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Macon, Go.
Thk New Yoik Sun thinks the Senate
tariff bill preferable to the Mills bill. So
do the other republican papers.
Mb. F. W. Dawson of the News and
Courier appet s to be the most abused,
anu a' the tame time the most popular
-man in Charleston.
Can’t the New York democrats bring
out two or three more candidates for
mayor? Only two will hardly give all
the iiltle ward bosses a fair showing.
The only politician of any note in this
country who ever argued for free trade was
James A. Garfield, whom the Republican
parly loved so well that it made him Pres-
iifnt.
The Chicago baseball club has refused
to play another club because the latter bad
•'<en gro member. It is evident that pre-
udice doesn’t stop at Mason and Dixon’a
liae.
Nobody ever will know which of the
five candidates for iho two new supreme
oourt judgeships would have been elected
sf the Farmers' Alliance had not flattened
out the amendment.
The fellow who started the report that
President Cleveland would Bend a message
(o congress advising the passage of the
Senate tari(Tbill goes up head in the large
atass of campaign liars.
Thh republican papers are apologising
for Blaioe’s blunders now, but how they
will pounce on him after the election 1
Blaine will be charged with defeating
Harrison as generally as Burcbard was
charged with defeating Blaine.
SoMB idea of the siae of the big estates
in New York is furnijbtd by the receipts
of taxes. It took a check for $675,000 to
pay this year's taxes on the Vanderbilt
properly. The Aster estate paid *400,000;
the Goelet estate $.50,000, and Trinity
church $400,000.
Mb Blaine said the other night at De
troit that the coming election would a. ttle
the political complexion of this govern
ment for a generation. Now stick to that,
Mr. Blaine. We a ball quote that remark
on you with ghoulish glee the morning af-
t er tie election of t leveland and Thurman
The little knot of gentlemen who call
themselves the congress of the United
States will probably disband about the
20th of this month. By that time there
will be hardly anybody in the capitol but
•doorktopera, pages, faded lobbyists, seedy
petitioners and ante-diluvian pic women.
Gen. Banks, in making his canvaes aa
the republican nominee for congress in the
fifth Massachusetts dil.rict, is careful to
tell the people that Grover Cleveland has
made “a mighty good President.” This
makes the* republican organs howl, but
the tiutk always .fleets them in that way.
Mr. Blaine'* Prophecy.
The republicans scout the idea that Mil h-
igan js a doubtful state, but it will be no
ticed that they have sent many of their
most effective speakers to keep it safe.
Among them is Mr. Blaine, who warned
each of his hearers at Adrian, Thursday,
that “whichever party triumphs this year,
triumphs for all the time in lyhich he will
be a political actor upon the stage.”
This was a shrewd stroke. Many a wav
ering republican, attracted by democratic
ideas as to the tariff and willing to see
them put in force, may be unwilling to try
the experiment of voting the democratic
ticket if by that act he would permanently
banish his party from power. Instead of
his vote, under the circumstances, being
such a rebuke as he might be willing to
administer, it would be a death-blow to
the political organization to which he is
still attached bv associations and by sym
pathy with most of its aims. Mr. Blaine’s
confident prophecy might, therefore, very
well prevent such a republican from vot
ing the democratic ticket this year.
But, though shrewd, would not Mr
Blaine’s prophecy be more consistent in
the mouth of a democrat than in his own?
He and his party declare that the demo
cratic policy would lead to disaster moBt
dire; mills would close, the finances of the
country would go to wreck and working
men would be suck in the deepest poverty
and misery. They say, too, that all these
horrible things would come to pass alrnoBt
immediately upon the inception of the
democratic plan of tax reduction.
If Mr. Btaine believes this, how can he
say that democratic success this year means
democratic ascendancy for n generation?
The people would have to be consulted in
the matter every two and four years, and
they certainly would not retain in power
a party that ruined their business, reduced
titer wages and dragged them down to pov
erty, They would kick it out of power at
the first opportunity.
Nevertheless, we think there is a good
deal of probability in Mr. Blaine’d proph
ecy, though for reasons different from
those he would give. The struggle is es
sentially between the privileged classes,
the monopolists, the trusts—in short the
beneficiaries of the tariff who dominate
the Republican party—and the people
who are taxed to cooler . enormous wealth
upon them. If the former win this time
by the liberal use of their wealth, there is
uo reason wiiy they should not repeal
their success in 1801. They will be richer
then, better organized and in possession of
the government.Ihiswould be true at each
recurring quadrennial election. Nothing
but a revolution of the French kind Cjuld
oust them.
