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CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
MINBBALOGIST PH ATT ABOUT TO
RESIGN*.
On* of the Christophine Boy Murder
er* On Trial -Gov. Gordon Sum* Con
vict Lessees for 538,000 j Whit
locK's Trial for Murder Set for Next
Monday.
Atlanta, Ga., June 17.—Dr. N’ A Pratt,
who has long and ably held the position of
state mineralogist, contemplates an early
resignation. It is his desire to engage more
actively in iron and steel enterprises. Hi
ts the author ef several very valuable pro
cesses of iron and steel manufacture, and
was the first to utilize the wealth of the cele
brated phosphate beds near Charleston. i
criminal branch of the superior court
was engaged to-day with the trial of Arthur
Hanev, the white boy implicated in the
murder of Christopkin, the Italian, last fall.
There is a similar charge against Will
Spinks, another white boy, which will be
taken up as soon as the present case is dis
posed of.
suing convict lessees.
The civil department of the superior
court was occupied to-day in a case law hich
Gov. Gordon, iu behalf of the state, is suing
Penitentiary Camp No. 2 for $2,000 each for
nineteen escaped convicts.
The case of M. T. Whitlock, charged with
the killing of Neal Belding in a saloon here
on memorial day, has been set for trial on
Monday.
PONCE DE LEON’S BAVISHER.
This morning a bailiff from Walker’s dis
trict, near Atlanta, went to the police head
quarters with a warrant for Philip Shell,
the i egro who attempted to outrage Miss
Burdett near Ponce do Leon on Thursday
last, and demanded the prisoner. Lear ling
that a mob was waiting at Ponce de Leon
to lynch the prisoner Chief Connolly re
fused to surrender him to the officer. The
• charge against Shell will be investigated by
the gratia jury to-morrow, and hence he
will escape m b violence unless he is
forcibly taken from th" Fulton county jail,
which is hardly probable.
DEDICATION OF THE CAPITOL
The programme to be observed in the
dedication of the new- rapitol will bear
ranged by the legislature on July 3. The
body will then adjourn over to the sth,
when formal possession will be taken of the
new building. July 4 being a national holi
day, the dedication will occur on that day.
George Coates, a United States prisoner
In jail here for passing counterfeit money
in Polk county, was removed to the Provi
denoe Infirmary today. The poor fellow
is in the last stages of consumption, and
since his commitment to jail, on April 13.
he has grown rapidly worse. His removal
was in response to a petition from Dr.
Chapman, the attending physician.
Prof. Rutherford Resigns.
Athens, Ga., June 17.—Prof. William
Rutherford, of the chair of pure mathe
matics, tendered his ressgnation to-day to
the board of trustees. He is the oldest
member of the faculty, having filled his
position for forty yea's. His resignation
was entirely voluntary, as there was no
disposition to supplant him. He has been
a power in the university..
FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS.
The Grand Union Hotel Gamesters—
The New Railroad.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 17.—J. O.
Tuberson, Charles Falana, Frank Bryant,
Randall E. Williams, W. H. Singleton,
Frank M. Gage, Frank McNulty and C. S.
Alexander, well known citizens, who wore ar
rested Saturday for gambling in the Grand
Union hotel, were carried before County
Judge Owens to-day, and (waived examina
tion and gave bail for their appearance
when the circuit court convenes. M. W.
Drew, P. B. Hszeltine, John Webber, flus
ter Falana, W. T. Delaporte, and J. R.
Burnam, act as bondsmen. The arrest
created a sensation in the city.
Iron for the railroad from Grassy Point
to the Jacksonville and St. Augustine rail
way depot across the river arrived to-dny.
This track is to be run from the new bridge.
The Congregational church is negotiating
to purchase the McGinnis lot corner of
Hogan and Duval streets.
Fire at Fort Mason.
Eustis, Fla., June 17.—Fire last night
at 13 o’clock destroyed the Florida South
ern depit and Wofford’s store at Fort
Mason. The depot was insured for SBOO
and the store for $4,000. The fire is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin.
ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of the Games Between the
Country's Leading Teams.
Washington, June 17.—Base ball games
were played to-day with the following re
sults:
At Baltimore (first game, ten innings)—
Baltimore 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4—lo
Louisville 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 o—o
Base hits: Baltimore 9, Louisville 11. Errors:
Baltimore C, Louisville 7. Batteries: Cunning
ham, Goetz and Cantz, Ramsay and Vaughan.
Second game—
Baltimore 11101001 s—lo
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Base hits: Baltimore 11, Louisville 1. Errors:
Baltimore 1, Louisville 7. Batteries: Foreman
and Quinn, Ehret and Cook.
At Boston —(Morning game)
Washington 00030003 x— 6
Boston 2 00000000—2
Base hits: Washington 11, Boston 6. Errors:
Washington 1, Boston 4. Batteries: Keefe and
Daly, Radbourne and Ganzel.
Afternoon game—
Boston 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 2—ll
Washington 0 0 1 00000 5 6
Base hits: Boston 11, Washington 11. Errors:
Boston 1, Washington 3. Batteries: Clarkson
And Bennett, Ferson, Sullivan and Mack.
At Philadelphia—
Athletic 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 J 2—ll
St. Louis 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 2
Base hits: Athletic 16. St. Louis 7. Errors:
Athletic 3, St. Louis 0. Batteries: Seward and
Robinson, Devlin and Milligan.
At Cleveland—
Cleveland. 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 o—7
Chicago J) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 l— 4
Base bits: Cleveland 13, Chicago 8. Errors:
Cleveland 2, Chicago 4. Batteries: Bakely and
Bnyder, Dwyer and Flint.
