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2 CARE OF THE CONVICTS. MR. HUFF INTRODUCES AN IMPOR TANT BILL. Tho Establishment of a Permanent Penitentiary and Supply Farm Pro vided For—An Advisory Board of Pardons Included in tho Scope of the Measure. Atlanta, C.A., July ‘l7.—ln the Senate to-day on motion of Mr. Butt, the bill pnv Tiding for the recording of executions based on judgments from courts not of record or if of record having no execution docket, was reconsidered and recommitted. There was a long debate on the bill of Mr. Peek to make it unlawful for am i*-r ion or persons who may revive advances upon a contract to work the lands of another, either as renter, cropper, or for Standing wages, to fail to comply with such contract without good mid sufficient reason. Senators Butt. Dean, Davis, Roberts, Brantley ami Peak, made lengthy arguments for and against the bill. The principal objection raised was that it was unconstitutional and practically pro viding imprisonment for debt and class legislation in the interest of the land lord. The report of the committee, which was favorable, was agreed to, but tho bill tablod by a close vote. During the deliate there was a warm engagement between Messrs. Butt and Peek, which at first prom ised a rather serious difference, but fortu nately terminated not unpleasantly. The Senate went into executive session on a lea led communication from the Governor and confirmed the following appointments: K. F. Simmons to be Judge of the County Court of Terrell county. P. W. Twitty to be Judge of the County Court of Mitchell county. In the House. In the House to-day tho Railroad Com mittee reported favorably on the bill to in corporate the Atlanta ami Great Western Railway and Navigation Company. Also, Dn tho bill to incorporate the Georgia Ter annul Railroad Company. The following new bills were introduced on the call of counties: By Mr Keenan, of Baldwin —To authorize the Ordinary of Baldwin to draw his war rant for the payment of the reasonable ex penses of the officers who conducted the special election in Baldwin county on the prohibition question. By Mr. Coggins, of Banks—To amend an act to incorporate the town of Belton. By Mr. Felton, of Bartow—To amend an act to amend the charter of tho town of Adairsville. Also a bill to authorize ami empower M. A, Harding to close up the roads running through his farm in Bartow countv. By Mr. Felton, of Bibb—For the relief of Henry J. Lamar, of Bibb county, for the payment of coupons incorrectly dated. By Mr. Schofield, of Bibb—To amend sec tion 40HH of the Code, to require superin tendents of convict camps to keep records of the conduct of each convict, and to allow fradeil deductions of terms of service for ood behavior. A PERMANENT PENITENTIARY. By Mr. Huff, of Bibb—To create a per manent penitentiary and supply farm., to be located as nearly central in the State as favorable conditions will allow; tho farm to lie under the superintendence of a board of trustees, one of whom shall bo chosen from each section of tho State; the lands for the farm not to cost more than sis per acre; the convicts at work on the public roads to be fed as far as practicable from the products of the farm. When thesupply farm is in readiness all female convicts and youths under 1(5 years of ago are to bo sentenced to the farm. Paoviuion is also made for the surrender of the present con victs by the lessees when they desire to do so. H'nen fifty nhlc-hodiod convicts are secured a force for working the public roads shall be organized and put to work under the direction of tho trustees anil the snperintendeney of a State engineer, every county to have the privilege to claim and retain any of its able-bodied convicts over 10 years of age when the State thus obtains control over them, these convicts to lie worked on its public roods, but tho Gover nor shall have the right to withdraw them from the counties and put them on the public road force when, in his judgment, the interest of tho State requires it. AN ADVISORY BOARD OK PARDONS. An advisory board of pardons is also pro vided for to make reccommendations to tho Governor. A portion of the farm not ex ceeding 100 acres may be set apart as an exjieriniental farm under direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture. The sum of *IO,OOO is to be appropriated for each of the fears IKBB and l!S8!i for the establishment of the farm. This act is not to go into effect until approved by a vote of the people at a special election to be held within sixty days. It was referred to the Penitentiary Commit tee. By Mr. Bell, of Burke—To change the time of holding tho Superior Court of Burke county. Also to authorize the Commis sioners of Burke county to issue bonds for tho building of anew jail. By Mr. Monroe, of Calhoun—To amend lections 2087 and 'J of the Code as far as ap plicable to Calhoun county. By Mr. Harjier, of Can-oil —To incor- B irate the Nort h Georgia and St. Andrew’s ay Railroad Company to run from Rook mart to the Alabama line in the direction of St. Andrew’s Bay. Also to incorporate the Carrollton, Marietta and Western Railroad Comjiany to run from Marietta to tho Alabama line. A 818 BATCH FOR ATHENS. Bv Mr. Russell, of Clarke—To prescribe fhe fees of tho Clerks of the Superior Court and secure the payment of the same. Also a bill to prevent the issue by any railroad company of any Isuid do benturos or other certificates of indebtedness beyond the amount actually necessary for the construction of their roads. Also to authorize the municipal officers of Athens to open. lay out and change the streets of that city. Also to authorize the Mayor and Council of Athens to assess lot owners for the use of water. Also to con fer additional powers of taxation on the Movor an l Council of Athens. Also to zutuorizc the Mayor and Council of Athens to grade, macadamize or otherwise improve the streets and sidewalks of said city. Also to authorize the Mayor and Council of Athens to establish and construct drains in raid city. By Mr. Green, of Clay—To require tho registration of voters in Clay county. Mr. Harrell, of Webster, offered a priv eloged resolution