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TALK ABOUT THE HAIR.
A BARBERS SHOP FOR WOMEN
RUN BY WOMEN BARBERS.
A Unique Establishment Where
Women’s Heads are Kept Pretty—
The Causes that Call for a Frequent
Clipping: or Shampoo—The Latest
Fashions for Dressing the Hair.
{Copyrighted 1848.)
New York, May 5. —“Well, if you
wouldn’t pass for a wild Indian nnywhere.”
A giggle closed the remark, punctuated by
s candied violet popped into a small red
mouth.
“Say, Bamum would buy you. or you
might sit for a picture of Zip. The precious
pet never would hold still long enough to
get himself taken, would you, old fel
low?”
There was a second“giggle with a caramel
hard on its heels and the hairy toy terrier
appeared to leaped incontinently from its
convulsed mistress’ arms.
“Come, now, Milly, mamma is getting up
a country party for next week, and—well I
wouldn’t be rude,” came in rather subdued
protest from Under the soapy moisture of a
thick shock of curls, flung in what seemed
a hopeless tangle over a face to which,
nevertheless, bonbons were being lifted with
periodic regularity, and somehow found
access in spite of the big, all-envelop
ing apron and the long wet golden-brown
veil.
It was 4 o’clock of a warm, early May af
ternoon. The pretty giggler had had her
bang trimmed by one of the cleverest of
New York’s women barbers, and was wait
ing while the hidden bonbon munch.>r in
dulged in the luxury of a shampoo. It was
a slender girl of 1H or 20, who was conduct
ing tho operation. She scrubbed the scalp
of the unseen fair one, inch by inch, with
little brushes like tooth brushes, flinging the
hair up from behind and tossing it down
over the eyes.
“Borax?” she ask by and by.
“No: white of egg if you please."
Two chairs off a small woman had just let
down a great club of a braid of black hair
with a resolved look and a grim “Cut it all
off” to the attendant, a woman also, who
was beginning to tangle cool steel and agile
celluloid in the heavy tresses. Women and
children were passing in and out continu
ally, and the neat, well-dressed girl attend
ants, with white aprons covering their
quiet-colored gowns and their own hair
tucked very smoothly away, hurried this
way and that in the busiest fashion imagin
able. The place was a barbers’ shop for
women, a daintily fitted establishment, one
of a number which have sprung up recently
in the heart of the shopping district, tho
only one probably which is so completely
manned and officered by women. A male
being or two wields the shears when a
“man's cut” is demanded, but the great bulk
of the business, the cutting, the bang clip
ping, the curling, shampooing, hairdressing
and tiairtending, is done by women from 20
to 25.
There’s no place like it in the city, to pick
up information. Barbers since the day of
Noah have been noted for their conversa
tional abilities, and yet in tho past barbers
have been only men.
“Do you always have such a rush here?"
you asli, as you settle back in the big chair
for a turn at the scrubbing brushes and the
soap.
“The year round,” says the plump blonde
with the immaculate bang who takes you
in hand. The beat or the rain or the wind
will spoil any woman’s hair. There’s no
sort of weather going that isn’t death to
any curl but the natural one. Women find
it immensely convenient when their shop
ping is over to slip in here and get their hair
freshly arranged for dinner. The women
who have straight bangs, instead of curly
ones, come every week to have the least lit
tle edge carefully clipped off, and we put
the most skillful girls we have at that.
Women who are at all particular about
their hair come as often as once a mouth to
have it looked over, and the broken hairs,
and split hairs trimmed to keep in good
order and keep it fro n falling. You’d b >
surprised to know how many short-haired
women there are still. We have 200 among
our regular customers. Most of them
have curly huir and just, let it wave a
little. The straight-haired ones keep
their s cut closer, but never so short as a
man’s clip.”
“Oh, that’s hot.”
“1 won’t hurt you. I have got my hand
under the tongs, it can’t burn you.”
Tho little women whose I Hack braid is off
by this time is having her short crop curled.
The girl has been twisting up the remnants
of her locks into little knots and pinning
them in bits of white tissue paper with odd
little safety pins. It is a heavy head of hair
and she puts hundreds of papers on. Then
she begins squeezing them each one with
the hot iron. It is here that the fright ami
the exclamation come in. But the hair
dresser goes on calmly, interjecting politic
little compliments the while. “What a
quantity of hair you have, and not a whito
thread in it We don’t often see anything
so soft, so glossy and so fine. There are not
twenty women in New York who have such
hair.”
“The short hair fashion has not entirely
gone out?” you question when the talk next
door subsides.
“No, a great many actresses will always
wear short hair for stage convenience
whether anybody else does or not. Hose
Coghlan comes hero often. She has had short
hair for years. She keeps just enough to roll
under a wig or flare out as a fluff of crimps
for home occasions. Bernhardt lias short
hair too. Maude Harrison is one of our
customers and Pauline Hall is another.
They And it less trouble to buy wigs than to
grow and take care of hair of tiieir own.
Ellen Terry came in once or twice during
the winter, but she doesn’t take good care of
her hair. She doesn’t wear it long or short
either. She twists it into a rough and
tumble knot, and when it don’t twist easily
she’s as like to jab at it with her scissors
and shorten it herself as trust it to any
body who knows bow. Her hair is u funny
color too, a regular carrot yellow. Kosina
Vokes was in yesterday to get these shaggy
curls of her's clipped and shampooed.
Nice hair she has if she does ruu her Aug
ers through it so."
“Whata frignt I am!"
Poor little womau in tho next chair. It
is a fierce and mop-like lioap indeed, that
she is looking at in the mirror now. But
that Machmvelli of a blonde-banged bar
ber consoles her while two hands are lifted
ruefully to the lately abbreviated looks.
