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Samwmh Bai In ■ Simes,
VOL. 6.—NO. 81.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST REPORTS BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Rumored Pacificatory Messages Between
England and Russia—The French Mak
ing Active Preparations for War
in Tonqiin General Grant’s
Condition—Reported Sinking
Rapidly—The Madison Mur
der Case—General and
Miscellaneous
Matters.
London, March 30. —A much better feel
ing exists to-day in both political and finan
cial circles. Apparently well founded rumors
are curretthat negotiations are in progress
between Lindon ard St. Petersburg which
may result in a peaceful solution of the
Afghan question.
THE FR INCO-CHINESE TROUBLE.
War Expected to be Formally Declaredhy
France.
Paris, March 30.—The city is in a fer
ment over rumors which have been in cir
culation for the past twelve hours to the es -
sect that war will be formally declared
against China to-day, and that an active
and vigorous campaign, on a much larger
scale in the latter country will be com
menced at once.
The Council of Ministers to-day was pre
sided over President Grevy in person. He
insisted on prompt and vigorous action on
the Chinese question, and declared that
nothing short of decisive and complete meas
ures would satisfy the people. Alter ah ex
cited discussion the Council decided to ask
. the Chambers for 200,000,000 francs (forty
million dollars). It was also decided to im
mediately mobilize two full divisions of the
army, including four Brigadier Generals for
service in Tonquin.
RUMORED DEATH OF GRANT.
The Report Afterwards Contradicted,
Though Death Momentarily Expected.
New York, March 30.—General U. S'
Grant died at 12:30 to-day.
THE REPORT CONTRADICTED.
New York, March 30, 1 p. m. —The re
port about General Grant having died at
12:30 o’clock to day is now contradicted,
though his death is 1 joked for at any mo
ment.
FAILING RAPIDLY.
New York, March 30. —General Grant’s
condition this morning is quite critical. He
is failing very rapidly, and in .‘he opinio i
of Dr. Douglas and the ex-President’s nurse,
he may not live more than twenty-four
hours.
SAVANNAH AGAIN HONORED.
General A.R. Lawton Nominated as Minis
ter to Russia.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Washington, March 30.—The President
to day nominated General Alexander R.
Law ton, of Georgia, to be Mini iter to Rus
sia, and Evan P. Howell, of the same State,
Consul at Manchester, England.
FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Loss Not Estimated, but Very Heavy.
Chicago, 111., March 30. -The National
Printing Company house, \J. A. McConnell
President is burning This morning the first
alarm was sounded at 4 o’clock, and fifteen
minutes later a general alirm had been
turned in. The peculiar construction of
the building is such that a draft was created
i which caused the flames to sweep like a
hurricane. They shot upward and half an
hour later had burst through the roof and
l ; defied the department. The loss cannot be
I estimated, but it is necessarily ’ery heavy.
THE MADISON MURDER.
Cluverlns’ Case Certified to the Hustings
i C. ill'ti
Richmond, Va. ( MtU’vb <Jo.—This mo'rn
[l ing the case 'of T, J. Cluverius, charged with
S the niufxifeT of Fannie Lilian Madison, came
up I’n the Police Court, and counsel for the
defense, waived an examination, and the
case was certified to the Husting’s court,
j where it will come up before the grand jury
I next Monday. All the witnesses were recog
-1 nized to appear at that time.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
I All On Account of a Woman—A Bycicle
Exhibition.
Montgomery, Ala., March 30.—Chas
Douglass, a hotel steward, attempted suicide
at Birmingham to-day, on account of a
public woman, named Nora Cl lyton, for-
I merly of Atlanta. She is said to have
caused the death of Archie Orme, theticket
agent at Atlanta, and other suicides. Doug
lass cannot survive.
Paince, the noted bycilist, ex mbits here
Thursday-
jail delivery.
Seven Prisoners Make Their Escape.
Charleston, 111., March 20. Y ester
day afternoon seven prisoners in the county
jail escaped by burning a hole through the
pine ceiling with a piece of scrap iron taken
i from the water sink. The jail is under the
■L court room and the prisoners got into the
ik court room and passed out through the win-
dow and walkod off.
A NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS
Sent in to the Senate This Morning.
Washington, March 30.—The President
suit the following nominations to the Senate
to-day: To be Consul-General Thomas M.
