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FIGHTING AXKfIIAPPING.
BUFFALO BILj/l HILLS ALL ABOUT
, THETA OUT WEST..
Some Information Gfaciously Vouch.
•e<‘i.ied to Her Majesty's British Sub
jects-Early Blood-Letting in Bleeding
Kansas—Bill a. Trapper—Hair-
Breadth 'Scapes.
IP. F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") in Murray's Mag
azine for June.
lam frequently asked whether the In
dians who have accompanied me “to this
country are old friends of mine, accustomed
■by a long course of training to the parts
they play in my exhibition of the “Wild
West.” It would be moye correct to call
them old enemies. Their rehearsals have
talced j)lace on the war-path, and possibly
they may some day return to it. Their expe
rience of civilization is their
services are at my disposal for a
Jimited period, never exceeding a
year, after which they return to their
reserves, richer and possibly wiser men. It
is indeed only by obtaining a constant suc
cession of untutored braves that I can in
sure that freshness, of incident and spon
taneous action which are so peculiarly char
acteristic of the red red men. Civilization
has very mixed effects upon an Indian; if
he once learns to speak English he will soon
forget all his native cunning pride Of
race. I find no difficulty in persuading
(f sufficient number to join me. I explain
to them what I want done, and they have
perfect confidence in my word” that
whatever agreement is made will be
carried out to the letter. They know that
they will lie well paid and well fed; in other
matters, clothing, for instance, their re
quirements are small. It is, of course, only
possible to arrange with them during a
period of peace; if they ever go on the war
path again our relations will perhaps be of
a different character. But yi peace their
most relentless enemies can safely traverse
their country. Thoy abide honorably by
Sledges once given, and among them, when
le hatchet is buried, treachery is unknown.
This is more, than could always be said for
the white men in my young days. My
father was killed before my eyes by a
coward’s hand stinking treacherously from
behind. I was but a boy of 10 at the time;
we were living in Kansas, and there was a
struggle between tfie Free State party and
the slave, owners as to whether slavery
should be permitted or not. In some States
it was allowed, in others prohibited. As
new Territories were bought from the
Indians ,or opened up to settle
ment, pending their subsequent creation
into fresh States, the. two parties dis
puted the question so hotly that a kind of
guerilla war commenced between those
who were trying to extend slavery into those
Northern Territories and the Free State
men, who opposed it. My father was a
strong Free State man, and in the political
agitation which preceded the outbreak of
actual hostilities he took a leading part.
One day, in 1865, he was speaking at an
open air meeting, I believe the first political
meeting held in Kansas; the pro-slavery
party mustered strong, but my father made
no secret of his view*t ; the temper of the
crowd grew violent and threaten
ing ; they began to press round
the dry goods box on which
he was standing before a frontier store;
while he was trying to pacify tho angry
mob one of the scoundrels, Charles Dunn by
name, jumped on the box behind and
stabbed him in the back with a bowie-knife.
He died from the wound, and for the mo
ment the murderer escaped, for the sympa
thy of the mob was with the crime. But a
tew years afterward, when the civil war
broke out, I had my revenge. The pro
slavery party of Kansas joined the South
ern cause; Charles Dunn was killed, and out
of all those who held participated in my
father’s murder there was only one who
escaped death at the hands of the free-State
men.
Thus I had to shift for myself at an early
age, and tho6e were days when it was almost
impossible to avoid coming into contact with
Indians at every turn. I drove a stage, rode
the ponv-express, took freight, across the
plains, aid whatever I eotild for a living,
and gained a knowledge of every mile of
coimtrywhich none could beat; I got to know
the ways of the Indians, too, and they soon
knew me. I went trapping and hunting all
over their country; they hated the trappers
and were always on the lookout for them,
so that it was a dangerous game, and a man
always carried his life in his hand on
such expeditions. One or two of us
would penetrate up the stream in the
wildest part of the country, far from any
settlements and only inhabited by roving
banrft of Indians. Choosing the ground. we
would build a log hut, or dugout, as it is
called, and set about trapping beaver or
hunting buffalo and wapiti. Hundreds of
trappers have been killed while setting their
traps along a stream or skinning the game
they have caught. I have had many a
tussle myself, but been as lucky as a man
who goes unhurt through a battle in which
thousands are killed. When the Indians
“jump” you, if you have been on the look
out, tnere is generally time to get behind a
tree, and then make the best fight of it you
can.
I remember one occasion, however, when
the red men treated me quite generously.
It was an experience I shall never forget. I
was 14 years old—still only a boy trapper,
as one might say—and started on an ex
pedition with a man named Dave Harring
ton. We went right away, 125 miles from
anv settlement, with a yoke of oxen and a
light wagon to carry supplies and haul our
furs back. We found a creek where there
was lots of game, and there we made Our
winter camp. On the side of a hill we built
a dug out, jmd turned the oxen out to graze
upon a small island, where we left them;
then we began trapping, and did splendidly
for a few weeks, everything going well.
