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FRIDAY, OCTOBERS, 1894.
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If the constitutional amendment pro
viding for additional judges of the su
preme court is not ratified, Judge Gober
■will be one of the most disappointed men
in the state. '
Footpads are getting extremely bold in
Chicago. A few nights ago three of them
held up two policemen and took from them
their inouey and watches. If this thing
goes on there will soon bo need of the
army again in Chicago.
The success of Hon. Steve Clay, as mana
ger of the state campaign, is hardly such
as to justify the prediction that he will
succeed Mr. Atkinson as governor. He did
his best, and as well, probably, as any
other man could have dono. but f> cent cot
ton talk would have paralyzed the efforts
of the ablest campaign manager.
Senator Gorman is afraid apparently
that since he held up the Senate and com
pelled it to yield to the demands of tho
sugar trust he will bo held responsible for
every 3harp political movement that takes
nlace in the country, lie, therefore, donies
most emphatically the story that ho starn
podod the democratic convention of New
York to Senator Hill.
Although Mr. Atkinson made a gallant
fijflit, it is evident that he was a weight
upon his ticket. Not only did he run be
hind the other candidates in many oi the
counties, but there are good reasons for
thinking that thousands of democrats re
mained away from the polls because he
was at the head of the ticket. He worked
hard and conscientiously, but for some
reason or other he did not arouse the en
thusiasm of the democratic masses.
The fort ball season opened on Oct. 1.
A few days ago the announcement was
made that a league of professional foot bail
Players would begin a scries of games in
New York early this month. So far, foot
ball has been about the only athletic sport
that has survived as a game played for
anrtisemeut and recreation by amateurs.
Base hall has been turned over to hired
men, and bicycle racing is rapidly becoming
a money-making scheme pure and simple.
The postoflice employes in Chicago have
recently got pretty, new uniforms, and be
ing desirous of showing them o.T they wish
to parade in them next Sunday. But Chi
cago, which is just now in the midst of a
spasm of virtue and morality, is not willing
that the young men should make a show of
themselves on her streets on Suuday. Chi
cago is quite willing for the men to work
on, Sunday at assorting and delivering
mails, but when they propose to do some
thing else besides work, Chicago is scan
dalised.
Maj. Black will have to put forth greater
exertions than he did two years ago to beat
Mr. Tom Watson. He knows the strength
of his opponent now and ho must prepare
himself accordingly. However, ho will
poll a much larger vote in the Tenth dis
trict than Mr. Atkinson did. He is more
popular than Mr. Atkinson, and Mr. Wat
on is not now as popular as he was two
years ago, nor as popular as Judge Hines.
Still, it will not do for MaJ. Black to as
sume that he will carry the district with
out difficulty.
A curious case in Now York city is that
bow pending before tho commissioner of
the department of charities. It seems that
Edward Canta by some means or other had
his wife, who is 116 years old. and quite
pretty, confined in the iusanc asylum on
Ward's Island. Mr. Canta and Mrs. Mary
McGhi. the aunt of Mrs. Canta. invited
Mrs. Canta to go with them to the Car
mellito church about two weeks ago. They
took (jer to Bellevue hospital, and then, by
assorting blic was insane, had her sent to
the asjium. Now Mr. Canta says his wife
i* not insane, and lias never been, hut that
she was depressed becauso he treated her
brutally. But how came the doctors to
agree that she was insane! Were they not
derelict in their duty! Perhaps they are
insanity exports In name only. It looks as
if thcio were trouble ahead for Mr. Canta
and Mrs. McGiu.
Kr. Turner the Logical Candidate.
The result of Wednesday's election
makes Congressman Turner the logical
candidate for the Senate. Nearly all the
counties of his congressional district re
turned good democratic majorities. The
people of those counties virtually said by
their votes that his position on tho silver
question is the correct one: that it is the
! position of the Democratic party. If he had
had time to thoroughly canvass the state
before the election, it is pretty certain that
the democratic majority for the state
ticket would have been a great deal larger.
The Morning News yesterday morning
called attention to the fact that in the
counties where democrats have joined in
the demand for ti e free coinage of silver
at the ratio of Id to 1, the populists devel
oped the greatest strength. Tho conces
sions made by democrats on the silver
question did not win populist votes. It
simply made the populists more aggressive.
And it had the effect of making democrats
indifferent, or drove them to the populists.
