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PLAGUE AND PESTILENCE
PROF. PROCTOR ON YELLOW
FEVER AND OTHER EPIDEMICS.
The Horrors of Old-Time Plagues Not
Equalled in the History of Modern
Disease—Great Pestilences of Ancient
Times—The Terrible Plagues of the
Middle Ages by Which Cites and
Regions Were Almost Depopulated—
The English Plagues so Vividly De
scribed by Defoe.
[This is believed to be the last literary
work by Prof. Proctor.]
Copyright 1888 try S. S. McClure.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 22. —Yellow
fever, though not in reality a more destruct
ive disease, even in the places where it is
apt to prevail, than some others hich are
more familiar, is more suggestive of the
Idea of pestilence than any existent disease,
and more strikingly recalls, when it appears
in a fully developed form, as ten years ago
in New Orleans and Memphis, the horrors
of the ancient plagues. There is some
thing in the insidious nature of itsj ap
proach, its fell action in tho worst
cases, and the despair which seizes
even from the beginning the larger
number of its victims, and which re
minds us of what we have real respec mg
the plagues of Athens, of Florence, of Lou
don, in the days of old. lam told by those
w ho witnessed the flight from Jacksonville,
Fla., a short time since, when first the ap
pearance of yellow fever in that town had
been announced, that the behavior of many
of the refugees indicated absolutely panic
terror, though, as it turned out, not one
among the whole number had been infected
l>v the disease, so that the risk individually
run by that panic-stricken crowd while in
the town from which they were flying must
have been small.
FEATURES OF THE OREAT EPIDEMICS.
It may be interesting to recall a few cf
the feature-, of the great plagues and pesti
lences of history—if for no other reason for
this, that men may see how light even the
worst infections of the kind during this cen
tury have been by comparison.
The account given by Tuucydides of the
plague of Athens, twenty-three centuries
ago, suggests a scene of fearful horror.
The origin of tho plague is noteworthy in
tile light of modern theories and discoveries
respecting disease germs. The Spartans
having overcome the Athenians in trie field,
ravaged Attica while nearly all its inhabit
ants were closely shut up within the wallsof
Athens. Whether the germs of the disease
had already been conveyei to Athens, or
whether spreading in the air they found in
the over-crowded, sorrow-stricken city a
favorable field for their development, cannot
be learned. It was said that t.ie plague had
its origin in Ethiopia, the region now
including Abyssinia, Nubia and the .Soudan,
and had traveled tbenco by Egypt and Asia
Minor to Athens But its rapid develop
ment in Athens would certainly seem to
suggest that this pilague (and probably,
therefore, others) depended on surrounding
conditions for its development.
HOW IT BEGAN.
This pestilential fever began with heats in
the head and inflammation in the eyes.
The tongue and throat became bloody and
the breath fetid. Sneezing and heavy
coughing, hiccoughs and spasms marked the
progress of the disease. Colic and intense
pain supervened. The skin became red,
ulcers formed here and there, and although
the internal fever was intense the skin was
C <id. Thirst was unquenchable, and intense
pain rendered sleep impossible. The fate of
the patient was usually decided by or before
the seventh day, death generally closing his
Sufferings between the seventh and the
ninth day. Few survived, and for a large
proportion of those who did life was worse
than death, since either they were wholly
crippled or the disease left ti em with
mind impaired and memory gone. No
remedy was found for tho disease, and
the helplessness of the physicians caused a
despondency among those who were at
tacked which rendered the mortality largely
greater than rther .vise it would probably
have been. But m >rt of those attacked
were left urrtendea; for it was found that
tew among the attendants on tho sick es
caped, so that only those of i ravest and
most generous minds darod the risk of
nursing even those dearest to them. It was
impossible, crowded as the beleaguered city
was, to keep the healthy apart from the
sick. Hundreds flocked around each of the
public fountains to allay their raging thirst.
The temples wore tilled with corpses, fcfr
it was impossible to get tbe dead conveyed
to suitable places of interment.
RELIGION DIES OUT.
At such times of horror, religion, it has
been sometimes thought, should exercise a
more potent sway than usual. The reverse,
however, bas always happened. In coun
tries which we call heathen or pagan, be
cause thoir religion has been unlike our
own, in countries which, though Christian,
we regard as not of the true faith because
their view of Christianity has been unlike
ours, and in countries whose creed has been
that which we ourselves profess, whenever
plague or pestilence has appeared, religion,
except among a very few, lias invariably
died out. The shallowness of the faith
which most men have professed with their
lips has been shown by the utter disregard
which nearly all have shown for its tenets.
The belief m a hereafter has been shown to
lie but a mockery with the great majority
of those who had most confidently ex
pressed their faith in it.
Whereas the assurance of death should
produce in healthy minds tbe very reverse
of the idea, ‘’Let us eat and drink, for to
morrow we die”—whether the to-morrow
be figurative or literal, in time of plague
a id pestilence, when all men fed the prob
able nearness of death, and even where
most confident, are reminded of its cer
tainty at no very distant date, the majority
invariably turn to riotous living. They
seek to fill wbat remains to them of life
with all the sensual pleasures they can
crowd into it. Thus as in Athens, during the
tune of horror so graphically described by
Thucydides, riot and debauchery prevailed
unceasingly. Gross dissipation and tumul
tuous revelry went on in such sort that but
lor the signs of death and disease every
where prevalent a stronger entering the city
might havo imagined that it Has a time of
wild rejoicing over some great national tri
umph. Men committed crimes from which
at other times the fear of the law would
have deterred them; lor the law had no ter
rors w hero nature threatened an earlier
punishment than any legal process could
lnfliot. As they saw the gon and the bad,
the openly profane and the profe-sedly pious
stricken down impartially, they lost all
belief in the control of tho gods, and there
fore saw no reason to deny themselves
whatever pleasures thoy could obtain.
