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2 HUM AGAIN IN THE RING. IT WILL TRY TO KNOCK OUT AT LANTA ON NOV 26. Return ft-om Philadelphia of the Gu bernatorial Party—Pardon Sought for a Hardened Criminal Who is not Deserving of It—Preparing for the Veterans. Atlanta. Ga., Sept 19.—T0-day's de velopments settle the fact that Fulton county will again vote on the question of the sale of liquor on Nov. 26. Ordinary Calhoun this morning gave the County Commissioners a legal opinion upon this matter, which was that another election Could lie held any time after Nov. 25. The Commis-ioners at once decided to open books of registi-ation and appointed registrars to conduct the electton. Some time during last night John W. Grogan, uight car inspector of the East Ten ne**ee. Virginia and Georgia railroad, com mitted suicide in the yards of the company, in this city. Grogan's body was found at an early hour this morning dangling by the neck from the telling of a jssenger coach. To accomplish his self-destruction be used a bell rope, one end of which be passed through a nng in the ceiling of the coach and then fastened the end to a rack. With the other end of the rope he made a slip jmose. which be adjusted about his neck and then jumped off a seat upon which he stood while making the arrangement. The suicide is attributed to bad health. CHAR .ED with the woolfoi.k murder. A special from Canton reports the arrest of a negro there, named Dubose, who is said to oe the real murderer of the Wool folk family. It is said that he was sent to the rhaingang by Capt. Woolfolk, that his time was out a few days before the murder, and that be killed the family to wreak ven geance. Woolf oik’s attorney has had a:i in terview with the man and is confident* MEETIXG or THE FIRE CHIEFS. The convention of the National Associa tion of Firemen meets here to-morrow. Al ready over 100 delegates have arrived. Chief Joyner is doing all that he can to en tertain them, and has arranged a fine pro gramme, embracing both business and pleasure. A portion of the latter will con sist of a banquet and an excursion to Kenne saw mountain. The convention will be ad dress'd in the opera house to-morrow by Gov Gordon. Mayor Cooper and others, after which the association will commence its businesi meeting. The Marietta and North Georgia Rail road Committee met to-night. Only one witness was examined, D. B. Glover, Super intendent of the road. There was nothing significant in his testimony. He was put up by the road, and examined merely as to the condition of the road in 1880, when Messrs. Pulsifer. Facer and others took it, which he described as wretched. He said it was worth hardly S-Vl.OdU The road has since been extended to the North Carolina line and put in excellent condition, at a eott of over *500,0U0. Mr. Glover was in Atlanta during the session of 1885, wh‘-u the resolution passed, but knew of no improper means used to influence its passage. A HARDENED CRIMINAL. Robert BrowD. a noted convict in the Georgia penitentiary, who escaped some time ago, was recaptured in Franklin county last week and returned to the camp. When arre*t"i 1 he had a shotgun and thne pistols, looking for the Sh**nff of the county to kill him. Some mouths ago application for his pardon came to the Governor from Alabama, urging as a reason that he was wanted as a witness in the United States Court for the Northern district of Alaliama to cdhvict some counterfeiters. A petition was received to-dav from Haralson county, where Brown lived when convicted, pro te&ting against his jmrdon. as lie is a danger ous mar. and hardened criminal. At -i o'clock this afternoon the Governor and hit staff, Mrs. Gordon, Miss Fannie Gordon and the Atlanta Rifles returned from Philadelphia. The Governor and his pa.lv wi re ess-orted to the executive man s:on by the Rifles. TO WELCOME BOYS IN BLUE. The assertion of ex-Confederate Veter ans at a large meeting to-night, amid great enthusiasm, appointed a com mittee of fifty to make arrange ments for a fitting reception of the Union veterans of the armies of Ohio. Ten nessee and the Cumberland, who fought from Chattanooga to Atlanta. The Union veterans come at the in vitation of the Piedmont Exposition to revisit the la: tlefiehLs on which they fought over 30 years ago. The pro gramme of the reception ami fraternization will extend through the week, beginning Oct. 10, and will I** elaborate. The chief event will be tin* reunion barbecue and the ceremonies at Kennesaw on Oct. 11, and an illummation of the historic old mountain at night. Thousands of Union soldiers have signified their intention of coming, and the reunion will doubtless surpass anything yet seen. A rate of lc a mile each way has been obtained Irom Cin cinnati and St. Dalis for parties of twenty five or ntoie, <>r iialf rates for smaller parties. A similar rate will doubtless las extended from Chicagi >. Memphis Wins Easily. Memphis, Hept. 19.—Memphis easily de feated Charleston this afternoon. The locals won on their merits, outbatting and out fielding their opponents. Smith, who occu pied the Ikix for Memphis, yielded only six nits, while liungler was pounded for nine teen, on) of them being a hoiue run by Andrews, George McKeogh officiated as umpire and gave general *t inflation to tjoth club*. Hunglcr necined out of condition aiai earlv in tin* game commenced pitching drop balls, which were fruit for the lieavv batters of the Memphis team. The score by innings follows; Memphis 031 2 03000—8 Charleston ooi 1 0 0 0 0 o—2 Batterers Smith and Grotty for Memphis, Hiingler and Childs for Charleston. Base hits Memphis 19. Charleston 6. Errors—Memphis 2, Charleston 2. Games Elsewhere. At Detroit Detroit* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 1 Philadelphia .51200020 x—lo Base hits- lx-nnit* 4. Philadelphia 18. Errors --Detroit* 3, Philadelphia 1. At Chicago-- Chicago 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2—9 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o Bshv hits Cm mgo 11. Washington 5 Errors —Chicago l. Washington 4. At Pittsburg— Pittsburg 1000)000 1— 8 New York 032021 00 X— 8 Base nil*- Piti sluing io. New York 10. Errors —Pittsburg to. New York 5. At Philadelphia—, Metropolitan. .. o’3 0 1 00000—4 Athletics 0 (l 0 0 5 0 0 8 x— 8 Base lilts Metropolitans ill. Athletics II Er ror*—Metropolitans 5, Athletics 3. At Baltimore—(Fight innings). Baltimore 2 3 15 4 0 0 x—l3 Brooklyn tl 0 0 fi 0 (I 0 0— 5 Base lilts -Baltimore 19. Brooklyn 9. Errors —Bait! more 8, Brooklyn 7. At Cincinnati— Cincinnati 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 J 0-2 Louisville s to 000000 li— 1 Ba*i‘ liftn—Cincinnati W. Louisville 7. Error* •-CiuctunaU 3. Louisville 4. At lndiuii.i|Kili*— Indianapolis . ... 