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HATS AXDTHEIK HISTORY.
STOKIES OF HEAD COVERINGS IN
TIMES PAST.
The Tall “Beaver” that Invaded Europe
from America—lmportant Parts that
Hats have Taken in Political History.
From the Boston Globe.
When it becomes necessary for a man to
buy anew straw hat he puts it off as long as
possible. Then he goes to his hatter, takes
the first hat that is given him, tries it on,
says it’s too small, and after the salesman
has passed out one a size larger and declared
it just a fit, he wears it home. He will be
told by his wife that it is the most unbe
coming thing she ever saw on his head.
But in a few days she becomes used to see
ing it and forgets that she has ever criticised
it. When autumn comes, and he buys a hat
for the winter, she will similarly criticise
that
An article that should endeaver to speak
of the various fashions of hats worn by
women would fill even the twenty-paged
Globe. Over four centuries ago, in Chau
cer's time, women wore hats, he tells us,
As broad as is a buckler or a targe.
Many a time has the style changed since,
sometimes narrow, then broad again, high
crown, low crown, no crown at all. Mean
while, men’s headgear underwent various
changes, until at last the cylindrical-shaped
hat came in, apparently to'stay.
One of the first accounts of fashions in
dress is in the Bible, where a description is
given of the casting of Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego into the fiery furnace. “These
men were bound in their coats, their hosen
and their hats and their other garments,”
and this is probably the first mention of hats
in sacred or profame history.
The hat was an article of wearing apparel
that it ttook many centuries to introduce
into Europe, the East being far ahead in
respect to this fashion—indeed, the return
ing crusaders are said to have brought the
hat to Europe.
In the early part of the sixteenth century
hats began to be made in England, and by
Queen Elizabeth's time they had superseded
caps and softer headgear. Before that they
had Jong been imported from Fleming. Chau
cer, whost-'‘Canterbury Tales” are a true re
flection of the manners and
FASHIONS OF TIIE TIME,
toils us that the merchant wore “on his head
a Flemish heaver hat," while the gay young
yeoman in the friar’s tale had
An hat upon his head with fringes black.
When once the English manufacturers had
learned the secret of making hats, however,
they drove out their foreign competitors, so
that Haywood, a poet of Elizabeth’s reign,
gayly sings;
The Spaniard’s constant to his block,
The French inconstant ever:
But of all felts that may be felt,
Give me your English beaver. ♦
The “English beaver” is described by a
sarcastic writer of the period, as sharp in
the orown like the shaft of a steeple, and
standing a quarter of a yard above the
crown of their heads, some more, some less,
according to fancy. Or the hat is flat and
broad in the crown like the battlements of a
house—some black, some white, some russet,
some red, some greea, some yellow, never
with one color or fashion two months at an
end. And so common a thing is it that
every serviug men, countryman and other,
even all indifferently, do wear these hats.
The “serving man and countrymen,”
however, even after hats became common,
continued for some time to wear the caps
and bonnets to which they had been accus
tomed.
Elizabeth could cot compel all her subjects
trt wear hats, but she endeavored to make
the Irish do so. The Irish are said to have
worn their hair so matted over their heads
that it could even turn a sword edgo and
formed a projection over the face something
like a shaggy peat house. This the queen
undertook to change. But the English
colonists who had settled in Ireland wore
hats; and fearful of being mistaken for these
people, the natives refused to change their
headgear. The queen was enraged; edict
after edict was issued, and the shears of the
officers of the law were kept busy snipping
the hair from the heads of those who would
not wear hats.
Charles T. found high-crowned hats the
fashion, worn by women as well as men, but
before the second Charles came to the throne
the style began to change The rim became
broad, shading the face rather too much for
comfort, especially if the felt were a little
worn. Then the brim would hang down, in
which condition the hat received the name
of “slouched.” When one side of this brim
was turned up it was called “cocking” it,
and every cavalier would cock his hat in the
Style set by some great nobleman. Later
two sides of the brim were turned up, until
in the latter part of the seventeenth
century' the third side was added to the
other two and a complete “cocked” hut was
formed.
The Puritan pulpit savagely attacked the
broad brim, the jewelled clasp and “ye vil
lainous invention and gross impiety of ye
steeple crown.” Yet, m a few years the
steeple crown was the mark and sign of the
Puritans themselves. This style was brought
over to America bv the Pilgrims. Perhaps
the phrase “shootthe hat” was derived from
the Indians, who used them for targets. The
same kind of hat, a trifle more tapering, was
worn by
EVERY FIRST-CLASS WITCH,
and was as imlispensible as her broomstick
or black oat.
The cocked hat was popular for several
generations. It was the favorite style with
Voltaire,Frederick the Grout and Napoleon,
although long before the latter became
famous it had t>een superseded—except in
the army—by the hideous, tall, tapering
chimney-pot, a fashion which, curiously
enough, was carried to France from Amer
ica. The bravo young Frenchmen who, un
der Lafayette and Rociiambeau, helped us
during the Revolution, carried tins style
with them on their return. It was seized
upon by the French as having prestige of
liberty and equality, and immediately be
came popular. Frauklin always attracted
a crowd when he appeared in the str<-cts of
Paris wearing this hat, just as Kossuth,
whose hat Americans adopted, was stared at
here.
