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PHYSICAL EXERCISE.
A Physician’? Notion of What is Good
and Whatjia Bad for a Man to Do.
Dr. S. fleet Spier in the Epoch.
I am a sWong believer in physical cul
ture. but physical culture is something en
tirely differ*i)t from out lour spoils as they
arc eurrieii on at present. Americans do
not take nougli exercise. Many tiatients
that come to the doctor need outdoor exer
cise morethan they do medicine. As some
one has said, the dyspepsia from which a
man sufjbrs is oftentimes more in his legs
than inAi s Stomach. The groat difficulty
with cur sports is t'.iat they develop one
set of .muscles at the expense of the others.
A man who trains for a specialty is
trailed only in the pails of the body
brought chiefly into play in that particu
lar sport or recreation." A tennis player
trains in one way. a runner in another, while
a boatman goes through an entirely differ
ent course from either. Each of these ath
letes is strong in one direction, but he has
neglected general muscular exercises for the
sake of developing a special locality. It will
■be found that the man who is physically
strong in a special sport is w eak m some
part of his body. A man, for instance, who
intends to be a runner will so train as to de
velop the muscles of his legs; but he will re
duce the weight of his body above his legs
in order to carry less weight.
Pedestrianism is wholesome when indulged
in for pleasure, but is bad in contests. The
professional pedestrian finally becomes thor
oughly broken up; the stomach and general
system are exhausted by tsxi much exertion.
' Rowing is one of the best exercises if in
dulged in moderately, but an oarsman can
row’ in a contest until entirely exhausted,
and not know it until he is taken from his
boat paralyzed, so to speak.
Base ball is full of danger, especially to
the pitcher. So true is this that the base
ball pitcher's arm, as well as the tennis ami,
are recognized in the medical profession as
special diseases. The exercise in base ball
is very violent, and sooner or later causes
overstrain.
Tennis is a violent exercise, and is liable
to be carried too far.
Running is too much of an outburst to be
of service in a general way, and is only
good on account of the previous training
necessary to follow it up. It carries its own
remedy with it in the natural giving out of
the legs before the rest of the body is ex
hausted.
Training should bring up the general
physical status to a point that will enable it
to endure its utmost, and with just a little
to spare for the push of the urgent moment.
There should be just enough strength left to
make the finish better than the start —
to break the record of the individual, so to
speak, and leave him in better physical con
dition than before. The sensible and physi
ological way for a man to take outdoor
sport is acting on medical authority, to de
velop by special exercises the parts of his
body that are w eak. If a man takes any
pride in a systematically rounded physique
he should give his whole attention to the
organs that are weak. It is surprising to
me that horseback exercise is not indulged
in more than it is. Many young men spend
enough money on their vices or follies to
enable them to buy and keep a horse. I
would suggest that for those who cannot
own a horse, riding clubs might be formed.
Let the horses be used by members of the
clubs, just as boats are used by boating
clubs. The expense of keeping the horses
under such conditions, when divided up
among members, would be small, and the
horseback exercise could be varied with the
more vigorous sports in which most young
men now indulge. In that way the
strength of the body would be more equal
ized. The outskirts of New York and
Brooklyn furnish many lanes and roads that
lead through beautiful country, and the
riders could not fail to enjoy themselves.
I do not know of any outdoor exercise so
suitable for menjas the sports of the field.
Hunting is a healthful and a beneficial
sport. There is just enough excitement
about it to make the exercise you take bene
ficial. While you are walking you are
thinking about something of interest; while
your body is being exercised your brain
gets stimulus. Hunting is good for the well
and good for many who are sick. I have
known invalids, sent to the South with the
advice that they should go shooting, to
come back restored to health. The man
who combines hunting in the field with
horseback riding, as is done in the South
has the best kind of outdoor recreation!
Field sports are for young
men; the older ones must be content with
fishing or following the rabbit. I recall the
case of the veteran writer for the sporting
papers, Horace Smith. While yet a young
man he was given up by his physician to die
of consumption. He was iu business, and
his doctor told him that he had better stop
work and devote the remainder of his life to
his dog and gun. Mr. Smith acted on the
suggestion, and I am willing to admit that
possibly the doctor advised better than he
knew, for this same young man died only
recently at the age of 80. In the sporting
papers, to which he was a constant and val
uable contributor,- he constantly made pub
lic the fact that ho attributed his restored
health to exercises taken in the field.
REALITY IN DREAMLAND.
A Man Meets a Family of Whom He
had Dreamed Nightly.
From tine Oakland Tribune.
Twenty years ago a bachelor in Oakland
dreamed of visiting a family consisting of
parents and two little girls, who were un
known to him in his waking hours.
From that time forth he continued to
dream of them for a score of years. He
saw the children grow from childhood to
womanhood. He was present at the closing
exercises when they graduated. In fact, he
shared alt the pleasures and griefs of this
family.