Waller, of Connecticut, at London; Fred
e'ick Kane, of Maryland, to be Minister
resident at Berlin; Isaac Beil, Jr., of Rhode
Blind, to the Netherlinds; Rufus Magee, of
Indiana, to Sweden and Norway to be Min
ister resident and Consul
General Edward Parke Custis Lewis, of
New York, to Portugal; Rasmus B Ender
son, of Wisconsin, to Denmark.
To be Consuls —A Haller Gross, of
Pennsylvania, at Athens, Greece.
Alexander McCue, of New York,
to be Solicitor of Treasury; David
Settle, of North Carolina, Marshal of Uni
ted States western district of North Caro
lina; Joseph E Johnston, of Virginia, to
be Commissioner of Railroads; Clement
Dowu, of North Carolina, Collector of in
ternal Revenue Sixth district of North
Carolina. To be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary. Thos. J. Jarvis,
of North Carolina, Brazil,—Alexander
R. Lawton, of Georgia, to R is
sia—Anthony M. Kelly, of
Virginia, t> Italy. To be Ministers res
dent; George W. Merrill, o
Nevada, to the Hawaiian
Isl mds. To be Consul-General Edmund
Jussen, of Illinois, at Vienna, Austria. To
To be Consul Evan P. Howell, of Georgia,
at Man bester, England.
FLASHES FROM ATLANTA.
The Strike of the Tailors.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 30. —The strike of the
tailors in the clothing establishment of Jas.
A. Anderson & Co. has created a sensation
and is the topic of conversation among all
classes of working men. The action of Mr
W. B. Lowe in keeping a convict tailor at
his house, to whom work was supi lied by
Anderson & Co., is condemned on all sides.
The working people say there is no protec
tion to any line of business if such a thing
is tolerated. It may be that the Govern r
will take some action in reference to the
matter.
The Governor of North Carolina, accom
panied by his staff, passed through the city
yesterday, en route to New Orleans.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Wealthy Californian Shoots His Wife
and Kills Himself.
San Francisco, Cal, March 30.—List
evening John Kane, a wealthy stock man,
insist-d in his «i;e accompanying him to
Colusa County :o live E rigt lat her re
fusal lie seiz-J a Wiue - r rill i and fired
three bullets iut-> her .■■rd men rilled him
self. 1 lie wife is-111' 1 ring, l 'i. will prob
aby die.
A FATAL AFI R IY.
End of a Quarrel Begun in a Saloon.
Alexandria, Va., March 30.—John T.
Downey last night shot and killed Joseph T.
Burnett. They had a difficulty in a saloon
and reaching the street the quarrel was re
newed. Burnett rushed at Downey with an
open knife, when Downey drew a
pistol and fired four shots,
three of which took effect
Both men were married. Downey sur
rendered and was committed to jail. The
affair causes much excitement, as it is the
firs', case of homicide here for years.
IN SELF-DEFENSE.
A Maniac Shot Dead.
Charlotte, N. C., March 30.—At the
distillery of Eli Jenkins, in Gaston county
an insane colored man named Abraham
Brown appeared and demanded some whisky.
The storekeeper, Green Flowers, refused,
when Brown assaulted him. Flowers shot
Brown dead, and then surrender'd to the
authorities.
I ANCIENf order O F AIbERNIANS.
All A'tack on Thein by Roman Catholic
Priests.
Elmira, N. Y., March 30.—A simulta
neous attack was made by the pastors of
various Catholic churches yesterday on the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. The order
has never received the recognition of the
church here.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 30.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 43%
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57%
Pacific Mail 52%
Lake Shore 60%
Louisville and Nashville 31
Texas Pacific 11%
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 61
Delaware, Lackawanna Ji West'n 106%
Northwestern 93%
st. Paul 69%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 122%
Oregon Transcontinental 12%
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 115%
Jersey Central 32%
Memphis and Charleston 39
East Tennessee, Va. <t Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 6%
Philadelphia and,Reading 14%
Omaha (com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 66
New York Central - 89
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie 12%
Arrested for Murder.
Blunt, Dak, March 30. —Jas. H. Bell,
of Harrold, Hughes county, was arrested
yesterday for murder of Forest G Small,
who has been missing since December 24th
last. Both were lawyers and land agents,
and from being fast friends, became bitter
enemies.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1885.
WESTERN MARKETS.