When beaver skins becains scarce, for
the demand from Euroge was ononnous, so
that American trappers and Indimis re
ceived large prices for their furs, substitute*
w cre tried; rabbit skins were used and thou
cat skins. The horrible notion prevailed
that, in order to keep the gloss on the
latter, the poor animals must be skinned
"live, and there being no luw against it this
cruel practice was common in England. The
silk hat at last supplanted the beaver, al
though tho fur dealers fought aguinst, it as
long as possible, and tho poor hunters
J'nd Indians on our northern borders doubt
less cursed tho (lay when the fushion
changed.
Derby*, wide awakes, kossuths and vari
ous otuor styles have como in sinco, but
still
THE SILK HAT REMAINS
the hat that must be worn on all occasions
of importance. No son of Erin would appear
in u proceesiondn honor of Ireland's patron
saint in anything short of the well-brushed
beaver," pierbape sacredly reserved for such
occasions.
Hals involve a number of questions of so
cial etiquette and of morals. One of tho
deadliest insults a man can give another is
to knock off his hat. It arouses tho most
violent jiuskloiis, and yet the voluntary re
moval of h hat by the wearer gives an op
|s>rtunity for the display of deference to
“xe or Iteauty, and argues a degree of refine
ment.
Dickens, In “Our Mutual Friend," makes
11 Kreat scene of Hi las Wogg entering the
101 mi of Mr. llofllii with his hot on ana liav
*ng it hurled out of tho window by Roke
ciuith. It is related of one the fierce old
< <cam of Muscovy that he once held a recep
tion for the ambassadors of the differeut na
tions which were represented at his court.
At this time Venice was rich and power
ful, and her arrogant ambassador, to show
his superiority over the others, went into the
Czar's presence wearing his hat. The savage
Muscovite was so enraged at this lack of
courtesy that he called nis attendants and
had the liat nailed to the head of the luckless
Venetian.
So much, indeed, is thought to be ex
pressed bv the wearing or not of the hat
that the English House of Commons finds no
better way to show its superiority than bv
allowing its members to retain 'their hats
while in session a privilege probably unique
among the groat legislative assmblies of the
world, and which is not allowed in the
House of Lords. This matter was
well illustrated ill Franco in 1789 at tho
convention of tho States General, at
which Louis XVI. presided. At the first
meeting
THE KING REMAINED COVERED,
according to custom: the nobit's also did not
remove their hats. Then the King saw, to
his amazement, that the “third esiate,” the
representatives of the people, remained cov
•J'ed also. It is not too much to say that the
King’s simple action of removing his hat, an
example immediately followed by all the
others, by preserving peace at the mo
ment postponed although for only a short
period, the terrible revolution which follow
ed. For another historical story of the hat
we have that tradition which so stirs the
blood of every schoolboy, of the haughty
tyrant Gesler, his hat bn the j>ole in the
market place, and the humble Tell who re
fused to bow to it.
Caricaturists have always represented
Uncle Sam-as wearing a tall white beaver
hat—real beaver, not silk.
At a meeting of the creditors of a defunct
grocer not many years ago, it was reported
that the bankrupt’s books had not been
properly kept, in proof of which it was
shown that one customer, whose name and
residence were unknown to the grocer, had
bought a large amount of goods, which were
always charged to “the man with the white
hat.”
Many old white hats aj’o sacredly pre
served in English families as mementoes of
tho severe political battles that took place
years ago before the passage of the reform
bill, when the white hat was the badge of
the Radicals and the appearance of one at
the political meetings of their opponents
was the signal for a disturbance. Our col
lege boys Doust many' trophies of similar
character, for a “hat rush" is considered
great sport in every well-regulated college,
and woo to the unlucky freshman who first
wears a silk hat, unless ho is well able to de
fend it.
The hat often serves as a receptacle for
papers for business men, and travelers
often use it to hold their tickets. A sharp
but penniless passenger on a Western
bound express train had no ticket, and
when he saw the conductor coming ho
leaned out of the window ami began to con
template the scenery, The conductor spoke
to him, and, getting no reply, shook him by
the shoulder, crying: “Ticket! ticket,
please.” Down fell the traveler s hat, and
in another instant it had been whisked
across the plains by the winds. The hatless
passenger indignantly demanded why his
hat had been knocked off, and how could
he pay his fare when his ticket was in tho
hatband? The unsuspicious conductor said
no more about a ticket, and be.fore the
train reached its destination he hat given a
hat from his own wardrobe to the honest
traveler.
A DOG WORTH HAVING.
He Has Saved Four Lives and Can
Carry a Full Beer Glass.
From the yew York World.
Capt. Jack Schmidt, a boat-builder of
Tompkinsville, S. 1., is the owner of one of
the most knowing dogs in this country. The
dog is a cross between a St. Bernard and
Siberian bloodhound, and stands 3 feet high,
and measures from the tip of his nose to
the end of his tail 5 feet 10 inches. His
name is Sailor. He is about 8 years old.
During the seven years that Capt. Schmidt
has had Sailor the dog has rescured
from drowning four persons. The Inst one
that he rescued was a tramp who had crept
into a boat tied to the wharf for a night's
sleep and had fallen into the water.
Capt. Schmidt heard the dog barking, and
going down to the wharf saw the man in the
bay with the dog holding his head above the
water.
