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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

ltt very gCneral expression Of satistac-
ti1u hy the press Of the country at the
rrrmrI and elective way keifer was
slncl abe rude of header Of the minority,
shows that The press has nc greater love
fsr keiEar than Kcifer has Tor the press.
Oh keFfr Is al all sensitive ne viii not
-asa acain essay the role Of a leader.
uis very conspicuous failure in the
SkEnnar-roa1 contested election case
saa8a him lhe laughing stock Of the whole
caantrs. h seems strange that a man Of
Hi~ rxr.srfence should bluuder as badly as
81 dil. The rial leaders Of the minority
WV delighted az having 50 early an Op-
r.-rtunitv e. squelch him and his preten-
sims. ana they improved it without mer-
go. Ncue "a them have any love
CIR h1ua. and they VIII take care
that his incompetency is made appa-
rant whenever b. undertakes % lead.
nestles teine incompetent, Keifer did
several talnes al the close Of last Congress
uhfsh were calculated to render him I'M
nalarlar. One CT them was 70 remove one
- st.e oasasal ssenoeraphers and appoint
hss nephew % the place thus made va
cart CONGRESS having adjourned there
Heas. of course. nothing 70 do. The man
wac n.as removed had earned
&fs vearss rw By the hard
uafk he aia during The session. keifer's
nefaeve. however, drew over 5000 for
aainz absolutely nothing. II heifer
ases ANYTHING creiitable in this Congress,
ahisA i haralv probable, the country
ws.1 ae eaew 10 hear 81 il. The press viii
r.at e. an& e is Way 10 DO him a favor.
81 i asahtfal i there i another instance
~ sha hls&nxy 81 Goagress 81 such marked
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE prohibition movement in Little Rock
has collapsed.
THE organized band of fence cutters in
Southwest Texas call themselves Jayelenas.
A STOCK COMPANY for the establishment
of a cotton mill has been organized IN shreve-
port. La, with capital stock oil SlOo,Ooo TO
100000.
AT werden (westphalial an aged prisoner
was at his urgent request granted permission
to be taken to the railway station in order to
see locomotive and train for the first time.
SOME facts communicated by an informer
have led to a reOpeningo of the inquiry into the
murder of Lord Mount Morres, in Ireland,
three wears ago. The persons principally
concerned are said to be in the United states.
THE total number of sailing vessels of all
the world Is 4S,704, gauging 3O,647,377 tons.
OF these more than a third carry the English
flag. and less than twentieth that OF France,
which ranks seventh, being below America,
Italy. Germany and Russia.
SOME Chicago capitalists who are tired of
being twitted with the commercial supre-
macy of New York, are talking of construct
ing an airline railroad from Chicago to Nor
folk Va and then building themselves New
York that will overshadow the Manhattan
Island concern.
THERE is a Jewish penman in Vienna who
writes 400 Hebrew letters ON one grain OF
wheat. In order to furnish the Emperor with
satisfactory evidence of his extraordinary
skill he has written the Jewish prayer for
the imperial family on the narrow edge of an
ordinary visiting card.
APROPos of the increased number of women
who are killed or disappear, the New FORK
Herald thinks they are too careless of their
personal safety, and adds: Recent events
should teach women in all grades of life that,
although toappear fearless and unsuspieious
may seem very pretty, 1t Is worse than
idiOtic."
= A FRENCH journal published in Italy at
taches the utmost importance to the fact that
italian colonists still resort in large numbers
TO the territories of the republic both in Eu
rope and elsewhere. 1t declares that accord
ing to Trustworthy statistics the total of Ital-
ians emigrating to France itself has almost
doubled in the last eight years. In 1876 it was
barely over 1000, and had risen last year to
s, 900, which figure will probably be exceeded
in the present year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

LINEN GOODS.

