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Meetings—Georgia Chapter No. 3. R. A.
M,; Savannah Tribe No. 4. I. O. U. M.;
Odd Fellows Anniversary Celebration
Committee.
Special Notices—lnfanta EulaJla Cigars,
Tobaqco, Etc., John B. Fernandez; Gold
•n Apple and Westover Tobacco; Flelsh
mann's Perfection Gin. Henry Ambos,
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Board of Trade; They Are Beautiful,
Falk Clothing Company; A Shipment of
Pressed Chickens, Estate S. W. Branch;
A Downfall of Rain, Appel dr Srhaul.
Steamship Schedule—Baltimore Steam
ship Company; Ocean Steamship Compa
ny
Kqady for Any Emergency—Appel &
gchaul.
The Levy Dressed Boys—B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Legal Notice—Citation from Clerk of the
Court of Ordinary.
Not the Only House In the City—Falk
Clothing Company.
Auction Sale—Sundries, by C. 11. Dor
aett.
Where There's Smoke There’s Fire—
Leopold Adler.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Chicago municipal campaign which
came to an end yesterday was, like all
Chicago campaigns, as hot as red pepper.
The partisans of each candidate charged
the other party with all manner of crook
edness and downright rascality.
In Chicago, however such charges
do not amount to much, hence
within a week the sores of
the campaign will all be healed and the
elty government will be looking around for
•pme more small towns to annex.
The municipal election returns from
Ohio towns afford some Interesting read
ing. Republican newspapers and orators
have been preaching funeral sermons over
the democracy of the north middle states
tr a year or more; and now it appears
that the old party D not near dead, but is
•whipping fights In McKinley's own stale.
The possibility Is that the republicans have
been laying in a stock of over-confidence
that will serve their opponents to good
purpose In the next general election.
The newspapers are frequently de
nounced by the pulpit Cor sensationalism
when the papers merely print the news.
There Is an opportunity now for the news
pfpers to get back at the pulpit, if they
were disposed to do so, offered by that
scandal at Norfolk, published by a preach
er-editor about a preacher's wife upon
the authority of a preacher. It appears
from the testimony at hand that the two
preachers responsible for the publication
failed to ascertain that what they were
publishing was the truth. Presumably they
took It for granted that because U was
wicked it must be so.
The probabilities are that a catalogue
of the legislation proposed east, south and
west, since Christmas would show a great
er number of "freak" bills than have
ever before been proposed in the same
length of time. Half a dozen or more leg
islatures have considered high theater
hat bills, several have had before them
bills to draw the line on "high art” theat
rical and other pictures, at least two have
been bothered with antl-tights (theatrical)
bills, and one has had before it a bill to
tax bachelors and apply the proceeeds of
the taxation to the erection and mainte
nance of an old maids' home. Besides
these there have been Innumerable bills
and resolutions to secure the free coin
age of sliver and provide a policy for the
federal government.
The fact that the Fall River (Mass.) cot
ton mills are working on full time, selling
their products and declaring dividends,
will stimulate rather than discourage
those who are promoting the building of
cotton mills In the south. The south's ad
vantages oyer New England as a cotton
manufacturing section are now pretty
well understood and admitted Iby the New
England mill men themselves. If mills In
Fall River are making money at the busi
ness, the chances are that the mills at the
south are making still more money. Fall
River lz one of the greatest cotton manu
facturing centers In the world, and will
continue to be so for years to come. The
south dees not desire that Fall River's
business shall be Injured by the up-bulld
*ng of the south. At the name time. Fall
kr) 4 * must meet the competition.
Their Real Purpose.
Until recently none of the newspapers
that favor the free and unlimited coinage
of silver would admit that they aimed at
a sliver standard. They talked about a dou
ble standard, the money of the constitu
tion, and Indulged In other ex
pressions which they would not
have been able to explain sat
isfactorily if they had been asked to do so.
Not once aid they admit that what they
desired was to substitute silver for gold
as the standard of value. Now they are
gradually permitting their real purpose
to be seen. They still say they are in favor
of bimetallism, but that H It comes to a
choice between gold monometallism and
silver monometallism, they are In favor
of silver monometallism. This practically
amounts to an announcement that they
are in favor of a silver stan mr l
If they had -been entirely frank they
would have stated their position long
ago. Thay must have known that the re
sults they claim for the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver could be obtained
in no other way than by making sliver
the standard of value They assert that
there would be an immediate rise in prices
if ihe mints were thrown open to the free
coinage of silver. Higher prices would not
necessarily follow unless silver became
the standard. Prices would then of aotirse
rise, because gold would disappear from
circulation. If the bullion value of silver
remained the same as It Is now. however,
a silver dollar would buy only half as
much as a gold dollar, and only half as
much as a silver dollar does now. There
would be Juat about the same condition
of affairs as existed during the. civil war,
except that the money would not be de
predated to such an extent as It was
then. Those who had an experience with
depredated currency during the civil war
and are now clamoring for free silver
coinage, must have short memories, or
they would not be so anxious for a similar
experience. The people were mighty anx
ious to get back to a sound money basis,
and they got there Just as soon as they
could. The government incurred a very
heavy burden to get to a gold basis again,
but the people approved the expense, be
cause they were glad enough to have a
, sound currency.