Whenever a cat-boat race occurs in which
Capt. Schmidt enters a boat Sailor is taken
along on the boat to act as a part of the
crew. He perfectly understands every
thing said to him, and the way he throws
the sund-bag by which the boats are bal
lasted from side to side, when told to do so,
is marvelous. He will take hold of the rope
which hoists the jib in place, running the
full length of the boat, hoists the sail. When
told to go to the shop for a tool he always
brings back the one that is needed.
A few' days ago, as a lady and child were
driving past the boat shop in a dog-cart, the
horse attached to the cart became fright
ened at a locomotive which was passing and
started to run away. The horse had at
tained a fairly good speed, when Capt.
“.Take” told Sailor to catch the horse. Run
ning after the horse Sailor soon caught up
to him, and jumping at the horse’s hoad he
got part of the bridle in his mouth, and pull
ing tho horse’s head to the ground be soon
stopped him.
The dog frequently takes Capt. Schmidt’s
horse in swimming. Schmidt is the owner
of a saloon with a garden attached at
Tompkinsville. Sailor whenever he secs an
empty glass lying oil the tables in the gar
den, takes it in his mouth and carries it the
bar without being told to do so. He can also
carry a glass full of liquor in his mouth.
Capt. Schmidt has had numerous offers for
the purchase of the dog, but he refuses to
part with him. He says that if anybody
can take Sailor away from him he is wel
come to him. A few months ago Sailor
was stolen, but returned home after a week’s
absence.
AN ARKANSAB CURIOSITY.
Seven-Weeks-Old Pickaninny With
Plenty of Gab.
Little Rock Special to St. Tjouit Republican,
Arkansas produce* another curiosity in
the shape of a seven-weeks-old liaby with the
power of articulate speech. Yesterday the
fact was learned that on Center street, this
city, there was a phenomena in the way of a
child less than seven weeks old that can talk
sufficiently intelligible to be understixxl. It
is the chilil of colored people named Scott,
who are highly respectable persons. Mm.
Scott is the mother of twelve children not
unlike other children, but before tho present
pickaninny was three days old, while laying
on the bed, it said, “Tuke the cover off,”
and such words as “pa,” “mu,” “get out and
let mo alone,” are spoken with the correct
ness of a 8-year-old child. From the first
the talking liaby created a sensation among
the colored jxoplo of the city, but nothing
was thought of it until to-night, when sev
eral reputable citizens, accompanied by the
licpuhlicAin correspondent, visited the
house and tested the curiosity, for such it is.
When four days old the child's mother was
started with “Bay, where is mamma?” and
to-night, when the visitors entered the room
where it was sleeping, the child yelled
out: “Put out the light." Other equally
astonishing expressions wore made, and it
is truly a wonder. The subject will I>e
investigated by the Arkansas Medical
Collego.
Saving tho Lawyers.
“The first thing wo do, let’s kill all the
lawyem.’’ This Is rather a bloodthirsty
proposition which we modify by offering to
cure this worthy class of people. Most of
them suffer (In common with nearly all
others oi sedentary habits) from the Injuri
ous effects of dyspepsia, indigestion, piles
loss of ap)wtito and other ailments caused
bv a roust 1 1 sited habit of the body. Dr.
Fierce's “Pleasant Purgative Pellets" eradi
cates all these disorders in promutly remov
ing the cause thereof, and indues a rare
degree of comfort and health,
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1887.
LOST.
Only an Emigrant Who Had Wander
ed from Camp—A Thrilling Story of
the Great American Prairie.
M Quad in the Detroit FYre Press.
While yet two miles away we saw the vul
tures hovering over the spot, flying low and
in narrow circles—anxious to begin their
feast, but evidently frightened at our ap
proach.
“A dead body—buffalo, deer or perhaps a
horse," said tho hunter-guide as each man
involuntarily drew rein.
The crew of a ship that sails the bound
less ocean catch eagerly at floating spar or
wreckage. On the great plains of tho West
one catches as eagerly at sight of a wounded
horse dragging himself along—at the trail
left by a wagon—at the gathering of the
vultures. In each incident is a mystery—
something to increase the awe which con
stantly burdens him —something to further
increase the anxiety which he can never
shake off.
Start at the line of Dakota and the Do
minion of Canada and you can find a
stretch of plain extending south to the
southern limits of New Mexiuo —one thou
sand miles.
A thousand miles of broken ground, in
terspersod with mountain ranges—cut
through by rivers—relieved once in a while
by a spot of prairie which God seems to
have planted there to prevent the horrible
monotony from driving men crazy.
Ride over the prairies and the odor of one
hundred different flowers fill your nostrils.
Tho fat hare leave their forms begruding
ly. The bee and the humming-bird fly
with you. There is a carpet of rich, sweet,,
grass which (leadens the sound of every
hoof-bent.. The influence is peaceful.
Ride over the plains and tho sight of the
sage-brush and mongrel cacti irritate mid
annoy. The rattlesnake crawls leisurely
out of your path, or coils himself in a
vicious way and holds the road. Ever}' hoof
beat sends out an echo. In its mighty
wrath nature upheaved the earth into swells
and ridges. You are over shut in; you are
looking for the beyond. Each ridge is the
same—there is still another beyond it. You
may look for blossom or flower, or gentle
vine—but the plains are accursed.
