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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-15

| SHIP LORT

SHIP LOST,
LONDON, June 1.-THE steamer Spoke
Hall, from Liverpool for Bombay, has
foundered in acyclone in tho Gulf OF
Alden. There was only one survivor.
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Pozzonrs Medicated Complexion Powder
For infants toilet II is an indispen-
sible article, healing all excoriations
Immediately. Mothers should pse 10
freely on the little ones. IL is perfectly
harmless. For sale by druggist.
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The Weather.

INDICATIONS FOR TODAY.
WASHINGTON, June l5.--l a. m. For
the West Gulf States: Fair weather;
southerly winds; atlonary tompere-
ture.
COTTON BELT REPORT.
The cotton belt weather report Tor Texas,
showing the maximum and minimum tenn.
poraturei also the rainfall for the past "a
hours, is as follows:
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Spain.
THE CHOLERA RECORD.

AAh NAVhhhA hHOOhDs
MADRID, June H.-There we're ave
deaths from cholera here to-day and
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A BuiIder,s Legend.

From Tire 81. James Gazette.
A writer in the IKE Steele contributes to
that paper the Bulgarian version of a legend
which in one shape or other has a place in the
traditions Of almost every people with whom
we are acquainted. Nine master masons. who
were engaged in building a citadel in the time
OF the Volvoid Neagoe, found on returning to
their work each morning, that the portion Of
the wall which they had completed the previ-
Gus day had fallen to pieces during the n ght,
and was lying IN a heap of ruins in the ditch.
Manol, Of Curtea, the head mason, informed
his comrades one morning that g voice from
heaven bad warned him in his sleep that their
labors would continue to come to naught
unless they all swore that morning to immune
IN the structure the first woman. wife or Sis
ter, who should arrive with the morning meal
of one or either of them. They all took the
oath, and the last man had hardly been sworn
when ManOPs own wife made her appearance
bringing her husbands breakfast. Manol kept
the oath, and Flora of the Fieldsr disap-
peared in the mass of the rapidly rising ma
sonry. A curious practice OF the Bulgarian
masons which survives to this day. testl6es to
the vitality OF the legend. To insure the solid
ity of the houses they build they measure with
reed the shadow of the first person who
passes after they have dug the foundation
and are about to lay the first stone, and then
they bury the reed under the foundation
stone,
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The Wrong Customer again disturbed.
From fhs -Neao YORK Sun.

From the Ne5o York Sun.
He was the greenest old man YOU ever saw,
He locked around the passenger coach in a
way to prove that he had never entered one
before, and he sat down 80 softly and seemed
TO he so AFRAID of damaging something that
all the passengers smiled.
BY and by young man went over and sat
down beside him. This young man might
have been directed by Glial Affection and he
might not. (Which way, uncle?" he softly
asked.
Me? Oh, I'm goin' to see my darter IN Con-
necticut."
ever travel muchY"
'This Is the first time I was ever on the
keers. I've driv on Il miles with the oxen to
see my other darter. but oxen haint no COM
parisOn to these keers.n
Il should say not II takes lot of money
10 90 10 Connecticut and back"
"Dreaul lot; but l jist sold the farm, you
know"
~ presume you could change 500 bin for
me2n
"Oh, jist as well as not.p
IL may want you to by and by, This Is
good weather, ehS''
Extraordinary weather fur fall. James has
boen worried about his corn, but / guess it's
all safe"
Nothing further was said for some time. thu
old man looking out 81 the window and the
young man reading paper. The train made
few stops, ana the car was so warm that
after while the old man began to yawn and
nod. lie fought IL or for 10 minutes, but AZ
last his head fell back, and his gentle snores
mingled with the roar OF the wheels
A slim white hand, with tapering nBgers
rested on his leg; then it was elevated 20 his
breast. It's touch was that OF feather TIA
movement was that OF q serpent creeping for
ward TO strike. The fingers touched an old
fashioned wallet. The youtg man continued
20 read, and the old man slept on. lnck by
inch the wallet was lifted from its snug rest
Ing rlace.and the hand was almost ready 10 re-
move It entirely, when something happened
with sudden movement o. his right hand
the old man pinned the intcrloper fast. and
ms voice was heard calling.
"1ou blamed skunk But knowed ali the
time what you were after! Where's the con-
ductOrfn
There was a rush Of passengers. and thew
found helpless, confused lcknocket and AZ
indignant, but yet elated. old man.
"Consarn his piaktur'. but he toek me fur An
ole haYstack from back medderl Work
roots on me, will yo! Sot trap fur me ana
fell into IL yerself. chf"
Even professional piekpocket hadn't
cheek enough TO urge q single excuse The
fellow hadn't one pleased word 70 say. and
was walked OF % the baggage car 10 be
kicked "a the platform a. the next station.
y see, said the old man, a. he turned 70
tho inquiring passengers, ~ hadn't order
done H. W hon = man has been constable
sheriff, nr droyer all his days. traveiin' ali
over and mectin' WITH all sorts OF folks. he
hadn't orter play on greeuiiorn and break !
young man's heart lee fhis but felt sort o.
Reckless this mornn'. I must put q curb on
m sperrits; I'm gettin' TOO Old 10 be playini
ivAos on conndin' young menw
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BRIGHT BITS.