Double Damask Irish Table Damasks.
Double Damask Irish Table Napkins.
Double Damask Irish Table DOylies.
Damask and Huck Towels.
Turkey Red Table Damasks.
Turkey Red Table Napkins.
Turkey Red Table Doylies.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

The failure of the Attorney General to
have the witness Walsh in court when
the KellOgg-Brady case was called for
trial on the 10th of this month, promises
to cause that official trouble. The At
torney General and his assistant counsel
said. when they asked for a continuance
Of the case, that they could not find Walsh.
1t is stated now that Walsh says that he
could easily have been found, and that he
would have voluntarily appeared if he
had received the assurances of protection
which he demanded. 1t is limited that
there was not very great anxiety to
secure Walsh's presence. He has
made some serious charges respecting
the good faith Of the prosecution in the
KeIlogg-Brady case, and if those charges
can be sustained it would not be very
pleasant for the Attorney General. Vast
sums of money have been spent in trying
to convict the star route defendants, and
the star route cases have been the occa-
sion of n great deal of scandal. Mr.. KEEL
logg threatens to make some astounding
revelations if the case against him is
pressed. In view of all these facts would
it not be we'll for the House, Immediately
after the holidays, to begin the work of
investigating this star route business?
There is a strong suspicion that there is
something crooked in the manner in
which theprosecution has been conducted.
If the suspicion proves groundless
it will be all the better for the Depart
ment of Justice. but if it is shown that the
4Fssfa &c InI ha
will furnish additional reasons why there
should be a change in the control of the
government. Under the circumstances
an investigation cannot very well be
avoided.
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Soutb Cardinals Convict System.


1t is probable that the system of farm
ine out eonvicts in South Carolina will be
abolished next year. That is the opinion
expressed by the Charleston Nelcs and
Courier. and its opinion, no doubt, IS
based on the sentiment which prevails in
the legislature. If it were not for exist
ing contracts, the system, it is claimed,
would be abolished at once. 1t is alleged
thai last wear one-fifth of the whole num-
Der Of cOnyicts farmed out either escaped
or died, while Of those in the penitentiary
only one in twenty-five died or escaped.
The difference is startling, and justities
the conclusion that the leased convicts
have been subjected to terrible
abuses. In the future the superinten-
dent Of the penitentiary will annul
any contract where it is shown that the
convicts have been mistreated, and at all
times the convicts viii be under the direct
charge of the sworn officer of the prison.
In this State care has been taken to pre-
vent the evils which are so closely con-
nected with the leasing system, and strict
rules and regulations have been made for
the proper care Of those who are sick. 1t
would be gratifying, however, if some
way could be discovered to make the PEN
itentiary self-sustaining without leasing
the convicts. The care of convicts in the
south is a problem that is not easily
solved. The great majority Of the con-
victs are negroes, and as most of them
are guilty only Of petty crimes
their sentences are short. They could not
be taught a trade in the short time they
are in prison, and there is nothing they
could do that would make them self
supporting. As long as the Southern
States have a very large ignorant popu-
lation their penitentiaries Will be crowd
ed. To keep these cOnvicts in idleness
would not only be an enormous burden on
the taxpayers but would encourage idle
and shiftless negroes to Commit small
crimes in order to get into the penitentiary.
The white people of the South are bur
dened enough now to educate negro
children. To support in idleness from
1900 to 800 convicts IN each State would
be eypecting too much of them.
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BRIGHT BITS.

THE John Sherman boom is accounted for.
1t seems that the eX-Secretary simply wanted
to work of those old Autographs left over
from 1880.
WHEN you see the word ''Zmas" in the coun-
try papeT it means the editor wrote Xmas,
ana was foiled in his vile purpose by the in
teIiigent compositor.
RUSSELL SAGE gave a painter employed on
his house 50 cents for kicking a tramp out of
the yard, and the papers next day said Rus
sell was "a patron of struggling artists"
THE animosity of the Philadelphia papers
to the London Times is explained by the fact
Butler as s'the Governor of Philadelphia, one
of the great Southern free-trade States"
AT a recent party: Anxious Young Man
sMiss b.. may | have the sixth dance with
your" Miss B.-"As we have no pencil ! can
space there and you'll understand" Miss
B.-sVery WELL then: when | see a vacant
spot / shall know it is you" Exit anxious
young man.
EpITH-s'I have been up to the exhibition,
Mr.. Daubwell, and | want to congratulate
you. Your painting attracts more attention
than all the others put together. There's a
crowd in front of it all the time" Daubwell
idelighted)-"Indeed, Miss Edith! Edith-
Eyes. sir: and how it does amuse them! lou
should hear them Taught!
A sHABBILY- DRESSED woman called upon
one of our citizens for aid, claiming that she
was in a starving condition. The citizen
looked upon her plethorlc form, estimating
the avoirdupols of the surpernuous fat, and
answered: lyon don't look like a starving
woman Il know it, she whiningly an
swered, ''Im bloated with grief"
WHILE a writer for a Western journal was
in a store so essentially feminine that he felt
as though he was a wholly unwarranted IN
truder. a gossamery creature entered. "Can
YOU measure me now" she asked. "Right
of" the woman behind the counter replied,
taking up tape line and opening note book.
The man started to retire. but the fair Gus
toner was not in the least perturbed. Don't
let us turn you cut said the saleswoman;
'sI'm only going to take the lady's measure for
a. ouOaf -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