His friendship to his dreamland friends
seemed so real that he often remarked that
he telt certain that he would know them in
reality at some future time.
Two months ago he saw in a dream the
husband die, and from that time he ceased
to dream of them for the first time in a pe
riod of twenty years. About six weeks ago
he was astonished at receiving a letter from
Now York city, the writer lxung the widow
of a cousin of his, with whom he had never
had any intercourse since his boyhood, over
thirty years. The widow wrote that she
wished to make Ran Francisco her future
home. After exchanging a few letters it
was arranged for him to meet her and the
two daughters at the Oakland wharf upon
the arrival of an Eastern train on a certain
(lay. On their arrival, imagine his surprise
to see his dream friends. They were equally
so when he related his strange series of
dreams in which they figured. He told
them incidents connected with their past
lives which lie could not have known under
ordinary circumstances, liedescrilied their
former home, even to the furniture and
household ornaments, which was correct in
evory particular. The sequel is that ho re
cerrty married tho widow, and is living
happily in tliis city.
A Now Talo for the Nursery.
From the Pall Mall Ornette.
Every one is familiar with the - story of
the mother whoso child hail boon carried off
bv mi eagle, and who. to rescue her child,
climbed alone to tho eyrie from which the
boldest mountaineer shrank back appalled.
This stock illustration of tho force of the
maternal instinct is now capped by a bear
story from Kavoy. A boar having kill's! a
shepherd Ixiy, the villagers organ!red a
hunt for tue animal. The mother, armed
with a gun, insisted u|su uix-onqrauying the
party They name Isick. Ilw did not.
Next day the poor woman was found lying
in a secluded spot, bar dress in rags, tier
arms crushed and her face covered with
blood. At her side was a huge Iran quit*
dead, its head smashed by a uiaciiarge from
the gun which sin- had taken with bar. Tho
hope is entertained that she “Mf eventually
recover, but the woman had not yet lawn
able to give un uucouut of her struggle with
the hear which had killed Imr child, winch
mlist have been terrific VVl.cu wa got the
•lory of that struggle it will lunaa Mm
grand tou r of all Ihe Ntnday aciasd Utufc*
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THE MASCARET.
The Peculiar Wave on the River Seine
That Sunk the Steame- Romeo.
The capsizing of the British steamer Ro
meo on the River Seine, near Quillebceuf,
at midnight on Thursday night, by which
seven lives were lost, was the work of the
mascaret —a mighty mass of w-ater in the
form of a towering wall —caused by the
conflict of the river current with a" high
tidal wave. The velocity of the tidal wave
in the broad ocean approaches 300 miles an
hour, and the force of its collision witli an
opposing stream when ascending the estua
ries of a large river can only be imagined.
A cable dispatch to the New York Herald ,
dated Quillebceuf near Yillequier, on the
Seine (Sept. 23), is as follows;
The loss of the British steamer Romeo
which, after it bad stranded at Lavacquorie.
near this little town, was swamped at mid
night on Thursday, has added seven more
souls to the long list of victims annually
swallowed up by the mascaret. Among the
seven was a Liverpool solicitor, Mr. Old
tnon. The rest formed part of the crew.
Mr. Bow'ring, owner of the Romeo, which
was a magnificent vessel, built in 1883, had
a terrible struggle with the waves, but
managed to escape. The story he tells of
his tight for life is strikingly dramatic. The
mascaret was due at Lavacquerie a little be
fore midnight, but Capt. Williams, the
commander of the Romeo, supposed that
the position of his vessel would enable it to
resist the expected shock. Mr. Bowring
was on deck when the disaster
occurred. “Through the darkness,’’
he says, “amid a tremendous noise,
we suddenly perceived a white wan tea ioec
high barring the Seine and advancing at
lightning speed. The first wave knocked
the vessel round, shifting her position so
that she lay athwart the stream. The sec
ond wave swamped her altogether. 1 was
on the bridge with my poor friend Oldman,
the Captain and several men when we were
caught by the rush of water and hurried
into the river with the sailors who happened
to be on deck. Six poor fellows, mostly
Scandinavians, sank to the bottom. The
shock was so violent that Oldman was
washed against some railings and broke his
leg. Two sailors hurried to his assistance
and plunged in the stream after him, re
gardless of danger, but the current had swept
him away. I heard all this later, for the
violence of the flood had earned me a long
distance from the vessel. I had on a pair
of heavy hunting boots, while over a tuick
suit I had an ulster which paralyzed my
movements. There seemed absolutely no
chance for me, but I did not give iu and
struck out desperately for dear life. For
an hour and a quarter I managed to keep
afloat, battling with the tide, which pre
vented my approaching the shore, even if I
could have seen it. My ankli-s and wrists
were covered with bruises, and my clothes
were all torn to rags, when I at last suc
ceeded in making tno north bank, and sank
down in a meadow flooded with water.