40 0 10020 8-10 Boston 4 0 2 0 t i I e u 0 B* • lots -Indianapolis 10, Boston 18. Errors Indiana poll* 3, Boston 3. Thkue U reniiluig in this city a little girl who has nu memory of a Ki'uii'lhdln r, Imt one of w rnso gram mint horn ban lived til theitame In. w ith ;:.e little elf ever since be* latter w.i h>. . Tbaehlld ha a oo> playmate u> whom much *t to lied, ami who I* almost tier cou-iuot coiiijemion. The other day a ttelrli'xit was tcaoiii/ tie- . her yoiuiaud and reuiaiieil thill w e li sue grew to b ' a hi*. Wo man she siims'sed they would got marrie t “Wo, We Woo l IMs ter." was lb'* child's derided pegslive. “IV K mat to lie (sol' maid. <lea like grandma.* o>mton litol>pt. The Kir nod .->| .dm* Hear! tut at ib l ahagar'*, M WhiUtaur atrunt. CHARCOT AVENGES MESMER. Investigations of Hypnotism By the Academy of Medicine. Correspondence of the .Vet c Yor'.i Tribune. Paris, Sept. 2. —Mismer has been well avenged by Charcot, tae great professor wuo ails the chair in the clinical ward of the Saltpetriere for the nervous diseases of women. Not only, indeed, has this illustri ous physician shown that the charlatan whom the elder Donas introduced with such telling effect into his novels **Lo Com tense de Chorny" and "Le Docfeeur Bal satno." was no mere charlatan, !>ut a nuni ber of Charcot's disciples have proved the truth of what Duma? seemed to draw from lus rich imagination. The impression is still fresh of tne suicide of an unfortunate young girl under the ' stress of mental suggestion. The sug gestor belongs to the me-lical profeasi* n and ri worthy of lying in the same buryrag pround with the nefarious I Sector Je la 1 Pomni"rrais. He had acquired undue in | fluent* over the poor girl by hypnotizing or ’ mesmerising her, and wanting to get rid of i tier anel to marry somebody else he ordered iier, at a distance of many miles, to set | about committing suicide with a pistol. Dr. : Charcot, who i*. a cautious man, has publicly ! admitted hypnotic suggestion. He thinks extraordinary curative effects, so far a the consciousness of pain goes, are to be derived from hypnotism, which L mesmerism with a new Greek name. But he always exhorts laics not w. dabble in it, and medical men to keep t:\y hypnotic lore to themselves. This is - • g i-Himg after the way in which the profession'''of whu h Charcot is really a bright light treated Mesmerism. Mesmer was an empiric. But he nevertheless got at the truth. The illustrious Bichat did not believe that there was any general system in medicine, which he said was not a science to any methodic mind, but a collection of vague and inexact ideas, of observations often puerile and of jarring formulas. HonKeop athv was taLooei because it was not ortho dox by that Sanhedrim known as the Fac ulty of Medicine. Animal magnetism was long ignored on the ground that charlatans had taken it up and that no doctor who had self-respect could follow them. Mesmerism was treated with no less contempt until a new name was given it and Charcot de clared that there was not only something but a good deal in it deserving the attentiou of scientists. Dr. Luys last Tuesday made a communi cation to the Academy of Medicine on this subject which electrified the members pres ent. It was on the action, both at a dis tance and by direct contact, of certain medicated or fermented sub-true s on hyp notic subjects The latter were all women who could not possibly have got their cue beforehand, and were being observed, while Dr. Luys operated, by a jury of scientists above all suspicion of having lent them selves to auv trickery. A tube in one in stance was filled with sulphate of strychnine by l>r. Luys, and the subject, who was not present, was told to put it to the left side of the nape of her neck. Soon after there was a telephone message from the foreman of tlie jury to say that the patient suffered in the left side from muscular con- convulsive starts ami a rigid body. When the drug was placed on the right side of the nape lin imagination) the same phenomenon took place. An experi ment, or rather experiments, were made on subjects who were brought in to the opera tor. They had no idea what Dr. Lu vs was going to use. Alcohol, when put to the nape in a tube no larger than a homceo pathist's via), and hermetically sealed, pro duced exactly the same effect as if imbibed at a liar. Absinthe, haischish, opium, morphine, beer, champagne. tea and coffee were ill succession tried with their charac teristic effects. But “the cup which cheers but not inebriates’’ was found too exciting for French neurojjaths. Valerian caused tne deepest sadness. The thoughts of the patient were centered in a grave. She was compelled irresistibly to stoop down and scratch the ground, and thought herself in a cemetery exhuming a deceased relative whom she loved. Under the illusion she fancied herself picking up bones belonging to his skeleton, which she handled with ten der reverence, and when there was an imag inary mound of them formed she placed, with deep-drawn sight and hairs and gtmu fl *ctions, a cross