Gentlemen's Colored Bordered Handker-
chiefs.
Ladies' Colored Bordered Handkerchief.
Gentlemen's Plain III. S. Handkerchief.
Ladies' Plain II. S. Handkerchiefs.
Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchief.
Ladies' Lace Handkerchiefs.
Children's Handkerchiefs.
Handkerchiefs in Fancy Boxes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

SATURDAY. DECEMBER &c. 1883.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

The celebrated chief physician OF the
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, DR..
krrk bride. died on Tuesday last. Up TO
Chi. lav 0f his death he bore on his head
tfc marx 10 a desperate wound received
al co. hands oi a Young Georgian. Wiley
Williams. who was an inmate Of the
asylum. The young man was the son Of
ruEee Williams. oi this state, and was
educated at Yale. lie ran away and went
or sra. and when he returned after two or
tlree wears absence it was found that his
mi11 was impaired. He was allowed
many PRIVILEGES. but wished to 20 to Bal
tl1o7e ca visit some friends. The doctor
refused 3D. grant aim leave 90 20, and VIII
Iams threatened n make him pay for it
sEle dsv. Tie scaled the walls around
the lum and made his visit. He came
back in "a few DAYS. procured gun and
waited in "a tree in the garden until the
dnctar came out. Williams took careful
aim. and vita uuerring precision the shot
arfared the doctors head. The ballets,
however. glanced oa. having struck his
skull at an angle and 80 his life was saved.
mr. k5rkhrids was famous not only for his
skfll. hut far the Eearlessness. faithfulness
arI Kindness with which his intercourse
vfih his patients was marked.
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parkrr'e Ioittr.
Songs Never Sung.

GLOW does that verse run? Something like
this, isn't it,
There are those who touch the magic string
And noisy fame is proud to win them;
Alas! for those who never sing,
But die with all their music in them.'"
eyes, that's beautiful, pathetic and true,'
said your representative. ''The poet alluded
to people who are somehow suppressed, and
never get their full allowance OF JOY and air.
Which reminds me OF letter shown me the
other dav by HiscoX q Co., of New York.
signed by Mr.. T.. e. Williams, of Chapman.
SNYDER county, Pa, prominent BUSH
ness man of that place. He writes:
~ have suffered win asthma Tor over 30
wears. and had a terrible attack in December
and january, 1882. / hardly know what
prompted me to take PARKER Tonic. did
- and the first day | took four doses. The
eject astonished me. That night slept as If
nothing was the matter with me, aud have
ever since. have had colds since, put no
asthma. NV breathing Is now as per
feet as If / had never known that disease. III
YOU know of any one who has asthma tell him
in my name that PARRERS TONIC Will cure It
even after 40 years. There was q man who
escaped the fate of those whom the poet Ia
ments.H
This preparation, which has heretofore been
known as PARKRR's GINGER TONIC, will
hereafter be advertised and sold under the
name of PARKER'S TONIC. Inasmuch as gin
ger is really an unimportant ingredient. and
unprincipled dealers are constantly deceiving
their customers by substituting inferior pre-
parations under the name OF ginger, we drop
the misleading word.
There is no change. however, IN the prepa-
ration itself. and all bottles remaining ia the
hands OF dealers wrapped under the name OF
PARKER's GINGER Tonic contain the genuine
medicine il the fac-simile signature OF HIS
cox 4 co. is at the bottom Of the outside
xrrnnppr
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r---.---l = ~ Pass o1Fos IA S10aanaA a.
r..-7 .-rrss Ersn Mater.
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the SoAns
HneofG
business % are We'll
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wTrT1TER STREET. SAVANNAH, ca.
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0miirmra RrmrDirs.
Itching and Burning F!
Itching and Burning

