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4 Cljr fronting 11 this MorcinsrNews Butlding.Savannah.Ga TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25,1894. REGISTERED AT THE POSTOrr ICE IK SATASS A H The MORNING NEWS la published every day in the year, and Is served to subscribers l> the citt at fl 00 a month. IS for six months End 410 00 for one year. The MORNING NEWS, bt mail. one ■tenth. II 00. three months. 12 bo, six months, II 00; one year. 110 00 The MORNING NEWS, BT MAIL, six El vies a week (without Sunday issue), three mo -ths. 12 00, six months, 14 00, one year, Us 30 The MORNING NEWS, Trl Weekly, Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tues days. Thursdays and Saturdays, three months, II 20; six months. 82 SO. one year. 15 00. Tne SUNDAY NEWS, by mail, one year, ei 00. The WEEKLY NEWS, bt mail, one year, |l Subacriptions payable in advance. Remit by postal order, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of senders. Letters and telegrams should be addressed ■MORNING NEWS," Savannah, Ga. Transient advertisements,other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one Inch space in depth—is the standard of meas urement. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at business office EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Parti Ho', New York City. C. S. Faol/ukh, Manager. INDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMEMS. Meetings—B. P. O. Elks; Division No 4, Ancient Order Hibernians Special Notices—Golden Apple Tobacco, John B. Fernandez; As to Crew of British Steamship Laurestina; Parisian School of Language, G. Grandin; Store to Rent, H. L. Ferrlll; Oysters a Specialty, Hinckley's Res taurant. Do You Want the Bargain Yor Are Looking For!—Estate Emil A. Schwarz. Bought Lot Boys' and Children's Suits —Appel & Schaul Steamship .Schedule— Ocean Steamship Company. Proposals— For Delivery Ten Thousand Tons Granite. Amusements— “ 4-11-44” at the Theater Fri day, Sept. 28. A Terror—B. H. Levy & Bro. Auction Sale—The Entire Contents of Marshall House, by J. H. Oppenheim & Son, Auctioneers. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted. Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. New York, South Carolina, and the West India hurricane are to-day giving people something to talk about. It is hard to predict which will be the breeziest subject The Kansas state board of railroad as sessors—all populists—recently made a reduction in the Pullman company’s taxes for this year. It has leaked out that ievery member of the board is the owner of a Pullman free pass. The North American Review abbreviates "the American Protective Association in to the Apa, its members into Apaists, its doctrine into Apaism. Those terms are, at least, easier to write than the full name of the organization, and the people ■will not be slow to learn their significance. Independent and populist candidates are beginning to get under shelter in an ticipation of the snow storm that will strike this state on next Wednesday morning. In Coweta county all of the populist candidates have thrown up the job. put on their coats and gone home. Their sensible example is commended to other anti-democrats still in the field. Some of the people over in Mr. Turner’s district are so confident that he will be sent to the Senate that they are casting about for a man to put up as Mr. Turner's successor. Among others, Mr. G. D. Ray .sor of Grooverville, has been mentioned as a good man to send to congress. Mr. Raysor is a farmer, and is spoken of as quite as strongly in favor of tariff reduc tions and honest money as Mr. Turner himself. The Florida state election will occur next week, on Oct. 2—the day before the election in this state. The Floridians will alect a legislature, a justice of the su preme court and various county officers. For justice of the supreme court, Judge B. S. Liddon is practically unopposed; and, indeed, the same may be said of all the democratic candidates. In some in stances the populists have made nomina tions, but they are not strong enough to alarm the democrats. Annie Abbott, the “Georgia magnet,” ■ls literally knocking out the New York ers. They sent Sandow to try his giant strength against her the other day, and the little woman beat him at every test. He could not lift her when the did not wish him to do so, notwithstanding she weighs not one-fifth as much as one of the dumb bells that Sandow easily tosses about and over his head. Sandow can not explain why his strength is of no avail against the woman; he merely ac knowledges that it doesn't avail, and stops at that. The courthouse that used to be at Ad •pomattox, where Lee surrendered, has been moved three miles away to a town called Nebraska. The court house, ac cording to some queer way of reasoning, carries with it the name of Appomattox. And the postoffice department has changed the name of the Appomattox of history to “Surrender.” Why such a change should have been permitted it is difficult to understand. There is nothing more euphoneous about “Surrender” than “Appomattox,” it is not easier to write, it is not more suggestive. There is no more historic name on the face of the globe than Appomattox. It would be just as sensible to change the name of Waterloo to “Defeat,” or Gettysburg to “Victory,” or Bull Run to “Skeedaddle,” as it is to change the name of Appo mattox in the posloffice records to “Sur render.” The name Is an unpleasant re minder which, stuck in the fuces of Vir ginia and the south, amounts to an af front. It is to be hoped that Postmaster 4 ieueral Bissell had nothing to do with this senseless piece of