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2 WHITNEY AS A WORKER. A MAN WHO CAN DO MANY THINGS WITH SUCCESS. System an Element. Foreign to His Na ture Social Circles Revolutionized by the Whirl of Time—Dr. Sowers’ Case to be Dropped by the Medical Society. Washington. May 7. —Secretar Whitney ran do more things, at the same time, with success than any other miin closely connect ed with the administration. Some people labor under the delusion that, because Sec retary Whitney is so great a leader socially, he will some day lie shown up a big failure as Secretary of the Navy. The croakers were never in their lives more completely mistaken. He does many things brilliantly, and without failing in any respect manages to show some pretty solid business successes. He is a worker without system. He comes down to his department at 9, 10 or 11, as the case may be, or possibly he don’t come down at nil. Sometimes he comes lack after lunch, and other times he prefers to adorn society. Properly speaking he has no habits of work. He writes a few minutes or a few hours at his desk, dictates to his secretary until he gets through with his pile of letters or lets the secretary wade through them himself, rings for naval officers one after the other, looks through reports or makes someone else look through them ami tell him the sub stance. and in the same irregular, indescrib able way gives some attention to the hun dreds of matters that constantly have to go to the Secretary. To most people he is a fashionably dressed young man, with some money of his own aiid a still more wealthy wife, who figures in all the upper-ten social events in Washington. He ls supposed to attend all the big dinners, give plenty of of them himself, stand as a sort of centre of attraction at all great receptions, wine and dine nabobs and titled for eigners at his country scat and last, but not least, to have invented anew Bocial dissipation with religions tendencies in the way of a christening entertainment.. With such a round of excitement it has Ixs-n a little difficult to see how lie managed to spare any time for the Navy Department, but he does it nevertheless and is conduct ing the Navy Department more successfully that any of his predecessors in recent years. However, neither the work room down town nor the one at Grasslands have much acquaintance with Mr. Whitney. He is too active a man for mach in-door study, and if business does not occupy him lie is enter taining his , friends or sending for more friends to entertain. Min. Whit ney’s entertainments are famous, and it is worth noting that she is almost the only woman in Washington whose husband takes an interest in her society doings and helps her to receive her friends. They both like to entertain, and their harmonious opinion on the subject may have something to do with their unvarying success. Sometimes they have ail object in view in some of their invitations. When old Senator Payne was about to tie compelled to answer charges of bribery and corruption on securing his seat, the Senators likely to be concerned in the affair had plenty of chances to taste the Whitney dmners and champagne. Nothing was said about the investigation, but one of the Senators insists that it fairly mined in vitations until the danger was over. At all their receptions there is plenty of wine, though the Secretary does not drink much himself, and some or the old-fashioned cus toms, which included a generous sideboard, ore very tlioroughly kept up. SOCIETY TURNED TOPSY TDRVY. The change in the administration and the whirlgig of time has turned social circles at the capital tojisy turvy. The “ins” and “outs” of the social world are as pronounced as those in the world of politics. The “ins” are the shining lights in the society world of to-day, while the “outs” were the leadei-s during the Republican regime. That the latter most cordially despise the favored ones of to-day can easily lie imagined. The social events of the new regime in point of grandeur have complelely eclipsed those under preceding administrations. This is because the leaders of the new set are much more plentifully supplied with money than were the leaders under the recent Re publican administrations. The army and navy set formerly ran social events, and a man who was not rigged out in brass but tons and gold stripes was looked upon as of not much consequence. Now, however, wealthy civilians are the leadens, and the men in blue and brass occupy a less exalted position in the social scale. Under the new regime the social entertainments have been Even with such splendor that the ice soon eame too warm and too extravagant for the brass buttons. Washington, however, is a city of changes, both sc rial and politi cal, and nothing that occurs is surprising._ Women come here for a few brief months," cut a conspicuous figure in society’s spec tacular parade, and then like a meteor sud denly drop out of sight and mind. Some of the members of the Fiftieth Congress have lieen here with their wives to select board ing places. The wife of a newly elected Congressman is really an object for pity. At her home she was a worthy woman, who did much to secure her hus band’s election by her popular manners and her good heart. To her it was a great thing to become the wife of a member of Con gress, but on arriving in Washington she wunu that she had only taken the first step toward social distinction. It was not long before a change commenced. From a modest lady, in a plain Mark silk and smooth brown locks, she burst into an ornamental gown of light satin, loaded