They argued that if the free coinage of sil
ver was a good thing, as some democratic
leaders said, they might as well join the
populist party because that party demands
the free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1, which the Democratic
party does not. 1
Mr. Turner is against the silver craze.
Hedoes not believo that tho mints can be |
opened to silver without eventually mak
ing silver a debased currency. He is will
ing that as much silver shall be coined as
can bo coined without endangering the
soundness of tho currency, beyond that
ho is not willing to go. His views are
those of the Democratic party, and they
are the views of the democrats of the
counties that on Wednesday saved the
state to the democracy.
Mr. Turner, therefore, should be the
choice of the legislature for the Senate.
He and men like him are the dependence
of the party. If the democrats are to re
tain possession of this state they must ac
cept Mr. Turner’s views on the silver ques
tion.
One Accepted, the Other Rejected.
Peace will now be restored, prohlably,
between Florida's two maora—Maj. Marks
and Maj. St. Clair-Abrams. There was
almost as miioh interest in the issue be
tween these majors as there was in the re
sult of the election throughout the entire
state. At one time it was thought there
would be something more serious than a
war of words between them, but. happily,
trouble of a sanguinary naturo was averted
by the proposition to leavo it to their re
spective constituents to decide which of
them was entitled to the confidence of the
people.
It will he remembered that Maj. St.
Clair-Abrams, who represented Lake
county in tho state senate, intimated in a
speech at Ocala, that Maj. Marks, who
represented Orange county in tho same
body, had changed front on the railroad
commission issue for reasons that were not
not creditable to him. Maj. Marks, of
course, had something to say in reply, aud
the war of words between them began to
attract the attention of the whole state.
Having confidence in his constituency
Maj. St. Clair-Abrams offered to resign aud
submit the question as to whether ho was
fit to represent his constituents to the peo
ple, provided Maj. Marks would do tho
same thing.
Maj. Marks accepted the challenge
promptly, and Gov. Mitchell as promptly
accepted their resignations. The first set
back that Mai. St. Clair-Abrams received
was the refusal of his party to renominate
him. He decided to run as an independent.
Maj. Marks was renominated, his con
stituents being glad, apparently, of a
chance to show their confidence in him.
Our dispatches Wednesday stated that
Maj. St. Clair-Abrams had been defeated,
and that Maj. Marks had been elected by a
big majority. Maj. St. Clair-Abrams was
virtually told that his services were not
desired, and Maj. Marks was informed
that the people have confidence in him,
and that as a legislator he is appreciated:
Maj. St. Clair-Abram9 is a brilliant man
and has a good many admirers in Florida.
The result of Tuesday’s election, however,
is pretty satisfactory evidence that the
people of his senatorial district do not re
gard him with favor. His political career
may be considered as having ended with
the war of tho two majors.
In the election on Wednesday the popu
lists were in deadly earnest. The conse
quence was that they got out their entire
vote. On the other hand the democrats
were apathetic, and thousands of them did
not go to tho polls. Apathy in the face of
an aggressive enemy is inexcusable. The
democrats will have to wake up or they
will lose their hold upon the state. That
would be equivalent to setting back the
state ten years. Notice what populism
has done for Kausas! Do Georgians want
such a condition of affairs here as exists in
that state!
The Czarewitch Nicholas, heir to the
Russian throne, is a kind of milk-and
water young man without either mental or
physical force. He has none of the mental
strength of his grandfather or the great
physical strength of his father. If the
czar's illness should result fatally, there
fore, there is little probability that Nich
olas would make radical changes in his gov
ernment’s policy. Alexander's ministers
would probably remain in office aod direct
Russia’s policy in tho lines laid down by
the present ruler.
Each elector desiring to vote at tho com
ing electiou in New York state will be
handed by the poll clerk tlftcen blanket
ballots. In New York city he will be
given twenty-one ballots and In Brooklyn
twenty. The several ballots will be di
vided into six divisions, four of them relat
ing to the new constitution.
The receipts of cotton thus far this year
do not indicate the phenomenal crop that
O’Neil and someothers who makeestihiates
claim there will be. The receipts this
year are much below those of 1891-92, when
tho crop was 9.(00,000. The probabilities
are that tho crop this year will be a good
way below 9,900.(00 hairs.
Tho 5 per emt cotton talk that was sent
broadcast b.y an organ in tho democratic
camp appears to have furnished the popu
lists just the means they needed to bring
the black voters into their camp.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894.
