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Amusements—Happy New Year Races at
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ter To-night.
Steamship Schedules—American Line;
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Railroad Schedule—Georgia and Alaba
ma Railway.
Just Before the New Year—Falk Cloth
ing Company.
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New York need not feel so badly because
of the loss of Mr. William Waldorf Astor
to Great Britain; she Is about to acquire
another millionaire, and one who will
probably spend much more money than
Mr. Astor would have done had he re
mained. The new acquisition that Goth
am Is about to take unto herself is Mr.
Charles T. Yerkes, the street railway mag
nate of Chicago. Mr. Astor had about ac
cumulated all that he would need to buy;
Mr. Yerkes has hardly more than fairly
begun buying.
In Rhode Island even a millionaire with
blue blood in his veins may not with Im
punity swear at an artist. Mr. Oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont employed an artist
named Lehman to fix up an iron Joan of
Arc and a few knights at his Newport
piace. Mr. Lehman's work did not please
Mr. Belmont, and he told the artist that
he must he either “a— fool or a swin
dler,” which so incensed the artist that he
left the Joun and the knights In uncom
fortable positions, quit work and sent in
his bill. The ofTended owner declined to
pay. The artist assigned the claim to a
third party, who brought suit, upon which
the court has granted a judgment in the
gum of *42.16.
The state supreme court as constituted
tinder the recently adopted constitutional
amendment, and filled by the election held
s few weeks ago, will be convened for
the first time in Atlanta on Monday, Jan.
4. Justices Little, Cobb and Fish will
then take the oath of office, which will
probably be administered by Judge Lump
kin of the Fulton superior court. The
new law* makes it the duty of the chief
justice to divide the court into two di
visions of three members each. The as
signment will probably be made on Mon
day or Tuesday, which two days will
probably be devoted to organization.
There are several important railroad
oases which will come up immediately
after the organization, before the full
bench.
What must be Mr. Tom Watson’s emo
tions when he scans the official figures of
the consolidated vote of Georgia In the
tecent presidential election! There it is
set down in black and white, over the sig
nature of the secretary of state, that the
tniddle-of-the road populist vote of the
whole state amounted to only 467! Even
tile gold standard democratic vote was
more than five times as large. The mid
dle-of-the-road sentiment was tremen
dously boomed by Mr. Watson. He point
ed to his noble following, and warned
Other people that if they did not mind
what they w.re about, his middle-of-the
road braves would arise In their might
•nd do terrible things. And then, when
the mlddle-ot-the-roud fellows stood up to
be counted. It was found that they aver
ag'd about four to the county! it must
he a terrible uwakeumg to Mr. Watson. A
few days ago when Coxcy bolted the pop
ulist party Mr. Watson said he ,'elt very
much like the soldier did who shouted to
the rabbit: "tjo it, Molly Cottontail; if i
did not have a reputation to sustain 1
would go with you." When the full sig
nificance of the fact that Mr. Watson has
only 467 liaeker* In (H-urgia upon w hom he
can dept nd, he may conclude to Join
Cokey In the Woods
Wolcott** Money Conference Rill,
Senator Wolcott, who was appointed by
the Senate republican caucus to draft a
bill providing for an International mone
tary conference, had a long talk with Mr.
McKinley, relative to the bill. Just Mon
day. The bill authorizes the President to
appoint delegates to such a conference
whenever he sees fit to call one or to re
spond to the call of some other country for
an international discussion of the silver
question.
It is understood that Mr. McKinley fa
vors a conference, not only because of the
provision in the national republican plat
form In favor of international bimetallism,
but also because he thinks the republican
party would be open to the charge of bad
faith if it failed to do whatever it is possi
ble to do to secure an international agree
ment in respect to the silver question.
It Is doubtful if either Senator Wolcott,
Mr. McKinley or anybody else thinks there
is any chance for securing an international
agreement to open the mints of the world
to the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at any ratio. Nevertheless, Mr. Wol
cott's bill will be passed in all probability,
and Mr. McKinley, soon after he becomes
President, will take steps towards calling
an International monetary conference. All
this will be done with the certainty almost
that nothing will come of it. There will
be no international agreement in respect
to the coinage of silver, unless England
becomes a party to It, and there is not the
least probability that England will change
her monetary system.
Senator Wolcott seems to think differ
ently—at least he says that the sentiment
in Europe in reference to an international
understanding of the silver question is
growing and aggressive, and that Eng
land had an object lesson in our cam
paign last fall which is not likely to be
without Its influence. He is so strongly
committed to silver, however, that where
silver is concerned he is apt to see things
as he would like to have them rather than
as they are.
