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’LISTING IN THE ARMY.
How Soldiers Are Secured- An Hour
at the Boston Rendezvous.
From the Boston Herald.
Tiie other morning a young man, with a
carpet sack in his hand, turned slowly from
Hanover street into Portland street. As he
looked up tjie latter highway he discovered
a United States flag hanging from a staff
which projected out of an upper window.
Tiie young man's ayes brightened, and he
gripped his carpet bag tighter. The flag
showed him the place of which he was in
search.
Beneath the flag was a doorway. In the
doorway stood a uniformed corporal, who
put out hi.-j hand to stop the carpet bagger as
he essayed to climb the stab’s.
“What do you want? - ’
“Is this the place where they take men for
the army ?’
“Yes.”
“Well, I want to jine.”
The corporal looked the young man over
carefully.
“How old are you!” he asked.
“Twentv-oiie. ”
“When?”
“Last January.”
“What year were you born in?”
This proved a puzzler for a moment, but a
little arithmetic made it all right.
“In 1566.”
“Got any wife or children?’
“No.”
“Well, go along up and see the sergeant.”
The young man wiped the sweat from his
brow. He nad had no idea he would be
asked so many questions. When the ser
geant took him in hand the conundrums
were renewed w r ith increased volume:
“What is your name? Where were you
bora? What* is your occupation? Age?
Height? Weight?” and half a dozen other
inquiries were made with rapidity.
“So you want to go to the army?” said the
sergeant, at last.
“Yes.”
“Were you ever in jail?”
“No.”
“Come in the other room, then.”
The perspiration increased on the fore
head of the young man, as he followed the
sergeant.
“Strip off your clothes.”
“All of them?”
“Cei-tainly.”
Then the surgeon got hold of him, and
that functionary made as thorough an ex
amination of the youth as though he in
tended to buy him. He looked him over
with great care, felt of his skin, explored
his scalp, bored into his ears, looked at his
eyes, investigated his nostrils, peered down
his mouth, stared in his face, fingered his
neck and thumped his chest. The candi
date for glory began to look tired.
“Extend your arms above your head,”
commanded the surgeon. “Now cough.”
The candidate coughed. He had lungs
like a horse.”
“Tqke a long step forward with your
right foot. Bend your knees. Assume” this
position.”
The surgeon put his victim through a
dozen evolutions, ending with having him
cock the hammer of a rifle to see whether
his thumb was sufficiently strong. Then he
weighed him on the scales; then he meas
ured his height and chest, noted his com
plexion, color of eyes and hair, and wrote
down the facts on a blank. After that he
resumed his questionings.
He asked that young man what was the
nationality of his father and mother; what
sicknesses he had ever experienced; whether
both his parents were living, and if not,
why; whether any of his brothel’s and sis
ters were dead and what ailed them; if he
was
IN THE HABIT OF GETTING DIZZY,
having headaches, fluttering of the heart,
shortness of breath, cold in the head or
rheumatism; if he had ever been troubled
with sore eyes or running ears, or fits; if he
drank liquor and how much; if he often hail
the “horrors;” as well as many other play
ful things relating to his past life and con
duct, all of which seemed to give the sur
geon great satisfaction and the young man
much dissress.
Then that surgeon seemed suddenly
stricken with contrition, and indorsed on the
blank which he had filled out:
“Knowledge of English language, good;
comparative intelligence, excellent; figure
and general appearance, fine.”
At the foot of this he wrote his name, and
filled up the other spaces as they should be.
The sergeant signified to the” young man
that he had passed, his examination with
credit, and could sign the enlistment paper,
which he did, looking proud as well as ex
hausted when he saw his name appear.
“Hold up your right hand,” said the ser
geant, arid he proceeded to swear the re
cruit in as a soldier of the army of the
United States for a period of five years, un
less he should sooner he discharged by
proper authority; making him agree to ac
cept such bounty, pay, rations and clothing
as might be established by law; to bear time
faith and allegiance to the United States
and serve them honestly against all enemies
whomsoever; to obey the orders of the Presi
dent of the United States and all officers ap
pointed over him, according to tho rules and
articles of war.
Bnt a short time elapsed before the re
cruit appeared dressed in a United States
forage cap, trousers, blouse, undershirt,
blue flannel shirt, drawers, socks, shoes and
suspenders of Uncle Sam’s regulation uni
form, and was sent in charge of a corporal
to a neighboring loarding house.
Sergt. M. J. McNally, who had assisted at
these ceremonies, kindly gave desired infor
mation to a reporter, who had been an in
terested spectator.