A WEEK OF FEVERISHNESS AND
t EXCITEMENT.
. War Talk on ’Change Unsettles Every
thing—Rapid Advances in Wheat Fol
lowed by Equally Rapid Declines—
Dealers Waiting for Something
I Definite —Corn, iu the Main,
Ruling Steady—Pork Some
what Neglected, but
Probably Down to
Hard Pan.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Chicago, March 30. —During the past
week war talk has again come to the front
on ’Change and the markets have been very
feverish and unsettled Wheat started
quiet, with only a scalping trade. Opera
tors were reluctant to abandon foreign news
on which business had been so lively, and
from the opening fluctuations readily re
sponded to any change in English consols.
These soon became weak, and. as sensational
dispatches stating that war was unavoidable
. kept pouring in, the crowd turned buyers
’ and sellers were scarce. Prices were rushed
. up with jumps of }c. between quotations.
I Breaks, too, on peace news were just as
! rapid, and both sides claimed the other was
I '‘doctoring" cables. Fluctuations were so
, sharp and wide that even those having
profits when attempting to take them only
’ succeeded in getting out at a
loss, and brokers, endeavoring to
to execute stop orders were unable to do so
until way past the limit. Those trading on
small margins usually got frozen out on
whichever side they invested, and often sales
were made at the same time in diflerent
■ parts of the pit fully }c. apart. If there was
j i going to be a war everybody wanted to be in
on the “long'” -ide, and' if the difficulty should
be tided over nobody wanted to own any
1 i grain when the reaction came. Still, the
I j tendency has been strongly upward, and
’ while Bliss, Hancock, Bangs, and the quick
est traders generally have been the largest
I winners, the market has bulled more easily
’ \ than declined, and the rally at each break
‘ ' has been to a higher point than had been
' ; before touched. Ihe deal now is in such a
; I nervous condition and the whole sentiment
> I of the pit changes so readily on slight causes
; that it is impossible to form an intelligent
opinion regarding the future. It will
be entirely governed by the news of
’ the hour. If it were possible for
any trader to know whether R issia and
England will settle their difficulties peace
fully or not he would know whether to buy
or sell. In-the absence of this information
’ operators should use more than usual cau
tion and margin up we I on all trades.
Orders are coming in pretty freely from the
t country now, but many of them are on
such narrow limits that they are swept
' away almost as soon as made If outsiders
’ are coming in at a 1 they shoul 1 come in to
stay. One effect of this batch of war talk is
' noticed, which was lacking before, and that
■ j is the export demand for cash s uff, which
■. it has created, purchases this week for
I immediate shipment and to be moved be
fore April Ist footing up something like
3,000,000 bushels. Crop scares are still in
the background, though each day brings its
regular lot of (lanr-ge stories. The time is
rapidly approaching, however, when some
thing more substantial than rumor will
come from the winter wheat sections, as
spring weather will soon determine whether
any extensive injury has been suffered or
not.
In the corn market scarcely anything new
has developed. It responds slightly to the |
movements of wheat, but in the main rules
steady, and many are making up their minds
that it stands now on its merits, and is not
likely to show any important change for the
present. The consumptive demand con
tinues to absorb all offerings of car lots, and
receipts show no prospect of an increase.
The attention given to wheat has left
' pork rather under neglect. The belief is
[ general that it is about down to hard pan,
i but the class of m°n who must take hold
before any material advance can be secured i
appear to be now simply spectators. Although ,
‘ May is still the favorite option, there is
considerably more doing in June than here- I
tofore.
WHO WROTE SHAKSPEARE?
I
The Question Finally Answered. *
Ne w Y ork Times.
Mr. Ignatius Donne ly has made a grand I
discovery which proves beyond any possibity |
of a doubt tint Lord Bacon was the author
of the plays hitherto attributed to Shakes- I
peare. He has found that a cipher is im
bedded in the plays, and that this cipher
when translated is an autobiography of
Bacon in which full details of the compo
sition by him of the Shakespearean plays
are giver. Alter this there can be no more
doubt that poor Miss Delia Bacon was right
in her Bicouian theory, although in her
case the discovery was simply an inspira -
tion of lunacy and not a cold mathematical
j demonstration.
