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FORTUNES IN'THE SOUTH.
FLORIDA STRIDING TO THE FRONT
IN TOBACCO CULTIVATION.
Noteworthy Fields of the Weed in
Gadsden Count r and Elsewhere -
Remarkable Fortunes Gleaned by
New York Dealers and Manufactur
ers— Development of the New In
dustry—A Visit to the Largest Plan
tations —An Alsatian Colony at
Work.
From the New York Sun.
Jacksonville, Aug. I.—The fortunes
reaped in Alabama since the war are only
a tithe of those to be made io the south.
They are found in every southern state,
from the Patapsoo to the Kio Grande. No
■tate has been more fruitful of then in
proportion to population than Florida.
Millions upon millious have rowanlo i thus •
Investing in orang - groves and truck farms.
Le monsand Lines are factors ii the wealth
of the sia o, and rich fields of sugar cane
and cotton indicate almost unt Id resources.
The developm nt of the Atlantic coast ha
been marvelous, but it is being sur
passed by the development of the Gulf
Coast. The state is being gridironed
•with railroads, and money is beginning t"
ooze from every hummock, swamp and up
land. Plots a.ong tiie Indian river, 120
miles Del sw St. Augustin •, that cou 1 have
be>u bought for a song eighteen years ago.
now bring from $l5O to s2ooa foot. Swamp
lands that twelve years ago could not have
been given away now sell readily f rfr in
$75 to S2OO per acre. On the west co ist the
increase in values is still more m irked.
City lots in Tampa and Charlotte Harbor
are i eld at figures that would make real
•estate specuiat ts m Birmingham an i Cha -
tanooga open their eyes. The vast swimp
and padded lakes at the tail-end of the pe i
ins ilaa e b i jg drained and tur .ed into
sugar plantat.o s. Tuere are cocoa grove
along lake Worth and the Miami river, and
the fig, pineapple and banana are grown
from .M"-quit i inlet (outward.
The last revival in agriculture is the cu -
tivatiou of tobacc \ It hi s been stimulated
by northern cigar manufacturers an
others. They arc i vestii gin choi e lands,
and thousa ds of acres are already in culti
vation. G it-den county is the comer of
their operations. It lies in t e Pensacola
wing of the state, about 200 miles west of
Jaeksonville.r.ear thefatned Suwannee 11ver
The land is u usually rich and fertile. Itis
especially adapted to the culture of tobacco.
Thirty years ago the c unity turned out a
tobacco crop valued at $1.50,000 a year.
Then came the increase in the pries of
cotton. The tobacco fields were
turned into cotton fields, and the
long-fibertd staple became the moneyed
crop. No more tobacco was grown. After
the war much of the laud went to was e.
Tl e planters w uld not readily accept Up
right lia and of fellowship. Labor became
thoroughly disorganized. There was no
money in the country. Everybody wns
disgruntled. Owne s of extensive planta
tions refused to part with their lan is. Th
most energetic negroes nig -ateil ■> South
ern Florida. The people became land poor.
They raised a little oott >u and sugar, but
hardly enough to pay their taxes. The c >t
ton crop bore uo comparison to that grow i
before the war. Thoy became despondent
and almost hope.ess.
Three years ago a rainbow appeared in
tbeskv. Things changed. The cultivation
of tobaco was re-umed. Much of the
land had slept over a quarter of a centurv.
The sleep increas and it- p oductiveuess. It
is now producing tobacco of exceptional
quality. The 1< af is said to vie in bloom
with that grown in the Vuelta Abajo.
Florida tobacco was big ly prized be!' re
the war. Speci and planti gs frequently
brought $1 per pound. The liest t co
at tuat time was grown in Gadsden
county. The county has again taken the
lead. She promises t > become the ric test
county in the state. Her t baeco crop
alo: e this year is valued at s6UO,ouo—four
times t: c figures reac ied with slave labu
In any year bef re the war. The e figures
will undoubtedly be doubled next year.
With! i ten mars, from pr-sent indications,
the tobacco fields of the upper tier of
counties in Florida will outs n the or inge
groves of the St. Joh i’s and Kissimmee in
ti e value of their returns.
The revival of tins obaceo industry is
due primarily t H. R Duval, presilent cf
the Flor.da Ce itral ad Pennsylvania Rail
road c •mpany. Mr. Duval Is a Fioridian,
who, like mi iv a lOther southerner, de
veloped a va kee hrif and ingenuity after
the surrender at Appomattox. Gaisdm
county lies along the line of his road. He
recognized the situation, and saw a i
opportunity for improv ineiit. He recalled
the days of prosperity before the war, aud
urged the planters to 'raise tobacc) ins ead
of cotton and sugar. He prophesi a tha
the crop would be far moi e profitable. The
planters, however, took lit le stock in t o
prophecy. They were wedded to the old
crops and the old ways. They were too in
dolent to look for either seel or plants. It
was not until Mr. Duval furnished them
seed at his own expense that tuey took in
terest in the mat er.
The first experiment was far from ei
courag ng. There was a lack of experie ice
in planting, and the knack of cultivation
bad been b st. The aimli nces requisite for
••ccessful cu ture were not at hand. There
w.-re neither sheds nor convenience's for
curing and stoiii g. Tho piauters were dis
heartened. Very few young white me i
were in the country, and negro labor was
disorganized and uncertain. Duval divined
the trouble. He saw that it was impos
sible f r the pla iters to reclaim their
tobacco lads aud depend alone upon their
own resources. He was still c mfident that
Gadsden and adjoini ig counti >s had a soil
peculiarly fi.ted for the production of to
bacco. Capital was wanted. In his di
lemma he cast his eyes toward the uorta.
He laid his scheme oefore several northern
manufacturers of tobacco, nnd urged them
to make investments. A New York tl in
was among the tut who opened their ears.