“This man,” said he, “whom we have
iust enlisted, w’ill be sent in a few days to
)avid’s Island, Now York heritor, where
the recruits for the infantry service are kept
three months before being sent to the ranks
of the regular army. If lie had wished to
join the cavalry, and had shown qualifica
tions for that branch, he would go to the
Hudson street depot, so-called, at No. 174
Hudson street, New York city. We do not
send less than six of them* from hero at a
time, and a corporal takes charge of them
en route. This is the only recruiting ren
dezvous in Massachusetts, and is in charge
of Capt. Samuel McKeever, of the Second
United States Infantry, which is now sta
tioned at Fort Omaha. There are twenty
six of these rendezvouse sin the country. The
rules for enlisting men stipulate that they
shall lie of good character and habits,
sound health; unmarried, childless, not un
der 21 nor more tjian 85 years of age. For
the infantry a man must !>c not less than 5
feet 4 inches in height, and weigh between
12(1 and 1 Impounds. He may be ns much
taller as he likes, but in the cavalrv he can
not, be over 6 feet 10, or weigh over 165. He
nun Lu
OF ANY COLOR OR NATIONALITY,
but must reaii and write English and take
the oath to support the laws. His pay will
bn *lB a montn the first two years. *l4 the
third, *ls the lourth and sl6 the fifth. This
aggregates S7NO for his five years, besides
nfl food, transportion, and S2OO in money
with w hich tei purchase clothing. If he is
anxious to earn more than these sums he
con usually get extra pay for detail work.
A laborer often gets $1(1 a month extra, and
a mechanic or clerk sls. He can brush up
his education under good teachers if he
choosee. The non-commissioned officers are
also chosen from the enlisted men. Those
who hecome corporals get $2 a month ad
vance, those who are appointed second,
third, fourth or fifth sergeants get $4 extra,
and a first sergeant, $9. Once a year those
of the non-commissioned officers, who have
served two years and desire it, are examined
for promotion, and some of them come out
second lieutenants. I think there are men
in tiie regular army holding as high a rank
as Colonel who enlisted like the fellow you
saw here to-day.”
“How rnaiiy are recruited in Boston?
. “We took in 450 in the year ending .Tune
1. We are very carol ul now to send out
only the very best applicants, as a recent
letter from headquarters informs us that,
tho army only lacked, on May 10, of its
whole complement, 801 men for white cav-
alry, 181 for colored cavalry. 10S for white
artillery and infantry, and” fifteen for col
ored.”
“Don’t the raw recruits often get sick of
their bargain ?”
“Undoubtedly many do during the first
few’ months. They are homesick for a
while, but after that they like it. Many
re-enlist when the first five years are over.
‘ ‘ Supposi tig thej- desert ?”
The penalty is from two to five years in
the military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. ’’
“I see,” said the reporter, “that you make
each recruit say that he has no wife or
children. What if you discover afterward
that he has falsified f
“We can’t do much about it,” said Sergt.
McNally. “Sometime a man’s wife goes to
the officers of the army and gets her hus
band discharged. We never recognize a
wife by allowing her privileges about the
barracks. Probably some men lie about
this matter, but not many.”
“And if an enlisted man should get mar
ried some day w’hile out on a stroll ?’
“We couldn’t help it; it has been done.”
THE POWER OF AN ACTOR.
The Girls Who Admire the Leading
Actors in New York.
New York, June 11. —No better illustra
tion of what good actors can do for a play
hasoccurred recently than “Hypocrite” fur
nishes at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. The
play was written by the obtrusive and noisy
John A. Stevens and another man. The
other man’s name escapes me. So it does
every one else. It is lost in the redundancy,
force and notoriety of John A. Stevens. The
dramatic critics gave the play such twisting
and scorching hot condemnation and abuse
that the theatre has been crow’ded to the
doors ever since the first night. “Hypo
crite” came very near being a great play. It
is the story “Othelio” reversed. The sche
mer, plotter and villain is a mulatto who
hates his master and first poisons his bene
factor’s mind against his wife and then at
tempts to poison him. There is no end of
striking situations, a scene with a maniac
and a violent death. What makes the pro
duction remarkable is tho excellence of the
cast. There are three leading men in the
principal parts—Osmund Tearle, Herbert
Kelsey and Newton Gotthold. The occasion
offers an admirable opportunity to compare
them. Tho honors for force and power fall
to Mr. Gotthold, but Kelsey is in excellent
form, and Tearle has gained much in grace
and vivacity during his recent tours both
in America and England. The audience
was three-quarters feminine. In many in
stances there were three or four women in
a party, with only a small boy or a prodig
iously sleepy old gentleman for an escort.
The women were always armed with opera
glasses.
Can anyone explain the extraordinary
charm that the fashionable leading men
exert? New York is still talking of the Kyrle
Ballew farewell. The actor was mobbed by
women. It was the occasion of his last mati
nee before he sailed for England. The com
pany was playing in Daly’s Theatre, and
after the performance the actors hurried
home to dinner. The stage entrance of the
theatre is on Sixth avenue, in a neigh
borhood that is famous for brawls and
houses of unsavory reputation. Bellew was
tardy. It was quite late when he finally
strode out of the stage door and started back
abashed. There were throe hundred women
crowding around the door waiting to get a
last look at the idol. Across the street were
more, and there were little groups of silly
and shameless feminine fools scattered
about. Further along they stood waiting on
the corners to see him pass by. Were they
ladies? Every woman is a “lady” in Ameri
ca, I suppose. All of the love sick ereat
tures in that mob were well dressed—many
of them magnificently so—and they seemed
to be ashamed of themselves. I have seldom
seen so many distinctively handsome girls.