But one day, while we were out after elk,
as we were going round a sharp bend of the
creek, I. fell so heavily upon a slippery
hill slope that I broke the shin-bone of my
leg.
Dave Harrington managed to carry me
back to the dug-out; but, unluckily, not long
before this one of our oxen had slipped upon
the ice in trying to cross from tne island
and received injuries which obliged us to kill
it. We had thus only one left, and he was
not strong enough to haul me back in the
wagon to the settlement. So Dave had to
leave me lying in the dug-out and started off
upon his journey of 125 miles to get help,
promising to be back in twenty days. I had
plenty of food and snow water, so there was
no fear of my starving. On the eighteenth
day, hearing a.noiso outside, I supposed it
was Dave returned before his time,
and sang out to let him know I was all
right. For. answer there sprang into the
little dugoul a "party of Indians; J was soon
surrounded by as many as the hut would
bold, and I saw at a glance thpt they wero
on tne' war-path.. They began threatening
me with knives and tomahawks, and things
did ndt look very bright; then the chief look
ed In, and I recognized him as “Rain-in-tbe-
Fnce,” an old man whose camp I hail once
visited. I called out to him that I knew
him, and that a year ago I had lived in the
same place as he did, and had played
with his children. He remembered me;
and, jumping into the midst of his war
riors, stopped them just as they were
about to kill me. “This Is only a
papoose—a boy!" he exeluiined; “wo do
not fight with boys, but with •nieu." Bo
they spared my life; but everything I ha'd
in tho hut, except some meat, they took
away. After this the days came and weut,
but no Dave Harrington appeared. "I feared
he must have perished in a storm or been
caught by the Indians, for tho twentieth
day was long past. But he came at laflt on
the twenty-ninth day, bringing a yoke of
oxen. He had suffered terribly in thesnow
drifts; but he persevered through even'
thing, and, nutting me in the wugen, con
veyed me back safely to the settlement,
where I finally reooverod. Dave was a
brave fellow; be imperiled his life to rescue
me, and showed wliat one man, whose nerve
does nob fall him, will sometimes dare for
another in that wild country.
During the late war the Indians took ad
vantage of the defenseless state of the’
frontier, and tiecame much bolder in their
raids - upon our Territories. They made no
distinction of parties, but saw their oppor
tunity while the whites were fighting, and
let themselves loose upon us, as there was
no one to stop them. As soon, therefore, as
the North had whipped the South our troops
were sent straight to the borders to quell
the Indians. I knew that part of the coun
try better than most men, and was employed
on scouting duty. The difficulty was to
find the euemy, who had no tlxed quarters;
and men well acquainted with their habits
and customs were required to guide the
troops in their haunts. Even when the
whereabouts of a tribe was known it was
not easy to come up with them. To follow
the trail over dry grass needed much
care and patience. A single hoof
mark sometimes gave the only in
dication; this must be followed until
it led to others, where the main body
had passed. No tricks such as turning back
along the track ought to deceive a clever
trailer; and he must be able to move along
quickly, or he would never overtake the In
dians. The troops often got near them in
the evening too late for an attack; all night
the men would lie in wait, holding their
horses by the bridles, while the scout steals
forward on foot to discover the best side to
approach. Disguised as an Indian, he can
often get close up to the encampment, unper
ceived, and thus enable the commanding
officer to form his plans with certainty.
Cunning as the Indians are, the white man
can beat them at their own game. Indeed,
whether it be in shooting, or riding, or trail
ing, or anything else, it is my experience
that a white man who is up to his business
can always outdo men of any other race in
the world, even on their own ground.
Not that I moon to underrate the fighting
powers of the Indians; our troops have often
enough had to retire, as every one knows.
Capture is the worst thing to be feared.
For this reason the Indians made but few
prisoners. Men knew that it was better to
die fighting than to bo taken, with the fate
in store for captives of being tortured and
burned at the stake. Yet it was Hot always
possible to avoid capture, and . there have
been friends of my own who suffered that
awful death. I have been caught myself
more than once, but my good for
tune has stood by me each time.
On one occasion, while scouting in 1868, a
tribe with whom we were at peace suddenly
took to the warpath. I had been in their
company in the morning and found them
perfectly friendly, but happening to visit
the comp again in the evening I discovered
that their attitude had changed during the
day, and without anything to warn me I
rode straight into the midst of t.he enemy,
as they had then become. ~ Instantly the
warriors closed ir. upon me, circling round
and beating me with whips and clubs.
The surprise was so unexpected
and I had no time to use my rifle or make
any attempt at escape, so I had recourse to
a stratagem. Putting a bold face on, I told
them that I was bringing a number of cattle
as a present from the commanding officer,
who believed them to be still friendly. They
knew that if I were killed all chance of ob
taining the cattle would be gone, and I was
allowed to retire for the purpose of collect
ing the herd and driving it into the camp.
