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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
THE STATES FUNDS.
A Talk With Hon. N. e. Harris, of BIbb.
on the States Finances.

N r. s.
on the States Finances.
Meeting Hon. N. E. Harris, Chairman
of the Finance Committee of the House,
an Atlanta Constitution reporter asked
him If the figures given by the minority in
report filed Saturday were correct.
Mr.. Harris replied that if he understood
them, they were incorrect in several par
ticulars.
wherein are they incorrect?'
In the nrst place the estimated deficit
of 100000 is wide of the mark, 1t W are
to trust the figures given us by the Treas
urer in October last. The actual deficit
on tn figures then furnished us did not
exceed $4,000 net, and the miscellaneous
appropriations thus far made and recon-
mended have not increased the deficit, in
my opinion, single dollar. The addi-
lions to the deficit grow mainly out Of
the expenses of the Legislature. From
the reading Of the report the public have
received the impression that the gentle
men signing this minority report meant
to state that the appropriations therein
referred to had been recommended
by the Finance Committee.
have been assured by some of them
that they did not mean this. OF
the items given as making up the 1851 900
the finance committee have actually re-
commended only three, the appropriation
Of $4,000 for the school OF technology,
which is available only in 1887, and $4,000
to the university, and 1894 for the Con-
federate cemetery at Marietta, the latter
being paid out of the rental of the State
road alter Jan. 1, 1886. The other appro-
priations mentioned have never been re-
commended by the committee, and some
of them were never heard of by me until
the fling of this minority report. This
much, think, is due the committee to
say. l do not think l ever saw more
careful, economical and palns-taking COM
mittee than the finance committee of the
present House."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
Big Foot Farnhan..

While Frank Calhoun. of Augusta, was
in Boston he saw an order there for a pair
Of shoes that were such monsters that be
took copy of the measure of the stock
inged foot. The measure is of the foot of
Rev. j. NJ. Farnham. eOlored, of Charlotte,
N. G. The measurements are as follows:
Length 20 inches, width across heel and
toe inches. across ball of foot inches.
The proprietor of this monster foundation
stands feet 8 inches in his socks, and
weighs $40 pounds. The shoe is size 34J%
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
GEORGIA.

There is considerable complaint among
the farmers Of Carroll county of rust in
cotton.
L. j. Strickland, of Whitesburg, has 8
acres Of cotton that he thinks will aver
age 1000 pounds seed cotton to the acre.
Dublin's first bale of cotton for this sea-
son was brought to market, Thursday. by
Richard Brantley, colOred. The bale
weighed 502 pounds, classed as middling
and was bought by NJ. L. Jones at lOc.
There WAS so little Western meat sold
at Button this year that it is hardly
worth mentioning. But the ravages Of
cholera on this years crop of hogs will
force farmers to buy nearly all they use
another year.
Jared Orr, of Dublin, exhibits a curl
osity in the fig line. From the top of a
fig, about one inch in diameter, another
b about half the size grows. Both parts
OF this curiosity are well-formed, and ap-
pear to be two distinct growths.
The premium lists of the Agricultural
Society are now ready for distribution,
and can be had on application in person
or by letter TO E. C. Greer, Secretary, at
Macon. The list will be found TO cover
every department of industry, and the
premiums are liberal.
FLORIDA.
Col. Bullock will have a yield of 250
boxes of lemons on his island grove.
Vertrees & Mann, of Palatka, have sold
their young mare, Maud Putnam, to a
Jacksonville gentleman for the sum of
$500.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
Love Among Cnnvicts.

In making a tour Of the camps not long
ago Col. Towers, princinal keeper of the
penitentiary, found q rather peculiar case.
A convict masher ana a convict dudne
were mutually stuck and wanted to
marry. They saw no inconvenience in
such a thing, as both were In for life. The
mashed pair were informed that there was
no givin z in marriage amongst the Geor-
gia convicts. In one of the'camps a man
and his wife are confined under life SEN
fences, but they do not see much Of each
other.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
Wanted None of Their Grass.