John Straiton and his part.ne-, Mr. Storm
were impressed with Mr. Duvn.’s reprD
Bentatious, They sent tw > experts to
make a thorough exatniua ion of the
land. The experts spent six months ii
Gadsden county. They sifted its soil and
tes ed the tobacco already grown. Their
report was so favorable that Mr. Storm
threw himself cart and soul into the enter
prise. He came to Florida. Duval was de
lighted. Sturm recogn.zod the superior ex
cellence of the tobacco. He saw that tae
only drawback to its cultivation was tne
poverty of the planters. If left unaided,
many years would p ss before tobacco
would bee >rne a staple crop.
Mr. Storm organized a company, and
began planting on a large scaio. The
capital stock was placed at $300,090. Ovo
14,000 acres of land were bought. Large
tracts were sect! ed by other capitalists,
and Gadsden and adjoining cuuntiis are
now dotted with uge tobacco fiel ,s. Goi ig
west from Jacksonville you find the first
plantation near Lake City, Columbia
county. Its owner is Mr. Moody, a pioneer
in the revived culture of the weed. His
work has kd to the establishment of cigar
manufactories in Lake City. The cigars
are of g ood quality. They are readily sold
as soon as made. Great tobacco fields are
found bey -nd the Moody plantation. All
are in good condition. Their owners reap
superior crops.
As you approach Tallahassee the land
scape changes. You leave the pines and
flat lands and enter a fi ie rolling country
that recalls Western Ke tucky and Ten
nessee. Near Tallahassee there Is a tract of
8,000 acres, owned by Ch rles Emery of
the Goodwin Tobacco Company. Emery
has reaped fame and fortune with his Old
Judge cigarettes. He is gradually turning
his land into a tobacco pla tation. He is
now experimenting with the famous white
burly tobacco. It looks well, but it is too
early to forecast a positive result. His
workmen aro confident that it can be grown
without much trouhlo. It is a tobacco
greatly prized by manufacturers.
I You reach the ol i town of Quincy, how
ever. before you strike th ■ true tobacco
country. Here everybody ta.ss tobacco. The
i negroes study the market. Li nes discuss
I the c op prospects, with a view to invest
| tne its in winter gowns an 1 bonnets. The
most enterprising citizens ar** the brothers
Bruce. These Scotchmen own a gre it deal
f land aud raise t obacco and manufactu e
cigars. Their public spirit is universally
recognized. Every body seenis to regret
th t, while doing so m .ch t > increase the
wealth and prosperity of Quincy, they are
lot contributing their quo a to its popula
ti n. Ail the brothers are bachl >rs.
The Vogt plantation lies w -stof the Bruce
tract It is i.troed by Carl Vogt iV Sms f
New Y rk city, T ey nave planted seed
from the prize dts riots of Cuba, and are
growing tobacco rose uh ing Havana leaf of
a superior quality. IV e t rolled into
| cigars and liguted, the arorna i-delicious.
I Tnese gentlemen prepare their tobacco
with great ca.e. U .ey cultivated over
100 acres last year, ad s id the crop
at a very sat'sfact >ry price. Tnis year
t oy have a iai z r trac r under c iltivati >n.
The field looks well and the yield promises
to be abu dant. Ad joining the Vogt, tract
is the plantat on of .-chroeder F So . Tney
a a leading t bacc > merchants in New
Yu. k, and hat e ju-t turned their attonti >n
toward Florida. Tneir plantation is a re
cent pure ias. T .ha -co will be sown there
next year. Nearer the town the firm has
b u: twv ity acres ot rowing leaf. It is
un i- r tuo supervision of Hi is Gon z, who
has grown the weed ii Sumatra. Schroo- I
der A .5 i l ave erec ed i large warehouse I
and will probably begin driving work nex.
spring.
Not far away there is a syndicate planta
tion. Tne Straiten & Stor n lauds are
designated as synd cate lands. Tne syndi
citeist e largest cultivator of tobacco in
the P ninsulur s ate. T. is plantation is
o eof many. It is k iown thou ;.iout Fior
nl i as La Coro la. Mr. McDougall, a
Sc 'tchman, is its superintendent. Ho em
ploys a large number of negroos. the
fields are covered with tlirivi g plants,
grown front Cuba i and Sumatran seed.
1’ ‘ere are great tobacco fields west of
Qu ncy, but none that equal the syndic .to
pia itauo ,s on the east. All are under
sy-tematie cultu o. Mr. MoD ugall rides
over the fi Ids in true jlantn ion style, lie
appears among the ha ds mounted upon a
tnusiang. With sombrero, Mexican -addle
and rowels, he is a picture of tue old-time
overseer, minus the ' hip.
The mogul of the syndicate here, ho.v
eye , is William M. Corry. Ho has an
office in Quincy, and is its ge .era! manager
in Florida. He was born in New York,
aud has been in ihe service of Straiiou &
Storm ever since he was a b >y. Mr. Corry
was one of the experts who demonstrated
the value of the FI irida t diacco planta
tions. He has lived in Q tincy for the past
two years. He says that he finds the heat
n t so groat as m Now York, and the ui •bts
far more cool. An i ivitatioo to inspect the
Hama Clara, one of the large ;t syndicate
dantati ms, was ac epted. It embraces
4,000 acres bordering the town on the east
aud southwest. Tue working superin
tendents are \V. B. Smith and J. G. Curry.
The country is line aid rolli ig, with a i
abend mt supply of water. You hardly
believe that you are in Florida. Plac.il
c.eeks water the base of plateaus vast
aud fertile. The Santt Cl.ua plan, at dm
covers one of these plateaus. Immense barns
for the curing and storing of the tobacco
come into view.
Ascending a hill nenrj the bouse of the
superintendent you stand in a sea of to
bacco p;a its. They line the ro id as far as
tne eye can retch. The plants are in vari
ous stages of development. Home are ripe
for cutting; others are a fortnight boliin 1
them. Here are plants just set out; there
are others awaiting the first hoeing. Ai
army of blacks is at work plowing, hoeing,
and lopn ng t .e tops of tue stalks, so as to
impart strengt ito the leaves. Swarms of
wenches ad girls are picking worms from
tiie stems. Every 1j dy, fr in superintendent
down, seems to lie doi g his level best
The plants at Santa Clara are Cuba.