“Oh, it was a shame to use curling irons
on such hair. It would curl of its own
accord without beat. You ought to just
wet it aud then rub it dry with your hands.
Then you would get a pretty, natural curl.
I’ll do it for you now if you say -o.”
“What is the latest fashion for dressing
the hair?” is the natural query when the
wave of sympathy has subsided.
Any fashion that is becoming to the in
dividual. The Pompadour fashions in dress
are trying to do away with the bang, but
it dies hard, the soft fringe above the fore
heud is so becoming to most women, who
get a hard, bare look when their dome of
thought is exposed. We sent a lady to do
Miss Eliza De Wolfe’s hair fora dance, some
three weeks ago, tho amateur theatrical
Miss Do Wolfe, who is going, people say, to
take Mrs. Potter’s plunge, you know. She
was to wear a Pompadour brocade, and
when her hair was done you would have
thought Leonard had boon piling up the
tre-ees of Marie Antoinette. There were
curls and puffs, braids andcoques, coils and
Crepes, mingled in intricate confusion with
at at 'ered aigrette sparking with diamonds
crowning the capillary structure. There
w*i not die suspicion of a frizz or bang in
fro it, but the hair was rolled high, snow
ing tne roots as it did in the ;>ot traits.
Powle f No, we’ve not unite got to that
yt. The Pompadour coiffure is prottiost,
’< von,modify it H ]itt| e . Take n fine f<.e
and it is very becoming if you take a small
roll and brush the front hate over it, wav
ing it just a trifle and letting a few locks or
tendril curls escape hist at the temples to
soften the outline. Then you do the buck
hair in a loose, soft, French twist, with soft
coils high on oither side. Put in three or
four of the small, old fashioned shell or am
ber or gold or silver pins, and finish with an
aigrette of Roman hyacinth or lilies of the
valley. That will be the fashionable coif
fure of tho summer.
The Recamier coiffure is much the same
thing. You part the hair back without
bang, roll it a little and dress it in ioose flat
coils on the crown, pulling some curls down
aliout the ears. The usual ornament is an
aigrette or dove’s wing.
“The Psyche twist is only becoming to
women whose hairgrows low on the temples
and low in tho back of the neck. With the
right hair and a decently Greek cast of
face, you wave the hair and draw it back in
a loose knot at the buck of the head, tho
ends escaping in loose curls. With a Sap
pho or a Hebe of n girl who has flexibility,
grace of pose, dignity of fearing, it is per
lection. Otherwise it is hideous. Here is
one; see.”
She hold up a psycho knot of yellow
hair, bound with throe fillets of blue rib
bon, very classic and ready to pin on with
a hair pin. She hail an assortment of them
on sale.
“Women wear false hair now, quantities
of it, ten times as much as two years ago.
Not one woman in a hundred hut wears
some contrivance, on State occasions, at
least. Those who don’t use anything else
have “waves” to help out the front hair.
Yes, the hair will stay high, will be worn
higher than ever, perhaps, if we stick to
tho Itouis XVI. fashions and imitate ever
so remotely the towers that they build up
sometimes two feet high and surmounted
wi!h a miniature coach and horse
Women take better care of their hair than
they used. A great shock of hair is a ter
rible thing to get dirty, to catch dust and
all sorts or things in the city struts. We
have hundreds of customers who come here
regularly to have their heads kept clean,
washed and in hygienic order. Then there
are women of course who are using things
to keep themselves from getting gray or
thin on top of the scalp and prefer to have
us doctor the hair.”
“Do they like girl barbers V'
“Yes, indeed, and the girls like the work
and makes good wages at it, too. It’s
just the work for a woman, taking care of
women’s hair. Yours is done now,” and
t e chair was wanted for the next comer.
The pretty hair of the young women at
tendants was a noticeable feature of the
place, most of them illustrating by example
what good care will do for a woman’s head.
Eliza Putnam Heaton.
UTAH’S DEMOCRATS.
President Cleveland Indorsed and
Statehood Opposed.
Salt Lake, Utah, May 6.—The Demo
cratic Territorial Conv -ition at Ogden, yes
terday, elected delegates to the National
Convention. Mormon delegates were ex
cluded from the convention. The rosolu
tiousoppose theoretic rule; oppose the ad
mission of Utab as a State; Indorse Presi
dent. Cleveland; thank the majority of the
Utah Commission and Gov. West for their
reports on Utah, and es|iecially their pro
test against Statehood for Utah.
CAVALRYMEN ivT THE CAPITAL.
Safe Arrival of the Savannah and Lib
erty County Riders.
Atlanta, Ha., May (s.—The tilting
teams of the Georgia Hussars selected to
represent that company iu the saber contest
to take place hero this week, roachod At
lanta this morning. The teams consist of
Lieut Pritchard, Sergts. Gaillard, Russell,
Minis, Quartermaster Johnston, Secretary
Davis, Corporal McAlpin, Privates I. W.
Keller, U. A. Keller, Jr., Minis, Zippener,
Newton, Wallhour, I). C. Newton, and
Fleming. They were met at the depot by
the Governor’s Horse Guard and escorted to
the Kimball House, where accommodations
were furnished them. Their horses have
also arrived.
Both men and horses are in flue condition
and ready for the contest. The men passed
the day pleasantly in rest and social enjoy
ment.
LIBERTY’S REPRESENTATIVES.
