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A GREAT WHEAT FARE AGRICULTURAL LIFE DIVESTEDF ALL CHARM. A Big Manufactory of Wheat -The Wheat. Raising Problem Torseljand Clearly Considered—Possible Pifits From the Average Dakota Fart From the New York Times. Casselton, Dak., Aug. B.—All indigent American wheat growers fully eomphend the problem that the development t the wheat fields of the Punjab in India puented to their anxious consideration. Th great consuming market for our surplusbrend stuffs is England. The English vrking man is not loudly calling for brei made from high grade American wheat. le calls for bread, and he is careless as to wither it is snowy white or dark in color. le does not care whether the flour out of wieh it is made was from No. 1 hard wheat ir No. 4 soft wheat, so long as the bread i whole some and cheap. That is all he ats for, as he, too, is engaged in competitivi warfare which keeps his wages low and takes his life hard. Indian wheat is not high grade -heat, but it makes wholesome dark bread, t is true that it costs 10c. per bushel to clea the In dian wheat preparatory to runnig it be tween millstones. The Indian imiers do not as yet understand the necessif of hand ling their harvested grain with are. The grain, as it leaves their hands, is dirty and sandy, and mixed with the seed of weeds and other grain. But it is alrady cheaply growu, and every succeeding hr vest year shows an improvement in its ordition and greater economy in its prduction. The cost of transportation over tb railroads of India is greater than over .'he American lines, but when the wheat, voich is destined for the London market, anves at tho In dian shipping ports, it meefi the cheapest transportation in the work —that afforded by the British tramp steanar. I firmly believe that dieat will sell in Chicago for 50c. per buhel inside of the next four years. Holdiig this belief, and having personally seen .he great South western wheat field plaiered with mort gages during the first foi? years of a com petitive warfare which tlreatens to last for ever, and realizing tint the end of the American wheat growerff that region was close at hand, I have, thile on this trip, carefullv examined the feat Northwestern wheat Held, which inaudes Dakota and Manitoba. I had red so much about the region during the seven years last past, and abut_ the remark ably able managomeit of the so-called bonanza farms, that )was surprised to find that the methods o' cultivation, of har vesting, and of management generally, are inferior to those emjloyed in, say Kansas. The reputation of tit bonanza farmers has been wholly made iy the newspaper cor respondents. The advantages they have over the cultivators of the Southwestern fields are, first, a ail and climate that are more favorable to tie perfect development of the wheat plant; second, freedom from chinch bugs, which .nsects are the curse of the Southwestern fields; third, cheaper transportation. Can the Northwestern wheat grower suc cessfully meet the lidian competition which annually grows moie and more severe! That is a hard question to answer. But after a careful examinatioi into the resources of the field, I answer that I believe he can. Even if the Indian wheat growers adopt our methods of cultivation and handling the crop ih re is a figure, which represents the cost of production, below which they can not go. And the fait that the virgin, soil of the Northwest is the best wheat laud as yet discovered in tin world is undisputed. And I think that the superiority of our soil, and the consequent greater yield of higher grade grain, will uliy offset the lower wages paid to India! workmen. To tne figures. Here is a tabulated state ment of the cost of raising twenty acres of wheat on the Georfe C. Howe farm of 4,000 acres, near this town, which is by far the most intelligently managed of all the bonanza farms: Seed , $ 18 00 Four days plowing with gang plow 8 00 One day harvesting and shocking 4 75 Twine. 500 Hauling wheat, threshing 16 00 Hauling bundles, threshing 24 00 Fifteen extra handt, threshing 30 00 Total for t wenty acres $lO5 75 Cost of one acre , 529 If the yield is twenty bushels per acre it costs 26c. per bushel. If the yield is twenty five bushels per acre tho cost per bushel w ill be 21c. If tho yield is thirty bushels the cost per bushel will be 17c. The cost of horse feed, and wear and tear, and all farm expenses are included in the table of cost, but interest on the investment is not in cluded. This year Mr. Howe’s fields will average twenty-five bushels per acre. He has in more favorable years averaged tjiirty bushels. These figures I took from his farm account books, ar.d they fairly represent whit, can be done by intelligent management oft large areas of Northern Dakota lands. The cost of this wheat laid down in New York would be as follows: Cents Cost at farm 21 Freight from Casselton to Duluth 15 Freight from Duluth to Buffalo 5 Freight from Buffalo to New York 5 Elevator charges 2 Cost per bushel in New York 48 With wheat selling in New York at 60c. per bushel a Dakota farmer of Mr. Howe’s intelligence and executive ability could make a profit of 13c. a bushel. Could the cost of production be reduced ? Unhesitatingly I answer, yes. The wheat growers