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2 THE TARIFF AND THE FARMER. $ 1*2,000,000 Tax Collected by the Gov ernment on Woolen Dress Goods Mr. J. S. Moore contributes to the New York Times another of liis interesting ia pers on the peculiar hardships inflicted bj tariff taxation on the farmers and other Consumers of necessaries of living: When this i* before the readers of your influential journal the eentounia! of the promulgation of the constitution of the United States will have, as it deserves, a lilting jubilee in Philadelphia. Well mav the tiO.UJO.OOO American citizens rejoice that for a whole century this greatest achieve ment of the giant statesmen, philosophers and philanthropists of the eighteenth cen tury has been the foundation of America’s present greatness and prosperity Well may all evil-doers, Anarchists, and others of similar kind, take warning that if they can not live and be happy under such a consti tution they o/i ly have thr-e alternatives: First, not to "dwell in this free land; second, to die sjieedily a voluntary death; j third, to revolt against it and take the con- sequences. I feel sure that l only express the sentiment of at least ninet y-nine out of everv hundred of my fellow-citizens. And if we have a grievance, or many grievances, against laws that have been made in favor of particular classes or interests, this very constitution gives us the full liberty of speech and press, which, if the cause we agitate is just, will surely find public opinion in its favor and assure justioe and redress. The strongest and greatest of all weapons is reasoning with our fellow creatures. Well, then, having that admira tion of and faith in the constitution of the United States which every good and true American citizen ought to have, 1 beg leave to quote from Article 1., section N of the constitution the following: “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, inijiosts and ex cises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and gen -ral welfare of the United States: but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. - ’ This being part of the noblest “Magna Cliai’ta” the world has ever produced, I am about to show how grievously and wickedly this noble admonition has been perverted. It is well known to every intelligent citizen of this country that during the last seven years at least the government, after paying interest on the debt and bonds that fell due, and after providing for the expenses of the government, has had an annual surplus of revenue amounting in average to *lOO,(X*),- 000. It is further known to everybody that tills locking up of the surplus in the Treas ury has become a standing danger to the financial and industrial interests of the peo ple. And lastly, there is not now a plat form made at a convention. tie it Republi can or Democratic, that does not denounce this surplus and demand a reduction of taxes. Of course, my fellow-citizens nave long since learned not to put faith in a plat fonn. A platform is a sort of bridge. Now in Venice there is tlie famous “Bridge of Sighs." The American convention platform, whether Republican or Democratic, is “a bridge of iies." But let me I'uine to the point. We are now nearing winter. There is hardly a State in the Union where the people do not use largely the w-ell-knowu article of woolen dress gools. This goods is a mixture of woolen or worsted anil cot ton, and costs in Europe from 15c. to $1 24 per square yard. To give an idea of the proportion of the cheaper to the dearer goods we import I will here state from offi cial returns of 1S*(). During that year we imported: Per square , yard. 2Ti.fiM.4Wt square yards dress goods costing 15 1-5 cents 25,'aft>.5i0 square yards dress goods costing ... 21^cents 7,(61,111 square yards dress goods costing " 34 cents And only 2.430.01 H square yards dress goods costing $1 24 Essentially, it will Is- seen that more than 5’>.(410,000 square yards of this dress goods, costing abroad from 15 to i44c., were des tined for the hard-working <-lassie. and chiefly for the farmers' families During the fiscal year ended June 30, 18K7, we im ported over 7H,000,000 square yards of this weolen mixed dress goods, costing nl r >ad * 17,211,1)00, or a little over 22e. a square vard in average. In 1 sxfi the Treasury col lected a duty amounting to *10,'44,113 on woolen dress goods, and the average duty was 71.76 per cent. During the fiscal year of IHVi-7 the duty will amount to over *12,- 000,000 and there is not the slightest reason to doubt that some *15,000,000 more is paid in a homy tux to the home manufacturers. And, altogether, the bulk of hard-working people in the cities and all the farmers have to pay annually n tax of at least *27,000,000, perhaps *-'(0,000,000. for using mixed woolen dress goods that cost in average 22c. a square yard abroad. Now, I wish my fellow-citizens in general, but the furme, s in jiarticular, to wnether this enormots swindling duty on cheap dress go ds for the jieople can be reconciled with Article X., section 6, of the constitution, which I •noted above. It has been held by the easuitss and spe<-ial pleuders for the tariff oligarchy that the words “and geueral welfare’’ cover the power to lay tuxes, even if we have, as is the case now, a surplus of revenue, for tho benefit of pro tection. But surely, even if we admit of such a monstrous