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THE DUEL. When and Whore It Originated and Some Interesting Incidento. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A clever but eccentric English writer once •aid of dueling: “It is tho tio of society, a rd although we are beholden to our frail ties for the chief ingredient in it, there has I ,*,I no virtue (at least that lam acquainted with) which has proved half so instru mental to the civilizing of mankind, ' Ij o in great societies, would soon de generate into cruel villains and trench es slaves, wore honor to bo re moved from among them."’ But what is hi>nor? the answer varies widely, aecord ;, , to tho customs and precedents of dif ferent times, countries and professions. Among military men, however, an accusa tion of coweivUce lias always and every where been regarded as tho deepest of in sults; and next to this comes tho charge of falsehood. A great majority of the array duels have taken place on these two points. When one solder calls another a coward or a liar, a fight is in evitable; for the man who on any account omits to resent such an offense must expect to forfeit tho confidence and respect of his comrades. Fortunately, civilization has umv reached a point where it is possible to a ii kinds of personal quarrels without resorting to duel; but the time was when jtat was the only recognized method of adjustment, particularly in the army, and the most stringent laws and orders against it were habitually disregarded. It is difficult to tell when or where the duel originated. There is reason to believe that it came in with tho very morning of history; certainly it had existence long he lm ■ the invention of firearms. Tiie earliest military annals contain orders and military regulations forbidding the practice under heavy penalties, and enjoining the duty of showing! vah against the enemy rather than by avenging private Injuries. At one time there was a court of chivalry, designed to settle matters of difference between offi cers and togivo sati- 'action,as Blackstone in forms 11s, "“to all such as were aggrieved upon points of honor —points of a nature so delicate that their wrongs and injuries es caped the notice of the common law, and vet were fit to be redressed somewhere.” Afterward there was a special form of court martial instituted for the purpose of bring ing about amicable adjustments in such cases and causing proper apologies to be made and accepted; ana frequently the sov ereign interfered to dictate terms and condi tions. But in spite of all these ameliorating influences, the duel flourished, and the duelists generally esoajxxl punishment. Reprimands were administered now and then, to be sure, but they were mere for malities, and tended quite as much to en courage us to prevent encounters of this character. The facts go to show, unquestionably, that tho effect of dueling when tho custom had the sanction of eminent military com manders and the advantage of fixed and just rules, was, in some respects, distinctly wholesome. It put a limit to malicious gcssipttiid made men cart ful in the matter of courtesy toward the failings of others; and it surely stimulated the virtue of self respect. But' at the same time, it easily dovekiped'inta bullying on the part of those who were fortunate enough to hit their op ponents and to escape injury' themselves, and thus tnany T fights were provoked for trivial causes and from dishonorable mo tives. A certain class of officers had an ambitiop. to become noted for tho number of times they had been “out,” and hence readily four.J cause of quarrel in a straw; and a fsviy challenged by' one of these bul lies had no alternative but to accept, since to refuse cl ignore a challenge, under any' circumstances, was to invite general scorn and reproach. It often happened, there fore, that the duel was simply a cloak for assassination. A challenge once given, or an htttilt once offered which required a ohaliqugii to be given, there was no room left for lYgument or forbearance, and the perton challenged or insulted had to fight, evo.i if he knew that all the chances were cg iiltt him and that his death must inevi tably, follow. Mr. Douglas cites a very striking and sor rowful instance of this kind which occurred in India in 184:?. An ensign named Kars li M. a scion of a noble Irish family, and a Catholic, was sent there to join her majesty’s One lluialted and Seventy-third Itegiment of Infantry, and soon found that by r reason of his religious faith he was distasteful to nis fellow officers. They systematically shunned and snubbod him, and at. last one of them made a pretext for challenging him. Instead of accepting the challenge, he promptly apologized for his al leged offense, and thereupon all his associates quit .speaking to him or noticing him in any way. lie endured this mortification for three months and finally, when he eoukl stand it no longer, ho went to the mess room one evening and in a clear and decided tone asked the officer who had challenged him to take wine with him. “I don't take wine with a coward,” the officer replied. “But you will take this,” was Sarsfleld’s rejoinder, and he dashed the wine gliws and its contents into the officer’s face. “You will have to fight now, my boy,” the doctor whispered. *‘l know it.” said Sars th'ld. “In fact, 1 came for that purpose.'’ The inestiug was arranged to take place at cnee, in tho moonlight. The result should not for a moment be doubted. Narsfield fell dead, shot through the heart, his own pistol nut having been fired, and the report was rent to England Hint lie died suddenly of cholera. It is stuteil by McArthur, in his work on 'Military Law,” that “there is no instance 9* ;il ‘ actual execution in Great Britain or In-laud in consequence of one party killing another in a duel fought fairly, and on equal *®nns, and where friends, or in other words, seconds, wore called in to boar testimony to ;, e equality and fairness of the combat. J "urts martial, ns well a-s civil tribunals, nave invariably found reasons for acquittal 111 all cases where the ovidencc has shown Wat the rules governing dueling were prop eny observed. Mr. Douglas might have *aue his book much more interesting by Kjving some of these decisions. For exnni in reporting the trial of Ensign Purefoy I l ' the killing of Col. Roiier in 1788, lie should not liavo failed to givo tho reninrk summing up of the learned Judge, uaron Hotliam, which concluded us fol lows: “Such, gentlemen of the jury, is the “ w . *nd such are the facts. If you cannot re- uncile the latter to your consciences, you {pud return a verdict of guilty. But 11 the contrary, though tho acquittal {uay trench on the rigid rules of , ® law, yet tho verdict "ill he love bin the sight With of God and men.” Of the jury returned n verdict of “not guilty" without leaving tho Iwx. Another Kunming up in a similar instance which is ,!“> quoting is that of Justice Fletcher, in b' land, in 1S1“ ; “Gentlemen, it is my busi ness to lav down tho law to you, and 1 shall uo so. When two people go out to fight a P u "l, and one of thorn! falls, the law says it , Murder. And J tell you, by law it is mur **'r > hut, at tho same time, a fairer duel I 1 t'u of in the course of my life.” J he readers of Lever's novel* will reinem l*‘ 1 ' now easily duols Qpis-ar to have boon ui ranged in Ireland at the close of the last century; awl his descriptions of such epi- were undoubtedly drawn from life, j Jonah Barrington records that dueling j" lus time was not only legalized by cus ,>,n i but was generally performed in tho presence of crowds, and ho gives a ust of those meetings, numbering 227, uieli took place during his life. lio W’thor states that the islucation of young ( '■fitwtnen was not considered complete uu , s 'boy had W-on “out,” os it was [“‘ filed —and tho party is mentioned who '’fight sixteen duels in two yours, thirteen 'idi pistols and throe with swords. It was '“t always thought necessary. Hir Jonah urlher says, to measure tho distance which 'as to separate the combatants; hi fact, on "fi® occasions, each tired us soon as ho was . "“v to do so, without waiting for any sig {. • There were duels on horseback, also, *-i which tli combatants udvanced against ’•vh other at a gallop, firing as often “* they liked, lu tho beginning of the reign of George 111. the wearing of side-arms was abandoned, and duels accordingly began to assume a more civilized form. There was no perceptible decrease in their number, however, for 17:1 ere known to have been fought in the period of that monarch’s rule, in which sixty-nine persons were killed and ninety six wounded. Thus, it will be seen, more than one-fifth of the combatants lost their lives, and nearly one-half were hit by the bullets of their antagonists. The substitu tion of pistols for swords as dueling weapons added materially to the percentage of fatal results, as when swords were used the com bat was usually stopped the moment blood was seen to have been drawn. Many duelists owed their lives to the brass buttons so much worn in former days. A case is also reported of a man who picked up a horseshoe on his way to a duel, and placed it inside of his coat over his heurt for “luck,” and the bullet happening to strike there, the horseshoe saved his life Another man, a distinguished French officer, owed his life to having a hundred franc piece in his waist coat, pocket, which recalls the story of the jester, Perpigan, who declared that heeould never expect to escape death by such a de vice, as be nover had so much as a five-franc piece to spend, much less to currv in his pocket as a protection against bullets. The question of distance is an important one in estimating the measure of risk ; aud singular as it may appear, the risk is not necessarily increased by shortening the distance. It bus been proved that fifteen long paces is the most deadly