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Savannah Daily Times VOL. 6.—NO. 183. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. LATEST EVENTS OF INTEREST AT HOME AND ABROAD. Great Excitement Over the Illinois Sen atorghip—Jonn A. Logan Re-elected —Attempt to Burn Ocala, Fla.—A Fanatic’s Foolish Fr< ak—Serious Alarm in England Over the Anglo-Russian Troubles —General News Items. Springfield, 111, May 19. —There is great excitement over the Senatorial ques tion around the hotels this morning. The friends of the rival candidates are on the ground and are working like beavers. The Republicans are I opeful and the Democrats active. Judge Tree is surrounded by his leading lieutenants and Col. Morrison appears to be doing what he can for him. The Republicans have all their best workers on hand, and claim that when the roll is called at noon every one of their 103 members will answer to his name. There is an impression that a crisis has ar rived. Farwell’s supporters are more out’ spoken than usual, and there are intimations that if the necessities of the case demand it, there will be a disastrous break from the Logan ranks. LATER —LOGAN RE ELECTED. John A. Logan has just been re-elected United States Senator. He received 103 votes. The Democrats did not vote. HONORS TO MINISTER PHELPS. Formal Presentation to Her Majesty, the Que. n. Windsor, May 19.—Retiring United States Minister J. Russell Lowell, accompa nied by his successor, Mr. Edward J. Phelps, arrived here from London by special train this morning, in compliance with the command of the Queen, Her Majesty having appointed to-day as the date of presentation of ihe new minister to Court. Immediately on their arrival at the depot they entered carriages in waiting and were at once driven to the castle. After a short delay they were ushere i into the presence of the Queen. Mr. Lowell introduced Mr Phelps to her majestv and after going through a few for malities the }new“ minister presented his , credentials. MinisterLow.il has vacated De i„i, rooms occupied by the American lega- J ’ London, and everything is now in the day f or t | le i mnae( Ji a te installation of his ranged t doubt les. < ■ -r- -tr out: LeICUICIDE OF A MILLIONAIRE. Sterling at a. m., or aftug His Fortune Fleeing from Him. arriving a ried out resu]'Jacksonville, Fla., May 19.—Norman anJB. Harw >od, who eight years ago was a millionaire of Minneapolis, Minn., and after losing his money in speculation, came here and acquired another fortune, committed suicide Sunday night at Daytona on account of judgments having been obtained for nearly the entire amount of his property by his former creditors. A RELIGIOUS FANATIC Starving Himself to Death, Bloomington, 111., May 19.—At Farmer City, a man named Samuel Nutt has been publishing a paper called the Spirit of Truth. He has not tasted food or drink in eleven days, and declares that he will not until he has fasted forty days. He claims he is doing this as a sacrifice to the Lord, t and to manifest his obedience. Nutt claims to be a prophet. THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN TROUBLES. Serious Alarm Felt Over the Situation. London, May 19.—The Times says that although nothing has happened to jus tify any serious alarm because of the unac countable delay manifested by Russia in ratifying the preliminary agreement be tween Mr. Gladstone and Baron de Staal, yet i he siiuation cannot be regarded without anxiety by pers ns who are well acquainted with ail the bearings of the question. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Losses One Million Dollars. London, May 19.—A destructive fire broke out this morning in the warehouse of Mitchell & Co., importers of mohair at Bradford A large quantity of valuable goods was stored in the building, and before the firemen could get control of the slimes property to the amount of $1,000,000 was destroyed FIRE AT OCALA. Attempt to Burn the Town. Jacksonville, Fla., May 19.—Five stores on the public square at Ocala were burned Monday night. The destruction of the whole town was barely averted. There have been seven attempts to burn the place with n a few Weeks. A Short Cut to Fortune. New York, May 19—Brigadier General Hazen has sued the New York Times for SIOO,OOO damages for editorially charging him wi h responsibility for the failure of the Garliagton relief expedition. Fam us Painter Dead. Paris, May 19.—Mr. de Neuville, the famous painter of military pictures is dead. THE CLUVERIUS TRIAL, Evidence Adduced This Morning. Richmond, May 19.