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2 SIRENS IN THE SURF. SCENES AT BATHING HOURS AT NEWPORT. Flirtations With Pair Ones En Desha bille on the Bench- The Imported English Footman as an Obstruction to Love-Making- Striking Figure of a Tremendous Girl. Neieport Letter in Xew York Times The bay is a great shining horseshoe. There is a cottage on the fur low headland on the left; a cottage on the far low head land on the right. Beyond is the open ocean. In the very centre of the arch is Newport's bathing beach. The Beach Casino is a long, low wooden building, two-storied only in the centre. Its roof is of gray shingles, its sides of yellow . All along its front, massed on the 200 feet of sand between its veranda and the water, is a dense black throng of vehicles. The morning is warm and the bright.sun ligbt is glinting on the panels and wheels of victorias with rumbles, and victorias without, on char-a-bancs, dog-carts. T-carts, s- daus, landuulets, clarences, Coupes, broughams, village-carts, buggies, and dukes—dukes are the latest two-wheel ed fad—iti a confused and hetenigon<>oiis mass of shining wood and leather, with here and there a tally-ho rising bulkily over all. Tigers are moro plenteous and more gaudy than in a Bengal jungle. The vehicles an- filled and the ve randa is crowded Men in straw hats and white flannel are tending over carriage wheels to pass the compliments of the hour with their lady friends. The women aro chatty and smiling, and gracious. They are in fresh, simple dress, simple in that they cost $5 to buy, and #SO to mako. New port, in fact, is out for the bathing hour, and all of Newport which does not bathe joins heartily to muko life miserable for those who do. The bathing begins at 11 o'clock, and if you are wise you will not go near the teach before that hour. If you do you wall strike the antiques. The antiques are a queer col lection of old ladies who coma from nobody knows where. If the discovery of their origin depends upon the public interest in them, it will never be brought about. They wear bathing suits consisting of a horrible straw hat, a coat and knee-breeches These are made from bedticking, a Jfaded sofa cover, an old crazy quilt, or anything else that has no particular value. They look like Indian squaws on a pilgrimage. They wear no stockings. Ugly? They are the ugliest things in the whole realm of zoology. Sin is a tinted Venus in comparison. If one of them should come within the luminous circle of an electric light at night the light would flare up wildly and then go out. They disappear, however, like the witches in the spectacle before the fairies come on. The fairies represent Newport’s test circles, for, despite the supposition to the contrary; bathing is very generally indulged in. Still, the crowd in the ocean is remarkably mixed. Two-thirds of it represent the middle class, and the distinguished feature of this class is that its women do not wear stockings. The difference between Narra gansett and Newport in this respect is re markable. At the former place no woman appears without them. Their absence at the latter place is unpleasant. A stookingod limb is coquettish. A bare one, except on occasions, is ugly, if not. questionable. Modem footgear has not improved the symmetry of the female toes, and however skillful the chiropodist may be he is sure to leave some signs of bis art. If an Athenian sculptor w ere to-day to seek in this country lor a model for a female foot he would be as badly off us Diogenes. It would seem ns if all female bathers would strongly prefer to cover their distorted extremities. Those of their sex who make of their beauty a study invariably do. The stocking, in ease of dire necessity, would probably Vie the very last garment discarded by them, and some women, who would blush at nothing else, would redden at tho exposure of their feet. While the fairies in their pretty suits aro demurely bobbing np and down in tho breakers, tho girls of the middle class are doing whatever their sweet w'ills suggest. Down the beach, for instance, far back to ward the line of hillocks, are two girls in bathing suits, one of gray and the other of blue. They linvo buried themselves in tho sand up to their waists. They look as if they were growing there. By them stands a smart, dog-cart, with a gray horse in silver-mounted harness. In the cart aro two finely-dressed young men. Tho girls are pretty, but have common faces. The men are not totally at variance with them in this respect, though there is a eoat-of arms on the panel. Perhaps the coat is not a very good fit. The girls look like twin sphiuxes—frivo lous daughters of that groat poem in stone in Egypt’s sands. Retzch compared hu manity to the Sphinx, saving that while its soul was in the clouds, its body w'as buried in the earth. He had no direct reference to the young ladies, however. Their souls, in aerial mounting, have stopp'd and gotten into the curt. One of them smiles archly at the driver. She U not immodest. She is no more culpable in her dr>ss than the blue laws of the Purit uiica'i prohibition State freely permit. And yet under those very laws she bends her knee, the sand parts over her right limb, and from knee cap to too it is exposed and lire nude and round and white upon the sand. It does not shine. It glares, and she knows it. Some young girls walk ing by look nt her and blush. It is no won der. The flirtation en deshabille progresses. Finally the driver makes his friend get out, puts his English ulster upon her, and takes her for a rattling ride up and down the beach along the edge of the water. He keeps far below the crowd, however. His friend sits down by the other Sphinx and cleverly enchains her admiration by peri odically pouring sand down the back of her aeck. The teach is a little trying for the nice youug ladies. It is shallow, and one has to walk a long distance from the breakers to the water line. Then there is another long walk from the water line to the bath-house. When, as is usually the case, one has to pass in and out