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chinkse horrors.
_ Tortures and (
l 7errl Blood/ Executions.
rnr st Louis Post-Thspatch. I
tini is r.fe in Canton j
Ci;i>9 crime us, there is the pua.sb
3, where tb mea!lg follow* in Clu-
P at - to ' v > pu lisbed is the criminal
B tist the i c-ueltv in Canton to
t - wre “ b Respect for the presence
foreigner causes a good
r! LL be h: 1. and the spectacle of a
jfl °f :t j race to starve to death
SStt a common one there as it is
U: i- b " L i>,.{ j think I cau describe
|„ other part-. ®“ l x
f" ' u " b to s ? at in his Vamen dfcpens
'He was a benevolent looking
fc? j U >t*ee. uith an intellectual
r * ? ‘ 3 °\ Wi an enormous pair of spectacle.
~ eteaJ ay 1 a a s e entered, visibly
tbintrusion, and hardly re
iuiued at tue p Jt as w 0 were un
iuTßi'W our >* • b [ f r w hom Chinese
i '" b r, Win f,ss terrors whatever, a fact
’ fil '"rhtbeCantonese authorities have
>f ." D ‘ l - b ~i experience. we made ourselves
There was little of the
l' ate a ; b .stern law in the scene before us
„! !,e'itHvnchair, di aped with red
r heSSei with inscriptions in large
:10 ‘ a „ as almost the only piece of
! Sf S ? Bratus, and behind it were
iflicial .' t* zeQ of the big red presea
[r.iuped ha. q( w . ich every Chinese
L , proud. Before him was a large
itbu.al is su 1 tle crow ,i, in which
eonspicous figures were the filthy
f'.-mls in red hats, known as “Vameu
- uln.s- bus.ness it is to iter a way
their master in the streets and do
ele that he wishes, down to the
' „ .r-at'an .ft' rture. The magistrate
sjit'p.’rfectb silent, writing busily,
ibit* several b rsons before him gabbled ad
ttL same time. These were presumably
be rdaintitf. the defendant and the pffico-
A f;e ra while the magistrate lnter
■ nttd one of the sneakers with a rnonosyl
al.le spoken in a low tone without even
iismtr bis head, but the effect was magi
*l The crowd fell ba-k and one of the
i:;!e group in front of the chair wrung hw
lai.dsand heaved.
\ theatrical sigh.
Before we could realize what had hap
pened, half a dozen pairs of very willing
muds’ were helping him to let down his
t-ousers, and when this was accomplished
to the satisfaction of everybody he laid him
self face downward on the floor. Then one
< f the “runners” stepped forward with the
bamboo, a strip of tms toughest of plants,
S feet long 2 inches wide, and a half inch
thick. Squatting by the side of the victim
anuh ldi g the biinboo perfectly horizon
tal dose to the flesh, lie began to rain light
blows on the man’s buttocks. At first the
performance lo >ked like a farce, the blows
were so light and the receiver of them so
indifferent, But as the shower of taps con
tioued with monotonous persistence, I
t ethought me of the old fiendish torture
of driving a man mad by letting a drop of
water fall every minute on his shaved head
Afier a few more minutes of the machine
like rap-iap-t ip, rap-tap-tap, a deep groan
broke from the prisoner’s iips. I walked
over to look at him, and saw- that his flesh
was blue under the fl igging. Then it became
congested with blood, and whereas as first
lie l.ad lain quiet of his owu accord, now a
dozen men were holding him tight. The
crowd gazed at him with broad grins on
their faces, breaking out from time to time
into a suppressed “bi-yah” as he writhed in
f. special pam or cried out in agony. And
ail this time the ceaseless shower of blows
continued, the man who wielded the bamboo
putting ot a particle more force into the
last stroke than into the first. At length
the magistrate dropped another word, and
the torture stopped as suddenly as it bad
begun, the prisoner was lifted to his feet
and led across the court to lean against the
wall. For obvious reasons he could not be
“accommodated with a chair.”
The next person to be called up was a po
liceman. The m gistrato put a question or
two co him and listened patiently for a
while to his rambling and effusive replies.
