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4 C|£^onrag^cto3 Morning News Building, Savannah. Ga. SUNDAY, MARCH 24. 1889. Registered at the post Office in Savannah. The Morning Nkwb is published every day la the year, and is served to subscrU*er* in the city •t 25 cents a week, $1 00 a month. $5 00 for b!x lij on tht; and $lO 00 for one year Tbe Mo&xiata News, by mai'. one month, $1 00; three months, $2 50; six month*, $5 00; one year, $lO 00. The Morning News, by mail. *tx time* a meek (without Sunday issue). three months, $2 00; six months. $4 00; one year $r 00 The Morning News, Tri-Weekly. Mondays Wedneedars aud Fridays, or Tuesdays Thurs* days and Saturday*, three month*, sl'-®; months, $2 50; one year $5 00. The News, bp mail, one year. I? 00. The Weekly News, by mail, one year, •* ®* Subscriptions payable iu advance. Remit by I octal order, check or registered letter. Cur rency sent by mail at risk of senders. . Letters and telegrams should be addressed "IfoRMW sxws,” Savannah. Ga. 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LNDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings —Stockholders Burglar Alarm and District Telegraph Company. Special Notices— “ Pro Bono Publico.’* Mr. I*rager, Proprietor Savannah Steam laundry; Chicago Beef and Mutton, Isaac Rons A Cos ; As to Crow of British Brig Blanche; Big Boots. Townsend; A Card, W. C. Travis, T. E. Brough ton; Notice as to Entire Circuit on the Belt Line Cars; Tongues, Breads, Etc., at Joyce’s Cold Storage Market; Notice to and Builders; Important to tbe Public. £ L Hackett. Cashier The Dime Havings Depart ment Title Guarantee and Loau Comi>any; Paints, E. J. Kieffer; To the Public, W. B. Warner. Assistant Superintendent of Agencies Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company; Watch (he Frown Upon His Brow, Strauss Steam Printing Company. Legal Sale—Chatham Sheriff’s Sale. Bijick Goods—,). P. Germaine. Spring, 1889— AJtmayer s. Grand Dress Goods Salk-AI Gustave Eck stem A Co.’s. Acknowledged Leaders— Davis Bros. Spring Announcement a. Falk A Sons. Spring Clothing Ready— At The Famous. Lamps—M. A- Bari s Yamacraw Pharmacy. I Unapproachable Bargains— Morrison, Koye A 00. Almost Perfection— Christopher Gray A Son. Children’s Surra—Pryfus Bros. Lace Departm knt (Tohan & Dooner, Slaughter in Ribbons— At Gutman's. Medical— Recam ler Preparations. Bromine and Arsenic Water, Etc.—At Strong's Drug Store Highland Brand Condensed Milk—S. Guck enheimer A Bon, Sole AgeDta for Georgia. Pianos— L. AB.S. M. 11. Imported and Embroidered Ties, Etc.— Millus A Cos. The Oldest Established Carriage, Buggy and Harness Repository— Salomon Cohen. Cheap Column Advertisements Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Bale; Raffle; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The enjoyment of this nice, balmy weather is somewhat lessened by "the reflec tion that esteemed con tern porarieenv ill soon b*gin to print snake stories. One of tbe New York newspapers an nounced the other day that it would print #The Autobiography of a Snob” to-day. Doubtless the snobs will all read it, think ing it refers to someone of their acquaint- ances. Mr. John L. Hill, of Philadelphia, has just returned home from Florida, and he •ays: “I am more in love with the climate and soil of Florida this year than ever be fore.” Probably Mr. Hill made a longer stay than usual, and found out more about the climate and soil. Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller bare sent the parental blessing to their capricious daughter who eloped with an alleged dude, and have invited the couple to come to Washington, so that parents and son-in-law may get a good lonk at each other. They have done the right thing. The residents of Liberty street are pro foundly impressed with the necessity for sweeping that street They say that the dust from it is almost unendurable. The council will make friends by having it swept as soon as possible and as often as the city’s finances will permit Is ex-Senator Palmer going to accept the Spanish mission i There is a hint in tho nowspajiers every day or two that be isn’t If he i', he ought to let it bo known at once, and he ought to hasten to his post, for it is understood that Minister Belmont groans in spirit every minute he serves under a re(Aiblican administration. Another Washington young lady has •loped. She went to her mother the other day and Stid: “Good-by; I am going to Baltimore to be mArried.” Her mother laughed and said she didn’t believe a word of it But the girl was in earnest. Her name was Kitty Thomson. It is now Mrs. Berry, and she is a cousin by marriage of Bonator Berry, of Arkansas. *The governor of Pennsylvania has granted a respite to Mrs. Whittling, tho murderess, from next Wednesday to April Tue kind-hearted people who and n’t think women ought to be haugod will no doubt do everything possible to get the hoard of pardons to recousider its action in refusing to recommend a commutation. Mrs. VVhiteling’s fate isn’t settled yet. A Washington special to arepublioan or gan states that President Harrison has re ceived fr< m 600 to 700 letters a day since March 4. Of coarse nearly every one is ftom an office-seeker. Mr. Cleveland, states ttc same dispatch, never did receive more than 800 a day. This seams to indicate that the republicans are twice as hungry for a * the democrats were, although they ested only lour years, while the democrats lesUd twenty-four. 7he President and the Offices. The President is not making appoint ments very rapidly. The Fena'e is begin nibg to growl at the delay in sending in nominations. The President is finding it a difficult matter to make a choice for any one of tbe