The team of tho Liberty Independent
Troop came on the same train with tho
Hussars, and consists of Sergt. Cassels,
Privates Waite, I J . F. Martin, Norman and
W. J. Martin.
Tho Charleston Light Dragoons have a
team which is also on hand, having reached
Atlanta this afternoon. The delegation
consists of Cant. Storey, Lieut. Gaillard,
and Privates jervy, Hughes, Huison and
Northrop.
The first step in the order of exercises will
lie a meeting of the tillers Tuesday night
for the purpose of arranging the details for
the contest. In the meantime, the teams
will take things leisurely aud spend some of
their time in practice.
THREE MILLION SHAD EGGS.
The Government’s Hatching Car Ar
rives at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., May fi. —A fish hatching
cor, containing 3,000,000 shad eggs, arrived
here nt 11 o’clock to-day from Washington,
in charge of J. F. Ellis. Tho carj was sta
tioned at the Forsyth street crossing, ami
an artosian water pipe was turne 1 on. As
the sliad hatch they w ill be placed in tho
Chattahoochee, Coosa, Altamaha, Ocmul
goe and Oconee rivers. The eggs were ob
tained from shad out of the Susquehanna
river at Havre de Grace, Md., aud were
shipped to VV ashington, leaving the latter
city for Atlanta yesterday morning. They
will all hatch inside of two woeks.
Dodge County’s Democrats.
Eastman, Ga., May 6.—At a convention
of Democratic voters yesterday, the follow
ing resolutions wore adopted:
Resolved, by tho Democrats of Dodge county,
Thai we indorse the administration of President
Cleveland and the course of fmr Representative
in Congress, lion. 0. F. Crisp, and of Senator
Colquitt.
That Ihe delegates from Dodge County he in
structed to vote for uo man for delegate to the
St. Louis convention who is not in thorough
accord with the President and his policy of
tariff reform.
Tho delegates were instructed to vote for
Judge John Mcllae, of Montgomery County, (
for delegate to St. Louis.
The following delegates were elected to
the Atlanta convention: D. M. Roberts,
J. F. DoLncey, J. T. Colcord, L. M. I’ea
oock, C. J. Jones and R. I). Gentry.
Shot by His Wife's Lover.
Pelham, Ga., May o.—Louis Neeco shot
and badly wounded Benjamin Gardner
here nt un early hour yesterday morning,
three shots taking effect, two in tho head
and one iu the left side. Neeco hud boon
paying too much attention to Gardner’s
wife. Gardner walked into his house Sat
urday morning after attending to some of
his duties and round Neeco in a room with
his wife. Neeco ran but soon returned,
and while Gardner was lieating his wife
shot him three times and fled. Roth men
were colored.
Rough on Lexington.
From the Lexington {On.) Echo.
A stranger passed through Lexington the
other day, aud took a look at our new court
house. A friend asked him what he
thought of it, and was quickly answered:
“It’s a mighty handaome house, but with it
Lexington reminds mo of a corn field uogro
with a silk lieaver on.” A pretty good
piece of wit, but it don’t set well with the
average Lexingtoniun.
If you are in need of a nobby suit of
Clothe* that will fit you and well made at
very little money, remember that Appel &
Sc haul, One Price Clothiers, are at 1W Ctm
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THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 7, 1888.
FLORIDA JOTTINGS.
STARKE’S SALUBRIOUS CLIMATE
AND PROSPERITY.
A Dyed In the Wool Journalist—Two
HCollegea -The Muckland Company-
Rice Broadcast—Kentucky House-
Waldo—American Ice and Cold Stor
age Company—The Town on a Boom
A Model Farmer—Peach Crop-
Short Sighted Legislation Haw
thorne Drought—On to Ocala -Aired
House—A Lovely Little City.
Among the numerous towns that have
t>een called into existence by the comple
tion of the road of the Florida Railwuy and
Navigation Company not one Is more pros
perous or has a brighter future than Starke,
the newly-chosen seat of justico for Brad
ford county. The place is located in the
midst of a forest of virgin pine, and has
proven to be almost entirely exempt from
malarial fevers, and exceptionally healthy.
It is also a great fruit and vegetable center.
In the single product of strawberries, for
many weeks tho daily shipments have
footed up about 1,500 quarts, which have
commanded largely remunerative prices iu
the Northern and Eastern markets.
At the opening of the season tho nuptials
of a millionaire were celebrated in a
Western city, and so anxious were the pur
veyors of tho wodding feast to provide
every delicacy to bo found in the markets
of the country, that they actually paid $lO
per quart for four quarts of strawberries
grown by a Bradford farmer.
Thus in this instance less than one-thir
tieth of an acre of ground yielded more
money than can ordinarily bo roalized from
three acres of snort, staple cotton. What
better argument can be presented for inten
sive Harming, and the rearing of early
fruits ami vegetables.
Starke has also exported largo quantities
of cabbage, and now tomatoes, cucumbers,
beans, squashes and Irish potatoes are com
ing in freely.
BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.
No less than eighty carloads of oranges
were shipped from Starke the past season,
and the receipts of sea island cotton
amounted to IKJO bales. Two papers are
printed here, the “Telegraph" and East
Florida Courier. The latter is anew can
didate for public favor, published semi
weekly, and conducted by Miss Emma Co
rinne Hogan, a lady of great energy and
quite an agreeable writer. This is the
home also of the veteran TV. W. Moore,
who, after founding seven newspapers and
thirty years experience in journalism, is
now trying his band at merchandising. It
is said, however, that he is about to return to
his old vocation and start another paper
under the auspices of the "Farmers’ Alli
ance.”
MERCANTILE MATTERS.
Among the new firms are the extensive
general stores of Messrs. Truby, Steruburg
& Cos., and Jones & Hibcrger. J. W.