—At the opening of the Cluverius trial this morning two hours were consumed in arguments as to admitting the introduction of certain letters as testi mony. The Court reserved its decision and the examination of Mrs. Dickinson was then resumed. Her testimony in the main was about Miss Madison’s acquaint ances at witnesses’ home and some of her movements. Lilian was at times very much depressed, but witness did not know the cause. She was kind and amiable. Bags of clothing and other articles of wearing apparel found at the time of Lilian’s death, were here put in evidence. John L. Oliver, county jiilor, of King and Queen county, testified to executing the search of Mrs Tuts'.all’s house, and finding an overcoat and hat, belonging to the pris oner. Ellett Richardson, of King and Queen testified to coming to Richmond about the 10th or 12’.h of March, with the prisoner, and that he then wore an overcoat and hat simi’ar to the one now in court. James L. Guthrie, assistant postmaster at Bral, King and Queen, had received letters for mailing addressed to Miss Madison at Millboro Springs, which he believed were in the handwriting of the prisoner. AN AFFRAY IN COURT. One Editor Spits on Another and Runs Away. Memphis, Tenn, May 19—In the crimi nal court yesterday morning, vValker Ken nedy, editor of the Sunday Times, walked up to Attorney General G. P. M. Turner, and spat in his face. Turner sprang up,and drew a pistol upon which Kennedy fled, protecting himself by hiding behind the spectators. Turner is editor of the Scime tar and the two editors have indulged n bitter personalities in their papers. Kennedy will doubtless be punished for contempt of court, and Turner for carrying concealed weapons. ; THE DISPATCH BOAT DOLPHIN Makes Another Failure hi Her Third Trial. New York, May 19. —The Dolphin started out yesterday for anol' er attempt to run six hours at the maxim! a speed called for in the government’s specifications. After running 18 miles the crank pin journal be came heated and the vessel slowly returned to the city. Mr. Roach still maintains that the machinery is exactly as required by the Government Inspectors, and says /; .that if there is anything wrong about itjiliey are to blame. New York Stock Market. } New York, May 19 —At 1:30 p. m. to ) lay quotations were: Union Padtlc 53'.( Missouri Pacific 92% Western Union Telegraph Co 511% Pacific Mail 51% Lake Shore 52% Louisville and Nashville 34% Texas Pacific 19% Denver and Rio Grande 6 Michigan Central 50 Delaware. Lackawanna <fc West’n ill! Northwestern ui% St. Paul 70 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 123% Oregon Transcontinental 14 Northern Pacific 39 1 „ Rock Island ..111% Jersey Central 35% Memphis and Charleston 37 East Tennessee, Va. <S Ga (com) 29% East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5% Philadelphlaand Reading 15 Omaha (com) 26% Omaha (pfd) 72% New York Central 84% Kansas and Texas 18% Erie 10% ♦ Chicago ’Change. Chicago, May 19.—Opening market 9:30 a. m. For some unexplained reason the tickers were all cut off again this morning, and it is i Imost impossible to procure the opening quotations. It is supposed that some bucket shop was getting them, and the Quotation Committee desire to discover the leak. Wheat and oats opened strong and a trifle higher than yes terday’s close. Corn lc better. Provisions •5c better Wheat opened for May 89 j. Corn for May 49]. Oats for May 34}. Pork for June sll 10. Lard for July $6 85. Ribs for June $5 65. New York Produce Market. New York, May 19 —Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat No. 2 red winter $1 93J, June, corn No. 2 mixed, May 56 3-8 Oats No. 2 mixed June 39} bid. Pork dull mess, sl2. Lard, 7.03 June. Molasses dull, 18} for 50 test; superfine quiet at 32}a32}. Rosin, strained to good, $1.07} al. 10. Rice unchanged Coffee dull; fair cargoes, B}. Probabilities. . Washington, May 19.—Indications for the South Atlantic States local rains and partly cloudy weather, winds shifting to easterly, and then becoming variable. Slightly cooler. Virginia City in Flamrs. Ogden, Utah, May 19—All telegraph wires on the direct route west from here have gone down in a lire that is raging at Virginia City, Nevada* Victor Hugo. Paris, May 19.—Victor Hugo is rapidly sinking. His condition is considered very critical and his physicians express the be lief that his death is only the question of a few hours. Grant’s Condition. New York, May 19—General Grant did not experience much pain last evening nor through the night, and after the usual number of hours sleep, he awoke this morn ing with little or no pain. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 19. 