Once out Of sight I made a bolt for it and
succeedeiMn reaching the fort, seventeen
miles off, leaving the Indians to wait for the
cattle as long as they pleased.
Although their usual method of warfare
is by means of ambuscades and surprises,
the Indians are not afraid to meet their
enemies in a stand-up fight in the open. In
the war of 1876, when I was chief scout under
Gen. Carr, we came one day face to face
with the Cheyennes, and the two forces
were drawn up opposite each other in regu
lar line of battle, about half a mile apart.
I had been employed in so many expedi
tions by this time that I had acquired a
high reputation among the Indians as a
“warrior,” and while our troops were halt
ed preliminary to an attack the Cheyenne
chief, Yellow Hand, rode out in front of
his line and challenged me to single com
bat. He shouted out that he was the great
est warrior in his own tribe, and
honored me by saying that I was reputed
the greatest warrior among the whites. If
I dared he wanted me to come forward and
fight it out with him, to see which of us
proved the better man. I accepted his
challenge, of course, and rode to meet him
Mrithout delay. .We both had rifles andjioth
our horses were soon shot under us. Then
we continued the battle on foot, he with a
tomahawk, I with a bowie-knife. But 1 was
too quick for him, and at last as he was
raising his arm to strike I seized hold of it
and held hint ntil I could deal a decisive
blow. I have nis scalp now; had it ended
the other way he would have had mine, for
one of us must have been killed.
That affair was thought a great deal of
by the Indians, for Yellow-Hand was a fa
mous chief, and after it I was looked upon
as a mighty warrior indeed, although, as I
have said, a white man does not really de
serve any special credit for beating an In
dian when they meet on equal terms. Still,
it is a good thing for a man who has to deal
much with Indians to gain their respect ns
a fighter. When peace is made they will
always come in first to the man that has
fought them hardest. They are great ad
mirers of bravery and skill on the war
path, and although they will devise every
possible means for killing an enemy and
taking his scalp, yet the ortener he defeats
them in battle, the further he outwits them
in trailing, and the more of their braves he
slays, so much the more do the}’ look up to
him as a great warrior, and when the
war is ovep pay him all honor if he visits
this country.
I have frequently proved this to be the
case during the hunting expeditions I have
organized, when we have been right through
tho Indian country without any mishap.
When the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia
came over to the United States, I took him
out in the buffalo country, and we had one
of the largest hunts I can remember. Of
course we were escorted by troops, although
the Indians were pretty quiet at the time,
so there was no danger on that occasion.
But it was an instance of the confidents
which the tribes plats in a man they know
and resjsct that I was able to fetch 150 war
riors from a district 300 miles away, who
were willing to accompany me all that dis
tance in order to give the Grand Duke a
war dance on the plains.
Only a few years before I had been hunt
ing buffalo under very different circum
stances. It was when the Kansas Pacific
railroad was being graded, and I had under
taken to supply the workmen with meat.
Troops were stationed all along the line to
protect the works, which were being carried
through a dangerous Indian country... It
was not safe to go even a few miles from
the soldiers; but meat had to be procured,
and I used to take my chance, often travel
ing six, ten or even fifteen miles after game
without an escort. A wagon accompanied
me, with one man to drive and allotner to
cut up the mfct; all the shooting I did
myself. We were often “jumped” by the
Indians, but I arranged with the officer
• commanding tho troops that whenever this
happened I would, if possible, set the grass
alight, and as soon as he saw smoke rising
he sent a company of soldiers to my rescue.
Until they came we managed to keep the
Indians off as best we could. Directly we
found that they were upon us we used to
throw the buffalo hams and hind-quarters,
the only parts we kept for meat, out of the
■ wagon, and make a sort of breastwork out
of them, from behind which, lying under
neath the wagon, we kept shooting away at
the Indians as they rode found us. I also
set tie grass on fire, and'we never failed to
keep them at bay until help arrived, for they
did not find it easy to come to close quarters
over the open prairie with men who could
shoot as well as we did.
The actual hunttog-was easy enough to a
man who knew his business. There were
hundreds of thousands of buffalo, and the
only difficulty lay in the rough ground over
which it was neicessary to gallop at full
speed in orderto como up with them. Some
times a wounded Hull would turn upon you,
but In all kinds of hunting, whether of gm
riies or buffalo or anything else, it is gener
ally only tho greenhorn who gets mauled
through his ignorant*.
