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THE LONDON POOR. Labor Troubles Feared Unless Radi cal Steps are Taken, Sunday Cable to the New York Sun, Sept. 11. A winter of unusual hardship is looked forward to, and Radicals and others whose political study is the condition of the work ing man, predict trouble before cold weath er is over, which will add considerably to the embarrassment of the government. As soon as the first frost conies on, pinching men’s frames while lack of work keeps their stomachs empty and prepares them for any arguments tending to ! better their condition, organized agita tion will be begun by Socialists, and meetings and Trafalgar Square demon strations,which so affect capitalistic nerves, will be begun with fresh vigor. Trafalgar Square is now and has been for some time past the scene of demonstrations which ought to stir up feelings of some sort, if only those of personal alarm, in the hearts of the rich who have to dread the effectof unusual suffering among the poor. Stories have been told for days past of unhappy wretches sleeping by dozens upon the stones for lack of lodging, and it seemed that the few re ports published of the matter must have been colored by strong imaginations. I visited Trafalgar Square this morning at 2:30 o’clock, upon leaving the House of Commons, and learned that the accounts which I had read gave but a weak idea of the real condition of affairs. It was a bleak night, with thin, cold rain drizzling down at intervals, and the air was full of dampness. At a distance the huge square, all paved with stone and ill-lighted, appeared deserted, but every thing changed on nearer acquaintance, and it became evident that from his majestic column shooting high up into the air the one-armed figure of Nelson looked down upon a huge encampment of degradation, filth and poverty. Not less than 1,000 mis erable human beings were crowded together on the damp stones of the square. A dozen or twenty men, clinging, it seemed, to clean liness in their poverty, were gathered around the edge of the big fountains, washing them selves or their belongings. One man, rather old STOOD NAKED TO THE WAIST washing his shirt. When I left ho was still naked, alternately wringing his shirt and hanging it up to dry, trying all sorts of devices to protect it from the misty rain. A young man, having stripped himself quite naked, was taking a complete bath, but a prudence, wise in such company, kept him ever close to tfie edge of his stone tub, with his scanty raiment held firmly in his grasp. Those who indulged in foot baths were many. The approved plan appeared to be for the bather to remove his shoes if he had any—stockings of any sort seemed out of the question—and to take up as comfortable a posi tion as possible on the edge of the basin, and, then with trousers or shirts held up, to allow his feet to dangle in the water until swelling and pain should have ceased to worry by sheer process of freezing. There were others still more plentiful, especially among the women, engaged in washing out various bits of linen. One very straight old man, who looked as though he might have been in the army, was hard at work, as I arrived, upon a large red bandana handkerchief, in which all of his remaining bride was evidently centered. A few, whose heroism cannot lie overestimated, consid ering the condition of the water in the foun tians, were washing their faces or even dipping their heads completely under. In the different parts of the thickly crowded square was seen almost every branch of housekeeping oi>en to extreme poverty, for while the majority were sleeping or trying to sleep, others were engaged in operations specially adapted to the night. An example of industry and resignation was afforded by an old woman and her husband, sitting side by side under one of the few lights. The old woman w r as hard at work mending something. The old man, who sat very quiet, had his legs WRAPPED UP IN BITS OF NEWSPAPER fastened here and there with strings. It was the garment which should have held the place of the newspapers, and which is so absolutely indispensable in the daytime, upon which the old man’s companion was working so industriously, while night pro tected her husband and made newspaper substitutes ale. The active members of this misery c>. • p were gathered about the fountains and under the rare gas lamps. The grand dormitory was on the north side, where Pall Mall, bounding the stony expanse, rises above the level of the square, which en-l; here in a high wall. Against this wall th > sleepers lay in long rows, four, five, and in some