sell their product in the cheapest market in the world. Let them buy their goods there. In other words, do away with our high protective tariff, and let $1 buy as many goods as Si 50 does now, and the sav ing that would thus be effected in the wage* paid to the men employed in growing wheat (the cost of growing wheat is almost wholly represented by wages) would greatly reduce the cost of production. If harvest hands could lie hired for $1 50 per day instead of $3, and a corresponding reduction made in the wages paid to men hired by the month, it would reduce the cost of producing wlieut from 15 to 30 per cent. And if all wages could be reduced one-half it would cost from ■4O to 40 per cent. h*s to produce it. Under free trade and labor at 81 per day for harv est handt, wheat could be produced on the plains of Northern Dakota for from 10 to 16 cents per bushel, the cost varying with the yield. This, of course, on large farms where there is no more pretense of homo life than there is in a rolling mill or in a cotton factory. The large furms that are now being oper ated along the Northern Pacific and Mani tol>n railroads are but infants when com pared with those of California, but the climate and soil of Dakota and Manitoba nre so far superior for wheat growing to those of California that I look at them with peculiar interest. As I said, there is no pretense of milking a pleasant home life for the workmen who labor on these farms. There is no eating with the former's family, and no love-making between handsome harvest hands and the farmer’s fair daugh ter. No walks, no rides, no moon light boat rowing on winding rivers, no romantic capers of any sort. All the poetry has been knocked out of farm life on these immense farms. It is business, and the workmen are handled ns roughly and unfeelingly as lab .rent engaged in a stone quarry. They are fed well. They sleep in burns or garners. They arc divided into gangs, ns to the work they do, in the fields, and behind each gang a foreman rides on horseback and keeps them at work. There is un skylarking in the-*- fields. It is hard, continuous work. Keif-binding ma chines, drawn by three strong hoi***, roll around and around the wheat fields, throw ing with iron aim a bound bundle of wheat every ten feet. Behind the machines walk a line of shockers, a shocker to each ma chine. These men have to walk as fast as IliA tmeses a4 bend over an li plot up m heavy bundle of wheat every ten feet and carry it to a shock. And behind them, also, rides a foreman to see that they do their work promptly. And above them rilazes the fiery Dakota harvest sun. During threshing it is the same. The steam thresher never tires. The men who pitch bundles in the field have each to pitch to a certain number of wagons. Tne men who drive have to unload their wagons. The meu who feed tho straw into the iron-tooth mouth of the machine have to feed all that is brought to them. On one side of the machine the grain pours out of a spout and is loaded directly into wagons and hauled to the garner. There are just sufficient men to do the work. For twelve hours every day they work laboriously, and are driven steadily by hard-faced foremen. It is not farming. It is the manufacture of wheat which is being carried on. The product* of small farms cannot com pete with these so-called bonanza farms any more successfully than the output of a vil lage blacksmith’s shop could compete with that from the Novelty Iron Works. I think the system is detrimental to the best inter ests of the country, just as monopolies and syndicates are, but in the competitive age in which we live, when the law of the sur vival of the fittest (which means in indus trial pursuits the cheapest producer) is in in full operation, I think that these great farms, which are managed as manufac turing industries are, will be found to be necessary to enable us to hold the consuming markets of the world. They are the outgrowth of competition. Where they are established trade languishes, towns cease to grow, merchants are forced out of business and schoolhouses are empty. There are no children in that land. For a month in the spring and for forty days iu the sum mer and fall the air hanging over the bo nanza farms resounds with the hum of in dustry. Then all is silent and the country is desolate until the next spring. But wheat has been produced cheaply, though no hap piness has followed, as it legitimately should, to the men who tilled the soil. Where do the men who handle these im mense crops of wheat come from! That question can not be answered accurately. Casselton is a squalid frontier town. It con sists of one main street, which faces the railroad and which is built up on one side only. A back street runs parallel to the main street, and there are two or three short and weed-grown cross streets. Cas selton is dirty, and when I first saw it, two weeks ago, it was full of dirty, idle men. Americans, Scandinavians and Irishmen swarmed along its main street and congre gated in foul-smelling crowds around the doors of saloons, where empty beer kegs af forded seats. This crowd of ragged, dirty, half-drunken men were migratory harvest tramps, who were waiting to be hired. Where they come from and where they go to is unknown to man. As harvest