above them. Under the influences of haschish everything looked rosy ami gayety prevailed.' The subject was a young girl, very fond of the drama. She fanciest herself on the stage and playing a part which suited her to perfection. It was in a bouffe opera and she sang her score admirably. The sentiments were expressed with delicate feeling. Dr. Luys can, ac cording to substances he uses, run through tne whole gamut of human passions ami emotions. What is most strange is that no trace of the fictitious world in which the hypnotized subject lias been wandering remains when real consciousness is restored. It is very rare for even the idea of having been in dreamland to survive the awakening from the hypnotic trance. Dr. Luys says the hypnotic suggestion sometimes has periods of incubation more or less long. The sub ject is at first gently drawn to do a certain thing or things, and then the drawing be comes an irresistible" impulse. They are first as if tern to 1 and th u as if possessed. They cau no more Help themselves than a man who had got to the verge of Niagara Falls in a boat could help going over. Dr. Roger moved that the ui a lemy name a commission to inquire into hypnotic sug gestion, near and at a distance. Dr. Bron ardel supiiorted him. He said, “All that Dr. Luys has alleged and shown cannot fail to make a noise throughout the world No body stive M. M.Burnt aud Houren have gone so far as Dr. Luys. He not oulv forces on the attention of the academy the question of hypnotism, but of {teraous being nffe and -d by poisonous substances which do not |x.ue tfato, or it may las even touch their bodies. This is flora a legal point of view a greet, danger. A great social responsiiulty is in volved in the matter. It is the duty of the academy to have th experiments of Dr. Luys repeated, with others that boar ui>ou them.” Hypnotism or nnitnal magnetism has been a little more than a hundred years ih-spised and rejected by the doctors.’ It was dis covered by a Viennese, Moaner, who Ik longcd to that curious branch of tile f reema sons. the Illu ninati. When h.* r. >i i Stoer iek, the hoad of the Faculty of Medicine at Vienna, of his discovery, that learned owl begged him not to discredit that body bv talking of anything so alruird. He persisted. Harcusm aiwl i ,ien |s iMsMitjon obliged him to go abroad, ami lie came to Faris in 177a. Tile world of iusliimi and th'Msimt went era zy about him. Hi then set up i.ijdie Paltiis Rovul wlier • it mils lu said, in a wav that was worthy of a charlatan, he worked his d.soovety. M. Le Roy, ut' the Academy of Medicine, thought him in the scent of a great truth. But the other doc tors were of the l.utseves sort ami ; united Mesmer down. Ho woof to stay at (‘retell, where be applied bis lnrthikl and made his famous magnetic puil, whidi iuie.xsted M. d'Rxkm, head doctor to the Comte d'Artoix —later Charles X. He. wrote almut the magnetic pail. The Academy of Me ticni wurnod him to bo more emit ions in speakin • < f quack inventions uinl thieutened t ■ expel him lnnu membership if lie il.d noi ret-oct wlmt he lmd written. That body even mait" anew rule t*i tins effc t: “No doctor de lur.ug liiinvlf in favor of uniinal mag net is.n eit i-i' in theory or practice can be a mmiiiK*r of this society.” Mesmer, hearing the ixilieit hail their eye ou him, went to Hjxi. Bu - the ladies took liis |Mirt with such ardor that, the King nani<si u is'iiiinis*ion to in piirs* int i his dis covery. 1 1 h mem tier*, pki, were owls. Turn ri*iKirt<*| tuui “the magnetic fluid of w lieli M'-smcr speak* ihx-* not exist.” Vet th re the column two .ii”ii who we.!''* to tiave, bold i;till Worit two Imp tip ib ' iind ini' si Me “flui is,” Lavoisier, who di ovcrisl i-O'il mid wi*i| gas, ami Kmusllll, who lain" I t'e* lightilPig. Jlis ten stood out ugui tir* owls ird lie only, lie -'lid “ All y• • • ei' ids w,ll ll 1 ui-eve-t this t* utli (rom iii iking its wav. Tii**y can only lu'Mvei.t tii s gene, ittoii from profiting lay Tt ' I'll itid ul ii but Ua< infiuai.c * gained by THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887. the hypnotic operator remains after the subject awake* from the trance. Ito action then reminds one of the character* in toe legends of olden times, who sold their souls to Satan. The Emperor of Brazil is very anxious to study hypnotism, or at least to dip into it when he comes back to Paris. A GREAT METEOR. As Big aa an Elephant—lt Startles tho Nova Scotians. Prom the Setc York Shu. j Halifax, Sept. 16.—A special dispatch j from Barrington says: “A wonderful tihe nomenon occurred here last night about 3 o'clock. A luminous body, looking as large as an elephant, with a long tail attached suddenly appeared in the southeast* m sky and shot out of sight in a southerly direc tion. The night was claadkss and without a moon, but the stars went out and a strange soft blue and white light lit up the w hole firmament as bright a* day. The light was only five or six seconds in duration, w hen all became suddenly dark again. To a person at the south end it appeared like a fearful explosion in the vicinity of the northeast arm, in which direction the light was brightest, but the noise supposed to accom pany most explosions was absent. “A reporter was crossing North End Com mon. when he was startled by a sudden burst of fire lighting up the whole neigh borhood. The meteor descended like a shot out of the misty air. It looked like o large electric light, and a long tad of sparks trailed behind. The whole presented a beau tiful spectacle. To the reporter the fiery visitor seemed to strike the ground a short distance away. Afterward a low. whirring sound was heard in the direction where; it had disappeared. The sound kept increas ing in volume, till the roar was terrible. It seemed os if the bed of the orean was a huge pot and the water was boiling over. Some people fancied they felt a slight trem or of the