Very few were beyond 20 years of -age,
though here and there were dried and eager
spinisters beside themselves with excite
ment. Bellew started out again. The wom
en pressed towards him. Their eyes fairly
started from their heads as they glared into
the actor’s face. Ha scowled, and, stepping
back again, caught the eye of a cabman
who was watching the scene from afar with
a look of blank amazement. The cab rolled
up to the gutter, Mr. Bellew made his way
rapidly through the crowd of yearning crea
tures, and jumping in slammed the door and
yanked the curtain down.
“Where to, sir?’ bellowed the driver
through the roof.
“Anywhere,” came from a voice within
that was surcharged with anguish. “Any
where, but for the love of heav en get me
away from these things!”
Tho cab rolled around the corner and the
women, looking monstrously unhappy,
drifted away amid the jibes and jeers of the
crowd. Blakely Hall.
A Ravenous Eagle.
A writer in the Dublin Gazette says: On
May 8 I saw a fight between an eagle and a
buzzard. I was walking beside the swamp,
about two miles below my plantation, when
I heard a roaring sound like that made by a
train in rapid motion, or by a heavy wind.
The noise approached nearer and nearer and
grow louder and louder. I looked all around
but could see nothing, and was at a loss to
know what caused the disturbance until I
happened to look up, when I saw two large
fowls fighting in mid air, about the height
of a tall pine tree from the ground. - In a
short while both fell to the ground only about
twenty steps from me. I then saw that
it was a very large eagle which had caught
a buzzard as her prey. For three minutes I
never saw feathers fly so in my life. The
eagle hopped off a "few feet distant and
warily surveyed her prey. She then hopped
up to the buzzard, turned it over with one
claw, and having become satisfied that it
was dead, flew up into a pine and gave two
screams which could easily have been heard
a mile. She sailed off over the swamp, re
turning in a short while with four young
eagles about the size of a large hawk. They
all pitched upon the buzzard and com
menced tearing it in pieces. Just such ehat
, tering I have never heard. There was a
grown hog feeding near by, and no doubt
smelling the blood, trotted up to where the
eagles were. The old mother eagle screamed
amUstruck the hog, cutting one of tho hog’s
ears off even with its head. re
treated and the eagle struck it n this
time taking off a part of its tail. J then
advanced, but did not desire a fight,
and hence moved off in the opposite direc
tion leaving her and family to peacefully
complete their ineal. The eagle, lam satis
fied, would measure twelve or fifteen l'oet
from tip to tip of wings, and was capable of
bearing away a small child. If I had been
provided with a gun I might have killed
the mother and captured all of the young.
Mr. lister, u few days afterward, found the
hog dead.
A Rat and Snake Fight.
From the Ijcifayette Messenger.
One of our popular young farmers, noted
for truthfulness as well as modesty, tells the
following story of a fight between a rat and
a snake. He,was at, his stable one morning
not long ago, and alter doing some chores
around the lot he rat down and began to
meditato—lie is given to such things oeea
sionlly—and while sitting on the fence near
his Stable he saw a snake erawl out from
under the crib in quite a hurry; presently a
large rat followed and attacked the snake
fiercely. It jqinped upon his snakes hip, and
at qnee the reptile coiled and endeavored to
strike the rat, but it was quick and escaped
the bites, meanwhile plying its own teeth in
a fearless manner. The rat and snake
clinched, rolled up in a wad, tho snake try
ing to roil around the rat. Just at that mo
ment the rat, securing u good chunce seized
the snake near its tail and bit it terribly. In
much pain and agony the serpent quickly
gave up the fight and made off, the rat
following a short distance, and then return
ing went back to the crib. Several times
it owns out and smelled along through tho
weeds, as if scenting the snake. It is sup
posed that the snake had oaten the old rat’s
young, and it was determined to have re
veiice.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 12. 1887-TWET.VE PAGES.
MY FIRST DEAD INDIAN.
By Buffalo Bill.
From the London Globe.
I am perfectly well aware that for a man
to boast of his own prowess is not dignified,
and more especially is this the case when
that man occupies a somewhat prominent
]Kition, however temporarily, before a pub
lic hitherto unacquainted with his past ca
reer; but to be reminiscent a man must
naturally refer to incidents in that career
which have assisted him to attain that prom
inent position, and that is why on this occa
sion I refer to my first dead Indian. This
much being granted I have demonstrated be
yond dispute that I am not prompted by any
feelings of vanity when I stand before them
briefly sketching the outlines of my not un
eventful career m the wild West, which will,
I think, on its own merits, compare favora
bly with any biography’ hitherto written. I
would further state that, in briefly detailing
the outline of my past career, I rely entirely
on the facts to which I refer, and not on any
claims which I may or may not possess in
being the master of any particular style of
merit, but the reverse.
