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THURSDAY. JANUARY. 10.1895.
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\mi TO NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Military Order—Order No. 31, Georgia
Hussars.
Special Notices—House Furnishing
Goods, Lovell *!v Dattimor**; Garden
Seeds. Solomons <t- ’o.; As to Rills
Against British Steamship Collingham;
As to Crew of British Steamship Bor
set; Prices at the New York Steam Laun
dry
Never Before— Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Notice, Conductors and Motormen—B.
31 Levy <& Rro.
Bundle Wood—C. H. Dixon A- Cos.
Amusement—Savannah Lyceum, Second
Entertainment. Jan. 14.
Lovely Flowers—Kicsling’s Nursery.
Railroad Schedule—Jacksonville, St. Au
gustine and Indian River Railway.
Overcoats Are Cheap— B. 11. Levy &
Bro.
Don’t Think—Appel A* Schaul.
Hotels—At St. Augustine, Ponce do
Leon, Alcazar, Cordova and Casino.
Legal Notice—Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate of John Williamson, De
ceased.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
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laneous.
Mr. Gladstone and Sir Henry Ponsonby
were both young men when Queen Victo
ria began her reign. Mr. Gladstone Is
now too old for politics, and Sir Henry,
weakened with age, has been laid low by
paralysis. Still Victoria reigns, and Albert
Edward, her son, a grandfather, waits.
Gov. Peter Turney of Tennessee Is an
old man. Ho is nearly seventy. He has
had about all of the honors that his state
can give him. He has served his people
■well, too, in the field, on the bench and in
the capitol. He has achieved such a
reputation, and arrived at such an age,
that it would be a gratuitous insult to
him to suppose that he would be a party
to a political trick for the purpose of se
curing the governorship. If Mr. Evans
was lawfully elected to the governorship
of Tennessee, lie will get the seat.
A religious paper of Chh-ago printed in its
Christmas edition a cartoon showing a
poor man having a single nickel standing
between a church and a saloon and ask
ing himself, "Which shall it be?" The
Church was empty, cold and cheerless.
In the saloon was a warm fire and chairs;
8 gliss of beer and a sandwich might be
ha 1 for the nickel, and the man would be
permitted to sit by the lire for several
hours—ma\be all night. The picture
created an impression from which has
g*rown a movement w hich promises much
good. Bishop Fellows and some of his
friends think that if a saloon can fur
nish a glass of beer, a free lunch, a fire
and a chair for a nickel, a Christian so
ciety might substitute bouillon, tea or
coffee for beer and provide the other
things to go with it, at the same price.
They propose to try the experiment, at
£ny rate. They will fit up near their
church a place in the best style of a liquor
saloon, will serve the most tempting free
lpnch, provide periodicals, toilet, etc.,
&r>d sell itempebance drinks over the
counter at prices just large enotigh to
pay expenses. They expect to deprive the
saloons of considerable of their cold
weather custom from among the poor.
*.Tt too frequently occurs that the Senate
Is called upon to suspend business to listen
to eulogies upon men concerning whose
greatness it would be charitable to remain
Custom has made it necessary
that every man who dies a senator shall
be eulogized in the Senate. It happens
that all men who go to the Senate are not
great men; indeed, all are not even good
men. Yet the demagogue, when he dies
a senator, receives postmortem atten
tions quite as elaborate as those received
by the real statesman. Thus it trans
pires that proper significance does not
attach to either a congressional funeral
or a day of panegyrics in the eapitol,
when the subject is really a deserving
man, such as A. H. Colquitt was. No purer
man than he ever sat in the Senate. No
higher-minded man ever represented a
constituency. He was a Christian and a
statesman. Yet the honor paid him by the
Senate on Tuesday was detracted from
by the fact that it was his seat in the
Senate and not his virtues that made the
occasion for his eloquent eulogists to
offer their tributes. Senatorial courtesy
will not, of course, permit of any discrimi
nation between those worthy and un
worthy of the nation’s attention to their
eulogies; and it is a pity that it will not.
The Carlisle Bill.
There does not seem to be much ground
for expecting that the Carlisle banking
and currency bill will Im* passed by the
House. In fa* t, the defeat of the Outh
waite resolution yesterday amounted to
the virtual defeat of the bill.
The republicans do not favor it
and the silver men ar*- against it. It looks
as if the republicans w* re working to pre
vent any banking and currency legislation
by this They want to settle the
banking and c urrency question in a way
they think will enable them to carry th*
next Presidential election. They place
party before country.
The silver m n are against any financial
legislation that does riot provide for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver. There
• an no longer Im* any doubt that the ma
jority of them want to for e the country
to a silver basis. They do not acknowledge
that such is their purpose, but their posi
tion in respect to financial matters admits
of no other explanation. The country
could be afflicted by no greater disaster
than the opening of the mints to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver.