approaches they crawl out of freight cars which stop at Casselton. They are seen walking along the dusky, hot highways which lead to this town. They arrive during the night. They slouch into town by day. It matters not how or when they arrive, they are, with the exception of the Scandi navians, almost invariably dead broke, dirty and hungry. About 800 of these migratory people arrive at Casselton in time to assist in harvest and thrashing, which last about forty days. They are paid $2 per day. So they earn about SBO each during the Dakota harvest. They, again excepting the Scandinavians, almost to a man leave Casselton dead broke. They mysteriously disappear. They are agricultural tramps. Frank Wilkeson. The Hundred Leading- Newspapers. From the New York Sun. We have received from a postal card cor respondent this somewhat unexpected and embarrassing request: “What are the hundred leading daily news papers of the United States? Please namethem according to your honest opinion.” Whether our correspondent’s question is suggested by the various century fists which it is just now the fashion for the idly curi ous to frame—the hundred best novels, the hundred greatest authors, the hundred most eminent men of the time, and so forth—or whether he has in view the more practical purpose of stocking a reading room with a fair representation of the contemporary literature of American journalism, we have no means of knowing. It is not always easy to say what constitutes a leading newspaper. Weight and influence of editorial opinion,’ news enterprise, literary qualities, circula tion, notoriety, geographical situation, and even accident all have something to do with the matter. It is not difficult to name dozens of journals that certainly belong among the leaders; but when it conies to filling out the list to the exact number specified, to decid ing between the rival claims of newspapers of nearly equal importance, to beckoning this newspaper into the front seats and wav ing that one to a place behind the ribbon, the task becomes both arduous and delicate. It Is very much like attempting to make a list of the hundred “best citizens” of a town. The choice must in some cases be arbitrary, and must depend largely upon the jiersonal inclinations and point of view of the perron or ienrons intrusted with the responsibility of selection. Nevertheless, the question is rather inter esting, and we are tempted to furnish our correspondent with a fist of the one hun dred newspapers, from among the 1,200 or 1,300 published daily in tho United States, which in our opinion should be classed for one reason or another as leaders in the jour nalistic community. They are all printed in the English language. They are not all to our liking. Several of them would be comparatively insignificant were it not for considerations of locality. The matter of political opinion, of course, does not influ ence the composition of the list, except so far as the weight and character of a news paper's opinions seem to us to eutitle it to a place that it would not otherwise obtain. Here is the experimental list: Lewiston Journal. Washington National Portland Press. I Republican. Concord Monitor. Washington Post. Manchester Union Washington Star. Burlington Free Press [Richmond State. Boston Advertiser. [Raleigh Observer, Boston Globe. [Charleston News and Boston Herald. Courier. Boston Journal. [Savannah News. Boston Post. [Atlanta Constitution. Boston Evening Tran- Augusta Chronicle. cript, [Jacksonville Times- Woreester Spy. I Union Springfield Republican Montgomeiw Advertiser Providence Journal Mobile Register. Hartford Courant. jNew Orleans Times- Hartford Times. i Democrat. Chattanooga Times. New Orleans Picayune. New Haven Palladium.[Galveston News New York Commercial Memphis Avalanche. Advertiser. Nashville American. New York Herald. Louisville Commercial. New York Evening Mail Louisville Courier Jour and Expre*s. 1 nal. New York Evening Post (IncirinsU Commercial New York Times. Gazette. New York Tribune. Cincinnati Enquirer. New York World. Columbus Dispatch. Brooklyn Eagie. Cleveland Leader. • Brooklyn Standard Cleveland Plain Dealer. Union. [Toledo Blade. Albany Argus. Detroit Free Press. Albany Journal. Indianapolis Journal. AlbatiV Times. [lndianapolis Sentinel. Troy Press. [Chicago Herald. Trov Times [Chicago Inter-Ocean. Utica Herald. [Chicago News. Utica (ibserver. [Chicago Times. Rochester Democrat Chicago Tribune. and Chronicle. [Milwaukee Sentinel. Rochester Union anil St. Paul Globe. Advertiser. [St. Paul Pioneer Press. Buffalo commercial. Minneapolis Tribune. Buffalo Courier. Omaha Herald. Newark Advertiser. [St. Louis Globe I)emo- Philadelphia Inquirer. crat. Philadelphia Public St. Louis Republican. ledger. i Kansas City Journal. Philadelphia News. Kansas City Times. Philadelphia Press. lataveuwonh Times. Philadelphia Record. Denver Republican. Philadelphia Times. Salt Lake City Tribune. Pittsburg Dispatch. San Francisco Alta Cali- Pittsburg Commercial - fornia. Gazette. San Frauciseo Call. Baltimore American. San Francisco Cbroni- Baltimore Sun. cle. Washington Critic. Portland Oregonian. If our count is accurate, that makes just ninety-nine; and any esteemed contempo rary ’which may consider itself as under estimated or injured