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JULY DAYS.
A Woman Whose Courage Amounts
to Genius.
New Yor.K, July 19.—Mrs. Thurber’shair
has grown gray since the troubles of the Na
tional Ot>era began. If ever a woman bad
courage that amounted to positive genius in
the Cano of obstacles, that woman is she.
i'l om tlw lluancial point of view no one in
America her in real for musical
education. Before the scheme for an Ameri
can opera company wan projected, she had
.xpenibvl *lOO,OOO, l suppose, in behalf of
• 'mg girLs, who had, she believed, careers
une tUem. At ono time she had fourteen
,ung JSicrican women in Paris receiving
■luslcsl education, for whose tuition, board,
, .thing, and every expense she held her
if responsible. As the present time, there
Ji o, so I have been told, throe women in
N( w Yorh whom she is helping in the same
wav with the promise of some years abroad
when the advantages offered this side of the
Ulantic have .been exhausted. Music is
with her a passion, and she believes, as a
devotee clings to his creed, that if it could
1, :aught to every man, woman ami child
the nation over, tho millennium would forth ■
v ith (lawn.
Pirst and last she has put into tho opera
company ail tho money her own that she
o ,uid spare. Her husband has contributed
#.-,0,000 be-side. Every dollar of the expense
ot the School of Opera, concerning whose
l„ck of prominence so much complaint has
made has been met by her and the
(.nt”< i fnf it during each week of its session
In- mounted up to ?S,OOO. Frusch-Madi,
•vlii in she put in charge of it, was brought
to this country by her, was her
especial protege and entertained in her own
house.
Three months or so ago the National
o|K'ra Company was almost definitely
given up. No money to pay its accrued
hills and no pledges for next season were
forthcoming. Men whose hands go into
their pockets readily enough for almost
every worthy scheme proposed to them
were appealed to, but not a cent-was forth
coming. Mrs. Frank Leslie was interested,
and tried to interest the woman who set her
on her feet when the publishing firm was
involved after her husband’s death. It was
of no use, Charles A. liana wrote a letter
refusing money or any help from the Sun.
Mrs. Laura Holloway exerted herself among
wealthy Brooklynites to no purpose. Pedes
trian Weston wore out a pair of boots pac
ing up and down Wall street and received
in contributions just $lO.
Friends told Mrs. Thurber that so long as
Manager Locke was in charge nobody would
trust mo; e valuables to a sinking ship. She
replied that the contract w ith him was not
up t 11 the close of tho opera season, anil
that she was utterly powerless to move
against him if she wished. She felt inclined
! i give up a hopeless task and go to France to
live down her disappointment.
At an opportune moment Washington
Connor signed his check for $50,000 as the
nucleus fora guarantee fund for next season.
For a brief period things looked brighter.
The Huntingtons and others wdio with her
were jointly responsible for expenses as
stockholders of the company left town, be
lieving that the performances were on a
paying basis at last and that the opera
would return to New York in good shape.
Many of them went abroad. Mi’s. Thurber
was left to bear the brunt of the deficit and
has seen within a fortnight impatient un
paid employes invade her parlors and scrut
inize her bric-a-brac, intimating, in no gen
tle tones, that objects of virtu hail better go
and their bills be settled. Still, she says she
will go on next season. If she does she has
learned some valuable business lessons in tho
bitter school of experience, and will succeed
beyond a doubt in the end. She is one of
the women born to succeed, whose faith in
the cause they advocate carries them safely
over every obstacle, who do not, liecause
they cannot, given life and strength,
fail.
EXPENSIVE MANTELS.
Happening into an aesthetic grate and
mantel Store near Fifth avenue the other
day I chanced upon a man from New Jersey
making a purchase. With the assistance of
the affable clerk he selected a fine mantel
for the paJ*k>r, with a beveled French glass
mirror ui 'the over-mantel, with tile edges
and hearth, and with andirons, fender and
lire 1 lackßt of polished brass. It cost about
$-25. Another about equally expensive was
chosen for the dining room and the “alcove
room” was fitted for a sweet thing in stained
cherry at a slightly lower figure. “My
daughter’s room”—the daughter was there,
a slight, faded blonde with a rather pretty
face—must rest content with a compara
tively modest work of the cabinet makers'
art at about S9O. The daughter gave some
parting instructions about the brass tongs,
the father flourished a carpienter’s folding
measure at the mantels for a minute, and
the affable clerk bowed them to the door,
having accomplished a S7OO sole in half an
hour. Not that such a thing is at all un
usual. It was on tho contrary’, quite a mod
est outlay. But when, about a quarter of an
hour later, I passed along Crosby sti’eet, bo
tween Broome and Grand streets, I saw a
sight which caused me to think how infinite
lv different the lot of oven moderately
wealthy people from Jersey is from that of
the wretchedly poor of the tenement ilis
triot. It was only a block from Broadway's
big stores and its hum of constant traffic,
jut it seemed to be a sort of Italia minora.
