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MT FATHER.
'TbiepMO w written by Gen. Henry B.
M^NI , || was given to the Philadelphia
toe pttbl ration by one who was hie
oaptam in the Mexican war.]
A* die the embers on the hearth.
And o’er the flopr the shadows fall,
Aa-t creep-i the chirping Cricket forth.
An i ticks the death-watch in the wall,
I aee a form in yonder chair
That grosrs beneath the waning light;
There are the wan, tad features—there
The pallid brow and locks of white.
Ifj fa’her! when they laid thee down
Aad heaped the dust upon thy breast.
And left thee sleeping all alone'
Upon the narrow conch of rest,
I know not why I could not weep;
Tile soothing drops refused to r-ll
And oh! that grief is wild and deep
Whieh settles tearless on the soul.
Bat when I saw thy vacant chair.
Thine idle hat upon the wail.
Thy book—the penciled pa-sage where
Thine eye had rested l.st of all—
The tree, beneath whose friendly shade
l'hv trembling feet bad wnndered forth,
1%,* very prints those feet had made
When last they fcvblv trod the earth!
And thought while countless ages fled.
Thy vacant scat *ould vacant stand—
Unworn thy hai—thy book u r. ad
Effaced thy f- ot-teiis f-ora the sand.
And ni loued in thischc r ess worl-i
Ttie heart that gave is love to thee—
Torn like the vine whose tendrils curled
ho closely round the failing tree!
Oh! Father! then for her and thes
uuhed madly forth the -corching tears.
And oft and long an t butetly
Those t< are have gushed m later years;
Fur, as the world grow- cold around
And things tat e on their real hue.
T> sad to lud that love is found
Alone above the stars with you.
THK ItkFIIUNgR.
Also! tuvitands and talks with God,
A Mines understood bv none;
And men who trade aud men who plod
Revile him tiercel., or but shun;
But he. cloud-wrapt and victory-shod.
Abides his time till r ght be done.
Poor task it were to stoop and heed
Th senseless sneer, the empty joke.
Wcile truth unfolds ;hc coming creed
That yet shall seter error’s yoke.
Absorbed iu one propbeiic deed.
He had no time for meaner stroke.
- PtJnk C. Hadelnck. in Chirasjo Current.
STOKIKS OF \\ >l. K. TRAVERS.
Some of the Sayings Tint Have Made
Him Famous—One of the Moat Pop
ular Men in i tie Metropolis—Wit 1 hat
Stings and Huiuor That is Kindly.
Jfeu) York Time*.
I’eibaps the most popular man in the
city among Wall street bankers and
broker*, up-town club men, patrons am!
followers ol the turf, and members oi the
New Yon- Athletic Club and the Racquet
Club is William R. Travers. Although
a thorough and w ell-inlorined man of
business, and able financier and a cap
italist, be is known best through his
geniality, his kindly feeling toward
young tnen, and his witty and humorous
remarks. Tali and erect, be carries his
seventy years as briskly as a man of
forty. Bone ' n Baltimore, he was con
siderably past the age of those known
nowadays as young men when he came
to New Y rk withuU wife, a daugoter ot
lieverdy Johnson. Taking a deep inter
est in tb i development of hetses, he be
came intimately associated with the gen
tlemen who have elevated the sport of
horse-racing in the East, and as President
ot toe New York Athletic Club he has
ust seen the members take possession oi
probably me most magnificent club-house
of the kind in the world. As President of
the Banquet Club he has seen still an
other building devoted to an athletic
sport, lie does not neglect any of the
clubs with which he is connected, and for
that alone, if for no other reason, he
would be well liked. Always an interes
ting talker, he is surrounded by admirers
and 1 rh-rds wherever he goes—to the
ltacqoet Club for an hour, to the Athletic
Club lor an evening, to the Windsor
Hotel lor a chat with br .kers, to political
eoi iere.-os, or to a boxing match in
Madison Square Garden. *
in public p.acto Mr. Travers is inclined
to Ife reserved, an j glimpses of his humor
have depended on his intimate acquaint
ances for circulation. His wit never
screens malice, bat It frequently stings,
being at times near the truth. But above
and through all is an obstruction of
speech that iu many cases has add- and to
the humor of his sayings, and so many
of them na’-e passed current of late years
that it s.tms appropriate to gather to
gether the best of tco&e that hare ai>-
pcared in print at various times. Some
ol his bst sayings were years ago, when
John Morass* y was in the height ol his
glory. Morrissey th- ught he knew a
good race horse when he saw it, but the
colts that he tried to run at Saratoga
were costly animals for him. While he
was patting one ot his colts on the track
one day Mr. Travers walked by.
“What have you g-got there, John? ’ he
asked, stopping near the animal.
“A race-horse,” Morrissey replied, with
ac air of satisfaction.
“A r-race-horse!” Travers exclaimed.
•*Yes, sir, a race-horse. Are you going
to bet on him?”
••Yes, I’ll b-het on him,” Travers re
plied decidedly.
Morrissey asked, somewhat in
dou t.
"UR c-copper him.”
A former acquaintance in Baltimore
met him in Broadway, aud, turning aside,
began to chat with him.
-You stammer more since you have
lived in New York,” the friend remarked
iu the course ol the talk, "than you did
in Baltimore.”
•B-b-bigger place,” Travers replied.
At the call of the list in the stock Ex
change a dispute arose over a bid for a
st-ick. Mr. 11. G. Stebhins is credited
with being tho gentleman in opposition
to Mr. Travers. Stebbins asserted that he
named the price.
"ft may be that Mr. St Stebbins g-got
through b-before I d'd, b-but I'll b-be
ban gee if i didn’t b-begm b-before he did,”
Travers replied.
The sPh k was awarded to him.
A st. ry told about bin in Brooklyn re
lates to a visit there to attend the w edding
of the daughter of a friend who lived iu
Montague street. It was his first visit in
the neighfiorho-Ml, and after he had as
cended the stairs half-way up the hill
from the ft-rry. he went astray in Montague
terrace, and’was at length compelled to
ask lor directions.
"1 desire to reach M-Montaguc street,”
he said to a passer-by, “Will you b-be
k-kid enough to fi-point the w-wa> ?”
"Y ou are g-going the wr-wr >ng w-way,”
was tne stuttering reply. “Taat is M-
Montaguc street.”
‘j Are you m-makiDg fun of ni-me,
m-mimicking rn-nie?” Travers asked
sternly.
"No-no, I assure y < u. sir,” the other re
plied, with all due h ste t j repair an ap
parent lack of good manners. ‘*l-1 aiu
r>-badly af-flict-flieted with an ob-struc
etruetion ot st>eech.”
"Why d-don’t you gget e-cured?”
Tracers asked, with mischief in his eyes,
“G-go to I>r. and you’ll g-get c-cured.
D-don*t you see how well 1 talk? lie
c-cured me.”
Men with gigantic schem es have sought
him time and again. Once he was ap
pealed to by a gentleman who wanted to
sell a mine'. He showed all the reports,
and said he had taken $1,000,000 out of the
mine. He was willing to sell tne property
for a sum considerably less than tde
amount produced.
