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2 HOW AMBER IS CARVED. SOME INTERESTING POINTS FUR NISHED BY A CARVER. Well-Known Women The Desire to Know All About Them—A Few Who Figure in the Newspapers-The Ef fort to Meet the Public Demand with Regard to Them. New York, Aug. *.2o.—There is a little un pretentious store on Nassau street, wit!) a Shop in the rear, where more amber is out than in any other establisment in New York. Meerschaum is carved there in great quant i-, ties, but amber is the social object of trade. The ruling genius of the place is an intelli gent uian of middle age, who learned his trade in Vienna, where nearly all meer schaum and amber carvers are schooled. Ho tells you that when they begin as apprentices they are frequently sent out to the house of some nobleman or magnate to clean and re pair his collection of pipes. The collector is not considered of much ac count by the apprentice unless he lias an as sortment of 100 or more pities, some of them very delicate and requiring the utmost * 'are in handling. The Nassau street amber dealer lends the way into n shop in the rear of his place. It j is a queer-looking place full of odd-looking machines, one ot which is a polishing ap pnruutus made of rags fastened in a circle about the spimlle of a lathe. The room is Hanked al) about with racks full of carving tools. The dealer goes to a large cabinet of drawers full of dull looking lumps of amber and he explains t hat no product is more voidable in price. One lot which he shows you was purchased for a dollar a pound, while auother, which looks little bet ter to your unpracticed eye, costs #5O. It is in selecting as well as the economical cutting of his amber that the success!ul dealer makes his money. A pound of amber, care fully cut, frequently yields not over three and a half ounces of marketable goods, and the loss in cutting is always over 75 per cent. The dealer selects a promising piece of amber, starts a delicate little circu lar saw and cuts it in two. Then he takes one of the sections, places it esdwise on a little block of boxwood, selects a curious and rather clumsy looking iron tool, some what resembling a stonecutter’s chisel, from the rack, anil cuts the amber with n down ward push of the implement. Nearly every piece of amber has specks and flaws, und to cut it so as to remove these and st ill keep the piece of a proper size and shapo ro quires the utmost care. As the dealer gradu ally fashions the piece into a pipo mouth piece he tells you what ho has learned about briber. Hesays: “It is full of electricity ,atid 1 suppose that is why some of the ancient philosophers believe it to be possessed of a soul. I myself believe that it has curative 1 properties We take the smaller fragments and make them into beads, which we sell at from #1,50 to #l2 a sot. They are worn by many people as a preventive of sore threat. I have known men to wear them. The most of our amber comes from a mine in Prussia on the Balti < coast. Home is fished out of thf sea near Dantzig. Some amber has been found at Gay Head, at Martha’s Vineyard, and at Cape Sable, in this country. Then something so closely resembling andier, that it is called false amber, is found in In dia. It goes to China and is highly prized for ornaments .If you go over on Mott street you will seethe Chinese dudes wear ing bracelets made of it. The Mohamme dans take more amber than any other peo ple. Amber is designated ns clear, cloudy or milky The Mobainmodans and the Americans, who are good judges, prefer the milkv variety. In Hungary they like best the clear or transparent. The" American lias a reason for liking milky amber. Now, here is what looks like a cigar holder of trans parent amber, but it isn’t umber at all. It is made of gum copal. It. isn't easy to imitate the milky amber, and thut is why it is pre ferred by many.” As thi‘ dealer talked he had gradually fashioned tho mouth-piece to . the required shape. He put it into a lathe-like machine and performed the delicate operation of drilling a hole through it and cutting a thread on it by which it was to be attached to tho pip' stem. Then it was polished. Tho operation lasted about an hour. The dealer said that, a piece of amber weighing two and a half pounds is a rarity, and that the lar gest lump ever discovered was of thirteen and a half pounds weight. Its use is in creasing evory year. Whenever an amber cutter begins to work on a transparent piece he alwuys looks in it for an insect or adrop of water. If he is lucky enough to tind such a curiosity he knows that he can sell it to n collector or n college museum fora hand some sum. The insects which became im bedded ages ago in the soft tree gum which gradually hardened and found n place in tho ground as amber are subjects of careful study by naturalists. Notion ir ago a col lege purchased in Europe two large trans parent specimens, in the centre or each of which was u perfect tly. They were highly prised until it was discovered that they were made of gum copal, and that the insects were house flies of late date. To tind a piece of amber with a drop of water in it is considered the greatest, of good for tune, and a sinnlj piece will bring s.