Tho whole blix’k of stuffy tenements had ap
inrentlv disgorged its swarm of Italian
tenants upon the street. Within a space of
s Imndmt feet along the east sidewalk were
as many as forty children under fifteen
mouths or a year and a half old—babies —
and perhaps half or a third as many grown
women in their charge. The day was in
tensely hot, not a breath of air stirred in the
street, and the whole group was as listless
and inert as if the heat had sapped away
all their energy. Not one of the whole num
“ - was clean, some were indescribably
dirty. There was no childish play, no
maternal caress. But ou tho other hand,
there was no complaint, nothing but stoic
endurance. One mother, who looked old
enough to be a great grandmother at least,
clutched a baby to her shrivelled breast. All
wore that look which tells of sleepless
nights, and some were dozing fitfully upon
the hot stones of the sidewalk or upon the
steps of the tenements, their heads lolling
none side. Flies fairly swarmed in the
neighborhood. That night they climbed
k into their stilling kennels, where they
must have gasped for breath. The next day
—who knows?—one or two or three, killed
by heat, bad food and lack of sleep, may
have beea lying silent in death. Somehow
that modest purchase of mantels which I
''ad witnessed, or any purchase at all of non
essentials, seemed to me frightfully wicked
m the face suc jj squalor, misery and suf
fering.
TIIK MULTIPLYING PHOTOGRAPHER.
Thu amateur photographer nf the gnjitlor
J 6 * mul her number in multiplying—has
wKi'ii to the study of flowere this season.
V 1 herbarium, that long time recourse of
ho summer devotee of botany, with its
1! 11 r > up treasures is neglected, and the new
blossomgatheredou tho CalAxill si pesor
pulled in the long walks from the country
liou, iis made t • 1 !(O' in a hall dozen
dill event attitudes liefore the camera,
oot inieni albums I'opruscntlug for each
l eant i*. a pod „( growth, its leaves, blos
-..i: Jiuit, it . Sowers fully blown
"'f' 1 *n eou a iMwitioi.s are tbo result, and
'•‘"■u I In* .or!; is done with some botanical
knowledge and a little artistic skill the sum
pastime results more profitably than is
homily expected of July leisure. Airs.
uuet, ij. Blaine, Jr., is one of the most ou
mii'iastie of the photographic amateurs,
""o her flower pictures form a collection
tii it is worth examining. One or two of the
amateurs are experimenting with the new
Processes for rendering color values in
pnotogi-aplm, and expect to differentiate, i
''flh the aid of color-sensitive or erytbro- j
Mne-liiithed plates, the blurs, greens, yd- :
jews and in some cases the reds also of the
"end kingdom with all their delicate J
jtradatfona of shades. Flower photographs i
nuriKlating color (U'e very beautiful tilings,
jui'i r|juy the care that is being ieiit upon j
them.
I lie W's’klog itirls are beginning to enjoy i
kheu- uouiaicr rott and light choerily they I
take it. Since Inst September tho members
of the working gil ls’ guilds—and there are
from twenty to twenty fivo such
associations in New York mul
Brooklyn following the example
set them by Miss Grace H. Hodge’s Thirty
eighty Street Club, and Miss Clara Potter’s
Girls’ Endeavor Clue have been hoarding
spare silver bits and dollars for the vacation
fund, that should give them this month or
next a fortnight each in the country. Tho
Working Girls’ Vacation Society spends tho
money intrusted to it by factory girls, to
bacco strippers, box makers, feather work
ers, seamstresses, milliners, saleswomen and
tho whole army of self-dependent women as
carefully as may be. securing good quarters
at reasonable rates for the prisonei’s of brick
walls and pavements. The working girls in
their bright summer gowns are as jaunty
and picturesque as the daughters of Croesus
himsoif, as they play tennis or swing in the
summer girl’s own hammock for the two
weeks of fresh air that make the rest of the
year easier to endure. The working girl
earns her vacation and she knows how to en
joy it when she gets it.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
At Asbury Park the wrinkle of the month
is the ocean wrap which is donned by the
fair diver on emerging from the breakers.
A line white serge—the only material that
will stand salt water—is cut after the fash
ion of a long raglan with ribbons to tie at
throat and chiu, opera hood and loose tea
gown front ol gay surah or wash silk. This
dainty affair is held in readiness by attend
ant or friend, and the instant my lady steps
out of the water it is wrapped about her.
She then takes her course back to cottage or
hotel iri leisurely’ comfort, instead of run
ning the gauntlet of eyes in dripping mer
maid guise. The ocean wrap is making bath
ing more popular.
Mrs. Henn, wife of the gallant lieutenant
of the Galatea, wears a fanciful yachting
gown this summer w’hich has a pink Eton
jacket, short and square cornered, opening
over a white serge waistcoat affair, made
long, sharp pointed, with small side pockets
and ornamented down tho front with silver
braid. Small silver buttons fasten the
waist, and the white cap is trimmed
with bows of ribbon the same shade as
the coat.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox looks thinner than
before her illness, and her eyes stand out
large and prominent. She is as vivacious as
eijpr, and wears what the enthusiastic in
such matters call “dreams” of white
gowns at Shelter Island, where she has been
staging.
Mrs. Jenness Miller wants women to wear
boots to match their gowns. The Princess
of Wales may’ promenade in delicate helio
trope silk shoes whenever she wears a
delicate heliotrope silk gown, but the latest
of the dress reformer miscalculate# the depth
of the average democratic pocket, if
she expects to convert the generality of
women to her views in this regard.