Those who ye advocating the free coin
age of silver may be sincere, but thev
are not safe advisers. If their advice should
b taken the country would be over
wh< Imed by a great financial disaster. This
country is a debtor country, and a groat
commercial country, and Its prosperity de
pends largely upon the soundness of Its
currency. For 60 years gold has been Its
standard, as It Is the standard of every
other great commercial and prosperous
country. Wo have sufficient faith in the
people to believe that they will never con
sent to Have a debased currency. When
they fully understand that the silver
standard means a dishonest currency -
that It means calling an amount of sli
ver that is worth only 50 cents the world
over a dollar—they will put their stamp of
disapproval upon It.
Frye's Bridgeport Speech.
It Is notlccahle that but few of the re
publican papers are not commenting on
the speech that Senator Frye delivered at
Bridgeport, Conn., last week. It was such
an extravagant speech, so lacking In
common sense, that they have concluded
probably that less said about It the bet
ter. It was not the speech of a statesman.
It was much like the maiden effort of a
young lawyer at a Fourth of July cele
bration. Still, since Senator Frye Is a
member of the committee on foreign re
lations, and Is looked upon as one of the
most prominent of the leaders of his party,
his prediction as to what the Republican
party would do If It should be returned to
power in 1896 Is likely to be noticed by
foreign governments.
The senator claimed, of course, that tho
Republican party gave the country all
the prosperity it has had In the last thirty
years, and that there would be no genuine
prosperity until that party was returned
to power. Speaking of what the Republi
can party would do 1n foreign matters if
It won the next national election he said;
We will build more of those
white, strong-armed vessels that
command the respect of the na
tions of the earth. We will annex
the Hawaiian Islands, fortify the harbor
of Honolulu, and stretch a cable from there
to San Francisco. We will dig the Nica
raguan canal, marry tho two oceans, and
realize tho dream of the century. We will
show a foreign policy American in its
every fiber. We will hoist the American
flag on every Island we think best to
hoist it on. and when we have once hoisted
it no hand shall ever pull It down.
Senator Frye is urging the nomination
for President of the Hon. Thomas Brack
ett Reed. If Mr. Reed entertains senti
ments similar to those expressed by Sen
ator Frye it will be well for him not to
give utterance to them. They would greatly
interfere with his getting the nomination,
and If he should be nominated the people
would hesitate to elect him. They are
not yet rea'dy to become a nation of
pirates. They have no notion of building
ships for the purpose of setting up our
standard in Cuba, San Domingo, Jamaica
and Hawaii. A vigorous policy is all well
enough, but a policy of that kind does
not mean the robbing of other countries
of their possessions.
If Senator Frye had been a little more
cautious he would not have made such
rash promises for his party. During the
Harrison administration there were more
labor disturbances by far than there had
been in the previous administration of Mr.
Cleveland, and the foreign policy was not
such a creditable one. It is an easy mat
ter to make assertions and promises, but
it Is another thing to sustain the asser
tions and fulfill the promises.
In New York a few days ago a 17-
year-old girl \yas Inoculated for diphthe
ria with what was supposed to be anti
toxin taken from an original package that
came direct from Germany. Ten minutes
after the Inoculation the girl was dead.
There is no doubt In the minds of the
doctor who performed the operation, of
the coroner and of the girl's father that
the fluid was the cause of death. The
physician and other physicians are of the
opinion that It was not anti-toxin In the
bottle, but that something other than anti
toxin waa
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1895.
Gov. Xltehell’a Message.
The message of Gov. Mitchell of Florida
Is short and to the point. What he has
to say he gays In a very few word*. For
this he is to be commended. Ixjng messages,
are read by veyy few and they do not make
much of an itapresslon.
In view of* the disastrous freezes from
which Florida suffered last winter the gov
ernor recommends that time be given the
people to pay their taxes; There is money
enough In the treasury to run the state
until next August, provided the strictest
economy Is practiced, and the governor
recommends that the legislature reduce
expenses to the lowest possible point.
Attention Is called to the reports that
there Is a lottery establishment at Port
Tampa. The gbvernor says he does not
know whether there is or not, but if there
Is such an institution he wants it cleared
out of the state. It seems a little remarka
ble that If there is such an institution at
Port Tampa the governor should not know
It. The lottery folks must have been keep
ing very quiet since they came to the
state. If, as the governor states, they
came.
The governor Is, of course, down on prize
fighting. In speaking of it he indulges In
sarcasm, and refers to it as laudable oc
cupation, but he puts “laudable" In italics.