And as we come nearer, the vultures cry
out in their harsh voices anil rise higher,
and the feeling of mystery deepens. Not a
word is spoken in the bund. Each horse
pricks up his oars and seems to feel the ex
citement. A buffalo, wounded to death by
bullet or arrow, may have dragged itself
into this deserted land to die. Some horse,
abandoned by soldier or emigrant, may have
wandered about in his loneliness until he
reached this place of despair. We shall
soon know.
Ah! here it is! Lying on the broad of his
back on the sterile earth is the corpse of a
man. He has been dead for a day. One
ham! rests beside him, the other clutches a
rifle. His hat lies a few feet away, and the
light breeze toys with his black hair. In
the centre of the forehead is a great black
spot, looking all the blacker for the pallor
of his face, and in the centre of this spot is
a bullet-hole. We sit on oqr horses in a
circle about the body for a long minute, and
then tho guide drops to tho ground for a
closer examination.
“Shot himself!” he whispers after a few
seconds. “It is some emigrant who wan
dered from the camp and got lest!”
Then every thing rose Is-tore each man as
a vision. A dozen white-topped wagons
creeping across this horrible country to
ward a pass in the Rockies. The men and
women and children must have Leon ap
palled at the ruggodnrssami sterility—at the
loneliness —at the awe which they could not
shake off. Who can tell why this man sep
arated himself from his friends? He may
have gone a little way in hopes of finding
game—gone ahead to look for water—be
came half-crazed over the horrible monotony
and wandered away. Once he was hidden
from the wagons by the earthly billows he
was doomed. He looked about him in a
startled way ns he realized that he was nl 1
nione, and he could hear his own heart
beats.
He had come over that swell. No—over
that. No, again—the sun was at his back
as he left the wagons, and he had walked
as straight as an arrow. Ho had but to
climb the earthen billow to see them again.
Ave! his limbs tremble as he starts off,
and there is a quiver to his lip which he can
not repress. lie is right, but —! He breaks
into a run up the slope—he reaches the crest
and looks around,him.
No wagons!
Perhaps he can sec them from the next?
He must have come further than he thought
for. With the pallor of fear showing
through tho sunbrown on his face he runs
swiftly to the crest of the next slope.
No wagons!
“My God! I am lost!”
Aye! lost—doomed! Fear has sent him in
the wrong direction. His friends arc not
two miles away, but they might as well be
a hundred. The lost never sit down to re
flect or to seek to pick up their own trail.
They rush from spot to spot or walk in cir
cles —hope filling their hearts at one moment
—blank despair the next.
Lost on the plains! The sailor floating on
a spar in mid-Atlantic may hope for rescue;
this man can not hope. The sailor has the
sight of the ocean birds —the knowledge that
sliiyis sail to and fro from every compass
point. The emigrant has the sight of rock
and bush and Creeping reptiles. High above
him are the vultures. Human lieiugs wan
der here only when lost lilt** himself.
And he goes on and on, sometimes run
ning in wild affright, sometimes falling to
earth in his weariness. How many days?
God alone counted thorn. How many
nights? Uod alone knows that. And such
days! Hope, despair, desperation. Hun
gering, thirsting, hoping, despairing—na
ture was pitiful when it brought the night.
And such nights! The darkness increased
its terror. Each sound startled him into
new terror. Tho hours seemed ages. Na
ture was pitiful when it brought another
day.
* * * * * * *
And so it came to this; Tortured, har
assed and suffering—giving up his last hope
of rescue—knowing that the end must come,
he shortened his hours and found peace in
death. It were better thus.
Decline of Pauperism in England.
Pro in the London Timet.
A Parliamentary paper lias been issued
containing a return for comparative month
ly statements of the number of paupers of
all classes (except lunatics in asylums and
vagrants) in receipt of relief in England
and Wales on the last day of every week in
each month of the several years froni 1857
to 1887, both inclusive, together with a
statement of the number oi paupers, distin
guishing tho number of adult able-bodied
jminxirs. relieved on the Ist day of January,
IKSI, and a similar statement on the I t day
of July. The return complete* the monthly
comparative statement for the quarter ended
at midsummer. 1 'BS. and shows that for the
last thirty-one years in almost every year a
continuous decrease has token place in the
number of paupers week by week through
out the whole quarter, the exceptions to this
rule being few and unimportant. Tho ta
bles show that the number of paupers in
every 1,000 of the population was 'it'-.'.', nl the
end of April lust, 25.1 lat the end of May,
and 25..8 at the end of June. From the last,
day of the first week to the last day of the
fourth week of June the number oi lumpers
in receipts of indoor relief decreased from
175.4T;t to 171,741), und the numlxir receiving
outdoor reli*t for tile same lie nod decreased
from 5117,(125 to 542,771, the total decrease
being in the first week, I,SWS, and in the
fourth week 4,158. in the metropolis the
number of fx-rsous relieved in tho month of
June, 1887. was largor than it was in the
same month in ID of the :) previous years.
These 11) years were the 12 years from 1875
to 1888, and the 7 years from 1858 to I MU.
The proportion of i auperl<m to jiopulntion
was, however, smaller it) 18-7 than in any
of the 80 previous years exee.il the two im
mediately preceding it. The projiortlon
was lowest la 1885, when it fell to 111 to toe
1,000, and highest la 188 X, when it reached
41.8 to the Loot), as compared with 21.4 to
the 1,000 in I*B7.