principal offices, the fight for each one of them being to fierce. He seems to l ave had tbe idea of appointing only men who would be likely to reflect credit upou his administration, but he has doubt less got rid of it before this time. He has fiiend* to reward, and it seems that his cabinet officers have friends also who are clamoring for places. It 19 hinted tnat a coolness has sprung up between Postmaster General Wanamaker and Secretary < f S.ate Blaine because the form-r insists that Minister Strauss shall be r ;a::ied at Constantinople. Mr. Wana maker buys crockeryware of the house of which Minister Strauss is a mm her, and t at is alleged to te the reason he has entered Mr. 13la.lie’s domain to capture spoils. If Mr. Wanamaker has the idea that Mr. Bluine hasn't much influence with this administration, he will find, probably, that he is mistaken. Mr. Wanamaker is the only cabinet officer who has yet announced a civil service policy. In speaking to the representative of the Baltimore American a day or two ago about the ma agement of his office he said: “It will bo t’ e policy of this admin istration to let postmaster* serve out their term, unless good and sufficient reasons are given for their removal.” When Mr. Clark son, the First Assistant Postmaster General, accepted office it was stated that he wis to have absolute control of all the 64,000 fourth-claa, postmaster ship*. He is known to be a spoilsman, a id it may be that his policy will not bo in harmony with that of his chief. The Republican party in its p’atform not only declared in favor of a vigorous enforcement of the civil service law. but said that “the spirit and purpose of reform should be observftl in all execu tive appointments, and all laws at variance with Uib object of existing reform legisla tion should be retiealed, to the eud that the dangers to free institutions which lurk in the power of official patronage may be wLely and effectively avoided.” The country is watching the President closely to seo whether or not it is his purpose to keep this pledge iff his party. The appoint ment* of Fred Grant, Walker Blaine and Mr. Cla< kson do not look as If tho refor m work wore yet begun. Perhaps the President will begin it when he has satisfied the demands of his personal f ieuds, if those de Lauds do not exhaust the supply of offices. It is too soon yet to determine, however, whether tbs is to be a civil -ervice reform administration or not. Only vacan cie< and fat places have bean Ailed thus far. Wnen the • ffices of a lower grade are reac cd it will bo soon whether or not civil service reform is to have a living chance. The spirit of tho reform has 1 een pretty weli crushed in the appointments that have been made. Ft. Augustine's Future. There are indications that the plans for the improvement of St. Augustine are not confined to hotel pr >pe tv. I: i* a well known fact that a great d e al of land iu tho irn dediute vicinity of the c.ty ha* bean purchased by Mr. Flagler and others, and the probability is that they nave a scheme for the city’s development that is muca greater than the pub!iu|his any idea of. It is well known that quite a Imudsome appropriation ha< been ob a mud for the im provement of S . Augustine’s h irb >r. How great t ie improvement will be will depend upon congress, but congress generally aids any improvement that has plenty of influ ence to support it. May not the purpose be, therefore, to make the harb t one that will accommodate -leep draff vessels, what ever tl e cost may be? With a deep harbor, Bt. Augustine would at once assume im mense importance as a Florid* port. A railway bridge is soon to be built across the St. John's at Palatki and there will then be unbroken rad communication between Bt. Augustine on'the Atlantic and Tampa on The Gulf coast. It in admitted that St. Augustine has ab ut the best average climate of any city in the United States. It has a warm climate in winter and a cool one in summer. With a good harbor, a supurb climate and advantageous railroad communications what is tj prevent her from becoming an important commercial city as well as a greU winter resortf Is not everything in her favor? The products of Florida are increasing with marvel ous rapidity, and |her wants are keeping pace with her products. The commerce which she will furnish for her own and other ports, there fore, will in a very few year-, be immense. It is> large now, but it is far from being as large as it will be. If St. Augustine’s bar and harbor are deepened sufficiently to ac commodate deep draft vessels her future, it is safe to say, will be a great one. West Virginia’s Election Canos. A great many persons in West Virginia have been indicted for violating election laws, but the probability that any one of them will he convicted is not particularly strong. One of them was tried the other day, and, according to our dispatches, was acquitted, because the judge refused to tell the jury whether or not he would inflict upon him a severe penalty if he were con victed. The West Virginia jurymen apnear to have very little regard for the oath they take. The inference to be drawn from their action in the foregoing case is that the evi dence submitted to them was sufficient to justify the finding of a verdict of guilty, but that they deliberately ignored the evi dence and violated their oaths, because the judge eould not promise to inflict alight sentence upon the defendant if found guilty. Nearly all of thoee who have been in dicted in tl e election ca<ee are republicans, and, and übtleas, the majority, if not all, of those who composed the jury in the case that was tried were republicans. It is diffi cult to understand how men who