They tell good story on South Geor-
gia statesman, who vent to Charleston in
the old days and stopped at a hOtel.' A
waiter brought out some shrimps. which
the Georgian slowed away as best he
could. In moment the waiter reap
peared with a stand Of celery.
"No," said the Georgian, shaking his
head snlemnly, II have tried your bugs
and don't like them, and YOU can bet yer
life don't want none er your grassv'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
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By an overwhelming popular vote its nan
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

pretend in these days to disa2proyc OF. III is
true that some of the Posen Poles Are Jews,
and it is true that Prince Bismarck has never
shown strong Indignation against the anti
Semitic outrages perpntrated so frequently OF
late wears in parts of Germany. But can it be
believed that this lack of sympathy with the
Jews explains sufficiently the employment Oh
barbaritie5 such as are spoken OF In connection
with these banishments2 1t Is said, aud not
apparently denied, that things have been done
which not many savages would be capable OF
and the stories told OF the treatment OF women
are if true, nothing less than outrageous
Neither age nor sex seems to have any mercy
shown il. Out they must go, no matter
under what pitiful conditions and naturally for
many of the older and feebler, 50 rude an
expulsion means death.
So far plausible explanation of what on its
surface appears n great and wanton brutality
has been sought vanly. The presumption is
strong that q previous understanding with
Austria had been reached. 1t is thought by
some that the latter Government was content
to suffer apparent humiliation for the sake OF
having certain refugees put within its grasp
again but, on the other hand, it is denied that
there are any such political refugees among the
exiles. Were this statement true, however it
certainly could not justify measure which,
carried out as it has been, entails terrible hard
ship and privation upon women, children and
aged people which causes the absolute ruin OF
thousands and which involves an amount OF
suffering which nothing less than the cxigencles
of war can possibly palliatc, much less vindi-
cate. The civilized world is entitled to demand
from Prince Bismarck the reasons for this
singularly barbarous step. 1t may be that no
Power is to-day in a position to espouse the
cause of the wronged Poles or to insist effect
ually upon justice for them. What Germany
and Austria agree to can hardly be opposed.
But the promise for progress is not great when
the leader of one of the greatest agencies OF
modern civilization avails himself of his
immense strength to perpetrate crueltie5 and
barbarities which would have been thought
excessive even by the strong stomached public
of the Middle Ages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
NEw.YoKK DAILY TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1883
10 nav extra for this same service the alternative

10 pay extra for this same service, the ai1erna"'
being neglect.
1t would be nonsense to contend that the en-
ployers are not responsible for the eXactiohs VI
walters and other employees. even when they pay
current wages to their subordnates But IL 10 sa'u
that there are other cases in when tue respoh'i-
bility of the employers is brought nome W .hei'
most directly; cases. namely, in which the walters
are either not paid any wages but triiiing
amount, the understanding being that they VIII
make their living from fees Here there cannot Do
a pretence of fair dealing TO the guests The land
lord comes first and charges them q full rate LOT
service; all of which he pockets. Then come inc
wuiters and exact a second charge and the Whole
transaction partakes largely of the hlghwaymah
business, since both landlord and waiter Jake
advantage of the guests helplessness to rod hlm'
OF course there is no more logical justification LOT
the tipping" system in hotel or restaurant IMAM
there would be in dry-goods store or DOCK stoio,
No one ever thinks of tipping" the people behind
the counters at Macys or Lord 81 Taylors out
there is why the hotel system should not
prevail IN such places always provided that there
is a reason for its existence anywhere.
In ordinary business establishments the service
is prompt and efficient because the proprietors act
upon common sense principles. They pay thelr
employees fair rates. and they that they do their
duty. 1t is impossible to show that any other
method is defensible Sometimes, indeed evasion
is sought by advancing the theory that the pubic
ciH tip everybody, and that all the Efforts OF en-
ployers have failed to break up the perniclous
practice But this is very feeble subterfuge
The truth Is that the public continue to tip simply
because they cannot get good service in any other
way /; or in other words because employers neglect
their duty to their patrons as no other class Oh
business men neglect it. 1t is the plain duty OF
every landlord to see that his walters attend with
impartiality and promptness to all guests IL this
were insisted upon, and the order enforced as it
should and could be, the motive for tipping would
disappear and the public would De relieved.
Employers who deliberately arrange that their
subordinates shall be altogether or in part sup
ported by the public are clearly practising fraud
upon their patrons So far has the practice OF tip
ping gone. moreover that whoever lives much In
hotels cats much at restaurants Is subjected TO
what in the course of year amounts to heavy
tax. and really is an addition to the cost of living
extorted by unfair methods The American people
are proverbially good-tempered, easy and long
suffering and therefore the tipping" custom has
been fastened upon them without difficulty. tbs,
however, manifest an imposition, and it involves
such transparently false pretences, that 1t should
be 10th resisted and resented
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
pitality by handsome dinner to the distinguished