If the democrats should win, there is
every reason to believe they would have
a long It nee of power. They would gov
ern in the interest of- the many, and their
policy would bring general prosperity.
Those who are now timid, ignorant or de
ceived by arguments such as those of Mr
Blaine would come to their help. The
tariff question would be practically settled,
as it has been once before in our history.
Whatever may be thought of the tariff
question, however, it is much easier to be-
S ieve that the Democratic party (which
ns not tire money power behind it and
lives In the f *vur of the people) will retain
power by n..iking the country pro-perons
rather than by making it wretched, us Mr.
Blaine seems to think.
Naturalization of Foreigners. Only Four Weeks More.t The Georgia Press.
But that the whole interest of Ameri-1 Only four weeks more and the people of It is a fadY of which any Georgian
cans has been for a long time absorbed ( the United States will divide upon the j ought to be piood- that the newspapers of
in the pending presidential election most important question which could be , Georgia aie quoted iu the .press of the
presented to them for decision, short of one north and west far more than those of any
involving the life of their government.
Bora parties claim a majority of the
next lfouie of Representatives. Rut the
Tepuhlicans claim everything. The next
House will be democratic. The country’s
experience with a republican Senate will
nut conduce to the success of republican
congressional candidates in doubtful dis
tricts.
IIi.aike does not agree with Bob inger
soil that free whisky would not increase
drunkenness. Ingersoli is the only mac
who has had the courage to stand up for
the republican platform, and for doing so
he has been muzzled. He ought to have
better sense than to believe that a repub'
lican platform means what it says.
I be land's population is said now to be
slowly increasing, after having steadily de
clined far many years. If this increase is
an evidence of an improvement of the con.
ditions under which Irishmen live, and of
better government, the agitation kept up
by Mr. Parnell and bis followers is just!
Bed, even if there were no prospect of
greyer results to follow.
iin. T. L. CiiA.i kMuut iuu&ci tcmalB
out of his chosen profession. He will soon
begin the publication of a newspaper at
Elberton. It it bound to be a good paper,
Because Mr. Gantt never publishes any
other sort. He made the Oglethorpe Echo
famous over Georgia, and afterwards he
managed the Athens Banner-Watchman
with excellent remits. The name of his
Blherton venture is not yet announced.
Dh Boons says he must have time to
consider before he can say whether be will
accept the chancellorship of the State
University or Dot. We hope the doctor
will come to the conclusion that he ought
to accept. A field for large usefulness is
open to him, and a hearty welcome awaits
him in Georgia.
Our New Legislature.
The legislature which was elected last
Wednesday is remarkable iu several
peels.
No general assembly ever met iu Geor
gia with so largo a proportion of young
men as this one will have. There are seV'
eral members-elect under twenty-five and
a large number who have not attained the
age of thirty. Home • ot these, however,
are men who are already well known and
have shown that they are not subject
the naughty antics of the average political
colt.
The legislature will not only have an
unusaally Urge number of men young
years, but a great proportion of the mem'
bers will be new to the business of law
making. We are inclined to regard this
as a fortuna e circumstance.
The professional legislator is not always
the best representative of the people. He
will not be a prominent figure
the next two years in Georgia.
Next to personal integrity, practicaljbusi
□ess sense, a knowledge of the condition,
interests and wants of the people are the
staples of .good legislative equipment.
Besides these essentials the more preten-
tious qualities of the oratorical and the
briiiiaut iueiuuei ate HU) -.uo-p stuff.
There is good reason to believe that the
new legislature will undertake its im
portant business with an honest purpose
and a good supply of sound sense.
Let us hope that the body will have few
of that class of gentlemen who delight to
attitudinise and “orate.” There was en
tirely too much speech-making in the last
legislature. ThU one ought to be more
considerate of the pztience of the people
sod more industriously devoted to the
work it is engiged to perform.
and the tax question involved in it,
more uneasiness would have been man
ifested in- regard to the great flood
of European emigration pouring into
the country. A large propo tion of the
new comers belong to a class which the
country does not wan . They are poor
almost beyond the conception of an Amer
ican, ignorant, degraded; they have no
idea of the duties of an American citizen,
and are absolutely in the control ol the
speculators in pauper labor who import
them. Their presence is a curse to the
better paid, self-respecting working people
whom they throw out of employment and
menace to our political institutions, in
the regulation of which they are unwisely
given a voice.