interpretation, we at once run against a snag, as in this case. The welfare in a tax on woolen dress go<xls is by no means “general," but decidedly “par tial." Inasmuch as only 18,so;; men, women and children were employed in the production of all kinds of this worsted goods in 1680, or say there ar*- now 22,000 hands employed, there for • if it is “a welfare" to 22,000 s< uls, it is, as I conclusively show, an injury lo over 00.UU0.000 jieople. Now, let me show to the farmers the peculiar hardship of this tax on a necessary, I may say almost indispensable, article of women’s dress. Wheat to-day in New York is lower than it bus been for thirty years. In Chicago the price is 01k-. a bushel. What, the farmer gets in lowa or Minnesota for it I don’t know. But the reason wheat is so low is simply that tho pauper-labor wheat of India, Russia and Turkey competes with our wheat in Loa don. And the pt-ii-e of wheat we consume at home is inude in London, where our sur plus grain has to find a market. The farmer, therefore, i- not and eaunot lie benefited by the existing tariff. Suppose, now, a farmer in lowa or Minnesota needs, for his family, say four drosses •f this worsted mixed goods that costs abroad 32c. a square yard. He would be taxed 71 per cent., Or over a yard. In other words, the original coat abroad of the goods is for 40 yards $8 80. and the tax is $6 16. Ik-sides this tile importer must inuke a profit, or say interest, on the $6 16 duty, and so must the retailer who sells it to the farmer. Iu short, there is no doubt that for 40 square yai-ds of this class of goods, costing in England $8 80, the Minnesota farmer lias to pay 50c. a yard, or S2O. Such, my fellow-tariff serfs is the penalty we have to pay because we allow war taxes to 1* levied in time of peace. Such is our penalty because we allow a selfish oligarchy to bold this tariff robbery over us by false a aternents. Now, understand me fully, ami all those who have put in protection planks in the several bridges of lies, other wise platforms, I do not adrooat ioe woolen dress goods, but 1 denounce as a swindle, oppression nml legal robbery a tax of 71 |s-r cent, iu average on mi article tuo original ■■oat of which is 22c. J am fully eon ▼.ticsi that with free wool a duty or 35 per tout., or even flu par cent., is not only ude quote blit a high protection. Still, ns 1 have often (title t, and again .reiterate, 1 would fight ns strongly against such radi an! change of putting woolen <!re*-> giwib on (he free list all at once u< 1 am now light - ing against this swindle of 71 tier c ut. duty. 1 want t>> msi the tariff reformed in a conservative manner, mid iny ehlei anx iety has le-en, and is. Hint the longer tins outrageous sraml/tl exists the greater will be th>- danger of such radical clutttgtn all at unis, which must imusmtllv entail the greatest onlastivipbe on tbs industrial situ a tton ot the <-ouiitrr. 1 have no syui|stUiy, •aid never had. with extreme changes, uor I will I ever lend my labor or influence, how | ever little tho latte r may b\ t < heroic and i extreme measures. But I will never cease j to expose anil denounce this selfish. wicked 1 and cornipt tax system with the simple view of convincing mv fellow-citizens of , the burden that this protective policy en j tails upon them. • SUMMER IN EGYPT. Delights of Existence In th® Land of the Nile. From the St. Jama Ornette. Egvpt in summer is commonly said hr be lan unfit residence for Europeans, but that i is a mistake, and one which would Ist less prevalent, perhaps, if it were not fostered ! by foreign officials, who wish to prove that 1 they need a three months’ holiday every vea’r. Of course, if a tr.au begins the day with brandy and --la :uid unlimiteil lemon squaslies. folio we l up by a heavy lunch, and then retires beneath the mosquito curtains for-a siesta until 5 o'clock he will wake up unrefresbed. If be then calls a carriage and is driven atiout till dinner time, he will prohably only la-gin to feel alive about 10 o'clock. He * will not feel disposed to retire until the small hours, and will waken in the morning as weary as w hen he w ent to bed. This is a matter of course, for which he should not blame the climate much. Compared with Indian heat, the tempera ture of Egvpt is refreshing; for. however sultry the day may be, there is a long cool night. The only real trial is the length of tlie hot season. A couple of months of more intense heat would he much easier to bear than the steady gentle grilling from May to October. But. after all, an average temperature of !KJ° in the daytime out of doors —which may be redu el to so" in the large native rooms—sinking some 10 or 15 at night, does not constitute a very formid able summer climate. It is interesting to study an entirely dif ferent Egypt from that described by the hundred undone authors who have under taken, at the solicitation of their friends, a record of their experiences. There is per petual delight in watching the slow, and solid rise of the mighty Nile, swollen by rains in unexplored lands beyond the equa tor, rolling along its thousands of miles be low Khartoum without a tributary, always giving to the thirsty fields on either side, never receiving, but ever flowing with a daily increasing tide—truly one of the world’s greatest wonders. Gradually it fills the canals, and, mounting its hanks, climbs softly up till it laps