Their Relations Strained.
In our foreign dispatches yesterday there
were denials by the English newspapers
that there was any reason to believe there
would be war between England and
France. It is admitted, however, that the
relations Between the two powers are
strained. The hasty meetings of tho En
glish and French cabinets on Tuesday were
the occasion for the newspaper comments.
The immediate cause of the trouble be
tween England and France is the effort of
France to conquer Madagascar, though the
London Globe says that the differences be
tween the two governments are not con
fined to Madagascar. There are points of
contact between the two countries through
out the world, and at many of these points
there are causes for irritation. Madagas
car, however, is the main cause of the
trouble. France is determined, appar
ently, to have that island. The Hovas are
the ruling rase of the island and they in
sist upon having their Independence. They
are not savages. The mast of them are
Christians, and the Christian religion is
recognized by tho state, though not sup
jiorted by it. They were rescued from bar
barism by Protestant missionaries. They,
therefore, owe nothing to Fiance. They
treat tho dependent tribes humanely and
there is no good reason, therefore, why
France should interfere with them.
It has become evident that France can
not subdife them except by a war that
would destroy many Jives. France’s oniy
purpose apparently is to extend her terri
tory, and there are reasons for thinking
that if she should succeed in her present
purpose tho Hovas would be great suffer
ers. They would receive no benefit from
France. On the contrary, they would be
oppressed, and their movement towards a
higher plane of civilization would be
checked.
England has been, and still is, helping
the Hovas. It is probable that she has no
especial sympathy fnr them. Her main
object is to check the growth of French
possessions in that part of the world, be
cause the growth interferes with her own
plans. France has protested against En
gland's supplying the Hovas with war ma
terials. and this protest was one of the
matters considered on Tuesday by the En
glish cabinet. English officers also, it is
understood, have volunteered to lead the
Hovas in their war with France. It can
readily bo seen from the foregoing that,
w Lile there is not likely to be war between
England aud Fi ance, there are ample rea
sons for their strained relations.
Seeking Sugar Trust Secrets.
There is a prospect of finding out
whether the sugar trust used corrupt means
for getting the legislation it wanted from
the Scnato. It depends, of course, largely
upon the prosecuting attorney of the Dis
trict of Columbia whether or not anything
is found out respecting the relations which
the sugar trust is believed to have had
with certain senators. If he pushes the in
dictments that were found last Monday
against Mr. Havcmeyer, the president of
the sugar trust, and Mr. Searles, the sec
retary of the trust, Broker Seymour and
newspaper correspondents Edwards and
Khtfver. for refusing to answer the ques
tions asked by the Senate investigating
committee, they may conclude to answer
the questions rather than suffer the penalty
that would follow a conviction.
There is a pretty well settled belief that
there is a very interesting story connected
with sugar trust legislation at the last
session of congress. With such a strong
sentiment against granting concessions to
the trust it is difficult to understand how
the trust could have secured what it
wanted if it had not had an understanding
with men who were in a position to dictate
the terms of tho tariff bill.
Now that the indictments havo been
found public sentiment will not be satisfied
to permit them to be pigeonholed. The
prosecuting attorney will be urged to try
them without unnecessary delay. If an
an attempt Is made to let the whole matter
drop, it will be at once detected and re
sisted. The Sonato investigating commit
tee that was instrumental in procuring the
indictments, cannrK afford to let the trial
of the indictments be put off from month
to month until all interest in them is for
gotten. The public will expect the commit
tee to insist upon a speedy trial of them,
and it will subject itself to severe criticism
.if it docs not do so.
In the October number of the North
American Review Mr. Wilson, chairman of
the ways anti means committee, has an ar
ticle on tho iSsues of the pending congres
sional eamgaign in which he says: “Twice
only in twenty years have the American
people trusted themselves to a republican
house of representatives, that of 1881, with
Mr. Keifer as speaker, and that of 1889.
with Mr. Reed as speaker and general auto
crat, How quickly and tumultuously did
they repent their action, and by what tidal
waves of popular anger and disgust—un
paralleled in our political contests—did
they drive both of those houses out of
pdwer as soon as th6y could get at them.’’
If tho republicans should get control of
the house again they would not retain it
long. Tho movement toward the Repub
lican party in the east now and toward tho
populist party In the south and west is
wholly duo to tho hard times,
for which the Democratic party is in
no respect responsible. As Boon as
prosperity returns, and it is beginning to
return, the wandering democrats will come
back to their old party, and the democracy
will bo stronger than ever. Tho Demo
cratic party is the party of the people and
is here W stay. The people become dissat
isfied with it at times, but they always
come back to it.
