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4 AMERICAN TOYMAKERS. GOTHAM THE DISTRIBUTING POINT OF THEIR WARES. Toy Revolvers Shipped in Largo Quan tities to India Goods for Africa Painted in Red Colors—Roller Skates in Great Demand—Fashions in Chil dren’s Amusements—The Uptown Movement in New York's Retail Trade. New York, April 28. —The European toy maker is being rapidly supplanted by the American manufacturer. New York has become the great distributing point for toys, but the ingenious Yankees of Connecticut make most of them. New York children, too, buy more expensive playthings than those of any other city, but Philadelphia’s juveniles use more in proportion to the population. The head of a large whole*ale bouse for the sale of children’s goods states that last week he shipped .500 gross of toy pistols to Bombay for sale among the children of India. A large con- signment of playthings was sent the week previous to South Africa. Toy pistols and tin horses hitched to red wagons are the favorite articles with the South Africans. Some of these toys go to the children, and, occasionally, when one chief wants to pro pitiate another, he sends an advance guard to palaver with the person, to whom t hey make such presents as half a dozen 10-eent toy revolvers, a few tin dogs and eats and a base hall mask. All goods for the African trade must he painted in gay Cohn's. The number of patents covering mechani cal toys is very large. The horse t hat trots around the table with a red wagon and a driver whipping him at every jump is cov ered with three patents that yield remuner ative royalties. At present a large percent age of the business is hi toy pistols for the Fourth of July. In tact, the pistol is the staple article of the trade. The old-time firearm that shot a blank cartridge has been driven out of the market by a pistol or sell-eocking revolver tiiat sh.sits a paper cap. brass cannons made with as great care to provide gainst ilawsas a piece of war ordnance sell at from $2 to $lO each, and mortars that sheet a woo-h-n ball liigh iu the air with a loud report are among the novelties. Base hall goods for boss are now made by automatic machinery, anil a mask, which formerly cost a lad Toe., can 1-e bought for 25c. Curious mechanical toys of figures going through the motion of playing Iwse ball, anil a negro fighting an Irishman, sell at from Sfi to $5, and a ram one representing a drunken man trying to unlock his front door with a latch key, while his wife stands at an upper window and angrily wags her jaw, is sold largely for saloons. If a boy is rich enough to spend troni $lO to $35 he can get a splen did locomotive that runs by steam on a cir cular track for an hour and a half. If has a tubular boiler; the heat is engendered by an alcohol lamp with half a dozen wicks, and a too heavy head of steam is relieved by a salety-valve. The most novel piece of roiling stock now sold is a locomotive that runs by clockwork around a table. Sul denly a little bomb inside is burst, springs klly out and the engine is knocked to piece.-. *The exploding locomotive is almost equaled in the boy's estimation by one that smokes a cigarette in its stack and putt's out the smoke as it runs. A great many people make a living by manufacturing toys in New York. A score oj Italiai s mane piu-wheels of gay colors, which they sell on the streets at So. apiece. Their best patrons are the rich voungsters who promenade Fifth avenue. The most artistically made playthings sold in the city are miniature yachts manufac tured by a modebnakor oil One Hundred mi l Tele a street. He makes a full-rigged little craft of approved models, correct in all their detail, and warranted to sail it-, well us full-size. 1 yacht. Boys who have S2O to s.">o to spend on such a plaything patron ize the mode; inn er. T!;e toy dealers declare that they are now selling to children almost us many roller skates as adults purchased when the late lamented rink mania was so prevalent. They are for street use, and the bust) latroi is m e the children of Wa diiugton, where the smooth asphalt pavements make skating very deligntiul. No toboggan slide fur nishes more fun than is enjoyed by the lioys on roller skater who glide down the gentle grade of the walks from the west side of the cupitol to Pennsylvania avenue, u dis tance of nearly u quarter of a mile. Tue children of New York are subservient to fashion in their amusements. The style I different in various localities. The boys one section of the city are at present do ited to tops, while tlnise of another region it wholly given up to stills. The gam I down town find recreation in pitching bnies as a winter and spring amusement Id marbles as a summer diversi m. Several ttories make t\ sjxieially of children’s tri cycles, but their patrons are mainly the in 11-to-do youngsters whose parents reside in the less crowded sections or in the mu btu'bau towns. Washington children use more tricycles than those of any other place Iu fact, A’i'ashiugton is , tie child's Ivlen.nnd at present every liy of that city envies tie messenger boys of one telegraph eomiiany, who have born provided vvitii fleet little ponies to carry them about in delivering messages. The children of German immigrants tvho arrive at Castle Garden illustrate the ple thoric Teuton's method of quiet enjoyment. They will amuse themselves tor horn's bv throwing a piece of metal against the wall of the garden to see bow far it will rebound. The few Chinese boys on Mott and Pell streets are syli'om allowed to play on the streets, lieoause the gamins, to whom Chi nese children are always an object of won der, persecute them. Their principal source of pleasure is dying gay kites from the win dows or roofs >f tenements where they live. An adult Chinaman will leave his work any time to engage with a boy at the, to him, always delightful game of kite flying. The children of Italians in the crowded district of Mulberry Bend have precious little money to spend on toys, but t hey man age to amuse themselves with a very fasci nating game “guess.” One lad will put his hand behind him, shut up one or mure fingers; and, ns In- snJ.lonly flirts his hand out, his companion w ill exclaim, “Uuo," <>.