with beads, which was not high enough in the neck by three inches, ana her head had in front a mass of frizzles, which hid her broad brow, and made her look like an idiot or a Shet land pony. Before her diamond-decked fin gers had been out of the domestic dish water long enough for their knuckles to re cover from their greasy odor of parboiling, she rode about in ner aired coupe and gave her orders to the coachman in u fault finding tone. Her days became a round of ceaseless toadyism, and her nights were wild revels, with champagne, oysters, flowers, punch, lost temper and bitter disappointments. Now her husband has not been re-elected. She must return to her village home and us she drops out of life here not a ripple on the tide of fashionable society will show where she has gone down and tfie wile of the new member will in her turn take the place of the one that lias gone. mi. sowers’ case. At first it was generally believed that Dr. Bowers’ vaporings alleging tiiat President Cleveland was in a very precarious condi tion physically would give Vise to no serious results. Then the medical society took the matter up and seemed inclined to make it self ridiculous by sitting down on Dr. Mow ers. The subject was referred to a stand ing committee with instructions to report at the next meeting of the society. Now, however, a member of the committee says it is probable that no further steals will be taken in the matter. Ho far ;is the in vest i- Sntion has gone, it has been discovered that >r. Howers made bis statement during a social conversation between a party of gen tlemen, several of whom were newspaper writes!-. Dr. Howers probably spoke more freely than he intended, but it is the wide, fris- advertisement he received that annoys some of his colleagues in the medical frater nity. A TOUCH OK ROMANCE. One of the pleasantest little bits of gossip afloat hi social circles is the engagement of Miss Florence Audcnried to Mr. Washing ton The wedding, which is Pi be a very pretty one. will take place In the 'all, and alter a visit to his ranch in Texas they will prolmbly settle in this city. There is quite a romantic episode connected with the vnmr mans hwtonr. His father is an officer in aM nmeh blessed with this 01 Id s goixls as men of his profession usual- are, hut thin son captured the affections or a neh old bachelor whom he met. one | summer at Bar Hart sir. and wboadontrd j him after a fashion; that is. he took him to | his home, educated him, and has continued ; ever since the role of Father Bountiful, sup ! plying him liberally with money, liesides presenting him with the cattle ranch in Texas, all of which goes to prove the truth of the old proverb that “it is better to bo born lucky than rich.” PREPARATIONS FOR THE BIG DRILL. Workmen have been engaged all the week in fencing in the great lawn south of the White House grounds, commonly known as the “White I-ot.” where the big militia drill is to take place this month. The inclosure will lie immense and the seats and grand stand will lx- so arranged us to enable every, body to see the ent ire field and nil of the per formances therein. The elliptical in closure is 1,048 feet diameter in length by !)00 feet diameter in width. For the camp 750 tents have been engaged, and in addition to these some tents wul lie brought here by a few of the visiting companies. At the southeasterly extremity of the field is to be erected a pvrorama of the famous buttle between the Monitor and Merrimac in Hampton Roads. The exhibition of this realistic encounter will form one of the attractions each night, and it will be in full view from the grand stand. QUEEN KAPIOLANI. The Queen of Hawaii, with her suite, has lieen having a good time, and has been en tertained in a way that makes her happy. < )n Friday she was taken to Mount Vernon. The day was brig) it and clear, and after a pleasant sail of a little more than an hour the Despatch at noon anchored in mid stream off the green hills of Mount Vernon, her draught not permitting her to proceed to the wharf. The Queen and Princess Lilinokolani, escorted by Senators Sherman and Evarts, respectively, and accompanied by a few others, were taken ashore in the captain’s gig, and the other guests followed in steam launches. The royal party were shown aronnd the grounds and through the house of Washington. The Queen evinced great interest in all that she saw, and said that she was delighted with Mount Vernon, and that it “ought never to lx“ disturbed.” After a stay of more than an hour the party returned to the Despatch, and arrives! at the navy yard shortly before 4 o'clock, taking carriages thence to the Arlington Hotel. In the evening the Queen and her suite attended a dinner in her honor at the White House. The Executive was ablaze with lights and sweet with the scent of blossoms. In the centre of the table was the long mir ror lake, from the middle of which rose a mound of smilax, bearing on either side, in flowers, a fac simile of the Hawaiian nag. The stripes of rod, white and blue were, formed of red azalias, candy tint, and heliotrope, the cross piece at the upper left hand corner formed of red azalias. On either side of the mound near the ends of the lake were exquisite ships formed of flowers. The hulls were of white clover pinks on one of which, in red flowers, was the word “Ha waii,” while its companion ship bore “Co lumbia.” The keels were of heliotrope, the hulls of white pinks, with a broad band of red carnations around the tops. Each ship was freighted with a cargo of purple pan sies, with a windlass of I-a