And so Brown University will consider —
yes, seriously consider—the advisability of
admitting women next fall. E. P. H.
A SUCCESSFUL BET.
A Lady Who Won a Horse Race With
out Knowing It.
From a Few York Letter in Boston Herald.
The messengers who place bets for ladies
at the race tracks ought to make good in
comes, for boy’s; but it Is altogether possible
that they do not, for they are invariably
persistent gamblers. The fees they get
from lucky women are oftentimes extrava
gantly’ generous; and even if tho fair gam
blers are not lucky the boys are likely to
come in for something. The regular attend
ants, women I mean, have their favorites
among the boys, and condescend to smile
upon them in a way that they would not use
1 toward any other cj^tss of servants. This,
perhaps, is natural enough at the grand
stand, where much depends upon the faith
fulness, promptness and honesty of the mes
senger, but it extends much further, and
many’ a full grown boy, whose blushing
cheek is dark with a coming beard, is over
whelmed with attentions on the way borne.
For with the end of the races, and the cash
ing of the winning tickets, the boys’ duties
are done, and they’ go off on the same train
with the spectators. I rode to the city in
the same car with two women who had
gambled luckily on the day’s events. No
sooner had they’ reached the train than they
looked about with an air of apparent
anxiety for that “little messenger, anu
when a five-foot-ten voting fellow with a
white cap appeared they seized upon him
and made him sit beside them. Presently
another messenger who served them came
into view, and he also was made to sit with
them, one on each side. The women leaned
their heads over to the boys, whispered in
their ears, cajoled them, and even bestowed
caresses on them. Other boy’s in the ear
looked on and grinned. They had had the
same experience, and looked upon it as < >ne
of the amenities of the business. W hat do
they say to the boys? Oh, they talk
horse, review the events of the day’,
wisely conclude that they would have done
better to bet differently upon the race in
which they backed the loser, and ask the
boy’s’ opinion upon horses and jockeys.
Further than that they tell the boys what
dear fellows they are, and how much they’
will do for theni if a few more days of good
luck shall follow soon. All of which the
bo vs take in with apparently eager interest,
sui-e that, if the vague or indefinite prom
ises are not fulfilled, large tips may be ex
pected on the morrow, during the first race
at least.
Everybody knows how horse talk invades
the dining room and parlor at home. The
men bring it in from the club, and take it
with them to the office. But sometimes a
port-ion of it stavs and is eagarly
rolled over the tongues of the girls of the
familv. A voung bride was calling with a
friend, and at more than one house found
other friends who had been to the races.
Entrancing were the stories they told of
backing the winners. Now our bride,
Louisa, had never been to tho races in her
life, and that very night she asked her hus
band if he would not take her.
“Now who has been putting that into
vour head?” asked John, brusquely.
' “Why, I don’t know, John, dear,’ sairl
Louisa, “but everybody seems to go, and I
want to. 1 want to back the winners.”
The next scene is at Sheepshca l Ray.
Three races have been run, and Louisa is in
tensely interested, not only in events, but in
the scenes around her. She has kept her
eves open, and has noticed that ladies near
her send nwmey away in tho hands of boys
in uniform, and that tho boys return with
tickets, which the ladies put in their bags.
She has pleaded with her husband to let her
bet just once on a race, but he has fordidden
it so sternly that she dare not speak of it
a-rain But John has left his seat after . aeh
race and not returned until the next one is
alxnit to lie run. In hr innocent little liead
h a s [>t the i'lea that John is betting on
the rai l*, and she longs to know what his
fortune )m#l*en. By the time the third
we has been run, she has grown into a
fever of excitement o'er a project which
she feared to execute. She would take ad
vantage of his a! splice and l-t for hersolt
so-retry John looked very dark at the
conclusion of the third race and ground Ins
teeth as lie answered to his wife's innocent
miestion that he had rather hoped xileh a
iioi-se would win, for ho knew the jockey,
“lie totalling a white lie,” thought bright
Louisa, "and I will get even with him.” But
it seemed as if John would never get up
and disappear ns he had before. In fact
John was wondering whether he would
take a final plunge with what he had left. He
decided that lie would go out to the betting
pavilion 4* all event#, and Ree how the odds
were running. And It was unnecessary to
sav that he plunged. As soon as ho had
irone Louisa was thrown into a rage of ex
citement and doubt Tho color mounted
hot on her checks, and her heart, thumped
lik- a typewriter, as with n supreme Impulse
she tieckonod to fclio boy. It was the lust
'“Here she exclaimed, producing some bills
from her purse, “Take this and bet it for
" -Who oof" asked the lx>y stolidly, receiv
ing tho money and (MWug it. There woi-o
980,
THE MORSfING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 25, 1887.
“Oh, dear!” whispered Louisa, “I don’t
know anything about horses. You know,
don’t you?”
“Woll,*iiaid the boy, scratching liis head,
“they? nro giving two to one on Ichhßan
anti six to oil/- on Pocoinoke, but I think it's
a race for m short horse myself. ”
“But i an a-khort horse run as fast a long
oner askeS Louis* in surprise.