• “Due,” or “Tre,” or p-rh ip.- “Cinque.” He is “glossing" the nuinoc,' of lingers that will w extended on hi-"oomneitm's linno. If the four lingein ami thumb uro nresented his guess of “Cinque” is correct, but if lie says “Qunttro” and only one finger is pre sented he loses. They limy at tins game for hours, and even the grown people enjoy it and manage to win or lose money at if Amos J. Cummings. 11. The uptown inovenn nt of the retail trail* has now reached Fifty-ninth street, and drawing fashionable iample further uptown. Ibe important question now is, where will they go. to the east or the west side' Thom who want houses of moderate price w ill linve to go to the west side, and there alone enn they find houses within their means. The prices on titsoisi side are high. The houet are expensively built, and lots are held tar up. There is, however, a great harreii tract lietwecii Third avenue anil the Central Park, from Ninetieth utivet to One liundro<l and Fifteenth <t.rc>-l, which must nikiii Im* built Upon, Mill |*rliM)M ii cheaper grade of hou will be liltt tlu*ie. ll is now given over to goals, iiogs and Irish riiiinlii-**. Th * amount of building on tin* west „and" in euornioii i, and ritiigoN from tenement hoiee* to slo2,Otu prlvat* inaAakaui. Th* trouble 1 that tl y aie too mucli mixed up, and a purchaser Hover knows liow Ills ind ildsii lio. l i n , , . to turn out. Jt Will hardly U* ode 1 1 buy Uiure Iu five years, so.I iu tie* uieauUnui prices will rise. The wool aid* iu New Yoih bids lair to |Wov |4a> couiiU*r|*U'l ot Ite* West eisi In avion |u uiiw It will U tluii'nui* le-ig 1 , ft <§• i•**|>t# f It|j mu) , Jk t* *)!**. (jitlfUl *I A In Ui WUiti Mas II tlv habit of traversing a beaten path day after day and year after year, remaining iu utter ignorance of Uie territory that lies either to the right or left of them. It is no exaggeration to sav that there are hundreds of thousands of {few Yorkers who have never seen Second avenue, though it is a pretentious and important thoroughfare I am in the habit of knocking about a good deal and yet I don't think 1 have ever seen Avenue A, B, or C, and it was not until u wee n „ n tlmt t managed to get over on the west side of town. This particular portion of New York ! owes its present popularity and its coining greatness to a few real estate dealers and *!>-* viators. Tlies. gentlemen came to the conclusion that sine.* business had driven everybodv above lower Fifth avenue, and as it would inevitably occupy the whole of that* fatuous street, an outlet should lie made for the rich residents. Accordingly, they fixed upon the tract of land to the west of Central Park and up along the riverfront. Three or four years ago goats browsed over the stony surface of the hills, huts and shanties we re half buried in the hol lows and ragged children played about, the streets. Pools were formed, money suh serilssl and the vi rilant legislators set to work. The first thing that was done was to have a hill passisi forbidding anybody to build shops or stables on n long and narrow sheet next to the Riverside drive. The law also prohibits wooden buildings. Then the narrow streets were broadened until it was lour or five times its original width, beauti fully paved and operations began. It bids fair to lie one of the most magnificent ave nues in the world. No tw o houses are similar, and the brightest ideas of architects of houses have been utilized wherever they were found. The first four blocks of the avenue excel the most pretentious section of Fifth avenue in beauty, mid the air of ex eiusiveness which the brokers have managed ’o give the whole enterprise has caught so ciety. People are moving up there, and it is impossible to meet the demands for houses. For instance, one corner house was less than half a story high when the wife of an am bitious confectioner saw the plans and offered $83,000 for the house on its completion. The real estate broke]-, who would have lumped at an offer of s£>,ooo, accented tin* ><anriy woman’s mone with tlie show of apparent hesitation, handed over the buiMci ’ money and pock ■nsl the difference. Thea a ste"k broker . ife oi;i;;a! the west-end craze and insisted upon hu\ mg the house which had been sold to tin* eumVetiouer’s wile, it was then nearly two stories high. She paid $40,000, and, to gratify her whim, projected a sfi,oob wing in the rear. Thereupon one morning a broker showed up and paid her $50,000 for the whole projierty, and lie will undoubtedly dispose of it at a heavy advaniv. this is but one instance of many. A great many of the more conserva tive real estate men claim tliat the whole i ioo;n is likely to fall to pieces at any mo ment. hut they are generally regarded as croakers by the men who are in the pool. Taken all together, it is very extraordinary in a real estate way. but there is rib question l'mut the beauty of the locality that has !r*i*n selected. The houses are in the vicinity of Mighty-second to Eightieth street, and t ; iey are only 100 feet from the North river. The real* windows command a magnificent view of the Hudson up and down, and the !o -ation is so far u’oo, e the shipping interest ami ferries that private boat-houses are not interfered with in the least by river navi gution. The vast tract of land lying between West End avenue and Central Park has also been invaded by capitalists, and row after row "f houses has gone up in the most mysterious manner. The last time I was up there 1 found a city of 100,000 inhabitants where nothing but fields existed before the ad\ enf of the elevated roads. Row after row of tour-story brown stone houses stretched iu every direction us far as the eye •mild reach. Many of them could have boon bought for $15,000 the year after