‘ The cipher in question is a multiple of
> the words in the pages of the first great
’ folio edition of Shakespeare- Mr. Don
; nelly multip ies the number of a page by
i “something else” on the same page, and
then uses the word corresponding to the
1 sum thus obtained. If, for instance, the
j fiftieth page coutains three words in Italics,
‘i 50 must be multiplied by 3, giving, as a re-
■ suit, 150 Now, count the words on the
2 page until the 150;h word is reached.
‘ and you will have one word of the cipher,
a There is, of course, some difficulty in dec-id
? ing, in the absence of words in Italics, what
( number should be used as a multiplier, but
* by trying a large number of different multi
pliers one cat) almost always hit upon a re-
's suit that will prove satisfactory. Mr. Dm
“ nelly has already transited a large part of
the Shakespeare cipher, and is now about to
patent his process in this country and iu
.’ England He will deserve more credit than
1 has hitherto been given to any cipherer
i since Chamnollion.
1 It is a remarkable thing that Bacon was
> not the oily man who has written under the
name of some one else and has at the same
time male use of the Baconian cipher in the
same way and for the same purpose that
Lord Bacon used it. By trying Mr. Don
nelly’s method in the plays commonly a
- to Wycherly it is easy to prove
that thev were not written by Wycherly,
but by the Rev. Richard Baxter. For ex
ample, take the play of “The Country Wife”
and multiply the number of each page by
something else. If this is properly done
there will be found concealed in the de
cidedly undevout pages of the play a ser
mon written by Baxter, and a confession
of his authorship in ’he following character
istic words: “I, Dkk Baxtir, wrote these
plays, and I can lick any man in three
rounds—Oliver Cromwell’s rules—who de
nies it.” To question the truth of this in
terpretation of the cipher is as impissib e as
it is to question the truth of Mr. Donnelly’s
interpretation of the Baconian cipher. If
the result astonishes those who know Baxter
only as the author of the “Saint’s Rest,” it
cannot be helped. Shakespeare and Wych
erlv must go, and Bacon and Baxter must
take their places.
RETURN OF THE CHATHAM'S.
Account of Their Trip by One of the
Members.
The Chathams have just returned from
their trip to New Orleans, where they, to
gether with their celebrated Washington
guns, took so important a part in the cere
monies of the Georgia Day. From a member
of the company a Times reporter gathered
the following points:
“Well, I can only say that we had a most
glorious time while we were in
New Orleans, and could not have been more
royally entertained than we were. The New
Orleans boys know how to entertain and no
mistake. ’
“We arrived in New Oileans on Monday
at 11 o’clock, two hours late. Our car was
stationed at the Northeastern depot. Lieut.
Harmon informed the command that they
woul 1 not be required to report for duty
until Tuesday, so we all strolled about the
city aud amused ourselves as we
chos?. On Tuesday the command was
ordered to march to No. 80 Camp street,
where we were met by the Washington Artil
-1 -ry, of New Orleans; the Governor’s Horse
Guards, of Atlanta; two military companies
of South Georgia, and two elegant brass
bands. From there we went to the St.
Charles Hotel, where Governor McDaniel,
staff and ladies were stopping. With the
Governor, staff and ladies leading off in car
riages, we marched down St. Charles street
to Canal down Canal to the levee, where all
embarked on the steamer Clinton and were
rapidly conveyed to the Exposition grounds
After passing tn review and parading, we
all adjourned to the Music Hall, where
about 9,000 people were assembled. Here
the Hon. John S. Davidson, of Augusta, the
orator of the day, delivered a
fine speech, and was followed by
seveial others in splendid efforts.
The speeches being finished the military
went outside and taking a position rear the
main building a photograph was taken with
the Chathams in front, the Horse Guards, of
Atlanta, being just in the rear. The old
Liberty Bell, of national fame, was i-corpc
rated in the photograph, being just to
one side of the military. A second
photograph with Miss McDaniel hold
ing the colors of the Chathaas was also
taken. After a recess of one hour, spent in
viewing the Exposition, we again took the
boat and returned to the city, where at 8:30
o’clock a reception took place at the St.
Charles Hotel, where the Chathams were
all presented to the Governor, the staff, the
ladies of the party and to General Beaure
gard. The attendance was large and the en
tertainment was kept up till a late hour.
“Wednesday was an “ off duty day”
with us, and we spent it in
“doing” the city and Exposition. On Thurs
day, at 1 p. m., we were met at the Wash
ington Artillery armory and escorted by the
Continental Guards and a brass band to a
steamer at the foot of Canal strset, whence
we gently glided to the Exposition grounds.