among a throng of carriages tilled with staring strangers the ordeal is se vere for shrinking modesty. Home, fearful of it, pass to and fro up the teach beyond the fine. Others do not appear to mind, and join conversations with friends in carriages as they pass in with artless unconsciousness. It is merely a question of experience, also, if cynicism te i>ermitted, of figure. One would not expect, fqr instance, that osseous, old muiden, who has put on a scarlet suit to decrease her rescmblnin'o to iui imaginary line, to teas ready to chat with her gentle man friends in her present state of candor as tho plump little clmnipion whom she is foolish to walk la-side. Contrasts aiv elo quent, and bathing suits are as frank as Fairbanks in telling a woman’s weight. The hathgnwn exists only in the fashion Journals as far as the beach is concerned. The question has been widely debated here, but nobo ly seems to dare to venture it. Those who most desire its use seem to te afraid of the notoriety it would nt first ox rite, ami prefer to walk unobtrusively to the house. Only the misses of the aristocrucy in dulge in brine. Their elders prefer to lounge picturesquely on their carriage seats and wittily comment. Altert is usually the only one of the family who invariably bathes. Altert is a block poodle with wor sted in place of hair, whe has lieon shaved by the laudsc&|> gardener with a lawn mower. Having caught sight of himself in the looking-glass ho has very properly gone mad. He lias high times in the water with a common bulldog, whom he jmtronixes, while Doru, a lady King Charles of his ac quaintance, barks bronchially from an adja cent carriage scat, us she anxiously watehes him, fearful that lie will get bis death of cold Dora is in tears, in fact but Albert d<>s not heed. It is her normal state. James, the vrouni. as he stands liv the horse’s bend. also keeps a sharp eye on Altert. James is in high liat and full livery, with immacu late cream-colored breeches, and most care fully brushed tops. James stands very straight. He has grown frightfully brittle since he was imported and put in service. Perhaps it is the American climate acting on his English system. James will fall asleep and blow over some day and break into a thousand pieces. While you are watching James and wish ing he would, another James comes riding by, sitting beside his young mistress, who is driving, on the seat of a yellow trap. Ilis hands are in red gloves and crossed on his lap like small specimen hams from (Jincin nati. He looks exactly like his fellow on the sand. All grooms, in fact, are very like a sheet of English postage stamps, identical in apiiearance and value. They all have a cleanly shaven Chauband look, and thoy constitute one of the many present myste ries of the American social panorama. It is understood, of course, that from our shirt collars to our tally-hos wo import and adopt nothing English unless it is more awkward and ungainly than our own home articles; but why we should have gone to the extent of a James is none the loss puzzling to determine. If mademoiselle and her young lady chum take a ride they can interchange not one word of eonff dentlal gossip unless the rod and capacious ear of James receives it also. If Stanley and Elsie ride side liy side through the in spiring softness of the after-glow no word or sigli of tenderness between tl em can '■scajie the knowledge of the salaried goose berry iu tops, on the seat behind, who is fed and found that lie may certainly te on hand when he assuredly is not wanted. Stanley must either stow him under the seat, or jolt him off. Or keep discreetly silent,. Those are his only courses of action, and yet the young ladies indignantly seek to know why our young men no longer marry. James is the can*'. James may te simply a thing. His brains may bo bidden in the lining of his hat, and Ids relation to the vehicle tea little less than the kingbolt and a little more than the pug, but he is there just the same, and whenever a mail feels yearning and ulloverish, he invariably insists upon an audience of only one. Your lieautv of the hop of the night be fore comes down to the wafer. The pretty back is just as straight, though it is bidden now in too trim red bathing dress, and the smile she gives tho ocean the same she gave her partner. She has two girl friends with her, ladies bom, with their milk white teeth and bright New England faces. The three go ha ml and hand into the water. There is not a man of their class to accom pany them. There are comparatively few men, anyhow. The college boy and the dude are both absent. The dude does not swim, lacking a cablegram that Wales has put his royal feet in the royal water, and the college boy is miles away. He shunsiNewport. He is at Narragansctt and the Massachusetts beaches in his rowing shirt, with the class number on its breast over the muscles lie so obviously wears. He is there with the pretty girls in the gay wet multitude, and they are duly appreciative of him, for he is a very good sort under all circumstances, and the liest natured and brightest of cavaliers. The three Graces run into the water, how ever, and run well, for u wonder. No two women run alike, and few run well. There is nothing locomotive in the whole animal kingdom that some of them do not man age to imitate. From the tragic stork to the contemplative hen in a hurry all the varied gaits are clearly to te found upou the teach. Most of them run like snipe, tue wings close to the side, tho legs straight, and no bend ing of the body anywhere. When a silver winged flock of tue latter light a little way down the shore mid skip stiffly along the sun Is with that constant ami industrious search for nothing in particular which dis tinguishes snip ; in moving and women in shopping, their resemblance in motion to t.ie greaqis of women near them savors too much of mocking purpose to be entirely u matter of choice. There is nothing striking about the bath ing suits, it is not good iorm to wear war paint in the water. As fur as appearances areeonoerned, the