distance with the com mon dueling pistols. The next most dan gerous distance is said to be twelve feet; while at eight paces, the fire, when a good aim has been taken, is almost sure to lie harmless. Mr. Douglas cites several instances where five or six snots were ineffectually ex changed at short distances, while in nearly ail the reported duels at fifteen paces one or the other of the parties was disabled at the first fire. The professional duelists of old times also had a knack of so holding the pistol that a ball would have to pass up the entire length of the arm before it touched a vital spot; and one of them—“ Fighting Fitzgerald”—used to protect himself still further by bending his head over his body, and thus reducing his height five or six inches. By much practioo and observation duel ing became a matter of such close calcula tion that the degree of peril could always be dehnitoly known, and in many cases the seconds, who were not so bloodthirsty as their principals might be, fell into the ways of either putting insufficient charges of powder into the pistols or leaving out the bullets. The harmless termination of many duels in which repeated shots were ex changed by proficient marksmen can only be expla inert on the theory of such interfer ence. An instance in point is that of the light between Mr. Trevor and Capt. , who quarreled about a lady and agreed to settle the matter by standing face to face, with only a tablo separating them, and lire at a given signal. The seconds secretly loaded the pistols with powder only. At the signal the combatants fired and recoiled from the shock. “What’s the meaning of this;” they exclaimed simultane ously. “Who has dared to make fools of us?” Tho friends around them cried: “Honor is satisfied.” Trevor ground his teeth. “The remedy is easy enough,” said the Captain, pointing to some swords sus]iended from the wall. He took down two. measured them, and presented one to his adversary, who received it eager ly. “Now, there shall be no trickery,” he added. “Stand off, sir.” They stood con fronting each other, and the blades glist ened. The contest was short. The Captain soon fell and expired without a groan. '‘Oh, my God!” cried Trevor, “what have I done? Is all this a reality;”—and in horrible dis pair he flung himself upon the corpse of his rival, which he shook convulsively, as though to bring it to life again. In those days, even the clergy recognized the code to some extent: and thus it came to pass that Rev. Mr. Bate, who was an editor as well as a clergyman, found himself under promise to meet one Capt. Stoney, who hail lieen refused the name of the writer of a cer tain article in Mr. Bate’s paper. They met in aroom, without seeondsor wifhesses, and, locking the door, took their positions. Hav ing discharged their pistols without effect, they threw them on the floor, and, drawing their swords, attacked each other most reso lutely, the result being that Ml-. Bate was wounded in the thigh and Capt. Htoney in the arm and breast. By this time people were hammering at tho door, but the swordsmen fought on, and the conclusion would have been fatal but for the fact of the bending of Mr. Bate’s weapon, which was caused by the point striking the Captain’s breast-bone. On Mr. Bate apprising his op ponent of this, the latter called upon him to straighten it, and while he had the sword under his foot for that purpose, the crowd broke in and stopped tho combat. Another celebrated duel in a room, without seconds, was that of “Fighting Fitzgerald” and Cor nelius O’Brien, on account of a kiss given by tho former to the latter’s lady-love against her will. Having lost the toss for a first shot, Fitzgerald managed to escape be ing hit by shouting “boo” just as the other fired. Ins then had O’Brien at his mercy and might havo killed him in an instant; but ho wisely chose, insteid, to lire in the air, and thus the commission of a serious crime was avoided on his part, and tho girl was paid for her kiss by having her sweet heart safely restored to her. It happened now and then that tho man ner in which an insult was treated not only prevented a quarrel, but really put the in jured person in a higher position morally than ho had held before. Such was the case with a young officer named Oglethorpe, a boy of only 15, in fact—afterward distin guished as Gen. Oglethorpe in the war with the Spaniards in America. Olio day he chanced to sit opposite the Prince of Wurtemburg at a military dinnor, and the prince managed by a fillip of his finger to make some of the wine in his glass fly into the boy’s face. The di lemma was ah awkward one for Oglethorpe. To have challenged his insultor might havo fixed upon him the undeserved character of a brawler, and to take no notice of it might, on the other hand, have condemned him as a coward. So, keeping his eye upon the Prince, and smiling all the time, as if he took in sport what had been done, he said: “Prince, that’s not a