places as many as ten deep, spiking protection from the chilling wind that vl ■ / from the north. There were a few wood -n benches scattered along, and these had been eagerly sought early in the night as choice berths. Some were occupied by but one lucky tenant stretched comfortably out, and always displaying a breadth of back and thick ness of limb that proved him able to main tain his rare priv leges against all elain orers for fair play The majority, how ever, were crowded with men and women sitting closely packed side by side, sleeping with mouths open and heads hanging back. It was not a pretty sight. Those on the benches, however, were the lucky ones, the aristocrats of the dormitory. A larger number were stretched out bn the damp stones, with their heads upon a rolled gar ment, a nowspaper, or resting simply on the sleeper’s arm. A sadly huge number were women, especially among those least com fortably placed. The majority were rather under middle age, some barely 20, with miserable rags, matted hair, had faces and every sign of degradation. There was one striking exception notioed by me to the general rule of evident debasement among the women. It was that of A PALE, THIN CREATURE, shockingly clad, lying upon her back on the stones, apparently asleep, and holding in her arms a baby thinner and paler, and wrapped in a shawl that the mother sadly needed for herself. Luckily the child was not doomed to pass the night there, for two men whom I noticed walking about among the women, awoke the mother, and, after a few moments of quorulous expostulation on her part, carried it off. These men have been engaged for nights past—employed, I believe, by some charity—to gather up the very young children to whom such exposure might moan speedy death. The men went away with that baby and two others which they had gathered up, and drove off in a van. After they had gone the mother wrapped herself in her shawl, which they had left, but did not lie down or go to sleep again. Nhe still Hat rocking herself back ward and forward when I last saw her. Her history, if it could be known, would certainly have revealed a degree of misery rare even in such a collection of wretched ness. The picture which she presented, la menting her baby on cold stones, was one calculated, while it lasted, to make one feel uncomfortable oven under the warmest blankets, I have said that reports read by me of this den of misery failed to give any true idea of it. That'which I have written fails as completely to do so. To know the pres ent wretchedness of the London per, and to gain an idea of what it will be with the cold of winter added, it was necessary to look upon that horrible crowd of men and women, every one in tho last stage of pov erty, lacking in everything that makes life liearable, and without any hope but in dis order or outrage of some sort that might enable them to seize upon a share of the Wealth piled up to tempt them on every •ide. There WILL UK LABOR TR'IL'BLEH HERE this winter unless Home radical stop ho taken, and it will need no very clever argu ment to |xu>uadc tssir devils with empty stomachs ami old limbs tliut society owes Jlieru something more than that wliieli it lias given them. Occasionally there i* an outburst of sympathy for this dans of sufferers which does momentary gfMl, but *■* a rule British charity, as !■ usually th ,- aoa with our own, is so carefully organised ns iuit to ba of much praittcai uasfn such 'oaaa Thu average British aristocrat oua soles himself with the thought that the creatures who fill Trafalgar Square at night are of a different make from himself; that a different trade mark, so to speak, is stamped upon them, and while complaints have been made of the condition of affairs, they have taken the curious form of protests against the disgraceful uses to which noble Trafal gar Square has been put. POKER PROHIBITION. The Demoralizing' Effect of Poker when Played on Wind at Harvard. Frans the Minneapolis Tribune. lam credibly informed that it is the in tention of the Harvard faculty to promul gate an edict, when the fall term of the college opens a few days hence prohibiting indulgence in the vicissitudinous but se ductive game of draw poker within the classic precincts of the university. It is with deep regret that the step is contem plated by the college authorities, who fully appreciate the educational value of this noble pastime. The problems it affords are well worthy the attention of the mathemati cian, while the student of moral philosophy cannot fail to discover in it a profitable field for speculation. This, however, is true only when it