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WT* jusX TO SEE JOE.
1 Sad Story of insane Moth
■* ei’a l Hght.
I From the Bottom Globe.
I hava. Mass., April 4.—Just
■•phrase tue old and pathetic lines so
K make them read:
■ Aha hills from the poor house
I she Vandered alone there to die.
I 8 A b ave the nucleus of quite as
I I lud sensaiional a story as nas been
l* ,* the public for some time.
le“aI e “a the story oi a mind demented, a
K nhvsioally wrecked—a woman’s
1 Sue was only a pauper; a poor,
Kk'ofeature living upon the suflrage
ere „„.ne()Die and posßiug her
l ber and more melancholy nights
■ fhat^establishment provided by the
■ nbans of all the townships of our
K wealth—the poor house.
, a gC ene something like this:
■[““lark stormy night in the dead of
a nd. Around the dilapidated looking
tn** farm aw ay up among the bills of
tJn the w ind roars and bow.s as
R.h the very demons themselves were
t ue Vnd tearing about in their lury.
Itmk whom they might devour and the
Ew beating hiiU piling up higher and
E'er each mom nt against tue window
The keeper and Ins wife ara
Ifeu Through one of the windows
Burnt light i* streaming —a light
I nt and dim as the Hie that is within,
I ft e ' rin g like the flicker of the lamp, and
Ely at the first strong gust logo out
* vpt lu the room as seen by the dim
■ft an woman is dyintf, and by ner
I locking to and fro, and starting
E-V now and then as the wind in its
E iiiirf rattles the loosened casement,
ti n woman. One look at her face is
Iriicient to indicate that she is weak
B, unv as well as bodily, suddenly
B sick woman stirs and asks for her
Bin. lie The attendant gets it from tne
lie table, administers it, and the pa
in! drops back again upon the pillow.
Esider the scene and the surroundings.
E dying woman and au insane attend-
B;
Isas midnight-all was slumber, and the
I.DDmdmVhelamp, as loath to break Jhe
■Presently the sick woman appears to
Kn jnt6 a sleep. Then the attendant
Bfs. A gleam of intelligence shoots
B ro jg her countenance, She tiptoes to
■e bed and peers down into the face of
le sleeper, hut the latter minds not her
Bgonce. Bhe listens. The house is still;
■ere is not a ountl save the roaring ot
le wind. Tne hour that she has been
Biting for has arrived. For months and
|mbs she has been incessantly implor-
KL the authorities to permit her to go
line. Poor thing! In her hallucination
le imagined she bad a home. The poor
|use was her oniy home, hut fortunately
|r her, her mind was not strong enough
I realize it. And now the thought comes
| her; here is her opportunity. Re
living her shoes sue steals to the win
landI and opens it. A gust of wind drives
| huge vulumes of loose snow. The in
hhd on the bed open and her eyes only to
le the weak-minded woman in the act of
Bringing through the window and to
|ar the one word lrorn her exultantlips,
| wild, weird, maniacal cry:
I “free! free!”
I And she is gone.
■ Gone out into the wild night to roam
■built in the storm; to rush on and on,
Bilk no object save to get a way. She did
■ot, nor could not have known that every
■top she look from the term house brought
■or farther away from life and nearer to
■ertaiii death. There were no houses
Bear by tbat she could have gone to, and
■be never could live through the mgtn,
Kh as she was, so scantily. An hour
■itei ward and the keeper entered the sick
Kora. The sick woman was in the death
■trees, hut before she passed away she
■lanaged to gasp:
[ •‘Ahbie—gone; the—window—” and she
■led,
| The keeper is Mr. George Yauchn. He
Immediately put ou his great coat aud
■tarted out, but no trace ot the fugitive
Insane woman could be found. She had
Bed into the woods, aud there perished iu
Ihe snow driits. T armers all through the
Bills were around belore morning and
Buestioned concerning the missing
woman, hut none of them had seen her.
■MI the succeeding day the woods and
Bills were scoured—that is where the
■rifts would permit—but no signs of the
woman could be found, bite had disap
peared as completely as though she had
Bern a disembodied spirit.
I That was on the night of March 5, and
In a ie uays it became evident that it
Was useless toturther continue the search
fcnti! the spring rains and w arm winds
Blmuld melt the huge quantities of snow
that then buried the summit and sides of
the series of ranges of hills in that lo
tai.ty.
The dying woman had said that Abbie
bil gone. The full name was Abbie
l.indsley. She was about 40 years oi age,
*-d has a son living who is about 16. It
"as lo see this boy that tne mother was
11 ways craving to go homo. She wanti and
to see him. This was what she harped
or. by day and by ni. ht.
“1 want to see Joe; l want to see Joe,”
"as her constant cry.
