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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
A Wandering Lo,ter.

The Rev. Alexander Reid recently received
letter whose envelope tells a singular story.
II started at spenccrpOrt, n. Y. on March Z,
1855. and WAS addressed to spencer. Ind
Ter" kcnching the nearest distributing
office 10 was discovered that there was no such
post Office IN Indian Territory; 10 WAS. there
fore Judging from the numerous clamps Il
bears, sent 10 the dead letter office IN Wash
lnRtnn. Thence. bearing q printed blank of
instructions. 10 went 30 81. LOUIS as the "in-
quirY oiliOe' % tbRt department. This pUfnt
u reached Aprll'1. FEere line was drawn
through Ter aud 10 weNt out searching for
spencer. Ind" Falling 10 find finosier
resting place, h Went back 60 Washington
There b. WAS Opeiipd, anu from the
slim OF par'cr tho fact shat 10 ought to 20 10 In
dian terrimrp waH established. The line
through "4urN was therefore erased. aud
May DO was seut TO "GOOdland. Ind. Ter"
Therr inquiry among Mr.. Reid's numerous
friends olitaied Che fact that its right destina-
tlonawae "t-reelcy. Col" But, In accordance
with the etrippf Instructions appended 90 10,
lf must be FVlurncd 90 Washington aud be re
ported. To the capital. therefore, 10 went for
the third time. the badge OF "yngrancyn was
torn on, clerk No. "a Endorsed %, and Il was
headed for Greeley. Here IL was received
aud delivered - its rightful owner june 3.
ith5, alter peariy three months wandering.
ggg4,4t lea3t twoUprobably threc-ysits 70
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The AIderman's Frightful Dream.

From the Detroit Free Press.
One of the Aldermen who was going down
on Michigan avenue car yesterday looked so
pale and worried that a friend felt compelled
TO ask If he was i'll.
mo, not exactly ill., was the reply.
perhaps you are in trouble?"
ut all comes from dream ] had last night.
l dreamed that / WAS sitting alone in my
Office when little, sharp faced man, dressed
IN black, walked il. sat down at the desk,
and as he helped himself to pen and foolscap
he quietly said:
lived better begin at the beginning
beginning of what2 says L.
"'Of your official corruption he says, look
ing as cold and cruel as an iceberg.
Il wanted to rise up and put him out, but
had 10 strength to do it, and he writes away
for q minute and then asks:
"'How much have you made out of the
pavement ringY
"'Three hundred dollars replies, fool that
| was.
"'And from the sewer ring|
"'About four hundred
"And the electric light ring@
"'Fiye hundred.
"'And the street railway ring ?? he goes on.
his eye looking right through me.
"'Well, $3.50 in cash.
every well. You will now sign this con
fession, he says, rs he gave me the pen"
But you didn't do it!' exclaimed the
friend.
But did was just fool enough to write
my name there"
"Nell. it was only a dream. and of course
there is nothing in it.. | shouldn't feel bad -
"Weil. l dunno. You see, also dreamed
that after signed the confession a reporter
grabbed on TO It and ran away, and I'm look
ing for the whole thing to come out in cold
print any morning"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
PERSONAL.