Hodges also, who is probably the youngest
merchant in the State, is the owner of a
new and well stocked establishment. T. W.
Sweat after a brief eclipse has resumed
business again. D. L. Alvarer has opened
a meat market and furnishes his customers
with fat Florida beef. W. F. Edwards is
the proprietor of a livery and feed stable.
The merchants are nearly all readers of the
“News” and appear to bo in good spirits.
EDUCATIONAL.
The “Starke Male and Female Institute”
continues to maintain its high refutation
under tho superintendence of President M.
A. Clark, a popular young Georgian and
graduate of Mercer University. llis
catalague calls for 175 pupils.
“Orange College,” also a regularly in
corporated institution, is now conducted
by President <’. J. Denton, and numbers on
its rolls 110 scholars. He is an earnest and
able educator. The school population (white)
of Starke is over 400.
A BUSY CITIZEN.
Rev. G. P. Young, tho owner of Orange
College, lias given up teaching and is now
the pastor of tho Christian church here and
proprietor of a steam saw mill, which he
manages in person. Since January Ihe
has cut and furnished the lumber for
twenty-five dwellings and sold 300,000 feet
besides, exclusive of 50,000 laths and the
material for 2,000 crates.
FLORIDA MUCKLAND COMPANY.
Dr. J. L. Gaskins, a prominent druggist
and real estate owner in this place, is also
the proprietor of a third interest in tho
Florida Mack laud Company. This concern
has a large force at work lowering the
waters of a lake several miles from
town by ditching. They began operations
in October last and have already reclaimed
1,000 acres, a considerable portion of which
is now under cultivation. It is believed
that these lands are equal to any of the Mis
sissippi bottoms for the production of sugar,
corn and rice. Quite a large area of the
latter has been sown down broadcast, and
the result of the experiment will be looked
for with much interest. It is proper to
state that the proprietors are not offering
any of their land ror sale.
fir. Gaskins is tho present. Senator from
this district, and lias represented Bradford
county for eight years in both branches of
the Legislature.
In August, I>SB7, the county site was re
moved to Starke, and an effort will lie made
to erect, a suitable brick court house by the
sale of county bonds, thus making posterity
bear its share of tho burden.
THE KENTUCKY HOUSE.
Visitors to this pleasant town should not
fail to lodge with J. K. Martin, the ever
souliug host of the Kentucky House. He
has a charming family, and no pains are
spared to provide for the comfort and en
joyment of his guests. I ait us now pass
down to
WALDO,
only a few miles below, on the Florida
Railway and Navigation road. This salu
brious little city lias taken anew departure
lately in the path of progress. Within 100
yards of the expected crossing of the Geor
gia Southern aud Florida railroad (tho Ma
con enterprise), the
AMERICAN ICE ANP COLD STORAGE COM
PANY
have just completed a vast building, ‘JOOxfiO
feet in dimensions, two stories high. Its
capacity is 100,000 cubic feet of cold stor
age, and will afford room for 40,000 boxes
of oranges. Here this valuable fruit can
be reduced to the proper tenipuralure and
preserved ill perfect condition for weeks, to
tide over any glut in the markets, and etn
brace iho most favorable season for selling.
Tho ice factory can turn out ten lons p.-r
diem, and the company have established a
branch at Collar Key. Mr. T. 11. ltutler is
the architect, and the entire cost of the
plant was SOO,OOO. 'lhis will make Waldo,
with her other advantages of railroad nnd
canal, one of the largest shipping (mints for
vegetables and fruit in the State. No
hot ter proof of tho prosperity of the town
could he given than the fact, that, two out
of the small committee of gentlemen who
showed me over the cold storage structure,
woro the happy fathers of twins. Com
ment is unnecessary. At Waldo 1 was glad
to form tho acquaintance of
F. M. TREADWELL,
an intelligent nnd well bred farmor from
Canada, who is now one of the most enter
prising of Florida's citiz ms.
This gentleman has established a grove of
I,UOO orange trees, and a vineyard covering
six acres. In addition ho has 1,000 peach
trees, mostly of the panto and' iionev varie
ties, and lias shipped 100 barrols of choice
Irish potatoes which would uet $lO each in
New York. All this is exclusive of his cab
bage crop and other vegetables. 1-cl other
farmers “make a note” and imitate his ex
ample. Tho peach crop in this section is
very promising. One or tho celebrities of
tho vicinity is Baron Luttichoe, of Dresden.
Ho is au experienced vine grower nnd man
ufactures the choicest wipe, but ha* had
hi- 1 ’ ? ,• !?■ HI Cn s - ( letH
lation of Florida solons. W. D. Leighs has
recently opened a general store in this
place.
The Renault House is nicely kept, and
the prettv hostess captures the hearts of her
guests. Here, too, I met Rev. B. F. Mason,
a reformed drunkard and gambler of the
town, who had be u recently converted, and
licensed to preach by the Methodists. He
seems In earnest, and should be encouraged.
Let him take heed, however, to avoid the
maelstrom of politics in which his proto
type, Sam Small, has been recently en
gulfed.
Still moving southward, my next pause
of a few hours was at
hAWTHORNE.
Hero I was the recipient of many courte
sies from Mr. Hawthorne, a partner of the
house of Hawthorne & Hammond, mer
chants, in honor of whose father tho town
was named. Together we walked over his
nicely cultivated suburban fruit and
vegetable farm, which is beginning
to boa source of considerable
emolument. His tomatoes (five acres),
despite the drought, wore luxuriant and
bearing heavily. The same area had al
ready produced a fine crop of Irish potatoes,
and now in a few days the tomatoes will be
thrown upon the market, and bid fair t<L
produce a harvest of gold. Last year, Iron"
a single half acre, he netted $151) from the
sale of this delicious vegetable.