over and floods the landscape, till as far as the eye can reach from the river bed, Egypt is one great lake. The villages with their clusters of palms lie dotted here and there, like tiny islands in the sea, and the fellah has time to cross his hands and look on with silent pleasure at the great Nile fructifying his acres with rich mold from the heart of Africa. Then as quickly or as slowly as it has risen, the river sinks, leaving stagnant pools, which the sun licks up,and the new layer of mud cracks into great chasms dear to the heart of the culti vator, and ready for the quick spring crop. The fresh grow th is almost miraculous in its rapidity. Where one week all that meets the eye is a muddy marsh covei-ed with water-fowl, ten days later the lovely tender green of the young corn or berseen is covering the land. The real work of the fellah commences, w-hich is to pre vent too much water from lying on his acres, and yet to supply the requisite amount of moisture. The pickax and shovel, the donkey and camel, the baby girl and the baby boy, are all pressed into ser vice, until gradually the proper supply is obtained and the crop springs up victorious, a home for the winter flight of quail and a carefully prepared hunting ground for the sportsman. Wild duck and other aquatic fowl rejoice in the N lie flood, and a goodly flock of pelicans are to be found. The sum mer plumage of the 1-year-old birds is pe culiarly beautiful, the under side of each feather being of a shell-like rose color. Oue biixl will give eighteen inches square of the most lovely feathers, and a dozen skins will make an opera cloak beautiful enough to cause any woman’s eyes to glisten. Soon in lower Egypt the cotton fields are in full bloom, a mas- of glorious yellow lietween gold and primrose color, whose blossoms mean money. Quickly the color fades to the universal brown of the pods till they break out again with tlie snowy fluff of ri|>enes.s, and the cotton crop is ready for the picker. Probably not one in a hundred visitors to the Nile land lias ever seen a cot- ton field in flower. It is one of the sights reserved for the summer martyrs. W hat the cotton plant is to the delta, sugar cane Is to the country between Cairo and As souan. The cane is laid down in the early summer in pieces of about a foot long, over lapping each other in the long furrows. Bovs then walk along stamping down the ends, and the earth is turned over. The process of taking root does not require much time, and when ouce the spikes appear above ground they shoot up almost visibly. By the end of August the planter’s work is over, and he will tell you that there are many worse places in which to spend the summer than Bibeh, Magagah o- Krment. The morning rides and the moonlit strolls through the plantations would supply mate riul for sketching much less hackneyed than mosques, pyramids and camels. Whatever Europeans may feel, summer is the season fiie native really loves. In the winter he goes about with his head wrapjied up in multifarious shawls, cursing the Franks who have brought rain and cold, and bemoaning his own hal’d lot. The few piastres hcftm earn will not afford him lire, and his house, if lie has one, is wretchedly hare. In thu summer he can sprawl about on the ground in comfortable warmth all the night long, and a tew beans in the pod or a couple ot yards of sugar-cane and a pumpkin give him a cheap and delicious meat. Dust is letter than mud for bare feet, and the baking of the sun is pure de light to the Arab-born. In the town he can have his nightly fantasies or open-air amuse ments, which cost nothing. The beasts have their share of enjoyment from the overflowing uhuiidauce ot food, and the humblest donkey banquets royally. No one who lias ever seen a mule or a don key roll in the dust wlien his saddle is tuknn on can guess the joy he feels. The expres sion of sutistled desire showing on the tip of a bullock's nose and from out his great sleepy eyes as he rolls porpoise-like in the canal, alter a long day’s round in thesakieh, is enough to make a Christian envy the beast. The European who gets up early and goes for a gallop in the trc-sh morning, comes in with un appetite for breakfast. A walk to aud from his office prepares the way for lunch, and his afternoon nap ena bles him to plav in the tennis-court or the cricket field A tub before dinner freshens him up again, and the early beginning to his day insures sleep before midnight. This sort of life will leave hnn none the worse, and probab y the better, for his summer in Egypt. Ho is Sorry Ho Said It. From, the Oreenuboro ( (ja .) Herald. Our bachelor friend, Capt. John llart, of Union Point, wnile in the presence of a bevy of pretty gns the other day, remarkel “that if t'.iey were hull us useful, as they were pretty, they would indeed lie to this world, angels in mercy sent." lie then went on to say, Hint they were siuipiy “lie's of the 11 'ld," and lectured them severely for their helplessness, 'this riled the young lade sto rover heat, and they urged that he was Join ( them injustice, that they were not indolent, nor afraid of w< rk. Jn this i bevy of Isiuty, were two Augusta girls, we ! will cad them belle*, for two prettier girls, with winter or softer hands were never seen. The others were our own Greene county girls, that were in no way rivaled by their city cousins, A trade was soon mn le by the Captain and the in.lis. They w re to pick peas out in the field for > I pe r •jn t |iounds, i suiii more tliun twice as much u• i usualiv iMid for such service, but the Captain thought he w.is sale in offering any iniloan With the lark nett morning the young la lies wer • m their way to iiie del.l, and by sundown every one *"f them had fiver UMi piNin is. Von ml; did lie |wy upf *if course lie did, and these prett) girl* non lutvo CIO to give away to some cliarita ble last tuDoU, Mini ('apt. Il.ni says, “the p* l iop is a good one, but it fa 100 ex| n sl'e g,< iter.*' THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1887. j LIPPINCOTT’B DUEL WITH TEVIS. A Deadly Encounter that Marked the Anti-Slavery Struggle in California. From the Chicago Trihone. Springfield, 111. , Sept. Ill—The recent ' death of Gen. Charles E. Lippiucott calls l to the mind of one of his old friends and acquaintances here the story of his duel in California with Robert Tevis in 1856. Lip | piueott, then a practising physician, went i to California in 1552 for his health, expect ing to remain a year. Aoout this tmio , hat State was convulsed with the slavery i agitation. I)r. Lippiucott was born and reared an anti-slavery Democrat, and his tatb-r took an active part in the struggle in Illinois which prevented slavery from lieing foisted iqioii tlie State. In the Cali fornia agitation the young Illinoisan allied himself with the wing of the party which was led by David C. Roderick, ami opposed the scheme to carry a majority of the Leg islatxire in favor of a Convention for revis ing the Constitution in favor of slavery. In this (Mutest he found himself elected to the State Senate in 1554 for two years. In that capacity he assisted to elect Rod erick to the United States Senate in 1650. Lippincott was located in Yuba conuty, probably at Marysville. As the Fourth of July approached in 1556 arrangements were lieing made for its celebration, and it seemed to bo important to avoid any factional discussion. Robert Tevis was a bright young man, and inti mated his desire to make a speech at the celebration. Lippincott thought it would tie unsafe to select Tevis. and, consequently, managed to have him put on the pro gramme to read the Declaration of Inde pendence. Tevis feigned satisfaction with this arrangement; but when he had finished the reading he volunteered a few extempo raneous remarks upon the matter read, and from these branched out into a general speech, and occupied the stand for nearly two hours. Lippincott had control of a corner of the local newspaper at that time, devoting his space chiefly to the promulgation of the opinions held by the Broderick Democrats, and in the next issue of the paper he passed some rather sharp criticisms upon Tevis’ speech, and the manner in which he had managed to ring it in on the audience against the will of the committee of ar rangements. This fired Tevis, und he sent Lippincott a challenge to figlll a duel. The latter knew that to decline a challenge in those days in California was equivalent to accepting notice to leave the country. Accordingly lie accepted. It does not ap pear now just how shotguns loaded with buckshot hapjiened to be selected as the weapons, but they were. Lippincott was an excellent slot, but Tevis devoted him self to p.'acti i ig and acquired a very deadly aim bt.ure the day of the encounter arrived. The duel was fought ne ir what is known as Ousley’s Bar, at a distance of forty yards. The guns were discharged simultaneously, and Tevis fell, shot through the breast, ex piring in a short time. One of the buck shot from Tevis’s gun curried away a lock of Lippincott’s hair just over the right ear. Lippincott remained in California till some time the next winter, when be left, went to Washsngton city to see Broderick installed United States Senator, and thence returned to his home at Chandlerville, this State. Tevis was related to tlie Tevises of Bond county, 111., now a prominent family. Gen. Lippincott, not long before his death, referred to this duel as one of the horrible things in his life, adding: “But there was nothing to do in tlo ie daysjin California but to accept a challenge if it was sent to you or to skip out of the country by the shortest route and the most expeditious means.” A FIRST BATTLE RECORD. The Sixth Alabama’s Charge Under Gordon at Seven Pines. * Atlanta Correspondence Olobe-Democrat. One day in the spring of ’6l, when the clans of the Confederacy were gathering, there tramped into Montgomery, then the temporary capital, a company of gaunt, wild-eyed, jeans-clad men. As they marched along in irregular tiles, with an overy-man for-himself air, somebody on the sidewalk called out: “What command is that?” “Independent Rifles,” was the reply shouted hack from the ranks. “Independent Rifles, - ’ a spectator echoed with a grin. “Raccoon Roughs,” came from the free and-easy ranks; “I reck'n that’ll suit you uns. ” Every man in the company wore a coon skin cap, and “the Raccoon Roughs” they were from that time on. The command hail been recruited from the rfiiners and moun taineers of the northwest corner of Georgia and the northeast corner of Alabama. They were neighbors and fellow-workmen whoso associations lappixl over State lines. Their Captain was John B. Gordon, at, present the Governor of Georgia, but he didn’t hold the position long, “fine Baccoon