REV. MoScuRE u. CONWAY has taken up a
permanent residence In Brooklyn.
The herhorium OF Jean JACQUES Rousseau
In i'''' ''' u '''' '0''''''' MUSEUM at Der
appointed TO Lieutenancy IN the regular
line.
NINE. PATTI has just settled finally her
financial troubles with the Marquis de CanN
10y the payment 10 him of $4,000 IN a lump
sum.
MILE. DE IMAGINATION. daughtorof Marechal
de MaoMahon, x-frcsIdent Of France, will
be married shortly 10 NJ. Dclaire, COmte de
Cambaceres, an artillery officer.
Col. SIR FRANCIS M wISroN. Governor
General Of the Congo state, has been in very
poor health since his arrival on African soil
and " Is said Will soon be succeeded in Office
by Henry NJ. Stanley.
MARQUIS TsENG, the famous Chinese diplo-
mat Is soon 20 be called 60 "a binhoniciul tiosi-
tlon 90 Pckin. lie Is said TO be regarded by
the Chinese as the principal hope of the en-
piro IN dealing with foreign countries.
RiGur REV. WILLIAM INGRAHAM KIP and
Mrs. Kip. OF san Francisco, have lust cele-
brated the nfteth anniversary Of their mar
rage. Or. Kip. Sew Yorker 10y birth, is
the oldest Protestant Episcopal bishop on the
Pacific coast.
VICAR GENERAL PurLAN. Of st. Peters
pro-cathedral, Allegheny, Pa. viii soon 5e
ronsgcratcd liishop OF Cibra. Asia Minor. and
C0adiutor Bishop Of the diocese OF plttsburR
The ceremony will take place m 81. Paups
cathedral. Pittsburg.
QUEEN NICroRfAis favors seem 10 be going
begging. During the last few days she has
offered peerages 10 MeHsrs samuel Morley ami
Charles Pelham Nilliers. and baronetcy 10
Mr. Y. y. PHILIPPE, AN NJ. P.s, an OF which
have been declined with thanks.
LlszT, tho great German composer and
pianist. gives lessons three times a week I'm
the Afternoon. In appearance he Is norid,
smooth shayen, very tan. and has long white
hair. lie Is In his 1ith year. but 10 400 takes an
active interest IN social, political and musical
matters.
JAuE@ ID. FISH, eK-Prcsidcnt Of tho Marine
Bank, has been given employment in the
prison shoe shop. Ia going 10 meals be does
not march in loCkstop, but follows the COM
pany 40 will, as DO most OF the older prisoners.
fits cnll has been furnished by friends with "a
caruct aud nn cufY chair.
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INDEX TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETISGs-Evergreen Cemetery Company
Chippewa Tribe No. 4, 1. .. K. M: Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company.
RAILROAD SCHEDULK-Central land Sout q
western Railways.
Auction SALEs-One Car Stone jugs, By
Kennedy & Blum; Administrator Sale, by /.
d. LaRoche's sons; Administrators sale, by
c. II. DOrsett.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE-General Transit
lantic Company.
NANrs-A Word with the Public, by J. n.
Wilson; Boarders at 5S15 jefferson Street; a
Mldde-aged Colored Woman; Dwelling
House.
FOR REST-Store No. 20S Broughton Street {;
Correcting Rooms; Plea SAINT Rooms; Part Of
House.
FOUND-A Dark Mule
LOsT-A Dark Gray shawl.
STRAYED-Two Beef Cattle.
To ARCHIrECTs-Board OF County Commits
siOners.
MEDIcAL-S. S. S; b. b. B.
PAINTiNG-Chr Murphy.
RRaOvAL-Mutual Gas Light Company.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
"CuIly, GIT Onto Dat shine!'

A small bootblack, with peculiarly agrees
slve cast of cOuntenance, says the New \ orE
Herald, stood at the corner of Fifth avenue
and Fourteenth street. 4 companion lounged
al his side. A block away on either side were
several boOtblacks upon their knees before
their little boxes, brushes IN hand and ready
for business. As every well-dres5ed man
passed the two boys on the corner the first
boy would remark 20 the second boy, IN loud
and sneerlng accents:
Gully jest git onto that felers home
made shineN
Most persons concerning whom this remark
was made passed on stlllly, apparently taxing
no notice Of the gamins. Before they had
proceeded far, however, they would take q
sly peep at their boots suddenly & respectful
shine your boots, sir?" fell upon the ear
from one OF the boys kneeling in the business
like attitude before their boxes. Forty per
cent. OF the persons took the hint. Immediately
walked over, and planted a foot upon the box.
To the close observer IL became patent that
the boys on the corner were simply acting As
touters OF peculiar kind for the boys who
performed the cleaning. The scheme, en-
braclng the division OF the pra1ts, was proba-
bly, conducted on the cooperative plan.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
Economy Down East.
From ne Boston Posi-.


