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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

John Philpot Curran, the Irish lawyer,
sscopious, splendid, fun Of wit, and life,
once got out of a serious scrape by an
execrable pun. He had incurred a rich
farmers displeasure by a severe cross
examination in Court: and some days
horse and the ehaise carried him into
potato field owned by this man. Seeing
him there, the man came up and said.
''Ohl sure you're Counsellor Curran.
the great lawyer. Now then, Mr.. Lawyer
can you tell me by what law you are
trespassing upon my groundT'
"By what law, Mr.. Malony" replied
Curran. why by the lee tdllv-ho-RiS, to
be sure"
The pun so delighted Mr.. Mallory tina
he let its author Off for the trespass. Curra n
used to tell a story of Lord Coleraiae, in
his time the best-dressed man in England,
and a very punetilious fashionable. Be
ing one evening at the Opera, he motto ed
a gentleman enter his box in boots, an
vexed at whathe thought an objectionable
breach of decorum, said to him: II beg !,
sir, you viii make no apology"
"ApOlogyp cried the stranger, "for
whatg'
ewhy," rejoined his lordship, pointing
down at the boots, "thatyOu did not bring
your horse with you into the box"
sit is lucky for you, sir" retorted the
stranger, shat | did not bring my horse
l7hip; but Will pull your nose for your
impertinence."
The two were Immediately separated,
but not before exchanging cards and
settling for a hostile meeting. Coleraine
went to his brother George to ask his advic
and assistance. Having told the story
II acknowledge said he, shat l W 8
the aggressor; but it was too bad to
threaten to pull my nose. What should i
dO?"
''Soap it WE'LL" was the cool fraterna /
advice, 'then twill slip easily through his
fingers"
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Fashion Notes.


Gathered spencer waists are again in
vogue.
A white gauze veil is the latest touch
put to gray travelling costume.
Spencers of black banded lace are worn
with black silk or colored silk skirts.
Lace falls all around dressy broad
brimmed carriage hats are again in
vogue.
Dresses of black and white silk used in
the composition of the costume are in
high favor.
Children's stockings are dark or black,
even when white or the palest tinted
dresses are worn.
Chalk-white Valenciennes is the latest
lace craze for trimming black silk dresses
and black parasols.
Mushroom and gray shades in all the
variations possible are the rival colOrs for
dresses for street wear.
Velveteen and poplin combine well for
severely simple walking suits, but admit
no shirrings or puffings.
Lace overgarments and lace dresses of
all kinds are trimmed with knots, bows.
loops and cascades of satin velvet ribbon.
Dog collars and bracelets to match,
both broad whenever the neck is long
enough to admit Of broad collar, is the
accepted style.
Sashes tied at the back are fashionably
worn now. Broad ribbon belts with loops
at the side are used, and the striped sashes
are sometimes arranged as drapery over
the hips.
Watered silk has not gone out of vogue
by any means, though used only in mod
Grafton as Innings. parements, reVers.
cuffs, and collars of mohafr, light cash
mere, and light all-wool suits.
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a disposition toward fastness among the
fairer half that did not exist a very few
wears ago. 1t is not noticeable, they say,
among the wives and mothers, as is the
case in London. but is confined to the I'M
married ones. But we might as well
make up our minds that we live in city
different in a thousand ways from the
solid. practical, commercial seaport pre-
sided over by the last generation, when II
was the proud boast of the New Yorker OF
simpler days that the women Of
his town not only demonstrated
the safety of the American
method OF rearing girls, but proved that
women so reared became the models OF
their sex. The names that deeked the
scrolls of fashion then are yet to be found
in the city directory, but the days are
gone when their simple parties and solid
dinners were fit to be considered.
IT is ON HORSEBACK
that the belle now rides most picturesque
", She 1iscards the plain black habit
and stiff, mannish hat of FORM
er equestrianism, and dresses IN
green, gray or brown, WINE
from her head float the feathers Oh quite
an elaborate millinery. Eccentrlclty
abuses the latitude which fashion permits
in riding habits, of course, and one girl
has attained the object which, no doubt,
she ought. considering her social status.
She is a splendid creature, physically,
weighing all of 200 pounds, without I'M
due fat. Her horse is c0rrespondingly
massive. The two combine in an effect
like heroic statuary, except that
the poses are rapidly changed by
the horses spirited eayOrtings, and the
riders gracefully plant adjustment of
herself to the requirements of her seat.
But she has not been content to trust to
size and movement. She goes in for
sorrel color of a bright shade. Her HAIR
is bleached to exactly match the stud.
The first time l saw her she wore jockey
cap, under which the reddish hair was
cropped close in a boyish fashion, and the
tail of the horse was locked, thus making
a harmony of style. On subsequent oc-
cSsiOn the girls hair fell In a
fluffy mass down her back unul
it spread on the horses back, save when
speed or wind lifted it. 1t was obvious at
a glance that the enormous abundance of
hair was false, and ! had already seen
that her natural hair was short. The
horse presented a more difficult problem;
his tail nearly touched the ground. Was
this another horse? Or had his tail before
been braided tight? Neither. The long
tail was false. Nj.
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THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE %, 1884