‘>U or more. , The rage in New York for large hair ornaments has given an impetus to the um ber trade, and one carver in the dealer’s shop has fashioned a large piece into au ela borately carved breastpin representing a rose. When the dealer hail returned to the front of his establishment a customer came in and purchased an expensive nmlier cigar holder. He requested that it be inclosed in a box not stamped with the dealer’s name. His desire was granted. The dealer smiled ami asked: “Have you just returned from Vienna?" The customer laughed, answer ed in the affirmative and said that he wished to make a friend a present of a genuine Vienna cigar holder. The dealer explaimsl that nearly every day some man who has been abroad comes in to buy a pipe for a present. Heeither forgot, when in Vienna to purchase a promised pi|>o or ho didn’t want to pay the duty on the present and ho makes his purchase at home and doceivcs his friend. Htraight brier pi[s>s with horn mouth-pieci-s have become very popular with some New Y’ork smokers wliije the Germans prefer for street smoking a little meerschaum witli a goose bone stem. The Anglomaniacs made a hard struggle to in troduce in New Y'ork the English fashion of smoking a pipe on the street, but the at tempt was not attended with entire success. Compamtivylv few smokers in New Y'ork use a cigar or cigarette holder, hut the great nuntlier of those articles given ns pres ents during the holiday season by wives who don’t know what else to buy and who hit up on a smoker’s outfit as a last resort keeps the trade lively. If the Teuton grandees who used to control the anilior mines of lYiissin and roll in luxury from their proceeds were now alive and could have a monnpnlv of all the ninber cut and sold in New York they could live in great grandeur, lor nea rlv all the amber in America is handled in New York. Amos J. Cummings. 11. The jieople of the United States are net u ally hungry for a woman to worship, abuse and talk about. They are ready to make a putty woman famous if they have half a cltance. This sentiment llials vent in a thousand ways Every New York corres pondent is urged by the out-of-town piqsTs to “write more about tho famous women of New York.” In answer to this request I once wired the shrewdest of Western news pajx-r builders for u list of the women ho considered famous. The answer camo with characteristic promptness: “List by mail, too long for wire." a day or two later a long come h letter headed by these names: Mrs. A. T. Htewart, Mi>;. John Jaixib As tor. Mrs. August, Belmont, Miss Catherine Wolff, Mrs. John Bigelow, Mrs. Lille Dovereaux Blake. Here the names ended with the disgustisl ewssiml' “Oh rt! Tlvre hi - " p r " women in New York. The first three names are only reflex celebrities through their husband's names. Let the scheme go.” The manner m which the newspapers fol low up Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mis. Cleveland and Miss Cleveland, has in it no tinge of malice, indelicacy or brutality, as thepurists and criticsaro so fond of claim ing. It is simply an effort on the part, of the papers to meet a very large and rabid demand with an absurdly meagre supply. Everv one has found out bv this time that Mrs. Potter is a foolish, vain and greedy woman, who willingly forsakes a good family and a loving husband for thesake of grati fying her inordinate love of notoriety; that Mrs. < 'leveland is a wholesome, healthy, col orless young woman and nothing more, and that Miss Cleveland is a rather common place ifbiiden lady of literary aspirations. These things are just as patent to the mak ers as to the readers of newspapers, but the “want” is there, and the supply must be forthcoming. The greediness of the public for details anout woli-Unown women is really astounding. I remenih* ran instance that convinced me of it in short order. I spent a good many days and nights with a prom inent lawyer of this city over a scheme for the reduction of the surplus. We made two trips to Washington before all the details were developed. Finally the matter was sent out. It did not attract the faintest degree of attention. A day or two later Mrs. Langtry told me about an encounter of hers witn n cowboy in the West. I wrote it. The aneedoto was about six lines long and of absolutely no impor tance. Within a week the entire press of America was peppered with that paragraph, and it was copied on Sunday morning in no less than five of the New York papers. Foe mouths 1 saw it constantly. Even yet it comes up smiling occasionally. The name of a famous woman still carries it buoyantly along. Abroad they have famous women in abundance, from clever literary sensa tionalists, like the English girl*who is now writing under the nopi do plume of Frank Danby, fast countesses, sporting duchesses, curious queens, and so on. But the women of New York do not achieve fame, and wo must still fall back on our old-time newspaper friend ami stand by, Mrs. J. B. Potter. If any one doubt that the name of a fam ous woman is not potent in the world let him mention nt a dull dinner that Ellen Terry has a fetcliing smile, Ada Rehnn a lovely manner, Edith Kingdou a bright eye or Bernhardt an inspiring face, and see how soon tongues go to wagging. There is no end to the number of well known New York men. it. is time for the women to make a showing, too. Blakely Hall. RUNS OF THE RACERS. A Summary of the Events at Saratoga and Monmouth Park. Saratoga, N: Y., Aug. 20.—Following is a summary of to-day’s races: Plßirt Hack— The misses stakes for fillies, two years old; three-quarters of a mile. Geraldine won. with Los Angeles second and Belinda third. Time 1:17. Second Race Mile and a furlong. Grisette w,on, with Flngeoletta second and Gray Cioud third. Time 1:58. TnißJ l Back- The Beverwick makes, for all ages; one mile an 1 five hundred yards. Volante wen. with Brown Duke second and Telie Doe third. Time 2:lfrb, Koi'iitu Race- Three-quarters of n mile. Miss Korda won, {with t’assatte second and Dudley Oaks third. Time 1 :uoys. Kiktu Race—Selling race; one mile. Queen Elizabeth won, with Bess second aud Colum bine third. Time 1 AT MONMOUTH PARK. New York. Aug. 30. — Following is a sum mary of the races at Monmouth Dark to day : Finer Race— Milo. Mona won, with Cyclops second and Preciosa third. Time 1:4044- Second Race— Three-quarters of a mile. Specialty won, with Now or Never second and the Civic nco filly third. Time 1 : 1 31.. Tmiu> Rack— One mile and a half, laggard won, with Firetn:i second and Hanover third. Time 2:44. This w as one of the finest races ever witueMed, and was anybody's race up to the finish. A blanket would have covered all the Hire'' placed horses at several points in the race. They passed the judges with Laggard leading by a peek and Firetui a head in front of Han over. Kingstou finished last. Foi'kth Race— One and three-eighth miles. Long Knight won. with Bam mil second and Argo third. Time 2:80. Fifth Race— Three-quarters of a mile, leather Flocking won. with Fred 15. second and Lima Brown third. Time 1:10. Sixth Race -One and one-eighth miles. Strathspey won. with Editor second and Relax third. Time 2:01*4. Seventh Race—Steepln chase over the full course Hercules won, with Saiuemerry second and Tennessee third. Time 6:0514. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. A Deaf Woman of Atlanta Meets a Death of Torture. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30. —The accommo dation train on the Georgia Railroad this morning knocked Mrs. Ann C. Perkins from the track, in the eastern part of the city, injuring her fatally. (Several ribs were broken, concussion of the spine and serious internal injury resulted. No hope is entertained of her recovery. Mrs. Per kins lived on Bets'an avenue, and had Crossed the track to Decatur street to do some shopping, and wus returning to lier home, when the engine hurled her fully twenty feet from the traick She is ex tremely deaf, and did not hear the ap proucliiug train. A Prohibition Rally. T.tve Oak, Fla., Aug. 20.—A largo and enthusiastic Prohibition meeting was held hero to-dnv, and was mldresse I by Mnj. Russell and other eminent sjieakors. The anti.Prohibitionlsts mode a feeble attempt to gather a crowd to listen to an imported negro preacher politician, who has been stumping the county in favor of whisky for the past week. Tho county will go dry by a good majority. He Rose From the Dead. Prom the Chicago Herald. The W. H. Uphnm, who is at the head of the Upham Manufacturing Company, which lost $BOO,OOO by the great lire at Marshfield, Wis., was the "hero of a singular adventure when a young man. He was a member of a Wisconsin regiment which participated in the first battle of Bull Run, and was thought to have been killed. His comrades saw him fall, and none of them made any doubt of his death. Being the first victim of the strife ill his own neighborhood, there was greatpuliMc mourning for him. A memo rial service was held in which thousands of people participated, and many eloquent ou logics were passed upon him. Six months luter TTplumi appeared in Washington with a party of exchanged prisoners. He had been desperately wound ed and tuken prisoner, but the Confederates hail attended to his wants, and when the exchange took place he was sent home. When in Washington he whs taken to the White House bv Judge Doolittle, then a Senator,and introduced to President Lincoln a* a soldier who had come hack from the grave. As Upbam was on all the records tvs (lead, Mr. Lincoln ordered a correct entry to be made, and then gave the boy an honor alilodiscliiirge from the service. When tie reached his home in Racine he was tiie lion of the hour, and the people who had partlci- I>atcd in the memorial meeting in his honor jjot up a jubilee which was hardly less nu merously at tended. Later on in tile strug gle the iortunesof individuals were not so closely watched. The Verdict Unanimous. W. D. Suit, druggist. Bippus. Did., torti ties: “I ran reconuneud Electric Bitters as the very best remedj’. Every bottle sold lias given relief in every ease. One man took six hottles, and was cured of Rheuma tism <4 t*u years’ standing. Abrnhatu Hare, druggist.. Bellvilie, Ohio, afliruis: “Tin* ln*t silling tueiiicuin 1 have ever haiull'*! in my 3n years’ exiierienoe is lOiii'- tric Bitters.’’ Thousands of others have inldcd their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure all j diseAses ot tne Liver, Kidneys or Blood, i O dv 50 " *iits and $1 a bottle, at Lippmun THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1887. NEW YORK SPORTSMEN’S WAYS. Peculiarities of the Lawn Tennis Play ers and the Base Ball Enthusiasts. New Yobk, Aug. 20—While the papers nre discussing the “tennis elbow,” the “cro quet hack” and the “pitcher’s arm” the dis tinctive types of New York sportsmen and sporting men are being overlooked. The mail grows to resemble the sport he affects. Who could ever mistake the tennis voung man for the base hall enthusiast? I met the tennis-playing young man at the Grand Central Station yesterday. He saw me from afar, and his lower jaw fell, reveal ing a darkling chasm, fringed by a varied, rectangular and unique assortment of teeth. “Haw, me brave boy,” he yelled, amiably, “wharey’ gain’, eh?” “Out of town,” I said, shaking hands with him. “Why, what a devilish odd coincidence. So’m I. I’m goin' up t’ Stamfurd t’ do some tennis, v’ know. Livingstone, the cham pion, will lio thare. Great player, Li vie. Know Ilim?” “Met him once." “He has the best back-handed stroke in in tho world,” etc., etc. We sat together, and I listened for an hour during the run towards Newport to. about the silliest rpt imaginable about the game of lawn tennis and the people who “loved it passionately.” There were eight or ten lawn tennis men in the car on their way to the tournament, and I amused my self by comparing them. They were all strikingly slim and gaunt. A fat man play ing tennis would be a diverting spectacl , but by no means a common one. All the tennis young men wore very high collars, and they displayed a tendency to run to r<sl eyelids and yellow and cigarette stained Ungers. Tho necks had a sort of tozzle jointed npjiearance, and they wore bril liantly figured shirts, knickerbockers and feet that spread with vast and billowy firm ness over the floor of the car. I don’t think any of them weighed more than 130 pounds. The base ball enthusiasts, on tho other lmnd, runs to extensive nvorrlupois. He never plays. Ho is too wise for that, but ho s] K'uks the lingo of the game oven when lie is asleep, and by day he sits and acquires additional weight, while watching the game. I’ts a great game and has in it more excite ment and keen enjoyment than the most liotly contested horse race in the history of tho turf. The grand stand at the Polo Grounds is literally jammed by stout, solemn, double-chinned, judicial and taci turn men who sit day after day in their ac customed seats, gravely watching tho game. They