In every phase yf life in the Wild West
THE MORNING NSYS: THURSDAY. JUNE 30. 1887?
good horses are essential. The best shot can
not bring down buffalo unless he has a fast
horse to carry him up to them. The bravest
man cannot fight a whole tribe of Indians;
his only chance is to run, and to do this suc
cessfully his horse must have the speed of its
pursuers. I used to get the best horses to
be bought for money; some of them have
become quite celebrated, notably, “Brig
ham,” “Buckskin Joe,” and lastly “Old
Charlie,” now 30 vears old, who has come
with me to England. When there were
Indians about I rode another horse and let
my own run by my side; in this way he was
always fresh, and ir I was “jumped” I
slipped off the first horse, mounted my
favorite, and with a very small start could
soon snap my lingers at the enemy. It was
not only from their speed that my horses
were so useful to me; they were wonder
fully clever. Wherever I went there was
never any trouble about hobbling <>r fasten
ing them; I used to let them run joose, and
they would follow me like a dog. Out on
the prairie, when you are quite alone with
a hoi , se for days together, ho seems to get
regularly attached to you, and likes to keep
close to you for company. •Wht'n I was oqt
scouting, I used often to Jie down in the
shade after dinner and smoke or go to sleep,
leaving Old Charlie to graze round about;
and he generally would come and lay hirti
self down by my side before long. He could
hear, too, better than a man, and became so
accustomed to the approach of Indians that
he would come up and nudge my elbow with
his nose if a sound reached him before I
beard it.
But it does not answer for a man to sleep
too soundly in that business. When he
knows that his life depends upon acuteness
of hearing sleep is a very different affair to
tho unbroken rest he enjoys in a settlement.
In fact, a scout never really sleeps; he only
dozes, with his senses on the alert for every
sound or movement around him. Plenty of
men have been taken by surprise and killed,
while I have escaped. Both in hunting and
scouting the same qualities were needed;
readiness for emergency, quickness and ac
curacy of shooting, knowledge of the coun
try, were what you wanted, and could only
gain by experience. The life was always
dangerous, but those who knew their busi
ness thoroughly had the best chance.
I am speaking of a time that, in the opin
ion of many people, has passed forever, and
I confess that I look back with some regret
to those exciting days before the West had
filled up with settlers. The buffalo has now
disappeared and the Indians are diminishing
fast. But there are still enough left in the
Northwest, in Arizona and Montana, to
give trouble; aud I think myself that they
will make one more desperate fight iiefore
they finally give up the struggle with the
white man. Then it may become my duty
to take to the prairies again; if the govern
ment needs my services, I shall not oe long
in answering its call.
SIGNS_AND OMENS.
Odd Ideas and Superstitions About
Good and Bad Luck.
From the Chicago Tribune.
“A black cat came to my house this morn
ing,” said a well-known gambler to a friend
the other day, “and I’m bound to make a
win, sure.”
“You’re in great luck and I’m glad of it.
That infernal Shorty came behind my choir
the other day and ‘hoodooed’ me and I’m
gone broke.”
Such is the kind of talk that one hears
constantly in gambling circles. For incre
dulity and superstition your thorough gam
blers exceed all other men. They believe in
lucky and unlucky days, in lucky and un
lucky numbers, in lucky and uni ucky clothes,
and every chance or passing event is sup
posed in some way to influence their fortune
at cards. Jeff Hankins had a lucky mouse,
rat Sheody had a lucky suit of clothes, oth
ers have lucky hats, or shoes or charms of
some kind Some believe they cannot win
if certain people are in the room whore they
are playing. Ordinarily it ought to be in
ferred that those who are most familiar with
the actual results of a long series of chance
games would form the most correct views
respecting them and would l>e freest from
superstition as to chance or luck, but the
reverse is the case, and when superstition is
finally driven headlong from the world it
will find its last ditch and die the hardest in
the mind of the gambler.
But however black cats and hoodoos may
influence the fortune of gamblers, the su
perstitions of people generally are singu
larly curious and seem so deeply rooted as
to be ineradicable. Even the most intelli
gent and educated persons have ono or more
pet superstitions which they mention only
to laugh at but still fondly cherish. It is,
in fact, a feature of our social life not alto
gether unworthy of study. From the cradle
to the grave we are l>asct on all sides by signs
and portents and omens. At the very thresh
old of life we are told that to be born with
a caul is lucky. Readers of “David Cjpp
perfield” will remember that he was born
with a caul. A child born Christmas day
will be able to see spirits and an old rhyme
runs:
Born on a Sunday, a gentleman.
Born on a Monday, fair in face.
Born on a Tuesday, full of grace.
Born on a Wednesday, sour and gram.
Bom on a Thursday, welcome home.
Bora on a Friday, free in giving.
Born on a Saturday, work hard for your living.
Children with much down upon their arms
or hands are bound to be rich, while a child
that does not cry at baptism is too good to
live. If several children are baptized to
gether and the girls are taken to the font
before the boys, the bovs will have no beards
when they are men. If a child's finger nails
are cut before it is a year old it will live to
be a thief. If your cheek burns somebody
is talking scandal of you. If you hear a
singing in your right ear somebody is prais
ing you, while if it is in your left ear some
body is abusing you. You can punish this
evil speaker bv biting your little finger
sharply. In so doing you bite his evil tongue.
