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AMONG THE ARMENIANS.
CUSTOMS AND HABITS OP THE
DESCENDANTS OP HAIG.
Jar. Gabrielian's L.ecture at the First
Presbyterian Church Last Night—He
Describes the Beauty of His Native
Band -The Antiquity of Hi3 People—
Where Noah's Ark Landed—The
Growth of Protestantism in Armenia
—The Armenians’ Firmness in Their
Faith.
At the Fii-st Presbyterian church a large
congregation assembled last night to hear a
lecture from Mr. Gabrielian upon Armenia.
Jlr. Gabrielian is a native of Sivas, Ar
menia, but is now at Princeton College,
N. .T,, taking a theological course.
When he has graduated there he will re
turn to Armenia to take up ministerial
duties. He y began his lecture by
stating that Armenia lies between the
Caspian and Black seas, and is a most beau
tiful country. Mountains and plateaus and
bills, innumerable streams and a multitude of
lakes break its surface and make its scenery
such that it is unsurpassed in beauty and
grandeur. In/the cent re is a circle of moun
tains, and within their bosom nestles a lake
whose waters are crystal in their clearness.
Ro grandly beautiful is the spot that he did
not wonder many of the searchers after the
lost past have located the Garden of Eden
there.
MOUNT ARARAT.
It was on Mount Ararat that the Ark
rested, but Mount Ararat is 17,000 feet
above the level of the sea, and it is argued
by some who do not believe the Bible that
no one could live in such a place, the story
of the flood, or at least the salvation of the
inhabitants of the Ark, is untrue. But it is
incorrect to speak of Mount Ararat. The
mountains of Ararat exist in Armenia,
and it was upon some of these that the Ark
landed.
Like all Oriental people, the Armenians
trace their descent from a character men
tioned in the Bible. They lielieve that their
common ancestor was Togarmali, men
tioned in Genesis x.,-3, and through his son
Haig, and they speak of their country us
Haig and themselves ns Ilaigans. The
world calls them Armenians, because at one
time a valiant warrior named Armen, arose
among them and won many battles for
them.
In character they are sober, honest and
industrious, and what in this country is
called enterprising; so much so, in fact, that
they have been denominated the Anglo-Sax
ons of the East. There are many of them
in Constantinople, and there they occupy
honorable }Positions as lawyers, doctors,
hankers anil merchants. Many of them,
too, are artisans.
THE ANCIENT PEOPLE.
They have been a nation with their own
language and customs since 2;000 years be
fore Christ, and to many old customs they
cling until this day. Their houses are built
of stone or sun-dried brick, such as were
used by the Egyptians, and the roofs are
of poles laid across one another and
covered with dirt, so the grass
grew upon them, and it was of
these that the disciples wrote when
they referred to the grass growing upon the
house-tops. They have not yet taken up
the use of knives and forks, but dip into
dishes of food with their hands or lingers.
Their dress is still the loose garment, held
with a broad girdle and belt, and in the
girdle thev carry such things as they
wish to have around their persons.
As to marriages, thev are in advance of
the lurks. They stilf keep their men and
women separate, and a young man and
woman know nothing of each other until they
are brought together and married. Then
they see and speak for the first, time. The
Armenian women enjoy nearly all the rights
and all the fredom of men.
A CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHRIST.
The Armenians, Mr. Gabrielian said, have
been Christians from the time of Christ. If
the church historian, Josephus, was correct,
an Armenian Prince wrote to Christ and
asked Him to visit Armenia to cure him of
sickness and teach His religion. The Savior
answered that he could not go,
but that He would send His two
disciple;,, who would make him
well and teach His doctrines. Matthew and
Bartholemew visited the country and cured
the Prince, and the cure converted him and
all his subjects. Trior to that the Armen
ians had been idolaters. Seventeen cen
turies before Christ the worship of the stars
and planets had been introduced, then in the
eighth century, B. C., magic was brought
into the oountry Later on the Greeks taught
them polytheism, so that by the time
Christ came they had a mixed form of idol
atry. After their adoption of Christianity
they had many things to bear for their re
ligion's sake. The Persians t ried to make
them fire worshippers, but, though the Ar
menians wei-e not a warlike people and
never waged war for conquest, they
fought nobly for their belief, and
maintained it, though they lost
many thousands of live*. When Moham
med established his doctrine and tired his
followers with enthusiasm, the Arabs, a
hot-blooded people, tried to force it on the
Arminians; but tho faith of Christ was a
faith of gentleness and chastity, and the re
ligion of Mohammed was one of sensuality
and tyranny, and again the Armenians
maintained their creed with a frightful loss.
At the close of the fourth century the
Armenians cut loose from the Greek and
tho Roman churches and they were perse
outed to return, but they remained to them
selves and were much tR-day in their belief
as they were then.
A NEW ERA.
In 1611 the American Board of Missions
Was established, and they sent two mission
aries to Palestine to preach the Gospei in
the Holy Laud. It is tho custom
for such Armenians as can to go to Jerusa
lem once a year to visit the birth-place of
the Savior, and while there some of them
met these missionaries and invited them to
go to Armenia to preach. The mission
aries, finding them Christian men, and liking
them, consented, and then protestanism was
introduced into what Mr. Gabrielian
calls tho Bible Land, or Armenia.
One of the converts went to
Constantinople, and with his Bible, entered
a coffee house aud began to preach. The
mm stopped him and he was so sorely
grieved thut he Ih-juji to cry. One of them
asked him why lie was crying, and he re
plied that it was because they would not let
him read the Bible to them and preach to
them. The man then said to him that if ho
would go to his house they would listen to
him, so this native missionary took up his
residence there, and in three weeks hail con
verted twenty-five families.