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from street car; good six-room house, with out
buildings; 22 acres; highly enriched for *igli
teen years; excellent \ 1 vco for cows or chickens.
For particulars apply 152 Gaston street.
fPOR RENT— One large house, or two houses
I of medium size. Apply 24 LINCOLN
STREET
lAOR RENT, three-story brick house on Macon
street, between Habersham and Price. E.
J. KENNEDY.
IGM)R RENT, from Sept. 1, the tine two story
1 brick bouse, No. 29 Broughton street, with
modern convenience and good yard, at u rea
sonable rental. Apply to l“. J. O'CONNOR, iri
Southern Bunk building, or at bis residence, No.
25 Broughton street.
SACK RENT, dwellings 12, 42W and 44 Jefferson
I street, corner of York; in good condition,
with modern conveniences. Aoply to G. H.
REMBHART, 118 Bryan street.
FBOR RENT Two dwellings, northeast corner
Huntingdon and Montgomery streets. Ap
ply to G. It KKMSHAKT. 118 Bryan street.
IJ'OR RENT, store No. 188 Congress street,
lacing Johnson's square. Also, eleven-room
brick house, with two story out-buildings. No.
3t State street. J. C. ROWLAND, No. 90 Bay
street.
ITOR KENT, desirable brick residence 189Gor-
I don street; possession Oct. Ist. Apply to
J. M. WILLIAMS, 142 Jones street.
{AO!! RENT, it desirable dwelling and store;
will lent store separately. Apply 188 Con
gress street JOHN SULLIVAN.
17'OR RENT, from Oct. Ist. splendid store No.
H 7 ttuy street, situate in Hutchison's Block,
next to corner of Ahereorn: has splendid cellar
and is splendid stand tor any business; second
and third stories can be rented if desired. A.
R. LAWTON, Jr., Il l Bryan street.
FOHTrENT MIHCELLANKOUS.
/ xEFICE FOR KENT, second floor of No. 180
* " Buy street, Stoddard's upper range. Ap
ply to (J.T VS. GREEN’S SON A <£).
f/'OR RENT, - rice !):’ B.iv street. Apply to
I I). Y. DANCY, M Bay street.
V,''R RENT, one half of office, 114 Bay street,
i ups, lirs; immediate ix,-tession. JOHN
STON A I)OUGLAfIB.
FO R - V LIE.
IT'OU SALK, one ( art, with gears for carting
I hev. and one Spring Wagon, by JOS. if.
BAKER. Market.
lAOR SALE, Remington Type-Writer No. 2;
In perfect order. iIE Vi IN GTON, this office.
180K HALE, SI barrels assorted Peers, cheap,
by A. H CHAMPION, 154 Oongreos ti set
¥AOR SALE. 25 exlri line game. bins. G
I trios), VETERINARY STABLE, South
Broad and Randolph.
}jX)K HA I.E. Itethr. Shingles. Flooring,('elliug.
Weather is >* r> ling and Framing Lumlxir.
Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211. KEi'P VIU) A’ 00.
TXIR BALE. TEXAS HORSES -Largoet and
1 lies! lot T*xn Domes ever brought here;
14U and IAU hands high; all gentle slock. At
COX'S STABLES.
p|EuoFrrruf, Some for sale.’ r„ the
1 / town of I'olUi'dd. Grc *rie comity. Ga.,a
well finished, eight rixuii dwelling .double Iron
veranda, ample outhouses, a large garden
Stocked with fruits, flfcli poigi, and a farm of
about forty acre* In gocxl cultivation. Penfleld
is four miles from railroad, has churches,
schools, daily mail, good water, and u fine
health record. A inre opportunity to those
who desire an eleqant home, with small farm,
nnd on very reasonable terms. Apply to
CHARLES M. HANDERS, Penfleld. u a .
PHOTOGRAPHY,
c PECIAL NOTICB-I’ilorotiHA ITIY- Prtecx
n reduced Petite* $1 .10, Cards $2, Cabinet
tn per dozen, and larger work In the same pro
portion.
J, N. WILSON,
Dull street.
STRAYED.
QTRAYED REWARD |lO. Lost January *♦
lO iBS7, one dark brown Cow; marked crop,
slot aad imderbit in right ear; drv when lost;
must have a calf al>out Cmonths ola; cow looks
very much like fwv in jai! yard, except white
r< )N.
MISC EIJLAXEOUS.
A LL PIPE SMOKERS are invited to call nnd
J\ ►ret a sumplo of Black and Tan Tobacco
from GZ \ N"S
VTOTirK. The Kosodew river front lots ad
vertised for some months past at the mini
mum price of? 125 each, will not bo sold here
after under s£6o each; terms accommodating;.
Ai o. *otu, ISB7. 1„ A PA LldttANT.
LUDDBN A BATES s. M. H.
$24,350
Piano aod Organ Sales
FOB—
JULY, 1887.
(IAN it ho possible? One house in Savannah
to sell Pianos and Organs to the value of
$24.85',) in one. month, and that tho hottest in
millions of years.
Yes, sir, or mam, as t,he case may be, it is a
positive fact, without the slightest exaggeration.