aro not given to undue enthusiasm, and look with annoyance and contempt on tho younger and more noisy element, but when a really technically and absolutely clever play is made they shako off their lethargy like a flash and roar their niiplauso in a fasnionkhat would cause a school of sea lions to hide their shiny heads in chagrin and retire into the mud dismayed. Tho race-going man grows daft by the time the season is as far advanced as this. He can talk nothing but horse, and ho knows the cards for a month ahead. A field glass, colored linen, white overgaiter, and a sporting scarf are the legitimate re sults of his infatuation, and naturally enough he is not ashamed of them. The racing mail is of any age, jiosition or condi tion, for the sjKirt appeals to all men. It’s a noble sport, too, despite the clerical croak ers. The rowing man is usually silent and his ' ead hangs forward, while the fighting man holds his head well back and talks. Tho bicycle man is a bore for some inexplicable reason, and a shudder goes around when he mentions “me wheel.” The yachtsman to-dny is cock of the walk with his bronzed skin, hearty voice and know-it all air about the capabilities of the Volun teer and the Tliistle. He is secure of popu larity until the snow flies, for this will be the greatest yachting year ever known in the history of the spurt. Blakely Hall. RICE ON THE ALTAMAHA. The Effects of the Destruction of Crops on Darien- Othor Items. From the Darien (On.) Gazette. Since tho news of tho unusually heavy freshets in the Ocmulgee and the Oconee reached us, rice planters, and not only rice planters, but field laborers und merchants, have been await iug the result with trem bling anxiety. This is not to ho wondered at, as the industry, although trifling in comparison with our timber trade so far as capital is concerned, is peculiarly Darien’s main support. In tho timber business about ten times more money is circulated, but only a very small propor tion of tho capital employed in this stays at home and store-keepers reap but little bene fit from it. The rice planting industry is different. There is no costly material used in this coming fur from home. Every dol lar of the money invested, with the excep tion of profits of planters, is paid out for labor, and it is on this laboring element that three-fourths of our stores depend for n support. A good crop mid a safe harvest ing are therefore matters of as vital im portance to tho store-keeper anil laborer as they arc to the planter. Ho far, however, tho worst fears of thoso interested in tho rice crop have not been re alized. The river for the last three or lour days has been slowly but Steadily rising, yet up to this writing, (Friday 8 p. in.), without doing much damage. Thursday morning intelligence was received that the places up Cat-Head creek, planted by Messrs. C. O. H. Mallard, McD. Dutiwody, Gib Giguil liat and D. S. Sinclair had lieen overflowed so much *<> <m some of tho fields as to com pletely rover the rice. We have received no news from the Altama place, planted by Mr. W. C. Wylly, nor from Mr. Alex Coop er’s place, but probably they are sub merged. The lower plantations are still unharmed, although the height of the surging river lias considerably alarmed planters. General’s Island, planted by Mr. J. (t. Logare and Mr. Juntos Walker; Butler’s Island, planted by Mr. T. H. Gigmliint; t'hampney Island, planted by Cnpt. Barnwell, ami Broughton island, planted by Mr. W. O'. Wylly, form the backbone of the Altamaha rice crop, und as long as they are uninjured there is no cause for alarm as to how the pmsjierity of our city will Is* affected by the disastrous Hood, however heavily tho losses of the smaller planters will weigh ujsm them in dividually. Speculation regarding the t ime of arrival of the greatest force of the freshet differs. Mr. T. H. Gignilliat thinks that, the present freshet trout the Oconee, was two or three days ahead of tho Ocmulgne one, and that there is a good chance for the most of this to run off lieforo the Ocmulgee poors her seething waters in to aid m the destruc tive work. The tli<>ory is a pleasant one to accept, and coming as it does from an old ami expe rienced l ice planter, it would lie foolish to assume that it is without foundation. Mr. Gignilliat feels almost confident of tieingabie to save his crop, and so does Mayor James Walker. The planted area so far submerged does not exceed 500 acres. ’Buchu-Palba.” Quick, complete cure, all annoying kid ney, bladder and urinary disease*. $l. At druggists. “Rough on Bile” Pills. Small granules, small dose, big results, pleasant in operation, don’t disturb the stomach. 10c. and S.V;. “Rough on Dirt." Ask for “Hough on Dirt.” A perfect washing powder found at last! A harmless extra fine Ai article, pure end clean, sweet ens, freshens, bleaches and whitens w ltliout slightest injury to finest fabric. Unequale l for line lineus aud laces, general household, kitchen and laundry use, rtofteiw water, savealalv’- evl s.inn Added to starch pre A NEW DIVERSION OF SOCIETY LADIES. They Improve Their Minds While Arousing Themselves. New York, Aug. 30.—There is a suppo sition that everything, even of a pleasura ble nature, in and around Boston must also Ixi instructive. [ passed my Fourth of July in a delightfully antique town suf ficiently near Boston to feel its influence in matters of culture, amusement, etc. A club of young ladies, some married, others single, have formed a reading club to fa miliarize themselves with standard works. Now*, of course everybody has read the standard works as a matter of principle, but they became “standard” because they will always bear reading, and we all forget. Just now the delightful club, which meets every Saturday morning at a different mern ber’s house, is engaged in re-reading and studying the works of Washington Irving. Last year they read Dickens, Scott and Shakespeare. They have also read Thackeray, Cooper and Hawthorne. Their intention now is to devote themselves en tirely to the American writers after Irving. It is not the