they were put up, but it will take at ■east A>s,o<X) to convince any of the owners ; hat they ought to sell out to-day. Where on earth all the money comes from is a mys tery to a man who considers *sl,ooo a reas onably large and inspiring sum of money. I fell to falsing with a commission mer chant whom 1 met accidentally in the now New York on the west side, i asked him if he wasn’t lonely up here. ‘*l should rather say I was," ho said, with i grin, “people, jieople everywhere and not a drop to drink.” That’s the reason 1 came up here. Down town it was so easy to fall >y the wayside, and fall everlastingly through the green baize doors, that I found myself slowly but surely winning firs; place in u competitive examination for a drunk ard's grave. The difficulty of walking up town without encountering grief and disas ter was as great as the impossibility of stay ing home nights. You say yoii wonder how so many men of limited means can afford to occupy whole houses up here, instead of fiats' down town, and that little fu r *t explains it all. Up hero we -eat. gossip and sl<*ep. There is not the least opportunity inth** world to spend money, we go to lied early and live the humdrum lives of the country villagers. A man can afford anything on earth when he does that. Of course it is stupid, Imt it is also benefl citd There an* two topics of conversation on the west siil.*, one is real estate and the other is your neighbor.” Then he told me rJmut the sale that the Astois had made a day or two before. In ik.57 they bought a iieid on what is now One Hundred and Fourteenth street, and (Slid Sfi.ooo for it. Subsequently thev sold it at a slight advance to the late l/harles Dchuonico. When the war broke out Mr. lAdmov'ico. fearing that the States would go to pieces and anarchy reign supreme, sold the lot again to the Asters for $7,500. 1-n.st week it was sold to a syndicate of real estate men for the verv tidy sum of $3£l,OUO. Very good way to make money, that. iiUAKKLY Hall. Thirteen Two-Cent Postage Stamps for One Cent und a Quarter. A report was in circulation through the street the past few days that Appel & Sell (%', the One Price Clothiers. Here si lling for an alverti-ement thirteen two-eent iiostftge stamps for one ceut and a quarter. The report being quite freely circulated a great nutnher of i*’•]>!•' calico at their store, inquiring for the thirteen stamps tor the above mentioned price, at the same time laying down tic. on the counter and asked bow they wen* going to make the change, whereupon the) were informed that they could hoi of heic'd exactly right as the t )no Price Clothiers do not object aceorunuslat ing any one by selling them thirteen :Ic. stamp-"for le. and a quarter, not 1 'j'e, hut le. :,*-* a quarter of a dollar, but what they ilo object to is lor you to go elsewhere and pay more money for anything in the < Noth ing, lints, or Gents' Furnishing Goods line than they charge, especially when you got the benefit of getting as good a Ut as any garment mode to order, as they have a lirst class tailor in the house for that pivjose. To those who have not guessed at the colhir butto.is contained in a glass jar oil exhibi tion at their store for a <<l.l suit und a gold mounted silk umbrella, you are invited to do so, ns smile will htmiufibd by responsible parte son May s. Ai-cklA: NciiaOL, One Price Clothiers, Kill (.'.mgr*-* street. Can Fat Men Get Suited ? They ran, for a fart, anJ probably our es tablishment Is the only out* in the city making u feature of jU* for atoni i/mtlrm -u. No matter how "aldonnaiiic** votjr proportion* may Ihi w* uuu lit you iUi eotnjnetely in u suit or airitfto garment us any ti lor car luy after la\ p'Mi? leir**n emne hi, n-ct dtt**l it tot renmr't that ‘tills is the itr.st tltiio I liavo ever iiea able to Irtty a Milt that would fit me la .savannah, ** We e;0 fit iM't only Mon! flldl hilt tho-e who art* *Ht4U"i lifMl'liv lrv#lo|ie i otherwise, , mi it n(. • f n 0 i one can * *i" to HH .til l In:, * , i-I n ttai !*!'; dory fit. V.V I**# io n/.iin remind all thui o i variety of S|*rh*if nud Summe:’ hint* for ifentw youths and fiuy * i* rot only the I ir*e*i hat the liiubt select ctntj* allow u in HuVllltliiitl, a.el our prim** ale i.s ii-.iml, low down Kv miilm* our line of fista. sf.ff ami Mrav •!,. it.oM fWaooiiiiMe ami styllM. -Imjrs t om N#M'kHe4r,lTn#W*rw'*m a cl Hosiery deohiv* lIfMM Nlii# ||| #l*<l|ria vanit y I'ln* (*t /*mii f for ordinary wear on i J** umiih art our mimi *tci UoM l/e/k our oir *i*ck ami *ret oar I>iium i ji-|oiif iftaiiig 1011ksttjfr*ii Mi( o* o li I ft) |/ v * M.O* TIIE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL 24, 1887-TWELVE PAGES. EXCITED CHARLESTON. Preparing for the Calhoun Monument Ceremonies. Charleston. April 23.— I The old “City by the Sea” is just now in a flutter of excite ment over the important events that are ap pointed to come off within the next, few days. The central event is, of course, the unveiling of the great Calhoun monument, built by the ladies of Carolina after long waiting and in spite of many obstacles. There has Imh>ii some delay in mapping out the programme, a delay which at one time threatened to prevent any thing like a general observance of the day by the people of the entire Stute, and which indeed did place the railroads at some inconvenience in arranging their schedules and fixing rates, hut after no end of newspaper discussion things are put in shape, ami the programme of the procession au l of tin* ceremonies have been announced. Th*' militia of the State—“horse, foot and dragoons,”—will tie here on April 2<i, and our country cousins are also expected to come down and “join in the procession,” which is expected to be the largest that has ii sin seen in Charle.