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IIOWTIIE-:CHMESE^IGHT
gTRANGE'MILITARY METHODS AND
CUSTOMS OF,THE CELESTIALS. '*
Three Men CarryV Flags While One*
Carries a Gun-'The Uniforms and Ar
maments of the Soldiery—sl2,ooo.-
000 Invested in Krupp Guns on the
Canton River—How Offenders Are
Executed—The Introduction of Tele
phones.
The Indianapolis Journal says: Lieut.
James W. Graydon, who was for some time
jn China was asked by a reporter yesterday
as to the military establishment of that
country. “The biblical quotation ‘aster
riblo as an army with banners,’ ” said the
Lieutenant, “could apply with special force
to China. I ate dinner one day while I was
there with the Viceroy of the Province of
Canton. He asked me during the repast
what I would recommend for tho better
ment of his army. Out of every set of fours
three men carry flags and only one a gun.
That's a fact; so I told him through the in
terpreter I would take away the flags, ex
cept one for every thousand men, and each
evening at dross parado and each morning I
would have them, kneel down anil swear to
defend that one flag, that I could recom
mend him to put repeating rifles in tho
hands of all the men who had formerly
carried flags, and that Lieut. Graydon have
tho contract for furnishing tho rifles. My
suggestion tickled the Viceroy greatly. Tho
Black Flags in Tonquin,o? whom you heard
so much awhile ago, carry large black, flags
with a Chinese character in white letters in
the centre, indicating tho section of country
thev come from.”
A. listener was of opinion that it was a
cheerful circumstance that the lato Confed
erates were not so well provided with ban
ners as the Chinese. Otherwise the Clove
land, order for the return of captured bunt
jug would havo created even more indigna
tion.
The lieutenant laughed at this suggestion,
and continued:
“The Chinese on the Canton river have
$12,000,000 invested in the best Krupp guns
mounted in their forts. They are beginning
to pick up in the use of artillery'. They have
foreigners, chiefly Europeans, as instructors,
and they are quick to learn. The Viceroy
of a (province is about the same iu the nation
relatively as to rank as a Governor of one of
our States to the General Government of the
United States. But the Viceroy is a great
potentate. He has his own army and navy.
Tin .Chinese, in addition to Krupp guiis,
hivtynejt of-war better than in the United
is: ifesbavv.
"Th 1 unfform of the Chinese soldier would
hardly lie considered military in any civil
hot country. It is a loose costume, much
like the Chinese wear in this country, ex
cept that the symbol that represents tho
body of ttoops to which tho individual
soldier belongs is placed on the front of the
tunic and on the back so that the badge
of the brigade to which they belong can be
seen whether they advance or retreat. Offi
cers wear the same badge and the same kind
of a costume except that it is made of silk
and is very' gorgeous. The guns carried by
the Chinese are Remingtons, Springfields,
the Manser, a German rifle, and some of
the Berdan rifles the same as used by the
Russians. They are all mixed up as to small
arms and buy their cartridges chiefly in
Europe. They have a battery of Gatling
guns for each brigade, and these Gatlings
they make themselves. Years ago Mr.
Guiding sent an agent to China with two
pieces to make contracts. Tho Chinese in
sisted on buying those two pieces and the
agent sold them. They never wanted to buy
any more. Those imitative people with those
two as models so injudiciously disposed of
by Mr. Gatling's agent, have fully supplied
themselves. Every mandarin who has a
steam yacht has at least two Gatlings on
his craft and they areas good as the sample.
They are not yet equal to making shell
cartridges, however. All the forts on the
Canton river, as I said, have Krupp guns
and they' paid well for them. They have
them from twenty-ton pieces up to seventy
tons. The Chinese, when properly armed
and instructed, will make very good sol
diers.
“The Viceroy, after we had dispatched din
ner, gave us what ho considered a great treat.
Three men were to be executed and he in
vited me and unother guest to go with him
to see tho execution. We were carried to
the place, where the poor wretches were to
be disposed of, in sedan chairs. When wo
cuine to tho inclosure wo found three posts
abwitr twenty feet apart, and at each post
was ouptof the men to be executed. Each
miserable Chinaman was kneeling with his
cue nfiH-J or tied to the post high abovo his
head, while in his mouth hebad a pine filled
with tobacco, at which he was pulling away
with awful energy. Each <tf us, the Vice
roy. and his two guests were seated in front
of one of these poor follows. I was opposite
the first one to be executed as it proved.