Under the present law of naturalization,
is possible in some of the states for an
emigrant from Hungary or Italy, not
speaking a word of English and absolutely
ignorant of the effect of his action, to cast
his first ballot at the same time as does an
native born citizen who ntered the state
the same day with him. His foreign
birth and ignorance put him at no disad
vantage.
Some weeks since Congressman Oates of
Alabama introduced a bill dealing with
this phaze of the immigration evil,
though we think it goes too
far in some particulars, it is in the
main a wise measure. Mr. Oates proposes
that it shall profit a man something to be
born an American citizen. After naming
the courts which shall have jurisdiction
naturalization cases and excluding from
citizenship persons who have been guilty
crime, the bill provides that no man
who cannot speak the English language
and read the constitution of the United
States in English, or who is a polygamist,
anarchist, socialist or communist, or be
longs to any society or association of such,
shall be naturalized or adjudged by any
court to be a citizen of the United States
of any state, nor shall any alien be
naturaliz d who has not continuously lor
six years preceding such adjudication re
sided within the United States.
The bill goes intodetals, but the central
ideas are that the foreigner who wishes to
becomea citizen must be of good character,
not an enemy of our institutions, nor ig'
norant of them, and able to read and un
derstand the laws of his adopted country.
The ideas are good ones on which to build
naturalization law, and wc hope Mr.
Oates during the next session will be able
obtain for bis bill the serious considera
tion it deserves.
With a population increasing at the
rate of two millions a year, the United
States are in n-i such need of people to de
velop their resources that they must wel
come the paupers and criminals of other
countries. And even if these be permitted
to enter, in accordance with the idea that
our country is the asylum of the poor and
oppressed of all nations, there is no reason
why these refugees should bo given
voice in the government, while still ignor
ant of what that government is. It U
enough if they be given the rights of a
citizen after they have had opportunity to
learn a citizen’s duties.
They will be weeks of turmoil and excite
ment in those states where the result of
the division is doubtful; with the south
ern people they will be weeks of anxiety,
but not excitement. We can ooly wait,
with what patience we may, while our fate
is being decided in a struggle in which we
can take little part. Among ourselves the
question at issue was long sin e settled.
Not the lea t painful thought wliilp we
wait for the result of the battle which
means so much to us is that our love for
the friends who are fighting for equality
and justice for all people before the law is
source of weakness to them. Before the
war began the north and the south did not
differ on the question now under debate;
they voted together for the tariff reduction
1857. Subsequent eveuls changed t'.e
attitude of the north, and now we see
unscrupulous partisans appealing to the
sectional hatred produced by the civil war
prevent north and south again agree
ing upon this question. They assume
that England favors the democratic
policy, and that England is our country’s
determined enemy. This, they say, should
convince everyone that that policy is bad,
but, if further evidence is wanted, Lok at
the attitude of the south. With England
and the south jjoth in favorof reducing the
tariff, what patriot can hesitate to vote
against reduction?
This is, in fact, the whole argument of
republican extremists. They refuse to de
cide the question upon its merits; th y are
content to discover the attitude of those
whom they consider the country’s enemies
and put themselves in opposition. The in'
suit to the southern people in coun ing
them among those enemies, offered by office-
seeking partisans, might not in itself be
much regarded; it is the fact that shrewd
politicians among our northern fellow-
countrymen consider the offering of tho
insult good politics that is painful.
The result of this campaign may con
vince even F.,raker and his congeners that
in this matter their judgment was fanlty.
democratic victory could not have a
better result than to sweep away war taxes
and war hatreds at the same time.
As to the prospect of democratic victory
there is every reason to be hopeful. The
issue between the parties is made up with a
precision that will enable every man to un
derotand it. Each party is committed to a
istinct legislative proposition, aud we be-
ieve that of the democrats to be ju t,
reasonable and in line with the desires of
the people. Their campaign is beiog con
ducted with energy aud skill. The
factional fight in New York city politic) is
to be regretted, but it does not necessarily
lessen the chances of national success. The
northern democratic press is confident of
victory, though it acknowledges the ne
cessity for hard work.