•loe, poor fellow, is a veritable son of
ins mother. Like her, he is uot strong
mentally. This, however, is more duo to
tb- iret that his mind has never been de
'sloped than to any other cauee. He
works out to the neighboring tanners and
CAN MILK A COW,
anj knows bow to do the chores, as be
buns it, as w t 11 us anybody, but beyond
oai tns nnnd is comparatively dark. He
w>nt lo school once for a week, but the
0 her boys leased him so that he could
*rur be induced to give bis attendance
lurtuer. And iu this wise he has grown
up until to day he is a man physically
® u * a* innocent as a child menially,
.-'I, win. , little Joe was 2or 8 years
i", Ms lather died. The family up to
r 1 *- ll| no were getting along sv immlngly,
:uti wife aud mother gave uo evidences
m insanity, indeed, ll the disease ex
►wt previous to the death of the husband
. w “ !t intent. Heath, however, developed
. i sooner v as it announced that Mr.
wnat,.,ey was dead than ins wife went
Pretoria, and a few hours later,
uen she was taken into the death churn-
J''' she was seized with a sudden terror,
n|p u increased wita suou alarming
nil'toais that she had to be removed. A
j' nd of siukuess followed, and when at
-Htue fever had subsided it was appar
. to all her neighbors that Mr*, Linds
llj'Was “a little queer.”
.‘venboiess, she continued living on
<na homestead lor two or three years
„ tl,4r husband's death, which, by tbs
•’ VV-1 ® some twelve years ago. In the
Simms® ll '* began to bo neglected
■ ih>, uioiber and boy wore being more
a more reduced. Then some benevo
lo cl!lzen > knowing the a'afusoftbe
Uin'r' ’o the town failiei* and ln
i, , 'hew of tne condition of affairs at
n t , ' l, (lH, '“y’s. Ouc of the selectmen
kb- °k , ‘ l u “ re ,0 * 1118 widow, but
•1,,, ’bade known the object of bis
'itJt! " ,ew iul ° • 'aging passion, as
tlt J un she could take care of her os n
* r ". hd finallr ended by ordering him
' r|, ‘ i riMnißfi,
f) j, ‘W nn aura us *v*r P- wo
tAftr, n,Ul| *d tbe otlioiui, ii) ue drove
j* l '* 'h* village.
*;. sl u lul * tlm< * forward tbo Insanity
s u . r , 1 *"’ n her. and In a few months the
**s r t.® corns and take her
t<M ’ w, “' 'ficn that the was taken
hi a- ,wr> ,ar,u or poor houss, and kept
j 1 • l -rvei||ai, ( j 4 ,_
for * "'>nan uad been at Ihe town farm
•ha ,l|f,ol 'fia wiieo all of a sudden
kevui i heareh was at ones
bar hi, ** w “* nlgutof tue fourlli
•a. Vt. *d. Than sbo
1* ab'wad away le abate loft,
Uaoa. M •# Pi
• oiangai ( /vm | n !n fm a* uM cioihoa
line, and during the long hours of her
existence in hiding had managed to sur
vive the piercing cold. Indeed, the
blanket was
ABOUT ALL THE CLOTHING
that she wore, and how she managed to
live at all was a conundrum to those who
witnessed her position, A few decayed
apples were found beside her, and on
these it is supposed she managed to sub
sist. After she had fled (be farm house
she had contrived to make her way to the
barn, and would not come out until she
was removed by force. VV ith the cunning
of an insane person she had eluded her
pursuers, and there in the ricsetty old
barn she sat during all that time alone
with the rats and the cold. She was all
this time congratulating herself that she
had escaped from what her hallucination
had led her to believe was captivity.
When she returned to the poor house
the neighbors sav that a big ball and
chain was attached to her foot in order
that she would not run away avain. It
is said that this ball was so heavy that
she could scarcely lift it, but she could
easily move about the bouse by rolling
this huge ball along the floor before her.
Atother times when she became trouble
some it is said that water was dashed into
her lace until ebe stopped her entreaties.
The attendants discovered that quieted
her, and as the remedy was a simple one
and also effective it. is alleged that it was
resorted to frequently.
On one occasion, so it is said, while the
chain and ball had been temporarily taken
on, she escaped again, and fleeing to the
woods improvised a rude house of shrubs
under an overhanging rock, where she
managed to secrete herself until run
down by the authorities and taken back.
During all this time her constant desire
was to escape. She was not violent; in
deed her disease was of the mildest type
of insanity. But her heart and soul
seemed to be set upon seeing the boy.
“Let me home to see Joe,” was her con-
tinued cry.
To-day her body was found about a half
mile from the farm, and from its position
she had evidently been kneeling when
overcome by the cold, and had fallen
asleep.
Among the country folk where she was
known so well her sad fate is often dis
cussed by the evening fireside, and many
a tear is dropped by the noueewile who
sits on the log by the kitchen stove weav
ing deftly the long braids of straw into
bats, to be sold in the neighboring manu
facturing village. When a strauger
speaks to them of her they shake their
heads as they sadly say;
“Abbie’s goue homo.”
