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try. I had a friend who for years
•was swing down und*r this evil habit. He
had large meas. He lad given thou
sands of and illoi s to Bible societies and re
formatory institutions o: all - ro. He was
very ge dal aid very getter. u< and very
lovable, and whe ;evtr be triked ab at this
evil li .bit he would snv: “1 can stop any
tone." But 1. ke| t‘going •. g inf on,
down, down. down. His fa i!y would say:
**l wish vou would 11 IVhy," he
would repfy, "‘I can -t p any Uni" if I want
to." After a while h> ua 1 delirium * returns;
be had it twice; at.d yet afte- that ho said:
“I could stop at anv time if 1 wan ed to.”
Ke is dead now. Wlmr killed him? Rum!
Ruin! And yet among is last utte ancos
was: “1 can stop at a y time.” He did not
•top it, becau-e bo could not t'p it. On,
there is a point in in-! nation beyond
•which, if a man cm**, he cannot stop.
One of these Tint line said to a Christian
man, “Sir, if I rr Uid thnf 1 couldn’t
get a dri k until to-morrow night unless 1
bad all my lingers •• :t off, i wojidsay.
‘Bn g tho hatchet and oil' the n off c >w.”‘
I have a dear friend i:i Phi whose
nephew came to him one da' , and whoa he
was exhorted about ins evil habit, sail,
“Uncle, I can’t £ive it u>. if there s' >od
a cannon, ami it "as loaned, and a glass id’
wine sat on the piou hof that can io i, a l ' 1
I knew that you noud fire l off just ns
I came un and took the glass, 1 would
start, for I must have it ” Oh, it
is a sad thing for a man to wake up in this
life and fel that he is a captive. He say-:
“I could have got iid of ihis once, but 1
can’t now. I might have lived an honora.-
life and died a chris ian death; but there is
no hope for me now ; tli-Ae is no escape f r
me. Dead, but not buried. lam a walk
ing corpse. lam an apparition of what I
once was. lam a caged immortal, beating
against the wires of my ca e in this direc
tion and in that directio i; beati ig against
the cage untd there is flood on the wire
and blood un n my soul, vet not able to get
out. Destroyed, without remedy!”
I go further, and -ay that tho inebriat*
suffers from the 10-s of his usefulness. Do
you not recognize the fact that many of
those who a e now captives of s rong drink
only a little woile ago were foremost in t s
churches and in reform itorv institutions!
Do you not know that some ims they
kndt in the family circle! Do you not
know that thev craved iu public, anil some
of them carried around the hoi/wine on
Baorums tal days! 0., yes, they st >od in
the very front rank, but they gradually fell
away. And now what do you suppose is thv
feeling of such a man as that, wiiea
he thinks of his dishonored vows and ttie
dish voored sacrament—when he thicks of
what ho . ignt have been mdof what he is
now ! Do such men laugh and seam very
merry f Ah, there is, down in the depths of
their sou), a very heavy weight. Do nni
wonder that they sometimes see stra ’go
things, and ac very roughly in the house
hold. You would not blame them at all if
you kne v what they suffer. Do not t >ll
such as that there is no future punishment.
Do not tell him theie is no such
place as hell. Ho knows there is. Ho is
there now 1
I go on, and say that the inebriate suffers
from the 1 ssof physical heallh. The old vr
men in the congregation may reinomber
that some years ago Dr. Sowell went through
this country and electrified the pe>ple by
his lectures, in which he sho-ved the effects
of alcohol on the human stomach. Ha had
seven or eight diagrams by which be show and
the devas a ion of strong drink upon the
physic . 1 system. There were thousands of
people that turned back from that ulcerous
sketch swouri g eternal abstinence from
everything tnut could intoxicate.
God only knows w, at ttie drunkard suf
fers. Pain files on every nerve, and travels
every muscle, and gnaws every bone, and
burns with every flame, and stings with
every poison, and pulls at him with every
torture. W hat reiitiles crawl over his creep
ing limbs! What fiends standby his mid
night pillow! What groans tear his ear!
At hat horrors shiver through his soul! Talk
of the rack, ta k of the i ouisition, talk of
the funeral pyre, talk of the crushing
Juggernaut—he feels them all at o ice.
Have you ever bee i in the ward of
the hospital where these inebriates are
dying, the stench of their woun Is
driving buck the attendants, their voices
Bounding through the night! The keeper
comes up and says: “Has.i, now, be still.
Stop making all this noise!” But it is
effectual only for a moment, for as soon as
the keeper is gone they liegin gain: "Oh,
God! on, Gd! Help! help! Ruin! Give
me rum! Help! ’lakethem off me! Take
them off me! Take them off me! Oh, God!”
And t. en they shriek, and they rave, and
they pluck out their hair bv hands
ful, and bito their ails into the quick, and
then they groan, and they shriek, and they
blaspheme, and they ask tho keepers to kiil
them. "Stab me. Sm itlior me. Strangle
me. Take the devils off me!” Oh, it is no
fancy sketch. That thing is going on in
hospitals, aye, it is going uu in some of tho
finest reside ees of every neighborhood on
this continent. I went out last night while
you slept, and 1 tell you further that this is
going to be the death that some of you will
die. I know it. I see it coming.
Oh, is there anvthLig that will so destroy
a man for this life and damn him for the
life that is to come; I hate that
strong drink. With all the concen
trated energies of my soul, I hate it. Do
you tell me that a man can be happy when
he knows I hat he is breaking his wife’s
heart a id clothing his children with rags'
Why, there are on the streetssof our cities
to-day little children, tar footed, un
combed at and unkempt; want on evory'patch
of their faded dress and on every wriu tie
of their prematurely old countenances, who
would have been in churohes to-day, and
as well clad as you are, but for the fact that
rum destroyed their patents and drove
them into the grave. Oh, Hum! thou foe
of God, thou despoiler of homes, th >u
recruiting officer of the nit, 1 anhor thee!