TOO MANY DIED TO BE COUNTED.
Thucydides says that during the plague
there diod within tho limits of the city of
Athens, then as now but a small city, no
fewer tnaw 5,000 of the soldio: s, and of the
other inhabitants a number too great to bo
reckoned.
Very striking is tbe contrast between the
plague of Athens, affecting chiefly a single
city and lasting but a short time, and tbe
plague which extended with varying degrees
of intensity from Persia to Gaul in the reign
of Justinian, lasting no les; than thirty
J '*ars, and destroying (according to an esti
mate which tbe historian Gibbon did not
Consider extravagant) no fewer than
100,000 000 of human tieings—a numtier not
much Ices than the entire population of
Gieat Britain and tho United States.
In this long-lasting ami most terrible
plague, tbe features of the disease were
Quite unlike what had boon noticed during
'ho plague of Athens. Procopius studied
it lith as historian and physician. In most
' avis tho miml was first attacked, anxious
fears and saddening visions seeming to
'■vet-power the reasoning faculties. But
usually a mild fever was tbe first sign of
m -chief, nothing in its earlier progress
suggesting any serious danger. Before long,
however, the glands beneath the ears, un
der the arm-pi\ and in the groin swelled I
alarmingly, especially as thaie swellings j
were soon recognize! as signs that the
dreaded plague fever had indeed seized its
victim. The swellings became tnrnors,
within which a iiai ti, dark substance ns large
as a Loan was formed, if t eso tumors re
mained hard and dry, blood poisoning fol
lowed, and on or about the fifth day from
the setting in of the disease the patient
died. But if the tumors softened and sup
purated, the venom of the plague seemed
to be discharged and the patient was
saved. Sometimes tho fever accompanying
the development of these tumors brought a
profound lethargy on tho patient, who suf
fered little, begging only to be lot alone
that he might die untortured hv medicine,
surgery, or even nursing. More frequently
tho fever brought on raging and delirium.
In all cases the bodies of those who died of
the plague were covered with black boils or
carbuncles. All hope was given up when
these appeared. Among those who re
covered, a considerable portion lost sight
and hearing, while others remained ever
afterwards speechless,
TIIE TRUE PLAGUE.
Strictly speaking, the peculiarities above
described are to be regarded as character
istic ol tho true piague—so that the so-called
plague of Athons, as well as the plague
which afflicted tho whole Roman empire in
the reign of Aurelius, and that again of the
third century, were not realir plagues in the
full sense of the term. It would almost seem
indeed as though tho plague of Athens was
but an exceptionally malignant form of re
mittent fever. The true pla ;ue is defined
as a specific contagious fever accompanied
by the formation of tumors, and some
times of carbuncles. Dark spots on the
skin are regarded as infallible signs of
death. They arc due to the effusion of
blood under the skin, ar.d precede death by
only a few hours. The skin is sometimes so
covered with these spots as to assume a
dark livid hu® alter death—whence the
name Black Death, given to the worst form
of piague.
During Justinian’s plague, the idea pre
vailed that the disease was not contagious,
au idea which, if it saved the afflicted na
tions from a portion of the troubles accom
panying the appearance of the pestilence,
brought in others more terrible. Doubtless
the quiet disregard of danger at such sea
sons is desirahle, so only that it do not
cause the neglect of necessary precautions.
But disregard of danger is a dangerous
quality when it has its origin merely in
ignorance. It so proved in this case.
The friends and relatives of the
deceased were more careful in their
attentions than during most plagues, but
the absence of all restraints on the com
munication of the disease from houso to
house, from city to city and from country
to couutrv, lea to results the most dis
astrous. Procopius tells us that tho plague
spread from Persia to Gaul, from the sea
coast to the interior. No island or moun
tain district was so sequestered but that the
plague spread to it, either at its first passage
across a region—or Inter (sometimes with
even more terrible effect), in places which
were supposed to have escaped. Tho suc
cosion of tho seasons seemed to have no in
fluence on this long-lasting pestilence. [I
have named thirty years, but according to
some historians its effects continued for
more than half a century.]
FLORENCE’S EPIDEMIC.
The plague of Florence in the middle of
the fourteenth century was remarkable, like
that of Athons, for the limited area which
it affected, or rather in which it wrought
its most deadly effects, and rose to true
plague pitch. If Florence, when the plague
reached her, had given way to despair, and
taken no measures to resist the enemy, one
might more readily understand the terrible
intensity of tbe sufferings of the pe iple.
But all remedies known in those days were
tried. The streets were cleaned; suspected
persons were removed or prevented from
entering; every measure was adopted
which tho wisest and most prudent of the
inhabitants could suggest. Yet the plague
raged in Florence as it raged nowhere else.
Tumors such as those which apiieared
during Justinian’s plague, appeared during
the plague of Florence, and us in the sixth
century, so in the fourteenth, purple spots
on the body of the diseased were regarded
as sure tokens of approaching dissolution.
Death came earlier, however, the sufferers
usually dying on the third day. Animals
as well as men were infected. Boccaccio
tells us that he saw two hogs rooting among
the clothes of a man who had died of the
plague—“in less than an hour" he adds,
“they turned round and died on the spot.’’
As in former plagues, the restraints of re
ligion seemed to lose their influence. Every
one, says one writer, did as he pleased.