France roses. The rigging was of smilax. from which drooped rose buds and aea< ia blossoms. At the four cornel's of the lake were cut glass decanters in silver stands, while on either side were punched silver candelabra, the large gold ones ornamenting the table at either end. The corsage bouquets were La France roses tied with broad lilac satin rib bon. For the gentlemen were bonsilene buds and geranium leaves. Between the gold candelabra, at either end of the table, were mounds of smilax with yeliow and red variegated tulips. The Queen took her seat at the right of the President, and the Princess at his left. Mrs. Cleveland sat opposite, with the Hawaiian Minister at her right and Lieut. Gen. Donu ms ,at her left. George Bancroft sat at the western end of the table, and was balanced at the eastern endjby Robert (Winthrop. Miss Carter, Miss Porter afld Miss Bancroft made a trio of young ladies present. They sat at the cornel's of the table. Mrs. Waite found hei-self between Mr. Vilas and Gen. Dominis. Mrs. Fairchild was between Mr. Preston and Minister Carter. Mrs. Vilas sat between two big men—Secretary Whitney and Minister Preston. The Queen wore a full train white satin, the front richly embroidered with gold bullion. Across her corsage she dis played n wide red su-sh, one of the orders of royalty. The Princess was in black velvet and black lace, the front of the dress Ming composed of embroidery and black thread lace. Mrs. Cleveland was in white satin, white lace and jK-arls, with diamond neck lace. Mrs. Carter wore buttercup satin, full train. Mrs. Chief Justice Waite was in a rich golden brown satin and white lace. Mrs. Fairchild wore white tulle and white satin. Mrs. Lincklaen, mother of Mrs. Fair child, being an old lady, was in black, with a white cap. Mrs. Winthrop wore black brocade and white lace. Mi's. Endicott was in gold satin and gar net velvet overskirt of white. Mrs. Vilas wore a full train of heliotrope satin, with front of white lace beaded with fiearls. Mi-s. Sheridan wore lavender satin, with overdress of white lace. Mrs. Whitney, full train white satin, com bined with old gold. Mi-s. Sherman, canary colored satin, com billed with lavender. Mi's. Laughton, a train of white and green striped, with a peticoat of black lace over white sntin. Miss Porter was in white, Miss Carter wore lavender, and Miss Bancroft lilac. All the gentlemen were in plain evening dress. The Hawaiian gentlemen and Gen. Sheridan wore their decorations. The President having the Princess on his left, woo sj leaks English well, was able to hold quits a conversation with her majesty, who sat upon his right. She expressed much de light with her visit to Mount Vernon, and t hanked the President for his cordial recep tion Pi her and her suite. FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS. Preparations Going on for the Annual Regatta. Jacksonville, May 8. —Active prepara tions are being male here by our local yachtsmen for their annual regatta which takes place Thursday next. The Florida and Riverside yacht clubs will each turn out a number of entries, anil entries are ex poctod from the Indian River, St. Augus tine, Fernandina. Brunswick, Port Royal, and even the Savannah clubs. Ail who will attend may rest assured they will re ceive a warm welcome and lie most hospita bly entertained by our gallant lovers of aauatie spoils. The G. A. H. men arc already beginning to make arrangements for Decoration day, May HO. They will invite the R, E. Lt* Camp of Confederate Veterans to join with them in commemoration of the 'lay, and possibly have a joint Memorial day. There is mill'll anxiety uore a lout the probable failure of the passage of the new extension charter for the city. It is under stood that a majority of the Judiciary Com mittee has reported adversely to it on ac count of it not having sufficient publication notice, but there is a bare possibility that the minority report may lx> carried through. We Jacksonvillians sincerely hope so. The Warrens, of Havannan, and the Dix - ies, of this city, will cross lints to-morrow, ainl the game, being the ttrsl match contest of the season, is looked forward pi witli much interest by all the local lovers of the great national sport, Mr. Sain Burkheim, of this city, lias been chosen umpire. Tux Empress of Austria lias a passion for doing graceful things gracefully. Traveling by Steamer to Orsova a week or two ago, one ol the gentlemen was unlucky enough at dinner to up set a glass of red wine upon her nia)est y's dress. The gentleman was In what It Is. I believe, cor rect to describe a* a "blue funk;" but shortly alternat'd tie* Empress, who hud not been a bft cio-s, consoled the awkward man by presenting hbu Oh a brenstnl" In brilliants. THE MORNING NEWS; MONDAY, MAY 9, 1887. STRANGER THAN FICTION. The Wild Girl of the Salmon River Mountains—Her Boudoir. Idaho lytter in St. I.out!