"Well,’’ ftridfihe boy, “that depends, but
lam baokitigyOVid, arid y ? ou can get fifteen
to one on him.”
"WeU, well, hurry along and do what you
think btst, only put it somewhere, and don’t
let anybody know.”
The boy disappeared, and presently John
came back. She looked at him furtively to
seo if he suspected anything, but John's face
was like tiiat of a Sphinx. The boy ret urned,
too, and slipped a piece of paper into
Louisa’s hand without attracting attention.
She hastily thrust it into her purse, feeling
woefully guilty. The race was run, and it
would be hard to say which was the more
excited. When it was over, John said,
awkwardly, “Louisa, you brought some
money on tho track with you. didn’t you?”
“Yes, dear,” she replied faintly, loeliug
that now the storm was coming.
“I guess you better let me have it,” he
said, “to tell the truth, I have got rid of
mine. A friend told me that a race was
coming a certain way, he wanted uio to
back it—and—l did so, anil it’s gone wrong,
you know; such things will sometimes,” and
his courage returned ;;s he got the confes
sion out of his mouth.
Louisa trembled. “I haven’t got the
money John,” she faltered; “I—I —spent
it.”
“The devil you did!” exclaimed John, un
gallantly; “humph! I’d like to know how
we are going to get home, to say nothing of
having anything to eat,” and he relapsed
into sxlenee.
Louisa felt all the sorrow and anguish of
a penitent. It took more nerve than it had
to bet her money to put her hand in her
bag, produce her ticket and pass it to John,
saying faintly:
“Perhaps this is worth something. They
might give you back the money if you told
them about it."
John did hot hear the last part of her sen
tence. He was staring hard at the bit of
pasteboard, and all he could say was: “How
in thunder did you come to play that
horse ?” Then, before Louisa could say a
word, he turned before her, held the card
lief ore her faertignd exclaimed: "Have you
the slightest idea how much this is worth?’
“No,” she answered, repressing a sob, "I
didn’t mean to, and I won’t do it again, I
won’t, truly, and I don’t want to coule to
the races again. ”
“Well,” be assented, “I don’t think you'd
better, for this play was about the most
absurd that effuld bo made, but it just hap
pens that this particular ticket is worth
$540.”
They had a pretty good dinner.
GEN. PAINE’S FAST SLOOP.
Trial Trip of the New Steel Sloop
Volunteer.
A Boston dispatch to the New York
Times says: The three happiest men in
New England to-night are Gen. Paine,
Edward Burgess, and Capt. Haff, the
owner, designer and skipper of the new
strel sloop volunteer. After delays and
disappointments that at first it seemed im
possible to overcome, the latest Burgess
sloop made her trial trip to-day, and proved
herself a competitor that any yacht aft >at
may well fear to meet. The only thing
lacking was the presence during the
trip of some of the more speedy
yachts of known capability. But
even this was found at last, when
the cutter Bedouin and the iron yacht Pris
cilla were encountered and their speed com
pared with that of the new yacht. This test
certainly sleeved tin- great superiority of the
Volunteer. Both Gen. Paine and Mr. Bur
gess expected to have everything in readi
ness for a start by noon to-day. The Volun
teer was hauled out of Lawlev’s basin at
high water last night. Her mammoth cen
treboard was towed alongside in readiness
tube placed in position, anil at an early hour
this morniqg the crew* went to work on it.
Carpenters anil shipwrights covered the
deck, putting the finishing touches here
and there, while a garfg of men worked
away on the gaff, the ironwork 6f
which has been ono source of
bother for the past two or three days.
The Volunteer's centreboard is hung on a
plan which, differs materially from that
usually employed, and a slight deflection of
the main bolt or the presence of lead or
some other extraneous substance for many
hours frustrated all efforts to put it in place.
In fact, that was not accomplished until
after the yacht started on her trial trip. The
slinging of the gaff also was a tedious job,
and wheu the Time's tug steamed alongside,
shoi-yvJiefore 1“ 'o’clock, the yacht's deck
presented" a scene of confusion that indi
cated anything but n successful jssue of the
day’s work. Capt. Haff was hojxLul, how
ever, and sail that a start might lie
made in an hour or two. It was iqgda at
3:30, wiiau tho Volunteers anchor wits hove
short. a\s %l' no rmi to the tug Leader. The,
wind w,J$ very light from the east in the*
harbor, j&Jfl!y sufficient to fill the sails of
tho coastx’gK hot were drifting lazilyrtvith
currontdotfn the stream. It was 3:36 when
the first puli was gi vea to the halyards of
the Ipigp maiasail* and as it was
swjyzed aloft the Ti/ites" first, saluted
themitial moverhept of thertacht. Nearly
half an hour was occupied Idr getting the
hew piece of canvas swayej Up in position
to make the most of tilts "turtle breeze,
and it was. 4 o’clock '.jiien .the., foresail and
jib,were broken out aji'-l the Volunteer was
naiteedipg under Ivrtwijrlowffr sails. The
jOjlje was cast off, only for a short
rtfme, ns the light and puffy wind rendered
it absolutely impossible Ur her to get out of
the him Ujr *" ithout assist ance. Again the
IxartlSpinok her in tow. ;inil not until Broad
SninJwns reached was Wind >-:iough found
\ ■Qpt.Uos'oopaiongjß a fair rate <f
4peed. Just ins and (le cjraste rfr ■ h tins ze
from southeast by east was cn /sintered and
the service of a tug was no longer necessary.