Pennsylvania aud -Sumatra tobacco of the
sec mil year. So thick an l luxurious are
they that it is difficult to move through the
fields. There are from si ot -eu to twenty
leaves on each pla t where the field is
ready f t cut ing. All tle leaves are valu
able. Those directly iu front are grown
from Pennsylvania plant-. The sun-ri i
tendent.claims that ths part of the planta
tion, wit i first ands cm id crops, will cut
fro u 800 to I.OJJ p muds to tiie acre. When
a plant is first cut what is known as a
sucker pus out at the root of t a stalk. It
develops into a second great bunch of
leaves, which are afterward added to the
harvest. 1 his i> called the second cutting.
A visit to a tob tcco barn is v r.h noting.
Tha stalks are hun; at.i wart laths,
the leaves drooping downward. They are
as fi teas silk, i'he barns hero hold a crop
grown upon about fifteen acres. They are
eiiortnou--. As the tobaoco a ilts it is re
moved, aud fresh leaves are strung over
the laths. The svndieato owns over 100
barn-, ail told, and with all these finds i
difficult to house its crops.
Inquiry concerni ig the o itc one of Su na
tra se and was stimulated by a k nnvledge of
its value. Seventy acres were c v >rod
with the plants. Tuey were growing luxu
riantly. It was asserted that t tore were
b,500 to the acre. I'his made ai ag tregnto
oi 455,000 to the seventy acres. They prom
ise great results. Tho leaf is tut so large
as tuo leaf of the Peunsylvani plant. It
is neither so long nor so wide, but it is of a
deeper green in hue, and is more free from
worms. The Cuban plants are still smaller.
The leaf is thicker. It is preferable for
cigar fillers.
The next visit was made to the colony of
Alsatians, who arrived he e last February.
They encountered considerable trouble at
Castle Ga den. Mr. Storm is an Alsatian
by birth, and he knew tneir value a- agri
culturists. They are locat'd upon 1.5J0
acre‘ gracing a stairway of rolling hilli
overlooking the village of Quincy. Tho old
plantation was f rm-rly t ,e property of
Judge Dupont. His mansion occupies
grou id above the fields. It has been thor
oughly overhauled, and is now a winter re
treat for the membe s of the sy dictate.
Upm entering it you cross a irt igo span
ning a deep creek. It runs through BJO
acres of land set. aside as a pasture f r the
cattle of the colonists, a compete it herds
man has ch trge of the past ire. Ihe c >ws
are dri en to the various farms at night,
aud are returned to tne reservation in the
morning, the same as in Alsace. There is a
brickya and near by, where building material
is made. The pi ice was Ind out like an old
German village. Old roads were obliterated.
An inner and a circular read was made, 50
feet wide and two miles and a half long.
This roa 1 was fenced, aud the plot divi lei
into little farms. Commodious residences
and barns we e built. A sc.iool houso was
erected utxm a sightly kuoll. It is at
tended >y Alsatian cmldren. Each farm is
well equipped. Each has a tobacc > shod that
will hold the product o from twelve to
fifteen acres. Ever, farm contains forty
acre sof land. They radiate from the road
right and left. They were laid out tin ier
the supervision of M . St r.n. His obj ct
was to secure th planting of tobacco upon
at least five of eac i of the forty acres. The
re uai der was to be devoted and the ultiva
tion of corn, oats and other noee-sa ies.
Some farms contat . fully ten acres of to
bacco plants. The c doiiy is retna k ably
industrious. Entire families work from
early morn until darkness. They appear
to be thrifty and content and. Five mouths
have passed since their arrival. They have
now u ider actual cultivation 140 ae es of to
bacco, besides a large acreage of corn, oa s
and garden vegota les. The tobacco stalks
look line, and tne vegetables are unsurpassed.
Ma yof the young men work oil the ait i
Clara plantati m and board with tho ten
ants, This puts ready money in circulation
and preserves Alsatian mauners and cus
toms.
When asked whether the planting of this
colony was not rather a hazardous under
taking, Mr. Corry replied that experiments
had proved otherwi-e. Two years ago
thirty-five Al atiaus were placed upon the
plantation. They wore faithful la orers,
and were sa isfisd with t ieir occupation
and wages. Tho climate was healtuy, and
they sent home considerable money. They
TIIE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1889.
were the vanguard of the immigrants.
Those who arrived last February are the
parents of the fist comers. ..any others
are preparing to come out here next fail.
The commissioners who ri.ised such a
st min when the immigrants arrived would
certainly change their tune if thoy took a
look at the comfortable hemes and fine
crops studding these little farms. Insteal
of bee uning paupers the Alsatians are add
ing immeasurably to the wealth of the
country. Tney are aided only to the point
at which th-v are able to help themselves.
The cultivation of good tobacco requires
much care aud perseverance, and these are
qualities in which they excel. N > vaga
bonds nor disreputable persons are among
them. .Several who proved undesirable
were quickly set adrift.
Visits were made to other tracts. The
Vi detta is a crack Din tation. Its tobacco
fi Ms c .ver 3,000 acres. All the plants are
in excellent condition. LaCsmelia, a plan
tation of 2,000 acres, is as fine a plot as ever
gladdened sunlight. Individual planters
have caught the fever and arehsrdat work.
They are confident of splendid results. The
only set-back is a lack of nion -y for tho
erection of sheds aud outbuildings. A
planter who ha- live or six acres in b.banco
was grieving because ho had no proper
place for curing tire leaf. “With a good
shed," sail he, “1 could realize SI,OOO from
the crop. As it is, it will not fetch more
than $400.”