This doubtless is au exaggeration; since we
have evidence that the monks and friars
stood bravely to the work of religious con
solation and physical help. The idea con
veyed in the introductory matter of Boc
caccio’s “Decameron,” that the occasion
seemed one when men and women seemed to
turn naturally from the gloom around to
festivity and dissipation, even to debauchery
and riot, is undoubtedly correct. What
could it matter? Ail save a few devotees
seemed to think, “If we are to die by the
plague, wo may ns well enjoy what little of
life remains to us; if we are to survive, we
need not trouble ourselves witn unnecessary
anxieties.”
When the plague was at its highest,
toward its close, it became the custom for
the dead to be put out of doors at night,
that the officers appointed for the purpose
might remove them in the morning. It is
computed that between 70,000 and 100,000
died of the plague in Tuscany alone, be
tween March and August, 1848. “Buell,”
says Boccacoio, “was the severity of
heaven.”
THE PLAGUE IN ENGLAND.
The plague in England, described by
Defoo as an eye witness, though ho was not
an infant in 1605~’0fl when it raged,
though terrible, was not to bo compared
for soverity with the plague of 131(5. As
many died, indeed, perhaps more; but in a
much larger population. It began in the
autumn of 1605; but the cold winter of
1665-’66 greatly chocked its ravages, and
many hoped that it would altogether disap
pear. But with the early s ring of 1006
deaths from the pestilence began to be an
nounced, until presently it began to be
recognized that the real attack had com
menced The symptoms were akin to those
observed during the plague of Florence,
but sometimes death came even more
rapidly. In July 2,otodiod weekly, but by
September the weekly numoor of deaths
from the plague had risen to B,(XX). The
dead were buried together in certain fields,
then suburban, now within L mdon proper.
There is one triangular space (not built on),
between Brompto.i and Kensington, where
large numbers wi re buried. Many of tno
doa l wero buried in the fields at present
occupied by iho houses in Golden (Square;
and it was noticed that during the visita
tion of cholera iu 184D tho disease seemed
more malignant in that region, but whether
this was due, as some surmised, to the open
ing of drains communicating wit i the
trenches in which tiie plague-stricken were
buried in 1005 and 1000, seems open to con
siderable question.
In the east the plague still appears from
time to time; but whatever may be the
reason it seems unable to pass thcuce into
Europe. During the plague of 1835 in Alex
andria (in which 11,000 inhabitants of that
city perished), twenty-five ships, eight of
which were certainly mfectod by the plague,
carried 31,000 bales of cotton to England.
Yet no case of plague occurred among those
employed in unloading and disinfecting the
cargoes. Equally large cargoes wore un
loaded at Marseilles and Trieste, with tho
same result. Thus tho disease, Inwevercom
municated, is apparently never conveyed
by merchandise. It would seem, in I art, io
require special infection, since in 1878 the
plague was for two months confined to a
single village in Russia. In 1851 tiie plague
existed for eight months in Alexandria be
fore being communicated to Damietta and
Mansoorat, though no measures wero taken
to interrupt traflio. On the other hand,
whore seviral plague-stricken i*rsons are
together In a house orshfr, a certni atmos
phere of infection seems to Is- formed, by
which the disease may ne transmitted.
Richard a. I'twcxoa.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.1, 1883.
ENGLISH OUTDOOR DRESS
SHOOTING AND YACHTING GOWNS
FOR SEPTEMBER.
In the Land of the Heather and Toss
ing on the Wave—The Girl Who Car
ries a Gun and the Girl Who Handles
an Oar—Gowns and Cloths for Ameri
can Dames.
(Copyright 1888.1
London, Sept. 12. —English women shoot.
That is, some English women shoot.
That is again, the exploits of Son Altesse
Royale la Comtesse de Baris and her daugh
ters among the grouso this fall have awak
ened the spirit of emulation in every Eng
lish woman whoever handled a gun.
The rain it raineth every da}’, but the
shooting Englishwoman are off with their
lords to the land of tbe heather, tramping
tho damp Scotch moors on the chance of
taking a bird on the wing.
Very businesslike are they in their get up.
Thedaughter of tiie houso where I am stay
ing made her courtesy before me yesterday
in fine form. Five feet five she stands iu
her shooting boots, very straight, firm
fleshed, with shining eyes and the exquisitely
tinted English cheeks which always seem to
say to you that a shower has just blown by,
this constant rain being such a freshening
cosmetic.
The light gun she carriod may have
weighed five pounds or five ad a half.
Strapped upon her back was a silk water
proof for the showers that overtake one
amid gorse and brambles and a small cart
ridge case of true sportsmanlike fashion.
YACHTING COSTUME AND SHOOTING GOWN.
She wore a shooting dress of checked
tweed, one of those Scotch heather mixtures
which stana such rough walking as no other
weave worn of woman has yet shown itself
able to endure. In its gray colors, with
threads of red and green, it belonged to the
moorlands. Its short skirt, such a sensible
skirt as no American girl could bring herself
to, came barely to tho tips of her high shoot
ing boots, scarcely interfering with freedom
of movement when her shootership must
get through a hedge or climb over a stile.
This same short skirt was quite straight and
simple, except for flat panels of plain stuff
buttoned down at each side. It had a
jacket bodice of checked tweed turned back
over a waistcoat of plain stuff, opening at
the neck to show a fiat white tie like her
brother’s under her straight little collar.
There was a hat of gray felt with a wide
band of ribbon and a heron’s feather. She
was ready to back herself for a rough, hard
tramp through cold and wet, with a sound
sleep after it, against any sportsman likely
to be of the shooting party.
