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IS DEI TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS!
Meetings—DcKalb Lodge No. D, I. O. O.
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Special Notices—Notice. James H. John
ston, President City and Suburban Rail
way.
Will You Miss It?—B. H. Levy A Bro.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Railroad—Schedule—Plant System.
Legal Notices—Citation From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Circular No. 245 Railroad Commission of
Georgia.
Extra Trousers for Men—Falk Clothing
Company.
The Golden Glory of Spring Is Here—
Appel A Schaul.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Mayor Pingree of Detroit now tele
graphs the bulletins! which ho Issues
against his local enemies to the mayors
of other cities. It is said that his bulle
tins read a good deal like the remarkable
proclamations of George Francis Train.
Mrs. Dominis, late Queen LUluokalani, is
in great luck to get otT with a fine and
live years' imprisonment. It hasn't been
so very long ago. In Europe at that, when
troublesome royal persons either lost
their heads or were put out of the way
with a little something in their food.
To read that the French spoliation
Claims are to be paid induces regret that
poor old "Billy” McGarrahan could not
have lived a few decades longer. Had
Jie survived another quarter of a century,
his claim might have been allowed. Con
gress means to accord Justice —some-
time.
French duelling must no longer be re
garded as a Joke, after the affair between
Ecchatelier and Percher, reported in our
dispatches. An old-fashioned American
duel was no more swift anil deadly than
this latest French affair. The sword was
quite as quick and terrible as a bullet.
In the lirst encounter the victim was run
through the body and dropped dead.
French duels of the kind we used to laugh
at were all right; but the laughing will
have to stop for awhile.
Anew Idea in railroading has been in
stituted by the New York Central rail
road at the grand central station in
New York city. Travelers arc met at the
steps of the car by attendants stationed
there to answer questions, give directions
and especially to carry bags and children
for weary women tourists. The experi
ment has been begun with twelve men.
and more may be added later. They are
dressed in an easily distinguishable uni
form and the service is free. However,
it is Just as well to conclude that a tip
w ill be expected by the porter.
Jn reply to a questionr, it was stated iti
parliament a few days ago that her
majesty's government had no doubt that
the United States congress would pass
gn appropriation to pay the Bering sea
indemnity. It transpires that her majes
ty's government was poorly informed,
and had probably not taken into consid
eration the fact that an extraordinary
Jingo sentiment obtains in tho United
States Senate. The deficiency bill, as
passed by the Senate on Friday night,
contains no Item oil the subject of the
Boring sea Indemnity. The Senate is in
favor of appropriating millions of dollars,
if necessary, to build a cable to Hawaii
to compete with a prospective British
cable, but it Is not in favor of appropria
ting a dollar to pay a debt this govern
ment has acknowledged owing the Brit
ish government under the terms of the
Faris arbitration.
The "Mahone lot" scheme, mention of
which has so frequently been made in the
Washington dispatches of late, is not a
new thing. Some congressmen have been
trying to get congress to pay Gen. Wil
liam Mahone of Virginia $230,000 for a lot
in Washington on which to build a govern
ment printing office. The amount is a
great deal more than the lot Is worth,
hut inasmuch as Mahone Is rather "in the
hole” financially his republican friends
are trying to give him a lift. There may
be. furthermore, another and probably a
more potent consideration influencing
many of the congressmen. It Is said Ma
hone owes certain of them the sum of
tGh.nW. If the lot could be sold to the gov-,
ernmest for a big sum. the crediting con
gressmen would be able to collect their
money. There are more things in con
gress than Mr. Horatio ever dreamed
•f in his philosophy.
Hon to Mnkt* the City l.ron.
In speaking of developing Savannah by
inducing New England manufacturers to
build cotton factories within her limits
it is not out of place to call attention to
w hat can be done in this county toward
increasing the county's wealth and popu
lation and giving employment to the un
employed without outside assistance and
with a comparatively small outlay of
money'. W'e have many times asserted
and we repeat the assertion, that if the
lands of the county were cleared * and
put under cultivation the prosperity of
the tty would be advanced greatly.
But how is the improvement of the
lands of the county to be brought about?
It Is easy enough to answer that question,
good roads be built and the law re
quiring lands under cultivation to be *
fenced h o abolished.
A few hundred poor cattle and a thous
and or so of hogs which are permitted to
run wild < h • ks bringing of the land
of the. county under cultivation. The j
tax digest shows that taxes are paid on
but a small number of cattle and hogs,
and yet thousands of dollars are re
quired to k- p them out of the fields of
the farms; and because* of them tens of
thousands of acres of fertile land remain
uncultivated.
The country around Norfolk is all plant
ed open, and the result Is that nearly
every a< re within twenty miles of that
eity is under cultivation, thus giving em
ployment to thousands of men, women
and children. These people are prosper
ous, are good customers of the retail
merchant# of Norfolk, and the results ot
their toil provide freight for u line of
steamers to New York.
With the waste land of this county
under cultivation Savannah would soon
have enough capital to build fac
tories and start various other
enterprises. No time should be lost
therefore in starting an agitation
in behalf of good roads and open planting.
These things must come some. day. Why
should not this generation have the bene
fits of them. An organization having
these things in view' should be effected,
for they would do more toward building
up the city than any other one thing
(hat has been suggested.
\ ( olommul Enterprise.