"If you ha-hada’t ta-taken anyth-thing
out l think I would ta-take the m-niine,”
Travers responded.
He had his adventures at the Demo
cratic Convention which nominated Gen.
Hancock for President. The day after
the nomination Mr. Travers, while walk
ing up a street, was accosted by a strang
er who was carrying more liquor than
was good for him. and had a box of cigars
under his aun.
“Say! Are you a Hancock man?” was
tbe greeting.
"Yes, I’m a H-Uancock man,” Travers
replied.
-Well it’s darned lucky for you. Take
ft cigar; they’re first-rate. I'm working
for my candidate, I am, an’ working both
ways, too.”
Accepting the cigar without offense,
Tiavers walked on. but, hearing a row
beaind, turned and looked back. He saw
the Hancock man pounding two citizens
who did not happen to be for his candi
date.
•• fhen,” Travers said afterward, in de
eermiug the incident, "I b-began to
und<-rat-stand b-both ways of w-work
ing.”
Two raps for Henry Clews, the banker,
are recorded. It has been a frequent boast
ot Mr. Clews that be is a self-made man.
Travers beard him on one occasion, and
immediately dropped into a sort of reverie,
with his eves fixed on Mr. Clew’s balu
what’s the natter, Travers?”
< lews asked, somewhat impatiently.
“H-Henrv,” Travtrs inquired, "d
--•rdn’t you's-s-say you were a self-made
™“Certainlv; 1 made myrelf,” Clews re-
you wcie ab-b-bout it.
why (Wlidn’t you p-put m-more h-h-hair
on the t-top ol your k-head?”
the lamous Vanderbilt ball exercised
many gentlemen on the questions of
characters and costumes. Mr. Clews was
• qiiarwL.rv. anit be applied to Travers
lor a suggestion. If appears that Travers
nail tai en advantage m his f'iendly rela
tions with Wallack, Mapleson, and Abbey
bv sending inquiring friends to them for
permißs ; on to select from their theatrical
wardrobes. The story goes that the man
agers had mildly hinted to Travers that
patience with the “fashionables” had
cease and to be a virtue, and Travers was
not inclined to favor anv more.
“Clews,” he said, after some reflection,
“why d-don’t you sh-sh-ugar your h-nead
and go as a pill ?”
No doubt his most severe remark
touched on the reputation of a well
known lawyer. While standing at the
window of his office Travers surprised
several friends who were chatting at one
side with a forcible exclamation.
“There!” he added qnickly, and point
ing across the street; ‘’there’s ‘Slem’
B-Barlow 1 with his h-hand in his own
p-pockets!”
Besides knowing how to rap others,
Travers knows when he receives a rap.
Going, up town with several brokers,
Travers spied a man selling parrots in
front of St. Paul’s Church.
"H-bold on, boys,” ho said mysteri
ously, “we’ll have some f-fun.”
Hailing tbe parrot seller and indicating
one o' two birds, Travers asked: “C-can
that p-parrot talk ?”
“Talk ?” the man replied, with a con
temp! uous 6neer. “If he can’t talk better
than you can I’ll wring his blasted
neck.”
“C-come on, b-boys,” Travers called
out; "this f-fun is p-post-p-poned until
another d-day.”
A young friend, who had taken his ad
vice in regard to a fortunate speculation
and withdrawn his money from Wall
street, bought a house. Subsequently
Travers met him and asked how the house
suited.
“The house is all right, Mr. Travers,”
the friend replied; “but 1 am very much
troubled with rats.”
“G-get a e-cat,” Travers suggested.
“I’ve had dozens, but the rats aetually
dr ve them out of the house.”
“G-get a tl-dog,” was Travers second
suggestion, “I know where you c-cau
g-cet a g-good d-dog.”
He reeommende.l his tr end Harry Jen
nings, the dog fanci-r, and agr-ed to to
and help him select a dog. Oue was
thought worthy, and Jennings having
cut a dozen or more rats in the pit, it was
thrown in to show how quickly it| could
kill them. The dog killed all except one
—a gray-bearded old rat almost as big as
the dog-*-whieh seized the dog by the
1 lower lip and held on. The dog yelped
{ with pain and tried to shake off the rat,
! but without effect.
Travers, who was thoroughly excited
• and running around the pit, shouted:
"l?-buy the rat! B-buy the rat?”
i Plunger Walton was introduced to
Travers at Saratoga when the former was
at the height ot bis success in breaking
book-makers and pocl-sellers.
‘•l’ve wanted to know you some time,
Mr. Travels,” Walton said alter a while.
‘•We can do business together. I’ve got
good judgment on horses ami horse-rac
ing, and you have on stocks and stock
speculations. I’ve made $350,000 on horse
races in the last two years. Now, you
give me points on stocks and I’ll give you
points on horses. What d’ye say ?”
-You've m-niade three b-hundred and
filtv th-th“Usand d-do lars on h-horse
racingP’ Travers repeated.
"Y es, str, $350,000in two years,” Wal
ton said again.
‘•And you want m-me to g-give you a
p-point on st-stocke?” Travers contain
ued.
“Yes, if you please, in return for my
points on horses,” W alton said.
“Well, I’ll g-gjye you a flrst-r-rate
l>-point.” Ti avers ,ui<l. “You’ve in-made
time h-hundred and fifty th-thousand
d-doliars in t-two years, ’fhen st-stick to
your b-b-bnsiucss. It’s a first-r-rate
point.”
Another story In reference to points is
this: Travers wanted to do a favor for a
friend, and he’sail to him: “If vou’ll
C-come and see m-me in September I c-can
g-give ye'd a p-point that will m-make
m-mouey.”
Following the suggestion, the friend
dropped iu to see Tarvers in the latter
part of the month mentioned.
“11-ave you c-come for that p-point?”
Travers asked.
“Of course,” was tbe reply.
“Well, you’re the luckiest d-dog I know.
1 p-played that p-point two we-weeks ago
ami lost a p-pot of m-money. Y’ou st-siick
to ut-iue right close and I’ll 1-laud you iu
the p-poor-house, sure.”
Curing a Cold in the Mend.
Household Word*.
Tho commonest type of cold is that,
called “cold in the head,’’ to distinguish
it irora “cold on the chest.” Tuis “cold
in the head” has certain well-marked
symptoms—a feeling of general malaise
is experienced, often accompanied by a
slight feverish sickness. Then conies a
sensation of fullness in tho bead, there is
anti zing, a profuse flow of t ars, an irri
tating and copious discharge lrom the
nose. This means that the mucous mem
brane of the nose is inflamed, and if this j
spr< ads down the back of the throat, the |
sufferer becomes hoarse. Tbe best way '
to treat this troublesome complaint is to |
take a “het drink.” An orange sliced
and put into a large cup with a little su
gar sprinkled over it and boiling water
poll ted upon it, and then drank as hot as
possible, is both pleasant and beneficial.