The ranks of women who shoot are filling
in these latitudes and so many American
dames and damsels are with the parties in
tho north this season that the fashion is
likely to be imported. Your true English
girl learns to manage her dog and can bid
him “seek,” “steady” and “heel” with an
aplomb surprising to the onlooker. She
learns, too, Chat hardest of all lessons for
the softer sex, to hold her tongue, nothing
irritating her companions masculine more
than unnecessary chatter while out with the
gun. She is self-reliant to a degree, carry
ing her own gun a day at a time, though
consigning it to the loader when she comes
to a bad bit of water or an ugly hedge.
With her tweed gown she wears a petti
coat of stout leather, with gaiters of
chamois, or some equally soft but stronger
kid, buttoniug well about the limbs and
protecting her from colds and chills as
effectually as it she were not a sportsman of
the skirt-wearing order.
oowm ucmviMl
The girls who aro not shooting are boat
ing iu September. A wonderful skill they
show in the management of the light Cana
dian canoes in the strong tide of the Thames
in the pretty stretches above Kew Gardens.
Pretty bits of color they make on the water
with their linen striped shirts, with sailor tie
pinned down in front and white flannel
gown. A white skirt with green silk sash
knotted about tiie waist and sailor tint with
green ribbon is the favored costume of tbe
light-haired girls. Dark oarswomen wear
lull vesta of ruby and ainlror silk, flashing
by like fireflies at dusk. Tho girls who
ready row—and some of them have records
not to l>e despised—wear dark blue s rga
gown with serge blouses thnt are not the
worse for splashing of Thames water.
There are no oarswomen about New York
to be compared with the London girls,
though the current of the Hudson is slow
beside the rise and fall of the Thames tide,
and the sluggish Harlem is a paradise of still
water.
Yachting costumes on English waters are
far more rough and ready, as a rule, than
tho smart nautical dresses which one sees at
Newport. Blue yachting gowns, pilot
coals and plain sailor hats are batter iu ac
cord witli stormier seas and foggier skies,
and aro plainly leokod upon as more chic as
well. In Bond street and Regent street, the
more elaborate water costume* aro evident
ly exhibited by tho tailor-* for American
buyers, though some English sail- >r lasses
are following Amorican example and matte
tUeir plain serge di eases a background mere
ly for gold braid or silver embroidery.
Black serge embroidered with black, black
serge braided with bison coriis, navy bine
serge with blouse bodice and skirt fronts of
white cloth, flannel skirts belted at the
waist, dark tweod gowns with smocked silk
bodice*, the*e ure the yachting go wus of the
real yachtswomen of E tglnnn. For novel
ties they allo' gown* of heavy white linen,
thick and substantial, with smocked silk
skirts in pule pink or blue, white sailor hats
and white ribbons. The sailor bat is omni
present, inevitable.
A yachting gown of dark blue serge
striped with narrow lines of yellow was
sent to Newport last week. Trie facings,
cuffs and narrow waistcoat wore of yellow
cloth embroidered with anchors in navy
blue cord. Another American yachting
gown just finished on this silo of the w ater
lias a pale blue silk Garibaldi skirt finished
with embroidery in gold thread. This is
worn with a skirt in dark blue serge, sailor
hat in dark blue straw with high hows, A
black yachting gown is made smart with
large steel buttons and is worn over a waist
coat of white crepe, with the Dlrectoire
jacket which carries the field before it this
fall. Redingote of dark blue serge with un
derskirt and waistcoat of blue and white
serge ornamented with gold buttons is
another yachting possibility seen occasional
ly here.
aVTOm TAILOR OOWR.
It is interesting to see to what extent the
woolen manufacturers of England anil
Scotland consider the American market.
Some of their finest goods are for the
American trade only and are introduced in
London, if at all, through the inquiries for
them made by American travelers. The
silk Henrietta clot hs aro a c.-v-e in point.
American women havo adopted the Henri
ettas in their heart of hearts, hut in London
shops they could not be bought until Amer
icans astray in Europe this summer called
for thorn so persistently that they had to be
introduced into the stock. Even n>w few
English women will buy them. They call
them too expensive and cling to the t weeds
and cheviots, leaving the American’s favor
ites to tho American buyers, for whom they
were designed and woven.
As the ILondoners put on their fall gowns
they appear resplendent in braids, which it
seems will accompany us as last year
through the winter.
Ellen Osborn.
LEMON ELIXIR.
Its Wonderful Effect on the Liver,
btomach, Bowels, Kidneys and Blood
As prepared by Dr. H. Mozsley, Atlanta,
Ga. A pleasant Lemon drink that posi
tively cures all Biliousness, Constipation,
Indigestion or Dyspepsia, Headache, Mala
ria, Kidney Disease, Dizziness, Colds, Loss
of Appetite, Fevers, Chills, Blotches. Pim
ples, all Impurities of the Blood, Pain in
tho Rack, Palpitation of the Heart, and all
otiier diseases caused by a disordered liver,
stomach and kidneys, tho first great causo
of all fatal diseases. Fifty cents and $1 per
bottle. Sold by druggists generally. Pre
pared by H. Mozeley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Yellow Fever, 1878.
J. O. Burge, a prominent druggist of
Bowling Green, Ky., writes: "During our
yellow fever epidemic no one who kept
their liver and bowels regulated with Lemon
Elixir was attacked with the fever.”
A lady, head nurse at yellow fever hospi
tal, Grenada, Miss., writes: “Lemon Elixir
was the only remedy that seemed to pro
tect our people from the attacks of tho
fever."
W. A. James, Bell Station, Ala., writes:
“I have suffered greatly from indigestion
or dyspepsia. One bottle of Dr. H. Moze
ley’s Lemon Elixir did me more good than
all other medicine I have ever taken.”
The Beet Time to Buy Valuable?.