There have been no mercantile changes
in the town since my last visit, and trade
was rather quiet, owing in part to the dis
asterous drought, which for qi.uny weeks has
cast its blighting influence over the wholo
vegetable kingdom. Tho place is undoubt
edly healthy', however, ami the climate well
adapted to the grow th of fruits and vege
tables.
ON TO OCALA.
It was near nightfall after leaving Haw
thorne before the train reached Ocala, and
footsore and weary from my Hawthorne
tramp, I hastened to seek asylums under
the hospitable roof of the Aired House.
The doctor and his amiable spouse were
very pleasant and attentive, and made me
feel quite at home with them. Ocala, with
its palatial stores and handsome site, is one
of the most beautiful towns in tho State.
Several brick buildings are going up in the
burnt district, but the merchants complain
that trade was never so dull or money
scarcer. Here, too, the drought is doing
much damage to the vegetable crops, but
the rich hummocks that surround the town
have produced a very large yield of cab
bages this season, which have been already
for tho most part marketed.
PERSONAL.
Here I was glad to take by the hand
again that skilfull physician and courteous
gentleman, Dr. R. D. Thompson; the enter
prising Young brothors; ('. H. Dame, the
popular salesman of tho Morning News;
W. B. Trantham, one of the representative
farmers of the county, and Mr. R. B. Mc-
Connell, the youthful but most efficient
cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank,
the oldest institution of the kind in ihe
State, and one of the most reliable. Mr.
McConnell is of Liberty county stock, and
descended from one of its best families.
The newspapers here are wide awake, and
well conducted. Marion is justly regarded
one of the banner counties of Florida. But
I may not dwell, as "time and tide,” and
it may be added, railway trains “wait for
no man.” Adios. H. H. J.
THE PLANETS IN MAY.
What is Going On in the Celestial
World This Month.
Mercury is improving in his habits. He
is up and also abed early. Until May 10 he
is morning star. At 7p.m. of that day he
will pass beyond the sun, reappearing on
his eastern side as evening star. He is in
the constellation Aries.
Vonus is fleeing from tho earth; gather
ing Iwr robes about her, she will become
dimmer as the month progresses, rising
early all through May, to-morrow morning
diseomed first upon the horizon at 4:13
o’clock, and rising above the waves of old
ocean on May 31 at 3:54 a. m. Bhe is in the
constellation Pisces
Mars is the same dissolute old warrior he
is reputed to be. He goes to bod late; bril
liant o' nights, an evening roysterer all
through the month of May. On May 31 he
tumbles off to repose at 1:45 a. in. Yester
day ho was in conjunction with Uranus.
He is exploiting in the constellation Virgo.
Jupiter, true to his reputation for grand
eur and regal radiance, enthroned among
tho stellar magnates of the constellation
Scorpio, will outshine all the luminaries of
tho May firmament.
Saturn is growing prouder of his rings,
his girdles of radiance making him unique
among the planets. On May 31 he will set
at 10:54 p. m. He ill be evening star all
the month, disporting in tho constellation
Cancer.
Inspired perhaps by admiration, possibly
by desire for protection, mayhap with sin
ister motive, jealousy or revenge, Uranus
all the month of May will hover near Mars,
dogging his footsteps. He is evening star
in the constellation Virgo.
Neptune, catching the bullish spirit, pos
sibly from the constellation Taurus, in
which his chariot wheels in May are rolling,
has plunged into bis native waters. He
will lie in conjunction with the sun at 8 a.
m., May 20, and m conjunction witti Mer
cury on May 15. He is evening star until
May 20, and afterward, until May 31, morn
ing star, rising on that, day at 3:58 a. in.
Mercury, Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Ju
piter are evening stars at the close of the
month. Venus and Neptuno are morning
stars.
Blaine’s Brother.
From Ihe New York Sun.
Robert G. Blaine, a brother of the man
from Maine, who, for several years hus
beeu tho Curator of tho Agricultural De
partment, was removed yesterday. His
resignation was brought about by the
pressure of several Democratic Congress
men. They did not seo the necessity for
keeping in office the brother of tho Republi
ca ' standard bearer, while so many able
and deserving monit ors of their own party
have received no recognit.ou from tho ad
ministration. A Michigan Congressman,
who is a member of the Commit
tee on Agriculture, has been for some
timo endeavoring to secure the
removal of Blaine, to give his
place to a constituent, who, for near
ly half a century lias been a hard working,
faithful Democrat, ami who is now in needy
circumstances. This man was a friend and
co-laborer of William F. Storey’s iu tho
early days of his journalistic career in the
Wont, and afterward Mayor of one of the
leading cities. Twice ho has been wealthy,
ami now, at 70 years of age, he is still vig
orous and active, but his wealth lias long
since taken wings. The Commissioner of
Agriculture was loth to call for Mr.
Blaine’s resignation, and for a long time
resisted all pressure brought upou him.
The Michigan man persisted, however, ami
finally secured the assistance of Chairman
Hatch, of the Agricultural Committee.
Together these Cos igressmoii pressed thtir
case with tho Commissioner, and at last
he gave way and asked Mr. Blaine tore
sign. Then the Michigan De nocrat who
was to succeed him was summoned, but
only to be disappointed. It was learned
that the appointment of Curator comes
within tho civil servico law. Tne place is
therefore, vacant. Mr. Blaine has had a
rather bard time iu retaining places in
Washington. Ho was for a long timo on
the Senate clerical force undi turbed, but
was removed by a Secretary who did not
like his brother the Maine statesman, and
ha was equally unfortunate in other places
which ho obtuined. He is aliout 50 years
os age, of jgoou standing in Washington,
where he lives with his family in his own
house. In feature lie much resembles lug
magnetic relative, and, like him, is popular
with his friends, who stick to him through
thick and thin.