to make the hour of mi journal! nt hereafter 1 o’clock instead of 12, sxcept Saturday. The resolution was adopted. Georgia's holdings in Tennessee. Mr. Gordon, from tho Committee on Fi nance, rejiorted back favorably the resolu tion of Mr. Watts for the appointment of a joint committee to investigate and report on the property of Georgia in the (State of Ten aessee. On motion of Mr. Watts the roso ution was taken up for the action of the Souse. The resolution was adopted and jrdoreil to tie transmitted to the (Senate. By Mr. Greene—To change the time of •olding the Superior Courts of Clay and }uiunnn counties. Ky Mr. Clay, of Cobb—To incorporate die Lookout Mountain, Lula Luke and Sadaten ltailrop.il Company. By Mr. MeClesky, of Cobb—To prevent he running of excursions or picnic trains, tc., by raflroadK or steamboats on Sunday. By Mr. Atkinson, of Coweta—To amend she Code so as to require the Commissioner f Agriculture to lie elected bv the people. By Mr. Smith, of Crawford—To prevent the duels -sure by physicians or surgeons of professional secrets, etc., communicated by their out ients. By Mr. Bush—To umend section MtlOT of tho Code. By Mr. Amhnitn, of Dougherty, “bv rc unett To provide for the payment of bond Mo. .'lift of the series of l“jsd. Bv Mr. Johnson, of Echols —To incorpo rate the town of Tarver, in Echols county. Bv Mr. Rawls, of Effingham—To change the manner of electing the trustees of tho Effingham Academy. ELBERT'S INTERESTS. By Mr Adams, of Elbert—'To authorize the trust s-s of Elbert County Academy to sell it.' property. Also, to fix tho pay of jurors serving in eases iff larceny, etc., at .*1 jst day. Also, to authorize County Treasurers to pay orders from various funds. -I Iso to authorize the trustees of F.lliert Female Institute to sell tle property of the institute. Also, to authorize the Town Council of Elliertonto issue bonds for the benefit of the schools of the town by the erivtion of school buildings. By Mr. Lamar, of Richmond —To define nnd're.-triet the powers and privilegesof the First Presbyterian church, of Augusta. Also a Wfi to exempt tho members of the Richmond Hussar company from military dutv. The Educational Committee of the House and Semin- in joint session last evening re porte 1 in favor of the Glenn bill, which innki-s it a penalty for any teacher to teach a white child in a colored school or a colored child in a white school, the schools lieing kept separate by the con stitutional law of the State. The preliminary discussion of tho bill created considerable excitement, in the North. Its passage is accepted here as the fixed policy of the State. There was little discussion in ihe committee. Every white man voted for the bill, the two colored mom- Jbers voting adversely. The committee’s action was reported to the House to-day. The bill was made the special order for Aug. 2. CRUELTY TO CONVICTS. Gov. Gordon Condemns, the Bondurant & Jopling Camps. Atlanta, Ga., July 27. —Principal keeper of tho penitentiary Towers, to whom Dr. Westmoreland reported in writing the result of his investigation of tho Bondurant & Jopling convict camp, has submitted the report to the Governor with a recom mendation that the camp be broken up un less a radical change be male in it.s manage ment within ton 'lays, and that such change include the removal of Messrs. Bondurant & Jopling, as no improvement is possible if they are allowed to havo anything to do with the camp. Dr. Westmoreland reports the camp in bad con dition. Just what cause produced this un fortunate condition, resulting in an unusual amount of sickness, it is difficult to say, but that there are radical defects in the manage ment of the convicts he has no doubt. He is satisfied that the buildings anil surround ings have not contributed to it, but other causes. He examined the sick in tho hos pital anil several that were at work, and is fully satisfied that there is more than one cause. OVERWORKED AND UNDERFED. He is confident, first, that the convicts are being overworked, and second, be is just as confident that they are not properly foil. If they get enough in quantity, which Dr. Westmorelami doubts, there is a deficiency in variety and quality, and it is likely the food is not properly prepared and served, which is the most prominent cause, or whether there aro not other factors equally important, he is not pre pared to say. He fomid eight sick in the hospital—four with accidental injuries of a slight character, one with syphilis, one with rheumatism and two wit h "swelled legs.” He examined the two last with great care. There were present several symptoms of scurvy, but other symptoms were absent. He is at a loss whether it is scurvy proper or simulating scurvy, and would not report scurvy in the camp unless its presence was uninistnkeable. But while he is in doubt as to scurvy it makes little difference as re gards the sanitary condition of the camp being the cause of tho trouble, as the convicts aro feeble and deficient in blood, showing the absence of proper hygienic surroundings. The Governor, fol lowing the recommendations of Supt. Towers, ordered the camp broken up if then- is not a radical change in the manage ment and sanitary conditions, and riddance of Bondurant & Jopling. DYING FOR THE DRINKS. A Foolieh Wager Probably Costs Two Lives. Philadelphia, Pa., July 27.