The executioner came along and showed to
tii criminals throe swords of strange form
nut) enjsJiVnnrp as a razor. One was shaped
much Ijke a butcher's cleaver, with a larger
blade and a handle long enough for two
bauds. Another was of a half-moon shape
u;i4 also with a long handle, while the third
loflyri somewhat likoasaw, having a tooth
lille edge. The men to be decapitated were,
it suets, to bo allowed to choose the weapon
they preferred .to die by. Two of them
chose the clenver-liko blade and the other
the half moon, none of them desiring the
saw-edged knife. The executioner, picking
up the chosen weapon, looked at the Viceroy
who grunted something, and then quickly
swung the blade in the air. The culprit
"■as puffing away on his pipe with might
and main. lie received tho stroke without
flinching, anil as his head came off it was
hit dangling by the cue against tho post.
Tho blood spurted almost to my feet.
It was a most sickening sight,
but I was curious to see the effect on the
other victims. They never winked, and
smoked to tho last. Indeed, smoke curled
out of the mouth of one of the heads after it
was detached from its trunk. I feit ex
tremely squeamish, but the Viceroy con
templated the execution with immense satis
faction and doubtless thought in his hos
pitality that he was affording me a great
treat. The men executed were soldiers, and
their crime was theft. China has between
y,OOO,000 and 4,000,000 soldiers, I was told,
"•ion the Chinese soldier finds out that ho
can kill an enemy at a long distance as well
us a foreigner, tho Celestial Empire will be
come a dangerous military power, China
could overrun Europe with soldiers. To
give an idea of tho immense population of
tiiat Empire, there are 50,000,000 people—
nearly as great a population as wo have in
file United States—-who live iu boats upon
the rivers.
“Tho Chinese navy is coming on. They
bought of Europeans lihrti fourgnu
‘"'•'its armed with modem rifled guns —
lutnvorths, Armstrongs, and Krupris. It
1 railed tho ‘Alplfabct’ (leet.ns each vw,-. 1 >
named after a letter in the Chinese alphabet.
As fh.it alphabet has iilniiu 000 letters, they
arc going, when it is (filed up, to have a
Z.'Ty re;.portable number of iron-clads.
they do not make os good sailore as tho
Japunese. The latter uro plucky little
fellows and naturally maritime. Yet
there are great possibilities in tho China
man.
“You can have an idea of the thickly pop
ulutod country by this: One day I" went
upon a hill outsidu of the City of Canton
mid there, within a radius of twenty miles,
1 saw six villages (they oull them villages),
each containing about 500,000 jieople. On
my ('rut trip up the river, 17 mile* to
Mhunghai, I saw a great lot of liaystncks, us
f thought. They were all along tho rout*',
and so numerous tluii I called the attention
°f n gentleman to them. ‘What in the
world do you supiioso,' I asked, ‘areffbey
going to do with nil that hay;’ He
laughed, and told we those were Chinese
burial places. They are earthem mounds,
at| d [he grass upon them, Iming then dry
and burned, iravo them Me- apparauoe of
hoysUcktt. Vhgy are family wounds, and
.when a member of the family..dies a hole is
uug m the side and lie i$ / Stuck in with his
JSfesten, They are so plentiful they gave
trollble some years ago when- English
engineers ran a railroad through many of
tnem. Railroads have to Fun in something
like a straight line, and they couldn’t dodge
the cemeteries. The government built a
railroad from the Woosong forts at the
mouth of the Shanghai river to Shanghai,
a distance of 17 miles, and destroyed so
many of these mounds that the populace
ros ® frenzied at the desecration, tore up the
road, and the government never dared put
it back again. The English who built it
made a handsome profit, as they were paid
about $340,000 a mile for building it. Cars,
locomotives, and everything were destroyed.
From that time until within the last two
years there was no attempt, I believe, to
build a railroad in China, but now they are
building a road from Tien-Tsin to Pekin,
124 miles, which will soon be completed.
European railroad men sent out to China
beautiful models of oars, track, and engines.
Ihe little models of engines being nickel
and gold plated. Americans sent out a lot
of blue drawings, so, of course, the Ameri
can company' got no contracts for building
railroads in China.
“Li Hung Chang, the CliinesePrime Min
ister , is the iqan of whom Gen. Grant said
he was the brightest man in China. All the
royalty at Pekin is afraid of him. Ho lives
at Tien-Tsin. The Empress Dowager tele
graphed for him about two years ago to
come to Pekin for consultation. He tele
graphed back for them to prepare quarters
lor 10.000 soldiers and he would be up. He
was telegraphed to that he need not come.
Their idea is supposed to havo been to get
him to Pekin alono and there poison or as
sassinate him iti'some way. He is 56 or 58
years old and six feet and seven inches high
—a most tremendous man.
“My first contract with the Chinese gov
ernment was to run eight lines of torpedoes
across the Canton river in twenty-one days.
The torpedoes were moored to cables, and
run by power engines ashore somewhat on
the principle that cable cars are run, the
torpedoes being kept beneath the surface of
the water as run out. They were arranged
to he fired by electricity, and run on end
less cables, so the firing could be kept up all
day, if necessary. I received $160,000 for
the work before I did a stroke. I was fur
nished all the lari irers and soldiers I desired.