fashion in society to talk Irnoks, more’s the pity, unless it is some very re rent writer who has suddenly come into prominence. But the lest, part of theso readings is the finale Whenever the club finishes the works of an author they give a '■ostumo party, inviting as many of their friends as they deem desirable of Imth sexes, and each on* of tho guosts must ap pear dressed in the character of one of Irv ing’s heroes or heroines. The last costume party was a Thackeray party; it was held on tho evening of Washington’s birthday and was a brilliant success. There were Jack Costigans and Emily Fotheringays, Major and Arthur Pendonnis, The Beegum, Becky Sharp, Amoiia. Dobbin and all the other delightful familiar characters. This is a good way for people at summer hotels to amuse themselves, and it is also a novelty. Of course the guests would not have time to become familiar with all the works of a great writer, but someone hook might be selected, which all could surely find time for, and then the character party could be taken from that one book. Weil done there is much genuine amusement, as well as instruction, in such an entertain ment. The Bostonians consider these af fairs the most sensible pleasures that either the winter or summer season affords, and as of course only tho educated and cultivated care for such pleasures:, it goes without say ing snob parties are very fashionable; and not to be able to participate argues that one is not considered of sufficient mental ca pacity to enjoy tbepi. It is a long stride in tho right direction, from tlie Insane sheet and pillow ease par ties that used to be so fashionable at sum mer resorts. Evelyn Baker Harvier. RATHER ROMANTIC. An Atlanta Girl Falla in Love and Runs Away With a Circus Man. From the Atlanta (fta .) Journal. Two years ago Miss Minnie Averitt, an Atlanta young lady, eloped with George Patterson, a horizontal bar performer in Shield’s circus, which hud been playing an engagement here. The young lady and her lover fled to Chattanooga, joining the circus at that place. They hail been acquainted only a week, Miss Averitt having first seen the athletic (leorge os he did the horizontal bar business in the ring. It was the general belief that Patterson would desert his bride and that the young girl would find, too late, that sho had loved not wisely, but too well. Patterson has returned to Atlanta, and snys his wife will be here next week. He says she is in Birmingham with their baby, who is side, but sho expects to join him here about liext Wednesday. Instead ot deserting his wife, Patterson put her into the circus ring, taught her to do the “flying trapeze’’ act, and she became a regular attache of the circus. Sho made her ih*st appearance in St. Paul, before 5,- 000 people. Their baby was bora in Jau uary last, and is a little red-haired gu*l, the “spit and imago” of Patterson. “What will you do with the baby?” asked a Journal man of Patterson. “I will train her up to be a slaekwire per former,” was Jhe reedy. “Well, well, well,*' exclaimed the newspa per.man, “and how do you teach a baby girl to walk a slaekwire?” “Easy enough, easy enough,” said Patter son. “When she gets to lie 2or 8 years old I will put her in a ‘mechanic’ and put her on a wire. A mechanic, you understand, is an apparatus with pulleys, etc., for balancing. The baby cannot fall, and in three months she will be able to walk the wire. I think I will make a performer out of her be fore she is more than 8 or 4 years old,” and George walked oil as proud as a king. The Tobacco Habit. Dr. W. S. Seartein Worth American Review. It is a matter for well-merited astonish ment that even men of discernment are so ready often to select a single one out of the endless chain of causes and attribute to it alone certain results. Surely of all sciences etiology is least entitled to respect. And no more glaring example of the foolish facility mentioned exists tnan that common even among eminent occulists, who charge upon the excessive use of tobacco a certain form of atrophy of the optic nrve. And this they persist iu doing even though that opin ion is based fin a mere supposition, and al though competent colleagues of their own, residing in countries like Turkey, where the ordinary use of tobacco fully equals what we should term great excess, declare that this form of disease of the eye is there utter ly unknown. There aro nations where the smoking of tobacco is begun by infants be fore they can walk, and where the habit is universal, and were tlie-ie wiseacres correct in their etiology the entire adult population ought logically to be blind. Ex uno disco outness. Not a single charge brought against tobacco has a bet ter basis. With great wisdom, it is remark ed, how much better health some imlividual has attained since censing to use tobacco. But any decisive change in long-continued habits -even what are termed “good habits” -is often temporarily beneficial. The great curative principle of change is what lias been successfully appealed to here—the most powerful, and, in fact broadly con sidered, the only existing curative principle. In estimating the true influence or tobacco and its congeners it is manifestly unfair to consider individual instances of their use. Only hv taking masses of men who for years are under control as to their diet and habits, mid who, therefore, live upon equal terms, can we approximate a fair estimate ex uso. Yinxo Tsd Castlis—Quite a lot of girls smiled at me on my way down the avenue just new, Jack; riiawm.ng girls they were, too .lack I don’t wonder they smiled. Torldy; your nodule U way around under your ear. Ruck. Consumption, Scrofula, General De bility Wasting Diseases of Children, Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can be cured by the use of Scott’s Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Uypophosphites. Prominent physicians use it and testify to its groat value. Please road the following: “I used Scott’s Emulsion for an olistinate Cough with Hemorrhage, I/>ss of Appetite*, Emaciation, Sleeplessness, etc. All of these have now left, and I believe your Emulsion lias saved a case of w ell developed Consump tion.”