This Is the dull season of the year. This
information is not exclusive or from inspi
ration. Trade is pretty well as far as It
goee—but it doesn’t go far. The purchasing
power of a dollar now Is something surpris
ing, simply because them are more dollars
than trade. In a word, we are now inclined
to give a vorv large dollar’s worth for 100
cents just to keep things moving. Within
the past few months we have added to our
stock in various ways, new ideas, new con
ceits, new trick* and quips in jewelry, nnd
so on. We’ve got to keep up, you know,
with the strides of inventive arid artistic
excellence. Our stock is worth looking
over, and, ns intimated, we >ciil sail vary
close to movo some of it. This is a good
time to renew housohold articles. Hoi id
Bilver table ware, suporb plated ware,
ornamental goods. For personal use or
adornment we offer a lino par excellence c f
ladies’ fine Gold, Silver and Diamond
Jewelry, Ladies’ Watches, Chairs anil
Charms, Gont’s Watches and Jewelry, etc.
AU of those articles can be bought cheaper
now than when trade gets brisker. Home
body will get married next fall—buy the
presents you intend to give now. They
will keep, and you wUI save money.
M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
Advice to Mothers
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relievos the little sufferer at onoo;
it produoes natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes as “bright ns a button.” It is vory
pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, soft
ens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, aud is the best known
remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. Twenty-five cents
a bottle.
Mobile Prizes. How-Where —When.
Mr. Frank McKeon, a clever gentleman,
of McKeon & Menken, who operate a res
taurant, s <id that it v* as a fact that lie and
Mr. Beyle held one-twentieth of ticket No.
53,4611, the second capital prise of (100,0U0
in tiie last drawing of The Louisiana Hluta
Lottery. “The prize came in good time, ns
I needed the money badly, ns you know I
have had plenty of bad luck. We were
burned out lust fall. Another misfortune
was losing (306 in a recent bank failure.”
The Southern Express Company collected it
lor Messrs. McKeon aud Beyle.— Mobile
(Ala.) Jicyistsr, July 13.
Shoo Fly.
A good Fly Fan is a household necessity,
and can be proourod from Crockery House
of James H. Bilva.
A large stock of Water Coolers and other
summer goods.
Hummer Tariff.
The adoption of a summer tariff at, the
Harnett House, below what has heretofore
been the rule at that excellent hotel, is sure
to Is* productive of satisfactory results, and
indicates the wisdom of tbe management.
Now is the summer of our discontent
from prickly heat made glorious by the use
jof ExternolliiiH Powder. I recommend
I Lstomallin Powder to be tbe best on
tbe market for the above.
Q. T. Hhafvce.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENTA WORD.
AnVKn TISES r t.XT.I. IS Word* or
mors, in thin column inserted for ONK
CENT A WURD % Cash in Advance, sack
inse.rtwn.
JDi'erybody who has any want to smpptv,
anything to buy or sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed,any wish
to gratify, should advertise in this column.
HILP WANIKI).
ITTANTED, * Milled colored woman to tako
▼ v charge of an Infant, six weak a old as
nurse. Call Monday morning 133J4 Charlton
st reel.
\JLT ANTED. two Al. furniture collectors and
?f oanvasaera, also Al, furniture man. Ap
ply at office OH LAN PER BUGS.
WANTED, a competent nurse; also, a house
▼ f girl; both white. Apply 82 Hall street,
corner Abercorn street.
VLTMAYER A CO. want first-class dress
goods sa lest non and experienced sales
ladiea Apply at on o.
\\T ANTED, an experienced Woodsman for
It turpentine. Address, J. H. BAKER, AUa
paha, Ga.
TI7E wish to employ a few salesmen on
▼ T salary to sell our goods by sample to the
wholesale and retail trade of Savannah, Ga.,
and adjoining States. We are the largest man
ufacturers of our line in the country Send 2
cents in stamps for full particulars. No postals
answered. CENTENNIAL MTU CO., Cincin
nati, o.
VX/ANTED, general and special agents to
tt represent the National Life and Maturity
Association of Washington. I). C. Big pay
given to good men. Company first class.
Absolute contracts. Bolides incontestable and
nonforfeitable. Maturity value In cash at fixed
age. For full particulars and terms to admits,
address (branch office) NATIONAL LIFE &
MATURITY ASSOCIATION, Teach tree
street, Atlanta, Ga.
Wf ANTED, barber; first class white barber;
yy young man; can have permanent situa
tion. SCOTT DAVIS, Daytona, Fla.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED,
\\T ANTED, a position as mill siti>erintendent;
v? has had twenty years' mill experience,
the last five years as superintendent; first-class
testimonials can be sent on application. Address
A. B. (Prentiss, <a.
\ YOUNG LADY desires a position ns
teacher or governess in a family; references
exchanged. Address M. I. DENNISON, Ridge
land, S. C.
117 ANTED, a situation a* wheelwright or
vv blacksmith. Address F. C. J., 22 New
street, city.
IXT ANTED, position as stenographer and tyf*‘
v v writer or clerk. Address ENERGY, 70
Bay street.
\\ T ANTED, position as night watchman or
y y fireman. Address X. !*., Morning News.
VLADY desires a position an housekeeper in
hotel or hoarding house. Address HOUSE
KEEPER, this office. Out of the city preferred.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
VI7ANTED, a first class contractor and
vv builder to hid on a dwelling in Valdosta;
plans and specifications ready. J. T. ROBERTS,
Valdosta, Ga.
QUIET YOUNG MAN Wishes room and
board; not over thirty dollars: south of
Liberty street preferred. Address No. 43, this
Offio6.
VTOUNG MAN wishes small, nicely furnished
1 room, between Liberty and Gaston. Ad
dress No. 32, News office.
