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(i ll 111 ITS IN' LONDON 1 . HAS a hotel experience WHICH OPENS HIS EVES. e =tion3 to Americana Who May -avei to the Land of Cousins - A otel Where Everyone Wants Tips. , ,r,; .y>oiule>ice of the AVo York star. SDOS. April 8. —What should the 1 v arrived Americans do in London? ',/ slloul a go to the Hotel Metropole in the I instance. It costs 75c. for two to drive tlie railway depot in a four-wheeler, 1, y our packages overhead, to this hotel, I 'is the distance is about three miles, the P us it is called, is not very large. It is ’ t ojy on the dollar of what it would tto drive around New York city. This , pood start; filings look very fine and future most favorable. But, when you , from the cab at the hotel business be . A gentleman in livery opens the rr srlass door for you—a tip of (3d A „nd door swings open —another txi. You t he hall and the head porter takes •U Of your baggage— tip. Is. The hall if magnificent size, with Egyptian mar columna and everything to remind peo of extreme extravagance. You go to Klouarteis and give your name, roquest •i room Two or three gentlemen are in Biidance—all tips. They refer you to the hjer’s office, where you deposit your val ues as a security that you do not leave retting to pay your bill. You are imed a room, and if you want to make •her inquiries vou are sent to the bureau nteliigence. If you suffer from a want, jrowledge you find it there, provided you down one or two shillings. Each day i ascend to your rooms. The elevator n in such cases expects not less than o:i. man American, but readily takes 3d. man Englishman. All these people are • v polite and have no airs. Y our rooms i cheap enough, but if you want a fire i are charged for it. You are charged for up the clock and for flowers that Ido not want. If a stranger comes in. is charged 2d. for hanging up his hat and it in the cloak room; if you hang your t t pretty high, 3d., and both very high, Everything goes very well until you your bill. I tried this for three days, i concluded that a smaller village than tel Metropole would suit me. Taking it in all, it is the finest hotel 1 have ever in in, and I have been in not a few in my tv years’ pilgrimage. If they would y lump it and say your bill was so much. i would then know where you stood, ere is one advantage about this hotel that aust not fail to mention. You can come lounge around and look swell, pretend e that you are living there, as a good my Americans do, or you can hang about the sidewalk in fine weather and show ur connection with the place. It is said it none hut Americans and fools travel in st-class carriages. It would tie safe to say it none but Americans and fools stopped this hotel more than once, and yet they do it just the same. The next thing you after getting fairly located here is to go Toole’s theatre. It is real good to work sea-sickness. Mr. Toole is the butler and irries the cook, all in the funniest way aginable. Vou laugh at the commence int, laugh through the piece and laugh len you get home, simply because there is a. innocent fun, with no vulgarity nor of unity in every dialogue in the piece, len you must go and see Henry Irving in ?aust." He does not amount to so much this play as he does in others of his stock sees: but Ellen Terry is as sweet a “Mau ri**’’ as a human being ever ought to be. le mounting of the piece is beyond ally ing ever before seen in America or Eng nl. I have no hesitation in hazarding this iaion, and I think the American people ill agree with me if Henry Irving ever Dsses the raging deep with ‘'Faust.” Irving a most gentlemanly “Mephistopheles,” id trips around in a dainty way, but it is len Terry and the scenery that draws. Having seen “Faust,” a man should go ixt to Billingsgate, the place of ancient, isavory reputation. I happened to be ere one morning at 5 o’clock (I bad not xn dining out the previous night). The ill business at Billingsgate is a big affair, uoness Burdett-Coutts runs several steam 's with fish to tliis place, and two were in l the morning I visited it, with an exeep cmally large supply. About 700 tons of sh were landed irom Norway and Sweden, ie North sea and the east coast of England. he average is from 150 to 300 toils a (lay. erhaps the very large supply on the morn ig I visited it was to show an American hat they could do when they tried. The larket is of course wholesale, and from illiugsgate the fish are scattered all over le city of 5,000,000 mouths, and even sent 3 inland markets. Each box of fish is supposed to weigh tiout 100 pounds, and the average price is bout ISs. to 20s. per box. The people do ot get the article at that price, however, ora U rst End retail fishmonger will charge •om is. to Is. (id. per pound for it. If the share not up to the mark they are con wmed, and the morning I was there two lan e* went to the fertilizing fraternity. 