The weather wi s the worst it could possibly
be, and it being Philadelphia Day pre
vented many from being outside. After tiring
a salute of 38 guns we again went inside
Music Hall where about 8,000 people were
assembled and seveial speeches by promi
nent. gentlemen from Philadelphia were
made. Returning to the city by the rail
way we were taken to the armory of the
Continental Guards, and most handsomely
and elegantly entertained for two hours,
the punch was the kind that would make a
tcniiss-ur smack his Ips and sip the stiff
because so fine. And the lady friends of the
Guards did all they could to make the time
pass pleasantly in every way. From here
we were escorted to the Levee and Barracks
amid strains of Martial music, after we
■ sought our cars.
“Friday was spent at the Exposition
grounds in fatigue uniform, by some, while
others ‘did’ the sights of the city. At 9
o’clock Friday night, we started via the
Cannon Ball for Atlanta, arriving three hours
late, and getting here Sunday morning at 7
o’clock —just the time we were due.
“On our way to Atlanta, after passing
through Macon, a four-gallon demijohn of
something called cocktail was found on
board, with a card containing the compli
ments of the Macon Volunteers and the le
gend, ‘To the detachment of the Chatham
Artillery enroute to New Orleans. Let no
man desert.’
It was one of the most pleasant trips we
ever went on, and to the New Orleans mili
tary we have to say that had they tried ever
so hard they could not have made the time
piss more pleasantly, and we only want a
chance now to show them our hospitality.
Chicago Change.
Chicago, March 30. —Wheat opened ex
cited and lower; J cent break in five minutes
looks as if the bottom was falling out; May
81}. Corn lower, but firmer than wheat;
May 41|. Oats lower and steady with quiet
trading; April 27|, May 31 |. Pork excited
and lowe.-; May $6.87}, June $6.92}. Ribs
a trifle lower and little trading; May $6 02},
June $6 12}.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 30.—For the South
Atlantic States, fair, warmer weather,winds
generally easterly.
THE GRAND EXPOSITION
UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREATEST
SHOW ON EARTH.
Everybody Shonll Visit It—How It Com
pares with the Philadelphia Centen
nial— Inf. rlor to It in Some Respects,
Superior in Others, and Equal as
a Whole—The Georgia Ex
hibit—Savannah’s Valuable
Contribution to that
Departmeut.
[Editorial Correspondence.]
“What do you think of the Exposition ?”
is the query propounded every returning
visitor from New Orleans, and the Georgia
editors who have just arrived at home, after
a delightful and exceedingly enjoyable trip
to the Crescent City as a finale of their an
nual meeting, will be busily engaged in
telling the numerous readers of the “sights
they saw and the experiences they ex
perienced.” Five days at the Exposition
afford an ample opportunity for those
go to see, to enjoy and to profit, but it would
require great space a~d several issues of the
Times to narrate in detail the many and
charming revelations of this grand and
magnificent exposition of the won
derful resources of our own and foreign
countries. I therefore will not attempt it, but
will in this epistle, treat of matters in which
most interest is felt. I commence with the
declaration that every one should visit the
Exposition who can possibly spare the time
and money, and, if you are judicious, practi
cal and wise, the demands upon both can be
brought within a reasonable limit. The
amount sufficient to “do the Exposition” and
have a very enjoyable entertaining, and in
structive time, can be brought to an exceed
ingly reasonable figure. There is in the first
place no difficulty in obtaining accommoda
tions and you can faithfully, in
the pursuit of pleasure, follow the injunction
of Polonius to Laertes “Costly
thy habits as thy purse can buy”—and have a
good time. As a whole, consilering the
numerous disadvantages, the weather in
cluded, the Exposition may be pronounced
the equal at least in grandeur and magnifi
cence of the celebraied Centennial at Phila
delphia. It should be remembered that
New Orleans is not as accessible to the
country as Philadelphia, and that the man
agement had not the material aid that was
extended the National Exposition, and
yet this World’s Fair, originated by
an extreme Southern city, has exemi lified
in a large degree the magnitude of the re
sources, energy, pluck and progressiveness
of the South. Whilst the art department
and some of tbe S'ate exhibits will not com
pare with the Philadelphia Centennial, the
foreign displays, the government exhibit
and the machinery department are superior
The grounds are beautifully and artistically
laid out, the buildings handsome and orna
mental in architecture, sulstantiaily con
structed and conveniently arranged. To
one who has visited other similar Expos!- i
tions surprise is excited that so much has
been accomplished with the means at com
mand.