WANTED, a suite of rooms in vicinity of
Park extension. Address K., 41) Jones
st rest.
XI7ANTED, board for gentleman, wife and
IT single gentleman. Address P. 0. Box 140.
117 ANTED AT ONCE, or not later than Oct.
Vv Ist, a large flat suitable for light house
keeping, or a small house; either must hae all
modern conveniences and be situated north of
Jones, west of Abercorn and east of Barnard
street. Apply to L. E DAVIS, of Davis Bros.
ROOMS TO KENT.
J/OR RENT, flat of two large rooms, furnished
x or unfurnished, suitable for two or more
gentlemen, or small family; rooms newly
painted, etc.; gas and bath. 172 Liberty street.
npo RENT, large and small rooms, furnished
1 or unfurnished, separate or In suits, beauti
fully located on Liberty street. Address “VER
BENA." News office.
I/OR RENT, floor of three connecting moms,
c suitable for light housekeeping, or will t o
rented furnished to single gentleman. Inquire
158 fltsti street.
1/OR RENT, upper story corner of Haber
’’ sham and Liberty streets, with use of bath
room included. Apply at store. HENRY
TOEHLK.
1/OR RENT, (with board if desired), very rea
1 sonable, furnished or unfurnished rooms, or
part of a desirable house. Apply at 57 Aber
corn street.
1/OR BENT, five nice rooms over my store,
with all conveniences and large yard. W.
H. RAY, East Broad and River streets.
ROOM TO RENT, furnished or unfurnished,
with use of bath, from Oct. Ist, or sooner.
37 C'harlton street.
1/OR RENT, furnished or unfurnished, 'two
* pleasant rooms; very moderate terms. 41
Broughton street.
r/OR RENT, pleasant rooms, on parlor, and
l second lbx>rs, furnished, or unfurnished, 37
Aliercorn street.
I/OR RENT, verv reasonable, neatly fur
Jr nished rooms. 47 York street, southwest
corner Habersham.
I /OR RENT, pleasant rooms, with hot and
1 cold baths, with or without board, at 03 Bar
nard street.
I/OR RENT, to a single gentleman only, a
r large south room, nicely furnished. 148
Hull street. __
SEVERAL ver/pleaaaufc unfurnished rooms,
with or without board. I.VJ Gordon street.
POR KENT, a flat of four rooms, with use of
1 bath, at (W York street.
I >LEABANT ROOMS can be had at
I with south fronts.
r po RENT, a floor of four rooms, with exclu
-1 sive use of bath. Lower part of bouse oc
cupied by three adults. Address this office, T
UOUIKB AND BTOAII FOB RENT.
1/OR RENT, several desirable small dwell
ply to PETER REILLY
1/OR RENT, store and dwelling, BortheMt
corner Gaeton and Tattnall streets. Apply
to PETk R REILLY.
I/OR RENT, those two very desirable dwell-
I 1 Ings fronting south on South Broad street,
third and fmirth doom east of Abercorn street.
A | 1 1) to PETER REILLY.
I /OR RENT, that commodious four story
1 brick dwelling, fronting south on State
street, second door east of Lincoln. Apply to
PETER REILLY.
I /OR RENT, that desirable brick dwelling
* southeast comer Libertyand Lincoln streets.
Apply to PETER REILLY.
1/OR RENT, throe story brick dwelling, 170
P Tayl r street. Apply to PETER REILLY.
I/OR RENT, house 39 York street, between
I 1 Habersham and Price, with ail modern con
vonlenrcs. Apply at office McDONOUGM A
BALLANTYNE, or at 58 Bryan street. KoBT.
WARRICK.
FX)R RENT, middle house in row northeast
corner Barnard and Bolton streets; modern
Improvements; rent moderate. Apply to G. A.
GEM UN DEN, corner Bt. Julian and Whitaker
street-c
I /OR RENT, the three story house on brick
1 basement No. 118 btate street, three doors
i-nstuf Bull street, facing court house square;
best location in the cty for private boarding
house. Apply to JOHN A DOUGLAfIfI A CO.
DWELLING 101 U Taylor Street, between
Drayton and Abercorn streets; suitable
for a small family. Apply next door, or
BTRAUSB BRgS. _
'■p MAT large *toi* lately occupied by Bend helm
1 Bros. A Cos., No. 143 Bay street, In good
order. Possession given at once. Apply to J.
F BROOK H. 135 Bay street.
1/Oft KENT, house 157 Liberty strevt. Apply
7 to 0. U. LHi ii.lL
HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT,
1/Oft RENT, botiseNo. 151 Barnard street. In
1 hr . -class order. Possession given Orto
her N;, 1 hn-s. Apply to J. F. BROOKS, 135 Bay
8‘ rent.
II (>1 fS3 corner of Jefferson and Perry streets.
I Possession given at once. Apply to J. f.
BRl>*KB, 1 35 Bay street. _____
I | OUSE No. (W Taylor street. Possession
I given at. once. Apply to J. F. BROOKS,
185 Ray Kf iwt.
I /OK KENT, cottage? bourne on Drayton and
Waidburg st roots; possession •given imme
diately For particulars, apply to THOB.
BOW DEN, 214 Broughton street. _
1/( )R RENT, house southwest corner of Wald
burg and Montgomery, containing six
rooms, good location; pofttesthon given at once.
Apply Liberty street.
1/OR RENT, store and dwelling southwest
I c river Montgomery and Berrien streets.
W. H. DOOM'K, lihVj Montgomery street.
I/OR RENT, seven room house, modern im
-1 provementa, Abercorn and Waidburg. Ap
ply 184 Stats.