—Andrew McKee, aged 28 years, and Howard Rush, aged Iff years, were standing with a numlier of companions looking at anew sower in course of construction at Reese and Clear field streets, which connected with an old one. McKee offered to bet "the drinks for the crowd” that Hush would not accompany him into the old sewer. Hush accepted the bet and both descended, entering the old sewer. Their long absence alarmed those above, and a search was instituted, which revealed both men lying prostrate on the floor of the old sower overcome by gas. They were dragged out. McKee was dead, anil Rush exhibited only faint signs of life. He was sent to St. Mary’s Hospital. Mc- Kee’s body was taken to his lute noma BISHOP CHATARD BACK PROM BOMB Ho Was Not Consulted in Dr. Me- Glynn’s Case-News About Bishop Nulty. Bishop Ohatard, of Indianapolis, arrived in New York from Rome on Monday, on tho Aurania. He said that ho had not licen consulted by the Pope on the McGlynn question. “That," he said, “was entirely n matter of discipline. We are all very sorry that the doctor; should liavo taken the course he has. Knowing, as I do, Archbishop Cor rigan’s action in the matter, 1 have a profound respect for him because of lus manly and charitable attempts to bring the' doctor to the right way of thinking. The doctrine* that Dr. Me Olynu have espoused in regard to the land question did not enter into hiscondomna tion at all. That w.is the result of his con tuinacy. A priesfj is like a soldier. He must obey his siqieriors. Having refused to obey the Archbishop, Dr. McGlynn was summoned to Home to explain his action. His refusal to obey the summons resulted in his condemnation. No public statement as to bis doctrines was made by tin Holy Father. The statement that Bishop Nultv, of Meath, In land, preached the same doc trines as those espoused by Dr. McGlynn has been, 1 understand, contradicted by the Bishop.” More than a Hundred Yours Old. From thr AVmi York Sun. New Orleans, July 2.V—This morning the funeral of Mrs. J. Witherspoon Smith took place from her lute rasidonounn Thalia street in this city. Mrs. Smith was too years 8 months and 20 days old, having been Imni in Now York eitv Nov. 4. jrso. Her maiden rnuno was Duer, her mother Ix ing Lady ('utliarine Duer, daughter of Maj. Gen. Loril ■Sterling, of the Revolutionary army. SIIO was marritvl to Mr. Smith, a grandson of Dr. John Witherspoon, of New Jersey, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and son of Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith, President of Princeton College. One of her nephews by marriage was the distinguished Gen. John C. Breckin ridge, of Kentucky. She had been blind for about a your prior to her death, hut re tained her memory and all her other facul ties in n I'oinnrltable degree. In her day slie was one of tho most beautiful and brill iant women of Now Orleans, which, coupled with her distinguished birth and ample means, made her for many years the social ruler of tho American element of the creole metropolis. Ixist, November her hundredth birthday was celebrated by her family, some of her ibwconduntH coming I,(XM nuli-., io be present. At that time five genera tions were well represented. Nzlson Morris is Phil Armour's rival as a dtvHSe I beef and hog king. lie wears a heavy fur cup whiter and xuinnii-r, is nil Austrian ny lnrtli and i.s crtsllted with smoking the worst cufin - tin t are ma le. THE MORNING NEWS: TIIT USD AY, JULY 28, 1887. VIEWS ON MIXING FAMILY BLOOD. Tho Royal Families of Europe Illustrate tho Harm of Such Praetica. From die Omaha }lcraltf. St. Joseph, Mo., July I(s. —Among tho great discoveries which will for all time bo associated with the name of Charles Dar win, though in reality they were all but recognized by men who worked before his time, is the law that cross fertilization in plants produces fine and strange • offspring than self-fertilization, and that self-fertiliza tion, continued long enough, leads to degra dation and eventually extinction. Sprengel, between IThti nnd 1793, had in realitv gone very near to prove this. He noticed that in some plants self-fertilization is absolutely impossible. So that they are. as it were, compelksl by nature 10 maintain their kind in tho only way which is for the a l l vantage of plant rue. s that is. by cross-fertilization. ‘‘ln some instances,” says Grant Allen, as he showed by expert meats upon the yellow day lily, “plants impregnated from their own stamens can not bo made to succeed at all. ” “Ho near.” says Herman Muller, “was Sprengel to the distinct reci ignition of tho fact, that self fertilization leads b> worse results than cross-fertilization, and that all the arrange ments which favor inre -t visits are of value to th" plant itself, simply because the insect visitors elTect cross-fertiliz it.ion.” Hence it is, concluded Sprengel, that nature has provided flowers with honey or nectar; nence it is that, by protections from rain, flowers invite the visits of bees and other insects; and here do we find the reason why the corolla presents bright hues and mark ings, and why the blossoms distill sweet perfume. These are simply nature's plans to insure the visits of insects so that cross fertilization may he effected It was here that Darwin diverged from Sprengel, and so led to the re ognition of new truth. It is hot Imran e cross fertiliza tion is better for the plant that nature lias provided all these devices for securing it., hut lieeause every variation by which a plant chanced to tie more attractive than its fellows to its insect visitors, that plants so fortunate became more prolific than tin >se which, being less attractive, received fewer visits from the insect world. Thus there was a greater increase of the more attrue tive flow rs, and by the renewal of the lit test—quite as effective a process as the sur vivid of the fittest—the plant was developed to more and more attractive forms. Thus in tho sweet perfumes and lovely colonis, jierhaps even in the graceful forms of our flowers we have evidence of the law of development by infinitesimal variations advantageous to the plant, and also we have evidence of the unfavorable effects of eross- fertilization. What is true of vegetable life is true also of animal life. Interbreeding within too limited an area is always in tho long run injurious, and often leads to actual extinc tion. Among human beings, as well as among the lower animals, the same law can !)