A mammoth and unique enterprise Is
about to he inaugurated in New York city.
A syndicate of New York and Chicago
capitalists have bought, at a cost of sev
eral millions of dollars, an entire block,
extending from Sixth to Fifth avenue,
upon which they purpose building a co
lossal structure in which to carry on one
of the most comprehensive business ven
tures in the world. The corporation will
undertake to cater to very nearly nil of
the wants of mankind, supplying the nec
essaries and the luxuries of life at such
tempting prices as only great capital can
afford to put upon goods. The establish
ment will handle almost anything that
may be called for, from coal to dainty
laces. It will sell milk, groceries, dry
goods, harness, carriages, shoes, furni
ture, hardware, jewelry, crockery, china,
glass and the dozens of other lines of
commodities usually found In stores de
voted to one or two linos.
The venture tnay be called the legitimate
development of the "department stor.:"
idea, which has grown to such great pro
portions in the larger cities within the
last twelve or llfteen years. There are
already in New York, Boston, Philadel
phia and Chicago mammoth mercantile
establishments, in which ajinost every
want may be supplied. The success ol'
these great establishments is marked.
Having control of ample capital, they
can sell goods at lower prices than tho
small tradesman. They make their per
centage small, and gather a great harvest
in total profits.
The New York enterprise under dis
cussion, however, will go beyond any
of the groat department stores In exist
ence in the magnitude of its establish
ment, and in the further fact that it will
operate a bunk and, in a sense, a stoea
exchange, in connection with Its other de
partments. It will he a stock company-,
and will not only sell the goods on it*
shelves, hut will offer Its stock, in An
own exchange, to those who may care to
become Investors. And it will provide
safe-deposit boxes for its patrons.
The smaller tradesman of the city, quite
naturally, arc exercised with regard to
the establishment of so powerful a com
petitor. With an enormous capital to op.
orate with, the ncA- concern will be able
to buy closer than a small buyer can, and
It will also be able to tuke smaller profits
than a small dealer can afford to accept.
By way of illustrating the feeling of the
smaller tradesmen toward similar enter
prises, it is recalled that when Nathan
Straus, the principal owner of a great de
partment store, was a candidate for mayor
of New York last fall, 3.0510 small grocers
handed together to oppose Ills candida
cy, because his great store contains a
grocery department. The tradesmen who
sell liquors by the bottle also combined to
oppose him, because there is a wine de
partment in his store. Mr. Straus' great
capital enables him to sell cheaper than
these smaller dealers.
1 Congressman Livingston of the Fifth
district voted twice in favor of the Ha
waiian cable job, which involves $2,300,090
or more, and is notoriously- a republican
populist scheme, fostered by one party
us a step towards annexation and by the
other as a step, towards government own
ership of railroads. It would be interest
ing to know if Congressman Livingston
thinks Georgia is in favor either of an
nexation or government ownership of
railroads. If he does, he is mistaken.
Georgia isn't in favori of salary- grabs,
either.
The south stood the financial and com
mercial stress better than any other sec
tion of the country, and the south Is j
showing better progress towards the at- i
tainment of normal business conditions
than any other section of the country, !
according to the reports of the commer
cial agencies, it is to bo hoped the ad- i
journment of congress will permit of the '
northern and eastern sections doing sonic- ;
thing 10 catch up with the procession.
TIIF. MOHMXG NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 4, l9j.
A Senate Kiel ion.
”Nae man can tether time or tide,” de
clared Bobbie Burn*. But. then. Burns
had not the pleasure of an acquaintance
with (’apt. Isaac Bassett, the ancient
servitor of "the most august deliberative
body in the world,” and probably knew'
little or nothing about the United State*?
senate. Had he known the great man
and the most august body, he would never
! have made such a declaration. For it is
a pretty well known fa* t In these days
! that on biennial occasions (’apt. Isaac
Basseti grabs old Father Time by the
wings and holds him so he can’t budge un
til the Senate gives the order to let him
go. And this day marks the recurrence
of the occasion on which Capt. Bas
sett perform# the feat.
The Fifty-third *ofngre.-s will expire
by limitation at noon to-day—Man h 4.
When the hands of the Senate clock ap
proach the mon hour—if precedent is
followed out—(’apt. Bassett will, with be
coming dignity, o|*n the clock case and
set the h inds back as many minutes as
may be deemed ne*"s#ary to permit the
senators to get through talking. Ostensi
bly the purpose is to extend the life of the
congress until certain bills shall have
been passed. In former times, however,
the senators have spent the extended
time in talking, and have found it neces
sary to order (.’apt. Bassett to set the
clock back again. Of course it i# an easy
matter to the# stop-time in its flight,
hence “senatoral courtesy” Is as stifT in
its Htarchnes# during the closing hour? of
congress as at any other time.
The biennial Action of delaying the ar
rival of the noon hour until the Senate is
ready for it to arrive has become so fixed
by custom that If It were not to be prac
ticed to-day the omission would be re
garded as an event of the session. Yet
there appears no need for any such shal
low fasehood, which fools nobody. The
House gets through its work on time. If
the Senate* had reasonable rules govern
ing its proceeilings it could get through
on time also.
Dlacnsxlng (Tmdldntea.
The claims of the candidates for the
republican nomination for President are
being discussed with almost an much ear
nestness as tf the meeting of the national
republican convention were close at hand.