The talk that the death of the czar would
likely precipitate a general European war
oqglit not to excite alarm. There was the
same kind of talk just before the late Ger
man Emperor died. His death, however,
did not disturb the peace of Europe. Ac
cording to some of the European newspa
pers about every' important occurrence
threatens to bring on a European war.
The discovery is being made in Kansas
that the populists of that slate are led by
about, tho cheapest lot of )ioliticiaua that
ever came into notice. They have de
nounced the use of free railroad passes
with all the vohfcmenco of which they are
capable, and .vet the railroad officials say
they are the greediest lot of beggars for
free passis that ever afflicted the state.
PERSONAL.
The mansoleum of Chaunoey M. Depew
In memory of his wife, Ellen Hegeraan
Depew, who died last year, is now in
course of erection In Hillside cemetery,
Peekskill. It will be constru- ted of Ver
mont granite, and will cost nearly $20,-
OCO. j -
Prof. RobertJß/ Ball. F. R. L.. professor
of astronomy *&i £smbridg< * Univ raity,
and formerly astronomer royal of Ire
land, thinks that all modern scientific re
search tends to a belief in the possibility
of human existence in other worlds than
this terrestial of our ow n.
Henry Howard* C, 8., an English diplo
mat, who emphasized his efforts to bring
this country and England into closer re
lationship by marrying Miss Riggs while
he was located in Washington. Is about
to take the first secretaryship at the
British embassy tgi Paris. He has held a
similar post in St. Petersburg since 1891.
Mrs. Frank Cushing of the United
States National Bureau of Ethnology be
lieves that the necessity of procuring
salt had much to do with the migration
of interior tribes. In the folk lore of the
Zuni there is a salt goddess, who is the
daughter of the ocean, and salt itself,
they believed, was derived from the sun.
Kmile Zola says that “Lourdes” is the
first volume of a triology, "The Three
Cities, which include Rom* and Paris. In
Rome Zola will attempt to reconcile Cath
olicism with science and democracy. In
Paris he w ill present the social movement,
and, to quote his own words, "balance the
democracy and social accounts of the cen
tury.”
Prof. Virchow tas asked by an inquis
itive American recently at what hour he
was accustomed to go to bed. “When my
day’s work as done,” he answered. “It
may be 1 o’clock or 2 dr 5, but it is my rule
not to sleep until 1 have finished what I
have to do.” In spite of this irregularity
of habit. Prof. Virchow at 72 is a very en
ergetic and active man.
J. E. Winner, who years ago. and merely
as a diversion, jtfrote the words and music
of “Little Brown Jug,” took the precau
tion to copyright the production, which
sold up in the hundred thousands, and
realized a tidy sum for its author. Mr.
Winner’s brother, “Sep,” is the composer
of “The Mocking Bird,” which made for
him a small fortune. Curiously, the author
of “The Jug." one of the most popular of
drinking songs, always has been a total
abstainer.
BRIGHT BITS.
It is perfectly safe to abuse the public.
No reader ever takes it personally.-Flie
gende Blatter.
Teacher (fn the geography riass)—Tom
my. what is the easiest way to get to the
Pacific coast?
Tommy—Cm a pass.—Chic ago Record.
Hicks—Do you believe in a personal
devil?
W|cks—What! the fellow who writes the
society gossip? Believe in him? No; one
half his items are pure fakes, and the
other half are misstatements.—Boston
Transcript.
A man who resided near Rockland had
a small barn. A few years ago he had a
big crop of hay, and one of his neighbors
asked him where he was going to put It.
“I think,” said he, “that 1 11 stack what
I can outdoors and put the rest in the
barn.”—Lewistown (Me.) Journal.
Actress’ Husband—T think I hear burg
lars moving about down stairs!
Actress—ls that so? Well, get up, like
a good fellow, and put those Rhinestone
necklaces of mine out on the bureau,
where they will be sure to see them, and
try to think of something new to sav to
the reporters when they call to-morrow
about the robbery.—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Professor—As to there being any
Inhabitants of Mars, Miss Laura, it is
all a matter of conjuncture. The planet is
believed to be older than ours, and it is
possible it may be inhabited by human
beings much farther advance?, in knowl
edge than we are.”