THfa. WOODEN INDIAN.
Where He is Made and Who Buys
Him—What He Costs.
From the Aw York Keening Sun.
Travelers from abroad often remark the
wooden image of an Indian in frout ofour
tobacco stores. These efligies are made
in this city. About thirty persons are at
work on them. Only six firms manu
facture them. One firm has not made any
new images for two years, and another is
about to close out and go to Chicago.
Between 200 and 800 wooden ludians are
put on the market each year. Alore than
half of these are used in New York and
the suburbs. A manuiacturer gives some
interesting information:
“Tne trade is uot as brisk as formerly,”
he says. “Nearly every tobacconist pos
sesses a figure of some kind, and
if the store is sold at the
figure usually goes along with it.
Occasionally, when anew store is opened
on, say Broadway, we get an order for a
full-sized chief or a bass ball player, but
such orders are rare. In most cases we
have simply to repaint and putty a sec
ond-hand figure. There is one, lor in
stance,” pointing to a resplendent effigy
ot Lord Dundreary, “which has been
treated in this way. It is nearly twenty
years old, though no one outside the trade
would think it.
“Fidelity to nature or artistic beauty is
not much looked to. That Indian,” point
ing to a melancholy, fiat-nosed chief,
“was done from life, and we can’t sell
him. Buyers complain that he is too ugly.
\V hat they want is something fine looking
and attractive.”
Alluding to the remark that white
female figures seemed more common ou
the East side than elsewhere,he said: “I
have never noticed any special demand
by Germans for such figures. But Italians
and Chinamen show a strong predilec
tion ior them. 1 cannot tell you what
they do with them, but 1 have sold six
figures of the girls of the period
class to Chinese during the last twelve
months.”
The wood-carvers who make these
figures are usually ship carpenters by
trade. They acquire their skill by work
ing at ships’ figure-beads. Occasionally
a German wood-carver tries his hand,
but as a rule he is too slow. A good
workman will finisn a life-sized figure in
two days. Hois paid at the rate at from
$1 to $4 50 a day. The painters get $2 a
day for their tv>rk. An erroneous idea
prevails that discarded masts of ships are
used as the material for a figure. But
tnese, from warping and weather-cracks,
are unsunable for oarving. The ends
of such new spars as have been found
too long for their purpose are often
used. The only wood employed is white
pine.
Indian figures are divided Into classes.
An Indian with his hand shading his eyes
is a “scout.” If he has a gun, or a bow
and arrows in his hand, he is a “bunting
cbiet.” If bis bead, except the scalp
lock, is shaved and the body partly naked,
he is a “Captain Jack.” A figure carry
ing a small basket is a “flower girl,” and
another nearly similar but with a robe is
h “shawl figure.” A running posture con
stitutes a “fly ligure.”
“Fashions in lancies,” as the nou
lndian iigures are called, ohango greatly.
During the war the “girl of the period”
was in great demand. “Bunches” suc
ceeded. and were followed by "i’uckes.”
••Dudes” are just now a drug ia the
market, as they have been lately sup
planted by “base ball players.” Ten In
dian figures to one fancy is the propor
tion in which they are sold.
One largo linn iu New Y'ork manufac
tures these figures by oastiug them in
zinc alloy. The merits of metal, as com
pared with wood, are that it lasts longer
and keeps better, if used where it is not
liable to rough usage. If any part of a
metal figure is damaged, the piece can
be recast and soldered on) to the original
casting. But this applies only to places
like New York, where the necessary ap
pliances are at hand. On the other side
the price is in favor of wooden figures,
their cost being from sl7 lo SIOO, while
that or metal figures ranges from $25 to
$176. Wooden figures also received paint
better, so that it wears away gradually
and does not corns oil iu flakes—a failing
In metal figures.
A last look at the store shows the re
splendent effigy of Dundreary in the
centre. Away In a remote comer Is a
dilapidated figure of a ilignlaiid soldier.
On a back shelf stand dudes and other
fancies. Hound the room, clustered In
various groupings, are Indian braves and
squaws, sonio not vet Himbed. others in
the last stags# of decay, but ail seeming
to sadly wait for the day ol their euiancl*
patiou.
Ao vice t> M nlksri,
Mrs. Winslow’s Koothlog bjrrup should
aiwsysse used when children are cutting
testa, it relieves the Utile sufferer at
•iioe: it produces natural, quiet sleep by
relieving thu child from pain, sad the
Jmle cherub awakss as “bright •# a
button.” It Is rsry pleasant to taste, it
seotfeee the child, softens tbs gums, at
lays pots, relieves wind, ref uluses like
bowel., ood 10 tbo hosts sow a remedy for
tflarrbe a. wMtber bi Istag from '-rtblQA
or otboi tousoa. 'At seals a betUe.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1887.