Tun as before the fatal monosyllable
dropped from his lips. With the greatest
promptitude the policeman prepared him
self, assumed the legulation attitude and
THE FLAGELLATION
began again. But I noticed that t’ e blows
S-U ,ded altogether different, from before
much scarper ad shriller, like wood fall
ing upon wood, rather than wood falling
upon flesh, bo 1 drew near to examine.
fer.ro enough, there was a vital difference,
the policeman had attached a small piece of
wood to his leg by means of wax; and on
tins the blows fell, taking no more effect
upon his person than if tney had been and
- on the sole of his boot. The fraud
was perfectly transparent— everybody in
tne room, including the magistrate himself
must have known what was happening,
thus another peculiarity of Chinese j istice
is evidently that the punishment of an or
dinary offender rs one i hing, while that of
♦M ,fc °? lo,al ls c l uite another. I learned
that the policeman was ordered to be bam
booea tor not bringing la a prisoner whom
Whm, a o! Stl T Ue had order6tl him to produce.
When the sham punishment was over he
cloud? br V kly t 0 bisfeet . adjusted his
clodang and resumed hfs duties about the
\V hilo we had been watching the process
ments a we?„ bambo °” far different D S
curlr gOIn S on m another part of the
is uotso U ver Un f 01106,1 by U? Tbe Bamboo
eat civfiizerM 'f r removed from still exist
was • deterrent methods, but what
a „‘ r uffoie us recalled the most brutal
hand aii f n f COr: ‘ era n ! an ll!ul beon tier!
Uf us hat.w'm 1 a sma bencll tbe length
w s hfl,,r „ k V u C; ‘, a 'nanner that his body
su'etche l m f a h r b r aGk aalt co " bi P°ssiblv be
Sue on e Torni of a circle, his back
arms and w, ““S the . bench and his
four if T '' ks .. fastened to the
and bench hi. 1 6 | U tno w ho!e affair, man
n<M been tuted forward, till it
S and U P° : ‘ ma n’s two
quite The n' fndti'g over—almost, but not
was as sJ!C‘° n ° tne mi erable wretch
ful: bis*ha t fll q w lb " as eX( l u isitely paiu-
Protrudcl, h?s a momh Wfel '° b ‘ Ue ’ his eyes
gasped CONVULSIVELY
in t'mt risffin Sl1 ’ a . l<l be liad ev idently beon
eve of C„Tl*° tl,at b 0 w “ °n the
apparentlyfoSr 11638 - A ° d h ° WaS
ture WK uni™ rUer a ? unfortunate crea
“kneeihig ou'c^H Ing .. thepUnishment called
faadbeS en a fl s ; • > Str ° ng Cord
tees and f , and re,lt
post. Tr en htr°^ e r a bool: in aa upright
wastf c0 ..,,’„ y i; /> B sufficiently, he
knees being the hUTe °® lhu ground, his
Under t o m a ijn ? drt o£ hia b ''dv.
edged li ks I, q 1 K Ch !ln ’ wi:h sUar P-
a mu-vIZ? bi n c °Ued in a circle
The card had ti on h* a t T’P >9 011 the deck,
whole we,g , t of b t f n sla ckoned till the
I,is knees and ‘ na:l rosted U P°“
ttnin. The . ron kDeo3 re3tß(i upon the
3 . ,? €ms ®ituple but the
dg mg a nrnW “ S man httd bse “ -
Among otherthit course of torture,
ejaekvd bJhio h hlSa “ kl ? 601108 ' md l * u: ‘
cf Wood suan^! 1 ?,^ hammerwf wUh a piece
fllß tenures achll d’s cricnetbat
' *' king d at f h r the '" omallt while we
b se ed tne cord“ and ln h; Tn° . atte ndants
T ‘W rolled hi,!, ,? 1 he fell in a heap
°n his f 0 , t d b p? ° b tue chain and sot hi.u
T k ‘>ko a te* thoy ohe
“feichod him „ t 1 So they
J' ft em nibb-doneof 1 h b \ floor and cach
f Tacouii'enfm, . biS k: *es vigorously
was utteriy inSble nf ßjl ;t wa ® “o use,he
b ad to bo draSaw ° h,aalln - end
a K,,r nna m?' J ' S lve out
evidence. Her ,!!!? ,he m “KWlrate, givir.g
Dot either tru o t a t , * Olly ’ however, w>,
? n °n<h, i n thoVW •° r no I,f*aptl ,f *apt
Recourse to the “trn* S Bo P' n, ol>, for lie had
little i,;!! h eenipeiicr.” TANARUS: is Ba
B ‘ Tel y for tn e fair's!*'id?* 1 ‘T' t ' ,rvcd exclu
th t met r w of f. ela o:ly filce
P tr t snd fistencd a ! P ,'. r ' ? p ‘t on toe sole
"Uness receded *u hßeb With this
raug OUE a slap across the mouth
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A PISTOL SHOT.