I was born in February’, 1845, in the State
of lowa. I need not go 'into details respect
ing my family, and can dismiss my youth
briefly’ by saying that when I was not on a
horse I was just being thrown off one. I
soon became a pretty smart rider and my
practice with a gun was pretty good, too. I
was twelve years old when I killed my first
Indian. It happened rather sudden. I was
walking out by the river, uear Fort Kearney,
one nignt about 10 o’clock. My companions
had got on ahead somehow and I was quite
alone, when looking up toward the bluff
bordering the river I saw, illuminated by
the moon, the head and shoulders of a live
Indian, watching me with evident interest.
Now Iliad heard many stories of the doings
of the red men, and bad also l>eoii inculcated
with a thorough distrust of their ways; so.
quickly coming to a conclusion as to what I
should do, I brought my gun to my shoulder
and, aiming at tne head, fired. Tiie report
sounded louder than usual in the silence of
the night, for it was past 10 o’clock, and was
followed by a warwhoop such as could only
be built up by an Indian, and the next in
stant over six feet of dead Indian came
down splash into the river.
Soon after this I went to business. I took
to the plains and, in the employ of Messrs.
Russell and Simpson, soon learned the ins
and outs of the wild life led with horses and
cattle-driving teams, riding express ponies
and getting to know the land! Among other
things, I somehow found out how to hunt
buffalo, a sport second to none, if you know
how. I shall never forget the faces of five
officers I met on the prairie once, now many
years ago. They were after a herd of buff
alo. So was I. We exchanged views. I
gave them my ideas, they gave me their
sympathy. “You surely don’t expect to
catch buffalo with that Gothic steed,” said
they.
“I am going to try,” I said.
“You’ll never do it, man alive,” said the
captain. “It wants a fast horse to overtake
buffalo.”
“Does it?” I responded.
“Yes, but you can come with us, if you
like.”
And I did like. There were eleven buffalos
in the herd and, while the officers rode
straight at them, I headed the leaders and
got up to them with ease. The horse which
my companion had been chaffing was the
famous Brigham, who knew as much about
the sport as I did; he speedily did his part
of the business. A few jumps brought us
up to the herd. Raising “Lucretia Borgia,”
my trusty weapon, I aimed at the first ani
mal, fired and brought him down. Brigham,
like the ideal animal that he was, carrying
me rapidly up to the next brute, not ten feet
away; and, when I had dropped him, bound
ed on to the next, and so on, until I had slain
th e whole eleven animals, and then my herse
stopped. I dismounted to regard my work
with a feeling of satisfaction. Those officers
rode up shortly and I shall never forget their
expression as they surveyed the work of five
minutes lying around.
My horse Brigham was an exceptionally
intelligent brute. He took the keenest de
light in sport and invariably took pains to
aid me in getting game. All he expected of
me was to do the shooting. The rest was his
work. He would alw’ays stop if the buffalo
did not fall at the first shot, so as to give me
a second chance; but if I did not bring him
down then he would go on disgusted.
It w’as in 1867 that the Kansas Pacific
track was in the buffalo country and the
company was employing over 1,200 men in
the making of the road. The Indians were
very troublesome and it w’as not always
easy to get sufficient supplies of fresh meat
for the men. It was about this time that
Messrs. Goddard, the contractors to tho con
structors, made me a handsome offer, pro
vided I would undertake to hunt for them.
They required twelve buffalos per diem.
The” work was somewhat dangerous owing
to the Indians, but the terms were hand
some—ssoo per month. I took tho offer and
in loss than eighteen months, during which
time my engagement laded, I killed 4,280
buffalos single-handed, and hnd manv scrim
mages with the Indians and hairbreadth
escapes. It was during this period of my
career that I had my celebrated bufftdo
killing match with Bill}’ Comstock, the
noted scout, then at Fort Wallace. The
terms were settled as follows: We were to
hunt one day of eight hours, from Ba. m.
to 4p. m. The stakes were SSOO aside and
the man who killed the most buffalo was to
lie declared the winner. The contest took
place twenty miles oast from Sheridan and
many thousand people came from all parts
to see the sport. We were fortunate on
finding animals and had plenty of sport.
We made throe runs each and I killed sixty
nine buffalos, ray rival being content with
forty-six. Not a bad day’s work, a (lay
which is au historical one for me, inasmuch
as since then 1 have invariably been referred
to in all parts of the civilized world ns Buff
alo Bill.
