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2 NEWSI’AI’KR ENTERPRISE MEN WHO MAKE PEOPLE TALK IN SPITE OP THEMSELVES. An Intuitive Knowledge of Human Nature Necessary to be a Successful Interviewer The Dazzling Glory of the Seaside Swell and the Estimate Sensible People Put on Him. New York. July 33.—When anybody in New York does anything that entitles him to publicity he very soon gains an ideu of the immensity of that engine of human pro gress. the newspaper. More than forty reporters will besiege him and his life will be made a burden until hi? ceases to 1* of public interest. One of the mast striking recent cases il lustrating newspaper enterprise in the me tropolis was witnessed at the hanging of the murderer Peter Smith. A New York afternixm [inper had arranged to publish an extra as soon as the doomed man hail !>een hanged. The execution took place in the vnrd of the Tombs. In accordance with the statute only twelve reporters were ad mitted to witness the hanging, and they were given ingress to the prison inclosure only as members of the jury inspectors. They had to remain until the execution had taken place and then sign their names to the certificate averring that the criminal had been duly and thoroughly hanged. Not until each reporter had signal this docu ment was he permitted to leave the jail yard, and it was fully twenty minutes before the forms of the law had been complied with. The representative of an evening paper, foreseeing this delay, arranged in an unique manner to send the news of the execution to his journal. He purchased a big baseball which lie carried in his pocket, within the high, walled enclosure of the Tombs. By a preconcerted arrangement at the office a boy stood outside the enclosure, having been warned that .'is soon as he should see t he ball come over the wall he should note the time and run to the office of the paper five blocks away and carry the news, thus enabling his paper to get out an early extra edition an nouncing the execution. The boy stood out side the high walls that surround the Tombs and never turned his eyes from the point where he had been informed the ball would 1)6 tossed over. The instant that Smith was hanged, the representative of the paper, whose boy stood outside the prison wall, dashed away from the gallows, hurled the hall over the Tombs wall. The boy, seeing the ball come over, noted the time, ran to the office and gave the news. Within five minutes after the murderer had been hanged an extra edition of the paper in quest ion announcing his death was being sold on the streets. The lx>y who had taken the news to the office had not stopped to pick up the base ball thrown over the wall by the reporter and a dozen lads of the crowd of boys who play about the Tombs walls, darted forward anti seized tho ball. There are in New York more than twenty newspaper men who are professional inter viewers. It requires a sjieoial order of tal ent to I* a good interviewer and a thorough knowledge of public affairs. It demands, too, a special knowledge of human nature. Every man except, perhaps, Roscoe Conk ling, can be interviewed. Mr. Conkling is so stern and frigid that a newspaper man is seldom able to get a word out of him. The professional newspaper interviewer in ScsfYork, as elsewhere, has certain rules whiclf's'cern liis conduct in approaching a difficult subject. He appeals to the vanity of a man whose face seems to indicate self esteem to the comlwtivencss of the person who appears to be quarrels)>nte or to the re ligious sentiment of the individual who is apparently of a serious turn of mind. One of the most remarkable instances of newspaper interviewing was that of a man now m New York who one night received a dispatch at Toledo, where he was then at work, to the effect timt a lady who had gone down in the train at the terrible Ashtabula accident and escaped unscathed would ar rive in Toledo on her way westward at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, on a Lake Shore train. The person who sent the telegram forgot to give hoc name, and the interviewer had to timi her by natural instinct. The train stopped in Toledo but fifteen minutes. The reporter approached a young lady in a sleeping car, and by the merest chance Ait upon the right person. She said that she was the woman who had gone down with the train at Ashtabula, but when she learned that her interrogator was a news paper man, she very curtly declared that sne would not talk as she had a decided ob jection to having her name and declarations in print. The interviewer, who was a shrew'll student of human nature, studied the lady’s face a moment and thought that he discovered in it markings of u strong re ligious sentiment. He acted u]x>n his judg ment and began to congratulate the lady on the miraculous deliverance that a kind Providence lmd given her from a fearful fate. Her soul was moved, mid all forget ful that she was talking to a newspaper man, she related a graphic story of the ter rible accident. She told it in an artless manner, grew earnest us she progressed, and did not oeaae talking until the train was moving out of the depot. Then the reporter arose, touched his hat, and said to the young lady: “I beg your [su-don, but despite your objections, you have been interviewed.” The young lady tried in vain to call hitn hack, and not until he had gone did she realize that his adroitness in appealing to her relig ious sentiment hud led her to talk ill spite of herself. Th e average journalist is a good person to interview, but the politician is ordinarily char}' of the newspa|>er interrogation. Col. Ingersoll has lately adopted u rule to the effect, that he will not lie interviewed. Ho is, however, very courteous to newspaper men. Recently a reporter wrote out twelve questions fora stated interview and handl'd them to Mr. Ingersoll. He wrote the re plies at considerable length, and tho article, which pertained entirely to the great Ameri can system of interviewing, was one of the brightest product ions that ever proceeded from Mr. Jngersoll s pen. Amos J. Cummings. 