earth, but most persons felt nothing of the kind. The noise, which was terrifying, lasted fully a minute and a half.” What was doubtless the same meteor was seen in Halifax last night, but the time was 9 o'clock. Its fall was accompanied by a most vivid illumination of the whole city. There was a sudden and almost ilazzling flash, lasting for a couple of moments, then all was over. At Barrington darkness pre vented the prosecution of any search, as the apperatve was not followed by any other unusual phenomena. The meteor was also seen at Lockeport, Shelburne. Yarmouth, Amherst and other towns in different parts of the province. A Bridgewater dispatch says that when first seen there it appeared to be a large falling star, but before it reached the car* li it, burst into small stars of exceeding brilliancy, which illuminated the heavens in a truly grand style. A hissing sort of noise was plainly heard there during the meteor’s fail. A Lockeport dispatch says the meteor was followed a few minutes after its disappear ante by a sound resembling that of distant thunder. • GEORGIA AT THE CENTENNIAL. Few In Numbers, bu - They Made an Excellent Display. Prom the Philadelphia Times, Sept. 17. On Washington avenue, east of Broad street. Gov. John B. Gordon, of Georgia, and his staff, sat on their horses from 10 o’clock until 12:30, when they filed into their position in the parade. To the rear, on the south side of the street, the Southern States' contribution to the military pageant was represented by thirty-two privates of the Atlanta Rifles, under command of Capt. A. C. Bne:*d. They were all young men of more than oidinary muscular development, and as they stood at ease until the command “Forward—march” was given they looked the very beau-ideal of Southern chivalry. Their uniform was a brown, full dress coat, blue pants aud a snow-white shako, which glistened in the midday sun and rendered more showy and attractive their large gold epaulettes and heavily gold-braideu coats. The Governor’s staff were nearly all old soldiers who had served in the Southern army from the outbreak of the wag until the surrender of Richmond. They con sisted of Col. Charles H. Olmstead, Lieut. Cols. Wilberforce Daniel, W. H. Sheppard, E. J. Murphy, Edward E. Young, F. B. Smith, C. M. Harper, George H. Waring, Seaton Grantland, F. J. 51. Daly, and Capts. Falligant anil Frank Hardeman. Lieut. Col. Vf . H. Ross was also on Gov. Gordon’s staff, but hail been detailad to serve on the staff of Gen. Sheridan. Shortly after the head of the pur ado had been put in motion, an ineident happem-d which provoked a good deal of laughter and some cheers. The band of the Fifth Regiment of the National Guards of Penn sylvania. when passing Ellsworth street, gave forth the lively strains of “Sherman’s March,” entirely unconscious of the fact that the contingent from the historic ground, between “Atlanta and the S*u,” were within a few yards of them. A Villa Riddled by Thunderbolt* New Orleans. Hept. 18.—A violent thunderstorm raged last night along the Gulf coast. At Bay St. Louis, a summer resort on Mississippi sound, flftv miles fn*m here, the villa of Mr. J. W. Platt, a mer chant of this city, was struck simultane ously by lightning in five or six places. The clap of thunder that followed sounded like the explosion of a hundre 1 cannon. One oi the butts struck the cornice of the house, tore it off, and carried it 100 yard* away to the roof of Mr. Ward’s residence. Another entered the library, smashing a holothroug i one of tile pictures as large u; a cannon bull. Another entered the room of Miss Pintt, tearing the pictures from tb‘* wall, striking the bolster from under the brad of the young lad v and carrying it across the room. Htill another wrecked the furniture in the hall. The house, both ins<do and outside, presents u shuttered appearance, but no one was injured. Obliging, Anyhow. Prom the .tlbani/jyus. A gentleman of a thoughtless, inquisi tive turn of mind a few ninriiingssinoe, met a lady friend who is employed ns a sales lady in a city store, and, noticing her eliungtd appenraniv in i-ouiiteiiatus*. asked her if she had been ill. Site replied that she was never in belt r health, mid queried if anything in berappetuance protnpred his j question. He r-plied that he thought her iuee looked thinner than usual. “Oh." s?>* j quickly rejoined. “1 loaned my false teeth I tliis noi'iiiug to a friend who was going tun ' picnic.” let Sot ore gives a solution of boric acid j in a hot solution of tungstate of soda to ren der fabrics and wood fireproof. The same solution is niro said to possess valuable anti septic qualities, having iteen ved with suc cess in diphtheria mid ii dressing wounds. It has no odor but its taste is bitter. Home Gorman investigators have calm-1 luted the i"dative liability of injury to tin- 1 eye. finding that if all parts of the laxly lx* I equally eximsid to injure wounds of the eve would bear to wounds of other purls tiie pro|x>rt4ou of 1 in alsiut 000; as u mat ter of fact, the pro|ioriiou is about 30 in 1,000. "Rough on Itch.” Rough on Itch” cures skin humors, eniiv tions, ring-worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chiU)luiu.s, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. flOc. jam. Rough on Rats,” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flic*, ants, Iwdbugs, lieetlos, insects, kiaiuiu, jack rab bits, spin tows, gophers. 