There were 500 laborers and 20,000 soldiers,
and I was the only foreigner there—foreign
devil, as they call it. I completed my con
tract in seventeen days by working about
twenty-one hours out of every twenty-four
in that time. Then tho Viceroy came down
to inspect the lines and see me fire the tor
pedoes. They brought a brand new junk
that cost about $5,000 down there to be
blown to pieces, when any old craft would
havo done just as well for the experiment.
This was at the Bogon forts, forty
four miles south of Canton, about 50 miles
from Hong Kong. After the Viceroy in
spected the engine-houses, cables, etc., I
began to send out torpedoes? The Viceroy
asked me to show him how to work the
levers. I did go. About that time a boat
load of coolies came down tho river with an
officer aboard. He caine ashore at the en
gine-house, and the coolies remaining in tho
boat began to look for a place to tie up.
Beneath the water one of these innocents
saw the cable and tied the boat’s painter to
it. It was the Viceroy pulled the lever.
The boat with its frightened load of China
men started out. Its bow went under the
water and the Chinese were struggling in
the river. It was then a very funny sight and
the Viceroy lay back and laughed until I
thought him in danger of suffocation. The
Chinaman who tied the painter to the cable
was afterward, I learned, taken out and
soundly bambooed. The explosion that de
stroyed the junk was made by 260 pounds of
dynamite, and the force was felt up and
down the river a mile and a half in each
direction. For several hours Chinese were
at work picking up the thousands of killed
fish.
A CHILIAN “SHE.”
Isidora de Consino, the Monte Cristo
of South America.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
A flashy dressed young man of medium
height, with a large diamond in his shirt
bosom, stepped off the barkentine Alda via
a few days ago when it arrived from Chili.
There was something so sharp and shrewd
in Iris appearance that the attention of a
reporter was attracted to him.
"That is Mr. Jenkins, the grand secretary
lo the richest woman in South America—
Mine. Isidora' jdo Consino—commonly
known as the Monte Cristo of South Amer
ica,” said'an officer of the vessel.
“So you would like to know something
of the niadame,” observed Mr. Jenkins,
stroking his moustache, on being intro
duced. “Well, there is lots to tell you. I
could talk about her possessions and her ec
centricities for a , week and the subject
would not be half exhaust ed. It's a curious
thing that she was not discovered long
since. She'is known all along the South
American const and is almost a queen over
the people. In fact, there is no one who
disputes her iu anything she says or doei,
and she revels in the luxuries that her enor
mous wealth can surround her with. About
fifty years have passed since she was born,
anil, though few women have dissipated us
she lias, she is well preserved, and goes out
and has her nice little time tho same as
ever.
“No, she is not fair. Her features are
coarse, like a servant-girl’s, but she has had
many lovers.
“She has a partiality for the French, and
a few years ago when a gentleman from
France happened around she invariably in
vited him and fell iu love with him. In
late years her sons have been watching her
and * using their efforts to keep her from
scandal, which she fails into very easily.
“The society people of the city repeatedly
vow that they will nover visit her again,
but her receptions are so elegant and rich
that they never fail to attend w hen they re
ceive an invitation.
“Isidora is a native of Chili and a widow
of the late Luis de Consino, u gentleman of
French origin. She claims to havo Castilian
blood iu her veins, and most probably she
has. She is owner of about four-fifths of the
coal mines of Lota, a small seaport in the
southern part of Chili, tho inhabitants of
which are entirely dependent for their liveli
hood upon the mines, and besides this, she
lms the controlling interest in the Campania
Ksplotadoru de Carbon do Lota i Coronel.
These mines supply all vessels of the Pacific
Steam Navigation Company with coal, and
also all steamers plying oh tho southwest
coast. *
“At I/Ota she has removed what was a
handsome building and isrebulldingn pulnco
to eclipse anything in South America. Its
cost will bo more than $2,000,000. The palace
is to be situated in the most beautiful park
country, a veritable Eden, where it, will be
surrounded by the most magnificent trees
and plants that money can procure. In San
tiago, the Capital of Chili, she lias a resi
dence that for grandeur has few equals. It
is situated in a garden of five acres teeming
witti tropica! plants and birds.
“Her stabios contain fifty or more
thoroughbred English racers; the nmdumu
was the first patroueoa of horse-racing in
Chili. Her turnouts urn equal to thoso of any
Princess.
“Isidora caros little for money. Her in
come is enormous, but she manages to spend
about as much. In 1885 her brother died.
In her liereavement slio made donations to
hospitals, cburclies, convents, etc., to the
amount or 9000.000. She was left $8,000,<|)0
by liim. Included ill her estate was a hand
some rinideuceononeof the principal streets
ol .Santiago. The dwelling was built and
owned for a time by a former Californian,
Don IJju-jquo Muiggs, who hail all the ma
terial anil workmen brought from the
States.