At Indianapolis—
Indianapolis 6 0 00 00 1 0 0— 7
Pittsburg 0 2000500 I—B
Base hits: Indianapolis 13, Pittsburg 13. Er
rors: Indianapolis 2, Pittsburg 1. Batteries:
Burdicx, Getzein and Buckley; Galvin and
Miller.
At Brooklyn—The Brooklyn-Cincinnati
game was postponed on account of rain.
At New York—The New York-Philadel
phia gome was postponed on account of
rain.
southern league deserters.
New Orleans, June 17.—At a special
meeting of the Southern Base Ball League
to-.luy the desertion of players of the ass--
ciation in Chattauooga, where they were
paid salaries up to date, was investigated.
President Wharton notified Secretary
Byrne, of the hoard of arbitration of the
suspension of the following players of that
club: John Howe of New York, William
Carey of New Hampshire, Dan Quinn cf
South Boston, M. J. Shea and Robert Pen
dera of New Orleans, Thomas J. Dootne of
Albany and A. J. Hoenmaun of St. Louis.
W* Stand Neutral.—The editor of the
Kicker has been asked to express his opinion
on the conduct of President Harrison in
furnishing fat places to so many of his
relatives. We stand neutral on that ques
tion, having au application on file in Wash
ington to be appointed Indian commissioner
for this reservation. If we don’t get the
appointment, we shall have a very decided
opinion on Mr. Harrison’s nepotism. If we
do get it, we shan’t bite the hand which
feeds us.— Arizona Kicker, in Detroit Free
Preet.
A NEW POWER IN SOCIETY.
The Rapid Rise of Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Waterbury to the Possession of
Crests and Social Influence.
(Copyright 1889.)
New York, June 15.—Among the fash
ionable young men of New York there is
none more prominent just now than James
M. Waterbury, and to say this of a mem
ber of the set which holds Delaney Kane,
Ward McAllister and Willie Vanderbilt,
besides all of that order of picturesque
dudes represented by the names of Robert
Hargous and Worthington Whitehouse, is
to say much. Wealth and a membership
in nine swell clubs are not what distin
guishes him as peculiar, for these he holds
io common with many ocher young men
who have not attained his social celebrity.
Neither is it extraordinary dreeing, lavish
entertaining nor aptitude in leading the
German that accounts for his ascendency,
for he is not the man to make a show of
himself with any accomplishment. It is
his all-round ability as a social leader that
gives him his prestigo. He possesses a
genius in this direction. Progressive to a
radical point and friendly disposed toward
all innovations in amusements he has intro
duced to society novelties more startling
than any it has experienced since Mrs.
Potipbar's liveries first whirled down
Broadway, and has raised no fuss withal
for being a crank, but has carried the ap
proval of the majority with him, and herein
lies his claims to admiration. What he has
already accomplished is no doubt but an
earnest of the future, for his star appears
steadily using with its course directed full
toward the zenith.
It was Mr. Waterbury who inaugurated
in New York the revival of the dress of our
grandfathers for evening wear, being chief
of the dudes who last winter presented
themselves at a Vanderbilt reception in
knee breec os and tailless coats; an example
wnich was followed soon after in Germany
by the young Emperor William. But Mr.
Wateriiury’s great coup de mode of the
past season was the amateur circus. It was
a daring experiment, so very Frenchy, you
know, and so reminiscent of Parisian
naughtiness;but whatever Mr. Waterbury
toucaes is a go, and society from the entire
British legation at Washington t j the B ra
con Hill conservatives of Boston, accepted
his invitations with such alacrity that he
was cacstrsined to i**’i double the number
of invitations originally sent out.
To be sure the vVaterburys are nouveau
riche ; mis must be c jucedod tn the persons
a generation removed from trade who say
it, for they are still m business; but the en
tire fashionoble set, from the As tors down,
is ou their visiting list, and to the unin
structed there is no difference between them
unless there lies ono in Mr. Waterburv’s
acumen, for cleverness is said not to runiu
old families. Mr. Waterbury inherits from
his father an interest in the Cordage Trust
Company, which manufactuaes cord,
twine and paper bags, and his shrewdue ,s
in acquiring certain patent processes for
making twine is said to have been the means
of petting the company $1,000,000 within
the past twelve mouths. He e.airns to in
herit also from bis father the name of
Moutpassant and the family plate has this
family’s crest upon it. He is under 40 and
was married some years ago to a Miss Fur
man, whose family w as enriched by the sale
of large tracts of land at the upper end of
the island to the city for public parks.
Mrs. Waterbury gets tnrough an enor
mous society round in a season and this in
spite of the fact that she has seveu chil
dren, al! under 15. She goes to balls, sup
pors, lunches, teas, theaters, parties,—but
all by proxy. In other words she dis-
charge* her social duties almost entirely
by means of her visiting card. As no so
cial event occurs but invitations are left at
the door her lackeys and carriage are in
constant motion discharging her obliga
tions. Two thousand visiting cards in a
season is the enormous quantity she uses,
and the plate from which tuey are engraved
is made of steel, instead of copper, as is us
ual, and hardened to bear the amount of
engraving demanded; her note paper is or
dered three reams at a time and her season’s
paper bill amounts to from stso upward.
By this meaiis she keeps up her end of so
ciety while remaining, for the most part,
quietly at home with the children. Still she
makes frequent contributions to the amuse
ments of society and they are apt to be de
lightfully unique. One of the most charm
ing features of the past winter was her
.Saturday luncheon parties at their country
seat, eighteen miles up the sound. The
mild Winter favored this enterprise and
every week a four-in-hand bowled over the
road, filled with an eager party who en
joyed the drive to its utmost, and who ar
rived at “Pleasanee” with tue most vora
cious of appetites. And the end of the
journey wasn’t disappointing. “Pleasanca”
is one of the show places which adjoin the
Country club in tt estchester county. It is
a large house of yellow brick and red tiles
set in an immense wooded lawn that slop-s
to the water’s edge. Ono of its features is
a roofed piazza some thirty feet broad, which
commands a beautiful view of the sound.