CUCCMBER’S LAMENT.
I’m a little green oucumber in a vegetable
store.
And to my seeds I acne like anvtlnng;
For I belong to summer, and I'm frozen to the
core.
In the penetrating zephyrs of the spring.
Boaide me, in a basket, are some philosophies
beets,
And some rutabaga turnips, coarse and
rough;
And they don't shrink or shrivel in the April
snows and sleets.
But I do, for I am made of different stuff.
I’m as tender as a love-song on a moonlit
night in May;
I’m as frsgile as a snowv apple-bloom;
And i'ui quite as perishable us au orchid any
dav,
And 1 think to freeze in April is my doom.
Could I live a fleeting monthiet, it would be
with this result—
Off all apples green I’d simply knock the
spots;
For I'd tic the merry infant and the urchin
and adult
In a hundred and fifty kinds of sailor’s
knots.
But I fear I’ll die in April of a broken, frozen
heart.
And I’ll never hear the songsters in the
grove;
Ana I’ll never tear the vitals of my victims
all apart;
Oh, take me in ana put me ou the stove!
Oh, take ine in and roast me, for I fear I have
the chills!
Oh, let me hear the shining kettle sing!
I am shriveled, warped and twisted, and I
want some ague pills
And a hot spiced rum to tuck beneath my
wing.
—P ■ K, M. in /’tick.
OLD HICKORY’S HERMITAGE.
A Visit to the luteresting Tennessee
Home of Andrew Jackson.
A correspondent of the Chicago Trib
une, who recently visited “The Hermit
age,” Audrew Jacksou’s old Tennessee
country-seat, writes as iollows:
When my presence became known on
the broad piazza au aged negro came for
ward and greeted me with curious and
quaint politeness. His hair was white,
his black face wrinkled and wizzened,
and he was but poorly dressed. “Wel
come, sah! to oe ’Hermitage,”’ he said,
with a broad salaam and sweep
of his anoient hat. 1 soon learn
ed that this was “Uncle Alfred,”
one of the lastot Gen. Jackson’s serv
ants. He was born at the “Hermit
age” eighty-four years ago aud has never
left the place. He ia new a kind of facto
tum, and to him has been especially as
signed the task of escorting such pilgrims
as may visit tne historic spot and wor
ship at the shrine of St. Audrew. He is
a comical old soul. “G’way, chillen,”
he exclaimed to a group of youngsters of
all eb&tles, who had gathered about:
“Hy’aryou, Jim. tie de gemman’a boss;
come in’, sah 1” aud Uucle Alfred lad tb*
wav through the massive oaken door In
to the great hall of the “Hermitage.”
There was a suggestion of grandeur
about this old hall, even though it tvere
barren of attornment and not wholly free
from the ravages of ilmo or presence of
dust. Uncle Airred placed an old-fash
loned hickory-bottomed chair (or his
visitor and at once began to explain,
in his old-fashioned, obsequious
way, that “de Runnel” (Col. Andrew
Jackson, Jr.), was not at home. “He
done gone to Nashville,” said the old
man, with a touch of sadness in his voice.
“They’se trying to give the oid place
away to de guv’ment, and de Runnel
gone to town to see de Legislatur. Guess
dey won’t drive old misses out and all ol
usi but de Runnel’s mighty ’frald ot dem
folks m Nashville.”
Just then a feeble, querulous voice
came from an inner room. “Alfred 1”
“Yes, missus,” and theold man, with a
“’Scuse me, sah!” hobbled through a
side door. “Who is the gentleman!”’ 1
heard the same voice ask. “Where ia
Andrew ? I will not leave here till An
drew comes.”
1 divined at once that this was the aged
daughter-in-law ot Andrew Jackson, I
beckoned Uncle Alfred, banded him a
card, and asaed if 1 could see Mrs. Jack
son. In a second the old servaut, bowing
and scraping, ushered me into a plainly
furnished room. In a great easy chair
sat a decrepit old lady. Her little body
swayed back and lortb, her neahlittle
cap was closely drawn over thin, white
hair, and ner eyes were lustreless. She
put forth an attenuated baud and smiled
in a kind of helpless way, but said with
dignitv: “I trusi, sir, you will not require
me to leave until my son returns. lam
very old and it would be cruel to force
me out of the house without seeing bun
hi st.” 1 at onco assured the old lady that
I had no such mission. Sue became calm,
and toyed with the card for a moment.
“You came from Nashville?” she aaktd.
I told h r yes, but did not live there. “I
am from Chicago.”
“Ah! Chicago. What a great city that
is. My faiber,” and here the old lady
drew herself upproudly, “mv lather took
great interest in Chicago when it was
only Fort Dearborn. But 1 have never
been there. Hannah!” A likely young
colored woman appeared. “The gentle,
man will excuse me, 1 know; I must lie
down. Alfred will show you about the
place, sir. Here, Hannah, give me your
arm.”