dress is quite us conserva tive, if not more so, than that of the ball mom. Borne of the figures are striking. One of them is a tremendous girl, tstie wears a cap of blue and white lateral stripes, which hung down backward. Bhe is very strong, full chested and brunette, and walks with her head thrown back like anas Shi- looks like a salon painting of a Breto 14 iisher-girl os she trump* across the sands- The basket would make, bur one to the life. Sue swims, too, with power. Bhe can scarcely be called one of the elect, though many of the elect are strongly-built wo men. The hunting field and the English fashion or health and strength are remov ing a little of that weak delicacy which has liven charged against American girls. An instance of it is just going over the sands. She is too straight and elastic. Yesterday aftornoon, on the ocean drive, she was ele gantly clad on the summit of a monumen tal English cart. Bho wears a pretty suit of black, und her feet are an innovation. Bhe wears white sundals, with rubber soles, bound about her ankles with bright red braid. The effect is strik ing. It truly seems as if she desired to call attention to Her lower limbs, for fromaukle to knee they are unprotected against wind and water; in fact, bare. Nevertheless, you forgive her. You are not sorry she dirt so. You are disposed to generously accord her all the powers of observation that you have at your command. It all the young ladies were as happily adjusted as she is, you nqght be induced to overcome your very natural scruples on the matter, and consent to let them enjoy all the freedom in walking that the ultramurine laws oi Rhode Island ap pear to contemplate. An Englishman on a Bucking Horse. Fi om a London Letter. The trump card of the cowboys in the American exhibition is the bucking horse. Buffalo Bill lias some twenty or thirty of these animals, and proclamation is marie ut each performance inviting anybody desirous to make the experiment to mount and ride a bucker it ho can. Recently n company, especially favored by Col. Cody, wont up to tho exhibition between the two perform ances to see the first Englishman bold enough to pick up the cowboy s challenge acquitting himself on tho bacn of the fiery untamed. This daring rough-rider was mi officer of the Royal .Marines who had ridden and broken in similar cuttle in Australia. Attar Col. Cody had done, the honours of the “Welcome Club,” established on the promises as a com pliment to the members of the “Ravage,” the officer in question put himself astride of “North Platte," one ot tho least vicious of the buckors, and prepared to witch tho world with noblo horsemanship. Ho *tiii not witch much, however, for “North Platte” commemvd curvetting, and in about two minute* the gallant officer whs buried up to his shoulders in the earth and tan of the arena. It Was thought his neck was broken, but he only lost two front teeth, and stoutly insisted on another trial. He was so pressing that Buffalo Bill had not the heart to refuse. This time also he siieceedtsl in getting into the saddle, but it, was not u permanent act. Hardly bad lie touched the leather than he was snot out of it with a clear fling, which pitched him twenty foot oil' on the broad of bis liack. A trifle sliaken, but with his blood up, the gallant soldier jiersisted till he was allowed a third essay. This time he failed even to get on the Imeker’s back. “North Platte" danced and jumped, and shufllod and dodged, and made arches and semi circles mid llgures of eight of himself to that extent that the would-be rider, quite baffled, bt go the isimmel, whereupon, quick ns a prizelighter, the mustang loa|sxl buck for elbow room, and letting fly with his unarmed hoof, gave the now would-not-be rider a whaek on the back which sent him sprawling. He fnihsl to come up to time, and "North Platte" was left with an easy victory, having knocked his man out in three rounds. All, however, complimented the officer heartily on his pluck ami perseverance. Orrr.NnacH. the conqioaer, was a great gam bler at the roulette, his favorite number being from superstition -the thirteen. One evening at tipi the nmutier came seven times, ami Of- Itfnlff tin* hldl THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1887. MINISTER HANNA’S TALK. He Wants a Line of Stoamers to Buenos Ayres. Washington, Aug. Hi. —Hon. Bayless W. Hanna, Minister to the Argentine Re public, arrived here lust night and en gaged a suite of rooms at Willard's. At 5 o’eloc’. this afternoon he left for Baltimore, where he intended to take the steamer for Buenos Ayres. While laying over at Nor folk he purposed visiting friends residing at Newport News. When seen by a Sun rep resentative this afternoon, Mr. Hanna had just returned from Oak view, where he had a very pleasant interview with the Presi dent. The Minister could not say too much in praise of the Chief Executive. “The President looked like a farmer in love with his business,” he said, “when I presented myself to him. Ho f ;reetod me, not as an official subordinate, nit as though I were an old college crony. Mr. Cleveland is tho Colossus that strides our Rhodes. Every step he takes strength ens his hold upon the people. He is a man of broad and liberal views, and that does much toward winning the res]ieet and ad miration of a democratic people.” Minister Hanna has been exceedingly busy toslay at tending to affairs concerning his mission. Beside calling on the Presi'lent, he spent some time with Secretary Bayard, with whom he had a very satisfactory consulta tion. Speaking of our relations with the -Argentine Republic, Mr. Hanna said that it is a matter of regret both with the authorities of that country and himself that the United States is so slow in opening up com munications with the js-opla of the South. “The government of Argentine," Minister Hanna went on to state, “is extremely friendly to the United States. So great an admiration have they for our institutions that they have adopted our form of govern ment anil our constitution with but few