The feet should be put into hot water,
with or without a lit tie mustard, 'ibis
foot-bath should be taken at the bt dsidc;
the patient should be well wrapped up,
aud a blanket placed across his kne*-s
should be drawn outside t*!e bath so as to
coniine tbe steam. After keeping tbe teet j
in the water for from five to ten minutes,
the patient should lose no time in getting
iu to bed, where he will probably derive
great benefit from the general feeling of
warmth and from the flow ol perspiration
which has been induced. If possible, at
this stage, the patieut should remain in
bed lor two days, with a lire in his room,
which should be well made up at night,
so as to keep alight till morning. But
keeping in bed will do little good if the
patient persists in holdiug a newspaper
or a look to read, for thereby he is more
dangerously exposed to cold than if he
were up, dressed and going about as usual,
'lhe main point is to keep thoroughly
wrapped up and constantly warm. Even
an uncorolortable degree ot heat may be
beneficial.
A small piece of camphor chewed and
sucked is very good. So is the inhalation
of sulphurous acid gas—a remedy which
was found to be in constant uso by the
weavers of Kircaldy, who had it among
the materials of their work. Buy two
ounces of sulphurous acid (dilute) from
a chemist, and then take out the cork and
inhale—through tbe nostrils only, ol
course—the pungent gas which is given
i ff. Borae use Perrier's euutf and fiud
benefit therefrom; but it must be used
cautiously, as it contains a powerlul
drug—to wit, morphia. Ten or twelve
grains of Dover’s powder taken in gruel
at bedtime is good forun adult, but should
not be administered to children, as it con
tains opium, which should never be given
to them without a doctor’s prescription.
To avoid an unpleasant excoriation of the
nose ar.d upper lip during the course of a
cold in the head, they should be olten
washed thoroughly wiih soap and luke
warm water, and a little vaseline should
be applied. If the throat feels sore a
chlorateof potash lozengeshould lie sucked
occasionally.
Four New French Steamer*.
Z’eir York Times f March ~ r >.
At. St. Xazaire, France, the Compagnie
Genet ale Transatlantique is building four
large steamships, which will be finished
by next summer, to run between New
York and Havre. The vessels will be
named La Champagne, La Bourgogne,
La Bretagne and La Gascogne. La Cham
pagne will be ready first. Tfie vessels are
constructed under tho French subsidy
law and must, consequently, be fashioned
of French materials and atile to maintain
a speed oi 17 knots an hour. Their di
mensions will be 520 leet in length and 50
feet beam. Their tonnage will be 7,000
tons each and 8,000 horse-power. Mr.
Louis de Bebian, the general agent ot the
line, said yesterday that the vessels would
be decorated by Mr. Allard, the best dec
otator in Paris’, who decorated Mr. Van
derbilt’s house on Fifth avenue,and would
be very fast. So far as comfort and deco
ration were concerned, the vessels would
be as fine as any that came to this port,
and the French style in which their Inte
riors wc-re constructed would be some
thing that had not been 6een here before.
The steamships, which were, of course,
named after old provinces of France,
being made under the French subsidy
law, could be called on for use as govern
ment vessels in cas* of need.
HORSFOBD’B ACID PHOSPHATE,
As an Appetizer.
Dr. Morris Gibbs, Howard City, Mich.,
says: “l am with it as a
tonic; it. is an agreeable and a good ap
petizer.”
THK SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1885.
SI HIR ING AN ELEPHANT.
Swinging Him in the Air to Bring Him
to Reason.
It took a dozen men five days of last
week, says the Philadelphia Times , to
break the spirit of a vicious elephant in
the winter quarters of Adam Forepaugh’s
menagerie. Early in February one of
Mr. Forepaugh’s European agents bought
four elephants and shipped them to this
country. The huge beasts reached New
York two weeks ago, and were at once
transferred to Philadelphia. Three were
docile, but the other, Ajax, is a tusker, 8
feet high, and vicious.
On reaching the city he became 6ullen,
but Jack Forepaugh, who has charge of
the winter quarters, believing that tbe
brute would become good-natured in a
day or two, hitched him to a post and
locked him up for the night. A few hours
later Ajax broke his chains, butted down
the iron-bound door of his room, and
rushed into an apartment in which a
and zen of the more peaceable elephants
live. He attacked a perlerming elephant
named Bazieand a desperate fight began.
Five.or six of the small elephants broke
loose. Their frightened cries soon excited
every animal iu the buildings, and the
air w as tilled with roars that aroused the
neighborhood. The night keepers weie
afraid to attempt to separate Ajax and
Bazie, who were trumpeting and charg
ing at each other with great fury. When
their huge bodies came together at the end
of every rush the shock sould be felt
throughout the place.
Jack Forepaugh was sent for, but before
he arrived the watchman discovered that
Ajax and Bazie were so engaged with
each other that they did not need what
was goiugon about them. The doors were
opened, and all the elephants except the
fighters were driven out. By the time
tins was accomplished Mr. Forepaugh
arrived. lie has bad 30 years’ experience
with wild animals, and stands no more in
fear ol an elephant than an ordinary per
son does of a dog. Grasping an elephant
book—a spike and a book on a stout han
dle—he ran between the furious beasts
aud ordered Bazie back Bazie obeyed,
but the blood ol the new elephant was up
and he charged on the mao, who eluded
him and lastencd the book in the beast's
ear. Ajax turned and bore down upon
him. The trainer stabbed him with the
spike and dodged behind a p >st. Ajax
butted the post down as though it was a
reed. The other men ran to Mr. Fore
paugh’s assistance and assailed the ele
phant from so many points that he paused
irresolute. During that pause a chain
was passed about one of his hind legs and
fastened to an anchored ring. This ren
dered him almost helpless. His other
legs were hobhlecl and he was left alone
until davlight, Bazie being driven off to
all* ther part o the quarters.
On Tuesday morning Ajax was as sul
len and vicious as ever. Bad elephants
sometimes remain iu this mood lor days,
and no man can apuroaeh them withsale
ty. Until such an elephant’s spirit is
broken, he is worse than useless. Steps
were at once taken to convince Ajax that
he must obey his keepers. Of the 30 ele
ptiauts under Forepaugh’s care none was
as hard to subdue as Ajax.
The work of conquering the proud
spirit ot Ajax began at 9 o’clock on Tues
day morning and ended shortly before
noon yesterday. Beating nas no effect
upon a mad elephant, it only renders
him more stubborn and wicked. The
breaker’s only hope is to convince such
an animal that be is powerkss against
man. Taat accomplished the beast be
comes as docile as elephants ever are. On
Tuesday morning four hawsers were
passed through immense pulleys attached
to beams unuer the roof. Then a set of
harness, shaped something like a mouster
shawl strap, was fastened about Aj ix’s
defiant body. The leather straps, waich
were three-ply thick,covered small chains.
All the leather plates were copper riveted
and a foot wide. Ajax looked as though
he were in armor after tieing encased.
Three hours were spent in getting the har-
ness on him, and (luring the job he slight
ly Injured t*o of the keepers.