JESUITICAL PERSECUTION.
These converts were at first much porsc
ruicd by the Jesuits. They wereeuton from
tln ir families, and their goods were taken
froru them and they were driven out of tho
city. Htill the Armenians are true to their
belief and they suffered for their religion
until they grew so strong that they could
oppose their persecutors, Tho con
versions were made there by
giving the people Bibles to read.
Every oneJ who read the Bible believed
iii it. His father went once to < ’onstnntino
pte, and whim he returned brought, with him
a Bible. After his father had ln*eti reading
iLotw fiiiy, he took it up nrirtj reading
RevolatJoijß Jlu was enrhunUHi with it and
exclaimed, “If the last is so beautiful, what
must the Brat be?” Ho he muling
tb New T*tameut, aiul before he was hal?
way through it he became a believer ami
to preach it, and then he was sent to
this country to Ikj educated to take orders
in the church. There are societies of
women who go from house to house and
road the Bible to tho*;* who cannot rend.
Ana to show how earnest his ivople lie
ernne when they hear it, Mr. Gabrielian
stan-d that when they would read
iov a while to old women <0 and so years of
KB, Uio ola women would lieconie ho uiter
ai In it and so dissatisfied with hearing it
onlv from others, that they would begin
A, R, Cs, and learn to read for themselves —
it is, ho said, very easy to learn to road the
language,—and though it would take them
i fl vo minutes to read a verse, one could see
on their faces their intense delight.
A TURKISH GIRL’S CONVERSION.
He related the case of a Turkish girl who
was troubled with sore eyes and went to an
Armenian woman to have them cured.
While, as he puts it, the Armenian was
opening her fleshy eyes she opened also her
spiritual eyes, and so pleased was the girl
with tiie teachings of Christianity that she
forsook Mohammedanism. When she re
turned to her parents they worn very
angry at what they considered
her apostaoy. They tried to force her
to pray to Mohammed, but she refused, and
her father was going to kill her, but the
neighbors pleaded for her and finally in
duced the father to spare her, and event
ually she convert'd her family, though she
would have (lied rather than return to
Mohammedanism. These incidents he cited,
showing how strong a hold Christianity
t<K)k noon those jieoples when once they
learned its beauties.
AN APPEAL TO CHRISTIANS.
Mr. Gabrielian then made an earnest ap
peal to the Christians of this land to exert
themselves to the utmost to carry to these
, people, who were willing to receive it, the
Gospel of Christ, and lead them from the
awful horrors of Mohammedanism. The
sword would never wipe from the earth that
monster, he said; the only sword that could
slay him is the Bible, and, in the name of
Christ, he reminded the Christian world of
His covenant: “Go ye into the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature.”
Referring to flic incident of the Turkish
girls he said that the father of the family
had absolute authority over the lives of his
family, and it was nothing uncommon for a
Turk to kill his daughter for disobedience.
Owing to the many persecutions through ‘
which the Armenians had passed they were
very poor and their churches were only the
bare walls and roofs. There was no fur
niture and in many cases no floors.
THE FORM OK WORSHIP.
The people sat, or rather squatted, on the
ground for two or three hours every morn
ing and evening and the priest conducted
service in ancient Armenian, which is now
almost a dead language, as none of the
people and but few of the priests understand
it. After the service the priest brought the
Bible into the congregation for each to kiss,
and “there was a mad rush to get to
it and kiss it. Poor as the people
are, there is a church and a school house
in every village, but they belong to the
Roman Catholics, and the Protestants were
not allowed to use them. But they were
building churches and school houses of their
ovni. Forty years ago they had but one
church and but thirty members, but now
they have RIO churches, 8,000 members and
a Protestant community of 30,000.
Each nationality comprised within the
Ottoman Empire in Europe—and them are
nine—had its own school-houses and taught
its own language and Turkish; and not only
did each nationality, but each religious
division thereof have its separate schools.
The Roman Catholic Amiemans have theirs,
and the Protestants now have 350 atid an
attendance of 50,000 children. Education is
becoming more generally diffused, and the
more they learn the more readily and
greedily they accept Christianity.
Mr. Gabrielian spoke for nearly an hour,
but so interesting and instructive was his
discourse that it seemed but a few minutes.
He speaks with a very strong foreign accent,
but the English he uses is strikingly puro.
KNIGHTS OF THE PUNCH.
Savannah Division of Railway Con
ductors Organized.
The railway conductors had a busy day of
it in Savannah yesterday. Upwards of
fifty of them from Charleston, Augusta, Co
lumbia, Macon, Atlanta and . Jacksonville
were in the city. They came here to organ
ize a division of the Order of Railway Con
ductors. At 11 o’clock they met at Odd
Fellows’ Hall, and with the exception of an
hour for dinner they were in session until 6
o'clock last night. Asa result Savannah
division No. 318 was organized with seven
teen members.
The Order of Railway Conductors came
into existence in 1868 "as the Conductors’
Brotherhood. For a number of years its
memiiership was small. In 1876 it was reor
ganized under its present name, the Order
of Railway Conductors. There are now 318
divisions of the order, scattered over the
United States, Canada and Mexico, with a
membership of over 12,000.
The objects of the order are the social,
mental and physical improvement and the
advancement of the interest* of its mem
lid's. It is indorsed almost without, excep
tion by railroad officials, and some roads will
not employ conductors who are not mem
bei-s of the order.