I/OR RENT, house 2i>s Perry, between West
1 Broad and Montgomery streets; possession
given Oct. Ist.
I /OR RENT, five room house with kitchen on
1 New Houston street, near Habersham;
water in yard. Apply at ID New Houston street.
I/< )R RENT, brick residence IS Jones street;
1 rent low. 11. A. McLEOD, 716)6 Broughton
street.
I/OR RENT, brick house 815 Congress street
I Apply at 811 Congress.
Ijh > R RENr, house No. 174 Br< ugbton •tftej.
V Possession given at once. Apply to J. F.
BR< m )KS, 135 Bay street. ___
t / )R RENT, residence No IS Beberxhem
I street; possession given Oct. 1. Apply W.
J. H \UTY._
IjV)R RENT, from Oot. Ist, four-story house
1 158 State street, between Whitaker an I
Barnard streets. Apply to J. S. BCHLEY,
Bryan street. ______
l/OR RENT, a desirable residence, with sixty
r acros of land, about four miles from cit v,
on sails. Thunderbolt; cars convenient. Apply
to W UIKEN & K XS< >N. _
I/OR RENT, from Oct. Ist, The brick dwell-
I 1 ings Nos. 174 and 17IW Jones street; will
put in nice order. W. D. KRENSON, at J. I>.
Weed A Co.’s.
I/or RENT, Oot Ist, houses No. 80 Jones and
1 10 Ctiorlton street.” Apply to DALE, DIXON
& CO.
I/OR RENT, two dwellings at corner Barnard
and Gordon streets; possession given at
once. Apply to I. DASHER. _
|/i )R RENT, store No. 23 Bull street, next t<
I No. 21U Bull street. Apply at EBTILL*B
NEWS DEPOT.
1/OR RENT, that desirable house Pt northeast
1 corner of New Houston and Barnard streets;
possession givi-n Ist October, Apply to A. G.
GUERARD. .
IN>R RENT, two deairatde houses, south side
1 Charlton street, ni?ar Abercorn street. Ap
ply to F. X. DOUGLASS, 114 Bay street.
FOK KENT M ISC’ELLA NKOUS.
\ VAULT in Market nasement to rent. Ap
ply to ROB r. J. WADE, City Marshal.
FOR SALK.
B Carload, 10 to i<’> bands
I high; horsee broke to work and ride. Also,
50 Mares and Saddle Ponies, and 15 Mules. J. F.
OUILMARTIN A CO., (Wa Stables.
I/4)R SALE, my gray colt “Tom;" five years
1 old; and without a blemish; reason
for selling, no time todrive him. W’. 11. RAY,
East Broad and River streets.
I/OR SALE, a line established grocery and
liquor bimiiieas. No fancy price, only cost
price tor stock, and rent of stand reasonable.
MERCHA NT, this offios
/ lELKUY and Strawberry Plants, Hoffman
\J berry; trial stock; Wagner r line floral de-
Higns. Loave orders at STRONG'S Drug Ston*.
1 /OR SALE, four or five good Milch Cows, at
Ixiurol Grove Garden. J H. PARSONS
I/< >R SALE, one pony phaeton and harness, in
good order. Apply 152 Gaston street, sec
ond door west of Wnitaker.
1/OR SALE, cheap. One Combination Table,
114x9, complies, Monarch style Bmus
wick-lialke-Collender make. Inquire at PU
LASKI HOUSE. __
Y XT ILL close out my stock of lop-eared and
v v angora ribhits at one dollar each. Address
N. V. KETCHUM, I*. O. Box 53.
(YN account of removal, will dispose of a few
* Tinirn of Homing Pig?oiiH. Address N. V.
KKTCHUM, P. *). Box 53.
LOST.
lOBT.— English setter bitch, black and white,
J six years old. Answers name of “Lil."
Finder will be re warder! by returning wime to
G. M. UYALS, corner Drayton and Anderson
streets.
BOAlDUftt,
J HOARDING, a very large ? nicely furniHhMl
y south front room. Suitable for two or
more single gentlemen. Location very near
the park, the library and Whitaker car line.
Apply i:>2 Gaston street, second door west of
Whitaker.
O EDUCED rates for board st PALMER
IA HOUSE, 170 State, next Odd Fellow's
had.
SEVERAL BOARDERS wanted by a private
i i family; term* moderate. Address S. A. 8.,
care of Morning News.
PHOtOORArai.
1/( >K fine l*hoUgraphs go to A. J. HERMES,
177 (’ongrc.HH Htnn L The latest novelty in
Photographs i* rny “Town Talk Panels," $1 50
per doren. ( all and see them, they are beautL'k;
every thing new. A. J. HERMES, 177 Congress
street.
!>HOTOGHAPHY.—Price of photographs re
I duced until Oct. Ist. J. N. WILSON, 21
Bull street.
SPE( IAL NOTICE—To every i>erson ordering
a dozen of our flue Cabinet Imotographa, we
will give u handsome crayon portrait neatly
framed. We offer this inducement for ten days
only, be therefore wise aud call on us at once.
A. J. HKItMErt. Photographer, 177 Congress
street, opposite market.
1/INK life size crayons in handsome frames
for |w; or<lere taken only until Ist October;
satisfaction guaranteed in every case (from life
or copies ; LAUNEY A GOEBEL Savannah,
Ga.
MItCBLUmOVA
MISS WOOUIOPTER will re-open her
Primary School on Monday, Oct. lat.
liolton ntrwt, third from Drayton,
MiSS WILKINS will open hr school on
MONDAY, Oct. Ist, at f5 Oordon stieet.
