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SIFTIXGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday's Happening's
' Told in Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Regular meeting of DeKalb Lodge No. 9,
I. O. O. F., this evening.
The Georgia Historical Society will hold
its December meeting to-night.
Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M.,
will meet to-night and confer degrees.
The Augusta and Savannah Railroad has
declared a dividend of •}% per cent, payable
on after to-day.
A false alarm of tiro was sent in from
West Broad and New streets about 5:80
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A break in the water main or pipes under
the Broughton street pavement at
Broughton and Whitaker streets was re
ported last night.
The Acme D. Company, a colored dramat
ic club will repeat the play “Messmates,"’
which it gave very successfully several
weeks ago, at the Theatre to-night.
There were 285 failures in the United
States reported to Bradst reef's last week,
against 153 in the preceding week, and 238,
199, 252 and 282 in the corresponding weeks
of 188(i, 1885, 1884 and 1883 respectively.
Rev. E. C. L. Browne, pastor of the Uni
tarian church, Charleston, held divine ser
vice in Armory Hall last evening, and de
livered a very interesting sermon. The
attendance showed that there are quite a
number of believers in the Unitarian doc
trine in this city. Mr. Browne is the guest
of J. M. Barnard, Esq. He will remain in
the city a part of to-day.
The Savannah drummers will give their
seventh annual bail at the Guards’ Armory
on Dec. 27. The committee of arrangements
consists of M. L. Lilienthal, chairman,
H. M. Boley, S. S. Einstein and A. Barnett,
Jr. The reception committee is F. A. Weil,
A. M. Leffler and W. 8. Byck, and the hon
orui j committee J. Lowenstein, J. A. Ein
stein, M. Deitsch, S. Herman, A. Lehman
and I). Hocht.
THE FUNERAL PUT OFF.
Why Martin Eiskamp’s Burial was
Postponed.
The funeral of young Martin Eiskamp
was to have taken place at 4 o’clock yester
day afternoon. The German Volunteers
tnrned out to attend it, but came back from
the house and it was then learned that the
funeral had been postponed because Dr. Elliott
liad refused to give a burial permit.
Rumors of all sorts started flying, and one
of them was that the friends of the family'
were gat tiered about tho body and were
about to begin the services when Eiskamp
came to life,
The startling nature of this report caused
an inquiry into the truth of the case, and
Dr. Elliott was seen. He was asked for the
facts in the case and he gave the following
statement: “The boy went out hunting on
Friday afternoon and came borne
very sick. His parents did not
send for me that night nor
until after breakfast Saturday morning.
They did not know that he was seriously
sick, and simply sent me word that he was
sick and to call and see him. I went to the
house about 11 o’clock, and as soon as I en-
the room I saw that the young man
ill with congestive fever.
1 drfrked with him for more than an hour,
for he was in such a critical condition that
I was afraid to intrust my directions to any
one else. I then went aw ay, but came back
after a short while and worked with him
again. 1 had then done all that could be
done and knew that a few hours would de
cide his fate. I left him and returned at 6
o’clock, when I saw that he could not live.
He died two hours later.
“The funeral was fixed for Sunday after
noon, but I did not think it wise to have the
burial so soon. Burials while persons are
alive almost always occur after oases of
sudden death or supposed death, and this
custom of burying people within twenty
four hours after they- die is sure, sooner or
later, to cause someone to be buried alive.
The only sure sign of death is decomposi
tion, and I would allow no relative of mine
to be buried until that infallible sign
had given assurance of death. I refused to
give the undertaker the permit, for the pro
tection of Mr. Eiskamp’s people, in order
that no one might come to them in the
future and say: ‘Your son was taken sick
Friday, he died on Saturday and you
bad him in his grave on Sunday. Now
how- do you know that he was not
alive T I determined that 1 would go
first to his parents and urge them to post
pone the funeral, and if they insisted on a
burial then my duty would have been done,
and I would have given the permit. I had
no reason to believe that the boy was not
dead. There was every sign of death,
and of death from congestive fever.
I think that if I had not
seen him until after he died 1 would have
known that he died from congestive
fever, but I am opposed to these hasty
burials.”
Mr. and Mrs. Eiskamp acted on Dr.
Elliot’s suggestion and postponed the
funeral until 3 o’clock this afternoon.
THE SITE OF THE STATUE.
Preparing to Lay the Foundation lor
Jasper’s Monument.
Mr. Alex. Doyle, designer and builder of
the Jasper statue, is in the city and will
begin laying the foundation for the statu?
at once. The old brick foundation which
was built in Madison square when the
corner stone was laid at the Jasper
Centennial in 1879, was removed
just before the the Chatham Centennial
a year ago. The corner stone is buried on
the site of the statue, but the copper box
containing the deposits wag removed and
is now in the safety vault of the South
ern Bank. As soon as the foundation for
the statue is ready the box will be replaced
in the comer stone, which will then l>e
sealed and placed in position in the founda
tion.