.
lFIs now SAID that the opium habit was
the cause OF Andrew JobRson's extraordinary
conduct but this doesn't account for Mr.. De-
pew s.-BostOH Transcript. -
OUR ARTLEss coNrEXPoRABY. Ptsck, says:
Neltner moth nor rust can corrupt western
lapds, nor can thieves break through and steal
\ themi4 Our A. 9. should yisitNe Mexico.
-AFStb V6f'b Post. --ttaEd0 "7'eH
AN Indiana man assented to his daughters
marriage in the following note attached to
the marriage license MIR. has permits
sion to 90 ahead. The girl is not of age. hut
she ls so dead set thai we have caved. "-Boston
Post.
"OH, GEORGE, how superlatively still, clear
ana beautiful is the nightn' she whispered
leaning her fintlv-yeIned temple against his
coat collar; 'hoW soothing, how restful!"
= es, be replied, toying with her chestnut
aureoie HAIR; what night to shoot cats.'-
Hartford Times.
ETHEL-"Papa, am getting up subscrip-
non to bay such lovely dollar doll | saw in a
window yesterday"
Papa-"Wcl. MY child, is your subscription
nearly made up2"
Ethcl-"oh, yes. papa! Almost. All 1
need from you Is q bare 9S cents. It'd Bits
A BCRGLAR who attempted to enter house
IN sacramento was caught fast in the window
ana the woman armed herself with potato
masher, drew up chair, and sat there and
tapped ms head for half an hour before calling
The police She said she had always just
ached TO pound man all she wanted to.-St
Louie Post-DisDatch.
my DEAR FELLOW says an Indiana Sheriff
TO his prisoner, Il must apologize to YOU for
the sanitary condition of this jail. Several of
the prisoners are down with the measles but
1 assure you that il Is not my fault" oh no
excuses" replies the prisoner "It was nv in
tentl0n 70 break out as soon as possible, anv-
way.'-Nel5 York Sun.
81 SEE" said Mrs De Wigs to her hus-
band, that the King Of Bavaria is in debt
about 81, 100000"
How in the world can he have got so deeply
in debt?D 'pi'
Dunno, unless ne kept two hired girls."-
-Pitts6urg Chronicle 2eJegrdDh.
MANS STOMACH is always coming between
himself and his duty A Republican judge of
electlon IN Cincinnati says he went to supper
on election night and when he came back he
could not get into the room where the count
ing was going on When it is found who paid
Tor the supper the detectives viii have a elew
to work on.-Reto Orleans f'Icdgune.
PoMPANo-''Why do you work so hard,
Bat'eyP You slave from morning until
night"
Bagley-''I know do. wish to get rich.
/ want to die worth million"
POmpano-"Well, there's no accounting for
tastes. Now, | would much prefer to live
worth half million. Philadelphia Call.
LITTLE GIRL was sent by her mother on
an errand TO the house of lady friend, who
appeared az the door IN person. When the
little girl returned home the mother asket:
WAS Mrs. n inf"
~ don't know, mamma, was the reply; II
guess IT was the hired girl that come TO the
door cav she didn't have any bangs.'- Wiz
miH0ton Star
Tue FtsHERMAN's STORY AGAIN.
This is the size of the fish he caught
And carried home to-day;
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A Remarkable French Story.
From q Late Paris Litter.