Rising, I stumbled on straight ahead, half
dead with fatigue, till I reached a road
which led me to Villequier, where I took
shelter at an inn. It was then 2:15 o’clock.
Other survivors owed their escape to having
taken refuge on the keel of the steamer.”
The mascaret had, as usual, attracted
hundreds of sightseers—artists, scientists
and tourists—from Paris. Many make a
point of never missing the magnificent
spectacle. Among them was M. Camille
Flammarion, the well-known astronomer,
who gave the following scientific explana
tion of the mascaret: “The mascaret, or la
barre, is caused by the collision of the Seine
and the sea at exceptionally high tides.
The Seine, flowing tranquilly toward
the ocean, meets a strange obstacle—
suddenly finds its course barred.
The ocean opposes its pas
sage. The Seine struggles, resists, over
flows right and left and tries to get by, but,
rising like a dense, impenetrable wall, the
oceau furiously forces the river to roll back
impetuously in a seething mass often sev
eral yards nigh twenty-five kilometres to
ward its source, destroying buildings and
swamping vessels on its course In an in
stant the peaceful river seems transformed
into a boiling sea. Woe betide the luckless
traveler who tries to cross the stream just
then.
“You remember what happened to the
daughter of Victor Hugo and her husband,
Charles Vacqueri. They were rowing at
Villequier one day forty-four years ago
when they were surprised by the mascaret
and drowned, with a man and a boy who
accompanied them.
“The flood passes in five minutes, but the
phenomenon is repeated three or four days
in succession. Mascarets occur in the
Gironde and a few other rivers including
one in America, the name of which I for
got, but they are trifling compared with
those on the Seine. Another very violent
mascaret is due Oct. 18. The exact day and
minute of the flood’s arrival are always
known in advance and warning given;
but despite this disasters continually lum
pen. As I mentioned in one of my books the
churchyard of Villequier tells the dread tale
of havoc worked by the mascaret.
“Certain peculiar conditions are required
to produce the phenomenon. The river
must flow swiftly in the direction of the
approaching flood; next, it must widen con
siderably; lastly, the bottom must rise
gradually from the mouth toward the
source. Then, as the first waves spread in
the shallower water, they are outrun by
those following, which roll over them
obedient to the mechanical law that the
speed of waves increases with the depth of
the stream.”
A MYSTERIOUS^LUNATIC.
The Case of Nellie Brown, Who Is So
Pretty and Speaks Spanish.
From the Philadelphia Press.
New Yobk, Sept. 25. —Matron Irene
Steward, of the Temporary Home for Fe
males, No. 84 Second avenue, found herself
on Friday in possession of a human conun
drum which she yesterday turned over to
Justice Duffy, at the Essex Market Police
Court, with the result of perplexing him as
to what to do with it. The puzzle is a pret
ty, modest and well-dressed girl, lfl years of
age, who gives her name as Nellie Brown,
am l is evidently insane. She came to the home
on Friday and during the night fright
ened the matron by insisting that she should
have a pistol w'ith which to protect herself
from somebody who wanted to take her mon
ey away from her. To the magistrate she
told a rambling, disconnected story,the bur
den of which was that she did not know
where she came from, but that she used to
live in Cuba on a hacienda, and that she
wanted to go to New York. The Cuba fea
ture of the story was evidently correct, as
while she was at tho home on Friday anoth
er girl who had Uien taking Spanish lessons
spolce a few words in that umgnoge and the
unfortunate girl liegan to converse in Span
ish. Suddenly she put her hands to her
head and exclaimed; “It is all gone!” Af
ter that she could not recollect a word of
Spanish. She also said she spoke French
and Italian.
She had in her pocket only 33c.
and a memorandum book containing
a lot of incoherent entries. According to
the story she told an inmate of the home,
her mother died at her birth. Her father,
whose name she gave as Juan Marina, she
seemed to remember perfectly, and her
grandmother who kept house for them.
After the death of her father she was under
the care of one called Ignatius or Ignatia.
She spike vaguely about sailing on the Mis
sissippi, and uuother of the ImuaD* of the
home intending to go to Boston nuked what
time the Fall River Inal left. The iteoiMUted
girl immediately told her. and also said that
the boat did not run on Mondays. There
was not a mark of any kind on Ikt clothing.*
Her shoes, the matron said, werv evidently
not American wait
Justice Duffy sent her Mi Bellevue Hos
pital for examination into bar sanity, At
the hospital It was said last night that the
girl was probably suffering from hysterical
mania Thotough pnyiiml exanimate>o
natablisbed that sue was not suffering fmii
dm effiwts of any drug* whatever, rhysle
ally aha was |rfi<Jy haaithy MM *>vl
iteuUy Aw hod beau v/eU taken id.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1887.