<• recognized. Here and there the marriage of cousins may not lead to. marked deterior ation. at any rato, in the immediate off spring—which must, however, be by no means regardod as proving that there :s no race deterioration. But repeated intermar riages within the same family invariably lead to marked .evidence of degeneration. Madness, idiixy, melancholy, epilepsy, hysteria, deafness, and a number of other evil effects manifest themselves inevitably before many generations. And, unfortu nately, once established, they seem estab lished for good; it is much easier to brood epilepsy into a family than it is to breed it out again; and the like with madness, idiocy, and the rest. It is, indeed, oasy to cite cases which seem to negative this. In a particularly strong and healthy family there may lie marriages for several generations without any mani fest signs of evil. But those do harm, and sanction, if they do not enjoin, a most penurious doetrino, who insist on these ex ceptional cases as proving that intermar riage between persons separated by a con siderable number of stejis in kinship Is not harmful. In England the marriage of first cousins is permitted, while marriage with a deceased wife's sister is prohibited or, at any rate, not sanctioned. But nature has a different law, sanctioning what English law rejects, reject ing—aye, and punishing heavily—what English law permits. A curious example of the mischievous nature of intermarriages within too limited an area is afforded in the island of St. Kilda. There a small and diminishing population, who regardod themselves us the salt of the earth, but are not so regarded by the rest of the world, decline to honor aliens with their alliance, or perhaps have no choice, not being chosen by aliens as suitable part ners. Hero, then, wo have interbreeding such as many imagine to have taken place among the children of Adam, and again among the descendants of Noah and those three ladies who were good enough to nc eompanv his sons, their husbands, into the arh, and yet again the children of Abraham. Isaac, and Jacob. Nothing conl.l preserve the descendants of a single pair, or even a dozen pairs, from utter degradation, and ere long extinction; it would have needed no serpent's wiles or speech to bring “death into tho world,” an end to "all our woes." Only a succession of miracles could have the world alive. At St. Kilda, where once was a goodly assemblage of human linings, tho process of intermarriage has brought about such a state of things that ball' the children die a few days after birth of lockjaw. That the inhabitants of sSt. Kilda aro semi-idiotic is proved by much that is known of their ways and habits. Perhaps the more fact that they continue to intermarry after having evidence so clear that the practice is injurious, may not unfairly tie regarded as of itself affording proof positive of their low state of mental culture. it may lx? asked how it is that the royal family of England, for example, escape the manifold afflictions, bodily, moral, and mental, resulting from iutermarriagn of cousins. The English royal family Ins a tolerably wide range of German cousins, or cousins German, to choose from—though, lieing itself almost full German blood, this of itself does not indicate a roas m for cacao ingthoeviloiTeot* 01 interbreeding. Possibly those effects are not ultogotuer es-a|Rd. (ieorge 1. was a pig-headivl buily and George 11. only itiffered in being rathir more so. George 111. was never really sane, and often very insane. Gisirge I\ . was, as a man, profligate us the annals of even royal scamps record. Of William IV’. theGrevillo memoirs show us enough to leave little doubt in any reasonable mind that lie was something lietween George 111. and George IV.. or as Sheridan said—when George asked him whether lie (Sheridan) was more knave than fool, Sherry walking nt the time lietween Gixirge and another blackguard he wo* something between knave and fool. YVhiit tin' Queen is or has liecn future records alone will properly show; none of those who really know would venture to say what they really think. But it may lie said without any improprit v that she has 1x8)11 subject, like George 111., to (Its of melancholy, which would be unreasonable if they were not due to an inherited consti tution. 1 say this may lie remarked with out impropriety, because, though Alliert (thogoo.il was stupidly angry when any thing was said olxtiit tfio royal family, and wanted to institute a sort of inquis.tion for the punishment of those who thus offended, the English people pay a high enough pi ice for the discharge or lertain easy 111111181 bv Kings and Queens, and every Englishman has. therefore, the right fo exercise an opinion as to the prohalilo expense which inis King or that Queen may b > able to offer when such duties are not discharg'd. Of the Queen's children, for like reasons, little can now tie said, hut we know that in one ease a constitutional physical pis'iiliarity showed something seriously wrong in the race, ns affected by iuterbretsling: and we may lx> well assured tlmt in families w here plivsieul defecti manifest themtxilves, mental and moral defects cannot l' wholly wanting, must Indeed in particular mem 1 x*rs of such families Is- present 111 very marked and exceptional degree. Judging from tho records of the royal families of Fram e. Hpam, r'russia, Austria, and UiK-iiH (someone is invited to eocieei me for not saying the imperial families in the last two cates, and the now imperial family of Germany), there is very marked evidence in every one of them to show that close interbreeding and cross-breeding is altogether pernicious. Paul the mad, Catherine tno lustful, Frederick William the boor, and similar examples show that neither for the rich nor the powerful, for the peer or tho prince, no more than for the poor man, can the laws which nature has enjoined bo lightly disregarded. Among the families of the kinglets and princelings of Germany still more marked examples might tie cited (We need go no further titan Bavaria.) Richard A. Proctor. LIFE AT SARATOGA. A Few Items Picked Up at the Great Summer Resort. From the Sew York Time*. Saratoga, July 25.