The best financiers of the world take the
position that it is impossible to keep gold
and silver on a parity at any ratio, and
that any attempt to do so is certain to re
sult In confusion and trouble. When Eng
land abandoned free and unlimited coinage
she did so after having given it a long and
fair trial. It was abandoned in this coun
try because it was found that it gave un
satisfactory results. At no ratio will the
two metals, under free and unlimited coin
age, circulate freely. One will drive the
other out of circulation.
We shall hear a good deal about bimet
allism whilo Senator Wolcott's bill is un
der discussion, and doubtless we shall have
an international conference to discuss the
silver question, but Senator Wolcott
knows and Mr. McKinley knows that we
shall not have international bimetallism.
Mr. McKinley** Cabinet.
It is not yet known of course who will
be members of Mr. McKinley’s cabinet,
but if they are chosen from among those
who have been named in connection with
cabinet positions It is evident that he will
havo for his advisers a plutocrat or two,
some back number politicians and a few
political leaders who know more about
manipulating political conventions than
giving the people a government having
for its sole object their national prosper
ity and happiness.
Mr. Cleveland was fortunate in the
selection of his cabinet officers. In, only
two or three instances did he make* mis
takes. The secret of his success is found
in the fact that he did not look for his
advisers among the political leaders of his
party nor among millionaires. He chose
the members of his cabinet for their
sound common sense and ability to do the
work required of them. He did not care
whether or not they had great political
influence or possessed unusual skill in
political planning or plotting. He felt he
had a great trust to administer atul ho
wanted men who could assist him to ad
minister it to the best advantage for
the public welfare.
Mr. McKinley may place at the head of
the different departments men capable of
making his administration a success. Jt
is to be hoped he will. The indications
are, however, that his choice will be made
with the view of holding his party to his
support and of keeping his party In power.
If he is controlled by such a motive, how
ever, he may succeed in having himself
nominated again and may have the undi
vided support of his party In whatever
he undertakes to do as President, but
will he keep steadily in view the best in
terests of the people?
Mr. Cleveland has never cared appar
ently whether or not the leaders of his
party supported him. As long as he has
felt that he had the people at his back
he has been satisfied, and we are confi
dent the impartial historian will say that
both of hia administrations were successful
ones. If Mr. McKinley is wise he will
not fail to profit by the example of Mr.
Cleveland in making up Ills cabinet.
The Philadelphia Record is not impress
ed with the "circular checks" of the Geor
gia Bankers’ Association. It says the
checks “will perform no function that
cannot better be performed by the federal
currency, while they will be open to the
objection that they can be more readily
counterfeited." The Record declares that
it is “better to leave the currency busi
ness where the constitution places it, and
Insist that congress, which has tho re
sponsibility, shall attend to U.” If we
understand It. the "circular ehecks" are
not designed to perform the functions of
currency, but are merely for the conven
ience of persons who may desire to remit
small amounts through the malls. Post
office money orders and express money
orders do not cut any figure in the circu
lation. and the "circular checks" are de
signed to bo used as the postal and ex
press orders are used.
There Is an apparent epidemic of rabies
among the dogs of Baltimore. A number
of children have been bitten by dogs In
that city recently. In one day eight chil
dren were bitten, and three of them died
In terrible agony. The mayor has been
petitioned to Inaugurate a war of ex ter
mination against vagrant and unmuzzled
dog*, and he will probably comply with
the request.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1896.
“Mr- Glli*on of Georgia.”
The Congressional Record, which pub
lishes’’ the official record of the proceed
ings of congress, gives notii!e that anew
champion of the old and attractive politi
cal principle, “to the victors belong the
spoils,” has sprung, like Lem Quigg's
gladiator, "booted and spurred into the
arena.” The Record writes It down that
this new comer is "Mr. Gibson of Geor
gia,” and that he made a speech in the
House of Tuesday of last week in denun
ciation of civil service reform.
In his attack upon the civil service re
form movement, “Mr. Gibson of Georgia”
gets there with all of the feet permitted
to be employed by a poet. Ha regards
civil service examinations as a waste of
good time that might be employed in hust
ling around and scaring up votes, and as
shutting out of office some of the best
hustlers after votes in existence. If the
hustlers are not to be permitted to have
the offices, he says it will not be very
long before the parties will die of inani
tion. “When there are no great issues
involved—
To stir a fever In the blood of age
Or make the infant sinews strong as
steel—
there must be other motives to incite men
to political action," says "Mr. Gibson of
Georgia.” A consulate, a postoffice, a
marshalship, or something of the sort, is
what he means. He thinks there ought
to be some kind of an examination, how
ever. A clerk, for instance, ought to have
ideas about reading, spelling and arith
metic. But it doesn’t matter a pin if he
cannot tell "where the island of Geefuzz
is located, or—
—distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt south and southwest side.”
What he wants Is the offices for the boys.