Through iron rings, supported by great
chains, were passed the hawsers. Then
a dozen men grasped two of the lines of
rope that passed through pulleys, and be
fore Ajax knew it his hind feet were C
h-et above the ground, and he stood on his
front ones in the most approved perform
ing elephant style. For a moment he was
paralyzed with astonishment, but surprise
gave place to fury wueii ne appreciated
tue ridiculous posture he was in. lie
surged and trumpeted and flapped his
ears, but all to know purpose.
Wneu his struggles subsided some of
the men ran ofl with the Iront ropes, and
In a jiffy ajax’s body was suspended in
the air. He made the most frautic efforts
to tear the belting off with his trunk, but
the chains between his fore legs and
around his shoulders prevented it. There
the monster brute hung as helpless as an
infant, lie was free to kick and plunge
and butt the air as much as he pleased.
From time to time he was lowered, so that
he might r> st his levs, but none of the
men were allowed to approach or worry
him. in the evening he was low'ered and
fed, and allowed to spend the night on the
ground, t hinking over the indignities that
had been put upon him.
After his breakfast on the following
morning he was trussed up as before. He
resisted, but bis efforts were unavailing,
lie was a stout-spirited brute, however,
and the second day’s punishment only
svemed to increase his rage. When he
came down to supper he was the maddest
elephant that ever trumpeted in Fore
pauah’s winter quarters. At the sight of
the harness on Wednesday he became
greatly excited. Mr. Forepaugh said he
was “-coming to his senses.’’ This, how
ever, did not prevent him from being
hoisted up aaain. He surged about less
in his comfortable swing on Thursday,
but other wise he was as stubborn and dan
gerous as evtr. An anchor was sunk 5
feet in the around and covered with earth
in another part of the quarters. Only a
ring was exposed. Ajax’s forelegs were
hitched to the ring on Friday morning.
Ropes were attached to his hind legs,
which were then drawn out, leaving
him “spread-eagled” on his stomach on
straw-.
Jack Forepaugh walked over Ajax’s
prostrate body every few- minutes. Tlie
elephant, was’ let up and thrown down
s -vei a! tiim s durii g the day. After three or
four hours’ experience of this kind Ajax
became meeker.aud he was quite dejected
w hen, in the evening, he was unchained
and ordered to stand up. He was hobbled
and thrown down on Saturday morning,
and when bis body touched the ground he
cried out. and tears trickled down his
trunk. He was conquered. The chains
were removed at once, and he got up
quietly. At the werd of command he
walked into the room be bad broken out
of on Monday night, and was as meek
as a sheep. Next week he will begin the
training necessary before he appears in
public.
THE BOSS OK VENEZUELA.
Some of thn Capers of the Dictator Guz
man-lilßnco.
Guzman-Bianco, the uncrowned King
of Venezuela, says a Caracas letter to
JJmdalreet’s, is one of the most remarka
ble men of the age, the only ruler the re
public has ever had who has kept bis
power more than three or four years.
Since 1872, when he overturned the ex
isting government, he has been as abso
lute an autocrat as ever swayed a sceptre
or wore a crown. Every two years a
President is elected, and, the constitution
prohibiting the same man occupying the
office two successive terms, Guzman-
Bianco has been compelled to content
himself with being de ju re ruler every odd
term, while a puppet dt his has sat in the
President’s chair during the intervals.
He contiscated ail church property ar.d
establishtd an excellent system of un
sectarian, free public schools, with a uni
versity at its head; he erected public
buildings of a magnificent character, in
troduced ‘’all modern improvements,” in
cluding railroads, telegraphs, gas, tele
phones. and other conveniences for com
merce. He has taken good care that his
countrymen shall not forget the benefits
be has conferred upon them, for upon
every improvement he has introduced ap
pears the announcement that this ‘'was
erected by that illustrious American,
(len. Guzuian-Blanco, the Pacificator and
K< generator of Venezuela.” He has also
raised three bronze statues in his own
honor, his portrait bangs in every govern
ment office, and a State of the republic as
well as a town bears his name. He Is
accnsid ol all the crimes in the calendar
by his enemies, but the good he has done
the republic ought to cover a multitude
of sins.
It is unfortunate that he is educating
one of his sons to succeed him. The boy
is only 14 years of age now, and Guzman
is over 60. Ho had a nephew who was his
pet and pride, and was made Commander
in-Chief of the army by his autocratic
uncle, but happening to marry in defiance
of the dictator’s wishes, the young man
was dismissed in disgrace from the army,
and is now an exporter ol chocolate here.
PROGRESS IN ARKANSAS.
Senator Crockett Speaks on the Railroad
Freight BUI.
The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette prints
in full the speech delivered in the Senate
of that State by Col. “Bob” Crocket* on
the bill to regulate railroad freights. Fol
lowing is one of its eloquent paragraphs:
“Sir, lor whom are w legislating? For
ourselves alone? Alas, sir, heaven will
never smile upon such selfisn legislation.
In a little while you, Mr. President, and
my venerable friend, the father of this
bill, whose snowy locks are even now
being tossed by the breezes of another
world, and 1 will have passed away and
quietly sleep beneath tt.e sod. The win
ter snow will drape the mounds above us
with a winding sheet, but tbe sting ol its
bitter cold will be all unheeded by us.
The spring birds will sing their sweetest
notes in the swinging branches above our
graces, though their music will not be
heard by us. Bat Arkansas— God bless
her!—like a gentle mother, will lold us to
her loving breast aud drape our beds with
sweet flowering vines, sing soft lullabies
o’er our dreamless rest with the low,
sweet music of murmuring winds. After
us will come another generation who, it
they find our State standing shoulder to
shoulder with her sister State 9 In the bat
tle for development and material pros
perity, ttmmgn our wise legislation, will
rise up and call us blessed. But, on the
other hand, if they find her dwarfed by
unwise and restricted legislation, tney
will spit upon the graves ot those whom
tiey snould honor. Letusrememoerthat
Arkansas is a growing State and legislate
tar her on the plan that my dear old moth
er, of blessed memory, was wont to cut
my clothes in my boyhood days. She al
ways cut my breeches two years ahead
and I always grew to them, and, alas!
sometimes ‘got too big for ’em,’ and wbeu
1 did—but that was my mother’s business.
Sirs, let us cut Arkansas’ breeches—hut
1 see I must drop the illustration or change
the sex of our ‘State, which I would not
do for the world—G‘>d uless her! We do
not carry this selfishness into our private
life. If L were to find Diy old friend Uncle
Bob McConnell putting out truit trees and
were to say to him. Uncle Bob, why trou
ble yourself to put out fruit trees? they’ll
never benefit you,’ tbe old man would
straighten himself to his lull height and
reply: ‘No, Bob, I’m old and will probably
never see these trees blossom or truit, but
I have children and grandchildren who as
they climb these trees and pluck tbe ripe
fruit long after I’m dead, will say grand
father planted th- se trees with his own
hand, and they’ll bless the old man as
they eat the truit for his kindness iu plant
ing the trees tor their benefit.’ So let it
be with us. Let us frame laws that will
build up our glorious State instead of
dwarfing her by hostile legislation against
railroads, the grandest of agencies of
modern civilization lor developing the re
sources of anew State. Let us not say
to capitalists abroad, ‘Come and look upon
our broad prairies, our tortile valleys.our
magnificent forests, our mines and quar
ries, which are steeping untouched for
want of transportation. Come, help us
develop these graud resources.’ And when
in response to our urgent pleading thev
do come, let us not turn upon them and
throttle them with destructive legislation.