The Secretary of the Treasury is ex
tremely anxious for some sort of financial
legislation that would give relief to the
treasury and remove the danger of tin
stoppage of gold payments by the govern
ment. The possibility that the govern
ment may not be able to maintain gold
payments is greater than it is generally
believed to be. Financiers in New York
are discussing it and only a day or two
ago one of the ablest of the writers on
finance in that city said that it had al
ready become apparent that the govern
ment would have to stop paying pensions
or paying out gold very soon. A blunt
and direct statement like that from one
who Is regarded as an authority in such
matters is well calculated to eause un
easiness.
It is greatly to be regretted that con
gressmen cannot stop playing politics long
enough to enable them to do a little legis
lating for the benefit of th* country.
There ought to be among them enough
capable and patriotic men who are willing
to sink politics for the present for the
common good. There Is no doubt that if
all the congressmen who are in favor of
a sound currency should get together they
could frame a banking and currency bill
that would give the country the financial
relief that is so urgently demanded.
If the Carlisle bill could be got through
the House there would be a good chance
for financial legislation of some sort bv
this congress. The Senate would change
it so as to make it more generally accept
able, and what the Senate would leave un
done the conference committee would do.
The opponents of the bill, however, are
not going to give it a chance to become
a law in any shape if they can help it.
The Nebraska Buif rers.
There should boa very liberal response
to the appeal which Is being made in be
half of the starving people of Nebraska.
The committee appointed at the meeting
yesterday, called by Mayor McDonough,
will solicit subscriptions of money and
supplies. While it is true that the citi
zens of Savannah have had many calls
upon their charity within the last few
months, and have among them many who
are in urgent need of help, they will re
spond to the* extent ot their ability to the
cry for assistance that comes from Ne
braska.
One of the leading Nebraska papers,
published in Omaha, has endeavored to
make it appear that that state is fully
capable of taking care of the people of
the drought stricken section, but it has
been shown that that paper was Inspired
to make this statement by the real estate
speculators of that city, who are afraid
that the reports of distress from hunger
in the state will keep away immigrants.
It is regrettable that there are anywhere
men who are so heartless and selfish as
those Omaha real estate speculators are
represented to be.
Savannah has always responded to ap
peals for help and she will do so in this
instance. The south, if we are not mis
taken. has taken the lead in sending re
lief to the northwest sufferers. Already
car loads of provisions have been for
warded. The corn of the southland, for
the first time probably, is bringing joy to
the comfortless homes of the people of
the wind swept and drought cursed
prairies of Nebraska.
Sugar Bounties.
The republicans prided themselves upon
their sugar bounty legislation. The court
of appeals of the District of Columbia
says there is no authority in the constitu
tion for such legislation—that it opens the
way for a “flood of socialistic legislation.”
The synopsis of the decision was pub
lished in our dispatches yesterday. The
decision is a complete justification of the
action of the democratic congress in abol
ishing the sugar bounty, and in refusing
to enact other subsidy legislation, and it
is a severe condemnation of the Republi
can party for its effort to use the general
government to strengthen itself in the
south.
The decision puts an end to the hopes
of the sugar growers of getting a bounty
on the last sugar crop, or of ever again
getting a bounty on sugar, unless it should
be reversed by the supreme court; and of
that there is not much danger. The sugar
growers are deserving of some sympathy
for the loss of the bounty on the last crop
of sugar. They have the Republican party
to thank, however, for getting them into
such a bad financial hole. The Louisiana
sugar planters may yet regret having
Joined that party.
"Silver Dick” Bland is a philosopher.
Having 1 failed in his efforts to make sil
ver the money standard of the country,
and having been turned down by his
constituency after long years of service,
he says he will go to his far.n and devote
himself to pumpkins and potatoes. There
is a movement in Missouri to run Mr.
Bland for governor at the next election,
but he apparently doesn’t care anything
about it. There is, also, a movement in
his district looking to a recount of the
votes cast in the November election. But
he cares mighty little about that, either.
He says he is not much averse lo resting
for two years, at the end of which time
he expects to be re-elected to congress.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 105.
Cotton Factories in the South.
It is not surprising that the number of j
cotton mills in the south is steadily in- j
creasing. The principal cotton mills of
this state and South Carolina have de- ;
dared large dividends on the capital In
vested in them within the last few days. •
In fad, throughout the south the cotton
mills have continued to do a prosperous
business, notwithstanding the depressed
business* conditions.
Several months ago it was announced
In our dispatches that two or three of the j
largest cotton manufacturing c oncerns of !
New England contemplated establishing
cotton manufacturing plants in the south.
This announcement was doubted in some
quarters, and inquiries were made as to
Its oorrec tness. That it was true is shown
by a dispatch in the Morning Ne ws yes- j
terday, from Gadsden, Ala., which stated ,
that the* Dwight Manufacturing Company
of Massachusetts were arranging to begin
the de. tion of a cotton mill at that place.
The contract for the building will be let on i
Jan. !♦*., and the mill will have 2T,000 spin
dles. Its capacity will be doubled as soon
as business c onditions improve. There is j
ev ry reason to believe the other New
England manufacturing companies will es
tablish c otton manufacturing plants in the
south in the very near future.
It is not generally known how great the •
cotton manufacturing industry in the '
south is. Its Increase within the last few
years has been wonderful. In three states.