1 very large proportion of the arrivals is on at auction to retailers. Billingsgate isl to swear vilely; the very name is syn mymous with vulgar abuse. But things |t'c changed. All the time I was there I iu not hear one rude or profane word. I 'anted to know the reason, and a very Mite, communicative custom house officer me that the police would allow no pro- Mit v imr vulgarity, and a few arrests have ait it down. If you are fair with the cab -o(,n they will take their money and thank <jii instead of swearing, as they did even •mi 1 was over in 1872. Swearing has nie out of fashion. You will not hear it utlie streets or in the clubs. It isn’t the Meet thing among gentlemen to swear. , l( is bad form and there’s an end it. the heavy swearing in London at c-nt being let out to a certain class of ..'■Means. But to ramble back to Billings <■ ngum. The stevedores win> carry the fish nit , >m t * le * 3Oa b> to the quay will walk . . 11 * l ’?m 150 to 200 pounds on their ran" l,u, ks ,ts easily as our people will pounds. Their pay per day or k saL,ut4oc. ortiOc. on the dollar of I; n .. , s tevedore in New York gets. Bil ls a close corporation, and us a ton'A Uen< 0 meniriors make a pretty L. ~"*5 <>ut "l it. Fish salesmen uro rich Ti> 'o W- *hcir stalls for big sums, of Ti*,.. °f England is “the ola woman Djy,, eadneedlo street," and it is a very n,-,i ! i s one of the biggest tat ~e ifi t , ? t ever existed. She is not a tj 01 ! at all, but a private eorpora cir i„ " 11 n Eunk of England started ,1,. j. rn f ,ln *‘w about forty feet square, 1 jL, Now she covers three acres, inn i k! *"'wity-six directors and a ehair r, V*' lor cashier, and her livery and tj r .l '* '"'bl potent sway over the British 1(, j.., I l '' l'cnitmg press is well enough to "mini-, i. 1 * ,H * n<> t amount to much Am,!' ' ' V' die elaborate process of milking ti„' 11,! :, | 11 bills. She has Tailed twice, Eii liinn ! juapased by special acts of *l, England is held for nothing, tan mil aid'll Btates is liack of our tii,:,;, | | Kosiibacka and also our nu tiil ni„, " er notes are printed tun- i,„'i i lk " many handbills, sigun '•iu,. i 1 H '" l " r " not signed by the off!. Euc ,i •x'uoi'ii iiti luuik notes are. They v "i v u M ', u mmiU'j-iiig machine which docs un, J, . ,'ey pride themselves on their E,i> ' V 1""! tbl " l ‘ “■ 'a bothf than on q.,.,., V v *‘ told that it la imitated Tfie i ’""‘"E 1" virtue which ought rui,,.. j* ‘ no bill is reiMueil irtwii it bell illti y* , *e(t , e hilis do lint Ins ml lie Ub of hi ,l a*' our own. I hud tiv pleu>4ii I th* bullion vaulu, Tlmi ll rr-i!in i !'i , lcl tin whal i'*1 * Lii* ‘'ll**’# rupidliv. It menu,,,pn tlu* dots'■ and-hut 1 l-toiHdiij V,,, T LmII. finiMmlng uni, '[ i ‘ i i'nouiaboutsii tiet alt (mb.*,, 1 "I u,“\ ",' * ‘“he.lly afraid that I waa p* * i *. ''**'■ '*f •*>*• lairs in my vast Uum I i* | '"• * BtlblVan to tl> great i’uluL attisiq < il, urtij so ttd out nU ' AutmtiMm akwotd see when they visit this ancient village is the beef market. That is located in tl historical Snuthfleld. where they wsrm<d the feet of John Rogers in the early days of religious persecution. The place you .*■ was in the olden times devoted to martyr stakes, while in these practical days it is de voted to beefsteaks. An American of an inquiring mind will find the telegraph mid post offices places of real interest. Here business is brought down to a real science. John Bull is at home here and knows what he is about. There are nearly 8,000 telegraph operators under one roof, and the 7(5,000 telegraph and post office clerks in England are all con trolled from this central department. Their pay is about 00c. on the dollar of that re ceived in America, excepting the heads of departments, and that is quite equal and perhaps more in some instances than with us. If y-ou want to see post office business properly done, come here. Our New York i x ist office is only a baby in comparison with it. There is the Tower of London, with its funny old functionaries, relics and