15c. At druggists. “Rough on Corns.” Ask for Weils’ "Rough on Corns." Quick relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bull ions. 15c. "Rough on Catarrh” Correct* olteiisive islors atom'*. Complete cun* of worst chrome cases; also U'i|iiaJnl as gurgle for doiuliieil*, mjl'a lurual, foUi Ulalil. -kit]. EXPERIENCE OF A DETECTIVE. The Rabbit that Came to Visit Him After Dr. Brir.siy’s Death. From the Meat York Sun. I am going to tell you of a queer experi ence I once had while following my profes sion of detective. Some will smile and some will sneer, but I shall have the consolation of knowing that I am honest and truthful in what I say. One night fifteen years ago, while on the : street at a late hour, I was accosted by a ! stranger who asked for money enough to i pay for a lodging. Our instructions were to arrest every beggar and vagrant, and it was my duty jj rua- this man in. I He male no protest, aid I had scarcely j walked a block with him when 1 found that i tny prisoner was a man of more than or |di iary intelligence That he was a little ; off in his upper story was plain enough after a few minutes' conversation, but that he was a gentleman and a scuoiar was also ju-1 as plain. He was ragged and penniless, and his hollow cheeks ur.d glittering eves proved the presence of disease in his system. las D-ad of taking him to the station 1 con ducted him to a cheap lodging house and restaurant, and had paid for a meal and a bed for him, and was going away when he laid a hand on my arm and whispered “lf you can wait until I have had a bite to eat. I cau tell you a great secret.” That caught me at once. I hoped for some revelation regarding an old murder or robbery case, and couid bar'll}' retain ray impatience until he had finished his meal. When I came to see him with his hat off I knew that he was a professional man— probably a doctor. He had a high forehead, an intelligent face, and would have been fine looking if he had been in health. He was a victim of consumption, and it would have been safe to wager that he would not live a week. When he had finished the meal he seemed imbued with new life. It was a warm summer night, and at his re 3uest we entered a public park and sat own on one of the benches. “To begin with,” he said, as we got seat ed, “my name is Richard Brinsly, and I have been a physician and surgeon for the last thirty years. I have been out of prac tice for the last five years, and, as to that, have also been out of home and money and frien is. I spent niy time digesting medi cal science anil trying experiments, when I should liave been attending on my patients, and as a consequence people soon got to know me for a crank, and I was driven out of practice. lam now speaking of four or five years ago. Before I began to dabble in theory or experiment I held up my head with the best of them, and I never knew a want.” I had frequently heard of the man. At one time he stood among the highest in the medical profession in Ht. Ixrais. He had gone daft, people said, on transmigration aud other theories, and his vagarat life and exposure bad induced the disease which was soon to end his days. The great secret he was to unfold was not connected with a crime, as I had hoped for, but nevertheless, I found myself feeling anxious to hear what he had to tell. We got settled down again, and he continued: “The first idea of transmigration was very repugnant to me. We have all been led to beiieve that when man dies the soul ascends to heaven to live on. and with our own eyes we see the body laid away in the ground. That the soul of one dying should take possession of bird, beast or reptile in stead of returning to its Creator is against sentiment and reason, but still some of our wisest and best men so believe. A? I said, the theory was repugnant to me. I argued fiercely in opposition to it, and at one time I felt that nothing on earth could bring me over to adopt it. You see, among my best friends were a number of believers, and one night I was called to the bedside of one of theui, who had been mortally wounded by the accidental discharge of a revolver. It was plain from the first that nothing could be done for him. He suffered but little pain, and was iu his senses to the very last. He know that he had got to go, and in his very dying hour he said to me: “ ‘Richard, I believe more firmly than ever in the theory of transmigration. Whether I shall taka the form of bird or beast after death I do not know, but if it is within the bound* of possibility I will ap proach you in whatever form if is, and you shall know me. Remember, Richard, you shah know me.’ “He spoke with such earnestness, and un der such circumstances, that I was deeply affected, and for the first time I began to believe there might be something in the theory. He died within half an hour of my leaving the house, and he had been dead two hours when I returned to my office. I was living then in Chicago, near the comer of State and Sixteenth streets. There were only wife and self, and office and living rooms were up stairs. It was a dreary, rainy night, and after mv wife had gone to bed I sat gazing into the fire in the open grate and wondering over the case. It must have been near midnight when I rose up to retire to the bed room, and as I got on my feet I heard a tapping at the window. You'll think Foe’s 'Riven,’ sir, and so did I, but nevertheless, there was a tapping, tapping at the window. It was at a win dow facing State street, anil when I lifted the curtain and lookiil out I discovered a black object on the window sill. I cautious ly raised the sash, and lc! a partridge flut tered into the room. The bird was damp and wet, and it fluttered over to the fire and dried its feathers while it steadfastly regarded me. I own ud to you, sir, that I was startled, aud that I ha<i no doubt that the spirit of my friend had come back to me. “It may have been three minutes from tile time the bird entered the room before it spread it* wings and alighted on my shoul der. Then it put ite bib against mv fai-e and caressed me in a dozen ways, and when 1 naked it' it was the spirit of my dead fri**l it uttered notes of delight. I stroked its feathers and talked soothingly, but after ten minutes it flew to the window and plainly intimated its desire to depart. 1 opened the sash, and with a last caress it flew away into tho storm and the darkness.’’ “And le that your great secret.*” I asked, as the ntau ceased speaking and leaned back. “That is it, and what do you think of it; ’ he ariosi in turn. “All nonsense. Better let whisky alone.” “My friend.” hr said after u long nausj “I saw what 1 havo told you, and I lx*- lieve in the theory thus illustrated. No argu.n-nt that man couid advance would change ray opinion.” “Kune you’ll l’eol better to-morrow.” I said us 1 io;-c to go. “Hold on: you shall not go yet,” he ex claimed as he forced me to sit down. “Iris ten '.veil to wliat 1 say. 1 am dying, y know it. The end is nearer *!>ao you thiuk : within tcuty-four hour* I shall hep. corpse. Item you <;.>fv me to illustrate mv theory;” “H-hcw:' 1 gasped, a little startled by ids earmstr.es. “By i etnrniug to earth in some other forei mm making myself known to you. ” “If it ia pus-iblrt you may do so,’’ 1 an swered i: iVr a bit. “And I will,” he said, in a determined j voice, tu ho turned his back and walked j j j j j j ! j ! * | I ' I an.iv. The next afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, the dead body oi my singular friend tva>. found in an unoccupied store, where he lmd crawled, lik • a rat, to die. 1 did not know this, mind you, but was at my own home, two mile.' away, asleep on a l<> mge >n the sittiug room, with uy wife enga/id up tslss . when I was suddenly niMu.-ed by aomotliiug touching my hutid. 1 sprang up, wide awake in h i in.-t.jut, and there Ht iny feet was u txiuutiful white uud gray rabbit. As 1 sank baric it sprung up into my lap and cuddled its fa e to mine witli every demonstration ot delight. There wms no llet of the kind anywhere hi toe neighbor hood, nod when l came t i examine it doner I knew that it was a wiUl sp-vimeii. It liud f lie i iiai iur of tiie common rabbit < f the Melds, hut wus c<V’ and tidy. I was Hinamd, knowing mt ah door* und win down were ch mm). While I wu trying lo thiuk Imw the undttai isiuld have got in on me, it sat lip on e* ' stroked my chunk* wiUi iU i .o, n i noil loir M)>vod 'ike a fat. Without knowing that I was to speak. I asked: "Give me a sign that you are the spirit of mv friend of last night." The rabbit again cuddled to my fare, stroked my cheeks, and acted as if the wards were understood. Then it sprang down, ran to the door, and, as I ojienod it, the little creature scampered out into the , kitchen, and thence, by a window, to the 1 alley. I never saw it again. Is there such i a tiling as transmigration? Was the soul, or spirit or substance-of the dead doctor embodied in the hare, and did it come to me to keep his promise* Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: RAIN IT'ireate ling and rainy weather, Inearly stationary temperature, fresh to brisk easterly winds. Oomoarinon of mean temperature at Savan nah. sept, 19 1887, and the ni“in of same day for fifteen years. Departure Total Mr.ax TEXPKF.ATt.RE from the Departure Mean i Since for 15 years Sept. 19. UT.j --or jJan. 1,1887. 75.0 I Cl 0 | 4.0 | 189 0 Comparative rainfall statement: Mean Daily Amount rH ,3^ ire Amountfor for j M ,. an 16 Years. Sept. 19, 87. . . or _ Jan. 1, 1887. | .82 -[- M —l9 64 Maximum, temperature 77.0. minimum tem perature 69 0. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday'Augusta time was 0 2 feet—a fall of 0.1 during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end ing Op. in., Sept. 19 1887. Toth Meridian time. Districts. Average. Name Min. Rain *ss. ta,p Tem P fa!L 1. Atlanta 13 I 76 64 *T I 2. Augusta 12 I 76 j 64 .01-3) 3. Charleston 8 | 78 ; 66 .02 4. Galveston 19 j 88 i 70 .05 ’ 5. Little Rook 15 88 62 .00 '3 6. Mernohis | 19 86 66 T* 7. Mobile 7 .19 3 8. Montgomery : 8 76 66 .05 9. New Orleans j 11 86 68 .28 3 10. Savannah ; 12 80 70 .49 u 11. Vicksburg .. . v ...| 5 84 68 *T 12. Wilmington 10 i 80 62 .01 Averages j | | *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at the seme moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Sept, 19. 9:38 p. x.. city time. Temperature. Direction. J j?' 9 Velocity. ; ° Rainfall. Navi or Statioks. Portland o< NW Hazy. Boston 64 NW Clear. Block Island 6ISW Clear. New York city ... 02 W Clear. Philadelphia : Detroit 56 S E iClear. Fort Buford 58 NW Fair. St. Vincent 7b S W j Clear. Washington city.. 64 Clear. Norfolk 06 E j.. Clear. Charlotte 64 N E 6 .... Clear. Hattera* 79 N E 12 Clear. Titusville 71 E 6 .5“ Raining. Wilmington 68 X E 6 Clear. Charleston 72 NE 12 08 Cloudy. Augusta ! 70 N E tip Fair Savaxxah. 72 NE 12 61 Cloudy. Jacksonville 70 E 6 2.76 Paining. Cedar Keys 74 N E 14 .14 Induing. Key West 78! !Cloudy. Atlanta. 68 E 12 T* Clear. Pensacola.. 7C E 20 08 Ruining. Mobile 76 X E 12 .02 Cloudy. Montgomery 74 E 8.. .;Cloudy. Vicksburg 76 E .01 Clear. New Orleans 72 E 16 1.12 Raining, Shreveport 80 E ... Clear. Fort Smith 78 S E .... Clear. Galveston 76 NE 3, .. . Cloudy. Corpus Christ! 80 N 21 Fair. Palestine 76 N E 8 Clear. Brownesville. 78 N T* Clear. RioGranda 84 N Clear. Knoxville j 68 N E . Clear. Memphis 74 N E Clear. Nashville I 72 N E .. ... (Tear. Indianapolis I 63 E .. Clear. Cincinnati 08 'Tear. Pittsburg 68NE . .. Clear. Buffalo 58 N . .1.... (Clear. Cleveland 64 N E | Clear. Marquette 60; S ~. . . Clear Chicago 66 E .. ....{Clear. Duluth 50.N E;...... Clear. St. Paul ; 58 S ..I ... Fair. Davenport 08 S E Clear. Calm 72 E Clear. St. Louis I 72 E Clear. Leavenworth... . 70 I.. 1 Clear. Omaha 1 72 S (Tear. Yankton j 72 S . Clear. Bismarck 70 N Clear. Deadwood 64. W Clear. Cheyenne 64 S Clear. North Platte 6‘* S E .... Clear. Dodge City 68 S E Clear. Santa Fe 62 S K Clear. *T denotes trace of rainfall. G. N. Sausbcry Signal Corp?. Advice to Motners. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrun should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain and the little cherub awakes as “bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re lieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. 