Plain Speak in ?.
From the Youth's Companion.
Prince Orloff was the most trusted
adviser of the Czar, Nicholas I. He owed
his accession to favor to a blow
of his fist. While he was aid-de
camp, one of the regiments had
mutinied, and the Czar, feeling that a look
would reduce the men to obedience, stepped
in front of them, accompanied only by
Orloff, and asked: “Have you any com
plaint, my children 1 Whoever has anything
to say to me, step forward.”
To his great surprise several soldiers did
advance, and. oije of them leveled his
weapon at the emperor. Orloff instantly
stepped forward and struck the man dead
with a blow of his fist.
The emperor was grateful, and Orloff rose,
step by-step, until lie became chief of the
secret police of the empire, an official be
fore whom ull classes trembled.
Yet the emperor occasionally treated him
like a schoolboy. At oue time some secret
infor lotion in regard to military affairs
had became public property. The emperor,
vexed at this, sent for Orloff, and received
turn .a i.i, lUuio.-t nl-L mper.
“ What have 1 a police tor.” heexclaimed.
“Your majesty must know that best.”
“Quite right; only I don’t Know what
good it is. "And if you don’t give me, in
twenty-four hours, the name of the traitor
who let out the secret you are cashiered.”
“Oh,” replied Orloff, quite calmly, “my
police is so excellent that I do not require
twenty-four hours to give your majesty the
name of the traitor.”
“You know him then? You know who
it is?”
“I know what I know, your majesty, but
I can only tell it at the emperor’s express
command”
“1 give you that command.”
“The traitor whom your majesty is look
ing for is Nicholas Paulowich, emperor of
all the Russias —who always forgets, when
he talks about state business, and especially
military measures, in the empress’ drawing
room, that each of the ladies of the court
present has not only two oars, but also
brothers, cousins and relations in the arm}-,
to whom they tell everything they havd
heai and. And every word the emperor speaks
spreads like wild-fire through the city.”
Orloff was not cashiered; doubtless the
emperor admired his courage in speakiug
his mind.
12k£c. for Breakfast Strips at Strauss
Bros’.
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE
An Ordinance concerning the width of the
sidewalk on Congress street, between Drayton
and West Broad streets.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in Council
assembled. That the sidewalk on the south side
of Congress street, in the city of Savannah, be
tween Drayton and West Broad streets,is hereby
required to be of the uniform width of eight
feet and six inches, and on the north side of
said Congress street, between Bull and West
Broad streets, of the uniform width of seven
feet and six inches.
Sec. 2. That if the owner or owners of any
property on either side of the said Congress
street, between Drayton and West Broad street,
shall fail to make tlie sidewalk in front of the
property of such owner or owners of the width
herein required, the city shall proceed to do so,
after the lapse of thirty days from the time of
notice of the requirement of this ordinance
given to such owner or owners, which notice
shall be given by the Marshal of said city.
Sec. 3. That in the event the city shall pro
ceed to do the work as provided in the preced
ing section, said work shall be done at the ex
pense and cost of such owner or owners, in the
event a bill therefore shall remain unpaid ten
days after its presentation to such owner or
owners, then said bill for said cost and expenses
shall be turned over to the City Treasurer, who
shall issue an execution for its collection, to
gether with all costs, against said owner or
owners and the abutting property, which execu
tion shall lie levied and made iu the manner
pointed out by law for the levy and making of
the tax executions issued for taxes due the city
of Savannah.
Sec. 4. That all ordinances and parts of or
dinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 7, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER. Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council,
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to provide for the paving, grad
ing and otherwise improving Bull street, from
the south side of State street to the south side
of Congress street, in the city of Savannah,
and fo* the assessment on the property front
ing on said Bull street, between the south side
of State street, and the south side of Congress
street, of two-thirds of the cost thereof.
Whereas, The persons owning more than one
half of the real estate in the city of Savannah,
fronting on Bull street, between the south side
of State street and the south side of Congress
street, in said city, have petitioned the Mayor
and Aldermen of the ofty of Savannah,, by pe
tition filed May 18th, 1887, to pave, grade and
otherwise improve said portion of Bull street,
and
Whereas the petition of the said parties has
been approved by a two-thirds vote of the said
the Mayor and Aldermen <if the city of Savan
nah at a regular meeting of Council. Now.
therefore the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah, in Council assembled, do hereby
ordain
Section 1. That the Committee on Streets and
lanes be and it is hereby authorized and di
rected to have Bull street from the south side of
State street to the south side of Congress street
—the entire width of the street between the curb
stones, graded and |aved with sheet asphalt,
and have proper side drains, cross drains ami
crossings place! in said street between the
points named, and also to place such new curbs
and curbing between said points as may be in
the judgment of said committee proper and ad
visable.