But my su jeet lakes a deeper tone, and
that is that the inebriate suilers from the
loss of the soul, lhe Bible intimates that
in the future world, if we are forgiven here,
our bad pa-sions and apuetites, urestrained,
will go along with us and make our tor
ment there. So that I suppose when an
inebriate w akes up in this lost world he will
feel an infinite thirst elawi g on him. Now,
dowu in the world, although he ma'- have
been very poor, he could beg or he could
steal five ce ts wuh which to get that
which would sla.e his thirst for a little
while; but in eternity, where is the
ruin to come from? Dives could not get
one drop of water. From what c lalice of
eternal fires will the hot Ups of the drunk
ard drain his draught! No one to brew it.
No one to mix it. Nooneti p >ur it. Nj
one to fetch it. Millions of worlds, then,
*v the dregs which the young man juit
now slung on the saw-dusted 11 Kir of the
restaurant. Millions of worlds now for the
rind thrown out from the nu ;ch bowl of
an earthly banquet. Dives cried for
water. The ineb iate cries for rum.
Oh, the deep, exhausting, exasperating,
everlasting thirst of the drunkard
in hell! Why. if a fiend ca i,e up to earth
for some infernal ork in a grog shop, and
should go back taking on its wing just one
drop of that for which the inebria e i.i the
lost world longs, what excitement it would
make there. Put that oue drop from off
the fie id’s wing on the tip of the tongue of
the destroyed lnebriott; let the liquid
brightness just touch it, let the drop be
very small if it only have in it toe snack
of alcoholic drink, let that drop just, touc i
the iost inebriate in the lost world,
and he would spri ig to his feet and
cry; “That is rum! aha I that is run!” aim
it w ould w ike up the echoes of the damned:
“Give me rutnl Give me rum! G.ve mo
rum!” lu the future world I do not be
lieve that it will be the absence of God that,
wiii make the drunkard's sorrow; Ido not
believe that i will be the absence of light:
I do not believe that it will be the absence
of bolin ss; I hink it will be the absence of
strong drink. Oh! “loos not upon the wine
wbou it is red, whin it movetli itself aright
iu the cup, for at the last it biteth like a
serpent aud it stingeth like au adder.”
Bnt I want, in conclusion, to say one
thing personal, for Ido not like a sermon
that lias no personalities in it. Perhaps
this has not had tnat fault already. I want
to say to those who axe the victim of strong
drink.that while I declared that there was a
point beyo and -vhich a ms i could not stop,
1 want 1 1 tell you that wLile n man cannot
stop in his ow i strength the L rd God, by
his grace, can help him to stop at any
. time. Years ago I was in a room
I in Ne v York where there were
; many men who had bom reclaimed
fro n drunkenness. 1 liearl their tes
timony, and for the first time in my life
them flash' and cut a truth 1 never under
stood. Thov sail: “VV’o were victims of
strong drink. We triel to give Jt up, but
always failed; dt somehow, since we gave
our hearts to Cnrist, ho has taken care of
us ” I believe t iat the time will so u c raw
when the gr-ce of God will show its powor
here not only t> save man’s soul, but liii
body, and reconstruct, purify, elevate
and redeem it. I verily b ilieve that,
although you fool grappling at tie
roots of your tongue* an almost om
nipotent thirst, if v u will this moment
give your heart to (rod he will help you, bv
Ins g-a-e, to conquer. Try it. It is your
last chance. 1 have look-si off upon the
ties latum. Sitting under my ministry
there are people in awful peril tr im .fro ig
drink, and, judging from ordinary circum
stances, there is ~ut one chan e in five
thousand that they will get clear of it. I
■eo. men in this congregation of whom
I must make the remark that, if
they do not change their course,
within ten yo irs they will, as to their bodies
lie down in drunkards' graves; ail as t >
their souls, lie down in a drunkard’. perdi
tion. ] know that it is an awful thing t>
-ay, but 1 can't help saving it. Oh, beware!
You have not yet been captured. Beware!
As ye open ttie door of v ,ur wine clos >t to
day, may that decanter flash out upon you.
Beware! and when you pour ttio beverage
into the glass, in the foam at tho top. in
white iett-rs, let there bo spelloi ou
to your soul. "Beware!” When the
books of judgment are op, and t-n mill
ion drunkards cone up t i got their doom, i
waut you to bear witness that 1 to-day, in
the fear of God, and in tho love for your
soul, told you with all uffec iou, mil with
all kindness to beware of that which lias
alronly exerted its influence upon your
fatniiy, blo-'i ig out snno of its lights—a
premonition of tho hlackn s> of and .rlmess
forever. On, if you could only hear this
moment, intemperance, with drunkard’s
bones, drum mug on the head of the wine
cask the dead march of immortal souls, me
thinks the very glance of a
wine cup would make you shud
der, and the col r of tho liquor would
make you funk of the bio id of the soul,
and the foam on tho top of tha cup would
remind you of the froth on the maniac’s
lip, and you would go home from this ser
vice and kneel down and pray Gol that,
rather than your children should becimo
captives of this evil habit, you would like
to carry them out some bright spring day
hi tin cemetery and put them awav to t ie
last sle p, until at the call of the south wind
the flowers would come up all over the
grave—sweet prophecies of the re urroc
tion. God has a balm for such a wound;
but what flo ver of comfort evsr grew on
the blasted heath of ad u ikard’s sepulcher !
BATUKDAY’fI DUEL.
What Took Place on the Dueling’
Ground.
The following from the Constitution
special is a fuller account of what took
place at the scene of the duel, than was cou
tai led in our specials yesterday.
When Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Williamson
were in position Mr. King, the second of
Mr. Williamson, took ouo put >l, and Capt.
Jackson, the second of Mr. Calhoun, the
otter.
Mr. King placed his in Mr. Williamson’s
hand. Capt Harry Jackson walked over
and handed his to Mr. Cal mun. The two
seconds took their positions. They face l
each other, Capt. Jackson on tho north si do
of tho line, and Mr. King on the south skD.
I’ho principals and seconds firmed tho four
corners of a square. Mr. Calhoun’s right
hand, bolding tno pistol, hung squ ire down
at his side. Mr. Williamson rai.od his to
examine it, when Capt. Jackson cried out;
“Hold that hatid down at, your side.”