The progressive spirit, however, has
struck the village of Quincy. Hhe is to
have a bank for the first time in her his
tory, and in due time cap.tal to aid these
smal plantor. ina. b.i easily secur'd. The
pluck of Mr. St irrn and his partner is pr >-
dneing excellent f ait. Experts already
agree that Florida tobacco is as aromatic
and fine in quality as any produced else
where. its growth is marvelous. An ex
pert tel s me that he saw in a plant bed
near Quincy forty or fifty stalks
of Sumatra t baco in the seco id
year of pa ting that seemed
m re like trees tha i shrubs. They wore
eight feet high, and bore f om tw ntv to
twenty-llv leaves apiece. Tie leave, were
very fine in texture and f dly as largo as
are ever brought to New York from Su
matra. If t iis is s (there ought to be small
fortunes here in the cultivation of Sumatra
tobacco alone. Tho syndicate lauds are tho
only ones on which these plants are thus
far grown. Tho president o the company
is Robert C. Brown of New York. It is
sai l that it is paying handsome dividends.
Near Fac >viile, on the line of tho Florida
Western road, there is a fine plantation
owned bv a Mr. Krtbly, ano her Ni.v
Yorker. He is as enthusiastic over tobacco
culture as his fellows near Lake City aud
Quincy. He found the weather cool enough
to spend his honeymoou at his plantation
in June nml July.
Florida is a land of fortunes. The metal
lic beds >f the birder counties are undevel
oped. Iron ore is said to exist there iu
abundance. There are also rumors of cm:
fields and mar! pits. The cultivation of
tobacc i, however, is firmly establish 'd. It
is growing rapidly, aud it bids fair to be
come the richest industry iu the state.
A railrou I from Quincy to C lambus,
Ga., is pro jetted. This would give the to
baco piauters air line roads to tho north,
east aud west. With such lines the growing
of the weed in this stat■. would be greatly
stimulated. Tue cro . might then quickly
absorb tue $8,000,000 or $10.000,0J0 sent
from New York to Amsterd tin every year
for the purchase of the Dutcn le if.
Amos J. Cummings.
THE WONDKOUS PALI ADES.
A Wilderness Near the Heart cf the
City.
From the New York Times.
Science may give to posterity the fairy
power ot Puck, who could put a girdle
around the earth in less tha i forty minutes.
Already it looks at least as feasible to us to
perform this foat as it would have to the
Plymouth colonists to saad a message to ta
friend iu Liverpool and receive a reply
within twelve nouns. When our race has
still further subdued nature’s forces, t ie
bank president may be ablo able to spend a
summer vacation on the planet Mars, out
ot the reach of heat, bores, marlaria, and
dea l-beats, while nis cle k t akes a s.iort a.,d
cheap trip to Hurmah or ICaruschatka.
Yet we doubt whether travel will be a
source of gre iter pleasure then than now,
w .en the bank president goes to Alaska,
while his clerk must be contented much
nearer home. The “globe trotter” passes
many lovely and interesting things in his
inad rush to those far lands whe o the Jum
blits live. Many of our fellow-citizens
have been to Switzerland or to Colorado,
scenery hunting, while not one in a thous
and knows of the wonderful natural beauty
'voice lies within twenty miles of the very
heart f the metropolis.
Few indeed have explored the btautiful
region which extends along tho west snore
of tho Hudson froinapnnt opposi e Glen
wood to the village of Palisade, where the
great precipices end in a series of broken
and rocky terraces. The Pallisides, fami
liar though their weather-beaten faces are to
us, are a geo ogical woridor. There are only
two other places in the known world where
there are precipices of columnar basalt like
those on the lower Hudson. Similar rocks
form the Giant's Ca .seway of Northern Ire
land, and the formation occurs once again
in tue cliffs of the Kawaddy, in farmer
India.
The Palisades, as seen from the Hudson
are half hidden in trees aud vi ,es. More
over, to a spectator on the eastern shore,
river and precipices mutually dwarf each
utaer. From-tue Je.sey suij tue Hudso t
looks at least naif as wide again as it does
when seen from Yonkers. The majesty of
the st earn cannot be t'uJy realized till we
see it from the I'auauos, aud the full hight
of the precipices sasurp ise to one looking
up to them from the river’s western shore.
Here is a region as wild as the Catskills.
Tue few picnic grounds on the wood and
-lopes are deserted for most of the week.
Even when the exuu siouists aro here they
do not wander far from tha swings, dancing
pavilion, and refreshment booth. The fish
ermen’s houses, with their homely human
surroundings, make the loneliness of the
neighboring woods the more impressive.
Here the whippoorwill, that lover of soli
tude, sings at nigiit, while tho ornithologist
may find that O'en by day the forest trees
shelter rare mountain birds which he would
s a. eely have expected to find nearer than
the Adirondacks. At a point opposite
Mount St. Vines t a brook Dalis in three
sieuder case ides down tho face of the preci
pice a dts ance of over 500 feet. In
spring aud fail, when abundaut rains have
swelled the tiny stream, these mils are
worthy to b compared with many of th >
"attractions'’ of the Catskidorof the Dela
ware Water Gap. l'ne brook tu übles orer
dark rocks half hidden in mosses and ferns,
while great trees man6 twilig.it ove head
and wnd vtues tapestry every rugged sur
face with greenness and beauty, it its
and nvufalt tae water is broken into ii ie sprav
atm gleams a ..id the ludrous, dripping
verdure as white as snow.
All aloug the river’s margin, in the shadow
of the Palisades, are . uius. There are
docks, wor.u-eaten, water-worn, aud de
cayi ig. Tne e are many littlo houses,
rootle sand deserted. Here and there one
finds a hat has evidently once been some
body's garden paten. A g.iarie l fruit tree,
a couple of currant bus..os, a syrtng.i, and a
few li ac are contes.i g tne ground "ith
tbe mure rubust greenery of th > forest,
"Inch has come to dispute possession witn
thorn. After some little search in a spot
like this, one finds- a patch of . iackborry
'iues aud Virginia creepers clambering
■ over what has been the foundation of a
house, in at least two places tho breezas
blow through the broken walls of what
used to be factories, perhaps. Here is a de
serted region—a veritable* Palmyra, dead
and forgotten. Tho' Idsst inuabitants on
the east side of the river can tell nothing
about these ruins on tuo west side. Thoy
did not know tuere were any ruins t ere.