The sarcasm is of a mild type. Still, It is
well known that the governor was quite
mad when the Corbett-Mltchell mill was
"pulled off” without his consent. He rec
ommends that prize fights and glove con
tests be made felonies. He doesn't Intend,
If he can help It, that Florida shall become
the arena for the prize fighters of the
world.
The governor talks rightly In respect
to the mlHtia. He says the soldier hoys
are necessary to the state, that they do
their duty when called upon, and that
they should have an appropriation for
their support. He doesn't want thorn to be
made to feel that they are in any sense
"objects of charity," and he Is right about
it.
The state Is in a good financial condi
tion, and bwing to the Jaw placing crimi
nal costs on conn-ties, it 1.-- possible to fix
a low rate for state taxation. The phos
phate mining Industry is afleadlly In
creasing. In 1892 there were shipped from
the stats 354,327 tons, and in 1894, the
amount reached 500,000 tons.
The governor speaks hopefully of the
freezes of last winter. He says: ' Until the
great freezes last winter, the entire stale
was in a prosperous condition, and this Is
still true except as to the peninsular or
orange growing section. This section, as
many of you are well aware, has been
badly damaged. Still our people are not
discouraged, but have gone to work to
repair the'r losses, and they will succeed.
Stlch energy and pluck as they show must
ultimately be crowned with success.”
The orange groves will bloom again. The
disaster of 1895 will he lost sight of In the
great prosperity which the state Is bound
to have. Florida Is destined to be one of
the richest states In the upion,
- y
Samuel J. Leo, the roloretl lawyer
whose at Charleston was reported
in our yesterday, was a man
of ability and refinement, and a person
better qualified, to be held up as an exam
ple for his rave than Fred Douglass. Asa
lawyer, Lee ranked high, especially In
the criminal branch. Frequently in hit
practice he was pitted against some of the
leading lawyers of the South Carolina
bar, and he never failed to hold his own
against the strongest oppposltion. In
court he was dignified and courteous,
and was always treated with deference
by the court and bar. In manner Lee
was quiet and reserved, and never push
ed himself forward uninvited, but when
drawn out he could talk interestingly on
almost any topic. He took little part in
loHtics after the reconstruction era, and
it is to his credit that although he was
identified with the carpet-bag regime in
the state, he was not involved' by the
investigating committee in the rascality
of those “years of good stealing.” Lee
was a remarkable negro, and his death
will be regretted by a large circle of
white men who admired him for his real
merit.
The curfew has been revived in the
town of Stillwater, Minn. Every evening
at 9 o'clock the bells ait the engine houses
are rung, and then all children under 16
years of age are required to go home
Immediately. The plan, which has been
in operation for some weeks now. was
satisfactory from the start, the only op
position coming from the children them
selves and from a few parents whose
children habitually run the streets. At
first a few venturesome youths remained
out to test the ordinance. They were
promptly arrested, and have ever since
obeyed the law. There are to be seen
on the streets of Savannah every night,
when it doesn’t rain too hard, and fre
quently much later than 9 o’clock, a num
ber of boys of both races, who ought to
be indoors. Loafing on the streets at
night, or holding night meetings in va
cant loits, is almost as bad business as a
boy ('an be engaged in. Such loafing
and meetings almost invariably lead to
dissoluteness or crime, and sometimes
to both. The 9 o’clock bell might have a
good effect in this city.
Gov. McKinley is coming back to Geor
gia next autumn. He will be present at
the opening of the Chickamauga National
Park at Chattanooga in September, and
as the Atlanta exposition will be opened
during the same month, he will come
from Tennessee to Georgia so as to be
present at the exposition opening. Be
tween now and that time the governor
will spend a while in Ohio in endeavoring
to learn how ft happened that 'those Co
lumbus democrats managed to get so
much life into them last Monday.
We do not believe there is one word of
truth in the report that within the past
few days letters have been received at the
Spanish in Washington from
ex-confederate soldiers In the south offer
ing their services to assist Spain in sup
pressing the rebellion in Cuba. Tne south*
ern people are opposed to the monarchial
form of government, and would much
sooner be found taking up arms in behalf
of Cuba against her oppressors than en
gaging in the war In any other manner.
Mr*. Mary A. Llvermoro and Mr*. Ju
lia Ward Howe and their friends and ad
mirer* are all busy explain tog how It was
that the two famous reform advocates
came to attend and address an A. P. A.,
meeting a few days ago. The ladles de
clare they were Ignorant of the character
of the meeting until their addresses had
been delivered. Accepting that view of the
case. It Is a little queer that these emi
n nt leaders flho are pointing out ways
to circumvent the blandishments of
the world, the- flesh and the devil should
have fallen victims to the bunco game of
an Insignificant Utile local A. P. A. com
mittee.