Madison square is one of the most eligible
sites in the city for the monument. It is
the only square on Bull street, except Chip
pewa square, which has a fountain, in
which there is not a monument. Johnson
square has the Greene monument, Wright
square the Gordon monument and Monterey
square the Pulaski monument. Fronting
the new government building, Madison
square is one of the most prominent of the
Bull street squares. It has for a long time
been neglected. The wulks, until
a year ago, were unpaved,
the trees were allowed to grow at will with!
out being trimmed or cared for, and the
square had an air of neglect. It is now be
ing improved. The north and south walks
were ‘paved a year ago, and now the east
and west walks are being paved,and curbed
with stone. The dead and dying trees have
been removed, the railing has been re
paired, and when the statue is finished and
unveiled the square mil be one of the most
attractive in the city.
ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA.
The Schooner Helen Chaeo Puts Into
Port Leaking.
The schooner Helen A. Chase was towed
up from sea yesterday by the tug Forest
City. She is from Fcruandiiia bound for
New York with a cargo of lumber, and put
in here leaking, having encountered heavy
liortheuat gales for several days.
The steamtug Irex reported last night
Jiaviug spoken yesterday, five miles off
Ty bee, the sohooner Stephen Bennett, of
Rockland, Me., twenty-five days out from
New York aud bound for Charleston. Also
at the same time the schooner Ann J.
Trainor, fourteen days out with lumber
from Fernandina for New York. Both ves
sel-. had encounter™! heavy winds and both
wished to be reported.
AFTER NINETEEN YEARS.
Trinity Sunday School Missionaay So
ciety Celebrates Its Anniversary.
Trinity Sunday School Missionary Society
celebrated its nineteenth anniversary last
night. Tho church was thronged. The
galleries were packed and many were com
pelled to stand. The Sunday school occu
pied pews in the centre of the church. The
officers sat inside the altar rail.
The society is composed of the various
classes in the Sunday school and was organ
ized by Rev. G. 6. N. MucDonell. Its
object is to contribute to the support of the
domestic missions of the Methodist church.
There are twenty-two missions in the
South Georgia Conference, for the support
of which the conference was assessed
last year $6,600. The Savannah
district was assessed $1,500, and of this
amount Trinity church and congregation is
expected to pay S4OO. The Sunday School
Missionary Society was organized for tho
purpose or help ng tho church in its mission
work. During tho nineteen years of its ex
istence it has done a very effective work.
Last night's celebration marked nearly a
score of years during which it has done a
great deal toward supporting the church in
its wide and continually increasing field of
missionary labor. The exercises were con
ducted by Dr. S. A. White, Superintendent
of the Sunday school. The opening song
was “Come Ye That Love the Lord.”
After it the pastor. Rev. T. T. Christian,
read an appropriate Scriptural lesson.
“Sound the High Praises of Jesus” was
then sung. Rev. J. L. Gilmore, chaplain of
the Port Society, offered prayer, and the
school recited the creed. Miss Gertie White
recited “The Best, that I Can,” and the
school sang “O What a Saviour that He
Died for Me.” This was followed by an in
fant class exercise, in which a dozen little
lads and misses sang “Jesus, I Thy Child
Would Be,” in a very creditable manner.
Mr. E. L. Neidlinger, Treasurer of the
society, submitted his report. The total
amount cf class contributions was $317.
From other sources there were received #64,
making a total of $3Bl. After paying ex
penses, etc., the society required #125 to
make up the S4OO. which it pledged
itself to contribute. The class contributing
the largest amount, and therefore the Ban
ner Clans, was Mrs. E. L. Neidlinger's class,
which paid in s4l. The same class carried
the banner last year.
After the Treasurer’s rejxirt had lieen
read the school sang hen the Mists
Have Cleared Away.” Miss Merena Ful
ford recited very prettily the story of
“Daisy’s Offering,” a missionary poem, and
after it the jubilee song was sung:
tValc”. wake the song! our glad jubilee
Once more we hail with sweet melody;
Bringing our hymn of praise unto Thee,
Oh, most holy Lord!
Praise for Thy care by day and by night,
Praise for the homes by love mude so bright,
Thanks for the pure and soul-cheeriug light
Beaming from Thy word.
The pastor, Rev. T. T. Christian, made a
short misionary address, in which he re
viewed ttie work before the society, and ap
pealed for contributions to make up the
amount which the school pledged itself to
give. He called for contributions from the
congregation, and very nearly the amount
asked for was raised. After the collection
the missionary song, “Tell It Again,” was
bung. The exercises closed with the doxol
ogy and benediction.
DUCKS BY THOUSANDS.
The Flight of Water Fowl the Greatest
Ever Known.
Ward Allen, the duck hunter, was in town
yesterday after a long hunt. He reports
the largest flight of ducks that he has ever
known. They are flying by thousands in
small flocks and large flocks, and the hunter
is in his glory. During the past eight days he
has killed over 700 ducks On Saturday after
noon he brought up 150, the result of his
day’s work, and he went out Saturday night
and shot 40 by moonlight.
Ducks have been so plentiful that the mar
ket has been overstocked, and Allen is now
taking a rest until some of them have been
eaten up. The ducks that are now flying
are broad bills (raft ducks), which are ex
ceedingly plentiful, teaj and Mallard ducks.