The offices will make them come a-run
nlng to whoop up the interests of the
party. The hope of office is the thing
which will make the “patriots” hustle;
which fact Mr. Bryan evidently recog
nized, when he consented to the now more
or less famous “roll of honor” scheme for
distributing the offices after the next pres
idential campaign.
In times when the country is threat
ened by foreign foes, or the government
is menaced by foes within, the “hosts
of patriotism,” “Mr. Gibson of Georgia"
says, can be depended upon to—
“ Come as the winds come
When forests are rended.
Come as the waves come
Whetr navies are stranded.’*
But In ordinary times, there is a little
matter of bread and butter to be con
sidered, even when one is in politics; and
the ideas of the civil service reformers
are— ,
—too bright and good
For human nature's daily food.”
If ideas were edible most cranks would
grow fat. Mr. Gibson denies that the of
fice holders under the classified service
are more independent of the appointing
pojwer than those who are not. He de
nies several other.things also, in a happy,
poetic style.
At the same time, the most interesting
query with regard to his speech that wilt
arise in the minds of people in this sec
tion is, Who In the name of common Bense
is “Mr. Gibson of Georgia.”
Itlue Laws Revived.
No recent decision of one judge has
caused so much comment as that of
Judge Pryor of the supreme court of New
York, who, a few days ago, refused a cer
tificate of corporation to a Jewish reli
gious organization because it was stated
in the application for the certificate that
the annual meeting of the organization
would be held on the second Sunday of
January in each year. The judge said
that while meetings on Sunday for the
purpose indicated were not illegal, they
were not laudable, and were against the
policy of the state. Naturally the decision
of Judge Pryor was severely criticised, not
only be the Jews of New York, but also
by all other classes of citizens. It is true
that the proposed annual meeting of the
association was for business purposes, und
was called on Sunday because of the cer
tainty of getting a larger attendance on
that day, but it was business that would
have promoted the welfare of a religious
organization. About all religious denom
inations transact business of some sort
on Sundays, when it is convenient to do
so, which is not strictly religious, but
which has for its object the promotion of
the welfare of the congregation.
If a descendant of the people who live
in the state in which the famous blue
laws were once, it is alleged, in force, had
rendered the decision, It would not have
occasioned quite so much surprise, but
for a son of Virginia to take such an ad
vanced and apparently unreasonable posi
tion, in behalf of Sunday observance, nat
urally called out a great deal of comment.
We believe in requiring auch an observ
ance of Sunday as will maintain the char
acter of the day, but we think it unwise
to impose such restrictions upon the peo
ple as will have a tendency to make them
revolt against any observance of the day.
When laws for tho observance of Sun
day are made and enforced which do not
have the approval of the common sense of
the people a step has been taken towards
doing away with all Sunday observance.
Premier Canovas of Spain was quoted
a few days ago as saying tt\la the purpose
of the mother country to grant reforms
in Cuba, but that she positively will not
do so until the Insurrection has been put
down. In order that it may appear that
Spain granted the reforms of her own vo
lition, and not under compulsion. Yes
terday's dispatches are to tho effect that
reforms will he granted as soon as the
province of Plnur del Rio has been pacified.
That would seem to indicate that the plan
of Premier Cunovas bad been somewhat
modified. A* to the pacification of the
province of Pinar del Rio, that appears
to be progressing at a rate which must
bo gratifying to Spain. There Is no surer
way to make people peaceful than to 1:111
them; and Gen. Weyler seems determined
to kill every "paclfico" in the province,
and to go as far ns he can towards killing
even nature Itself. Orders have been
given the troops to cut down snd destroy
every fruit or nut tree, and every other
form of vegetation that bears anything
which may be eaten. The campaign is
now oue of devastation. |
PEEJOXAI..
—Eleven times has Emile Zola been a
candidate for election to the French Acad
emy, and eleven times has he been de
feated.
—Gerald Du Maurier is quoted as say
ing that his father invariably pronounced
the name of Svengali "with the accent on
the first syllable.”
—The much-traveled Duchess of Cleve
land, mother of Lori Roseberry, is antici
pating a voyage to South Africa this
month. No other duchess living has ex
plored the'world so thoroughly.
—Queen Victoria will personally dictate
and revise a biography of her majesty,
which will appear in 1897. The work will
tell the story of the longest reign In the
history of England as the queen herself
regards it.
—According to a Madrid paper, MaJ. Ci
rujeda, before whose column Maceo is said
to have fallen, has been made a colonel.
No less than four towns in Spain have
opdhed subscriptions in order to raise
funds to purchase swords of honor to be
presented to him.
—Cleretta Nora Avery, "the colored
child preacher,” is addressing large au
diences in Boston. On Monday last she
stated in the cour e of one of her “ser
mons” that she was converted and became
a Christian at the age of eighteen months.