1885. THE BUSCH ZOUAVES. A Description of their Mobile Drill—What Savannah Can Expect. The Times briefly mentioned that the celebrated Busch Zouaves, of St. Louis, had signified their intention of entering the con test to be inaugurated by the Chatham Ar tillery at their centennial, in May, 1886. As few of our people have ever seen one of these competitive zouave drills, the following des cription from the New Orleans Times-Demo crat will be read with interest: A Zouave drill is not a military perform ance, but a hop, skip and a jump business which is very much like gymnastic?, and which affords a great deal of amusement to spectators. The Z niaves look a great deal like the alleged Turkish candy vendors that are seen about the street corners, and also bear a close resemblance to those mysterious individuals who every year ride awkward horses in the Rex parade. When the Zou ave gets out on the street all alone, and his baggy trousers commence to float and flap in the wind like a red shirt on a clothes line, he invariably attracts a great deal of attention, and is followed as a general thing by or 300 small boys, who make his heart very sad. On the drill ground, how ever, with his company, the individuality of the Zouave is lost in the bi lbws of red pan taloons and he feeh more at ease, because misery loves company, and he knows the funny remarks which are made concerning the personal appearance of the Zouaves are not directed entirely against himself. The drill of the Zouaves, however, is a revelation in acrobatics, and the manner in which they hop up in the air and twill their legs and flap their arms and twist would cause a cat to go off' and jump down an old well. The Zouaves cannot execute a movement without flying around like a spinning wheel and turning two or three handsprings. For instance, when the com mand is given to fire, they throw their guns in the air, catch them as they come down again, and then stand on their head while they load and pull the trigger with their toes. The next moment the captain com mences to give his commands, as if he was running a singing class, and th” tumble over each other, Ldtra balance themselves on the rims of their ears and brandish their guns in the soft sunlight, or kick the nearest man in the stomach. After becoming tired of this sport they get on their hands and knees and gallop around each other like young calves in a barn yard until the urchin with freckles on his face the size of cathartic pills, who is perched on a fence near by, fairly screams with delight and grows so inter ested that he loses his balance and drops headforemost into an old woman’s pie basket. The hopping, tumbling and roll ing continues until the long, thin man from the country grins with pleasure and says: “Dog my cats if that thar haint euttin’ up more shines then ’er jay bird in roastin’ ear time.” Military men have never yet explained why it is necessary for Zjuaves to turn somersaults and use each other for step ladders in getting over high fences. The impression, however, is that the acrobatic training is to enable the Z >uaves to handle themselves rapidly when they stray away from camp and suddenly come face to face with an unexpected enemy. For instance, suppose a zouave should be walking in the flower decked fields alone with his thoughts and his dropsical pants, and a bull should i suddenly espy him. The chances are that the sight of the zouave would scare the buli so bacly that he would throw his tail straight up toward the blue heavens and go skimming over fences and hedges like a mountain lark; but in case the bull did not get scared, it is safe to assume that the zouave would, and consequently his gymnas tic acquirements would enable him to walk to the top of the nearest tree as easily as if it was a marble stairecase. It is a notorious fact that a brindle bull on one occasion dropped in on a Zouave picnic, and threw cold water on the festivi ties by lodging the Zouaves iu the sur rounding trees, and refused to allow them to come down until he had turned over all the beer barrels, and demolished the lunch briskets, and it may be that the Zouaves ex pect an emergency of this kind when they appear in public, and are determined to be in condition to meet it successfully. An Extensive Business. From the Unlversallst. There may be some readets of this paper who do not realize the immensity of the newspaper advertising business of the coun try. We give one, illustration ; Messrs. Lord & Thomas, who have charge of our advertising department, now own and con trol the entire advertising space of all the religious press of Chicago and St. Louis and the Northwest, with possibly one or two un important exceptions. It requires