Allen has killed five or six pairs of canvas
back and about an equal number of red
heads, but these two varieties have not made
their appearance yet. The next good
Northeaster will probably bring down large
numbers of hard heads, and the canvas
back will come with them. Then the hunter
will have to work.
Canvas-back ducks bring the best prices,
and, like all good things, they are hard to
get. When the hard heads come down they
almost cover the river, and the amateur
hunters go out for sport. They make the
hard heads wild, and that takes many a dol
lar out of the professional’s pocket, for the
hard heads fly with the canvas-back, and
no matter how good a blind a boat may
have, tfley are apt to lie scared and fly, and
they take'the canvas-back with them. Al
len says that frequently he loses $lO worth
of canvas-backs just because there is a hard
head in the flock, but when he does, he fol
lows the flock until ha kills the hard head,
and then he stamps on him.
Another trouble with which a hunter has
to contend is experienced ducks. In a largo
flock there are more than apt to be three or
four old ducks that hav,e been shot at before
and they are wary and always on tho look
out for danger. Unless the hunter’s blind
is perfect and he approaches the flock with
the greatest skill, these old ones, who have
“smelt gunpowder before,” will discover
his rose and lead the ftx'k away. In small
flocks the cliances are not so great and as a
rule small flocks pay better than big ones.
OVERBOARD AT SEA.
A Seaman on the Bark Valona Finds
a Watery Grave.
The British bark Valona, at Tybee from
Liverpool, made the passage across in twen
ty-five days, which is an unprecedentedly
quick trip at this season of the year. Capt.
Andrews says t hat he experienced fair winds
from north-northeast to south-southeast,
with variable force, all the way across.
On the voyage he lost a sailor
overboard. Last Thursday, just
after dark, while in latitude 82", longi
tude 72", William Birch, a native of Liver
pool, fell off the rail forward on the weather
side. Ho was passing the lead line forward
for the purpose of heaving the lead. There
was a heavy wind blowing and a very
heavy sea running. The ship was hove to
under two lower topsails and was moving
very slowly.
After disappnaring over the side Birch
was not seen. Life buoys and lines were
thrown overboard for him, but he was
heavily encumbered with sea boots aad oil
skius and probably sank as soon as they
filled. A boat could not be launched as it
could not live in the sea. The gale had
been blowing for two days and only abated
on Friday.
Songs for the Seamen.
A pleasant entertainment was given at
the Savannah Port Society’s rooms, Satur
day night. At an early hour the rooms
wore filled with seamen from the various
ships in port. A number of ladies were
present, and their assistance added greatly
to the success of the entertainment. Tee
programme consisted of an address by Rev.
J. I’. Wanlluw, followed by songs, comic and
sentimental, which in every instance were
loudly applauded. The Misses Falligant
rendered a duet and song. A string band
was in attendance and gave good service,
to whose strains Jack would undoubtedly'
have liked to dance. Mr. R. 8. Thornton
presided at the organ. At the close of the
ironcert the ladies served lemonade and
'cake aud Jack went aboard his ship rejoic
ing.
The bargains in Weisbein’s Bazar will
continue until further notice, and many
others are added thereto.
For Christmas Presents at from 6c. to S2B
articles, there is no place for variety aud
choice liko AVeisbein’s Bazar
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 18S7.
EX-GOV. BULLOCK'S VIEWS.
He Thinks the Defeat of Prohibition
Will Improve Atlanta’s Whisky.
Ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock passed through
tho city last night on his way to Atlanta
from New York. The ex-Governor is
known to have very pronounced views on
the temperance question, although they
differ widely from the views of those who
voted the same way that he did. He was
standing in the Screven House corridor a few
minutes before train time last night chatting
with a friend and a Morning News repre
sentative. In the course of the conversation
he was asked his views on the situation in
Atlanta, and he replied that he did not know
much about it, as he had not been there
since the election.
“I know that Prohibition has been de
feated," he added, “and I am glad of it. I
am not a Prohibitionist, because I am a
temperance man and prohibition is not
temperance. There has been a very great
change in the sentiment in the county. The
impression has been that Atlanta had voGxl
for prohibition two years ago, but she did
not. Atlanta voted against it, but the
county carried it. The colored people held
the balance of power this time, but the
whites were so evenly divided that it is
doubtful what the result would have been
if the negroes had not voted at all. Every
precinct in both the city and county went
wet except one small one in the county
where the dry majority did not amount to
more than twelve or thirteen votes. Why,
the Sixth ward In Atlanta voted against
prohibition, and that is the godly ward. It
is where all the preachers and the ladies
who are so enthusiastic in their advocacy of
prohibition live. In some of the wards
there are but few negroes, but they alt
voted for liquor.”
“Does this defeat of prohibition mean
high license?”
"The better classes on both sides hope
that it does, but it is doubtful. The belief is
that the City Council has the power to grant
or refuse licenses, and to fix the amount of
the tax. That will have to be decided by
the court, and if the court upholds that view
of the case, we will have a high license
Council. The Prohibitionists now have the
majority in the Council.”