11. The seaside swell is about the most amaz ing outcome of the nineteenth century civi lization. No one ever knows whence he came when he first bursts into view, or where lie goes w hen he one day suddenly disap)H-nrs from tho hotel that in* has helped to make resplendent. Probably he returns to the dusty and humble interior of “the store” wherein fifty weeks of every veai arc bjM'iit. His hauteur during his two weeks outing in the summer is lieyond ail bounds. His arrogance is amazing mid his very rude ness is apparently u source of delight to him. If Ik* only knew it he would have a very much happier time lx*reft of his astounding sirs of cxiausi veness. An instance occurred the other day. I was on my way to a popular hotel down on Long Island, which is much frequented by fishermen, yachtsmen and society folks. It, Is more or less fashionable, I believe, but tbs people are amiable and good natured. In tin t smoking compartment of tiio car there were four men. Wo were strangers, but a Journev of several houi*s was before us, and the little civilities of traveling coin panions were exchnu ;l at once. All of mv Fellow voyagers were mature in yeai-s, well dressed and admirably bred. There was u general interchange of rigurs and pa)K*rs, a little whist and then a long, and to me an uxeee iingly iyjeresting talk on the manners of women in various parts of tho world, from the matter-of-fact girl of nn Illinois farm to tho athletic daughter of tho Pvru licoi. During the first stage of the journey t summer resort young man entered the compartment twice, stared at ’is with evi- S_e.it disapproval, and abrubtly withdrew. Finally ho pushed his way in front of two of the men without a won! of apology, .'sink Into a corner scat, and pulled out a gilded, w-in/etto case, hroin itlie took a cheap and Mi </. turve cigarette. Everyman know that uz odor of tho cigarette would spoil thu \ flavor of his cigar, but the matches were passed to the new-comer with the utmost courtesy. He took the box without a word, j blew a cloud of smoke in our faces, threw the box liack on the opposite seat, fixed a i single gloss in his eye and glared aixiut him, j the most absurd and priggish ass on earth, j His clothes were white flannel, his hose blue, j with white stai-s, and he wore a shirt with red cross bare, relieved by n blue satin scarf. There were eight or ten rings on his cigarette-stained hands, and his hair was beautifully banged. The man on my left — i who I afterward found was the head of one of the biggest iiear houses in the Stock Ex change passed his cigar cuse to the howling swell with a smile: “Wha—whad’s that?” drawled the swell, heavily. “Won't you have a cigar?” asked the broker, pleasantly. “Naw.” He turned his bark on the Wall street man with an air of such intolerable inso lence that the broker flushed to the roots of his hair. We went on and on the following morning we all met at breakfast in the ho tel. There was a general exchange of salu tations, and several men nodded jxilitely to tho cheap and gaudy swell. He did not ac knowledge the courtesy in any case. The men on the train proved to lie admirable companions, and they knew nearly every lxly worth knowing in the hotel Fun of till kinds wont on, hut the prig was not in it. He had two trunks,though lie only stayed three days, and he wore three or four suits of clothes a day. They were an execrable lit and of flimsy texture, as a rule. All the man did was to stalk gloomily about, stare hard at the other guests, and make frequent changes of attire. Had tie been a little more human he would undoubtedly have had a good time. As it was, helooked mournful and miserable, and doubtless was both. It seem * a curious tiling for a man to start out on his vacation with the idea of seeing how ob noxious he can make himself but nearly all of the summer resort young men do it. Blakely Hall. A RATHER CURIOUS CASE. Charleston to Have an Afternoon Paper Strange Rumblings. Chaki.kston. July 33. —There is some thing uncanny in the verdict of tho jury in tho United States District Court, in which the defendants in a conspiracy case were acquitted. The charge was a conspiracy to bulldozo and intimidate government witnesses in certain revenue eases. It is true that the only real evidence of the alleged conspiracy was the arrest of one of the government witnesses, and his state ment that he hail been snot at time ami time again, but “not for hurt;” only for skay (frighten). But it was further proven, which is the strangest part, of the story, that there existed on Warl nmlaw Island a club, at the head of which is a white trial justice and the object of which is to rid the Island of certain lazy and indigent negros who ar rest citizens on trumped up charges of vio lating the Internal Revenue laws.” Here's a state of things, not that it matters much about the government witnesses, but for tho reason that it shows a state of tilings in the Internal Revenue department that everybody thought did not exist. It was well known for instance, that under Radical rule the Revenue office was crowded with vagabonds of the worst stripe who hail not the slightest hesitation in trumping up charges against ignorant country jieoplo and dragging them to Charleston just to make the fees attached to the office. In fact this was so well known that at onetime there was a general sinash-up resulting in the flight of several deputy marshals and others. What surprises people here is that the Wadmalaw ku-klux should have been called into existence under a democratic ad ministration of the Revenue Department, and that a State judicial officer should be found at the head of a negro organization to resist tho law. The case has set people to thinking. MYSTERIOUS NOISES. Another sensation of the week, not count ing the heat, which was the absorbing sen sation, is the mysterious subteranean noises that have ix-en disturbing a negro commu nity, living on Main street. In this case it is not the earth that trembles but the poor negroes who live in this vicinity. They swear that since Sunday iast they have heard curious and mysterious sounds issuing from the bowels of the earth. Not the much dreaded “rumbling” which lias lieen