It is true, sir, that while we do not stand
upon our borders and welcome capitalists
‘with bloody bands to hospitable graves,’
we do stand upon those borders and wel
come them with such obstructive legisla
tion to disastrous bankruptcy. I stand
not here to-day as the special defender of
the railroads, as railroads alone, but I do
uphold and would protect, foster and en
courage them as the means ol building up
our beloved State. It is lor Arkansas and
her brave sons and fair daughters w'bo
shall come after us for whom I plead. Sir,
iu the core ot my heart. I believe that this
bill and al’ others of kindred character
are wrong in conception, and if adopted
would be ruinous to tbe railroads and, as
an inevitable consequence, the ruin of
Arkansas. I cannot support the bill and
earnestly hope that it will not pass.”
THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUB.
A Beautiful Flower the Sub le Meesen-
B* r of Disease.
A reporter at the entertainment ot the
Dickson’s Sketch Club tbe ither evening,
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
noticed that Mr. David, a con edian of the
company, was walking lame, an eccen
tricity hardly demanded by his role. In
quiry elicited the reluctant statement
that he had received a sword cut at the
hands of Mr. Thomas in the combat
which occurs near the end ot their per
formance.
An air of mystery, assumed by the man
agement ami members of the party, im
pelled tbe reporter to further investiga
tion, and tho allowing truly remarkable
tacts were disclosed:
On or about March 1 the Sketch Club
were passing through Washington, en
route to Richmond. While there Mr.
Thomas, who is an enthusiastic student of
botany, was - invited by an official of the
National Horticultural Gardens to be
present and witness the opening of a
night-blooming cereus. The invitation
was accepted, and Mr. Thomas’ part in
the plav being filled by an understudy,he
remained at Washington. When he re
joined the company he had in his posses
sion the ghostly flower preserved
in alcohol. Ilis iriends noticed an
unusual melancholy in his manners
and their efforts failed to cheer him.
Upon that and tbe following evening he
was attacked by a chill at precisely 11
o’clock. The chill was congestive in its
nature and was followed by fever with
partial delirium ar.d decided arterial de
rangements. Medical aid was called and
the usual anti-periodics given. At Charles
ton, tbe next town upon their route, tbe
patient’s symptoms returned, with more
violence. Tnere was severe congestion
at the head and heart, aggravated by in
somnia.
Dr. Monier was called and, under his
skillful diagnosis, the fact was added that
Mr. Thomas had slightly cut his hand
with the same knife he had used to
cut the night-blooming cereus from its
parent stem at Washington. The Doctor
pronounced bis patient suffering from
blood poisoning, the deadly agent being
the sap of tbe strange plant aud known
to medicine as cactus qrandijlorus.
Mr. Thomas was placed under treat
ment similar to that of snake bite, lly
perdermic injections of morphia were
giver, alternately w’ith those of Lychesis ,
a distillation from the venom of the deadly
cobra.
The engagements of the company have
brought the patient here. For the last 80
hours he has not slept. His malady Is
must violent at midnight, beginning its
irritation at about 11 p. m. and entirely
disappearing at the approach of dawn in
strange conformity with the action of its
cause, the beautiful night-blooming ce
reus. Mr. Thomas insists upon perform
ing his part in the play, the excitement
of the same being rather a relief. A slight
nervousness only is visible in his perform
ance and, save his irresponsible attack
upon Mr. David in the combat mentioned,
no serious results have attended his work.
He is in skillful medical hands here and
his case is watched by the profession with
deep interest.
An ICxtemporized Marriage
Three Month's in the Soudan.
The magnificent extravagance of the
Into Khedive is well exemplified iu the
small palace he built for the Empress
Eugenie, and which has never been occu
pied since. Here, too, an instance ol
thorough Oriental arbitrariness occurred.
The Empress, while thanking the Khe
dive for the magnificent reception he had
given her, happened to say that the only
thing she had not seen was an Arab mar
riage. “Indeed,” said the Khedive, “this
shall soon tie remedied.” bo he sent for
his A. D. C., gave him one of his Circas
sian slaves from the harem, presented
him with a large dowry, and told the as
tonished official that everything was toTe
ready in two days.
Accordingly, on the eeeond day there
was a grand marriage a V Arabe. The
Empress was greatlv pleased, and the A.
D. C., a man far more European than
Egyptian, and who spoke several Euro
pean languages splendidly, found himself
indissolubly attached to a Mahcmedan
wife,while all along it had been the dream
of his life to marry a European ladv, one
educated like himself, and with whom he
cpuld associate. But he knew he dared
not refuse, and so aa accident settled his
whole future life.
loant Hen I Bead This.
The Voltaic Belt Company, of Marshall,
Mich., offer to send their celebrated Elec
tro-Voltaic Belt and other Electric Ap
pliances on trial for thirty days to men
(young or old) afflicted with nervous dc
bility, loss of vitality and manhood, and
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No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is
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HE KISSED THEM ALL.
Ex-Gov. I'udMvood, of Kentaokv, 11*-
latea a Stamping KeminDcenc*.
PltUhnra (Penn.) Disvatch.
“Kentucky is a great State,” he con
tinued. “We have the handsomest wo
men in tbe world; we make the best
wbiskt, have the most fertile lands, raise
tbe best horses, and have the purest air.
Wbat more could be asked? In addition
to that our people pull together, but they
don’t Use snobbishness. I remember oi e
time I was stumping one of tbe mountain
counties. 1 bought $25 worth of nickels
and put them in mv saddle-Dags.
Every log cabin I would come to I
would ride up and ask for a drink of
water. Well, out would come a little boy
or girl with a gourd dipper of warm water.
L would take a swallow, then drop a nickel
in the dipper. The little one would run
in and I would go on. Tbe child’s mother
would come and have the fat gentleman
pointed o ;t. The consequence was tnat
1 got tbe vote out of that bouse. Well,
one morning I rode up to a bouse and a
little girl brought me out a dipper of
w ater. I telt in my pocket and diseovered
that I hadn’t a copper. ‘Little girl,’ said
1, *1 generally have a nickel somewhere
about me, but I haven’t to-day, so I’ll
give you wbai’s the next best thing for a
girl, and that’s a kiss.’ So I got down off
my horse and kissed her for my own little
blue-eyed girl at home.
“Another .ittle black-eyed girl here
showed up, and I had to kiss her lor a
niece of mine whom she lo ked like. By
this time another little girl Hhowed up,
ball a head taller than tbe rest, and, not
to be Impartial, 1 kissed her, when I
found taat lour or five other girls had
gathered, and 1 saw I was in for it. So,
commencing with the smallest, 1 kissed
each one. The change-in stature was so
gradual that I didn’t notice that the last
one was a full-grown woman, and right
handsome at that, until L had kissed her.