I have now come to that point in my life
when events, which in this case did not cast
their shadows before, brought about an en
tire change in the routine of my career, a
point which may be said to close the first
volume of my history. I feel, therefore,
that this is an appropriate moment at which
to break off this narrative, tho more espe
cially as the numerous claims on my time
and attention, social as well as imperative,
render it no easy matter for ino to sit down
anil wieid the pen as energetically as I could
“Lucretia Borgia” years ago. Before doing
so, however, I should greatly like to say a
few words respecting a topic which I much
regret to find is understood in the inverse
proportion to which it is discussed. I refer
to that unique specimen of humanity, the
cowboy of to-day. In order brief I
will, like a cowboy, take the bull by the
horns and lay down the axiom, once for all
and most emphatically, that a cowboy is
not a blackguard; nay, more—ho is in nine
cases out of ten* better than his fellows, more
especially as in nine eases out #f ten his fel
lows are the offspring of an effete civiliza
tion. He has certain attributes that %ju
mead him to croatlon. He is manly,
oils and brave. Ha is not merely a
impulse, but uses the gifts given him by h|
Maker with a discretion which might wclfq
lie copied by more of us. In putting in these
few words for a class of men wiio have oidy
to lie understood to lie admired, I speak after
years of study, resulting in a conviction
which nothing can shake. I will next pro
ceed to detail some of the events in which I
took part in my capacity as chief of scouts
of the United States army—a position which
I mn proud to say I filled under thirty-one
generals in the field.
“Said Aaron to Moses,
Let's cut off our noses."
Aaron must, have been a sufferer from ca
tarrh. The desperation which catarrh pro
duces is often sufficient to make people say
and do many rash things, and many con
tinue suffering just as if no such cure as Dr.
Wage’s Catarrh Remedy existed. It cures
everv ease from the simplest to the most
complicated, and all the consequences of
catarrh. A person once cured by Rr. Wage’s
Catarrh Remedy will not be apt to take
<i)ld again, as it loaves the mucous mem
brane healthy aud strong. By druggists.
DRY GOOD*.
Says Is IJ|i!
ill Cray fl O’Bmn’s Prices Are Down!
And Joshua Commanded Them to Blow Upon the Trumpets, and the
Walls of Jericho Fell Down.
The following is the Great Fall in all departments at Cray &
O’Brien’s this week. Gray has commanded them not to
look at the cost on any goods, so the whole stock has fallen
down:
Pile No. I—lo cases Colored Lawns, nice patterns, at only 2c.
Pile No. 2—5,000 more of those good Hair Pins at only lc
a paper.
Pile No. 3—5 cases more of those White Check Nainsooks,
assorted patterns, at only sc.
Pile No. 4—5 bales more of that yard-wide Sea Island at
only sc; worth actually Bc.
Pile No. 5 —3 cases best Calico in the world at sc; actually
worth Bc.
Oh, how the wild enthusiam, the intoxicating champagne of boundless snceess leads on to
deeds of desperate daring. Human nature develops its tiger instinets and
recklessly destroys a fabric which cannot be rebuilt.
GRAY & O’BRIEN
Hurl floods of low prices on the market; it doubtless ruins com
petitive enterprise, but the seeming cruelty of implacable
ambition redounds to the public weal, and where
hundreds weep, millions laugh in exuberant en
joyment of Gray & O’Brien’s immortal prices!
Surprise No. I—so dozen more of those Ladies’ and Gents’
Gauze Undervests reduced to 25c.
Surprise No. 2—25 dozen more of those Gents’ Unlaundried
Shirts, reduced to 50c.
Surprise No. 3—30 pieces White Check Mulls reduced from
25c to 12ic.
Surprise No. 4—lß pieces Turkey Red Damask at 22ac;
actual value 40c.
Surprise No 5.— 10 dozen extra large size White Spreads at
75c; considered cheap at $1 25.
Merit is the Trade Mark of Success, and Quality the True
Test of Cheapness.
WE CAME, WE SAW, WE CONQUERED.
Confidential, but tell all your neighbors about it, that Gray &
O’Brien this week will have the greatest bargains of the
age. There is blood upon the moon. So, competitors, look
out. Note the prices and come early.
Lot No. 1—2001 —200 pieces White India Linen at (nc; actually
reduced from 10c.
Lot No. 2—50 pieces more of that Black Wool Nun’s Veiling
at 8c; worth 20c.
Lot No. 3 —25 pieces Figured Wool Shallies at 10c; con
sidered very cheap at 25c.
Lot No. 4—50 Black and Colored Parasols at $3 and $4;
actually worth $7 and $B.
Lot No. 5 —20 pieces of very line White India Linen at 25c;
good judges pronounce them cheap at 50c.
THE DIE IS CAST, THE RUBICON CROSSED!
Our Great Land Slide of Bargains for This Week is Before You. Let Them Match
Our Prices or Stand Aside.
_A. BIG S ALBI
A pounding down of Prices has begun. ’Tis a great sale in a double sense. The
quantity and the quality is great.