is played strictly for cash. Otherwise its influence is baleful and perni cious. So it has proved at any rate at Har vard, where the wind style of gamo obtain ed such prevalence last year as to give rise to painful scandals. If gambling with money is objectionable, as many godly per sons assert, gambling without money is in the very last degree immoral, not to say damnable. Let us take a case in illustration. Fresh man B. is fond of poker, but is not very well supplied with cash. As is the case with many other young men, however, financial obligations which are susceptible of indefinite postponement do not occasion him much uneasiness. In order to play, ready money is not necessary, ‘‘honor among gentlemen” being regarded as a satisfactory substitute. So, under the conditions, young B. takes a hand in a little game with a few carefully selected acquaintances, whose pe cuniary resources are no greater than his own. Promises to pay being cheap, the betting is done on a scaie far beyond the means of the gamesters, who fix the limit at 63 instead of 10 cents, which would be about the proper figure. It is acheerful thing to see half a dozen youthful under graduates, equipped with $1 50 apiece per week for pocket money and incidentals, poking away at 615 jackpots during the leisure hours obtained by sick excuses from recitations, while the washerwomen storm the dormitory for the settle ment of accounts long unpaid. One or two of the players win steadily— it is always so in every poker party—and the others before many weeks are hopelessly in debt. The gambling thereupon becomes more and more reckless, the medium employed being I. O. U.’s exclusively, until it has lost its in terest through the palpable impossibility of liquidation. At this point things generally smash up, with all sorts of unpleasant con sequences. Such is “wind” poker. It is a pity that the Harvard faculty cannot drive it out without including in its prohibition the legitimate game. Like most luxuries, it is expensive. In all my life 1 havo known but three or four men who could sav that on the whole they were ahead of it. Most people who play it would, in my view, do much better to confine their attention to mumble-the-peg, at which they could not very well lose anything more than a couple of front teeth. Their notion of the game seems chiefly to consist of betting cau tiously when luck is with them, for fear of an adverse turn, and in plunging heavily when their cards run badly. Their losses are invariably attrib uted to ill-luck. I have never yet met a poker player who did not consider himself ail expert. It is a weakness in which 1 have myself shared. Such confi dence did I at one time entertain in my dexterity in manipulating the pasteboard that I sought,deliberately, and in cold blood, a swell poker dive in New York, with the intention of cleaning it out. The cleaning out was accomplished, but the poker dive was not the victim. It cost me three nights’ sleep and 6235 to find out that I did not stand a ghost of a show against the pro prietor, who dealt marked cards and stood in with two other players. But the experi ence was worth the money. A SINGULAR CASE. The Annual Effects of a Rattlesnake’s Bite. A Williamsport, Pa., dispatch says: On Aug. 29, 1883, a 5-year-old son of George Putnam, who lives at Stony Ford, Tioga county, was returning home from driving the cows to pasture, and stopped by the roadside to pick some berries. He was bare footed and suddenly felt a sharp sting on the instep of his left foot. He ran crying home ajid told his mother that he had scratched his foot on a brier. The foot had begun to swell and his mother picked from the flash what she at first supposed to be a brier, but as the foot continued to swell, and the boy’s sufferings were intense, the alarming fact was apparent that he had been bitten by some poisonous snake, and that the supposed brier w r as one of its fangs that had buried itself in the wound and been pulled from the snake's jaw. Mrs. Putnam called her husband, who was at work near the house, and alarmed other members of the family. A live chicken was cut in two and the warm flesh applied to the wound. Whisky was given to the boy in large quantities, and a mes senger dispatched for a doctor. A member of the family went to the spot where the boy said be had felt tho sharp sting, and found a rattlesnake coiled near tho road side. The snake was killed, and one of its fangs was found to be missing, which left no doubt of the nature of the boy’s injury. The snake was cut open and laid on the wound in the boy’s foot, which had swollen to more than double its