Me. Williamson immediately dropped! it
without a word.
COLO.XKL SSAY CALLS FOn PKAOE.
Then Col. John Seay, of Home, rushed in
and begged the seconds to settle the matter
and not allow the fight.
“It is n shame,” he said, “to have two
suo : fine men Btand up hero and shoot at
one another."
The seconds could hot agree upon a settle
ment, aud s > announced.
“Then I shall stand between the n,” said
Col. Seay, as he took his stand right iu
front of Mr. Williamson. Ho was removed
by main force. Tuen for fully ten seconds
there was not a sound.
It had been arraneed that each principal
was allowed to empty his pistol— to sh tot
five times. Suddenly Jack King’s voice
rang out:
“Are you ready, gentlemen?”
“Yes,” answered both.
“Then fire.”
THE FIRST SHOTS
were simultaneous, aud tho flames and
sparks that flew fr m the pistol bn rels il
luminated the scene for just nn instant.
Mr. Williamson emptied his revolver, t o
five shots being fired very rapidly. Mr.
Calhoun firud only once, and then slowly
lowered his pistol as Mr. Williamson’s bul
lets were whistling east his bead.
“Are you hurt, Pat ?” someone cried.
“No, sir,” he coolly replied.
“Williamson, did ho hit you!” asked Mr.
King.
“I was not touched.”
Right here the scene was picturesque.
Both gentlemen, with smoking pistols in
their hands, stood as calm as statues. Mr
Calhoun wore a dark suit of cloth's, sack
coat and a smoking cap. Mr. Williamson
was also dressed i t a dark sacs suit, and his
head was covered with a tau colored travel
ing hat.
Then for a few minutes not another word
was said either by principals, seconds or
spectators. The scene at that time wa
never equaled in an affair of this kind. It
was dart , and to an observer fifty yards off,
the little crowd of a dozen witnesses on tiie
edge of the grounds, nth the principals
and seconds facing each other, the princi
pals each bearing nicking revolvers, and
appearing against a back-ground of do ise,
dark woods, formed a wild ad picturesq ie
sceee, the equal of which will never ag dn
be witnessed.
THE DEMAND FOR RETRACTION.
The sil oce was quickly broken bv the
ringing voice of Mr Calhoun:
“Mr. Williamson, he said, “I have four
remaiui ig balls which I have the right t >
fire at you. I now ask if you will 'ithdra .v
the statement you made “before the legisla
tive committee?”
"I wid,” repded Mr. Williamson, in a
clour voice, “provided you will sav t at you
intended no personal reflection up >u me.”
The spectators drew a little nearer to
hear and see better. Mr. Calhoun then
said:
“When 1 made those statements I did it
to impress upon the legislat ire ttiat vmr
railroad had been offered the Centra . Will
you withdraw your statement? I sav tins,
holding fur baiH in my pistol which I
have the richt to tire. I have no desire to
take Mr. Williamson’s life.”
"1 will withdraw it,” replied Mr. Will
iamson, “when you say that you meant nc
persona! reflection.”
“What Isa Mr. Calhoun replied, “is
I ttiat 1 wanted the lezisla r ure to understand
t at your road was offered tho Ce itral in
ISS7. You came to the Kimball house to
see me. Do you remember tnat! All I
want before firing my remaining balls is
for you to say thnt you came to my office
in D7.”
Mr. Williamson stood firm, and said,
turning toward his seconds, that he wa tel
Judge Tompkins to eomo from tho car and
decide as t i now tho shooting should ie con
tinued. Tho judge was familiar with the
code.
Mr. Calhoun, in a clear voice—Will you
uncondi ionally vjthdra v your statements
ma le before tho legislature?
Mr. Williamson, equally as firm —I will
do so, provided you say you raoau no per*
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, At GUST 12, 1889.
1 sonal reflection.
Mr. Cain uu—l want Mr. Williamson to
j undent m i that I w ant an uiicuuditioual
I withdrawal.
Mr. Willlamson—When you sav t at you
| dun’t Intend to reflect upon my personal
; i tegruv.
Mr. Calhoun—Will you wit draw?
(.apt. Jackson interrupted with:
“jlr. Wiiiiamsoo, have you any respect
] for tue as a geotlm ui of hon ir?”
“I have,” replied -Mr. Williamson.
“Well.” said Capt. Jackson, “I siy as a
! gentleman, tnat I would withdraw the
statement.”
Mr. Williamsoi —If Mr. Calh uu will
siy tnat he intended no personal reflec
tion.
Mr. Calhoun —Will you withdraw?
Mr. Wilua iiso i—lf y<u say it.
“Will you withdraw!” again asked Mr.
Cal noun. "I hold tour bails.”
.Mr. Williamson, with firmness—l am
rca ly f >r yon to lire.
“Then wo will load and firs again.”
AS r.XCITINO INTERRUPTION.
“Allow me to sjieak to Air. Williamson,”
said Mr. King, bis second.
Capt. Jackson, quiedy—No, sir; do not
approach him. I will kill the first man who
crosses t is lino.
Capt. Jacks n drew his revolver. As the
moon rays played upon its glitten g barrel,
ovory one saw tout he meant business, and
tho spectators drew back.
“But 1 have a right to sp->ak to him,”
replied Mr. King.
Then Capt. Jaikscn lowered his revolver
and said:
“Yes, I believe you do have that right.”
Mr. King a preached .Mr. Williamson,
and while talking began to examine his re
volver. Capt. Jackson approached quickiy,
ad as ed w at that meant.
“I am simply exa uini.ig Mr. William
son’s re olver.” replied Mr. King, “to see if
he fired all five balls. You may come up
and see.”
“That’- all right,” replied Capt. Jackson.
Mr. Calhoun had remained quiet during
this colloquy, but as soon as it ended, and
Mr. King was withdrawing, his voice rang
out clearly:
“In ray remarks before tho legislative
committee .Mr. Williams on personally did
not enter my mind.”