Drive No. I—s1 —5 cases just received of White PK. We pro
pose selling them at 3 Jc.
Drive No. 2 —50 pieces White Dotted Swiss to be sold this
week at 20c; worth 50c.
Drive No 3—150 nice style Lace Collars and Fichus we will
offer the trade at 50c; worth $ l 50.
Drive No. 4 —50 dozen Gents’ Summer Scarfs at 25c and 50c;
k worth easy 50c and $l.
rive No. 5—25 pieces Unbleached Twill Linen Drills for
I* Pants at 20c; worth easy 37ac.
f~ NOW it is an acknowledged fact, and the ladle* will liear us out., that GRAY &
EN’B is the only pluce to go to when in quest of Black Goods, Silks and Crape*.
We make a specialty of thce departments, and have got our name up on these goods
.specially mid don’t intend losing it. We name only a few of our immense stock. Priestly
Black Silk Whit, Henriettas, Block BengaUnes, Black Melrose, Black Silk Warp, Queens
Cloth, Black Tom iso. Black Nun’s Veiling, and Black Albatross. 'These are the prevailing
fabrics for summer, and please ask to see same. No trouble to show our goods If you
don’t buy. Polite and courteous attention given to all, whether purchaser or not.
So do not fail vhile in our store to ask to bo shown our lug bargains in Bleached
Table Damasks, Blei*ohi Napkins and Towels. AJso, Bath Towels, Linen and Lace Tidies,
and LimSn Cover Table Set*, Linen Bird-eye Diapering, Irish Linen*, White Linen Cam
brics, Linen Sheeting, Linen Pillow Caring, White Satin Brilliants, French Organdie*,
Persian Ijiwns, India Mulls, White Embroidered Suit*. Also, Flouncing* in Black Silk
Spanish Ja-c Also, Torchon Laces, liadies’ aud Children’s Ready-made White Suits,
Fan*, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery and Glove* and Mitt*. Also, Corsets. Do not fall to look
at what remnants we have in all kind of Silks and all kind of Block floods.
We tsal the town 50 per cent, on Gents’ Nice Pants’ Pattern*. Go nowhere else but
to Gray & O'Brien when in quest of Colognes, Extract*, Dontrifloe and Soaps. Follow,
the crowd ond meet your friend* at the Regulators and Controllers of Low Trice*.
GfiiA.Y O’BRIEN
U'BCST*. Si HI BROUGHTON St, SAVANNAH, 61. CMBUS, 61
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS,
Meriwether County, Ga.
W ,LL OPEN JUNK Ist., with first class
"T. accoin modations at reasonable rates,
u arm Springs are on the north side of Pine
Mountains, 1,500 feet above sea level and sur
rouuded by beautiful and romantic scenery.
Ih* climate is delightfully cool oud dry. No
mosquitoes, dust or mud.'
, Spring one of Nature's wonders, flows
i.4iK> gallons of water (90 degrees temperature)
per nunute, affording the
FINEST BATHING
in America. The baths are six large ptx)ls ten
feet souare, two to five deep With CLEAR
FREStf, WARM WATER unlimited.
1 his water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia and
most eases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidney
Diseases. There is also here a fine rhalvbeato
Spring.
Amusements of all kinds provided. Good
Livery Stable, War and Billiard Saloon, Fine
Band of Music for Ball room and Lawn.
The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now
njuning two daily trains from Columbus to
Worm Springs, will, on the lftth of June, bo,
completed to Grlfilu, connecting there with the
Central Railroad for all points North and East,
Two daily mails and Telegraph. For further
information address
CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor.
INTMLE WU
Blount County, - Tennessee.
THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist, lfW.
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville.
Kates: $1 per day ; $25 per month for May and
June; Si.' per day. 810 and sl2 pier week, $35 and
per month for July and August. Half rates
for children. JO. ENGEL, I'rop.
Tlie Niagara of the South.
TALLULAH, FALLS, GA.,
ON the Piedmont Air Line, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, 2,000 feet above sea level.
CLIFF HOUSE
AND COTTAGES,
Open from June to November. For full par
ticulars address
F. 11. * F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors,
Late of Hotel Kaatuskill, Cat skill Mountains,
N, Y., and la-land Hotel, Chicago.
NEW HOLLAND SPRINGS,
Gainesville, Hall County, Ga.
The Queen City of the Mountains.
This celebrated and ever-popular watering
place will be open for the reception of guests
from
.ir\F. Ist to OCTOBER Ist.
The entire establishment, has been entirely
refitted throughout, and the service and cuisine
will be unsurpassed.
Rates aceordlug to length of stay and location
of mom*.
Send for circulars giving full particulars.
BARNES, EVANS AGO. AND CAMP BROS.,
Lessees and Proprietors.
F. J. WHITEHEAD, Manager.
Beautiful Rugby,
TI7TTH Its new mid handsome hotel, the TA
tt BARD INN, is to-day attracting more
f'eneral interest than all the resorts of the Cum
lerlnnds. It has a free library of 7.000 volumes.