natural size. The sufferings of the boy were so great that he could scarcely be held down in the bed by two men. The doctor arrived and cauter ized the wound, but said it was too late, and that the boy would die. The swelling had extended up the leg to his waist, and the leg became spotted. Antidotes prescribed by the doctor were administered, but tlie whisky treatment was also adhered to. The boy’s body turned black, but after three days of tho most terrible agony the swelling began to go down, and in a week the victim was able to get about. In a month’s time all the effects of the poison seemed to have disap peared, and the boy was as well as ever. On Aug. 29, 1884, he was seized with a shaim pain in his foot, which began to swell, and in a short time his leg and foot were swollen to doubio their size, and became spotted as they had on the day the boy was bitten by the snake. He experienced the same symptoms, and suffered for three days almost as much agony as lie had the year liefore. When the swelling again went down the pain subsided, and the symptoms disappeared. Regularly on Aug. 23 every year since the same symptoms liavo ap peared, on the authority ot a well known citizen of Tioga county, and their recur rence this year was marked by more than usual tiain and swelling, the spots on the leg and Isxiy strikingly resembling that of a rattlesnake. The sufferings of the boy last week were so intense that he was not ex pected to pass through them with his life, I nit at last accounts ho was alowly recover - ing. It is said that there are three similar cases on record, one of a girl who was bitten by a rattlesnake in Livingston country, N. Y., thirty years ago, and who for twenty-five years, on the anniversary of the day on which she was bitten, was subject to tho name symptoms ns attended Uie original poisoning. Hhn died in great agony on tlie twenty-fifth recurred** of the terrible symptom*. Pin), gums and mouth and ds/.sling teeth. And ortb of halms and Up* of ross Are found uotoii this world boonstli With young nr old, aava only tboas Who ever wtuly. while Uwy may, i’ga noiSußo.vr by night aud day. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. A PIT-HOLE LEGEND. The Well in Which J. Wilkes Booth Once Held an Interest. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. It is not generally known that J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was at one time an oil producer, yet such is the fact, and the old-timers relate a singular coincidence of that time. Boot h's visit to that section of the country in 18154 is well known, and a glass from the window of the McHenry house, at Meadville, on which he had written his name with one of his dia monds while stopping there, is preserved in Philadelphia. At the time of his visit the oil regions were in the highest etate of ex eitemeut, and, in fact, the whole country had gone daft and was in oil. Hundreds of oil companies had just sprung into life, and their shares were being eagerly taken at par, whether the figures were 6100 or fifty cents a share. Some of them were bona fide stock companies, representing valuable property, and dozens of them were swindles, the shares not being worth the fine litho graphic work on the certificates. Millions of dollars were invested by the people of Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore and everywhere else in oil stock, and mil lions were never seen by speculators who were in such haste to get rich that they never paused to examine into the truth or falsity of the claims presented to them. Anything with oil or petroleum in the name of it was good enough for an investment in those days, though a great many people have never recovered from the shock which followed this unreasoning fever of specula tion. and still look with suspicion upon any thing and everything connected with the petroleum business, even to the persons now legitimately engaged in it. But Booth’s investment was in none of these wildcat companies. He bought a thir teenth interest in the famous Homestead well at Pithole and paid therefor 615,000 cash. The Homestead was a great well in its day and produced a considerable quanti ty of crude petroleum and corresponding wealth for its ownore, with oil selling at 64 to 65 at the well. Booth did not retain his interest long, however, but sold it to Jo Simonds, at present a well-known citizen of Bradford, who made some money out of the production. The Homestead floated a flag when the glad tidings of the ending of the war were telegraphed to Pithole, but that flag was never lowered to half-mast in mourning for the martyred