business, ’and that he will order the restoration of the old name to the postoffiee. If the new court house town of tho county is Nebraska, let it remain Nebraska. The south and history have an interest inftppomattox that should nut be disregarded by van dals- Looking for a Candidate. Although the democratic convention of | New York will assemble at Saratoga to day. there is great uncertainty as to i whom it will nominate for governor. In | this respect it will differ greatly from the ( republican convention that assembled at ! the same place a few days ago. It was well understood before the republicans j met that they would nominate Mr P. Morton. Mr. Piatt, the republican boss, bad decided that Mr. Morton should be the nominee, and the convention obeyed i his orders. The democrats are looking for a candi date who can unite the two factions of the party and who. at the same time, has the confidence of the people The man who seems to be in the greatest favor is Judge Gaynor of the supreme court. He belongs to neither faction, and is admitted to be a man of high character and great ability. He was chiefly instrumental iu exposing the fraudulent election practices of the ~Gravesend officials, and it was through his efforts that McKane, the powerful political boss of Gravesend, was sent to the penitentiary. Judge Gaynor doen't want the nomina tion, though it is believed he would ac cept it from a sense of duty if it were of fered to him. He was recently elected to the supreme court for a term of years, giving up a lucrative practice to accept the position. The judgeship pays a handsome salary, and Judge Gaynor would hesitate to give it up, because he needs it. He is not a wealthy man. and he has to support not only his own family, but also that of his father. If he should accept the nom ination he would have to resign the judge ship and take the chance of being elected governor. It is believed that the convention would like to nominate either Senator Hill or ex-Secretary of the Navy Whit ney. It is understood, however, that Senator Hill has positively declined to be considered a candidate, and Mr. Whitney is on shipboard bound from Liverpool to New York. He will not arrive in New York in all proba bility before the convention adjourns. It would not be advisable to nominate a man that might not accept, and it is by no means certain that he would accept. And there are some reasons for thinking that his nomination would not be a wise one. There is at present a strong feeling against trusts, and Mr. Whitney is closely identified with one of the greatest trusts of the country—tho Standard Oil Com pany. The democratic leaders are confident that the ticket that will be nominated will lie elected The differences between the factions have bqpn adjusted in a great measure, and the ticket that will be nom inated will have the support of the entire party. The importance of the election in New York on the national campaign two years hence is well understood, and the demo cratic convention, in naming a ticket, will put aside all personal prejudices and differences. They know that the full vote of the party will be necessary to secure a victory. Let Them Cry Their Wares. The city ordinance which prohibits hucksters and hawkers from crying their wares before 10 o’clock in the morning should be repealed. There is no reason why these industrious people should not have every advantage in selling before that hour, as well as after it, what they have to offer. Asa matter of fact they should be en couraged in every possible way. Those who are engaged in it sell vegetables, fish, shrimp and oysters. They should be in duced to come into the city, and the way to earn an honest living made as easy as possible for them. The people of the city are benefited by their coming. It is an advantage to house keepers to have such articles as tho hawkers have brought to their doors and offered for sale at reasonable rates. Ninety-nine people out of every hundred who work for a living are out of bed by f> a. m., and it is unreasonable to require the hawkers to keep quiet because the few who remain in bed after that hour are likely to have their sleep broken. As to the noise the hawkers make it amounts to nothing in comparison with that of the street cars and the various other vehicles that are running at an early hour. No one proposes to stop the cars or the bread and milk wagons from run ning before 10 a. m. or any other hour. Au attempt to stop them would not be tolerated. It is proposed to establish a freight bu reau to assist Savannah’s business. Would it not be advisable to abolish the ordinances that tend to restrain local traffic of the minor kind and discour age poor people who are striving to earn an honest living. The late sleepers should be willing to endure a little annoyance. If the busy life of the streets disturbs them let them move to back rooms and thus avoid the noise. Let the motto be. “Make all the noise you choose if it is for business pur poses. Blow your whistle and halloo all you want to.” The populists of Arkansas seem to have recovered wonderfully since their defeat in the state election the other day. They took part in another battle of the bal lots last week and came l within one vote of electing their man. The election was held at Pecan Grove, and the office at issue was the | pastorate of the village church. The 1 nominee of the democrats in the congre gation received thirty-two votes, while the populist nominee received thirty-one. Tho race was so close that the populists thought they certainly had won, but the returns showed otherwise. Immediately, in accordance with populist precedent, they raised charges of fraud, bribery and corruption; averred that their man had I been counted out, blamed it upon the : money [tower of the east that was trying to corrupt their spiritual fountain head, and withdrew to form a church of their own. It is not stated in tbe dispatches whether the newly formed congregation ] adopted tbe Ocala or tbe Omaha plat ! form. Your Pennsylvania thief is a thief “for keeps” when he starts out to steal. A Pennsylvania thief of the Braddock City brand held up the superintendent of an ice company a few nights ago. Tho vic tim was first required to give up his watch, then his purse, and his hat, coat and vest, then tys shoes. One more de mand was made bn him, and the victim, I then but one degree removed from a | living picture, was allowed to go. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1894. Why Not Stand Upon the Platforms? It is regrettable that there are newspa pers and campaign sjieakers in this state that are confusing the people by advocat ing the free and unlimited coinage ofsil rer at the ratio of 16 to 1. notwithstanding the fai t that the financial planks in the national democratic platform and in the state democratic platform are squarely in favor of sound money. They find no au thority in either platform for the silver views they are teaching. The demand for the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver at the ratio of 16 to 1 is found only in the populist platform. Some of the statements these newspa pers and campaign speakers are using in support of their financial views are very confusing and misleading. Their state ment, for instance, that anounceof silver has always had about the commercial value of a bushel of wheat cannot be verified. Asa matter of fact the price of wheat or cotton does not appear to have bee.n influenced in the least at any time by the market price of silver. There have been times when the market price of silver was high and the prices of cot ton and wheat were low Anyone who will take the trouble to look at the mar ket reports for the last twenty years will be satisfied that the price of silver does not control the prices of wheat and cot ton. What nonsense is it then to tell the people that if silver, by reason of a de cline in its production or for any other reason, should rise in commercial value the prices of cotton and wheat would rise, however great the production of those articles might be. Such a state ment misleads the thoughtless and does a vast amount of barm. The tim should be to give the people the truth, it is of far greater impor tance that they should have that than that any newspaper or party faction should have the satisfaction of having its views on silver or any other subject ac cepted. One Acceptable Amendment. The understanding seems to be that the New York democratic convention that meets at Saratoga to-day will condemn in the platform it will adopt the consti tutional amendments that are to be sub mitted to the people at the approaching election in that state Without passing upon the merits of all the amendments there is one of them, it is safe to say, that will be adopted, if they are qp sub mitted that they can be voted for sepa rately. The amendment in question requires the legislature to pass stringent laws against gambling of all kinds. There is a strong and growing feeling against gam bling in all its forms, not only in New York but also in all the other states. More men, young and old, are morally and financially ruined by it than by al most any other one thing. Legislation against gambling is espe cially needed in New York. In that state it is carried on to an extraordinary extent. During the season at Saratoga gambling games are conducted almost openly, and tens of thousands of dollars change hands nightly. It is probable that a majority of defal cations, violations of trusts and even the petty peculations, are traceable to the gambling vice. The temptation to make a large amount of money in a short time is so great that men in all grades of so ciety yield to it. losses lead to crimes to get the moans to continue the indulgence in the vice. The anti-gambling amendment to the New York constitution should be adopted and a similar amendment should be adopted by each of tho other states. Legislation of that kind is in the right direction. Remove the temptation and there will be a great falling off in certain kinds of crimes. The bolting sugar planters of Louisiana cannot carry the democrats of the sugar producing parishes with them. They will control only their own votes, and such votes of the blacks as they can influence. And they will not control many of tho black votes unless they put themselves in full accord with the republicans of the state. That they don't want to do. They seem to think the republicans ought to be satisfied with the candidates they nominate. The republicans are alto gether too shrewd to let the sugar plant ers run the Republican party for them. The sugar planters in one congressional district have nominated H. P. Kernocha* for congress. He is a rich sugar planter, and was a naval officer under Mr. Cleve land's first administration. It is certain the republicans will not support him, and as he has no following of his own, he hasn't a ghost of a chance to be elected. The present outlook seems to bo that the bolt of the planters will amount to noth ing. The Emigrant and German-Ameriean. a magazine published in New York and Chicago, is doing good work for immigra tion to the south. A short while ago the Morning News took occasion to comment on and commend some of its articles descriptive of the