Those who are admitted to be candidates
are cx-President Harrison, e'x-Speaker
Reed and Gov. McKinley. It Is also said
that (he friends of Gov. Morton of New
York are puving the way for his nomina
tion.
The liveliest kind of a struggle is going
on among the republican leaders of
New York Tor the control of the
party machinery. All the talk
of disagreements between ■•Boss"
Platt and Mayor Strong mean that those
two men favor different presidential candi
dates, and that each Is planning to a-sist
his favorite. It is openly asserted that
Mr. Platt has promised to .Mr. Reed the
delegation to the national convention from
New York. It Is understood that Mayor
Strong favors CJov. McKinley, while among
business men ex-President Harrison has a
great deal of support.
The manufacturers are understood to be
anxiotis for the nomination of Gov. Mc-
Kinley, and a report is published that a
very large sum of money will be subscribed
to get a New York delegation for him.
In the meantime little has been said
about Gov. Morton. Within the last few
days, however, it has cropped out that he
has presidential aspirations and a big
backing. The fact that he car
ried New York against Senator Hill by
a majority of 150,000 Is an argument that
it will be difficult to set aside. It is true
that he is 72 years old, but it Is also true
that he is mentally as strong as he ever
was. It is not at all improbable, there
fore, that New York will send a Morton
delegation to the convention.
More interest in the presidential contest
centers in New York state than in any
other, and from now until the nomination
is made there will be a continuous struggle
in that state among the friends of the four
candidates for the control of the state's
delegation to the national convention.
It is a matter to be regretted that the
amendment to the sundry- civil bill pro
viding for a retired list of the revenue
cutter service has failed. The proposi
tion was to improve the service and make
it more attractive, and at the same time
do justice to a number of old and fatthful
public servants, by providing for the re
tirement of officers in the cutter service
on the plan of retirements in tile navy.
As at present constituted, the service of
fers few opportunities to the younger offi
cers. The oid officers must hang on. or
starve, and the younger ones are thus
cut off from promotion. There are said
to be men in the active service who are
90 years old. There is no question that
they ought to be retired, hut there is no
way to do it. The opposition to the
amendment has come from Cockrell, of
Missouri, and other congressmen from
the interior, who know little or nothing
about marine affairs, and care less.
Bismarck is happy. He is out of official
life. He says lie got no rest or peace while
he was in politics—a statement that ought
to have weight with ambitious politi
cians. Politics forced Bismarck to- do a
great many things against his w ill. Some
times he had to avoid the truth in diplom
acy. and he didn't like that. The old
emperor, William 1., hated falsehood. Said
Prince Bismarck at Leipslc the other day;
“He loved truth above all things. So do
I. During my diplomatic career I tried to
stick to the truth. Now and then I was
obliged to deviate a trifle from it, and
that was very painful to the old man. He
always blushed, and 1 could not face
him, but would look quickly- away."
Oscar Wilde and the Marquis of Queens
berry might settle their personal difficul
ties out of court, it seems. Queensberry is
the patron of a famous code for settling
disputes, and Mr. Wilde is noted for the
facility- with which he Wounds people
with his wit. A duel under Queensberry s
code or with Wilde’s weapons would be
interesting.
Caller—ls your mother engaged?
Bov—Engaged? Get out. She was mar
ried to my pop before 1 was born.—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
PKItSOVIL.
—The King of Portugal carries $4*MW#
! insurance on hi# life In Ixuidon companies.
French papers say that ex-President
K’asimir-Peeler i making |reparation#
for a visit to Egypt.
—The present Mikado of Japan is the
hundred and twenty-third in the direct
line of succession.
—M. C'lcmenceau, the celebrated French
duelist, still practices every day in order
to keep his eye In.
- Henry Snow', an English railroad man,
was recently arrested at Amiens, France,
as the Puke of Orleans.
—Oscar Wilde i* fond of jewels. The
little finger of hi# left hand i# covered
nearly to the nail with rings.
Miss Anna Sharw, p. !>.. says the best
way to addr<*u an audience is to talk as
if you were scolding your husband.
M. Andre, a European aeronaut, thinks
he <*o4iid get to the north pole In a bal
loon at an expenditure of about $35,000.
- ft is said that Cecil Rhoades fights so
shy of female society that h<* will not
have a single female servent In his house.
Although it can hardly be sai l that
'jikhii \ u-toria eli-;s the t’ourt Circular,
her majesty as a rule glances through
1 w- b ronfs * an, l freely cuts out anything
which doe# not mest with the royal ap
proval.
—Another innovat'on upon the conduct
of funerals ha* been started by Mrs. Tur
ner of Grand Rapids, Mi. h.. who. upon
the occasion of her husband # interment,
delivered th<* address over his grave,
bne knew him best, and was quite fitted
to do justice to his memory.
--Queen Victoria is something of a hypo
ohoiiiiiiftc. It is i ic,*t generally known,
but It is a fact that she has a fondness
for trying patent medicines for her rheu
matism and other bodiiv afflictions. She
a R°od deal of secrecy in thus dosing
h rsclf, in order not to give offense' to her
court physicians and to furnish no 'ree
advertisement to medicine with she is
experimenting.