occupy responsible places in the community in which they live can commit such a flagrant outrage against justice and yet retaiu their self-respect and the respect of their neigh bors If votes can be bought aud sold, ballot boxes stuffed and results of elections falsified with impunity in West Virginia, it will soon be impossible to have a fair election in that state. The jurymen who refuss to help protect the I allot may have caue to regret conduct so uu worthy of honest citiseus aud honorable meu. It is announced that Tascott has been taken again. This is the second time in a week the detectives have caught him. . Evl- Idently our American detectives—especially those who are taking Tascott so often—are greatly superior to thoee of England. Homes for Rx-Confederatea. A few days ago the Herald , in an edito rial article, advocated a congressional ap propriation for ex-confederate soldiers’ homes. The following day it interviewed quite a number of prominent men in New York, among whom were several ex-con federates, relative to the advisability of making an effort for such an appropriation. They differed widely. Some were in favor of such an effort, aod others against it. The majority were against it. Thev were not opposed to homes for ex-cionf .*d o ates, but they did not think there was any pr bability that congress could be in duced to assist ex-confederates. Congress men who favor assisting them would hesi tate to do so. They would be afraid that public sentiment in the north would not sustain them. It is by no means certain that congress could constitutionally appropriate money for homes for ex-confederates. If such an appropriation wore proposed, the question of it constitutionality would be raised, and there would bo, in all probability, a fierce partisan debate, from which good could not possibly result. The extrema republicans would assert that an appropriation for ex confederate homes would be but the enter ing wedge for appropriations to pay all sorts of southern claims. There is no doubt that the great majority of the northern people are ready to assist those of the ax-confederates who are in need of help. Maj. Htewart, of Texas, who is now in New York soliciting aid for the ex-confederate home at Austin in that state is meeting with gratifying success. There is no doubt that he will succeed in getting the amount of money he wants. Col. Ingersoll will deliver a lecture in its behalf in the New York Academy of Music to-night, from which a very handsome sum undoubtedly will be realized. Other enter tainments will be given, doubtless, and be fore the summer U over Maj. Stewart will have the satisfaction of knowing that some of the old ex-confederates of his st ite have a refuge in which to pass their last days. There are ex-confederates iu every south ern state who need assistance. Their num ber is steadily increasing, because hundreds of them, who have battled with the world with sufficient success since the war to In sure them a living, are becoming feeble from age and disease. Something must be done for them. All efforts in their behalf should be inaugurated in the south and, if necessary, should be extended to the north. The northern people never hesitate to lend a helping hand to worthy objects in the south, and if there were a movement to build homes for ex-confeder ates in all the sou'hern states, and their assistance were asked, there is every reason to think that it would be freely given. Doubtless the ex-union soldiers would en courage the movement. One per cent, of tho amount annually distributed in pensions by the govtrn ce.t would build a h ilf dozen sujkj b soldiers’ homes. Preparing lor the Commission. The mayor has appoint*! several com mitt' es to entertain and enlighten the com mipsioners vrbo are expected here to inject the advantag e Savannah has to offer as a site for a uavy yard. There is no coubt that tbe cormni sio. ers will tie well enter tained while they are here, but care ought to be taken not to make the mistake of devoting too much time to entertaining them, and too little to furnishing them with accurate information of tbe kind they are seeking. It ought to be somebody’s duty to collect and arrange, ao as to be quickly understood, litatislics relative to all matters bearing upon the navy yard question. The com missioners will not remain here many hours probably, and the questions they ask ought to be an.wared promptly. If they are re ferred t > this or that man for facts t hey need to form an opinion, the chances are they will not get exactly the information they ought to have. T;te Augusta Chronicle seems to think that Port Royal is the place for the navy yard. I: ought not to be hasty in reaching a conclusion. When it has thoroughly canvassed the advantages Savannah has to offer it may be willing to say a word iu behalf of a port m its own state. During the war of secession many federal vessels were'eent from Port Royal to Savannah in order that they might have the benefit of fresh water. Their bottoms became so foul m the salt water at Port Royal that they became virtually useless. If fresh water is one of the requirements for the navy yard Port Roral will hardly be selected as the site for it. That place has a good many advantages undoubtedly, but almost any well informed naval officer could poiut out strong objections to it. The Savannah authorities should keop clearly in mind the fact that the commis sioners are coniine here for business, and not for pleasure, a id that while nothing should bo wanting to give them a pleasant impression of the city, especial attention should be given to the business which they have in hand. If the mayor will &i>p >im a committee of one