In winter it is inclosed by gl:iss and heated.
It is furnished with India rugs, hammocks,
lounging chairs and enormous Japn .eso
umbrellas and spreading palms and in this
artificial summer the lunch is served.
Au interesting portion of this horse is
that appropriated to the children. It con
sists of a suite of six rooms, which includes
nursery, play room, oedroom, baby’s room
and dining room. In the latter the dining
room tables, side boards, silver, china,
everything is on a diminutive scale.
The town house of the family is one of
the spacious old fashioned mansions at tha
lower end of Fifth avenue.
Mrs. Waterbury has a penchant for
palms equal to that which some people in
dulge for orchids, and her ho usa is full of
them, suggesting a perpetual tropical sum
mer.
Worth furnishes this fortunate lady’s
wardrobe and he sends her a gown every
month. Ada Cone.
RAN IN THE RAIN.
Tbe Tracis for tho Flyers at St. Louis
Nevertheless Good.
St. Louis, June 17.—The weather was
showery but tho track good. Following is
a summary:
First furlongs; for all ages.
Winona won, with Josie M. second, and Sere
nader third. Time 1:41U- IOT
Second Race—Five Furlongs ; 2-yea r-oldsT
Watterson won, with Lena Ban second, and
Kyrle B. third. Time 1:06.
Third Rack—Granite mountain stakes; all
ages; one mile and a quarter; SI,OOO added.
Los Angeles won, with Mollie's Last second,
and Poteen third, Time 2:111$.
Fockth Race—Adolphus Basch purse, $500;
all ages: one miie Fayette won, with Lela
May second, and Harry Olenu third. Time 1:45.
Fifth Race - Steeplechase, short course.
Lvero won, with Nettie Watkins second, and
Voltigem third. Time 3:53.
AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
New York, June 17. — At tlie Brighton
beach races to-day after the first race it be
gan to rain and the track became heavy
and sticky. Tho events were as follows:
First Race Three quarters of a mile.
Urbana won, with Ripley second, and Florita
third. Tirael:lßJs.
Second Race— One mile. Blue Line won,
with Wyndwood second, and Utility third.
Time 1:4795.
£.Third Race—Mile. Vivid'won, with Carrie G.
second, aud Maia third. Time I:SOJS.
Fourth Race— Mile and a sixteent u. Umpire
won, with My Own second, and Pericles third.
Time 1:56.
Fifth Race—Mile and a furlong. Bonanza
won. with Ten Booker second, and White Nose
third. Time 2:03.
Sixth Race— One mite. King Crab won, with
Carnegie second and Battersby third. Time
Monopoly.—First Stock Exchange Man
(reading newspaper)—“Hello! Police Raid
on westend gambling clubs! Alii—quite
right—there’s too much of that sort of
thing!”
Second S. E. M.—“ Yes, a deal too much.
Look here. Bat you six to four they get
off!”
First 8. EL M.—“ Done with you!”—
Punch.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1889.
DEAD OR ALIVEf
A Budget of Eerie Stories About Pre
mature Burials. *
From the Few Tork Herald.
In 1866 a most dramatic scene occurred
in the- French Senate —s scene in real life
that would have been voted improbable on
the stage.
A petition hod been presented pointing
out the dangers of hasty interments and
suggesting measures for their prevention.
M. de ia Gueronmere prop -sed to shelve it.
But the venerable Cardinal Donnet, Arca
bisho.i of Bordeaux, arose in support of the
petition.
Uis argument was long and interesting.
He nad himself, he said, while yet a cure,
saved several persons from being buried
alive. He had sen a man taken from his
coffin and restored to health. He had seen
the body of a young lady laid out for dead,
the attendants covering her face as he en
tered, yet allowing him to observe so much
as convinced him she was not dead, but
sleeping. With a loud voice he cried out
that he was come to save her.
“You do cot see me. perhaps,” he said,
“but you tear what I am saying.”
And she did hear. His voice reached her
numbed sensations. She made a mighty
effort and woke into life.
“That young girl,” said the archbishop, in
the midst of a profound silence, “is to-day
a wife, the mother of children and the chief
happiness of two of the most dis
tinguished famili -s in Paris.”
A thrilling story.
But the archbishop had another and still
more impressive story to tell. In 1836 a
young priest fainted in the pulpit and was
given uo for dead. He was measured for
the coffin, the funeral b-*ll was tolled, the
De Pro/undis was recited by Episcopal lips.
Meanwnile the seeming corpse could
hear all that was going on. “You will
easily feel how impressive was the agony of
the living in that situation. At last, amid
the murmurs anund him, he distinguished
the voice of on j k iown to him from child
hood. That voice produced a marvelous
effect and stimulated him to superhuman
effort. Of what followed I need say no
more than that the seeming dead man stood
next day in the pulpit from which he had
been taken f r dead. That young priest,
gentlemen,” and here the old man’s voice
thrilled every listener; “that young priest
is the man who stands before you to-day—
more than forty years later—entreating
those in authority not merely to vigilantly
enforce execution of the legal requirements
in regard to hurials, but to enact fresh ones
that may prevent the occurrence of irrep
arable misfortunes.”
In spito of official resistance the Senate
voted that the petition should be referred
to the Minister of the Interior. Some of its
modifications of existing laws were event
ually adopted. But the French, like the
English, have always resisted the innova
tion of mortuary chambers, such as the
German and other nations have adopted, in
which the dead are retained for a time be
fore interment. Hero mechanical appli
ances are so arranged that tne slightest
motion on the part of the buried would
sound an alarm and summon an attendant.