The old lady rose slowly and feebly, and,
supported by her servant, tottered from
the room.
“Missus is gittin’ mighty old,” said
Alfred, who appeared; “she’s 83 now, au’
she’a drefl'ul braid of ueiu’ put out of the
‘Hermitage.’” Alfred lead the way to
tne back piazza, and with reverential
forefinger pointed out a small log house
with two windows and an outside chim
ney, euch as are go common in the South,
“Dat was de house ole mass’, de Giu’l,
first lived in,” he said, in a retrospective
tone. “Dis yer house was built in 1826,
but de Gin’i never ’joyed hisself yer.
Dat oie house was where he lived wid de
lus’ missus—dar was where he cum when
he cum back from New Awieans; dar
was where his Irens used to cum beto’ he
was President. 1 was bawn dar, sah!
My mammy was theGin’l’a cook, and you
see dat kitchen often de cabin? 1 was
bawn dar, sah. In 1802.”
I saw that Uncle Alfred was in a com
municative mood aud that h had a re
markable memory, and ao I let him rattle
on. “Dis yer house was hunt ia 1826
now wait; not dis yer house exactly, fo’
jo’ see dat de house dat was built den
was burned down in 1832. Next year It
was built up agin—dat’s dis yer house.
It wur de old housedalde fus tnisaea died
iu. bhe bad only been out o’ de cabin
over dar tw o ycara. De Gin’i bad been
elected I’reaidunt. Missus was packin’
her trunks lo go to Washington wuen
she took sick aud died just befo’ Christ
mas, 1828. It nearly broke de Gln’l’s
heart. Dis yer new house was never de
a&iue to him alter.”
Old Allred led the way to the log cabin.
It is a miserable, rickety aflair, used now
as the home of pigs and ouickens. It fa
vory bard te realize that In ibis tumble
down wreck, Andrew Jackson, iu 1804,
entertained Aaron Burr. But such Is the
fact. Here, too, he dined the Marquis de
Lafayette, who afterwards wrote most
cbsi mingly of the hospitality be encoun
tered at the “country home of Gen. An
drew Jackson.” That “country home,”
as Lafayuii* saw it, waa an humble affair
indeed. Ihe mud wbica filled the chinks
between the logs loag since fell away.
'l’ue chimney has crumbled, the logs
ibsmselves arefastdecaying; It tsagrand
but htstorlo wreck. Leading the way
down a tangled and winter-swept garden,
old Allred approached a domed
structure. “l>is yere’a de Glut’s
tomb,” he said reverently, aud off
came his bat. I eeuld do no lees than
Alfred. My ewa cams off. The tomb
wae built by Jack sen befere hie death In
tonwr ef the wlfa be loved M well. It le
a dome, supported b) luted eelußiae.wlUi
mtrit'm, Irises Raff architrave. Klsihg
from the base is a simple marble shaft,
pure and undetaced, save by the hand of
the vandal. Two slabs lie beneath the
pavilioD. The inscription on one was
written by the President himself. In the
stormiest portion of bfe career, when he
was fighting the Nullifioatloniate, battling
with the bank, cursing the enemies of tha
Union, aud swearing In the choicest m
vectivea at bis own political foes, he
found tima and sentiment, both bated
upon afleotiou and love, to write this
beautiful epitaph for the slab of his dead
wife:
Here lie the remains of
Mas. kachki. Jackson,
Wife of
President Jackson,
Who died the 22d of December, 1828.
Aged 01.
Her face was fair, her person pleasing,
her temper amiable, and her heart kind;
she delighted in relieving the wanltuf her
fellow creatures and cultivated that di
vine pleasure by the most liberal and un
pretemling methods; to the poor she was
a benefactor, to the rich au example; to
the wretched a comforter, to the prosper
ous an orna.i.ent; her piety went hand in
hand with her benevolence, and she
thanked her Creator for being permitted
to do good. A being so gentle, amt yet so
virtuous, slander might wound but could
not dishonor. Even Death, when Ue lore
her from the arms of her husband, could
but transport her to the bosom of her
Uod.
And there it is to-day. Weeds creep
over it. Beetles come out in the sprlug
sunshine and orawl over the blackened
slab; dirt has settled m the cutting ao
that a penknife must be used to deoipbor
it, but there is the inscription just as the
bereaved man wrote it. The adjoining
slab is newer. It lies beside that of the
beloved Kachel and bears simply the
words:
Gen. Andrew Jackson,
Born March 15. 1707.
Died June 8, 1815.