or two men who are well informed, or who will inform themselves, on all points upon which the commissioners will likely seek information, and who will put tlie:nselve at the service of the com missioners as soon as they arrive here, he will do more toward improving Bavaunah’s chances for getting the navy yard than he can iu any other way. Probably Gen. H. 8. Sanf >rd, of Florida, after whom the city of Sanford, in that state, was named, will seek a foreign mi&- sion under President Harrison. No an nouncement of this kind has been made, but it is natural to suppose that the life of adipic mat hsts peculiar charms for Gen. Sanford, as he has spent a good mauy years in the diplomatic service. When he was ap pointed minister to Belgium by Mr. Hayes in 1877, the Philadelphia Inquirer said of him: “He probably counts more years of diplomatic employment than any other man iu the country, having commenced his career as au attache at Bt. Petersburg in 1847, and haring gone through every grsuie in that service. n Asa Michigan Central train was running at full speed the other day, a little girl, 7 years old, walked out on the platform and fell off. The conductor was notified, but be refused to stop the train. At the next station tho father of the child got out, aud walked back to where the accident hap pened. He found the child in a ditch be side the track, where she had remained two hours, and strange to relate she was not seriously injured. No reason is assigned for the refusal of the conductor to stop the train. Home of the republican organs are now stating that the jaunt of Mr. Cleveland and his party “hue deep political significance. M Something with the fisheries, perhaps. THE MORNING NEWS; SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1889. The Supreme Court Vacancy. It is probable that the President will fill the vacaucy on the supreme bench before the Senate adjourns. The supreme court will soon adjourn and the justices will visit their respective circuits. Unless a justice is appointed almost immediately, one of the circuits will not be visited this year, except one of the justice# doe* double duty. The President’s time is fully occupied now making appointments. The office-seekers give him very little rest, and doubtless he Las already felt the pressure in behalf of candidates for the vacant justiceship. It is reasonable to suppose, however, that he is not wholly unprepared to make the ap pointment. It was knowr for several weeks before his cDath that Justice Mat thews could not recover, and there has been a good deal of speculation as to who would be his fuccessor. If New York had not already a repre sentative ou th* supreme bench it is prob able that Senator Evarts would be offered the place. He is a great lawyer. The only thing against him is his age. Gen. Gresham, who is now a United States circuit judge, is very favorably raenti ned. He uas made an enviable reputation since he has been on the beach, and he is a man of pure character. He was a presidential poasibility lost year and will be in 1&2, if he remains in hh present position. The President may think it good politics to make a justice of the supreme court of him, and thus elimin ate him from the ’92 contest. He may be urged by some of his party’s loaders to adopt this course. If he does adopt it the country will have reason to* congratulate him on at least one of his appointments. CURRENT COMMENT. Two Blinds of Repugnance. Prom the Philadelvhia Press (Pep.) We are aware that there is a strong repug nance In the community to hanging a woman lor murder, and it is a'repugnance we should •hare if all women would show an equal repug nauce to murder. Blalna’s Blunders. From the Boston Globe (Dem.) Tbe country has heard a good deal in the last four rear* about the alleged blunders of Secre tary Bayard, but he was uever cnarged with a more blundering blunder than his* iccessor has made in the very first important matter he has been called upon to handle-—the appointment of his own chief assistant. OfficeH at Auction. From the New York World (Dem.) Mr. Wanamaker'K appointment, like Mr. Mor ton's nomination to the vice presidency, was unfit to lie made because it was solely and noto riously a reward for the contribution and rais ing of enormous sums of money for use in car rying the election. To give important offices for suclra consideration is to put up the highest ho:.ors iti the government ut what De Tocque ville called “a sort of auction.” Judging the Administration. From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.) The President's pi m of parceling out offices with reference to state quotas and partisan caucusing has already made him a heap of trouble. It would be better to pick out prop- r men, without refer nee to locality. At the eud of four years his administration will lie judged by what has been a •< omplished, not bv his sue cess in making a distribution of me s. Be sides, no appointment can be made that will not displease ten men for every one it may gratify. BRIGHT BITS. Tnii only color which can be determined by the --ease of touch is blue. A blind man would know when he is feeling blue.— Wall Street News. The highest office in the gift of the Presi dent is that of postmaster at Mineral Point. C< 1. It is P 2,0 *0 feet above the sea level. —Nor ristown i. era Id. Mr. Findout—Sad about Mr-. S.—died this morning while trying on anew dress. Mrs. Findout —No, you don't say so; what was it trimmed with?— Munsey's Weekly. "At what age were you married?'' she asked inquisilivtdy. But the other lady was equal to the emergency, and quietly responded. “At the parsonage.”— Yarmouth Register. Reason for Marrying.