Then raising his pistol aloft he said:
“With t o u iders.andiug that you with
draw your remarks after my statements, I
fire the remaining shots in the air. I ex
pressly reserved my shots to do this ”
With these remarks four shots rang out
and four bulls went skyward.
Toeii Mr. Calhou i approached and the
two princip ils shook hands, and the party
started quickly for tho car. Entering the
car, Mr. Calhoun siid:
“Mr. Williamson, wo will let this matter
end here."
“We will,” replied Mr.Williamson, giviug
his hand a hearty shake. “You are as
brave a man as I ever saw, and 1 don’t be
lieve I lack in it."
“You certaiuly do not,” replied Mr. Cal
houn.
The crowd then surged around, and con
gratulations and drinks were iu order.
A COUNTI G CHIMPANZEE.
The Remarkable Exploits of an Ape.
From the London Nature.
“The female chimpanzee which has now
been in the society s menagerie for nearly
six years has attracted general notice, not
only on account of her peculiar zoological
character, but perhaps still more on ac
count of hor high intelligence. This is
conspicuously displayed by’ the remarkable
degree in which she is able to understand
trie meaning of spoken language—a degree
which is fully equal to that presented bv
an infant a few months before emerging
from infancy, and therefore higher than
that which is presented bv any othir brute,
so far, at least, as I have met with any
evidence to show.
“Nevertheless, the only attempts that she
makes by the way of vocal response are
three peculiar grunting noises—oue indica
tive of assent nr affirmation, another (verv
closely resembling the firstl of dissent or
negation, and the third (quite different
from the other two) of thanks or recogni
tion o favors. In disposition she is some
what capricious, though on the whole good
humored, tond of her keepers, and appar
ently never tired of a kind of bantering
play which off and on they keep up with
her continually. By vocalizing in a pecu
liar mo intone (imitative of the beginning
other own ‘song’) they are usually able to
excite her into the performance of a re
markable series of actions.
“First she shoots out her lip into the
well-known tubular form (depicted in Dar
win’s ‘Expression of the Emotions’), while
at tho same time she sings a strange howl
ing note interrupts iat regular intervals;
these, however, rapidly become shorter
and shorter, while the vocalization becomes
louder and louder, windi ig up to a climax ot
shrieks aud yells, often accompanied with
a drumming of the hind feet and a vigorous
shaking of the network which constitutes
her cage. Tiiis whole performance ends
with a few grunts.
“A year or two ago it occurred to me
that I might try some psychological experi
ments on the intelligence of this animal. The
circums.a ices in wnich she is placed, how -
ever, did not prove favorable for anything
like systematic instruction. Being con
stantly exposed to the gaze of a number of
people coining and g .ing, and having her
attention easily distracted by them, the
ape was practically available for purposes
ot tuition only during the ea ly hours of
the morning, before the inenogirio is open
to the public, and, as a rule, I did not find
it convenient to attend at that time. There
fore tho results whic i I am about to de
scribe do not, in my opinion, represent what
might fairly have been expected under
more favorable conditions; if the chirn
pa zee could have been kept as a domestic
pet for a few months (as I kept the Cob is
kindly lent me for the purpose of psycho
logical ob erva i m by thus >city), tuero
can be no doubt that many much more in
teresting results might have been obtained.
Nevertheless, it appears ti me that even
those which have thus far been obtained
are worthy of being placed on record.
“Having enlisted tho intelligent co-opera
tion of t e keenors, 1 requ stol the .1 to ask
the ape repeatedly for one straw, two straws
or three straws. These she was to pick up
and hand out from amo ig the litter in her
cage. N > constant order was to be oli.serv and
in making those requests, but, whenever
she han led a nu tiber not asked t'or.her offer
was refused, while if she gave t ie proper
number her offer was accepted, and sue re
ceive 1 a piece of fruit as payment. Iu this
way the ape was eventually "taught to asso
ciate hose th ee numbers with their names.
Lastly, if two straws or three st.a s were
demanded, she was taught to hold one
straw or two straws in her mouth until she
Pa 1 picks 1 up the remaining straw,and then
to hand the two straws or tue three straws
together. This prevented a >y p issible error
arising from her interpretatio iof vocal
tones—an error which mig.it well have
arisen if each straw had been asked for
separately.
“As soon as the animal understood what
was required, and ! ad learned to associate
these three numbers with their names, she
neve'- failed to give the nutnher of straws
asked for. Her education was then extend
ed iu a similar manuer.from three to four and
from four to five. Here, for reasons to be
presently stated, 1 allowed her eduaatiou to
terim ,ate. But mre recently one of the
keepers has endeavored to adva .ce her in
struction as far as ten. Tho result, how
ever, is what might have been anticipated.
Although she very rarely makes any mis
take in handing out one, two, three, four r
five straws, according to the number asked
for, and although she is usually accurate in
handing out as many as six or seven who.i
the numbers eight, nine or ten are named,
the result becomes more ami more uncer
tain, so as to lie ..uggesti ve of guesswork. It
is evident, however, that she understands
the words seven, eight nine and te .to be
token numbers higher than those lie,o.v
tuem; for if she is a-ked ior any of the e
numbers (L e., above sixl, she always gives
so no number that is above six an i not
more than ton; but there is no suca con
stant accuracy displayed iu handing on t
the exact number named as is the case be
low six. On the whole, then, while there
i, no doubt that this animal can accurately
compute any number of straws up to the,
beyond five the accuracy of her computa
tion bee ines*prog: --sivciy diminished.