Tewfk Pacha, the Turkish Minister at Washington
fully alive to the fact that bis country WIN
shortly need more guns. He came on from Washington
last week to Inspect Lieutenant Zanskps dynamite
cartridges and insisted upon every detail Of the mann.
facture being explained to him. He expressed his satl
fectfon and wish to order some for Turkey should h
Government consent
Senator Logan was last week initiated into membee.
ship of,he Cbevalier Bayard Commandery Of Knights
Templar, Chicago
King Thebaw is not a full-blooded Burmese. His
mother Shan.
Henry ]. Terry who has been chosen to succeed Min,
lister Phelps in the municipal and international law pro
censorship of YALE has for been Professor a
Law In the University OF Toxic.
The Hon. P. A. Collins of Boston, will give to tho
President cane made Of oak grown at Mount Vernon
The stick was given to Major Horace Goodwin ths
Putnam Phaanx OF Hartford, the occasion Of visa
TO Washington during Mr.. Buchanans administration
and his widow 1t to present to the next Demo-
cratic President
The late NJ Perrin, OF the Coincide Francois, when
young man was betrothed to q remarkably beauuhd
Young woman. She fell i'll with smallpox and was dis
figured life The first person to visit her when sha
was allowed to receive any was NJ. Perrin. "Ahi'
said she with q SMILE "you have come 10 be -
free fIon your gagement" 81 have come" said Ia
"to hasten the day OF our marriageH ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
PERSON4L.

Josushi Nornura. Postmaster Of Japan s an
intelligent about forty years of age After perfect
ing 3 we'll as possible tho mail service OF Japai he
resolved to lind out what worthy OF imitation here
His trip TO Washington was singusry unfortunate as
upon the visit OF his party to the Post Office Department
word came that MT Villas sorry to be unable to sec
them from stress Of business In NewYork Postmaster
Pearson gave him thorough insight into the methods
or the city post office, while exPostmasteI General
James redeemed tho reputation VI tho country for hos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
AMnseMenis.

E,JoU OPERA HoUsF-S-" AdOnls
CoMHDY THEATRE s." Kellar
S)AsISO-S-" AmOrita
DAYS THEATRE and 81" The Magistrate'
EDEN MUsEE-Waxworks-
GRAND OPERA HOUSES" Aimee"
HARRIGASs PARK THEATRE 5" The Grip"
fYCEUM TIIEATRE-S:15- " One of our Girls"
PADIsoN SQUARE GARDEN-Japanese Village o, ,
MADISON SQUARE, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ana Slnncy~
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE," Quesn OF Shepa
SATIOSN ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Autumn Exhl0iuohs'
NuuO's GARDKN-S-"T Ratcatcher'
6TAYpARD THEATRE-S-" Lotta."
STAR THEATRES" The Black Hussar"
ITALIA Observation-Disclosures
THEATRg CoMIQUE-S-Amercan -Four. ,..,
IISroy ARR TIE ARES" Romeo ana JulleI'
WALLACKs-S-" Hoodman Blind. u,
14HT STREET THEATRES" Evangenne
I'D AVENUE THEATRES" Saml OF Posen
Str AVENUE rIEATRE-S-' Allkllo: --------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
All THE FAULT or THE GRJp