Roughs” were mobilized with some other companies, and became the Sixth Alabama, to the command of which Capt. Gordon was elected. At Seven Pines the Sixth Alabama re ceived its baptism of fire. Before that there had been some skirmishing, hut this was the first battle, and, as Gov. Gordon describes the scenes, they make up for the regiment a first buttle record which probably is without parallel on either side. A shade comes over tlie Governor’s expressive face, and his voice drops to lower tones when he talks ot that day. “1 started on the charge,” he says, “with iUK) men in my regiment. When the fight ing ended at "nightfall, 396 of the GOO lay on the field dead or wounded. My Lieutenant Colonel was killed. Of forty-four commis sioned officers,only thirteen came out of that day’s fighting unscathed.” “I had a brother with me, a boy.” Gov. Gordon continued. “He was shot through the right lung, but recovered, only to die with .Stonewall Jackson at Chancellors ville. He was 19 years old. I had several bullet holes in my clothes when night came, hut was not wounded. One hall raked across my chest, and would have shattered mv right arm if l hadn't it uplifted to point with my sword a movement l wanted my command to make. “The Sixth Alabama,” the Governor went on, “was opposite a (ortion of the Federal line winch that side had no idea would be taken. We made the assault in the forenoon. There was a charge across an open Held, per haps a distance of 500 yards. Then we came to breast works behind which the FederaL were as thick as they coul , stand. As we went over their lines we found the evidences that they had no idea of being driven back. Cooking was going on, and in a house a meal had lieen prepared for an officers’ mess. We followed them hack of the works and into a swamp where a great many trees had been felled. It was impossible to go ahead, and there we stopped, stood in the water up to our knees and fought till dark. I had to do tail men In there to hold the heads of tho wounded above water to keep them from drowning. And some of the time I could not find enough well men to take care of the wounded. ” "Governor, do you recollec of any other command which lost so heavily in a single charge at anytime during the war”’ was asked. "No,” replied the Governor, after a little |hi use, "1 don’t recollect anything which was quite equal it. Our loss wus within three or four men of lieing two-thirils of the whole regiment." Os BaoADWAV—Pedestrian ito carman)—What are you Blocking this sidewalk with vour truck for; Don't you know that you are violating the law * Truckman—Certainly I do. Pedestrian Then why don't you drive off? Truckman Uocuiihc, If f did. such means you wouldn't llnd anything to growl nt. Town Topic s A Pahvkno.—(The coining aristocracy of mind.) lie -Charming youth, that young Bel kmv Mii'li a re.iiii'd and cultivated intellect' When you think of what lie s rntrii from, poor fellow. Ii really does litmen illl! Hhe Why, were Ids people a inferiah" He Welt yes Hi- grandfatlier a an Karl, you know, an t l.iauiwle's a Bishop; and be him s.*lf Is neir I" an >4 . iMU'oueU'v with eighty teon n l tern,ton Punch. A Remarkable Engine. Prom the Sew York Evetiiny Pont. A report comes from Cincinnati in regard to anew steam engine that has been at tracting considerable attention there, and which is said to practically obviate all waste of steam. It was invented by a Cincinnati man, and the drawing was exhibited in the Chamber of Commerce in that city. It is said that the drawing will also lie shown on the Stock Exchange in this city, and that a company has been formed with a capital of *500,000, anti preparations already made to construct a marine engine of 5,000 horse power. The inventor claims that the sub ject has bean looked into and reported upon favorably by a number of experts. The engine consists of four single-acting cylinders of equal dimensions placed at the corners of a square, one pair above the other, leaving space between them for the main or crank shaft. The portion of the fly-wheel is in the centre of the frame work, running between the cylinders. This position Is just the reverse of the balance wheel in all other engines, and it is so placed in order to secure an equal balance. Tlie pistons of the cylinders are connected with tlie main shaft in such a way that the piston of the top cylinder on one side lvorks in conjunction with tlie piston of the cylinder underneath on the same side. They are automatically connected, and are released as the in and out strokes are made. The other pair of cylinders are connected in the same way and may be said to work in ouples. 