Miss Laura—Do you suppose, professor,
they have any. idea, ;<he name of their
planet is Mars?—Chicago Tribune.
“I wonder why Nero fiddled when Rome
was burning?” said the man who has time
to kill.
“That shows,” said the impresario,
with a sigh, “that you have no compre
hension of the virtuoso’s enthusiastic
egotism. He took It as a matter of course.
He had read what critics say about a
player’s setting the world on fire, and
thought he had done it. That was all.”—
Washington Star.
A colored woman presented herself as a
candidate for confirmation in the diocese
of Florida, and was required to say the
creed, the Lord’s prayer and the Com
mandments. She got through with the
first two fairly well, as somebody had evi
dently been coaching her, but when it
came to the last she bungled and hesitat
ed, and then remarked in a confidential
tone to the clergyman: De fac’ is, Mr.
Turpin, I hasn’t been practicin’ de Ten
Comma’dments lately.”—Life.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Ad a Republican Sees Them.
From the New York Times (Rep.)
Congressman Bryan of Nebraska has
challenged Gov. McKinley to a joint de
bate. A fog horn might as well challenge
a grand piano for a musical contest.
Politics in the Days to Come.
Frorh the Boston Transcript (Rep.).
When women become voters there will
probably be more broadcasting of scan
dals. When it is desired to defeat a candi
date, it will only be necessary to tell one
woman the story of his shortcomings, and
make her swear she won’t tell. Every
woman in town will know it before the
end of twenty-foui hours, although that
will not in the least change the fact that
the story is still a profound secret.
Stats Ownership of Railroads.
From Bradstreet’s.
State ownership has been tried by sev
eral of the states composing the Union in
a limited w'ay, but with indifferent re
sults. Illinois constructed a road at a
cost of %ibout $1,000,000, but disposed of it
for SIOO,OOO, anu Indiana, it seems, had a
similar experience. Ceorgia owns a rail
road. but finds It expedient to lease it to
a private company. Pennsylvania con
structed p H railroad from Philadelphia to
Columbia, but subsequently sold it. and
several bther states tried the experiment
without success.
A Boodle Movement.
From the Springfield Republican (Ind.)
So far as it goes, this bolt of the Lou
isiana sugar planters is a break In the
solid south. Here Is a lot of men, some of
them loeai politicians of prominence, who
have always been democrats, who now de
clare their Intention of voting with the
Republican party. This puts anew face
on Louisiana politics, and may change
the political character of the delegation
from that state in congress. This is all
that ran be expected from this bolt, for
It is not large enough to weaken the dem
ocratlc hold on the -tale government, or
Rive the electoral vote of the state to the
republicans. This is all that the holt sig
nifies. It la a boodle movement, pure anil
simple, and does not mean the conversion
ot democrats to republicanism or tho
adoption by them of any republican prin
ciples, save lhat which Involves the taxa
tion of the whole for the benefit of tho
few.
Judge Scott’s Great Head.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Judge Joh.t N. Scott of Port Townsend
Is to he credited with having defined the
position of Gen. Benjamin Harrison, his
brother-in-law. with regard to the next
presidency, in the following highly orlg
mtl and Impressive aiyle: "That while
<rcn. Harrison is In no sense a candidate
for the republican presidential nomina
tion. he would not dt-ollne the honor-were
It tendered him unanimously without any
effort On hts part."
Judge Scott has a great head, and de
serves I he thanks of the country for hav
ing settled one burning question of the
day In a manner that leaves no further
doubt of the ex-Presldent’s attitude. The
fact that similar opinions have been ex
pressed on similar occasions before with
reference to gentlemen having large pres
idential bees In their bonnets, does not de
tract from the Impo. tarn o of the informa
tion which Is here vouchsafed.
How She Got a Job.
There is a story of success at a time
when complete failure was at hand, says
the St. Louis Republic. It is the story of
a girl who got a good job when not a cent
was between her and starvation or temp
tation. The story is true in every detail.
A young woman, an orphan, came to St.
Louis several months ago to earn her liv
ing. She obtained temporary employ
ment from time to time, but nothing per
manent; and, economical as she could be.
she ehanged her last $o bill three weeks
ago. and had no employment in sight. She
answered by letter a score of advertise
ments daily, walked miles of streets in
calling at places where help was wanted,
but always there were half a hundred ap
plicants tor each place.
