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THE NEWS CONFIRMED. :

PARIS, May II, 8 P. M.-Later dispatches
confirm the previous report of the signing
of the Franco-Chinese treaty. 1t is stipu-
lated in one clause that China shall at
once withdraw her troops from TOnquln.
The treaty had already been ratified at
Pekin before the signatures were affixed.
After the signing of the treaty by Ii Hung
Chang and Capt. FOurnier the former
gave a grand banquet in honor of the
latter. Lii Hung Chang dimes tonight at
the French Consulate in Shanghai. Prime
Minister Ferry conveyed the news con-
corning the treaty to President Grevy,
who at once summoned the Cabinet to
meeting.
The official journal publishes the text
OF the FrancO-Chinese Convention. China
engages to recognize the present and any
future treaties that may be made between
France and AMMAN. In view of the con-
ciliatOry attitude taken by China, and
the patriotic wisdom of Ii Hung Chang,
France abandons all claim to indemnity
for losses during the troubles between the
two nations. China consents to freedom
of trade between AMMAN, France and
China, for the establishment of which a
treaty of commerce will shortly be con-
cluded.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

WASHINGTON. May 12.-The House
Committee on Elections to-day, by vote
of 6 to 3, agreed to report in favor of seat
ing Mr.. Wallace, the contestant in the
Ohio election case Of Wallace vs.. McKin-
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A TRAIN WRECKED IN FLORIDA.
Gainesvilles Trestle the Scene-FulI
List of the Injured.

Gainesville's Trestle the Scene-FuII
List of the Injured.
GAINESVILLE, FLA, May 12.-The pas
senger train on the Florida Southern Rail-
road from Palatka, due at Gainesville at
1880 O'Clock this afternoon, jumped the
track when within a mile of the city,
throwing a freight car and two coaches
off the track into the Sweetwater branch,
distance OF twelve feet. Both coaches
turned a complete sOmersault, one freight
car and coach jumping to the right and
another to the left of the trestle. Both
coaches are wrecks. The passengers had
miraculous escape.
THE INJURED.
Among the injured are:
John w. McRae, OF Micanopy, Fla,
nose broken.
James Hammond, of Hawthorne, Fla,
arm broken and internal injuries.
William Newell, train hand, internal
injuries.
J. D. Knox was in the express car, and
injured by the safe falling upon him.
TaggOtt, the express messenger. was
struck on the head by the safe, but fortu-
nately was not hurt.
Andrew Haggerty, of Atlanta, Ca, was
badly cut over the left eye, and sustained
severe internal injuries.
A. W Davis was injured on the hip.
r: p. NARROW, of Mississippi, suffered
slight bruises.
William Zehur, of Bayard's Mills, Fla,
was injured on the hips.
Cadet Dozier was also injured on the
hips and chest.
Douglass Emerson, of Micanopy, sus-
tanned severe internal injuries.
The engineer felt the shock and threw
the throttle wide open, swapping the pin
between the first and second freight cars,
thereby saving his engine and one car.
Assistance was summoned from this city,
and the wounded We're promptly attended
to.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13
al ZINC Hair Dressinc

COcoaine dresses the hair perfectly, and
is also preparation unequaled for the
eradication OF dandruff.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

BERLIN, March IA vote was taken
II the Relchstag this evening On the anti
Socialist law and il was adopted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13
HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE

Drank with Soda Water,
is delicious. All druggists have it. 1t is
refreshing and cooling. Try it often.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

The superiority Of Burnetts Flavoring
Extracts consists in their purity and
great strength.
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CHINA AND FRANCE AT PEACE.
Reliable Reports Which Credit France
with Diplomatic Triumph.

helldDle hepOftS Hnlcn credit France
with Diplomatic Triumph.
LONDON, May 12.-Advices from Tien
Tsin say that Capt. Fournier, acting on
behalf of the French Government, and
Ii Hung Chang for China, have signed a
treaty, under the provisions of which
China recognizes the French protectOrate
over TOnquin.
The Pail Nall Gazette says: ''The
FrancO-Chipse treaty of peace cedes to
France more than France ever claimed.
The Gazette pronounces this serious news,
if true, and says that it is difficult to un-
derstand why Lii Hung Chang, who has
been disgraced, should sign the treaty.
Should the news be confirmed, it says fur
ther, Prime Minister Ferry will be much
stronger, and will be able by his energy to
regain the position once held by France in
Egypt"
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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIRE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Remarkable Instances of Mesmeric
Power in Cobb COunty-Narrow Es-
cape of a Colquitt County Planter
from "a snake-A Genealogical Tree on
"A Crazy Quilt
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Charles O,Conor,s End close at Hand.