bloody histories. It is a bewildering place, and many people have ‘Tost their heads” in more senses than one. People in ancient days went there with reluctance, and wen most anxious to get away, but the official always got ahead of them. The head-chop ping business has ceased, but we wer “axed” ourselves for tips. Receiving tips is a custom which commenced with the early discovery of the country, and it 1 has in creased in strength until it has gone through the race like whooping cough. Every em ploye has it bad. In other words, nobody does anything cheerfully unless his salary is temporarily raised. This bad curt alias been imported into America. It is claimed that Gladstone is not open to tips, but the belief is common that the great Irish agi tator takes all that come. The Queen her self expects a little tip when there is an ad dition to the royal family-, and then she is willing to accept a petty douceur of $300,- (XX). Mr. and Mrs. Wales are nice voung people to take the place of the Queen when her years of jubilee are over. London is a great city and the English are a great peo ple. If anybody doubts this, let him come over here and look around. England is a little bit of an island, but there is a lot of il which is the result of ages of hard-headed, sure and bulldog energy. The more an American looks around the prouder he is o! springing from the same race and the bet ter- can he understand how it is that a wot ern nation lias been built up in but a little more than a hundred y-ears. In fact, we were all alike until the little row occurred which resulted in our throwing the tea over board in Boston harbor and then starting out for ourselves. They may say what they please about England", hut she has not ceased to lie a controller among European powers. She has the money and. the men, and they have the muscle. There is not fl continental nation that is not financially "busted” to-day, and their big armament have done it. "There is not going to be any war. They- are all too well armed and they can’t pay- their debts to-day. Besides this, .they are not able to pay their interest with out putting the screws on harder and hardei every y-ear. Continental wars and big armaments must cease, or else there must come a thundering crash and universa bankruptcy. There is just one trouble in this country, as I have seen it in my foui weeks’ stay-—they have too many people t< the square acre. In other words, the soi will not produce for them what they nee< for the sustenance of life. They can’t eat money or the east wind, of wliicn they have their share, so they must go somewhere ■lse. They are bound to emigrate in evei unnecessary numbers; and this is the real political question in England as well as it, Ireland. How can they live on their lim ited soil with everybody underselling them. The paupers number more than 10 per cent, of the entire population, and are increasing rear by year. Germany, Austria and Ru sia are sending them idle hands and pan .Ol'S Where is this to end t The country must depopulate instead of increase. Eng land, and indeed the w hole of Europe must increase the number of their emigrant every year. No doubt the American conti nent will receive a larger proportion ol these people, as they become more cognizant of their own position and more famil iar with the opportunities afforded by America. But I must end my dull sermon on political economy 7. Rufus Hatch “Rough on Piles.” Why suffer piles? Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Ask for “Rougl on Piles.” Sure cure for itching, protrud ing, bleeding or any form of Piles. 50c. At druggists or mailed. Skinny Men. Wells’ “Health Renewor” restores health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, impotence, ner vous debility. For weak men, delicate worn en. sl. Wells’ Hair Balsam. If gray, restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil nor grease. A tonic restorative, Stops hair coming out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp. 50c. CORNICES. CHAS. A. COX, 46 BARNARD ST., SAVANNAH, OA., —MANVFACTURKR OF— GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES AND ■ TIN ROOFING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. The only house ur*ng machinery in doing work. Estimates for city or country work promptly furnished. Agent for the celebrated Swedish Me tallic Paint. Agent for Walters' Patent Tin Shingles. GRAIN AND IIA f. Grain and Hay, ■—also — Keystone Mixed Feed, BY