heard quite often enough within the past year, but noises which some of the frightened negroes declare appear to bo made by an animal burrowing under the ground, which others say resembles the groans of a human lining in distress. The correspondent of the Morning News undertook an investigation yesterday, but it was without, any material results. I went to the scene of the mysterious manifesta tions about 9 a. m. and remained there for two hours, but, although the negroes de dared that the noise's nud bi*eu heard at 5 o’clock, there were no manifestations. Con siderable awe is inspired by the fact that the disturbed community is built over an old graveyard. THE HOT WAVE. Charleston has had more than her share of the torrid wave and is panting for relief. Asa matter of fact, the hot wave has lieen with us for nearly three weeks, and death has lieen very busy during t hat time. Every day this week there Ims been thunder and lightning, and rain all around us but never any in the city, and so the hot wave still continues, and people are flying away to the mountains and to the seashore. For three weeks the mercury here has ranged from 93" to 104*. A LITTLE SHAKE There was a shake in Summerville on Thursday night, but it did not extend fur ther south than the Ten Mile Hill. The readers of the Morning News will be glad to know that the New Brighton Hotel is once more open. It is being run on the European plan and in a way that has given more satisfaction than during any year since it was built. AN AFTERNOON PAPER, It, is now authoritatively announced that Charleston is to have an afternoon pajier. The new concern will he established by John MeElreo, of Jewelry I‘nlnce fame, the man who has managed by his advertisements to set the whole city by the ears. MeElreehas leased a building near the News ami (Courier office, has bought the material of the old ./on mat of Coni merer anil will make his debut as nn editor in a very abort time, lie says he has all the money ho wants and that he will make things howl. The city administration is to lie the objective point of attack. Deat h From Hydrophobia. Chicago, July 33. - Arthur Mueller, n two-yenr old child diixl yesterday from hydrophobia. He was bitten five weeks ago in a public garden by n small dog. The boy’s father was bitten at the same time. The father’s wounds were cauter ized, but the child's wore not and were merely treated with carbolic salve. Hydro phobia developed Thursday and death en sued Friday. A Steamer Founders. Calcutta, July 33. Tho steamer Mah ratta has foundered off Hoogly Point. It is believed that a large mini tier of pilgrims returning to Calcutta wore drowned. Worth Knowing. Mr. IV. 11. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla., was taken with a severe Cold, attended with a distressing Cough and running into Consumption in its (Irit stages. He tried many so-eallisi popular cough remedies and steadily grew worse. IVas reduced in flesh, had difficulty in breathing and was unable to sleep. Finally tried Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption and found imme diate relief, mid after using alsmt a half down bottlx* found himself well, and Ims hail no return of the disease. No other rem ody can show so grand a reisrni of cures as Dr. King’s New Dimwery for l’onuni|i tion. Guaranteed to do just what is claimed for it. Trial boltio free at Lippmau Bros. ’ drug store. Tin? vCRNTXG NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1887. A MG KUSH OF NEW BILLS MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE STILL FIRING OFF MEASURES. Mr. Howell Proposes an Amendment to the Atlanta and Hawklnsville Rail road Commissioner of Agriculture Henderson Asks an Investigation of His Methods of Conducting His De partment. Atlanta, Ga. , July 23. —The Senate did not hold a session to-day. In tho House Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, offered a resolution authorizing the Gover nor to advertise for bids for purchase and Lids for the lease of the State road at the expiration of the present lease, and report to the next legislature. The hill to incorjxjrate the Planters Bank of Preston passed. Tho following new bills were introduced: By Mr. Hunt, of Hancock—To extend the corporate limits of the town of Sparta: also, a bill to amend an act to incorporate Jewellsvillo, in the counties of Warren and Hancock; it changls its name to Jewell and changing its corporate limits; also, a bill to provide for the payment of insol vent costs in Hancock county. By Mr Harrison, of Franklin—To pro mote the interests of Franklin county. It relates to the drainage of lands and out flows. By Mr. Preston, of Jasper—To create the office of Inspector of Roads and Bridges of Jasper county. Also a bill to prevent the killing of wild game in Jasper county bo twoen March 1 and Oct. 15. By Mr. Russell, of Clarke —For the relief of tlie estate of A. P. Bearing, of Clarke. It directs the payment of bonds and cou pons of the Macon and Brunswick railroad. By Mr. Stevens, of Terrell—To regulate the fees of tho County Court of Terrell county. By Mr. Howell, of Fulton —To amend the charter of the Atlanta and Hawkinsville Railroad Company, changing its name to the Atlanta and Florida railroad and au thorizing its extension to Dupont, in Clinch county, and thence to the Florida line. By Mr. Smith, ef Crawford—For the protection of the traveling public from ac cidents. It prohibits the employment on railroads of persons afflicted with color blindness or other defects of vision. Mr. Pitman, of Troup—To incorporate the LaGrange Street Railway Company. By Mr. Wilcox, of Ware —To abolish the County Court of the county of Ware. By Mr. Moore, of YVashington—Te pre vent fishing, hunting or other trespassing on the lands of another in Washington coun ty after posting. By Mr. Candler, of DeKalb —To prohibit the manufacture or sale of liquors within three miles of Macedonia church, DeKalb county. By Mr. Terrell, of Meriwether —To pro hibit the sale of spiritous or malt liquors within four miles of Mt. Zion church in Meriwether county. By Mr. Greene, of Clay—To authorize tho City Council of Fort Gaines, to