The probabilities are that this govern
ment will be well represented at the open
ing of the North Sea canal at Kiel. At first
the Secretary af the Navy thought It would
be practicable to send only the San Fran
cisco and the Marblehead to take part in
the demonstration. Now, however, he
thinks he will be able to send also two
other ships from the European squadron,
so that the American navy will have quite
creditable representation In comparison
with the squadrons from European navies.
PERSONAL.
—George Washington Huffnaglr, who
died In New Hope, - l’a., last week, was a
first cousin of the Empress Eugenie. His
house is full of relics and curiosities from
all parts of the world, and a general seareh
and overhauling of his effects is being
made by his son, Rev. John Huffnagle,
preparatory to selling them.
—The Rev. Dr. 4- G- A. Henry, the new
pastor of the La Salle Avenue Baptist
church. Chicago, Is less than 40 years of
age, and is said to be a direct descendant
of Patrick Henry. During the last five
years he has been pastor of the First
Baptist church of San Francisco, and at
tained great prominence In an anti-dive
movement In that city.
—Mrs. Harriet Reec-her Stowe, w-ho ts
approaching her 82d birthday, has been
growing weaker mentally every day, until
now then- is rarely a flicker of reason in
her once bright mtnd. She is childish
and in her Hartford, Conn., home sings
over and over again hymns warbled In her
schorl, days, seventy years ago. Mrs.
Stowe's mind began falling about four
months ago, (he ailment Increasing grad
ually until now her partly lucid Inter
vals afe very few.
—Bismarck is an older man at 80 than
Gladstone at 85, and Is no more Intellect
ually alert that Pope Leo, whose 85th
birthday came this month. The pope ts
a strong man mentally, but feeble physi
cally. He is a bard worker and accom
plishes an unusual amount. Gladstone
is strong in mind and bodv, and can swing
an ax or tackle a sff hit of Greek or
Latin, or write a theological tm-atlse with
as much vigor as he could a decade ago.
Bismarck says that he is not equal to ap
pearing in the Reichstag.
BRIGHT IMIS.
—Gaggs—What's the matter? You look
glum.
Waggs—Well, that's th way I feel. I've
Just lost a thousand dollars In a business
deni.
"Oh. cheer up, old fellow, and take
things as they come."
"Any fool ion take things as they come.
What I find It hard to do is to part with
things a; they go."—Judge.
—"Now tell me," said Miss Flatnote, In
a compliment-courting toue, "do you
think my singing voice is at all adapted
for the stage?"
"Certainly, .Mademoiselle." replied tho
professor, "admirably adapted, and for
a very difficult class of stage work "
"Ob. you mean to flitter me!'? ' '
“Not at all. nrtfefc (0 pantoflilmft."—
Boston Transcript. . >
—Had Not Bothered Him —Young Hus
band (laying down a comic paper)—All
this tomfoolery about- woman's extrava
ganci makes me tired. We have been
married two months, and you havn t
asked me for a cent.
Young Wife—Of course not. What
would be the use of bothering you for
every little thing I want, when' It's so
much easier to have the things charged.
—New York Weekly.
—A story Is told by one of Lord Zet
land's party, who were making inquiries
into the con litlon of a distressed dis
trict. They were crossing a lake; a gale
was blowing, and waves were dashing
over the boat. The gentleman referred
to had been assured that an Trlsh peasant.
If treated well, will ulways agree with
what is said to him. rather than appear
disagreeable. It struck the gentleman
that here wak a good chance to put the
assertion to the proof.
“There is very little wind, Pat,” he
said to one of the boatmen. The answer
came through the howling of the ele
ments :
"Very little, indado, yer honor, but
phwat there is Is moighty sthrong!”—
Youth’s Companion.
emit ENT COMMENT.
No Plutocrat* In Till*.
From Springfield (Mass) Republican (Ind).
The official organ of the Knights of La
bor, located at Philadelphia, has a strike
of printers on Its hands. Thus there is
likely to be at least one labor difficulty
happening during his term of office which
will not draw from General Master Work
man Sovereign a tirade against capita
lists and plutocrats.
Heed llml Better Hustle.
From the Atlanta Journal (Dem.).
It is time for Tom Reed to be making
dates for a southern tour. McKinley
seemed to get very thick with the repub
lican bosses while he was down this way
for his health. If the report that the
Atlanta Republican Club favors McKin
ley be true Reed's prospects are desper
ate indeed. The Atlanta Republican Club
Is one of the most tremendous concerns
now In existence.
Southern Trade With the East.
From the New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
The improvement in silver Is not the
greatest of the favorable results likely to
follow the return of peace in the far
east. Japan will no doubt exact as one
of the conditions of peace that China
shall be thrown open to foreign com
merce. Such an outcome would greatly
stimulate the demand for cotton goods
In that vast country, and the countries
producing cotton, particularly the United
States, would find the demand for their
staple vastly augmented.
Time for a Sound Money Campaign.