“It is to be noticesi that the ape exhibits
some .dea of inoltipiic tion; for she very
frequently (especially wticu dealing with
nuinoers abo > e fi v. doubles over a long
straw so as to make it present twoend-. and
thus t appear as two straws. Any of the
comparatively rare errors which she cow
niaks in d-aliug w it.i numbers bulo v six
are almost invariably due to her tnus en
deavoring to duplicate her s raws. In this
connection it is to be remembered that,
owing to tho method above described
(whereby the ape is required to place each
straw separately in her month until the
sum asked for is completed), wi en an.- high
number is demanded a c nsiderable tax is
imposed upon her patience and, as her
movements are deliberate while her store
of patie ce is but smail, it is evideut
to ail observers that the and üblmgofthe
straws is intended to save trouble by getting
the sum completed witu greater rapid ty
than is possible when every straw is picked
up separately. <)f couree we do not recog
nize these doubled straws as equivalent to
two straws, and thereto.e the persistency
with which she endeavors to palm them off
ns such is the more noteworthy as evidence
of i.er idea of tnulplicatioo. Moreover, 1
am disposed to thi k tnat the u certainty
which attends her dea.ing with the num
bers six aid seve i is tno. e larg dy due to
her losing patience than to her losing count;
although after seven I believe that her com
putation of thonumbers themselves becomes
vague, or ,merged in a merely general idea
of many, ft may also tie stated that, while
picking up the straws and placing them in
tier mouth, she looks only at the straws
themselves and not at the pe sou who asks
for them; therefore she is certainly not act
uated in her responses by interpreting
facial expression, unconscious ges uro, etc.,
as is no doubt the case witn many dogs
which on this accmut are sometimes ac
credited by their owners with powers of
•tnought leading.’ It is needless to add
that, after asking for the number of straws
rqui ed, we remain sixent till tho ape has
h nided them out.
“It is not necessary—indeed it would be
unreasonable—to suppose that in this proc
ess of ‘counting’ the ape employes any sys
tem of notation. We know from our own
experience that there isc mating and count
ing, i. e., distinguishing between low num
i ers by directly appreciating the difference
betwee i two quantities of sensuous percep
tion and distinguishing between numbers of
any amount by tnarki ig eac.i perception
with a separate sign. The extent to which
tue former kind of computation can te
earned in the case of mannas been made
the suoject of a careful research by Prof.
Prayer of Jena, ills experiments consisted
in ascertaining the number of objects
(such as dots on a piece of papei)
which admit of being simultane
ously estimated with accuracy, and it was
found that the number admits of being
largely increa ed by practice until, in tue
case of some persons, it may rise to more
t.mn twenty. But, of course, in the case of
a brute it is not to hi expected tuat suen a
high degree of proficiency, even in thisuou
notative ktnd t of ‘counting,’ should ne a
- The utmost that could here be
expected is that a brute should exhibit some
such level of ability as is presented by a
young c.iild, or by these savages whose
powers of accurate computation do not
appear to extend further than numbers
wnich we write as units, It was iu view
of such considerati ns that I did not at
tempt to carry tho education of this ape be
yond the number five, and the remit that
has a tamed subsequent endeavors to teach
her numbers as higu as ten is, as previously
remarked, exactly what might have been
anticipated. It may here be added that in
the only records with which I am acquainted
of animals exh.biting any powers of numer
ical computation, these powers have not ex
tended beyond the number five.”
ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of ths Gam is Betwasa tho
Country’s Leading Teams.
Washington, Aug. 11.—Base ball games
were played to-day with tho following re
sults:
At Louisville—
Athletic 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 4 x—l 2
Louisville ..0 0 1 (' 0 0 0 2 0— 3
Base hits: Athletics 14, Louisville ~. Errors:
Athletics 1, Louisville 3. Batteries: Weyhiug
and Cross, Ewing and Vaughan.
At K 1 sas City—
Kansas City .0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 o—6
Columbus— ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3—4
Base hits: Kansas City 8, Columbus 9. Er
rors: Kansas City 2, Columbus 2. Butteries:
Conway and Hoover, Baldwin and Kemmler.
At Cincinnati—The attendance was 7,500.
The score is as follows:
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 2 o_3
Baltimore 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x— 4
Base hits: Cinci nati 9, Baltimore 6. Er
rors: Cincinnati 2, Baltimore 2. Batteries:
Mu Bane, Baldwin and Keenan, Kilroy and Tate.
At >t. Liuis—
St. Louis 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 5 2—14
Brooklyn l o 0 0 0 1 1 1 o—4
_ Has - hits: St. Louis IS, Brooklyn 11. Errors:
St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 10. Batteries: King and
Milligan; Foutz, T -rry and Clarke.
KAIL AND CitOSSTIE.
Greece his now 307 miles of railroad, all
but six miles built within a few years past.
The longest line extends from Athens to
the Peloponnesus, lUO miles. T ere are also
“d~ miles under construction. Ail the lines
except the six miles of old road from
Athens to the ihranis are of narrow gauge,
but a s andard gauge line is projectel f o n
Athens to the birder, 250 miles, to connect
through Turkey with ihe European railroad
system.
Gov. Gordon and the attorney general
heard arguments Saturday upon the consti
tutional questions involved in the the two
S mate local bills from Cos umbus, referring
to the exchange of the Mobile and Girard
railroad stock for the Georgia Midland and
Gulf stock by the mayor and council of
Columbus. Argu nents favoring the
bills were made Defers the governor bv
Messrs. W. A. Lift e, Henry H. Geotehins,
and Louis F. Garrard. Opposed were
Me srs. Cary J. Tnornton, Janies U.
McNeill, ami C. A. Redd. The governor
approved t ie bills, stating that under the
advice of the attorney general he would
hold them constitutio al.
The British board of trade return for the
quarter ending Marc l 31, last, shows one
passenger and no employes killed, and 224
passengers and 41 employes injured by t. ai .
accidents. Seventeen pa-sengers and 100
e npljyes were killed from causes other
than train accidents, etc., aud those added
to the 16 perso s kill—tl at highway grade
crossings and 87 trespass®-, with 4 miser.j
laneuus, ma c a total of 225 pers >\s killed.
The total number injured is 1,139. There
were 30 c dlisions, in which 38 pass
enger trai is were involved and 11
denilme.ts, of winch t> were to
passenger trains. The principal ot er
item was that of 53 failures of axles,
one of which caused the death of one pass
enger and the i jury of 03 others.