As tho Volunt.w cl no I to* ' rives the
breeze freshened and she tore along at a rate
of speed that gave the puffing t ijgsadvrn
enough to do to keep within hailing dis
tance. As the Volunteer Ho re away to the
northward, with sheets started a point or
two, she was closely watched by many
anxious for her success. Her towering
mast, taller than anji>f the shipping in the
harbor, her immewgi bowsprit and gigantic
boom gave an impassion of streugtn and
power. If one wW inclined to Is- captious
fault might be folio l with her somewhat
full side.-,, and tli<ft- were not wanting tlvxc
who felt inclined to critieYe
her graceful bow—a depart, uy
from tho straight lines of the carlieX
Burgess type. Hut if anything, this feature
is an improvement. The one point in her 1
model s -riously open tocrit'cisin is her stern.
This is almost shockimt from a yacht,min's
point of view. More than anything else it
resembles the how almost olwolete typo of
the “down East” pinkie, a type of "marine
architecture almost absolutely unsinkalde,
and e, nondescript modification of the old
poop deck of a Spanish galleon. Designer
Burgess insists that this stem is not justified
liy his model, and no wonder lie hesitates to
hold himself responsible for it.
From whatever point it is examined it
would secal as if this nondescript stern of
the Volunteer must prove a serious impedi
ment in anything hut smooth water. Heavy
seal rolling under her ought to impair her
onward movement, as it must apparently
lift her stem and plunge lier bow under
wntcr. To say that tills result was not ap
parent in to-dnv's trial is only fair, and, like
ail theories, is I ip bio to fracture in prm-tice.
However, this xternjmpairs the symmetry
and beauty of the yaeht if it does nothing
else.
When the Volunteer reached the open
water of Massachusetts bay and felt the full
force of the southeast wind she made such
good racing with the steam tugs in her com
pany that all but the Times' boat aiyl one
other wen- soon left, behind. ”• - • ’
teer ran about nine miles from the Uiaves
in about fifty minutes. She stood ui> well
under her press of canvas, carrying all lower
sails aud gaff topsails. Thaw set admira
bly for new canvas, Tho arch of the main
sail was perhaps a trifle taut, but a few days
under sail might easily give it a different a
- Her jib was very English in cut,
and old sailors found more fault with this
piece of cloth than all the rest of the canvas
put together. The Volunteer kept over to
ward Cape Ann, where several yachts could
bo seen working in to Marble Head Harbor.
She wore ship astern of tho two largest of
these and gave chase. This furnished the
real test of her capacity. The yachts ahead
were soon identified as the iron sloop Pris
cilla and the fast cutter Bedouin. All were
carrying about the same canvas, but the Vol
unteer was towing astern. Nevertheless, it
was soon apparent that she was overhauling
the Bedouin. It might have Ix-en four miles
off Marblehead Nook wfcen tho Volunteer
started on the stern chase. When she
passed the Neck she had pulled up abreast of
the Bedouin and passed tier. As the vachts
rounded into tho harbor there was a reman:
able gain and showed that the new boat was
very fast in a ten-knot breeze. Marble
head Point was crowded with spectators as
the Volunteer entered the harbor, and
cheers and the booming of cannon greeted
her arrival. The large yachts at author
fired a salute ns the Volunteer dropped her
anchor, and she was soon thoboutre at! m
large fleet of dorios and tiny sailbOidfc
whose occupants were eager to see the yacht
that attracts so much attention. The Times'
correspondent was soon on board the vk
unteer, and to hurried queries answer was
made that Gen. Paine was delighted with
the working and speed of his sloop, that
designer Burgess was satisfied that he hutl
designed a faster yacht than any that has
come before her, and that Capt. Haff was
ready to swear that his charge was “the
cow that would eat thistle.”
Said Mr. Burgess: “I said I could make
a yacht that would beat the Mayflower
twelve minutes in a 40-mile race ami I think
I h'uve done it.il
AN APPALLING APPETITE.
Peculiar and Fatal Case of a Texas
Sheep-Herder.
Ban jntonio (Tex.) Spatial to Globe Democrat.
Richard Gerfers, a ranchmah in tlje north
western part of the county, eoifjjs to tovyn
with the story of a very strange dShtli which
recently happened in his neighborhood.
Joseph and Friederich lllauek were two
young men, living near him, engaged in
raising wool. For some time the latter hail
been ailing with a disease which baffled tho
physicians and rapidly sapped his strength.
Its most marked symptoms were extreme
emaciation and a marvelous appetite. It
was not tape worm, that was certain; but
further than this the doctors could not go.