by reason of its omis sion from the list, is at liberty to contest, the Nun's right to ths vacant one hun dred tk nlao* THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1887. MALE AND FEMALE SHOPPERS Men Who Can Make Better Bargains Than Their Conceited Wives. From the Washington Star. A young lady with a manner compounded of maidenly modesty and matronly supe riority, which suggested a short experience of married life, walked into a downtown gents’ furnishing store the other day, ac companied by an elderly lady who might have been lior husband's mother-in-law. The old lady deposited herself upon a stool while the younger ran her hand over a pile of flannel shirts in a manner to display nor perfect familiarity with gentlemen’s wear ing apparel. “W hat's the price?” she asked of the smiling clerk who leaned over with his hands on the counter, his arms and body bowed with accommodating grace. “Three-’n-a-half, mum.” “Three dollars and a half! Isn’t that high for undershirts?” The clerk explained that the garments she referred to were not undershirts, but the woolen outer shirts now so popular with gentlemen. The lady blushed, and looked to see if any one else had observed her display of ig norance. “Well, of course; but I guess I won’t take those this time. Give me half a dozen gent’s white gauze undershirts. Then, with a self-satisfied air, she ran her eyes over the stock of long-legged and di vers articles of doubtful and uncertain ser vice in a man’s wardrole. “Wliat size?” asked the clerk, as he ran his hand up the sides of the stock of green pasteboard boxes. “Oh, er-er-er, the usual size, of course,” replied the lady. “About -'?” hesitated the clerk, and the young matron turned imploring eyes upon her husband’s mother-in-law and tried to look composed. “Why—why—oh, forty-eight!” spoke up the old lady, plunging into the dilemma with a recklessness that established her do mestic standing. “Is he a very large man?” asked the clerk, hesitating with the box half off the shelf. “About your size.” “Then I guess a thirty-two will lie large enough,” and the little" man stood on tne counter to reach the small sizes. “I never saw a young married woman who did not want to buy all her husband’s clothes for him,” said the clerk to a reporter, as the customer tripped out of the store with a little bundle under her arm. “Aud I never knew one who didn’t think all men’s clothing was the same size. Those shirts will he changed throe times before the right fit is got. By the time she has been mar ried ten years, though, she will know all about it. Her husband won’t buy a collar for himself. She will learn all the arts of trade. She will have him completely measured, and will dictate tho size and tex ture of every garment. She will keep him supplied with clothes and will not spend as much money as he would.” “Do raanv women buy their husbands’ clothes?” asked the reporter, with a premo nition of the decline of his domestic domi nation. “Lots of them. They begin by impress ing their husbands with the idea that women can buy cheaper than men. They gradually bring about the conviction that for a man to attempt to buy anything for himself would be for him to recklessly throw himself into tho teeth of sharks. After that she buys him 69c. shirts, that don’t fit in the .neck, last year’s hats at half price, and suits that have been ‘reduced from sls to sß.’ He is forced to acknowledge that he never lie fore paid so little for an outfit, and the wife's reputation aud future position is es tablished.” “Is it true that women can buy cheaper?” “No. They buy lower-priced goods, but no cheaper. The man whose wife buys his clothes is nearly always poorly dressed.. There is no style about him. Of course there are exceptions, but they are rare. If vou see a man got up in a Clieap John fash ion, with baggy trousers, a coat that don’t fit, with his collar and neckband at vari ance, and undersized cuffs, you may guess that his wife dressed him.” “It is just the contrary when aman has a fancy for buying his wife’s clothes,” the clerk went on. “Such men are rare. ‘Most men are, or profess to be, sublimely ignor ant of ladies’ apparel. Some, however, bny nearly every article of clothing worn by wire or daughters. Their excuse is that they have good taste and they always buy exjiensive goods. I have two such men in mind just at this moment; one is a man of family and lluys for his wife and daughters. He selects everything from a silk dress to ribbons and fine undergarments. He buys even the baby clothes. The other is a young man, whose mothers and sisters would not buy a bonnet or dress without his being present to approve. “These men are exceptions. Most of those who come to buy ladies’ apparel affect to know nothing of the subject, and throw themselves upon the tender mercies of the lady clerks. They become confiden tial, in their ignorance, and we have to be very watchful to see that the young ladies don’t trick them. These ignorant gentle men shoppers are generally those whose wives are out of town, and they take the young ladies of the stores into their confi dence and ask their advice. It generally takes them longer to buy what they want than it would an ordinary customer. “Nearly every man whose family is out of the city