“Bho has three daughters. The oldest is
twenty-one and the youngest is twelve years
of age. The second is seventeen and the
prettiest. MdOra has much trouble with
them, lleeentlv a young Lieutenant fell in
love with the 17-year-old and her mother
saw fit to remove her to a eon vent. The others
have since been placed whei-o the beguile
uieiito of man can not rc*hd‘ **•
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 0, ISB7.
A COLORADO OASIS.
It Lies Close by a Vast Basin of Pure
Balt, and Seems a Paradise.
From the San Francisco Argonaut.
In the middle of tho Colorado desert there
is a curious depression in the earth’s surface,
through which the Southern Pacific rail
road runs. The lowest point is 260 feet
below the sea level, and here is a great
body of salt, more pure than any known to
commerce, and in an abundance that may
supply the world if all other resources should
be exhausted. From a point on tho road
called Indio the descent is rapid to this
place of salt. It was once an inland sea,
from which the waters have apparently
passed away by evaporation, leaving a s;iit
deposit that resembles ice. Standing upon
its margin, we look upon a perfectly level
and white crust of salt some 30 or 40 miles
in length by perhaps 20 in width. A tram
way is laid over the crust to a distance of
more than a mile, over which a steam
dummy and train of freight cars run to the
mill where the salt is ground. Beyond the
mill a smaller engine pushes its smaller
care further out upon the salt crust where
the salt is gathered. The process of
collecting is very simple. Laborers, pro
vided each with a wheelbarrow, shovel,and
adze, go out upon tho salt field, pick the
surface to the depth of au inch or two,
gather barrow loads and wheel them to the
care. This salt crust varies in thickness: in
soma places it is but a few inches above the
mud and water, and some places nearly
five feet in thickness. Liverpool salt must
bo kiln-dried before being ground. Nature
sends this to the mill so dry that it may be
ground as fine as flour. At the mill it is
bagged and marked for shipment, and is
ready for table or dairy use. This salt is
99 per cent, pure, and is placed upon the
market ns “New- Liverpool.” It is un
doubtedly the purest salt in the market.
It is on the rising slope from this salt
mine, some twenty miles away, and in tho
very heart of the greqt Colorado desert,
that the Southern Pacific people have
struck artesian water. At a depth of 450
feet a flow of 1,800 gallons an hour has been
brought to the surface. Tho bore is being
pushed downward for further demonstra
tion. Tliis discovery of artesian water has
caused tho location of about two townships
of land, which is of good soil, being covered
with a growth of mesquite shrubbery and
weeds. At tho station, Indio, where the
company had found water for train use by
pumping, there is a growth of pepper,
locust, cotton w ood, and palm trees, all doing
well and attaining great growth. Grapes,
watermelons, tomatoes, roses, geraniums,
and morning-glories are there seen in
flourishing condition. Grapes and water
melons ripen in June.
Tho gentlemen who have located this
tropical Eden will experiment in the direc
tion of tropical productions. Already they
talk of cotton, coffee, and tobacco. That it
will produce better oranges than San
Bernardino or Riverside they do not doubt.
Sau Francisco is to receive from this para
dise its early watermelons, its berries, ad
sweet potatoes. Only a few miles from tho
line of the road is a grove of 1,000 date
palms, reaching a great height, and bearing
the real but very small and inferior date.
The foot hills are skirted all along with
these palm trees. Iu these mountains, it is
said, are productive valleys well supplied
with water, but it sinks when it touches the
level of the plain. This is a marvellous and
wonderful land, and nothing caused the
writer greater surprise than the soil and
water discoveries constantly being made in
these desert places. Places that are very
inaccessible, that are embedded in mountain
canons and away from civilization, are be
coming the luxurious homes of industriojis
and enterprising people who have the
nerve to go somewhat Ix'yond the confines
and boundaries of present genteel life.
What a God’s blessing it would be to the
members of Henry George’s Anti-Poverty
party if some kind, powerful genie would
clothe them ali, and then lift them up out
of the city slums, tenement houses, politics,
gin, idleness, and crime, into these mountain
and desert homes where poverty is only
known and destitution only felt by those
who are unable or imwilling to toil.
“MASK, I KNOW YOU.”
Frederick the Great Punishes a Diso
bedient Cavalry Captain.
The days of the historical “Long Bridge,”
leading from Berlin to Potsdum, are num
bered—a bridge which played an important
part in the career of Frederick tho Great.