The principal Divisons in the South are
at Atlanta, Macon and Augusta, Ga., Mont
gomery, Ala., Charleston and Columbia,
8. C., and Jacksonville, Fla. Joseph H.
Latimer, of Atlanta, Deputy Grand Chief
Conductor, instituted the Savannah Divis
ion, assist'd by:
J. C. McMaster, Augusta, A. D. G. C.
R. G. DeTreville, Atlanta, D. G S. andT.
R. A. Broyler, Atlanta. D. G. 8.
J. M. Adams, Dalton, I>. G. J. C.
A. J. Howard. Atlanta, D. G. I. 8.
A. J. Klatten, Adairsville, D. <l. Q. 8.
T. H. Symmes, Charleston, D. G. M.
After the division was opened the follow
ing local officers were elected and installed:
C. C.—J. H. Story.
A. C. C.—J. H. Morgan.
8. and T.—C. T. DeGridlienreid.
8. C.—W. H. Salter. W
J. C.—H. C. Morgan.
I. B.—J. L. Branham.
O. B.—A. M. Ennis.
Although there was very little time yes
terday for entertainment the day was eu
i'oyably spent. The dinner at the Marshall
louse was given by the Savannah conduc
tors. The following are the visiting mem
bers:
Macon—W. T. Dillard, J. B. Reeves, A.
N. Kendrick, A. H. Hightower, R. R. ltoid,
W. H. Wright.
Augusta—H. A. Williams, M. J. land.
Columbia, 8. C. —T. J. Moore, J. C. M<‘-
Master, 8. L. Malone, IV. B. Verdery, B. 8.
Gaillard, J. A. Holms, J. C. Wages, J. Bell.
T. 8. Clarkson, J. H. Jenkins, C. B. Boston,
Frank Walden. A. A. Walden, it. A. La.v
ton, VV. 11. Boston, J. B. Harris.
Pensacola, Flu.—T. F. Kill well.
Jacksonville, Fla.—J. R. Hawkins.
Montgomery, Ala.—W. 11. Mahone.
Charleston, 8. C. —J. W. Guy, Thomas H.
Kvmmoij, John Lillian, W. T. Blanchard,
W. H. Cansten, William Gaillard.
Atlanta —J. 11. C. F. Morgan,
C. T. Terrell, R. A. Boyle, A. J. Howard, J.
M. Adams, I. G. Dunn,’ U. A. Flatten, R. G.
DeTreville.
The following Indies were also in the party
—Mrs. R. A. Broyler, Mrs. Terrell, Miss
Lot timer. Mis:, limit and Miss Howard.
Most ot the visiting conductors left by
lust night’s trains. Those who remained
over will be entertained to-day by the mem
bers of the new division.
There are between fifty and sixty con
ductors running out of hutvaunab, and the
prospects for the division here are very
flattering. The laws of the order do not
permit the instituting a division with over
twenty membein, Imt its membership nmy
Is* increased afterwards without limit.
The Charleston ami Augusta Divisions
were recently organized, and are in very
successful o]*rution. Macon, Atlanta,
and Jacksonville, also terminal points of
roads centring here, have successful divis
ions. In fact, the oirler is in a flourishing
condition wherever it exists. The new
division will meet, in the encampment room
of Odd Fellows’ Hall every two weeks. The
day of meeting has not yet been determined,
but will be in a few ilays.
Railroad Clatter.
The Onzi'tlr says that Darien needs a'•nil
road worse than uny other town in Geor
gia.
Mclntosh citizens arc booming the Darien
Snort Line.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1887.,
THE INSURANCE MEN.
Some Measures Adopted by the South
eastern Tariff Association.
The Southeastern Tariff Association,
which met at Old Point Comfort last week,
very important measures af
fecting the insurance business iu the South.
The association embraces the States of
Alabama, Georgia. Florida and North and
South Carolina. Over one hundred dele
gate's were in attendance from nearly’every
city in the South. This is the sixth annual
convention and the third held at Old Point
Comfort. The object of the convention is
to exchange views and adopt regulations in
tended to facilitate and improve the trans
action of business in the territory covered
by the association.
President Knowles, of Atlanta, in his
annual address reviewed the situation in
the South as regards underwriting, and
made some i>ertiiient suggestions for the
consideration of the convention, the most
important of which were the recommenda
tiousof the repeal of the three-quarter loss
clause and the reduction of insurance rates
in towns and cities having good fire depart
ments and ample water supply.
Tin loss clause was repealed. Under its
provisions the insured was obliged to bear
one-fourth of the loss, whether total or par
tial, while under the value clause hereafter
to be used, the insured bears no part of the
loss when the insurance is less than three
fourths of the value of the property covered
Neither of these clauses have been used ex
cept on property in the country, or in
towns without good fife departments
or water supply. The repeal of
the loss clause is considered a wise step on
the part of the companies, as its operation
in cases of partial losses had caused much
adverse criticism from the press aud pro
voked no little hostility. It is claimed by
well informed under writers that this clause
caused the introduction of the valued policy
bill which came near passing iu the last
Georgia Legislature.
A resolution alsilishing the guarantee
clause in cotton policies was also adopted.
This clause is a condition inserted in policies
on cotton where less than the storage capac
ity of the compartment or warehouse is used
and for which the insured get a reduction in
rail's.
.The President’s recommendation that
some plan be adopted by which agency
stock companies may be placed on the same
footing with local stock companies, which
promises dividends out of profits to tho in
sured, brought about the adoption of a reso
lution which declares that the rates made
and promulgated by local Iwards and by
authority of the association are intended
and understood to be minimum rates not
subject to dividends or rebates, payable
before or after the expiration of policies,
except by purely mutual companies, mid
when any stock company elects to make
such dividends or rebates, the executive com
mittee shall adopt such measures as may be
necessary to secure perfect equality andkair
noss to all stock companies competent for
the business.