becomes a buyer of female ap parel in the summer timp. If they never did any “such shopping before and know noth ing about it, they become very assiduous when their wives are out of town. But they never become so expert as to be inde pendent of the saleswomen. They general ly come in with a long list of things they are to buy for their wife, who has sent the Jist by mail. They declare at once that they would not know any of the articles by sight or description, so the man and his list are placed in charge of one of the young ladies, who is instructed to give him the best of everything at projier prices, and not to attempt in any way to take ad vantage of his innocence. There is often a disposition among sprightly young ladies to take advantage of n gentleman left at their mercy, unprotected by his wife, and it is necessary to give the young Indy very careful instructions. Jt would astonish you to know how many men do ladies’ shopping while their families are away for the sum mer.” Weird Picture of a Tomb. From the Dover (Del.) Index. Mr. J. H. Vano has in his possession a photograph of the monument of the late Hon. John M. Clayton, in the Presbyterian churchyard in this town, that is attracting considerable attention and lias caused not a little comment. Mr. Vane is a photogra pher, and in March last photographed the monument. He was accompanied by a boy. When he looked at tho plate he saw things never dreamed of In connection with the monument and showed them to the boy. The later no sooner looked at the plate than his hair got on tho perpeiidlelur and his feet had an uncontrollable desire for home. The monument is a very large, fine, white mar ble one. Tin- tomb rests upon a dais under a heavy marble canopy supported by hand somely carved pillars. There is a space of several feet between the tomb proper and the marble canopy above. And now comue the strangely supernatural feature of the photograph.’ Between the tomb and tho canopy above can be distinctly seen the head and shoulders of a white-whiskered man. Peering around the right-hand corner of kite tomb, as if watching him, can lx; seen the head of a woman with gazo fixed intently u non the place occupied by t he ph<itographer Floating in the air otxive the monument can tie seen file shadowy countenance of a large, smooth-faced, white-haired matt, with eyes and mouth open, the expression lieingoneof astonishment. The only explanation seems to lie that the plate was in some wav defec tive, or had the impressions imparted to it in some mysterious manner before the photograph was taken. It outrivals all- Dr. Hugo'* Catarrh Hem adv. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENTRA WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or more, in this column inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash in Advance, each insertion. Everybody who has any want, to supply, anything to buy or sell, any business or accommodations to secure; indeed,any wish to gratify, should advertise in this column. PERSONAL. /G ENTLEMAN that 1 met at Tybee Sunday. U that signed his name Dora, please pass where you addressed your letter on Thursday at 8 p. h. HELP WANTED. WANTED, two first-easi horseshoers, and ll good wastes will lie paid. Apply to IV BARRETT, 83 West Broad street. Savannah, Ga t-tr At lanta paper pk ase copy. YITANTED, a first-class hotel clerk for Ocean I V House, Tyliee Island. Apply at Marshall House. GEO. D. HODGES. \GENT WANTED for the sale of Peat Moss Stable Bed ling, imported from Germany, which is the best aud cheapest bedding for horses ami cattle. 11 is being used in prefer ence to all other beddings in horse-ear stubles. private and livery stables. It keeps the horses’ feet in perfect condition. Address OTTO KORNEMANN. II Platt street. New York. Al r ANTED, a good single woman as honse- VV keeper for a small country hotel; none blit nn experienced housekeeper need apply. Address HOTEL, Milton, Go. VI7ANTED, men to sell our goods in Chatham TT mul adjoining comities; will pay good salary and all expenses. Write for terms and state salary wanted. Bl.< >AN A CO,, Manufac turers, 294 George street, Cincinnati, 0. WANTED, agents, either sex; 10.000 at n once. Grand invention; 50,000501d first thirty days. Royal prime while it lasts. Be quick. U. S. HOME M'F’G CO. Royal Dept., Chicago, 111. EMPLOYMENT WANTED. WI ANTED, a situation in an export cotton or TV naval stores firm by a young man who has had three years’ experience in the business in Europe. Address EXPORT, care this office. \\'ANTED. by a competent stenographer ami TV typewriter, a situation; can furnish heat of referenc sas to character and ability. Ad dress BTENOGR APHER, care Morning News. A YOUNG LADY, graduate and has had ex- J\ perlence, desires a position as teacher. Address Hex 7, Dunusvilto, Essex county. Va. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. ATTANTED TO KENT, ft house with five or TV six rooms conveniently located. Address, stating terms and location, A. B. C., tare Dale, Dixon & Cos. rpo PAINTERS.