—T. J. Findley, M. D., Lone Star, Texas. Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svmn should always be used when children tire cutting teeth. It relieves the little suffer at ont'c; it produces until nil, quiet deep by relieving tin* child from pain mul the little oheruti awakes as “bright as a button." It is very pleasant to taste It soothes t,ho child, softens the gums, allays nil pain, re lieves wind, regulate* tlio isiwels, mid is the best known remedy for diarrhavi, whether arising free "lion,, or oilier cause*. 3o Charleston Dots. The railroad ticket offices at the Charles ton Hotel will be closed at 8 p. m. from now until Oct. 1. Messrs. Pelzor. Rodgers & Cos. received Friday five laies of the new cotton crop. Smyth & Adger received their first bale. It was shipped by Col. W. B. Utsey, of George’s, S. C. A few evenings ago, while a party of young men from the city were swimming ut McCloud’s Landing, in Wappoo Cut, a large shark, eight feet in length, glided swiftly past them. They at once realized their danger and swam to the land with ali possible haste. Th" memliers of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association Literary Society, recently tackled a hard subject. The question for debate is the very serious one: “Whether ba n helors arc of greater usefulness to a com munity than old maids.’’ It is said it re sulted in a tie. The sbt amships Cassius, Amethyst and Mayaguez are expected to arrive about the latter end of the month to load cotton for But'ope. They will lie consigned to Messrs. Street Bros., Capt. Henry Card and Messrs. Wm. Watson & Cos., respectively. It will be remembered that the Amethyst was at quarantine at the time of the earthquake and came to the city shortly afterwards. The kindness of Capt. Cawse, her skillful and generous-hearted commander, who at that time sheltered and otherwise cared for hundreds of terror-stricken peoplo, is grate fully remembered, says the Neiva and Cou rier. The Charleston Turn Verein has purchased the Benedikt property, on the west side of Meeting street, between Wentworth and Society streets, for the purpose of erecting a public hall, and the property will bo turned over to the Turners in a few days for the sum of 53,500. The lot has a frontage of 54 feet on Meeting street and a depth of about 10f feet, and will make an admirable site for a hall. The plans for the hall have already been prepared, and its erection will be commenced us soon as the conveyance of the property has been made. It is to be a large wooden building, either two or three stories high, and will cost about $6,000. It will is? arranged inside as a headquarters for the society, with meeting rooms, a large dance hall anti a gymnasium. The Charles ton Turn Verein has been an organization since 1852, and the building of their hall will be the crowning work of a long and creditable career, marked by success and prosperity in every respect. The society has the money in the treasury with which to pay for the site, and tho building fund will be raised among the members by sub scriptions to a capital stock to be divided into shares. The Croghan case still continues to honl public attention. The witness Hunter living unable to give the required bond, was re committed to jail until such time as he will be needed for further examination. In the meantime vigorous efforts will lie made to discover anil bring the assassin to justice. Soli'-itor Jervey declared his intention of asking Gov. Richardson to offer a reward for tho apprehension of the murderer. Mr. Martin Crogban, a cousin of the deceased, has already offorisl a reward of $5OO for proof to convict the murderer of Mr. Thomas Croghan. Gov. Richardson was approached on the subject, shortly after his arrival. Friday night. He said that he had already given the case his attention, and that his deepest thought had been excited in it. He thought that it was just such a case as required the offering of a large reward by the State, and he intended to give the matter prompt attention on his return to Columbia, lie regretted that the reduced size of the Governor's contingent fund, and the encroachments which hail already been made upon it for rewards in previous cases, would prevent him from making the re ward in the present case as largo as he wished, but he proposed to make the amount as hig has possible. Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Tnir weather, variable winds, geu lemlly from east to south, station ary temperature, except in north ern portion, warmer. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah. Aug. 20, 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure j Total Mean Tf.mperatche from the ! Departure — 1 Mean I Since . for 15 years Aug. 20 S'. - -or |.Jan. 1,1.387. 32 0 I 81.0 j —lO | 480.0 Comparative rainfall statement: „ iTZ”. {Departure) Total Mean Daily Amount fro l " the j Dp p artu re Amount for , ... Mean | Since 16 Years. ,Aug.2o 87. or _ ; Jan . h I(W7 . ! . 20 1 Trace. I- .20 ! —5.82 Maximum temperature 88.0, minimum tem perature ~4.0 The height of tho river at Augusta at I:3R o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time! was 12 0 feet—a rise of 3.3 during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton Begion Bulletin for 34 hours end ing Op. in., Aug. 20 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. | Averaok. . f y y— v Max. 1 Min. Rain- N | tious I Temp: Temp I fall. 1. Wilmington I 30 | 90 | 72 | .21 2. Charleston | 8 | HS 12 .61 3. Augusta I 12 ! SH 70 | .43 4. Savannah 13 92 72 .23 5. Atlanta 11 : S3 ] 68 I 01 6. Montgomery J 9 IK 72 .00 7. Mobile fl , 94 | 66 I .03 8. New Orleans. 12 , 91 i 72 ' .01 9. Galveston j 17 | 96 1 72 1 .06 10. Vicksburg ! 5 | 94 7SI I *T 11. Little Rock 15 ! 94 ! 6 , 00 12. Memphis 19 92 66 00 Averages. | ■ ... I I *T denotes trace of rainfall Observations taken at ttie same moment of time at all stations. Savannah, Aug. ::0 Pc.'lflr. st.. city time. Temperature. d Direction. 