issue bonds for the building or purchase of a bridge over the Chattahoochee river. By Mr. Y'ickcry, of Coffee —To change the time of holding the Superior Court of the comity of (!off>e. By Mr. Nicholls, of Towns—For the pro tection of fish in a portion of the waters of Hiuwassa river in Towns county. liy Mr. McLendon of Thomas —To amend the act incorporating the Bank of Thomas villo. Also a bill to amend an act incorpo rating the town of Thomasville. It allows sentences to tie worked out on the streets. By Mr. Franklin of Thomas—To amend the act, establishing branch collets, by making thorn give instruction in school teaching. By Mr. Fagan, of Houston—To amend the act incorporating the town of Fort Valley. By Mr. Smith, of Glynn—To amend an act establishing a County Court in Glynn county, so a* to abolish the courts. Also a bill to regulate the catching of female ter rapin in the waters of this State from March 1 to July 25. By Mr. Little, of Muscogee—To provide for the payment of a small balance of salary due the lari’ Judge Worrel, of the Chatta hoochee ci reuit. By Mr. Glynn, of YVhitfield—To amend an act to amend the charter of Dalton. Also, a bill to amend the charter of tho city of Dalton. By Mr. YY'orsham, ef Monroe— To require persons buying cotton, si*•, 1 or lint less than a bale, and also corn, oats, etc., to keep a record of the same and of the name of the seller. By Air. Monroe, of Calhoun —To prescribe the manner of drawing grand and petit jurors for the Superior Court. Mr. Lamar, of Richmond—To amend tho charter of the Commercial Bank of Augusta. MR. HENDERSON COMPLAINS. A communication was received by Speaker Little and read from Hon. J. T. Henderson, Commissioner of Agriculture, as follows: To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives of Georgia: Mr. Speaker— Charges have been made on the floor of the House qf Representatives concerning tho inspection of fertilizers which arc of a damaging nature to me in my official capacity, and calculated to im pair tho confidence of the ptsiplo In the sys tem of inspection and the usefulness of the department over which 1 preside. 1, therefore, beg through you respectfully to deny the correctness of the charges, aiid to invite a thorough investigation of the whole system and plan of inspecting fertilizers by a joint committee of five from the House and three from the Senate to investigate the charges made, ana the manner of in specting and tagging fertilizers, and to rc jsirt to the General Assembly, the com mittee to have power to send for persons, papers, etc. Objection was raised to n special commit tee, but pending discussion the House ad journed. Tom Waller’s First Romance. From the Philadelphia Time*. Many stories arc told of the picturesque ex-Gov. Waller, of Connecticut, but none more interesting than that which describes liis first romamv. Ho was then an inqscu nioua law clerk, but he fell in love with the Mayor’s daughter notwithstanding. So fur ns the lay was concerned his suit, was suc cessful, too, but Mayor Lootnis was an uu gust [Hirsgnago, and lie uot onlv objected to the union, but prevented it. l’his set 1 sink [mt the spur to Waller’s pride mid his eu orgy, and ho forthwith determined to lie a bigger man than the Mayer of New London. He devoted himself to business, kept, a weather eye on politics, and was soon elected Mayor. Mayor Loomis was meanwhile credited with a yearning for the Governor ship, but he had to stand aside, and see it go to his would-be son-in-law. And by and Ire Mr. YValler was mentioned for tho Vice Presidency, made a national reputation and was assigned to nn important place in the diplomatic service, and then Mr. Loomis be gnu to fool regret for his mistake. Tho sequel ought, to lie, of course, that Mr. Wal ler finally won the father’s consent and married the daughter, but, ns a matter of fact, each found a mate years ago, and now Air. Waller’s house' is next door to that oc cupied by the daughter of the Mayor and her hu.slMtnd, and the two families' are ou the best of terms. Omaha Gnu. So yon know Clara Do Smart’s father before he won married? Poor man! lie came to the school to sis’ his daughter graduate, and I couldn't help pitying him. Omaha l*n Ills daughter Is a beautiful girl. “Oh, yes; she is rntlier pretty.” “And she delivered the vuiefiictory and took all tho prizes." “Yes, hut her dress didn't set fit to he seen.”— Omaha H'or/d. For weak lungs, spitting of blond, weak stomach, night sweats, and the early stages of consumption, “Golden Medical Discov ery” is specific. By druggists. A HORRIBLE AWAKENING. The Frightful Situation of a Voung Man on a Railroad Track. From the Macon (Ga.) Tele'/raph. Mr. W. B. Domes, of Dames’ Ferry, was in the city Friday, and related an accident on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor gia railroad, aliout fourteen miles above Macon, that has some horrible features. A young man named Malone, whose home is at .Jackson, was employed by the road on the section gang at work lietwoen Dames’ ferry and Pope’s ferry. On Thursday af ternoon, (’apt. T. J. Osborne, the section boss, finding that there was a repair that he might not bo able to make before the ar rival of the north-bound train which left Macon at 4:15, sent young Malone with a red flag and a torpedo to warn it of the danger- Malone left, and at, a proper dis tance placed the torpedo on the track. His movements after that are more of conjecture thun otherwise, the circumstances being the foundation for tho conjecture. Having af fixed the torpedo, he ran about 300 yards la-low to where a tree threw a shade over the track. It was probably liis purpose to ship here and on the approach of the train to signal it down. Being a hot day, and having run a considerable distance, he was overcome by the heat, and concluded to lie down. Folding up the red flag, he placed it on the rail for his head to rest on, and then lay down across the track, his feet on the other rail. Ho fell asleep, and during which the vibration of the rails caused by the coming of the I train aroused hhn. He saw in his dazed condition the approach ingrain and realized tho danger