resources and climate of the south. The magazine is published in both German and English, the articles appearing in both languages. Its circu lation is general throughout Germany, and also in this country among the German people. In its September issue the mag azine reprints Secretary Hoke Smith’s article on the south that appeared in the North American Review of August, aad devotes very nearly the remaining por tion of its space to articles and pictures descriptive of the south as an agricultural section. Among the pictures are views of a Florida orange grove, a southern truck farm, and a scene on a Georgia melon plantation. This publication will go into the hands of homeseekers on the two continents, and will be of groat ben ch? to this sect ion. Congressman Turner spent last weok in campaigning in the upper end of his district. This week he will continue the work mother sections, and on Monday night next will wind up his work during the state campaign with a speech in this city. Mr. Turner will be given a rousing welcome when ho comes. The counties of Chatham, Effingham and Bulloch will be represented by voters in the audience, and they will prove that they are in fa vor of low tariff taxes and good money. Whatever may bo the effect of the cy clone reiiortod to be moving in this direc tion. *i cannot bo said that the warning was not received in good time. Since Sat urday the weather people have been watching the disturbance and posting bulletins with regard to its movements. Republicans of the stalwart kind will see in Indiana to-day a sight that will make them rub their eyes. Ex-President Harrison is going to preside at a McKin ley meeting in Indianapolis. Apparently the hatchet has been buried by the big chiefs, and Minneapolis has been forgot ten, though when the interment took place nobody seerrs to know. The ap pearance of these two presidential candi dates together on the same platform may enable the political soothsayers to say how the people of the west regard them. McKinley is in Harrison’s own bailiwick; if he should be accorded more of an ova tion than Harrison gets, the signs would be bad for the ex-President. PERSONAL. Fifty thousand per annum is th< marriage dower of the young women of the Vanderbilt family. Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina, through 67 years old. Is in splendid health, and recently started on a trip to the far west. Mrs Cleveland is never a blind follower of the latest fashion. She is more apt to con sider what is becoming than "what is the fashion.” The physician in charge of the Woman’s Hospital in Soo Chow China, is Dr. Anne Walter, a Mississippi woman. There is no country on earth now where tne plucky Amer ican woman is not doing missionarv work of some kind. Anew Danish composer. August Enna. is announced. His first opera called The Witch ” was produced in Copenhagen in 1892. Later be adopted Kider Haggard s nev 1 “Cleopatra to the operatic stage. His style is Wagnerian. Joaquin Miller is raising a mile of roses on his Calif< raia farm. He believes that people live too close together, and has four sn ail hoi s*s on his ranch one for his mother, one for nis brother, one for himself and another for his guests. Mrs. Mannington Caffvn. whose story. “A Yellow Aster." had a success harder to appre ciate than to explain, has tinished another novel. Its title has that labored air of secret meaning which distinguishes most of these nemotic stories of the day. u is to be called "Children of Circumstance*.” Gen. James S. Wilt on. who spent a year in China and critically examined the army and fortifications, says: It is hardly to be doubted that an army of 50.UX) Europeans with arii.lery and infantry and a preponder ance of cavalry, well organized. supplied and commanded, can go anywhere in China and. if so disposed, it can overrun and dismember the empire.” Don Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, who died at Los Angeles on Sept. 11. was supported in his later years ly some gentlemen of his own race, who uve hima monthly allowance, fifty years ago his ranches embraced many thousands of acres, and two thirds of the present site of the city of Los Angeles belonged to him. In those days he often entertained hundreds of people at a time, and so prodigal was his style of living that he was obliged to m >rtgage ranch aft-r ranch until he was in t.uancial difficul ties from which he was never able to extri cate himself. Tawbiao. the late king of the Maoris, was a patron of literature, and ran a court journal printed in the Maori language. It was sup ported by voluntary contributions and pres ents of pigs and potatoes. He wfote the royal proclamations and edicts with his own hand, though be had a smart native secretary, who had received a liberal education at a Wesleyan college. The king in his earlier years created grave scandal in court circles by a more than royal indulgence in rum, but in his later years he posed as a staunch tee totaler. Nevertheless, he often showed a sin gular inai iiity to distinguish between cham pagne and giuger beer. This may have been due to a very pronounced obliquity of vision. BRIGHT BITS. Figg—How well you're looking! Fogg—Yes. I've been drinking! well water all the summer.—Boston Transcript, “I wonder what kind of people live in Mars?” said the philosophical girl. ■ They're out of sight.” replied the slangful and confident young man. "What are the relations now between your wife and yourself?” "Oh, only her mother, two’ uncles, a sister, and a few cousins.” -Detroit Free Press. "On what does Skiffiins base his suit for libel?” "On a casual reference to him as the ideal juror in a capital case.”