Praaideut. For the very night that Abraham Lincoln was shot by J. Wilkes Booth the Homestead well caught fire from a gas explosion, and when the sad news reached Pithole, that wonder ful mushroom city was overhung by'a pall of black smoke from the burning oil. When the citizens of Oil City and Titusville went out the next morning to hang errpe about their dwellings and places of business they could see the black pillar standing against the sky over Pithole. True Booth did not own any part of the well when it burned, nor for some time be fore, but tho coincidence was generally re marked and the superstitious shook their heads and declared the hand of Providence was in the affair. The flag, so proudly fly ing to the breeze a few days before, was burned with the well, and the half-masted, bright new flags in the city, which flaunted their brilliant colors when peace was as sured, were grimed by the volumes of thick smoke from the well in which the assassin had once owned an interest. The incident remarked at the time, was soon lost sight of in the wild excitement of the days, but still lingers in tho memory of many of the pio neer oil men, and is occasionally told by some forge fire in a derrick or by the gas fire in the stove of some “wild-cat” board ing house to a group of men who have made acquaintance with .oildom since those stirr ing days. It was just after this time that the late martyred President Garfield championed the cause of the oil producers, and urged the abolishment of the tax on mule pe troleum, which he declared was unj' st and impolitic. As an article of growing ex|x>rt, he contended that its producti m should be encouraged, and his pleadings were effective in having the tax first reduced and then abolished altogether. It is related in this connection that at tho election in 1850 an aged, white-haired man limpod up to the polling place in an oil region town, held aloft his ticket, proposed three cheers for Garfield in a tremendous voice, and after cheering as lustily as he could, deposited what he declared to the crowd was tho first ballot, other than Democratic, he had ever cast, and all because of Garfield’s efforts to have the burdensome tax taken off crude petroleum fifteen years before. The change in the oil country in its busi ness methods and general condition since 18(55 has been as great and complete as was the change in that week from the manifea tions of rejoicing over the close of the war to those of sorrow over the violent death of the beloved Lincoln. Twenty-two years ago oildom was a land of excitement, hap hazard and wild speculation. It is now one of careful and provident business calcula tion, and just at present suffering from n depression and quiet most completely in contrast with tho rush and reckless whirl of twenty years ago. The aggregate transfers of oil property during the past three months would not equal ill amount the transfers of a single day at the time W ilkes Booth made his investment in the Homestead well. If com pared with some particular days of that time the past year would not reach an equal amount. Yet thp big wells of Pithole were but poor rivals of the great ‘‘gushers” of the Wasniugton field to-day The total invest ment of producers in the Washington field, including the drilling of wells and purchase of lands, has been less than 62,000,000. The total investments at Pithole exceeded 625,- 000,000. Washington will produce more than twice as much oil as Pithole did, but the product will sell for less than half as much money These figure., depict pretty clearly the contrast between the present and the time when Wilkes Booth was an oil man Perhaps they will convoy to the average mind the difference more effectually than anything else could between the time when the first pipe line was laid and guarded against the assaults of indignant teamsters, and the achievement of practical perfection in the operation of the methods of transpor tation by pipe lines. Why Longrstreet Went Into Politics. In a report of a recent interview with Gen Longstreet, published in Thursday's Glol.e Democrat , of .St Louis, tho General gives the following as the reasons for espousing the Republican cause and taking part in the politics of reconstruction: “I settled in New Orleans, and was living there quietly’, taidng no part in politics. Twenty years ago this summer the New Or leans time* came out one day with a long editorial on the condition of things in tlie South. The paper said, in substance, that tlie people had been following the politicians since the war with unsatisfactory results. Tlie politicians hod got them into the