25 cents a bottle. Children’s handmade crochet sacques, 35c., worth 30c.; children's mull caps, 25c., 35c. and 50c.; nurse aprons at 25c. and up wards; an immense assortment of buttons and jiookotbookx at Gutman’s, 141 Brough ton street. At the Harnett House. Savannah, Ga., you get nil the comforts of the high-priced ho ci.s, and save from 81 to $2 per day. Try it and be convinced.— Boston. Mono; Jour nal Hats for the Fall. The Famous hits received tu*‘ latest styles Hats lor fall, selling them cheap in order to coll attention to their removal to the northeast corner of Congress and Whitaker streets. If you want a jersey, if you need any ladies', gents’ or children's hose, if you want to see ladies' colored-bordered hand kerchiefs ut 5c . 7c., Bc., 18'. . and a hand some assortment of niori ribbons, go to Gutman's, 141 Broughton street. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. 23. HULL, Wholesale Grocer, Floor, Hay, Grain an l ! Provision Dealer. THRESH MEAI. an! GRITS lu white sacks. 1 Mill of all kinds. Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also C'j V PEAS every variety, t'hoiiv Texas it and i''onf(>aU, S’lecial pri.-es car load lots HAY and GRAIN, l’romor attention given all orders and satis faction k kiran toed. OmCE, 6 ABERCORN STREET. WAREHOUSE. No. 4 WAIH.KY STREET, on line Uentral Railroad. SEEDS. Bust’s Reliable Cabbage and Turnip SEEDS, JUST It EC El V El> FRESH AT OHC:3KOLA HUTLHU’S ** \ Kill KNl> In need l a friend indeed " If . \ v i'. have a fri" and -ond limi nr her the SAVANNAH WEEKLY .SEAS, it only com •1 £i lor a vaar MEETINGS. ATT E vrio \.IRA VEL INGMEN ? There will he a meeting of Savannah Peat D. of the TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA TION, at Screven House, on Sept. 30th. at 7:30 r. H., to perfect the organization of the Post. All traveling men, or those who sell goods by samples or otherwise on the "road," ire ur gently requested to attend: also wholesale mer chants and manufacturers who employ travelers, as the merits of our associa tion will be fully shown at this meeting. All travelers who join us on this occasion wSI be admitted as charter members. Attendance of members from adjoining cities is also re quested. DEAN NEWMAN. President. Sin. A. Pronsurv. Jr.,Secretary and Treasurer. O. I. il. Attend regular meeting O. I. H. TO-NIGHT. Members are requested to come prepared to pay Assessment No. 84. G. A. GREGORY, C. J. Cm r. O. Ncxc.ezkr. Accountant. WORKINGMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSO CIATION. Attend a special meeting at your Hall THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o'clock. By order THOMAS KEENAN, President. J. T. Fttzhexery, R. S. SPECIAL XOTKJEiI SPECIAL NOTICE TO SHIPPERS^ The steamer DAVID CLARK will leave her wharf, foot of Lincoln street, THIS (Tuesday) SEPT. 20th, at 6 p. it., city time, for Doboy and Darien, to accommodate shippers who were un able to send freight to the St. Nicholas on Mon day's trip. C. WILLIAMS. Agent, SPECIAL .NOTICE. The steamship WM. CRANE, for Baltimore, will not sail until WEDNESDAY, Sept. 21st, at 10 A. M. JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents. NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor consignees of the British Steamship SUEZ, whereof Morris is Master, will be responsible for any debts con tracted by the crew. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees. SPECIAL NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the British steamship WICK BAY will be responsible for debts contracted by any of the crew. STRACHAN & CO., Agents. SPECIAL NOTICE. All persons are cautioned against harboring or trusting any of the crew of the British steam ship GEORGIA, as no debts contracted by them will be paid by the Captain or Consignees. RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Consignees. NOTICE. Sava.vnah. Ga., Sept. I. 1887. The firm of DARN ALL & SUSOXO has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. Either parties are privileged to sign in settlement of the assets of firm. JNO. P. DARNALL, W. A. SUSONG. NOTICE TO COTTO- SHIPPERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN. The price of our Cotton Ink for the balance of this season shall be $3, no more, nor no legs. Empty barrel must tie returned in place of one sent or charges will be made for same. SMITH 4 BERRY. N. B.—Every barrel guaranteed. notice to Delinquent water TAKERS. CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE.) Savannah. Ga., Sept. 14. 1887. ( Unless your water rent, past due since July Ist. is paid without further delay, the supply of water will be shut off from your premises with out further notice. C. S. HARDEE. City Treasurer. DR. HENRY b COLUINU, DENTIST, Statb or Weather. Office comer Jones and Drayton streets. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Moaning Xkwh. embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. If is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of comjieteut workmen, and carries a full stock of papers of ail 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 and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send hurried.-, rdcr< abroad. J. H. IASTILL. ULMER’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 be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer's I.iver Corrector and take no other. Si Ob a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER. M. IV, Savannah. Ga. ELY PAPER. FLIES. ~ Of all tho little things with win^a, The meanest in the fly. He iiokUmm us on ?\iiny days, And Ijotbers us on dry. Ht* plagues us iu t.iie morning, H* v.x-s ns at ntfrht. And leaves his blooming autograph On everything in *i^ht. Try ROBINSON'S STICKY FLY PAPER. At ail druggists. STEAM LAtMISvi savannah sila'i uim A CARD, HA A ING pass a d my first aimiveisay in t* is new ei,i.