bad joke, but we play it much better in England,” throw ing a whole glass of wine in the Prince’s face. An old General who sat by said: “He is in the right iny Prince; you liegan it,” The prince at once saw his error, accepted tire reproof and shook hands with voung Oglethorpe. Few princes, perhaps, would have behaved so well under the cir cumstances. and few boys of fifteen, it is safe to sav, would have been able thus to avert a tragedy by interposing a. comedy. The story would road better, however, if it were not for t in- ugly fact that the prince showed himself to lie”an unmistakable coward and black guard to begin with, when he should have W en an example of courtesy und manliness to the rest of tho company. J O Thompson, Mineral Cos., AV. Vn., writes us: “The best thing to prevent s instroke is a thoroughly ventilated lint, the ideal hat for summer being that winch nimbly shades tho head. If such an one can not ho procured, tho liehte-t and best venti latisl one obtainable should be worn, and it should bo frequently lifted and held above tho head, fo u* to shade it and let the uir circulate around it. The frequent wetting of the head with cold water is, of course, good. Do not wear anything that prevents the free radiation of tho natural heat from tho head, and the free circulation of air mound it. If a person is prostrated by sunstroke, put pounded ice or cold water on tho head, and give plenty of fresh air, cool if possible. , Our Progress. As stages are quickly abandoned with the completion of railroads, so the huge drastic cathartic pills, composed of crude and hulky medicines, are quickly abandoned with the introduction of Dr. Pierces 1 leasant Pur gative Pellets,” which are sugar-coated awl little larger than mustard seeds, but eom posod of highly concentrated vegetable ex tract*. Hy druggists. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887. CRABS AT KUHN’S WHARF. Crabs That Are Well Trained—Rising to' the Surface in Response to Signals. From the Gaiveston Neu's. Of all the queer characters that ever ex isted in Galveston Fisherman Brown is the queerest. Fisherman Brown has his habitat upon Kuhn’s wharf, where ho ekes out a miserable existence by catching and selling crabs. He is as dark in complexion as a Moor, and wears old and shabby garments. Yesterday the tide had receded to tin unusual degree, leaving boats of every description high and dry on ground. Around Kuhn’s wharf tho water was par ticularly low, but Fisherman Brown seemed to like it. In the slip which the wharf com f any has cut out for erecting ilry docks Irown had pulled his boat, and was'eagerly peering over its gunwale into the sluggish running water. As soon as he saw a News reporter, who happened to be in t hat local ity, Brown tegan to tell what ho knew about crabs. Information oozed from him like the precious attar of roses, and he grew quite enthusiastic. “Oh, the crabs,” lie said presently, as he< drew up a net; “not many understand the ways of crabs. Crabs have their tastes like people, and many times have I seen a crab, tell another crab what to do. When the water is smooth and green and the day i >ver flowing with sunshine, then is the time I watch the little creatures. I pull them up in my net, and wait to see what they will do. Sometimes I haul up half a dozen of ' different sizes, and they act just liko people—they are greedy and selfish. The big sea crabs give the little crabs a sound trouncing for being in the way, and then the big crabs claw at each other around tho meat. They act so human like that I am much amused. Crabs, sir, are divided into many families. There is the blue-claw family, the streaked back family, the brown back family and tho green back family. You not often see those of the streaked back family tribe in Galves ton waters, but many are caught around’ Padre Island down the coast. I speak only of crabs to be found in the gulf and the bay. As for other crabs they abound in many waters. I have seen me catch many crabs as largo as an ostrich—ah! you smile, but I speak in truth. On the Japan coast the crabs look like huge birds running over the sand. They come up on the sand dunes just like large turtles, and run away with the speed of the wind when any one ap proaches them. How they fight! Their bodies are small, but their legs are long and tough, and if caught they catch you with their legs like a grappling iron. They have vicious littie green eyes, and they look at you like a serpent. When off the Japanese coast ono time we all put to shore and made a great chase after the big crabs. The only way we could catch ’em was to break their legs by sweeping them with a big stick or cutlass, and even then they'd show fight. “I have long studied the habits of crabs in Galveston waters and I know ’em well. They know me, too, for sometimes I make pets of my crabs. You no believe dat? Como, I show you,” and leading the reporter to the stern of the boat, the browned fisher