Miss Joule Craig, who was the queen
or th<- elves In the Oberon fete at New
Orleans, is described by the local news
paper# in language too rich to mutilate.
<>L her one writer says: Above the deli
cate oval of her face was fastened a
crown of pearls which nestled in her hair
as if they had grown there, and her lips
parted, showing a row of pearls which
rivaled those on her brow and at k r
waist.
bright bits.
Unwson (to stranger at Mrs. Pe Noo’s
ree- ption)—Who is this Mr# i v Noo?”
Stranger-She is Mr. pe Xoo's w ife.
I 'aw* on—And w ho on < arth Is Pe Noo?
Stranger—l.—Tid Bits.
A Coward.—Customer—I won’t let your
apprentice shave me any more.
Barber (contemptuously) -And yet you
pretend that you have taken part In three
campaigns.—Laubaner Tageblatt.
—”’Ca*onal!y.” said Uncle Ebon, ”cr
young man seems a heap mo* willin’ ter
spen money on valentines fo er young
lady dan he is ter settle dc grocery bill
after he marries her.”—Washington Star.
-"He’s no longer a good populist.” was
the indignant exclamation, ‘lie has back
slid.” “How do you know He-was heard
to remark that the institutions of this
country might be worse.*—Washington
Star.
—"Now, here is a furnace that we guar
ant ?o to I** simple enough for the aver
age servant to run.” “Um! What you
nee*, is one that will run in spite of the
average servant.”—Smith, Gray & Cos ’•*.
Monthly.
—Belle—Why did you quarrel with
Jock?
Flora—Last night he proposed again
“What harm was there in that?”
“Why. I had accepted him only the night
before.”—Life.
—“Hut papa.” pleaded the impassioned
maiden, *he is the onlv man 1 love'*”
“That’s right.” replied tb brutal old man.
“I am glad that h daughter of mine does
not love more than one man at a time.—
Detroit Tribune.
—Boy—Mr. Dunn called to see about that
bill of his.
Mr. Short—Well, if he comes in again
tell him his bill is in a good state of pres
ervation ami is likely to reach a good old
age.—Boston Transcript.
—First Boston Lady—lsn’t it awful, in
comprehensibly terrible.
Second Boston Lady—What?
First Boston Lady—That the city would
allow the trees to pose as living pictures
all the winter long.—Syracuse Post.
—Some women know their forms are line
and nobby.
Some their intellects may proudly *eel;
Well-informed women often ride a hobby.
While well-formed women choose to ride
a wheel. Brooklyn Life.
—Lawyer—You say the prisoner stole
your watch. What distinguishing feature
was there about the watch?
Witness—lt had my sweetheart’s picture
in it.
Lawyer—Ah! I see. A woman in the
case.—Truth.
—Landlady—Weil, T must do something
to keep the wolf from the door.
Boarder—l don't know that it is alto
gether necessary.. Let him come in an*.
Rickie one of your breakfasts and 1 don’t
think he’ll ever trouble you again.—De
troit Free Press.
( I KItE\T ( UM RENT.
Tlic ( oiigrcsMioiinl Salary
From the Valdosta (Ga.) Times (Dem.).
Congressman Turner not onlv voted
agginst this steal, but he has gotten along
twelve years without a clerk, and would
not take tht oath to set one.
The messing of Lilierty.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem).
The city- of Savannah is to be congratu
lated on the maintenance of the right of
free speech. Even tv ve. in the shadow of
Rule-pen'lence Hall, the right of every man
to say what he thinks has sometimes
been brought into question. Liberty is a
thing too precious to be circumscribed be
cause some brawler or mountebank abuses
his glorious privilege.
An America 11 IHiinxoll Wanted.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
The wrecks this winter ought to devel
op in American Pllmsoll. Such a reform
er is needed when a live masted schooner
can he started out. as the Governor Ames
was, with a crev.- of only- nine men. Near
ly every other schooner which has found
ered lias signs of being overloaded or short
handed. This reckless disregard of human
life is going on all the time without pun
ishment and without reform or redress.
Ancnt a Monetary Conference.
New York Financial Chronicle (Ind.).
Under tho existing circumstances the
correct policy of the United States with
out doubt is to take courage, hut to wait.
It is well to accept all the invitations we
get. It is well also, and without hesita
tion. to reject every proposition that
comes to its short of tying together again
the two metals by a united agreement of
the governments of the world. When Eu
rope is ready for such an unqualified and
general compact as that, we can safely
act with them heartily. Until then, how
ever. let us suffer the ills we have rather
than share with them the burdens they
are carrying.
Sruatoriitl Thrift.
From the Chicago Times (Dem.).
"It is very much to the credit of the
Hon. Matt W. Ransom." says the Tri
bune, "that he is a poor man. Allow vxmr
ntintl to dwell for a moment upon the op
portunities twenty-two years in the Sen
ate must have given him." Let the Tri
bune allow its mind to dwell upon the
opportunities that a much longer term
in the. public service has given John Sher
man, whose congressional term com
menced in the tiftles. and who. therefore
has been in service almost twise as long
as the ex-senator lrom North Carolina
Senator Sherman has beer, in the House
in the Senate, and at the head of the treae
'try. and is counted one of the million
aires of the Senate, accumulated on aM
Income of J?.* 00 to begin with. $3,000 subse
quently. and. during his term as Secre
tary of the Treasury, SB,OOO a year. Sena
tor Sherman is full of thrift. If it is
much to Senator Ransom s credit to he
poor after twenty-two years of service,
flow nittch credit ought Senator Sherman
have for being rich after twice that period? J
For Ihr ( ur* of Innomnln.