Looking up, I saw that there were two or
three old ladies laughing at me, and,
thinking that I had made a bad break, 1
lilted my hat to the young lady and
begged her pardon and explained bow it
was. She didn’t seem to mind it much,
but tbe old ladies kept laughing, and 1
tried to explain it, when oue< f them said:
‘Wy, dura it, Jedge, she’s Bill’s wife.’
Well, I thought, I’m in for it.
That knocks out all my votes in
this neighborhood. Well, I inquired in
the next bouse who Bill was and was
told that it was ‘Buck’ Holmes, the
hardest citizen in Carter county. Next
day I had to speak at the court house,
and when I came up 1 noticed a gang of
about twenty-five rough-looking tell iws
off at one side, and a oig six-foot fellow
was talking to them aud gesticulating
wiih both hands. ‘Who’s that?’ I in
quired. ‘That’s Ruck Holmes and his
gang,’ was the reply.' Tbe cold chills
commenced running up my hack, and I
shifted my revolver around whs re I could
reach it without trouble, and then
lounged up to hear what he was saying
aud get tbe lay of the land. ‘Well.'l’m
blankety blanked,’ I heard him say, ‘lf
ther Jedge don’t k* tch my vote. No snob
tbar, gentlemen. Jest as soon kiss a
poor man’s wife as a rich one’s.’ That
settled it. 1 got 150 more votes in that
county than any other man on the ticket.”
FACES THAT SEEM TO CHANGE
A D*■*! Woman’s Features Shilling Out
Through Those of a Dying Child.
A Newark lady writes to the New York
Sun as follows: “Many people are de
ceived by optical illusions. On a recent
morning 1 looked into my brother’s room,
and saw him standing at bis dressing
case. Then 1 remembered that 1 had
heard him go downstairs, an and I said to
myself, ‘This is an optical illusion.’
Knowing that it was such,*l looked at the
figure until it slowly faded away. Let
me add that lam in good bodily health,
cheerful, and, I believe, sound in mind.
A friend, who died lately, said in her last
hours, when apparently she was rational,
that she saw her dead parents and brother
in her room. She exclaimed, addressing
the friends who stood at her bedside.
‘There tbey are, right there. Can’t you
see them?’ I repeat that, as far as any
one could judge, she was thoroughly con
-Bcious. But we will pass over h r case,
for it is not exceptional, and while we
cannot say she was delirious, neither can
Wso affirm positively that she had her
senses.
“But here, I think ; is an unusual form
of optical illusion, if it was an illusion
at al). A few days ago a well known
business man of New York passed away.
His widow is a clear-minded and edu
cated lady, without any morbid or super
stitious taint in her nature, or any belief
in spiritualism. While bending over her
husband shortly before his death she ob
served that the expression of his face was
changing, and the next moment saw
there, instead, the face of her dead
brother. The two men were entirely un
like in appearance, one being light and
having a blond beard, and the other very
dark. Shortly afterward the lady saw on
her husband’s face the expression of an
other deceased friend, and a little later
that of a third. Her morbid and over
wrought fancy deceived her, someone
says. Could two persons be deceived at
the same time and in the same way ? I
ask this because three years ago this lady
and her sisters watched beside the dying
child of tbe latter. The little girl’s face
suddenly changed. One of the ladies saw
that tbe other observed this, and said:
“ ‘Emily, who was it?’
“ ‘Adelaide,’ was the answer.
“’Yes, Adelaide.’
“The two ladies have told me that they
saw unmistakably the lace of their dead
cousin, a woman, shining out through the
face of the dying child. 1 offer no expla
nation of the’sep henomena, and present
them only because to me they seem very
interesting.”
MR. SCIIIJHZ ON LINCOLN.
He Says the Republicans of 1856 were
th© Mugwumps of their Day.
Mr. Carl Sehurz lectured to a full
house at Steinway Hall last nigHon
Abraham Lincoln, says tbe New York
Sun of March 20. Of the original Repub
licans he said:
They were the mugwumps of the day.
They ’were not afraid to be called rene
gades, for they kuew they were right.
Describing his first sight ol Lincoln,
he said:
"1 was on my way to Quincy, 111., to at
tend a debate which was to be held there
between Lincoln and Douglas. When
the train stopped at a small sta
tion near the city there was
great commotion at the end of my car.
Everybody was trying to get to a tall
man who was putting out a great hand,
first in one direction and then in another.
Everybody seemed to know him and he
seemed to know everybody. It wa9 ‘Old
Abe,’ they told me. After the crowding
was over u little, I was introduced to
him. He wore a battered hat, a rusty
black coat, with arms almost long enough
to cover his wrists, and pantaloons that
almost reached his well-worn shoes. He
carried a gray woolen shawl in place ol
an overcoat. He began to talk to me in a
hiirh-pitcbed voice, as if he had known
me all my life, and at once made me feel
as if I hail known him as long.”
Mr. Schurz dtvelt most on those char
acteristics which gained for President
Lincoln the title oi "Father Abraham,”
declaring that a knowledge of the thoughts
ol the plain pe ple and a sympathy with
their views and feelings were the secrets
ol great influence.
The Jackson Style of Hair.
Staunton Valley Virginian. March IS.
A venerable-looking gentleman from
Highland county stepped into the bar
ber’s shop of T. Cl Campbell, ol this place,
a few weeks ago. After easting his eye
around the establishment as though to
measure its capacities and facilities, he
asked the proprietor whether he had ever
seen a picture of Gen. Jackson. An
affirmative reply was given. He then
asked if Campbell had ever noticed the
way Gen. Jackson had bis hair roacbed.
The reply was that he had. “Well, do
you think you could cut my hair in like
fashion?” “Yes,” was the reply. “Well,
sir, if you can give me a roach of the
Jackson kind I will let the job to you.”
“Very well,” Mr. Campbell said, and the
Highland admirer of the Jackson roach
squared himself in a reclining chair for
opeiatious. When he raised his hat it
was found that the top of his head w’as
perfectly bald—not a sign of hair on It,
“Proceed with the roach,” he ordered.
The barber saw that he had been caught,
and graciously offered to furnish tbe
roach if the rural gentleman would fur
nish the hair.
Advice to Hauler*.
Mbs. Winslow’s Soothing Strut
snoufd always be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little suf
icrer at onoe: lt produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
the littie cherub awakes as “ bright as a
button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and is the beet known remedy
ior diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
ing 9i ether cause*. 29 cents a bettle.
VIRTUES OF A MAIWTONE.
' A Rmed?fnrno; Rite which Is Sl<l to
be Infallible.