She is now only 11 years old.
—Last spring Q seen Natalie of Servia
lost a valuable diamond ring in Paris.
After much vain s, arching the queen an
nounced that if found she would give it
to the Little Sisters of the Poor. It has
now turned up, aid the Sisters are going
to raffle it, 20,000 tickets at a franc each.
—The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris has
appointed Pere Ollivier, the famous Do
minican preacher, to the post of Lenten
preacher of Notre Dame, vacant by the
death of Monsignor d’Hulst, thereby con
tinuing the Iradiiion which connects the
great order of "Preaching Friars” with
the cathedral pulpit.
—The aged barkeeper of the Etruria,
George Peynter, retired after the Cun
artler’s last trip to Liverpool. He was
well known to the habitual transatlantic
traveler, having made 80-1 trips across the
Atlantic and traveled nearly 3,000,000 miles
without an accident, yet some people talk
of the perils of the deep.
—Commodore Richard Peck of the New
York and New Haven steamboat line,
after whom the sound flyer Richard Peck
was named, completed, a few days ago,
sixty-eight years of service in steamboat
ing. He is believed to be the oldest steam
boat man in the country. Commodore
Peck is 81 years old. His first experience
in steamboating was in 1828, when he was
13.
—A recent issue of a London paper men-*
tlons the case of a pastor named Mathson,
who has just died at the age of 90, after
serving sixty years continuously as
Church-of-England minister at Patterdale,
Westmoreland. For many years his liv
ing brought him only *6O a year, and the
highest ever got was *9O. Among the duties
which he was called upon to perform as
the only available clergyman in the par
lshh was the reading of the burial service
over his own mother and father.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A* They Do la New York,
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Georgia now has an anti-trust bill, thus
giving the Georgia newspapers an oppor
tunity to thump the attorney general
who will not enforce it.
Director* hight Look Closer.
From the Chicago Record (Ind.).
If more hank directors would give them
selves a chance to be surprised before the
failure occurs there would be fewer fail
ures.
Might All Go.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.).
When Congressman Money goes to
Cuba to make a personal investigation of
the situation he sets his colleagues an ex
ample worthy of emulation. If congress
will go in a body to Cuba the American
people will interpose no objections.
“White Winns."
From the Macon Telegraph (Dem.).
'Mr. Alexander Comstock, Bryan’s man
ager, is the author of "White Wings, They
Never Grow Weary." He is now working
the silver wing, but it grew weary at the
first flop.
In the President'* Favor.
From tho Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Things are still coming President Cleve
land’s way with an exhilarating spontan
eity. In addition to fat turkeys galore to
grace his holiday board, the President has
received decorations from Senator Chan
dler and Mr. George Alfred Townsend,
both of whom have pinned on his broad
breast the badges of their disapproval of
his administration, Wiseacres may decry
the talk of iflek as silliness and supersti
tion; but the fact remains that Cleve
land’s luck is still more potent than all
the rabbits' feet that have been silver
tipped for holiday presents.
To a Professional Lecturer,
From the New York Sun (Dem.).
Mr. William J. Bryan of Nebraska made
two speeches in Atlanta last week, and
the printed report of them occupies more
than a page of the Atlanta Constitution.
We shall quote only a single passage:
"The last three months were to me
like a dream. lam scarcely able to real
ize the events which have transpired and
through which we have passed during tho
last few months. I remember coming here
to Atlanta three years ago. Since that
time many events have transpired."
This leads us to remark that no public
lecturer can ever win true glory upon the
lyceum platform In an English-speaking
country, who Imagines that events "trans
pire," in the sense of happening or occur,
ring. The case Is such a public lecturer
Is absolutely hopeless from the start.
The Grab Game at Waehlnfrton.
Charleston News and Courier (Dem.).
The policy of the government for the
next four years has been determined by
the vote of a majority of the people, and
It only remains to give It the widest ap
plication in the endeavor to make if as
equitable as possible. Every intereit in
the north than can be “protected" by ex
cluding foreign competition will bq pro
tected. Every Interest In the south that
can be likewise protected should he pro
tected. It we are not to content of.tselves
with paying tariff tribute to manufactur
ing Industries In other sections without
exacting any like tribute in partial re
turn, we should move with the other sec
tions to get all that we can out of the pol
icy w hile it lasts. The rice an', sugar and
cotton and lumber und wool men should
lose no time in organizing und going to
work The game Iz open, and they will
get only what they are strong enough to
demand and take l>y working together.
Sure Core For Crown.
Three farmers were standing at the Mar
ket street ferry yesterday talking about
crops, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. The
conversation drifted from crops to corn,
and from corn to Camden, and from Cam
den to crows andaheir destructive habits.