This action has caused something of a stir
among insurance men, and especially among
the officers and representatives of “the At
lanta Home, who have notified the associa
tion that, they will withdraw from it if the
resolution is enforced. A protest has been
made, but what the association will do is
not yet known.
POINTS ABOUT SNAKES.
Their Habits and What to Do When
Bitten by a “Rattler.”
A gentleman who has had some experi
ence with rattlesnakes, was speaking, a day
or two ago aln >ut. the habits of the reptile.
The conversation was brought about by a
mention of the huge “rattler” that was
caught some time ago, a short distance
above the citv, and which was kept for a
while in a box at the Pulaski House wine
room and then sent North.
“Few people,” said the gentleman, “un
derstand file habits of rattlesnakes, conse
quently there is a good deal of unnecessary
rear regarding them. In the first place, a
rattlesnake will not chase you, and in the
second place it will not attack you unless
you come upon it in such a way that it can
not escape without attacking. If a
rattlesnake is disturbed it, usually
sounds its rattle and makes off,
but if you come upon it suddenly
and if; has to fight it will coil itself up, poise
its head and strike at you downward. The
fang is turned up under the upper jaw, and
as it strikes this.is thrown out and cuts into
the flesh. It is as sharp as a razor, anil goes
through a thin boot like a steel blade. What
is the best antidote? Whisky. The man
who is bitten by a rattlesnake should have
whisky poured into him until he is too drunk
to stand, and he should lie kept, drunk for
two or three days. The one
poison counteracts the other. If
ho can’t lie made drunk there is
little hope for him. 1 have seen it stated
that a bottle of turpentine turned up on the
bite will draw the poison out in tho shape of
a greenish cloud that will float up into the
white fluid, but I have never seen a test
made of that. Live flosh will also draw out
the poison, it is said, and I know that in
some places, when a person is bitten bv a
rattlesnake, the first thing done is to kill a
chicken, cut it in half, and while the flash
is still quivering put it warm upon the
bite.”
THROWN FROM A TRUCK.
Tillerman Steinberg Injured While
Going to a Fire.
A small fire started in a house on Barnard
and Henry streets last night, the origin be
ing a mosquito net. The damage was in-*
considerable. On the way to the fire the
hook and ladder truck broke down. The
rear axle broke in two and Charles Stein
lierg, the tillerman, was thrown some dis
tance. His legs were badly bruised, but his
injuries are not considered dangerous. He
was taken to the Bavunnah Hospital, where
his wounds were dressed, and ho was then
conveyed to his homo.
Savannahians at Darien.
The Darien people were delighted with
the concerts given by a party of Savannah
ians there last week. The Darien Oazc.tlr
gave a column report of the two concerts,
one of which was given in Darien and the
other at the Ridge. Speaking of tho first
entertainment, it said:
The hall was crowded to excess. It is
doubtful whether such an audience ever
gathered t here liefore. It is certain that a
more excellent performance has never been
given.
The appreciation of the first night's per
formance in town could not have nmnifeeted
itself in a more pleasing manner than by the
large and delighted audience which again
greeted the artists on their appearance at
the Ridge on Thursday night.
Rev. Father McCarthy, for the lienotlt of
whose church the concert was given, lias
published a very pleasant letter thanking
the jwii ficiiiaiits for the willing and gener
ous manner iu which they contributed their
£imo and talent.
A Cherished Treasure.
Tho elegant wreath—though now faded—
which was presented to Capt. A merino, of
the Montgomery Greys, by Mrs. Marie
Kolb, after they received the prize at the
Muy drill a year ago, is a conspicuous dec
oration in (lie Captain’s tent, at Camp
Sophia Bibb, at the Montgomery encamp
ment. Tin- Captain regards it as one of his
most cherished souvenirs.
Primus Jones Heard From.
Primus Jones says that ho never liefore
had cotton so far advanced at this season of
the year as at present. Last week, while
out in his early cotton, he counted forty
forms and blooms on one. stock. “This,’
aal i he, "i s something very unusual for
this time of the year."
Use the surest remedy for catarrh—Dr.
Rage’s.
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday’s Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
DeKalb Lodge, No. 0, I. O. O. F., meets
this evening.
The-Board of Education will hold its June
meeting tomight.
The German Friendly Society will hold its
June meeting to-night at Turners Hall.
The Savannah Cadets will hold their an
nual prize contests at Greenwich Park this
afternoon.
The Southern Mutual Loan Association.
Series 8., will hold its eleventh monthly
meeting at Metropolitan Hall to-night.
A small fire broke out in Turner’s Hall at
6 o’clock last liiglit,, but was extinguished
before any considerable damage was done.
There were seven arrests for disorderly
and one for larceny yesterday.
Hugh Erwin was lodged in the barracks
for disorderly conduct in striking Thomas
Fitzgerald on the head with a file.
There were 135 failures in the United
StuU<s reported to FtrailstreeVs last week,
against 110 in thjs preceding week, and 143,
163, 183 and 148 m the corresponding weeks
of 1886, 1885, 1884 and 1883 respectively.
The weather yesterday was much the
same as it was the day liefore. Mercury
kept in the vicinity of where it was on
Saturday, and last night it went a little
lower. The 11 o’clock observation at the
signal station read 86*. The average high
est temperature for the twelve cotton belt
stations reporting to Savannah was 88*; the
average lowest temperature was 65°, with a
slight rainfall.