About 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
says the Charlotte a colored
man was observed seated in Butler’s
jewelry store applying n small round stone
to his’ lacerated * lips. His name was
Luther 'Wallace and his lips bad been
lacerated by the bite of a dog supposed to
have been mad. The stone which he was
holding to his lips was a “madstone,” but
as it did not adhere to the wound after an
hour’s application the hopeful conclusion
was arrived at that it was not a mad do*
bite and the darkey went away happy.
Wallace lives on the farm of Mr. John
Sloan and was bitten by the dog yester
day morning. He was going out to the
barn, and seeing a strange dog in the road
he stooped down and with his face near
the dog inquired, it may have been in
rather an uncivil tone:
“Whar’s you goin’f”
In answer to this inquiry the dog flew
at Wallace and fastened his teeth in Wal
-1 'ce’s lip, pinning them firmly together.
Wallace beat the dog loose and then
knocked it in the head, when, to make
sure work, he picked up an ax and cut
the dog’s bead off. Wallace’s upper and
lower lips were severely lacerated, look
ing as if they had been cut with knives.
He hurried to town and was directed to
J. T. Butler for the purpose of trying the
madstcne.
Mr. Butler’s madstone is said to be a
genuine one. and has effected several
cures to Mr. Butler’s knowledge. It was
applied to a citizen of York, S. C., and
stuck to the wound so firmly as to require
strength to pull it r.ff. It is’ claimed that
the stone possesses the peculiar properly
of drawing out the poison from a mad
dog bite, absorbing the poison in its pores,
and that it will adhere to a wound as long
as any poison remains. As soon as the
6tone ceases to adhere all the poison has
b<en drawn out and the victim need fear
no danger of an attack of hydrophobia.
The madstone which is in Mr. Butler’s
possession is about the size of an English
walnut, though net so round, and is as
smooth as polished glass. Mr. Butler
bought it many years ago from a man in
Western North Carolina, who had receiv
ed it as a heritage from his father, but
who sold it for pecuniary gain. Its his
tory is said to be authentic, and though
but little is positively known ot the cures
it is said to have effected before com
ing into Mr. Butler’s possession, he has a
record that seems to be undisputed and
can tell of four or five cases that the stone
has cured.
A HIGH-TONED DOCTOR.
How a Pacific Coast Physician Para
lyzed a “Fly” Sew Yorker.
A well-know n San Francisco physician,
who is noted far and wide for his Mun
chausenism, recently paid a visit to his
old burial-ground—New York city. While
there he applied a roseate hue to the
village, and it was during one of these
artistic expeditions that he met a Johnny-
Brand-New, who smelt of varnish, and
who sought to overwhelm tbe Californian
with the question:
“1 suppose, doctor, you haven’t got our
New York tipple yet in the wilds of the
Pacific coast? - ’
“My dear sir,” replied the San Francis
coan, "there is not a fluid that lubricates
the human thorax—excuse my technicali
ties —that we dou’p hav** iu the far West,
and don’t you forget it.”
“Do you mean to tell me they have
Pommery sec there?”
“Pom. Bee. is It? Why, bless your soul,
the old-timers in Sin Francisco bathe in
it, and a very invigorating bath it makes.
You see, the pure grapo enters tbe pores
of the cuticle—but then I don’t dish out
my professional knowledge in barrooms,
sah!”
“That all right, doc”—
“Doctor, if you please.”
“Yes, that’s all right, but you can’t
give any game like that to a fly New York
city boy.”
“Who’s civlu’ you a game, you goniff?
Accompany me, gentle stranger, to my
apartments at Hotel Brunswick, and you
will then see whether the next Surgeon
General is a man of veracity or not.”
Toe remainder of tbe story we tell in
the doctor’s own words:
“The young omahaun, who thought no
body knew anything outside of his own
blooming city,’ went with me to my hotel,
and, by previous arrangement, listener!
to the following conversation between me
and the bell boy:
“‘Look here, you staring idiot, have you
my champagne bath ready yet?’
“‘I have just emptied the sixtieth bottle
into the tub, Doctor.’
“ ‘What’s the brand, my good fellow?’
“ ‘Pom. tres sec, sir.’
“‘What’s the vintage?’
“ ‘I think it’s ’BO, sir.’
“ ‘Go pull out the plug, you flathead!
I told you expressly that 1 bathed in no
other vintage than that of ’74!’ By George,
sir,” the Doctor said, in conclusion, “I
paralyzed the New Yorker in his tub
bath.”
The Strongest Part of a Tree.
The Architect.
“It might be supposed,” says a con
temporary, “that as every layer from the
pith to the bark is in a different stage of
perfection, the innermost, or earlier, be
ing the most matured, would be the
strongest, but experience teaches us that
this is only true up ura certain period of
growth. The gteatest strength and tough
ness lies nearer the more recently formed
heart-wood, or part nearest the sap-wood.
For this reason it becomes a matter of
great importance in selecting timber for
special purposes, requiring great
strength or toughness to have as little
sap-wood as possible and as little pitch.
That is to say, cut as near the
sap-wood as the timber will allow,
tor it should be observed that a
tree does not cease growing when
it comes to maturity. As long as
it is alive it continues to increase in bulk
by tbe addition of tbe annual layer, but
when matui ity is once passed eacn suc
ceeding year produces a degree of dete
rioration. This dt-cay appears iu various
stages, and generally exhibits in the first
instance either a white or yellowish
color at the butt or root end of the stem.
It white, the decay is very slight aud
does not appear more than a few feet up,
but it vellowish-red iu color it is not un
frequently of a most serious character.
Again, if the affected parts have as
sumed a decidedly red tinge, the tree is
said to be loxy and scarcely fit for any
purpose, as the decay will pervade a
great portion of it.
A more advanced stage is that which
may be described as a drying up or wast
ing away of the wood surrounding the
pith, lt forms a hollow, first at the butt
and then spreads upward, gradually in
creasing in size as the trees get older,
while the defect may eventually reach
even into the branches. Trees ate most
valuable as yielding the largest amount
of good timber just prior to their reaching
maturity, which is indicated by the top
most branches and branchlets becoming
stunted. If, therefore, we wish to select
a healthy tree tor felling, we must seek
one with an abundance of young sho *ts,
and the topmost branches of which look
strong, pointed and vigorous, this being
the most certain evidence that it has not
passed maturity. When there is evidence
of a permanent decay in a tree, the best
thing to do is to cut it down and convert
such parts of it as will answer tbe pur
pose into lumber and the balance into fire
wood.
An adjustable electric apparatus has
been applied to a theimometcr, which
rings a b“U when the temperature rises
or tails above or below a desired point. A
dry and wet bulb thermometer has been
made which does the same thing. It will
be readily seen how useful such ther
mometers might be made iu discovering
incipient fires and as an aid to sleepy
w itch men.
IHatutnlut Saint.
A Clear Skin
is only a part of beauty;
but it is a part. Every lady
may have it; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
| Balm both freshens and
beautifies.
Cratcoß
Vegetable and Fruit Crates.
WE have a full stock on our yard, corner
Liberty and East Broad streets. Will
j furnish by car load direct from mill when
[ desired.
i BACON, JOHNSON & CO.
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The success of our Spring Millinery Opening
so great as to surprise even ourselves.