Sec. 2. After the total oot of said work shall
have been ascertained, one-third of such cost
shall be paid out of the city treasury, and the
other two-thirds by the persons owning real
estate fronting on said Bull street, from the
south side of State street to tho south side Con
gress street; that is to say, one third thereof
from the owners on each side of said street at
the date of the passage of this ordinance, ac
cording to the frontage, and the pro rata amount
of the cost of said work is hereby assessed
against such real estate and its owners as afore
said; and if such assessment is not paid within
ten days after presentation of a bill for the
same, the amount of such bill shall be furnished
by thaCommittee on Streets and lanes to the
tjlty Treasurer, who shall immediately issue
execution for the amount against the
person and property as aforesaid, and
place the same in the hands of
the Marshal, who shall levy the same on the
property described in the execution, and after
advertisement and other proceedings as in cases
of sales for city taxi*. shall sell such property
is! the time, place and in the manner provided
by law for city tax sales) at public outcry to the
highest bidder, and such sales shall vesl an ab
solute title in the purchaser; and the amount of
the execution and costs shall go into the City
Treasury and the remainder lie paid to the
owner or held subject to such owner's order.
Sec. Jt. All ordinances and parts of ordinances
conflicting with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Kept. 21, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank K. Rebarxr, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance concerning appointments to tho
|s)lice force, of the city of Savauuah, the pen
sioning of disabled members thereof, and for
other purposes connected with the said police
force.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled. That no person shall ever lie up
pointed or re appointed to inemliership in the
police force of the city of Savannah, or continue
to hold membership therein, who is not a citizen
of the United Stub* and a resident of the State
of (leorgia for at least one year next preceding
blr appointment, or who lias been convicted of
crime In this State or elsewhere, or who cannot
read and write understanding!): In the English
language.
Hec. It. That no [ieraon shall lie appointed a
policeman of the sai l city who shall be at the
date of such appointment over thirty-five (IK)
years of age.
Sec. S. That any member of the said police
force who has or shall liave |<erformed duty
therein for a continuous period of thirty rears
or upwards shall, upon the certificate of the
Hiirerun of Folk's, concurred in hy ('ouocil. that
sod, iuritfl-ii is |<erruaorntly uiaobted, physic
ally or menially, an as to he unfit for dm y, be
placed on the retired roU. and shall receive an
anneal fsnwtou from tbs treasury the city at
Savannah during Id* lifetime of a sunt 'Mi not
tew Ilian oue half of the full wsiary or eon tpnuM
Don of such mn I are so retired
Hu 4 That any nresrtrrt of the said polk*
force ab<> lias or shall haw performed duty
therein fur a < •mtinuous V*>*. of twenty years
or upwordn nod law liter thirty years shall,
upon Hat rwrulkwt* uf the Kuigeon <4 Folk*,
concurred in by Uoui-eu, that such meioiev is
periuamwijy dtenide*. jdywinby nr ne-ntahy,
#n as (o ie Until for duty ,b* pteued o tie* is
Uiwtl odi. tend (thus Wjwbs ad kwreuei prustun
dot out w* htetpae uf a rote not ten* Uus ties-
third of the full salary or com|>ensation of such
member so retired.
Sr,- 5. That in determining the term of ser
vice of any member of said police force no ser
vice rendered prior to the organization of the
present police force on the flrst day of Novem
ber, 1805, shall be counted.
Sec. ti. That every member of said police
force who dies in service from natural causes,
shall Ik* buried at the ex|H*nse. not to ex
ceed fifty tJ.M) 001 dollars, of the said city of Sa
vanuah. and tlie dependent family of such mem
ber shall receive his monthly salary for three
months after his death. Every mem
ber of said force who is killed
while in the discharge of his duty, or
dies from the effects of wounds received in the
discharge of his duty, shall l- buried at tlie ex
pense. not to exceed fifty dollars, of the said
citv. and the dependent family of such member
shall receive his monthly salary for six months
after his death.
Sec. 7. Any member of said Police Force who
may be permare-nt’y disabled bv reason of
wounds received in the discharge of his duty,and
thereby made unable to t arn a support, may he
placed on the retired list on one-halfpay.
Sec. 8. That all ordinances, and parts of ordi
nances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept 21st, 1887.
RUFUS E. I.ESTKH, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebarer. Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
Ordinance read the flrst time March 23. 1887,
read a second time April ti, IBsr, and 111 Id on the
table: read a third time Sept. 21, 1887, aud
passed:
An Ordinance to provide for the paving, grading
and otherwise improving of Congress street
between the east side of West Broad street
and the west side of Drayton street, in the
city of Savannah, and for the assessment on
tlie property fronting on said Congress street
between said east side of West Broad street
and west side of Drayton street of two-thirds
of the cost thereof.