Since 1828, however, when the system was
adopted, not a single case of apparent death
has been proved to occur. Of course this
negative evidence cannot be cited as con
clusive either for or against the system.
premature burials in history.
History is full of instances of burial dur
ing suspended animation, many of which
from their grows vne and startling charac
ter have pasted into literature. Duns
Scot is, known as the Subtle, is said to have
been buried while in a fit, in the absence of
his servant and of all who knew that such
fits were periodical with him. When the
servant returned he insisted on opening the
vault. The corpse was found dead then
beyond hope, but bearing all the evidence
of a terrible struggle, one hand being bit
ten off and half eaten. It was no doubt
the finding of other corpses in a similar
condition after burial that led to the hide
ous inedimval suporstititioa of vampires,
which fed upon human bodies.
As dreadful a story as any is that of the
Emperor Zeno Lauras, who, during an at
tack of coma, was put in the inauioleum by
his wicked wife Ariadne, and kept shut up
there till he died, although his cries could
bo plainly heard by the attendants.
Of dead-alive ladies brought to conscious
ness by grave robbers, covetous of the
rings upon their cold fingers, nearly every
country has its own story. A well autheo
cated instance happened at Droghela, Ire
land, in the last century, aud was brought
back to public attention in ISB4 bv the
death of one Miss Hardman, of that place.
The ladv, who was 93 years of a ;e, left
orders that she should not be buried until
eight days after the physician pronounced
her dead. Her mother, it appears, had
been buried while in a trance, and was res
cued only by the cupidity of the family
butler seeking at night to possesses himself
of a ring upon her finger.
A celebrated romance of real life, which
has also found curious counterparts more
or loss authenticated iu al! lauds aud peri
ods, is the Florentine story of Ginevra.
Married against her inclination in the year
1400 to Francesco degli Agoianti, the one of
her two lovers who loved her least, Ginevra
was buried alive during a trance which
looke i Use death. At midnight she awoke,
and, horror struck, made her way out! of
the vault to her husband’s house. But he,
sorrowful for her death as he was, refused
to believe that this pale revenante crying at
his door was aught else than a ghost, and
ropulsed her with a hasty benediction. So
did her father; so did her uncle. Then,
nearlv dying iu good earnest, she remem
bered h>r other and truer lover. Antonio
di Rondiuelli, and dragged herself to his
doorstep.
Ho answered her timid knock himself,
and though startled at the ghastly vision,
calmly inquired what the spirit wanted
with him.
Tearing her shroud from her face Ginevra
exclaimed:
“lam no spirit, Antonio! I am that
Ginevra you once loved, who was buried
yesterday—buried alive Paint fell swooning
into the welcoming arms of her delighted
lover.
WHOSE WIFE WAS SHE ?
He took her in. warmed, fed and com
forted her, and when she had been nursed
back to health he privately married her.
The next Sunday tuey appeared together
as man and wife at the cathedral. There
was universal consternation among Gin
evra’s friends. An explanation ensued,
whio i satisfied all but the lady’s first hus
band, who insisted that the original mar
riage had not b.eti dissolved. The case was
teferred to the bishop, who decided in favor
of R mdluelli, on the unscientific iut none
the less poetically satisfying ground that
the I idy had really died one: and been re
lease 1 from ail former ties. The first hus
band was even obliged to pay over t >
Rondinelli the dowry he had received with
his bride.
Now, to be at once slangy and Hibernian,
this story was a chestnut b jfo o it hap
pened. Fifty years previous something
very like it had be >n told by Boccaccio in
the “Decameron,” and back of Boccaccio
the story can be traced far into mists of
antiquity. So true is it tbat history repeats
itselt, although skeptical historians are too
apt to see in that repetition a reason for
distrust.
BOCCACCIO AND TENNYSON.
According to Boccaccio Geutil Carisendi
was in lovo with Madonna Catalina, the
wife of Nicooluccio Caecianemico. The
ladv died, as it was though*, and was
buried, and the lover, going to lament her
iu the tomb aid to give her tho kiss which
had been denied hmi in her lifetime, found
that she had been buried alive. He brought
her home and nursed her back to health.
Then he gave a great, banquet, to which tbe
husband was invited. In tho midst of tbe
festivities the lady was ushered into the
room. Gontil related the circumstances to
the astonished guests and asked them
whether the lady was not rightly bis. They
all agreed she was, Nicooluccio himself sor
rowfully concurring. But Gentil magnani
mously restored her to her husband, which,
of course, is an unwarrantable liberty with
the facts that Boccaccio foreshadowed.
It will be remembered that Tennyson
toek Boccaccio’* story as the tssis of his
juvenile poem, “The" Lover's Tale," and ia
more mature conclusions, “The Golden
Supper,” bet be has transfer re i the venue
to England.
HLtory .s s plagiarist even from folk
lore. Sir George Cox or any of our mod
ern comparative mythologies would find no
difficulty in proving that the Gtnevra of
fact was none other than the Mary Rourke
of Irisn legend.
Mary, dying as it was supposed in child
birth, was reaiiy spirited away by the
faries to act as wet nurse at the court. Once
the fairy king and his retinue set out to
visit the neighboring province of Ulster.
They looked like a dark cloud between
heaven and earth, and attracted the atten
tion of one Thady Hughes, who muttered
the came of the Trinity, when straightway
Mary was released from their power and
came tumbling t > earth. Thady took her
to his cabin, and, as she had no recollection
of her previous life, he married her. But
she was recognized by a traveling peddler,
whs informed her firs* husband, and “it
took six clergy and a bishop to say whose
wife she was.”