The steamer Indian River, Capt. C. TANARUS,
Fisher, with the steamer Haulover in tow,
came up to Taggart’s coal wharf yesterday
for the purpose of coaling up and getting a
supply of provisions. The steamer is from
Indian River via Jacksonville aud Mayport,
Fla., on her way to New York to undergo
a thorough overhauling and repairing. She
came in by the inside route, and will depart
for her destination to-day.
COFFEE TO BE CHEAPER.
Indications That the Boom in the
Brown Berry is About Ended.
The coffee “boom” which has made house
keepers very sparing in their preparation of
the favorite breakfast beverage for the past,
two or three weeks is about on the eve of a
collapse. The outlook, which two weeks ago
was for a short coffee crop, proves to be for
a greatly increased crop over last year. The
Brazilian crop, which was expected to fall
far short of that of 188li, is actually more
than 503,000 bags larger. The crop year
ends July 1, and good authorities say that
the Brazilian yield this year will be 6,100,-
000 bags.
The short crop is no longer a reason for
the rise in prices. It is said that tho boom
was originally engineered by a New York
and Havre syndicate, who were wise enough
to retire when they had cleared a profit of
7 1-2 c. a pound in April. Then the Brazilian
syndicate took hold of the market, and have
until recently had everything their own
way. Tiie report of the increase of the crop,
the decline in Havre, and the cautious
action of the banks are thought by many to
indicate the spee ly collapse of this gigantic
speculation. Tiie prospect of a tall in
prices will be gratifying news to consumers
here and elsewhere over the country.
RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS.
Gleanings Among tho Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
The steamers Indian River and Haulover
arrived here yesterday from Mayport, Fla.
They came through by the inland route and
were moored at Taggart’s coal wharves, and
had coaled up and were ready to depart be
fore the health officer was apprised of the
fact. As soon as he received the news he
went down and inspected the vessels and
pronounced them all right. There were no
passengers aboard, but some of the crew
had been ashore. The Captain had hi* wife
on board, and they spent the night on shore.
After the vessel coaled she got as far as
Fort Oglethorpe before she was overhauled
and made to return.
Local Personal.
Commodore T. D. Wilson, U. 8. N., was a
passenger on the steamship Naeoochee for
New York yesterday.
Among the arrivals a! the Pulaski House
yesterday were P. L. Tiers, Roger Gregorv,
Jr., Lewis Levin, Norman Merry, C. D.
Mundy, New York; A. S. Pendleton, Phila
delphia; Miss Ethel Dream, Mrs. J. 0. Hem
ming and maid. Jacksonville; William A.
Deam, Fayetteville, N.Y.; C. 8. Livingston,
F. A. Brown, Philadelphia.
At the Marshall House were: S. Reams,
Boston, Mass.: J. 51. Lawton, Miss Sarah
Lawton, IV. B. Flolks, Miss Stella Haw
kins, Georgia: J. R. Hawkins, Jackson
ville, Fla.; VY. H. Madam, Charleston,
8. C.; A. N. Kendrick, R. R. Reid, W. TANARUS,
Dillou, Macon; A. H. Hightower, A. J.
Slotton, Atlanta; George 8. Brown, Cin
cinnati, O.; T. 8. Rogers and wife, J. B.
Harris, Boston, Mass.
At the Harnett House were Charles Fnl
mnr. Wilmington. l);d.;C. R. Pegrani. New
Castle, Del.; W. 11. Stallings, Florida; A.
F. Flagg, G. W. Gallitan, New Yorn; J. 8.
Waltman and wife, Philadelphia: Christo
pher F. Fischer anil wife, Titusville, Fla.;
J. A. Firmead and wife, E. S. Lewis, Jack
sonville, Fla.; J. V. Manning and wife, Mil
waukee, Win.; James Williams, Mobile,
Ala.; E. J. Cranford, Tyrone; \V. T. Ran
som, Lockport, N. J.; if. D. Johnston, La
mar, Mo.
At tho Screven House were: M. J. Rosen
berg, C. Brunnoid, C. H. Cardozo, \Y. R,
Water, C. 8. Adams, New York; W. M.
Chase, Philadelphia; Harry Harris, Adams’
Run, 8. C.; K. Di egan and wife, R. 8. Rut
ledge, Charleston, 8. C • C. F Spalding
nn<l wife. Brooklyn, N. Y.; F. H. Hater,
Liverixud. Fla.; G. Peterson, Sweden: IV.
J. Bass, Nashville. Twin.; G. D. Forbes,
Baltimore; \Y. 8. Brigham, New Haven,
Conn.: E. A. Jackson and wife, Orlando,
Fla.; E. A. McQueston, "lanChester, N. H.;
Dr. P. 8. Bower, Miss Mattie Bower. Thoui
usville, Ga.
Information Wanted.
Columbia, Ala., June is. —Editor .Morn
ing News: I would like to ask naval
stores producers through the Morning
News if auy of them had any spirits tur
pentine sold on May ~1 at JJOc. per gallon,
and if so, to give the name of the house who
sold for them. I have never been able to
get the benefit of the high price, and I wish
t<; know n any one had accounts sales ren
dered on that date. E. Hilton.
An Indolent Organ.