position: or whether we shall have again
a bachelor President, as was the case IN
the last Democratic administration. So
cietv people here look on the occupant o.
the White House as controlling to great
extent social affairs. Should Mrs. Blaine
be the mistress of the White
House fewer people would see
its walls and enjoy its social
privileges than was the case when under
the last mistress proper Of the White
House. Mrs. Blaine Is lady honored IN
society, beloved by those who know her
well. but has not the happy faculty OF
making friends and acquaintance, and
retaining them, which her husband pos
sesses. A society writer discoursing upon
this subject recently said: ''It is being
discussed in society, by those who re-
member the plans for great eXcluslVeness
at the White House, begun and suggest
ed. as all believe, by Mrs. Blaine) with
the early weeks of the Garfield admins
tration, how thoroughly Mrs. Blaine, If her
husband is elected President, viii carry
out the project, for, as she then expressed
it, making people esteem it a privilege to
90 the White House." 1t is a well known
fact that many who went to call on Mrs.
Garfield on Tuesday and Friday evenings
at the White House, before her illness
began. were refused admission, while
others at the same time were admitted.
Some were refused even after they sent IN
their cards.
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Gen. Logan is the first married man
nominated by the Republicans for Vice
President in twenty years. His wife,
Mrs. Logan, is one Of the most popular
and brilliant women in society. In figure
she is much like her associate. Mrs.
Blaine, and in face they are somewhat
similar. In gentleness of manner and
tact, and politician and social leader,
she is surpassed by none. She is one of
the busiest women in social and political
life here. She attends personally to the
Senator's political affairs, supervising the
work relating to his large correspondence.
examining into the subject referred to in
the thousands of letters he receives. and
making herself quite as familiar with
his affairs as he is himself, Per-
sonally, she is, perhaps, the better poll
tician of the two. She has taken a fighting
hand in all of his campaigns, and in
ability to entertain and make friends.
political and personal, she is surpassed
by few women in public life. One
other Senator's wife is something like her
in this respect-Mrs. Gen. Williams. of
Kentucky. In person Mrs. Logan is quite
as attractive as Mrs. Blaine, and in man.
ner even more agreeable. She is tall.
with well-rounded figure, has a hand
some, intelligent face, hair almost as
white as the driven snow, in marked
contrast with the raven locks of ssBIack
jack" her husband.
Certainly the s'better half' of the Re-
publican ticket appears to be the most
popular half. Nothing is said against it
and a great deal for it.
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''What do the lands bring the Indians as
they are now leasedW your correspond
ent asked.
1.-TWO cents an acre per year!' he an
swered, shaking his long hair about his
shoulders in indignation. ''Two cents an
acre per year. Why, they lease land in
Texas not one-fOurth as good as this for
10 and II cents an acre per year. / stand
ready to lease a half million or a million
acres of this land myself to-day for two or
three times what these st. Louis and Kan
sas fellows are paying now, and will bind
myself to put on as many thousand head
of cattle as the land will maintain
1t seems odd to see an Indian dressed in
the ordinary habiliments of a civilized
community, wearing a thirty-second de-
gree Masonic emblem, and talking about
leasing a half million acres of land, or
stocking the same with thousands of head
of cattle. BoudinOt is a well known
character in Washington, and respected
where he is known. Any day you may
see him hobbling about the Hobbies of the
capitol, or making his way slowly and
painfully up or down Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. He is Cherokee Indian, a native
of Georgia, son of Killekeenah, a full
blooded Cherokee, who was sent by the
missionaries to be educated at Cornwall,
Conn. He there married a beautiful
young New England girl, having first
taken the name of Boudinot. Elias G..
Boudinot, with whom the above conversa-
ton was had, was one of six children, the
fruits of this marriage. He was left an
orphan at years of age, his father having
been assassinated in the struggle for the
Craftsmanship of the Cherokee tribe
after their removal to the Indian
Territory. Elias was taken to New Eng
land, the home of his masters family,
where he received a liberal education. He
returned to the Indian Territory at the
age of Is, and has since been actively en-
gagged in the affairs pertaining to the Ter
rltOry and its people. At the breaking out
of the war he was authorized by Gen. Ben.
Mccullough to raise a regiment for the
Confederacy. This regiment was COM
posed of the best class of Cherokees and
residents of Arkansas. Stand Waitee,
another prominent Cherokee, was chosen
Colonel and Boudinot Major. Later on
BOudinot was promoted to the position of
Lieutenant Colonel, and was soon there
after elected Delegate to the Confed-
crate Congress from the Cherokee nation.
Such men as Senator's Thurman, Vest,
Garland, Blackburn and Gen. Sherman
are among the friends who esteem him
very highly. He is a lawyer by profess
sion, and the only Indian who was ever
admitted as a member of the bar of the
United States Supreme Court. He is a
Mason of the thirty-secOnd degree, a
Democrat in politics, was in 1860 Chair
man of the Arkansas Democratic State
Committee, and editor of the Little Rock
Free Democrat, then a leading Demo-
cratic paper of the State.
COL. BOB INGERsOLL's LOG HOUSE.
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aIARKETs d rELEeRAFH.
FINANCIAL.