mail lifted a cloth from the stern and re vealed a small tank, in which several crabs were swimming around. The tank had holes bored through at the bottom, lotting in a constant supply of fresh water. “Now you watch what I do,” said Fisher erfnan Brown. He took a small stick and boat a tattoo upon tho steam of the boat, the while ad dressing the crabs as though they were hu man beings, and giving each a name. “Come up, my beauties, there is a gentle man come to sea you,” he said, which was followed by such exclamations as “Don’t lie afraid; the pot’s not ready yet—neither is the purchaser.” After each exclamation of this character he would resume his tattoo vigorously. Whether it was from tho effect of his adjuration or from a desire of their own is not known, but the crabs were not long in heeding his invitation, and began to rise to the surface and paddle across from side to side. “Now,” said Fisherman Brown, “you see me make a crab mind.” Taking up an ordinary fishing line with sinker at tached, he suspended it over the back of one of the crabs aud said: “Sink, my hearty, sink.” The crab had been paddling lazily about, but as soon as the voice was heard it immediately sank and sent up a number of bubbles. This seemed to please Fisherman Brown to a surprising degree, as he drew in tho line and chuckled to himself. Presently he picked up two pieces of lime stone polished smooth on one side, and said that was for calling the crabs to dinner. “They know the difference in the tattoo and the stone sound,” said Brown, “aud they come up quickly when they hear tho stones, just like chickens when callod.” First tak ing a handful of shrimp cut into minute pieces, Brown began to pound tho stones together very vigorously. The stones made a harsh and grating kind of noise, but they caused a great change to take place in tho tank. Wliorc a moment before ail had been quiet, there was now great commotion. The crabs came up in a body aud snapped and clawed viciously at each other in their endeavors to get a good position. They would attempt to climb up the sido of the tank, but would fall back exhausted each time, owing to the planks being too slip pery. Laughing quietly Fisherman Brown then threw the handful of shrimp to his queer pots, and then it was a scene of evolutions and revo lutions ill tho w-ater. Each crab mode a grab for a piece of shrimp, und a general melee ensued. There was riot quite enough to go around, and a pitched battle took place ia consequence among too hardshell (lets. It was a strange thing to look beneath the water and see two or moro crabs hark ing away at each dther for the posses- sion of a piece of shrimp. They would clinch anil rise to the surface, but never let go until the shrimp wus demolished or one had gained the victory. It would certainly seem that Fisherman Brown had the crabs pretty well trained, but how he managed to do tliis with crabs will remain n mystery. “I keep the same crabs in there for one or two weeks,” said Brown, “and 1 noon get them to know- mo. They know not that I am the monster with the net that lured them from their domain, or they might not like me so well. See,” and he dipped his arm down into the tank and brought up a large crab. Ho held the crab in liis hund and stroked it as though it was a pet bird, and the crab, strange to say, made no hos tile demonstrations, but succumbed to the caresses with tho best possible grace. Brown said it wus a charm that he exer cised upon Crabs, and that they would never attempt to bite him until he trans ferred them to a stranger’s basket. “Ah! tho crab is a noble animal!" said Fisherman Brown with u sigh, as he read justed tho cloth over the stern of the boat, “and people ought not to bo so cruel to them, for are they not like people? ’Tis true they eat dead iieoplo when they get a elinneo, But. do not the people eat them also? Yes, sir. Tho crab is a much abused animal, but they havo their days when a ship : s wrecked. That is the time when they hate a rich feast beneath tho ocean with tho rulers of tho water.” After saying this Brown relapsed into deep meditation, watching the water slide away as the sun sank to rest below a fiery horizon. 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TALBOTT & SONS, Macon, Ga. a. C. WJKA.VJhiIC, Manager. ,jJ u - VTIKOIMA MILITARY INSTITUTE, Loxluk* t tou, Virginia.