”Aly old friend Hiram Gidblo. formerly
of Starksville (’enter, Vt.. but now of
New York city.” said Col. Calliper of the
New York Sun. was born and raised on
a farm; but he came later to the city,
went into trade, got rich, and retired.
After a lifetime of work he thought he
would try the pleasure of idleness.
"Hut somehow It didn’t work; the first
thing he knew he was troubled with in-
Hovnnia; he < oarin'; sleep nights. He
tried counting a million backward, think
ing about pleasant Things, and all that,
but it was no use; he couldn’t sleep.
Then he thought of something. H* re
membered that as a boy he used to sleep
under a roof where he ic'jM hear the
rain. H<* remembered well how time and
again after a day of hard work he hal
gone to his bed in the snug, dry garret,
and had fallen delightfully asleep listen
ing to the rain upon the roof.
"Well, Mr. Gidblo bad ’em fix up over
his bed in his city house a sheet Iron
tank not very deep, in the top of which
th<*re was fitted a shallow sheet iron
pan with a perforated bottom something
like a great nutmeg grater. Mr Gidblo’#
idea was to run water into this upper
pan. whence through the many perfora
’tions it was to fill musically into the
tank below, like rain-drops, reproducing
the soothing, sleepy pattering of the rain
drop* on the roof.
■‘Well, it worked beautifully the first
night, as far ar putting him to sleep was
concerned, hut some time in the night
he kicked loose the conductor that carried
off the rain water from the tank, and
before he could get the pipe back into
place the room was flooded, and he was
wet and tired himself.
"He tried the rain machine for a while
longer, but it never did him any good af
ter that, and he had it taken out. He
tried other things, and finally he tried
going back to work again; and in work
he found, as many another man has found,
relief from many ills. He slept again
nights, well and rest fully, and was grate
ful.”
Time IliiN It* Revenge*.
Mr. Wilson’s appointment, says the
Washington Post, has actively revived
that interesting, but probably baseless,
story that was going the rounds soon after
Mr. Olney arrived in Washington and took
possession of the Attorney (1 moral’# of
fice, when he found Representative Wilson
one morning comfortably filling one of Mr.
Olney’# office chairs.
"How did you get in here?” was what
the Attorney General was quoted as hav
ing said, not having had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Wilson before.
“The messenger allowed me to come in,”
saM Mr. Wilson, with an amused twinkle
in his eyes.
“Then you had better get out and tell
th* messenger to send in your card,” the
faithful chroniclers of the episode set down
as the remark of Mr. Olney.
If this story were true it might serve
the grand purpose of again emphasizing
the beautiful adage that life has its ups
anl downs, and the man who to-day
comes as a meek ami humble supplicant
for information to a cabinet officer may
to-morrow be himself a cabinet officer;
from all of which the further useful les
son might safely be drawn that there may
be a, brick under the battered hat that
tempts you to kirk it off the sidewalk as
you pass.
Opulent Bye* Pot* of the luge lx.
When Benjamin Bunn of North Uaro
lina came to congress to represent a por
tion of the people of that state, says the
Springfield Republican, he brought his
oratory with him, and when speeches in
honor of the late Senator Vance of his
state were in order one day last week,
ho turned some of it loose. Here is a
sample:
“Yes; he has left behind a radiant
stream of effulgent glory. Like the bril
liant sun which sinks behind the distant
hill-tops, and leaves behind a golden
stream of gorgeous splendors, making the
whole western horizon seem as it the
most opulent dye pots in the studio of the
angels had been upset and had leaked
through upon the clouds, thus giving'
them the tintings of celestial glories, so
his sun of existence has sunk behind the
hill-tops of death and left behind a stream
of memories that will never fade from the
tablets of our hearts. Unlike the glories
of the setting sun. which soon lose their
glorious coloring# in the bosom of dark
ness, his resplendent virtues will not lose
their brilliancy in the shadow# of death’s
dark night, for they were dug from mine*:
of richest ami purest ore. and bright in
glory’s jeweled throne they will shine for
evermore.”
A Story of “Lurry" Jerome.
"Kate Field's Washington recalls a
Story told some years ago about tin- lirst
Visit after her marriage paid to Lady ftan
dolpli Churchill by- her uncle, Lawrence
Jerome. He modestly approached the por
tals of the Churchill’s town house and
accosted a choice edition of Jennies Yel
low-plush: "Is Mr. Churchill at home?”
The foctman shivers. "Me lud is in Ire
land.’ "Humph! What's he doing in
Ireland?" The footman is frozen in-o
silence with horror. Mr. Jerome tries
again; “Is Mrs. Churchill at home?"
The footman quivers with suppressed in
dignation. "Me lrtidy is not downstairs
yet!" "Not downstairs! In bed at this
time of day? Dees she kuow what o'clock
it is? Here's a pretty how-de-do! Well,
you go up a.id tell Mrs. Churchill—" The
footman, growing every moment more
desperate, here turns deadly pale and
clears his throat nervously, being about
to call aloud an.l summon assistance to
eject this audacious Intruder, when a
silvery voice, with a musical laugh behind
it. is heard over the bannisters from the
second-story hall: "Oh, that’s you. Unite
Barry, isn't it? Come right in!" The
footman writhes in an anguish of self
abasement at once, bowing low and re
treating. "Ob. sir! Oh. me lud! Pardon
me! If you pletise, me lud, this way—this
way-!”