An interesting discovery was made recently
while excavating in London Wail, in that por
tion known as Bell alley. A brown glazed jug
was fouud in almost perfect condition. It is of
the Norman period with a thumb moulding as
the base. There was also found a stone Roman
bell. Unfortunately it was struck by a pick,
and two (tortious of the base are go ie. It it
unglazed and a light stone-brown in color.
Is Friday an Unlucky Day?
More or less superstition attaches to the
sixth day of the week, and numerous are
the undertakings or ventures that are post
poned to a more propitious (?) day. Friday
is as good a day as any ith*r in wnich to
inaugurate a quest for health, aud P. P. P.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) is
the very best weapon wit i which to begin
an onslaugut on disease. For all blood im
purities such as are indicated by Rheuma
tism, Gout, Syphilis, Scrofula or eruption
of the skin, P. r. P. is a sure and simple
remedy. For women suffering from loss of
appetite, strengta and vigor it is a splendid
touic and remarkable ia its results. All
druggists keep it.
SCARED THE EXPRESSMAN. ~
He Opens a Mysterious Package Sent
to the President.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 8. —On Wednesday
one of the teams of the City Parcel De
livery Company was stopped on the street
by an unknown man, who handed the
driver a small parcel directed to "President
Harrison, Hotel Vendome.” The driver
was somewhat elated at the prospect of
having the opportunity of delivering a
parcel to the President or bis representa
tive, and took it to the main office, No. 42
Summer street, reporting to the sup nu
tendmit, Edwin O. Fitcu, who. with his
usual care and discretion, decided that
iuas much as the package came
from an unknown party uud
was addressel to the President of the
United States, it would be wise to ascertain
its content a So he directed the teamster
to open it carefully. Several paper wrap
pings were removed, ami beneath then
w re two pieces of thin board, such as
would be used to protect photographs on
gla s from injury going through the mail,
or by express. The man who was opening
this my-tenous parcel was notin the mit
enviable frame of nund all tbis time. Vis
ions of infernal machines, which might be
set in motion by touc .iag a spring or press
ing a sensitive portion of the works,
crowded thick and fast. He thougnt of his
family and queried if it were h 8 duty to
run the cuanco of leaving then
without their natural protector or
to protect the President of
tho United States from hirrii. Tnen, p ssi
bly, his natural fortitude was some ■' hat
braced and sti nulated by the thought th it
if lie were maimed fur life be would be
lauded throughout the worl 1 as a hero, and
wo dd be provided for, at least duri g the
life of this administration, and ,he philan
thropic work went on. His mingled emo
tions of pleasure and anger when he had
discio3ed the entire “meeuanisiu” of “the
infernal machine” need not be described.
He found at tho bottom of the package
only a book, which bore the startling title,
“Dynamite Cartridge.” Between its leaves,
exposed to view, was a card of matches ail 1
nothing more. The book was again wrapped
up and delivered to the clerk at the Hotel
Vendome, ami probably reacaod the Presi
dent or his genial private secretary'.
'Tis only an infant pippin,
Growing on a limb;
'Tis only a typical small boy,
Who devours it with a vim.
'Tis only a doctor's carriage,
Wilier, stopped before tue door;
Eut why- go into details—
The services begin at four.
Eastern fi-ee Press.
Nkw York Child (on getting her first glimpse
of the Eiffel Tower iu Paris)—Oh, inamm 1 !
When French peoples build fiats, they put up
the elevator first.— New York Weekly.
MEDICAL.
The Chid Reason for tho marvellous suc
cess of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is found in the fact
that this medicine actually accomplishes all
that is claimed for it. Its real merit has won
Merit Win S n““
greater than that of any other Wood ■ -irTer.
It cures Scrofula, all Humors, X) etc.
pro' - !\ byC. I. Hood A —i.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Mil. UEILVr
“So many of my friends have spoken to mo
of your line of CONFECTIONS that I want to
try some. lam very fond of Chocolates. What
have yon in these?”
Well, Miss J., our line is necessarily not as
large as it will be later on, in col ier weather.
Still, I have now what many would consider a
very large variety. I have now:
CHOCOLATE CREAM DROPS in foui-flavors
—Vanilla, Orange, rftrawoerry a id Lemon ’
SMALL FRENCH CHOCOLATE CREAM
DRi >P.i in four flavors—lVaeh. Apricot, Pis
tachio and Grenadine.
FRUIT AND JELLY CHOCOLATE DROPS
(no cream) filled with Cocoanut, Figs, Straw
berry Jelly, Apricot Jeiiy and Pineapple.
CHOCOLATE CREAM DROPS filled with
Walnuts, Pecan ami Brazils, and tue same with
Walnuts, Pecan and Brazi.s on top.
CHOCOLATE DROPS (no cream) filled with
Nougats, Grenoble Walnuts and Roasted Jordan
Almonds.
Maillard's Pur Carque Chocolate.
Maillard's Triple Vanilla Chocolate.
Maillard's Demi-Va tilla Chocolate.
Rountree's Queen Vanilla Chocolate.
Any of these Chocolates may be had sepa
rately or mixed in any manner desired.
A line of tasty, neat and original Fancy
Boxes of the capacities of 6 pounds, 3 pounds,
2 pounds, 1 pound au i R 1 pound, iu which w-e
pack to order, as desired, any of tnese Unoeo
lates or our other Confections.
IN MARSHMALLOWS:
Four Flavors—Rise, Chocolate, Vanilla and
Orange, iu any quantity desired—s-pound tius
or >4-P" ul| d tins.
Rountree’s Fine Gum Drops or Pastilles;
Miiie Fruit or Orange.
Gum Drops filled with R ise or Lemon Jelly.
French Roasted or Burnt Almonds.
Perfume Lozenges; Heliotrope, Violet and
Rise.
Bon Bons in endless variety.
Crystalized Violets, Rose Leaves and Orange
Blossoms.
JOHN J. REILA’,
Importer and Specialist,
FINE CONFECTIONERY.
30 Whitaker Street. Telephone 165.
tSfWhen you want to present a Package of
Confectionery that will make a lasting impres
sion order from us.