Oue old inhabitant says that the rock of
tae Palisades was once used for paving the
streets of New York. The little houses
were then the dwellings of stonecutters, and
i rhe ruined wharvo- were places whence the
stone af shipp and down tue river. Our
“factories” were probably stonecutters’
j shed?.
But another old inhabitant, equally
I trustworthy, remembers well the time whe i
1 New York was paved with Jersey oasait.
Tney did not cut it over there opposite
j Gle .wood and Hastings; it was all taken
from quarries near aEd be.ow Weehawken.
j If there are so many rums over there it
I must be, he suppose- because the railroads
I have, in great measure, killed the river
traffic. In the <ld times the Hudson was
i t„e highway to New York city. Now
! nearly everything and every (Ody gues by
i train. The d-s rtod .:ouse3 must have once
belonged to the cap am- or sai.ors of river
craft, and too “fac .on s” he supposes were
wa .o ivs. 8 i ttm ruins are not satisfac
torily accounted for, and they yet await
their Schlieman i.
Nature’s force; are condantly chipping
masses of stone uif 'no face of th .< Fali-ades
and hurling them downward in fragments.
There the bits of rock have been filling up
year iter year, till they bav made a heap
reaching ualf way up tue precip.ce. Fore>t
trees have taken root among them, aud
thus the woo Jed slope below the rocky
rainpar s has gradually been built up and
clouted witn green. Fif,y years ag i, s tys
a very ol 1 i mabituit, ttiere wa- m ich less
of this shelving woodland, an 1 once upon a
time, no doubt, tue promp tous rocas rose
sheer from the very margin of the river.
Hometimes in early- ring wnen the frost is
working up out or the gro tnd another great
piece of rock splin ers off tue main mass
and crashes down with a tnuuderous sound
which can be distinctly heard on the
Yonkers side. vVu u the sto ie is thus
chipped away by tha action of the elements
sen a o left which cua e readily distin
guished fr m tue deck of a boat iu mid
stream. The surface just laid bare is of a
pa.e browuish a a, and contrasts decidedly
wita tue gr i.y co ors of tue surrounding
moss-grown and .i-ataer-worn rock.
As ne journey up th • river the Pali-ades
grow ljf.ier, wider, aud more rugged. A
nt.le patn, bean.uully sba ied, ru is north
ward along the suuim c sufficiently close to
the e ige to give th pedestrian views of the
wonderful rocss below mm. In some places
the basalt is splin erei into immense eight
sided blocks. These are laid one above
auotner witn such regularity that oue is
inclined to think that t .ere are giants on
thf) earth, even iu tho-e days, and that some
of taem skilled in in tsoary have bee at
work here. O i tho Palisades are at least
two so-called “DjvJ’.s Fu.pits,” semi-circu
lar rocks jutting over the precipice below,
and hollowed out on the landward sid ■
Here and there slender pillars over 3jo
feet high have split away from the main
inass and stan iin solitary granden . Heeing
th -:ii one is re niaded of pictures and trav
elers’ taies of the rocks in the Garden of the
Gods, lint those “devil’s toothpicks” of
the Palisades stand in the foreground of a
scene which cannot be equaled iu the Na
t.onal Park.
The river shimmers just beyo id them. Its
eastern shore is il ,ttod with houses aud
witn busy towns, aud looking further east
ward we see a gently rolling, cloud-dappled
country stre.citing away to tie sound. Its
waters are dotted withs dls which look at
this distance uo larger than snowflakes,
and beyond the sound we see tbe far hills of
Nortueru L ng Islaud, mere shadows on the
sky.
As we go closer to the edge of the cliffs to
look at the lovely vistas up and down the
river there is a sudden swoop and a start
li g scream just below us. An eagle uas
her rn-st on the face of the rocks near by,
and she is exprossmg her disp.easure at our
intrusion upon what she considers her own
prival property. One could go far in tho
Catskills nowadays b.fore he would almost
literally stumblu upon the dwelling of this
bird of the wi.der..ess.
Ths wild and beautiful region of the up
per Palisades can be i-eacheil by means of a
little ferry which crosses from Yonkers,
making three landings on the Jersey side.
From me lowest landing a good carriage
road winds gradually up the face of the
Palisades, and when tbe summit is reached
turns northward through dense woods and
ruus parallel with the river about a quarter
of a mile inland. A member of the broth
erhood or tramps, inured to rough walking,
can reac i t-.e grand roc as anuchs
more qu.ckly by makn.g the ascent from
tho thml or nor. hernmost la iding. Here
we will find a trail makiu,; for the summit as
directly as the laws f gravita iou will per
mit. Tins leads into the forest-shadowed
foot pai h already me-tioned. This short
but hard scramble upward through the
rocky woods is a reminiscence of mountain
climbing. As we pause for breath after it
we realize that all around us there are sug
gestions of Adirondack days. Mountain
no.'ers bloom among the stones at our feet,
and the breeze ■' hicn comes to us is bracing
and pme-sceated, as if it blew amid the
hills.
“As the crow flies” the city hall is not
twenty miles away. We cou and reach it in
less than two hours, even with our clumsy
human means of locomotion. Yet around
us is mountain scenery and a mountain soli
tude.
CATTLE THIEVES IN PERIL.
Florida Farmers Exasperated to a
Dangerous Pitch.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 12. —A gentleman
who returned from a trip down the river to
day, rop irtslbat a band of cattle thieves is
getti ig in its work iu that section of Florida
contiguous to the Apalachicola river. The
band has been depredating upon the herds
of cattle for sometime, and many farmers
have been their victims. The com
munity is niw thoroughly aroused
and it would not be sate for ths farmers
down there to get in sight of the gang,
which is said to be composed of two white
men and two negroes. A disreputable
character who used to loaf about Columbus
a go and deal is said to bo at the head of the
thieves. Some interesting developments
from this gang may be expected at any
time.
Justifiable Homicide.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 12.—The verdict of
the coroner’s jury on the killing of t e
negro Charlie ICuight yesterday by Patrol
man Cnanler, is that it was justifiable
homicide.