-ton since the funeral of John C. Calhoun, thirty-live years ago. TRYING TO GET UP A BOOM. ( harh ston has been tryiagfcvery hard of late to get up something lik?an indust rial boom so as to follow the Southern fashion, and while the boom may not be as great as the article presented by Birmingham, Besse mer, Chattanooga and other iron cities, Charleston has in fact made considerable progress in th** development of sundry small iiklumi irs, which may leu ! to larger things and more important developments. Since tin* first of the current year quite a number of new enterprises have been inaugurated. \mong thes area new savings bank and a new loan association, a company for the development of the fish and oyster busi ness on a considerable scale, a canning fac tory, ii shirt taytory, a land and stock com pany which will devote itself to the devel opment of the riel* and fertile wilds of Berkeley county, where thousands of acres of lanrt have Been forfeited to the (Stale for the new payment of bonds; and finally a project has liven started for the formation of the Charleston Bind Improvement Com pany, the exact objects of which are not i *ry clearly stated as yet, but which are promised in a short time. The annual meet ing of the Charleston Cotton Mill Company, which takes place early in May, promises to bring up a lively tight. The original capi tal of the mill was $500,000, and when the building was completed and the machinery lat in the stor k commanded par. Soon after it commenced operations, however, it. was decided to bond the mill for $250,000. This, of course, was done by the stockhold ers, u 1.0 soon afterward found out what a fatal mistake they had made. A DROP IN THE STOCK. The stock is no down to $lB a share, anrl the stockholders are beginning to “kick.” The annual reports, such as were made pub lic, always spoke in the most hopeful terms of the future of the mill, and yet the stock kept going down and down. At the last meeting a committee of stockholders was appointed to investigate the affairs of the mill. This committee has prepared its re (Kirtandhas had it printed. It charges uie grossest kind of mismanagement and in- I'onipet ney on the part of the officers, and if is said will be made the basis of an effort to reorganize Ibe management of the mill •atirely. About one-half of the stock is held by Northern capitalists. When the project started, however, a very large number of Charleston people of moderate means were induced to subscribe for one, two or five shares. These have, however, long since been frozen out, and most of the sto*• kis now held in large sections. The op position to the present directors seem to be confident of their ability to run the mill upon a paying basis. BEATEN BY MYSTIC DUK-DUK. A Ceremony Peculiar to the Natives of the New Britain Islands. “The mast peculiar ceremony practiced by the natives has rarely been witnessed by a white mail,” said ax traveler from the Now Britain Islands to a San Francisco Chronicle reporter. “I saw one last year, and I will endeavor to describe the incidents of the performance and its meanings. The duk-duk issupixieei! to be a spirit winch makes its ap liearance at daybreak of the day on which the new moon appears. It invariably comes from the sea, and, as it is daylight, two or three canoes, with a platform ujkiu them, are seen coming to the shore. The entire male community of the village awaits the coming on the beach seated in silence. On th<* plat form are two men leaping and shouting and crying out in shrill tones. They wear a loose robe of leaves woven together and reaching to the knees. On their heads are conical-shaped hats, some six feet high, from the rims of which are hung masks, entirely concealing tile features. The masks have hon ible-!ooking*faces painted ujKin them. The lower portions of tlie legs are alone visible. As the dross is supposed to represent a cassowary, or New Guinea ostrich, with a human head, the figures upon landing execute a series of hopping steps in imitation of the bird. Meanwhile the na tives appear to lie frightened. Theduk-duk is to stay in the village a fortnight, an t dur ing tlmt period he is at litierty to do what ever ho pleases. No woman is aliowod to look at him. In fact, as soon as the canoe was sight 'd the women all ran away to the hush. After dancing a snort ti.ue the duk duk goo; into the jungle and the natives move off slowly to their houses. “In the evening i.nmcusa quantities of eocoanuts, yams, taro, and other food are piled in the center of tue village square. As each man brings his contribution the duk-duk dances around him. If satisfied, he utt'-is a shrill cry;if displeased, the nidi viduai receives a tremendous blow with a club. After these food offerings are enn eluded the ceremonies begin. A large bun dle of canes about six feet long and as thick as one's little finger were brought. Five or six young men jumjied up, and, holding their arms high above their ii"H ls, received heavy blows from this bundle of canes, which were wielded by the duk-duk. The canes curled around the Bodies, and at each stroke drew blood. Other men took their places, going through the same ordeal. Sometimes the duk-duk would vary the jier formaiiee by striking with his club. The ceremonies wore l epeutod for ten days, imJ then the duk-duku took their departure. 