At a St. Louis Reception.-Mr. Waters—How
do you like our New York guest? Old family,
you know. Her folks came over with the Hue
nots. *
Mr. Boers-1 1'ouohl she seemed to be a le;tl*>
r-H y/.
Weather Indications.
1 Special indications for Georgia,
RAIN Eastern and Western Florida:
_____ Local rains, slight changes in tem
perature, light to fresh, and on
coast fresh to brisk southerly winds.
OomDarlsoa of mean temperature at Savan
nah, May 6, 1588, and the mean of same day
for fifteen years.
Departure Total
Mean TiMPKiumiß from the Departure
Mean Since
for 15 years May 6, *BB or Jan. 1,1888.
72 j_ 72. 0. 34.
Comparative rainfall statement:
...Mi . Departure I Total
Mean Daily Amount f ro[n the ' Departure
Amount for for Mean I Since
16 Years. May 6, 88. _ _ or _ jim
05 | .00 i— _.09 j —7 26
Maximum, temperature 82, minimum tem
perature 66.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1 :S3 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
wm 8.2 fret—-a rise 0.1 feet during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing 0 p. m., May 6, 1888, 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. [ Average.
.. : N u°,„ of Max. Min. Rain-
N tioVis. Votop Temp fail f
Atlanta 1 78 62 .01
Augusta 12 84 04 .11
Charleston 3 84 06 .00
Galveston 19 82 62 .79
Little Rock 18 80 60 . 00
Memphis 17 84 58 .02
Mobile 9 80 64 .12
Montgomery 0 78 62 .00
New Orleans 0 82 62 .04
Savannah.. 10 Hi 61 .(>5
Vicksburg 5 82 60 T*
Wilmington 9 82 00 . 09
Averages. .j
STATIONS OF Max. Min. Kain
savannaji district. Temp Temp fall.t
Alapaha 84 63 .12
Albany
Bain bridge 79 66 .24
Eastman 66 60 . 00
Fort Gaines
Jesup 85 63 .00
Live Oak
Millen 86 63 20
Ouittnan.... 85 63 .00
Savannah 62 66 .00
Smithville 84 63 . 00
Tbomasville 78 65 . 00
Way cross 87 65 . 00
Averages
T*lndicates trace, finches and hundredths.
Observation* taken at the segue moment
of time at oil station*.
Savannah. May 6. 9:36 p. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. J
a
Velocity. P !
Rainfall
Nam*
of
BTinonm.
Portland 44:.... 1.. 1.... Clear.
Boston , 58| W .... Clear.
Block Island 46 WSJ... Clear.
New York city.o2 S |.. [ {Clear.
Philadelphia 62.8 W!...... Clear.
Detroit 46 N EJ j Clear.
Fort Buford 52 E j.. Clear.
St. Vincent .... 52, S |..| (Clear.
Washington city.. 64;S W . .1.... iClear.
Norfolk 00; E .. ... Clean
Charlotte 62! W j I .34 Raining.
Hattera. 60 S W 81 Clear.
Point Jupiter, Ha 70 8 Ell.. Fair.
Titusville 74jS E|l6i Fair.
Wilmington....... 68|8W 6;... Clear.
Charleston 72 8 E 6 Fair.
Augusts 72 8 FJ Fair.
Savannah 70|S El 8|... Clear.
Jacksonville 70jS E ...... (Clear.
Cedar Keys 74 8 ElB .02 Fair.
Key West 76 S E : i . Cloudy.
Atlanta 60 SW! J T* Cloudy.
Pensacola 72 S E;18 ... Cloudy.
Mobile 72 S E; 81 Clear.
Montgomery .. 66, 8 ! J Cloudy.
Vicksburg 70 S E. | Fair.
New Orleans 70 S E (l[ .20 Clear.
Shreveport 64:8 E .56 Cloudy.
Fort Smith 70 8 16 Fair.
Galveston 68 N E 12, .24 Raining.
Brownesvilie. j
KioGrsnde
Memphis 70:SW .. .01 Fair.
Cincinnati 72! E ..!.. . Clear.
Marquette 42INW I. j Clear.
Chicago 48! N Ej.. | Clear.
Duluth 48! N E: . Cloudy.
Bt. Paul 46 NF,! .. .30 Raining.
St. Louts 74 8 E ,i ...|Clear.
Bismarck 'x' N E . .. Clear.
T* denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Salisbury, Signal Corps.
Didn’t Know Adam.
From the San Francisco Post.
As Artemus Ward was traveling in the cars
dreading to bo bored, and feeling miserable,
a man approached him, sat down, and said:
“Did you hear the last thing on Horace
Greeley?’
“Greeley? GreeleyP’ said Artemus. “Hor
ace Greeley! Who is he !”
The man was quiet about five minutes.
Pretty soon he said:
“George Francis Train is kicking up a
good deal of a row over in England. Do
you think they will put him in a bus tile?”
“Train? Train! George Francis Train!”
said Artemus, solemnly. “I never heurd of
him.”
This ignorance kept the man quiet for
fifteen minutes; then he said:
“What do you think about Gen. Grant’s
chances for the Presidency? Do you think
they will run him?"
"Grant? Grant! Hang it, man,” said
Artemus, "you ap[ear to know more
strangers than any man 1 ever saw.”