\ Yarrow Vale.
Robert. G. Ingersol!.
I-ife is a narrow vale between the cold
And barren peaks of two eternities.
We strive in vain to look beyond the
hights.
We cry aloud: the only answer
is the echo of our wailing erv.
From the Voiceless lips of the unrerdying
dead
There comes no word, but in the night of
death
Hope sees a star, and listening love can
hear
The rustle of a wing.
These myths were born of hopes, and
fears, and tears.
And smiles; and they were touched ami
colored
By all there is of joy and grief between
The rosy dawn of birth and death’s sad
night.
They clothed even the stars with nassion
And gave to gods the faults and frailties
Of the sons of men. In them the winds
And waves were music and all the lakes
and
Streams, springs, mountains, woods and
perfumed dells
Were haunted by a thousand fairy- forms.
"llcoliiied With Thanks" In Chinese-.
The foliowing is said by- the New York
Times to be an exact translation of the
letter sent by- a Chinese editor to a would
be contributor, whose manuscript he
found it necessary- lo return:
"Illustrious brother of the sun and
moon—Behold thy servant prostrate be
fore thy feet. 1 kowtow to thee and beg
that of thy graciousnes thou muyst grant
that t may speak and live. Thy" honored
manuscript has deigned lo cast the light
of its august countenance upon us. With
raptures wo have perused ii. By ih e
bones of my ancestors never have I en
countered such wit. such pathos, such
lofty thought. With fear and trembling
I return the writing. Were 1 to publish
the treasure you sent me, ihe emperor
would order that it should be made the
standard, and thht none be published such
as equaled it. Knowing literature as I
do. and that it would he impossible in
ten thousand years to equal what you
have done. I send your writing back Ten
thousand times 1 crave - our pardon Be
hold. my- head is at your feel. Do what
you will, four servant's servant.
The Editor.”
February, 1886, is referred to by astron
omers as "the month without a full
moon." January and March of that year
had each two full moons, while the" in
termediate month did not have one. Savs
a writer In an astronomical Journal re
ferring to this fact: "Do you realize
what a rare thing in nature it whs" it
has not happened before since the begin
ing of the Christian era. or probably
since the creation of the world' It will
not occur again, according to the com
putations of the astronomer royal of Eng
land. for—how long do you think? Not
until after 2,500,000 years from ISS6’"
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—By using the canyons of arid Cali
fornia as storage reservoirs and build
ing dams 300 or 200 feet high Col. W. H.
i Hail of San Francisco believes it possible
; to bring 6,500,000 acres of land, now useless
under cultivation.
—Henry Avery of Springfield has in his
j i*ossession a large collection of the valu
able and somewhat rare old New Eng
land almanacs. Including the years I78n
! I*l4. without a break. The volume for
17*0 contains a sketch of the immor.d
j George Washington.
—A young girl in some of the Persian
! tribes costs her first husband 100 tomans.
I or about s2 , n*. Should the first husband
die, the second suitor must pay 300 tomans
| before he can make the widow' his own.
and so on each time she married, up to #ho
tenth time. This ascending scale is be
cause her value is supposed to increase as
she gains greater experience as a carpet
weaver and housewife. The money is
rntid to her father, and if he is not liv
ing to her nearest male relative.
—Blixt’s confession in the Hayward case
is said to ‘nave been brought about in a
peculiar way. The terrible strain after
the murder made the man very uneasy
and finally hi# w ife suggested he go to i
the Bible for advice, reading the first
verse that came under his thumb. He
did so and read Mark, xiil chapter and
11th verse, as follows: “But when they
shall lead you and deliver von up, take
no thought before hand what ye shall
•
whatsoever shall he given you in that
hour, that speak ye. for it is not ye that
>poak. bint th“ Holy Ghost. Blixt then
decided to confess.”
—To believe a French w’riter, (here are
no fewer than 4,000 women caught every
year in stealing during their shopping
expeditions, a habit euphoniously styled
kleptomania. The number of titled ladies
seized with this strange malady while
examining the fashions of Paris, he tells j
us. is almost incredible. Among the most
recent culprits were n Russian duchess, a
French countess, an English duchess ami
the daughter of a reigning sovereign. Asa
rule, these more distinguished offenders
are let off on the payment of a round
sum for the relief of the poor, when the
shoplifter is known to be rich, the sum
exacted rises to as much as 10,000 franc s.
The police authorities consent to this sort
of condonation.
—By means of an improvement just
brought forward by a foreign inventor, it
is made possible to print various colored
designs on calico, or on other textile ma
terial, with a smaller number of engraved
rollers than heretofore, but with equally
Satisfactory or better effects. This new
plan consists in the employment of an or
dinary calico printing roller, on which js
engraved the groundwork of the subject
to be printed, the shadings and shadow#
being likewise produced on the roller by
stippling or line engraving, thus forming
a complete design in it#elf. and which
can be printed as a single-color pattern.