When the liver is indolent, as ft must necessa
rily be when it foils to secrete the bile in suf
ficient quantities to meet the requirements of
digestion and evacuation. I* should Is* set at work
with Hostetler's Stomach Bitter*. The healthful
stimulus to activity Imported by thin incom
parable alterative, sp-e illy evlnceu itself in a
dtipsmin' of the uncomfortable sensation in the
runt silo; tn * nausea: fur upon the tongue; in
digestion. and stol, houiiucho consequent upon
Iniicilvity of the liver and'the diversion of the
Idle from it,, proper channel. Irregularity of
the bowels is always and painlessly reformat! by
the corrective indioMod. which is infinitely to
l>e preferred, both because it is safe and more
efficacious to him* pill, calomel and drenching
purgatives of every class. It cures and prevents
fever and ague and rheumatism.
Our great success in thin Coats aud Vests
so far this season, compelled us to telegraph
our New York buyer to purchase anew
stock of them, which he has done, and now
we can show the prettiest styles in the city.
Appel <Sf tichuul.
Ktraw Hats at absurdly low prices to ivduce
our stock of them finest Mackinaws, etc. B.
H. levy & fire . |tit '' street.
THE BALL AND BAT.
The Southern League Race Narrowing
Down to Three Clubs.
The race for the Southern League pen
nant is even closer and more exciting now
than it was one week ago. Nashville, hav
ing dropped two games, one at New Orleans
and one at Birmingham, is down to the
sixties again, with Memphis, Charleston and
New Orleans following close upon her heels
in the order named. The Memphians ad
vanced themselves somewhat by the capture
of three games at Birinmghain. The record
up to date is as follows:
IVon. Lost. Played. Pr. Ct.
Birmingham 18 6 .111
Charleston 34 14 38 .631
Memphis 32 13 34 .647
Nashville 20 3 3 .
New Orleans 20 13 33 .606
The following are the games scheduled for
this week:
Memphis at New Orleans, Nashville at
Birmingham, Monday and Tuesday.
Charleston lays off.
Charleston at Nashville, New Orleans at
Birmingham, Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. Memphis lays off.
Rain at New Orleans.
New Orleans, June 13.—A heavv rain
fell here today, and this afternoon’s game
was postponed.
Base Ball.
At Ridgewood Park—
Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Cincinnati 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
Around the Bases.
The Atiantics, of Robertsviile, defeated
the Clugs from the Old Fort yesterday 14 to
12. Robertsviile boasts the champion team
of the city.
Manager Sneed will play no more in the
Southern League. Goldsby, manager of the
Topeka club, lias just bought his release
from Memphis for S3OO. Davy Force has
been made manager of the Memphis club.
It cost Gilmore, of the Washingtons, SIOO
to get married the other day. He quietly
dropped over to Baltimore, had the knot
tied and returned. When Manager Gaffney
saw him Tuesday he remarked: “Gilmore,
it will cost you SIOO for not reporting yes
terday.” Gilmore explained, but it was
useless.
He Secured the Last Prize.
There was a marriage ceremony per
formed at Fayetteville Sunday before Jus
tice Tumlin which was the culmination of a
remarkable series of matrimonial ventures.
The parties thereto were Nathan Starnes
and Mrs. Eliza Hamby. In cozy farm
houses onoppostie sides of the Jonesborough
road,' nbar the Clayton county line, lived the
two families of Hamby and Starnes. For
thirty years they had been prominent citi
zens of that section. To each came an in
crease of family, equal)} - proportioned, save
that the Hambys were all boys and the
St arneses were girls. The children, ten In
number, lived together almost as one family,
and it was the most natural thing in tne
world for the oldest Mr. Hamby and the
first-born Miss Starnes to unite in wedlock.
This marriage was followed by the next
couple, and so on down to the fourth, when
Mr. Sturm'S violently protested against
letting the Hanbys have any more of his
daughters. The marriage was permitted to
take place, however, but with the permis
sion was registered a vow that it should be
the last tie between the families.
F?Two weeks ago Hamby senior passed
away, and during the period of mourning
greater intimacy sprang up between the
families. This was a fatal* step for Mr.
Starnes, because, Friday night, he missed
his youngest and only single daughter, only
to learn that the youngest of the Hambys
was also missing.' Then it was that the
truth flashed upon his mind. Mounting his
horse he rode over the neighborhood in
search of the pair. When he struck the
trail it was well on to daylight Saturday.
Following it he reached the house of a jus
tice of the peace near Jonesborough, and
from that gentleman learned that he had
married the young couple and that they
could be found in town. The interview
when lie found them was a stormy one, and
he left them in a rage. Reaching home, he
had his buggy hitched up and driven in front
of the widow’s house.
“Come, old Indy,” said he, “let us finish
up this business. If the Hambys are to have
the whole family I might as well know it at
once.”
The astonished widow did not know what
to make of him.
“Get in,”- said he, pushing her by the
shoulder, “get in the buggy at once. There
must tic no more fooling about, this matter.”
Pushing her by main force into his buggy,
Starnes took his seat by her side and. whip
ping up his horse, was in Squire Tumlin s
parlor before the widow knew what was the
matter.
“Marry us quick,” was Starnes' emphatic
request. “I am going to put an end to this
excitement around this place. I reckon the
Hamby’s will bo satisfied then.”
The couple are now established in the
Starnes house, and people from far and near
are calling upon them to congratulate them.
SUMMER GOODS.
Headquarters at the Crockery House
of James S. Silva & Son.
Keep cool; don’t worry about the hot
weather. Know ye that we have a large lot
of artistically decorated
water coolers,
both plain and porcelain lined, and the
prices we put on them will not hurt your
pocketbook. We keep the best
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
to lie had. Remember, Fly Fans, Ice Picks,
Flv traps. If you want to be sure of the
purity of your drinking water use the
GATE CITT STONE FILTER.
It is simply perfect. Come and let us
show you one, explain the working and
give you a glass of river water without the
mud.