An International Combi
Mr. Andrew Carnegie is not devoting
all his time to pleasure at his Highland
castle. He finds time for business also.
The rail makers of England, France, Ger
many and Belgium have formed an inter
national pool to advance prices, and at
their meeting Mr. Carnegie was present.
He promised co-operation on the part of
the American combine, and said to a prom
inent Glasgow rail maker:
The Immense (all which occurred in rail
prices upon the break up o( the late comblnn
tlun among the rail producers, and wblcb has
never been recovered, should now soon become
» remembrance only o( past history. Steel rails
will steadily advance tn price and the restora
tion ot something like prosperity to so large an
Industry and to so deserving a body ot traders
as the rail producers of the world Is ground (or
very legitimate eratlficallon
This la the greatest combine that has
been formed. Mr. Carnegie < an doubtb
carry out his promise of co-operation, and
a committee will fix the cost of railroad
building for the world. There can not
much lack of prosperity in a business that
has made Mr. Carnegie many times a mil
lionaire in a few years, paying him $1
500,000 in a single season. However “de
serving” he may be, he ought to be satis
fied with hia share in the prosperity of the
country,
other state of the south. This is true
both as to editorial expressions and news
items. The reason is obvious. We state
• truth that is generally admitted when
we say that the press of Georgia covers its
field and does its work better than the
press of any other state of the south.
Virginia is a richer and more populous
state than Georgia. Virginia has proba
bly one' hundred thousand more white
people than Georgia, and i's principal
city has fully 25,000 more inhabitants
and far more wealth than the largest city
ia Georgia. And yet there are five daily
papers iu as many Georgia cities which
are in all respects superior to the best
daily paper published in Virginia. They
give more Aseociated Press and
special telegrams, more state and local
news, livelier editorials, a greater variety
and a better quality of reading matter.
This comparison is not made by way of
invidious distinction. There are southern
states further behind than Virginia in
newspaper enterprise. We take that Btate
because of its prestige, the general intelli
gence of its people,, and the various ad
vantages it oilers as a newspaper field.
The excellence of the newspapers of
New Orleans is admitted, but outside of
New Orleans the press of Louisiana
amounts to very little. Impartial com
parison with any other southern state will
show the press of Geogia far in the lead in
all that goes to make up good news
papers. The relative superiority
of the weekly press of the slate is as de
cided as that of the dailies, Georgia is
dotted all over with printing presses. One
of the first things that appears in a new
town is a local newspaper. Iu the older
towns of the state where there is more
wealth an 1 culture excellent weeklies are
to be found. Many of them 1 enjoy large
circulations and exert considerable in
fluence. Whether the ci.izen ot Georgia
takes one of the leading, dailies of the
state or only hit county paper he is almost
sure to get his money’s worth. Commis
sioner Glessner, who is now traveling in
tho west with a special car filled with
specimens of Georgia resources aud pro
ductions did welt when he carried a collec
tion of the new>papers of the state. They
make a good showing for the intelligence
and liberality of Georgia.
fouug Charlie i*aid to sweet M’lu,
When he bis decl station ended,
'( now most try to steal a kite,
And hope you will dm be offended ••
'What! steal a kt.s! Judf tty It, dot”
She answered him with «alraati ou .
■And II you get It I'll pur.vov
A policy of retaliation!”
_ , —Boston Court.,
The man who is wild on the subiect
yachting isau ultra-marine. -Puck.
Most of the jieople who come to WiM
Journal' d ° n °' ‘°
Autumn’s got geous colors trembling a „i
rippling 1' the languid wind will be theW
sight draught i ext month.-Puck. °
i nurse girl should fully realize th*;.
ic attention to the 1 ttle thing, th, t mtl "
work a success.- Yoaker. Statesman
Is Mr. Bromley tall?” “Personally V.
“Personally!” “Ye,. Ofletally he
,-JSAOOO short, That's why he wen,
Montreal."—Harper's Lazar.
‘Are you ticklish?” inquired youn.
Ltherlv. vihn hml . o
Featherly, who hod Bobby on his knee.
little.