Probably the most economical man in Essex
county resides in West Lynn. He is a hard
worker, and three crackers and half pint Of
muk and water is a banquet for him. He
occupies his leisure time in quaTtering
matches, and quarter gross goes a long way
In ms house. For the beneht OF those who
cannot understand how man can divide a
match IN four parts the following plan is
given: Have thin bladed penkife; lay the
match on smooth surface, red end pointed
toward you; split the match by pressing
down upon it with the knife, being
careful not to cut across the grain.
Long practice has made this fellow
so skillful that he rarely fails 10 make one
match do the work of four. Once in a while
bis wife used to muster up courage to appro
pirate chicken from their flock and bake it
for dinner. Upon his return home this man,
who Is so thinking" as some of his neghbors
put 1t, used TO open the oven door, take good,
long smell OF the fumes arising from the roast
ing chicken, drink glass of milk. and go
back to work. declaring that he had had "a
feast fit for King" This man had a son and
one daughter. The son died, leaving about
$1,000 TO the girl, who was but a child. 1t 10
said by the neighbors that be actually charged
his own daughter for board until the 1000
had found It's way to his own bank account.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The fact that so many boys and very
young men rob their employers ought not
70 occasion surprise. They are started on
| their road to ruin by pretty much the
& same things that make criminals of men
who have had considerable experience IN
life. They acquire habits which their
small salaries viii not permit them 10
CRAFTY. and, lacking the strength Of char
acter which to = great degree, comes
from good training and good example, TO
/ deny themselves the things which are be
/ yond their limited means. they md them
selves finally either in the penitentiary or
shut out from an honorable place IN
society.
While employers are the sufferers by
the wrOng-doing of their employees it is
possible that in many instances they are
in a measure responsible for the wrong
doing.
They do not, either by precept or exam
pie, undertake to strengthen the purpose
OF the boys and young men, whom they in
trust with important interests, TO be hon
est, sober aud industrious. Their aim is to
get as much work out of them as they
can for the least money. Tney do not
consider, or if they do they do not act on
the thought, that they owe something TO
those under their charge whose charac-
tiers are yet uniformed, besides the money
they earn. They forget that they are
watched, and that their vices, as we'll AS
their virtues, if they have any, are copied.
If a business man, during business
hours, makes regular trips to neighbor-
ing saloon, or if he has expensive vices
such as gambling, betting, etc, is it to be
wondered at that in the eyes of impress
sionable youths in his employment much
that they had been taught in their earlier
years 10 avoid should appear to them not
only TO be harmless but even attractivey
Not all the young men who appropriate
the money with which they are trusted
are naturally dishonest. Many OF them
are simply weak, and are led by the de-
mands of their habits to become dishonest.
They think it is manly to smoke, and
whatever doubts they may have about
beer drinking are soon quoted by the ex-
ample of their employers, who, they are
only too willing to think, are good enough
guides for them.
AyOuth who is not a natural thief does
not think about robbing his employer I'M
til be has contracted habits which require
more money than he earns. The boy who
begins with cigarettes and beer frequently
gets az far as whisky, fast horses, fast
women, and gambling by the time he is
qualified to ill place Of trust and re-
sponsiDility. His conscience, II not al
ready blunted, soon reaches that condi-
ton, and he appropriates his employers
money with as little hesitation as if he
had a right to it.
Employers ought to feel thatthey have
deeper interest in the young men in their
employment than simply the service they
render. They ought not only TO set them
good example, but as far as they can to
advise and direct them. This they should
do not only to protect their own interests,
but also to assist the young men who, to
a greater or less extent, depend on them
for help in preparing for useful and hon
cradle careers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
MIR. whitney and the Navy

the Attorney General decides that the
government need not accept the Dolphin
ii she is not what the contract calls for.
Mr.. Whitney saws that the contract under
which the Dolphin was built has not been
compiled with. There is every reason,
therefore, to expect that the government
and Mr.. John Roach will have a chance
to submit the differences between them to
the courts.
The Attorney General says that the
government has lien ON the Dolphin for
the money that has been paid on her. The
amount paid is pretty nearly all the con-
tract calls for. Mr.. Roach, therefore, has
the vessel aud the money. If Mr.. Whit
ney decides to refuse to receive the vessel
the government will have to enforce its
lien. That will give the government a
chance to prove that Mr.. Roach failed TO
meet the requirements of his contracts,
and it is probable that it will not be able
to do that to the satisfaction of jury.
1t will be found, doubtless. that the
contract under which the Dolphin was
built, and the contracts under which the
steel cruisers are being built, are very
shrewdly drawn documents-so shrewdly
drawn, in fact, that it will be very diff
cult to fix any responsibility on Mr..
Roach beyond that for the workmanship.
But will 1t not be difficult to prove that
the workmanship is not first class?
The government will not be able to fur
nish more and better experts that the
workmanship is inferior than Mr.. Roach
will that it is superior. AS in cases of
insanity, the testimony will be so CONTRA
dictory, doubtless, that it will be next 70
impossible for jury to say on which side
the truth is.
There is no doubt that Secretary Whit.
ney is right when he says that the Dol
phin Is structurally weak; that her
speed is not what the contract calls for,
and that the workmanship is of low
grade, but can he make a Jury take his
view of the case? There is not any doubt
that the defendants in the star route cases
were guilty, but the government was a
long way from convicting them, although
1t spent hundreds OF thousands of dollars
in trying TO effect that object.
Unfortunately whenever a government
trial can be given political turn the
sympathy is against the government.
The whole country will applaud secre-
tary Whitney, however, for beginning at
once the fight against allowing Mr..
! Roach or anybody else 10 palm of on the
/ government a lot of worthless vessels.
Millions have been spent on the navy by
| Republican administrations, and there is
nothing to show for the money. Mr..
/ Whitney is evidently determined to spend
no money without having something to
/ show for II.
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THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEws-EN-
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AND ISSUED SEVEN DAYS IN THE WEEK
WILL BE sKNT FOR EXAMINATION, ONE
MONTH, on RECEIPT or 81, OR THREE
MONTHS FOR s. 50.
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LouisptIIe Courilr-,J0urnaiID