It would be easy to go on citing from
poetry, romance and history example after
example of preinatu e burial (it will be re
membered that “i he Prem iture Burial” is
the title of a ghastly skit by Poe), but space
anl time bare their limitations, and it may
be as well to conclude with tais eerie taie
which come* to us from Spain;
the specter guest.
An undertaker in Madrid, who lived over
his shop, one night gave a grand ball. At
the higat of the festivities a gentleman in
full evening dress joined the company.
He danced with the hostess and her daugh
ter, he danced with the guests. He seemed
to enjoy himself thoroughly. The under
taker thought he recogn.zel the face, but
didn’t like to be rude and ask the
stranger’s name. By and by all the guests
departed and only the unknown was left.
“Shall I send for a cab for you?” said the
host at last.
“No, tuank you; I’m staying in the
house. ”
“Staying in the house 1 Who are you,
sir?”
“Why, don’t you know me? I’m the
corpse that was brought in this afternoon.”
The undertaker in horror rusned to the
mortuary chamber, where in Spain it is
usual for the dead to be removed. The
coffin was empty. His wife and daughter
bad been dancing with a corpse 1
But it turned out that the gentleman had
only been in a trmce and had suddenly re
covered. Hearing the revelry above, and
being possessed of a keen though ghastly
sense of humor, he had got out of his coffin
and joined the festive party. He was pre
sentable, for in Spam the dead are generally
buried in tull evening dress.
LORD CECIL S CONVERT.
How He Won the Man Who Threat
ened to Chop His Head Off.
Frontdhe New York World.
Ashton, R. i., June 14.—The death by
drowning of Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil,
evangelist, had a peculiar interest for
William Skinner, who now lives here.
Skinner and his lordship were once compan
ions-in-arms and "companions in the Lord,”
As regards the first named degree of com
panionship, that was merely technical,
Skinner being but a corporal iu the Queen’s
Royal Rifles and Lord Cecil being
an officer in the same regimsnt. They were
sorving in Canada togetner and became bet
ter acquainted by “getting ths grip.” This,
among the soldiers ol the regular army that
garrisoned Canada at that time, me nit get
ting religion. Skinner was a pretty hard
case, and had been court-martialed for mis
conduct several times. Being an expert as
a drill instructor, the sentence of re iuction
to the ranks was twice remitted, but on the
last trial Lord Cecil was his accuser, and,
being convicted, the sentence was allowed
to staud.
A few months previous to this Lord Cecil
had become an exceedingly zealous Christian.
Skiuuer was absent one Sunday from divine
services when the roll was called, and his
lordship wanted him sentenced to death.
The captain of the company thought a re
primand would bo sufficient and Skiuner
was cautioned not to offend again. After
that the eye of Lord Cecil was upon the
corporal. Ono night his lordship was re
turning to the citadel of Quebec from a
meeting of “grippers,” when he came
across Skinner in a state of intoxication.
The mau was drunk enough to be defiant
and indifferent to consequences.
“Report yourself as a prisoner when you
reach the chain gate,” said the noble lord
of the rifles.
“Hullo, Head-chopper! that you?” was
the insubordinate answer of the non-com
missioned officer. The term “head-chopper”
was a nickname applied to Cecil hv a num
ber of men in the regiment, among whom
he was known as a descendant of that Cecil
who figured prominently in the tragedy of
Mary Stuart’s exaout on.
“I shall put an additional charge against
you,” said Cecil.
“You will, eh? Well, I’ll give you a few
more to clap in the defaulter’s book, you
miserable, canting hound. You wanted me
sentenced to death, didn’t you, for not
attending your blasted prayer meetings?
Lord Cecil, your hour has come. I propose
to avenge right here the murder of Mary,
Queen of Scots, whom your ancestor
brought to the block.”
Skinner did not mean anything of the
kind. What he intended was to give
“Head-chopper” a great fright. But his
lordship presumed that his murder was in
tended, especially when Skinner snatched
the officer’s sword from its scabbard aud
bade him kneel down in the snow.
“1 had nothing to do with Mary Stuart,
mau,” he said.
“No matter; your ancestor had, and it is
high time that tuat outrage was avenged.
Take off your stock.” [A leather necktie
that all soldiers wore at that time.]
Cecil, who was but a mite iu the grasp of
the burly corporal, gave himself up for lost
and requested timo for prayer.
4 ‘You'll havo to pray according to the
ritual of the established church of Eng
land,” said Ski mer who knew that Cecil
had gone into Methodism of a peculiar type,
aud aas opposed to the national church.
“I will pray according to my conscience,”
he replied.
“Not s>, my lord, your ancestor would
not let the martyred Mary die iu the faita
she loved. Your villainous bishop of Peter
boro took care of that, and now you must
have a dose of the same medicine. Repeat
the creed of the Church of England aud
bend your neck.”
Just then tae tramp, tramp of a return
ing night picket was heard ascending the
citadel nill and Skinner interrupted in his
fun fled. Ass ou as the picket came up
L 'rd Cecil said an attempt had been made
to tnuder him, and that the assassin had es
caped across the glacis. Skinuer was
brought to trial, and although it was made
clear that he had no intention to kill his su
perior officer, the court trying him had
an idea that such practical jokes
were not to be practiced with
impunity. They found him guilty,
sentenced him to lose his stripes and be
confined in the military prison for five
yea s. It was while undergoing this sen
tence that ho cultivated Lord Cecil’s ac
?,uaintance under more favorable auspices.
lis lordship was on duty as one of the of
ficial visitors to toe prison, and seaing
ihkiuner very sick he went to him and had
him excused fjom the back-breaking pou
is imout of lilting heavy shot from one
place and piling them in another. The two
men began to know each other better aud
in a short time Skinner got the “grip.”