Boston, May IA Nantucket dis
patch of to-day says: "Charles O'COnor
is gradually sinking, and Is expected to
live but a few hours.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

GRAND JUNCTION. MICH, May I2.-
Almost the entire business portion OF the
village of BreedsEllle, in VanBuren cOun.
ty was burned Yesterday
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A VILLAGES HEART BURNED orr.

NEW ORLEANS, May 12.-Four build.
ings on Magazine street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets, were burned last
night. The loss is $4,000.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

NEW YORK, May 12.-Mayer's Brewery
burned this morning. The loss is $50, 900.
FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED AT NEW Or
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-13

Twenty names have already been enrolled
on the muster OF the proposed military COM
pauy at Pensacola.
a party Of gentlemen i'm Luraville cOntem-
plate The forming of an association for the
purpose of supplying the citizens of the sur
rounding country and towns with game. An
experimental hunt was had last week and
week before. and the projectors are highly
pleased at the number of orders they re-
f-fVeH
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business Places i'm Ashes

SHARON, WIS, May 12.-Twelve bust
ness houses were burned here yesterday.
RREVEERNy RIrPNEn
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A JEWELER ASSIGNS
CNCINNATPs GRAND JURY.

MEMPHIS, May 12.-J. S. wilkins.
Jeweler, made an assignment to-day. His
liabilities are $42,0 900.
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A PANIC AT DONGOLA.

CAIRO, May 12.-The Mudir of Dongola
telegraphs that the situation is becoming
alarming. The inhabitants are in a
state of panic. Only four companiec of
Egyptian regulars and 200 bazouks re-
main in the city. The rest of the garri-
son are scattered through the province.
Advices from KoroskO state that the
wires beyond that point are cut, and that
no more fugitives will be able to cross the
desert
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MORE HOPE FOR GORDON.

1t is reported that the African expedi-
tion under Mr.. Joseph Thompson has
reached Uganda in Rezian by King Mtesa.
1t is believed that ThOmpson's presence
at Uganda will increase Gen. GOrdOn's
chances for safety in case he shall be
compelled to escape from Khartoum by
going to the southwark.
LONDON, May ID, 2 A. M.-The House of
Commons was never so crowded as last
night during the debate on the cersure
motion. Mr.. GladstOne's speech lasted
an hour and quarter.
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The witness said: ''Then l had talk
with Mr.. Merrick at one time, and told
him what testimony l had given to the
grand jury relative to the Kellogg case.
Mr.. Merrick replied that Mr.. Bliss had
not informed him of the nature of the tes-
timony, He said; George Bliss is a -
scoundrel,' and / replied that there was
no difference of opinion between us. When
into most hostile atmosphere. That was
the time that Mr.. Bliss said that it was
serious thing to indict a United States
Senator. recognized that the defendants
were well represented before the jury.
think that the effort ON the part Of the
grand jury was TO discredit me before
the petit jury and the country. | had
my papers there, but the jury did
not seem to want them, and
when Mr.. Bliss remarked that it was a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-04-03
Misplaced Sympathy.

Among the families who excited
much interest at the baby show last
week, says the Detroit Free Press, was
one which consisted of deaf and dumb
father and mother, and very fine ba-
by. The ladies were all pleased with
the baby, and much interested in the
little mother, who smiled and watched
her offspring with the keenest solici-
tude. Some of the questions asked
were very amusing, but an aunt of the
baby acted as Interpreter.
At time when the museum was
quite full, some ladies passed in front
of the group and studied them care
fully. A young man was writing on
slips of paper and passing them to the
little mother; he also talked to her in
the SIGN language.
Poor fellowI" explained one visitor;
''he's her husband. Now YOU would
never know to look at her that she was
deaf and dumb; but you can see the af-
Fiction in his face" "
How SOP" asked another lady,
studying the mobile features of the un-
conscious young man.
why, look at his mouth! See how
dumb he looks"
81 have often thought" remarked
another, 'that if people would copv-,.v
their thoughts through the ms the
dumb would be able to answer and ex.
plain their thoughts much easier than
by the sign method"
"Oh, that is an old plan," said the
first speaker; ''the labial language is
well understood by them; watch me
now" and she turned upon the young
man, who was caressing the baby, and
looked him steadily in the face, at the
same time slowly articulating and
touching her lips.
do YOU u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-n-d?
Perfectly, replied the man. s.You
needn't shout. l can hear distinctly. -
who are you?" gasped the woman.
zone of the managers; can use the
sign language if you prefer it; learned
it some years ago"
AT that moment the real husband
and father of the pretty baby came up
and the interested ladies made speedy
ayif
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-04-03
A Story of Talleyrand.