One of the farmers said: “The crows
bothered me a good deal last spring. They
scratched uo the corn faster than I could
plant It. Then they would sit on the scare
crow and laugh. Jim Cummins said as
how he'd read in some Philadelfy paper
how a farmer could get rid er crows by
soaking corn in whisky and let 'em eat
it, and then when they wuz drunk and
couldn’t fly to shoot 'em.
“I tried it. I soaked a lot of shelled
corn in whisky and laid it in a heap over
night kinder handy for ’em.
“Next morning I went out with a gun
to see how things wuz. There wuz a lot
o’ crows by the pile o’ corn, but they seem
ed to be actin’ queer. There wuz a long
line of ’em facin’ one big black feller. I
watched ’em close, and I noticed that the
crows on the outside walked up one by.
one and laid down two grains of corn, and
the boss behind the bar handed him one
grain out of the pile I put there.
“When a crow got a whisky grain he eat
it an’ went off to the field an’ scratched
up two more kernels an’ come back. Then
I caught on. The old 'un had found the
pile first an’ was keepin’ bar, an’ the cus
tomers had to pay two grains of ordinary
corn for one soaked in old rye.
“The barkeeper was all biz, an' put away
the customer’s two grains before givln'
him one in return."
“Some of ’em wus better off than others,
an’ took a friend up with them when they
walked up to the clod an’ treated him. Af
ter they had been keepin’ this thing up
for a while, some of ’em got kinder tired
an’ leaned up against the clod an’ cawed
sorter husky an’ indistinct, an’ others got
quarrelsome an’ hollered at one another
au’ waved the l ! wings, an’ some of ’em
Ibid right down an’ went to sleep.
“Then a funny thing happened. A big,
heavy rat ran up to the bar, put both paws
on it an’ seemed to talk confidential-like
with Mr. Crow. What they sed I dunno,
but they understood each other, for the
rat kejft bobbin’ his head up an’ down,
an’ the crow, every once in a while,
winked kind o’ solemn like. The rat ran
off finally, an’ in about five minutes came
back dragging a dead rat most as big as
himself.
“Then Mr. Crow began to shovel out that
corn like he was mad, an’ the way that rat
took to whisky was a caution. The other
crows didn’t seem to like it at all, an’
although the rat had set ’em up fer the
crowd and Mr. Crow did the same, they
couldn’t stomach that rat.
“They held an indignation meetln’ an'
one of ’em got on a stump an’ hollered
for fifteen minutes, an' the others stag
gered around an’ waved their wings an’
seemed to encourage the one on the
stump.
“Then they all got together an’ made a
rush for the crow behind the clod an'
Jumped on him an' smashed his bar an' et
up all his whisky grains an’ stole all the
corn they had paid him fer what they
got.
“Then they went fer that rat. They et
him, too, an’ the dead one, an’ there ain’t
been no rats ner no crows around my
place sense.”
The Stock Was Incomplete.
An old Jersey man walked into a Nas
sau street bookstore the other day, says
the New York Times, and after looking
ahout%n surprise for a few minutes said:
“Got a heap sight o’ books here, ain’t
ye?" ' ■
“Well, yes, we have a few,” said the
clerk to whom he had spoken, “what can
I get for you?”
“Don't know ’zactly; want some books
fur my gran'chilen and great-gran’chilen,
an’ don't know jest what’er git. S’ many
hcre*l’m all cafoosled.”
"We have novels and histories for your
grandchildren and story books for your
grea.-grandchildren. Say what you want
and you shall have it.”
“Wall, now, I ain’t ignerent, an’ I know
what I want, but’s hard tu s’lect. Hev ye
got Webster's Spellin’ Book an’ th’ fust
reader thet begins, ‘See my new book, how
neat qnd clean it looks.’ ’Cause if ye hev
I’ll take them fur th’ great-gran’chil’n.”
“We haven’t either of them.” said the
Clerk, and then suggested something more
modern.
“Ain’t got nun uv ’em, eh? Ain’t got
nun uv ’em? Well, them’s th’ books I
uster buy ni onter sixty years ago, an’
them’s th' books thet I got my learnin’
outen. I don’t want no others. I don’t
want no chil'n in my family not tu know
as much as I do, an’ I guess I’ll go on till
I get them books. Young man, them books
contains th’ foundation o’ learnin’. They
made me what I’ve alius been, and thet
some shakes, fur I’ve been a squire fur
more'n fifty year, an’ am In tli’ harness
“Ye say them books ain’t pubflshed now,
do ye? Kf they ain’t, then its going tu he
hard fur th' cumers thet’s going tu make
up this gineration, an’ I sympathize with
’em. There ort tube a lawr compellln’
someun tu print them useful books, an'
keep ye city folks frum bein’ so Ignorant.