Although he was instrumental in getting
Skinner into prison Cecil took a more act
ivo part in getting him out, aud when the
Duke of Cambridge had commanded a re-.
mission of the b dance of the sentence Cecil
and Skinner became religious chums, so to
speak. They both preached to the men and
both were looked upon us nuisances ia the
regiment, which was not a praying one.
It w is while pursuing his course of piety
that Skinner got into his second scrape, and,
strange to say, this time his offense was be-
ing too good. He and another had endear- |
ored to evade the regular Episcopalian *
services on Sunday. Cecil and bis fellow I
thin Iters bad come to regard the Episco
pa':an services as a species of idolatry
Wnen the regiment filed into the church
Skinner and a fellow soldier named Jamison
halted at the door and refused to e iter.
‘•Why are you remaining here >' asked
the ofß ter of the day.
“Our consciences tell us it is wrong to at
te and these service*, sir," was the reply.
The captain thought they were drunk,
but soon learned they were in sober earn-.st.
“What right have you fellows to pit
your cousc.ences agains: the established
dhurcb f
Firmly t .ey replied that they would
sufFer deato rather than again do violence
to their conscience*.
“What's all this!” asked an officer who
had just come on the scene. The captain
explained.
“Put them both In the guard house,” he
said, as he walked into tne church. Tuo
officer was Garnet Wolseley, then acting
adjutant general of the garrison.
Sidaner was brought to trial by court
martial for refusing to attend divine serv
ice when ordered, but the general in com
mand declined to confirm the sentence of
fifty-six days’ hard labor. The matter was
hushed up. Cecil soon after left the serv
ice, his zeal for religion having incurred
for him the ill-will of his fellow-officers.
Skinner’s piety underwent some modifica
tions and he became a bartender after ob
taining bis discharge.
MADS FAT IN FIVE MINUTES.
An Amusing Pantomime Trick Never
Before Explained.
From the New Yorie World.
One of the most amusing and astonishing
of pantomime tricks ever originated was
that of the fat man, which was done by the
Ravels. One of the actors in the panto
mime sits at a table and ravaaeouslv eats
dish after dish of food that a servant firings
to him. Presently the man, Svho, like most
ravenous eaters, was rather thiu and
scrawny, begins to grow plump. His
clothes fit him snugly. His waistcoat
steadily swells out under the very eyes of
the audience. All the while he is eating
like a sausage machine. Iu a few moments
he has grown to be a giant, eight or nine
feet tall and with the propotions of an in
flated balloon.
Tue sight always brought forth roars of
laughter. It is comparatively easy to pro
duce it after you know how. The food
eaten is all "property food,” made of tissue
paper, that the actor chews up into little
balls and takes out of his mouth whenever
occasion offers.
His clothes are all of rubber and made to
fit air tight around the wrist and neck.
In se ting down he puts ti e heel of one
boot over a little trap in the stage. An as
sistant below immediately couples a tube
running from a bellows to a hole in the
boot-heel. Then he blows him up. It must
be a rather uupleasant sensation to the
actor to feel that he is nothing more
than a wind-bag; but actor are
made to suffer. By the time that
the suit has grown so big that the
inhabitant has to have a lantern to move
around in it, the wind supply is cut off and
the boot-heel plugged up. Then, by an in
genious arrangement of springs under the
actor’s feet, the bight is acquired.
There is a bsauiiful chance in this trick
for some prae.ical joke-loving propertv
man to blow in gas that would lift the un
fortunate actor off his feet and send him sail
ing about over the heads of the audience.
' ‘The smashed clown,” is another well
known trick of former years that has never
been explained. A big millstone falls on a
clown, and when it is lifted up the clown
is picked up flattened out as thin as a pan
cake. He is insensible and is placed on a
table; another actor places the nozzle of a
bellows in his raout.h and gradually inflates
him to his normal size, when the clown
jumps off the table and is himself again.
The trick requires deft work and consid
erable machinery. The millstone is hoiliw,
of course, and has a spring trap in the bot
tom, so that when it falls it takes the clown
into it. “ At the same time a trap in the
stage opens and lets him down. Tne dummy
clown, all flattened out, is placed oa the
trap and it is sprung back to itspiace under 1
the millstone. The actor meanwhile lays
himself out at length on another trap that
rises up above the stage to the top of the
table where the dummy is placed. (July the
outline of the clown’s body is exposed above
the table. The dummv drops down oa an
other trap behind it, and as it goes the body
of the real clown is slowly raised above
the table to give the effect of being filled
out by the bellows.
Another trick is that of a big man stand
ing up in a nonchalant sort of way, wnile
another man dives head first through his
stomach. Ttiis trifling with the calm re
pose of his dinner so annoys the big rha i
that he promptly turns into a steamboat
and puffs out his disgust in clouds of
smoke.
It would be almost impossible to make
any one but a stage mechanic understand
the complicated workings of the trick. A
trick backnet i9 used, so that when the little
ma i dives through him the big man can
be lifted up horizontally to the rear, so that
his clothes aid head remain iu the same
position and t J the audience he seems not
to have moved.
As soon as he begins to be a steamboat he
is jerked out of sight through the back
scene, and the steamboat comes up in sec
tions to a trap iuside his clothes, falls over
them and pulls out like a telescope u ,til it
becomes a river ste imer with its decks full
of people, who are shot up to their places
by spring traps. The smoke is easily
brought by a pi: e from under the stage. It
requires thirty-five stage hands to work the
trick, aud they don’t have much time for
t loafing either.
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
GEORGIA 111 SSARS.
Headquarters Georgia Hussars, I
Savannah, Ga., June 17, 1889. f
General Order No. 27.
Authority is hereby granted to any members
of the company who wish to be present at the
encampment of the military at St. Simon's
Island, during the present week, to w a • any.
or part, or all of their uniform during their stay
oa St. Simou's Island while said encampment
lasts.