— “So, in spite of all your previous resolutions, you are going to marry?” “Only out of reveng*. My best friend has just married, and did not invite me to the wed ding. I will be revenged."— Fliegende Blatter. ' Mr Barker, do you think will go to the seaside or mountains next summer?” asked the "power behind the throne,” as the family sat about the evening lamp. "Mrs. 8.,” answered her husband. "I have not paid the bill for the Christmas present you gave me yet,” and a dull silence reigneL Epoch. Chicago Mother to New York Dancing Mas ter—So you have taught my daughter to dancer Dancing Master—l am proud to say, madam, I have. Chicago Mother—Well, a dozen teachers have tried it before you and failed. You certainly have accomplished a great feat. Dancing Master—Ah, thank you, madam. I liave accomplished two greet feet.— Washing ton Critic. Rioht Man for the Place.—The new re porter, a calm, truthful-looking man of re spr*ctable middle age brought in his account of the inauguration. He estimated the throng around the capitol at about 124,000,000; said there were 150,000,000 meu In the procession, which was 805.000 miles long, and was witnessed by a countless throng of 705,000.000 of people. “For mercy's sake," gasped the night editor, “What did you used to do before you came on the paper?" “Lived in the observatory at Sirius University," replied the new man. "I'm an astronomer. * They took him off the staff and put him on the circulation department right away.—/?. J. Burdette. PERSONAL. Mayor Hart of Boston in a single day last week cut off the political heads of seventeen of ex Mayor O'Brien s appointees. Thomas Nast, the artist, has become the regu lar carto >uist on Senator Hearst's San Fran cisco Examiner. Humor places his salary at $.,000 per yean. Mr. Dibbs. the new protectionist premier of New South Walds, a an expert at wood carving, having learned that art while set ving twelve months in a Sydney jail for contempt of court. The Emperor of Austria has been much affected in health by the peculiar circumstances surrounding the death of I rince Rudolf, and he will soon seek restoration by travel. He is ex pected to visit Spain and Euglaud. Rev S. F. Smith, now over 80 years old, has adopted the plan of writing autograph copies of his celebrated national hymn, “America," for the benefit of the Boston < hildren's Friend Society, in which he takes a special interest. (Jen. Lew Wallace, before he became famous either as warrior or author, dabbled wita the pigments, and turned out some queer can vase*. He once painted "Venus Disarming Cupid, “ and gave to the little god a pair of bright purpls wings. Thomas J. Crowley, who died last week in New Haven, was a genuine though humble hero. He saved twenty five persons from drowni-g and his death was the result of exposure to which he subjected himself by his unselfish braver? la oraat he made his *reoial lisa of duty. The city of New Haven had recognized his services by giving him a gold medal and passing official resolutions in bis bouor. Revoke starting for the Dark Continent on his present journey, Henry M. Stanley placed all of his literary effects in the bands of Mrs. French Sheldon of J'iew York, who has long beeu one of hi- bestf friends. The last letter which was nrcoivejJ (fora him in this country wad add roused to her, aud coutalued some flail Instructions concerning his correspondence, which were written with the idea that he might never return. The Chinese minister at Washington expends more money in telegram* and cable dispatches than the government of the United States. In communicating with the OfafrsSS government he make* use of a cipher, but as his dispatches cost $4 a word his bills are enormous. Ills ex- J**n<htures in telegraphing rosso an average of |l,ooo a *lm day recently h* spent SO,OOO in sending dispatches to Chita regarding the Milwaukee riots, llis cable messages to China go to Havre, from there to Aden, tben across the Arabian sea. through Hindustan and Siam, to Pekin. The popular blood purifier, Uood’i Saria perille, ie haring • tremandoue eele this eeaaon. Nearly ererybody takes it Try it yourwlt. CONOVER IS THERE. And Ho Haa a Sympathetic Word for Moflby. From the Xetc York Star. A little brown man in a little brown coat pushed his way briskly into the Kbbitt bouse in Washington the other night. It was ex-United States Senator Conover of Florida. “Where do I come from last?” be said. “From Florida." “Are you an applicant for any position!” “Not at ail, for myself; but for my friends, yes. We are fairly unite 1 there on everything except the United States district judgeship, lou know there is a vacancy there caused by the death of Judge Settle. President Cev land nominated a successor, but the Senate held him up, and he failt-d of confirmation We are only divided on this to the extent that there are sev eral candidates.' ’ As the ex-senator made this explanation, a round-shouldered, nervous, quick-moving tnan, with a smooth face, brushed past him with a hasty salutation. It was Col. Mosby of Nirginia, the noted partisan, cavalry leader and ex-consul general at Hong Kong. “Poor Mosby, he feels keenly the appeal taken by the government in the case of the unofficial fees which he turned into tta** treasury, when he might have kept them. The amount-some f 15,000and costs—is a serious matter to him. His oniy hope now is to persuade Attorney Gen eral Miller to advance the case on the docket of the supreme court, which the government can do at any time, and which will bring the case to final adjudication two or three years before it could be reached in the ordinary course.” No Faces at the Windows. New York Con espondence St. Louis Republic. New Yorkers never sit in their