From Charleston News and Courier (Dem)
There Is Immediate need in the south,
however, for the agitation of the sound
money question. The next national elec
tion will largely turn upon financial is
sues. If the Democratic party should de
clare In favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and should nominate a
candidate to fit Its platform, there will
be thousands of democrats all over the
country who will not vote for Its candi
date, but the conservative people of all
parts of the country will vote against
him. The leading parties have been dodg
ing the issue too long—it will come in
1896, and we should get ready to meet It.
The Memphis convention will set the
wheels In motion in the south.
McKinley, Herd find Tenmoli.
From the Greenville (S.C.) News (Dem).
McKinley appreciated the situation,
and knowing that the negroes cared noth
ing for tariff, he has made the attempt
to capture southern delegates by swing
ing around the circle and meeting south
ern republicans face to face, while his
enemy from Main- is wasting lime In
New England. While these two aspirants
are mending their fences, one Teamoh, a
negro citizen of Massachusetts, suddenly
flashes Into national notoriety, hoisted
Into public life by the meerest accident,
become* an Issue, becomes the first of his
rave, and If things go on a* they are now
going. this same Teutnoh may decide
the quewtion of who w-11l be the next re
publican candidate for the presidency.
A Suicide Thai Was a Failure.
“Talking about suicides," remarked a
well-known railroad man the other day,
to the Pittsburg Dispatch, “reminds me
of the experience which happened to a
young friend of mine, who, at one time,
had more money than horse sense. About
a year ago, he got on a terrific spree in
New York, and, while In a condition of
alcoholic recklessness, concluded that It
would be quite the thing to take a trip
abroad. Without giving any one the
slightest inkling of his Intentions, he
boarded a Cunarder, and by the time she
got to Liverpool, I'll bet he had her rig
ging festooned with empty bottles. Ar
riving in London he continued his de
bauch, and threw his money away in a
manner which made even the habitues
of 'Bt. Jimmy's' and the 'Supper Clubs'
tremble. In the course of time, he got
fiat broke. The rest of the story might
best be related in his own words.
“ 'When I realized the predicament I
was in. I can assure you, old man, my
feelings were anything but comfortable.
I recollected that I had overdrawn my
account at the bank, and the thought
that I had acted in such a foolish manner
made me wretched and desperate. I felt
a delicacy about asking assistance from
any one 1 had met over there, and finally
concluded the only way out of it would
be to commit suicide. During my stay
in London I had made the acquaintance
of a prominent young physician, and one
day while In his office. I noticed on the
mantel a large colored bottle, filled to
the cork, and upon which was pasted a
poison label, snowing the customary
skull and crossbones. With the craftiness
of desperation, I succeeded In making
away with the bottle without being de
tected. and hurried It-to my room.
" '1 took about half a dozen stiff bran
dies and soda to nerve me up to the
point. I wrote a long. Incoherent letter
'to everybody,’ telling how I had been
misconstrued, unappreciated, etc., etc.,
lay down on the bed and drank about a
pint of the liquid—waited five mlrtutes
and didn't die—waited ten minutes and
didn't die. Got up and looked at the bot
tle, drank some more, and again reclined
on the bed—thought surely I must die.
Waited about 20 minutes longer, and, if
anything felt better. Thought t-here was
something mighty strange, and took the
bottle with Its remaining contents to a
ehemtst for analysis. He told me It was
distille.d water.’
"The young man's feelings could then
be better Imagined than expressed in
words, and upon receipt of a cablegram
from him, his parents quffkly sent suf
ficient funds to cover his passage back to
America. He doesn't say much about
his first trip across the briny, sxcept
to a few of his intimate-friends.”
Literary Statesmen.
President Cleveland has a remarkable
memory for poetry, says the Chicago
Ttmes-Herald’s Washington letter. It was
related in these dispatches a few days
ago that the President had detected an
error In the quotation given by Ambas
sador Bayard in a letter to Secretary
Morton transmitting a New Year's gift
of an antique pvtn,eh ladle. The quota
tion as given by Mr. Bayard was as fol
lows;
Ever since the years began
Till they be gathered up,
The wit that plies the flowing can
Still haunts the vacant cup.
The President declared that the word
"wit" should be "truth." but neither he
nor Secretary Morton wa: able to remem
ber the authorship bf the lines. Librarian
Spofford and Lowdermllk. the antiquarian
book dealer, appealed to for Informa
tion on tills score, but In vain. No one was
able to ascertain the origin of the vers.*.
When the Incident was described Charles
Ko Holstein of Indianapolis took the ar
ticle to James Whitcomb Riley and asked
him If he knew anything about the poe
try which has puzzled the President and
various members of the cabinet in Wash
ington.
“Why. that's from Tennyson.” said Mr.