a vast amount of work to gather and arrange the advertisements for all these papers; and yjet this firm have their business under such system that every paper gets its proper ad vertisements and at the right time and at a great saving in money to the advertiser and of endless time and worry to the publisher. This firm, with their headquarters in Mc- Cormick Block, Chicago, now have offices in New York city and St. Louis, both under experienced and competent managers. We see no reason why Lord & Thomas, with their facilities, could not manage the ad vertising department of every religious paper of any value to advertisers in the whole country, as they now do in the North west. We surely would recommend all publishers who wish to rid themselves of this part of their work to place their adver tising business in the hands of this reliable firm. The above is only a small part of the business done by Lord & Thomas. They send advertising to every newspaper in the United States and Canada ana a large amount to England and France. We have found these gentlemen every way reliable and can commend them heartily to our readers desiring to use the religious press for advertising purposes. ] Hunt’s Remedy cures speedily bilious head ache, costiveness, dyspepsia, strengthens the stomach and purifies the blood. L. Freid never advertises to sell at or below cost, but guarantees good value for the money. THE WHEAT OUTLOOK. A CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF PRICES AND CHANCES. The Bulls Having an Easy Time—A Vari ety of Opinions Concerning the Proba ble Yield—lmpossible to Reach a Reliable Estimate at This Time —Statement of the Present Situation Advice to Speculators. The following review of the wheat crop is comprehensive and intelligent. The figures given are compiled with great care and may be regarded as perfectly accurate. The circular is issued by one of the most prominent houses in the country. Excepting a small reaction now and then, prices advanced steadily in the early part of the week under review, until they were almost five cents higher than at the date of our last report. Nothing but crop news was responsible for this advance. Every day the market was kept supplied with advices about the crop, and as these were without exception of an unfavorable nature the “bulls” had easy work to advance prices. Opinions as to the extent of the fall ing off in both the winter and spring wheat crops differ still widely. The Department of Agriculture at Washington estimates the winter wheat crop at 240,000,000 bushels, which is equivalent to a falling off of about 120/100,000 bushels, while the spring wheat planting is estimated at only three-fifths of what it was on the Ist of May last year. The Commissioner of Agriculture of Ohio goes further, and states that the shortage of the whole crop will be 200,000,000 bushels. But I as his figures of the crop of individual States differ considerably from the figures given by the Commissioners of such States, it is only reasonable to suppose that his views are ex aggerated. Moreover the Washington De partment agrees pretty well with the Com missioners of the various States; and its esti mate may therefore be taken as pretty nearly correct. To arrive at any figure approximating the result of the spring wheat crop is impossible at this date. Estimates of decreased acreage | vary all the way from 10 to 25 per cent., but ■ some state the acreage will show no decrease |at all. The seeding is probably completed by this time, but the weather continues cold and the season backward. Undoubtedly, and after making all due allowance for exaggerated reports which are sure to crop up here and there, either from a feeling of despondency among the farmers, or from interested motives on the part of speculators, the prospect for this year's wheat crop is gloomy, worse than for years. No wonder, then, that “shorts” should have be come alarmed. If about one-half of the advance was lost subsequently it was due not to any change for the better in the crop re ports, but to a natural reaction after the liquidation of a considerable part of the “short” interest, and besides to the fact of ! Europe remainingso apathetic and exporters practically out of the market. The reaction was only temporary, however, another ad vance of Ic. was soon established, and al though not maintained at the present writing the market keeps its steady tone. The export demand, as said above, has amounted to next to nothing in this market during the week, but beyond a passing in fluence, it has rot occupied the minds of l operators much, especially ss shij ments of about 2,000,000 bushels reported from Du luth, although representing old business, left the impression that the wheat was mov ing fast enough. The large decrease in the visible supply on the other band, was given but little attention, as it had been geneially expected beforehand. Estimates based on the various crop figures issued by the authorities, are now in order, and of course are made up to suit the “bullish” and “bearish” tendencies of one or the other. The following deserves some attention and it is submitted to our friends who may draw their own conclu sions: Bushels. The vlsiblesupply on May 9 amounted to 37,900,000 Same time last year 20,300,000 Leaving a surplus 0f.,.. 