At
," responded Bobby, “but not so much „
arc.” "Why do you think I'm ucklns
Bobby 7” “PA says so.”—Epoch. “
the concert: She-DWn’t Mne
drop a note then? He (scanning theit,,
carefully with a glass) - No, 5 thltsa J
she had I could see It with this glass,,a)
hat's more I could rend the address os it _
Burllogton Free Press.
. western congressman had a S ew York
II (or a room male on one occasion, tn* w
morning the swell tlxed up a laundry lhi
send out. “How many shirts have young
there?” ho asked when they were all out. ‘Only
eight,” replied the swell -Jerusalem, mn'
exclaimed the M. C., "you don't mean to t«a m,
you haven’t had any washing done in eight
months.”—Washington Critic.
Porkopolite (as one of the Babes make,
difficult catch, retiring the (limit, without a
ruu)-No polo ground slough about him. Ths)
Fleetwood's a lightning pUyer, he Is. Uothta-
ito-Ya-as. (Game go , on. Bases lull, two men
out. Fleetwood (an, out.) You are right about
Fleetwood; he law lightning player. Borkopolke
(mad a- a funnel.shaped cyclone) -How's that?
Never strike, twice Iu the same place—Times.
A stage version ”f “The Quickand the
Dead” was presented in New York on Uondiy
evening, aud seems to hare acnl rod the (allure
It deserved. It is sain to he quite decent, thus
omitting all that gave popularity to the origi
nal tale, and the addition ol some "barn hi”
business did not successfully relieve Its. dud
ness. The dramatlal'a particular InvvuUs i b
the apparition, Irom time to time, of ths Sm
husband', ghost, produced by the Pepper pre'
Honored Ity Ills Constituents.
Few members of congress ever received
an ovation from their constituents equal to
at given to Hon. Roger Q. Mills a few
days ago.
Instead ot a regular nominating convcn
tion the democrats of the district had a
grand mass meeting at Corsicana, where
Mr. Mills resides,
Eighteen thousand enthusiastic Texas
democrats from all parts ol the district
met to welcome their leader and to inform
him that they meant to send him back to
congress. When Mr. Mills appeared he
was greeted with a shont which was proba
bly beard in the next county.
Mr. Mills spoke to his enthu
siastic constituents and gave
one of these ringing tariff talks which have
made him noted in the north and west as
one of the most effective men on the
stump in this campaign. Mr. Mills is
fine speaker, and understands how to
knock the props from under the repaid!
can platform with neatness and dispatch,
After his speech the multitude enjoyed
a barbecue proportionate to its needs,
The tablet) extended a mile and a quarter.
They were loaded with barbecued meats
and abundant supply of bread. There
were sixty large beeves, 135 sheep,
and eighty-seven pig* roasted. Besides
these there were hundreds of private
baskets. The colored democrats of the
district were out in fotce and entered fully
into the Bpirit of the occasion. They
brought along eighteen 'possums, which
, were served to distinguished guests only
It was a grand gathering of the sovereign
Gtowth of Population,
Preparations for the census of 1890
havo already begun, and that numbering
the people now seems likely to show an
increase of population much beyond gen
eral expectation. In the ten years from
1870 to 1880 only 1,112,714 immigrants
came into the country. In the ten yean
ending with 1890 it is estimated that nearly
0,000,000 will come. If the rate of in
crease among the native population re
mains tho same as in former years the
total population of the country in 1800
will not fait far short of 70,000,000, if at
all. This increase is at the rate of 2,000,-
000 a year—much more than, the popula
tion of the average state in tho union.
There is something very impressive in
this extraordinary growth, and >t suggests
that very grave questions will demand
solution from our future statesmen. The
sparsenei-s of population, the ease with
which all the necessaries of life could be
obtained and the conservative temper of
our people have saved our government
from all the strains that endanger au
thority in Euroiie. With a dense popula
tion will come, in many respects, European
conditions.
While, therefore, the enormous growth
of our country iu population and wealth is
a matter of pride to every American, it i,
a growth not without its disadvantages.
It will occur to some people in this con
nection that if the rail-makers of the people to honor a man who richly deserved
Four weeks from today the state fair
will open in Macon. Preparation* for it
are in active progress, and there is every
r< lu-oii to believe that it will be one of the
non* -icceseful fair* ever held in the
stale. Macon Lopes to entertain a large
part of ;-eorgisdaring the fair. Entrh*
con;- in every dad. and the i-e .ple are get
ting readv 1 lie on hand.