Riley very promptly. "It Is to be found in
“Willie Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue."
and in proof of his assertion Mr. Rilev
pl;ke up a volume of Tennyson and point
ed to the quotation. It was then discov
ered that the President had been right
about Mr. Bayard's mistake. Tennyson
did write: "The truth that plies the flow
ing can" instead of "wit." Mr. Holstein
wrote a letter to the President concern
ing his discovery, and Mr Cleveland
was much pleased to find that his mem
ory had not failed him. As soon as he
was put in possession of the name of tho
author a number of other verses from
"Willie Waterproof's Monologue" e>ame
into the President's mtnd and he repeat
ed them to Secretary Morton without
a break, although he had not read Ten
nyson for more than twenty years.
A Dream of the Beautiful.
Janies W. Riley.
I dream of all things beautiful; of olden
lands and new;
Of spire and mosque and tall kiosk, and
wonders of Peru:
Of ships that sailed when morning hsiled
the waters kindling blue.
I dreamed of all things beautiful, and
kindly were ihe (lowers
That oped and hied and perfume shed on
rosy-kerchiefed hours,
That heard the old glad songs of gold,
while passing Love's fair bowers.
I dreamed of all things beautiful! Day's
gates flew open wide!
And streaming strands of olden lands, 1
saw- them in their pride!
I marked a caliph In the sun by Cash
mere's golden tide,
And heard the tinkling of the lutes, when
day to evening died.
As far as waters gleam I ran far down
the ancient past!
The glittering towers of Ispahan on me no
shadow cast;
I passed Hope's alrlestVdravan with music
on the blast!
On glowing car, as far as star, on roadway
of the sun.
I left behind to wave and wind earth's
shadows passing dun:
Until at last a glorious, vast perspective
hlght I won!
I dreamed of all things beautiful that live
for me and you!
Of tower and mosque and tall kiosk and
temples of Peru!
Of ships that sailed when morning hailed
brave flags that glorious flew.
nought the Ship That Drought Hint.
An interesting anecdote is told of the
late Capt. Theodore Julius, whose death
occurred within the past week, says the
Philadelphia Record. Some time ago
Capt. Julius went over to a shipyard in
Camden to take a look at the old packet
ship Tonawanda, which was being con
verted into a coal barge. The captain
took a particular interest in the old ship,
because of having served as mate aboard
her In the early sixties. While he stood
watching the old vessel, a total stranger
approached him, and asked: “Isn't vour
name Julius?" The captain replied in
the affirmative. "You were a mate on
that ship in the summer of 1863?" “Yes,”
said the captain. "You don’t remember
me,” continued the stranger, "but I re
member you very well. I was a steerage
passenger on the Tonaw-anda at that
time, being on my way to this country.
I've been pretty prosperous, and I’ve just
bought the old ship, and am going to
make a coal barge of her. Strange, Isn't
It, that I should come to own the ship
that brought me, practically penniless,
to this country.”
How the Doctor Knew Tennyson,
An eminent Scotch surgeon and profes
sor in the university of Edinburg was en
tirely devoted to his profesion, says the
Montreal Star. A quaint incident In his
practice will show this. The poet Tenny
son had at one time consulted him about
some affection of the lungs. Years af
terwards he returned on the same errand.
On being announced he was nettled to
observe that Mr. Syme had neither any
recollection of his face, nor, still more
galling, acquaintance with his name. Ten
nyson thereupon mentioned the fact of
his former visit. Still Byrne failed to re
member him. But when the professor
put his ear to the poet’s chest, and heard
the peculiar sound which the old ailment
had made chronic, he at once exclaimed:
•Ah, l remember you now. I know you
by your lung." Can you Imagine a greater
humiliation for a poet than to be known,
not by his lyre, but by his lung?
—A Scotch elder was asked how the
kirk was getting along. He answered—
"Aweel, we had 400 members, then we had
a division and there were only 244 left,
then a disruption, and only Id of us were
left; then we had a heresy trial, and *iom
only me and Brother Duncan are left,
and I have great doubts of Duncan s
ortnodoay."—Boston Traveller,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Ex-Speeker Reed is fond of the study
of languages. Some years ago h© took
up French, and during the Fifty-first con
gress, while acting as czar over the
House of Representatives and passing
through parliamentary storms of cyclonic
severity, found time three days a week to
go to a school of languages for his les
son in French. Later he took up Ital
ian, and is now able to converse fluently
in that language. At the present time he
is studying Spanish.
—Gravestones and peanuts do not seem
to go very well together, says the Wash
ington Star. Yet one finds both of these
articles for sale In a shop in Bouth
Washington, and they are the only ar
ticles of merchandise offered. The pro
prietor explains that the goobers are a
job lot. left with him accidentally by an
other merchant. The peanuts are in no
way remarkable —in fact, pretty much
like any other peanuts—hut the grave
stones are certainly extraordinary. They
are of iron, from two to four feet in
hight. It is explained that they are com
ing into considerable use. They will out
last three or four ordinary tombstone?,
selling for about a quarter of the price. It
is needles to say that, in these hard times,
economy in burials is particularly to be
recommended. These Iron tombstones
are about the same shape as ordinary
ones, save that they have short legs and
fiat feet to help them stand up straight.