he was in, but his senses were not sufficiently aroused to give him the strength to raise himself up. It was a nightmare that fastened him to the track and rendered him as helpless as an infant. While thus transfixed, knowing liis danger and yet unable to avert it, the engine came on, tne point of the pilot striking him in the body, giving it a twist and sending both legs under the wheels. Just below the ]>oint at which tho young man fell asleep is ft reverse curve, and the train was within a short distance of tho sleeping man when he was discovered, too lute to stop the locomo tive. Mr. James was on the water near by in a boat fishing and heard the scream of young Malone as the pilot struck him. He rowed to the bank and hurried to the spot and saw the mangled body removed from the track to the baggage ear. One leg was run over below the knee and mangled into a shapeless mass, and the other was cut off above the knee. He was attended by Dr. YV. P. Glover, of Juliette, and Dr. B. 8. Hollins, of Dames’ Ferry, and they did ali that was possible to relieve his suffering. The young man was carried to Jackson, where his father lives. He is about 18 years old, and had been at work on the road a short time. While at Dames’ ferry he saw a friend from the car door and called to him. When asked why he did not get up from the track when he saw the train com ing, he said he could not do it, although he tried. It is thought that his recovery is impos sible. DEATH OF ME. H. PFEIFFER. Tho Circumstances Surrounding His Demise. From the Pensacola Commercial. The following account of tho maimer in which the late lamented H. Pfeiffer, Sr., of this city, was taken with his last illness, and his subsequent death, is from the Little Rock Gazette of July 17: Mr. H. Pfeiffer, Sr., of Pensacola, Fla., a stranger here, died suddenly at tho Com mercial Hotel, in this city, yesterday after noon, of congestion of the brain and lungs, brought on by the intense heat. Mr. Pfeiffer, it Seems, had been spending some time recently at Hot Springs. He left there yesterday and had a trunk checked to De catur, Ala., and a valise to Pensacola, Fla. YVhen ))o arrived in Little Rook yester day afternoon he missed the connection with the Memphis and Little Rock train. The heat was intense, ami the gentleman wor ried over getting left until finally the heat overcame him and he became prostrated. A hackman seeing the condition of the man put him in liis vehicle and brought him up town, but he had trouble getting hotel ac commodations for the liyi'i, who, it could be seen at a glance, was in a very bail condi tion. Finally, through the assistance of Maj. C. C. Dean and some other gentlemen, the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel agreed to give tho sick stranger a room. TOO LATE. He was removed from the carriage and Dr. J. H. Renew summoned, and also Dr. French. All that was possible was done for the man, but he disl between 5 and 0 o’clock. His remains were taken in charge by Undertaker Cook, who has put them in an ice-packed casket to await the orders of friends or relatives. Telegrams wore sent to Hot Springs anil also to Pensacola, Fla., to si-e what could lie found out concerning the stranger and what disposition was to be made of his remains. THE STRANGER’S HOME. At Pensacola, Fla., there is a firm in high standing of the name of H. Pfeiffer & Cos., and he is supposed to be tho senior partner of the firm. The man was well dressed, his linen was clean and elegant, he had between $5O and $6O on his person and wore a nice gold watch and chain, all of which have been carefully preserved. YVhen first brought up town the man was suffering in tensely, yet it was some time beftre hotel accommodations were procured, and hence a longer time before medi cal aid was summoned, so that when the physicians arrive-, the man was lieyond their assistance, and thus [Kissed away among strangers, who, how ever, will take proper can- of his remains until they are called for by relatives, who would have done anything in their power to relieve his sufferings while alive. Later—At a la,.e hour last night Mr. 11. Ehrenberg, who had telegraphed to Pensa cola, Fla.; received the following telegram, the in--options of which have lieen carried out, to-int: l"''*^p 'ola, Fla., July 16. H. Ehrtnuerg body properly em balmed. Ship in meta.lic case to Pensacola. Draw for all expenses. 11. Pfeiffer & Cos. Just os tho Twig is Bent tho Tree’s Inclined. From Harper*' Razor. One winter evening, not many years ago, at Dovlestown, Pa., three young lawyers wore seated at a table in the law library room playing cards. One of them had re eoutly been admitted to practice law, and during the evening he frequently used tho expression, “It is me.” The incorrectness of the phrase grated upon the ears of tho other two lawyers, and nt last one said: “Joseph, don’t you know that you are fre quently saying, ‘lt is me,’ when you are wall aware that you should say,’lt is If” He replied, “Jacob, 1 know I should say. ‘lt is I.’ hut 1 say it incorrectly from habit.” Jacob said, “I think I can aid you in say ing it correctly, if you will only commit to memory the rhyme, ‘lt is I, said the spider to the flv.’” “Well, that would nid me, I admit,” said Joseph, “if I had not committed another rhyme when a boy.” Inquired Jacob, “Well, wlmt is that;’’ Joseph said, “It is me, said the spider to the flea. ’ ” Renews Her Youth. M re. Pheebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay coun ty, lowa, tells the following remarkable story, the truth of which is vouched for by tho residents of the town: “I am 7.3 years old, have Iss-n troubled with kidney com plaint and lameness for many voure*; could not dri-ss myself without help. Now I uni fn-o from nil pain and noremes, and able to do till my o\\u housework. I owe my thanks t<> Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth auil removed completely all disease and pain.” Try a bottle, only 50c. and $l, at Lippmuii Brow.’ ilmg store. GEORGIA’S WEALTH. Something! About the Property That Is Owned By the Empire State. From the Atlanta (Lin.) Journal. The State of Georgia is not as rich