Whereas. The persons owning more than
one-half of the real estate in the city of Savan
nah fronting on Congress street, lietweeu the
east side of West Broad street and the west side
of Drayton street, in said city, have petitioned
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah to pave, grade and otherwise improve said
portion of Congress street; and
Whereas, The petition of said parties has
been approved by- a two-thirds vote of the said,
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah, at a regular meeting of Council, now,
therefore, tlie Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah in Council assembled do hereby
ordain:
Section 1. That the Committee on Streets and
lanes lie and it is hereby authorized to have
Congres < street, between the east side of West
Broad and the west side of Drayt on st ivet t lie en
tire width of said street, between the curb stones,
graded aud paved with sheet asphalt, and have
proper side drains, cross drains ami crossings
placid on said street between the points named,
and to place new curbs and curbings between
said points.
Sec. 2. That the City and Suburban Railway
Company is hereby required to pave lietween
the tracks of its road and for three feet on each
side thereof where its track crosses Congress
street, as the paving to lx* done on said street by
the Committee on Streets anil Lanes progresses,
and with the same material, and should said
railroad fail to commence said work and carry
the same forward, the same shall be done for
said company by said Committee on Streets and
Dines, and the cost, thereof, if not paid when a
bill for the same is presented, collected by exe
cution. levy and sale of the said property of tlie
said company, as provided by law and ordi
nance iu the ease or abutting property owners.
Sec. 3. After the total cost of said works shall
have been ascertained, exclusive of any work
done for said street railroad company, one
third of such cost shall be paid out of the City
Treasury, aud the other two-thirds by the per
sons owning real estate frouting on said Con
gress street between the east side of West
Broad street and tlie west side of Drayton
street: that is to say, one-third thereof by the
owners on each side of said street, at the date
of the passage of this ordinance, according to
frontage And the *>ro rate amount of the cost
of said work is hereby assessed against said
real estate and its owners as aforesaid And
if such assessment is not paid within ten
days after presentation or a bill for
the same the amount of such biil
shall be furnished by the Committee
on Streets and lames to the City Treasurer,
who shall immediately issue an execution for
the amount against the person and property
aforesaid, and place the same in the lumds of
the Marshal, who shall levy the same on
the property described in the execution, nnd
after advertisement and other proceeding* as
in cases of sales for city taxes; shall sell such
property) at the time, place, and in the manner
provided by law for city tax sales) at pubiiQ
outcry to the highest bidder, and such sale shall
vest an absolute title in the purchaser, and the
amount of the execution and cost shall go into
the City Treasury, and the remainder paid to
the mvner or be held subject to such ow ner s
order.
Sec. 4.—A1l ordinances and parts of ordi
nances conflicting with the above are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 21st, 1887.
RUFUS E. I,ESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebarer. Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance to regulate signs in the city of
Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained hy the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council as
sembled. That from and after the passage of
this ordinance it shall be lawful to erect or put
up signs in the city of Savannah upon iron or
wooden posts, provided such |)Osts are securely
and safely placed immediately within the curb
ing of the sidewalk, and in front of
the place of business of the person or persons
using the same, that such posts, if made of
iron, shall he not less than two nor more than ten
inches in diameter, and if of wood, not less than
four nor more than ten inches in diameter, that
such signs shall lie at least eight feet above the
pavement or sidewalk and shall not he exceed
ing four feet in width and five in height; and,
provided further, that said signs shall bo
securely and safely fastened to the- said posts,
ami that the erection of the said signs and posts
shall be under the direction aud supervision of
the City (Surveyor.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. That it shall
also be Lawful from and after the passage of
this ordinance to suspend signs from the sides
of buildings in the city of Savannah, provided
such signs are securely and safely fastened to
the sides of said buildings, at the place of busi
ness of the person or persons
using the same, are at least eight,
feet above the sidewalk, and do not overhang
said sidewalk exceeding three feet, and provid
ed, also, that said signs shall be put up under
the direction and supervision of the City Sur
veyor.
Sue. 3. Be it further ordained, That from
and after the passage, of this ordinance it shall
not be lawful to erect or pul up any sign in the
city of Savannah, save in full and strict con
fortuity with all the provisions of the preceding
seel ion of this ordinance.
Sec. 4. Be, it further ordained. That ull posts
erected at the time of the passage of this ordi
nance sustaining signs. If said posts are not tin
mediately within the curbing, shall within
thirty days from the |>assage of this ordinance,
be securely and safely piu'-erl immediately
within the said curbing; and all signs which, at
the time of the |inss;ige of this ordinance, are
lower than eight feet, or are cm owning frames
shall within thirty days from the passage of
this ordinance lie securely and sufely placed at
least eight feet above the sidewalk or street,
and he removed from said awning frames.