I would not attempt to enumerate the
thousand and one specimens so ar
tistically and systematically arranged
in the various departments illustrating
the wonderful inventive genius and skill
of man, and the grand and marvelous? re
sources of this great country. The displays
in the foreign departments, especially those
of Mexico and Japan, are exceedingly fine,
though the Russian and German and French
exhibits are also remarkably attractive.
A mere description would fail to convey
a correct impression of the genuine enjoy
ment the intelligent, visitor derives from a
stroll through the Main and Genernment
buildings. To be properly appreciated, the
Exposition must be visited. I must however,
say a word in reference to the
GEORGIA EXHIBIT,
concerning which considerable concern
has been expressed by our own people Iws
told by many who had been to the Exposi
tion that they, in view cf the poor display
made in the name of the State
felt ashamed to acknowledge that they were
from Georgia. The exhibit was pronounced
poor and the Georgia Department un
worthy a 'place in the Hall. It was
therefore with no pleasant feelngs of
pride and satisfaction that I as-
proached the section set apart
for our State and which was designated by
the word “Georgia,” on a large sign sus
pended aloft. I must confess to an agreeable
surprise, when I reached the department and
found in the Commissioner’s office,Mr. Pratt
brother of the Assistant Commissioner N. F
Pratt, who extended a courteous welcome'
and invited me to make myself at home.
After glancing over the various papers which
had just been received by mail, and register
ing at the desk, I proceeded slowly to in
spect the display made not by
Georgia, but in her name, by private sub
scription and individual effort. Savannah,
through her Cotton Exchange and Board of
Trade can feel proud of her efforts, her con
tributions constituting the chief display in
this Department, and they attract m
little attention. The collection
of minerals is extensive and varied
and make up a very interesting and at
tractive exhibit, whilst the display of the
goods of the Eagle and Phcenix and other
mills of Columbus is most creditable and
giveevidencesof the greatgrowth of southern
manufacturing interests. The wood ex
hibit by the Board of Trade of Savannah in
the handsome cabinet of which a full de
scription was given, in the Times previous
to its shipment. I noticed gathered around
this cabinet several Western gentlemen
who were apparently much interested in the
inspection of the handsome variety of woods
displayed. A noticeable feature in
the Georgia Department and one
which attracted a great deal
of attention was the contribution of the
Georgia Historical Society of the two mod
els of ccean steamships—the Savannah, the
fiist steamship that ever crossed the At
lantic, and the present magnificent steam
ship City of I heard a number
of persons speaking of these models,
and several inquiries were made of
me concerning their location in the
department. The two- ships are
placed side by side, and present a pretty
and interesting contrast. They were the
S6OO A YEAR
ibjects of curious interest to hundreds and
m one occisi'in I siw a crowd of mt less
han twenty aathered about them.
( On “Georgia day,” previous to the ceremo
nies, I had the pleasure of meeting
Governor McDaniel near the Georgia
Depar ment, and in course of conversation
tsked him what he th >ught of the ex
hibit. His reply was that considering the
circumstances and the entire lack of State
ad, he regarded ihe display as very credita
ble, and particularly mentioned the public
spirit displayed by Savannah’s Board of
Trade and Cotton E'change. He was well
pleased with all he saw, and said that with
i reasonable appropriation Georgia
coull have male a display of
tier resources which would have
been second to no State. On “Georgia Day”
the State had credit rtfl'Cted upon herby
numerous representatives of her mannood
ind womanhood-chivalrous men and fair
women.
The Chatham Artillery were conspicuous
on that occasion, and their soldierly bearing
was greatly admired. Their Washington
guns were “observed by all observers.” The
battery were photographed on the ground,
with the Governor and his aides and staff in
the foreground, Miss Gypsy McDaniel, the
Governor’s young daughter bearing the
C hatham’s flag. So much for Georgia's ex
! hibit and Georgia Day, some mention of
which has already been made in my dis-
I patches to the Times.