This engraved roller serves to print the
outline, and also the ground shades and
shadows of the subject, and one impres
sion. leaving the various colors and tints
w’hlch it is desired to give the subject to
be applied bv a separate roller for each
color, these latter having the same tone
as that produced by tints that have been
repeatedly applied, one above the other,
by v number of rollers, in order to give
greater prominence—no- less—to certain
portions of the design and insure the req
uisite shade. This method has been suc
cessfully carried out in ihe case of block
printing.
—One of the United States army- veteri
nary surgeons stationed at Ft. Sheridan
reports the follov.-inK to the Horseman:
"While enjoying a sleep known only to
tile righteous, 1 was awakened about I
a. in. the other morning by a guard
from tile quartermaster's department in
an intense state of excitement summon
ing me to stable No. 60—the mule quar
ter—where. according to his version, one
of Uncle Sant's best mules was in proba
bly ills last proxysm of tetanus, hydro
phobia, or some other equally dreaded
malady. Upon reaching the stable I
found the mule lying broadside in his
spacious stall, and to a casual observer
he appeared to be in great distress, hut
after watching him carefully for a few
minutes I noticed his antics to he of a
regular movement, as though walking,
increasing in action, then decreasing, at
about rt-g-ular interavis. I concluded to
get him up if possible, and make a care
ful examination; so giving him a stroke
he arose immediately, looked around in
a bewildered way. and proceeded to eat
hay. On finding his pulse, temperature,
etc., normal, and being informed that
he was one of the mules used daily- in
the tread power of the sawing machine,
I diagnosed it to be a well-defined case
of somnambulism —and we all smiled.”
—lt was discovered some time ago. says
the Paper Trade Journal, that efficient
heavy guns could he made out of a com
position composed largely of leather. Now
It has been discovered that a good paper
can he used for the same purpose. The
process of making the gun is as follows:
A special grade of paper ptilp. in which
the liber is iong, is selected and well
agitated. The usual hardening and tough
ening ingredients, consisting of litharge,
wax. tallow, white lead and blue, are in
troduced. The pulp is then run into
melds and cast of the proper size. The
steel core is then put in; wire is hound
round the exterior; brass or steel bands
are securely set about the whole, and the
parallel roils are applied. The rods, be
ing of steel, possess a degree of spring,
and as they are fastened to the hands, the
result is a gun which will give way
slightly at each discharge, yet cannot
burst. A person may make his muscles
rigid and fall to the ground, In which
case he is likely to receive a broken
bone, but if the muscles are. relaxed the
bones will give somewhat and will not
break. The same principle is possessed
by- the paper cannon. The pu'lp. although
exceedingly durable, w ill give way enough
to prevent a break. The layers of wire,
the binding of steel hands and the parallel
rods add strength. In war times it is easy
to batter down a brick wail or a ston
foundation, but a protection of bales of
hav. bags of sand or similar sunstance is
not affected, as the shot is simply im
bedded in it. Tho chief points of the pulp
gun are elasticity- and lightness. Being
lighter, it follows that transportation will
he easier, it is said that the leather pulp
guns, which, if made of metat, wouid re
quire a derrick to move, are readily trans
ported on iight wagons. Paper pulp is no
j heavier than leather pulp.
—it is frequently asked: Where do cold
! waves originate? The coldest portion of
l the North American continent, says the
Washington Post, is, in all probability.
:in the Saskatchewan Valley, east of
j Mount Hooker and Mount Head, both of
which are situated in the Rocky Moun
| tain range that divides British Cc-lum
j bia from the valley and the Alberta coun
try. The hight of this mountain range
! prevents tho eastern trend cr flow- of va
-1 por from the Pacific ocean from crossing
j over into the valley, as it would were it
! not for the presence of this high range
of mountains. Yet it must not be sup-
I posed that extreme cold always prevails
here, because at certain intervals the va
por from the Pacific flews east by way of
the Alaskan peninsular, through the upper
valley of the Athabasca river into Al
berta and the valley cf the Saskatche
wan. and there meeting with a more
southern and eastern flow of vapor that
flows through the gap in the mountain
range, made by the Bay of San Juan, it
warms and expands the atmosphere,
crosses the path of the cold wave, and a
warmth of from 20 to 40 degrees is the
result, as we often see geographically
marked on the weather mao by red dots,
hove and there on its surface. But this
docs not satisfactorily answer why it is
that the cold wave leaves its home in the
above mentioned valley to go junketing on
a southern tour at this time of the year,
when the normal temperature should be
sufficiently cold to meet the demands of
the most exacting plumber. To find the
cause of those successive cold waves
which wc are experiencing from time
to time this winter, we will have to look
in quite another direction, down to the
northern tropical latitude, where the great
evaporation of those warm currents and
ocean surfaces is carried westward from
the Atlantic ocean by the trade winds,
and is massed together between those
winds of the eastern off-shore winds
blowing sometimes from Florida, and at
other times from Texas, but in either case
promoting cyclonic action, which has the
effect of enlarging the area of the storm
and the immediate result is an enormous
expansion of atmosphere usually denom
inated "low." As this low moves across
the surface of the middle or eastern states
it pours down large quantities of water iti
the Shape of rain, and is constantly re
ceiving accessions of cloud matter to re
plenish its energies; and thus tn this man
ner it creates more or less of a vacuum I
into which the air from the northwest is I
drawn with more or less momentum, and
the cold wave is completed.