EKUiTJU AND UUOEBINOBR,
QET YOUR BLANK BOOKS p
NGJNE BETTER THAN THOSE MADE BY JP
HE HAS THE BEST PAPERS J
JN STOCK, AND YOU
(NAN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM rjT
JJAPPY IF YOU WILL
QNLY GIVE HIM AN ORDER FOR A SET-N^ -
pOTS OF BANKS AND BUSINESS HOUSESQ.
OEND TO HIM FOR THEIR BOOKS. 93
BAY ST.
TRUNKS.
IF YOU VUM
If you want a DAY LOOK MADE,
If you want a JOUR.TaL MADE,
If you want a CASH BOOK MADE,
It you want a LEDGER MADE,
If you want a RECORD MADE,
If you want a CHECK BOOK MADE,
If you want LETTER HEADS,
If you want NOTE HEADS,
If you want BILL HEADS,
If you want BUSINESS CARDS,
—SEND Y'H'lt ORDERS TO
Morning New* Steam Printing House,
Mornino News Buildino,
3 Whitaker Street.
KETIXGS.
CHATHAM ASSEMBLY Vl. lJk 110 l AL
SOCIETY OF GOOD FELLOWS.
Regular meeting of Chatham Assembly No.
136. Royai Society Good Fellows, will be held
THIS (Tuesday, EVENING at M o'clock in
Sorrel building, fourth Hoor, over telegraph
office (hall Locomotive Firemen). By order of
J. S. TYSON, Ruler.
Jno. Henderson, Secretary.
OGLETHORPE LODGE XO. 1, I. O. O. F.
tf regular meeting will be held in the new
hall, in second story of lecture room of Trinity
church THIS iTuesiayi EVENING at S o’clock
Entrance comer of President and Jefferson
street
Tne inlatory degree will be conferred.
Members of sister Lodges and transient
brothers are cordially invited to meet with us.
JNO. A. HUTTON. Noble Grand.
J. IT. H. Osborne. Secretary.
CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
The regular monthly meeting of the Associ
ation will be held THIS EVENING at 8:15
o’clock. A full attendance is requested.
P. F. GLEASON, President.
John F. Harty, Recording Secretary.
SAVANNAH CADETS.
Headquarters Savannah Cadets, /_
Savannah. Ga., Aug. 13th, 1889. i
General Order .Vo. 27.
I. The regular monthly meeting of the corps
wi l be held at their quarters THIS (Tuesday)
EVENING, 13th inst,. at 8 o'cl ok. By order of
C A IT. H. M. BR AN i H,
Commanding.
R. P. Lovell, First Sergeant.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Adeertitemrn.tr inserted under ••Special
Notice i” will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
A CARD.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 3, 1889.
The undersigned desires in this manner to
testify publicly his high appreciation of the
management of the Savannah hospital, the
skill and ability of itscorptof physicians and
surgeons and the excellent system aud disci
pline that distinguishes that institution.
Suffering from a deep-seated affection which
required the most delicate and dangerous sur
gical treatment known toscence, I elected, in
preference to going to New York specialists, to
place myself entirely in the hands of Dr. Boyd
of the Savannah hospital, which X did on the
9th day of June last, and, after a series of the
most delicate and complicated operations, in
which he was assisted by Dr. Colding, medical
director, and Drs. Weischelbaum, Charlton,
Xlartin and Owens, 1 was discharged fully cured
on the 29th ot July.
These gentlemen I desire to thank in a special
manner for their devotion an i kind attention to
me. and 1 desire also to express my gratitude
to the nurses and attendants who were so par
ticular y obliging and attentive to me during
my stay at the hospital.
Finally, I wish to state that the Savannah
hospital, for comfort, cleanliness, excellence of
fare aid service cannot be surpassed. Very
respectfully, ISA \0 ' EYER.
LOTS FOR SALE.
8 2 5 EACH.
si CASH AND 8 A MONTH.
Until paid for.
fYO INTEREST.
These lots are just south of the city, within a
few mmu.es’ walk of the Belt Line; are high
and dry; all c eared up and ready to build on.
They have a front of 40 feet on a 50-f ot street
by a depth of 100 feet back to a lane. For
further information apply to
ROWLAND & M\ r ERS,
Real Estate Agents,
Ol U, Bay Street.
SPECIAL SCHEDULE
OF—
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILWAY
—FOR—
GRAND MILITARY PICNIC - AND PRIZE
DRAWING
OF THE
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, IBS9.
Leave Savannah—9:3o, 11:20 a. m 1:30
2:30, A, 6:25, 8:15 p. m.
Returning, leave Tybee Depot—7, 12 a m
12:30, 2:55, 5, 6:45, 9:25, It P . M.
R. E- COBB, Supt.
MEETING INDEPENDENT PRESBY
TERIAN CHURCH.
Tho members and friends of the old church
are requested to meet at Butler's Pharmacy all
day TO-DAY”, to drink
SODA WATER, CREAM SHAKES, WHIPPED
CREAM, ETC.
The entire receipts go to the building fund of
tbe church. Souvenirs given away.
BUTLER'S PHARMACY,
Comer Bull and Congress.
FOR RENT.
THE STORES NOS. 135 AND 137 BAY ST
I,- J. MYERS.
MULES FOR SALE.
—APPLY TO—
thf. gorie ice manufacturing CO.
JULIAN SCHLEY. o. w, HAUPT.
SCHLEY A HAUPT,
General Insurance aud Real Estate Agents,
116 Bryan Street,
Representing the following old reliable com
panies: Lite, Fire, Marine and Accident
insurance:
Old reliable Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Philadelphia, Pa Purely mutual.
Largest divideud ability and no discrimination.
Georgia Home Fir * Insurance Company, of
Columbus, Ga. Reliable home company.
Capital and assets, $7.50,000.
Girard Fire anil Marine insurance Company,
of Philadelphia. Pa. Good, strong and reliable.
American Mutual Accident Association, of
Nashville, Teim. The best and cheapest insur
ance to be had. Indemnities the insured for 200
weeks in ease of injury.