The feet are set in beds of cement, sod
being placed around and over them. The
price for a gravestone of this kind runs
from $4.50 to sls. This includes a foot
stone made on the same plan, of iron, hut
plain. The lettering is of gilt. Above the
inscription is a gilt dove or other appro
priate design. Th*? inscription is> cov
ered with a sheet of ordinary' window
glass, to preserve it. If desired, a photo
graph of the deceased may also be placed
behind the glass, which is set with ce
ment in a sort of frame.
—A few days ago, says the Washington
Star, a hunt dinner was given here, the
decorations for which were entirely new.
It was the wife of the host who con
ceived the Mea, and with the aid of one
of the fashionable florists. It was per
fectly carried out. The whole long table
was made to look like a cranberry bog.
Little hillocks rose here and there, old
tree stumps in miniature were liberally
scattered about, and over all old dead
leaves were strewn, amid which real
cranberry plants were growing. One or
two small, stuffed quail seemed ready
to peck at the red berries. In the cen
ter of the table cose a hill, on whose top
a small pond gljsfened. Live frogs and
minnows were quite at home in this, so
much at home, indeed, that the frogs
had to be chained to prevent them from
jumping Into the plates of the gentle
men who sat around this most curious
of festive boards. So each frog wore
about one leg a tiny manacle and dragged
about the slenderest of chains. On one
bank of the pond a duck stood, looking
into the water in a contemplative kind of
jvay, while another was suspended in the
air above the water. At intervals dur
ing the dinner a frog would stand on the
hill as far from the water as his chain
would allow, and gaze inquisitively' about
at his strange surroundings. Once during
the evening one of the guests glanced up
to see one of these comical creatures
sitting quite near him and gazing anx
iously’ into his face, and this created a
good deal of mirth.
—The detection of the gas argon in the
atmosphere is being followed by' a rapid
scries of discoveries of great interest,
says a. dispatch. Chemists have
lor*g known, theorcitioally, of the ex
istence of another element w’hich has
been called helium, and which was re
vealed by the spectroscope in the sun’3
rays. Professor Ramsay a few' day’s ago,
in order to find whether there was some
thing in the world with which argon would
keep company, was examining an ex
tremely rare earth found in Norway and
known as rleveite. When this mirural
is treated with weak sulphuric acid it
gives off a gas which has hitherto been
regarded as nitrogen. The professor
found by close examination that it was
not nitrogen, but argon, and, moreover,
there was associated with It another gas
which he found to be, to use his own
words, gas which bad not yet been sep
arated. He submitted it to Professor
Crooks, and the result is to show that
the gas thus found is helium. M. Bert he
lot. continuing his experiments in Paris,
found that in manipulating argon he de
veloped at an ordinary pressure a magnifi
cent fluorescent substance greenish yellow
in color and characterized by a spectrum
similar to that of the aurora borealis,
h rom this he deduced that the northern
lights are caused by fluorescent matter
derived from argon and engendered
through the influence of electrical ema
natickis developed in the atmosphere.
Still another scientific triumph of the
week is the liquefaction of hydrogen by
Professor Olszewski of Cracow, profes
sor Dewar’s rival. He finds that the light
est of all gasses liquefies at 243 degrees
below zero.
—The catalogue of a great wholesale
drug concern gives an impressive list
of the proprietary medicines that are
sold to the American public. Such a cat
alogue, says the New York World, makes
a book of over 100 pages, with 60 articles
to the page. An examination of this inter
esting publication show’s the existence of
78 “balms," each wdth a destructive
name. Under the general name of “bal
sams” there are 241 preparations. Ex
tracts of beef in various combinations,
with iron, wine, pesin, etc., come in 63
shapes, her the use of people who scorn
to take liquor for Its own sake, but who
are willing to take a daily portion of al
cohol in the guise of “bitters.” a choice
is offered between 136 more or less well
advertised concoctions. Thefie are 25
blood purifiers and 213 remedies are put
up in a ‘capsule” form to be retailed by
druggists. There are 26 kinds of medica
ted cigarettes. “Cordial” is the soothing
namr given to 68 prescriptions for various
diseases. Of toilet preparations known as
there are 96 branTls. There are
374 nostrums labelled “cures” for man and
beast and for every ill that flesh is heir
to. Of tooth powders, pastes and other
dentifrices a bewildering choice is offered
from 286 varieties. Of “drops” there are
104 standard preparations. “Elixir” is in
high favor, and the up-to-date druggist
must carry 167 selections. In the line of
“extracts” there is a choice of 291, exclu
sive of perfumes. Of baby, brain, nerve
and other “foods,” there are an even 100.