—Washington Star. “He told me he liked to read my poems by the firesice." said i4cribb. "Very likely.’ said Cynieus. "He can throw 'em in without getting up. "—Harper’s Bazar. Operatic Composer (whose first act, con sisting entirely of plagiarised music, is being hissedi—Great heavens! What will thev do when they hear my own music in the next act?— Fllogende Blatter. income Tax Assessor—You can t claim ex emption Mr. Smiles* Why. man, you must spend $7,000 a year the way you live. Smiles—l know that, sir; hut I live beyond my income —Harper's Bazar. Carrie—We are to give a grand reception to our minister on the tenth of next month. Yoi. know it is an important anniversary. Clara—His ordination' Carrie—No; his conviction of heresy.—Puck. Hungry Higgins.—Wot are you studyin’ about so. Weary Watkins —T was jist thinkin' what a pity it is when a feller gets dead, stiff drunk he don't know nothing about how drunk ne Ist—lndianapolis Journal. Van Dyke—Do you know that most of our cuneucy is very inartistic? For instance, any artist could tell the government that the design of the n ;w SIOO bill is a very poor one. Van Daub—i'e. But no artist ever saw a HOu-Lill,—Kate Field's Washington. The r.ady of the House—Why don t you go to work? Don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moss? Browning, the tramp—Madame, not to evade your question at a 1. but merely to ob tain information may I ask of what practical utility moss is to a man in my condition?— Tit Bits. The plantation melodist of the Uncle Tom's Cabin combination rushed into the little room where the manager was acting in the double character of property man and sheet iron thunder purveyor. His voice trembled and his face looked almost pale through its burnt cork: "Mr. Oleman," he said, “one of the Topsys Is sick, and can t go on" Tell Miss Pingle" exclaimed the mana ger. in a ringing voice and w 1 hout a mo ment s heslta'ion, to black up and take the part. We’ll get along with one Eva tn the death scene to-night"—Chicago Tribune. CURRENT COMMENT. The Opinion Remains Unchanged. From the Quitman (Ga.) Free Press (Dem.). The Savannah Morning News listened attentively to Senator Walsh's speech in that city Wednesday night, and then remarked that Mr. Turner was still its choice tor United States senator. To Provide for Helpless Ex-Soldiers. From the Florida. Citizen (Dem.). Still auother southern state, besides Geor gia and Louisianawill vote on the question of pensioning ex conferate soldiers this tali. The constltutkn of Texas makes no provis ion for the maintenance of indigent veterans, and an amendment making such provision Is togs' submitted to the voters in November, with every prospect that it will be carried. Mills’ Opinion of Cleveland. From the Memphis Commercial (Dem ). Senator Mills. In a speech at Honham, Tex., the other day. said: “We didn't have the votes to pass the tariff Ml! we Ranted but we did the best we could. I think Cleveland acted wisely in not signing the hill, and he generally acts wisely. You may call him a traitor it you want to. but I tell you he is more like Andrew Jackson than any Presi dent we have had for titty years. Ho Is holi est and incorruptible; ho Is utterly fearless, and at heart as true a democrat as ever lived. You may denounce him on his Mer. but w hen you look upon his features you look upon the face of a great man and the best friend you ever had." The southern man who abuses Mr. Cleveland has very little sense of grati tude and yet he is no more entitled to our thunks than he Is to those of the |K*nple all over the onion lie Is essentially a national man striving to do his duty to the whole country, and the verdict of history will be that he succeeded to an extraordinary degree. A Clerk’s Experience. “I was examined for promotion not very long ago " said a clerk in one of the govern ment dep irtments to a group of friends the othe- night, bays the Washington star "and I had an amusing experience. As some of you are aware. I am what may be called, with all due modesty, an expert shorthand writer. andha\e been frequently assigned to duty requiring such experience since l have been ir. the department. When I was notified to appear for examination I went before a dap per and debonair young mi.n. who informed me that he would examine me in shorthand. This struck me as mighty funny, because I was familiar with his record as a shorthand writer, but I told him I was at his service. He picked up a t ook and proceeded to read one of <arfield‘s speeches at the rate of nearly four hundred words a minute. Sud denly he paused and remarked that I dl dn t appear to be writm-r I toid him I wasn’t. He flushed up. Why not, may I ask ” he inquired, with a fine inflection ot superiority. " Be ause i replied, a shorthand man who knows his business never takes anything but the first word and the last of anything that is read, and therf gets the book. ’ l wish you could have seen him then. He got still redder and then spluttered out an ex planation that it would be necessaiy for me to take the speech, as it had been furnished as a part of my examination I told him to read at the rate he would talk if he was mak ing the speech himself, and when he did so caught him correctly. He asked to look at my notes when the rt aling was throjgh and ga/ed at them like a connoisseur would at a Cloissonne vase. "•Do you use Pitman's or Graham's sys tem- he inquired, sweetlv. ; Then I thought 1 and explode I assured him it was according to Hoyle even if it con tained several hundrei of the several thou sand phrases u--ed only by myself, and l took mv notes and