List of Dealers w ho handle
SILVER
CHURN
BUTTERINE:
NICHOLAS LAKU.
.IAS. McUKATH A CO.
; I.ST. S. W. BRANCH.
1 .IOIIA LYONS A CO.
! MITI AL CO-OPERATIVE A B*o CIA.
TIO.Y.
- MRS. F. D. WHEAT,
W. C. COOPER,
( 11. LOGAN.
JOHV T. KVASS A, CO.
JAMES J. JOYCE.
lIEIIM W HESSE#
JOHN F. LIBS.
J. 11. 11. ENTELMAN.
MHELENBROCK A DIERK9#
Silver Churn Butterine
Scientifically prepared by
Ar m our Packing Cos.,
KANSAS CITY, U. S. A.
DANIEL HOGAN.
WITHER
We don’t want yon to read (hi*
nail think (lie coni|nri*on helovi U
made with prlee* In vojfne I4ft>
year# ngo. Oli, no. Tlicmc eonipnra.
(Re figure* are last week and thin—
Just tlie rcxnlt of our \vntclifnlne**
and care in buying; at the right time
and knmlng wlint a luirgaiu I* anil
especially when It is adapted to the
trade xve #o highly esteem and ever
lastingly protect. Webster define* a
bargain as “An advantageous pur
chase.’* Surely tjien thi* week's of
fering* are hargairiN, indeed.
LAST WEEK AND THIS.
India Linens that were 18c yard now rjuc#
India Linens that were SDc yard now isc!
India l.incr.s that were 25c yard now 20c.
India Linens that were 30 and 40c yard no#
25 nnd 30c.
Persian Lawca that were 20c yard now 15c.
Persian Lawn# that were 250 yard now 20c.
Persian Lawns that were 30c yard now 25c.
Persian Lawns that were :i6c yard now 30c.
Persian Lawns that were 40 and 50c yard now
35 and 40c.
Dotted Swiss Muslins that were 18c yard
now I2*4c.
Dotted Swiss Muslins that were 20c yard
now 12‘jC.
Dotted Swiss Muslins that were 25c yard
now 20c
EMBROIDERIES.
V\ e hear so many nice tiling* said
of onr Embroidery stork till* season
that we can’t help felling you more
about it. Some new arrival* of Ham
burg Embroideries, consisting of
Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Edg
ing*, Insertions und Flounces, with
nil over to niateh. A special line of
Edging* from 3c to QOc per yard#
Remnant* of Km broideries on a spe
oinl table. We display a *uperb line
Torebon, Medici, Normandy, Vnl
and Renaissance Laces with Inner*
tiou* to imetch.
7."* dozen Ladle** Linen Kmbroid
ered Handkerchief* Hoe, that were
35 and 40c,
100 ilnzcn Ladies’ lYemstitehed at
111 1-2 and 18c, cheap at 18 and 25c.
SILKS.
One lot Spring Silk* just received,
SOc. Yon wonltl have glailly paid 75c
In*t season for name quality.
One lot Sprtng Silk* ©sc, cut dowr*
from 85c.
One lot Spring Silks 81.25 a. yard,
hut this week they go at 85c#
DANIEL HOGAN
The Corner Braughton and Barnet Sts.
SHOES.
W. L. Douglas
$3 SHOErSJSKSSi.
j&******£!3' COHDOVANSi
# J Tk fBENCHaENAMELIEDCALF. .
gp. .|. .;laf4?3£P FlN&CAU&ifeMUfni
4 3.5? SOLES,
IS 4 52 s - * z:
JpeA I • CXTRA FT HE*
.at’AJtg.n.c-eoatwan
'SEND FOR CATALOGUE
'-Vcf- BROCKTOIt^MSS.
Over Osic Million People wear tho
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
AH our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best value for the money.
They equal custom Shoes In etvie and tit.
Their wearing qualities are unsurosssed.
The prices are uniform,.-.stamped on sole.
Prom Si to $3 saved over other makes.
,r ro-ar dealsr cannot snpoiv you we can. Sold by
BYCK DRQS. ,143 Broughton Street
E. S. BYCK& CO,, 169 Broughton SL
STEAJIBOAT LIXEJS.
The Steamer 7£!pha,
P. B. FINNEY, Master,
On nnl after SEPT. 1!3 will change
Iter Schedule as follows*
Leave Savannah. Tuesday flam
Leave Beaufort, Wednesday-. Sara
Leave Savannah, Thursday It a m
Leave Beaufort, Friday Sam
The steamer will stop at BluHton oa both
trips each way.
For lurther information apply to
C. H. MLDLOCK, Agent
INSURANCE.
CHARLES F. P REN DERG AST
(Successor to R. H. Footman & Cos.,
fife, iff id Siorm Insm,
106 BAY STREET.
(Next west of the Cotton Exchange.)
Telephone call No. 34. SAV.-un.VAH, GA.
FACIAL SOAP.
NEW FACES /, I' L aboctchangini? Abu
~, 'be teatuies and Remcv-
Inc B.cm "bee. in 150 p. buck for a sunup.
John . Wn,„lt„„j , L-T W.4WM ,N. Y. BL./!
Inventor of Woodbury a Facial heap.