The manager of the hotel on St. Si non's
says that any members of the Hussars can get
accommodations at said hotel. By order of.
WM. W. GORDON’,
Captain Commanding.
F. A. Habersham, First Sergeant.
THE LATEST
BEVERAGE,
PEACHES WITH CREAM.
5c Glass’at
HEIDT'B SODA FOUNTAIN.
Try it.
PAINTS,
OILS AND VARNISHES, LEADS, COLORS
AND MIXED PAINTS.
Berry Bros.’Hard Oil and Varnishes. A full
stock of Paint and White Wash Brushes on
hand. Call and get prices at
EDWARD J. KIEFFER'S
Drug and Seed Store,
Corner West Broad and Stewart street!
RAILROADS.
Savannah aaiTybee K’y.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 17th (STAND
ARD TIME).
Trains leave Savannah daily except Sunday
9:30 a. M„ 2:30, 4 , 6:25, 8:15.
Returning, leave Tybee depot 7, 12 a. m., 5,
6:10. 9:25 p. m.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Leave Savannah 9:30
A. m., 1:30, 3 and 8 p. m.
Returning, leave Tybee depot 6:45, 11:45 a. m..
5:30, 6:45 p. u.
Tickets on sale at usual places.
Trains leave South End 15 minutes earlier
than time of leaving Tybee depot,
R. E. COBB, Supt.
H. H. WOODRUFF, Pass. Agent.
DEATHS.
GAMMELL—Died, in Charleston. S. C., on
June 11.1889, in the 47th year of bis age, Wi_a
lui A GamtcbL, formerly of this city.
funeral invitations.
CURRIF.—The friends and acquaintance of
Mrs. Eiphikia C. Craai* are respectfully in
vite to attend her funeral from her late resi
dence on Bay lane, TO-MORROW MORNING,
at 10 o'clock.
GAILLARD.—The relatives and friends of
Mr. and Mrs. The dore F. Gaillard aud of the r
respective families are invited to attend
the funeral of their only daughter. Annie
Louise, from their residence. 243 Montgomery
street, at 4:30 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
MILLS IT.—Died, at Sumter, S. C.. June 17,
1889, THOitas X. Milcett. formerly of Savan
nah. His fr.ends and acquaintance are respect
fully invited to alt ml nis funeral at Laurel
Grove cemetery THIS (Tuesday) MORNING at
11 o'clock.
• MEETINGS.
EXCELS!OK LODGE NO. H. K. OF P.
The members of Excelsior Lodge are XJSx
notified that a regular meeting will be /-■ jgAa
hell THIS (Tuesday, EVENING at S ft eJUjI
o'clock. Memoers of sister Lodges cor
diaily invited. J. T. WELLS, 0. C. Xjjfey
Ge'obge Klith, K. of R. aud S.
OGLETHORPE LODGE NO. 1, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held in the new
hall, in second story of lecture room of Trinity
church THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o’clock
Entrance corner of President and Jefferson
street.
Tne miatory degree will be conferred.
Members of sister Lodges and transient
brothers are cordially invited to meet with us.
JAS. Van BERSCHOT. Noble Grand.
J. H. H. OsßoriNE. Secretary
NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR!).
The meeting of contractors and committee
which was to have taken place at the Pulaski
house last evening, was postponed on account
of the inclemency of the weather. The com
mittee requests the contractors to meet them
at the same place THIS EVENING at 8
o’clock, THE COMMITTEE.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices ” will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
~~ X" gaoXiNvoicE ~
—or —
FINE BISCUITS AND WAFERS
Ex. City of Augusta on yesterday.
I have secured the representation for this
city of the Kriet6ch (Karlsbad, Germany) man
ufacture of Biscuits and Wafers. The Karlsbad
manufacturers produce the finest Wafers and
Biscuits of their kind in the world, and the
Krietsch brand is the best coming to this coun
try. Their Wafers especially are the acme of
delicacy, and are very delicious served with
ice cream, sherbet, ices of any description,
chocolate, tea, coffee, wine, etc. They are also
much relished by the sick or convalescent.
The Krietsch Cigarette Wafer, per tin (a
long, curled Wafer) 45c.
Karlsbad Sugar Wafer, round 35c.
Ice, Rose, Hazlenut, Raspberry, Vanilla,
Lemon or Chocolate Wafers (all square
Wafers) 30c.
Bismarck Salt Wafer 50c.
tins of Fancy Oatmel Wafers 25c.
tins of Fancy Graham Wafers 25c.
1%-lb tins of Social Tea or Cafe Wafers ... 25c.
2ts-ib tins of Bent’s Hard Water Biscuit 50c.
3-It) tins of Extra Fine Water Tl|ins 50c.,
3 l-5-lb tins of Extra Fine Milk Biscuit 50c,
J-ff) tins of Pullman or Cream Lunch 50c.
3-ft, tins of Extra Fine Sea Foam Wafers.. 50c.
tins of Extra Fine Butter Wafers 50c.
1%-tt) tins of Extra Fine Butter Wafers 30e.
Look into the matter and you will find this
the most desirable form to buy in. On
to-day's steamer a refrigerator of 1-B> bricks or
prints of
FANCY FRESH BUTTER..
To avoid disappointments, send in orders
early for this butter, as I can only get limited
quantities, and it sells rapidly, being “by long
odds” the best Butter coming to Savannah.
JOHN J REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
30 Whitaker Street.
Telephone 165.
P. S. —Watch to-morrow's paper. If I can
find time, I shali have something to say, qr ite
interesting to everyone. J. J. R.
NOTICE TO WATER-TAKERS.