transcribed them. T didn't miss a dash or a semicolon, and found after tervvard that although I got 94 on my entire examination my shorthand which was abso lutely perfect in relating what he read, was marked to oh I tell you we clerks run up against sjme n i.'htv queer things when we are being examined by civil service repre sentatives but the system is the test in the world, only it do s not extend, as it should, to every branch of the public service.” When Summer Was Over. Summer had waned, says the Rockland Tr.b me. as summers sooner or later have to do and the youn? man whom she took to be a millionaire's son in disguise, and the young woman whom he took to be the only child of a wealthy widow, sat gazing out across the water, gloriously silvered by the refulgent moon "To morrow.” they said, ‘ we separate.” Then they signed several times apiece. "Miss summerly—Maud," stammered the young man. 1 have something to say to you ere we part.” "Go go on. Mr. Raster,” she answered, resolutely *1 ought to tell you.” he began, “that I have long been engaged ” "Sir: Mr Raster!” she exclaimed. Nay. let me finish—l have long been en gaged at the hosiery counter m the leading dry goods store of mv native town and my salary of *ls per week is to be raised to *lB. true, this is not so much to one reared in luxury as yo i have been, but rightly hus banded wifi go a good wav. When the moon, which temporarily bad gone behind a cloud, next looked forth it saw her head upon Ins shoulder. "Mr. Raster ” she was saying “Call me George,” interrupted the happy youth. "George. 1. too, have a confession to make J also was engaged—do not start—as cashier m the well k town restaurant of Tatum & Drinkum previous to my coming here for a summer's rest. I received eight debars a week, but 1 will have to give up that position now.” A long pause ensued. “Maude—Miss .Summerly.” he said, disen gaging her head: "do I understand that your mother is not—not well to do r" ■ No, George, hut she will be proud to live with us.” The young man arose. “I do not think you need give up your posi tion with Katum A Drinkum." he sad. And the moon, smiling, continued to carry on business at the old stand. Thought Kis Time Had Come. The other evening as the performance was going on at The Last Days of Pompeii” an old colored man was going cast on Four teenth street, where one of the many sewers is being built, says the Indianapolis Sentinel. Of course the work of protecting the pass ersby was only half done and there was no red light on the end of a lond board which came across the sidewalk. The old gentle man had reached this point, when suddenly there came the noise of cannons and rockets, the whole sky seemed alive with flames, and balls of colored tiro were everywhere. Just as the exp'.osii n came he went headlong into the sew r and he naturally supposed the end of the world had come. To say he was frightened was not half enough. He screamed with fear and clung to the gravel of tne sewer. ,'On. Land: Oh. Lawd'" he moaned. "De miUenium has come! De wort's on lire! Oh. Lawd, save a poh sinner dat's nebber been any meaner any of his kin folks, (to dey's a mighty mean set I” He went on like a Methodist camp meeting for a few minutes, then he ventured to look tin and see what had happened. When helound everything still again ami the people around sitting on their porches he shook his head, crawled out of the dirt and muttered it was a narrow escape and "a wanning to stnnahs, sho!" Three Years Old. Ethelwyn Wetherald in Youth’s Companion. What is it like. I wonder, to roam Down through the tall grass hidden quite? To feel very f .r away from home When the (tear one is out of sight? To want to play with the broken moon in the star garden of the skies- To sleep through twiligt eves of June Beneath the sound of lullabys? To hold up hurts for a 1 to see? Sob at imaginary harms; To clasp in welcome a father's knee And nt so well to a mother sarms? \ To have a life bounded by one dull road. A wood and a pond, and" to feel no lack? To gaze with pleasuie up< n a toad. Aud caress a mud turtle s horny back? To follow the robin'i cheerful hop, With all the salt small hand can held, And coaxingly entreat it to stop- What is it like to be three years old? Ah' once I knew, but twas long ago; I try to recall it in vain—in vain! And now i know' I shall never know V\ hat it is to be a child again. He Drew the Line at Hay. A good story is told of a darky who was brought from the south by a member of a Maine lamily noted for being • a little near." as the phrase is, says the Lewiston Journal He was wanted for a farm hand. He came tn the spring, and dandelion greens were the staple article of family diet, lhcse were suc ceeded by beet greens, and these again by mustard and parsley greens The darky had been used to good living in his Southern home and the northern “fodder grew stale after a time. At last haying was done and the darky stood on the barn boor looking wistfully at the great piles of forage that went up Into the ridge poles. fink l 11 be going backdown souf, Massa K.,“ he said. “Why" asked the surprised farmer “what that ior? Don’t you like here?" “Yes Pretty place nuff," was the reply; "but you see, massa. we've done eat the grass till that's all gone an' l can't eat that hay all winter, no how. 11l go hack to ole Carlina.” Remonstrance was no use, and he went. Her Broken Heart. A Louisville girl has discovered a novel panacea for a broken heart, which com mon humanity demands should be given widespread circulation at once for tne benefit ot a suffering world, save the Courier Journal. The story was overheard in that queer but popular public confessional a street ear. The clever cieature said to the other girl; “Oh Louise, I felt perfectly dreadful all dav yesterday Harry and I have fallen out and we are both so obstinate that we never will make up never! My life Is a perfect wreck. 