Just then she had secured—or thought
she had secured—a position to travel with
an invalid lady. She was to commence
her duties the following Mondav. Her
board was paid up to that time, arid with
what little money she had she made one
or two indispensable cheap additions to
her wardrobe. On Monday morning she
had just 35 cents left, hut she expected
to at once enter upon her new situation.
Her crushing disappointment cannot be
told when she received a message that
the old lady had concluded not to leave
the city and would not require her. She
was too proud to let her helpless con
dition be known at the boarding house.
She waited until evening and then walk
ing forth she asked a policeman if he
could direct her to some place where she
could get a bed for 25 cents, at a place
that was respectable. He escorted her to
a decent old lady’s house, who took her
in. The next morning she expended 5
cents for writng paper on which to an
swer advertisements, and bought a roll
for breakfast with her remaining capital.
Then she was penniless.
Among the advertisements was one
w'hich required a personal answer at 10
o’clock that morning. She was there
promptly on lime, and, to her surprise,
found no other applicant waiting. She
was promptly engaged at a salary of $5 a
week, with the promise of a permanent
position and an increase of salary shortly.
She afterward? learned how it came that
she did not encounter usual mob of
applicants.
The business in question is owned by an
old gentleman, who reposes the whole
management of it upon a young inan.
Long before 10 o’clock the applicants be
gan to peur in, each one hoping to be the
first. The manager was out, but the old
gentleman invited them to aw’ait his re
turn. When he arrived he found an even
forty young women. He fs a timid young
fellow and has a heart in him, too, and
he told.his employer afterwards that he
could not undertake to select one and
turn the other thirty-nine away. If he
had attempted it, he said. It would have
ended in his engaging the whole forty.
He therefore told the eager applicants
that he was very sorry, but he had filled
the place before he went out.
The forty filed out, and he had scarcely
had time to wipe the perspiration from
his brow and emit a sigh of relief at his
deliverance when the heroine of this story*
walked in. She was of pleasing appear
ance, bright and intelligent, and glad to
be able to make so good a selection with
out embarrassment he gave her the posi
tion, and the last indeed became first.
Incensa.
Margaret E. Sangster in Harper's Bazar.
In the sweet woodland ways, and by
The brook that mirrors clear the sky,
I find the last dear flowers growing,
The last blue asters bravely blowing;
And, floating in a silver mist
In opal, rose, and amethyst,
A golden cloud of incense drifts,
And in the soft air wafts and lifts.
Balsamic scent of pine and fir
Salutes the forest breeze, astir
With birds which leave the empty nest.
And sail away in eager quest
Of summer In some land afar
Where yet the glowing roses are.
Through branches dropping amber leaves,
Past fields and meadows shorn of
sheaves,
O’er uplands fair, in valleys deep.
The spicy breaths of autumn creep.
The vines are bent with purple bloom
Of clusters dusky in the gloom.
And giving back the noontide’s sheen
In fiery luster through the green
And tangled foliage of the grape.
O perfume rare, and perfect shape,
Swing wide and free, ye censers fair
The year's best wealth is garnered there.
Erelong the blue-fringed gentian's flower
Will light for us a waning hour;
The pink marsh-mallow's torch will shine
Upon the swamp-land’s glimmering line:
The comon path will wave with gold
Superb and lavish, bright and bold,
And wayside hard and fading sod
Laugh out ere pales the golden rod. j:
From spring to autumn every mile
Hath known the bliss of nature’s smile-
From spring to autumn, day by day,
Who would, ’neath nature’s roof might
pray.
The earth is hut a splendid shrine
For worship of the One Divine,
And every piant its censer lifts,
And every tree its incense drifts,
\\ here stream and wood and hill and road
Thrill to one chord, the praise of God.
Luck Stood by Him.
A veteran of the Aroostook war tells a
story of how good luck brought a poor
marksman out of a bad scrape, says the
Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Fairfield visited
Houlton and reviewed the troops sta
tioned there as commander-in-chief, and,
of course, it was the biggest kind of a
military event. The Dexter Rifle com
pany had some crack shots in it, and as a
part of the exercises in honor of the gov
ernor's coming, they were marched out
for target practice. As they made some
excellent hits (the figure of an Indian be
ing the mark), the governor expressed his
pleasure in their proficiency and said loud
enough for the men to hear;
"Now, 1 would like to see your very best
marksman try his skill.”
