple of weeks. She
belongs to an excellent family in New York
city. Her case Is what is termed a septum,
or falling In of the nose, due to catarrhal
treatment. The bone had entirely disap,
peared and left only a flabby piece of
skin sunken in, and of course her personal
appearance had become offensive and had
furnished her untold distress. To look at her
no one would suppose that she had ever been
troubled that way, and it required close per
sonal inspection to discover the false makeup
of her nose. She is naturally a handsome
looking lady, and her persoual appearance
must be infinitely Improved. The point of the
nose and the nostrils, however, will not dilate
on breathing. It is made of porcelain instead
of rubber—the usual substance. It has a trans
lucent. flesh tint of remarkable nat
uralness in color, and the lady was
ever so proud of It and she was warm
In praise of the operation. The doc
tor briefly explair.o Ito the reporter that It
was now common to the profession to build
noses. They insert a tube and inflate the
nasal skin to the normal size of the nose and
insert springs which keep it distended, and
take a plaster model. The method is simple
enough, but to do a successful job requires
skill and Ingenuity. The old rubber nose
loses color and soon becomes discernable as
a false nose across a room. The porcelain
nose for this ladv he had a great difficulty in
bringing to a proper tint to suit her complex
ion. and it required a series of several experi
ments.
The London Spectator, moved by the pain
ful spectacle of the modern breach of promise
case, proposes a novel expedient in order to
overcome the difficulties which such suits
dresent. It says; There would be one very
simple method of lightening the task of the
jury, which would also afford to young women
and their guardians a means of ascertaining
whether the lover had any serious intention
of developing into a husoand or not. Let no
promise of marriage be held valid unless it is
made in writing upon properly stamped pa
per. If the plaintiff could produce a formal
promise of tnis kind, there would be no need
to go into all the history of a doubtful
courtship, or to consider any other factor in
the assessment of damages than lhe re
spective incomes of the contracting parties
Of course it will be objected that such a pro
position is injurious to all the romance of
courtship and marriage But where, we would
ask, is the romance in nine out of ten breach
of promise cases that And their way Into the
law courts? These cases are hardly ever
brought exoept by people whose affections
have not been deeply engaged in their ac
ceptance ot a suitor. For one young woman
who now brings an action for breach of
promise, at least nine are jilted and suffer in
silence. The more their affections have been
engaged the less they can bear to tell the
pitiful tale of their disappointment and
witness the poor little romance of their life
exposed to the ridicule and laughter of an
unsympathetic world. If it once became un
derstood that the ardent lover should oiler
such a proof of his good faith, then a girl
would know well what to expect from a lover
who withheld it. At any rate, parents or
guardians of the lower middle classes would
not allow a young man to grow "too particu
lar in his attentions "—as their phrase runs—
unless he showed a disposition to furnish this
guarantee Then, if the promise were' unful
filled, even the most modest and sensitive
maiden could proceed against her faithless
lover without loss of pride or dignity
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DANIEL HOGAN. ~
ill 11
The subjoined lines will be
offered during the ensuing week
at half price, with a view of mak
ing room for our Spring imports*
tions, the first installment of
which will be opened within the
next week.
Fine Cloth Jackets.
Beaver, Kersey, Mellon and Cheviot, black
and colored, tight, loose and reefer, medium
and full skirts, plain or trimmed with braid
and fur; hundreds of styles.
Fine Cloth Cloaks.
Black and colored, with capes; high collars
and full sleeves; best shapes, perfect fitting,
with and without umbrella skirts, with and
without fur trimming, $3 75, were $6; $5,
were $S 50; $7 50, were $10; $9, were
sl2 50.
Ladies’ Plush Jackets, finest linings and
finish, real seal loops, sizes 32 to 38, were
sls, S2O and $25, now $5, $7 50 and $lO.
Fine Table Linens,
Table Cloth and Napkins to match, both
colored borders and pure while, plain and
knotted fringes, $4 50, were $6; $5, were
$7 50.
Best Doub'e Damask, bleiched aid un
bleached, 63 to 72 inches wide, new designs,
fresh, clean goods, 45c, were 60c; 65c,
were 75c; 70c, were 85c; 80c, were 95c.
Full lines Turkey Red and Cardinal Dam
asks at prices from 25c to $1 yard.
Bargains in 5-8 and 3-4 Napkins.
Thousands of Towels In all sizes and at
all prices from 10c each to sl.
200 pairs Boys’ Odd Pants at half price.
DANIEL HOGAN.
mm only mm
ONE MORE WEEK.
During Christmas
week we propose mak
ing special, prices on
everything in our line,
especially on Cut Glass,
Dinner Sets and all
Fancy China. We mean
what we say, and will
surprise you if you will
come in and look and
get our prices.
We do this, as we find
we have too much stock
to carry over.
Respectfully,
IIS WEST I GO.
133 Broughton Street.