G. S. McALPIN, 172 BAY STREET, IKON WORKS. lii & Ballantyne, IRON FOUNDERS, Machinists, Boiler Makers anil Blacksmiths, -HAXcrAomutw or - STATION Alt Y POKTABLK KNOINKS, VERTICAL I'MihH KI NNKit and TOY Itl'NNCIt UOKN MILIA tjl'OAlt Mll.Oa'ul I'AM on hand and for n Mle. ail of tin* ••rot iilMri(l Mfi kiwi-at pn. ea. Alw Aiftaia < n < Cufago Tun amt k,ii 111/ Wol*4, and Um Lnpi'inod KMxTinaji UoUrr E<w4#r All i.itWra promptly ntU-udad lo KIFSLING’S NURSERY, Whit** Hl.ill Koittl. lilAVfiV M'U'Wl'I.’TS. UUI tIiSS, tt'T I i'fyiSLltnfo'oixloinl to order law*# or um<i* #4 |M Vh> , iMfiaH* i*uU mm TIIE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, ABRIL 29, 1887. •1836i I i SWIFrS*SFECITIC. 111188 • A REMEDx SOT TOR A DAT, BUT POR Rtf* HALE A CESTTJRT RELIEVING SUFFERING HUMANITY! s ! s,s S'S S; s ! s s s j s!s AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY. ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. MILLINERY. \ O W It E A D V AT KROUSKOFF’S SIASIOTH IILLIIY HOUSE, SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY, COMPRISING ALL THE NOVELTIES. Ten Thousand Straw and Fancy Braid Hats, from the cheapest to the v,ery finest quality, in every color and ii every shape for 1887. Five Thousand School Hats in the most desirable shapes Fifteen Thousand pieces of Ribbon, comprising all th* latest importations and shades in Chartereuse, Nile Green. Salmon Pink, Lilac and Heliotrope. One Thousand cartons of Flowers. The choicest design, from Paris importations, and comprising almost every Howe’ that blooms in the spring, and positively the finest goods evei seen in tAiis city. Our work rooms, in charge of live tirtistu designers, turn out the most correct trimmed hats in the city at prices much below others. Our shelves and counters on th three large floors are loaded with every variety of new milli ncry goods. Our retailing on the first floor at wholesale price enables us to sell our goods far below any competition, an< ladies can now purchase their millinery at same price as coin petitors have to pay. We continue the sale of Ribbons at sum prices as heretofore. Every steamer adds new novelties. 8. KROUSKOFF’S IABMOTH MILLINERY HQUHE FURNITURE AND CARPETS. I am on my way jf LIMY i MORGANS, \ ——- —169 & 171 Broughton Street. WJy l >1 TO SEE THOSE / New Straw Mattings jvMw I3al>y Carriages, CEDAR CHESTS ii REFRIGERATORS. #-} (irli Everything Marked Down tjjßFx to low prices. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. BIL V £IW A RE ! Having Just returned from New York, when* I selected tlm latest designs and styles, I can now exhibit the Largest and Hambiomest block of Solid Silverware, Diamonds a,nd Fine Jewelry Ever Opened TJp in thin City. In addition, our stor k ha* been replenished in every department with articles suitable for Wed ding Presents. Hons;* Eurntabing and other imriKWtw. Also, a dazzling displat of Diamonds, Watches, Chains, Charms, t’l K*ks. .Jewelry, and. m fact, everything that you would expect to And in the Leading Jewelry JUnis** of th* city. The High Standard of our goods is well known, and a moderate ana re.isoimble nridlt is all that we e xpect or ask - therefore, no Fancy Prices. Anvarti cle m our Extensive ana Varied Stock will comiiaiv with any similar articles to tie found in any rev metallic Jewclr>’ llouae any where not exeepimg th- lurg*t cities of the country. We invite a call and insjieetion. i■** f ~ Scud for oiu* lliusinitcd Clatalogua. 157 DBx*OTxglx'boz3_ S'bx’eoti. m. b ri:itmm:kc j. DIAMOITDS. LAT 118 AND SHINGLES. LATHS-AND SHINGLES VERY CHEAP. No. 1 Cypress Laths, - $1 50 per 1,000 No. 2 Cypress Shingles, - $2 00 per 1,000 Vale Royal Store House, ItBOUUHTON AND WEST MiOAD 3TB. SWIFT’S SPECIFIC. FRUIT AND GROCERIES. ffT m m m la la la la For one week every one buying One Pound of 50c. Tea will receive a Tea Can nister. One lb. enu Staudnrd Cove Oysters 5 for 15c One lb. can Standard Lobsters 15c One lb. can Standard Salmon 13c One lb. Good Raisins 15c One lb. Good Ground Rio 15c i>ue lb. llest H< pasted Uio 80c SOAP, SOAP. 11 CAKES SOAP 25c. STARCH,STARCH. 11 PACKAGES 25c. K. POWER, ISB CC ) N ( i R KSS ST. sss j I sss I '• sss slsls o:n .1 C > IST B BERMUDA ONIONS IN CRATES. Potatoes, Oranges, Lemons, Peanuts. SLACK EYE Xi TP \ and SPECKLED CLAY 1 JLLi AV. B II LACK HAY AND GRAIN. Special Prices on Car Lots. Eastern Hay, Food Meal, Bran, Corn, Oats, Grits and Meal. lee bay Street. W. D. SIMKINS&CO, ” r nosi£. RUBBER HOSE FOR larden end Street Sprinkling, WITH PATENT NOZZLES. 