In the days of that King'all travelers be
tween the two cities were compelled to pass
over the bridge, and few escaped tho mon
arch's notice while sitting iu the study of
his neighboring palace. Here ho was ac
customed to keep strict account of his of
ficers who tried to escape their duty now
and then by a .jaunt in tho neigh I siring
capitul. He, of course, did not wish to be
observed. So lie placed a mirror in the
room, which accurately reflected what oc
curred upon the bridge. Olie day, in the
evening of which it masquerade was to
take place in Berlin, ho sut as usual at his
desk, when glancing in the mirror he saw u
cavalry Captain in tho act of crossing. He
concluded at once that the object of his
ride was tho masked ball, which his majesty
also intended to visit, hut had forbidden his
officers.
A few hours later he also started for Ber
lin, and appeared in the opera house at the
proper time. His sharp eye soon recognized
the sinner iu the mask of a noble Venetian,
and iie followed him, step by step, until he
was thoroughly convinced that he had made
no mistake. .Stepping in front of the cul
prit, and gazing at him with a transfixing
glance, he thundered, “Mask, I know
you!’’ The officer, who immediately recog
nized tho tones of the King, was frightened
for a moment. He know that a heavy pun
ishment, possibly dismissal, would bo meted
out to him. Bat he collected himself and
replied: “Mask, I do not know you.”-
“Mask, you are Cavalry Captain -
With a resolution of despair the officer an
swered: “Yes: but I am hero without a
loave of alis. nco. He is a scoundrel who bo
frays me.” The King hit his lips. The an
swer was unexpectedly collected and impu
dent. But presently he said: “Upon my
word, it remains our secret.”
The officer left the masquerade, hurried
to his hotel, sprang upon Ins horse, and gal
loped bock to Potsdam. On the following
morning at 8 o’clock he appeared punctual
ly for duty in the Lustgaiten, whither his
regiment had lieen commanded. The King
soon began to review, staring strongly at
the captain as ho lMissod down the tile, but
saying nothing, ail being in excellent order.
Suddenly he halt si at the centre. “Caval
ry Captain 1" resounded his stentorian
tone. The officer, now certain of his dis
missal or long ari'est, rode forward in strict
est military fashion, saluting the King, ns
lie thought, for the last time. “Nearer,”
commanded his majesty, us tho captain
stopped ut the customary distance. He
obeyed. “Mask, you are a major: but be is
a scoundrel who betrays it.” "Upon my
word, your majesty, it remains our secret,”
answered tho officer, relieved now of his
heavy heart.
A year went t.y, and the promot ion re
mained nn unrevealed secret, the Captain
doing his duty as hitherto. On tho anni
versary of th.* event, when again presenting
Ills regiment to the King in tuo Lustgarten,
the following parole orders were read:
“Cavali-y Captain is promoted to tho
rank of Major, his patent dkting from a
year ago to-day, aud has four weeks’ leave
of absence for tho carnival in Berlin.”
Scarlet Fever and Dlptheria
are spread by contagion, by the transfer of
living matter. These particles come from
the skin, tho membranous lining of the'
mouth, nneo and throat, and from the in
testines and urinary organs. Dbunfeet
promptly and thoroughly with Darby’s
Prophylactic Fluid, trie great germ de
stroyer.
Prof. H. T. l.u pi. .11, of the Vanderbilt
University. Tonn., savs: “Asa disinfect
ant and detergent Darby’s Prophylactic
Fluid is sujsu-ior to any prejmraUou with
winch I oiu acquainted.” .
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We are now offering immense lines of New Straw Ilats,
Ribbons, Feathers, etc., which are now being shipped daily
by our New York buyer, and our Mr. Krouskoff, who is how
North to assist in the selection of the Choicest Novelties in
the Millinery Line. It is astonishing but a fact, that we sell
line Millinery cheaper than any retail store in New York. Ilow
can we do it? Cannot tell. This is our secret and our suc
cess. Perhaps on account of large clearing out purchases or
perhaps from direct shipments from London or Paris—but no
matter so long as the ladies have all the advantages in stock
and prices.
We arc now ready for business, and our previous large
stock will be increased, and we are now offering full lines of
fine Milans in White and Colors, for Ladies, Misses and
’Children in an endless variety of shapes
RIBBONS, RIBBONS, new novelties added and our regu
lar full lino entirely filled out.
Wc knock bottom out in the price of Straw Goods.
We continue the sale of our Ribbons at same prices as
heretofore, although the prices have much advanced.
W e also continue to retail on our first floor at wholesale
prices.
8. KROUSKOFF.
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Tried in tho Crucible.
Abont twenty years ago I discovered a little core on my cheek, and the doctors pro-" 1.
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nent benefit. Among the number were one or two sjjecialists. The medicine tney applied
wae like fire to the core, causing intense pom. I saw a statement in the papers telling what
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ually. I htd a severe pain in my breast. After taking six bottles of S. S. 8. my cough left
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a little spot about tho size of a half dime, and it is rapidly disappearing. 1 would odviaa
every one with caucer to givfc S. 8. S. a fair trial.
Mils. NANCY J. McCONAUGHKY, Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Cos., Ind.
Feb. 16.1886.
Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and seems to cure cancers by forcing out the imp*
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iN order to close out our Summer (Stock we are sollin r STRAW. MATTING AT VERY LOW
PRICES. MOSQUITO NETS, REFRIGERATORS, BABY CARRIAGES, and all other season
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.
Our General Stock is Complete. Call on as Early,
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
109 and 17 L Droufrhton WtToot,
ENGINES, lion.KBS ETC.
“TALBOTT
Engines, Boilers,
And Machinery of All
✓ Kinds.
Simplest, Safest and Most Durablo. AH Machinery fully Guaranteed. Reliable Ma
chinery at reasonable prices.
Do not buy without first seeing us, or writing for our prices, naming just what you want. Address
RiolnViN'rAvA. | TALBOTT & SONS, Macon, Ga.
.T. C. WEAVlirii, M inugor.
SHOES.
W. L. DOUGLAS
SHOE. Vjj i&mSiijf
Th only S.t SEAMI.KBS ItjtZi'icA
Mbix) In the world. •
Finest perfect ft. and /
warranted. < ongre®*. Hutton e'/ < Q #,*’.s —A
ud f.ace, all gtyiei toe. As gyv JC/--& to A
uixl durable ns u j \
those costing ?* r t&. S>jr *** KjLt'
u. i.. nonius y A i
CUi SIIOtM tli &S
tie til Rlim adver- f r
(Name and price sumpod on bottom of each
Sboe.J
Hoys all wearthe W L. HOUJL4H 03 MIOH.
If yiairdoolnr does not keep them, send your
/mine on potftai to IV. L. iMIUiLAh, tlroc k
ton. Mum.
T.K RY
I3YC K BHOS.
SOLE AGENTS,
Bavannali, - - Cfa.
™ weak
■■■■■— 111 fias Wrors. murly dacar. lost
m*ulunl. ta I will mm a raJu&ble traatino. ‘'•-aJvrU
cootstsmr full nrtl<*ulsM for h/mo* core. f;* of
alt %~ ~m, Aiifftmt P*r* W. fl. J7C nJJZK ZJooJjls. Ccuul
GHOCKHIKS.
JUST RECEIVED
Salmon & Lobsters
IN FLAT CANS.
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL LINE OF
Staple & Fancy Groceries
—at—
The Mutual Co-Operative Association,
Barnard and Broughton Street Lane.
\V. 1). l)IXO\,
UNDERTAKER
DEAIM* IN ALL KIM UK OF
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull street. Residence 59 Liberty street.
LAVANNAiL GEORGIA.
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TIDTTA TTOXAT..
For Full Information of the Above Schools
CALL ON OR ADDRESS
HOENBTEIN Sr JUACCAAV,
10| Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
\ r IK(llMA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
' ton, Virginia. The forty ninth session of
this v, ell known State Institution will open on
the Htli September, proximo. it provides a sys
tem of the rough military training, a distinctive
academic course of instruction, and technical in
struction 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 ore secured pn terms not exceeding
S3O per month, including clothing iu addition to
the ordinary collegiate necessaries. For cata
logue apply to
General FRANCIS H. SMITH.
Superintendent.
FEMALE INSTITUTE. Warren
ton, Yn , opeua Us 27th annual session Sept.
11, IHS7. Situated in the Biedmont region of Vir
ginia. unsurpassed for its l>oauty, fertility and
healthful ness. Only 60 miles from Washington.
The grounds, ten acres in all, are tastefully laid
out The Imikling is one of the finest school
edifices in the state. A full corps of teachers.
Terms reasonable, and made known on applica
tion For catalogues address GEO. G. BUTLER,
A. M., Principal.
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
MUSIC, FI NK ARTS, ORATOItY,
Literature, English Branches, French;
German, Italian, etc. Largest and liest equip’
jha< lin Urn world; 100 Instructors; x5,1H0 Students
last v*ar. Board and room, with Steam Heat
and Electrie Light. Fall term begins Sept. H,
INK?. IUM Calendar free. Address E. TOUR*
JKE, Dir., Franklin, Sq., Boston, Mass.
HOME SCHOOL
KOK, YOUNG LADIES,
ATIIKNB, GA.
EXERCISES RESUMED SKIM". 21ter, 1887.
Madams S. SOSNOWBKI,
Miss C. ROSNOWKKT.
Associate Principals.
Bellevue High School.
BEDFORD C 0„ VIRGINIA.
A thoroughly equipped School of high grade
for Boys ami Young Men.
r pHE 22d Annual Session opens Sept 15, 1887.
I For Catalogue or special information apply
to W R ABBOT, Prut., Bellevue P O Vs
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL,
Noiir Alexandria, Vn.
L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A , Principal;
L. HOXTON, Associate Principal;
With able Assistants,
-/Y T'roparutory Hcliool for Roys.
