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8 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 Palace of the South. 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. BAKING POWDER. NwtalccT'’ Ilir== i IIP &AKIH c Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity, Strength and Wholesomeness. More econonii cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., 106 Wall street. New York. LUDIIEN tft BATES S. M. R, O U R lime stock o:f Holiday Goods if York Pies ASPHALT PAVEMENT. Warren-Fcliarf Asphalt Paving Cos., 114 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. CONSTRUCT Genie Trinidad Asphalt PAVEMENTS. This Pavement has been thor oughly tested in actual ser vice and is found to possess the following points of su periority: Ist. Cheaper than .stone blocks equally well laid. 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 °* heavy. - - " "75 PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER. OLD RELIABLE! GEO. N. NICHOLS, Printing and Binding, Bay Street. New Machinery! New Materials! Best Papers! Best Work! No Brag. No Bluster. No Humbug. m ja FURNITURE AND CARPETS. ELEGAIT STYLES —ix— FINE FURNITURE TN all the fashionable WOODS, MAHOGANY. ANTIQUE OAK, CHERRY and WALNUT for Darlor, Bedroom. Dining-Room, Hall and Library. Also a choice line of ODD PIECES and BRIC-A-BRAC New invoices of (ARPETS, LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERES, etc., in latest designs and choicest colorings. Our MAMMOTH STOCK, REASONABLE PRICES and IMMENSE TRADE, warrant the assertion that we can please all who will favor us with a call. A. J. Miller & Co.’s FURNITURE AND Carpet Emporium, 148,150 and 152 BROUGHTON ST.