Louisville Courier J0urRdt De1o.)
The New York Blaine organ, speaking OF a
Democratic official, insists that he was worse
than crime; he was blunder." rnat is a
rather com prehenslve statement Of the ethics
OF Blaine RepuhlicanIsm. 1t is not crime
that is TO be condemned: il is blunders which
are to be avoided. So teaches the apostle Of
the party of God and Morality.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

Large quantities of commercial fertil-
tiers are annually bought and used by
the farmers in some of the richest sections
Of Kentucky. II seems that the fertile
lands Of that State are rapidly becoming
poorer, owing to the continued cultiva-
ton Of such exhausting crops as tobacco
and hemp.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
The Trouble with Consistency

Ihi9ddeLDhld Pre8s lR8D.)
The Republican party cannot carry the pub
lie Judgment with il in Directing to the APP
pointment OF Democrats By Democratic ad-
ministratlon where IL involves no removal;
but IL can carry public sentiment in conGem-
nation OF removals without just cause. If it
adopts this ground in opposition, II must ad-
here to 1t In administration; and 1t is sound
ground, for 1t lies at the foundation of the
civil service princinla
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

EX-JUDGE LAMBERT TREE, of Chicago, the
new Minister TO Belgium. has IN his possession
the letter OF Abraham Lincoln IN which ne
challenged stephen A. Douglas TO the joint
debate which made Lincoln President. he
proposes to give II to the Illinois Historical
Society, which Is preparing TO build ire
proof structure at Chicago.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

DR.. FELTON, appears to make a pretty
good puller in the Democratic team, but
il is TO be feared that he has not forgotten
ali the old independent hack-horse tricks.
He may get balky after a while, even il
be does not kick out of the harness.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
To Those Going out of Town.

Subscribers to the MORNING NEWS. who are
going out of town for the summer, can have
the paper mailed TO any address without ad-
dItIonal charge. Other readers Of the MORN
ING NEWS can have the paper mailed to them
for 81 a month. The address or the paper can
be changed from place to place, as subscribers
may change their stopping places.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
An Optim.stioY View.

Heao York Erentag Post lEu0.
The administration only needs to prohibit
offensive partisAnship on the part OF the new
appointees, and within four years the alb
surdity Of cOnsiderDg the question OF politics
al an IN the great mass Of appointments wlll
DC 20 pam that no party will dare again to
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
ADVFRTTSING.

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seven words. Advertisements per square,
one Insertion, 81 90; TWO Insertions 81 20.
Reduced rates on continued advertisements
Local or Reading Notices double rates.
Auction advertisements Marriages. Funerals
Meetings and Special Notices 81 10 per
square each insertion.
Wants. Boarding, For Rent, Lost and Found:
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under these headings for less than % cents.
Amusement Advertisements 81 so per square.
SSeciQf rates Tor Weekly Ne1ns
We 10 not insure the Insertion of any adVer-
tisement on any specified day or days. nor
do we insure the nunber Of insertions
within the time required by the advertiser
Advertisements win, however, have their
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Can be made up, het when accidentally
left out and the number OF insertions can
not be gwen, the money paid for the omit
Ted Insertions VIII be returned 10 the, ad-
VeTtsHr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The people OF Georgia are expecting
much OF the finance committees Of the
present General Assembly, and it is to be
hoped that every individual member OF
those committees is well posted on the
condition and needs Of the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

Occasionally a howl goes up from a
country precinct for dog law, regardless
of the fact that the General Assembly has
an elephant on its hands in the convict
question.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
The Indians Thirst for Blood.