-r. it e, I cannot refrain Iro 1 i tl.auki .g a kind pii lie tor t lepetrunacv extra I dm me, ala i iiQr Hu-patience (imp i•• 1 in overlooking s.iiirte.'imiig. in lhe taut of my employe*. Having now solved tin, mj'iUtlm of ail elan water an I Vie use of diflicult machines, 1 ecu proniiMi uii indulgent piibilc tluti i uoofm Ui iu y work will equal tne nest ael surunai the uiost stoiiin Laundries in this enuntry. My call end delivery sysleiii will soon ir improves], uud a.k lug a CMtilinniime nl K*e patronage mi largely exteuded, I am, iMfMrtfufiy. Nl. MfAdKH, I *rnnrlsl * • FCRSISHDfG GOODS. SHOOT IT HAT! The Straw Hat, We Mean. FOR OUR NEW FALL HATS ARE NOW OPEN. \\' E offer th *** Derby Hat ever shown for * V the price. Only 82 and 82 50 each A splendid assortment, all sizes, in Black nr Brown, DUNLAP NEW FALL HATS and NASCTMENTOS, comfortable, flexible hats for which we are the sole agents in Savannah ’ Beautiful Scarfs, at 25c. to 50c. each. Fine LineD Handkerchiefs, plain, hemmed or stitched, at 88 per dozer. Regular made Half-Hose, in plain or fanev comrs. at 23c. 1 Gloria Cloth Umbrellas, outwear the silk Boys' Cloth Hats and Polo Caps, Valises. Satchels. Sleeve or Cellar Buttons. Night Shirts hi variety, 75c. upwards. Fine Dress Shirts, ami the elegant "Diamond” Shirts, at J l . of Wamsutta goods. Rubber Coats, Rubber Leggings Rubber Pil lows, and Fancy Notions of all kinds for men. REMEMBER, now is the chance to get a good Derby Hat for $2, at. S S L a IT ar’s, 29 BULL STREET. DRY GOOHsT CLEARING OUT SALE; To Make Room for Fall Stock, I will offer Special Inducements in MY EMIKE STOCK, With exception of my Empire State Shirt. THE following goods wall lie sold cheaper than ever offered in Savannah: Summer and India Silks. Cream, White aud Light Shades of Albatross. Colored and Black all Wool Dress Goods. Black Camel’s Hair Grenadines at 85c.; 40-inoh wide. Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost. Real Scotch Ginghams at less than cost. Black Henriettas at $1 40 and $1 75; sold at $2 and $2 25. Ladies’ and Children's Silk and Lisle Thread Hose in black and colored. Ladies' and Children’s Undervests; best goods in the market. Linen Sheeting and Pillow-Case Linen. Cream and White Table Damask. 9-4 White Damask at 81 ; foi-mer price SI 50. Napkins and Doylies in cream and white. Linen Damask Towels in white and colored bordered. Linen Huck in white and colored Iv-irdered. Pantry Crash Doylies at great reduction. The above goods will be offered at, prices to insure quick sale. J. P. GERMAINE, Next to Furber's, 132 Broughton street. PORTRAITS. The Great Southern Portrait Company, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. L. 13. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager of the Great South ern Portrait Company. A N inspection of samples of our Portraits at . Y our office, with Davis Bros., 42 and 44 Bail street, will greatly interest those who contem plate having small pictures of themselves, their friends, living au.l deceased, copied and enlarge ! in OIL. WATER COLOR, INDIA INK, PAS TELLE and CRAYON. We guarantee a per fect likeness end excellence of work. We havo about TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES AND GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGED POR TRAITS from Bxlo to 50x90, and our prices are from $2 to SAX) each. E3IPLOY FORTY ART ISTS: been twenty-six years in the busineti-: have a S.ftx) candle-power ELECTRIC LIGHT, and arc fully prepared with all proper expedi tion an.l skill to execute all orders promptly and satisfactorily. We respectfully solicit your orders. L. B. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager The Great Southern Portrait Cos. TKTTERIXE. As Good as Gold. Milledoevili.k. Ga., Aug. 12th, 1887. Mr. J. T. Shuptrine <t Bro.: Genti.emen— Enclosed you will find sl, for which please send me Si's worth of your TET TEHInE. This makes five boxes of your most valuable remedy that I have sent for, one only lieing for myself. I hail the tetter as bad as any one ever did. I suffered night and day until a friend told me to send for your TETTFRINK, and it would eure m*. This I did, and was cured in a few days. The first box cured me and two of mv friends. Mr. M. 31. Johnson was suffering death with it: hail I icon in bed for sev eral days. 1 sent to you for two boxes, by bis request, and one box cured him, and he gave the rest to a friend, who was also cured. This is for 3lr. J. 3!. Youngblood, who has the tetter so bad that he cannot get about to do anything, and requests me to send for two boxes. Your TETTERINE is worth its weight in gold, and everybody ought to know something about Its value I can and will recommend it to every body that suffers with tetter or itch. Respectfully, JESSE W, SCOTT. HOTELS. STUART’S WAVERLY HOUSE, THOMASVILLB, GA. C. T. STEWART, Proprietor. Will Open Oct. 1. NEW HOTEL TOGNI, (Formerly St. Mark's.l Newman Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTSII AND SUMMER. r pHK M‘ 'ST 'T-ntral House in the city. Neai 1 Poet Uflice, Street Cars ami all Ferries. New nud Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella Baths, Etc. t'-’ St) to S-l tier dav. JOHN U. TOONI, Proprietor. DUB’S SORBVBN HOUSE. r I'OPULAK Hotel is now provided with Ia Elevator (the only ont* in tbn city)aud lias been remodeled and newly fur* nlfthed. Th* projirletor, wao by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment. spares neither puma nor expense iu the entertainment oi his guest*. The of Honda visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad can afford. THE MORRISON HOUSE. One of the Largest Hoarding Houses in the South. \FKORDS pleasant i-iouih rooms, good boarj) with tv ire Ariesi.ni Water, at price* to suit th in" wishfn - tiibi". regular or transient acconr niolattoiu. Northeast corner Broughton euu Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. OKDEHB FOR RULING, PRINTING, BINDING; OH BLANK BOOKS. Will always have careful attention. GKO. N. NICHOLS. PRINTER AND BINDER, Bujr hired.