NKW YORK. June 81, noon.-StOcks opened
quiet Money easy at 2GS per cent. Xxx
ehauge-lOng, 81 S3l{,G4 81; short, s. S59
& So. state bonds neglected. Government
bonds weak.
500 p. m.-Exchange, 81 &l4. Money, 4
per cent. Sub-Treasury balances-Gold. Sl29, r
- so: currency, s9,479,0OO. Government
bonds weak; four per cents. lls5z; three per
cents. zoos. State bonds dull.
The stock Exchange to-day was the scene
Of great excitement. The fluctuations in
prices were frequent and violent. At the
opening che market was lower, and prices
fell OF IfC6l5s per cent. fOr the general list
and ls4d3i4 per cent. for Pacific Mail and
Michigan Central. The decline was due to
reports that a leading clothing concern was
In trouble, but this was subsequently denied.
About l0:l5 a. m. it became known that a
large amount Of LackaWanna had been called
in. The bears Immediately started 10 cover,
which resulted in a large advance. Lacka-
wanna and Missouri Pacific were the great
features Of speculation. the former rising 81.
the latter 95s; the cash stock is worth 1zlGl
per cent. more than regular and as high as Il
premiam was paid for the use OF Lacka-
wanna. The other active stocks also COM
handed z premium for use. The sharp rise
in LackaEanna and Missouri Pacific had a
favorable eject on the general list. and prices
rose las DER cent. Western Union sold up
per cent. UniOB Pacific -. Lake Shore ~,
Northwest, Louisville and Nashville and st.
Paul 81 each. New York Central 23s. Rock
Island %, Pacific MAJ IS Illinois Central
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NOTED MEN AND WOMEN.
CLAIMS OF COL. BOUDINOT, THE
CHEROKEE CHAMPION.

Lands Leased of Indians for Two Cents
Per Acre Per Annum-The Log House
to which Col IngersOH viii Soon HE
HimseIf-POssibIe Mattresses of the
White House.
Correspondence Of the Morning Nelcs.
WASHINGTON, June 20.-The House
Committee on Indian Affairs promises
some interesting developments during the
coming week. The House some weeks
since, it will be remembered, adopted
resolution authorizing this committee to
inquire into the lease Of lands in the In
dian Territory for grazing purposes, also
the payment OF a certain sum of money
last winter for the purpose of influencing
action by the Legislature Of the Indian
Territory and by officials of the United
States. The story of this alleged corrup-
ton of officials has been already told.
81 have no doubt" said Col. E. G.
BOudinot, well-knOwn Cherokee Indian,
who is really the instigatOr of this inYes-
tigatiOn. II have no doubt that If the true
state of facts can be developed we shall
show corruption among officials in the
highest ranks of government service here in
Washington in regard to these leases. The
ramifications and complications are very
great, extending not only through the In
terror Department, but through the De-
partment of Justice as well, and touching
the War Department ALSO" The leases
referred to cover several millions of
acres of land. The smallest of them is
1873, 600 acres in extent and pastures 5000
head of cattle. The next in extent is
$4,000 acres, another is 100000, another
100000, while three others run above
500, 600 each. The total number of acres
so leased is between three and four mill
lions. ST am satisfied said Col. Boudi-
not, continuing his talk, ''that there is cor
at outrageously low rates, and in direct
opposition to the law. The Indian cOun-
Gil has no right to lease them, and even if
it had, they ought TO have brought much
higher rates.
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their cards.