1 believe the origin and meaning of th.se pe culiar ceremonies are that the old natives hold power over the young men. The duk duk is always said to lielong to some old ma;i who summons it out of the sea. No one knows who ia actually dancing iu dis guise, but they do know that it the old iie n have ordered the dukslnk to kill any initlvidual the command will lie obe .and without, interference from any one. Again the old men having become decrepit cannot work in their gardens, ami the piles of food offered to the spirit come into their ikjssos sion.” Man Wanta a Tonic \Vbt*n there is a lack of eliwtie energy in the sy* tern, shown by n s -usAt inn of languor n*id tut tvst in the morning, frequent yawning during the day and djstiiroed sitvp at night, IhoitefterV Utonmeh flitters infuses unwonted em*r :v into the enfeebled and nervous, endowing th*-n with nmseiilar *uor;, t aM Ability to ivj*o • in>nlth fully. and ol,i* i without inconvenient Ner *<4.snes*., lie . iaehe. biiiounnose, impiiml npjr* tiU* and u h*oh!e, iroiiiiliitooriie st >m<. a. up* ell and njioctiUy set rij'lit hy this mate des* re/iii 4 lorntnl Tbe mitn.ul jhumoo*, among t i and me vnuden, nrv never safe UiiU>. even in iidfnitesiinal doors The Bitters ufiwerH fi.e |>uf|s>ae more effect(tally, an I e.vn Im- ndie | iijh.m as jsTfectly *ufe hy the nnsc j pnuleui I-ever sud ague, kidney tmutde* and i litmniaiiMii \ mid io i! -Mr* ItcniAHU I! lust, who WAS Miss Kdlth * I /oil'llallow and ,lr • Joseph ( i . Tlior|s ,w ho w.iji Alum l/mjrfallow, l..aa hr* to (hi- |Met tut- h'lllthne lniwa oti Ijim foi nei enisle, wli u ill-. v ill ot*ef|oy when fluihie ' TmM K aji miadter uj <s i >si Uia mot# i M •• tytttfi .ti l ihMi4*>lf4ta LEPBOSY IN CALIFORNIA. Four Victims of This Dreadful Disease Confined in a Pesthouse. the Sait Francisco Chronicle. The Twenty-sixth Street Hospital, better known as the pesthouse, contains not a sin gle case of small-pox, and has not had one tor some time; but there are four patients there who are I looked us being afflicted, with that; most dreaded of all diseases, leprosy. One* of these is James Seguye, a colored man, a native of tit. Augustine. Fla., who . has been iu the hospital since March 8, IS.SO. There is some doubt about his case-. When he wont to the hospital the skin was coming off his hand.*;, arms and body in scales, which resembled wheat bran: but after a course of treatment the scaling off ceased and the disease lias made no apparent progress since. As leprosy proper lues never been known to be affected by treatment, but pur sin's its march slowly yet relentle.vjy,the phy sicians incline to tne opinion that Keguye’s disease is something el- . However, as he is willing to remain, and as the disease is undefined, he is still in the hospital. He washes the clothes of himself mid three other patients and calls himself the Jaundryman of the institution, declaring that he is not an invalid. Th" other tiiree patients arc three broth ers—Frank, Edward and Earnest Bindt — who have been iu the hospital hut a short time, and whose oases are interesting for several reasons. Their father is a white man and their mother is a native <>f the Hawaiian Islands. Bindt is at present em ployed in the Spreckie s -ugur refinery, and frequently visits hi - sons. The boys, who were bum on the Sandwich Islands, would b * taken for full-blood" 1 Americans. The family resided in the islands when tin* mother was discovered tube afllrited with the symptoms of the disease. Bindt ex pended large sums of money in doctoring, as the drowning man grasps at a straw, but in vain. The disease is so common and so generally understood in the islands that it could not long go undetected, and the fam ily came to Sail Francisco. Here Mrs. Bindt made further efforts to combat the scourge, hoping against hope that it might Ik* something else than leprosy, but übout three years ago Dr. Mears told her she ha* i the disease beyond a doubt, and she had to choose between isolation here and a return to Honolulu. Biie chose t.li.'latter, and is now an inmate of the leper colony at Molokai. The disease showed itself sooner iu the second in age of the two boys than in the others, and on May 12 last Edward, aged lti, was admitted to the hospital. lie has a large jiatch of the peculiar white blistered lookiug fiesii under his left eye. On Aug. 18 last his two brothers, Frank, aged 17, and Ernest, 14 years old, were admitted to the lio.-pital suffering from leprosy, and there the throe are and must remain m a living tomb, dead to the world and the world dead to them, decaying away with persevering and remorseless dry rot; finger joints, toes and other members dropping off one by one until the end comes. With no hopes, aims or ambitions, with few pleasures and the shadow of a certain doom overshadowing these few, they may lie said to exist instead of living. Yet they are in a measure cheerful. They read the daily papers, and when visited by a reporter were gathered around a lire with a checker board and several story books. Jerry Sullivan, the steward, says they have no lack of reading matter, and on pleasant days they take exercise in the hospital grounds, four or live acres in extent, play ing various games, but “sometimes, he says, “they are blue and gloomy,” at which the reporter did not marvel when he re membered that those four white washed walls are the boundary of their world. Frank and Earnest, the elder and younger of the threo and the last to enter the hos pital, are more aft’e ted than Edward, with whom the disease appears to be progressing more slowly. The fingers of all •three are bent and twisted into various contortions, while the ends of many and the joints of some m’e becoming contracted. White spots of dead flesh appear on their bodies and thighs, and into these spots a pin can lie run without the know ledge of the patients—the si lots are completely numb. By and by pieces of flesh wifi fall off. There is uo sloughing, no formation of pus, no pain, nothing but a dead, dry rot. The joint of a finger becomes contracted as though it had been compressed by having a cord tightly bound about it. The end of the linger be comes numb and finally it drops off without pain, soreness or bleeding. Anew skin forms over the stump. Other fingers and toes drop off, then other joints from those which have already been shortened. The white spots on the body swell into project ing, blister-like lumps, and those, too, in time drop off. It is a silent, painless, but long drawn-out death. The only sensation of pain the boys declare that they ever felt in connection with the disease is an occa sional sting like the prick of a needle, but this is not very keen nor of very long dura tion. The four lepers eat in a room by them solves. In another room are some specimens of the hoys’ work wrought with pocket knives. A couple of toy .