as some folks, but she could buy out several paupers for all that. How many native Georgians, by the way, have even the faintest idea of what belongs in Georgia's pocket book? Only a very faint idea can be given. Part of her assests are worth nothing and, no valuation has ever been placed upon the greater part of the remainder. She is the fortunate possessor of $ IS?,,000 worth of stock in the old Bank of the State of Georgia; of $BO,OOO worth of that of the Bank of Augusta, and of $ 1,000,1X10 worth in the Atlantic and Gulf railroad; and all this pretty property, amounting in the ag gregate to an alleged million and a quarter and more, would bring to-morrow in the market—just nothing. The value of the western and Atlantic railroad, the State s greatest possession, has never been estimated. Neither have the public buildings in Milledgeville, consisting of the old capitol, and executive mansion and the State penitentiary; nor the present capitol and the mansion now in use in At lanta. The new capitol, with its site, will, when completed, have cost $1,200,(XX). Tho present capitol was bought during the reign of the carpet-bag administration for $BOB,OOO, and the Atlanta mansion for $lOO,- 000; but these figures are no index to the present market value of cither. The capitol, for instance, on account of its supposed unsafe condition, would per haps only lie considered to cumber tho land on which it stands, if offered ut public out cry. The mansion was said to have cost its builder $75,000; but recently the Capitol City Club building, which is perhaps an an equally expensive building and occupied that portion of the same block nearest the business centre of the town, sold for less than half the money. In 1859 Gov. Brown estimated the cost of building the YV'estern and Atlantic road to have been $4,441,532 15 anil said that was too much to have paid for the road by $1,500,000. But $8,000,000 is the figure most com monly fixed upon by the popular mind in valuing the property, and that is doubtless a low figure. The road would likuly be cheap at $500,000 more, or about the amount of the State debt. So it would be next to impossible to reach a safe approximate estimate of the great bulk of the State’s wealth—her railroads and her buildings. She has, however, some possessions con cerning the value of which no question ex ists. She owns bonds of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad worth $66,233 63. 186 shares of stock in the Georgia Railroad and Banking company, valued at $25,000 and $lO,OOO worth in the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph, endorsed by the Western Union; or in all, $101,233.62 in stocks and bonds. If the Dean bill becomes a law and the Western and Atlantic railroad is sold and tho proceeds applied to clearing away the state debt. Georgia will still have, in addi tion the snug little pile always laid away behind the burglar-proof time lock in the treasury, a $ 1,200,000 capitol; half a dozen other large public buildings, value not esti mated, and $101,233.62 worth of bonds and stocks, to fall back on, to say nothing of an annual income of about four millions. A discussion of tho State’s property nat urally brings up the possessions of her chil dren, and here again is great difficulty in furnishing accurate figures. The taxable property in Georgia, exclu sive of railroads, amounts to $306,507,578. And including such railroads as are liable to taxation, $22,981,627 more. The State’s road, of course, is not subject, neither is the roadbed and outfit of the Georgia railroad; nor that of the Central, nor the Kouthwestern, nor the Augusta and Savannah. Consequently these roads, like that of the State, have never been valued, and their worth can only lie guessed at. Eight or ten millions each would proba bly be no exorbitant estimate for the Cen tral, the Southwestern and the Georgia. The Augusta and Savannah is of course much less valuable. Perhaps the entire property of Georgia, exclusive of that owned by the State, may lie roughly estimated to be worth $357,- 489,505. Of the $306,507,578 of the taxable prop erty in the State, Towns, the poorest of the counties, furnishes only $329,480, and Ech ols $338,654. Richmond has $19,754,150, and is tho third richest county in the State. Chatham is the second richest county, and returns $33,422,190. Tho richest county by long odds is Fulton, which last year had $32,081,740, or more than a tenth of tho entire taxable property of the State. RUM AND THE PRESIDENCY. A Large Proportion of Interesting Americans Drink Too Much. From a Letter by George Alfred Towntend. Among tho men of the present day who are aspirants for the Presidency, some do not drink because they are afraid that a little indulgence would carry them off their feet, and others drink with perfect impu nity, because they feel strong in well-regu lated natures. John Sherman, for instance, will take his glass of whisky if a friend pre fere it. Blaine will not drink even a glass of cham pagne, though his father before him de voured a very nice fortune in hospitable living. Mr. Conkling has a weak stomach, partly inherited and partly the result of excessive ninhition and gallivanting in his youthful days. He therefore during his public life in Washington never smoked a cigar except liy putting it in his mouth unligiited and his drink was generally weak tea. It is said that Conkling has of late turned his affection toward thoappollinaris water, of which com pany he is the attorney. Liquet- has hod its victims in other coun t"ies than this. William Pitt who con quered Napoleon, was destroyed in his curly youth by the enormous potations of strong nlu he drank, anil such a failure as ho made financially would be noted in the United States as till* greatest scandal of the age. Says Harriet Martincau: He sank when the calamity of Austria liecame known to him and went to Bath in September. The water produced a fit of gout, which was succeeded Ly a debility of digestion. Putting his hand on his stomach he said to the Bishop of Lincoln: “I feel something here that reminds me I shall never recover. 