2 ; tocity ?! Rainfall. Name or Stations. Norfolk 71 N Fair. Charlotte 10 s —Clear. Titusville 76 BW Clear. Wllinington 78 BW, , . ..Clear. Charleston W 8 K 0 Q? Clear. Augusta To K Clear. Savannah *0 8 E 0. .. . iClonly. Jacksonville h N iClour. Cedar Keys . 84 W Clear. Key West H 4 NW 12 Clear. Atlanta T(i N 6 Clear. Mobile 70} W .(>4 Clear. Montgomery ... bO 1 N .. '('l • ir. New Orleans.... K 2 ft w Clear. Galveston K 2 Sn Clear. Corpus Christ!. ... MS E 14| Clear Palestine NS E 8 Clear. BrowneavlHe SO E Clear. Rio Grande..... M S 12 Clear. *T denotes trace of rain fa 1. • O. N. Samsbohy Signal Corps. U.S. Army. FOR SALE. HOUSES AND LOTS IjV)R SALE on i>*OAOnablo terms. Apply to WM. BoUHAV on Huntingdon, between Price and East Broad at reels. FOR SALE, I JOSKESBIOX given Oct. Ist, that desirable Residence southeast corner of Gaston and Abercorn streets. For terms apply to HENRY BI.CS, Blnn's Building? PAPER lIAMiIMi, GEO. W. MaTHUSS, pOKMERLY of the firm of .ISO. F. CARPEN TER it CO., is prepared to do first.class PAPER HANGING, also to furnish Plain and Decora tive pH per for same. 60 Wldtaker street, under T T * o• 1 1 • *** • > , DEATHS. MURRAY Died on the 16th instant, at Ship Island, Lila B , wife of Dr. R. D, Murray, and only daughter of Rev. C. N. and H. O. Fulwood. FUNERAL INVITATIONS. VANHORN. The relatives, friends and ac quaintanee of Charles R Van Horn, are re- K|**et fully invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, corner Lincoln and (Jordon streets, at 5 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. SOHIERFNBECK.—The friends and acquaint ance of Mr. Rudolph Bchierenbeck and fain ily, Mr. George Renkcn ami family, Mr. If. Renken and Miss K. Renkcn. are respectfully in vited to attend the funeral of the former from his late residence, corner Fm in and Margaret streets, THIS (Sunday) AFTERNOON, at 8:80 o'clock. SPECIAL NOTICES. TOW \Sf I HES .Ji nOMEVL He has invested SIO,OOO in the printing busi ness in this city. He is in a fair way of making money, and he will. Two “evils*’ are in the way, however. On<* is the water supply of the city, and the othe r is the man who does not and will not pay his debts. Both these evils can be lessened if judgment is displayed. Townsend can remedy one evil, the other he will grin and bear. He loves your water works men, and you, delinquent creditors, like a mother lovetli her first born, but he loves to pay his debts, and he loves to have water to facilitate his work, better than he loves any man. He is out in the printing business to make money and reputation. He wants work, and he is prepared to do it in os good shape as any house in the country. TOWNSEND, Fine Printer and Binder, 80 and 88 Bryan Street, Telephone 3 11. Savannah. Ga. i\OTH E TO WATER rOASUMERS. City of Savannah. ) Office Clerk of Council, Aug. *2O, 18R7. f During the succeeding ten days, required to make necessary repairs to the large pump at the Water Works,’the small pump will lx* relied upon to furnish our citizens with water, and in order to assist the Water Works Department in maintaining as much pressure as possible, water takers are requested to desist from sprink ling the streets, and are also earnestly requested to confine their use of water to their actual ne cessities. By order of the Mavor. pro tern. FRANK E. RKBARF.R, Clerk of Council. METROPOLITAN WAVING* WO LO AN CO. The first semi annual dividend will be payable to stuck holders ou and after M()NDAY, the 22d day of August, 1881*, at the office of the Treas urer, between the hoiirs of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2 o’clock p. m. 11. C. Davis. Treasurer. NOTICE—FOR RAFFLE. R. N. Stunt's Horse, Buggy and Harness will be raffled on MONDAY NIGHT, 22d inst., at Charles F. Graham's Restaurant, at 8 o'clock. Those holding chances will please take notice. PIANOS. STEINWAY & SONS, GABLER & BRO., E. ROSENKRANZ, G. HEYL. Easy monthly payments. Moving and Tuning at the lowest rates. SCHREINER'S MCSIC HOUSE. COAT* AND VEST*. A few extra large sizes ALPACA COATS and VESTS, also a small lot COItDURO V PANTS, for sale very low at JAUDON'S, 150 St. Julian Street. NOTICE TO H ATER-TAKERS. OFFICE WATER WORKS, I Savannah. Aug. 18, 1887. f There will be a reduced supply of water to consumers for the next t>*n or twelve days, owing. to the necessity of using the small engine while Gonnecting the larger pump ends to the large engine. A. N. MILLER. Superintendent. THE EUIiTABLK LOIN AND IIIILDING ASSOCIATION. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of the Board of Directors of iWls Association, held on the 18th inst., are published for the in formation of the members: Resolved first. That the President of this As soeiatiou shall hereafter cancel, by writing the word “canceled" across the lace of the scrip, every certificate of stock of the Association surrendered in cases of transfers, etc., before attaching his signature to the new certificate or scrip, issued in its place. Resolved, second. That, when loans are made, the Secretary is required to write the words “borrowed on,"and sign his name thereto, upon each certificate of stock liorrowed on, and at tach the same to his warrant upon th** Treas urer, and that the President shall not counter sign, nor shall the Treasurer pay.“ Said warrant unless the scrip, so marked, is attached to it. Rewired third. That any member of the As sociation wishing to make payment in advance of bis regular dues, shall be required to make application to the Secretary, who shall issue an order to the Treasurer to receive and receipt for the same, which order shall be approved by the President. Resolved fourth, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby required in future torender a state ment at each meeting of the Association, show ing: (1) Balance on hand at last meeting. (2> Receipts in detail since last meeting. <8) Disbursements in detail since last meeting. <4> An Itemized statement of all arrearages due from members of the Association. Rcsolvt-d JiftJt. That whenever a member is reported by me Treasurer to be three months in arrears >n his dues to tne Association it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify such mem ber in writing and demand payment. A true extract from tin* Minutes. J. L. WHATLEY, Secretary. DR. HENRY * COLDENU, DENTIST. Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. NOTICE Central Railroad Bank. ) Savannah, Ga.. August 8, 1887. f T am Instructed by the Board of Directors to notify the public lb it this bank Pure pared to do a general banking business an* 1 solicits ac counts. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. Stats or Weather. CORNICES. CHAS. A. COX, 40 BARNARD ST., SAVANNAH, GA., —MANUFACTURER OF — GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES AND TIN ROOFING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. The only house using machinery in doing work. Estimates for city or country work promptly furnished. A cent for the celebrated Swedish Metallic Paint. Agerft for Walter’s Patent Tin Shincles. DKOiS AM) MEDICINES. Don't Do It! Don’t Do What? \I r HY don't walk our tonystr©©** with that ’ * nice dr*'ss .r mul of cloth©* m w ith Stain* nr(lr*HM* Spot* in. to which tin* Savannah dust idirkfi “ckwer than a t*rot;w>r," wuou Japanese Cleansing Cream will take them out ©lean im anew pin. j&XI a bottle. M.uie only by J. R. HALTIWANGER, At liia store*. *l l>ravton. •.Ti ti! i • ' -.y.i MILLINERY* tal Idler Bargains Are Laid to Rest Against These Boldly Outlined Facts. PUTSHEK’S 138 BROUGHTON STREET, The Controllers and Originators, Pro claim in the Blackest Type Ever Printed a Bona Fide List of WIDE EYE-OPENERS Plucked from tho Newest and Freshest Con solidated Lines with but one view, that of reducing our stock. 500 yards 3-inch wide Linen Torchon Lace, hand mode, BVf?c.; was 15c. 35 dozen Children's solid shade and black ribbed Hose, white feet, 12HjC per pair; was 20c. 20 dozen Children's Ribbel Lisle Hose, solid shades, was 50c.; now at 25c. per pair. 1,500 Children's good Cambric Handkerchiefs, with colored borders, at 2c. each. 1 ,<XX) Ladies' pure Linen, special size and Hem stitched Handkerchiefs, our former 25c. goods, now down to in white, mourning and col ored borders. 000 pairs 1 wadies' pure Silk Jersey Mitts, in 8 to 12 button lengths, in all shades, reduced to 08c.: were Si, $1 25. Si 50. Odds and ends in Silk Gloves for Ladies and Misses at surprising reductions. 25 dozen Louies' 4 ply clerical shape Linen Collars wi£h capo, our termer 20c. collars, re duced now to 10c. All those Ladies' extreme high Collars, with straight and turn cages, formerly 25c., now at 15c 50 dozen of the finest modeled Corsets, ex travagant silk stitching, l>one filled and extra long, reduced to 50c. from 87c.; all sizes. 100 dozen Ladies' broad rim and high crown rough and ready Straw Hats, in white and black, only 25c.; worth 50c. 30 dozen 1 adics' rough and ready Straw Sail ors, in white and black, at 25c. Don't Delay for the old rule holds good, FIRST COME. Etc. Grand Catches in Every Department. DRY GOODS, ETC. Exceptional Reductions IN Summer Roods AT Man 4 Doom’s, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. FIGURED BATISTE CLOTHS. A X T E will closa out the remainder of our stock ii of t hese fine poods, formerly sold at 18c. a yard, now reduced to 12J^c. 25 pieces Figured Lawns, 3S inches wide, regu lar price a yard; cow Bjsc. 75 pieces Figured Lawns, choioe styles, at 3tgc. 50 pieces Wide Width Lawns, regular price 10c. a yard; now C%c. One lot Crinkled Seersuckers, regular price 15c. and 17c. a yard; now 12L,e. One lot of Dress Ginghams, choice 3tyles, regular price 12j£e. a yard; now 10c. 30 Imported Marseilles Quilts, slightly soiled, formerly sold at $3. We will close tho lot out at Si 85 each. Hosiery and Underwear. V 100 dozen Unbleached Black and Colored Hose, regular price 12Vfcc.; now 9c. a pair. A mixed lot of Misses’ Fine English Hose, Ribbed, Plain and Silk Clocked, regular price or these go*]s from 25c. to 50c. We will close the lot out at 17c. a pair. 50 dozen Ladies’ Gauze Undervests, regular prices 25c. and 35c.: now 19c. each. 35 dozen Indies’ extra fine quality Gauze Un dervesfs, regular prices 50c., 65c., 75c. and 85c. We will offer the lot at the extraordinary low price of 47e. each. Onr SI Unlauodrieil Shirts Reduced to 90c. 75 dozen Gentlemen's Unlaundried Shirts, re inforced back and bosoms, the best $1 Shirt manufactured. In order to reduce our large stock we will offer them at 90c. each. (’ROMAN A DOONER. n BEK RjULBOAI). SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILWAY. Staiiclarcl Time. /COMMENCING SATURDAY, July 16,1887, the V / following schedule will lit- in etrect: No. 3. No. 1. No. ft. No. 7.* Lv. Savan nah. 10:30am 3:oopm 6:oopin 9:fopm Ar.Tybee.il:4ft a m 4:16 pm 7:00 pm 11:06 pm No. 2. No. 4. No. . No. 8. I.v Ty bee. 7:00 ain 4:o3pm 9:lspm 8:00pua Ar. Snvan nali. 8:15 am 6:30 pm 10:35 pm 9:10 pm •Trains 7 and 8 Sundays only. All trains leave Savannah from Savannah and Tyt e depot, in 8., K. and \V. yard, ph: t of pas- M IH-cr depot. I>-.ive Tybee from * Icean House. Hand pl.iysat 'lyhee Tuesdays, Thursdays aud Satunlavs. leaving Savannah on ilio 3 e. M. train, leeviug Tybee on Uisi train. Tickets on sale at depot ticket office, and at Fernandez's t 'tgar Store, corner Hull and Broughton streets. C. O. HAINES, Supt. Savannah, July 15, 1887. >t<> I. KN. $25 REWARD. STOLKN from til© Tod'l Place, 12 mil©* from WuyiiffiiHM-o, (In,, on the night of August lJth.oNi: I.Lx'K hAWBoNE JiAREMULE, Kixtoon hanU nigh and about nin* yearn H, with uiiuH'i.tl crook&J hind legs, \vneii lyiu< down I>ah a iMvuiiar way of flm riMiug on her front nnd nomrtirnt* turnii* rouiid IWoru jzetrfn# hi*r uind tVtupu* if wiak in tNMjk. I will pciv $25 ruwiit'd for her and tiiief. Th** fol low irig ih a d**eription of th© thief: Uinicor rakt* ci.lnr, about ft fffit 10 i iohen high, Weighs about 180 pound*. lieinilee. face, soar on lil uiieek about alilnclaji long: wbcn seen last ha-1 on high crown while alill' hut. went bg name of Sam Barin'.. ■ WALKER MoGATHBB*- V*.v ■’ ;ji ~ *| * *°v7