The man was furious. He walked up the
car, but at last came back and said:
“You confounded ignoramus, did you
ever hear of Adam?”
Artemus looked up and said:
“What was his other name?”
Not In Ball Costume.
From the Lexington (Ga.) Echo.
A party of gentlemen from near Salem
spent Friday night last on a camp fish at
Andrew’s mill, on Broad river. Walter
Lester, of this plneo, joined the party as
they came through town. During the
night, while he 'slept, til e jtopped on his
clothiug, and he awoke next morning to
find himself shirtless, coatless ami pantless
and fifteen miles from homo. Home he had
to come, however, but ho did not present
the appearance of having on a ball costume
as he entered town.
Be Sure
If you havo tnado up your mind to bny
Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any other. A Boston lady, whose example Is
worthy imitation, tells her experience below:
“ In one store whore 1 went to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy
their own instead of Hood’s; he told metheir’s
would last longer; that I might take it on ten
To Get
days’ trial; that If I did not like It J need not
pay anything, etc. But ho could not prevail
on me to change. I told him I had taken
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what It was, was
satisfied with It, and did not want any other.
When I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable with dyspepsia,
and so weak that at times I couldTiardly
Hood’s
stand. 1 looked like a person In consump
tion. Hood's Barsaparllla did me so- much
good that I wonder at myself sometimes,
mul my friends frequently speak of It.” Mrs.
Ella A. Gory, 61 Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
RoM by a!) drugging. fI: six for f V Prepared only
by C. I. HOODACO.. Aro'hees-'-'v T,nwrit, Mars.
fOQ r.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
STEGIN.—The relatives and friends of Mr. and
Mrs. M. P. Stegin, and of Mr. J. E. i.iordan, and
of Mrs. Margaret Moore and family, are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral of Clara, the
only daughter of Mr and Mrs. M. P. St-*gin, from
the family residence, Charlton street, 6 doors
west of West Broad, at 10 o’clock THIS MORN
ING.
ROACH.—The friends and acquaintance "of
Mrs. Ellen Roach, and of Mr. T. Berrigan and
P. Dailey are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of P. W. Roach, the son of the former,
from her residence, Charlton street, near West
Broad at 4 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
MEETINGS.
DefiALß LODGE AO !, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 7:30 o’clock, Standard time.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
By order of ROBT. M. HICKS, N. G.
John Riley, Secretary.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will be held at Hodgson Hall THIS EVENING
at eight (8) o’clock.
CHARLES N. WEST,
Recording Secretary.
LIUCOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION.
A special meeting of the Liquor Dealers As
sociation will be held at the Metropolitan Hall,
THIS (Monday) NIGHT, at 8:15 o’clock. All
liquor deal ms of the county are invited to lie
present, as Business of importance will be trans
acted. By order of the
PRESIDENT.
John J. Sullivan, Secretary.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.
Office 1
Brush Electric Light and Power Company. J
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
this Company will bo held at the Company’s
office (Odd Fellows’ Building), WEDNESDAY,
the 9th inst., at 4 o'clock p. M.
All stockholders are invited to attend.
SAM S. GUCKENHRIMER, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under "Special
Notices ’’ will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
NOTICE TO THE Pl IlI.uC
This will notify ttie public and all interested
that James Kay has not bought or paid for any
bottles bearing his name, and sold to Mrs. Wini
fred Quinan, and by her transferred to Quinan
& Studer.
This includes Soda Water and Siphon bottles,
which we claim the right to take wherever we
or our agents find them.
QUINAN & STUDER.
MRS. A. DeLAND,
ELOCUTIONIST,
Has opened her School of Elocution and Ora
tory at No. 13 Abercorn street, corner of Bt.
Julian. Pupils in Elocution, English Litera
ture and Dramatic Art desired. Amateurs
coached in special characters.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
Owing to the return to solar time by the au
thorities of the city, the daily sessions of the
Public Schools will hereafter begin at 9a. m.
and continue until 2 p. m.
W. 11. BAKER, Superintendent.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Bids will be received at my office until MAY
7th, 1888, for about 3,000 cubic yards of Masonry
and the foundations of Chattahoochee River
Bridge at Columbia, Ala. Drawings and speciil
cations on file at Savannah, Ga.
M. S. BELKNAP.
General Manager C. R. R. Cos.
PAINTS AND OILS.
Agent for Devau’s Ready Mixed Paints, and
will furnish all colors at New York prices; also
a full line of Leads, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes
and Window Glass.
EDWARD J. KIEFFER,
Druggist, Corner West Broad and Stewart
streets.
ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is Invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. Jl 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D„
Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga.
Stati
or
Wrath sr.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, I
Savannah, Oa., April 30th, 1888. (
From and after MAY Ist, 1888, the City Ordi
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to be observed at the port of Savannah,
Georgia, for the period of time (annually) from
MAY Ist to NOVEMBER Ist, will be most
rigidly enforced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the
Quarantine Ordinance upon application to office
of the Health Officer, From and after this
date, and until further notice, all Steamships
an 1 Sailing Vessels from South America, Cen
tral America, Mexico, West Indies, Sicily, ports
of Italy south of 40° north latitude, and coast of
Africa between 10° north and 14° south latitude,
direct or via American ports, will be subject to
close quarantine and be required to report at
the Quarantine Station and be treated as being
front infected or suspected ports or localities.