1 ’ A neighbor having sent a message to in quire after Mr. Pitt's state found the wicket, open at Rutney, and. nobody answering the bell, he walked through the rooms till he reached the bod on which the minister’s body lay lifeless the sole tenant of the man sion, of which tlie doors a few hours before were darkened by crowds of suitors. The House of Common* unanimously voted £200,000 “for the payment, of Mr. Pitt's debts.” When they came to pay Pitt's debts, however, they found that they were enormous. Mr. Pitt’s great opponent. Fox, appears to have been nearly as reckless ns himself. There is no limit to tho amount of success an intemperate apja-tite can consume. In spite of the world’s experience on this heal, a very large proportion of all the interest ing men in the hind are hastening on by tho same channel to the same general tomb. Manv People Refuse to Take Cod Liver Oil ou account of its unpleasant taste. This difficulty has heen overcome in Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos phites. It being as |xilntablc as milk, and the most valuable remedy known for tho treatment of consumption, scrofula mid bronchitis, general del >ility, wasting diseases of children, chronic loughs and colds, hus caused physicians in all parts of the world to uae it. Physicians rctsirt our little pu Went* take it with pleasure. Try Scott's Emulsion and bo convinced. MARRIAGES. PATRICK—BLITCH.—Married, on the mom ms of the 30th of July, at the residence of R. .1. Sjwir, by the Rev. T. T. Christian, Capt. Pat rick, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., and Miss Joe Butch, of this city. Fl: X ERA LIN VI TAT IO Xs" PIERS.—The relatives, friends and acquaint ance of Mr. and Mrs. William Piers are respect fully invited t*> qtterqi the funeral of their only son. \Vn.ui. from their residence, corner West Broad and Alice streets, at 4:110 o'clock THIS (Sunday) APTERXOON. SPECIAL NOTICES^ ONE ITE.YI ALONE! Chicago, July 14,1887. T P. Townsend , Savannah , (at.: Dear Sir—Your favor of the 11th received, and in accordance therewith we will ship you the press at the earliest possible moment. Yours truly, John 11. Vivian, Western Manager Campbell Press Cos. This press is listed at $3,350. We are spending money and intend to have work. YVE WILL LEAD IN FIRST-CLASS WORK. TOWNSEND, Fine Printer and Binder, 80 and 8S I!ryar. street, Savannah, Ga. “TELEPHONE 341.’’ PRESERVING AND BRANDYING. I am receiving very choice Preserving and Brandying Peaches. Send me your orders. L. PUTZEL, Market Basement. DIVIDEND NO. 7. Office Mitpai. Gas Light Cos.. 1 Savannah, Ga., July Kith, 1887. f A quarterly dividend of one and one-half per centum on the capital stock of this company has this day been declared, payable at this office on and after August loth, next, to stockholders of record this day. LEWIS C. LILLIE. Secretary. 1)1 Y IDEM). Office Savannah Gaslight Company, I Savannah, July 18th, 1887. f A dividend of TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, on the Capital Stock of this company has been declared, payable on and after WEDNESDAY’, the 30th iust., to stockholders as of record this day. A. G. GUERARD, President. NOTICE TO TAILORS. CITY’ OF SAVANNAH, I Office Clerk of Council, - , July 12th, 1887. j Bids will be received at the office of the Clerk of Council until 12 o'clock m. MONDAY", 25th inst., for furnishing the police force with Win ter Uniforms in accordance with specifications to be seen at this office. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bv order of the COMMITTEE ON POLICE. Frank E. Rebarku, Clerk of Council. Dll. HENRY S COLDLNU, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ILMKICS LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist. Savannah, Ga. 3 BULL STREET, Over tF. U. Telegraph Office, SAY ANN AH. GA. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING IIOISE, 8 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing Job and Book Printing, Lithograph ing and Engraving, Book Binding and Account Book Manufacturing, is the most complete in the South. It is thoroughly equipped with the most improved machinery and employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of PAPERS OF ALL DESCRIITIONS. These facilities enables it to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices consistent with good work. Corporations, merchants, business men and others are requested to get estimates from this establishment before sending their orders abroad. AMtfSEM ENTS. SAVANNAHTHEAfRE Thursday and Friday, July 28 and 29. Close of the Season and last Regular Bill. Three sin >ws in one, Tragedy, Comedy and Farce. Pour Stars. Tile Fords in a triple bill. SECOND ACT IXGOIVIAR Mr. niOMAS McOABK as Ingoinar, Miss CLARA LAKER, as Partlwnia. ACT THIRD viitoi Nil's. Mr. LAWRENCE HAN’LEY as Virginias. To conclude with the roaring farce HIS LAST LEGFS. Mr. Larry T> yle as O'Cullaghan, (the funniest part ever written.) Tickets 75e.. 50c, and 2V*. Reserved seat3 on sale at Davis Bros, without extra charge. Non:. Thursday Au#?. L Orand testimonial tendered by the Fords and the citizens of Savan nah to the popular favorite Mr. Han toy. BASE BALL. AMATEURS vs. GUYTOIMS, of Guyton, Ga., Tuesduy Afternoon, .Inly JJd, AT 4:80 O’CLOCK. Admission 23c. Hoys 15c. I/idles free. C )l* A IITN E KSIIII* NOT |( I NS. DISSOLUTION. r THF firm or PAXTON BROS., Plfij mile post. I 8. K. * YV. H. R . Linerty county. On., is this dnv dissolved by mutual consent. Vlr. p. B. PA YT< )X having Is night out the entire interest of Mil .1. M. l’A\Pi *N, the business will be eon ducted In his own mime, and lie assumes all h i bilities and will collect all assets due thr late Arm J. M. PAXTON, July 22. 