“He could eat,” says Mr. Gerfers, “a half
bushel of food and still lie hungry.” He
finally grew’ so weak that he did but little
work, putting in the time sitting about the
ranch and cooking for himself. He became
a by-word for miles around, and many
neighbors came to see the living skeleton
get outside of anything within reach that
was edible. On the day of his death he vol
unteered to take out a small flock of sheep
and herd them until sundown. His brother
agreed, and in the morning Friederich left
the house with some 300 sheep in charge,
and swinging on his arm wo.- a gallon tin
bucket, luled with the ordinary Mexican
frijoles, or beans. His brother visited him
about noon and found him all right, sitting
in the shade and watching the fli >ck graze.
Late in the evening Jacob became uneasy
at Friederich’* absence and began a search
for him. He found the sheep scattered by
twos and threes, and further on, lying di
rectly in tho path, w’as Freiderion’s dead
body. He had evidently been walking, anil
fallen dead as ho stopjied, for his feet rested 1 ,
in the tracks they had made. His ](*n face
w r as in a mass of half digested beany, par
tially glued together and thoroughly soaked
in a torrent of blood, which had welled
from h.s throat. He was not cold w’heti
found. A jury of inquest was summoned.
They rendered a verdict to the effect that
the man (lied from a gorge of half-cooked
beans, which had swelled and ruptuTef the
stomach.
It is supposed that young Blauck hail
been too impatient to wait until his mpal
was thoroughly cooked, had filled
with the semi-raw vegetables and then
drank a quantity of water. Ho was sitting
near a pool when his brother last saw him
alive.
PAIN KILLER.
CholefoMorbus
If ramps
f olie
fpi&rrhoe^
\\ complaints
fjYSeritery
d7ll Cured by-#
teaspoonful of
PerryDavisPnin filler
in a little /fitfor
Suc/ar and Water
Au-Druggists Sellit. jo
Kl*l < ATION AL.
u u, DAVIS SCHOOL
Uf LA GRANGE, N.C.
'S' fA School fo
wflfcitftA Born Men. Full i<r> r
JK£2H /II >• jHT • or lo
ii\ uuAloMkßetlth)f locfttlotiiflo
fI I • %
fftojlJ t 1 bulldlnr*; Cadet Comet Rand
Cldtt Orchestra : Kaaidf-nt Hm
fvon. So onargr /or M*dicc
InKWjiMfr Attention. No F.xtn, ChurifC fo
Latiruaaea or Beierc**s. Depart
meet of Art. Full Connie lit Tel
inhv. Very Low if aten. For Hoylttor with ful
tioulars. MUdrenH Coh A. C. It A VIS, Hupt.
PANTOPS ACADEMY,
siua CBARLOTTIttVII.Ut, VA
For Boys and i'.tnir.g Mon. Send for (’staloitiie.
J()HNH Sd MI Si IN, A JI . Principal
Rev EHO.sR WHOPS, Ph. !>., Awaolate.
wooih
"W" OOD.
Johnson & Cos.
Have a flue stock of
Oak, Pine, Lightwood and Kindling
Comer Liberty and Last Brood streets.
Telephone U 7.
SWIFT'S SPECIFIC.
'* j/ Urtmrt
rSfiJfitO „**.. # M' jy ing treatist
IMlLli, ss f 4C?®kJv ** Jr t,T , ,
• fCyv;* 5 //'r jr OVi °°° aR^
c r c i^ r
1)K V (JOOIIN.
EC KST E INS!
Oreat Sale of White Goods
r pHE ENTIRE CENTRE COUNTERS will be specially devoted to the display of the GREATEST
I BARGAINS over offered In ptoiiifeJchecked, plaid, srrl|ed and novelty Wil TE GOODS. These
goods Htv all remarkably*?heap, and many cannot be duplicated at double the price.
large Plaid Nulnaooks*, sc.
Fine Small Checks, 'ff^c.
500 pieces small ami large Fancy Satin Finished Plaid Nainsook, by tho piece only, at 10c. a yard.
Very tine and sheer large and small VI aids, yard wide, 1%-.
Fine quality Novelty Plaids and StrifUm 25c., reduced to iHc.
Importe<i Novelty lJu'e effects for yokes and sleeves, reduced to 35c. ‘ . /*
100 White Embroidered Rolxih at half price. ‘ * 1 * ■jt ■ i
Summer Brews < loods of ail grades reduced to cost. 4 J J ** ’ A
A lot of Pink, Blue and Gray Nuns’ Veiling, reduced from 25c. to 10c. a yard. "*■' * '
One lot of All-Wool Nuns’ veiling, 4*l inches wide, reduced from $1 to 50c.
Just received, a Grand Bargain in Black Silks, Si and $1 25. Don’t wait on this lot. They are
selling fast.
Friday’s steamer brought us 4 cases of Beautiful Lawns, lovely tints, only sc. a j'ard.
GENTLEMEN, ATTENTION!
To arrive on MONDAY'S STEAMER an Immense purchase of Gents’ Linen Collars and
Cuffs from one of the best manufacturers in the country. All perfect goods and latest styles. All
sizes.
Collars. 75c. per dozen.
Cuffs, 75c. per dozen pairs. THIS IS TIIE BIGGEST BARG4IN ON RECORD.
AT TWELVE ANI) A HALF CENTS -50 dozen Ladies’ Fancy Stripes uud Solid Colors Hose put
up in lots of 4 pairs.