James S. Silva A Son.
N. B.—Our “Odds and Ends” Sale con
tinues.
The most complete line of thin Coats and
Vest;; now to be had at Appel & Schaul’s,
Weisboin's Great Sale.
We bave disponed nf the bulk of the dam*
aged goods. This week we will sell those
goods which were not, or only very slightly,
damaged. They consist in part of a large
lot of Embroideries and Laces, Fine Hosiery,
Handkerchiefs, Dress blood* Velvets, Dross
Buttons, etc. Our intention is to
close out tnWiitire stool;, if possible, in loss
than two weeks; hence, to accomplish it, we
have made such big reductions in our
prices that wo must succeed in it.
Our former store will not ho ready for oc
cupancy untiyv.pt. 1, hence wo will be out
of business tin then.
respectfully invite you to secure these
g bargains we now offer.
David Weisbeix,
MJS Congress st., next door to Solomon's
w Drug Store.
Attention is called to the advertisement of
Mr. M. Sternberg, who has removed his Sil
verware, Clocks, Jewelry, Knney floods,
etc., damaged In - water at his late fire, to
tlic store, In l-'J Broughton street, opposite
Duddcn & Bates, where he proposes to sell
all of these goof Is regardless of
cost and vaine during the next
font - weoks. The reputation Mr. Stern
berg: lieai-s, and the tine lines of
goods he sells, will, no doubt, insure hhn a
speedy sale, ns be does not intend to carry
back to his regular place of business any
article, no matter how slightly damaged.
The largest jiortion of his stock is only
slightly soiled, anil here is a good opportu
nity to buy first-class goods at your own
price.
Seersucker Coats for $1
At the Famous Now York Clothing
House, 140 Congress street.
DREAMING OF A MURDERER.
A Police Lieutenant Recalls Valuable
Clues About Duval While Asleep,
Prom the Philadelphia Press.
In a cozy room last night a prominent
down-town police lieutenant told of a dream
that revealed the movements of the fugitive
murderer Duval, the colored man who wan
tonly killed the barber Griffin some weeks
ago, and who has so carefully hidden himself
that the skill of the detectives so far has
failed to discover the slightest trace.
The story is a curious one. About three
weeks ago the lieutenant in whose district
the murder occurred, and who lias hunted
far and wide for Duval, met with a strange
accident. He was standing at Eighth and
Lombard streets, with some
friends, when a cry of murder came
from down the street. He ran quickly
down, and gtanding across the street,
he saw two of his officers taking a drunken
woman to the station-house. He did not
cross the street. Two dogs were fighting
and they ran directly through his legs and
tumbled him over. A paiii shot through
his hip when he got to his feet, but lie
thought nothing of it. Hours’ afterward,
when he got to the station-house, he found
that he could scarcely walk. He did not
call in tlie doctor, but on his way home in
the morning he stopped at his physician's,
who advised him to go directly home, say
ing that perhaps he was badly hurt. For
ten days he was compelled to stay in bed
suffering agonies. The doctor to quiet him
gave him a strong sleeping draught.
While in bed he thought much of the
murder. The last thing that he did nt the
station house was to study a bad tintype of
Duval and to puzzle over the question as to
how and when he had seen the man, for he
was certain that he knew him.
This night he fell to sleep under the influ
ence of the opiate worrying about the same
question. While he slept his brain took up
the thread of his waking thoughts, and like
a flash it came to him that on a certain
night in the summer, while he stood at
Eighth and Lombard streets, he had had a
dispute with the man about a colored band
parading in the street.
The Lieutenant then ordered them to dis
perse, for pickpockets and thieves had fol
lowed in their wake. The colored musi
cians obeyed his orders, but Duval growled
and complained that the Lieutenant ex
ceeded his orders.
“You shut up or I’ll take you in for in
terfering,” was the reply.
Then Duval stuttered a snarling answer,
and this stutter, too, came to the dreamer.
This is one of the chief clues given to the
police who are searching unsuccessfully for
Duval.
All photographs and descriptions have
made Duval a light-colored negro, but in
the dream he was the very black gambler
whom every officer in the district now re
members as one of the regulars of noisy
Lombard street. Other meetings, none of
them of incident, followed in succession
through the sleeper’s brain and made
stronger the conviction that he would know
the man should it ever be his good fortune
to run across him.
Morning came and he awoke. Every fact
in the dream stood out to his waking eyes
with startling realism. Restoration to
health followed soon, and when he got to his
desk again his first hunt was for the tintype
of the fugitive. The flat nose and thick,
under-hanging lower lip were strong points
in the map of identity, and the sensual
mouth seemed to twist and stammer as it
had done a month before. There was no
longer any puzzle to worry him save the
fact that he hadn’t the murderer safe in his
station house. * ‘lt’s a queer story, my bov,”
said the genial Lieutenant between the puffs
of ids Reina, “but it’s true, every word of
it. A dream, of course, and I never believed
in dreams before, but this one was strong
enough to make a convert of me.”
Collars, Cuffs, Umbrellas, Colored Shirts, and
an hundred other articles fer gentlemen, at B.
H. Levy & Bro's., 161 Congress street.
Gents’ Underwear, in suits and single gar
ments, marked down very low,and in attractive
colors and plaiu, at B. 11. Izjvy & Bro’s., 161
Congress street.
Novelties in thin Coats and Vents just re
ceived at Appel A Schaul’s, One Price
Clothiers.
Boys’ Suits, Shirt Waists, Hats. Caps and
Hosiery cheap, at B. H. Levy & Bro's.
Call and look at the elegant Pongee Coats
and Vests at Appel & Schaul's.