Our sales book shows the figures, and is open
for the insjxjctlon of any who question the
above statement.
But July was one of Savannah's dull months,
and besides it was slightly hot. How could such
a trade be gotten up? It don't look reasonable.
Nevertheless it is a fact, and the only ex
plunation is that when old Savannah gets
drowsy we wake up and get in ojr work. Hence
dull times are something that we know very
little about.
To explain further we will say that the prime
cause for the above named large July sales was
our CLOSING OUT SALE of nmv and nearly
new Pianos and Organs. Wo really had mngnln
eent bargains, we advertised them largely, the
public believed our assertions, took us at our
word, and BOUGHT, BOUGHT, BOUGHT, uutil
$24,850 sales were rolled up.
This sale still continues. Only half the stock
has been sold. There's enough to go round, and
we expect to roll up $80,(X)0 sales for August,
judging from the way it opens.
Doubtless few. if any, f these rare bargains
cau Im had after October Ist, as our stock of
almost new and prime second hand Instruments
will by that date be closed out almost com
pletely.
Come* this month, and quickly. Each day the
selection becomes smaller. Remember, un
usually easy terms on this stock.
RENTED UNTIL PAID FOR.
LUDDEN & BATES
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSF.
PORTRAITS.
The Great Southern Portrait Company,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Small Pictures Copied and Enlarged in
Oil, Crayon, India Ink, Pastelle
and Water Colors.
F FINISHED in the highest style of the art.
Satisfaction guaranteed, both in perfect
likeness and execution, in sizes from tho
“Gem*," smaller than a )>ostage stamp, to
large life-sixes £oxoo inches. Our field is the en
tire Southern States, with headquarters at Sa
vannah. Georgia.
Live Agents wanted. References re
quired. To insure reply a 2-cent stamp must be
enclosed in all applications for agencies.
L. B. DAY! 8,
Secretary and Manager of the Great South
ern Portrait ( ’ >mpany, Savannah, Ga
Refer to Davis Bros.. Palmer Bros., Hon. It. E.
I-eater, Mayor, and <'. H Olinstead, banker.
Savannah. Ga. Office with Davis Bros., 42 ana
44 Bull street, till >ct. 1, where s/uaples of tho
work of this company can be seen.
STOVES.
leliisMSta.
\ITE HAVE RECEIVED the for this
▼ v popular Stov (over 100,000 in uso), ami
♦ ftk* pl'/u>uro in offering them to our customers
It is heavy, durabfc, and took first prize at
Pennsylvania Ktate Kali* for baking. It bus all
the latest improvement*, including ventilated
oven.
CORNWELL & CHI I'MAN,
Odd Fellows* building.
mmm.
ONE of the very box! plain and substantial
made (lOOKINf I BT< fVKS to ho had Wo
have tested t hem under all conditions and find
them landless; no hesitancy In cornuarin/ r and
placing them with the great ACORN brand.
LOVELL & LATTIMORE,
HARDWARE. ETC., SAVANNAH. <A.
WHEAT OK AM MX.
A
DELICIOUS
BREAKFAST DISH
HECKER’S
Wheal Granules.
I.EI.AL NO I K K*.
fN CHATHAM SUPERIOR COURT. .Tone
1 T ekm, IttC. WILLIAM HEYWARD vx.
SUSAN HEYWARD. Libel fur Divorce.
It app*iarlnjr to tie* Court hy the return of lh<‘
Sheriff In the above stated cav th.it tfu- defend
ant <l.es not rmldo Id Chatham oeemfy. and it
further appearing that Hb* doe* not reside lntl;
State of Oeorgln. It is theiefore orue: Iby the
Court that service of sod lltxM for divorce be
perfected on the defendaii' by the publication
of this order once a month for four months, be
fore the December Term, JBW, of tl.lx Court, In
the Kavannnli Morning News, a public garrtte
published In Chatham county, (leorgia.
In open Court, tills June 'M, 10H7.
A. I ADAMS,
.bulge S. C.. K J. V. <l.
M J. O CONNOR. Übellant s Attorney
A true extract from the Minuter, tin* ,vith day
of Auguat, A. D 1087
lUfcJ JAMES K. P. CAKK,
"eputy Clot* S. C., C, C.
AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.
PARIS VARIETY STORE.
Auction Sale.
Daniel R. Kennedy, Auctioneer.
TOP AY, At 11 o'clock, I will sell tho re
maining stock in the above store, 189jtj
Broughton street, consisting of
I.ADIKS' UNDERWEAR, JERSEY LACE,
BUTTONS, VEILINGS, RIBBONS, MUFFS
BASS EM ENTER! E TRIMMINGS, FINGER,
GLOVES, SPOOL SILK AND TWIST. CHIL
DREN'S CAPS. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
COLLARS. LACK COLLARS. CORSETS,
BELTS. HOSE. SHOW CASKS. TABLES, etc.;
also a lot of fancy articles, to which the atten
tion of ladies is especially called.
AUCTION SALES FUTURE DATS.
Unclaimed Freight
AT
S. F. & W. R. E.
AT AUCTION.