—Wanted, estimate on Paint -1 mg of three houses on Lincoln and New Houston. Apply on premises. MATT O'CON NELL. Superintendent. HOUSES AND STORES FOR KENT. }jN)R RENT, a desirable dwelling No. 70 Taylor street, between Abercom and Lincoln streets: possession given Oct. Ist or Nov. Ist, as desired. J, F. BROOKS, 185 Bay street. I7IOR RENT, dwelling houses Nos. 161 and 153 Barnard street: in first rate otd r. J. F. BROOKS, 185 Bay street . INOR RF.NT. from Oct. Ist, the large and commodious house fronting Pulaski Monu ment, corner Rub ami Taylor, lately occupied by Judge Emory Speer. For particulars refer to JOHN LYNCH. Grocer. I TOR RENT, from Ist October next, brick store 1 192 Broughton street, three stories on cellar, 30xlW feet deep. H J. THOMASSON, 1 14 Bryan, near Drayton -IVecri ; 170 R RENT, brick residence 193 York: nine rooms, water, gas and liath; convenient lo business; possession Oct. Ist. Apply next door, at 191. __ IT'OR RENT, the desirable three-story and X" basement brink dwelling situated on the southwest, corner of Whitaker and Taylor streets. Apply to JNO. SULLIVAN & CO., 114 Bay street. TVIR RENT, desirable three story brick dwell- X 1 ing No. 57 Charlton street; possession Oct. 1, 1887. Apply to JNO. SULLIVAN & CO., 114 Bay street. JSOR RENT, a desirable dwelling aud store; will rent store separately. Apply 133 Con gress street. JOHN SULLIVAN. _ IVOR RENT, that fine residence fronting X’ south. No. 94 Gaston street, between Dray ton and Abereorn; three-story on basement. All modern Improvements, with servants' quar tern and stable on lane. Rent low. Possession .Oct, Ist. Apply to DALE, DIXON A- CO. TAOR RENT, from Oct. Ist, splendid store No. X 1 37 Bay street, situate In Hutchison’s Block, next to corner of Abereorn :Ims splendid cellar and is splendid stand for any business; second and third stories can be rented if desired. A. K. LAWTON. Jr., 114 Bryan street. 180 K. RENT —cheap rent store or dwelling 1 corner Price and Anderson streets. Apply next door. lAOR RENT, new houses, with all the latest 1’ modern improvements; rents moderate. Apply to SALOMON OOHEN IAOR RENT, 140 Hull, on northwest corner of 1 Whitaker. Apply to Da. PURSE, 140 Liberty street. FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS rVSR RENT (IR LE ASE. "Oakland Karoi.” on F Middleground road, just ton minutes walk from streel car; good six room house, with out buildings: 22 acres; highly enriched for eigh teen yea-.;; excellent p! tee for cows or chickens. For particulars apply 152 Gaston street. qiRUCI FARM FOB RENT. In a high state of 1 cultivation, within sight of the city: mules, wagons and ail fanning utensils can be pur chased from present tenant, who has raised several large crops on said farm; a large crop of hay now growing on the place. Address or call on J Z JOHNSON, corner Zubly and Ann streets, s,i w* .ah, Ga. I, ''OR KENT, one half of office, 114 Bay street, 1 upstairs; immediate possession, JOHN STON & DOUGLASS. FOR SALE. LX>r' SALE, TEXAS HORSES Largest and I best lot Texas Horses ever brought here; UUand IDUj hands high; all gentle stock. At COX'S STABLER. IT O R SALE. Laths. Shingles Flooring, Coiling, r Weutherboardhig and Framing Lumber, office and yard Taylor and East Broad sir,*;ts. Telephone \o. 211. REI'PARD Si CO. raOTOSKAtm. OPECI A li NOTICE PHOTOGRAPHY Prices id reduced I'etites *1 50, Cards *2, Cabinet $3 per dozen, and larger work in tho sumo pro portion. J. N. WILSON. 21 Bull street, j os .,ri IOKT, a full grown cyclone, with white |xit j on Its forehead. If the finder will return It to Observer Ilanner at the signal office he will receive a reward. MISCELLANEOUS. VOTiCE. Tin Row-dew rl ver front lots ad i \ vert I sed for some months past at the mini mum price of $125 each, will not lie sold here after under $:!Vl each; terms accommodating. At;i. 25th, 1837. L. A. FALLIOANT. ('HoIOE SPRINGERS just arrived at D. v C _>X’S STOCK LOTS. Partie:, wishing to replenish with good stock will find it to ih dr interns. me .D e.irb . \\ 'ANTED, suits to clean and repair, and alter, at low prices. A. H. COOPER, 70 West Broad street, opposite Central Railroad depot. *9 j_>ORAfTNE” Is a superior Toilet Powder. I > highly perfumed and put up hi large packages at 25 cents. 4 LARGE ASSORTMENT of Fine Toilet Art? dies at reasonable prices G. M. HKIDT Sc CO. PINKAPT’LEK Just received .500 Pineapples, I at K. POWER’S, ! Congress streel. I • ENUINE MINERAL WATERS 11 by the bottle and cate, at U. M. HFIBT A CU 'F LVDMV * BATES S. M. H. liß pi.il “The United Stales Leads the World in the Art of Manufac turing Pianos.” The piano, after more than a century an<l a half after its invention, has become the leading instrument of music throughout Christendom. There are at least ilfty thousand men employed in their manufac ture, and as many ns a hundred thousand are made every year. An average piano requires one hundred and twenty days of labor to complete it —a slow and tiresome process for the work of one man’s hands, but in Germany they are still so made. Although the United States now turns out many thousand pianos a year, fifty-five years ago scarcely fifty were made, annually. Almost every household now regards a piano as essential to happiness; for we have long since passed the ago of simplicity of our forefathers, mid the age of luxury lias fairly set in—and we rejoice that it is so. What a wide field is open for the manu facturer, and what inducements to carry improvements of the piano to the highest state of perfection. The variableness of our climate renders it of the first importance that our pianos should he made in the most thorough and substantial manner, mid we certainly can claim that our American pianos arc the best in the world.