Sec. 5 Be it further ordained, That it shall
not lie lawful to erect or put up in the city of
Savannah, or to continue erected, or to have or
use. any sign that is unsafe or dangerous to
life limb, jierson or prop>*rty, no matter how
said sign may have been originally constructed
or erected. Shonld any sign now erected, or
which may hereafter be erected, lie or become
unsafe or dangerous, within the meaning of
this section, the pel-son or persons o wiling or
using such signs shall lie notified of this fact by
the City M irsnnl.and It shall thereupon become
the duty of such person or persons to forth
with make the said sign secure and safe, or to
remove the same.
Sec. 6 lie it further ordained, Thai should
any sign Is- abandoned or disuawd the aame may
be removed at the discretion and upon the
direction of the Committee on Streets and
lanes, and at tlie xi*uec of the |reou or per
hok so abandoning or last using the said sign.
Sec. 7. Be It further ordained. That any per
son violating the provisions of the pn-ccdlng
sections, or any of said provisions. Nielli, upon
conviction liefore the Follca Court of the city
of Savannah, Is- fined by the said court In a sum
not excelling fifty dollars and In addition to this
the sign found to Is- in violation of this ordi
nance, or of any part i hereof, shall lie removed
by the City Marshal at the expense of the said
(s-rson so convicted, which removal shall Isi
directed and required In the Judgment of said
court convict mg its- parry accused.
Ban. 8. lie It further ordained. That tbecityof
Savannah reaerves full and entire |s>lice control
over all signs erected, or which may tie erected,
lheir l< a!ion use and continuance. In so far
that isi vested right aboil scene- to any person
or persona las sure of the erra-tton of aotd signs
sasgsinat the said c-fty of Savannah, touching
the aetd aigoa or spy matter or thing connected
tiierew fib
SBC. It. He it furtlier ordalaed Thsl so much of
the ordinate a approved April M, IH!i ito he
found on laager M and Mft 'if Hrtsteer a Idgeal
of ell jr ore mats aw ss relates to atgua on<| re
lion four id the ordinance approved March It.
I*7 to Ire found on page* Ik sod ill of Hahvr
er s I'ureal i. wd.k-h *id sarjoai foot aten relates
Dr signs and oil >rd insure* at el pert* <tf urdl
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MILLINERY.
Kll OTJ S Tv OFF’ B
Ifcij? of I Fall Sm 1881
However attractive and immense our previous season’s
stock in Millinery has been, this season we excel all our
previous selections. Every manufacturer and importer of
note in the markets of the world is represented in the array,
and display of Millinery goods. We are showing Hats in
the finest Hatter's Plush, Beaver, Felt, Straw and Fancy
Combinations. Ribbons in Glacee, of all the novel shades.
Fancy Birds and Wings, Velvets and Plushes of our own im
portation, and we now offer you the advantages of our im
mense stock. We continue the retail sale on our first floor
at wholesale prices. We also continue to sell our Celebrated
XXX Ribbons at previous prices.
TO-DAY,
500 dozen Felt Hats, in all the new shapes and colors,
at 35 cents.
S. HUM MAMMOTH MILLINERY HOUSE,
BROUGHTON ST.
CLOTHING.
MENKEN & ABRAHAMS,
158 BROUGHTON STREET,
HAVE NOW A COMPLETE STOCK OF
Men’s Fine Clothing,
Youths’ Fine Clothing,
Boys’ Fine Clothing,
Hats and Furnishing Goods,
LATEST STYLES AND BEST QUALITY.
In onr CUSTOM MADE DEPARTMENT Suits made to order on short notice.
PARTIES IN THE COUNTRY sending orders can have same expressed C. O. D., free of
charge, with privilege of returning if not suited.
MENKEN & ABRAHAMS,
ir,R BROUGHTON STREET.
NEW YORK OFFICE, 650 BROADWAY.
FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTING, ETC.
E. & E.
Enterprise and Energy
Will Tell, and that Accounts for the Steady Increase in Business
—AT THE—
MAMMOTH STORES
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LINDSAY & MORGAN,
169 and 171 Broughton Street
Call and see their magnificent display of Furniture and
Carpets.
Having an experienced buyer for each department of our
business we think we can secure for our customers bargains,
and keep up with the changes in style. Neither trouble nor
expense spared to please our patrons.
Jgf“Best of workmanship and very low prices.
LINDSAY A MORGAN.
LITHOGRAPHY.
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 with 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 ben orders are of sufficient mag
nitude to warrant It, a special agent will be sent to make
estimates.
J. H. ESTILL.
EDUCATIONAL.
SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
OGLETHORPE BARRACKS.
JOHN A. OROWTHER, Principal.
('Has a. l mashie, a. ft.. AMut,
N EXT session hegins Oct. Id. Careful and
thorough instruction in ali the department*
of a first class preparatory school. Special
attention to Mathematics and English Natural
Philosophy, witli apparatus. Principal refers
by permission to following patrons: Capt. John
Flannery, Capt. W O. Raoul. Rev. Thomas
Boone, Dr. Osceola Butler, Col. C. D. Owens,
('apt. James B. West, Col. H. M. Crane. Messrs.