* Globe-Democrat. A hunter, while wandering in the depths of the Salmon River Mountains, far from the habitations of man, saw before him a beautiful lake in the grandest, wildest natural settings—giant cedars with pendant festoons of moss and towering columns of granite. A fair girl, unadorned, unclothed, except by a fleecy wealth of golden hair, stood waist deep in the water. She looked with a nervous stare that betrayed a wild nature. She sprang from the water and disappeared in a black, yawning cavern. The man of the chase was not romantic. There might lie such a thing as a mermaid, but he did not believe in ghosts. He hastened to the camp. It was dark when he found his comrades by the log fire. They were old hunters and knew not fear. The story of a lone girl in that gloomy solitude was related. The flickering flames cast shadows more weird; when the owl hooted and the cohoes died away the stillness seemed op pressive. The three Nimrods visited the lake next morning. The same fair creature was standing at the fixit of the cliff beyond the water. She was clothed in the skins of wild animals; her hair was blown by the light breeze in fluffy ringlets about her shoulders. She was startled—looked for a moment and fled. The explorers did not trespass upon the strange lady’s sacred pre cincts. When they returned to the valley their story was widely circulated, and a newspa per correspondent, accompanied by some daring cowboys, decided to trace the rumor to the fountain-head. They found a beau tiful, untrodden, grassy, valley of an area of 100 acre?, around two sides of what is known on tiie surveyors’ map as Moose Lake. Few white men have ever passed through the dense forests and nigged depths to look down into tee sheltered dell. No signs of life were apparent when the unrippled water reflected back the gray, moss-covered wall of rucks that stood so nearly perpendic ular on the border. Tne entrance to the cave could be seen, but only the black sides and arches marked the home of the object of the search. The investigators passed up the uneven, worn stone steps to the d<x>r of the subterranean domicile of the apparition or angel. They paused, they jx'ered, but all was hidden m the heavy shadows. They hallooed; an echo answered as from a well. A stir in the passage and a a frightful visage was seen, with tangled strings of gray hair dangling, with blinking, watery red eyes glaring, as a feeble, trem bling Indian tottered forward. His atti tude was that of defiance as he placed himself in the door of his dungeon, but the withered form and palsied arm were a miserable caricature of the warrior of fifty years ago. He was pushed aside. The reckless men rushed forward, guided by a torch, through a winding tunnel into a great cave, with many angular recesses and un even roof and walls. Comers and columns divided the vast interior into apartments. ()ne of these divisions was the wild girl’s boudoir. Seated on a robe, in convulsions of fright, was a well-developed maiden. The torch dazzled her sight. She turned her face from the intruders and bowed her head and sobbed pitifully. They did not approach her, but turned away and passed from her presence filled with sorrow and moved with sympathy, which her intense emotion seemed to communicate to even these thoughtless young inen of the plains. The withered old guardian was found to be dumb. When addressed in the Nez Perce Indian language he could understand, but replied only with signs. These facts wero published when the party returned to civi lization, and Mr. Holbrook, in his far-off Colorado home, read them several weeks after the discovery. lie traveled with all possible speed to the Salmon River Valley, his formes home, and soon organized a party to assist in the rescue, including two of the company that had made the exploration on the previous occasion. The faithful Indian was xpfeijdbi/ his door. He offered no re-istrilmcal tiro-fen- trance, but trotted on before as the inva ders passed the narrow door and led the way to where the girl sat. She was wrap ped in furs to keep warm. The anxious father rushed forward to clasp his ilaqgUter P) his bosom, but that old relic of' aJh if bio race placed his .warped frame between father and child. Like a man of straw the Indian was pushed away. No word of meaning but a wail of anguish burst from his lips. The girl sprang to her feet. The father was burled back as if he had tried to embrace a tigress. The Indian was addressed in liis native tongue by one of the cowboys, and gave signs, after some delay, that he understood the situation. He communicated to the frightened child by signs anil grunts, and she settled down on the robe and stared with wild eyes at those around her. After a long, one sided conversation t!i" old cavo-uweller expressed his con sent that liis ward should go with her father. She could speak no language, but was quieted by a pantomime on the part of her protector. To make the story short, Mr. Holbrook, by a great deal of per suasion and some force, succeeded in get ting his daughter Pi the house of a friend. The old Indian accompanied the party, and is aiding in the work of taming the “wild girl"’ and teaching her to talk before start ing across the continent and separating her from the only 1 lonian who can communicate witli her. 11l 1877 Mr. Holbrook was engaged in the stock business on Salmon river. The first raid of Joseph’s warriors was in that, coun try, and Mrs. Holbrook and child were taken prisoners. Mrs. Holbrook was re leased after fearful torture, but never re covered from tho injuries mid nervous shock. The girl was supposed to have been murdered. It now transpires that she was rescued by the old dumb Indian and carried to his lonely home, where she lived nine years without hearing a human voice or seeing a human be ing, except the deformed and feeble old man. This old Itidiuu was once am-'mberof the Nez Perce trilie, hut was decided to lie a sorcerer or a witch, ami was condemned to have his tongue cut out and he banished. For years, too far back to lie reckoned, he has lived in that gloomy cave. He has made visits to the settlement, anti traded furs to the whites for powder and lead. Fish, game, roots and berries have boon the only food and the skins of wild animals the only clothing hi all those years of loneliness. HAWTHORNE HAPPENINGS. All Sorts of News From a Pretty and Thrifty Town. Hawthorne, Fla., May 8.