windows to enjoy the entertainment furnished by the pro cession of people aud vehicles. I don't believe I have seen a genuinely fashionable New York man or woman looking out of a window of their own houses in years. It is an unspoken and unwritten law that you shall keep out of sight, and shroud the interior of your houses with layer on layer of lace curtains, oftentimes with as mauy as four different sets of them at each window. The only time a man is privileged to watch the promen idersis at his club, and there many of them do it with a vengeance. A woman never looks into the street from her house. You may walk down Fifth avenue at any time of day. and under no circumstances, un less a military parade was in progress, would you see any woman of that house, other than the servants. I presume I have passed by the houses of the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Goelets and Goulds hundreds of times during recent years and not a sign of life have 1 seen besides that contributed by the menials. The custom is doubtless founded upon common sense, because by sitting m windows people become conspicu ous, and the alleged intention of “good form” is to remain screened from the vulgar scrutiny of the public. But it is well enough to set down this particular feature of our advanced condition of civilization, because, if I am not mistaken, the enjoyable habit of sitting in windows is practiced in most other cities. Of course we Jose a vast amount of entertainment by foregoing the habit, for, of course, a study of human nature as you find it on the street is educating and charming. But here we are, for the sake oi’ that severe granddame Good Form, veiling the sun and our feilow creature- from our fashionable gazes by these very stunning sets of expensive curtains. It is like a theater w fb rhe drop always obscuring the pictures be hind it. Tbe Graphophone Made tbe Type writer Blush. From the Electrical Review. Private Secretary Pearson of Gov. Beaver's office, Harrisburg. I’a., had a curious and some what startling experience with the grapho phone. He began to turn the crank and sup posed that he was about to cause the machine to give out to tbe young iady type writer a mes '-ugt* which t ie governor ha l talk -i into it the eve ing pievious. The young lady was all at tention, aud the private secretary began sol emnly to turn the crank, whi h works bv a treadle. To his horror and the immense embar rassment of tho young lady the following amo rous jumble was given out witn decided em pha is: "Now, don’t, George. ♦ * * There; somebody will come. Of course, I love you. There; somebody really is coming, and you have mussed my hair all up * * * Please, love, I am s > afraid that someone will come in, and, besides. I can't work this crank if you in sist upon kissing me all tbe time.” * * * The stars represent sounds too familiar to be mis taken. They were the smacking of lips and *h~r sound* ■' hich accompany the interchange of caresses between lovers. U wua some little while before the matter could be satisfactorily explained either by the young lady or by Mr. Peavson, who at first were disposed to imagine that somebody had been pla\ mg a practical joke upon them. Tbe mat ter was finally straightened out, however, when the executive clerk came around, and, upon hearing of the incident, laughed heartily. He had. on the evening before, been showing a bride and groom about the executive depart ment, and, being called away for a few minutes, had left them iu tne private secretary's room to amuse themselves with tbe graphophone while he attended to the business which had called him away. Times Go by Turns. The sea of fortune doth not ever How; She draws her favors to the lowest ebb; Her tides have equal time to come and go; Her loom doth weave the fine and coarsest web; No Joy hv *rreat hut runneth to an end, No hap so hard but may in fine amend. Not always fall of leaf, nor even spring, Not endless night, yet not eternal day; The saddest birds a season find to sing. The roughest storm a calm mav soon allay. Thus, with succeeding turns, God tempered!all, That man may hope to rise, yet fear to fall. A chance may win that by mischance was lost; A net that holds no great, takes little fish; la some things all, in all things none are crossed; Few all they need, but none have all they wish. Unmingled joys here to no man befall; Who least, hath some; who most, hath never all, Oliver Ditson’s Astonishment. From the Cambridge Daily. Passing along the street one day, he (Oliver Ditson) saw in the gutter a man who had fallen while drunk, and was making an ineffectual eff rt to g*‘t upon his feet. Mr. Ditson stooped down and took hold of him, and assisted him to a standing position. After brushing the fellow's clothes a little, he said to him as he tried to steady him to enable him to start away,“Young man, why don't you brace up and be some body ?” “Brace up? Be somebody? Well, who are you. I'd like to know?” the sot replied, with a drunken stare. ‘ i am O iver Ditson, sir, who are you!” “Me?'’ glancing down at his clothes, ‘me; why, I'm All over Mud.” The pun was so g >od that Mr. Ditson forgot his sermonizing, and sent him ou his way without further comment, nut with a sympathy which often recalled his case." The Critic. The critic stood with scornful eye Before a picture ou the wall; “You call this art? Why, see the fly, It is not natural at aIL “It has too many legs -its head Is far too large-who ev *r saw A fly like that —its color red. And wings that look as if they—pshaw!” And with a gesture of disgust H** waved his hand, wneu lo! the fly Flew from the p.cture. “Ah’ some dust,” The critic said, "was in my eye!” No