George 0. Freeman, W. E. Ouerard, A 8. Bacon,
and ('. W. Chisholm. Catalogues at offices of
Mousing News, Daily Timm, at Estill's News
Depot, Butler's, Strong's and Thornton’s drug
stores. For further .nformation address the
PRINCIPAL, Savannah, Ua.
The Savannah Academy
Will open Its Nineteenth Annual Session on
MONDAY, the 3d of October.
Instruction given in Ancient and Modern
Languages, Mathematics and English.
Catalogues at all of the book stores.
Office hours from 8 a. x. to 5 r. commend.
Ing the Jti( h.
JOHN TALIAFERRO, Principal.
CHARLES W BAIN, UnivVa..First Assistant.
University of Georgia.
P. 11. MELL. I). D., LL. D., Chancellor.
r pHE 87th session of the Departments at Ath
-1 ens will !>egin Wednesday, October 5. 1887.
TUITION FREE, except in Law Department.
LAM AR COBB.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
EPi SCO PA L H IG H SCH 00 C
Near Alexandria. Va.
L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A . Principal:
L. HOXTON, Associate Principal;
With able Assistants.
A I?reparftory Hcthool for Boys.
Founded 18311. Session opens Sept. 38, 1887.
Catalogues sent on application.
STOVES AND FURNACES.
Sell Lowest.
■yyTE claim to have more variety and sell
STOVES cheaper than can be bought elsewhere,
in the city. Nothing like a turn around among
the dealers to decide this.
LOVELL & LATTIMORE.
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
HAVA NN A XT. GEORGIA.
BOYNTON
FURNACES AND HEATERS,
The Best Made.
If you are thinking of putting In a Kurnaoa
call and get our prices and references.
CORNWELL & CHIPMAN,
Odd Fellows Building.
TT7T l it! IT .1 A Its. """
H |ffH jw. ' i 'tV&J&B
WOODBITRY, OEM, MASON'S, and other
approved PKOIT JARS. at. JAS. 8. SILVA &
SON’S.
nit AIN AND HAY.
Rust Proof Seed Oats
COW
Keystone Mixed Feed,
HAY and GRAIN,
by
G.S.McALPIN
BAY STREET.
~ OFFICIAL,. _ J
QIAHVVriNK .NOTICE.
Ornci Health Officer, I
Bavaw!ah, Oa., An*. a, iter, f
From and after this date, the city ordinance
which specifics the Quarantine requirements to
he observed at the port of ijuvatmah, Ua., will
bo most, rigidly enforced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the Quar
antine Ordinance upon application to office of
Health Officer, and are requested to keep copy
of this publication.
From and after this date and until further no
tice all steamships and veasels from or having
touched at South America. Central America,
Mexico, tno West Indies. Italy.Sicily.Malta, Mar
scilien and the 1 onnca coast of Africa, direct, or
via Atnericau noi ls, will bt* sultjected to Quaran
tine detention and be mailed its from infected
or suspected |s>rta or localities, vi/..: Section 9,
Quarantine Regulation*. Captains of such
vessela will have to remain at the Quarantine
Station until their vessels are relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign porta
not Included ahoy-, direct or via American
porta, whether soaking. chartered or otherwise,
will he required to remain in quarantine until
boarded and paswsi by the Quarantine 1 ifficer.
Ntithri the captain* nor an y one on board of
each a taels null be allowed to come to tlw nty
or kind until the v***el* are inspected and
passed by the Quarantine Officer.
As porta or localities not herein enumerated
are repotted ouliealihy to the Sanitary Authori
ties. i.’iiaranlliie restrictions atraiust, same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine retcuUUou iwpilrinir the Jtyixt/
3f the Quat a tit inr flay on rennet* eubjerieti to
rtrntum or inspection will he riuully enf'treat.
Notice Is hereby given that the Quarantine
Offi.rr Is iostniutrd not to deliver letter* to vea
sels winch ar not subjected to Quarantine da
ted! em. unless the name d oonsitpiee and stale
to,ol I fiat the v easel is imleml to soma other
port aiqiearv upon the faoe of the envelope.
This new la made necsetry in aoaaaaManoe of
the aaoratoue bulk of driimnilun Is! lari sent to
Un* station for vessels srtiicb are to arrive
Ship ahnisllem are lufonund that t voviafena
In Urjfe q-ie'iirty cannot he received a* the
tyiousntiur nial.oo unless tar •••set. ordered
h< an this |e as ad it Mv.au Iheti Us -eat dawn
l.j Ibe Ink tart at the time wtwm •swee) la to ht
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