To pick up a pin with its head towards you,
or find an oid horseshoe or a four-leaf ••lover,
will surely bring you good luck. Indeed, to
see a pin as you pass along may prove a very
serious matter indeed, according to the old
rhyme:
See a pin and pick It up,
All the day you'll have good luck;
See a pin and let It lie.
All the day you'll have to cry.
It Is not pleasant to stumble up stairs, but
if you do it is sonic const nation to know that,
you will not only have good luck yourself
nut that a wedding will take plane in the
bouse inside of a year. A maiden who has
bad luck at cards will be sure to have a good
husband and will play tlie game of life suc
cessfully. “Happy tne bride the sun shines
on” is n saying so old thafepeople really be
lieve it, the record of tliHdivoroe court to
tho contrary .For it can
not be true that the all mar
ried in rainy weather,
Among the myi* |mfe,:im enta 1 itii -s
.by which fate is leather
holds a time-lionfl*fd*Tui jUpninrnt, place.
The custom of shoe after a
departing fFiendJff ajneiTly married couple
is so old that it is wntjs mentioned here to re
mind intending throwers that the shoe should
belong to the left foot; there is nd virtue in
the other. Whether the shoe should be
thrown so as to hit tho departing friend is
again a question concerning which the old
women differ. Borne maintain tliat the re
cipient should be hit, and. the harder he is
hit the greater will be his fortune; while
others quite as plausibly maintain that if
the person is hit the journey will be a dis
astrous one, probably ending in death.
However, whichever way ft is, any bad or
evert fatal results may be avoidisl by the
traveler pocketing a piece of coal, and as
black diamonds are plentiful tnere ought to
be no difficulty in bringing about a satisfac
tory result. Indeed there are an abundance
of ways by which Chance’s freakish daugh
ter may be compelled to do us service.
Whitsunday has just passed for this year,
but if you were thoughtful or wealthy
enough to put on something new that day
gissl fortune will attend you the remainder
of the year. If you want to be assured of
success in all your undertakings take the
first spider you igiine across in your fingers
and throw him over your left shpulder. If
you are afraid of the spider a black snail,
should you happen to meet one in your early
main* walk 11 tie* park, will do quite as
we "fake him by the horns just, as you
wql a bnll and throw him by the left
fln| behind you. If that don’t bring ytm
gofiuck never put faith again in signs and
onk
'iuble will nover come near fplks whose
eyeows meet; and, while a lady’s mous
taois a perplexing and an annoying thing,
ttnjis some consolation to the possessor in
kming that it is nature’s own guarantee
thahe is sure to bo rich some day. It is a
surign that some kind-hearted soul is lay
ing i money for you if your keys or pock
etkih or any of your steel belongings get
rust} If you wish to keep vour luck you
mqsie sure to not let your ieathor bed lie
turn! on Sunday, and you must refrain
fromtilling the innocent little cricket on
the Iktli, for crickets bring luck to a
house
If yt spill salt on the tablecloth you will
have tuarrel on your hands shortly, and
if yotrop a knife, fork or spoon it is a
sign siebody is coming. A maiden who
tied 11*0 know which of her lovers cares
the nit for her should name each one of
them. ; she throws an auple seed into the
fire. 1 the seed cracks the love is hearty.
If in filing peas a girl finds a pod with
nine pain it, she should lay it on the thresh
old of (8 kitehen door. The first young
man w> crones it will fall in love with her.
Likewf, in breaking the wishbone of a
fowl, I she gets the larger part and lays it
over 0 top of the doorway, she will not
only gdiertwish, whatever it may be, but
the fir man who passes under it will bo
come If own true love.
Tlierhaa always been a widehprend ten
dency t tiqjiove in lucky numbers. Even
numbej are said to*be nplueky because they
can bqivided by two, thereby denoting
death ijd dissolution. The number seven is
consulted a lucky number, because a lm
man bag sheds his teeth at seven, become®
a youtpt twice seven, a man at three times
seven ad reaches hi# grand climai Ceric at
nine tjies seven. Careful farmers’ wives
will nier set a hen an even number of
eggs, jecause a ben is too superstitious to
hatchjut an even number. Three is also a
luckyti umber, and to sit at a three-sided
table! a sure harbinger i A fortune.
If le wishes to know alfthe vagaries that
can I indulged about numbers thoy should
visit “policy shop” and study the methods
of tl players. As nearly everybody knows
thainteresting game as played in Chicago
tori upon the drawings of someone of the
Kefucky or Colorado lotteries. Twice a
day there are drawings at Frankfort or
Cojngton of thirteen numbers out of a
sons running from one to seventy-eight. If
thy layer guesses one, two or three of these
mpliers he is entitled to an amount of
mpey reaching from fivefold to two hun
dipfold the amount he has staked. Nutn
bi then form the constant thought of the
paey player, and all the passing accidents
a a incidents of the day are of interest to
hti only as they give him a clew to a lucky
nfnlier. The dream book is his constant
cnipanion, for that ingenious work fur
rshes numbers to correspond with all the
Eldest fancies of dreamland, and if he can
oly strike the right numbers tho purse of
Brtunatus will be surely bis. And so the
(instant chatter of the policy shop is con-
qrning luck and lucky numbers.