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
The declaration has been made that it
. would be a wise thing for heads of colleges
■ and schools to take their students to the
■ : Exposition and give them ample opportu
• I nity to profit by what they see. I think
j the idea is an exclient one, and am glad to
know that ore Georgia in.titntion has taken
■ I the initiative, and leave in a body this week
' for New Oil -ans. I refer to Mercer Uni-
■ versity, whose students, accompanied by
I the professors, are announced to make the
excursion. Several hours spent in the sev
! era! educational departments convince me
that teachersand pupils would be alike ben
efitted. Certainly the period to me was
most interesting and instructive, and my
regret was that it could not be extended. In
- fact if all that relates to education was col;
I lected ami shown apart from anything else,
that of itself would be an immense
show, and well worth a visit from
any part of the Uni'ed States. But as it is,
notwithstanding a part of the government
buil ling is set apart for educational pur
poses, there is perhaps more in the State ex
hibits relating to school matters than is
I shown in the educational department.
I Many of the technical schools and train
ing echo. K throughout the country have on
exhibition samples cf the pupils’ work. The
i Spring Garden Institute, of Philadelphia,
has quite an extensive show,so have Frank
lin Institute, University of Pennsylvania,
Illinois State training College, Washington
State University, of St. Louis, Nashville
(Vanderbilt) University and many others
which I cannot now recall.
Many of the little Western towns have
shown what they are doing in the way of
education, notwithstanding tbe Eastern
| cities are so much older in that line. Even
I Colorado has done well, and shows samples
■ if all sorts of school work.
The best exhibit of mechanical work of
any of the Training Schools is that of the
j Tulane University of New Orleans, which
has just started its boys into mechanical
t r aining. Their school seats and desks are
[ in place, so that it is proposed to show a
j section t f the echo. 1 as it is in operation,
j ' 01. Wm. Preston Jobnston, a scientific man
is at the head of it, with a corps of 15 pro
. lessors and assistants of the first order of
ability. This schoil has been endowed
with the magnificent sum of a million dol
lars by the late Peter Tulane. The Uni
versity has been in operation many years,
but the manual training school has just
begun.
But I have extended this letter beyond
the limits intended, and will defer until
another time mention of other features of
this grand Exposition, with which I was
particularly impressed. B. H. R.
A Roy’s Biography.
Kansas City Journal.
Following is the biography of a 10-year
old youngster of this city’s public school,
' written by himself:
i First—When and where were ycu born?
.! Os what descent?
Second—Where have you lived?
Third -How have you spent your life.
Fourth—What remarkable things have
happened to you?
Fifth—What should you like to be-
' come?
1 ‘ I was born in Kansas City, Jackson
. County, Missour’; West Central States, U.
SA; Alestern hemisphere; Tuesday, Jan
uary 13, 1873.
‘I am English decent. I have lived in
Kansas City all my life.
“Once I tumbled down a well and was
i fished out with a clothes line. 1 fell down
steps two or three times and mashed my
i lingers once when I was a little kid. I got
j in some jam that had Cayenne pepper in it,
and it made me dance like a wet hen on a
hot brick.
“I want to become an angel.”
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 30.—Flour dull and
’ unchanged. Wheat, 90} for April; 911 for
■ May, Corn, No. 2, mixed, 49| for March;
49| bid for April; 50 bid for May. Oats,No. 2,
i mixed, for March 87J; for April, 37.
Rye ar'l barley nominal. Pork dull, mess
, $13a13 35. Lard, $7 11 for April, $7 18 for
May. Molasses steady, Porto Rico 24a37.
s Turpentine dull at 31}. Rosin dull, stram
[ ed to good, $1 20al 22. Petroleum ttsady,
, refined in cases9}alo}. Butter dull,Western
> imitation creamery, choice, 21. Cheese dull,
3 Ohio flat; prime to choice. 10al0} Eggs
, steady; western stock, 15a25. Suuar dull;
j relined cut loaf, 6}; granulated, 6; confec
] tioners’, s|. Talfow steady; prime city,
3 5 15-16a6 Freights dnll. Coffee dull; fair
. cargoes, Bj. Rice nominal. Hay quiet
e anti unchanged.
The Extra Session.
r Washington, March 30.—Immediately
|, after the reading of the Journal the Senate
J went in Executive session, and at 12:20 the
e doors were opened, and the Senate adjourned.
e »—♦——
y —There was no session of Superior Court
e to-day. It meets to-morrow,