ECZEMA or Salt Rheum, with its agonizing
l. itching and burning, instantly relieved by
warm bath with CUTICUEA SOAR. and
single application of CrTIcURA, the great Skin
Cure. This repeated daily, with two or three
doses of CUTICURA REs0LyENT, the New Blood
Purifier, Diuretic ard Aperient to keep
the blood COOL the perspiration pure
and uniT ritating, the bowels open,
the liver and kidneys active, will speedily
cure Eczema, letter. Ringworm, Psoriasis,
Lichen Pruritus, Scad Head, Dandruff, and
every species of Itching. Scaly and Pimply
Hunlors Of the Scalp and Skin, when the best
physicians and ali known remedies fail.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

3 correspondent writes: The jail
question can easily De settled. Why not
build 81 Jail ON Hutchinson's Island: Let
OBJ. CUluty Commissioners lease or buy
t1e isIand.~ A bright idea Why haven't
tde Commissioners thought OF il. The
jail would De- ia nobody's way on the
island. and the prisoners would have
ritrty of room 70 take an airing once in a
while. The county might build a draw
hril-c across the river - that it could be
easily reached. 0r they might buy ferry
ao1t, Either way Of reaching the jail
vluld probably satisfy the prisoners.
1usf when DO was that the prospects for a
urv Jail were rather gloomy, they sud
denly BRIGHTEN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

The Atlanta Constitution says ''if Mr..
Carlisle is the statesman report credits
him with being he viii perceive that even
the mildest sort of tariff reform cannot
be accomplished until the Democratic
party gets in power" All very true, and
the election Of Mr.. Carlisle is a pledge
that the Democratic party believes in tariff
reform, and the majority in the House of
Representatives will give the country an
earnest of what it will do when the re-
formation of the tariff becomes possible.
Shall we quit advocating our principles
because we cannotsimmediately put them
in practice? A still hunt on the part of
the Democratic party is worse than fool
ish, for the game has already been aroused.
Tariff reform is the great issue of the day,
and a bold and aggressive policy will in
sure its triumph. A doubling and daily
ing policy will lose us the confidence of
the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

The change of front made by the admins
tration when at the last moment President
Arthur felt compelled to change his message
is one of the most significant political signs OF
the times. and is an acknowledgment Of the
strength Of the Democratic position. Never
was the Democratic patty in better shape for
a campaign. IT only needs prudence, courage
and firmness on the part OF the Democratic
CONGRESS- N make victory sure,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

Ex-Secretary Blaine's son Jimmy seems
to be a chip off the old block. He can't
stand retirement, and must needs bring
himself prominently before the country.
He has just been expelled from George
town, ID. c., College, and this is the third
time such an episode has occurred in his
brief but brilliant career. No charge is
stated, but it was doubtless pure eussed-
ness. Mr.. Blaine has evidently spared
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22
ITCHING HTMORS.

Bakers, BARRIERS. Grocer's and Washerwo-
mans Itch. Itching Piles and Delicate Itching
Humors peculiar to both sexes, which are par
ticularlv distressing at this season, are IN
stantly relieved and speedily and permanently
cured by the above treatment. Now Is the
time. when the pores are open and the per-
splration abundant. TO cleanse the blood of
impurities. and the skin Of tOrturing and dis
fnnrinor hnmnrs.
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SCRATCHFn THE RLOOD.

/ certify that | only used them about SIX
weeks until was entirely well, but before !
commenced using them my face, breast and
back were almost a solid seab, and | often
scratched the blood from my body. l am now
entirely well land think your CUTIoURA RENE
DIES are the best for skin diseases that ever
was brought before the public,
+. NJ, FOX, Caddo, Indian Ter
Sold by all Druggists. CUTIoURA, soc. RE
SOLVENT, 81; SOAP, 25c. POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co.. Boston. Mass.
Send for s'IlOw to Cure Skin Diseases"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

rlere are eight inches Of ice on the
Hudson river and hundreds of thousands
Of tens of last years crop yet in the stor-
a-o houses. Cheap ace. however, Is not
tr l.. expected. as the syndicates limit the
amount rut on the market and get their
Own prices. Almost every industry in
tle country is in the hands Of mOnopOlists,
who thrive oT the necessities Of the peO-
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TH0US4YDS OF LETTERS

been a terrible sufferer for years with Blood
and skin Humors, have been obliged to shun
public places by reason of my distiguring hui
mors; have had the best physicians; have
spent hundreds of dollars and got no real re-
lief until | used the CUTICURA REMEDIES,
which have cured me, and left my skin and
blood as nHra as a ehild'a
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22
Personal,