17,690,000 Last year’s crop of wheat 513,000.000 Export estimated on the basis of 014,000,000 for 10 months 138,000,01’0 Leaves 375,000,100 Estimated home con- sumption 325,000,000 50,000,000 Carried over from last year 60,000,000 Surplus, July 1, 1885 110,000,000 Government Estimates for 1885— Winter wheat 240,000,000 Spring wheat 135,000,000 —375,000,000 Total supply 485,000,000 Deduct, for home con- sumption 330,000,000 Leaves 155,000,000 Estimating export same as this year 138,000,000 Leaves cn hand July 1, 1886 17,100,000 as agiinst 110,000,010 bushels on July 1 this year. Now, whether this estimate is too high or too low is not the question. The fact remains that our supplies for 1885-1886 will be very moderate, and the question is how much higher prices must go to equalize the smaller supplies. There is plenty of wheat for the present, and there will not be any famine later on, but it seems to us that wheat is selling at too low a price, and that purchases in weak markets will leave handsome profits in the end. If our friends make up their minds to that, we advise them to buy in the New York market where the contract calls for winter wheat, which aside from being worth more than spring wheat, intrinsically, has another advantage in the circumstance that nearly all the deficiency is in the winter wheat crop. In Chicago, on the other hand, spring wheat may be delivered. As further evidence of the lively demand for flour, we mention that the outturn by the Minneapolis mills for last week amounted to 153,000 barrels, against 100,000 barrels in the corresponding week last year, being the largest total ever recorded by Minneapolis mills for any one week. New line fancy underwear, just received at L. Freid’s. FEAST OF WEEKS. O ne of the Most Solemn of Jewish Festivals When the Israelites dwelt in the HAy Land, they were commanded to appear at Jerusalem at certain seasons three times in every year for the observance of the three great national festivals, viz: The Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles, in order to commemorate their peaceful enjoy ment of the Promised Land, and to express their gratitude for the abundance of Divine bounty which poured forth its blessings upon them. The Festival of Weeks or Pentecost will commence this evening at sunset. The statute perpetuating the sacred day is to be found in Deuteronomy, chapter xvi, v. 9 -12, and was instituted in order to establish one of the mest important facts recorded in history, a fact which not only the Jewish religious system but those of all other nations wh > confess the authenticity and Divine origin of the Mosaic Dispensa tion are founded. More than thirty centuries ago, on the sixth day of the Hebrew month Sivan, a multitude oi men, women and children, numbering more than one million, stood around Mount Sinai and heard God ex <liim: “I am the Lord thy God; thou shall have no other Gods before me.” Since then the descendants of Jacob have undergone viciseiiudes innumerable and ex perienced countless changes of fortune ; but still in prosperity, as in adversity, in good as in evil report, honored or scorned, op pressed or cherished, with sincere devotion they have remained true to their office as ministers and teachers of the grand moral principles of the decalogue. The Jewish l people observe the day as a day of rejoicing [ in consequence of their ancestors being the recipients arid custodians of the laws pro mulgated at Sinai, and io honor the great event the synagogue is beautifully dressed with flowers and evergreens. The service is so emn and impressive, embracing a narrative of the Exodus and the giving of the law, with selections from the Prophets referring to these memorable epochs in the nation’s history. Tomorrow the day will be celebrated by confirmation exercises at the Temple of Mickva Israel. Rev. I. P. Mendes, the minister, will officiate, and five young ladie? will have the rite administered to them. THE FORD DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION. An Enthusiastic Meeting to Arrange for Their Summer Season—Mr. Neill’s New Play. A very enthusiastic meeting of this asso ciation was held at Ford’s Opera House last evening, the occasion being the reading of Mr. James Neill’s new play, “Chip Red mond,” in which the author will assume the leading part. The Advisory Board in structed the stage manager, Mr. J. C Shaw, to engage an additional lady which will make three professional actresses that the association will have during the sum mer season. Miss Augusta Chambers, an j cld Savannah favorite, will be among the number. Miss Helen Blanche, of the Lights o’ London Company, has been engaged es pecially to create 'he part of “Chip Red mor.d.” She has never played in the South before and her opening with the Fords will be her first introduction to a Savannah au dience. The costuming of the characters, the mounting of the play, tIS: scenic effects and all minor details will be put on in a high style of art. Mr. Neill read his play to the association, and it was received with great applause. The cast of characters was given out last evening and rehearsal com menced at once. The ladies engaged for the summer will arrive here about J une 2. The season will open about June 15. The Asso ciation deserves cn dit for its efforts to give the public pleasant entertainments during the summer season. With such favorites as Neil], Hanley, Readick, the Doyles, Miller, Jackson and Schroeder, we can assure the public that first-class entertainments will be given during the season. All on Account ol a Woman. A colored man named Bristow Hunter was to-day cut and badly wounded in the bar-rocm of Edward Barnwell, on Jacksen and Arnold streets. He attempted to take a well known cclored woman named Maggie Mitchell on the David Clark yesterday to Beaufort, but Barnwell, who was one of the committee, refused to allow her to board the vessel saying he would not let her go on board for fifty dollars. Bris tow then got a sail boat and in company with the woman followed the steamer. Again Branwell refused toal'ow the woman to go on board. To day Hunter went to Barnwell’s bar room on Jackson and Arnold street and said he came fora fight or death. He attempted to jump across the bar to attack Barnwell, when the latter struck him on the head with some blunt instrument making an ugly and dan gerons wound. He then had a warrant issued by Justice Tyson against Hunter, who gave it to Constable James Adams to execute. That official went to arrest Hunter, but found the latter so weak from his injury and so badly wounded that he would not execute the paper. Dr. Stone, who was sent for, did not appear up to two o’clock. In the mean time Hunter is considered to be in a danger ous condition. Important to Planters. Attention of planters, truckers and gar deners is called to the advertisement of the sale of guano at auction by Messrs. Me Laughlin & Son on the Baltimore wharf. This is the chance to secure good fertilizers at a bargain. Grape Juice for Communion. The grape crop of A. Speer’s vineyard last year was double that of any previous year. His vineyards near Passaic have so increased that be is able to keep a stock five to six years ahead. They have become pop ular wines among the best physicians in New York, and largely used for Communion purposes and for weak and aged persons. For sale by Osceola Butler, Druggist, comer Bull and Congress streets. S6OO AYE 'R IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. Philip J. Herndon Hopes to Get a New Trial. A Times reporter called yesterday at the Chatham county jail, for the purpose of seeing and conversing with Philip J Hern- young white man, who was sentenced last Friday in Appling county to impris onment for life. Herndon who was taken to Savannah for safe keeping, is 27 year# of age, a native of Appling, where he has lived all his life. He was engaged in farm-* ing, acd looks to be a quiet and harmless man. He is charged with shooting and killing a colored man named Henry Thomas, at Baxley. The shooting took place eight years ago, and on Friday, the Bth inet., Herndon was arrested on the charge and indicted by the grand jury. He was tried on Friday last the 15'h inst, and was de fended bv T Williams, Esq, of Hazelburst, Hilton & Son, of Baxley, and 8. P. Harris, of Haslam, Wayne county. The evidence of the State connected him so strongly with the murder that the jury found him guilty, with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. Hon. M. L. Mt-nhon then sentenced Herndon to im prisonment for life, and remanded him to Savannah for safe keeping, until