It is only fair to add that tbe Chinese
have a sort of rational theory of torture, 1
although they are far from adhering to it. ■
By Chinese law no prisoner can be puni hea
until he has confesied his guilt. Therefore
they first prove him guiltv, and then tor
ture him until he confesses the accuracy of
the verdict. The more you reflect <>n this
logic the more surprising it becomes.
If is, however, tha last act of the drama
of Cninese justice that is the great reve
lation. lam inclined to think tha: nobody
can claim to have an andequate and accu
rate appreciation of Chinese character who
ba- not witnessed a Chinese execution. This
is not difficult to do at Canton, for the Can
ton river swarms with pirates, and when
thtse gentry are caught they generally get
a short shrift. A few bambooings to oegi.i
with, then several months in prison
—and it is not necessary to
explain what a Chinese prison is—with
little to eat and a stiff course of torture,
and then one flue morning a “short, sharp
shock” at the elocution ground.
The execution is fixed for 4:30 o’clock, so
at 4 o’clock the guide comes for us at Sha
meen, the foreign quarter of Canton, and
our chairs carry us rapidlv through the
noisy alleys of the native city. ITnul we
get close to the spot there is no sign of any
thing unusual. Then suddenly we run into
a jammed crowd at the end of a lone and
particu arly narrow street. Their chair
coolies, however plunge straight into it and
it gives way before us until we are brought
up by a huge pair of wooden gates guarded
by a little group of soldiers. To hear these
men talk you would suppose that they
would di? then and there ratner than : hau let
us pass, but the production of a couple of 10
cent pieces works a miracle, and they open
the gates for us, vainly trying to stop the
rush of natives that follows us in and car
ries us before it right into the middle of
the open space. It is a bare piece of ground,
fifty yards long by a dozen wide, between
two houses, whose blank walls hem it in on
three sides. To day it is
THE EXECUTION GROUND,
Yesterday and to-morrow the drying ground
of a potter who lives there. There is no
platform, no ropod-off space, nothing but
this bare bit of dirty ground, so crowded
with Chinese that we are forced into the
middle, not more than 4 feet from whatever
is to take place. It is no use to try to get
farther off—here we are and here we must
stop.
Suddenly the gates are thrown open again
and, welcomed by a howl of delight from
the crowd, a strange and ghastly procession
comes tumbling. First a few ragamuffin
soldiers, making a fine pretence of clearing
the way. Tnen a file of coolies carrying tbe
victims in smail, shallow baskets slung to
bamboo poles. As soon as each pair reach
the middle of the space they stoop and pitch
their iiving burden out aid run off. The
prisoners are chained hand and foot and are
perfectly helpless. Tne executioner stands
by and points out where oacu load is to be
dumped. He is dressed exactly like any
other coolie present, without any badge of
office w hatever. The condemned meu have
each a long folded piece of paper in a split
bamboo stuck into their pigtail, upon whicu
is written their crime and the warrant of
execution. One after another they arrive
and are slung out. Will tue procession
never end? ilow many can there be? This
is more than we bargained for. At last
over the heads of the crowd we see the hats
of two petty mandarins, and behind the n
the gates are shut. The tale of men is
fifteen, and the executioner has arranged
them in two rows, about two yards apart
aud all facing one way. All except one
seem perfectly callous, and he had pro' ably
been drugged with opium, a last privilege
which the prisoner’s friends can always ob
tain by bribery. They exchange remarks,
s me of them evidently chaff, with tne
spectators, and one man was carried in
singing and kept up his strain almost to the
last. The executioners—there are now two
of them —step forward. Tne younger tucks
up his trousers and sleeves and deliberately
selects a sword from several lying close by
while the other, and old man, collects the
strips of paper into a stieaf aud lays them
on one side. Then l e places himself behind
the front man of the nearest row and takes
him by the shoulders. The younger man
waik3 forward and stands at the left of the
kneeling man,
THE FATAL MOMENT
has come. There is an instant’s hush and
evory one of the two rows of condemned
men behind twists his head round aud cranes
his neck to see. I will not attempt to de
scribe the emotions of suen a moment—the
horror, the awful repulsion, the wish that
you had never come, the sickening fear that
you will be splashed with ths b.ood, and
yet the helpless fascination that keeps your
eyes glued to every detail. The knife is
raised. It is a short, bro id-blade J, two
handled sAord, weighted at th3 back and
evidently as sharp as a razor.
For a second it is poised in the air, as the
executioner takes aim. Then it fall-.