1 cried until 1 couldn't cry any more and was Just desperate to know what to do with myself, when suddenly l heard a hand orgau out on the street the Urst of ihe sea son. 1 rushed out and brought the man Into the parlor monkey and all—and kept him all afternoon— the anticsof thut monkey nearly killed me Of courso it nearly ruined me t.nunciuily, but. goodness when one has a broken heart something has got to be done." The Duke of Orleans, it is said, will give up Stowe House, the home of his father, the late Comte de Paris and will reside In Lorn,on and on the continent. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The marriage of Arthur Plum and Gertrude Apple was celebrated in Atchison. Kan., last week. Adam Higgins of Montpelier. Vt., went to Arizona in IHB7 to grow up with the country. He is now six feet seven and is still growing. The egg product of the L T nited States Is much more valuable than is generally sup posed. It amounts to *100.000.000 per annum, about one third the value of the wheat crop. During the last three days of August. 1851, the sun was so hot in Southern California that the apples were baked on the trees. They were palatable and tasted exactly like apples baked on a fire. Tobacco is one of the condiments used to make fish palatable in Korea. But the favorite delicacy on a Korean menu is dog bouillon; in consequence of which dog meat costs So cents a pound. There are two brothers living in the vicinity of Chicago who are exciting a great deal of interest just now One is 17 years old and measures 6 feet 7 inches in hight. while the other, who is 40 years old, measures but 4 feet 9 inches. It is said by a recent visitor to the St. Ber nard hospice in Switzerland that the cele brate 1 breed of St. Bernard dogs has become almost useless for the purpose for which they were formerly used. The deterioration is said to be due to interbreeding Cucumbers, cleft lengthwise, are used in some parts of Tennessee to exorcise evil spirits. They are placed in the sun and sprinkled with the dried blood of a toad killed at the full of the moon at a cross roads. The spell is regarded a6 infallible by the ignorant blacks. The United States consul at Algiers has sent to the state department an interesting account of the immense phosphate deposits in Algiers. The consul thinks that the Al gerian phosphate wifi soon become a strong competitor with the American product in the European markets. The executive mansion at Washington will emerge from its usual summer renovation more of a white house than ever before. Heretofore the mansion has been painted with a creamy mixture that placed the ap pearance of the building in conilict with Us popular name. To-day it looks fresher, cleaner aud statelier than ever before. The work of thorough renovation is progressing and will he completed by Oct. is. B.v the following, which the St. Louis Re public says is an exact copy of the first para graph in the will of Henry IV. of England, written in January. 14)8, it will be seen that even kin;s are not always good spellers; “In the name of God. Kadir, Son and Holly Ghost, three Persons and one God. 1, Henery. sinful wrech by the Grace of God Kyng of England and Kraunce and Lord of Irlind. being in my hole mynd, inak my testament in manere and forme that su.vth. Fyrst. I leiuethe to All mighty God my sinful soul, tne wbyche had nevere been worthy of the man, but thro’ hys mercies and hvs grase. whiche tyffe 1 haveth myspendved thereof I put myseife wholly in his grase and mereye with all myn herte. Also. 1 thanke my lordis threw the peple for the trew servyse that they haves dune unto me, and I ask them forgyvnis if 1 hasth mys entreted them in eny wyse.” It will also be noted that Henry, besides not being up to the century Dictionary s standard as aspeller, had a peculiar habit of spelhrg one word in from two to five different ways. As regards the languages spoken in Pales tine in the time of Christ, much that is of high importance has resulted from recent ex planat'on, says the Contemporary Review. A dedication to Herod was written both in Aramaic and in Greek, and there are a great, many Greek texts of this age in all parts of the country which show us that the old Cana anite religions had not yet died out, but were mingled with Greek mythology, so that the names of native and of Greek deities stand side by side. The legion where the Greeks were most numerous was apparently Decapo lis, east of the Sea of Galilee, and it seems to me probable that the peop.e of Gadara. who kept swine, were Greeks, for the pig was re garded as an unclean animal by the Phoeni cians and other natives as well as by the Jews. It has often been disputed whether the Gospels we: e originally written in Greek or in Aramic; but it has now been rendered cer tain “by exploration that Greek was very widely used in Palestine at this time, and that it was understood by the Jews as well as by others. We have recovered the stone, written in Greek, which warned the Gentiles not to enter the inner court of the temple, and have found early Jewish bone boxes on Olivet inscribed m Greek. What, asks the St. Louis Republic, do you think of the idea of constructing an instru ment of such delicate exactness as to ac-u -rateiy record the lapse of one one-millionth of a second? C. V. Hoys, F. R. S.. who has done some surprising things in