“If they have a majority and can refuse
licenses, why can they not enforce prohibi
tion r
“That would only be another way of en
forcing a law that has been def ated, and I
do not think such a plan could be success
fully carried out.”
"Do you think that the Atlanta defeat
will be a check to prohibition in Georgia?”
“I do not know that it will. I don’t
think any of the large cities will adopt it.
The recent election was of interest be
cause Atlanta was the only city of 50,000
inhabitants in the country in which prohi
bition had been enforced. I do not be
lieve that it could be carried in Savannah,
or Augusta, or Macon, or any of the larger
places, but I cannot tell what the effect w ill
be in the country.”
“What do you think will bo the effect
upon Atlanta?”
“Well, the truth of it istthat a man’s
views upon that point depend upon how he
stands on the first question. The Prohibi
tionists think the bott mi has dropped out;
I think it has just bem fixed in so it can’t
drop out. The adoption of the law ruined
the wholesale liquor business, and Atlanta
was a great u.stributing point. Many
stores were left vacant, and
rents went down, but perhaps other
lines of lusiiuss would have come
in and filled up the gap. One thing the
election will do, it will enable the citizens
to get good whisky. The whisky which
they have been drinking was surreptitious
whisky, and it was l>ad. The dealers ran in
the poorest kind of liquor and charged the
highest prices. Now whisky selling will bo
treated as a business, and the dealers will
have to sell good liquors. Boston is the
place where such things are properly han
dled. and there the saloons are run without
any screens, and if you buy a drink and
don’t get a good one you can report it and
the saloon will lie overhauled.”
“It was a pretty warm campaign,” was
suggested, and that caused the ex-Governor
to smile approvingly.
“A regular New England affair,"’
he added. “Substitute ‘whisky’
for ‘negro,’ and you have the
old abolition days over again. A great
many people would not vote because they
did not wish to be abused and made objects
of contempt by the other side. People
railed at the houses and asked how many
voters lived there and how they would vote,
and if they were going to vote ‘wet’ they
would want to fall down and pray with
them then and there.”
ASTROLOGY FOR DECEMBER.
Readers of the Stars Map Out the
Month's Fortunate Days.
The astrologers have been figuring up the
probabilities for December, 1887. There ap
pears to be nothing very serious in store for
the people of this little planet.
The fortunate characteristics and signifi
cance of each day in the month are given as
follows?
1. Court, marry, ask favors, and hire ser
vants in p. m.
2. A doubtful day; be careful.
3. Do not travel or remove, the day is
bad.
4. Sunday—Visit thy friends in p. m.
5. Travel, buy and deal before 6 p. m.
6. Sign no writings and make no contracts
before noon, after which court, and hire ser
vants up to Bp. m.
7. An uncertain day; be careful.
8. Buy, speculate and deal before 4 p. m.,
after which travel.
9. Buy carefully up to 2 p. m.
10. A doubtful day; be careful.
11. Sunday—Be thou careful.
l2. Thou mayest buy, deal and speculate
in p. m. before 6.
ft. Buy, deal and speculate and push thy
affairs up to 4 p. m.
14. Travel, remove, but ask no favors.
15. Sell about 4p. m„ after which court
and ask favors.
16. A doubtful day; be careful.
17. Sell in then. in.
18. Sunday—Travel.
19. Sell about 10 a. m., buy and deal
about 2 p. in.
20. Court, marry and hire servants in p.
m., but sign no writings.
21. Buy, deal and speculate in thep. m. or
evening.
22. Buy and deal with care from noon to
6 p. m.
2.". A doubtful day; be thou careful.
24. Uncertainty prevails this day.
25. Sunday—doubtful.
26. Avoid females, and do not marry.
27. Buy with care from noon to 6 p. m.,
and ask favors.
28. Travel and remove before 4 p. m.
29. A doubtful day: be careful.
30. Sell about 4 p. m.
31. Court, marry, speculate, buy, deal,
hire servants, bake and brew before 7 p. m.
A Second Extra Ship.
The steamship Shawmut, from New York,
was due last night. She is an extra ship
besides the Carondelet chartered by the
Ocean Steamship Company to carry
freights. She was probably delayed by the
very heavy weather prevailing along the
coast.
The steamship City of Savannah was to
have sailed last night for Boston, but there
was a heavy fog hanging over the city and
river, and she could not get out.
A Wonderful Food and Medicine
Known and used by physicians all over the
world. Scott's Emulsion not only gives
flesh and strength by virtue of its own nu
tritious properties, Put create* an appetite
for food that builds up the wasted body. "1
have been using Scott’s Emulsion for seve
ral years, and am pleased with its action.
My patients say it is pleasant and palatable,
and all grow stronger and gain fleeh from
the use of it. I use it in all cases of wasting
diseases, and it is specially useful for chil
dren w! en nutrient medication is needed, as
in marasmus.’' T. W. Pierce, M. D.,
Knoxville, Ala.
IX THE POLICE MUSEUM.
WEAPONS THAT HAVE BEEN
TAKEN FROM PRISONERS.