from Late Paris Letter.
A curious story has just been published by
La France, Conservative journal of this
city. which has created great sensation ana
caused much uneasinoss il OrleRnist circles
The author OF this story or revelation is NJ
de Saint Felix, Doctor of Laws, and an emil
nent member of the Paris bar. The stony in
question was shown by NJ. de Saint Felix to
Gambetta previous to the latter's death and
received the Endorsement of the great tribune,
NJ. de Saint Felix, however, deferred the pub
LEGATION OF the story till he should secure all
the documents and proofs pertaining to it.
These he claims to have now, aud ne an
nOunces that he will publish them in their en-
tirety. NJ. DE Saint Felix will undertake to
prove from the documents in his possession
that the present Orleanist princes do not in
reality belong to the house Of Orleans at an.
In 1913, so the story runs, Philippe Egalite,
then only Earl of Joinville, was travelling IN
Italy with his wife. who, during their
tour, gave birth in Florence to a daughter
who was named Maria Stella. The Earl of
JoiDvllle, fearing lest no moPeschildren would
be born to him. as he was suffering from the
effects of q shattered constitution and a dis
solute life, gave his daughter to a seaman Of
the name Of Chiappini, receiving in exchange
a newt born son of the latter. Chioppini re-
ceived for bis share in the transaction large
sum of money. HIS male child was represent
ed as the son OF Philippe Egalite, and after
wards became Duke OF Orleans, and In 1890
King Louis Philippe, of France, from whom
the present Orleans family are descended
The poor girl Maria Stella, so cruelty sacri-
feed to the exigencies of royalty. subsequently,
married an English peer, Lord New borough.
and afterwards an actor. She has left many
descen lants, one of whom is a well known
cantatrice. NJ. de St. Felix promises to re
veal the latter's name when he will publish
all his documents ip detail. II is needless 90
history is eagerly awaited by the scandal
loving Partisan public.
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INDET TO new ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs-Haupt Lodge No IS, l. o. o. F
Stockholders the National Bank Of Savannah;
Irish jasper Greens.
SPECIAL NOTICE-As to crew OF Ger. Bark
Anna Hewitt.
STEAMSHIP scHEDULE-Ocean Steamship
Company.
AMUsEMENTs-"49 at the Theatre.
WAETs-A Thoroughly Competent White
Woman as Nurse: Lad for Office Work; PO-
sition in a Lumber House; Position as Sales
man: First-Class Cook; Position as City
Drummer: Chambermaid and Waitress; a
Smart White Boy; White or Colored Boy.
For RRNT-Three Connecting Rooms; Three
Rooms on Second Floor; Furnished and I'm
furnished Rooms; Seven Room House; House
10 Liberty; A Good Oyster stand; Brick
Stable.
LosT-An Overcost.
HIGH GRADE PRTNTING--T. p. Townsend.
DANcISG-Sherwood' Academy Opens
Nov. z
LIFE INSURANCE AT CosT-Mutual Reserve
Fund Life Association Of New York.
HANEs' GOLDEN SPECIFIc-Drunkenness
Cured.
LAG scREws, ETc.-Lombard Iron Works,
Augusta, Ga.
CANNED GOODs-C. NJ. Gilbert & Co.
sTRAYED OR STOLEE-A White Setter Bitch.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1885,
The Inventor of the Magnetic Telephone
From tho Neao York Tribune