THOSE LOTS NEAR SOI'THOYEK
Are nearly bnt not all sold, and we will con
tinue the sale of what we have left at the same
price during this week. Tuose not sold, should
there be any, by Saturday next, will be witn
drawn from the market. These lots are
not in the cry , but t,,ey are in clos* proximity
to Soutbover junction, where all the trains of
the Savannah. Florida and Weste n and
Charleston and Savannah railroads turn
round. It would be difficult to think of any one
circumstance more iikeiy to make a place in
crease in value, and build up into tno import
ance <>f a suburban village. The land by actual
measur-ment is 5.24d feet in a direct line from
Battei y park, and. we suppose, about the same
distance from the Belt Line cars. It is three
miles from the foot of Liberty street by tiie
railroad and two and a halt mil:i from the
court house, if milestones tell the truth. The
three milepost stands sum - distance the otner
Btde of the tract. We will further state, as this
is our last a Ivertisement of these lots, that the
stones, fix) in number, in beating the blocks,
have been put down, and any purchaser can
locate his loi for himself. The signs indicating *
the streets will be put up this week, an I every
thiiig that can be done will be done to
build up and improve th - place,
W. G. WOODFIN,
L D. LaROCHE & SON.
MEETINGS.
CALAMHE LODGE N0.28.K OK F.
The regular meeting of the Lodge will oCTTv
be held THIS < Monday, EVENING, at fi T'-',
8 o'clock. 6;
Ranks conferred. Dsjb&ri
J. GARDNER, C. C. 'Sw’
J. E. Frieman, K. of R and S.
GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, in K.
of T. Hail at 8 o'clock. Aug. 12.
W. SCHEMING, President.
A. Heller. Secretary.
DeKALU LODGE NO. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at s o'clock, sun time. Metropolitan
Hall, corner Whitaker and President Streets.
The Third Degree will be conferred.
51emhers of other Lodges ana visiting brothers
are cordiallv invited to attend.
By order of U. H. McLAWS, N. G.
John Rilev. Secretary.
M AGNOLIA ENCAMPMENT NO 1, l. O.
O. F.
Regular meeting x
will be held THIS >(fN.
(Monday) EVENING . n _
at 8 o'clock, in hall of ‘
Trinity Methodist rM JSjSKk
church building, cor- ' ’'-h&y— _
ner of President and " 11 l i*T)il^KS®E( l T’ n '
Jefferson streets.
Geo. G. WILSON, C. P.
J. S. Tyson, Scribe.
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
Aelvertisements inserted under “Special
Soticrs “ will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
Full FALI PLAN 1 l\G
FRESH BEAN, CABBAGE, TURNIP SEED
From reliable growers at Low Prices.
THE G. M. HEIDT COMPANY,
C'or. Congress and Whitaker Sts.
SALESMAN WANTED.
A Retail Grocery House wants a Reliable
Young Man who is a good salesman, well ac
quainted with the city and anxious to work and
please. Address
RELIABLE, This Office.
BOY W ANTED.
A Lad of ,6 or 18 wanted by a Retail Gro
cery House. Must be bright, active and pre
pared to work. Address
ACTIVE LAD,
This Office.
“GOES RIGHT TO THE SPOIT” ~
“I liaveUied my grocer's Coffees, and I ex
pect all the grocers’ in Savannah, but there is
something lacking, Mr. Reily. They don’t seem
to ‘go to the spot’ like yours.”
Why say more? This lady expresses it
JOHN J. REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
ROASTER OF HIGH GRADE COFFEES.
30 Whitaker Street. Telephone Call 165.
special Schedule
OF—
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILWAY
—FOR
GRAND MILITARY PICNIC AND PRIZE
DRAWING
OF TItE
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1889.
Leave Savannah—9:3o, 11:20 a m 1:30
2:30, 1, 6:25, 8:15 p. m.
Returning, leave Tybee Depot—7, 12 a m
12:20, 2:55, 5. 6:45, 9:25, 11 p. m.
R. E. COBB, Supt.
GIVE IT A TRIAL.
I have suffered a great deal from derange
ment of the liver. Tried ULMER’S LIVER
CORRECTOR aud derived great benefit.
Mrs. ELIZABETH S. JORDAN.
Greene County, Georgia.
Recommended by prominent physicians and
awarded highest prizes over competitors. Ask
for ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR and 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 be forwarded by ex
press, freight paid.
SPECIAL NOTH K.
In compliance with the requests of many
small investors, the Savannan Cotton Mills
Company have decided to offer the stock of the
company to the public on the installment plan,
The shares will be 3100 each, payable in ten
(10) monthly payments.
More than one-half the stock has been already
subscribed and the company will organize and
begin work a< the balance is taken.
The subscription books can be found at the
office of L. M. Warfield, corner Bryan aud Dray
ton streets (over Citizens'Bank), between the
hours of 10 a. M. and 2 p. m.
The factory of Huyler’s. recently destroyed
by fire, is again in full operation. On and after
this date regular shipments will be received.
Orders by mail will have prompt attention.
BUTLERS PHARMACY,
Agent for Huy l'r's Confections,
Savannah, Ga.
BUST TURNIP s-EED.
Just received, a Full and Fresh Stock of
BUIST RUTA BAGA. FLAT DUTCH, and all
other varieties of seasonable Seeds, and for
sale at lowest prices. E. J. KIEFFER,
Druggist and Seedsman,
Corner West Broad and Stewart Sts.
GRAND SUCCESS ~
or—
HOME ENTERPRISE.
THE COOLING, STIMULATING. INVIGOR
ATING PILSEN BEER.
PRICE $2 25 PER QUARTER BARREL.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
N. B.—Odr bottling department will be in
operation in a few days, when we shall bo able
to fill the demand for family consumption.
RAILROA DfL
Savannah andjyb ify.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 17th (STAND
ARD TIME).
Trains leave Savannah daily except Sunday
9:80 a. M., 2;3d, 4, 6:26, 8:15.