Ooc&sion for Thanks. Prom the Washington Critic. On one occasion when Tom Ochiltree returned home from congress there was very little travel upon the railroad, and he was the only person or consequence on the train. When it stopped at his town there was an unusual crowd around the depot, and naturally enough he thought it had assembled to welcome him. fc>o he stepped out on the plaifor/n and began: ••(*entieiu**n, I (hunk you for this hearty deioonst ration—” “Demonstration! thunder!" said one of the crowd “John Dills has just committed suicide in the depot.” Would Do Just as Well. From the Chicago Tribune. The assistant came up on the stage and whit pered something to the lecturer “Indies and gentlemen," said the professor. “I have just b arne I that onqcase of the ori ental curiosities, with which 1 usually illustrate this lecture has failed to arrive, owing to the mistake of a l>aggageman. 1 regret to say, theref. re, that I caunot exhibit the well pre served Egyptian mummy I had hoped to show you. It may be possible, however, that I can And a substitute. Is there any geutleman from Philadelphia iu the audience?" T. I. N. C. Don't suffer any but U9e Tanner’s Infallible Neuralgia Cure, the only infalli ble cure on earth for all forms of neuralgia and nervous hoadache. Kan gum Root Med. Cos.. Nash villa, Tenn. 30 cants per box. Bold by Lippmau Bros., vtfiolcsaiaagents. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Pittsburg has the' largest ax factory in the world. It turns out 3,000 axes per day. A florist at Laucaster, Pa., has so Improved the dandelion that he has produced specimens 20 inches in diameter. Thkre are in Vienna at present six companies who make a business of hiring out steam boilers to small manufacturers. Tub carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia have 7,350 looms in use. employ 17,800 hands, and manufacture annually 7,500,000 yards of carpet at a value of $44,970,000. Thkre were manufactured in the United States last year, in round numbers. 14,000,000 pounds of tobacco, 400.000 pounds *>f snuff, 4,00U,U00.000 cigars, and 1,500,000,000 cigarettes. The United States exported in 1888 $2,092,003 worth of sewing machines, as against $2,307,357 in 1887; and $7,626,396 worth of steam engines ani other machinery in 18e8 as against $5,088,700 in 1887. Man is the universal animal. It is estimated that there is 1,250,000.000 of him on the globe. The p rank next with 500,000,000; 300.000,000 cattle. 10*0.000,000 hogs (the four-footed variety), and 00.000, tX0 horses c rntinue the list. SouTHBRiDGE, Mabs., has the largest spectacle factory in the world. More than three-fourths of the gold spectacles and eye-glasses made in this couuiry are made in Southhridge, one com pany alone in that town having turned out 1,500,000 pairs last year. A pec char accident happened to William Fisher, a Lima.O., youth. He was standing under a street lamp, when the glass broke. He looked upward to se“ what was the matter, when a large fragment of glass hit him in the eye, cutting the bail nearly in two. An exchange tells of a family carriage horse which became melancholy through being sepa rated from its owner, who went off on a long ti ip for his health, and rapidly lost flesh. Skilled veterinarians were called in, but the old animal continued to pine away aud died before its master returned. Nearly every west-bound train on the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad carries from five to a dozen emigrant oars filled with emigrants for Dakota, a majority of whom are Germans. The Dakota towns are rapidly fill ing up with strangers, and the liveliest kind of a boom is looked for during the coming sum mer. The American Dialect S>ciety ha teen founded at Harvard college to make a sys tematic study of the various dictions of the United States. The Harvard professors are in terested in the scheme. Prof. Child is presi dent and the other officers are from the corps of instructors. An editing committee has been chosen from college professors all over the country. A Pacific coast paper reports that the blow ing up of a rock in the harbor of Nanaimo was attended by a remarkable sight. At the mo ment the explosion occurred an immense shoal of herring was passing over the pla-e, and thousands of them were thrown high in the air For several minutes afterward the water was of a silver color from the immense number of fish which floated on the water to the depth of a foot or more, stunned or killed by the shock. Hannibal Hamlin has returned to Maine and coufirms the report that he bought and wore an overcoat while in Miunesota. He adds: “I did not buy the garment on account of my feelings, but out of respect for the weather. When the thermometer runs down to 10° below zero I think the ordinary courtesies of the occasion would demand proper recognition of tb* pres en eof Boreas, the ice king. My fried ; were mu fcamused at my surrender, but i\ Miunesota is not a meteorological condition to be treated with disrespect.” Investigation of fire ruins shows that porous terracotta bricks and blocks best resist fire, water, and frost, next to these in the order of flre resistiug Qualities being the various concretes, or sonic of them, and burned clay work. In the best bunding work now done, the iron part is incased in porous terracotta, tile or brick work, in roof, floor, and tile constru tion; the hollow tiles are faced with vitreous tile, slate, or any good weather-proof coating, or with a single thickness of brick. Incused in fireproof ma terials. iron and steel framework is claimed to give the best results. Charles STiTESof Newark, N. J., had an en counter with a cat on Monday afternoon that he will not soon