“1 stood rigbtdar,” said old Alfred, “(le
day de Gin’l was buried. It war a great
funeral. All de military companies was
vere from Nashville and de garden was
lull of people. De sojers fired dere guns,
company after company, de people bowed
dere heads, we colored otiitlun stood
aroun’ cryin’, and it was a drett'ul mo
ment. De Gin’l was lowered right down
under flat slab. He bad brloksd up de
grave long beta’ he died, and be said dere
must be no dirt throwed on him. De
eufllu had a thick glass top and he lef’
orders dat it must bo pul in de brioked-up
grave and covered with a plank only, and
than dat slab put on top. If vo’could lift
dat slab you could go down in the Gln’l's
grave.” Aud so old Alfred rattled on.
There la one room in tlu eld house de
voted to swords, canes, pipes and brto-a
brao once owned and used by Jackson.
Thsee old Alfred delights to show, but 1
cannot burden this article with a de
scription. They have been handled un
til they are worn. One of the curious
things shown is the will of “Old Hiok
ory.” It bequeaths everything to his
adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr., and is
signed with a firm band.
REM ARK AII HE MEMORIZING.
Yale Students VVht> Expect to Learn
the llihle by Heart.
From the Few Haven Palladium,
When the fifty theological students now
studying the new system of memorizing
begin preaching they will be able to re
member everything from Genesis to
Uevelation, and talk two hours on a
stretch without any sign of notes, if Prof
Loizutte’s method is a* good as he claims.
At all events, be has built up a fortune
by teaching tt, and has been indorsed by
seme of the leading men at Oxford Uni
versity. England.
Prof. Harper, of the Tbeologioat school,
has investigated the matter, and says
that the system is logical, philosophical
and practical, and has proved ot great
benefit to him in his studies, although he
has mastered only one-sixtb of the courst
of study. The whole course is comprised
in six pamphlets, and the ordinary man
can master It in about six weeks, giving
an hour a day to it. Prof. Brastow has
also been interested in it. Each pupil is
required to give bonds that he will not
teach the system.
Prof, Harper’s amanuensis. Mr. White,
has invented a system, details of which
are not yet entirely worked out, but
which has been successfully used. Most
wonderful teats can be performed by
adepts in th’s style of mental gymnastics,
such aslrepeating 400 unconnected words,
calling by name every one a gathering of
500 or 000 people who have rapidly been
introduced, etc. Mark Twain, whose
memory bad always been poor, took a
lew lessons,and succeeded in memorizing
three columns of a New York paper wnile
riding from Yew York to Hartford. He
says it will make a man remember anyth
ing except to pay his debts. A ready over
fifty theolczues have invested $lO each,
and the course will begin sometime this
week.
Prof. Loizette allow s a committee to fill
iu 40() squares marked on a black-board
with numbers four figures each. Then ne
is blind-folded, the figures are road tohim
once, and he is able to repeat them for
ward or backward, to tell the number in
any square, aud to tell the square if the
number in it is told him.
TROUSERS CHEAP AT $25.
A Funny Story of a Sale l>y an Irus
clble Old Gentleman.
From the Providence Telegram,
Among the men who used to spend the
winter evenings at the old Mansion House
in Brooklyn was David Draper, Presi
dent of the Ilousatonic railroad, who en
joyed playing practical jokes on his
lrieuds. There were several irascible old
gentlemen, like David Leavitt, in the
crowd, and so many disputes arose over
the bowling and cribbage that a commit
tee was appointed to settle all disagree
ments. One evening George Ives ap
peared in the most gorgeous checked
trousers ever seen. Draper pretended to
admire them greatly, and asked Ives if be
would sell them. Ives snid of oours” he
would if he could make any mousy on
thorn. Draper offered $26, about twice
their value, aud Ives accepted, and the
money was paid. W nen the party broke
up, about 2 a. m., Draper demanded tne
trousers. Ives said he would seud them
around in the morning.
“I don't want them in the morning. I
want them now.” persisted Draper.
Ives protested, but had to adult that he
was wearing breeches that belonged to
Mr. Draper, who had bought and paid for
them. The oomintllee gravely considered
the case, aud decided that Mr. Draper
should have the breeches If bu wauted
them, aud Mr. Ives was obliged to take
thorn off and deliver what ho had sold.
His drawers had sbiuuk half way up to
bia knees, and those who remember it de
clare that it was au Instructive and edi
fying sight to sco a 'at gentleman, wlib
bare legs below bis short overcoat, wad
dling through the snow up Brooklyn
beirhts to his house at 2 o’clock iu the
morning. Toe fervor of the remarks
with which Mr. Ives asesutpaniod the
march caused a thaw oil the hill that Is
•till remembered by the older inhabit
ants.
"Bough on Dirt.”
Ask for "Bough on Dirt;” a perleot
washing pewder lound st last! Abut m
lesi, extra fine A I article, purs and
clean, sweetens, Irssheas, blsachns and
whitens without slightest tsjury to finest
fabric. Unequalled far fins linsss sen
lacss, gsasrsl aoaasbsld, hushes end
lausdry uss. Mgftsas water, saves labor
sad sssp. Added is staiofe prevents jrsi
iswisg. to., I be., 2to. at Ut seers.