.Many odd incidents are related about
lidky numbers in the lottery. A grocer in
L<uson bought four consecutive numbers.
Filling this would be unlucky he exchanged
one U them and the rejected number turned
out to be a large prize. Charles Lamb tells
n story if a gentleman who had purchased
No. 1,09. Passing a lottery office he saw a
placard announcing that that number hail
drawn £30,000. Ho took a long walk to
cool ht agitation before entering the office.
On gqig back he found that lie had mis
takenio,o69 for 1,069.
In tte lives of all successful men there has
undoutedly been a large element of chance
or link, but if the matter be carefully looked
at it rill lie found that they bud the ability
or repurees to profit by what chance had
brought to them. It was not because the
nppbfeli on Newton’s head that he discov
ered/the laws of gravitation, but the inci
denf imply called nis attention toa problem
he lid the ability to solve. Lord Erskine,
the ;eerless English advocate, was called a
luely man because in his very first case he
mad a widespread sensation and retainers
imtediately crowded upon him thick and
fast But if he had not had the ability to
male the sensational speech the chance of-
to him would have amounted to noth
ing) Chance happens to everybody, and a
cerkin amount of good fortune falls to the
lotf all in very equal proportions. It comes
eary or it comes late, but the difference is
tbit one man can profit by it aud another
ea<not.
.. JJ l!!LL
BROWN’B IRON BITTERS.
WOMEN
Needing renewed itrengtb, or who suffer from
Infirmities peculiar to taelr ocx. should try
j|TTEjjs
This medietas combines Iron with pure vexetablo
tonics, snd is invslu.bls for Diseases peculisr to
Women, and all who load sedentary Uses. If En
riches and Purities tho Blood, Stimulates
tho Appetite, Strengthens tho Jlnscles aud
Nerves in fai t, thoroughly InvigpriUes.
Clloarti the complexion, and makes the- win smooth.
It does not hlsokon tbs teeth, cause headache, or
produce constipation— a/l other iron medicines do.
Mss. Et.izaiixth Baibd. 74 Farwell Ave., Milwau
kee, Win., save, under date vt Doc. Mth. IM4:
" I hove used Brown’s Iron Bitters, and it has boon
more than a doctor to ms, having cured mo of tho
weakness ladies have in life. Also cured me of Liv
er Complaint, and now my complexion is clear and
good. Has afeo boon beneficial to my children.
Mas. Louisa C. Bn.vaDOt*, East Lockport, N. Y.,
Bays: “ I have suffered untold inisenr from Female
Complaints, and ooold obtain relief from nothing
except Brown’s Iron Bitters,”
Genuine hae above Trade Mark and crossed red llneO
on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by
11110 W.N CHEMICAL CO.. H.VLTIMOKI, MO,
CHIMNEYS.
HOUSEWIVES
P w _ FARMERS,
STUDENTS
Ri- 7 AND ALL OTHERS SKDUUIUSI
E-TM MACBETH a CO’S
Mmw
1 tlj IF YOU DOS’T WANT l<
f, MUMjQmR Ibe ANNOYED by Constant
k* rarara/ W BREAKmG 0F chimneys.
v3SSm BEST CH,R,IEr illoE -
For Sa l e Every wherei
rfA HT.HOLYOKE SEWNABI
nUiTTSBUKSH ftier" We use nearly <BOOI tbrei
•OIIsNUAUSSIJutaeMM. hundred lights every e?<qf
j„r, o nd since using thecal
srated PEARL TOP CHIMHEY* my experience and
idgment is that we would rather pay a dollar a doses
r them than flfl7 cent* a doren/or any other Chlm
qr wo hate ever used. L. H. PORTER, Steward.
WOOD.
WOOD.
•Bacon, Johnson & Cos.
Hr.'- a fine stock of
Oak, Pine, L v uwood and Kindling,
Oimer Liberty and East Broad streets.
Telephone 117.
MILLINERY. %
NEW MILIJN lvJ(\v iT
KROUSKOFFS
Mammoth Millinery House.
We are now offering immense lines of New Straw Hats,
Ribbons, Feathers, etc., which are now being shipped daily
by our New York buyer, and our Mr. Krouskoff’ who is now
North to assist in the selection of the Choicest Novelties in
the Millinery Line. It is astonishing but a fact, that we sell
fine Millinery cheaper than any retail store in New York. llow
can we do it? Cannot tell. This is our secret and our suc
cess. Perhaps on account of large clearing out purchases or
perhaps from direct shipments from London or Paris- -but no
matter so long as the ladies have all the advantages in stock
and prices.
We are now ready for business, and our previous large
stock will be increased, and we arc now offkrino full lines of
fine Milans in White and Colors, for Ladies, Misses and
Children in an endless variety of shapes.