Fredericb Brown, of Fort Worth, Tex, the
inventor of the magnetic telephone which is
attracting much attention froB electricians
at present because Ct its operation without
batteries Is tall, slender man Of 10, with
small, shrewd face and quick, nervous move
ments. Like so many others in the Southwest
ne chews tobacco and his jaws are constantly
moving in that operation, even while he talks.
lie points his remarks by stopping to spit. l
saw him the other day engaged IN demon
stratlng the possibilities of his invention to
Gen. B. +. Butler. II / caught Gen. Buffers
remark correctly this is the first time the
Massachusetts statesman has ever said Hello"
into telephone. IT is certainly the first time
ne has been able to hear through one. Brown
SAID TO me: 1.-The instrument Is Of the simplest
possible construction. 1t is a horse shoe nag
net with the poles wound with COILS of fine
WIRE. The armature consists of a highly mag
netlzed disc OF steel which nearly closes the
magnet. The receiver and transmiiter are
similar in construction. Tests have been
made for distances under 100 miles at several
places. We made one satisfactory test over
500 odd miles Of wire. Yes, we ground the
ends of the wire. That makes the circuit.
We are arranging a cable test. believe l
can talk around the earth il / can get the
wlra.D
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29
When to Make Love.
When May with apple blossoms

When May with apple blossoms
Her loving cup is brewing.
With beams and dues aud winds that get
The honey from the violet;
With hopes on which the heart is set,
on, then's the time for wOoing,
For wooing and for sRing.
Dear lad, the time for woOing!
When August calls the locust
To sound the years undOing,
And, like some altar dressed of old
In drapery of cloth Of gold,
Pastures with golden rod unfold.
Oh, then's the time for woOing
For wOOing and'fOr suing.
Dear lad, the time for woOing!
When brown October pauses,
The ripened woodland viewing,
And all the sunny forests spread
Their fallen leaves, as he IT'S blood red,
A carpet fiji for brides to tread,
Oh, then's the time for Wooing,
For wOoOing and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for WOoing
Oh, listen, happy lover.
Your happy fate pursuing;
hen helds are green, when woods are sere
When storms are white, when stars are clean
On each sweet day Of each sweet year,
Oh, then's the time for wooing,
For wOOing and for suing,
Dear lad, the time for wOoing!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
complains that u local paper in Virginia
recently said in paragraph: "Old Con-
federates, your yell has gone down in his
tory. Let the home people hear it once.
Some OF them never heard It," 1t seems
that Editor Halstead never heard the ola
yell, although he was quite cheeky in
critloising the Federal generals who did
hear it. He ought to embrace the oppor-
tunity 70 90 over TO Virginia and "lend
his ears" to the historic notes. Before he
does 30, however, il might be we'll for him
to load up with Cincinnati whisky so that
the sound will not freeze the very blood
In his trembling veins.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29
BIilhonaires in the Senate.

Ex-senator Conkling says that the
United States Senate sis made up too
much OF millionaires-men who want to
fill out career by filling a seat in what
ought TO be the ablest body in the land"
Public sentiment will support Mr..
COnkling in what he SAYS on this subject.
The Senate of the United States is rapidly
becoming a collection of rich men, many
Of whom have no particular qualifications
for the positions they occupy. 1t doesn't
follow, however, that a man isn't a
statesman because he is rich, but the
possession Of vast wealth adds nothing to
a mans fitness for the position OF Senator.
Some rich men get into the Senate by
means Of their money, and not because
they. have commanding abilities and
special aptitude for public affairs.
1t is noticeable that as the number of
great fortunes increases the number of
millionaire Senators increases. tits esti-
mated that If the wealth OF the Senators
were equally distributed among the sena-
tors, each Of them would have at least
S1,000,OO0.
AS there is no titled aristocracy in this
country many rich men who are anxious
for a little more distinction than wealth
gives turn their eyes towards the Senate.
To be q Senator of the United States
ought to I'LL the measure of most mems
ambition. A member OF the Senate Of
the United States Is a much more import
ant individual than member of the Eng
lish House of Lords. An American Sena-
tor has great power and influence, while
a member of the House OF Lords has lost
about all the power he once had, and is in
a fair way Of losing what little remains to
him. An American Senator who has
both money and brains stands pretty
good chance OF remaining in the Senate
for many years.
1t will, doubtless, become more difficult
each year for men without money to get
into the Senate. That body, doubtless, will
be composed almost wholly Of rich men in
the not very distant future, and as its
reputation for intellectual requirements
decreases the pretentons Of Senators TO
social importance will increase. They
will probably claim eventually to be the
only real sristocrats in the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