Returning, leave Tybee depot 7, 12 a. m., 5,
6:40, p. m.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Leave Savannah 9:30
*11:40 a. m., 2:00, 3:15 aud 7:45 p. m.
Returning, leave Tybe • depot 6:45, 11:00 a. m.,
5:30,6:15, p. m. *To Tybee Depot only. Au
pusta Fast MaiL No stop between Savannah
an i Tybee Depot, Will await the arrival of
Augusta train.
Music every day.
Trains leave South End 15 minutes earlier
than time of leaving Tybee depot.
R. E. COBB, Supt
11. H. WOODRUFF. G. F. and F. Agent.
_ _ AMUSEMENTS. " ‘
tal Military If
AT ,J t
T YI3EK;)
Wednesday, Aug, 14,
picnic, prize mm;
AND
MILITARY HOP
OF THE
First Volunteer Raiment of Geonii
T l Ss.ak,l
Trains leave city at 9:30, 11 90 a i,
6:45. 9? and lnTx. StoSSrd^i^ B*' 8 *'
HOP AT THE ocmlisl
COMPLIMENTARY TO THE VISITOR* tv
TYBEE, MONDAY EVENING, AUO
MUBIC by brass and string hand, >
f r bathing from 6 to 8 o clock ’ sults
on the beach. Last train leaves th
o clock instead of 9:25. 11 island at ii)
rS 7ZZ Pl{ IZ K D UAAV1N-(;. I=3
Grand Military Prize Draw
0
FOK T,,E ’STorV “*
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT
OF GEORGIA,
AT OCEAN HOUSE ON TYBEE ISLAND
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Hth, m
Music and Dancing During the Entire Dav_m
Pi izes $4,400 in Cash—Tickets sl,
LIST OF PRIZES:
1 Cash Prize of $1,500 00.. si ™ m
1 Cash Prize of 500 00 wim
4 Cash Prizes of 100 00 , 4l) ,
80 5 00 r,!'
40 2 50 ... jod m
Tickets for sale by members of the Regiment
and at all public places. Send Registered Lee
ter, Money Order or Postal note to
J. 13. FERNANDEZ,
Savannah. Ga.
educational.
Library,*^
■ -■ room, museum
mounted telescope, apparatus, gymnasium.
Normal courses in literary anil mus • tVok
koepiner, telegraphy, typewriting, dressmakl >e.
locution and art line. In Mumlc Seven Teach*
er. Misses Cox continue Directors; ladies' or
chestra. Healthful and h mo like S*nd f r
illustrated catalogue giving full particulars. \<l
- Mrs. I. F. COX, President. Luriransje, Ga.
Pupils last term from Canada to Texas.
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL
FOR BOA'S.
ISToar Alexandria, Va.
L. M. BLACKFORD. M. A., Principal.
L. lIOXTON, Associate PrincipaL
With ample corps of assittants. Fifty-first
year SEPT. 25,1889. Catalogues se t __
TRINITY'haII,
BEYERLY, NEW JERSEY.
\ HOME SCHOOL of the highest order for
young ladles. Solid culture iu Enghsh,
Music, Art, Languages; careful training mman
ner, mind and heart, t wenty second year tri
gins Sept. *26. For circular addr ?ss
Miss RACIIELLE UIBBC NS HUNT,
Principal
RUTGERS
55-56 V. 55th street, N. Y. City. 51st yeir open*
Sept. 25th. Special, Elective aid full co. >n
ate course. Rev. G. W. SAMSON, D. D.. D*
Preparatory and boarding departments con
nected with the college, open Sept. 8- ‘ Se!ia
for circular. .
M - Orel! n and park miDtar y acadest
Best training, thorough education, develop*
highest physical and mental culture- 1
system leads boys to success. Catalogue
with terms of entrance and
by many prominent citizens. (HA..
NEEL. Superintendent, Atlanta.
THE OGLETHORPE SEMINiHT.
npHE exorcises of this institution ''ill ** ft
L sumed on OCTOBER FIRST, ISA * ™
Jones street, corner of Whitaker. Toe rr •
1 al will be absent from the city during toe *
mer vacation, but any dealed in format
b e obtained by addressing: her, care ot s
Brown Bros. & Cos., New York. . ,
Mbs. L. G. YOUNG. PriogP^.
TYEN3SELAERPOLYTECHNI f>' rr ; £
1V Troy, N. Y. The oldest School of
eennn in the United Slates. , ‘ fa jas
Kins Sept. 18. The register for i„ si
list of graduates for 64 years, with tn, ‘ ■ , or
tions; also course of study, reqiur-me,. (
admission, expenses, etc. Candidates “
a distance may be examined at tneir
Address DAVID M. GREENE, Directoi.
THE PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTI'U T £
/"i IVES SYSTEMATIC and
* T tion in academic and collegiate c
study. The official residence of the i■ • j a
an inviting and elegant home for B JJJrinstitute,
quirien concerning residence at tja
should be addressed to MRS. N- 1 • . 'V
SURE. 117 Montagim sUv^Broo^^j^
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
ATHENS, GFA- . , lD t
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
teachers. All denominations " ,| B ti<a
Hoard, lb a month. No secrr - com
Health record unsurpassed, ran
menoes Sept. 25. 1889 gg kCT HE^^
Staunton Male AcadS' 1 " 1 )'
STAUNTON. v I R 'Pf I nr'Youn? sl9 ‘
A Military Hoarding School lor *;op*
and Boys. Handsome Illustrated
mailed on
i'KINTEK Aiai* BOOKBIS° 4a, .~
r<ET YOUR BLANK BOOKS
ATONE BETTER THAN THOSE maDE
HE HAS THE BEri lAlt
JN STOCK, AND YOU m
QAN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM
JJAPFY IF YOU WILL .
CANLY GIVE HIM AN ORDER FOR A j.
LOTS OF BANKS AND BUSINESS
L<END TO HIM FOR THEIR ROOKS, jaT Jt
qx> COUNTY OFF ICEKB.-BOOW
1 required hy county offi s^n.,iied
the courts. cr for othce us'. sup,
the MORNING NEWS I'UtM‘- Vj
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