Founded 1 Session opens Sept. 28, 1887.
sent on application
WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY, Lexington, Va.
INSTRUCTION In the usual Academic Studies
ami in the professional schools of Law and
Engineering Tuition and foes, $< ft for session
<>f nine mouths, beginning Sept. 15th. Catalogue
free. Add hash G. W. (LEE, President.
Edgeworth Hoarding and Day School for liirls
182 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, Md.
MltS. H. P. LEFKBVUE, ITincipal. This
School will reopen on THURSDAY, the
22d of SEPTEMBER. The course of inHtruction
embraces all the studies included in a thorough
English education, and the French and German
language* are practically taught.
GK)RDON"~INST IT UTR
THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE STATE.
INSTRUCTION is the most thorough. Its pu-
I plisarethe | w *Ht prepared for business or
college. Take the honors at the universities.
v FREE TUITION. Send for Catalogue to OH AS.-
E. LA MUD IN, President, Barn tvilie, Ga.
Lucy Cobb Institute,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
'TMF. Exorcises of this School will be resumed
1 BEFT. 7, 1887.
M. RUTHERFORD Uhin.•ii-ai,.
Rome Female College.
(Under the control of the Synod of Goorgla.)
Rome, Ga.
Rev. J. M. M. CALDWELL, President.
'IMUHTY FIRST year begins Monday, Sept. 5,
1 1887. 1-or circulars awl information address
8. C. CALDWELL,
Rome, Go.
VIRGINIA “ FEMALE INSTIfIT^
ST AUNTON, VA.
Mini. Gen. J. E. B. STUART, Principal.
r PHE FALL SESSION opens Sept. Istb, 1887,
I vvitti ((Ucii-ut teachers in c\ery department
and superior advantages. Terms reasonable.
Send for cat lomio ami upply early.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
SUMMER LAW LECTURES (nine weekly) be
a gin 11th July, JHB7, ami end 14th Sent ember.
For circular apply (P. O. University of Va.) to
JOHN B. MINOR, Prof. Coin.andSlat. Law.
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND!
/COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE for Young Vadies
V and Preparatory School for Little Girin,
Kmbla P. ()., three miles from Baltimore, Md.
('ondacted by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Send
for catalogue.
SOUTHERN HOME SCHOOL FOR gfi
015 and 017 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.
Mita. W. M. Gary, i Established 184”. French the
Miss Cary. f Uuigiiage of the School.
MAUFIN'S UNIVERSITY SC HOOL,
Ellieott CJitv, M<l.
UIXTH SESSION opens 15th September. For
n citalo;m--H address CHAPMAN MAUPIN.
M. A., PrlacipaL
GEORGE'S HALL for Boys and Young
iO Men, St. George's, Md., prepares for any
college or bufineSH life. Unsurpassed. S2K) to
S3OO a year
Poor. J. c. KINKAK, A. M., Principal.
V’T. MARY'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Raleigh,
N. ('. Established in 181” For < 'afalogue
address the Rector, Rev. BENNETT SMEDES.
“The climate of Raleigh is one of tin* best in
the world.'*—Dims op Lyman.
VIRGINIA BLACK PEAS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT.
FOB BALE BY
B.S.McALPIN
172 BAY STREET.
GAS FIXTURES, ETC. i
,JOHI IICOLSOI,Jr.
DEALER'IN- — '
fiss Fixtures,
GLOBES & SHADES.
PLUMBERS’, MACHINISTS*
AND
M ill Supplies.
ENGINE TRIMMINGS,
Steam
SHEET GUM,
Hydrant. Steam M Suction
HOSE.
IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS,
Lift and Force Pumps.
no and F}‘-2 Dravton St.
•
COTTON SEND WANTED.
COTTON SEED WANTED
The southern cotton oil company
will pay the highest market price for clean,
sound COTTON SEED.
The Company will have mills in operation at
the following noinUi in time to crush tills sea*
Bull's crop or 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
COMPANY at any of the above points, orC. EITZ-
RlMoNS,'Traveling Agent for the C'ARO
LINAS and GKorgia, with headquarters at
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE
An ordinance, To authorize the Mayor and Al
dermen, in Council assembled, to grant per
mit* for the excuvution and erection of uivau
in the lanes of the city, and to prescribe cer
tain conditions for the same.
Sk< tion 1. He it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen ofthe City of Savannah in Couneitl
assembled. That it snail and may bo lawful
Council, at any time and from time to time to
grant, by resolution or otherwise, permit* to
owners of lots and improvements witnin the city
to excavate, consti*uot and use areas extending
Into the lanes of the city.
Sec. 2. That all such permits, unless otherwise
therein provided, shall I>e granted subject to the
conditions herein named aud the acceptance of
such permit, or the excavation, erection and use
of such area by any property owner, shall be
taken and construed as an acceptance of the
said conditions, and binding ujsui tin* said prop
erty owner aud liis assigns, future owners of the
said projierty.