Office Water Works. )
Savannah, Ga., June 18, 1889. (
The water will be shut off at Niue (9) o’clock
THIS (Tuesday) MORNING on Abercora street,
from Hull to Taylor streets, for the purpose of
moving fire hydrant, and will be off a few
hours.
An 1 also, the water will be shut off at Two (2)
o’clock p. m.. from Liberty to Jones street
and from Whitaker to West Broad streets, for
the p irpose of moving Are hydrant on Mont
gomery street, and wi'l be off a few hours.
JAMES MANNING. Superintendent.
FOR CHARTER.
The swift steamer MARY DRAPER, Capt.
Garner, is open for charter on reasonable
terms for excursion or private parties, when
not otherwise engaged on her regular Warsaw
route. Thi3 steamer is entirely new, having
just been rebuilt an 1 put in A1 condition.
Special rates for excursion charters. For in
formation apply to
ROOM NO. 16 KELLY'S BUILDING.
NOTICE.
AU bids for erecting building southwest
corner Barnard and Broughton streets must be
handed in by 12 m., THURSDAY’, 20th inst.
JOSEPH D. WEED,
DM IDEM* NOTICE.
Central Railroad Bank, )
Savannah, Ga., June 7, 1889. j
A dividend of Four Dollars per share from
the earnings of this company and its depen
dencies been declared, payable on and after
JUNE 29, to the Stockholders as of record this
day'. T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier.
ANOTHER LOT FOR SALE.
Just received, another lot of
ROYAL ENGLISH HAIR BRUSHES,
Two in a Russia Leather Case, absolutely the
best Brushes made; bristles cannot come out.
Also au importation of
SOLID BACK HAIR BRUSHES,
New Styles; Badger Hair Lather Brushes,
Buffalo Horn and Rubber Dressing Combs.
BUTLER'S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
IT NEVER FAILS.
ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR is guaran
teed to be a safe and reliable medicine for Dys
pepsia. Aciu Stomach, Constipation, Nervous
Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery and other die
eases arising from a disordered state of the
liver. Ri commended by prominent physicians
and awarded highest prites over competitors.
Ask lor ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR aad
take no other. Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
Price (1 per bottle. If you cannot obtain the
“Corrector” from your druggist, send your
order direct, and it will bo forwarded by ex
press, freight paid.
AMY BEMENTS.
THIRD ANMirPiCNIG
OF THE—•
Knights of Labor,
AT MONTGOMERY,
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19;b.
PROCEEDS FOR HALL FUND.
TICKETS for adult* 50c., and for Children
unier 12 years 25c„ including street ear
fare. Tickets to be had from Master Workmen
of Assemblies or such persons as they appoint
to sell same.
Cai-s leave Anderson street at 9:30, 10:25 a x
2, 3:*o. 4:45. 7:15 p. m Leave Montgomery at
5, 6. 7:30. 6:20. 9:30 p. *. Y
Three bands of music on grounds, and refresh
ments furnished by a special comrnitt-e of
Knights. DENNIS O'CONNELL,
Chairman of Committee.
CARPETS, DRY GOODS, ETC~
Janie! Hop
Will Offer To-Day and
During the Week the
Following Special
Inducements
AT HIS TEMPORARY STAND,
131 Congress St.:
PRIESTLEY’S BLACK SILK WARP DRESS
GOODS.
PRIESTLEY'S BLACK SILK WARP CHAL
LIES.
PRIESTLEY’S BLACK BATISTE AND
NUN'S VEILINGS.
BLACK SILK FLOUNCINGS.
Special Bargains
WHITE GOODS,
Table Damasks,
NAPKINS, TOWELS,
And Towelings.
A full line of LADIES' UNDERWEAR,
BEADED CAPES. CASHMERE SHAWLS aod
SUMMER BALMORALS.
BOYS’ ODD PANTS, together with BOYS’
CALICO aud PERCALE WAISTS from 25c.
each to $i 50.
LADIES' AND GENTS’ SUMMER UNDER
VESTS and HOSIERY from tne cheapest to the
finest grades.
’Tis unnecessary to say that the stock Is all
new, and having been purchased for CASH,
will be offered at the most attractive prices.
Daniel Hogan.
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PAINTS AND DLLs.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS,
D.ivTmjARMSH, ETC.: READY MIXED
£A>NTS; RAIbROAD. STEAMER AND MILL
IVATHfe. Sj * sh EB, DOORS, BUNDS AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Ag nl for
o’ to LDIE, CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT,
HAIR AND LAND PLASTER.
140 Congress street and 189 St. Julian street.
Savannah. G-nr-,,
MILL SUPPLIES. ’
jMCzLII Soi:p]oi±es
JENKINS’ PACKING, JENKINS’ VALVE&
FOR 3ALB BY
J. D. WEED & CO.
SYRUP.
SYJIJjPS. '
ALL KINDS, FOR SALE BY
C.M. GILBERT & CO..
Corner Bay and West Broad streets.
~ mTnekalwatek.
Mineral Waters.
A POLLINARI3, Congress Spring Water,
/A Spring Water, Buffalo Lituw*
Thompson's Brom ne and Arspmie. Vichy, Hopi
tal, Hunyadi Janos and Friedrichshaii Bitter
Water, at
STRONG’S DRUG STORE,
Corner Bull and Perry street lane.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
"“ny. dancy,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
COTTON, RICE, WOOL, ETC,,
92 Bay Street, . Savannah, Ga
Liberal advances made on consignment! _
EDUCATIONAL.
•VEvTyO^k''Mj UTaRY ACADEMY, Core
i. v wall-on-Hud*.in. Col. C. J. WRIGHT, B-
S. A.M., Supt.; B. F. HYATT, Comdt of
Cadeta _
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mrr MORNING NEWS carriers reac*
I H ri every part of the city early. TwtP
■L JJ. Li five cents a week pays for the