JOHN SHERMAN Is organizing a literary bu-
reau.
SENATOR SHARON looks like 'downcast"
deacon.
SENATOR EDMUNDs wears a round hat with
a very narrow brim.
CONGRESSMAN WAsHBURNE, Of Minnesota,
is the richest man in the House.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS parts his hair IN
the middle and says, "By jove, ye know"
MURCH, formerly a Congressman from
Maine, recently opened a snowy saloon in
Boston. and his partner has filed bankrupt
petition for the firm.
SENATOR FARLEY, of California, remains in
delicate health. GOV. Stoneman will be his
competitor for the Senate if the Legislature
should be Democratic.
SENATOR FRYE has sworn of. lie says he
has no candidate for President, and never will
have again. Things must be looking very
dark for Blaine down East.
EX-SENATOR CONKLING is in Washington.
He is counsel for Edison in patent matters.
His Washington friends say that his income
from his practice is 100000 year.
MISS BELLE PATTERSON, granddaughter of
the late ex-President johnson, who resides at
Greenvllle, is engaged, so report says, in
writing a thrilling novel. pertraying some of
the marked traits of character of one or two
ruggedly honest and plaln-spoken East Ten
nesseeans.
A DISPATCH from Philadelphia saws that 1t
is announced on good authority that Miss Ma
rion Booth, daughter of the late Junius Brutus
Booth, will, during the coming week, bring
suit in Boston to break her fathers will on
the ground of its invalidity. BY his will
Booth left his entire estate to his widow.
A VERY droll story is current in some of the
New York clubs of how the lnefliciency of a
secretary of legation in promoting an anus
ing social ambition of certain American
resident in London was the motive Of viru-
lent attack recently made upon the secretary
in the London correspondence of a New York
journal.
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what the RepubIicans VIII Do.

q LWNNs IErlTNVINOEtls N.lN''VsI'
They will bait the trap 10 catch votes with
all sorts Of pledges, laugh at these pledges
when gwen, and repudiate them as soon as
the election is over. Read the Republican
nlatform of 1850. and see how many OF the
promises il contains have been fulfilled, how
many of its principles have been reduced TO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22
APnssihle Renublican Trade.

= I7eTFU9f r To 7 T-s9 V17t7'7'E'
That there is anything serious in the al
legged demand from Texas or any other Soutn-
err, STATE for a national indemnity for slave
property ris DESTROYED by constitutional amend
meTt. there is no reason to believe: Ihere
are, however. two possibilities which, VIII VII
makesuch 4 demand really serious. II the
Republican party is ever offered the solid
south in exchange for its support OF such
firoposition the support will probably be forth
coming II has perpetrated worse crimes
than having for slaves, and is not likely to
hesitate at that, if there is any partisan profit
~ I,a N, ade from IT.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES
Are the greatest medicines on earth.


Are the greatest medlclnes on earth.
j. w. ADAMS, Newark, o.
The half has not been told as to their cura-
tive powers. G. a. WILLIAMS, Providence.
They cure In every case.
II. w. BROCKwAY, Id, Franklin, n. IL.
NV friends know how | suffered from Salt
Rheum until cured by them.
Mrs. A. r. BROWN, Maiden.
Cured me of Scrofulous IIumor of thirteen
years duration.
j. E. RICHARDSON, c. H., New Orleans.
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RepubIican Hypocrisy.

Near York Sun (IHd.l.
II is strange that the Republicans should
turn ont the Democratic officers of the Sen
ate. and elect Republican officers. This pro
ceeding does not SAVIOR of that strenuous zeal
for civil service reform which animates the
breasts of all true Republicans from Hoar 70
NFnN,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

Witness John Walsh says the govern
1lut can cet him as witness against
keuc-c 90 GO wants him, and Attorney
t,.urral Brewster saws he can't be found
Ir-. lard to tlu who l. 20 De believed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

lr would De very sad il Congressman
r.-4-rr should get himself classed with
>1-l lrauks - o'Donoyan Rossa' the
-...rt af she world. but the greatest enc
r-t.r tle Irish cause.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-22

Tao Chicago T-rituse has just published
OIL. -ls.autiul snow" poem as special
r.rtriluuou. The editor Of that paper
vauII evidently be heaTtless enough 10
.,-.a- fn a cold deck on poor orphan.