Bkt. 8. All such areas, Including all walls and
material of any sort in the construction of the
sumo shall not extend into the lane fora dis
tance greater than four (4) foot from the line of,
said lot. They shall bo set at such grade as the
proper officers of the city may designate, and
Kept and maintained at such grade as may from,
time to time be determined on for the sufd luna
without any expense to the city. They shall tie
used only for tno purposes ot light and tenttta
tion, and Cor no othfl# piy-pose what
soever, and shall ob covered with,
a substantial wrought iron grating ojf such
form as shall lie an ample prOt*M*tlon to persons
and property panning through said lane, which*
grating shall be stationary and immovable,
and not set upon hinges or other devices ar-t
ranged for entrance and exit Into the buildingw
through said area.
Sec. 4. That the owners for the time
of any property, adjacent to which areas may,
be erected under the provisions *of this ordi
nance shall indemnify and hold harmless tho 3
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,!
of and from any and all loss or damage that;
may accrue against it by reason of the excaVa-J
Uou, erection, use or occupation of the area]
herein provided for, or the obstruction of
lanes or the city. V
Sec. 5. That all ordinances or ports of
nances conflict ing with thtexfrdlnanee an m
the same are hereby re|jeuled in so far as ’ they*
so con diet.
Urdinanu; passed in Council July 13, 18R7.
RUFUS K. LESTER, Mayor. )
Attest: Frank E. Rbusaio:;<, Clerk of Council^
ULAKAVUMv \vr|(E.
Orrv i: Hf4i.t!i Officer. /'
B*vak.vaß. Ga ~ .May 1 1887. fi
From and afiar MAY isc, IW. the city onjyi
nance which Bixxriltds the Qharantlnn requlre
nit‘!|ls to Ixi observed at the port of Havaunah,
• Jeorgia, for jx-riod of UmoTum.ua Llyi from Maw
Ist to November Ist, will bo ulost rigidly oa- 1
forced.
Merchant* and a]l othor parties inte/oete#
will bo supplied w ith printed copies of the Quar
aullne Ordinance upon application to ofllco of
Health Officer.
From and after this date and until further no-, 1
lice all steamships and vessels from South'
Am* rioa, Ueutral America, Mexico. West Indies,'
Sicily, ports of I idly south of 40 degs. North
latitude. and coast of Africa beweea
10 degs. North and 14 degs. South latitude,'
direct or via American port will be sub
loctod to close Quarnutipe and be required
to rcqxirt at the Qnarautlqo Station and be
treated as being from infected or suspeoted:
ports or localities. Captains of these vessels
will liave to remain at guarantiee station until,
their vessels arc relieved. .
AJI (trainers and vehsels from foreign port*'
not included above, direct or via American
ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise,:
will lie required to remain in quarantine until'
boarded arul passod by Lho Quarantine Ofllcer.,
Seithtr the Captains nor any one. on board of
su> h 1 insets will be allowed to come to the city
until the vessels are. inspected and passed bp tut
ip damn tine Ojjb-er.
Ah ixirts or hicalities riot herein enumerated
nro reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Author!-!
ties, CJiiurantinc restrictions against same wdjl
bo enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the flying
of the gvoi vessels subjected to
detention or inspection unit he rigidly enforced,'
J. T. McFARLAND. .'.I, IT. Health Officer. 1
mAHANTIAK VOTKT. “*
Omci 11 cstTH i uKicxa, I
Sava.vnaii, April EitU, IStff. f
Notice Is hereby given that the yimrautfno
Ofßc<*r is instructed not to deliver letters to ves
sels which are not subjected to quarantine de-'
tention, unless the name of consignee and state-'
ment tiiat rile vessel Is Ordered to some other
port nppoars upon tiio face of tho envelope.)
This order is made neccwary in coutequeuce of
the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent at
the bullion for vessels which are to arrive.
J. T. McFAKLANH, M. U,
Health Offlcor.
QL’A HWTINF NOTICE. *
Omcj H EAi/ni Officer, I
Kavaknaii, March arsth, 1187. |
Pilots of the Port of .Savannah ore informed
that the Hotxtlo Quarantine Station will bo open
ed on APHIL Ist. 1887.
Special attention of the Pilots Is directed t 4
sections Nos. 3d und 14th, Quarantine Regula
tions.
Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regula
tions will bo maim a mod by the Health authori
ties. J. T. McFAHi.ANI), M lb.
Health Olficer.
NUItSKRY.
KIESLINGf'S
White iiluiT IntoiidL.
JJLANTN. IIOUQUFTS, DItttJUNS, CUT
X FLOWERB furnished to order. I*eava or*
at PalVJh bltOd. 4 , oorii©r tfuJf’iuid' York
'i oUfth'-auf tnU
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