There is no great apparent effort. It sim
ply falls, aud moreover seems to fall siow
ly. But when it comes to the man’s neck
it does not stop. It keeps on falling. With
ghastly slowness it passes right through the
flesh, and you are only recalled from your
momentary stupor when tha head springs
forward and rolls over and over, while for
a fraction of a second two dazzling jets of
scarlet bloo i burst out and fall in a grace
ful curve to tbe ground. Teen the great
tush of blood comes and floods the spot. As
soon as the blow has fallen the second exe
cutioner pitches the body forward with a
loud “llo'ugh;” in tumbles in a shapeless
heap, and from every tnroat goes up a loud
“Ho,” expressive of pleasure and approval
of the stroke.
But there 13 no pausa; the executioner
steps over the corpse to the front man in
the seco .and rank, the knife raises again, it
f oils, another head roils away, another dou
ble burst of blood follows it,the headless body
is shoved forward, the assistant shuu s
“Hough,” and the crowd shouts
“Ho.” Two men are dead. Then the he ds
man steps back to the second man of tue
front row and the operation is repeated.
Two things strike you; the brutal matter
of-factness iff the whole performance and
the extraordinary ease witu which
A HUMAN HEAD CAN BE CHOPPED OFF.
Asa whole it is precisely like a drove of
pigs driven into the shambles and stuck;
aud in detail it is—or seems—no mere diffi
cult than splitting a turnip with a carving
knife or lopping off a thistle with a cane.
Chop, chop, chop, the heads rod off one af
ter tee other in as many seconds.
When the seventh man is reacued, either
because die knife is biunted or the execu
tioner misses his blow, the neck is only cut
half through. But still he do@3 not stop.
He comes quickly back, takes another knife
passes on to the next man and only comes
Pack to finish the wretched soveu h when
ail the other heads are lying in bloody pools
in front of the shoulders which carried them
a few moments before. Aud every man
has watched the death of all those iu front
of him with a horrid animal-like curiosity,
and then bent his own neck to the knife.
T he place is ankle deep in blood, the specta
tors are yelling with delight aud frenzy,
the heads are like bowls on a green, the
horrible headless bodies are lying all about
in ghastly grutesquo attitudes, the execu
tioner is scarlet to tho knees and his nands
are dripping. Take my word for it that by
this time you are feeling very sick.
Fortunately, you are not detainod long.
The moment the last head is olf the crowd
is gone with a ruse, except a scerce of
urchins wao begin skylarking with the
bodies and pushing each ottier into the blood.
The bodies are thrown into a pond and the
heads are plastered up iu big earthenware
jar3 and stacked up with those already
round the wall of this potter’s field. I had
a few minutes’ conversation with the exe
cutioner afterward. Decapitation, he told
me, was not the occupation of his family;
it is only a perquisite. But the busiuess is
not what it was Formerly be used to get
$2 a head for all tie cut off; no.v he only
gets 5J cents. It is hardly worth while chop
ping men’s heads off at that .ate. But tuea
it doesn’t take very long. iVouki I buy his
sword} Ce.tainly. Niue dollars.
Sa*—What’s the matter! You look flushed.
He—l'm hot 1 J ust got my ice bill I— Life.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1889.
LIFE IN LIBERTY.
Eenator Brad well's Description of tho
Negro Orgies.
Senator Bradwell has just returned to
Atlanta from Liberty county, where ho
went at tho special request of Gov. Gordon
to quiet the disturbance among tho negroes. |
“I was met at the train,” sain he, *‘bv an i
influential negro, who asked me what
brought me there. ‘I have come down here
to stop this foolishness,’ said I, ‘if it takes
all tbe soldiers and all the artillery.’”
“ That ain’t the way tb stop it,” said ho.
“Just tie ’em to a tree and strip ’em to tha
waist, and give ’em a good lashing. Just
tell me to do it, aud I’ll stop ’em.”
“Half a dozen of the other negroes stan cl
ing arouud agreed to jom them, hut 1 de
clined their assistance and got the c >unty
authorities together and e.-ta. lishe 1 a patrol
of ten men in the swamp district, where
thi3 craze exists.
“There were about seventy-five of them
left, and they were collected at a place
called Jeru-alom, where they had a rude
shod of boards, which they called Solomon’s
temple. They had lived for three days on
nothing but an ear of green corn a day.
They were very much emaciated, and the
Virgin Mary, as they called her, was sick
with the typhoid fever. Tuey thought she
was about to be translated.
“In the center of tho temple was a dry
goods box covered w ith c oth, which they
called the ark of the covenant. James had
told them that any one who touched it
would be struck dead. When the sheriff
went and kicked tne box over they all fell
on the floor as if they expected a thunder
bolt to fall from tnaven and strike them.