modifications. The President is elected for six years and for but one term. They have a Congress organized as ours Is. Instead of States they have provinces. In every pos sible way they have shown their friendship for us. W hy, England and Germany have long teen trying to secure an extradition treaty from the government, but have not yet succeeded, while I returned here with un extradition treaty, covering every crime on the calendar, which has been ratified by Argentine. I had but little trouble in ac complishing this, so friendly is the republic toward this country. There are many American rascals in Argentine, who will be turned over to this country as soon as the treaty is ratified by us unless they escape in the meantime. Winslow, the embezzler, formerly of Boston, who is editing tho Her ald there, could te secured under the terms of tho treaty if we want him. There are many others who have reason to fear the adoption of such a t reaty. The government of Argentine accords this special favor to the United States because it desires that commercial relations should bo established with us. They aro willing to offer every inducement to our merchants to open up trade with theirs. It is now the desire of Argentine to have a direct mail route lie tween Now York and Buenos Ayres. They offer any American company #125,000 per annum m gold to establish a mail line bo tween those two cities, having no stops <*n the Brazil coast. At present tho mail for Argentine is delivered at Rio Janeiro and left to the mercy of any vessel going to tho river Platte. It is my experience that com merce follows the mails. If some American steamship company accepts this liberal offer of the Republic we will soon lie reaping a harvest. Argentine is strictly a pastoral country It has no means of manufacture, being without coal or wood, and it is to our interest that they should remain so. For these reasons they devote themselves to the cultivation of tho soil, the raising of sheep and cattlo, and other industries of like char acter. They drive a great trade in hides and coarse wool, and have lately commenced the freezing of sheep for exportation. Thoy do not attempt much in tho way of producing cereals, for they have uo market for them within easy reach. With proper attorn tion, however, they would distance us in the raising of wheat aiid corn. They can now, without effort, raise 00 bushels of wheat to the acre. It is to tho interest of this coun try to gather in some of this trade. I favor a literal reduction in the tariff on wool. If it were made and we had ships plying be tween this country and Argentine wo would secure the principal portion of thoir wool trade. They being without manufactories, wo could supply them with manufactured woolen fabrics. A great industry would thus be opened up in this country, and we would te the gainers. It is truly to te re gretted that w ; e are allowing England and Germany to get Rieir hands on this rich country. One hundred foreign ves sels visit Buenos Ayres at regu lar intervals. Germany leads in tho trade with Argentine, but there is $181),- 000 of English capital invested in railroads there. We ought to have an eye open to our interest there. There is now being built a railway between Buenos Ayres and Val paraiso. Chili, which is destined to te the greatest highway in the world. It obviates the passage around Terra del Fuego, tlie most dangerous voyage a vessel could make. It will open up safe and direct communica tions with Australia and will lie of immense advantage to England. We cm hardly realize the energy of the people of the Ar gentine. They nave the g.i-alie id-ntiveness of tho Americans. As an illustration, only four years ago a town was laid out about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres. To-day this town has a cathedral, a magnificent opera house, and the streets are lighted by electricity. It. is thriving well and tho population daily increasing. Tho his tory of its growth is more marvelous even than that of any of our West ern cities. I had nearly forgot that they also dug out a canal leading from the Platte river to the town, which is navigable by the largest of tho ocean steamers. And nil this in only four years. I have laid all these matters before the President and Secretary Bayard. Both warmly favor closer com mercial relations liotween Argentine und this country. It is my opinion that the ad ministration is on the ere of making a strong effort hi push the South American trade. They realize its importance, and will doubtless, if Congress makes tho neces sary legislation, adopt a jKiliey as to South American commerce that will add to the wealth of the United Blates anil at tho same time be of benefit to the Mouth. There is no reason why nil the republics should not be strongly bound together. The Monroe doc trine is generally respect*! in Mouth America, and it is my impression that Brazil will soon tea republic. “The peoide of Argentine are of the Latin race; their language is Spanish. Thev live in greater luxury than any people t. have ever lieon among, and entertain in a prince ly manner. They have a weU-otlicered ar my of I.‘i,()uO men and navy much in ad vance of ours. They have colleges similar to our West Point and Annapolis, where young inon are educated for the’ army and navy. The discipline there is even more rigid than at our military and naval schools. They have free schools supported by a stiecial tux. The finest school buildings in the world are in Buenos Ayres They num ber sixty-seven in that city alone. Idle sys tern of teaching is that of the Indiana Normal school. They live in one-story abodes which cover an extensive area of ground and arc surrounded by gardens con taining the most bdhutlful flowers. The ap pearance of Buenos Ayres is that of a huge flower garden. I tell you it is a delightful people and n delightful country, and we ought to know them better.” Drowned in the Surf. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 21.