1887. D. B. PAXT< >N. -~SBRICK. BRICK. Wm. P. Bailey & Cos., BRICK MANUFACTURERS, Keep CONSTANTLY' on HAND, In large quantities ut their yard on the SPRING PI! LI * PI.A STATION, and will deliver the same jii aii.i part of the city upou the shortest notice. Tile oest Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Hard Brown B'ick, Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick. Offut Corner Bull and Broughton. at S! | MON GAZAN'S CIGAR STORE, where all or- I dern will receive prompt attention SUMMER RESORTS. WARM SPRIIGS, Meriwether County, Ga. WILL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first, claa, ▼ ▼ accommodations at reasonable rates. Warm Springs are on the north side of Pin* Mountains, 1,500 feet above sea level and sue rounded by beautiful and romantic scenery. The cliuiute is delightfully cool and dry. Nc mosquitoes, dust or mud. Tho Spring one of Nature's wonders, flowi 1,400 gallons or* water (00 degrees temperature per minute, uffording the FINEST BATHING in America. The baths are six large pools too feet square, two to five deep with CLEkft. FRESH, WARM WATER unlimited. This water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia an! most cases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidnel Diseases. There is also here a fine ChalybeatJ Spring. Amusements of all kinds provided. Gomj Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fin Band of Music for Ball room and Lawn. The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now running two daily trains from Columbus tu Warm Springs, will, on the 15th of June, 1r completed to Griffin, connecting there with thi Central Railroad for all points North and East Two daily mails and Telegraph. For furthei information address CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor. The Niagara of (ho Soutl TALLULAH, FALLS, GA., ON the Piedmont Air Line, in the Bine Ridgy Mountains, 3,000 feet above sea level. CLIFF HOUSE AND COTTAGES, Open from June to November. For full pai ticulars address F. H. £ F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors. Late of Hotel Kaatu.skill, Catskill N. Y., and Iceland Hotel, Chicago. ELDER HOUSE INDIAN SPIfIING, GA. \\r A. ELDER, Proprietor. Season of IRS 7. ‘I . Our bedrooms are large and airy ami have been much improved by repainting them and placing blinds on the windows. The table is first-class; service prompt and polite; climate good; no mosquitoes or sandtlies; good band •>( music through the season. Tin* water is un equaled in America, and we refer with couth dence to anyone who has )gveil it a trial. Far analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDEIi, Manager. LONG BRANCH, XT United States Hotel, A Select Family and Transient Hotel. OPENS JUNE 25, 1887. LAI Tv T> t'vL V .V N CL H2/V F\ THE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rook. N\ I C. In the mountains of North Carolina. 4,(MX) feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Midi* cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the season. For information address WATAUGA H< >TELCO., Blowing Rock, N. <’. Mountain lake, gilks county, va! Elevation 4,000 feet. Pure, cool air and water. No hay fever or mosquitoes. Gran! scenery. Unequaled attractions. Rates i**r month S4O to SSO. Write for pamphlet. Ad dress MANAGER. r |MIOUSAND ISLANDS. Westminster Hotel, I Westminster Park. Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the ‘finest location in the Thousand Islands."— Hcirper'B Magazine , S*:pt. t imsj. Send for descriptive pamphlet. 11. F. INGLEHART, Proprietor. EXCURSIONS. IntcrnationaFsteainship Cos. Line OF— “Palace Steamers” BETWEEN Boston, Portland, East port and St. John, N. 8., With Connections to all Parts Provinces. PORTLAND DAY LINE. Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston 8:80 a. m . every Monday. Wednesday and Fra dav for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours, affording excellent coast scenery. EASTPORT ANI) ST. JOHN LINE. Steanieir. leave Boston 8:30 a. M .and Portland 5 p. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for East port and St. John. ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Thursflay at 8 am. for St. John direct. ANNAPOLIS LINE. A steamer will leave B< >ston every Monday and Thursday at 8 a. m. for Annapolis, N. S., coi> necting for Yarmouth, Digby, Halifax, etc. J. B. COYLE, Jr., E. A. WALDRc >N, Manager. Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agv Excursion to Warsaw. SUNDAY, JULY 24th OTEAMER POPE (WTrJN will leave whan O foot of Abercorn street at 9 o’clock a. m. Cars will leave Coast Line Junction at 9:30 and 10:30 a. M., connecting at Thunderbolt with steamer. Fare Either Way, Round Trip, 50c. MUSIC ON BOAT AND IN PAVILION Charleston and Savannah Ry. Reduction in Rates —TO— USTKW YORK. r |UUS company has now on sale tickets I at fl sto New York via Atlantic Coa*t Line and the magnificent steamships °f the Old Dominion S. S. Company, s.uliug from Norfolk, Va., every Monday. Tuesday, Wednes day, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at Ne'V 5 ork on following evenings. Meals and state room on steamships ii •ludcd. Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan nah at 8:33 p. m. on days previous to those men -11 >ned ab< e. This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid ing Cape Hattsrae. Pullman accommodations and Elegant state rooms seemed on application to win. Bren, et, i ’!• .i B. (Hh oros, T 1 l>eiot. E. P. MoBWINEY, Gen. Pans Agent. HOTELS. NEW HOTEL TOON£ (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla WINTER AND SUMMER. r pHK Mf)ST central House in the city. Near 1 Bout < Mfice, Street Cant and all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella liatlis, Etc. $2 80 to $3 per day. JOHN y TOGNL Proprietor. DUB'S SCREVEN HOUSE. r pHIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with 1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in tn# city) and baa oeen rfinodeicnl and nevlyf ,ir * nis tied. The proprlct <>r. who by ns'ent is also tho owner of the establishment, neither i>ai ns nor expanse in the ont^rtalnV' , fJ* of his guests. The patronage of Florida 'Mit ors is earnestly Invited. The table of S-roven House is supplied with tltat the markets at home or abroad can iiuorA MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - OA. p EO. I). HODGES, Proprietor. Foriuarlv \ I Um* Metropolitan Hotel. New York, and tM Grand Union, Hamtoga Springs. IxxtioiJ ess trad. All parts of the city and plnoee of ojw ent occesalule by street cars constantly the doom. Special irduceirents to thois vwv the city fai ousmeas or ylt^snv,