Pistols fffid Knives by the Hundred,
and Muskets Enough to Arm a Com
pany of Soldiers—Mexican Daggers
that Tell a Bloody History—The Dirk
that Tomochichi Carried in His Boot.
There is scarcely a city in the country
whose police headquarters do not contain a
room which is as veritable an old curiosity
shop as ever existed within the precincts of
grimy London or came under the observa
tion of the Immortal Charles Dickens, and
Savannah has its own. In one of the rooms
of the guard house there are stowed away,
to rust and decay, many wonderful things
which might by the utilitarian be consid
ered nothing but old junk, and, in truth,
they are nothing else; yet when Officer
Prendible takes them up one bjr one and
tells, with that fluency which is the incident
of familiarity, the little shreds of history
that belong to each, they excite the imagina
tion and make one long to be a writer of
romance, that these tales might be pre
served.
There is nothing at all attractive about
the room or its contents. The entrance is
through a barred and battered prison door.
The room is square, low and dingy. Against
one wall lean old muskets enough to arm a
full company of soldiers. In the corner there
is a heap of knives and in a box near by are
pistols of every kind and pattern. Another
comer contains a variety of swords. These
last, however, are of recent make, being
relics of the war, but there is one among
them that seems strangely out of place. It
is neatly made and encased in a brass scab
bard. On the hilt is engraved, “Robert R.
Scott to W. M. Davidson.” It was a token
of friendship that passed between two
whose intimacy is well known to all the
older residents of this city.
MUSKETS THAT HAVE SEEN SERVICE.
Among these old muskets one can study
the progress of the art of killing. Some of
them antedate the revolutionary war. while
some saw service during that conflict. The
old flint-lock is there in all the freshness of
infancy, and in all its various types. There
are short muskets and long muskets, and
small muskets and large muskets; muskets
that only a hardy warrior could use, and
muskets that were probab y intended for
the raw recruit whose arms had not been
strengthened by the delightful ami healthful
exercise of digging trenches. Most of them
have bayonets, into which the rust has
euton its way undisturlied for years.
The flint locks are most of them badly
crippled, being without their necessary part,
the flint. They are as useful, however, as
they would be with it,* for even Officer
Prendible said he would not like to shoot
one off. In the same pile there are several
of the old flint locks which were changed
when percussion caps were invented and
when the guu-makers thought they had
reached the climax of their art. They are
about as useful as the others. Last in the
list come those which were made for the
caps after the flint locks had passed away.
The guns are nearly all alike in appearance,
except that some are nearly six feet long,
while others are scant four, and the collec
tion has samples of all sizes between, but
their pattern is similar. Some were made
with small bores, while others Eeem to have
been designed for canister.
PISTOLS BY THE HUNDRED.
The humorous part of the collection is the
pistol box. There are in the neighborhood
of a hundred pistols in it, and no two of
them are alike. There is the old iron pistol
with barrel and handle all in one piece and
the double-barrelled pistol with two separate
barrels as large as the tubes of a small shot
gun, both sticking into one handle. There
is another similar to it, but the barrels are
united. There is a genuine sample of the
old “pepper-box,” probably the same one
with which Mark Twain shot the buffalo
that climbed the tree after him. There is a
four-barrelled pistol there with a brass
bound handle that splays out like
the bell of a brass horn, and though
it looks as if it might have been made before
the use of gunpowder spread beyond the
confines of China, it is liammerless, which
shows that the recent invention of hammer
less guns is behind the times. Some of the
pistols which are preserved there seem to
have been made for watch charms, and will
almost slide into the barrel of the old-time
flint lock lior-e-pistol, which is paired in the
collection with a duelling pistol of nearly a
century ago.
Firearms have not the terror for the white
man and old specimens only excite interest,
but cold steel causes a shudder to creep over
one and when one turns from the pistols to
the pile of forty or fifty knives that lie in
the corner cold chills run up and down the
spine. There is a variety of pistols, but it
does not compare to the variety of knives.
All of them are tho product of years gone
by, as their wooden handles proclaim, and
they are in all stages of preservation. Some
of the handles have been broken and are
wound about with wire. Others are sup
plied with home made handles, but most of
them still retain the handles put on them
by their makers.
KNIVES WITH A HISTORY.
The nicks in some of them are suggestive.
AVbat they suggest depends upon the imagi
nation of the persons to whom it is sug
gested , but the nicks might have been
made by using the knives to cut up wood
for fires or in a deadly combat to protect
a homo from the invader. It is a case of
“you pays your money and you takes your
choice.” One of them, however, Officer
I’reudible has an authoutic account of.
He gets it from Sergt, Lee, who says that
Tomochichi brought it over here when he
came, and when he landed at the Ocean
Steamship wharves he began cutting a
plank out of the wharf clerk’s office for fire
wood, for which offense he was arrested
ami taken to the barracks. When he was
searched the knife was found in his boot
leg, and was taken from him and never re
turned.
There are two knives which are of special
interest, and whose histories are of a more
serious nature. One has a blade about 6
inches long and 2 inches bread at the hilt,
tapering to a noedle-like point. It is double
edged, and has a handle of bronze. The
blade of the other is about 18 inches long,
tapering gradually. It is not straight, but
is bent back and fort h in the shape usually
attributed to a snake.