“They seemed very much frightened, nut
dispersed when the sheriff ordered them to
do so, saying, ‘l>os3, we aiu’t doin’ no harm;
we’s worshipin’.’
“ The woman they call the Virgin Marv is
an ugly old neg-ess, the mother of several
children, aid below the average iu intelli
gence. She was rather mild. Her method
was to make them bring their children to
worship her and make them fall down and
kiss her feet. Then she would lay her hands
on their heads and bless them.
“They have released on bend the men
charged with minor offenses, but those who
killed a woman at James’ order to beat the
devil out of her are still in jail. The man
who tried to prevent the murder and to
make Janies put on his clothes, is in a pre
carious condition and it is thought no will
die.
“Tho orgies they went through under that
old shed were hideous. They would form a
ring of rami and w omen and dance around
with torches, making all sorts of hideous
noises. As they got excited they would Bo
gin to pull off their uppermost garments.
'Then they would tako off another and con
tinue taking off their garments ono at a
time until they were naked. They would
got down on their hands aid knees and
grunt like hogs and make noises like sheep.
Then tho3’ would get up and run all around
with torc ies crying fire a hundred times.
All this noise was to drive off the devil.
“Tony LeConte, who called himself King
Solom ui, was following the example of his
illustrious namesake—he was picking out a
thousand.
“The whole district is now being patrolled
and the negroes are quiet. Tho day after
they were dispersed they mot in three sepa
rate plae :s in small gatherings. That shows
tn.at they are weakening.
“The only danger of further trouble will
be on Aug. l(j. the day they are to get their
wings. Bell said they would get them then
and the wings would drop from the sky.
He charged them 65 a pair for man and $4
for women. Later he reduced the price.
“Jamas, when he succeeded Bell in his
claim to be Christ, toro up the money that
came ia for wings and scattered the coin.
He was a magistrate, and adjourned his
court, telling them t at the next time he
held court it would be in heaven, a.id then
he would judge tuom if they didn’t do just
right.
“They had everything in common, and
brought their provisions together. They
let their crops go and let tho cattle in to eat
them. Now they aro iu a miserable con
dition.
“There is ono impression about this affair
which I wish to correct. I observe that
some of the northern papers say the trouble
is that the negroes are not educated. That
is not true. Janies was a magistrate and
syrote a fair hand. Tony LeConte was
licensed to teach school. I examined him
last year and ua passed. His examination
was vory fair. Now he is eating grass.
Whenever the jailer will let him out he
gets down on his hands and knees aud eats
grass. He thinks he is Nebuchadnezzar.
“The real trouble is that the negroes live
more apart from the white pooplo than any
in the state. It is a low, swampy section of
the county, about fourteen miles long and
ten miles wide. Wnite people can’t live
there, and thoy have sold tho land to tho
negroes. In this swamp country there are
not less than 6,000 or 8,000 negroes, and
there is not a white family within five
miles of them. The negroes vote 1,000 in
that district, and there are notadozau white
votes. They are out of tho reach of the
white man’s influence, and it looks like
they have gone back to barbarism.
“Atone end of t is swampy section of
country is the old Midway meeting house,
the oldest church in tne south. There was
nil association there iu 1774, aud there
United States senators and governors of the
olden time are buried Mclver, the col
ored member of the legislature, lives there
on land that belonged to Lyman Hall, one
of the signers oft.. 0 declaration of inde
pendence.
“Years ago that old church was turned
over to the negroes, on condition that they
would take care of the cemetery. Since
then they have worshiped tnere, and a
northern man by tho name of Wai.o, a cou
sin of the late chief justice, was sent down
from Connecticut by some missionary soci
ety to preacn to the negroes. He has been
there leading them and preaching to them
for a number of years, and bus a thousand
in the membership of his church. None of
these negroes have gone into this excitement.
The crazy ones camo from a section of the
swamp where there aro negro preachers.
They have another church there, and from
its membership the fabe Christs have
drawn a good many of their crowd.
“Tho negro preachers are out in my pa
per in a statement of the affair. They esti
mate that one-twentieth of the negro popu
lation was in the craze. Tne best element
of the negroes aro down on who were
engaged ia this affair. They say that the
whole negro population is blamed for it,
and it has gone out that they are all en
gaged in it when they heartily disapprove
it.
“That country drained would be a para
dise. Now a wnite man can’t stay there all
night without having chills. It is covered
with swamps and stagnant pools of water,
but it is as rich as the Mississippi bottom.