—There are fifty-three young ladies unmarried and more or less fair to look upon now in this village, whose marriage settlement in each ease will not lie less than *1,000,000. The season is back ward and the town is not half full. In two or three weeks there will be twice as many people here, and, by the rule of simple pro portion, 100 young ladies each having a tender, girlish heart and endless bond to intrust to the man of her choice. This does not take into account the rich widows who flock there in a great cloud each season, not like tho winged beetle whose colors are sombre, but rather like the iridescent butterfly, which is more gor geous to behold than is the red wagon to childhood’s eager eye. The widow, like the butterfly, docs not go ajourneying until the chrysalis season of mourning is past. Fur ther than this, there are heiresses of minor degrees, running down to a paltry *IO,OOO or *50,000, which, while it is quite a handy sum to make a journey to Hoboken or Mon treal upon, is small change when Saratoga heiresses are under consideration. From this it may lie gathered that more necessary to Saratoga than even the searching spring water of Hathorn is that modern Cupid’s bower known as a matrimonial agency. At the hop at the United States on Fri day evening there was one quadrille set in which the four young ladies represented the portly sum of *20,000,000. They were the two daughters of a banker not a thous and miles from the corner of Wall and Broad streets, the niece of a California Sen ator, and the daughter of the family here which possesses the only cottage with a ballroom in the town. Each of these young ladies will, in the natural order of tilings, come into possession of *5,000,000 in her own right. Not ono of them is engaged, or, so far ns is known, has a suitor at all preferred. They are all four pretty, and were they not behind a golden bar rier would lie nt least as lovable to the aver age man as the average girl of their age. The banker’s two daughters aro petite and brunette, and tasteful dressers. Tho niece is large and blonde, with an apparently sen timental disposition and an erratic bus tle. The young lady who dances in her own ball room is likewise toll, blonde and fine- looking. And yet, under tbe American matrimoni al system as ut present constituted, the quartette have little prospect of making matches in any way desirable unless they journey abroad and purchase a tarnished coronet now in pawn, together with the in compatible human incumbrance thereto at tached. The fact is, heiresses in America aro somewhat to be pitied. At one of tho tables in the Grand Union dining room sits a slender but prettily formed young lady with light hair, which, with a little assistance, would be golden, anil a sweet, sensible, but rather girlish face. She is accompanied by an elderly- lady in black silk, with a pardonable weakness for head trimming. They are mother and daughter. Papa owns a county or two up in Minnesota, and is at home collecting his rents. Yesterday tho daughter was arrayed in a delicate pink and cream dress, and looked much more edible than anything on the dinner menu. She represents seven figures to the young gentleman who in duces her to become bis, but that young gentleman shows no signs of putting in an appearance. They know nobody about the hotel or the town here. They perforce drive alone and drink Congress in each other’s familiar but non-stimulating company. The young lad}' at home is too great a personage for any local swain to lift his daring eyes to. Here, and wherever else she goes, where the world is thronging she will be nobody in particular, ami is scarcely likely to attract attention from anybody except the profes sional fortune hunter, who as a husband is never worth the powder requisite to blow him into the oblivion that he so honestly earns. Mademoiselle now looks 22 at least. The probability is that most of the giris she grew up with are already fond wives and ha ß py mothers. Sho is unhappy for the simple reason that happiness does not con sist in what one has, but in the gratifica tion of reasonable hopes and desires. Verily the dollar is not all it is melted up to lie, anil the man who Helps the heiresses out in this little difficulty by bridging tho chasm will be given a monument much more ex pensive than Miss Bartholdi’s, with a grate ful t ribute on the pedestal in letters ns big as a Coney Island advertising sign. Of eligible young men there is a dearth. Mr. Berry Mall is here, nt the United States, while the Grand Union has some thing of the same kind with wooden elbows aiui a simper which is believed a true Berry Wail, though a littlo clouded in lustre. Heiresses do not marry that sort of thing, however, anil nil tho desirable parties seem to bo off yachting or elsewhere. The effect is quite Gilhortiuu. The piazza of either hotel would moke an admirable opening scene for a comic opera with a wailing chorus of lonely heiresses. The duet of dudes could take place on the sidewalk and the curtain fall amid a shower of beautiful vegetables. Saratoga has many littlo ways of its own. one of which, a system of financial nomen clature, is admirably adapted not only to other large watering places but to many social gatherings where the real financial importuneof people cannot be quickly and adequately conveyed. Yesterday for half an hour the handsome young physician of the Grand Union was engaged in conversa tion on the piazza with a richly dressed blonde lady and her demure brown-eyed daughter. Later, in response to polite and proper inquiry concerning the latter, he saiil: "Tlmtf That is Miss Snooks of Snook’s adjustable cor i t.'’ "Why do vim pnrtiru lariz< ’" "First, to distinguish her from the other Miss Suooks, and, secondly, IxH'auso it is the lashion, Sara toga has nothing to do in the ilavt it.ie except to drink water and gossip. The wealth of the whole coun try, North, South, East and West, centres here, and it saves time and assists u;i ler st.mding to d'Mcrihe oach young ladv by linking with her the source of the fortune which assists in making her attractive. There is a limit, of is miss', but you may hear of ‘Miss Barbwire this,’ or ‘Miss Painc'o that.’ These titles uro, naturally, not used in introduction. They are in vogue chiefly over there," lie said, pointing to an Eden Mu ee row uf old ladies with lace trips and big diamonds, seated on the porch along the wall. “But they are unmistakably handy and save n long dialogue whenever used." It lias rained fora week, and theplutoe raey nro natufilly disgustwl. Tho nutter fly is not an mpiutle insert, and a wntor nroo* cover greatly interfere* with tho orilliancy of its flight. The elegant sum mer masterpieces of the milliner and dress maker are still on the closet jiegs and nobody can drive to Moore’s in a victoria without risking the costume she wears. The hotels me but partly lull, and it will be two weeks liefore tin- usual crush and blur/' appears, at least with its usual splendor. It may not apjK'ar at nil for that matter. An unusu ally large number of the Saratoga class have gone hi Europe, ntid llie cottage class lieie is Iteaiiliy increasing in number*, thereby diminishing tiie throng in and ills nit t he hotels. Tiie most liotuvablo figure in some rest >ert* in the dining itKim of inn Grnnd Union is the Hon. Jeremiah Dunn, formerly of Brooklyn. Mr. Dunn, a few yems since, ciituo unit'' Ploniinc.:' iy linfare tilo pilhiir through the accidental discharge in a saloon in the Lake City of a pistol which he held. As the accident occurred three times in suc cession, and as, at its conclusion, Mr. James Elliott, late of Joliet Prison, was found to lx* extremely dead in three different places, it was surmised, in fact ventured, by an in quisitive public opinion that Mr. Dunn had so far forgotten himself as to commit a cold-blooded murder. The jury thought differently, however, anil Mr. Dunn was ac quitted. For a long time, however, the sporting fraternity were heavily down on Dunn. Either Elliott was very popular with them or the cireumstnnees attending his last moments did not coineido with their views. Now, however, Dunn is on the top wave of popularity. He lias a stable of horses hero ami plenty of money. He wears a stylish gray summer suit and a light high hat. He has white teeth and a black beard and a rose in his buttonhole, and when he strolls down the centre aisle along with the Hon. Patrick Duffy, the gentlemanly “sport,” who knows more about New Or leans politics than any man ought to, he is an object of admiration to the 2J2 ebony idols who act as food passers to the hungry throng. They are still opening wine in the cafe over Larry Jerome’s last joke before he left for Europe. It appears that Jerome, Col. John Snelling, and Deputy Collector Brown, of the Custom House, were spoiling bait, and concocting fish stories up at, Dave Yueng ling’s place on Brant Lake when Jerome found either in his room or his pocket an old vest button in imitation of smoky moth er of pearl. The metal part was broken off. He showed it to Snelling, saying: "John. How much is that cat’s-eye worth i" "Two cents,” said Snelling after a critical examination. "Very well,” said Jerome, “I’ve always been intending to make Brown a present, and I’ll do it now. Como along and back me up. “Brown,” said he a little later, “I’m going to Europe shortly and I want to leave you a keepsake. Here is a cat’s-eye that was given me by Rollins of the navy, ho got it in China, and I want you to have it, because I know you’ll appreciate it. Take it, old tellow, don’t mention it; I always meant to give you something.” Brown was deeply moved, as he muttered thanks. Snelling reached over and took it. “By Jove, thatisa beauty,’’saidhe. “Never saw a more perfect one in my life. Pity they should have made that little hole.” It was the hole the thread had passed through. "Chinese did that, used to belong to a mandarin’s daughter, wiio wore it as a neck lace. Found at the sacking of Pekin,” said Mr. Jerome with an anxious regret. Mr. Brown is described as having been duly appreciative. He took the stone to a local jeweler, the others going along for safety, and had S6O worth of diamonds put round it. When it was done they bought wine and admired the cat's eye and Brown until the air was warm with paternal love. Brown, it is said, is still unaware of the true character of his diamond-mounted vest button. Thero®s a fat man named Pommer here. Whenever ho tells this story and de scribes Brown’s joy, apoplexy sits outside of his shirt collar and threatens that each earthquake of laughter will be his last. Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: RAIN I ocal rains, variable winds gen- orally southerly, lower tempera ture in northern portion, stationary temperature in southern portion. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah. July 27. 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure 1 Total Mean Temperati re from the \ Departure j Mean j Since for 15 years July 27. ’B7. j --or— [Jan. 1,1887. 83.0 I 82 3 ! —0 7 1— 401.2 Comparative rainfall statement: ~ r . , . , , , Departure! Total Mean Daily Amount f the p,, p , vrturo T„ivv ,o~ Mean j Since lb Years, j July -. 87. _ or _ J;ul j usB7 . .16 .02 .14 I —2 735 Maximum temperature 83.8, minimum tem perature 73.8 The height of the river at Augusta at lo’clock p. 111. yesterday (Augusta time) was 0 8 feet—a full of 0.7 during the past twenty-four hoyrs. Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end ing tip. m., July 27. ISS7, 70th Meridian time. Districts. | Average. v .„_ ''J), 1 ’ 1 Max. Min, Rain- Name. t k,u S Temp Temp fall. 1. Wilmington 11 92 j 4? .31 2. Charleston ! 8 92 74 i .09 3. Augusta I 12 90 | 72 | .15 4. Savannah 10 86 70 125 5. Atlanta 12 88 70 .45 6. Montgomery | 0 8 4 70 217 7. Mobile 9 88 70 .09 8. New Orleans I 13 94 70 j .04 9. Galveston 2t , 94 72 , 07 10. Vicksburg ; 5 | 94 08 ! 01 11. Little Rock ; i4 ! 92 CO I .00 12. Memithis 19 92 70 .11 Averages | | 90.5 70 8 I .40 Observations takon at tho some moment of time at all stations. Savannah, July 27, 9:36 r. M.. city time. Temperature. Direction. vc Velor-ity. P ( Rainfall. Name or Stations. Portland | 02 8 . J Cloudy. Boston 04 S E ' tear. Block Island 70 . ('|sar. New Yorl: city 70 S K I. I 'lesr. Philadelphia i 78 K F. Clear. Washington city.. 80 clear. Norfolk I 74 S 1..| 12 Clear. Charlotte > 78 . . Cloudy. Hatteras | 80 BIV 10 . . Cloudy. Wilmington 80 XW 0 08 Cloudy. Charleston 82 S 0 Fair. Augusta 78 8 E Cloudy. Savannah 70 8 W 02 Cloudy. Jacksonville | 70 8 12j .04 Cloudy. Titusville. i 70 S W Fair. Key West ( 82 S }' Cloudy. Atlanta 72 E is 34 Cloudy. Pensacola | 82 W 8 Clear. Mobile ; 87 XW 8. ..(.’loir. Montgomery ! 