1t is represented that the President is
having some difficulty to find suitable
successors to the members Of the Civil
service Commission whose designations
he has accepted He ought not TO have
a great deal of difficulty. 1t is true that
! the salary OF a commissioner is not large,
but it is much larger than IA great many
men OF character and education are earn
ing. 1t is larger perhaps than seven
tenths OF the educated men Of the country
are earning whatever may be their pro-
fessiou or occupation. There are very
few of the officers OF the government who
get more than $500 year and all travel
ing expenses.
The duties Of commissioner are not
onerous, and the position is eminentlY re-
spectacle. There are men Of wealth.
doubtless, who would be glad to accept a
position as commissioner, not so much
for the salary as for the sake of having
some regular occupation and for the salts
faction Of holding SO respectable an office.
In order to make civil service reform a
success the commissioners ought to be
men OF high character and thorough civil
service reformers. They ought to be com
paratively young men aud anxious to
make the faithful discharge Of their duties
a basis tor promotion. Above all they
should be free from party influences.
1t has been charged against the two
Republicans OF the present commission
that they are strong partisans, and that
they have favored their party. 1t is stated
as a fact that, until very lately, the ex-
aiming boards in different parts Of the
country were almost wholly composed of
Republicans, and the consequence was
that the lists Of eligibles, from which APP
pointments are made, contained very few
men who were not Republicans. The
commissioners may not have intended to
favor Republicans but whatever their in
tention may have been they appear to
have done so. When the new collector OF
the port Of New York was appoint
ed he found that nearly all OF those whom
the commissioners had certified as quail
fed for appointments in the custom house
there were Republicans.
There ought also to be some changes in
the civil service regulations. Under the
present regulations it is about impossible
for any one who was in the Confederate
army to get place in the civil service,
because applications for examination for
the eligible lists are not entertained if the
applicants are above a certain age. A
very great many Of the ex-Confederates,
little past middle life, are as
well qualified to render good service as
many men much younger. A man who
is beyond the age OF 80 cannot get into
the postal service.
Doubtless the new commission to be
will make good many changes
in the regulations. The law allows con-
discretion, which, if wisely ex-
ercised, will help to popularize civil SER
vice reform.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

II is said that Bishop Taylor and his fell
low missionaries. who went to AFRICA last
year with nothing to sustain them but
their faith, are getting along a good deal
better than many missionaries who
went to the dark continent backed by
money and strong personal and official
influences. The bishop, it seems, has al
ready settled his colony and put il 10
work. He writes encouragingly OF the
prospects, and, among other things. ne
says that missionaries with big families
are no encumbrance 20 his mission.
William II. Mead, for example, has q
wife and six children. wish had forty
such families at command for Africa.r
He adds that only one or two Of the eight
can as yet do efficient work as teachers,
but they can dig. For this purpose 2800
acres Of good land have been staked OF.
and there will be plenty of work for all
hands. This is the Pauline principle. 1t
is also the German. Dig and teach, hoe
and preach"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

The New York World says: "a curious
phase Of the delirium Of the now said 10
be moribund Robert Toombs is the fancy
that the furniture Of his room ia carried
all over the States, as be 6nds Il in every
room whore he stops at night. This prob
ably is a rambling "reminiscences Of more
than twenty years ago, when furniture
and household properties generally were
freely removed from Southern houses and
transported 10 the North, though none OF
u wac found mex night and some OF IL
has not been seen by the owners for some
time" This seems 20 be Parthian shot
At the later hero OF New Orleans and his
gallant army officers who were not slow
% enjoy the fruits Of the naval victory
which resulted in The capture Of that city.
il Gen. Neal Dow doesn't challenge Ed.
Cor Pulitzer. be ought no longer 10 be nc
knowledged as a leader By the Maine pro-
hibilionists.