We solicit a share of the patronage of our
friends and the public generally.
GIVE IT A TRIAL.
I have suffered a great deal from derange
ment of the liver. Tried ULMER’S LIVER
CORRECTOR and 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 aud take
no other. Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D„
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
Price Si per bottle. If you cannot obtain the
“Corrector" from your druggist, send your
order direct, and it will be forwarded by ex
press. freight piaid.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
In compliance with the requests of many
small iu'-estors, the Savanuan Cotton Mills
Company have decided to offer the stuck of the
company to toe public on the installment plan
The shares will be SIOO each, payable in ten
TO) monthly payments.
More than ope-half the stock has been already
subscribed and the company will organize and
begin work as the balance is taken.
The subscription books can be found at the
office of L. M. Warfi Id, corner Bryan and Dray
ton streets (over Citizens’ Bank;, between the
hours of 10 a. u. and 3 re a.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AT A MAJORITY OF BREAKFAST
TABLES
i' If the coffee is good, everything is good,” a
fact so significant in itself that no other argil
ment is needed to prove all-importance of get
ting in this article the best value you can for
your money. As / only, ot all the retail de ilers
In Savannah, have a plant of coffee roasting
and grinding machinery (representing an in
ve-tment of some $ -UK)) on my premises,
where every day, under my personal supervis
ion, I roast freshly the finest grades of Coffees,
it follows just in the same manner as 2 multi
plied by 2 equals 4 that you can get better value
from me in Roasted toffees than anywhere else
in Savannah.
And when ordering your
COFFEE3 AND TEAS
Ask to be shown my line of Fish In glass and
tin:
Stuffed Olives in glass bottles.
Boneless Anchovies in oil, glass bottles.
Anchovy Paste. 2()c. a tin.
Bloater Paste, 20e. a tin.
Gordon's Clara Juice.
Spiced Blue Point Oysters.
Spiced Little Neck L'iains.
Spiced Mu-sels.
Appetit Silt.
Tunny Fish in oil.
Salt Sardelles.
K eler Sproten Sudiuen.
Olsen's Marinirle Sardinen.
Young French Mackerel, in oil.
ONILLON SARDINES,
My own import. A genuine Sardine in pure
Olive Oil of the finest quality. The best and
many say tho only genuine Sardine brought
here in recent years.
1 Tin 20c.
3 Tins 65c.
6 Tins.. . $ 1 05
12 Tins 2 00
25 Tins 4 00
100 Tins 15 00
Russian Caviare.
Neunaugen (Nine Eyes).
Curried Lobster.
Fresh Lobst -r for salads.
Deviled Lobster.
Dunbar’s Fresh Shrimp.
And if you want a Soup fully equal to any
you can prepare at h me, with >ut the bother
and trouble of making, try these, which only
require beating:
Green Turtle Soup in glass.
Terrapin Soup in gia-s.
Consomme Soup in glass.
Chicken Soup in glass.
Ox Tail Soup in gi iss.
Mock Turtle Soup in glass.
Huckeus, Richardson & R. and other Soups of
variou- kinds in tin.
Hundreds of other fine specialties and table
luxuries.
JOHN J. REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
30 Whitaker Street. Telephone IG3.
FOR FALL PLANTING” "
FRESH BEAN, CABBAGE, TURNIP SEED
From reliable growers at Low Prices.
THE G. M. HEIDT COMPANY,
Core Congress and Whitaker Sts.
BUST TURNIP SEED.
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. KIF.FFER,
Druggist and Seedsman,
Corner West Broad and Stewart Sts.
GRAND SUCCESS " '
OF—
HOME ENTERPRISE
THE COOLING. STIMULATING. INVIGOR
ATING PILSEN BEER.
PRICE $2 25 PER QUARTER BARREL.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
N. B.—Our bottling department will be in
operation in a few days, when we shall be able
to fill the demand for family consumption.
PRIZE DRAYVIXG~
Grand Military Prize Drawing
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ARMORY'
FUND OF THE
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMES!
OF GEORGIA,
AT OCEAN HOUSE ON TYBEE ISLAND,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14th, ISS9.
Music and Dancing During the Entire Day—-912
Prizes—st,4oo in Cash—Tickets sl.
LIST OF PRIZES:
1 Cash Prize of $1,500 00 $1 700 00
1 Cash Prize of 500 00 'SOO 00
4 Cash Prizes of 100 00 40.) 00
® “ “ “ 50 00 200 00
J® „ ‘ ' 20 00 200 00
2® 1000 200 00
5 00 180 00
40 ' 2 50 100 00
“5 2 00 3(H) 00
V? 0 ' “ “ 150 300 00
4o ° ' 100 450 00
Tickets fo- sale by members of the Regiment
aiul at all public places. Send Registered Let
ter, .Money Order or Postal note to
J. XI.
Savannah, Ga.
RAILROADS.
Savannah aniTfylee ffy.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 17th (STAND
ARD TIME).
Trains leave Savannah uailv except Sundav
9:30 *. m., 2:30, 4, 6:25, 8:15.
Returning, loave Tybee depot 7, 12 a. m., 5.
6:10, p. m.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE—Leave Savannah 9:30
*11:40 a. M-. 2:00, 3:15 and 7:45 re m.
Returning, leave T.vbe • depot 6:45, 11:00 a. m.,
5:30,6:15, 9:25 re m. *To Tybee Depot only, An
gusta Fast Mail. No stop between Savannah
amt 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.
H. H. WOODRUFF, G. F. and I’. Agent.
FOR SALE.
Sale of Couaty Bonds.
Office of Commissioners of Chatham Coun- )
tv, Geohoia,
Savannah, Ga.. August 6, 1889. )
SEALED BIDS wdl be received at this office
until 2 o'clock p. m. on TUESD IY, Septem
ber 10th prox., for the purchase of tne bonds of
the county of Chatham, issued in striet com
pliance of law to build the county court h- > -c.