RIBBONS, RIBBONS, new novelties added and our regu
lar full line entirely filled out.
We knock bottom out in the price of Straw Goods.
We continue the sale of our Ribbons at same prices as
heretofore, although the prices have much advanced.
We also continue to retail on our first floor at wholesale
prices.
8. KROUSKOFF.
SWIFT’S SPECIFIC.
1836111 SWIFT’S SPECIFIC.! 111886
A REMEDY HOT FOR A DAY, BUT FOR'
- HALF A CENTURY
RELIEVING BUFFERING HUMANITY!
sjss
sss
sss
sss
AN INTERESTING TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES SENT
FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS.'* IT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYBODY.
ADDRESS THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, QA.
DRY GOODS.
F . GU T MAN,
118 BROUGHTON ST.
We Will Continue to Sell All Goods at Cost Until
JULY Ist.
We Will Then Move to Our Old Store.
11l BROUGHTON, NEAR WHITAKER.
All Goods Will Then Be Sold at Regular Prices.
U. Cl U T MAN.
MOSQUITO NETS.
8 H O O FL Y!
DON'T BE TORMENTED WITH MOSQUITOS, BUT CALL AT
LINDSAY & MORGAN’S STORES
109 and 171 Brou'irhtoii Street,
AND SECURE AT ONCE A MOSQUITO NET OF HOME KIND. On hand DACE and GAUZE
NETS, FOUR POST, HALF CANOPIES, TURN OVER and UMBRELLA
MOSQUITO NET FRAMES
REFRIGERATORS of several kinds. Prominent among them la the ALLEGRETTI, also the
EMPRESS, TOM THUMB, SNOWFLAKE, ICE PALACE and ARCTIC KING.
BABY CARRIAGES. About twenty-five different styles to select from. Prices very low.
Our sUttk of CHAMBER and PARLOR SUITES is full.
STRAW MATTING. Big stock, low prices.
OT Orders Billed 'With I) in patch. _sFl
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.
Vale Royal Manufacturing Cos.
sivvA-isnsra_h, g^..,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Mi, Doors, Ills, Mantels, Pw Ills,
And Interior Finish of ail kinds, Mouldings. Balusters, Newel Posts. Estimates, Price LtaW, Mould
inK Books, and any information in our line furnished on application, (.jrprws, Yellow rlno, U*K
A*b and Walnut LUMBER on band and in any quantity, furniahed promptly.
VALE ROYAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Savannah, Ga
IIARDW A Hl'..
EDWARD LOVELL i SONS,
HARDWARE,
Iron and Turpentine Tools.
Office: Cor. State and Whitaker street*.
Warehouse: 188 and 140 State street.
i . '■■■-■ " .i'..——
CONTRACTORS.
P. J. FALLON,
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,
23 DRAJITON STREET, SAVANNAH.
'(.MATES promptly furuiahetf for building
J of any Clwa.
S.S.S.
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
Old in Years—Not Old Fogy.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
PRINTER and binder.
To the Manor bom—full of year* and expert
, enoe -still young: In energy and aMltty-wlth
* all the atxeaeoriea neoeemry to mtlxfantorlly
conduct the biutl new to which tie ha* given hit
life. Grateful for put farora—hopeful of other*
to come.
BARKS. ,
KISSIMMEE CITY BANK,
Klwtimmee City, Orange County, Fla. .
CAPITAL - - - $-50,000
■'TRANSACT a regular banking huslneee. Give
1 particular attention to Florida collection*
Correapoadenoe nolicited. lute- Exchange on
New York, New Orica tut, Savannah and Jack
ttnnville, Fla. Ke*Ment Agent* for Coutt* ft Cos.
and Melville, Kvaittt ft Cos., of Loudon, England.
New York correttpoadeut; The Seaboard
National Bank.
OFFICIAL. Sit
' QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Omcra, I
Savannah, Ga., May i. 1887. f
From and after MAY Ist, 1887, the rftyonU*
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to be observed at the port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of time (annually) from May
Ist to November Ist, will be moat rigidly en
forced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will l>e supplied with printed copies of the Quar
antine Ordinance upon application to office of
Health < Xficer.
From and after this date and until further no
tice all steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies,
Sicily, ports of Italy south of 40 (legs. North
latitude. and coast of Africa beween
10 clegs. North and II degs. South latitude,
direct or via American part will be sub
jected to afcae Quarantine and be reauired
to report *t the Quarantine Station and bo
treated os being from infected or suspected
ports or localities. Captains of these vessels
will have to remain at Quarantine Station until
their vessels are relieved.
All steamers sml vessels from foreign porta
not include-.! above, direct or via American
pojrta, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise,
will I j required to remain in quarantine until
boardM and passed by the Quarantine Officer.