74 XW 20 50 Raining. Vicksburg '2 Clear. New Orleans I l W . Clear. Shreveport .... I 80 ~ j. . Clear. Fort Smith : 80 SW . ~ .. Cloudy. Galveston 82 S Clear. Corpus Christ! ...i 82 S E 8 ... Fair. Palestine 82 S hair. Brownesvllla 78 8 E (M Clear. Rioflramlu 81 S E 8 .... Fair. Knoxville 78 W Cloudy. Memphis j 70 N .80 Cloudy. Nashville : 78 W . 08Cloudy. Louisville ; 84 s E Clear. Indfaun|ilfs. ttj N E Clear. Cinelnnati j 82 .... Clear. Plttaburg . '■u W clear. Buffalo 70 SW Clear. Cleveland 74 S F. Clear Marquette. ... 58 N\\ 20 Cloudy. Chicago 88 W . Clear Duluth. 58 S E 02 Cloudy. Bt. Paul 71 s E Fair. I Davenport i 82 NW .... Clear J Cairo- j 74 S . Cloudy. St. I/mis i 81 sw ('tear. Leavenworth.. 7“ S W (dear. Omaha ; so N Clear Yankton I 70 N E .... Clear. Bismarck 88 N E Clear. Deadwond j 02 N E Cloudy. Cheyenne 00 E Clear. North Platte 70 S K Fair. Dodge City ! 82:8 E . clear. Santa Fe 74! 8 Clear. U. N. Sauhiu'sy Signal Corps. U.S. Army. Manv People Refuse to Take Cod Liver Oil oil account of its unpleasant taste. This difficulty has been overconie in Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver (HI with Hypophos phih's. It being ns pnlntuble as milk, and the most valuable remedy known for the treatment of consumption, scrofula nml bronchitis, general debility, wasting diseases of children, ehroiiie coughs and colds, Ims caused physicians in ail parts of the world to use it. Physicians report our little pa tients take it with piensure. Try Beat's Emulsion and be cotivim cl. FI'NEItAT, IXVITATIOXS. ALLEOUD. -The friends of Mr. M. L. Alleoud and family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of Mr. M. L. Ai.lkoci. from tire residence of Mr. J. E. Hamlet, No. 51 Charlton street, at 10 o'clock THIS MORNING. MEETINGS. HACPT LODGE NO. 38, (.0.0. F. The regular weekly meeting of this Lodge will be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. Members of the Degree Team are requested to meet promptly. Transient brothers and members of other Lodges fraternally invited to meet with us. By order of M. MENDEL, N. G. A. N. Manucy, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. BASE BALL. CADETS vs. SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS, This afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Admission 25c. Ladies free. THE MOB A LAG AEWS STEAM PKIATLAG HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and curries a full stock of papers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL. CONTRACTORS WANTED. Parties wishing to contract for the piling on the Savannah, Dublin and Western railroad will address JOHN A. A. WEST, General Manager 6G Bay street. Savannah, Ga. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. City op Savannah, [ Office Clerk of Council, July 23, 1837. ( The collection of the dog tax having been ac complished heretofore with considerable diffi culty. and the efforts made in this direction by the city authorities hating resulted in a partial collection only, notice is hereby given that in order to secure the payment of the tax on all the dogs in the city, the authorities will pro ceed, on and after the first day of August, 1887, to place on the information docket for trial in the Police Court, all persons owning dogs who have failed to make a return thereoras provided by the tax ordinance for 1887. Owners of dogs are requested to come forward at once and pay the tax. No further notice will be given. By order of the Mayor. FRANK E. REBARER. Clerk of Council. TO SHIPPERS S.. F. A W. R'Y. CO. Office General Freight Agent, j Savannah, July 25, 1887. f The Station known as UPTONVILLE, GA., will, on and after JULY 27tb, lie discontinued as a regular Station, and will be known as FLAG STATION A, 12-1. All shipments must be pre paid. WILLIAM lb HARDEE, General F-reight Agent. DU. HENRY S GOLDING, DENTIST. Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER’S 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. FOR SALE. Desirable Properly for Sale r r , IIE residence of the l ife Oa.pt. John Cooper, 1 No. SUHSout h broad street,and vacant half lot adjoining. (.City lot, ground rent only per annum.) —also—- House No. 200 York street and vacant half lot ad johung —ALSO— Two houses, Nos. 100 arid 102 State street. —ALSO — Seven houses on lots Nos. 15 and 16 Walton ward. —ALSO— Tract of land. 12 acres, with improvements, situated on < igeeehee road, near Battery Park, half under cultivation, other half good hum mock and well wooded. Api*v to R. E. MIMS, Savannah, Ga., Or JOHN COOPER. Macon, Ga. iiOTEI NEW HOTEL TOON I, (Formerly St. Mark's.! Newnan Street, near Buy, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER ANI) SUMMER. r I^HE MOST central House in the city. Near 1 Post Office, Street (’ais and all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells, Baths, Etc. $2 50 1 1 . $:-} j>er day. JOHN ll TXXiNI, Proprietor. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE" r IMI IS POPULAR Hot'l Is now prv/ided with 1 u PnsNong'M* Elevator (the only one in the city) and lias been remodeled and newly lur i.iOi *d. Pho proprietor, who bv recent purchase is also the owner of the extai dish men t, spares neither pains nor ex|M>uM) in the entertainment ot his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The tahl *of tlio Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad caii afforo. MARSHALL HOI SE, SAVANNAH, - - GA. / 1 Ko, I). HoDOKS, Proprietor. Formerly of I * the Metropolitan Hotel. New York, and the (•rand Union, Saratoga Springs. 1 awation cen tral. All iwiru of the city nml places of inter €*si accessible bystreet cars constantly passing the doors. special h:d iceicents to those visit ing the city f * jusiness or pleasure. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of the Boarding Houses in the South. \FFORI)K pleasant South room*, good hoar! v ith pure Artesian V/uter, nt prices to suit those wishing table, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. I I NO your own Dje.ng. ul home, with I’F.ER ' LESS DYEK. They will live evervthing They are so! I everywhere. I‘no- ioc. u piackagj —(II colon). lin y have lio equal for strength, bright "ess. amount in ptu'kng v, or for fa .ra,. of color, or null-fading innhtie The. uo not crock ormimt. For sole by u, j'. Ui.mgk. M. D., Pharmacist. corner Drought on and Houston streets; it. Bum, Druggist and Apothe cary. comer Jones ami a ixirourti Htiwis 1 , I'.UWAKII .1. lljefith. Druggist, corner West Dir‘ail ,ird 'hevvnrt , State or W’eather. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH 1 11EATI;K Thursday ana Friday, July 28 aud 29. Close of the Season and last Regular Bill, Three shows in one, Tragedy, Comedy and Farce. Four Stars. The Fords in a triple bill. SECOND ACT TNGOMAR. slr. THOMAS McCABE as Ingomar, Mis CLARA BAKER, as Parthenia. ACT THIRD VIRGINIUS. Sir. LAWRENCE HANLEY as Virginius. To conclude with tho roaring farce HIS LAST LEG-S. slr. Lftrry Doyle as O'Callaghan, (the funniest part ever written.) Tickets 75c., 50e. and 25c. Reserved seats on sale at Davis Bros, without extra charge. Note.—Thursday Aug. J. Grand testimonial tendered by the Folds and the citizens of Savan nah to the popular favorite slr. Lawrence Han ley. SUMMER RESORTS. WAM SPRINGS, Meriwether County, Ga. TI7ILL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first class ft ft accommodations at reasonable rates. Warm Springs are on the north side of Pine rounded by beautiful and romantic scenery. The climate is delightfully cool and dry. No mosquitoes, dust or mud. The Spring one of Nature's wonders, flows 1,-HX) gallons of water (90 degrees temperature) per minute, affording tho FINEST BATHING in America. The baths are six largo pools ten feet square, two to five deep with CLEAR. FRESH, WARM WATER unlimited. This water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia and most casts of Rheumatism, Skin ana Kidney Diseases. There is also here a fine Chalybeate Spring. Amusements of all kinds provided. Good Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fine Band <f Music for Ball room and Lawn. The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now running two daily trains from Columbus to Warm Springs, will, on the 15th of June, he completed to Griffin, connecting there with the Central Railroad for all points North and East. Two daily mails and Telegraph. For further information address CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor. Tim Niagara of the South. TALLULAH, FALLS, GA., ( AN the Piedmont Air Line, in the Blue Ridge / Mountains, 2,000 feet above sea level. CLIFF HOUSE AND COTTAGES, Open from June to November. For full pai* ticulars address F. H. & F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors. Late of Hotel Kaatuskill, Cat skill Mountains, N. Y.. and Leland Hotel, Chicago. ELDER HOUSE INDIAN SPRING, GrA. \\T A. ELDER, Proprietor. Season of 1887. ft ft • Our bedrooms an large and airy and 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 mdsquitoes or sandflies; good band of music through the season. The water is un cqualod in America, and we refer with confi dence to anyone who has given it a trial. For analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDER, Manager. LONG BRANCH. N. J. United States Hotel, A Select Family and Transient Hotel. OPENS JUNE 25, 1887. LAI R D Ac V AN_C I, RAF, CENTRAL HOTEL, ROME, G-EORGIA. APT AIN J. 5L KINDRED, late of Calhoun, \ Georgia, and C. H. LEFTWICH, of Knox vilie, Tenn.. Proprietors. Both commercial travelers for years, and fully posted as to the wants of the public. Come and see ns. S. G. HEALY & CO., PROPRIETORS, SALT SPRING, NEAR A IST ELI* GEORGIA Yft T ATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid ft ft ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases. Orders for water and all information addressed to the firm at Austell, Ga. THE COLUMBIAN, SARATOGA SPRINGS. THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIAN3 Opoiaw June JsJGth. JAMES Proprietor. NEW VOHK B< > AIM ). I T(ia AND 1 ,?fli Broadway, corner 54th. 1 • 4 I’d House kept hy a Southern lady; loca tion desirable. Refers by permission to Col. John Screven, Savannah. r PHi: WHITLOCK: HOUSE, in Marietta, 1 combines privileges and conveniences of a first-class hotel, and the comforts nnd pleasures of a homo. Ci. pa city, about one hundred and fifty guests. 1 .urge, handsome, well furnished rooms: hist of beds; table good; large shaded grounds, covered with blue grass; Lawn Tennis, Croquet. Billiards and Bowling Alley, all free for guests. Prices more moderate than any other bqm-e in Georgia for the accommodations. M. G. WHITLOCK, Owner and Proprietor. r rilL WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock, N. 1 0. In the mountains of North Carolina. 4,000 feet above the sen. Easily accessible. Medi cal graduate on tbe premises. Terms the low est in North Carolina. < >pened June Ist for the season. For information address WATAUGA HOTEL C( >., Blowing Rock, N. C. r piIOUSANI) ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, I Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest hsxvtion in the Tliousand Islands.'* -Harper's Afaftazine, Sept., I*Bl. S-n l foi descriptive pamphlet. 11. F. INGLE HART, Propj*iet >r. EXCURSIONS. International Steamship Cos. line OF “Palace Steamers” —BETWEEN Boston, Portland, East port and St. John, N. 8., With Connections to all Parts of the Provinces. PORTLAND DAY LINE. Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston. 8:89 a. M., every Monday. sVi'd anil Iri .luy for Portland, making the trip ui 7 hours, affording excellent coast Keener.' EAHTP()RT AMD ST. J( HN LINE. Steamers leave Boston 8: 1 a. i(.,ulid Portland sr. m. every Monday. Wednesday and Friday for Eustp >rt and St. John. ST J. >HN DIRECT LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday at 8 a it. for St. John direct. ANNAPOLIS LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and Thursday at h a. m. for Annapolis. N. S., eon neeting lor Yarmouth, Dlgby. Halifax, etc. J. 13. COYLE, Ju.. E. A. WALDRON, IKmager. Portland, sle. (ten. Pass. Agt. UTM BEK. LUMBER! LUMBER! r pilE undersigned Is now prepared to furnish I Lumber of all descriptions, accurately sawed tfifty feet in length. Orders earnestly txllcited. Promptness guaranteed Mill on A., F. mid L. Kail read, thirteen miles from Americas, (la. J. 'V. HAILEY. J.Jt r.|r:d-*,■ ;sr!l'tv 1 *