Gen. W. c. Preston, of Kentucky, is
stopping in the city and will remain
several days. In conversation about
Alexander Hamilton, yesterday, he
told the following story of Talleyrand,
the great French diplomat, who, to
save his neck from the guillotine, was
forced to leave France, and he became
an exile to the United States. This, )"
said Gen. Preston, ''was in 1894 and
1875, when he spent a portion of his
time near Albany, n. Y, where he re-
sided with Count La Tour du Pin, an
other French exile, who with his ae-
complished wife, was concealed for six
terrible weeks in Bordeaux, during the
bloody atrocities of Tallien. He ar
rived in Boston with two trunks full of
fine towels, the only property they had
saved from the wreck of large estate.
Nolney, the traveller. was also a men,
Der of the same family, and they sold
butter and eggs in Albany 10 exc out a
living. Talleyrand returned to France
on the first change OF government, and
for many years, as is well known
swayed u great political influence there
Soon after his return to Paris he was
asked what were the most notable
things he saw in America. The most
wonderful thing l saw" said Talley-
rand, 'was the great Alexander Ham,
ilton crossing Broadway in the mud,
with three big law books under his
arm. going into court to argue a case -
-St. LOUIS Republican.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-04-03
A Prize Beauty in Court.

Louise Montague, Forepaugh's ex-
beauty, sat nearly all day in Judge
Ludlow's court waiting for the trial of
suit against the circus manager to re-
cover the $4,000 prize to come on for
trial. She was dressed richly, taste
fully, and fashionably. Over skirt of
black silk, elaborately trimmed, she
wore ? dark blue jersey. tight almost
to the point of bursting. She had about
her neck a narrow ribbon of some
shaggy stuff in silk that was tied in a
large bow and ended in large tassels.
Bic solitaire diamonds sparkled in her
pink-and-white ears. Her hair was
combed plainly in front and drawn up
in two knots in the back, which were
held in place by a silver skewer with q
round gilt top. Her hat was like a
big flat shell, covered with brown vel
vet and garnished with beads and long
ostrich plumes. 1t was worn far up
from the forehead. A shadowy veil,
dotted with tiny beads, depended from
the hats brim and reached just TO the tip
of her dainty nose. The red and white
of her complexion seen through this
covering was not so quite pronounced
as when looked at under it. A seal
skin ulster-yalue, as estimated, $3.50
was thrown across her lap. The toe
of tiny kid boot now and then peeped
from under part of it that trailed on
the floor. The spectacle was full of
fascination, for half score of country
witnesses in a suit about Roxborough
barn that had place before the beau
tvs suif Rut tho baa11fv appppd No
more sensible of their admiration than
if she was a wooden woman. The suit
dragged so that it took up all the ses-
sion and the beauty found herself left
Under the rules of the court her case
went over till next term. Philadelphia
Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-04-03
Making His Living Iegitimately.