-.hips show skill that would do credit to a practical toy maker. They have made a rat trap, which is also a cagix and whiitlod crtxjuet balls out of wood. They are well behaved and obedient. AUCTION sacks FUTUKE DAYS. Receiver’s Sale —or- Furniture ('. 11. DORSET'!', Auctioneer. COOK OUT FOR PARTICULARS OF CLOSING SALE OF FCRMTURE, ETC., ON MONDAY, APRIL 25, At 170 Broughton Street. H. U. HOLEY, Receiver. A Cliarrain? Residence at Marlow, Ga. <>n account ol‘ the removal from the State by tlu* owner i am allowed to offer one of the neat* <*s,. most complete and attractive, homos on the line of the Georgia Omtr.il. It i:- located at Marlow, twenty-six mile-* from Savuuiith. The house contains four root ns. dining-room and l;it •Inni. with dairy, barn an 1 stables. Tin* grounds, two acres in extent, ar.* beautifully shade i and planted with fruit tree of different kind, neat garden and splendid water. —At>iO - Detached front the residence and grouril ; are two acre* oi! garden land, fenced, und partially planted. The village of Marlow is or? of the |>l'‘asai;!es: in eisy roach of this city. There is none healthier. and its inhabitants are noted fortneir hospitality and sociability jI. DORSKTT, Heal Idtate Dealer. IiIHU A . ON'AL Tito Park Collegiate School. fPnmlly and day) for a ll.nited nundierof lloya, I*s I \ T •'.rin sTItKKT, Ni;\V Voi;K (TI'V. N'* ar t 'elll ml :*ark * This t eliot i |uep *r**h for I’olu -e, Kfdet'tifle Si-hmas iind !tie..ies. is j . • mu* and tie r Miirli. *'!iiji|t>yiii|f ouly exjsTnmetsl iitti'-h' in, And the ii||omtiiienla me i*\. eji ;n in a<ldilli! in Ntnieiu n limj pt.w ins* a; * , tn i.i Jirawm^. 1 us* 15,h,.; aiid daeh.imciijand I 1 l.isirial iiaed wol k I’ils-iiUi ,oi -l .*; lafi iit i *|| iiaiy be rMWHvrd hy fh • j t -,1 Kh.dhK • t Jltl.i, 1 Is *| .4 KV'KI.) \ < -4 *M,K( i 1 \OI-N44 I'n.u ■< .11 s ,| • ( 1 1 "*l* ' tU. fall loirucul . > mol iii || MARRIAGES. ~WaRN En a p.s s Tß<>NG.—Married, on Thursday, April !4, by Rev. Mr. Christian, at the residence of the bride, Jlr. Robert P. Warner and Miss lola L. Armstrong. WILLIAMS—CROVAT.—Married, on Thurs day, April SI, by the Rev. Mr. Wynn, at the resi dence of the bride's father, Mr. Lewis W. Wil liams and Miss Lizzie W. Crovat. RICE—MCCARTHY.—Married, on Tuesday, April 19th. by Rev. Father Bazin, Mr. George Rice and Miss Annie McCarthy. No cards. CLARK—BENNETT.—Married, on Aprii 22*1, by the Rev. Dr. Bowman. Mr. William Clark aiid Miss Tiiirza Ann Bennett, both of this city. No cards. QUINN-CROWLEY.—Married, on the 13th ins;., at the Caihednil of Our I-a uy of Perpetual Help, by Rev. Father Hennessey, Mr. John H. Quinn and sliss Julia C. Crowley. Jar-New York and Boston papers please copy. 11 NF.KAL INVITATIONsi MOCK.—The relatives and friends of David C. Mock and Anna E. Mock are invited to attend the funeral of the latter at the residence, corner of Gaston and Barnard streets, at 4 o'clock THIS ‘.Sunday) AFTERNOON. ADDISON. The friends and acquaintance of Mr. Arthur Middleton Addison and family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral from St. Phillip's A. M. K. Church THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 8 o'clock. G EC AS.—The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Geeks are invited to attend the funeral of their Infant Daughter from the res idence No. (>3 Liberty street, corner of Lincoln, THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. MEETINGS. MYRTLE LODGE .50. I ,<>.!, V}. L. O OF O. F. The members are hereby summoned to meet at tlieir Lodge Room THIS DAY' at 0 o'clock sharp a. m., for the purpose of paying the iast tribute of respect to our deceased brother, Rufus Butler. Sister Jxxlges are fratemnllv invited. By order of STEPHEN H. JOHNSON, N. G. A. C. Lewis, P. S. CHATHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. You are hereby summoned to appear at the Armory, corner Montgomery and Gwinnett streets, properly armed and equipped, THiS AFTERNOON at 2 o’clock, to pay the last trib ute of respect to your late brother member Ed ward Fraser. By order JULIUS MAXWELL, Capt. Com'd'g. A. N. Thomas, O. S. TRAVELERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA TION. The Annual Convention of the Georgia State Division of the Travelers' Protective Association will he held in Macon on MAY 23*1 and 31th next. T. P. A.’sand all other traveling men are re spectfully invited and cordially requested to at tend. Reduced rates will be' given from your town. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICE SEASON OF 1887. TO TIIE PUBLIC. The undersigned begs leave to return his sin cere thanks for the liberal patronage given him the past year, and respectfully asks a continu ance of the same for the present season. lam always alive to the interests of the public, and have now the finest equipped Beer Establish ment in the South. Having all the latest and most improved bottling machinery, I can now put up the famous FAUST BEER and all other brands cleanly and better than ever before. The enterprise begun three years since has, by grace of a generous support from the citizens of Savannah, grown into the greatest of its kind in the South, embracing all points in the South Atlantic States. The present season opens with bright prospects for our famous pure Beers, and I will leave nothing undone to pre sent the same to our patrons in good shape. Respectfully, GEORGE MEYER, * WHOLESALE BEER DEPOT, SPECIAL NOTICE. 1.500 Boxes containing 24 sheets Note Paper and 24 Envelopes for only 10c. per box. 1 Elegant Upright Knabe Piano for $650. 100 Reams, 480 Sheets Good Note Paper for 65c. 1 Elegant Upright Knabe Piano for $550. 100 dozen good Lead Pencils for 15c. per dozen. t Lovely Upright Knabe Piano for $450. 1.000 Packages. 