—The forty ninth session of this well-known Btatn Institution will opun on (ho MU September, proximo. It, provides a sys tem of the rough military training, a ilLstinetive academic course of inst ruct ion, and technical In st ruction in the several branches of applied science which enables a graduate in the aca demic school to attain to a professional degree as bachelor of Science or Civil Engineer. These advantages are secur'd ou terms not exceeding &H) per month, including clothing in addition to the ordinary collegiate necessaries. For cata logue apply to General FRANCIS 11. SMITH. Superintendent. New eng landTonsehvatory MUSIC, FIN E Alta’S, OK ATORY, Literature, English Branches, French, German, Italian, etc. I .art jest mil best equip ped iu tlio world; 100 Instructors;; 2,18(1 Students last year. Board and room, with Steam Heat and Electric Light. Fall term begins Sept. 8, IMS'. lU’d Calendar free. Address E. TOUK JKE, I Ur., Erankliu, Sq, Boston, Mass. Bellevue High School. BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA. A thoroughly equipped School of high grado for Boys and Young Men. r pHE 22d Annual Session opens Sept. 15,1887. I For (Catalogue or sptvial information apply to W i.‘ ABBOT, Prim.. BellevueP. 0 Va. EPI SCOPAL HIGHS CHOOL, Near Alexundrin, Va. L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A., Principal; L. HOXTON, Associate Principal; With able Assistants. A. Preparatory Soliool Tor IJoyn. Founded Session opens Sept. 28, 1887. Catalogues sent on application. Lucy Cobb institute, ATHENS, GEORGIA. HPITE Exercises of this School will be resumed 1 SEI'T. 7, 1887. _ M. RUTHERFORD Principal Home Female College. (Under the control of the Synod of Georgia.) Rome, Ga. Rev. .1. M. M. CALDWELL, President. r | v ..YATY FIRST year begins Monday, Kept. 5, -l 1887 ,*for circulars and informal ion address S. C. CALDWELL, Rome, Ga. QT. MARY'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Raleigh, O N. C. Established in 1812. For Catalogue J address the Rector, Rev. BENNETT 831EDES. “The climate of Raleigh is one of the best in the warld.”— Bishop Lyman. DOOBB, BAHII, BTC. ANDREW HANLEY, DEALER IN Doors, Sashes. Blinds, Mouldings, Etc. All of the above are Best Kiln-Driod White Pine. ALSO DEALER IN Builders' Hardware, Slate, Iron and Wooden Mantels, Grates, Stair work, Terracotta, Sewer Pipe, Etc., Etc. Paints, Oils, Railroad, Steamboat and Mill Supplies, Glass, Putty, Etc. Lime, Plaster, Cement and Hair. Plain and Decorative Wall Paper. Frescoclng, House and Sign Painting given |K k n4onal atten tion and liuUhud in tho best manner. ANDREW HANLEY, FOOD PRODUCTS. FOREST CITY MILLS, Prepared Stock Food for Horses, Mules, Milch Cows and Oxen. Made out of pure grain. Guaranteed Sweet and Nutritious. Bond,Ha,ynes&Elton PAINTS AND Oil,*. JOHN G. BUTLER, \nim: leaps, colors, oils, olabh, V> VARNISH. ETC.: heady mixed I'AI NTS; HAIUtOAIJ, STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES, SASHES, DOORS, LUNDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. Solo Ag-nt for GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CE MENT, II AIK ami LAND PLASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia. 1865. CHRIS. MURPHT, 1865 House, Sign and Ornamental Painting Tj l XECUTED NEATLY ami with disnatch, t J Paints, Oils, Van:mho.-, Druabes, Window (llnases, etc., etc. Estimates furnished on ap plication. CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON 8T3., Rear of Christ Church. PLUMBER. l a. McCarthy, Successor to Chan. E. Wakefield, PLL'MBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER 4" Barnard street. SAVANNAH, GA. Telephone 'ITS. CONTRACTORS. P. J. FALLON, BUILDER, AND CONTRACTOR, *£S DIIAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. 1, ESTIMATES promptly fuiuubed for budding I -4 uf any clmu, GAS FIXTURES, HOSE, ETC. JOHIIICOLSOI, Jr. DEALER IN Gas Fixtures; GLOBES & SHADES. PLUMBERS’, MACHINISTS’ —and— JST ill Supplies. ENGINE TRIMMINGS, Steam Packing, SHEET GUM, Eyflraai, Steam ai Suction HOSE. IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS, Lift and Force Pumps, 30 and 32 "Drayton St. ——"■ 1 . 1 ULSi COTTON SKKII WANTED. COTTON SEED WANTEQ r PHK SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY 1 will iiav Mia highest market price for clean, sound COTTON SEED. Tin' Comnany will have mills iu operation at tho following points iu time to crash this sea. son's crop of seed, viz.: Savannah, Georgia. Columbia, South Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia. Montgomery, Alabama, New Orleans, Louisiana. Memphis, Tennessee. Little Rock, Arkansas. Houston, Texas. For sale of Seed, or with reference to Seed Agencies, address SOUTHERN COTTON OIL ( 'OMl’ANYatany of the above points, orC. FITZ SIMoNS, Traveling Agent for the CAKO UNAS and GEORGIA, with headquarters at ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. OFFICIAL. ORDINANCE. An ordinance, To authorize the Mayor and AD dermeu, hi Council assembled, to grant per, mits for the excavation and erection of arena iu the lanes of the city, and to prescribe cer tain eondlMons for tho same. Section I. Ur it ordained by the Mayor and Aklermenof the City of Savannah, in Council nmiomlilcd. That it snail ami may be lawful for Council, at any time anil from time to time to grant, by resolution or otherwise, permits to owners of lots ami Improvements within the city to excavate, construct and use areas extending into the lanes of the city. Sec, 2. That all such permits, unless otherwise therein provided, shell be granted subject to the