They raise a bale of cotton to the acre w ith
out a pound of fertilizer. The white people
have aiiout all sold their land lo the negroes.
Col. C. C. Jones is one who would not soil.
He has a magnificent place thero, and 'Col
onel’s’ island, off the coast, which is a lonely
spot covered with magnificent oaks, is tho
property of the JorieS family.”
I have suffered intensely with biliousness
and dyspepsia and find “Bile Beans” the
best remedy I have ever used. My wife
thinks we cannot do without them, and it is
with pleasure that we recommend them
whenever the opportunity occurs.
T. Akins, Oxford, Ark.
I would state that I nave been suffering
from constipation eighteen or nineteen
years, and Smith’s Bile Beans are the best
medicine I have yet found.
H. Clay Wood,
Fay. U. 8. Steamer Yantic, Newport, R. I.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all tho comforts of tho liigh*prioed i
hotels, aud save from $1 to $2 per day.
Try it aal be convinced. — Boston Home
Journal.
Children’s Shoes choap as ever at Nichols’,
128 Broughton.
CHIMNEYS.
Two kinds of lamp-cfiimncys;
on breaks; the other does
not. Which do you think
your ..grocer or,> glass-man
would rather sell?!
If yon buy the 7- breaker,’
you're buying all the time.
If you buy the. not-breaker,
he may not live to sell you
another: You know him—
which do you think he and rather
you’d buy?"
.'The one that'doesn't break
is called the “pearl-top" and
looks like this the top
of it; made by Macbeth
ik Cos„ Pittsburgh. The man
that sells it re paid to 'give
you ' anew ' one for every
“pearl-topchimney. ,tha;
breaks in use.v
"" By the way. if you* want to
know about it, send to Mac
beth for a primer/
SUMMER RESORTS.
SUWANEE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Suwanee County, Florida
r PHE NEW SUMMER RESORT, situated In
1 tho high ami dry section of the state,
one mile from Suwanee Station on the Savaa
uah. Florida and Western railway, with horr.e
car to meet every train; no long drives iu hacks
of ten or twelve miles; easy of access to all
parts of tho state. It otters many induce
ments as a
S U MM RTt TtESO RT
not equaled by springs in the north. Free from
malaria and perfect system of water
works aud drainage; hot and cold water* direct
from the Springs, in every room, bath room to
every cottast* 4 ; steam launch and row boats o i
the river; billiard rooms, bowling alley; cro
quet. lawn tennis, dancing and roller fckating
pavillions for pleasure of quests.
.A.S j\. REMEDIAL AGENT
it is well known for its wonderful cures of Rheu
matism, Dyspepsia, Diseases of the Liver, Kid
neys, Blood aud Skin. Resident Physician in
attendance.
Rates: $12:50 per week; special inducements
ofTered to families.
Excursion Tickets on sale from all point? on
S.. F. and W. railway, Brunswick and Western
railroad, Florida Central ana Peninsula, Jock
sonville, Tampa and Kev West and Florida
Southern systems. For further particulars, or
pamphlets containing testimonials, address
L. W. SCOVILLE, General Manager,
Suwanee Sulphur Co.. Suwanee. Fla
THE PERFECT SUMMER RESORT.
HOT SPRINGS, N. C.
Where Health and Pleasure Seekers find
among the highest mountain* east of the
Rockies, Cool Dry Air; \o Fog; \o Malaria;
\o Hay Fever; Thermal Watersof same cura
tive properties as Hot hpringk. Ark., flowing
Into M YRBLE POOLS, the PIAKST BATHS
1\ AMERICA; and the MOI .M \i\ PARK
HOTEL, unexcelled in Cuisine, Comforts and
Sanitary Conditions. A luxurious and health*
ful combination existing nowhere else.
The Thermal Waters ore nil unequaled spe
cific for Rheumatism, Gout, Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Nervous Prostration, diseases of the -kin
and Blood, Etc. Dr. Lewis A. Kay re, 2h5 slli
nve., A. V., says: “I arrived at Hot Springs
unable to walk, suffering in nil my joints from
Rheumatism. After two weeks bathing in
these Luxurious Baths I was able to get on a
horse, and have enjoyed the charming rides
among these mountain*,’' For circulars, etc.,
address \\. G. IMMIIITTK, Mgr.
Hot springs, .V C.
Formerly Mgr. Springs House* Richfield Springs.
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL,
MADISON SQUARE, NEW YORK.