Ef ye ain’t got them books, ye ain't got
nothin’ worth buyin’, an' I'll g’long.”
Agreeably Disappointed.
One of the richest men living, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch, whose immense
wealth makes him a target for poor peo
ple, has recently been in Paris, and the
way in which he repelled one of the appli
cants for his generosity is related like
this: On the opposite side of the hotel
table sat a woman who had once been
rich.
“Monsieur, you Englishmen are so chiv
alrous: so ready to assist those in dis
tress.*’
“Yes,” said the man of wealth, hesi
tating. He had heard that before, and
thought he knew what was coming next.
“Would you, with your usual generosi
ty. do me a favor and a great kidness?”
“Yes. madam; that is, it depends some
what—”
"Think well, monsieur, before you prom
ise, for it is a great kindness.”
It was the same old -plea that he had
hoard many times before from people who
wanted a loan.
“I am afraid madam, that I shall have
to . But what is it you wish?"
“Only that you would be kind enough,
monsieur, to pass me the mustard. You
have everything on your sides of the ta
ble.”
John Alien’s Latest Story.
Private John Alien of Tupelo. Miss., the
humorist and Story teller of the Houso,
brings back anew story with him, says
the Washington Post There is a shrewd
suspicion that he is the silver spellbinder
referred to in the story, although he
does not say so. The story is that a sil
ved spellbinder was traveling from one
point to another on horseback to fill his
engagement, when he met a man on the
road hauling a barrel of water, that be
ing a section of the state where good
water from wells or springs is a rather
scarce article. The silverlte fell into con
versation with the man with the water
barrel, and. as they were discussing the
burning issue of the campaign, the silver
man spied a goat In the field by the road
side. He asked the man with the water
barrel what that goat was worth. Hie
reply was "about two dollars."
"Well," said the silverlte, “if we get
free silver thst goat will be worth fa
twice as much an It Is now.”
"Y-a-s,” drawled the man, "and If j
hart this barrel of water In Hades, it would
be worth 11,000, at least.”
The Silverlte said nothing, but rode on
thinking deeply.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Experiments made with small-pox pa
tients in Oaxaca, Mexico, says a special
from that point, show that by administer
ing honey diluted in water to small-pox
patients the pustules of the worst variety
disappear and the fever is immediately
diminished. The matter atracts much at
tention. The remedy was accidentally
discovered by a young girl who was down
with the disease, who secretly refreshed
herself with honey and water, with as
tonishing curative results, and it was
then tried on soldiers sick with the dis
ease.
—Prof. Maspero, the renowned Egyp
tologist, is authority for the statement
that among the royal mummies unband
aged in 1860 was one of a young man who
had evidently been embalmed alive. The
body had been tightly bound in three
places and then coated with bitumen,
lime and pounded rosin, and then wound
from head to foot with bandages which
had been soaked In some glutinous pre
paration. The agonized expression of the
face and other evidences gave the scien
tists their clue. His age was probably
about 23. The gold ornaments on his
body indicated that he was of high rank,
and likely the victim of some terrible
tragedy.
—ln the menagerie at Central Park, says
the New York Outlook, are two big lions.
Most of the time they lie drowsily on the
bottom of the cage. Recently a gentleman
viewing the animals desired to see them
roused and angry. He took from his
pocket a white handkerchief with a red
border and flirted it in the face of the
lion lying nearest the bars. The lion,
whose eyes were only half open, and who
looked as quiet as a sleepy kitten, sprang
to his feet with a roar that shook the
building, caught the handkerchief from
# the gentleman’s hand, and tore it into
'shreds. He proved that he would not
endure familiarity. The children fled in
terror, and doubtless in the future will
prefer to see the lions sleepy.
—A taxidermist is thus quoted in the
Washington Times: “Feathered as well
as unfeathered bipeds take to dieting when
a superfluity of adipose tissue makes
them uncomfortable. The pokeberry Is
the chief weapon with which those know
ing little cratures fight embonpoint. The
larks and thrushes are the chief hanters
and they follow the practice just after
breeding time, when it is necessary for
them to be active, in order to secure food
for their young ones. I have watched a
thrush feed for a whole day just after she
had hatched out a nestful of fledgelings,
and during the twelve hours she ate noth
ing but the pokeberry. I do not know
whether or not that part of humanity
which suffers from too much fat took its
‘tip’ from the birds, but it is a fact that
many of the anti-fat remedies contain an
extract of pokeberry."’