ANOTII El l Cl IAISTCE. 7 ’X\ifl T \
/ f , ] Ii f
4 cases of Bleached Shirtings, yard wide, worth Bc. 1 # /V •
Make your purchases in the cool of the day. Open at sa. m. * * * " *
ECK STEIN’S.
AIILLINERV*
>mv >ll l .l .rrvEfxtN^vT
KROUSKOFF’S
Mammoth Millinery House.
‘We are now offering immense lines of New Straw Hats,
.Ribbons, Feathers, etc., which are now being shipped bilily
ny our New York buyer, and our Mr. Krouskoff, wh'ft is now
North to assist, in the selection of the (JfioiCest Novelties in
the Millinery Line. It is astonishing blit a fact, that wfl sell
line Millinery cheaper than any retail store in.New York How
can we do it? Cannot tell. This is our secret and our suc
cess. Perhaps on account of large clearing otit 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 ]trices.
We are now ready for business, and our previous large
stock will be increased, and we are now offering full lines of
line Milans in White and Colors, for Misses and
Children in an endless variety of shapes
IUBBONS, RIBBONS, new novelties added and our regu
lar full line entirely filled out.
Wc knock bottom out in the price of Straw floods.
We continue the sale of our Ribbons at same prices aa
heretofore, although the prices have much advanced.
We also continue to retail on our first floor at wholesale
prices.
Kl?Ol HKOh’K.
DOWN THEY GO.
MATTINGS AT REDUCED PRICES
AT LINDSAY Sc MORGAN'S.
IN order to clou* out our Hummer Sr**k we are KTHAVV WAITING AT VERY LOW
PKlcm MOUQLTro NETS, RKFKIGEKATORS, BABY CARRIAGES, aud aJI other mmmozi>
able goods
MARKED DOWN TO PANIC PRICES.
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS at NINETY CENTS A YARD.
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Kept Off by Using Glass Bed Rollers.
Oiir General Stock is Complete. Call on u* Early,
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
* 100 and 17t Broughton Street,
sash, ijioORS, in, i s ns, in < .
SA \"A X X A.TT, (3A.V
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN
Mi, tars, fills, Mantels, Pew Ends,
Anri Interior Finish of all kind*, Moulding*. Balusters, Newel Pont*. Estimates, Price Lists, Mould
ing Rook a and any Information In our Une rurnisbed on applies* ion. Cypress, Yellow Pine, Oak.
Aid) and Walnut LUMBER on hand aad In any quantity, furnished promptly.
VALE ROYAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Savannah. Ga
W. D. DIXON,
UNDERTAKER
DEALER IN ALL HI SDH OT
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull Residence 08 Liberty otnwk
SAVANNAH. GEOHOU,
P. J. FALLON,
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,
la DRAYTON BTHEET, SAVANNAH.
ESTIMATES promptly furnished for building
of ay claan.
CEMENT.
HMT
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i
JUST ARRIVED
V 7 ' *
A CARGO OF * ft
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l
Germ PorGaifl Cement.
■ i / ’ rOK SALE LOW BY
ANDREW HANLEY,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
SEED WANTED
COTTON SEED WANTED
r FHF. SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY
I will nay the highest market price for clean,
sound COTTON SEED.
The Company will have millojn operation at
the follow ing uints In time thia so*
son’s crop'll Seed, viz.:
Savannah, Georgia.
Columbia, South Carolina.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Montgomery, Alabama,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Memphis, Tennessee. , „!
Little Rock, Arkansas, i
Houston, Texas. j'. ,J
tdf' .
For sals of Seed, or with referenre to Scat
Agencies, address SOUTHERN COTTON OK
CO MI 'A N Y at any i’f the almve points, or C. FITS
SlM< ’NS. Traveling A gen I for tue CARO
LIN AS and GEORGIA, with headquarters at
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO,
, ■—"3
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE. "
An oniiTNiNi K, To uuthonze the Mayor and At
dermen, In Council iiHacmhlnd. to grant pet)
mils for the excavation and erection of areal
in ilio lattes of th city, u.ml to proscribe cert
tuln conditions for the Bams.
SncTton I. tie it ordatmtl by the Mayor cmA
Aldermen of the'CHty of fiarannnh in Councq
assembled. That it shall and may ts* lawful fin
Council, at any ttnio and from time to time !<
I'rnnt, hy resolution or oUn-rwlae. iienntt.s
owners of lots and improvements within the cltj
to excavate, construct and use areas extending
into the lanes of the city.
Sec. if. That all such permits, unlessotherwta
therein provided, shall oc grant/el subject to Lie
conditions heroin named and the acceptance oi
Kuch permit, or the en ovation, erection and usi
•if such urea by any property owner, shah bt
httken aiclS onstrind iui an acceptance of thj
said conditions, and binding; upon the said prop
erty owner and his assigns, future owners of us|
t*iia property.