war, and now that the war is over the advice given did not seem to be leading toward a better state of affairs. The paper wanted to know wlmt the military leaders who had fought through the war hud to suggest ns the Isist course for the Boutheron people to pursue. They called upon me ns well as others for what I thought. I replied, saying, that we ought to accept iu good faith the measures looking to rec< instruction and re conciliation. lad vised that we ought to ac cept th<> results of the war and proceed to organize tlie states m lino with this, and in such a wuy as to Hecure recognition from the RapuMiban imrty. That was the party in power, and that was the only way wo could roorgnisesoasto be recognized and re stored. But tlie ml vice was not well re ceived. The |xjple wanted to reorganize their Ntnte governments in line with the Demo crats There were several military men who gave their views in reply to the Time * in vitation, but they took the iropular side ami didn’t conic out plainly in favor of ais-ept lng tlie rccoiiNtniction measures a* 1 did. They couldn't Immit to think of negro suffrage. Afterward they all came to tb position I bad taken, btit 1 was alone at first, and had to leave New (li leans on account of i'. I went to Washington sometime later, ami while ibar* mot Urn Grant. 1 think lie hull just lsuu • looted Proaklout, but had not taken his seat. He said to me that as soon as he was inaugurated he wanted me to call and let him know what ho could do for me; that he wished to appoint me to some pleas ant position. That was all that ]>assod on the subject, Shortly after tho inauguration I was in Washington and started up to the White House to call on President Grant. On tho way I mot Mr. Casey, his brother-in-law, and he asked " here I was going. I told him, and he said I needn't trouble myself; that the President, a day or two before, had sent my name to the Senate to be surveyor of the port at New Orleans. That was the first I heard of it. The nomination hung fire for quite awhile. One day I went to the President and asked him to withdraw it, as it plight embarrass him. I told him he had shown his friendship, and I had shown my willingness to accept office under a Republi can administration by remaining in Wash ington while the matter was pending. He told me not to bother about the nomination it would go through all right, ’Those fellows up there,' he said, indicating the eapitol, ’have got a goo, 1 many more favors to ask of me than l have of them.’ Shortly after that I was confirmed, and took the otlii'e. There were two reasons why I accepted. One was liecause I needed it. Another was that I had to be consistent with my position. I had said I was going to abide by the results of the war; that I accepted reconstruction and reconciliation. If I had refused to ac cept office when I needed it, at the hands of a Republican administration, I should have belied my words.” Mr. Seagirt’s Profitable Serpent. From the Nebraska State Journal. John H. Seagirt, a farmer of this county, has a snake which swallowed nn eight-day clock in August, 188(5. Until the clock run down it struck regular, and its ticking could be heard distinctly. A short time ago Mr. Seagirt found some eggs which had lieon deposited in a sandbank by the reptile, and on breaking them open, found that each contained an open-faced watch, in first class funning order. He sold them at a heavy profit, and has now given the snake a post hole auger in the hope that it will produce sufficient corkscrews to enable him to open a novelty store in Kansas. ( TTKTHA RKMEIIIIX VITIATED BLOOD' SCROFULOUS, INHERITED AND CONTAGIOUS HUMORS CURED BY CUTICURA. r p [TROUGH the medium of one of your hooks 1 received through Mr. Frank T. Wray, I Tug gist. Apollo, l’a.. 1 became acquainted with your Cuticura Remedies, and take this opportunity lo testify to you that their use has permanently cured mo of one of the worst cases of blood poisoning, in connection with erysipelas, that 1 have ever seen, and this after having been pro nounced incurable by some of the best physi eians in our county. 