chronom jtiy. has succeeded iu perfecting an instrument of the kind alluded to, -and the object of this "Note” is to explain its workings as thor oughly as space will permit. The instrument was made for the purpose of measuring the time occupied by a bullet in traveling six feet. The bullet in its flight cuts two wires, one at the muzzle of the gun and the other six feet away. These wires are attached to a pair of electro magnets, and the marks traced by these one a smoked glass give some idea of the time occupied by the flight of the bullet from the first to the second breakage. "But.” you will say, “how was the time calculated;" Attached to the carriage of the magnets is a large tunin ;-fork, which when agitated, vibrates 1.000 times a second. These vibrations are recorded on smoked glass, which is kept turning. After each successive bria ungsof the wires it is noted that there are. on an average, only 125 zig-zag lines recorded on the smoked glass, which proves that the bullet traveled the distance sepa rating the two wires i six feet i in eight one thousandth of a second, or at the rate of 750 feet in an entire second. Bv carefullv grad ing and selecting his instruments. Mr. Boys has already succeeded in measuring one one millionth of a second, and even hopes to "do better.” The rice paper tree, one of the most interest ing of the flora of China, has recently been s lccessfully experimented with in Florida where it now flourishes with other sup: tropical and Oriental species of trees and shrubs, says the St. Louis Republic. When lirst transplanted in American soil the ex perimenters expiessed doubts of its hardi ness. fearing that it would be unable to stand the winters. All these fears have vanished, however, and it is now the uni veisal opinion that it is as well adapted to the climate of this country as to that of the famed 1 lowery Kim-dum. It is a small tree, with a trunk or stem from three to live inches in diameter. Its canes which vary in color according to season, are large, soft and downy, the form somewhat resembling that noticed in those of the castor bean plant The celebrated rice paper, the product of this queer tree, is formed of thin slice s of the pith, which is taken from the body of the tree in beautiful cylinders, several inches in length The Chinese workmen apoly the blade of a sharp, straight knife to the cylin ders and turning them round either by rude machinery or by hand, dexterously pare the puh from circumference to center. This opera tion makes a roll of extra quality paper, the scroll being of equal thickness throughout. Alter a cylinder has thus been pared it is un rolled and weights are placed upon It until the surface is rendered uniformly smooth throughout its entire length it is alto gether prooable that if rice paper making be. comes an tndustrj in the United States these primitive modes will be done away with. BAK NG^POWDEH. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair.' •DR- CHEA?^ BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Crape Cream of Tartar Powder. Frcß from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARJX i DANIEL HOGAN. in si This week will present anoppor. tunity to secure exceptional values in the remaining portion ol our summer goods. 21c a yard China Silks, formerly 35c and 40c. 60c a yard Figured China Silks, cut from 75c, 80c and 85c. 50c yard Plain Black China Silk, formerly 65c. 75c a yard Striped Black Silk Grenadines, the quality sold in the early part ot the season at $1.25 and $1.50. 45c a yard 40-inch Alt-wool Black French Nun’s Veiling, f or . merly 60c yard. mm Reductions in Fim Mi m. 12 I-2c a yard Fine French Or gandies, price early season 20c and 25c yard. 25c a yard Plain Black French Organdy, reduced from 40c yard. 25c a yard Plain Black Foila Parisienne, formerly 45c a yard. 30c a yard Plain Black Mouseline del Inde, reduced from 50c yard. 12 1-2 c Scotch Ginghams, actual value 25c and 30c. 15c yard French Zephyrs, former, ly 25c and 30c. 15c a yard French Figured Dimi. ties, actual value 35c and 40c yard. Figured Swiss Muslins at greatly reduced prices. Linen Department. Clearing prices with a view of making room for our fall stock. All Linen Napkins $1 per dozen, were $1.25. All Linen Napkins $1.25 per dozen, were $1.50. Extra Heavy Damask 65c, was 85c yard. Extra Heavy Damask 75c, was $1 yard. Doilies, Towe's and Toweling at equally low prices. BfINIEL HOGAN. ~ LEATHER GOODS. Sea Lion and Walrus Leather, Rubber and Leather Belting, Packing, Hose, Rivets, and Lacing, Saddles and Harness. nun i nut 144 Congress Street, Cor. Whitaker, HAY, GRAIN, ETC. RED RUST PROOF OATS A select stock of Georgia and Texas seei Also home grown seed rye. “OUR OWN” Cow Feed, Corn, Oats, Bran. Hay, Chicken Feed, eta T. J. DSVIS, Grain Dealer and Seedsman, 156 Bay Street. Telephone -2-3 3. INSURANCE. cHAR LE S F. PR E NDERCAST (Successor to R. H. Footman & Cos.) file. lon ond Slorm taice 106 BAY STREET, * fNext West of the Cotton Exchange] Telephone call No. 34. SAVANNAH. QA PRINTING. The Morning News , Printing House (Job De* ( partments) has added a j large stock of Wedding Stationery, and prints ana j lithographs Invitations, 1 Cards, etc., in the latest t styles. j WEDDING INVITATIONS and CARDS. I Parties contemplating taking \ this important step in life are (j ' respectfully solicited to call on : I or address 1 TEE MO2KIN3 NEWS, \ I SAVANNAH, GA. , BaH and Party Stationery, i Visiting Cards, and other tine I I work., either printed or en- j graved at the shortest notice. ' kJ EN'li your orders for I ithogrnphtng. £ ri "‘ Uig and Hlauk Hooks to the Morning Ne* s i Savannah, Ga.