Georgia. South Carolina and North Caro
line there are now* 500,000 more spindles
than th**re were in the whole south five
years ago.
Only fourteen years ago the total capi
tal invested in cotton manufacturing in
the south was only about $22,000,000. Now*
It is c lose on to sllo.ouo,*mo. Is not this in- I
crease remarkable? What Increase w ill j
the next fourteen years show ? May we \
not reasonably expect that within that :
period the south will be doing the greater ;
part of the cotton manufacturing of this
country?
In the future cotton mills will not be
built in the New England states. They
will be built close to the cotton fields. It
would not be* at all surprising if many of
tb New England companies should move
to the south, just as the Dwight Manu
facturing Company has begun to do. Into
cotton manufacturing southern, as well
as northern, capital will go. and we have
reason to hope that eventually the south
will manufacture the greater part of her
cotton crop.
Is This Man a Demagogue P
Senator William Vincent Allen, of Ne
braska, is a leading populist. Ib* has be en
mentioned as bis party’s probable candi
date for the presidency. He may, there
fore, be considered a typical populist.
One day last week Senator Allen ma lea
characteristic speech against the senate
restaurant, which he denounced in un
measured terms as a fraud and a job for
private gains. He pointed out liow the
public treasury was despoiled for the res
taurant, and wanted an investigation.
"Every dollar taken from the con
tingent fund of the treasury for
the restfcurant," said Senator Al
len waxing eloquent, "is a pub
lic larceny. It may be a small and trivial
matter, but In tin* principle involved it is
not a trivial matter at all." He also re
ferred to this robbery of th** treasury for
the restaurant while "thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of poor human beings
walk up and down the earth" without
habitation, food or clothing. That was the
precept; now for the example: "Yester
day,” says the Washington Post ot Tues
day. "Mr. Allen was asked whethu* be
would like to go out to Illinois w ith the re
mains of the late Representative I’osi.
"Yes,* he replied, 'and l would like to take
my daughter with me." It is not custom
ary for members to take their families cn
junketing funeral trips. "Last night, con
tinues the Post, "tin* Senator and ihe lady
appeared promptly at the Baltimore . id
Ohio depot. When the Post reporter saw
them they were occupying very comforta
ble quarters in a brillianty-lighted Pull
man car. with a colored porter attending
to their wants. "Does Miss Alien go at
the* expense of the government?" asked
the Post reporter of Assistant Sergeant
at-arms Mohier. "O, yes," was the reply.
"And Senator Allen has not bought i
ticket for her?" "Certainly not. She will
return with the party, so far as 1 know.
She is the only lady brought by any mem
ber of the committee." At the same time
the starving and homeless thousands con
tinue to walk up and down the earth, and
the robbery of the treasury for private
ends goes on unabated.
The Astors are giving New York so
ciety folks some rich food for gossip.
As is pretty well known, there are now
two sides to the famous house of Astor.
One side is in New York, headed by John
Jacob Astor, and the other is in London,
headed by William Waldorf Astor. There
are some differences between the branches
of the family, said to be of several years’
standing and to have grown out of jeal
ousy of social precedence between some
of the women. Some days ago Mrs.
William Waldorf Astor died in England.
Her body was brought to New York and
laid in state in Trinity chapel. While the
corpse was thus above ground and in the
same city with them. Mr. and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor gave a dinner at their res
idence, and Mrs. William Astor issued
cards to a banquet at her res
idence. Why one branch of the family
shoul i continue its social functions while
the other branch is in sackcloth and
ashes is what New Y'orkers cannot pre
cisely understand.
A genius of a chemist in New York
calculates to work upon the fad of having
dogs for pets for some dollars. He judges
from the way society women and stage
favorites bury their noses in the hair of
shaggy little dogs that they must really
like the odor of the dog. He has, there
fore. made a soap which he advertises
will impart "that doggy smell." It is pre
sumed that the young men who desire
to supplant the dogs will wash their
hands and curl their mustaches with the
chemist’s new-fangled soap.
War correspondence is the Journalistic
fad of th* the day. So far as is known
to the public, very few newspaper men.
like Amo-- Cummings or John Mumfcri,
have gone over to China to "do" the war.
Hut the Journalists, like Julian Ralph and :
Frederick YHliers, have taken a turn at i
the business. And now it is reported that
another journalist, Fob John A. <’ * kerill,
is to go to the Orient for a New York pa
per, at a salary alleged to be equal to that ■
of this country’s ambassador to the ••our* ’
c*f St. James. The difference* between ■
Journalist and a newspaper man, when -
both are in the newspaper busln* s. con- j
sists in this; The Journalist w rites a of
his stories from the standpoint of tb* first
person, singular, and tak“* pains to itn- *
press that upon the reader; the newspaper ,
man makes a rattling good story and
views everything from an impersonal
standpoint.
PERSONAL.
Rev. J. D. Sev -ringhaus. a Fb*- ntro min
ister. had such an implicit faith n human
nature that he would not lock his doors.
H*- never turned a deserving cas* uwav
empty and refused to spor* bis oak when ,
some misguided wretch stole- an overcoat
W hon the second overcoat went h* ha ne
ed his mind, however, and has now begun
to bolt his doors.