conditions herein named and the acceptance of sticb/ieriint, or the cxcuvation, erection and use of such area by any property' owner, shall l>a taken and construed us an acceptance of the said conditions, and Wilding mx m the said prop erly owner and Ins assigns, future owners of the said property. Nko. a All such areas, including all walls and muterial of any sort in the construction of the same shall not extend into the lane for a dis tance greater than four G) feet from the line of said lot. They Hhall la* set at sueb grade as the proper officers of the city may designate, and kept anil maintained at such-grade as may from time to time tie determined on for the said lane without any expense to the city. They shall lie used only for the purposes of light and ventila tion, and for no other purpose what soever, anil shall be covered with a substantial wrought iron grating of such form as shall be an ample protection to persons ami property passing through said lane, which grating shall be stationary and immovable, anil not set upon hinges or other devices ar ranged for entrance and exit into the building* through said area. Kkc. 4. That tlie owners for the time being of ny property, adjacent to which areas may Is- erected under the provisions of this ordi nance shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, of arid from any and ull loss or damage that may accrue against it by reason of the excava tion, erection, use or occu|iation of the are* herein provided for, or the obstruction of the lanes of the city. Sec. 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordi nances conflicting with this ordinance be and tin* same lire hereby repealed in so far as they so conflict. Ordinunco passed in Council July 13, 1887. RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor. Attest: Frank E. Reraher, Clerk of Council. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Office Health Office*, I Savannah. Ga., May 1, 1687. , From and after MAY I*. IHS7, the city ordi nance which specifies the Quarantine p-quire ments to lx> observed at the ixirt of Suvannah, Georgia, for period of time (annually) from Mav Ist to November Ist, will bo most rigidly on. forced. Merchants and all other parties Interested will lie supplied with priutevl copies of the Quar ant me < inlinance upon application to office uf Health Officer. From and after this date and until further no tice ah steumshtps and vessels from South America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies, Sicily, ports of Italy south of 40 degs. North latitude. arul coast of Africa heween 10 degs. North and 11 degs. South latitude, direct or via American port will be sub jected to close Quarantine and be reouired to report at the Quarantine Station and be treated as being from infected or suspected ports or localities. Captains of these vassals will have to remain at Quarantine Stution until their vessels ore relieved. All steamers and vessels from foreign ports not Included above, direct or via American porta, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise, will lie required to remain in quarantine until boupled and passed by the Quaruntlna Officer. Neither the Captain* nor any one on board of moll l u-ssels mil be allowed to conic to the city until the vcssels are inspected and paused by the Quarantine Officer. As ports or localities not herein enumerated ar< reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori ties!, Quarantine restnctions against same will be enforced without further publication. The quarantine regulation requiring the flying ot the quarantine flag on vessel* subjected to UeU-nUoa or inspection will be riiiidlti enforced. J. T. McF.llil.AKD. M. D.. Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. OrriCß HeaithOfftcib, I Savannah, April Sth, 1887.1 Notice Is hereby given that tlio Quaranthia Offic-r Is instructed not to deliver let ters to ves sels which are not subjected to quarantine de tention, unless the name of consignee and stato uieut that the vessel is ordered to some other port appears upon the face of the envelope. This order Is modi' necessary In consequence of the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent OS the sutiou for vessels which are to airive. j.t. McFarland, m. and„ Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Orrio* Health Office*, I Savannah, March ssstb, 1887. t Pilots of the Fort of Savannah are Informed that the Saix-lo Quarantine Station will be open ed on APRIL Ist, 1887. Special attention uf the Pilots Is directed to sections Nos. 8d and 14th, Quarantine Regula lions. Most rl*-ld enforcement of quarantine regula tions will uo maintained by the Health authors. ties. . j. t. McFarland, m. and„ Health Officer. - ■ .—a NT Km.lt \ . KIESLING’S NURSERY, White Bluff Road. TJLANTS BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUt X FLOWERS furnished to order, or- Uern at LA VIS BROS.’. cc-riier Lull uud York urooU. XttteriWM util 5