I. D. Laßoche’s Sons. Auctioneers
On WEDNESDAY, the Itm DAY OF SEPTEM
BER. at II o'clock, at the Down Freight Ware
house of the Sunuinah, Florida anil Western
railroad, we will sell the following UN
CLAIMED FREIGHT at public outcry, for ac
count of whom it may concern, to pay
charges tlierun. By order of
W. r. HARDEE,
(Jen. Frt. A Pass. Agt„ S., F. & W. R. It.
David Cockshut 18 pieces old iron.
L. S. Fellows 1 box B. B. B.
T. J, Byrd 2 packages jugs and kegs.
A. Hanley I empty can
Robert Loekley 1 package carpet.
,1. B. Dowling 1 package bedstead,
William Wolff 1 east bottled liner.
William S. Hone &Cos 1 empty beer keg
Home Made Bread Cos. 3empty cracker boxes.
N. K. Harris I bundle bedstead.
Ramsey Logan 2 bundles bedstead.
Ramsey Logan 1 bundle mattress.
W. 8. Hawkins I barrel grease.
W. 8. Hawkins 1 box grease.
Alfred Bell 1 sack corn.
L. G. Young—2 sacks corn.
No mark 1 cane mill.
Mrs. L. Crever- 1 bundle bedding
O. 11. Lowther 1 box clothing.
L. M. Converse— 1 liarrel lime.
H. 1 barrel vinegar.
No marks 1 bundle iron.
No marks -1 brake bar.
No marks 1 old chair.
No marks—4 bundles rails.
L. 8. At llro. 1 tin can.
No mark 1 piece marble.
No mark 2 weights
No mark 1 piece stove pipe.
1 .aura Carter—l small trunk.
No mark 1 bundle bedding.
No mark 1 bundle slat*
No mark 1 crosscut, saw.
No mark 1 frame.
No mark 1 bucket, pots, etc.
No mark—B stoves.
No mark—l 2 pieces chandelier. , ~ , .
No mark 1 box stools
Gray A G. 2 boxes matches.
King Iron Bridge Cos- 9 packages Iron.
No mark -2 sacks guano.
A. Duncan—l box.
No mark -1 barrel syrup.
No mark—l box harness.
Nu mark—4 boxes Imttle3.
J. Music 1 bundle bedding.
R. Hmitli 1 empty coop. ,i ;
No mark 1 bundle plunder.
.1. 8. Smith 1 package, 3 boxes snuff.
No mark—l boring machine.
No mark 1 piece casting.
B. R. Folsom- 1 R. chair.
No mark 1 sack spices.
J. W. lirien— 1 sack sugar.
No mark—l empty keg.
.T. D. Smith—l package, 6 signs.
No mark 2 lied ends.
No murk - 1 door.
No mark—l empty barrel.
No mark 3 iron casting.
Buchanan—2 pieces granite
W. J. Hniith— 1 package B. paper.
O. Norris 1 package bed ends.
J. D. Smith 3 packages sign boards,
J. D. Smith 1 large sign.
Diamond 8. -2 boxes, 2 pieces stone.
No mark—4 liars iron.
No mark 1 bundle wire. 1 pan.
No mark -2 boxes sundries.
No mark I box and 1 keg bolts.
J. A McDuffie 1 bundle rails.
No marks—l 2 brake shoes.
J. H. Sweet—l keg nails.
W. Jackson —1 box.
No marks— 1 sack ginger.
J. Moore I sack clothing.
No mark 1 car wheel.
E. B. Smith—l empty coop.
A. N. Green—l box soda.
No mark 1 barrel oil.
W. R. Moore 2 lioxes soda.
.1. W. Harris - 1 box H. H. goods,
M. A. Welker—l box snuff.
R. M. Hall -1 cot.
Rountree Si Co.—l sign.
Diamond S. -1 sack C. Seed.
J. B Rountree—l handle.
No mark—l package, rt boxes firecrackers.
Bagliy & R. —1 package K. D. safe.
Bagby &R. 4 package R and S.
Bagliy A R. 4 packages bedstead.
Bagby A K—l K. chair
David I kick—B packages bedstead.
W. R. Moore 2 boxes soda.
T. V. ('. I box bottles.
Webster Bradford 1 llsb basket.
Thomas Bolen 1 gin roller.
B. —1 box marble.
B. —2 pieces stone 1 box O. Ware.
J. G. 1 barrel vinegar
Diamond 11 1 empty barrel.
Diamond J. 1 ert box stuff.
A. B. Campbell -1 box glass.
H. E. 8. I bundle I,rooms.
J. R. Muse. 1 box glass.
C. W. Di-Costa—l bundle paper.
C. I). F. I box hardware.
No murks -2 empty kegs.
Dale, D. & Co.—l empty can.
tv W. Gordon & Cos. 2 sacks C. seed.
Kills. H. & Cos. -1 package bungs.
W. W, C. & Co.—l box hardware.
B. M. & Cos. -1 empty can.
Muir, D, A Co.—l basket cotton samples.
8 T Everett—l crate marble.
Reiver & B.—l empty barrel.
West Bros.—l barrel syrup.
M. F. &Cos 2 empty beer kegs.
J. 0 Bros. I empty lieer keg.
No mark—l empty beer keg.
William Boiler- 1 box peas.
R. M. Reed 1 box screws.
F. M. Dunlin—2 boxes H. H. goods.
No mark-1 liarrel glue.
J. W. Hutchison- I box H. H goods.
MeCoen AT. 1 package K, and S.