—Musical World. The question of the superiority of Ameri can pianos over those of foreign make is indisputably settled mid needs no discussion, while in prices the odds are likewise largely in our favor. For demonstration call and examine the line of American Uprights we otter at s‘llo, $235 and $350. They Cannot be Matched at the Price in this or any other World. L. & B. S. M. H. run wishing goods. Go to LaFar’s New Store AND SEE HOW CHEAP HE SELLS Summer Hats. I IAVK your measure taken At the same time, and r r 1 BY a set of bis excellent v; OH I RTS made to order. (X WHIMS THERE INSPECT HIS LINE OF TJ NLAUNDRIED SHIRTS, Monarch dress shirts, Boston carters in silk and cotton. Rubber garments of all kinds. I Embroidered night shirts. Linen handkerchiefs at all prices. Lisle thread underwear. A fine assortment of scarfs. Shawl straps and hand satchels, Anew line of HAMMOCKS, with PILLCmVS and SPREADERS, just in; ulso a lot of NEW BATHING SUITS, at La Ka u’s , 20 BULL STREET. IRON WORKS, IDofloih & Ballantme, IRON FOUNDERS, Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths, MXNcrAcmibus or STATIONARY and PORTABLE ENGINEB, VERTICAL and TOP RUNNING CORN MILLS, SUGAR MU,I-8 and PANS. \ GENTS for Alert and Union Injectors, the simplest and most effective on the market; GuUett bight Draft Magnolia Cotton Gin, the best in the market. All orders promptly attended to. Bend for Price List. HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA. HouselioldAmmonia J T softens the water and remove* the dirt. Excellent for cleaning balr brushes, silver, jewelry, paint, marble, etc. Also a good disin fectant and a cure for insect bites. An in valuable article In every family. In pint and quart bottles. A. M.&C.W. WEST'S ELECTRIC WELTS. This Belt or Regencra s, go. t,,r i* made expressly A* -for the cureof derange- U UIC C MIE VC. ivs inants of the generative VAV aic.'oc'r 1 organs. A continuous kt)tLy.WiC,BttrJclr.-aiii of Electricity i Tie parts must restore B . ", ih% /-r . I them to healthy action. llflfs.* .lIV Do not confound this lUIP I with Electric Kelts *d- IVU.If *f. ‘ ” U?D I verbs- Ito cure nil ills; it Is for tho ogle specific pur-rue. For lull in formation udilrnss CffJ.EVER Kbi t TRIO BELT CO., 10.1 Washington St.. Chicago 111 - , , A PAINTS AND OIL*. JOHN G. BUTLER, WHITE LEADS, COI-OKS. 011-8. GLASS, VARNISH. ETC.: READY MIXED PAINTS: RAII,ROAD, STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES SASHES DOORS, BLINDS AND BUILDERS HARDWARE. Sole Agent for GEORGIA LIME:, CALCINED PLASTER, CE MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia. 1865. CURB: MURPHY, 1865 House, Sign and Ornamental Painting IA XEGUTED NEATLY and with d,.-natch, i j Paint*, OU*, Vani;*h*s, Hnnmeii, window Glass***. etc., etc. l.KtJmatvn fuini*h**<l on ap plication. COKNUi OONGUKHB AND DRAYTON STS., lbar of Chrixt Church. WOOD. "WOOD. Bacon, Johnson & Cos. Have a fine stock of Oak, Pine, Lightwood and Kindling, Corner Liberty aud East Brood street*. Teiaubana U 7. AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS. FAST SAILING YACHT GERTRUDE AT AUCTION. I. D. Laßoche’s Sons, Auctioneers On FRIDAY MORNING, at 11 o’clock, at the Market Dock, we will sell That Elegant and Fast Sailing Yacht GER TRUDE, together with all her SAILS, RIG GING. TACKLE, etc. This Yacht is one of the fastest of her class and has won many races. ICE ! Now is the time when every body wants ICE, and wo want to sell it. PRICES REASONABLE! 20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c. HO Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5. 200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7. 50 Pounds at one delivery 30c. Lower prices to large buyers. I C K racked for shipment at reduced rates. Careful and polite Bervice. Full ami liberal weight. KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO. 144 BA'S ST. DRY GOODS. CLEARING OUT SALE. To Make Room for Fall Stock, I will offer Special Inducements in MY ENTIRE STOCK, With exception of my Empire State Shirt. r | ,, HK following gondii will be Bold cheaper than I ever offered in Savannah: Summer and India Silks. Cream, White and Light Shades of A! I nitrous. Colored and Black all Wool Dress Bonds Black Camel's Hair Orenadlm* at HV*.; 40-inch wide. Printed Linen I*awnfi at lass than cost. Beal Scotch ninghamsat less than cost. Black Henriettas at $1 40 and Hi 75; sold at ami 'S>. Ladies' and Children’s Silk and Lisle Thread Hose in black and colored. laadieH' and Children's Undervests; best goods in the market. Linen Sheeting and Pillow-Case Linen. Cream and White Table i>amask. 9*4 Vv hite Damask at HI: former price Hi 50. Napkins and DoylioH in cream and whit/©. Linen Damask Towels in white and colored bordered. Linen Hack in white and colored l>ordored. Pant ry (’rash Doylies at great reduction. The above goods will he offered at prices to iiiHure quick Hale. J. P. GERMAINE, Next to Furber's, 182 Broughton street. CHIMNEYS. HOUSEWIVES 1 FARMERS STUDENTS Pit #ANO ALL OTHERS SHOULD USI I"? Imacbeth&cos Mhuui f 2KT \ m ? CHIMNEYS I /MpfaßaA >1 IK YOU DON’T WANT t j: M be ANNOYED by Constant t /9 BREAKING ok chimneys. BEST CHIMNEY WADE: Ballet ForSala Everywheroi uKqc duly mr Eff AJAACBETHica from mt.holyoke seminari Vif ITT SBURSHYMT We um nearly (SOOI threi Wl gMUAUSSUßffelltH.hundred light* every even' . *in, end einoe nilng the cel (rated PEARL TOP CHIMNEYS my experience and idgmont Is that we would rather pay e dollar a dozen ■r them than fifty crate u doz-nfor any other C.