Announcement was made some time ago
that Cardinal Gibbons had been summon
ed to Rome, and that he- <-on tern plated a
visit to the- pope in the near future*. The
Baltimore Sun says that it is now stated
Horn a most reliable sour • ti at. is trier*
is no special reason for the cardinal to
' islt Rome, he has given up all idea of
going abroad. The* same- authoritv states
that if Cardinal Gibbons should go to
Rome at all it would b<* at some r* mote
period, as yet undecided.
Miss Katherine -Drcxel, tb-* Philadel
phia banker’s daughter, will make h**r
lin.il vows at the Convert of tie* Blessed !
Saciame.pt, near Torresdale, Pa., next
Wednesday,, and thereafter she will un
dergo the rigorous self-denial of the or
der. She will be know r n as M< he*- Kathe
rine. Mirs Drexel’s income i ; estimate:
to be nearly $500,000 a war. and it will re
main tinder her personal control. Th*
convent at Torresdale was built with her
money, and she becomes it Mother Su
perior.
Mrs. Henrietta M. King of Corpus Fhri-
J. Texas, owns 1.875 square miles of land
in Texas or about a million and a quarter
ot ai-res. She inherited this vast domain
from her husband. Richard Kins-, who \\ ;e
bum in New York state in rOY Aft. r
living an adventurous life, he bought
what was then known as the Santa C.
trude’s ranch in Texas, and bv shrew.*- i
ness and ability became very wealthy.
When fn* died, in IsvY .ill hi- property
went to his w ife, a daughter ■ f th** Rev i
Hiram Chamberlain, who built tin first ;
Presbyterian ehurch on th* Rio Grange
Mrs. King is about sixty y* ar. of ar. . .o, .j !
is a woman of kindly instincts and ndmir
able character. She lives verv plainly i
an*l uocs not spend a tithe of her income.
Her land alone jy now worth
and will be worth much more when it p.
devoted to viticulture, for which it D said
to be well adapted.
BRIGHT BITS.
Flit her Flyrtn—Why don’t vou have
you pig sty further from vo ir hints. Coo
gan?
G>ogan—l’hwat for. yer riverence’’
Father Flynn—Because it’s unh. althv.
Googaii — Divul a bit, v*r riv. r. ni•••; ;be
pig his never had a sick dav sine*- he
woz bdrn.—Puck.
Mrs. Smariset—For mere vs sake, don’t
let me hear you talk about books in .>-
riety again.
Cultured Daughter—Dear m* ! Whv
not .'
Mrs. 8 mart set—Strangers will think
you have been cash girl in a book store.—
New \ oik Weekly.
Mother Why do you pack up your tovs
so carefully, Ethel?
Ethel—To keep them for my children,
mu m inn.
Mother—And suppose you never have
any children?
Ethel—Thet! they'll do for my grand
children.—Boston Home Journal.
"<>h. by the way. Henry; twittered
Mrs. \ * kwire, "1 1 • : the q
tiling on the car to-day A rough-locking
man who sat next to me was telling ; n
otiler one that his dog had won 15" boro s
In a fight lust night. That will be enough
for him to gnaw oil for nearly a year,
won’t It?**—lndianapolis Journal.
"Be brave, my brothers'!" urged the
emancipated man. "L* t us rebel. There
is no real reason why we should not
w* v flower gardens on our heads and
iin us tents on our arms. Then let us
wear them." There wen few in his au
dience, however, that had tin- temerity
to follow’ his suggestion, although none
could oiler objection to his logic.—Town
Topics.
At the fashionable soiree. Mr.
Follegeboy Gassing through a lone
ly and deserted corridor)—Hello: What
are you doing here, sir? I ran her* to
save myself from the crowds that kept
lionizing me.
The Venerable Figure I am the dis
tinguished man in whose honor the affair
is given, l’myhere because l couldn’t get
anybody to talk to.—Chicago Record.
CURRENT COMMENT
Advice to Grandfather Lodge.
From the Washington News (link).
If Senator Lodge had first consulted
those who knew the facts about the Ha
waiian matter he would not have made
the blunder be did in the Striate last
week. The able and youthful statesman
should read up before he makes wholesale
onslaughts on the deputations of men.
To Lower the Rate. Lessen th* R nk.
From the Chattanooga Times (Uem.).
So long as the farmers of the west, in
gr at numbers, rob those who- lend them
money, join in the populist cry of denun
ciation of all who have money to lend,
and generally act as if they wanted to
drive out capital, so long will th. v pav
very high rates of interest. Capital
charges like thunder for taking risks.
They've Got It in Texas. Too.
From the Galveston News (Dem.).
The people are not permitted to settle
down to business after they ha\e been
stirred up like a nest of wasps by on** ;.**t
of candidates before another horde of of
fice-seekers are turned loose upon them.
The troublous echoes of a state campaign
have not died away in the distance before
a raging municipal contest is inaugurated.
Too many elections. Too much politics.