the pen itentiary guards could come after him. Herndon informed the reporter that he was the victim of a conspiracy, that he was con victedon perjured testimony, and that his counsel will arcue a motion for a new trial before Judge Mershon in Brunswick next week. He says he has discovered some new evi dence since the trial that will acquit him. Herndon was married on the 21st of last September. He takes his separation from his wife keenly, but his conviction non chalantly, and conversed with the reporter coolly, while Jake Small, a coloreel man serving time for assault and battery, Dan iel Arrington, a convicted burglar, awaiting transportation to “Old Town,” and Warren Harold, a convicted car burglar of Bryan c unty, were standing about him listening to his story and occasionally breaking into discordant laughter and expressions of doubt as to the truthfulness of his state ments and the sincerity of his motives. The prisoner impresses a visitor quite favorably as he appears to be a harmless, inoffensive fellow. He wears a stubby black beard and moustache, broad brim hat and homespun clothes. He was not locked up in his cell, but enjoyed the privilege of walking about the lower corridor in the east side of the jail. Herndon, though surrounded by a motley crowd of whites, negroes, mulattoes and others of an indescribable color, was calm and collected ano spoke confidently of his ultimate restoration to h's friends and freedom. Free Entertainment. The free entertainment of St. John the Biptist, T.A. &B. Society, at Catholic Library Hall last night, was attended by a very large audience, which gave frequent evidence of its appreciation of the Society’s effort for their amusement. Mr. N. F. Thompson, the Society’s Presi dent, opened the occasion by one of his stirring and earnest appeals, directing his arguments against the so called moderate drinkers of society,aid showing the almost inv-riable fatal result of “die first glass.” Mr. A. N. O'Keeffe recited “Conquer or Die,” leceiving much applause and respon ded to a recall by giving “The Death of Jasper.” Mr. H. W. Readick, a favorite with the audience, sang “Thou Art so Near, and Yet so Far,” delighting the assemblage on his recall by singing “Then You’ll Remember Me.” Mr. Charles Rossignol appeared on the rostrum for the first time, and held the at tention of the audience from first to last of his declamation on the evi's of intemperate drinking and its kindred ills. The Readick brothers sang a duet, “The Burial at Sea,” in capital style, and were applauded to the echo, bowing their ac knowledgements of the compliment. President Thompson’s little son, Bain, who is named after George W. Bain, the “silver-tongued Kentuckian,” next recited “The Drunkard’s Dream,” and captured the house, responding to an encore by a brief poem, concluding with this stanza : “Every boy should do his best, No matter where he stands, sirs, But now I tiiink I’ll take a rest, And let you clap your hands, sirs,” which the audience at once proceeded to do. Mrs. Tybring appeared next, singing “L’esdave Mauresque” very beautifully and effectively, responding to the long con tinued applause by tinging “We’d Better Bide a Wee,” one of the sweet old Scotch songs which always please an audience. Mies Helen Circo, ely followed, singing “Alice, Where Art Thou ?” and was enthu siastically applaucewhen she sang “Norine ” Mr. T. B, Catherwood declaimed by re quest “Shaun’s Head.” It was given in the most admirable style, and with a force and power of a pleasingly irresistible character. The piece is a strong one. Mr. Thompson read a letter of thanks from Father O’Brien, of Washington, in regard to the proposed picnic for the orphan boys. Match This, if You Can. Boy’s fast color navy blue flannel suite from 4 to 12 years old at $3; yvuth’s from 12 to 17 years old, of the same flannel, at $7; Men’s suits of the same goods, for $8; $lO will buy an all wool cassimere suit: £l 5 will buy a handsome suit that cannot be bought elsewhere for less than $18; fine brown cork screw diagonal dress suits for $18; the regu lar price in other stores is $22; good pants at $2 50. We will sell you for $7 the finest cassi mere pants, made as good as any tailor will charge you $lO for. Searsueker coats and vests in stripes and plaids, beautiful goods; at the low price of $2 50. Single boy’s pants at sl. Straw hats cheaper than any where in Savannah. Shirts, trunks, valises and gents’ furnishing goods cheap, dirt cheap. Famous New York Clothing House, 140 Congress street. THE HOPE OF THE NATION. Children slow in development, uayp scrawny and delicate use “Wells* Health Renewer.”