Twenty-three manufacturers have hair
dyes on the market, and other prepara
tions for the hair under various names
swell the total to 200. Of liniments there
are 146 patented varieties. People with
delicate palates may take medicine in 93
forms of loznges. There are 214 oils and
195 ointments. There are 80 forms of pep
sin. But pills top the list, there being on
Jan. 1 of this year 577 kinds known to and
handled by the trade. The popularity of
plasters as a remedial agent is proven
by 154 distinct brands. Of pow'ders there
are 417 varieties, and they are second in
number only to pills. One brand is known
as the P. D. Q. “Relief” is the trade
mark of 63 remedies, while “remedy” is
sufficiently descriptive of 268 nostrums.
“Restorers” there are to the number of
52, and “salve” is good enough for 171
preparations. Druggists are expected to
furnish any one of 355 kinds of soap, each
possessed of curative power. Drugs are
advertised as “syrups” in 408 preparations
and there are 199 kinds of “tablets.” Ton
ics are listed to The number of 118, and
medicated waters in bottles come from
184 springs throughout the world.
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WHAT A FEAST!
of loveliness is here to greet you. The
result of our earnest work in the East
ern markets is ready for your criticism.
We have done our best to please the
most valued custom anywhere. We
know your wants, we appreciate your
confidence, and we are doing more and
more to serve you faithfully.' This
spring display is not the "bargain sort
of stock” we hear so much about in
these days. It is the choicest of the
best, rightly bought, the kind you
want. Come and tell us what you
think of it.
SILKS
Never were such silks before. We've
picked the best and prettiest—there
isn’t another assortment like it In tho
city.
Some very special prices on very
special goods. Printed and Jacquards,
Indlas, Pongees, Taffetas. In all the
newest patterns and prints, 24, 27 and
30 inches; should be 75c, SI.OO and $1.25,
but arc only 50c, 75c and SI.OO the yard.
NOVELTY DRESS GOODS.
Whatever the want in this line, you
will And us ready. Spring styles and
colors, beautiful and pleasing patterns,
40 to 44 Inches, 50c the yard, regularly
sold from 65c to 75c.
BLACK AND MOURNING GOODS.
Everything says that the newest,
freshest, completest stock of spring
black and mourning goods is here. It
comprises Crepons, Batistes. Serges,
Priestley’s Silk Wrap Spring and Sum
mer Fabrics, Tamlse, Nun’s Veilings,
Plain and Figured Armures, Satin
Douclcs. Rhadatnes, Mononteques,
Grenadines, Plain and Figured.
LADIES’ WAISTS.
For every one skirt there may be a
half-dozen waists, and It is the changed
waist that produces the different ef
fect in the dress, as if the wardrobe
had six new dresses in It. The cost of
the half-dozen Waists Is not more than
the cost of a single simple dress—not
as much. 150 Percale Shirt Waists at
50c each, worth $1.00; 150 Fancy Shirt
Waists at 75c. 95c, $1.25 and $1.50, regu
larly SI.OO. $1.25. $1.50 and $2.00.
WHITE GOODS AND
EMBROIDERIES.
Latest novelties In high grade Em
broideries, SI.OO to $3.00 per yard; Sheer
and Dainty Nainscok Edgings. Bc. 12c,
15c. 20c and 25c; Nainsook Insertions.
15c, 17c. 20c and 25c; New Fine Dainty
Dimities Checks and Stripes, 10c; cheap
at 15c; Fine Swiss Muslins, pin dots,
medium dots and figured: 100 pieces
New Fresh Canton Matting Just re
ceived, 20c to 50c the yard; sold else
where at 25c to 75c.
DANIEL HOGAN
The Corner Broughton and Barnard.
ANOTHER VICTORY
Savannah. Ga, March 1, 18.(5.
Dr. J Broadfoot, Specialist:
1 wish to add try mite to the thousands of
testimonials which you have received from as
many grateful patients. I have just completed
my month s work, which you know Is very hard
on a man (viz: an engineer on the S., K. & W,
R'vi, and have not lost a trip on account of my
misfortune. In fact, since the first two weeks
you treated me 1 have been continuouslv at
work. Hoping you much success in the future
and that those who are in distress from disease
may become your patients and be cured, is the
wish of your most grateful patient.
[Sigr.edJ J. G. DELL
The history of the above cose is that he met
with an accident about one year ago and after
being under different doctors’ treatment, with
out any avail, he tried Dr. Broadfoot, with the
above results.
DR. BROADFOOT, Specialist,
§1 Consultation,
' " of Charge,
SPECIALTIES:
All diseases peculiar to man and woman
kind. Syphilis. Gleet. Unnatural Discharges,
Blood Poisoning, Nervous Debility, Rheuma
tism. Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Pimples,
Piles. Catarrh, and all diseases of women.
Mail treatment given by sending for symptom
blanks. No. 1 for men. No. 2 for women, No- 3
for skin diseases.
Cali on them or address
DR. BROADFOOT,
136 BRQU6HTON STREET,
Savannah, - - CEORCIA
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SAVANNAH, CA.
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Wagon Material,
Turpentine Tools,
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