24 Envelopes each, for 5c., 10c. and 15c. per package. i Fine Square Kuabe Piano for S4OO. Pianos from $250 up. all new and with full 5- y *ar guarantee. Fstey Organs (the best) for from S6O to $350 each. Pianos and Organs Moved, Boxed, Shipped and.Tuned by men of experience, and at as low prices as first-class workmanship will allow. DAVIS BR* >S.. 42 and 44 Bull street. POLITE CORRESPONDENCE. An elegant line of the latest styles and shapes in fine Papers and Envelopes. If you want the correct thing, sec us. Special shipment of Pianos last week. Will be sold at summer time prices. 1,000 boxes of that 10c. Paper. Job Printing cheap this week, to keep the of fice iunntng. Bargains in Fancy Plush and Leather Cases, such as Manicure Sets, Comb and Brush Sets, Box Paper, Dressing Cases. Work Boxes, etc. Base Ball Goods of all and every kind, at New York prices. DAVIS BROS. EPISCOPAL OR PH INS’ HOME. All interested in the Episcopal Orphans' Home are respectfully invited to !■ present al the lay ing of tin* coiner-stone of the new building, cor ner of Litierty and Jefferson streets, on MON DAY, the 25th inst., at So'eloekin the afternoon. E. F. NEUFVILLE, Secretary Building Committee. EPISCOPAL ORPHANS' HOME. The ministers of religious denominations are ri'KjKK'tfully invited to In' present ai the laving of the enrner stone of the new building of ih,. Episcopal Orphans' Home, comorof Libertvand Jeff.tv. si sire on >I i.NDAY, the 25th of April, at j o'clock in the afternoon. K. F. NEUFVILLE. Secretary Building Committee. DIVIDEND NO. O. OmcE Mutual i ;as Light Company. I Savannah. Ga., April isth, ISST. , A Dividend of ONE AND ONE-H-ILI PER CENTUM lias THIS DAY lieen declared from ("UTui.gs of lust quarter, payable at tbi* office on n i ! ifier MAY iUraii 'H. to wbK'khold rs of record this day. LEWIS C. IJLIJE. Secretary. ' MEMORIAL D\Y. I ice eV.ho v .-ill i o cold if hi a- Dowels or ever gn CDS fo.' I 1" I ■ m;eder;d • sol Her*' lot cm w*u*l t hem t■'Ml;s J. V | LI.IA IS*)N, ci U'U'T *v nit 'tkeriiiel Huntingdon Mr -.i-. before 3 o'clock oil TUF.BDA V. i. .s!' mortal Day I'OTXTOK*! DOT \ 1'OKB! Will TIT" Vl* In- ;• i'l.tn < 4 KII'UIuA ®o h \ rut i t. OIIOKU HI lUSAMi !*• tTATOHI Tin' shirk is Dim 1 and v.n offer II cheap .1 S COLLINS ,v Cos., II and I *' Mai ket Square. i DMißriariuN im k t himki,. The Annual IMilfil irf Ivwt aij htui* will tk |<Uc# at lh s.niavoitbn >n ll<>’:t>AT rvKMM/, sr "> m- • L*. see*. hv ( i. . i t*r,. SPECIAL, NOTICES. TO THE PUBLIC Public attention having hewn turned to the wants of the Colored Hospital, the board of Managers of that institution have invited the co-operation of the charitable ladies of (Savan nah toward improving its condition. To this end the undersigned have organized them selves into a society called the GEORGIA INFIRMARY AID SOCIETY, and they now ask the assistance of the public in three ways: First. They ask the names of subscribers who will give them One Dollar annually. Second. They suggest that each of the churches ill the city sin,all devote the contributions of one Sunday in the year to this purpose, being pre viously announced from the pulpit. Third. They invite special donations, small and great, for the purpose of erecting certain very greatly needed buildings on the premises. The 1 nlies ar > able to promise the careful ex penditure and wise appropriation of any Minds committed to (heir car *, as they will be advised and assisted by the judicious and responsible Board of Managers. Mus. Leila Habersham* Mrs. a. R. Lawton, Mrs. Robert Anderson Mrs. M. J. Dixon, Mrs. Tracy Hunter, Mrs. Bierne Gordon, Mrs. David Faulk, Mrs. ,T. F. Gilmer, Miss F. Minis, Mrs. J. L. Hardee, Mrs. Max Robinson, Mrs. George Baldwin* Jins. AV. 1). Waylks, Miss M. Cozens, Miss M. Reid, Mrs. J. M. Barnard, Mrs. L. W. Bacon, Mrs. Max Wolf, Mrs. C. H. Olustead* Mrs. S. T. Glover, Mrs. H. M. Smith. The Board of Managers of the Georgia In firmary feeling the pressing need of pecuniary assistance to enable them to better care for the sick and destitute colored people in our midst, bog to urge the public to consider seriously the above call from the ladies, who will have the entire management and disbursement of all funds committed to their charge bv a generous public. JOHN I. STODDARD, Chairman Committee of Managers. DISSOLUTION. The firm of FETZEB & SANBERG is THIS DAY dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Robert C. Fetzer withdrawing. C. E. Sanberg assumes all the liabilities and will collect all accounts due said firm. ROBERT C. FETZER. CHARLES E. SANBERG. Savannah, April 14th, ISB7. In withdrawing from the late firm of Fetzer & Sanberg I ask for Mr. Sanberg a continuance of the liberal patronage bestowed on the late firm. Respectfully, ROBERT C. FETZER. I will continue the business of Fetzer & San berg, Carriage, Buggy and Fine Wagon Manu facturing, Carriage, Buggy aod Wagon repair ing. Painting and Trimming, at the old stand, corner West Broad and Duffy streets, and ask a continuance of the liberal patronage bestowed on the late firm. Respectfully, CHARLES E. SANBERG. STEAM YACHT FOR SALE. The Schooner-rigged Steam Yacht CLIMAX, Now lying off Savannah, is FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. Length over all, 4o feet; beam, 9 feet: draught 3 feet C inches. Built at Peekskill, N. Y., in IRB6, and is in FIRST-CLASS CONDITION And fully equipped for cruising. For full par ticulars address W. W. LEE, Savannah, Ga. Satisfactory reasons for selling. row \se\d: Will not be SMOTHERED. SUFFOCATED OR STIFLED! “No occupation is so crowded with workers that tlio.se at the top are not worked almost to death."’ HE HEADS THE PROCESSION! HE CARRIES THE BANNER! In Blank Books he is determined to make a reputation, and will not allow anybody to do better work. Patronize Grit, Talent and Push! TOWNSEND, THE FINE PRINTER AND BINDER, “Telephone 341,” NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. I have now added to my HORSESHOEING GENERAL BLACKSMITHIXG AND WHEEL WLIGHTING, and I am now prepared to do new work and repairs on Carriages, Buggies. Wagons, Trucks and Drays, and also all kinds of Plantation Work, as 1 tmv • first-class mechanics in all branches of the business. lam prepared to meet any competition, in either price or work. I guarantee the best of satisfaction in all branches of work, as have given for the past, eighteen months, and reasonable contracts can t>e made with me. Please call and give me a trial. P. BARRETT, STRAUSS PRINTING COMPANY. NEW PRESSES! NEW TYPE! NEW DESIGNS! FIRST-CLASS WORK AND CHEAP PRICES. Give us a trial. TELEPHONE 410. STRAUSS PRINTING COMPANY, i:w Bay street. WILL BE RAFFLED. “MAGGIE CLOUD," With Brewster Top Buggy and Harness ON MAY 9th, AT 8 P. 54., AT MARSHALL HOUSE. NOTICE. .The Ann of BAI'ON, PIKE & CO., of New \ oi'k, lias THIS DAY been dissolved by mutual consent. Anyone of tUe partners inav sign in liquidation. J>. (■. Ija'CON, C. W. PIKE, - L. K. MILLEN. April 18,188“. The firm of ft. ('. BACON & CO. haR THIS T>A\ been (Unsolved by mutual consent of all imrtins I’ll* rented. Any o.ie of the partners can Men in llrjiiiti itiou. Messrs. STILLWELL, PIKE & MILLEN, who are our successors. are also uuthorired to collect in Ihe pay i,!f the liabilities ami liquidate the busnu-.j of 1). C. Bacon & Cos. I>. C. BACON, VM. B. STILLWELL, 11. 1. SMART. Savanxaii, (Ja., April 18. w,'. 1! vferrlnar to the fun v>l announcement, wo take pie.',, tire in rt couimendinp Mcsriy. STILLWELL, PIKE & MILLEN To the most favorable consideration ol the pub lic. Mr. Still veil has I eon n partner with its from tl" iurination-if the iina of I). Bacon A Cos., in lSTfi. and for so\ v and years past has hail ni mes' cat ty control .! die Savannah depart ment, mid mis managed the business to onr per tl i t Hllttsfl etlOtl. M> 'Si’s. I'.Ke and Mill 'ti have been partners in thetirmof I lac ii. Pike A Cos., our New York h 11” .ii out i'x fornmtion. Vv'e !tte ■ Mien nil w dl. ajd know that they liave the e.'q* r'i'T e. "inaeit v and facilities for cot’linnle,; t.le I ; • . xiicce*.tl|||> Itl 'V will Is* foond proiiip.. lvliuhf and careful, tints* ■pen. I 1 "ti sm cesnoi's tiui same liberal pstrou* i*e Klvisu to our ”I*l Brill. I'. C. BACON I! P SMAKT DU. IILNHY s t OLDI.V;. BUHUIoN DENTIST, Offloo earner Jones ami Drayton streets. (Irsduate Baltimore Colbvc of Dental Kiirifrry I: <m£T3& a Hi'l.l. MTUEICT. u*ni V. I' I, „■! npb < llfl* o, •*va:.n ui o I SPECIAL NOTICES. all aboard"' •—Grand Excursion.—. Steamer Pope Catlin . Leaves Kelley's Wharf, foot of Bull SUNDAY, APRIL 34, 1887, At 2 o'clock p. m., Passing Bona venture and Thunderbolt, through IV arsaiv Sound and Lazaretto Creek as far as Tybee, and return mg’ at 7 o'clock p. ai. Refreshments on board. Tickets 50cent* 137TH ANN I VERSA R Y OF TIIE UNION SOCIETY, Bcthesdu Orphan House, Will be celebrated at BETHESDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, , w The anniversary address will be delivered by Rev. L. W. BACON, D. D., Of the Independent Presbyterian chunk The meeting will be held at 1 p. m. Members and tlieir families and friends an(i those who have been Wards of the Society- and the public, are cordially invited to join in the celebration. A Band of Music will be in attend ance, and rooms in the Orphan House placed at the disposal of those who wish to dance. ‘ Railroad fare from Anderson street depot to Bethesda and return, 50e.; Children and ser vants half price. Tickets can be procured from the Managers and Stewards of the Society and at the usual places where tickets are sold. “FLY TIME ” ' ROBINSON’S STICKY FLY PAPER TRY IT. AM US EM E N TS. Base Ball. Base Bail First Championship Game Between S., F. & W.’S & C. 11 —AT— BASE BALL PARK, TUESDAY", April 26, 1887 (Memorial Day.) Admission 15c. Ladies admitted free. Grand stand lbc. Tickets to Is; had at Fernandez's Cigar Store and at the grounds. EXCURSIONS. Tenth Ainu! Ixciirsi! May 9th, 1887. SAVANNAH, FLORIDA k WESTERN —AND— Charleston & Savannah Railways Employes' Mutual Relief Association. St. John’s River by Moonlight on Steamers. Palatka and Sanford by Rail or Steamer. Sanford to Kissimmee and Tampa by Rail. Beautiful Lakes and Rivers on the route. Jack sonville to Femandina, Palatka to Gainesville bj Rail. The Ancient City of St. Augustine by Rail. GO AND SEE THE INDIANS Pablo Beach, uninterrupted drive for 30 miles Handsomest Beach on the Atlantic Coast, onlj 17 miles from Jacksonville. Arrangement made for board at hotels ant on steamers at reduced rates. Fine Band ol Music accompanies the excursion. Tickets will not be sold to colored persona Nurses in charge of children only will be ad mitted. Price of Round Trip to Places Mentioned: Savannah to Jacksonville “ “ St. Augustine 300 “ “ Palatka 3® “ Sanford 4? “ “ Kissimmee : 5 3 “ “ Tampa “ “ St. Augustine via Palatka... 4 5 “ “ Pablo Beach 350 Coupons for places beyond Jacksonville will be furnished by Committee on train after Ls* . ing Savannah. Children under 12 years of age half price. Honorary Committee.—H. S. Haines, Chiit man;H. B. Plant, Robert G. Fleming, W J Chisholm. Charles D. Owens. J. W. Craig, ° Hardee, William Duncan, R. LePage, W llliaa Bren. General Committee.—C. W. Keogh, Chain man: James Bennett, J. K. Smith, Jr . B. r. Lockwood, Joseph 11. Bandy, H. Z. Harris- Junior Committee.—Charles A. Gradot. Chair man; John F. Glatigny, C. O. Haines, JonnJ. Rogero, John F. Walsh. Tickets for sale by the Committee, at 4' JHam Bren's Ticket Office; John F. Walsh, Savanna!. Florida and Western Ry. Freight Depot. Trains leave Savannah at a. m . standart time. All Excursionists must leave on tnw train, and be on the return train not later man the P" M. train on SUNDAY. Mav 15. K. EUGENE DURBEC. President. Excursion to (Mfe! XT MSTXT'EILTISr Gr OF THE —■ Calm lointi APRIL 26th. $4 FOR THE ROUND TRIP cpilE Charleston and Savannah Railway Oom -1 panv will sell round trip "Vltli 25th and 38th, good to return until Apn •* and Tickets on sale at Brens Ticket Ginct Passenger Station. p p McSWE yEY, ra.rif.rji I l’lisseiiger Agent.^ New Goods CHOICE NEW Creamery Butter! Choice Old Creamery Butte: Fine Claret ON DRAUGHT AND I* CAS**- Full Stock Fresh Goods' LOW FRK 'ks* Wm. G. COOPER’S rn WHiTAJUCR hTULAT