—Dr. N. A. Archer, Professor of Hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania, was drowned while Kurf-lNithiug at Longport, two miles below here, to-iluy. John Brown. 31 years old, residing on a farm with his mother three miles north of li[**er, Mich., deliberately pul a bullet through the polin of his lotiid with a revolver to evade work He submitted himself to the same ordeal aoout a year ago, only using ttie other hand as a t THE IVES COTERIE. I Facts About the Way They Started on the Road to Wealth. New York. Aug. 20.—Ives, Staynor and | their allies are likely to occupy public at : tention for some time to come. And, by ! the way, there aro a few facts concerning these persons which by some chance have not appeared in public print even if they aro generally known. Ives, for instance, is said to have once been a clerk for Harper <fc Brothers, the publishers. He really began as a bell Ixiy for Joseph Harper when he was about 17 years old and later tecame a clerk in the establishment. But he was a young eagle in a dovecote. It was too quiet and peaceful. He wanted to enter that Gehenna of sjieculative excitement, Wall street, and he did when lie was about 20 years old. He was a bright, promising boy with pleasant, ingratiating manners, and readily obtained a place. He was with a number of firms and tho list has never teen bor rectly stated in print, though, of course, it is not an important matter. He is said te have been discharged from one place for dishon esty. As he grew older, but while still a clerk, he speculated in fifty and one hundred shares and bought put* and calls By hook and by crook he got together enough money to go into the brokerage business himself, ami the sequel is that the former bellboy fails for the nominal sum of #15,000,000. On one occasion I talked to Ives at his office for some minute's under the impres sion that he was one of the clerks. His office is on the southwest corner of Nassau ami Cedar streets, within a short distance from where Aaron Burr otice lived,and with in a stone’s throw of the site of the ancient Dutch church, once occupied by the poet office, and where now stands one of the finest of the commercial palaces of Now York. There, by tho way, ex-President Arthur had his law offices. Nassau street is one of the oldest thoroughfares in the city; it was laid out two hundred years ago and was named in honor of William of Nassau, or as he is generally known in history, William 111. of England. Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, Talleyrand, Louis Philippe and Washington Irving, and in later times Emerson, Gen. Grant and many others of wide celebrity have passed slowly along the ancient thoroughfare, but none in ono sense more remarkable than the quickly moving young man of slight build, somewhat under the medium height, with curly brown hair, a smooth, innocent faisi, having yet a certain lurking, sinister suggestion in spite of the reassuring gold-bowed spectacles seemingly indicative of tno student at Andover. The young man lias a courtly address; at tractive manners ami cordially greets ac quaintances. He is pointed out as Henry 8. Ives. Whatever may lie said of him he is not a snob. Young men of one-tenth of his con ceded ability net like autocrats, and the veriest cads, simply because somebody has left them some money or Ixjcauso they hap pen to have rich fathers. Ives had nothing but brains, and adopting Danton's motto of “Toujours de l’aulnoe”he has made a fortune. His character is exactly as good as hundreds of men well known in the financial world. That is no defense of him; it is the worst thing that can be said of him. In Wall street tie is guilty of the unpardonable sin of iieing caught. The Stock Exchange in dorsed him when it supposed him anew power in finance and it greeted his downfall with cheers. Nothing could more strik ingly exemplify the character of that insti tution. Ives lives in Brooklyn in the height of luxury He has a colored valet to whom lie has been in the habit of giving carte blanche in the matter of expenditures for furnish ing tile house. Recently this enterprising colored person bought, I understand, $O,OOO worth of beautiful decorations,including fine bronzes, and got a commission of 10 per cent, on the purchases. Then there is (ieorge Staynor. The news papers have said little of his antecedents be cause they seem to know very little about him. He came, as is generally known, from New Loudon, Conn., and is about 00 years of ago. Ho is short, squab, bow-legged and waddles like Gen. Butler. How did he get his first starts I haven’t seen a line in print on this subject. In New London, some twenty-five years ago, there was one of those obscure geniuses who have the know little or nothing of business or the ways of the world. He invented a lathe for print ing the filagree engraving on the lineks of bank nets; it hail a peculiar movement and it did almost instantaneously what might take days to do by the old method which, moreover, was not only slower but much more expensive. The inventor was drowned a short time after he had shown Staynor his invention. Staynor obtained possession of it and came to New York, lie went to the office of the American Rink Note Company and asked for the President. He was told that that official was engaged. “No matter if he is,” was Staynor’s re sponse. “I wish to see him at onee. I have something thut I wish to tell him.” He was admitted and shower! the Presi dent of tlie company the invention. The President called the superintendent, who pronounced it a valuable thing. “Well," said Staynor, “I’m here to sell it.” The President asked how much he wanted, and he named a good round sum in cash and a considerable amount in stork. “Wo don’t caro to pay so much,” said the official, anxious to get the invention for little or nothing. “All right,” said Staynor. “If you don't take it others will.” And ho started to go. ‘‘Holdon!” railed the official when Staynor had reached the door. “Hold on. Perhaps we can do better. Give us until to-morrow to think it over.” "No, sir,” said Staynor emphatically, “you must decide to-day.” Then