TAKEN FROM MEXICAN BANDITS.
These knives were brought to Savannah
by a nmn named James Detrop, who
marched into the City of Mexico with the
United States army. His story of tho short
knifo was that it had boiongixf to the leader
of a gang of famous bandits who infested the
region about the City, and who was noted
for the hlixidiness of his adventures. To
meet him >r any of his band meant death,
for he always murdered before ho robbed.
This knife he always bore, and with it he
mutilated most horribly his victims. He
became so bold that he and five members of
his band actually ventured into the city,
and there they met their and ath. The knife,
which all travelers in the country round
about feared, was preserved among other
curious things in one of the Temples, from
which it was taken by Detrop, who at the
same time and place obtained the other
knife, which is of far more interest.
Upon its crooked blade was once an in
scription, but rest has obliterated it.
Detrop, however, stated that it was one of
the sacrificial knives used by the priests of
the Aztecs when a human being was offered
up to their gods. These two knives, lying
side bv side, are a striking commentary
iqion the religion of the Montezumas and its
legitimate offspring.
There is, no doubt, an interesting history
attuebed to each of the curiosities in that,
strange collection, but they were forgotten
long years ago, ami the romancer is deprived
of endless opportunities by their loss.
Perfection is attained in Dr. Sage’s Ca
tarrh Remedy.
WHAT BRADSTREBT'S PUT IT.
Their Cotton Crop Estimate 26,000
Bales Lower Than Last Year.
In the 1887-88 cotton crop report to Brad
street's the replies cover 635 counties,
against 047 counties reported a year ago.
The average date of mailing replies is Nov.
21. For purposes of comparison a table of
estimates by States of cotton production in
1886-87 is given:
Estim. yield by Estim. cron
Mate#. States, 1838-37. of 1887 88.
North Carolina 855,000 897,000
South Carolina 510,000 612,000
Georgia 930,000 874,000
Florida 55,000 55,000
Alabama 770,000 775,000
Mississippi 985,000 1,034,000
Louisiana 475, (XX) 485,000
Texas 1,845,000 1,205,000
Arkansas 695,000 638,000
Tennessee 835,000 280,000
Virginia, Missouri and
others 60,000 65,000
Totals 6,446,000 6,480,000
The estimated yield the present season is
6,480,000 bales, which is lower by 25,000 bales
than the commercial crop of 1886-87, but is
larger by 85.000 bales than the estimated
actual production of that year. As com
pared with the estimated yield in 1886-87,
increases are shown over last season in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, in the minor cotton
States, Virginia and Missouri, and in Indian
Territory. Decreases are shown in the
States of Georgia, Texas, Arkansas and
Tennessee. Tho largest actual increase is
shown in Mississippi, but South Carolina is
a very close second. In the column of de
creases Texas is most prominent, closely fol
lowed by Arkansas and Tennessee.
Crop conditions in November were favor
able to enlarging the yield in several States.
The influence of the drought this year is
shown in reports as to the character of the
lint, which is generally reported very clean,
but also very light, and short stanla is com
plained of. The question asked relative to
the financial condition of the planting in
terest has received gratifying responses. A
majority of the replies received indicate
that the planters are better off this year
than last.
Ellison, in his latest monthly report, dis
cusses the various estimates of acreage and
yield per acre, and proves, to his own satis
faction, that they indicate a crop anywhere
from 6,225,000 bales to 6.735,000 bales.
Summing up the whole subject he sees no
reason to believe that the crop will be less
than 6,500,000 bales, while he does see rea
sons for supposing it to be 6,750,000 bales,
or over In discussing the outlook he says:
“We have shown that there is nothing in
the facts and analogies of the crop move
ment to justify the small estimates; * * *
the advance since the middle of the month
will check the demand and reduce the rate
of consumption. * * * At all events it
would be prudent to watch the course of
receipts for a few weeks longer before ad
ding to the already inflated range of values.
One can understand an anxiety to get hold
of cotton when it has been ascertained that
the crop is small; but to rush prices to a
semi-famine basis while the article is pour
ing into port in unheard of quantities, and
when all the ascertained facts favor a large
yield, is beyond one’s comprehension.”
THE NATIONAL GAME.
What is Going on in the Base Ball
World.
The Eastern League has collapsed.
Knouff thinks the new pitching rules will
benefit him.
Goldsby is reported to be after George
Strief for third base.
Peak has been signed by Charleston. He
played second base for Chattanooga last
year.
The championship pennant that is to fly
from the New Orleans flagstaff will be fifty
feet in length.
Charleston is moving along slowly, but
Manager Powell is going about matters
carefully and is getting together a good
nine. He has signed Hofford, who pitched
for Augusta in 1885, and alternated on that
team with the since famous Kilroy, of Balti
more, and Brown, who pitched for Augusta
in 1886, and led the pitchers of the Southern
league. The Earthquake City now has the
following men under contract: Hofford,
Brown, pitchers; Nicholas, Childs, catchers;
Powell, first base; Peak, second base;Glenn,
left field; Carl, centre field; Williams, right
field. A third baseman and a short stop
will complete the nine.