Neither the Contains nor any one on board of
stii‘h vessels will be allowed to come to the rity
until the vessels are inspected and passed by the
Quarantine Officer.
As (Hitts or localities not herein enumerated
arc reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the flying
of the quarantine ffuc; on. vessels siibjected to
detention or inspection trill be riaidta enforced,
J. T. McFARLAND. M. D.. Health Officer.
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance to amend article LX. of the Sa
vannah City Code, adopt,xl Feh. 18, 1810, so a<l
to require all occupants of houses, merchant*,
shopkeepers.grocers and i radesmen occupying
premises to which no yards are attached to
keep w itliiu their premises a box or larrel of
sufficient size, in which shall lie deposited all
offal, filth, rubbish, dirt anil other matter gen
erated In said premises, or to put such box dr
barrel in the streets or lunes under condition*
prescribed herein.
Section 1. Beit ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah In Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by tna
authority of the same. That section 2 of said
article 1* amended so ns to read as follows: Thu
owners, tenants or occupiers of houses having
yards or enclosures, and all occupants of house*,
all merchants, shopkeo|ient, grocers and trades
men occupying premises to which no yards am
attached shall keep within their yards or
premises a box or Isirrel of sufficient size, in
which shall lie deposited all the offal, filth, rub
bish. dirt and other matter generated in said
building and enclosure, and the said filth of every
description as aforesaid shall be placed in stbd
box or luirrel, from the first day of April to the
Hint day of November, before the hour of 7
o'clock a. in., and from the first day of Novem>>er
(inclusive) to the last day of Murch (inclusive)
lief ore the hour of 8 o'clock a. m., and such mat
ter so placed shall lie daily removed i Sunday*
excepted) hy the Superintendent, to
such places two Hides at least
without the city as shall I- designated by the
Mayor or u majority of the Street and lan*
Committee. Ana it shall be unlawful for any
occupunt of a hous.', merchant, shoptaMpTC
grocer or tradesman to sweep Into or to deposit
In any street or lane of this city any paper,
l rash, or rubbish of any kind whatsoever, DUG
the snnie shall lie kept in boxes or barrels as
hereinbefore provided, for removal by the scav
enger of the city. Any iierson not having a yard
may put the box or Imrrel containing the offal,
rubbish, etc., in the street or lane for removal
by the seai eugar, provided the box or barrel so
put in tlie street or lnne shall be of such char
acter and sire as to securely keep the offal, rub
bish, etc., from getting Into the stMet or lane*.
And any person other than the owner or scaven
ger interfering with or troubling the box or bar
rel so put in the street or lane shall be punished
on conviction thereof in thn police court by fine
not exceeding SIOO or Imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days, either or both in the discretion
of officer presiding in said court.
Ordinance passed in Council June Ist, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER. Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rkrarer. Clerk of Council
SSS
SSS
SSS
SSS
Cmr Marshal s omc*, I
Savannah. April 2*d, 1887. f
THE City Treasurer has placed In my band*
Real Estate Executions for 1880, Privy Vault
Executions for IHH, stock in Trade and other
personal nro(ierty executions for 188#, and Spe
cific or License Tax Executions for 1887, com
manding me to make the money on said writ*
hy levy and sale of the defendant*’ property or
by other lawful means. I hereby notify all per
sons In default that the tax and revenue ordi
nance will tie promiitly enforced if iiayment it
not made at my office without delay.
Office hours from 11 A. M. to 2 r. u.
- ROBT. J. WADE,
City MarshaL
ill All ANT INK NOTICE.
Omn Health Oysrrxa, 1
Savannah, April sth, 1887.)
Notice is hereby given that the Quarantin* 1
Officer is instructed not to ileliver letters to vs*,
sels which are not subjected. to quarantine de
tention, unlHSMthe name of consignee and state
ment that iHW vessel is ordered to some other
port, appears upon the face of the envelope.
This order is made necoHaarj' in cousequeuce At
the enormous hulk of drumming letters sent to
the station for vessels which are to arrive.
j. T. McFarland, m. and..
HeriMOwilfcrS
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Omra Health Omen, l
Savannah, March 26th, WB7. t
Pilots of the Port of Savannah are informed
that, the Sapelo Quarantine Station will be open
od on APRIL Ist. 1887. . . , W
H|s-clal attention of the Pilot* Is directed to
sections Nos. 3d and 14th, Quarantine Regula
tions.
Most rigid enforcement of quarantine reguns*
tions will oe maintained by the Health authori
ties. J. t. McFarland, m. and.,
Health Officer.
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IRON WORKS.
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IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmith^
STATIONARY and PORTABLE
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MlLlit, SUGAR MILLS and PANS. _ . Jjj
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\ f Ponte, Charcoal Tooth Pwt. ShUlMfet a.
i Yearn I b-ntlfrice, Lyone - Tooth Tablet, Arabia
li*sTUt^i’l'H O riR(JG W STY>R£, cortieriiuil aaJl
Perry street laua.- .
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