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IC II O TJ H KO F 1" 9 S, FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTING, ETC. TI I E LARGEBT, THE MOST RELIABLE, THE CHEAPEST. We claim the above, and wo think upon inquiry, or a per sonal investigation, you will concede to us the right to make this claim. We handle FURNITURE and CARPETS in every style and price. Our line of Upholstery Trimmings, Fringes, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Heavy Draperies, and in fact anything you may need to make your home com fortable or a palace, you can get from us. You do yourselves a great injustice if you do not call and see us, or write and obtain our prices, before you do any purchasing. We take great pleasure in showing goods, and will consider the same a great favor if you will call on us and inspect our full line at our stores, 169 and 171 Broughton St. ; Savannah, Ga. LINDSAY & MORGAN. < LOTIIINff. NEW FI Ft M . Menken & Abrahams. SUCCESSORS TO K. I I. ABRAHAMS The old and reliable Clothing House, long known for its integrity and correct dealing are now receiving their New Fall and Winter Stock, Which has been selected with great care. Having bought all our goods for cash we intend giving the PUBLIC, PATRONS and FRIENDS yie beneflt in purchase price. STRICTLY ONE PRICE TO ALL. CAJL.L. AND EXAMINE OTJIt MEN’S CLOTHING, YOUTHS’ CLOTHING, HATS AND GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS, ALL LATEST STYLES AND BEST QUALITIES. Suits Made to Order on Short Notice. Parties in the country sending orders can have same expressed C. O. D., free or charge, with privilege of returning if not suited. MJENKEN & ABRAHAMS, IBS imOtTGrH'rON STREET. NEW YORK OFFICE, 650 BROADWAY. LITIIOOUAI'II Y. THE LARGEST LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT IN THE SOUTH. THE Morning News Steam Printing House SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. THIS WELL KNOWN ESTABLISHMENT HAS A Lithographing and Engraving Department which Is complete within Itself, and the largest concern of the kind In the South. It Is thoroughly equipped, having five presses, and all the latest mechanical appliances In the art, the best of artists and the most skillful lithog raphers, all under the management of an experienced superintendent. It also has the advantage of being a part of a well equipped printing and binding house, provided wit h every thing necessary to handle orders promptly, carefully and economically. Corporations, manufacturers, banks and bankers, mer chants and other business men who are about placing orders, are solicited to give this house an opportunity to figure on their work, w hen orders are of sufficient mag nitude to warrant It, a special agent will be sent to make estimates. J. H. ESTILL. EDUCATIONAL. The Savannah Academy Will open its Nineteenth Annual Session on MONDAY, the 3d of October. Instruction (riven in Ancient and Modern Languages, Mathematics and English. Catalogues at all of the book store*. Office hours from 8 a. m. to 5 p. a., com men* lng the atith. JOHN TALIAFERRO, Principal. CHARLES W. BAIN, Univ. Va.,First Assistant. University of Georgia. P. 11. MELL, D. D., LL. 0., Chancellor. THE 87th session of the Departments at Ath. ons will hOKin Wednesday, October 5, 1887. TUITION FREE, except in Law IVriartmeiit. LAMAR COBB, Secretary Board of Trustees. EMORY COLLEGE; OXFORD GrA. rpHE INSTITUTION enters upon its flfty-flrsl, a session October Its, 1887, with enlarged fac ulty and Increased facilities. For Catalogues and information write to ISAACS. HOPKINS. President. EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL Norcr Alexandria. Va. L. M. BLACKFORD. M. A.. Principal; L. HOXTON, Associate Principal; With able Assistants. A. Preparatory School for Hoy*. Founded 18811. Session opens Sept. 28, 1887. Catalogues sent on application. SCHOOL FOR BOYS, Oglethorpe Bar acks.— Second session begins Oct. 3. Careful and thorough preparation of boys and young men for College, University or business For cata logues, address the Principal, JOHN A. CROW THER, Savannah, Ga. 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COTTON SEED WANTED HIE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO, CAPITAL 85,000,000, HAS just constructed eight new Cotton Reed Oil Mills, located at the following points, each having the calamity per day indicated: Columbia, S. C., - 100 Tons. Savannah, Ga., - - 100 “ Atlanta, Ga., - - 200 “ Montgomery, Ala., - 200 *• Memphis, Tenn., - 200 “ Little Rock, Ark., - 200 “ - New Orleans, La., - 300 “ Homston, Texas, - 300 “ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Addre*, at nearest MiU. Southern Cotton Oil Cos. ll ■ 1 ■— ■ 111,1 —H WVfMH and LIQUOM. PO Et sale. it Select Whisky $4 00 Hak-r Whisky 4 HO Imperial Whisky..... 8 M Pineapple Whisky . ®OO North Carolina Corn Whisky * 88 Old K.ve W hisky 1 •** Rum—New England and Jamaica. |l 80 to 8 00 Hyo and Holland (iln |to*BB Brandy—Domestic and Cognac I 80 to 0 00 WINEH. Catawba Wine i 00 to *1 80 Blackberry Wine I Ob to 1 80 Madeira. Porta and Hberrys 1 50 to 300 PLEABE HIVE ME A CALL. A. H. CHAMPION, 1M (XrNGHhtto nTUELX. 5