—A simple and easily constructed musi
cal instrument, says the Scientific Ameri
can, consists of a number of ordinary
glass bottles filled with a certain quantity
of water, the hight of which is varied ac
cording to the pitch of the note to be ob
tained. After a few tentatives It will be
possible to reproduce all the notes and
their octaves. Including the sharps and
flats. The tuning of the apparatus, how
ever, requires a good musical ear. The
bottles are suspended by the neck by
means of strings, from two broom han
dles resting upon the backs of two chairs.
In order to produce the sound the bottles
are struck with two rulers, or, better,
two drumsticks. With this arrangement
airs in two parts may be played; and
there may be two performers, one playing
on one side without interfering with the
performer on the other side. In the hands
of good musicians this apparatus is very
pleasant to listen to.
—Prof. John Milne has Informed the
members of the Edinburgh Philosophical
Institution that an earthquake occurring
in any portion of the earth could be re
corded in any other part by means of suit
able instruments. He showed diagrams of
earthquakes recorded in England which
had originated in Japan. The motion came
frpm Japan to England in sixteen min
utes, and, therefor? l , in all probability it
traveled through the earth rather than
around its surface. This high velocity
with which motion was propagated indi
cated that the earth had a higher rigidity
than had hitherto been supposed; in fact,
the globe transmitted motion more quick
ly than a ball of glass or steel. He sug
gested that there should be placed on the
earth’s surface at intervals of from 1,000
to 2,000 miles instruments for picking up
the unfelt earthquake motion. The cost of
these Installations would be about $230
each, and twenty of them would be suffi
cient. With such an equipment, he said,
we might learn more about the interior of
the earth in three years than we should
by a hundred years of speculation.
—Gen. Grodekoff, a Russian general who
made a name by a ride to Herat some years
ago and who now holds a. command on the
Amur, gives an interesting account of a
remarkable inarch of 5,000 miles made by
Russian troops, says the Baltimore Sun.
This account appears as an order of the
day in the Invalids Russe. “After a
march of nearly a year’s duration, the
fourth and eighth battalions of the line
of Eastern Siberia, as well as the second
and fourth batteries of the artillery brig
ade of Eastern Siberia, arrived in their
new encampments in the Amur district in
the middle of June. These troops march
ed 7,000 versts (say 5,000 English miles), of
which 4.000 were by land and 3,000 by water.
The most trying part of their journey was
that accomplished on rafts between Chita,
Stretensk, and Blagovestchensk, or about
l,aoo versts, between the middle of May and
the middle of June. The weather was cold
and rainy, and the rivers were very swol
len-and their current rapid. To overcome
these difficulties the men had to work
fourteen hours a day. At certain stages
or the journey the body of troops cover
ed an extent of twenty versts between the
advanced and rear guards. During the
whole of the march the losses were only
two officers and four soldiers dead, two
officers and twenty men left behind in
the hospital along the route. The bat
teries lost twenty-nine horses.”
The use of the term "storage battery,"
says a contributor to the New York Sun,
conveys a wrong impression to the popu
lar mind. It Implies that the electric eur
rent .s a ponderable substance, like water
r'^v Ca V b^ thered u P and stored away
In bulk. This is not true. The only in
vention which comes near to producing
such an effect as this Is the Leyden Ja*
a .” outerand inner coating of tinfoil
are kept separated by tho glass of the Jar
and a charge of what is known as static
One ls M r l Ven lnto the “"foil from
one of the old-fashioned friction eloctric
machines or Us equivalent. This, how
ever, Is bottled lightning. Connect the in
thU ando J ltcr coating for a moment and
the lightning Jumps out with a flash and
the stored energy Is all expended. It Is
evident that tills device could not be used
tor any of the commercial purposes for
C " e l ec ,' rlclty a to wan,e(i What the
storage battery does is to receive a cur
rent and utilize it to produee certain chem-
Th!n C^ an ,o*" ln lhe n,a terlal of its cells.
Ihep by the natural tendency of these ma
terials to change back again the battery
reproduces the electric current, only giving
t out in an opposite direction. A curious
thing about these batteries is that they
,lV *i “a 1 th * curr<- nt at the
same time If required, and uo matter what
V ,l iUlSt at ,he l ' urr “"' which
given “v* 1 ma >' >r • •*>• current
° r * nxed voltage depend.
cells I** 0 " “ “urober of storage
tell* coupled together.
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the body is made to yield pleasantly*,
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The only line in the South operatL
every day in the year solid Pullman ! *
tibuled limited trains between Jack-.T
vllle, Charlotte and Washington and v.
York.
Schedules effective Nov. 16, 1596.
F. C. ft P. R. R~ i TXo
All Trains Run Daily | No. 3s Fa,,
_By 90 Meridian. j j
ArjCoiumbla A j 4 CfJ £
Ar Charlotte I 8 Stpmj 8 SaS
Ar Lynchburg I 1 sSam‘ t r Pffl
t r Charlottesviile | 335 am s§£
Ar Washington | 6 42am 9nra
Ar Baltimore * 00am 11S
Ar Philadelphia 110 loam, 3 X
Ar New York 112 43pm!