Appel & Sohaul are selling their Straw
Hats at remarkably low figures.
Boys’ Kr.ee Pants for 25c.
We have just received a lot of Boys’
Pants, ages 4to 13, which we will sell for
2oc. per pair. Every pair of them are worth
three times the money. Real bargains can
only be had of the “Famous,” 140 Congress
street.
Gents’ I.lght-weight Dress and Business Suits
at B. 11. Levy A Bro's., 161 Congress.
The nobbiest line of Straw Hats in the
city to be seen at Appel & Scljuul's.
Striking patterns in Summer Neckwear at B.
H. Levy <S: Bro s., 161 Congress street.
The flannel coats and vests at B. H. Levy &
Bro's. are neat, nobby and cool.
Boys’ Sailor Suits for 75c.
Tilt' Famous, 140 Congress street, has just
received a lot of blue flannel sailor suits,
which are selling for .or.
A complete line of Percale Shirts at Appel
& Schaul’s.
Greatest variety of tbin garments for gents
in this city at B. H. Levy £ Pro's.
The best 45 cent Undershirt in the city at
Appel A.-Schaul's.
Traveling Caps and Dusters nt B. H. Devy &
Bro s., 161 Congress street.
Balbriggan Underwear in all grades at
Appel & Schaul’s, One Price Clothiers.
Lounging Shirts at B. H. Levy & Bro’s.' Just
the article for a maroon, country trip or to lay
around in generally.
Fine Dress Shirts at B. H. bevy <S Bro's
Just received, an entire new lineof Pongee
Coats and Vests at Appel & Schaul’s
Call and see the newest shades in Pongee
Coats and Vests at Appel A Schaul’s.
An inspection of our thin Coats and Vests
is earnestly requested before purchasing.
Appel & Schatil, One Price Clothiers.
Straw Hats Given Away.
For ten days longer we will give a straw
hat free of cost, in grade corresponding
to price suits purchased. Our competitors
may sneer at the otter, but we challenge
thorn to show the quality of grvvL we give
for the Yow prices. Best clothing for the
least money can only be had of the Famous
140 Congress street.
Harnett House.
Concerning a popular hotel in Savannah,
Gh., the Florida Times Union savs: “We
note from the hotel arrival; aa published in
the Savannah pu|>em, tint the Harnett
House st ill leads all the other hotels in the
city. In fact, they have as many as the
others combined. There is a good install
meut of Floridians always registered there.”
A complete line of Seersucker Coats and
Vests at Appel A Schaul’s.
Do not fall to sue our Fancy Striped Suit
of Underwear selling at $1 50 ]>er suit. Ap
pel A Schaul, 188 Congress street.
~ £ c * t -iti>lataj Hiu* of Underwear at Appel
tScliaiil k, 1M Congruw Ktreot,
A few more ol thoee White Flannel Suits
left ut Appel A Schaul’s. .
’lili
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purit v
Strength and Wholesomeness. More economi
cal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot lie sold
in competition with the multitude of low test
short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold
only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., 108
Wall street, New York. .
~ ~IJ'IJDRX & BATES S. M. H. ’
MIDSUMMER
CLEARANCE SALE.
Musical Instruments, Sheet Music,
Art Goods, Artist Materials, Statu
ary, Pictures, Frames, Stationery
etc., are offered at prices better than
snme class of goods can is? pur
chased for in New York. Selling for
cash enables us to do it, and our clear
ance sale enables us to keep yp with
the times, aud furnish our patrons
new and fresh novelties in all the
lines we handle. •
Wo have many pretty goods now
on hand that niust be sold, and the
price will make them go.
A NEW FEATURE.
On and from June Ist we deliver
all goods sold at purchaser’s nearest
express or post office. This enables
those living at a distance to take ad
vantage of present low prices. *
L it I!. S. 1.1
N. B.—Japanese Goods are selling
well, especially Fans and Screens.
These goods included in clearance
sale.
CLOTHING.
t \UK STOCK at all times containing the
" " apparel of correct and seasonable taste is
now complete with an assortment of goods
which w ill he found especially interesting for
those preparing for the country.
Particulu attention is invited to our line of
DUSTERS,
IEGLIGEE shirts,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJA M A S ,
And the many little fixings which add so
materially to comfort and apjiearanoe during
an Outlay.
We are also showing several novelties in
SUMMER WEAR,
which are delight fully cool and of the styles
and fabrics used in fashionable centres. We
will consider 6 a pleasure to show any one
through our stock.
A. 1'.11.1' .& SON.
IC E !
Now is the time when every
body wants ICE, and we
want to soli it.
PRICES REASONABLE!
20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c-
MO Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5.
200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7.
50 Pounds at one delivery 30c.
Lower prices to large buyers.
I o K
Packed for shipment nt reduced rates. Careful
and indite service. Full and liberal weight.
IIIUSOCU ICE CD
11 1 BAY ST.
GOAL AND WOOD.
Coal&Wood
at
Reasonable Prices.
DIXON 8c MU RPHY
Office No. Drayton street. Telephone No. W*
Wharves Trice and Habersham streeta.^^
Forth e teeth.
( \ HIENTAL TOOTH PASTE, Cherry Toff
'/ Paste, Charcoal Tooth Paste, Shlflleld *
Cream Dentifrice, Lycm*’ Tooth Tablet’s, Arnio*
Tooth Soap, Thompson’* Tooth Soap. Oarboßo
foot h Soap, Tooth I\over* and Washes all kin'll
at STRONG S PKUU STORK, corner Bull
J’errv street Uit..