The issue is SIOO,IOO. divided into 100 bonds of
SIOO each. 80 bonds of SSOO each, and 0 bonds
of SI,OOO each. The bonds are dated July 1,
1889, and mature July 1, 1919, a id bear interest
at 5 (>er cent per aunum, payable January and
July. After ten years fro 11 date of i -sue $5.0 0
of said bonds are redeemable annually’, to -ie de
termined by lot if n cessarv. Bids must be
made with accrued interest, and will be received
for any amount from SIOO up to The
right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Commissioners of Chatham
county and ex-offlcio judges.
JNO. R. DILLON,
Clerk,
D. Y. DANCY,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
COTTON, RICE, WOOL, ETC.,
92 Bay Street, - Savannah, Gm,
liberal advance* made on coast go ment*.
amusements. '—’
W Sifijli
AT J (j
TYBEE!
Wednesday, Aug, H
picnic, prize' DHAKKq
-
Ml LITARY HOP
First Volunteer Regiment ot
l ~
city at 9:3). h- m . ‘ l \ k ‘ l
and 8:15 p. m. L*ave to , 4 -
6:45, 9:25 and 11 p.m!’■
ON ACCOUNT OF
game op bat t
GEORG lA* IT SS ARS\ or
Hussars' Armory Fund, has Wn^StLjf
FRIDAY, IttTH INST., AT 4 P U ° U
called sharp'at theabowthae!* 8 wiu l *
EDUCATIONAL. ~
LaGR.ANGE FEMALE COUKG'r'
|l®||rapv
—Klara. 45th Sssst .
gins om. to, reoa. SIOS si
Growth. IPSS-6. ]•
Enrolled 104 GT 7 '
Boarders 40 ™
Music Pupils 68 72
„ RUFUS W. SMITH* FrpsMli,,
Eulerß. Smith. Secretary. ’
UNIVERSITY^
Annual Session of This School for Bovs V--
the hrst Monday in October. Tuorough
rations for University of Virginia. L minrS
gmeering School amt Unite 1 Stairs MiutarvanJ
N ival Academies; highly recoinmeudwDiv[v.
ulty of University of Virginia; full staff of i*.
structors; situation healthful. Early amli*
tion advised, as number of boarders is slrictlv
limited. For catalogue, address
w. GORDON McCABE,
Head Master.
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE. BS
This Coliege enjoys the powers of a Uniier*
sity and is conducted by the Jesuit Fathers. It
is situated in a very beautiful part of v e
York County, between the Harlem K. and L i.
Sound. Every facility is given for tht tat
Classical, Scientific and Commercial Education.
Board and Tuition per ye r. gHOO. studies
reopen Wednesday, September 4,1889.
St. John's Hall, a Preparatory School for
Boys from 10 to 12, is under the same direction.
For further particulars apply to Bzv.JOHS
SCULLY, S. xTPres.
Wesleyan Slili®,
MACON, GA. J
Fifty-second annual session beg* I
October 2d, 1889. Unsurpassed for health, I
safety, comfort, and advantages in Literatus, I
Music and Art. Special rates to clul*. I
Address W. C. HAS?. Pres. I
St. John’s Academy, I
A MILITARY SChOOL AT ALEX-1
ANDRIA VA, J
Has Some Special Advantages, Sind fol I
Catalogue. I
RICHARD L. CARNE, AM., Principal I
TRINITY HALL,I
BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY. |
VIIOAIE SCHOOL of the highest order fl
younj? ladies. culture in Easliso.*
Music, Art. Isauguag-s; caroful trainio^r■
ner, mind anti harV Twenty second year • ■
gins Sept. For Circular address 1
Miss RACF/i£LLE GIBBONS RTO. ■
■
LUCY GJBB INSTITUTE. I
ATHENS. Gr A, 1
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOiUddLS- UP'B
teachers. All denomioati msreprrseuiea■
Board, sls a month. No secret soctewi*
Health record unsurpassed. PaJ tertneo ■
—***•’'• c,I Sa B v.MmP S g t J
Bellsvus High Schooll
BEDFORD CO., \ IRGINIA. ■
A Completely Equipped School jf ■
for Boys and Voting Men. ~,v H
The 23d Session will often Septenioe ■
For catalogue or information apph ~ ■
W. R. ABBOT, I'nnciP* 1 - ■
P. 0., Bellevue. Va. ‘
Virginia Female Institute, ■
STAUNTON, VA. . , I
Mns Gen J. E. B. STUART.
17’ALL SESSION oueiis September Jt
P closes Juno 11, 18:'0. Full corps of pan-1
with uusurpasseii advantages iu tn '' r - . G,.*
ment. Hom'd, etc., with f .11 En- '
entire session. $250. Aceomi l lß, ' m H
For full particulars apply f° r ■
NEWBERRY COLLEGE,!
Newberry, H- ( *
VENT SESSION Opens Oct- 'f'vTSH
O Collegiate Courit s. Business
complete. Full time of tw'O tiatn i'diH
given to Pr-parato y Deparnin'-- •
taught and disciplined. Terms for H
sess.un, 5125 to $lO5. T ANARUS,
(i. W. HOLLAND, Ph- P -lIL
ST. JOt-CuS MI-ITARY
MANLIUS, X.
IVIL EN GIN EE KING. CD f! c \.^ient*
SOlillliJlN HOME Sflliw F8
915 and 917 N. Charles street
Mas. W. M. CARY. ( Established, 1 ~
Miss CARY. )
PAN TOPS AC AD LX i’■
Near CHARLOTTESVILLE.
For Bovh nnd 4 ouitg " rn - ' ~ p r ;nol*i^B
JOHN R. SAMPS - -m!
Maupin’s frG versity H
ELUCOTT cm. Member- ™
I EIGHTH session "Pf® J
ii terms address ChAPMA-N -'re
Printtpa'. —' .
Notre Dame of ar^" le3 J
Stau nton _Male Acadcn") 1 B
A Military l Boarding'
aud Boys. Handsome Illu--tr.u
in ailed on ~d
REX MAGiN’i
FOR SALE Bt -j*|
C.M. GILBERT ||
Agents for Gemgia and r H