- The Band of Hojie gave a very satisfactory entortaiu ment in the Presbyterian church Tuesday night. The Wtillark Tripologue gave one of their ciipirtuinnients here on Monday and Tuesday nights of last week. The per formance was enjoyed by a large, apprecia tive audience, who gave these old-time fa vorites an enthusiastic greeting. Mr. Wnl lai'k sang "My Johnny was a Shoemaker” in his own inimitable style, while Mr. Rider brought down the house by his rendition of “i Wish I Were a Fish.” Wednesday night a social hop given at the residence of Dr. Hirnmonds, of medicine fame, at Magnolia Springs, was a success. Several of Hawthorne's young jieople Px>k Advantage of the lovely night to drive out to the entertainment. The town election occurred on Monday. It resulted as follows: P. B. Turjnin, Mayor; W. H. Thorne, Treasurer and Clerk; E” L. McGinnis, W. 11. Price, W. C. Johnson. F. J. Hammond, Aldermen; P. F. Stock, Mar shal. Oapt. Fred P. Colo has received anew boat from Boston—a jH-rfeet little gent— which helms named, in honor of Mix Cole, Juanita. It isfeet long, propellisl by a ■Shipman engine of three horse power, and turnished with cushions and carpeting, mak ing it us !■■• t 'vl inviting as a htdvV parlor. HOUSE FURNISHING FANCIES. A Craze That is Not Likely to Become Common. New York, May 7. —Whatever the homes of our wealthy families may lack in taste they make up for in gorgeousnoss. Even in taste we have advanced with rapid And this is owing, not so much to the education in refinement of Mr. -Money bags as to the enterprise shown by the manufacturers and importers of the finer classes of furnishings in selecting beautiful objects to sell I called the other day at one of the largest of these concerns 1 rode in an elegant elevator to the third story. The manager, a courteous gentleman, invited me to enter the. shrine set apart for the finer novelties. It was pitch dark until he touched an electric button and a hundred tiny gas jets sprang into flame. The walLs of the room were formed of expensive, Turkish velour curtains. Scattered around were objects of great rarity and value. Gobelin tapestries, centuries old; little gilt chairs upholstered in satin, painted by noted artists long since dead; a jewel box sacred to the memory of Marie Antoinette; an onyx table with thearmsof Louis Napoleon; and, oh! what are those! Two silk plush curtains hang from a brass rod in a far dark corner. At first they were invisble, but my guide has cunningly thrown a flash of light upon them. They are a beautiful shaded wine color, turning from a deep dark red to a faint pink. Running over them in an artistic manner are many lxj. utiful hand embroidered roses, connected by slender branches. The centre of each flower seems to be aflame. Jets of light twinkle in its petals. “Incandescent lights, I suppose,” I re marked. The manager laughed. “Examine them,” he said. I walked over to the curtains and lifted them nearer to me. The flaming jets were diamonds, big and pure. Even as I held them they broke out into a hundred flashes of brilliant color. “I don’t suppose," said the manager,- “that this craze will become very common, but it has already been introduced by some of our money princes. The flowers are so made that diamond studs can be screwed into their centre. The idea is to put the diamonds in only upon the occasion of some grand entertainment. They can be locked on the back of the curtain so that it would be next to impossible to remove them with out cutting the whole curtain. After the entertainment the host can remove them to his safe if he pleases. I suppose it won’t be iong before the great entertainers will be trying to outdo each other in the size and brilliancy of the diamonds concealed in the embroidery of their portiere curtains. There are 825,000 worth of diamonds in those curtains. We have to employ a man who does nothing but watch this room.” I am waiting to hear of some entertain ment at which this royal fancy is indulged. I have heard of menu cards in which the lower grades of precious stones are set, but have not been able to trace them any further than the jewelry stores. A dinner at which the guest would be presented with sueh a bill of fare would be likely to be well attended. Ros. A LOVE THAT LASTED. Successful Appeal of a True Woman for Her Lover’s Liberation. From the New York Timss. Nashville, Ten.v., May (i.—Eighteen years ago the doors of the State prison closed upon Frank Riddle, of Maury county, who had been sentenced to life imprison ment for murdering a German peddler. There were doubts as to the guilt of Riddle, who, refusing to acknowledge the crime and accept a term of fifteen years, insisted upon a plea of not guilty. The trial resulted in his conviction, and the defendant appealed to the Supremo Court, which granted a new hearing. A second verdict against Riddle was rendered and he was sent to the penitentiary. Year after year passed. One after another of the life convicts died, and Riddle almost abandoned hope of obtaining his freedom. While Gov. Taylor was seated in his office to-day a woman walked into the apartment and presented to the Governor a petition for executive clemency signed by the lessees and every officer of the prison, who stated that Riddle’s long incarceration had served the ends of justice. Accompany ing the petition was a letter written by the woman who lxire it. After the Governor had read the documents the lady rose, and