The two recent accidents on the Bridge were
due to precisely the same cause.-the failure of
the grip on one car of a train to grasp the cable
firmly That the first accident did not teach
the officials the Importance of attending to this
matter is astonishing. The grip is stationary
and is so constructed tlst the cable mist be
lifted between its wheels OF inws, if they NAV
be so termed. If once dropped it can by no
possibility be picked up again. This is a
serious and radical defect. Until few months
ago the trains leaving the Brooklyn station
came to a stanIstill until the cable was raised
and the grips attached but recently, for the
sake of saving the wages of Il man or two. or
for some other reason not entirely clear. the
cable has been thrown up while the train is under
slow motion and the grips have caught ON "a
best they could. That they have failed To catch
at least twice has been proved. If the former
system had been continued, neither of these
accidents would have occurred
When the Paine grip was first put in use il
failed repeatedly, and became laughing
stock. 1t was improved, however, and for
months gave satisfaction. That it is not
perfect is clearly evident The collision of
Saturday was easily preventable If the cable
had been placed securely in both grips in the
first place, the weight of the heavily loaded train
would not have wrenched either of them loose
If the cars had been provided with apparatus
enabling them to pick up the cable at any point
after it had been dropped, no mischief would
have resulted. Nothing but the grip was to
blame How many more accidents" must
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
TaE IRUSE or TIPPJNGp

The custom of giving " tips" gratuities to
walters. sleeping car porters, stewards and servants
generally. may have been imported in the first
instance but it has certainly taken root and
thriven quite rs sturdily rs though indigenous,
and it has attained proportions which make IL a not
ins gnhcant annoyance. The public hold to it the
relation of victims, and it ought to be perceived
that as n rule the prevalence of this custom in any
hotel restaurant or other place of public resort,
implies more or less willingness the part of tho
proprietors of such places to countcnance what is
nearly always an imposition upon their customers
No doubt many persons have acquired habit of
bestowng tips" upon walters. But such habit
grows out of experience, which shows that in most
cases efficient service be obtained in no other
way. This experience is not creditable to the
employers Of the servants who need to DO so stmu-
lated When gentleman goes to q hotel he has
right to expect that in paving his bill no discharges
all obligations that have accrued against himself
The landlord unquestiOnably charges for service
among other things Yet the guest Is called upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
CLEvELAND's GREATNESS FROM A DEMOCRATIC

From The Uttcd Observer (DeDl.l Al.
In respect least Nj Cleveland appears 10 DC
greatest President the United States have over mad ~
is related AS actual fact that the other day nc 10
ceiyed lbs callers I'm vo minutes, thus allowing an ~
erage OF two and one-haf seconds to each. notwNnf
standing this rapidty no ono complained or laeA
cordiaty OF tho part OF the Executive In this age ~
progress IL Is well TO know that have Presueh
is conceded to be AN expert hand-shakor Anu w
best OF It that he IL showing disposition TO saAo
Republican onice-holders with Increased velocity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
New2lork daily Tribmate.
POUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1885.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Analysis of the voting in Ireland.
"A liberal policy to be pursued in Spain.
g. The American schooner James NJ. Riley,
wrecked burned and blown up. GO Gener"
Prenderrast's proclamation. 60 Priests mObbed
in Marseilles,
DoMEsTIC.-Fears of trouble in Utah. GO Re-
ports of the Treasurer of the United States of the
Chief of the Bureau of Engraving, OF the judge
Advocate General were made public. &C. Losses
caused by prairie fires in Kansas. 60 Storm on
Lake Erie. 60 Secretary Manning refusing to in
terfere with appraisements &C. The strike III
Brockton, Mass, ended.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Stralton IL Storm
boycott removed. - Funeral Of Charles A. Ray
- Mission services in many churches. 60 Dr.
Conklimgs sermon from DR.. Parkhurst's pulpit
- hunt for an ancient marriage record. 60
Indifference Of Policeman Lyons.
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dicate milder, followed by colder, fair weather.
Temperature Yesterday: Highest, 49, lowest,
25o 4; average, SOLO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