No innrk I package slats.
Mies Ida Bcmsteirn I marble slab.
W. D. Aiken—2 piecos Iron.
O. Butler- 1 package almanacs.
E. L. A Sons—2 empty kegs.
No mark—l bar iron.
M. V Little -1 box.
K. &IS 1 box.
Kllsliy Mfg Co.—l box
J. W. II &Cos H empty barrels,
No marks- 2 empty barrels.
T. 11. 2 boxes hardware.
A. E. A llro.—l empty keg.
H. 8. A Son 1 empty keg.
No marks _pot,
J. A. Douglass l piece 8. Pi]>e.
O. A. Hudson- I crate empty cans.
George Konkin -1 jaiclcage clothing.
F. W. Gerbar -1 Imx glass.
H. 11. A Cos. 1 sack Ka I nit.
J. M. M. 1 box tobacco.
No marks l bag Biot.
V. G. - Half barrel cider.
E. C. A: Cos. -1 piece steel.
I. f p*vy —6 bags moss.
James Moors—l bundle bedding.
S. It. ACo 3 boxes ale.
B. J. M. I piece casting.
W. R. M 9 boxes soda.
C. Hitch la 2boxes signs
J. C. iitoval 2 eraten 8. machines.
N. A. Reiry 1 box phrwiphites.
D. M. Brantley—2 new farm wagons.
R. G. Baxter l package empty sacks
H. Cannon 1 barrel tools.
E. D. I box matches.
M. A. Easterling -2 boxes and 1 tnink H. IT.
roods.
R. 11. t'uttar— 1 box books,
w. Al.B. ;,i barrels chemicals.
V. C. J. 1 liarrel, i bundle W. boards.
W. C. J. 3 nests tubes. 3 bundles buckets.
W. c. .11 hogshead crockery.
W. R. M.- 8 boxes soda.
J. E. 1 box snuff. ,
C. A I*. - 1 box W. Glass.
J. <’ Bruyn 8 packaif* blinds.
No mark l eut|ity ran.
No mark Half roll bagging.
No mark 2 boxes tools.
No mark—l sack t-xils.
- 1
r pO (JOHN TV OFFICERS -Books and Blanks
I required by county officers tor the umy of
the courts, or tor ottbsi ma*. supplied to enter by
tic MORNING NEWS PBJNTINU HULok,
Whitaker sweet, ha v surah.
C. 11. nORSETT’S COLUMN.
THE BUYERS
ARE MANY,
but
THE SELLERS
ARE FEW.
The demand for Realty continues very good.
Many inquirers fail to materialise Into buyer*
on account of (lie very poor offerings.
There is a great demand for low priced lota,
say from SBOO to SI,OOO. Also for a few choioa
w ell located lots.
The principal demand is for residences, loca
ted in good nelghlmrboods, ranging in value
from $1,500 to SI,OOO anil $5,000.
A few SMALL FARMS or FARMING LAND
near tho city, from ten to thirty acres in
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*
borhooa.
A full lot on South Broad Street Facing
North.
A Two-Story Residence on Green square. This
is a liar gain at fifts-en hundred dollars.
An Elegant. Lot 60x105, in Southeastern Sec
tion, for eighteen hundred dollars.
A Lot 30x91, on Second Avenue, near Barnard,
for $425, No City Taxes.
A Lot on Montgomery street, near Second
Avenue, for $625.
Not far from the Park, a three-story brick
house, containing eight rooms, and a two
story brick house hi the rear. The whole prop
erty will produce SSOO per annum. Can be
bought for $4,000.
Fine Lot on Jones street, 60x100, next to
Schwarz's Bakery; has two small dwellings on
the lane. Price $2,500.
Five Acres (unimprovod) on tho Coast Line
Railroad, between the City and Ronaventura.
There is a certain profit to subdivide this into
cheap lots.
* A comfortable —wo Story Residence and Store
near 8., K. and YTI Railway, for $2,300.
Lot 30x106 on Henry stress, near West Broad.
In neighborhood just built up with good bouses,
S4BO.
A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality,
hi northern part of the city, convenient to Bay
street and the Market, for $2,200.
A Two Story House in Yamacraw for S6OO.
Also tws One Story Houses for SI,OOO.
The I-arge Double Two Story Z'Vidence in the
northweetem corner of Bryan and Habersham
streets, for $1,500.
Two Cheap Lots south of the city, near th>
Dillon Purchoao, each 40x90. s2llO each.
A Snug Cottage Home oorner of West Broad
and Henry streets. Lot 49x65. Price $2,000.
A Splendid Water Front, magnificent oaks, ao
cesslble 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 bed
rooms, parlor, dining room and kitchan; pump
In tho yard; lot 30x145; south of Anderson
street. No city tax for seven years. Prior
$1,500.
RffPrompt attention will be given to any hr
qulries, by mail or in person.
A lot 30x100 for six hundred dollars; $l5O cash
and lialance monthly.
A Lot on Hall street, near Jefferson, 32x130
for $1,050; three hundred dollars cash and long
time on the balance.
C. B. DOHTT,
Real Estate Dealer
15 0 13 A. Y.
N. B. I have for rent a tine new store and
residence on ile turner of IN Ml Biood and
U t’ninety eUauln.
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