11l Sizes and Prices. HOSE REELS AND 3 ;p x* ± n. 3s: lers. —-FOR SALE BY John Nicholson, Jr., ■ T 1 30 AND 32 DRAYTON STREET, SAVA.XMA.IT. GEORGIA. RUBBER HOSE. 1,000 FEET RUBBER HOSE Harden Hose Heels, Magic Spray Nozzles. FOR BALK LOW BY Palmer Bros FERTILIZERS. William Rave.vel, President. C TOKO PHOSPHATR COMPANY, CHARLESTON, e. C. Established IWO. HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS. SOLUBLE GUANO (highly auimoniatcd,'. DISSOLVED BONE. ACID PHOSPHATE. ASH ELEMENT. FLOATS. GERMAN KAINIT. HIGH GRADE RICE FERTILIZER. COTTON SEED MEAL. COTTON SEED HULL ASHES. Oflli e, No. 12 Broad Strbbt. All orders promptly filled. K. M. MEANS, Treasurer. hardware^ ®WA§ LOVELL h SONS, l.V> H rough ton, and 1 art-140 State Strecta, General Hardware. Cotton Hose, Kedzic Filters, Hose Reels, Ice Croem Churns. Plain end Spray Noules, Fluting Mechines. nr- 1 '■—■■■■ - • ELECTRIC HKI.TH. Electric Belt Ktvio. rrg INTHGDI i t it *u<l otiUln Ajpmle • will 1 t'o Um ut mxiy 4*y *)• *•'>. free or t-Jmt** in 'mul i in 4* wsv-t ft immtrT srf Mir Ki^Uu iH'Um A ywttw tuA tut tiihitM for S*tvui Dd/jiuv ViwU>MrU. Fit um liujiM * y >& fow rt-WAH i-aid l( rwry lU'M wv uMuuft' lni* tb*m not /fmtuiimU* A k- I'tFtVMl A44c<Aß it Mltif wj i ?iac uiclt AiWKfT # r, o. iw* i7, ARTIFIC'IAX BTONK. THE PEIRCE PATENT Stone ail Bill Cmaj OF— - gbobgia. INCORPORATED. CAPITAL STOCK - $lOO,OOO This company deals in a superior quality of Artificial Stone for all building purposes. Buildings, Pavements, Curb ing, Bridges, Railroad Culverts, Sewers, Chimneys and Orna mental Tops; Stone Trimmings for Brick Buildings, Side walks of all kinds, Cemetery Lots,Garden Walks, Flower Vases, Corridors and Office Floors, Well Curbing, Fire-proof Vaults for Banks and Private Residences, Fountain Bases —in fact, this composite Stone may be applied to any of the uses made of Brick or Stone, and is protected by letters patent. Out Stone is fire-proof and in case of lire the walls will not crack like Brick, Natural Stone or Marble, of which we can give sufficient proof. This Building Stone has been recommended by the Florida Medical and Surgical Journal, which says: ‘‘This Stone will be the building material of the future, for aside from its beauty it fulfills all the requisites of sanitation and economy. Our Blocks have the air space in the Block for circula tion of air. County Right to Manulh.ct.riro J ames 85. Peirce’s j Patent Artificial Stone lii the Slate of Georgia, For sate at the Company’s office. The invention has for' its object the production of anl Artificial Stone and Patent Block suitable for all Buildina and Paving purposes, possessing strength and hardness, ancl free from efflorescence when exposed to the air; and it conj sists in the combination of ingredients particularly describe* in the letters of patent, This Stone is formed into Blocks irt| any suitable molds and of any desirable color or shape, ami can be made at any place where good, clean, silieious sand <n| broken rock is to lie had. See the Blocks being put in the walls of the new Epis copal Orphan Home now being erected in this city, Jefferson and Liberty streets. We warn all parties to not make, buy or use articles pro tected by patent and owned by us. Call at the Factory, foot of William street, or at the Company’s Office, 11Ga Bryan street, and leave your order for Sidewalks, etc. FOIL SALE! State and Comity Xtipdit to Manu facture James S. Peirce’s Patent Artificial Stone! Minnesota, Florida, Louisiana and Georgia Sold! My invention has for its object the production of an An tificial Stone and Patent Block suitable for all Building and Paving purposes, possessing strength and hardness, and free from efflorescence when exposed to the air; and it consists in the combination of ingredients particularly described in the letters of patent. This Stone is formed into Blocks in any suitable molds and of any desired color or shape, and can be made at any place where good, clean, silieious sand or broken rock is to be had. JAMES S. PEIRCE, At the Company’s Office, 116<i Bryan Street, or at the Factory, foot of William Street, Savannah, Ga. CHARTER OAK RANGE! WITH WIRE GAUZE OVEN DOOR. ITS WATER ATTACHMENT l the Ruuph-r and best meaiis yet devised for heating -rater for household p*r jvvwa, requiring the consumption OF LESS FUEL THAN BY ANY OTHER MiiTKOD. CLARKE & DANIELS. 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