The ups ami downs of a base ball player's
life are aptly illustrated in the case of Tom
Sullivan, the pitcher who has just been
signed by the Birmingham club. Tom be
longed to the Atlanta team in .IBSO, and did
very good work. In the winter of 1885-86
he signed with Louisville, but after a few
games was released early in the spring, and
finally drifted into the Charleston club.
Here Tom was a conspicuous failure, and if
the writer is not mistaken, was given his
release before the end of the season. Then
Walter Goldsby, who has always been a
good friend to Sullivan, picked him up and
carried him out to Topeka, where he pitched
last year, as if his life depended on it. Now
Sully is in demand, and Horace Phillips has
been after him for the Smoky City leaguers.
A LIBERTY STREET PROTEST.
Some Reasons Why Neither Side
Should be Paved Unless Both are.
Editor Morning Mews: In yesterday’s
issue of the Mobsing News appeared an
article entitled “Chat About the
Streets,” which is evidently tho views of
one or more of our energetic and patriotic
Committee on Streets and Lanes, and it is
very apparent that the longing desire to
pave Liberty street will prove more benefi
cial to some of that committee (especially
those with heavy trucks), and particularly
so if they should decide to pave only
one side, than it would be to
those who are only residents
or interested as property owners. In refer
ence to tho “kick" being made by the south
side, it is an assured fact that that will be the
case, and with a decided vengeance, on ac
count of the injustice of going into their
(lockets for part of the tax for paving the
north side only, the south side not being
benefited thereby. The Council, I believe,
have the right to improve any street.
It will undoubtedly ruin the beauty of the
street to pave only one side of it, and will
make the south side a receptacle for all
kinds of trash, such as pieces of paper,
broken bottles, etc., and, further, a width
of fifty feet will never receive the proper
attention from the force now controlled by
the said committee. A word for north side:
They do not propose, even being relieved
of one-third of the expense of paving
their side, to allow the paving to
be done without being heard from,
and their protest will lie based upon tho
fact that all traffic will be forced on their
side and prove more of a nuisance than a
benefit. Last, but not least, the paving of
one side will certainly not improve the
saleable value of property on the street.
Therefore we ask that the street be loft as
it is. North and South.
Waste of Tissue Without Repair.
Vigor begins to decline when dyspepsia In
vades the stomach. The disease, prolonged
through neglect, entails grievous loss of flesh
and serious waste of the muscular tissue. To
invigorate thoroughly and speedily, a sound
stomachic is required. There is none compara
ble to Hostel ter s Stomach Bitters, since it in
stitutes, and, if continued, perpetuates a repair
of the tissues, which have declined in bulk,
vigor and elasticity in consequence of non
assimilation of the food. No time should be
lost in beginning the r| arative process, nor
should there tie any delay in removing those
ailments of frequent occurrence, which con
tribute to ami foster an enfeebled condition of
the stomach and nerves, vis.: constipation and
liver complaint, disorders whioh the Bitters will
assuredly extinguish. It also remedies and pre
vents malarial and kiduey troubles, and is a
prime auxiliary in the recovery of strength for
convalescents from wasting disease.
Weisbein continues to sell off his Jerseys
at any price, at 25c., 50c., 75c., #l, etc.,
worth moro than double.
ELIAS COHEN NOT A LEPER.
The Doctor Who Attended the Alleged
Leper Has a Word to Say About H:m.
Editor Morning Kens; As my diagnosis
of the case of Eiias Cohen has caused the
publication of the opinions of several physi
cians, I will ask you to allow me space in
your paper to show upon w hat grounds I
based my statement in Saturday's Morning
News:
Hometioie last summer I treated this man
Cohen at St. Joseph's Infltnary fora milder,
but similar trouble. He at that time
had bis feet swollen, with a
small discoloration here and there. He was
about in the last stage of starvation, and
covered with verm in,and did nr t lool: as if he
hail had a square meal for six months. With
the aid of good fumigation, nourishing diet
and a general tonic treatment he was dis
charged with no swelling, no spots, and in
comparatively good health. If the man
has leprosy now lie had it then, but the fact
of his being cured goes to show that he was
not so affected.
Now Cohen states, according to the Tires,
that he has had this trouble about one
week. That is rather sudden leprosy, as
the history of the disease tells us that the
patient has spots on him, suffers from
anaesthesia auu other prodromal symptoms
for two or three years before he reaches the
stage in which Cohen is now. The disease
commences with a scaly eruption around
the nails and fingers, and in the greater
number of cases it attacks the face first.
Cohen’s face was as well as anybody’s.
One of the physicians states that he has
never seen blood-poisoning assume this
form. It woultl have given me much pleas
ure to have brought to the notice of the
doctor two cases which I have treated with
in the last year, which resembled this case
very closely.
Dr. Duncan states that he has seen seventy
cases of lepropsy at Hnvana. Now, with
out intending any discourtesy to Dr. Dim
can, it does seem to me that as he has seen
so many cases he should have made a posi
tive diagnosis in this instance. I believe it
to be a disease which when once seen can
never be forgotten.