the head of the company 1 logged for an hour for consideration. It was given. On Staynor’s return he was told that the company would take the [intent, but could not pnv his price. “Well, ’ said Staynor, “I’vo got a good thing and 1 know it. Since I have been out 1 have changed my terms. I will let you have it at the same amount in cash as I said before, but you have got to give me more stock." They did. Staynor got his start, became Secre tary of the company and later drifted into finance. Christopher Meyer, who has lieen Ives’ backer to some extent, used to Ins a porter in this eltv. Ho owes liis fortune to two wealthy ladies who established him in the rubber business. Now he is worth $l,- 000,000 It is a strange story. An idle lounger in n small Connecticut town, a bell hoy in Harper’* and a porter in a Now York mer enntilo house. The whirligig of time brings them in millions. Two drop faint, by the wayside and one, shrewd old Christopher Meyer, is enjoying life at Saratoga with a youiigand beautiful wife. Staynor sits with bowed head utterly crushed. Ives keeps up a brave chipper front, hut the mask drops at t imes and shows a face on which anxiety and anger st niggle for mastery as he catches the muttering of a coining storm that may sweep him into Sing King. Oscar Willoughby Kiwis. A Healthy Stomach Is a hlesssing for which thousands of our dys peptic country men and women sigh in vain, and to obtain which swallow iifncli medicine una vallingly. For no ailment—probably —an.' there so many alleged remedies as for dyspepsia. The man of humbug is constantly glutted with the dollars ami climes of those who resort to one nostrum nfter another in the vnln ho|M> of nl> taining relief, .it least, from this vexatious ami obstinate malady. Experience indicates Ho* teller's stomach Uiitom as a means of eradica ting dv*i'ii*ia, in which a th in reliance an be place,! No remedy has in tints* decades end over established such a reputation, none has re ceived such unauaMtied professional sanction. It is an admirable invigoram. liecniisc it rn ticiiek the Mood, and not only this, but it thor oughly regulates tlie dowels.' kidneys and bind der. The nervous symptoms iv usually 111 WeVMd I,V 1 THE OLD WILD HEN. The Commercial Traveler Outlines the Eccentric Career of an Heirloom. From the Few York Evening Sun. “I have just received a letter from my folks at the old homestead. It contains some bad news," said a commercial trav eler at breakfast this morning, a.s he showed the reporter u letter which opened as fol lows- Rassom. ?-f irie, Aug. 8, 1887. Dear Boy, The old wild hen is dead. * * * Your Mother. “You needn’t laugh," said the commercial traveler ros[n-oachfully. "The death of that old hen wus a great event in our family. Khe a petite blonde, sly, selffish, und self-possessed. She was the only surviving one of eleven debutantes of ten years ago. She never looked a day olderthau when, a blithe and trustful pullet, she assumed the active duties of life by adopting an orphan door knob. I never shall forget the spirit of self-denial and persistent mother yearn ing with which, for six weeks she folded the unresponsive door knob in her bosom. “Then she assumed her place in the world with an evident determination to drown her disappointment in the. fierce activities of a cynic, Ehe became grasping and conscience lass. She drove an inoffensive duck from its nest, hatched out the egp herself, and then murdered her stepchildren. Finally she developed a habit of hiding her nest in unheard of places, far from tlio haunts of men. She didn’t announce her eggs with the wild manifestations of joy peculiar to her kind. She would sneak up to the houso from her nest, and in about four hours she would suddenly seem to remember that she had laid the superstructure of an omelette and burst into a wild prean of rejoicing. The egg was probably secreted about a mile from the spot where she seemed first to re member its occurrence. One day I had a brief hut busy engagement with a nest of hornets in a clump of hushes about a mile south by southeast from the house. I there discovered that ttie old hen had formed a treaty of defence with the hornets, under whose villa sho had deposited her eggs. I was so surprised and pained at discovering this alliance that I never went back after the eggs. “She got the hens’ rights craze, and was seized with an abnormal desire to crow. During this period of her life she licked a dude jieacock and led an otherwise riotous career. Hhe saw generation after genera tion of fowls rise, ilourish a year or two, and go down to death and the market under the nom de plumes of spring chickens, but she defiantly lived on until she became a relic of the farm, and we learned to love her as well as one can love such a cold nature. It must have galled her to die a natural death. She would have preferred being killed and sold as a spring chicken, and she would have cackled with glee at the pros pect of the pained surprise of the man that should buy and attempt to eat her ancient carcass.” Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: RAIN Local rains, east to south winds, I becoming variable, slight changes in temperature. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah. Aug. 21, 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure ! Total Mean Tkmperatt re i from the | Departure 1 Mean Since for 15years;Aug.21.’8".I -1-or Jan. 1,1887. 300 i 80.0 j -0 0 1 - '120.0 Comparative raiufall statement: . . Departure ! Total Mean Daily Amount j j rom t j l( , Departure Amount for for Mean Since 111 Years. Aug. 21 870 or _ j an . j, per. .36 ! .01 | .25 5.67 Maximum temperature 80.0, minimum tem perature 77.0. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 13 9 feet—a rise of 1.0 during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end ing tip. m., Aug. 21 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. | Average. ~ Max. Min. Rain- NAMB - t P“ l s Temp Temp fall. 1. Wilmington 20 90 70 .02 2. Charleston 8 88 70 .07 3. Augusta 12 88 70 .13 4. Savannah 9 92 72 .38 5. Atlanta 9 H 8 70 04 6. Montgomery 5 92 68 .00 7. Mobile 8 8(5 64 .00 8. New Orleans 7 94 72 .00 9. Galveston 17 98 74 .00 10. Vicksburg 5 91 72 *T 11. Little Rock , 18 96 66 .00 12. Memphis 1 19 94 64 00 Averages *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at tho same moment of time at all stat ions. Savannah, Aug. 21. 