Finest trout and bass fishing in the South.
Hotel is luxuriantly furnished. Table unsur
passed. Splendid music; flue waters; grand
scenery; free billiards; lawn tennis, etc., etc.
Apply to VANCE BOREN, Manager
Rugby, Tenn.
THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA.
The most celebrated of ail the Mountain
Resorts, and one of the oldest and most popular
of American Watering places, will open for the
season June 1. Elevation above tide water,
2,000 feet; surrounding mountains. 3,M0 feet.
Send for pamphlet describing hygienic advan
tages. B. F. EAKLK, Hup't.
CATSKILL M OUNTAINS,
GLENWOOD HOTEL,
r JpiIE finest and healthiest place In the moun
tains. AU kinds of amusements. Board 89.
Send for circular.
V. BRAMSON, Catsklll, N. Y.
LONG BRANCH. N. J.
United States Hotel,
A Select Family anil Transient Hotel.
OPEN'S JUNE 25, 1887.
LAIHD Ac VAN CI.KAF.
The “Mentone” Villa,
Sea Cliff, Long Island, N Y.,
IS now opon for the reception of guests. Terms
$lO to sl3 a week. All appointments strictly
first-class. This is an exceptional place for
Southern families to spend a pleasant summer
at. A. SPEED.
CLARENDON HOTEL,
Saratoga HprtngH, N. Y,
OPENS JUNE 2&th.
Popular rates $3 00 ner day
I. STEIN FELD,
, Proprietor.
McABOY HOUSE, LYNN, Ft
LATELY remodeled and refurnished. Path
rooms and modern sanitary arrangements.
Terms s2o per month.
For fuither Information address
L. S. BELL.
(Carriages meet each train.)
I)BpSPSOr PAM HOTEL, Catakill, N. Y.
Season of 1887 opens June first. First-class
summer resort, of cosy access, on the hanks of
the Hudson. 250 feet above the river, command
ing a view of the river in front ffir tWles north
anil south and the grand old mountains In the
background; beautiful park. 30acres in extent;
terms moderate. For description, circulars, etc.,
address PROSPECT PARK HOTEL CO., Cats
klll, N. Y.
'll rDERE are you going this summer with
f T your family? For comfort, pleasure,
grund and picturesque scenery, delightful, cool
climate anil powerfully tunic waters, try the
HWKET HPRINGk, WEST VIRGINIA,
accommodating comfortably 800 visitors. Hot
and Cold Paths; Water; Cents’ and Ladies'
Swimming Pools; a fine Brass and String Rand.
Board per day, $2 50; per week. sl6; per month,
S6O. For painphlet address J. WATKINS LEE,
Manager.
THE WATAUOA HOTEL, Blowing Rock, N.
0. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4,000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms tbe low
est In North Carolina. Opened June Ist for tbe
season. For Information address WATAUOA
HOTEL CO\ Mowing Rock, NC.
JDL'TCIIKR HOI HE.
mWUNO, N. Y., on the Harlem railroad; a
I large brick structure, first class in every
particular. Now open. Terms reasonable. Send
for circulars. WM. H. BURROUO US,
• Proprietor.
THOUSAND I3LAND3.~Wetmiiu<ter Hotel,
Westminster Park. Alexandria Bay, N. Y
“Unquestionably the finest location In the
Thouaaud lalon-ls.”-- Harprr't Maqutine, Bept.,
188;. Bond for descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INULEHaKT, Proprietor.
Mountain lake, oilim county, va.
Elevation 4,(XX) feet. Pure, cool air and
water No hay fever or mosquitoes. (Irand
SUMMER RESORTS.
S TJM MER BOA R I3<
GLENBURNIE,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
■J T OUSE of fifteen rooms. Four blocks from
depot. Ground two acres in extent. Table
supplied with the best meats, vegetables, fruits,
poultry, Jersey milk and butter. Water drawl*
from a well blasted fifty feet in the solid rock.
Tatt and Salt Springs water on draught. Ad*
dress, Mbs. MAR\ .1. WHIG HT, Marie: •
Ho! for Clarkesville!
ALLEGHANY HOUSE.
r rntc HOUSE has been newly renovated and
1 furnished and ia open to summer visitors
aud the traveling public. This delightful sum
mer resort commands a view of the Blue Ridge
Mountains for a distance of forty miles, with
climate and water iinsurpamed. Unexceptional
cuisine and attendance. Moderate terms a
specialty. Address JOHN JONES,
_ Manager.
r rHE ARLINGTON -Open the year round.