Outitura JKrwrDtro.
As Different as Black from White.
A. different as black from whito are the Cb
ticcra Rkhkdiks from all other remedies (or
the treatment of diseases of the akin, scalp
ami blood, with loss of hair.
Cuticura, the (treat Skin Cure, and CtJTI
CLRA Soap, an exquisite Skin Benutifler, pre
pared from it, externally, and Citticura Rf
solvfnt, the new Blood Purifier, internally,
are a positive euro for every form of skin and
blood disease, from pimples to scrofula,
CbTlcrßA Rkmkpirh are the greatest medi
cines on earlb. Had the worst case of Salt
Rheum in tliis country. My mother had It 20
years, and in fact died from it. I believe Cc-
TlOi'RA would have saved her life. My arms,
breast and bead wore covered for tliree years,
which nothing relioved or cured until 1 used
the Cpticcka Resolvent, internally, and
Cuticpra and Ccticcra Soap, externally.
J. tV. AIiAMS, Newark, O.
Tour CbTICPRA Rrmediki performed a
wonderful cure last summer on one of our cus
tomers, an old gentleman of 70 years of age.
who suffered with a fearfully distressing
eruption oa bis head and face, and who had
tried all remedies and doctors to no purpose.
J. F. SMITH A GO , Texarkana, Ark.
CftiocßA Remedies arc absolutely pure,
and the only infallible skin beautiners and
blood pnriUcrs.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Dis
ease.-,” 64 pages, 60 illustrations, and 100 tes
i imonlals,
n SiI’LES, blackheads, chapped and oily
r ||f|skin prevenied byCiTTiocKA Medioat
kd Soap.
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ECZEMA ERADICATED. \
tontleTnen—lt Is dr yon to wy that T think lam entirely Wfell of eczema after niYTtif
taken Swift's Specific. I have been troubled with it very little in iny face since last spring.
At the beginning of cold weather last fall it made a slight appearance, but wept away and
ha* never returned. 8. 8.8. no doubt broke It up; at least it put my system in good condition
and I got well. It also benefited my wife greatly in case of sick headache, and made a perfect
cue of a breaking out on mv little three year old daughter last summer.
Watkinsville, Ga., Feb. 13, ISH6. fr Uv. JAMES V. M. MORIUS.
Treatise on Blooa aud Skin Disease* mailed free.
Tun Swirr Snmc Cos., Drawer 3, Atlanta. Oa>
jurmtim, Carpeta nno </utt.’.ino.
i/'rr Don’t Stop Me!
Jwy j p—I I MUST GET TO
Ja_ in LINDSAY MORCAB’S
IpyJ \4 "■ yv ltt!> and 171 Broughton Street.
Jr ySdLJL Furniture,
Carpets,
Curtains.
1 |l A. _ They have the boat etoek in Savannah,
1 \ and are selling it at prices
Sanford, Orange County, Florida.
No Healthier or Better Laid Out Town in Florida
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES South and North riorida; I.nwost Readings at Ban
ford (U. -. .signal Oilice reports; in line freest!• January ad and Mb, H 7, 85 degre s. At
Jacksonville, saino dale. 24 and 22 degrees, respectively, _
Ttm diatribiiling point for South Florida, head ol steamer navigation on the St. John’s,
terminus of i* railroads and mors oouilug. forty trains daily. (Food water (Holly system;.
I Iglited by ca*. U. S. Signal OOloe, Churches. Schools, Hotels, Banka, Lodges, Opera House,
Ice factory, etc. Uoud opening. Tor new business enterprise..
gome of the most prod table Orange Groves of the Htate la imamdiate aeigbborkuod fr
,l * lo Loia "u'saniord and aubnrbs. 10.0*0 acres on Sanford grant for Wlntar Homes, Orange
I, rove, and Ver table reruns. Near suburb, ’'Twin Lakes." all mlnutoe by rail from 9au
f<trd with 1M Villa Rite#. Atao loti.oeo sores eelected lands m Souiheru counties, m,UM acres
in Polk conatyi. Apply to tba oflh* of
Florida Land and Colonization Cos.,
SANFORD. SOUTH FLOfUHA.
I bavebeen sfllictod sine* last March with a
stin dieeass the doctors railed Xozeroa. My
taco waa covered with scabs ana aorea. ami
the itching ana burning wore almost nnhear
able. Seeing your Cutigcka Kkmsdie.x ao
highly recommended concluded to give them
a trial, naing the Cutichba and Cuticijra
Soar externally aud ltssoi.VKNi’ internally
tor four montha, 1 call myself cured. In grati
tude for which I make tide public statement.
M its. CLAIiA A. FREDERICK,
broad Rrook, Conn.