Hitchcock, JDarlins & Cos.
r PHE Fifth Avenue is the largest, best appointed
1 and most liberally managed hotel in New
York. Its location, Madison Square, is*the most
delightful in the city. It is also tie most conve
nient to amusements, art galleries, libraries,
shops and other places of interest and of busi
ness. HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly St.
Charles Hotel, New Orleans, Li. A. B. DAK
LINU, formerly Battle House. Mobile, Ala.
New Princess Anne Hotel,
"VMririiria Reach, Va.
SITUATED directly on tho ocean, eighteen
miles due east ot Norfolk, Va., via Norfolk
and Virginia B j acli railroad. This great seaside
resort presents ev ry advantage for luxury,
comfort and health. Summer season ML.
OPEN.
Elegant drives on t he hard beach and through
the piney woods. The best surf bathing on tin
coast, bend for illustrated pamphlet.
S. E. CRITTENDEN, Manager.
THE ORKNEY STRINGS AND BATHS,
Shenandoah. County, Va.,
TX7TLL continue to receive cruests at ri'tulnr
' T rates until OCT. Ist, 18W, thus enabling
their patrons to enjoy the grandeur ami beaut v
of the mountains duriut; September. Sand for
circulars. F. W. EVANS, Manager.
CATSkILL MOUNTAINS.
THEM PER HOUSE.
Open June to Octobe". Most accessible b'
railroad of any hotel in the Catskills. All
modern improvements.
J. H. TREMPER, Phoenicia, N. Y.
LOUIS V. GO< >RSELL, M'g'r,
Formerly of Cozzen's, Point and
Pulaski House. Savannau.
SPURTING GOODS.
SHELLS LOADED
RY
Winchester Repeating Arms Cos.
—for—
TRAP SKOOTIN6.
VEPuY CHEAP.
CALL AND GET PRICES
3UKO M
B.S.McALPIN
31 WHITAKER ST.
STOVES.
Scene- Fin - ih c Family Phyekan i-y Fouuj SfarrM Couple.
Family Physician—r>q you know, there seems to be a natural flavor about this food
that is most ay pc thins? What method do you uro in cooking it?
Lady of tub House—Well, Doctor, when I was at home, my mother would have no
other than a I'hurtor <);:k Stoi c. From my earliest recollection I remembered how
she would praise it, and her cooking was superb. So when we were married 1 insisted on
having the same kind of stove uf course the improvements made on them since mother
bought hers, arc most wonderful. Outs has all the latest. tncimUnp the H ire tiause
Orel* ItiMrs. I don’t understand the process exactly, but they tell me that all meats
cooked in ovens with these doors, retain their juices and flavors to a much greater dej-rco
than by any other means, tan you explain the theorv, Charles?
Charles (the Husband)—l can’t remember all 'that was told me, but I know the
Doctor can give a most clear and scientific statement of the reasons, can yon not Doctor?
Doctor—Well, it is hardly professional to ask such information from a’ doctor; in fact,
I am inclined to think he would not lie helping his practice murh by caving anvthing in favor
of the Charter Oak Stoves. But as 1 have one in mv kitchen, and know something about it,
I think 1 ran enlighten you. Of course it would take quite a lone lecture to explain every
thing lo you scientifically, and we have not time for that. Count Rumford. an American,
who was Knighted in Europe for his scientific attainments, pointed out, nearly a hundred
years a go, that baking and roasting meats in air-tight ovens was wrong, and he proved it by
actual experiments, lie asserted that it was ns essential to health that our food shouldba
cooked in pure, fresh air as that we should breathe pure, fresh air, and that atr tight ovens
render the air impure, and the food cooked therein became tainted and unhealthy But hoiv
to properly ventilate Hie oven was not discovered for manv vears after Count Ruinford’s
tunc. The difficulty was to allow fresh air to enter the oven uniformly without cooling it per
ceptibly, and this has been accomplished by Mr. Filley's invention of the Wire t lau/.e Oven
Door. The air enters the oven through the wire gauze in the form of very tine Jets, and as
there is a large surface of gauze the air is diffused and heated without forming air currents
to cool the oven. Cooking might be called a chemical decomposition with the aid of heat,
but oxygen is as necessary as the heat; this is furnished by the air. Again, the meat rousted
in alight oven loses a large part of its most nutritious Juices, which become dried out. Ven
tilating the oven prevents this waste, and the meat is l ooked perfectly in the same way as
broiling over a charcoal tire or roasting in thcold fashioned stilt of our grandfather's time.