Lv Danville 1 12 30am|T50p m
Ar Richmond | 6 00am| 6 40pm
Lv Columbia -|- .! 7§2
Ar Spartanburg 1145 am
Ar Asheville ."US
Lv Savannah |U2OpS
Lv Columbia |Hooam
Ar Anderson i 335 pm
Ar Pendleton 1 4 pm
Ar Seneca | 5 50pm
Ar Walhalla | s 4opm
Ar Greenville | 4 20pm
Note—'Central Time.
-|-Eastern Time.
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Pullman veatibuled sleepers from 6a.
vannah to New York, Savannah to Cincln- i
nati via Asheville. Columbia to Richmond.
For detailed Information, reservations,
etc., apply to any agent of the Southern
railway or connections.
W. H. GREEN. General Superintendent.
J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager.
W. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington, D. C.
8. H. HARDWICK,A.G.P.A., AtIanta,Ga.
R, W. HUNT, T- P. A., Augusta, Ga.
LEGAL NOTICES.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Eastern Division of Southern District of
Georgia.—Whereas, on the 16th day of De
cember, 1896, the Hamburg Underwriters
Association filed a libel In the district
court of the United States for the South
ern district of Georgia against the Italian
bark “Tony,” formerly called “Aurelia,’’ j
her boats, tackle, apparel and furniture,
in a cause of contract and general aver
age contribution, civil and maritime. And,
Whereas, by virtue of process in due form
of law, to me directed, returnable on the
31st day of December. 1896, I have seized
and taken the said Italian bark “Tony,’’ j
formerly called “Aurelia,” and have her
in my custody.
Notice is hereby given, that a district
court will be held in the United States
court room, in the city of Savannah on the
31st day of December, 1896, for the trial of
said premises, and the owner or owners,
and all persons who may have or claim
any interest, are hereby cited to be and ap
pear at the time and place aforesaid, to
show cause, if any they have, why a final
decree should not pass as prayed.
J. D. HARRELL, U. S. Marshall.
By J. B. Wilson, Deputy.
ERWIN DUBIGNON & CHISHOLM,
Proctors for Libellant. I
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY-No
tlc is hereby given to all persons having
demands against John Neill, late of said
county, deceased, to present them to me,
properly made out, within the time pre
scribed by law, so as to show their char
acter and amount; and all persons Indebt
ed to said deceased are required to mast
immediate payment *0 me.
'ISABELLA NEILL,
Executrix will of John Neill, deceased.
Dec. 29, 1896.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNT* .-No
tice is hereby given to all persons ha* mg
demands against John T. Campagnac, la
of said county, deceased, to present the
to me. properly made out. within the tins
prescribed by law, so as to show to*
character and amount; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are required 1
make immediate payment to me.
CHARLES H. DORSEH-
Administrator estate of John T. Cantpaf
nac, deceased.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COU.VTY.-
Notice Is hereby given that I have mad*
application to the court of ordinary w
Chatham county, for leave to sell t
shares of the People's Savings and 7°,
Company, belonging to estate of .1
Mahoney, deceased, for the payment
debts and distribution, and that said 0
der will be granted at January term. ■
of said court, unless objections aw
thereto. EDWARD T. MAHONEY.
Executor Last Will of Marla Mahotw.
Deceased. _ j
CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
WiafTfcat SCHKDtLL.
Commencing Thursday. Sept. 24, l®*_
Isle of Hope Schedule— Week a
City Time. .
I I Leave i
Leave | From lisle of I I” 10
City | * I Hope.l
6 00am' Bolton it. 00 am IBolton .
7 00 am:Bolton St. 7 10 a m;Bolton
00am | Second Ave. *lO am Second A"
10 37 am,Bolton St. 94S am H olt °" L
230 pm;Second Ave. 100 pm S/conJ A
400 pmißolton St 400 pm Bo Mon K
6 00 pm Holton St 6 00 pm Bo on • _
730 pmißolton St. 730pm80 on
830 pm|Bolton St. #3) pmißolton
Saiurday night only, 11:00 p. ni.. fr
Bolton street depot. njt
Cars leaving from and arriving
ton street, passengers change at m
bolt. * * %i si
For Montgomery—B:oo s. ro. and 4 *
6p. m. Leave Montgomery-"-*
12:30 and 5:20 p. tn nnitt*,
For Thunderbolt—Cars '** v * ..
street depot on every hour and nai.
during the day and evening.
IF YOU WANT OOOD MATEBHJI
and work, order your lithograph*®
printed stationery and blank heos*
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