Extra Session Talk.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Upon the whole, it would seem that the
more thoughtful and intelligent exponents
of public opinion, republican as well as
democratic, incline to the belief that un
less the Fifty-third congress should as
tonish the country by prodigious achieve
ments in enlightened and beneficent leg
islation an extra session of the Fifty
fourth will be desirable, if not impera
tively necessary.
More Sugar Senators.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian ministt r at
Washington, says that his people are ex
pecting a change in the administration of
the United States two years hence. A re
sult of that change, he believes, will be
the annexation of Hawaiia to the United
States. If tin* republicans art* success
ful in 18SU in electing the President, the
fulfillment of Mr. Thurston’s vxpecta
| tion is by no means improbable. And
j then there will be two more sugar sena
j tors.
A Test: Will It Test ?
1 From Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.)
The effect of that white house dinner
jon Senator Hill is soon to be tested. The
President has r*. nominated Dr. Senner to
be commissioner of immigration at New
York, is said to be just what Hill did not
want done, as he desired that place for a
friend. When Senner was nominated be
fore Hill oppes. and confirmation, and the
story goes that he has given the Presi
dent’s friends to understand that he did
not want the nomination repeated—but
i that was before the dinner.
Th* Fiurilist and the Statue,
From the Buffalo Courier.
They are telling a good story on young
Griffo whi- his worthy of belief. When he
paid hi: fir:” vi.it tc New Orleans he was
well received, and was shown the sights
of th** town. On the way down the levee
they pass*-d the oil square with the monu
ment in the t enter.
"Avery fine monument, Mr. Griffo,"
one of th*- m*n said.
“Vo’s the bloke on top of it?**
"Jackson."
"Peter?"
H th*night he had struck the paradise
of prize lighters.
It All Depends.
A Grand Army man in California has
been rolling a soldier story, says the
New Orleans Picayune. Just aft-r the
termination of the war between the north
and the south, a lady, with a basket on
her arm. walked through one of the wards
of a certain soldiers* hospital. She
stopped beside the bed f one of the suf- ’
fer. r. . a German, and asked: "Were you
a avion man or confederate?" "Union," •
Ik replie 1. Whereupon she gave him a
pious tract and passed to the next cot j
and rep.-ated the question to its occupant.
"Confederate." was answered, and then
she opened her basket and handed the ,
men sorn nice, fresh biscuit. The Ger
man watched the proceedings, not in the
l*e-=r of humor. A few days after another
lady, going through, stopped at the Ger
man s .-ot and asked which side he was
*u "Confederate." was his prompt re-,
ply. "Poor man:" said she. "here's a
tra< t for you. ’ and passed on. and the
unfortunate's state of mind was not im
proved Again a third visitor, in passing,
stopped a! the German’s side and asked ,
th*- old question of which Mde he was on. i
"Dot pends on vat you got. If you j
got biskit. 1 links I might be a confed- '
erate: but if you got t**m tarn tracs, 1 vas
rudder."
The Pompous Man.
It was during th* holiday season and
he was a verv pompous man. says the
New York Advertiser. As he walked
through the finest and most expensive
-tor** in town his air and manner seemed
to say that he owned it—but he didn’t, as
everybody knew. At length he found him
self in the hosiery department, and brave,
indeed, was the display there.
"Give me half a dozen pairs of those."
he said, pointing. to a superb pair of silk
stockings embroidered in a pattern as In
tricate as a Florentine mosaic.
Th** little clerk raised her voice timid
ly: "Excuse me, sir. but I don’t think
you want half a dozen pairs of these;
they are—"
Th* pompous individual interrupted her
with a crushing look.
"Don’t \. - - :me to dictate to me. 1
said half ■! dozen pair."
The ■ lerk waa sih nt. Bhe car* fully ar
ranged six dainty boxes, each with its c x
quisite and elaborate contents, and then
made out the bill painstakingly.
The pompous man drew forth his fat
pocket bock and waited with a look of
smooth condescension on his smug fa* e.
"A hundred and eighty dollars, sir,”
said tin* clerk, quietly.
The man gasped. The stockings were
th** finest in the market. They retailed
at exactly S3O per pair!
Slow Railroad Time.
A b • of railroad conductors were sitting
around th* stove talking about their *x
peiieie cs. says the Detroit Free Press.
"About the worst case of passenger I
ever came across," said a veteran, "was
one 1 had on a train that used to run in
to Indianapolis a long while ago. I am
free to confess, now. that that trait!
wasn’t th<* fastest train in th** world,
though at th* time I thought it was right
fair, s* eing that it was th** first passenger
train I had th** honor of conducting. On
the (iceasio : I ; ni telling about a passen
g r got on about i>' miles east of Indianap
olis. and after w* had jolted on for an
hour or more, stopping every two or three
miles, h** called me t* * him.
" ’I say, conductor,’ he said, ‘how far is
it t<* Indianapolis?’
" ‘About miles,’ I said.
" 'Ami *!<> you go any faster?*
" ‘No. This is schedule time.’
" ‘Well, will yo i stop and let me off?’
" ‘What’s that for.” 1 asked, in a good
deal of astonisment.
" ‘oh.’ said he, with a lot of confidence,
’l'll get out and walk back the other way
and meet you at the depot in time to get
my baggage.’ ”
Somebody laughed.