BISMARCK AND THE POLISH Explosions
1t seems that when Count Kalnoky lately
replied to an Interpolation that the number of
Austrian subjects expelled from Posen up to
that timo was insignificant, his answer was
Intentionally misleading. 1t is asserted by the
Polish Relief Committee that nearly $4,000
Poles, men and women, have been already
expelled from PIussan Poland, and under cir
cumstances of great cruelty and inhumanity.
Both the German and Austrian authorities
appear to have taken steps to conceal the truth
and prevent 1t from getting to the unmanagc-
able press of Europe, but of course all such
endeayOrs ut repression are sure to fail in these
days of indomitablc journalistic enterprise, and
the only result of attempts to hide the facts is
that they are bruited abroad with special en-
phasis and detail. The whole act is surprising
and difficult to understand. There is no
perceptible cause for Prince Bismarck's sudden
determination to Danish the Austrian Poles of
Posen. There can be no political reason
attaching tC them. Most of the exiles are
peasants, with sprin King of merchants and
handicraftsmen. They are all ignorant
plodding, peaceful people, incapable of con-
spring, good citizens, patient workers, doing
no harm.
The only explanation thus far advanced,
namely, that bismarck is impatient to Ger
MAMIE Posen, appears preposterous when the
manner OF the expulsion is considered. For
according to all the NEST trustworthy accounts,
the poor Poles have been thrust forth with all
and more than all the barbarity characteristic
of an d-fashioned Irish eviction. They have
been treated with the rigor supposed to be
reserved for the victims when q country is
conquered; the rigor which civilized Powers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
THE SAGE OF GREYsroYE.

From IN Nep. YORK sun.
A venerable man, now utterly removed from puono
life and all political ambitions commands more respect
when he speaks than would be accorded 10 the utter
ances on the subject he discusses OF any other ciZe
even OF the President OF the United States himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR ONCE.

Ff0N TIC bOSIOH ITuVeteI. =, oon .otes
At the last Presidential election less than 5ooo
cast In Fulton County, Ca. In wnch Auan. hich
the negroes were allowed to vote. 5000 men ~
their ballots II has been claimed that u was mai
preyen the negroes voting at local elections
they are denied the right OF voting. We wonder nv
neighbors OF 1he Herald can lind In these hsu'0' '
evidence In support OF that clam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
iEw.YoRK AS A LITERARY CENTRE.


Despite any remaining superiority OF Boston III sho
way literary facilities, and notwithstanding 1.s
nction there accorded to literary people, WHICH as MI
Lathrop points out, has had some evil influence, ZIG
fact remains that New-IOrk Is rapidly becoming lno
literary centre of America, simply because II Is 'n'
country's metropolis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

flood of light is let in the singular spread of
Socialism in the German capital by statistics
showing that in Berlin no less than 1900 families,
comprising nearly 400 900 individuals have to live.
sleep and often work, in suites" of single room.
In 5000 of these rooms there is neither stove nor
fireplace. One fourth of their tenants poor
dodgers. Twenty-Five thousand families live In
cellars under sanitary conditions that are charac-
erized as absolutely shocking Such meagre
accommodations as our despised New-York tene-
ments afford with their two or three rooms to each
family, are at Il premium, and wouldbe accounted a
great boon by thousands. Only of the poorest and
the best classes Of dwellngs-thOse renting at
10, 900 rechmark year or ovcr-is there abun-
dance, for the Berlin builder is Spectator, not
phianthropist. The poor have not even the chance
of going to church of a SUNDAY to mediate on
better things to come were they so minded; for all
the Protestant churches and chapes in Berlin have
together hardly seats for 80 900. while the servant
girls alone number over 10000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07

-
The science OF grating has been carried to hgn
state OF perfection II wond be interesting TO EhoN
whether not Congressman Springer has been mnhh-
any experiments with tho hide OF rhinoceros. II u
has this would account for many OF his actions OF ae
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-07
AND AS BRILLIANT AND POPULAR.

IfIdntn
Tom Oct, tree Is going In the cold Mt the NOTE
soliciting money for the sufferers by the Galveston h'
Tommy Is as hardy as a yellow chry santhemum