In the company was a man noted for
never being able to hit anything, and at
once, in a spirit of deviltry, the cry ran
along the line repeating his name in an
swer to the governor’s call. Without
flinching he stepped six paces to the front
and saluted:
"Where do you want me to hit him
governor?” he asked with perfect com
posure.
"Just at the bottom of the left ear, sir,”
said the chief magistrate, pointing at the
mark.
"All right, sir.” The soldier raised his
gun. shut his eyes and turned his head
away as usual, and fired. The men were
all on a broad grin at the great Joke of
the thing, but when the bullet struck the
mark, whistling off a piece of the Indian’s
left ear, there was a shout of surprise
that could be heard all over the town
ship.
A Burn Pretty Town.
"Say," said a weather beaten Canadian,
as he walked into a Main street drug store
on Saturday night, "do you keep peanuts
here ?’ ’
"No,” replied the proprietor, according
to the Buffalo Express. "You will find
some at the barber shop around the cor
ner."
The name Canadian walked into the
barber shop. ’’Say,,’’ he said again; “do
you keep peanuts here?”
“Just out," replied the boss barber.
"Go down to the cigar store on the next
block.”
"Got any peanuts?" he asked of the
clerk In the cigar store a few minutes
later.
"No." replied the clerk, “but they Just
got In anew stock at that hardware store
across the street."
■I want some peanuts,” the Canadian
said us he opened the door of the hard
ware store.
"Sorry." said the man who was clean
ing n stove, "but v.e haven’t got a one.
Try that clothing store over tlurre.”
The Canadian plodded wearily across
the street. "Got any peanuts?" he asked
of the floorwalker who met him at the
door.
"No,” answered the floorwalker, "but I
guess you can get som4 at that saloon
next door."
The Canadian walked out on the street
and stood hy the c urb reflecting. "By
gosh." he finally said, half aloud, "this
here’s a durn purty town. Why, over
home I kin buy peanuts down to the store
every time. Must he they don’t know
what they be over here."
At the court of Alexander 111. of Russia
the chef Is by tradition and position a
gentleman, and has the right of wearing
a sword. The present holder of the of
fice Is sn Alsatian named Krantz. who
fought In the French army in the Franco-
German war. His pay and perquisites
amount to about 125,W0 a year, or half ss
much again as the salary of any English
prime minister.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There is a parrot in a San Francisco
hotel which sings “Larboard Watch” in
a deep bass voice, and winks when the
song is finished. This means that the
bird wants a drink of sweetened claret,
of which he is very fond.
In anew process for coloring leather by
electrical action the hide is stretched upon
a metallic table and covered, except at
the edges, with the coloring liquid. A
difference of potential is established be
tween the liquid and the metallic table.
The effect or the electric current is to
cause the pores of the skin to open,
whereby the coloring is enabled to pene
trate deeply into its tissue.
V,’. K. Davis, United States postage
stamp agent, thinks that the revenue of
the postoffice is a pretty fair measure of
the financial prosperity of the country,
ani says that judged by that standard,
things were seldom better than they are
now. Says he: Three weeks ago 35,000,-
000 stamps were ordered of the bureau of
printing engraving. Two weeks ago
the publi# demand increased to 05,000,000,
and last week t>9,000,000 were Is.-'ied by
the bureau. This clearly shows that the
times are improving fast. It is but just
to state that the experiment of manufac
turing postage stamps at the bureau of
printing and engraving has been a marked
success. In the perfection of engraving
and the finish of the stamp the workman
ship is all that could be desired, and it
does not matter how heavy the public
demand is, the facilities for supplying it
are fully adequate.
No orthodox, respectable Briton would
ever dream of going to church on Sunday
in a straw’ hat or a derby, says the New’
York Tribune. Tall silk tiles are de rig
ueur, and ever since that inconvenient
headdress came into fashion at the be
ginning of the century it has always been
a problem as to how to dispose of it in
the most convenient manner during di
vine service. If one puts it on the floor
beneath the seat it gets covered with
dust; w’hile if it is placed on the seat it
is likely to be sat upon, to the invariable
delight and satisfaction of one's fellow
worshippers. This being the dead season
in London, the metropolitan newspapers
are devoting columns to discussion as to
the best way of solving the difficulty, and
one ingenious correspondent suggests
that the collapsible gibus. or opera hat,
should be adopted in lieu of the silk hat.