Ke<\ 3. All such areiw. Including all walls anf
material of any sort in tlie construction of th|
same shall not extend lot,> the lane for S ill
tance greater than four (4) feet from the line oj
Midi They shall he set at such grade as th
liroper oftlcera of the city may designate, anj
ep&A/ld maintained at such grtole as may froa
time t?i lipn* I.‘ determined on for tb* 1 sawl lent
without’any expense to the city. Th;y shall ta
us.sl only for tne purposes nt light, and wntlhs
tlon, an<t for no other purpose ivhaO
soever, and shall he covered win
,a substantial wrought Iron (tntiug of w£|
itforrn as shall l. an ample prnbectluo topersotu
anil projiorty leasing tnrouirti said lane, wnkj
yrntlny shall be stationary and
and not set ujsm liliqfas or other dev lost arl
raiuf.sl for entrance and exit Into tho buudina
throiiKh said area.
Hbo. 4 That the owners for the time
of any property, adjacent to whii'b tu-eos maj
Is- erected under the provisions of this ordl
nance shall indemnify arid bold harmless th*
Mayor aiiiWYldcrmen of to* city of Savannah,
of and front any and all ldt or damajre that
may accrue acalnst It by the excava.
tlon, erection, use or occupation of the area
herein provided for, or the obstruction of the
lanes of the city.
Hkc. B. That all ordinamva or parts of ordl.
nanietvv onfliettn *hvl th this ordinance beam)
the same are hereby re|>ealod In so for as they
so conflict.
Ordinance passed In Council July 18, IW7.
HTJTOB B. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rkhahkh, (Terk of CounciV
ttl tnA VTIMI NOTH'E.
OrKiox IJwAt/rtt Ornexa, I
KiTivNAtfOi.. May 1, im. f
From and after MAlf lst.lW, the dty onli.
nance which sp's'ibcjr ie Qtjarantintfiwjuir*.
merits to le sem-d prirt of Snvanuab.
Oeorifla, for period of time (annually) from Ma*
Merchants nhd all other parties Interested
will printed copies of the yuar
in’ ii'i In dlrtanco :tpou application to uflloe of
HeahMdJlcer.
i'rpiiuftd uftei this date and until further n'v
tlce Jdr ptearpshtps and vessels from Soutli
AuriTica,(i‘ntnil \ tnerlca, Mexico, West Indies,
Hirily, ports of Italy Mouth of 40 degs N'ortlt
latitude, and cod.rtt of Africa bewrNMl
10 tlegs. North and 14 degs. South latitude
direct, or via American port will be sttbt
Jectetl to close yitaratttine and t rextulred
to report at the Qnar arjllne Bcatiuit and Its
treated as being f r om Infected owßuspactei
ports or localities. Captains of these vessel*
wilt have to remain at (Juaruatlue Station until
their vessels an* relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign port*
not Included above, direct or via America*
ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise,
will Ist required to rental* In quarantine until
bisirdisi and isowed by the yimramlna Oflloort
Neither the Captain* nor any crye on b eird ui
each ve*eel* trill be ullonwd to eonts to the oitf
until the vejuet* are inspected and lxuued by utA
Quarantine Officer.
As ports or localities not herein to timerated
are reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Ouarantlne I'Stvi 'riofiM against same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the dyia*
of the quarantine fag on i reset* subjected Cos
detention nr inspection trill be rigidly enforced,
j. t. McFarland, m. n.. ileaith omoer.
(tUBI\TI\K NOTICE.
Outr e llealvh gmciL I
Bavajoiab, April nth, I*7. f
Notice fat hereby given that the Guarantln*
Officer Is histnictcl not to deliver letters to v-a
sris whiob are not subjected to tpiarautlna da
ten tlon. unless the name of coutdgnee and stats
nieut that, the vosad is ordored io some othot
port upistars upon the face of U>e envelope)
Thi order is made ne eeaary tn conscqueucs ol
the enormous hulk of drumming let ters sent M
the station for vessels which are to arrive.
j. t. McFarland, m. and„
Health Officer.
ttl ARAATIAE NOTICE.
Orm iB Riui.th Omm. I
RavAfoiAH, Merit) Wtb, 1(87. f
Pilot* of the Port of Savannah an* Informed
that the Sapelo Quarantine Station will bo open
edon APRIL let. IHW.
Hpeel/d at ten Don of the Pilot* 1* directed U
sections Son. 3d and Nth, Quaraottno Regula
tlonn.
Most rigid enforcement of regula
tiona wilfbe maintain.-d by the Haolth anuxiril
tie*. J. T. MoFaRLaST)7 M D.,
H*M> Offloer.
, ~eile<.tjm<j Biam
Electric
npo INTRODUCE It and obtain Agent* we wg
1 for the'neat Maty day* give away free cl
charge. In each county In the United Stain* |
limited number of our German Kedfevi Galvaub
Bnpensory Belta—price, |fl. A positive and tnf
falling cure for Nervous DebUtty, Variotwald
EmlaSons, Impotency, Kto. |flw reward pap
If every Ileit we manufacture doe* not genera*
a genuine eWtrio currant. Adam . at oik*
ELECTRIC BELT AUENCY, P. O. Ika 171
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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rpo COUNTY OITICERB.- Hooke and Ulanl
X required by county officer* for the use i
the courts, or for office use, supplied to ordert
the MORNING NEWS jjWjffXNU HUUS*.
Whitaker afreet, bavaunSlt,
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