"You may laugh now." said the veteran,
"but when I thought of that fellow sitting
* here telling me he w ould get out and w alk
hack clear around this globe and meet me
in Indianapolis, 1 was mad enough to
fight."
Feathers Plucked by the Wind.
The man with the wisp-broom goatee,
says the Detroit Free Press, crossed his
leg- and remarked:
"l never seed such wind as we had in
th*' state of Kansas last summer.”
"Blew your barn away?" asked the
landlord, sympathetically.
"Not much. Barn blowed into the
next county last April."
"House, mebbe?"
"Lost the house ’long in June Kite*!
over east about three miles, and lit in
Cherry creek. Don’t mind that so much."
he continued, "got ’em back and an
chored Vm again a!i right, hut along about
July 1 we got to havin’ real breezy wea
ther."
The landlord said nothing and the group
around th** hotel stove prudently followed
his example.
"The 9th day of last July." continued
the stranger after a reflective pause,
"thei • com** up the doggondest wind I
• ver so* in the state of Kansas. When it
began to blow my bantam rooster was
jus*. Huppin’ his wings to crow."
"Did it blow the crow out of him?" in
quired the stableman jocosely.
"Gentlemen,” said the man with the
wisp-broom goatee, impressively, not
ho line the interruption. "Before that
bird bud done crowing every livin’ feather
on his body was blowed clean off.”
"Leave the pinfeathers?" asked the
landlord, skeptically.
"Yes. sir. left the pinfeathers, and in
three minutes along came a streak of
Kansas lightning and sing* and that rooster
clean.”
There was an awkward pause in the
group around the stove. The stableman
looked around the stovepipe elbow to get
a good view of the stranger.
A Monopolist's Wants.
Bam Walter Foss, in Yankee Blade.
My wants are few. I sit serene
Upon contentment’s highlands ,
If 1 can have earth's continents
I care not for its Islands.
1 would not climb upon a throne
Through seas <f bloody slaughter,
If I can call all lands my own,
Why you can have the*water.
Give me but these, they are enough
To suit my humble notion.
And you can have for all your own
The land beneath the ocean.
And ’tis a generous slice of earth
And doubtless quite prolific. •
If you can only drain it once;
The bed of the Pacific.
And all T ask is just this earth.
To regulate and man it.
And T surrender all my claims
To every other planet.
And so you se** I cut my cloth
On a contracted pattern
Give me the earth. I'll drop all claim
To I'ranus and Saturn.
Little I iKed. my wants are few.
Nor would I have them greater, ' '
I only want the land between
The poles and the equator.
Give me the earth, ’tis all I ask,
For in** and my wife Sarah.
Then I'll give all my fellow
A house and lot in Sahara.
The earth is very, very small,
And not in good repair;
Compared with Sirua it is
Avery small affair.
And I just want it while I live
And Death, i'll not resist him,
Fer after death I hope to get
The whole great solar system.
"The s< ar* hVight which Weather Fore
caster J *unn will have in his new quar
ter:- in the dome of the Manhattan build
ing." says the New York Times, “will
have a brightn* ss ot’ T2.*e .) candle-power
It is confidently expected that on clear
nights it may be seen at Bandv Hook
and possibly still further down the Jer
sey coast. It is a revolving light, run
around a track on the edge of the lan
| tern of th* dome. The weather bureau
will occupy the twenty-first, twenty-gec
and twenty-fourth stories of the building
Mr. Dunn expects to move in about Jan’
15. The elevation of the new* observatory
will be 351 feet above the pavement iii
, Broadway."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Indian camels which have been tak
en to Australia are developing into anew
breed. process cf seUrtSea has been
used in breeding, in training, and now
there promise to be tens of thousands
of camels in Australia, "larger in frame,
sounder in w ind and limb, an*! possessed
of greater weight-carrying capacity" than
the original stock. Their power to r**sist
thirst is shown by there having been
forced marches in Australia where the
camels were without a drop of water
from twenty-one to twenty-three days.
For the past we.-k Stanley Russey.
Amsie Burk and Albert Johnson. thr**e
young clerks at Muncie, Ind., have par
taken of no fool or other nourishment
except milk. The young men made a
very peculiar wager on New Year’s Eve.
to the effect that non* of them shall
eat or drink any nourishment except
milk during the year 1595. This they can
drink only once every hour, and then ,
not over a pint at a time. At this rat .
if all remain true to their pb ige, it will (
require about twelve barrels of milk to
supply them, at a cost of about sl'j. which I
would be very cheap living.
The propose*! replacement by a can
tilever structure of th- famous Niagara
suspension bridge, built by the late John
A. Roebling in 1X53, will remove a land
mark in the history of railway bridge
construction in this country. While not
th** longest suspended span of its day.
for the Fribourg bridge, built in 1834. had
a span cf SSa feet, as compared with the
821 feet of Mr. Roebling’s bridge, it was
the first suspension bridge designed to sus
tain without undue deflection th* heavy
strains upon such structures by the mov
ing load of railway trains.