There is much in the present bull
market to remind one of the man down
in Indiana who was the only man in
his village having any loose cash cap
ital. He was one day explaining to an
eastern man:
1.-The only stock afioat in our neigh
borheod are five shares of an old saw
mill which hasn't paid these last ten
years. On Monday mornings L circu-
late the report that syndicate has
bought the mill, and will at once put it
in repair. This sends the shares up to
25 and | sell out. !"
That's legitimate.
''On Wednesdays let it be under
stood that the syndicate is busted
and that nothing will be done to the
mill. This sends the stock back to 10
and l load up
''And what do you do on Saturdays?'
Oh, those are my regular days for
working up feeling in the county
that | ought to be paid a bonus for
converting the sawmill into a distill-
cry. Wall Street NeDs.
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queen all the rest of her days, for she
was good to me when all the rest set
me down for black sheep. I've made
my fortune out in New Zealand, and
I've come home to redeem myself!''
81 have heard of you very often, :"
said Mrs. Miller, gently.
''And I'll venture to say, ma am, you
heard no good of me-" said the young
giant, with short laugh. Il will not
deny that / was wild lad enough, but
there wasn't any actual evil in me, let
folks say what they would And now
I'm back, rich man, and there's no.
body to bid me welcome home, except
old Aunt Abby out of the workhouse.
He could not long have made this
statement, however.
All the town was up to bid the rich
government contractor welcome to
Iewkstown, within twenty-four hours.
Human nature is human nature every
where. But Tom Burton cared little
for the friendly overtures of the old
neighbors.
Aunt Abby was the only person for
whom he seemed to care, and his great
est grief was that the old woman re-
fused to leave the old farmhouse to live
in the stately mansion which was built
for him. And then he asked permission
to deck her little bedroom with the Gu
riosities he had brought her from the
antipodes, and in taking Up draperies
and arranging shells and old silver
coins, he and Mary unconsciously be-
came friends.
Friends She never knew that If was
anything else, until one day, old Aunt
Abby took g strange idea into her head.
And Mary, holding rich oriental cord
for Tom Burton to loop into knots for
picture frames, heard her introduce
Mrs. Miller to a neighbor as my
guest, Mrs. Miller, the mother of the
young lady that nephew Tom is going
to marryw
Tom looked at Mary. Mary dropped
the ball OF cord and turned crimson.
"Mary!" he said, piteously, "say
that it shall be so. For l love you
yes, l love you'll and can't live with
out your love. And-and you were
good to old Aunt Abby when all the
world turned against her. l sometimes
think. Mary, that you must be one of
Heavens angels!''
And this was how they became en-
gagged.
They often visit the old farmhouse,
the happiest of married lovers, and
Aunt Abby firmly believes that they
are all her guests; for to her, the
world stands eternally still-the world
that is so full of bloom and beauty to
Tom and Mary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-04-03
Time to Sell.

An Indiana farmer who was "holding
on TO 800 bushels of corn last fall to
secure better price, came rushing into
his house one evening, after call at a
neighbor's, and gasped out:
''toseph-John-William, we've got
to load three wagons with corn before
we 60 to bed tonight"
why, father, what's happened?'
whats happenedP Why, Jim
Sheets he takes Chicago paper, and
he was just reading to me as how a
schooner loaded with Sc, 900 bushels of
corn has gone to the bottom of Lake
Michiganr'
''And what of itP''
why, you three idiots, corn will
Jump 80 cents a bushel before mid
night, and we must be in Indianapolis
before noon! The time has arroye to
sell every ear we've got, and scrape in
all the empty cobs we kin find kicking
around Wal Street Neacs.
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Red-Haired Bows.

In recent issue of daily paper APP
peared the following advertisements:
Wanted-A bright boy, with good
recommendation from former employ
er; red-haired perferred. Inquire at
Inc advertisement caught the eve of
reporter, and he wondered what
particular business could demand the
services of an auburn-haired youth.
Possibly he was wanted TO illuminate
show-window or TO warm n small
office, but the reporter could arrive at
no satisfactory conclusion. Finally.
he resolved to go 10 the place and find
out, SO he called st the number indica-
ted. 1t was over the door OF a State
street hair-store. and when the repor-
ter saw the business sign his thoughts
recurred to 1.-The Rape of the Lock, -
and he believed he had struck place
where red-headed boys were hired and
induced afterward TO part with their
hirsute crop in the interest of auburn
haired beauties whose crop of hair had
failed. Approaching the proprietor of
the place-a bald-headed man-the
reporter expressed his curiosity at the
advertisement he had seen and asked
II he might learn the particular desira-
bility of red-haired boys in that bus
iness.
well, SIR" said the man with a
smile. Il have always found thar red
haired boys are the smartest and most
energetic, They are proud and re-
spectfal, and do not cut up like the or
dinary errand boys"
'And you think it is due 10 the hue
of their hair?'
THAT has been my experience, and
have no doubt that if people would
notlce the fact they would think as
DO. In my factory the majority of the
girls have red hair, and they 60 about
their work industriously and indulge
in no fooliShness. "
This little argument in favor of the
red-haired people should have its eff
feet, and Hereafter the warm-headed
man or woman should always have
employment,-C Chicago Tribune.
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Now that the proposition to erect a
statue of Wendell Phillips in Boston
has been given up in Difference to Mrs.
Phillips request, it is interesting to re-
member what the great orator thought
of Boston memorial statuary in general
and in particular. The City Hall stat
ue of Quincy he termed "a dancing
master clogged with horse blankets.
Greenough's Franklin was ''a dilapi-
dated soul, somewhat weak on his
spindle-shanks. Powers Webster, at
the State House, he looked upon as ''a
mass of ugly iron," and the Everett ap-
peared to him to be pointing out the
road to Brighton with more energy
than Everett showed in his lifetime. .
Horace Mann's efigy, he said, repre-
sented him as having ''waked up so
suddenly that in his hurry he brought
half his bed-clothes clinging to his legs
and arms, - and the Sumner-well, he
never fully decided whether it the more
resembled "a heavily-moulded prize
fighter" or IAN Irish porter in his Sun
day clothes.n
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The Prime OfLife.