Col. Royal, of the army, says a Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Tribune,
IL one Of the best known Indian fighters in the
service. He is here on leave, his health being
much impaired by many years life on the
frontier. Speaking of the present disturb
ances and the love for murder which every
Indian seems 10 possess in a greater or less
degree, he said: q once asked a remarkably
intelligent Indian, who was known to have
killed "A white man some years ago, why it
was that his race enjoyed much going on
the war path and killing people. The CONVEX
satlOn which ensued ran something like this,
the Indian beginning: Did you ever shoot a
rabbit
Yes
Did you ever shoot deer2'
"'Yes'
"'Didn't you get more fun out OF killing the
deer than the rabbit@
Yes, guess So
"'W ell, there's a heap more fun for an In
dian to kill a man than deer.
THAT was Indian logic, and pretty good
logic, too, l shoult say" Col. Royal re-
marked, and added: ''AIy experience has
been that the minute an Indian sheds human
blood it seems TO affect the whole tribe ID the
same way that the smell of blood would a
pack of wild beasts. Ii intOXicates them.
They become devils. They are bereft of all
reason. They must satisfy their lust for MUIR
der, and the settlers on the trail they make
become their victims"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The State OF Coahuila, Mex, has been
visited by cloud Of grasshoppers fifteen
miles long by two miles wide, and the
people we're terror-stricken at the sight.
When MeXicans lad out what good pics
can be made out Of grasshoppers they
VIII be anxious for visit from another
cloud Of the insects. ltseems 20 be a pity
that The grasshopper blessing should only
brighter as q tases rs eight.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
Uncle MediIi's Logic.

~ftftuBy AFhCNnc lAclsl
With what grace can any Jeffersonian Dem
ocrat praise Jefferson and yet refuse 10 laud
gen Davis The man who pretenis 70 be a
Jenersonian Democrat and at the same time
denies mat he Is in political fellowship with
Jen Davis does not know what he IL talking
about, and fails to comprehend his own faith.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

1t is stated that several Philadelphia
people now resort to the abattOirs daily to
drink the warm life-blood OF the slaugh-
tered animals as a remedy tor consump-
ton. One man processes to have been
cured by this means. The invalids appear
TO have forgotten st. Paups injunction
against the drinking OF blood.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14
&lonrn 10 Xnan.

MONEY TO LOAN.-If you are IN need o.
w money, and want a liberal loan on a.
most any thing of value, and if you don't wan
TO be seen by your friends when you get it, Of
nave remarks made that you are in need o.
money by crowds Of people promenading and
passing the pawnshop and watching you when
you go in or ont. then cali at the old reliable
Private PawnbrOker House, 1877 CONGRESS
street, where very few people pass. and no
body viii know your business. e. Null
BERG. Manager
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The President having renamed away
from the hundreds Of school commence
ments to which he was invited, ought not
70 have 10 be annoyed by invitations to
the many one-horse fairs that will be held
throughout the country this fall 1t is
pretty safe 20 say that he won't be one Of
the attractions at any of them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

THE Philadelphia Press has come to
the conclusion that COL Quay, the Re.
publican nominee for state Treasurer. is
the III Mahdi Of Pennsylvania politics.
aud invites the Democrats to trot out
their Wolseley. The Democrats may
bring out a good deal more active and az.
gressiye leader than a Wolseley, and IL
may turn out that the Republican False
Prophet will prove a total loss.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

BUDAPEST VARIETY STORE, also JOG
" and &c. goods in endless variety. Just re-
celved lot OF nice Brackets. Wall Pockets
Corner Stands, etc, which we viii sell y
very low figures. Call and see our Plctgi'
Frames, way down. At NATHAN Bros
lS6 Congress, near jefferson.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

The thirty-tourtn meeting of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement of
Science will be held at Ann Arbor, Mich,
from Wednesday, Aug. 26, until Sept. 1.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

1t looks as if Gen. Grant would wear
out his physicians, yet nobody has sent
these faithful and worthy men any mes
sages or tokens OF sympathy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-14

What the country needs now is some
thing that Will keep the Indians quiet
and make the MormOns lighting IN ad. No
doubt the latter VIII rebel after awhile.