Imr.it extend to you the thanka of one of
mv customers, who hue beea cured by using
the Ci Tiot BA Remedies of an old aore caused
by a long apell of sickness or fever eight years
ago. He was so bud ho was fearful be would
have to have hia leg amputated, but la happy
to say he ia now entirely well—sound aa a
dollar. He requeata me to use his name,
which la 11. H. Casson, merchant, of this
place. JOHN V. MINOR, Druggist,
tiainosboro, l'enn.
IF. E, Carpenter. ITeuderson. N. V., cured of
I’aorlwlsor Leprosy, of twontryoars’ stand
ing, by Gotici'RA Remedies. The moat won
derful cure on record. Aduatpaiirutof scales
ml! from him daily. Physicians and his friends
thought he must die.
Sold everywhere. l*rice: Cbtiofra, 50o.;
Soap, 25c.; Uasouvent, {l. Prepared hv too
IVITTKH IJKUO AMb CIIItMtCAI. CO., Floslon.
Mass.
D > DV’C Mk,| i ami Scalp oreHorved and txiau-
DMDI 0 tilled by Cutujura Medicated
Soap.
Smift’o SpretHt.
TRADE
MARK.
Rubber Hose
—fob—
Garden and Street
Sprinkling,
With Patent Nozzles
All Sizes and Prices.
HOSE REELS
AND
S I* RINK LERS.
FOB SALE BY
John Nicolson, Jr.,
80 anti 32 Drayton Street,
SAVANNAH, - - GA,
RUBBER HOSE
1,000 FEET
RUBBER HOSE.
Garden Hose Reels
Magic Spray Nozzles.
—FOR SAL* LOW BY
Palmerßros.
Vntn\n anti *ti*.
NOW is THE TIME
TO HUY
WhitePineDoors,
Sash, Blinds, Moldings, Etc.
| H AVE a very large and well abortedfttoclc
l of ALI> SIZES of the above good*. whirl*
1 din now olTeriug at very low prices, In con
nection with my u..ual Immense storfc of
Paints, Oils, Kailroad, Steamboat;
and Mill Supplies, l.iinc, Piaster,
Hair, Cement,Sewer Pipe, Ktc.|
Call and get my priors on above good*; also,
on Buildrrs’ Hardware in all it* branched
Slate, Iron arid Wooden Mantels,
all styles and prices.
Grates complete, or any separata
pieces.
Agent for F. BECK A Co.'a Plain and
Decorative Wall Paper*. Etc,
Notick.—Uu*a, Fresco and Sign
Painting a Specialty
ANDREW HANLEY.
JOHN C. BUTLER.
At ’ HITE LKAOS.COLORB. OILS, UIASS,
FT VARNISH. ETC.; HEADY MiXBD
FAINTS; RAILROAD, STEAMER AND
MILLBUPPLIEB,SASHKS.I>OOIIB.BLINDS
and BUILDERS’ H ARDWARE. Sole Agent
fordFOKGI A 1.1 VIE.CA LCINED PLASTER,
CEMENT*. IIAIR, and LAND PLASTER.
6 WhiUkpr Street, Savannah, Ga.
1885 CHRIS MURPHY, 1865.'
lloune, Si|?n & Ornamental Tainting
iftXECUTED neatly aud with dispatch.
J Paints, Otis, Varnishes, Brushes, Window
Glasses, etc., etc Ks'lmulre furnished on ap
plication. Corner Congress and Drayton
streets, rear ef Christ Church
" - .... _..
Smh attD rmt.
Keystone Mixed Feed
A fresh lot just arriyed; also.
Hay, Grain, Bran, Cow Peas, Etc.,
—BT—
G.S. McALPIN
172 HAY STItKET.
A. . HULL.,
WAREHOUSEMAN
AND
Commission Merchant.
DEALER IN
Flour, Hay, Corn, Oats, Bian, Etc.
\\J HOLES ALE DEPOT for Grain and Pro*
X ▼ visioDH. Choice lot Seed Rye, K aiFroel
Seed Oats. Eresh MEAL and GRIST In whit*
(Hi'kHHlwayflou h.iud. Special pri csturns lota.
Warehouse, No. 4 WaUtey alrot,*aalaaC.
K. K. Office, At Bay. JMgS
s!wr*rtj.
PLANTS
OCR atoek of Greeuhouao aud BedUttfa
Plants, Evergreen ■, Roses, etc., foraprilM
planting m unusually large, ii i >'C |H
Address P. .1. BEKCKU A Nt, §
Fru i Hand Nu r ertMt, Wk
\ *
KIESLING’S NUESSM
W HITE BLUFF ROAD.
PLANTS, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, Cufl
FLOWERS furnished to order. Lettfl
orders at Davis Bros ', rorner Bull and York
streets. Telephone call UO.
it omt'ECIEtE.
P. J. FALLON,
Builder and Contractor.
22 l#r;ut on Street, Savannah.
fFEVIM ATM promptly hu*oH tftt MM-
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