It is a singular fact that the sun. earth
and all the other planets have their aerial
and revolutionary motion in the same
direction, viz.: from west to east, and,
with a few slight exceptions, the satel
lites also. In face of this fact the
thought must necessarily obtrude itself
even upon persons who are not in the
habit of seeking for the connection be
tween cause and effect that this uniform
ity cf two kinds of motion cannot be a
matter of mere chance, but must arise
from some fundamental cause which ac
counts for this otherwise strange coinci
dence. One of the profoundest thinkers
in the science of mathematics and its two
finest applications, mechanics and astron
omy, the Frenchman Laplace, made the
first great, and. on the whole, not un
successful attempt of building up a satis
factory cosmicaf theory. This, for rea
sons that will appear presently, has been
called the nebular hypothesis. According
tu this theory the space which the solar
system occupies was originally filled with
nebulous matter in an incandescent state,
and this mass was rotating from west to
east. B\ means o? gravity and centrifugal
force, this rotating mass assumed a spher
ical. or rather spheroidal, shape. In conse
quence of the radiation of heat, the neb
ular mass suffers a contraction which ac
celerates the rate of rotation until at last
a ring is thrown off which after countless
ages assumes the globular shape. Ac
cording to this extremely ingenious and
plausible theory, therefore, the planets
and their satellites were all each rings
once, the former, when yet in their gas
eous conditon. throwing off such rings.
The rings of Saturn form a strong cor
roboration of the nebular hypothesis.
Among th** interesting exhibits at the
Antwerp exhibition were examples of the
rolling stock for th** Congo railway, an
undertaking of much importance, con
cerning which but little has been pub
lished that conveys actual Information.
It may be recalled that Stanley once said
that th** immense resources of the entire
Congo state would not be worth two shill
ings if the road was not built, or words
to that effect. The Congo river is navig
able for steamers of large tonnage from
the seacoast to Matadi, a distance of ver
eighty miles, but from this point to Stan
ley pool, 270 miles up the river, navigation
is impracticable, owing to the cataracts.
Tb** railway begins at Matadi. and up to
the present time about twenty-five miles
have been constructed, at the enormous
cost of a mile, due to the unusual
difficulty of the work. From Kenge, th**
present terminus of the completed road,
the construction will probably be much
lighter, and the total expenditure Is esti
mated to be $3,000,000. Upon comple
tion to Stanley 800 l it is proposed to (li
vid** the line into five sections, each sub
divided into "posts" of about twelve and
one half miles in length. Each subdivi
sion has a halting place, provided with
sidings for trains, and with water tanks.
Two trains a week each way will be run,
according to th** proposed schedule, but
the road is laid out to accommodate a
service of eight trains a day each way.
The rolling stock is peculiar In appear
ance, which is very squatty, the oars be
ing mounted low down near the rails, and
provided with a strong box below the
floor, which can be filled with ro* ks when
a tornado approaches to prevent the
whole affair being blown oft the tracks.
At present the trade carried to the coast
is almost entirely in ivory, of which the
annual product is value*! at $725,000. but
the opening of the railway Is expected to
develop the rubber trade, and lead to th**
opening of copper mines of exceptional
richness.
Whoever visits the London Tower may
enjoy a veritable feast of swords, says
the London Standard. But amid the
numberless array of weapons there are
on** or two that are specially worthy of
notice. There ?s the sword {of state,
which is girt on the monarch’s side after
his anointing, at the imposing ceremony
of coronation, which girdling is more
honored in the breach, one would sup
pose, when the monarch is a lady. The
sword is first consecrated by th<* primate,
and by him handed to the lord chamber
lain. who completes the function. It is
a two-handed weapon, with rich decora
tions on hilt and pommel and scabbard
Of scarcely less importance is the "sword
of mercy." borne before the sovereign
in the coronation procession. This sword
is named Curtana, but, though undoubt
edly very ancient, it can hardly claim to
be the original Curtana. forged by the
famous Munitican. This original Cur
tana was the magic weapon of Ogler, the
Dane* bold knight of Char'e|nx<n *’ 3
most warlike days. Our own Cunana is
in any case many centuries old. It is
sqaare-pointed, with th** look as though
the point had been broken short: hence
possibly its name. A fine gold wire cov
ers its handle, ami the scabbard is re
markably ornate Two other swords are
carried at the coronation- ceremo:r.V* —
swords symbolical of spiritual and tem
poral justice, the first with an obtuse
point, the sharp* Curtana and these
two justice swords are not often called
upon to make a public appearance; it is
happily more than half a century since
they were last required at a coronation.
But whenever the sovereign opens par
liament in person the sword of state first
mentioned is called from its repose. The
lord mayor's sword is even more familiar
to the general public; and not only Lon
don, but most other corporations have
their sword and sword bearer. It is a
picturesque survival of the Middle Ages
which one would regret to see abolished;
part of the ritual of state customs, which
ritual is by no means meaningless. Pub
lic actions must often be of a figurative
character. Such is the mode by which
the city of London sometimes does honor
to those who have rendered the nation
good service, presenting to th**m swords
of honor. These civic swords have been
given to men like Lord Napier, Lord
Clyde, Lord Wolseley. Wellington re
ceived one in his day,, and so did the
Prussian Blucher.