Mrs. Blaine is of New England stock,
has tine figure and strongly marked fea-
lures, set in frame of gray, almost
white hair. The mother of a half dozen
children, she has not allowed her social
duties to interfere with those of her home,
and yet on the other hand has never
neglected her duty to society or her hus-
bands position. The entertainments at
the Blaine mansion have always been ele-
giant and attended by only the best people.
Personally she does not enjoy public life,
or its honors, and it is more that thu
browning ambition of her husbands life
might be realized that she welcomed the
result at Chicago than for her own sake
or that of her family.
The duties of "miStress of the White
House" are not of a character to make
them agreeable to retiring woman such
as Mrs. Blaine. Indeed the duties of So
ciety in Washington are of most exact
ing nature. The wife of the President
and those Of the Cabinet officers are eX-
empt from some of the duties in that they
are not required to return the calls of all
whose faces are seen in their parl0rs or
whose cards fall like snowfiakes at their
doors. Indeed it would be a physical inn
possibility that they should do this, for
their callers are numbered by thousands.
To make the 'Cabinet rounds" on We'd
nesday or call on the mistress of the
White House on Saturday afternoon, is
considered the privilege of anybody, and
the result is that these ladies see thou
sands of people whom they do not know,
and, of course, do not care to know. Yet
there are many duties which the mistress
of the White House must assume which
are very labOrious. The long Saturday
afternoon receptions, at which she must
stand hour after hour and shake YEARLY
the hands of the hundreds and thousands
who drift by, a few really caring
for her, the majority curiosity seek
ers in a somewhat higher sense than
the word is used wnen applied to the rab-
BILE which surges through the White
House when it is thrown open to the pub
lie on New Years and at various times Of
this sort. The President usually holds
little reception each day at noon, receiy-
ing those who have called during the fore
noon and have cared to wait. In this,
happily, the mistress of the White House
is not expected to join. There are, how
ever, many other duties quite as difficult.
The many state dinners at which she must
sit for hours, the return dinners given by
Cabinet officers, the ceremonial visits of
representatives of foreign governments,
all add greatly to the duties of the posi-
ton. Mrs. Blaine is by experience and
physique well fitted for the duty. She
has been for a quarter of century here,
during nearly all of which time her hus-
band has been central figure in House,
or Senate, or Cabinet, and as a matter Of
course her house has been social centre.
No other woman in Washington, except
perhaps Mrs. Logan, has had broader
experience in this regard, or is better able
to fill the arduOus duties of the place.
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Indian Test for a Mad Dog.
g T1,,ee E0=0gfs

An amusing and at the same tine in
structive commentary on the new local
self-government policy in India, is afford
ed by the following resolution, recently
issued by municipal committee in the
Northwest Provinces. The subject is the
destruction of mad dogs: at is no doubt
impossible to ascertain the degree of mad
ness of a dog killed, and the only possible
way of determining the question is that
whenever the sweepers notice any dog of
serial madness, such as has begun to bite
and assault persons, they should report it
to the Munsarim, who will issue proper
orders for killing the dog; and after it
has been examined by the native doctor,
the person who will kill it shall be re-
warded annas eight for each of such dogs.
The symptoms of usual madness in dog
are-frst, attacks on people; second, not
recognizing his master; third, senseless-
ness in general. When these symptoms
be proved to have been truly shown by a
dog, such dog will be taken as mao and
unscrupulously killed on the spot, and
the person entitled will be awarded annas
four for each of such dogs" This almost
rivals MIR. Grant Duffy's story of the
country station-master who telegraphed
up to headquarters: ''Tiger jumping
about platform. Please telegraph or
ders, -
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IN THE CONSERVATION.

'sBut we mast return! What eciU they sayY
Yes. know it's awful nice.
In the window here, from the others away,
With taste, now and then, of the ice,
And now and then Of Oh, you wretch!
1t wasn't at all required
That you should illustrate thus with sketch
The speech that of course you admired.
''No matter how naughty. There! you have
spoiled
The classical Grecian knot
In which you like my hair to be coiled,
And l really don't know what
Other mischief you haven't done! You're just
Real naughty! You squeeze like wise!
Why can't you men take something on trust,
And be more dainty and nice?
There! Pm ready, now. What just one moro!
Oh! aren't you darling tease?
And love me sO?-One, t1oO, three, To1trI
There! come now, dearest, pleased
Pm almost afraid of the parl0r glare;
When they look at my lips they'll see
The kisses upon them'-"N No. not there;
But, saoeet in gOur eYeS, nadgbe.-EdrE Marble.
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