1 This popular hotel, baling a commanding
and central location, is a brick structure, in
modern style of hotel architecture and in com*
pleteness of appoint merit is second to no hotel
in North Georgia. The commodious office, with
an open arcade, dining room on first floor, and
large, airy rooms are newly and handsomely
furijlshod and fitted with all modern conveo.
lenoea throughout. In the hotel h located th
post office, liarhor shop and a tirst-class billiard
parlor. The cuisine is iiiiequaled, and the ser
vice in every respect is in keeping with that ol
the Isst and home like hotels of the larger cities.
Under a most liberal management every effort
will he made to provide for the comfort and
enjoyment of its guests; with this In view,
Warm's Celebrated Orchestra, of Atlanta, has
been engaged to furnish music during ths
months of July and August. The grand open
ing will la. given Thursday evening, July 7th,
IHH7. Any information regarding climate, watai
and the advantages of our “Queen City" as a
summer home will be cheerfully given on ap.
plication. Address WINK TAYLOR, Proprietor.
Gainesville, Ga.
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs,
VIRGINIA.
—REASON IKB7
APEN JUNE Ist. Fimt class in all its equip
' t ments. Terms reasonable. Special rate!
for families and large |>arties.
For particulars address
GEORGE W. FAGG * CO.,
Montgomery Springs P. 0.,
Montgomery county, Va.
ARDEN PARK HOTFLAND COTTAGES
ARDKN, N. C.
r HUCecHuful season. Now open. Send
I for descriptive circular. E. G. KEMBLE &
CO., Proprietors.
HOTELS.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
7th and Chestnut Streets,
pi 11 BA deli iii a. pa
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, CO DICK, DAY.
Centrally located, only a short walk from
Penn'o and Reading Depots. New Passeugsi
Elevator. Electric Bells, New Dining Room and
all modern improvements. Polite attendance
and mumniassed table.
new"hotel togn£
(Formerly Bt. Mark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
IMIE MOST central House In the city. Neal
Poet Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric BeU%
Baths, Etc. $2 50 to S3 per day
JOHN R TOGNI, Proprietor.
S A I'l'SON, Manager.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GA. 7
/ t EO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly ol
‘ I tilt Metr.ipoll tan Hotel. New York, and t|ie
Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen>
tral. All parts of the city and places of Intel*
eat accessible by street ears constantly passing
the doors. Hpectal Inducements to those visit
log 1 lie city for business or pleasure.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE
IMUB POPULAR Hotel is now provided wttl
a Passenger Elevator (tin, only one In tbl
city laud has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, who by reoent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, a pare*
neither pains nor expense in the entertainment
of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit
ors is earnestly invited. The table of tbl
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford
DOORS, SASIf, ETC.
If IS'THE 111
TO BUY
White Pine Doors,
Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Etc.
I HAVE a very targe and well assorted stool
of all size* of the above goods, which I at*
now offering at VERY LOW PRICES, in cow
nectlon with my usual linmenae stock of Paint*,
Oils, Railroad, Steamboat and Mill Supplies,
Lime, Plaster, Hair, Cement, Sewer Pipe, etc.
Call and get my prices on above goods. A Ist
on Slate, Iron and Wooden Mantels, all style*
and prices.
Orates complete, or any separate pieces.
Agent for Ft. Beck & Co.’s Plain and Decor*
tlvc Wall Papers, etc.
NOTICE—House, Fresco and Sign Painting *
specially.
ANDREW HANLEY.
L.IQUID GOLD.
Warranted to contain PURE GOLD. Price sl>
I^UBY^QUDjNoI
The exact color of English Sterling Gold.
PRICE BOc.
Used by over 1.900 Manufacturer* and Gilder*
Tin-He splendid product* bare been before tht
public k 1 nee lOTA. und they have Invariably bnej
awarded th" hlcheet. prize wherever exhibited'
They were uaea to decorate the splendid homet
of W. H. Vanderbilt, Judge Hilton, (lea
Grant, and many other wealthy and diatln
g.iuthed New Yorker*. They aro ready for liv
Htant uke and may he used by the most iuexps
rienoed amateur.
FOR LAI’IES. - Either of the above Is fnvalua
ble for Gliding Frame*. Furniture. Cornice*,
Basket*. Fan*, Photo*, Silk Mottoes. Decoratlv*
Painting, etc. Any one can use them. Ask foi
Williams' Gold or Ruby’* Gliding, aud refuse all
substitute*.
Sold by all Art Dealers and Druggist*.
No* York Chemical Mfg Cos., 3 E. sth st., N. Y.
[Ejther will be *ent by mall for flc extra.] i
TOOTH PASTE.
FOIfTHK TEE TH.
ORIENTAL TOOTH I’ASTF., Cherry Tixrth
Paste, Charcoal Tooth Paste, HhitlV'ld’t
(’ream ’’lentlfrice. Lyons’ Tooth Tablet’s. A rnict
Tooth Hoap, Thompson * Tooth Sotip. CatbolU
Tooth Stain. Tooth Powers and Washes aU klodJ
at tsTKONG'H DRUG STORE, corner Bull ad
Patras wet tows
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