The spots on Cohen were not, in my
opinion, leprosy spots. I have photographs
taken from living subjects in New York,
which show a decided difference in thoir
appearance.
The Doctor, in his capacity as chairman
of the Health Committee, no doubt, in
following his own convictions, pursued the
proper course by sending the man out of
tho city. B. P. Oliveros, M. D.
At Estlll’a.
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In the Way of Holiday Gifts
The individual who could successfully com
pile a cyclopedias holding presents pecu
liarly appropriate to any and every indi
vidual idea would be a providential bene
factor to the human race, which annually
puzzles its head over this subject. A sou
venir should be something of intrinsic value
or merit, as it is an evidence of love, affec
tion or esteem, and holiday buyers will find
in our establishment hundreds of fitting
objects and articles, and at prices suited to
the scantiest or most plethoric purse. We
mention some few articles—our immense
catalogue scarce covering all : Ladies’ and
Gents’ Toilet Sets in oxydized silver, some
thing new; a beautiful line of Leniaire’s
Opera Glasses, Gold-headed Umbrellas, a
superb line of Ladies’ Gold Watches, every
variety and style of Ladies’ Jewelry, an ex
traordinary line of Diamond Jewelry,
Chains, Lockets, Lace Pins, Rings, Gents’
Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Charms,
and Rings, Diamond Studs, Collar Buttons,
Sleeve Buttons, etc., exquisite Bronze and
Statuary, a royal display of plated and
solid sterling Silverware, Clocks, Vases, etc.
As the raffle list for the splendid Diamond
Necklace is rapidly filling up, those desirous
of chances, or of inspecting it before it is
disposed of, should call early. We can
duplicate New York prices, and nowhere in
this country can there be found a better
selected or more varied stock. Engraving
carefully and well executed. The Jewelry
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157 Broughton street,
M. Sternberg.
C.’k, Pine and Light wood,
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of tho high-priced
ho els, and save from $1 to $2 per day. Try
it and be convinced.— Boston Home Jour
nal.
Weisbein’s English Walking Jackets,
Plush Wraps and all other kinds are con
ceded by the ladies as the choicest goods in
Savannah, and the prices the lowest.
A Bargain In Every Purchase,
Is the rule of the “Famous,” northeast cor
ner Congress and Whitaker streets. Wo
hold out no inducements in one article we
sell, and then charge more on another to
make up. Positively every pufc'hase
made of us is a bargain, whether it is in
Clothing, Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Trunks or Umbrellas. How can we
do so? Plain enough. Two of the firm are
constantly on the lookout in New York for
goods in our line, with the ready cash, buy
ing only at tho lowest prices, manufactur
ing all the clothing there, thereby saving
to our patrons the retailer’s profit, which is
at least #2 50 to $5 00 on a suit or overcoat.
Beside that, it enables us to have our cloth
ing made up and trimmed better than ordi
narily done by manufacturers, as we make
them up for our own sale, and strive to have
our customers pleased, not only when they
purchase, but also in the wearing of the
garment. We are thankful for the patron
age received, and can thank ourselves for
receiving so much of it, by giving the good
quality of Clothing for such low prices.
What the English Say.
The English allude to them as “topcoats.”
We call them Overcoats. It amounts to about
tho same thing, however, and in this “cold
wave” season it is simply a case of “the rose
smelling as sweetly under any other name. ”
We have sold lots of Overcoats during the
past week, but the piles don’t seem to shrink
a bit. _ We gave every buyer his good
money’s worth, and something over, too.
You need never feel ashamed of any of our
Coats, whether the finest Satin-lined or the
ordinary substantial plain ('oat. Every
single one carries an air of respectability
with it. The prices posibly have some
thing to do with the (lonmiuf. We are not
greedy. A very small profit suits us. An
Overcoat sold is worth a dozen left over to
.s. They’ve got to go in their own season.
Don't think of buying an overcoat without
seeing us. You might regret it. Plenty of
nice Underwear, Hose, correct shapes in
Hats, etc. Our line of select suits for Gents,
Youths and Boys holds its own, and with
some extra “holiday suits” added. The Big
Golden Arm, 151* Broughton street, is the
beacon you should steer toward.
__ Simon Mitchell.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
lor sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and
Last Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
Weisbein will sell this week his fine Dress
Goods at greatly reduced prices.
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PAVEMENTS.
This Pavement has been thor
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vice and is found to possess
the following points of su
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Ist. Cheaper than .stone blocks equally well
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2d. Durability; the company guarantees it
for a period of years.
3d. Almost noiseless under traffic.
4th. The cleanest pavement made.
sth. A perfect sanitary pavement. Being im
pervious to water and filth, it cannot exhale in
fectious gases.
6th. Easily and perfectly repaired when opened
to lay pipes, etc.
7tb. Saves wear and tear of herses and
vehicles.
Bth. Being smoother, less power is required to
haul over it than any other pavement.
fltb. It enhances the value of abutting prop
erty more than any other pavement.
10th. It is therefore, all things considered, the
best und most economical pavement that can be
laid on any street, whether the traffic is light °*
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