‘;lm y wo have ever uod. 1. H. PORTER. Steward. SHOES. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. V The only S3 BEAMI.ESS Rid Shoo In the world. I Finest Calf, perfect lit, and I --1 warranted. Congri*,, Button v/Q j, -H. }r- A and Lace, ail styles lee. As -ty C toss •tyllvli uud durable as VZr. ELw aj m those voiding sr,$ r , er S6. tv. I-. DOUGLAS ,°3 mMrjr 1 112.6(1 SHOE excels X Ay the f l Hliiics vlvcr- S ohYe-T Used by f Nmnc and price stamped on bottom of each Shoe, | Boys all wenrthe W.L. DOl GLAh#3HHOE. If your dealer does not keen them, send your name->n jiostal to W. L. DOUGLAS, Brock ton, Mass, FOR SALE BY BYCK BROS. SOLE AGENTS, Savannali - - Ga. LEGAL NO'l H BA. CHATHAM SUPERIOR COURT .M’NK TERM, 188*. MARIA PAINEv*. CJlavlKirn I'altie. IJlk‘l for dlvorc** It to the Court l>y the return of the HherifT, in I In* ahovr stiitod caw, i Hi* t the defendant doe* not reside In Mid county, and It further appearing that hr. mod* Ho; nva-leln thi* Sta e, fie therefore ordered by thf* Court that gerviu.* b#* perfertel on the defendant by tiiw puhlicution of thte onler. once . ii i ftH our rn ibl hi, bef< tr •f he nex! Term of thi* Court, in the Savannah Morning New*, h ti**v.h|iapor puf/li. hed in Chatham county, Oeorffia. June 101 h, IHKI. A. 1' AIUMK. Judffisß. C.,KJ. C., Cin. Hr.NR/ McAlpin. Pctltioncr’e Attorney. true extract from the in I nut** this 11th day of JnU". V I> . InHT. JA.MKK h. 1\ ( AHK, Deputy Clerk ;•>. (!. C. < ONTRA( TOHs. P. J. FALLON, BCIIM AND CONTRACTOR, 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. f ESTIMATES promptly furnished for building j of any class. FOR SALE, FOR SAI-K, J JOSSLSBION given Oct. Ist, that, desirable Residence southeast corner of Gaston an-’ Aberuorn streets. For ternu apply to HENRY BLUN. Bluu s Building C. H. DORSETT’S COLUMN. THE BUYERS ARE MANY, BUT THE SELLERS ARE FEW. Thn demand for Realty continue* very good. Many inquirers fail to materialize into buyer* ou account of the very poor offerings. There is a great demand for low priced lota, say from SIOO to SI,OOO. Also for a few choioa well located lots. The principal demand is for residences, loca ted in good neighborhoods, ranging in value from $1,500 to SI,OOO and $5,000. A few SMALL FARMS or FARMING LAND near the city, from ten to thirty acres in extent, could be easily placed at FAIR PRICES. A Few Additions TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY, TO WIT; A Very Elegant Residence large rooms, high ceilings, all the conveniences expected In a first class house. Located in an aristocratic neigh- Isjrhood. A full lot on South Broad Street Facing North. A Two-Story Residence on Green square. This is a Bargain at, fifteen hundred dollars. An Elegant Lot (10x103, In Southeastern Sec tion, for eighteen hundred dollars. A l-ot DOxitl, on Second Avenue, near Barnard, for $495. No City Taxes. A Lot on Montgomery street, n tar Second Avenue, for $025. Not far from the Park, a three-story brick house, containing eight rooms, and a two story brick honso in the mar. The whole prop erty will produce SSOO per annum. Can lie bought for SI,OOO. Fine Lot on Jones street. 60x100. next to Schwarz's Bakery; has two Small dwellings on the lane. Price $2,500. Five Acres (unimproved) on the Coast Line Railroad, jwtween the City and Bouaventure There is a certain profit M subdivide this into cheap lots. A comfortable Two Story Residence and Story near 8., F. and W. Railway, for S2,AiO. Lot ,10x106 on Henry street, near West Broad, in neighborhood just Guilt up with good house*. S4HO. A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality, in northern pari of the city, convenient to Bay street and the Market, for $2,900. A Two Story House in Yamacraw for SBOOI Also two One Story Houses for ss,ooo. The I-arge Double Two Storg Residence In the northwestern corner of Bryan and Habersham streets, for $1,500. Two Cheap Lota south of the city, near the Dillon Purchase, each 40x90. S2OO each. A Snug Cot tage Home corner of West Broad and Henry streets. Lot 49x55. Price $2,000. A Splendid Water Front, magnificent oaks, ac cessible by railroad. A most desirable site for a residence. A Three Story Brick Residence, with fourteen rooms; location good. Price $5,000. A genuine bargain. A Neat Comfortable New Dwelling, four Tied rooms, | sir lor, dining room and kitchen; pump in the yard; lot 10x145; south of Anderson street. No city tax for seven years. Price $1,600. A lot 10x100 for six hundred dollars; $l5O cash and balance monthly. A Lot on Hall street, near Jefferson, 32x180 for $1,050; three hundred dollars cash and long time on the balance. t WPrompt attention will be given to any in quiries, by mall or in person. % . a I. DIBIT, Real Estate Dealer 156 BAY. N. B. I have for rent a fine new store and residence on the corner of West Broad and Gwinnett streetn. 3