forget. He was walking lietwe n two piles of lumber in the street when his at tention was attracted by an ugly growl. He scarcely had time to turn to see wuenco it came before a cat sprang beneath the boards and planted its teeth in the calf of his leg. His flesh was further torn by his efforts to shake the ani mal off. and finally, at the risk of bavin; his hands bitten, he seized it around the neck and had to choke it into insensibility before the vicious brute gave up the fight Even then he bad to remove its fangs from his leg by main force. A curious cause of death was recently re corded in India. A native who was fishing in a stream caught a flat, eel-like fish, about fifteen or sixteen inches in length. Being desirous of killing it. he put it into his mouth in order to bite i.s head. The fish, however, scarcely ap preciating this somewhnt clumsy attempt at decapitation, vigorously essayed to inatoe other arrangements, in which it was partially suc cessful. Gifted w ith a sllminess woich made it very difficult to hold, it slipped through the mans fingers into his mouth and conveyed itself partly down his gullet. The situation now was bad for the fish, out still worse for the man. for, owing to the sharp fins'on the back of the fish, it was not possible to withdraw it. The man dn*i in great agony within an hour. The London Hospi al states that an unex pected testimony to the value of inoculation comes from South Africa. G. A. Farini, the explorer of the Kalahari desert, had some oxen bitten by poisonous snakes, aud one of his bush men, it. is said, cured them by making incisions around the bite, and rubbing into these a powder made from the dried poison sacs of other snakes. In a few hours the inflammation caused by the bite and the oxeu were quite well. A few days afterward the bushman himself was bitten. He at once inoc ulated himself in a similar way with the pow der, and having ext raced from th wound the fangs of the snake that had bitten him, he drank a drop of poison from the virus-sac. He immediately fell into a stupor that lasted some hours. At first the swelling of the wound in creased, but it soon subsided. Next morning he inoculated himself again. By the '*vemng of that day the swelling Had disappeared, and two days after he was as well as ever. In 1880 some young ladies in Berlin, Germany, founded a club, the members of which pledged themselves not to marry, nnder pain of a fine of 1,000 marks. At first the club was a great success: it started with twenty-three members, and soon increased its number to thirty-one. Suddenly, however, an epidemic of marrying broke out in the club: and this year, at the gen eral meeting, there was only one solitary mem ber left, who found herself called upon to dis pose of 2H,U)O marks, the amount remaining >f the fines that had been paid. This, by the offi cial advice of the perjured ex-members, the general meeting resolved to divide into equal portions, one to be given to the Berlin hospitals, the other to be settled on the last member. It seems a pity that the following advertisement, which has just appeared in a Frankfort paper, cannot le brought befure this member's notice. It reads as follows: “A poor devil wishes to make the acquaintance of a rich augel. with a view to matrimony, in the hope of mi king for himself a little heaven on earth. ” The New York Press, aj>eaking of the recent death of the venerable Mr. S. C. Hall, suys: “Mr. Hall was a remarkable example of what industry and tact, seconded by temperate habits and a magnificent physique, can accomplish. Born with the century, he began his career as parliamentary reporter when but 19 years old, and for sixty years following never laid down Ins pen for a day. With the liwitts and the Proctors, the Halls ranked as marked illustra tions of married felicity in literary life Their golden wedding, celebrated more than a decade ago, was male ih occasion of a beautiful tribute from their friends and their friendi' children and gran ichildren on both sides of the sea. and when the eves of the fine 01l man were turned toward another world, it was with a smile of greeting for, the bride of reventy years ago. Simple 'aMd-reflried in their tastes, cultivated in mind and agreeable in manner, the Halls drew about them a circle of men and women whose names have been famous in the world of art j and letters for more than half a century, am! in the superb autograph album of Mrs. Hall, now 1 in the possession of Gtorge W. Childs, are ; verses a.id sketches, any one of which is a . treasure in itself. Cooper, Washington Irving. Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Longfellow were , among Mr. Hall's American friends; but the one for whom he cherished the most sincere admiration was Mr. C bids, whose almoner in England he had been In many touching cliari- j ties, and through whom he had been enabled to erect memorials to the illustrious and neglected Tom Moore and Leigh Hunt. Ladies take Angostura Bitters generally when they feel low spirited. It brightens them up. Dr. Hiegert & Sons, sola manu facturers. At ail druggists. BAKING POWDER. PURE Its superior excellence proven in millions <* homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is used by the United states Government. In dorsejl by the heads of the Great Universities as the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder doe* not contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. SoUronly in Cans. PRICE, BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. CRIGIOO. ST. LOUIS. MEDICAL.. DON’T DESPAIR YOU CAN BE CURED. Fifty years ago, when given up as incurable, Dr. J. H. 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