WE expected to sec an enormous crowd, but we didn’t look for anything like the ti ~'~
hai visited us. The constant stream of buyers bare testimony to the fact that then *r,
of demand for really first class goods -if they are only offered cheap enongV Encosirtiy ?
the success of our opening we have made arrangements ior a supply of
NEW Gr O C) 1) .i
which for sty’e, quality, and lowness of price, shall eclipse any of cur former c fsrt
The practical question of the day being economy
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and Two-toned Colors.
Large variety Silver, Gilt, Tinsel
Braids and Tinsel luces.
SPECIAL.—YVe have been so overrushed iu our MILLINERY DKPAK i
MENT that we have been compelled to put on extra help so a9 to t>e abk
to 1111 our orders for Easter week. We would respectfully ask thos*
who are about to place orders for Easter to do so as early in the week ~
possible, so that we will have ample time to llnish them.
J ERSE YB.
An entire new line received this week. Wc have marked them at \ rices that Mill msi..-
it worth jour attention.
LADIKb’ JERSEYS 99c., worth *1 s*; LADIES’ JERSEYS IJJ, worth: MRIXi
JERSh YS, in Brown, Navy Blue and Black, $1 60, worth $2 50. This is or.e m the CUBA
JLBT JV RSEYS ever offered. A fine imported anicle, and can’t be again duplicate'*..
LADIES’ JERSEYS, Gold aud Silver Tinsel Braided, at 13, worth I*
P . V 11 A B O I . fS.
TO-DAY YVE YVILL MAKE A SPECIAL OPENING OF PARASOLS
They have been bouzht with much care by our New York buyers, and we prewnt the*
the critical übli<-. in the full assurance that they will not be equaled in *ty,e, qiislltir *
price by ny otter house.
A complete lino of SATTN COACHING PAR ASOLS, in all latest shade*. It 40. worths*
High novelties in LACE COVERED PARASOLS, in beautiful style*. Natural aud mF
ficial h andles in neat designs.
SILK PAR ASOLs in al colors—ten and twelve ribbed paragon frame.
A euperb line ot FANCY PaRaSOLS.
SHOES. SHOES.
In SHOES our fresh bargains surpass all p revious records. We do not propose to was;,
our time or money in advertising TRASH. Our customers can rely on getting GOOD SOLI#
GOODS, honestly made, and in the newest styles, at a small percentage above manofaeturer,
prices. By handling only the best we arc enabled to warrant every pair, thus iusuixrg!
customers
FULE VALUE FOR TIIEIR MONEY.
Remember, we guarantee to save you 25 per cent., and to give you EOLID LSXTHKK,
GOODS. No “Shoddy.”
Ladies’ finest French KID BUTTON BOOT
?t 50; worth $6.
Ladies’ finest French KID BOOT, hand
sewed $3; worth 15.
Ladies’ finest Curacoa KID BOOT |2 50;
worth $3 50.
Ladies’ finest PEBBLE BOOT 42; worth
$2 75.
SLIPPERS AT LI VI. I’ PRIC E TUI’S IV E KU
COME FOR BARGAINS THIS WEEK.
gWF~ ORDERS BY MAIL WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
A. R. ALTHAYER & CO.,
13.~> BROUGHTON STREEI'.
lU.itrljco an®
AH ALMOST ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!
MB. STERNBERG DESIRES TO ACQUAINT HIS PATRONS AND TIIE fHIL-'-'■
LARGE that lie has just returned from New York with an exquisite selee i<> #>
MONDS, WATCHES and JEWELRY of all kinds, far superior to auv ever seen m th.3 .
under one roof. Owing to the extreme dullness of the trade in New York and all over di *
country, he has found the Wholesale trade and Manufacturers of Jewelry extremely a*.o
to realize at any price. In mnrt cases, strange as it may appear, they were will.uk te im
pose of their wares t almost the actual cost of the Gold, and, in consequence. I fecj
in saying that 1 have not only the NEV\ EST STYLES, but the CHEAPEST GOODS la ■ *
VANNAH. and, as 1 am willing to part with them at a small advance on cost. I < ’ OB ‘y ■■ ‘‘
rare opportunity for the purchase of goods in my line-an opportunity that will ■*
again very soon. Ifceltli t my reputation is snfficiently established that I need a®'- •yV
assure the public that mv goods are as reliable as if they were purchased of a Ingit-I'
establishment at TWICE THE ACTUAL VALUE.
M. STERNBERG,
JJottPVl!.
STEVENS’ P<>TT EK V ‘
NEAR MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. W( . ;
DRAIN, Sewer, Cnlvcrt and Water Pipes, Well Curbing from 12 to 24 me he- ' f^r ,
Curbing is just the thing. It does away with surface water, none entering v lvU
the bottom. Jo decay, no cleaning: think of it for health and purity of water *** Kltr
and Swinging Baskets; Fin;, Grate, Border and Hearth Brick; Smoke and Hot w
Chimney Tops. Lining for Furnaces; any shape or style of Eire Brick for setting
to order ou short notice. Give us a trial. Our facilities enable ns to undersell toe •
STEVENS 11HOS. & ( _
<?uotcr OlarDo
EASTER CARDS!
JUST OPENED AN ELEGANT LINE.
Embracing all the leading manufacturers.
PIANOS and QRG-ANS
ON EASY INSTALLMENTS.
JOB PRINTING in latest styles.
Artists’ Material, a fall stork.
STATIONER Y
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
DAVIS BROS,
42 AND 44 BULL STREET.
lt FR E MO NT
* PECONIA,”
“ FEO DORO
Are among the latest of very pretty
CHILDREN’S FULLY TBIMHHi '
HATS, POPULAR SHAPKS,
TRIMMED MILLINERY,
in varieties too numerous to atiMi
The prices range at folly one-q B , rt , r
to one-half charged aod
obtained elsewhere.
Ladies’ finest OPERA TOE SLIPI'E*, wit*
or without French heels. $1 25: w<nh
Ladies’ finest BUTTON SLll’Ptd i M;
worih $2.
Ladies’ American KID OPERA SLIPPBR
75c.; worth sl.
Bo ’s SCHOOL SHOE*. Button or
$125; worth $1 76.
JrcioljiJKatct*.
Rales os Fresh Veptaft'
Savanxah, March i,
THE Steamship Lines out of
New York, Philadelphia, Balti®"*- •
Boston publish the following Kateeo
Vegetables to those points for the sew*. .
carried as heretofore. “JVVf ,
quantity or eoaditton.” This , n|!
apply to ail shipments, whether bills of
be taken out or not: l
STANDARD BUSHEL CRATES , !■
BARRELS
To Shippers desiring to enter
Contracts with the Lines for XIL .
of their Truck, the subjoined , rat ** - . U '
applied upon their signing conUAiw*
respective offices, viz:
STANDARD BUSnEL CKATIfiH. M*
BARRELS
G. M. SORREL,
Agent Ocean Steamship
RICHARDSON & HALNABD.
Agents Bojton and oavannaa • •