Mb. Calvin of Uicbmond will be the
only member in tlm next Georgia House
of Representatives who baa been in the
legislature continuously since 1882. Ilia
election for a fourth term is a just recogni
tion of faithful and able service to hia
constituent* snd the state. Mr. Calvin has
dittibgunhed himself in every legislature
of which be has been a member. We le:
that be will be acandidate for speaker |
tern, of the House. No better -election
could he made. He ha- often pre-ided
over the deliberations of the lleuse and
el* ay* in i moat acceptable manner.
world have entered into a combination to
raise prices, our government should aban
don its efforts in the same direction and
allow them to depend upon their own re
sources.
One of the things the legislature should
do at its next session is to reduce the
number of elections in Georgia. We had
one last Wednesday; another, will take
place on Nov. C, and still another on the
first Wtdnesday in January. Besides these
several Georgia cities will have municipal
elections in December. This is laying on
politics a little too thick. There is no
reason why the elections for federal, stale
and local officers should not be held on
thessmeday. Election- are expensive
more ways than one and In Georgia
have entirely too many cf lln-m.
A beport from Bunbay shows that
Russian oil is driving the American ar
ticle out of the Indian mark. being
per cent, cheaper. A* transporta
tion facilities are improved, uo doubt
Hussion oil will prove a serious competitor
in the markets o! western Europe also.
suitta usu
mica a irtoutc.
patient and courageous struggle (or tariff
reform as the democratic leader in thy
House ol Representative*, lie is honored
not only by the people of bis district, but
by the democracy of the whole country.
-The Philadelphia Record Is a very
accurate and reliable paper, and its state
ment is strong evidence, jfhe Record has
unsurpassed facilities for observing the
political current in Philadelphia, and it
has deliberately reached the conclusion
that since the administration of President
Cleveland began no leu than 20,000 voter*
Cora llreuU,
Last year the southern farmers were
justly congratulated by tlioir true friends
on the fact that they had rltised more corn
than ever before.
This year they have done better still—
great deal better. An estimate that may
be considered very near the truth places
the corn crop ol the south for 1888 at
533,000,000 bushels. This is a magnificent
yield. It beats the crop of 1887 hy 40,-
000,000 bushels. It is a long stride toward
independence. By keeping up the pace of
these two years the farmers ol the south
will soon lie able to fill their granarice
from their own fields. A corn crop and
home-raised meat supply luflicL.
for the needs of our people
wou'd be an insurance agaiu-t the
worat results that could come from a fail
ure of our recognized staples, the New
Orleans Picavutte says: “Let us produce
as much hi-g meat aa we can and all the
hominy we need. That will mean thrift
and economy, which will lead to wealth,
The southern crop now being harvested
in the fields is some 40,000,000 buthe'i
more than last year, buttheincrease, while
it 1 r. flattering, does not meet all the de
mands. When we produce our own (ood
crops, the cotton, cane and rice will be the
plaoier’s profit.”
M/.j. A. O. Bacon has been doing valua
ble service at democratic headquarters
| New Yoik for a month past. He came
in that city have left the republican rank* Macon yesterday, but remained only a few
and joined the democracy because they
favor revenue reform. This can hardly be
called a campaign straw. It is more like
a bowlder.
Rev. J. L. M. Cubby seems to hate
looked upon the offer of the Spanish mis
sion as an opportunity fora pleasant aud
profitable vacation. He is back in his old
place as general agent of the I'esbody
fund. It is a place which
till la tter.
the
hours aud started back for New York,
where he will be actively engaged in
management of the campaign until it
over. 4 He believe* that Cleveland and
Thurman will be elected, but he thinks
th* democrats must not relax their efforts
until the poll* close.
Tiik royalties of Europe teem to be
a bad way. Kiog Humbert, of Italy, w
nobody could ( ia about the best of them, is raid to
slowly dying with o.a-uuiptiun.
SIIREDS and PATCHES.
PERSONAL.
It is an old superstition amoog acton
that they die In group* of three. The nsraesd
Davldge, We Pack and Warren may tie i
Hom'd In this connection.
It is an old superstition among, actors
that they die In groupe ot three. The umei ■i
Davtdge.WaUsok aud Warren maybe meatloee*
tn this connection.