Awarded
Highest Honors—Wor'd’3 Fair!
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SAVANNAH, GA.
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES.
The following ordinance is published for
information of all concerned.
F. E. REBARER.
Clerk of Council
An ordinance to require bar rooms and
tippling houses to keep closed from 1'
o'clock midnight to a a m.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the mavor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah in
council assembled, That from and aUe
the first day of January. IS9J, it shall* to
the duty of the proprietors of all bar
rooms and tippling houses, located in ih
corporate or jurisdictional limits of the
city of Savannah to close their bar rooms
and tippling houses at twelve midnight
and to keep them closed until five the
next morning, provided always that this
ordinance shall not be so construed a to
authorize the opening of a bar room or
tippling house on Sunday or from twelve
o'clock Saturday night to five o'clock
Monday morning.
Sc. 2. Be it further ordained that anv
person violating this ordinance shall, on
conviction before the police court of’the
city of Savannah, be subject to a tine not
to exceed $1 ill, and .imprisonment not to
exceed thirt> days, either or both in thi
discretion of the court.
See. 3. That all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinanc,
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in council Jan. 2. ISM
Attest:
JOHN J M'DONOFGH. Mayor.
F. E. REBARER. Clerk of Council.
NOTICE TO TAX-PAVERS.
City Trcasur-'r's Office. Savannah. Jan.
1, l'.'.'.Y—Tnc following taxes are now duo
BEAD ESTATE, iourth quarter, ISM
STOCK IN TKaRH, fourth quarter. 1S
FURNITURE, ETC'., fourth quarter
ISA!.
.MONEY. NOTES. SOLVENT DEBTS
ETC., fourth quarter. 1534.
WATER RENTS, for six months in ad.
vance. front Jan. 1 to July 1.
A discount of lb per . ent. will be allowed
upon all of the above it paid within tific-n
i days after January first.
Taxes on the valuation of GROT'XP
RENT LOTS can he paid under prote-c
and .1 discount of ten per cent. W ill be a'-
lowed upon the fourth quarter, if pay.
mer.t is made as above.
Licenses of all kinds for the year 1593 are
also due, v.z. LKjroß LICENSES and
BUSINESS LICENSES: also LICENSES
for I>< 'OS. HUCKSTERS and VEHICLES
and CARRIAGES-of every description
used lor hire, or for the purpose of de
livering goods, viz- WAGONS. DR \ys
THICKS, 'ARTS, OMNIBUSSKS'
HACKS, STREET CARS and l'i'Cfj
CARTS, for which badges will be fur
nished by the treasurer.
on LICENSES of till kinds (except retail
liquor licenses) a discount of ten per cent
will be allowed if payment is made with.a
thirty days after January first.
C. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
NOTICE
In Regard to New Improvements, etc,
Made During the Year 1894.
City Treasurer's Office, Savannah, Ga..
Dec. 21.. 181*4. The Assessment Book, con
taining valuation of real estate and im
provements and property of cverv kind
not previously assessed, new buildings
erected and additions and improvements
made since the last regula.r assessment,
is now- open for inspection in this office,
and notice is hereby given to all con
cerned to file their objections, if anv thev
have within thirty days from this" dale,
otherwise the assessments therein con
tained will be final and conclusive as es
tablishing the value by which to estimate
the tax to be collected. Objections, if
any, must be made in writing and ad
dressed to the ASSESSMENT COMMIT
TEE and left with the Clerk of Council.
C. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
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Of t lie celebrated lr. lhlllp Rlcord. cf Pari*.
This infallible remedy ba. been analyzed ar.d ajv
proved by the Academy of Medicine, tested wio
recommended by the leading medical celebrities i> ir
more than ImJf a century. As n specific for Serr'ov*
and Swcml Debility, and all evil effects so destruf
tive t, mind and body, it contains no Phosphorou*.
L’anthariiV'S or any oilier poison, is purely vegetable,
and is the only known remedy which is guaranteed
to cure the above complaints, is permanent in Its
effect.-, and produces no reaction. The genuine
Ricord’s Vita] Restorative has a French trace mar?
and signature of S. B. Sigesmond, General Agent, od
each box. Take no other. Price, fl 50, $3 '<nd ?i n
per box Sent free by mail on receipt of price. Fw
consultation or descriptive Circular address Dr. S. n
ttigesmond A Cos.. 10. bis rue Richelieu, Paris, or F. u.
Box 1133, New York. For sale at
LIVINGSTON’S PHARMACY,
Sole Agents for Georgia. Savannah,
LEATHER GOODS.
Horse Blankets,
Horse Blankets,
Horse Blankets,
Horse Blankets,
Lap Robes,
Lap Robes,
Lap Robes,
Lap Robes,
I>utg*y Harness,
Bug-g-y Harness,
Buggy Harness,
Buggy Harness.
Prices Lower Titan Ever Known-
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144 Congress Street. Cor. Whitaker.^
The rest is the chf ' pest—TwJ
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