Captains of these Vessels will have to remain
at the Quarantine Station until their vessels are
relieved. All steamers and sailing vessels from
Foreign pons not included above, direct or via
American ports, whether seeking, chartered or
otherwise, will l e required to remain in quaran
tine until boarded and passed up by the Quaran
tine Officer. Neither the Captains nor anyone
on hoard such vessels, will be allowed to come
to the city until the vessels are inspected and
passed by the Quarantine Officer.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will
bo enforced without further publication.
The Quarantine regulations requiring the
flying of the Quarantine flag on vessels subjected
to detention or inspection, will he rigidly en
forced. W. F. BRUNNER, 31. I)„
Health Officer.
IF YOU WANT
If you want a DAY BOOK MADE,
If you want a JOURNAL MADE,
If you want a CASH BOOK MADE,
If you want a LEDGER MADE,
If you want a RECORD MADE,
If you want a CHECK BOOK MADE,
If you want LETTER HEADS,
If you want NOTE HEADS,
If you want BILL HEADS,
If you want BUSINESS CARDS,
—SEND YOl'R ORI-EltS TO
Morning New. Steam Printing House,
Morning News Building,
3 Whitaker Street.
* ■—
HARDWARE,
EDWARD LOVELL & SONS,
165 BKOUGIITON and 138-140 STATE STS.,
DEALERS 124
General Hardware,
BAB, BAND AND HOOF IKO\
WAGON MATERIAL,
Naval Stores Supplies.
REAL estate.
G. H. REMSHART,
Eeal Estate Agent,
M 8 R-vm Strict Rot Off'-c
AMUSEMENTS.
Base Ball To-Day;
League Championship Grain'
SAVANNAH VS. ATLANTA
3:30 O'CLOCK.
Admission 26c. Ladies free. Tickets on . ,
at Marshall House and J. B. Fernandez's ni *
Store. 6 ' J W
PICN’ICS.
i. of p. pis
TO
MONTGOMERY
Tuesday. Jdny Btli, 188^
Whole Tickets, 50c. | Half Tickets, 25^
RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Leave toe Citv at 9 and 10:30 a. m 10. ,
2:30. 4 and (S p. m. *
Returning 6:30, 8 and 9:30 p. m.
Music, ll,meinc, Refresmenta and a Drill b*
the Uniform Divisions. ”
Sack, Wheelbarrow and Tub Races.
some premiums to be given each winner.
Tickets for sale by Committee, Member.
the Order, and at Depot.
EXCURSIONS.
EXCURSIONS
FOR
"W-VI
ON and after TUESDAY, May Ist, the steame-
POPE CATLIN will make regular exenr
sions to WARSAW every TUESDAY THIRS.
DAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY. Cars
leave Coast Line Junction week days at }-a
A M., Sundays 9:36 a. m. and 2:10 p. m., C j|,
time, connecting at Thunderbolt with steamer■
Fare round trip, 50c. R. E. COBB, Supt.
FURNISHING GOODS.
WARM WEATHER FISK
AT
LaFAR’B,
MACKINAW HATS, all the stylish shapes, fo t
Men or Boys.
DUNLAP'S and NASCIMENTO'S LIGHT
WEIGHT HATS.
GLORIA CLOTH UMBRELLAS, beautiful
handles. Thesesmbrellas outlast the silk
MEN’S LONG STOCKINGS for Tennis and
Bycicle Riders.
FAST BLACK HALF HOSE; warranted not
to stain the feet,
BATHING SUITS. Just the thing for a trip to
Tybee.
LINEN BUGGY ROBES, nicely embroidered;
can be washed.
FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS.
RUBBER SOLED TENNIS SHOES.
ELEGANT SCARFS AND TIES, Silk or Lara.
BALBRIGGAN AND LISLE THREAD O'.
DER W EAR—Cool.
WHITE DUCK VESTS AND FULL DRESS
SUITS.
Will open this week a splendid assortment of
those cool ALPACA COATS ANI) VESTS and
PONGEE SILK GOODS and FINE LISLE AND
SILK GLOVES, for dress, in place of the hot
kid glove.
For anything needed by men don't forget
headquarters.
L a IT 1 A. R,
29 BULL STREET.
————- ".l . '""a
FOOD PRODUCTS.
Forest City Mills
COW PfflUOW PEIS
Carload Just In.
50 cars White and Mixed Corn,
30 cars White and Mixed Oats,
10 cars Wheat Bran,
40 cars Eastern and Western Hay,
AT
PRICES.
GRITS, MEAL,
CORN EYES,
STOCK FEED, FLOUR,
PREPARED FLOUR.
IW” ALL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY
AND SATISFACTION GUARNTEED.
MJawsAlin
1 (J
CANNED GOODS.
TOMATOES ll GLASS
Stewed Tomatoes put up by GORDON <t
DILWORTII.
QUINTIN PUMPKIN,
3-Pound Cans.
AT
111 41 W. WHS
Canned. G-oods.
O AAA CASES CANNED GOODS. Tomatoes*
Peas, Corn, Salmon, Lobster.
dines, Oysters, Mackerel, California fri* lll **
Okra and Tomatoes, Corned Beef,etc. For sale dj
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
nom M
THE NEW SOUTH.
A SEVEN INCH FLAT TOP COOKING STOVE,
WITH ALL THE FURNITURE FOR
#lO 00.
Size of top 2-lxiTl inches. Size of oven ''S
inches. This is the best bargain ever oltere .
CORNWELL & CHiPMAN.
167 BROUGHTON STREET,___ M „
KIESLINGUS NURSERY.
White Bluff Road.
PLANTS, BOUQUETS, DESIGN'S, 1
FLOWERS furnished to order.
dr-s a.PAVIS BRO&’, corner Bull *nd -*
. , >t4 '■id '’lA.