addressing him, said: “Gov. Taylor—When that maji was ac cused of murder 1 was engaged to be mar ried to him. I did not believe him guilty, and did not break the engagement. During the two or three years that the trial was pending I still believed in him. During the eighteen years of his confinement I have stuck to him. His parents have died. His brothers and sisters are all dead except a sister, who lives out West. The people who were interested in the case then have for gotten him. lam ths only friend hy has in the world. My life has been wrapped up in him. 1 believe in him and have loved him through these long, weary years, and I want you to pardon him. I do * not ask you to think him an innocent man, but for the sake of two lives that may yet be happy 1 implore you to set him free. Without waiting to hear the Governor’s i decision she arose and left the office and the capitol. When the Governor had cleared his eyes of tears he said to Bishop Granberry: “Such devotion and constancy I have never seen, and whatever Riddle may have de served, it docs look as if that woman ought to have a chance at happiness.” God Bless the Old-Fashioned Girl. From the Omaha Bee. Bishop Cosgrove, of Davenport, la., de livered a notable sermon in that city last Sunday on the the immoral tendencies of the times through the breaking down of safeguards which once protected girls and young women. Asa model for the rising generation, the Bishop pictured the “old fashioned girl” of thirty years ago in the following words: “She was a little girl until she was 15 years old, and she helped her mother in h r household duties. She bad her hours of play, and enjoyed herself to the fullest extent. She never to her mother: ‘I can’t—l don’t want to,’ for obedience was to her a cherished virtue. She arose' in the morning when called, and we do not sup port • she had her hair done up in papers and crimping pins, or hanged over her forehead. Shi- did not grow into a young lady and talk about her beau before'she was in her teens, and she did not read dime novels, nor was she fancying a hero in every nlow boy she met. The old-fashioned girl was modest in her demeanor, and she never talked slang nor used bywords. She did not laugh at old people nor make fun of cripples. She had respect for her elders, and was not above listening to words of counsel from those older than herself. She did not know as much as her mother, nor did she think that her judgment was ns good as that of her grandmother. She did not go to parties by tlic time she was 10 years old, and stay till after midnight dancing with any chance young man who happened to be present. She went to lied in season, und doubtless said her prayers, and slept tho sleep of inno cence, rose up in the morning happy and capable of giving happiness. And now, if there lx- an old-fashioned girl iu the world to-day may heaven bless and keep her and raise up others like her.” Agony is Courted Ity persons who. attacked by a mild form of rheumatism, neglect to seek prompt relief. Sub sequeut torture is prevented bjttln immediate resort to Hostetler's Stomach Hitters. Slight rvjHisiirp. an ixvnxioual draught, will ixigct Inis painful malady, where there is a predisposition to It 111 the blood. It Is not difficult to arrest the trouble at the outsat, but well nigh impossible to eradicate it when matured. No evidence In re lation to this superb Wood depursnt is more pos itive than that which establishes Its efficacy ns a preventive mid remedy for rheumatism. Not only is it thorough, but sale, which the vegeta ble and minerul |xiisoiiM, often taken ns cura tives of the disease, are no;. Besides expelling the rheumatic virus from the system, it over comes fever rod ague, biliousness, constipation I and arsuensix. I MEETINGS. lIfKALB LODGE \C>. 9, I. oTo. F. A regular meeting will be held THlSiMonday.) EVENING at 8 o’clock. Second degree will be conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order of .J. S. COLLINS, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. CALANTHE LODGE AO. *H, K. OS"' I*. Savannah, Ga.. May 9, 1887. A regular meeting of this Lodge will .g’oPx beheld THIS (Monday) EVENING 8 o’clock. Visiting Knights and mem bers of other Lodges cordially invited ySKSw to attend. Pages rank will Ik* con- '® ,r ferred. G. 11. MILLER, C. C. W. Falconer, If. of R. and S. GERMAN’ FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The regular monthly meeting of the German Friendly Society will be held THIS EVENING at 8 o’clock, May 9th. tV. SCHEIHING, President. A. Hku.Bß, Secretary. THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL LOAN' ASSO CIATIO.N. The tenth (10th) regidar meeting of Series B will be held at Metropolitan llai! THIS (Mon day) EVENING at 8 o'elodt. M. J. SOLOMONS, President. William D. Harden, Secretary. May 8. 1887; ' TYLER COTTON PRESS COMPANY. The annual Stockholders’ Meeting of the Tyler Cotton lb-ess Chmpany will be held on MON DAY, May 9th, at 12 m., in the Directors’ Room of the Savannah Cotton Press Association. By orderof THE PRESIPEXT. Office of 1 The Brush Electric Light and Power Cos., v Savannah, Ga., May 4th, 1887. ) The annua! meeting of the stockholders of the finish Electric Light and Power Company will lie held at Armory Hall (upper room) on WED NESDAY EVENING, 11th lust., at 8 o’clock. SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, President. S. S. Guckenheimer. Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. BANAN AS r BAN ANAS! Just received one car load of choice RED AND YELLOW BANANAS, Well ripe and FOR SALE CHEAP AT J. S. COLLINS & CO.’S. NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. Water Works Office. At 10 o’clock TO-NIGHT the water will be en tirely closed off during the balance of the night and passing up to noon on Tuesday, for the pur pose of connecting mains to large pumps. A. N. MILLER. Superintendent Savannah Water Works. CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY. May 9th, 1887. The Twenty-third installment is now due. M. J. SOLOMONS, Secretary and Treasurer. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Important Notice. On account of repairs now being made at Chatham Academy, the exercises in the Girls’ High School and in the two. Primary grades oc cupying rooms in the Eastern wing of the build ing will not be resumed until MONDAY’, May 16th. W. H. BAKER, Superintendent. FOR SALE. 120 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar gain. Cylinder 20x30. About new and in per fect order. A. B. HART, Lake City, Fla. TWELFTH ANNUAL REGATTA SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB, At Thunderbolt, Tuesday, May 10, ISB7. Over Regular Thunderbolt Course. r Yachts will start at 11:30 o’clock a. m. PRIZES—FIRST CLASS. Cabin Y’aehts, 3) feet and over. Ist Prize SIOO 2d Prize 50 THIRD CLASS. Open Y’aclits, over 23 feet, and less than 27 feet. Ist Prize SIOO 2d Prize 23 If more than two boats race in this class, the second prize to be SSO. FOURTH CLASS. Open Yachts, 21 feet and under—Prize $lO. FIFTH CLASS. Small Boats and Batteaux—Prize S2O Entrance fee 10 per cent, of first prize in each class. Entries to lie made at office of the Secretary, 92 Bay street, up to 11330 o'clock A. M., on MON DAY. Slay 9th. All yacuts must report to the Sailing Commit tee at 11 a... on day of Regatta, for Instruct ions. The Sailing Committee reserves the privilege to change anything on the programme as cir cumstances or the weather may necessitate. Members are hereby notified that the follow ing rules of the Sailing Regulations will be car ried oat, viz: Rule 5. Y’aehts must be entered for a Regatta at least twenty-four (24) hours before the hour of starting. Rule 13. A member of the Club shall be on Iloarel each Y’acht sailing for a prize, who shall lx* accountable for the sailing or the boat. By order of WM. HONE, Commodore. Attest: W. D. Johnston, Secretary. SAVANNAH YACHT CLITL Members will please call and pay annual dues and receive their badges at 93 Bay street. M. A. COHEN, Treasurer. NOTICE TO CONTR ACTORS. Sealed proposals In duplicate will be received for the erection of an office building for the CENTRAL RAILROAD will be received by the undersigned until WEDNESDAY. MAY' 11th, at noon. Drawings and Specifications may be seen at the offices of Fay & Eichberg, No. 3 Bull street, Savannah, and South Broad street, Atlanta, Oa. Bond and Security will be required for the performance of the contract. Work to lie com pleted on or before SETT. Ist, 1887, under for feiture. Bids will be received in whole, or for separate parts of the work. KAY A EICHBERG, Architects. UK. HENRY s COLUINU, DENTIST, Office corner .Toni's and Drayton streets. ALL OF out PLANTS Displayed at the Floral and Art Association's Exhibition at the Chatham*’ Arsenal, will lie offered for sale at auction on MONDAY, com mencing at 11 a. M. A. C. OELSCHIO, GEORGE WAGNER. I LM Mil's Lit MR CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation Is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the syg. tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other Ills, caused by a disordered liver, it. cannot lie excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer's Liver*Corrector and take no other. Si tW a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D„ Pharmacist. R/iwmiah. Ga. AMUSEMENTS. BASE BALL TO-DAY. CHARLESTON vs. SAVAN NAH. Tickets at FERNANDEZ’S CIGAR STORE and at the Park. ADMISSIONS: Adults 25c Children ( ..15c Grand Stand 10c Ladies will be admitted free to Grand Stand. Game at 4= p. m. MILLINERY. PLATSHEK’S, 138 Broughton Street. GRAND SELECTED VALUES! LACES! LACES! 650 yards SW-inches deep. White and Beige, Egyptian and Oriental Laces this week, only 10c. pct ; yard, regular price 20c. CORSETS! CORSETS! 100 dozen Ladies' White 5-Ilook Corsets, elabo rate Silk Stitched and guaranteed bone-filled, only 50c. each. HOSIERY! HOSIERY! 25 dozen Ladies’ Brown Genuine Balbriggan Hose, regular made and London lengths. The champion 25c. Hose of this market, HANDKERCHIEFS! HANDKERCHIEFS! 150 dozen Ladies' Fine Linen Mourning Bordered Handkerchiefs, size 14J4x14J4, with ineh, genuine hemstitch, this week, only 10c. each: regular price 18c. GENTS’ UNDERWEAR! To make a run, we offer 75 dozen Gents’ % regular made India Gauze Vests, with heavy satin fronts and silk bound, at $3 a box (V£ doz en); the regular price for them is 75c. each. Embroidered Dress Robes! 150 elegant Dress Robes we will offer at cost from this week until entire lot is closed. Don’t miss this chance. Ladies’Muslin Underwear! 30 dozen Ladies' Cambric Chemise, elegantly designed and trimmed with Torchon lace and embroidery; the best 7oc. article in the States. LADIES’ JERSEYS! 65 dozen Ladies’ Pure Wool Boucle Jerseys (summer weight), pleat backs, in brown, black, navy, garnet, at the great bargain price of sl. Ladies’ Gauze Underwear! 120 dozen Ladies’ Jersey-fitting Gauze Under vests. the best finished goods in America,at 35c. and 50c. Give them a trial. Ladies’ Linen Collars. 200 dozen Ladies’ 3-ply All-Linen Clerical Shape Collars, w ith capes, for this week only, B}k.c., our regular 15c. value. The Leading Parasol, Fan and Glove House ’ of Savannah. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. fill ill Lawn Mowers, Three Sizes, Ladies’ Garden Hoes, Hand Plows, Hedge Shears, Pruninng Scissors and Knives, Garden Trowels and Weeders, Fountain Pumps, Rubber Hose and Reels, —FOR SALE BY Palmer Bros 148 and 150 Congress Street. “horse power” lowing Machines. —FOR SALE BY Weed & Cornwell. GRAIN AND HAY. Keystone King Feed, Cow Peas and Feed Meal, —also— Hay and (drain, HOUBEK MI.DING GOODS. J. E. FREEMAN. A. 11. OLIVER. Freeman & Oliver, FURNITURE, Matting, Refrigerators, Stoves, Crockery anil House Furnishing Goods. 192 BROUGHTON STREET. Furniture Stored During Summer Months. \V l N is AM) LIQUORS. Wines, Liquors, Etc. B. Select Whisky, per gallon $ I. Baker Rye Whisky, per gallon $4. Imperial Choice Hyr Whisky. ]ier gallon $3. Pine Apple Choice ltye Whisky, jier gallon $2. Old Rye Whisky, a pure article, per gallon Si 50. Brandy from S3 to $0 per gallon. (iiti from SI SO to $5 per gallon. Hum from $1 60 to S'l per gallon. Wines from Si to $3 per gallon. High Life Cigars, Very Fine. Try Them. Groceries at Cost and a fraction above. Don’t fail to give men call. A. H. CHAMPION. HOTELS. THE COLUMBIAN, SARATOGA SPRINGS, THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SA VANN AHIANg Opens June 35th. JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor. Indian Harbor Hotel' GREENWICH, CONTIST. Will Open Saturday, June 18th, Address WM. H. LEE Grand Hotel, 31st street and Broadway, x ew NEW HOTEL TOGNIi (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla r PHE MOST central House in the city Kear A Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries" New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella. Baths, Etc. $2 50 to s3_per day. BeUg * JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor S. A. UPSON, Manager. LEON HOTEL; TALLAHASSEE, - - FLA. M. L. OGLESBY, * . Manager, Winter Resort. Open December to May. Dally Rates—s 4. HOTEL SAN SALVADOR'; ST. GEORGE STREET, ST. AUGUSTINE, - - - FLA I7MRST-CLASS in all its appointments. This New and Elegant Concrete Hotel is hand, somely furnished throughout, and has all the modem improvements—Electric Bells, Gas Baths and perfect Sanitary system. Rates: $254 to $3 per day. Special terms by the week or month. G. N. PAPY, Proprietor HOTEL VENDOME, BROADWAY VFORTYTTRST STREET NEW YORK. AMERICAN PLAN. Centrally located. Ail the latest improvements. Cuisine and ser vice unexcelled. , Special rates to permanent guests. I. STEINFELD, Manager. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE" ’’PHIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided with 1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in tha city) and has been remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spares neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad can affori marshall house! SAVANNAH, - - GA C’t EO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of T the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Grand Union. Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral. All parts of the fcity and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Special inducements to those visit ing the city for business or pleasure. THE MORRISON HOUSE. ’ One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the South. \ FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board . x with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit those wishing table, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. J AAA FEET ABOVE THE SEA—WATAUGA Tt Vfl ’‘ ‘ HOTEL, Blooming Rock, N. C., on the summit of the Blue Ridge. Purest water: every thing new, eomfortable and elegant. Lowest rates. Write for further information. RU(. POISON. CHURCH’S BUG HI Ready for Use Dry, No Mixing Required STICKS to the vines and finishes the whole crop of POTATO BUGS with one applica tion: also, kills any Curculio and the Cotton and Tobacco Worm. This is the only safe way to use a Strong Poi son : none of the Poison is in a clear state, but thoroughly combined by patent process and machinery, with material to help the very fine powder to stick to tile vines and entice the bugs to eat it, and is also a fertilizer. One Pound will go as far as Ten Pounds of Plaster and Paris Green as mixed by the fann ers. is therefore cheaper and saves trouble and danger of mixing and using the green, which, it is needless to say, is dangerous to handle. Cheaper than any other mixture used for the purpose. Guaranteed more effective than any other mixture sold for the purpose. FOR SALE BY ANDREW HANLEY, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. SAMI, IIOOKS, BLENDS. UT< . Halifax River Lumlier Ilk JOHN MANLEY, Proprietor, DAYTONA, FLORIDA. EVERY VARIETY OF Rough & Dressed Lumber, SASHES, SHINGLES, MOLDINGS AND SCROLL WORK FURNISHED. In connection with the Mill is also a MA CHINE AND REPAIR SHOP. Address JOHN MANLEY PAYT'CFN'A, FI.ORIDA- _ PLUM BEK. lT'aT McCarthy, Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield, PLUMBER, CHS and STEAM FITTER, * 48 Barnard street, SAVANNAH, GA. Telephone 373. I N DKKT AK Ml!. W. I). DIXON. U N DERTAKER DEALER IN # ALL KINDS OF COFFINS AND CASKETS, 43 Bull street. Residence 59 Liberty street. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. EDUCATIONAL. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. ST^.’S!^ i s©r For Jirculr.r am>lv (P. O. Univrrslt yof v *•> ,J()HN 11. Mi N< Hi, Prof. Corn, and But, EV ELY N <l< >LLE< V& I,’'OR YOUNG WOMEN. Princeton, N ■ 1 Prospectus, full paitlculani. wnt oj W 1 n ientiun L> J- H- McU-vaa-■ ¥-