People call the age of forty 'the
prime of life Who invented that
mocking phrase? Some subacid cynic,
doubtless. Because it is not the prime
of life, by any means. At forty your
hair at the temples is whitening; at
forty yodr figure is broadening; at
forty you begin to be called "a harm
less old fellow by your pretty nieces
and their friends. A most disgusting
time of life! When with dignifed steps
you march toward your yawning grave
at seventy-five, you are at least an OBJ
ject of respect and reverence-if YOU
have money. Your white locks and
your snowy beard crown you with tie
majesty of old. But to be fortyl YOU
are neither young or old. Your hair
is pepper and salt color. Your speech
has become, in spite of yourself. set in
stilted sentences. You perhaps would
tlirt, but in the attempt you meet with
dire disaster. This enterprise is met
with the giggles of girlhood, and you
are driven ANONYMOUSLY from the
scene by some ''masher" of twenty
summers. The real prime of life is
when your muscles are like twisted
cords of Bessemer steel (you don't care
much about girls at that time) and
your lungs like the bellows that blow
the smelling furnace; when you have
only to say one pretty thing, show your
white teeth and twist up the ends of
your youthful mustache. and any pref
ty girl you want just sighs once and
tumbles into your arms. This is the
prime of life. Il is all over when you
begin to call for your dinner and
grumble at the breakfast buttered
toast. When you have become a judge
of wine it is indeed time to leave the
arena and to accept the WORKOUT glad
iator's gift of the wooden sword. = Van
ttq Far.
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No Chance to Rectify Mistakes.

When | was young man there lived
in our neighborhood farmer who was
usually reported to be a very liberal
man and uncommonly upright in his
dealings. When he had any of the
produce of his farm TO dispose of he
made it an invariable rule to give good
measure-rather more than would be
required OF him. One of his friends.
observing him frequently doing so,
questioned him as to why he did it. He
told him be gave too much, and said it
was to his disadvantage. Now, mark
the answer of this excellent man: God
has permitted me but one journey
through the world, and when am gone
/ cannot return TO rectify mistakes. "
The old farmers mistakes were of the
sort he did not want to rectify.-EC-
Coz. Seymour.
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Made Her Feel Bad.

''You look sad, Birdie; what's the
matter?" were the words addressed
to Birdie McHenipin by her friend,
Mollie Squeers, as they met on Austin
avenue.
I'm not feeling we'll"
'.Are you sick?"
'tNo. I'm not precisely sick, but /
feel tired, oyerworked.h
..Do tell me about it y
''Well, you see our colored cook is
sick, and now poor mother has to do
all the cooking and scrubbing and
washing and ironing, and it makes me
feel so tired to see the old creature
work. She is so slow. "--TeraS .SiftiaQs.
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Endless Life.

Oh, why should all this come to me so wife,
That death should throw no glamor DER my
eyes,
Or reach sublimer limits of the skies?
None breathe of life but those who reckon
how.
OF feeling knowing surely more than now;
Filling all thoughts with one eternal VOW
Or graspinc carving for that rest perforce
A IL natures seeks but finds it not. The source
OF life called death, is but another course.
The unknown, mighty empires of the wind,
Unknown, because unseen and uncondned-
Cannot exceed the empires of the mind.
Chicago Inter Ocean.