5:36 p. si., city time. Temperature. Direction. ! Veit 'city. H Rainfall. Name or Stations. Portland I 66'SW t Cloudy. Boston (JHjSW Clear. Block Island 08 SW Fair. Now York city 72 S j.. Cloudy. Philadelphia 74 S ; Cloudy. Detroit 06 W .00 Cloudy. Fort Buford 50 N TC .01 Paining. St. Vincent 54 N Cloudy. Washington city.. 74 SK . .20 Clear. Norfolk 76 S E 6 . Clear. Charlotte 70: E .64 Clean Halteraa ! Titusville 82: N 14 ....Clear. Wilmington 78 S K . Clear. Charleston 82 E 14 .16 Clear. August a 7> E Clear. Savannah 80 E 1 6‘.... Clear. .Jacksonville 80 N K Clear. Cedar Keys H 2 E 10 T* Clear. by Wm. .. 85 NW 22 .. Cloudy. Atlanta 70S Ej 8 ... Clear. Pensacola 81 S ..Clear. Mobile 82 W C ...Clear Montgomery 82 E Fair. Vicksburg 8* Clear. New Orleans 80 S ' Clear. Shreveport 82 S E < lear. Fort Smith Hu 8 ..{ .02 Raining. Galveston 82 S | 8 .... Clear. Corpus Christ!— 84 SE 10 .... Clear. Palestine 00 s 10 ... Clear. Brownesvllle Hi S K 8 .... Clear. RioUrando WPS Fl 2 ... Clear. Knoxville 76 8 W Cloudy. Memphis* 82 N Clear Nashville ill nw Fair. ludiana|>olis 70 ; N Cloudy. Cincinnati 70 N ... Cloudy. Pittsburg. 70 NW Clear. Buffalo 60 S .38 Raining. CtevcLmd tkJSW .52 Raining. Man|netU* M NW Clear. Chicago ON S W Cloudy. Duluth 00 N E .. Fair. St. Paul 08 N E ; .08 Cloud/. Davenport 70 SW clear. Cairo ho S'.. Clear. St. Louis 78 s * 10 Fair. leaven worth.. 70; S .01 Fair. Omaha 70 . clear. Yankton 74 NW ~.. Clear. Bismarck 54 N .. j OS Raining. Dead wood tJOSW, Clear. Cheyenne 61 F. 2f. Clear. North Platte | 72 N . Cloudy. Dodge City 72 N . j. . Clear. Santa Ft* GO 8 Clear. *T denotes trace of rainfa'l. G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps, U.S. Army. The canning of fruits and vegetables in Cali fornia has increased rapidly within the last few years. It has nearly trebled in a decade, the pack of last season exceeding 700.6*' cases and that of 1887 to estimated u no at least 30 per cent larger, making the production nearly l,tkX>,ooo cases Fully 8 percent of these can noil goods are marketed east of the Rocky Momi i tains, not a few of them being wild for direct I export to Europe. Vice President Wheeler, of the jEtna Life Insurance Company, has in his grounds at Hart ford. Conn., a hnuaua tree, from which he daily cuts the ripe fruit. It In 5 years old, and has all the luxuriance of the pl.uits growing in a trop I leal climate. The flavor is very dlFerent from I i/nxmi itnnnrtnf imifc nt I .* ♦!- FUNERAL INVITATIONS. SMITH The friends and Acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs A. E. Sipith, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of their youngest daughter, Freddie, from their residence. 100 Überty street, THIS AFTERNOON at 4:30 o'clock. WRIGHT—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs Edward Wright and Mr. and Mrs. .John F. Snyder are invited to attend the funeral services of the former from his late residence, Bismarck street, five doors froinOgeechee, THIS AFT ERN( >ON at I o’elock. Columbia, S. C. papers pleas* 31 copy. MEETINGS. DeKALB LODGE NO. I>, I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will lie held THIS (Monday) EVENING at H o'clock. The Third I>egree will l>e conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers an* cordially invited to attend. Ry order of H. W. RALL, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. < YLAVI HE LODGE NO. -JS, li. OF P. A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING at h /t W A o'clock. Meinlers of other Lodges in vited toatttend. Knight’s rank w ill beggj t£g&J conferred \3SS3r J. GARDNER, C. C. Wm. Falconer, K. of R. and S. HILTON LODGE NO. 2, F. A. M. You are hereby summoned to api>ear A at your Lodge room corner of Bay and Lincoln streets, on MONDAY, August 22 at. 2:80 o’clock r. m., to pay the' * hist tribute of respect to our deceased brother Edward Wright. Members of sister Lodges are fraternally invited. By order of I. M. DOWSE, W. M. Attest: Milton G. Robertson, Sec'y. SPECIAL NOTICES. PARIS GREEN, LONDON PURPLE, PATENT WATER CANS, —AND— FOUNTAIN PUMPS For applying same. A cheap and sure method of destroying cot ton worms. Send orders or correspond with WILLIAM M. BIRD it CO., 205 East" Bay. Charleston S. C. NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS. City of Savannah, i Office Clerk of Council, Aug. 20, 1887. f During the succeeding ten days, required to make necessary repairs to the large pump at the Water Works, the small pump will lie 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 coniine their use of water to their act ual ne cessities. By order of the Mayor, pro tern. FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Council. METROPOLITAN SAVINGS v.NDLO AN CO. The first semi-annual dividend will be payable to stock holders on and after MONDAY, the 22d day of August, 1887, at the office of the Treas urer, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. H. 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. NOTICE TO WATER-TAKERS. OFFICE WATER WORKS, 1 Savannah. Aug. 18, 1887. ( There will be a reduced supply of water to consumers for the next ten or twelve days, owing to the necessity of using the small engine while connecting the larger pump ends to the large engine. A. N. MILLER, Superintendent. DR. HENRY S COLDI.YG, DENTIST. Office comer Jones and Drayton streets. NOTICE Central Railroad Bank. 1 Savannah, Ga., August 8, 1887. j I am instructed by the Board of Directors to notify the public that this bank is prepared to do a general hanking business and solicits ac counts. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS^ Office of The Brcsii Electric Light and 1 Power Cos., Room and!),Odd Fellows' Hall, v Sava. -oi, Ga., Aug. 18, 1887. \ The subscribers to the stock of this company are notified that the first installment of 50 per cent, is due and payable at this otlice. A prompt response is necessary. SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, President and Treasurer. IL.MER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot bo excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist. Savannah, Ga. THE .MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING ROUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of iiapers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies ami committees, nre requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. 11. ERTILL. State OF Weather. PRINTER AN D BOOKBINDER. NICHOLS— JOB PRINTING. NICHOLS— BINDING. NICHOLS —BLANK BOOKS. NICHOLS —GOOD WORK. NICHOLS— FINK PAPER. NICHOLS —LOW PRICES. NICHOLS—9.'U bay street. I’OIC SALE. FOR SALK. \FINK TEN-ROOM. TWO-STORY UEBI DLNiT hi city of Griffin, Ga. Ifodarti Rtvlc. Hcven ncre lot, excellent win nr. qnnd orchard and grape* In ton ndnubM walk of centre of city. Stahl*, onrrlngo hounc und kitchon. Small pond .n lot Addr**** H . v n iinv’Dk oum.. . MILLINERY. ltd letter tops 0 Are Laid to Rest Against These Boldly Outlined Facts. PLATSHEK’S 1.18 BROUGHTON STREET, The Controllers and Originators, Pro claim in the Blackest Type Ever Printed,a Bona Fide List of WIDE .EYE-OPENERS <1 Plucked from the Newest and Freshest Con solidated Lines with but one view, that of reducing our stock. 500 yards 3-inch wide Linen Torchon Lace, hand made, BUc.; was 15c. 35 dozen Children's solid shad- and black ribiied Hose, white feet, 12(Ac per pair; was 20e. 20 dozen Children’s Ribbed Lisle Hose, solid shades, was 50c.; now- at 35c. per jiair. 1,500 Children's good Cambric Handkerchiefs, with colored borders, at 2e. each. 1,000 I-a.lies’ pure Linen, special size and Hem stitched Handkerchiefs, our former 25c. goods, now down to lZujc., in white, mourning and col ored borders. 600 mirs Ladies’ pure Silk Jersey Mitts, in 8 to 12 button lengths, in all shades, reduced to 63c.; were sl, i! 25. Si 80. Odds and ends in Silk Gloves for Ladies and Misses at surprising reductions. 85 dozen Ladies’ 4 ply clerical shape Linen Collars with cape, our former 20c. collars, re duced now to 10c. All those Ladies’ extreme high Collars, with straight and turn edges, formerly 25c., now at 15c. 50 dozen of the finest modeled Corsets, ex travagant silk stitching, bone filled and extra long, reduced to 7>oc. from 87c.; all sizes. 100 dozen Ladies' broad rim and high crown rough and ready Straw Hats, in white and black, only 25c.: worth 50e. 30 dozen Ladies’ rough and ready Straw Sail ors, in white and black, at 25c. IYF~Don’t Delay for the old rule holds good, FIRST COME, Etc. Grand Catches in Every Department. EXCURSIONS. Charleston & Savannah Ky. I! I'or Monts! Through Pullman Service. COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman Buffet service will l>e rendered daily l>e tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Jjeave Savannah 12:26 pm Leave Charleston 4:66 pm Ijeave Columbia 10:20 p m Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 am Arrive Asheville 7:00 am Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 am EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG isl3 30 To ASHEVILLE. 17 15 To HOT SPRINGS 17 15 Sleeping car reservations and tickets good until Oct. 31st, 1887, can he had at BREN'S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agt. SUMMER RESORT'S. House TYBEE IL’LAND, GEORGIA. SEA BATHING unsurpassed on the Atlantic coast. Comfortable rooms, neatly fur nished. Fare the best the market affords. Bathing suits supplied. Terms moderate. GE >. \). ill >i>GES, Proprietor. NEW YORK BOARD. \ AND 1,707 Broadway, corner 54th. • 4 v) House kert by a Southern lady: loca tion desirable. Refers by permission to CoL John Screven, Savannah. r PHOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, 1 Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location in tha Thousand Islands.' I — Harper's Magazine, Sept., I SHI. Send for descriptive pumphlet. H. F. INGLEHART, Proprietor. HOTELS. Fifth Avenue Hotel, MADISON SQUARE, N. Y. r pHE largest, best appointed, and most liber ally managed hotel in the city, with the most central and delightful location. HITCHCOCK. DARLING & A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House, Mobile. HlltAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St. Charles Hotel. New Orleans. NEW HOTEL TOGN L, (Formerly St. Mark’s.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla WINTER AND SUMMER. r PHE MOST central House in the city. Near 1 Pest Office, Street Cars and ull Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells, Baths, Etc. $2 50 to 83 per day. JOHN B. TOGNLJrt^^w^ MARSHALL HO ITSE, SAVANNAH, - - GA. f'F.O. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of ' "T the Metreuxditan Hotel. New Yorfc, and the Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral All parts of tho city and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Sjiccial inducements to those visit ing the city fo* justness or pleasure. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. r PHIS P< PUI* Alt Hotel is now provided with Ia Passenger Elevator (the only one in the city) and has been remodeled And newly fur nished The pro| irietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spare® neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxury tlmi t he markets at home or abroad can afford. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of tbo Largest Boarding Houses in tho South. VFFORDB pleasant South ri>oms. good hoard with ivire Artesian Water, at prices tosuit tho* * wishing table, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. FOR SALE. HOUSES AND LOTS IjH>R SALE on reoMounble terms. Apply U. WM. JIbUIUN, on Huntingdon, between Price anil East Broad fttreet*. FOR SAIiU J iOSSESSION given Oct. Ist, that desirabls Residence southeast corner of Gaston and Ahercorn streets. For terms apply to HENRY m nv si...', 0.. 11*11*,.,