MIsS SULLIVAN will reopen her school at 72
Hooth Broad street on Oct. Ist.
iJIIOF. FRANK OI.CKS, teacher of all braes
instruments. Satisfaction guaranteed.
KeNldenon Price and Hall streets.
rpHF undersigned begs to inform the public
1 that tia.ing organized a flrat-olam Orchostru,
is prepuivd to furiiisn music for lialls, parties,
elc . il sllor est notice. Outers left at Cooper
A Walton’s, tail ri, 197 Congress street, will
meet wolh prompt atlcntloa. K l.oltli, lasdsr.
rj-O th'sm who spent the summer north, call on
I I/OOAN, City Market, and make your ar
rangemontsfor tlie balance of the year fur the
same Hind of Beef, Mutton and Veal, fresh and
corned.
T AUHF.L OROVE OARDEN—Cemetery lots
Ii l-I i al (0 cents per mt mill. Cut.
Flower, and Designs to order. Address J. 11.
I’AKSuNS, Laurel Grove Garden, Savannah, Ua.
IT*ABHIONABLE DRESSMAKING done at my
I old leliaMe I,Mims. 44V4 Jefferson Street. A
share of yotlr patronage solicited, Mbs. 11AM
ILTON.
I ICK LED TONGUES, Itonotos* Corned Be. f,
J native and northern Hoof. Mutton and Veal,
at LOtiAN’B, City Mar-key
EH, Clocks and Jewelry repaired at
U J. CRANE’S cheaper than any other jew
eler will in the city.
T F your clotliing needs renewing and you want
I them cleaned, repaired, braided, dyed, re
modeled, altered to please you, go to S.
WHITE S, corner Jefferson and Stale streets.
JCKA NK will clean your watch for sl, and
. warrant It for one year, at D8 Broughton
street.
U'MBIfELLAS mended at #7 West Broad
Struct. WH. FOUNTAIN.
MISCELLANEOUS.
/ \NE trial and you wiil he convinced that LO*
\ / (iaN, (.'By Market, . ells Northern
Mutton and Veal as cheap and as good as any
northern market.
1> EEF, Mutton and Veal, northern and native,
> always at L<XIAN'S, City Market. Market
ing delivered on Sunday.
(y LO I'HI NO cleaned, repaired, braided, altered
and dyed; new suits cut and made in latest
Btyles; charges moderate; satisfaction guaran
tee.!. \. OF r/,. tailor. 31 Jefferson at-reeL
]OGAN, City Market, guarantees all hi*
j meats as to quantity and quality.
(lASH paid for old gold and silver at J.
J CRANES.
IOOK CAirnwell & Chipmaa s advertisement
-i on |>oge 5.
—
AUCT ION SALES FUTURE JDAYB.
Auction Sale of Railroad Cars.
LnROCHE & McLAI’GHIJN, Auctioneers.
Will be sold to the highest bidder, at
Savannah and Tybee Railway Depot, oa
Wh.l>N KB I) AY, Sept, 26, i Bnß. at 11 a. m. :
SEVEN (7) RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS,
numbered 1,2, 3, I, 5, rt and 7, and all lettered
“Savannah nd Tybee Railway, name r.eing sold
by the undersigne<l
J. G. BRILL C< > MPA NY,
By JA M ICS H JOH NBTON,
ItK Attorney in fai t.
Savannah. Gx.,Sept. 21. 1888.
SHOES.
LOOK 1
In consideration of the in
cessant rains of the past two
weeks, we have continued our
Great Closing Out Reduction
Sale of all kinds of
LOW QUARTERS,
SLIPPERS,
SUMMER SHOES,
FOR
Ladies,
Grentlemen,
Misses,
Children,
-AND—
Infants.
This is positively the last
week that the above goods
will be sold at their present
startlingly low prices. Don’t
let the chance pass you.
BYCK BROS.
17 Whitaker Street.
CLOTHING.
Mai Vitim
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RE
CEIPT OF SAMPLES OF CLOTHS
FOR OUK
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT
FOR THE ENSUING SEASON.
The goods for this stock are selected with greet
care, and comprise all the novel, staple and
conservative effect* in the highest grades of
imported and domestic Woolens and worsteds.
The department is under the charge of a most
experienced and artistic designer, with the best
skilled workmen under him, and we are confi
dent that the assertion of the excellence of the
FIT, WORKMANSHIP AND STYLE
of our garments cannot bo too strongly ex
pressed.
We solicit a trial of all who desire their cloth
ing made to order in the perfection of taste and
stylo. Satisfaction in every detail being guar
anteed. Respectfully.
A. FALK & SONS.
SADDLER X, ETC.
MfIiIASHAN SADDLERY W
203 BROUGHTON ST*
MANUrACTUSCM * DEALER* IN ALL KINDS Of
Sailery, Harness, Whips,
HORSE CLOTHING, ETC
A FULL LINK OF
Scotch, Irish and Concord Team Collars.
We will duplicate any Northern or Wcetera
bill of handmade llaru<*Hs aud warrant satlv
faction. Trunks Covered, Harness aud Saddles
Repaired, and first rate workmanahip guaran
teed. Come and see us and give us a trial.
REAL ESTATE.
C.~ Y. RICHARDSON.
REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL COLLEO
110N AGENCY.
OFFICE 129 BULL ST.
Rental* and collections solicited.
jLIOHTNING KODB. '
The JETNA LIGHTNING ROD C
No. 44 Baroard SI, Savannah, Ga,
Is prepared to give estimates on the roddlog of
dwellings and public buildings with the best
copper rods. Work guaranteed and referanoas
given. Orders promptly attended to fro*
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
VAN UEKtfCHOT & BAHNAKL,
3