Minnie Palmer lias managed to get >
lot of English ladles Illicit -t d iu a projc : to
r-t up mi exhibition ol theatrical dr -u.m-
lea and Manuscripts at the Keaslngtoa Mu is.
A Mrs. Manning, of Paris, Ill., who died
(ew days since, took to her bed nine years t|o,
declaring that sho would never leave ll till she
died, became her ton married s glil she did set
like, snd sho kept her word.
l-en. Schofield will anon take up his
abode In Washington. He will probably spent
the winter at tho Ebbltt House. (Ill locresse ii
rank adds nothing to his salary, which Is onl;
*7,500 a rear, a sum which does not go Ur el ihe
capital.
Jules Oppert, the assyriologist, hu jo*
comotunlcst d to tbe Academy ol Insc.ipl.o-
aud Dcllcs-Lettera tbe translation ol s con*
torm Due lption describing two eclipses, omi
which was observed at Babyloa Iu tbe )esr h
of an unknown local ora, and tbe other Is th
year '.'5A B. C.
Ghooly Khan, the Persian minu'erebt
reached Washington yesterday. I- a lies'
little man with handsome while hands. I
short, dark-tirowu, almost black, w^rd I
Ugntly lunched with grey, but his hstr U
His eyea are soft aud slmo.t plcidlnf in ltd
expression, while his manners sre geuik
almost insinuating la their suavlly.
.Senator Sherman, in a recent intervie*
said that th* tariff should be revised sad >
duced, that ho U opposed In taking tbe uz <
w bisky, and that the bloody-stilrt Is a Unci
the past. Tho Ht. I/lull Poet-Dlspaleh
Senator Sherman continues on bU honesty N
Icy the first thing he knows he will faf M*
In tbe Democratic parly.
Mr. Westinghouse’s summer house, no|
being built at Lenox, U I* said, will throw •
other American palaces Into the shade. Its *
when finished and Inrnlshed. will ton Islos
tn-Dions. It Is said that Mr. Wsstlnit* 1
while tn Italy recently, bought a title snd*
estate (or his son and heir, now a lad, whose
be seen, dressed alter the etyle ol MlHels^P
ing of tbs Princes ol the Tower, out''
with his mother. .. .
Percy Conkey of Appleton,
peculiar experience the other dey. >•
home front church before Ihe reel ol the
and. Until, g the door locked, climbed i**
I.. ..fhpnteti
wiu‘'..ov. A neighbor caught sights*
d. tewing olio l.,r it burglar,
of citizens, who, with —
oouse. Conies »si copt*””
i,deer, >i
vho
tl»»* IIO'sM*. Wllih#*
ii-u home, out. It Is ncieUcts »
Itnm.oUtcly released. .
-V. Cuvl.ir, « native of BbodW
chr g ar. Ih-Uhigh.hire. W*leO«
living Welshman, lit recently left w*
Australia, to contest West DeoblgluWJJ*
scat la the House ol Commons. «- - (
alter devote htmsellto political I' 1 *' ,
Australian eatate, which he hasltt*'
realized Ihe enormous turn ol '
Taylor It an ardent liberal and a
Welshman. It ts said oat hcd<almost w
of being returned to parliament. ,
Capt. A. B. Davis, United Stales ^
ts one of the Jotllest ot Uncle 8**’*
and but for one tblBf 1»l» h*pppl De * ^
complete. When on land hsrdly *
but whet he le »u ed at by sttangen n
times followed (or squares by crs» •
reason is bis remarhibie resemb s ^
late Ucu. Grant The likeness « —
Even to the cut ol hU beard and the *•«
tide ol tbe nose. By a s'-™®** ® , cn
Capt. Davis tan. w tn command oils
cutter lirmst, now In New York nai > ■
When in Madrid r.cenily ''“V
exuressed a desire to t ew tbe baby
tngj’ebe added, "the only su.e'«t*«
world » bom I b*YC oul ^ e ^
being introduced tb« uhr* mede j
end prtued h!< chubby llu e f* 11 ' 1 ; .
at which tbeqn «n remarked, ^
son shall not Iw the first Bpaotei- ,
gallant as to gtv*|bls ba»d to * ***‘”«(
pray, permit him to apologlM 'd' ' ^^*
kiss." Aod Hide Alphon.” respo'“
,,!., ing I... -hortar M . . ..
the famod- vocalt-t aud givlog * e -