But imagine the irreverent clatter which
would be created by the simultaneous
opening up of several hundred opera hats
at the conclusion of the benediction!
Says the New York Herald: To one who
has not given the subject thought it
would seem that the most useless coirs
ever issued by the United States w f ere
the silver 3-cent pieces. They were small,
as thin as a sheet of manilia paper, and
before they finally’ disappeared from cir
culation they came to be regarded as
nuisances. Although there is much to be
said against these annoying little coins,
they were, as a matter of fact, of far
greater utility, as far as circulation is
cancerned, than another coin. This is the
gold dollar, which experts in the treasury
say has never served any useful purpose.
Said Maurice Muhleman, cashier of the
sub-treasury, recently: “From the muti
lated condition of the gold dollars sent
here for redemption it is positively showm
that the public do not regard them as
coins. Their only use appears to be for
bangles, necklaces, watch charms, scarf
pins and the like. It is doubtful if one in a
thousand ever really passed in circulation.
With the 3-cent piece it was different.
When first coined the country had noth
ing in the shape of a coin between the
huge copper cents and half cents and the
silver half dime. The small coin was
hailed as a blessing, and became popular
for its issue also. Strange as it may seem,
it was not provided for by a coinage act,
but an act revising the postal rates. This
law’ lowered the cost for transmitting the
unit of weight for letters from 5 to 3
cents. It was deemed advisable by con
gress, thereupon, to issue a coin of cor
responding denomination. The coin was
of great utility, ard circulated freely
until the advent of the nJckel.”
The body of a child buried forty-three
years ago W’as unearthed by mistake in
the Springfield cemetery recently, and
to the astonishment of all the features
were found well preserved, says the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The child
w’as buried in a metallic casket, and al
though the glass w’as not removed to
make a close examination, the body
seemed to be intact and only slightly dis
colored. The coffin was reached because
a foot stone stood over the center of the
perlntendent had a force excavating for
anew monument, and as they had no idea
of finding a coffin, supposed when the
spade struck the metal that it was a
rock. The hinges of the coffin cover had
rusted so it fell off, revealing the form of
the child under the glass. The child, ac
cording to the inscription on the head
stone, had died Aug. 24, 1851. at the age
of 3 years, 8 months and 11 days, and had
thus been buried forty-three years. The
face nevertheless appeared full and plump
and only slightly discolored, and the eyes
were still firm. The hair was undisturbed,
and the appearance of the child so little
altered that he could have been recog
nized by his parents. It has been claimed
by r makers of metallic coffins that they’
would preserve the body from decompo
sition, but it was generally supposed they
would only retard it. Messrs. Dickinson
& Washburn, the undertakers, v/ho vis
ited the grave, said they considered the
case a most remarkable one, and had
never believed it possible for the body to
defy decomposition in such a way. What
renders the case more remarkable is
that it could not have been preserved by
an embalming process, as embalming was
only imperfectly practiced fifty years
ago.
It has been the custom at the Denver
mint to-make quarterly house cleanings of
the assaying and refining departments,
says the Denver Republican. At such
times the operating rooms 'were care
fully swept and all of the machinery
dusted. The dirt and dust thus collected
has Nen washed and the tailings throw n
into a bin back of the mint building,
where for years they have been accumu
lating. At each quarterly cleaning gen
erally about SIOO in gold dust would be
w ashed out and saved. Only a few pounds
of tailings would be left in the pans to
be dumped into the open bin, but during
the years this stuff gradually accumu
lated, until now it amounts to about four
tons. A few w’eeks ago A*sayer Puckett
went out into the bin of “tailings” with
a pan, which he filled and began “wash
ing.” The result w’as a surprise, so large
was the quantity of gold he washed out.
Without further ado Mr. Puckett hired
an expert and started him to work wash
ing out these tailings. Mr. Puckett also
had some old melting pots that had been
thrown out ground up and washed, and
the result was that from the scrap pile
over $3,000 in gold had been panned out
by one man in thirty-eight days. These
tailings, after second washing, have also
been saved, and Mr. Puckett says he has
refused an offer of SI,OOO from one of the
smellers for them. He expects to receive
at least $2,000. In arranging for the im
provements to be made at the mint, Mr.
Puckett concluded to have the chimney
of the furnace swept. In doing this fifty
seven pounds of soot was secured. This
soot was sold at $5 per pound to one of
the smelters, and the smelter authorities
claim to have made a good profit out of
their purchase.
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