7 Steam is admitted to the couple on one side, and the pistons are driven to the end of their stroke, one to the right and the other to the left. The crank with which this couple is connected is then at the dead centre. Atthispoint, by a peculiar mechan ism. the pistons are connected and balanced in such a"manner that the pressure of steam in one cylinder is against that in the other, so that to all intents anil purposes it is a single piston-liead with equal pressure of steam on each side. The piston heads are in a state of equilibrium, and remain so until by the action of the other pair they are re stored to their original ]>osition as at the be ginning of the stroke. At this instant they are automatically relieved of them equilib rium, and are left free to be driven forward again by pressure, while the balancing movement is as instantaneously transferred to the opposite set of pistons. It is claimed for this engine that its con struction is such that there will be no launch ing backward or forward, as in other engines, by the plunging of a single piston; as two of its pistons arc going out in oppo site directions, right and left, and two are returning from the right and left, perfectly balanced, and with a steady motion insured by the flywheel. A further claim is made that the same sized engine of this type, in diameter of cylinder and length of stroke, will develop from 33 to 50 per cent, more power, and save not less than 75 per cent, in fuel, by reducing the boiler capacity necessary about three-fourths, than the most improved tyjie of engine. There are no valves, eccentrics, steam-chests, cut-offs, link motions, etc., to g ;t out of order, and a piston speed of from 000 to HOO can be at tained with a perfectly smooth movement. Mr. J. C. Matlock says in regard to this engine: “This is the most daring claim that I, in my fifty years of mechanics, ever heard or read of man making—that is. ‘To drive the steam back into the lioiler instead of exhausting it into the air or into a con denser’ —and though at first it. looks like an absurdity, as it appeared to me wftn I first saw it, after a long study over it for nights and days, I now bel eve that it can be done. If this inventor accomplishes it he will make old iron of all the steam engines in the world.” Other prominent engineers expressed in terest in the matter to-day, but declined to express any opinion upon the subject until they liad made a thorough examination. To the Public. Drawing ani> painting classes f.> r ladies and gentlemen in a studio over 20 feet square, at 34 Barnard street, opposite the Telfair Academy. PROFESSOR W. J. BURTON, Artist of London, Eng.. Canada. New York City and Memphis, Tenn., prior to I860; teacher of oil lauiUcai*3 painting at the State Female Col lege, Memphis, with a class of sixty pupils tall present), and at the St. Agnes Academy, same plac; introduced and patronized by the most respected Father Grace, afterwards Bishop of St. Paul. Minn. VV. J. B‘s method of teaching is now being sought. CALL AND SEE HIS PAINTINGS at his studio;also a DIPLOMA awarded him for best landscape in oil, in New York City; also THE PICTURE he painted before the public at the Masonic Temple, SAVANNAH, June 24th, 1887, subject, A CASCADE SCENE, in colors, on a spotless canvas. sxß feet, without outlining, executed in one hour and twenty minutes. Morning and afternoon classses for ladies, evening for gentlemen. A junior class can be formed if required. ALL PUPILS must be able to DRAW before taking lessons in painting Prices low for drawing. Please call and see gallery and arrange about Drawing Lessons FOR LANDSCAPE* FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTS FOH BOTH SEXES. No chnrge for that. Ample references can bo furnished at the re quest of any oue. At which places artistic work can be seen, executed by PROF. \V. J. BURTON, due notice will l>e given in this paper. P. S. A day will lie set apart for the public to view the pointings free of charge. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. ~~~ THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY WEDDING PRESENTS Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SID VKRWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY. FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found i. A. L. Desbouillons, 21 BULL STREET, the sole agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also makes a specialty of 18-Karat Wedding Rings AND THE FINEST WATCHES. Anything you buy from him being warranted us represented. Opera, (Hasses ut Cost. TETTER IN U. As Good as Gold. Millkdoeville, Ga., Aug. 12th, 1887. Mr J. T. 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IP YOU WANT 'I'O have PKANTTS nicely umol -I hum-I them I io Koastlriif Kstablnthtuent, corner Itay and West iJ,<*ad street* C.M GILBERT & CO. |*|(> *•■ ■' •'< vfM DEATHS. Mc Intyre. Died in St. Catharines. Canada, on SUNDAY MORNING, 26th inst., Catharine, wife of Janies W. Mclntyre. Funeral notice later. FU NERAL IN VITATIONB. ULMO.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. H. W. Ci.no are Invited to attend his funeral at Wesley Monumental Church at il o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. MEETINGS. GEORGIA .HUSSABS. HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA HI'SSARS, I Savannah, Ga„ Sept. 27, 1887. f Special Order No. — You are hereby ordered to appear at your Drill Room to attend a Special meeting of your Troop, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, 27th inst., at 8 o'clock p. m. Rusiness of importance. By order of J. B. DUCKWORTH, Lieut. Com'd’g G. H. Geo. C. Oaili-ard, First Sergt. ~ Si'ECIAIV NOTIt'ES. Advertisements inserted under “Special Notices " will be charged $1 00 a Square each insertion. ~~ ~ SPECIAL NOTICE! Our store will be closed from 5 p. M. TO DAY until THURSDAY MORNING, on account of holidays. COLLAT BROTHERS, Shoes, Hats and Trunks, 149 Broughton street. NOTICE. A meeting of the incorporators of the COM MERCIAL GUANO COMPANY will be held on WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 1887. at the office of Hartshorne & Huger, No. 104 Bay street, in this city, for the adoption of by-laws and organiza tion of the Company. JAMES W. ALLISON, E. B. ADDISON, WILLIAM H. ALLISON, JOHN ADDISON, FORTESCUE WHITTLE, PASCAL DAVIE, J. W. HUGER, LAWRENCE HARTSHORNE. NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the British steamship HAWARDEN, whereof 'Wil son is master, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees. NOTICE. All bills against the British steamship WIM BLEDON, Jarvis Master, must be presented at our office by or before 12 o'clock, midday, on TUESDAY, Sept. 21th, or payment thereof will be debarred. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. An examination to fill positions as assistant teachers in the Public Schools (white and color ed) will be held at Chatham Academy on Tues day. September 27, between the hours of 9:30 a. m.. and 2p.m. Colored applicants will be ex amined in the north room. W. H. BAKER, Superintendent. ARCADE OYSTER AND CHOP HOUSE. The finest delicacies of NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS. NEW YORK OYS TERS per every steamer. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. T. 11. ENRIGHT. DK. HENRY S COLUI.NG, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of papers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL. 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 Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D, Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga. DRUGS AND MKDICINBS. Don’t Do It! Don’t Do What? Y\ 7 HY don't walk *>ur tony streets with that ▼ t nice dress or suit of clothes on with Stains or Grease Spots in, to which the, Savannah dust sticks “closer than a brother,” when Japanese Cleansing Cream will take them out clean as anew pin. 25c. a bottle. Matte only by J. R. HALTIWANGER, At his Drue Stores, Broughton and Drayton, i: alu-i 1 anil Wayne street.-. STEAM LAU NDRY. SAVANNA H SIM LAUNDRY Will be closed TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 28th inst.. on account of Holiday. Bring in your work to-day. Respectfully, M._FIIAG ER. WOOD. A. 8. BAC ON, I’laiiing Mill, hiatal anil Wood Yard, Liberty and East Broad sta.. Savannah, Ga. VLL Planing Mill work correctly and prompt ly done. Good stock Dressed and Rough Lumber. EIRE \VU(i|), Oak, Pine, Ligbtwood and Lumber Kindlings. UNDERTAKER. W. I>. DIXON. UNDERTAKER UJULMt IK ALL HINDU UK COFFINS AND CASKETS, 43 Bull ttrwei. Residence VI Liberty street. BA VANNAH. GEORGIA. % * i FRIEND In nee lis a friend Indeed " If . you hate a friend send him or ber the MAfANNAH WEEKLY NEWS. Il only usU Cl 25 farm sear AMUSEMENTS. Savannah Theatre. Wednesday and Thursday. Sept. 28 and 29. GRAND MATINEE THURSDAY. FLORENCE J. BINDLEY. One of America's Brightest Stars, Supported by Boston's Favorite Young Actor, JMr. James Home, And the Well-Known Comedian, Mi*. Otis Turner. And a Well Selected Company of Metropolitan Artists. WEDNESDAY NIGHT Miss Bindley will appear in Bartley Campbell's Great Success, "A HEROINE IN RAGS." ThursdayMatir.ee, 'EXCITEMENT,''the Great London Craze, with more laughs in less time than any other play in the world. Thursday Night, “DOT; or, JUST F >R FUN,” C. P. Brown's great sensational drama. Usual prices. Seats at Davis Bros.’ Sept, 26. Next attraction, BARRY & FAY, Oct. 6. ICE. ICE ! Now is the time when every body wants ICE, and we want to sell it. PRICES REASONABLE! 20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75$ 140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5. 200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7. 50 Pounds at one delivery 30c. Lower prices to large buyers. ICE Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful and polite service. Full and liberal weight KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO. 144 BAY ST. STATIONERY', TOY'S, ETC. New Goods. A LARGE AND ELEGANT SELECTION OF PAPETERIES. IN LEATHER, PLUSH and SILK. New styles of PIANO COVERS, SCARFS and STOOLS. TOY' BOOKS, GAMES, PUZZLES. We have eight large cases of Toys now in the Custom House until we find room to store them. OVER 50 MORE CASES ON THE WAY. —ALSO— A Lot of PIANOS Have Been Shipped from Europe. frlireiner’s Importing House. NEWS DEPOT. 1 *6s“' ESTABLISHED 1 *65.' Estill’s News Depot, No. HTJT-,1, STREET. WILLIAM ESTILL, DEALER IN— NeAVspapers, Periodicals, Magazines, Stationery, Hooks, Etc. \FULL supply of all kind- of Reading Matter constantly on hand. Any Book. Magazine or Paper you may desire, which is not in stock, will be promptly procured for you by leaving your order. Siieoia! attention given to the de livery of the SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS. FOR SALE. A GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A Good Paying Newspaper. ONE of the best paying and best located coun try newspapers in Georgia is offered for sale at, a bargain. Can be made to pay $3,500 to S4,(HX) per annum. No competition; gets patronage from two good towns and three large cities; cod reason for selling. Address W. E. M.. Box 111, Tdlbotton, Ga. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. J3 HULL, W holesale G-rocer, Flour, Hay, Grain and Provision Dealer. PI’RKSH MEAL ami GRITS In white sacks. Mill stuffs of ail kinds. Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also COW PEAS, every variety. Choice Texas Red Rust Proof Oats. Special prices car load lots HAY and GRAIN. Prompt attention given all orders and satis faction guaranteed. OFFICE, 5 ABEROORN STREET. WAREHOUSE. No. 4 WADLEY STREET, on line Central Railroad. PAINTS AND OILs,. JOHN G. BUTLER, Vri'T* LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS, '' VARNISH, ETC.: READY MIXED PAINTS; RAILROAD. STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES. SASIIES, DOORS, BLINDS AND 111 II.DICKS' HARDWARE, Sole Agent for GEORGIA LIME. CALCINED PLASTER, CE MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER. , 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia, 186a CflM MDEPfIT, iB6O. House, Sign and Ornamental Painting XKCUTED NEATLY’ and with dispatch. Ij Paints, Oil*. Varnishes, Brushes, window Glasses, etc., etc. Estimates turnialied on ap plication. CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS., Hear of Christ Church. ■ -*—- ■■ -■ DYKfe, ladies!^ 1 NO your own Dyeing, at home with PEER " LESS DYES. They will,ie* evervthing They are sold everywhere Price in,-, a p.ic*age Colors, They have no cuuai for stiengtu, brightness, atm Mmt in pui kavye .. or iur isstnoss of silor. or non foiling ,|ii*fiu,~ They ( jo not crock or smut lor sale uy 1> / l iaskk. M It. I'hai-Uiamst corner lirmigutoti and liinistnu street*. P. II Rklu, Druggist grid Apolln iry ennier Jones and Shut-corn streets ■ Kowojio J Ktamca. Druggist oruar WsM ikvod Slid Stewart street* GROCERIES AND LIQUORS. For Bargains GO TO D. B. Lester’s Where you can get everything in the Gro eery line at reduced price. You will also find a large stock ot Fine Old Rye & Bourbon WHISKIES, POETS, SHERRIES, And All Kinds of Domestic Wines. 21 WHITAKER STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. POR SALE! B Select Whisky $4 oo Baker Whisky 4 09 Imperial Whisky 3 03 Pineapple Whisky ’ 2 00 North Carolina Com Whisky- a on Old Rye Whisky j 53 Rum -New England and Jamaica.. $1 50 to 3 00 Rye and Holland Gin 1 50 to 3 0) Brandy—Domestic and Cognac 1 50 to 6 00 WINES. Catawba Wine $1 00 to $1 50 Blackberry Wine.. I 00 to 150 Madeira, Forts and Sherrys 1 50 to 30) PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. A. H. CHAMPION, 154 CONGRESS STREET. CLOTHING. Please, Sir! Wait for the Fall and Win ter Display of ! asliiriils Clofa Underwear, Neckwear, Furnishings and Latest Shapes in Hats at the Clothing Palace, ARRIVING BY EVERY STEAMER. While you wait, look over our bargains to close out remaiaiiig Summer Suits and Medium Weights. JAEGER SY'STEM SANITARY UNDER WEAR AND OVERWEAR. Eaual to anything ou the market and at lowest prices. 101 CONGRESS STREET. B. H. LEVY & BRO. HOTELS. NEW HOTEL TOGrNI, (Formerly St. Mark’s.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. IUiK MOST central House in the city. Near Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. New and Elegaut Furniture. Electric Bella Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. r I''HIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with 1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the city) and has been remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who liv recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spams neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of the Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad can afford. THE MORRISON HOUSE " One of the Largest Boarding Houses in <*• South. A FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good hoard - Y w ith pure Artesian Water, at prices tosuit those wishing tabic, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. PORTRAITS. The Great Southern Portrait Company, SAVANNAH. GEOP.GIA. To. B. DzY VIS, Secretary and Manager of the Great South ern Portrait Company. A N inspection of samples of our Portraits at z \ our office, with Davis Bros., 42 and 44 Bull street, will greatly interest those who contem plate having small pictures of themselve-s, their friends, living and un cased, copied and enlarged in OIL, WATER COLOR, INDIA INK, PAS TELLE and CRAYON. We guarantee a per fect likeness and excellence of work. We btive about TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES AND GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGE)* POR TRAITS from Bxlo to 50x90, and our price!) an* from $2 to S3OO each. EMPLOY' FORTY ART ISTS; been twenty-six yeurs in the business; have a 6.1M0 candle-pow er ELECTRIC LIGHT, anil uro fully prepared with all proper expedi tion and skill to execute all orders promptly and satisfactorily-. We resect fully solicit your orders. ' l. B. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager The Great Southern Portrait Cos. PROPOSALS YVANTED. PLANT INVESTMENT COMPANY Orvirg of Crimr Knuinef.h / AMO OhlHUt MiIMSB, 'r Savannah, Ga., Sept. dd, I>WT t BIDS will be received at this office until lJ N., SEPTEMBER doth, for the construction of that portion of the 1 bomasville. Ta lc tinase" mid Montieello railroad ext ending from Thomas villc. Gnorgi t, to the Florida State line. All clearing, grubbing, grading and bridging will It" let under one emit met. Profiles ’*y be exam ined and further information may lie obtained upon application at the Chief Engineer s office, H., E. and W. Ky., Savannah, Ga , >flcr Septem ber Pith. H. H. HAINES, ('luef Engineer anil Gen. Manager P. I. Cm PHI.MIR AND BOOK HINDER. OKDEKH KOK RULING. PRINTING. BINDING, OR BLANK BOOKS. Will alway* have careful attention. GKO. N. \K HOLS. PRINTER -AND BINDER, lia hlrceL