Fresh air, or the oxygen furnished bv tbe air. also improves the baking of bread, making it
much lighter and more easily digested. Bread baked in a (barter (ink stove with Wire Gauze
Oven I >onrs will never mould, anil that is very strong proof that the bread is pure and heal thy,
Charles—Thank you, doctor. 1 think’wc understand the reason much better now.
Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges with Wire Gauze Oven Doors, arc Manufactured
by the Excelsior Slantsfaetttring t 0., St. l.ouis, .It it., and Sold by
CLARK Sc DANS3ELS* Savannah, Ga.
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DRY GOODS.
LAST CHANCE!
CLEARING" Mlf l : §: gdods
\ r | ’
GERMAINE’S!
The entire stock of European Dress Goods will be
offered on MONDAY and during the week at prices that
ought to dispose of the entire stock.
Also, Ladies’ and Children’s Plain and Colored Bor
dered Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs and Hosiery, Ladies’
Fast Black Hose, warranted not to stain. The stock must be
disposed of, so as to improve the store. A variety of Notions
at half the original price.
GUTMAN’S,
1-41 Uroughton Street.
JUST RECEIVED, an entire Now Line of SILK
TIES, at 25c. aud 50c.
Special Bargains This Week in BLACK LACE DRA
PERY NETS and WHITE SWISS FLOUNCJNGS, at
G- TJ T ML A. IN ’ B .
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
OUR NEW STORE ON THE CORNER
Wllff, BE FILLED WITH CHOICEST SELECTIONS OF
Furniture and Carpets
When completed. In the meantitna we are tusrprinjc away, badly scattered over tho city, but have
in stock, selling cheap:
Bedroom and Parlor Suites, Sideboards, Hat Racks, Chairs,
Desks and Baby Carriages, Matting, Window Shades, Lace
Curtains, Cornice Doles, Wall Paper, Mosquito Nets, etc.
Agents for Armstrong’s Tester Frames (the best frame for
a mosquito net in existence). Awning work a specialty.
Agents for Staten Island Dyeing Establishment.
LINDSAY & MORGAN,
MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE.
S-T-E-A.” M..
AT THE—-
Stan Prill? Im of lb Sm'ij Hews
tysend your orders where they can bo fillod expeditiously and economically by 6t<v\m.
MORNING NEWS BUILDING. SAVANNAH. GA.
STEAM PRINTING PRESSES,
STEAM LITHOGRAPHING PRE33ESk
STEAM RI LING MACHINES,
STEAM SCORING MACHINES,
S’i’EA M BACK FORMING MACHINES,
STEAM STAMPING PRESSES,
STEAM NUMBERING MACHINES.
STEAM CUTTING MACHINES,
STEAM SEWING M ACHINES,
STEAM BOOK SAWING MACHINES,
STEAM STEREOTYPING MACHINEi,
fcTEAM PATER DAMPING MACHINES,
cuornntG.
CALLED
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BACK
* * * * * *
STRAW HATS
AIN'T GOT ANY MORE—SOLD PITT— ATT*
GONE—SUMMER WILL FOLLOW
THEM LATER.
DERBYS
Have the Call Now Light*
Shades—Will Sell Them,
Low to Reduce StocK.
THEY ARE THE STYLE FOR LATE SUM’
MER AND EAIU.Y FALL WEAR
GET A DERBY.
ssssSy S $ $
A FEW OF THOSE $ COATS
AND VESTS LEFT.
Only a Dollar Mind You.
ALL SUMMER CLOTHING REDUCED AND
THE 10 PERCENT. DISCOUNT GOES TOO.
!!!!!! T~ FT!
MADRAS,
Linen Negligee Shirts, Silk and
Flannel Negligee Shirts, New
Supplies Just In.
99? y? y ? ‘j 9
GOING
AWAY?
TRUNKS,
i RAVELING BAGS
DUSTERS CHEAP.
Ft A t t t'~f t
The DAGGER Ims been
run through al! of our prices.
You can get of ns anything in
the shape of first-class Mule
Outfits at prices that blush
for their own insignificance.
B. H. Levy & Bro.
FURNISHING GOO JDS.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
AT—
La FAR’S.
STRAW HATS AT COST.
A Fine Lino of Gents’ Under
wear in Balbriggan and
India Gauze.
GLORIA AND SILK UMBRELLAS
A full line of E & W. COLL ARS aid CUFFS ii
all thelat“t si vlf-s; GENTS' U. S. L. C.
HANDKERCHIEFS in plain White
and Fancy Borders.
A full line of GENTS’ FULL DRESS SHIRTS-
Embroidered Fronts. The celeurated MON
ARCH SHIRT in all sizes.
BATHING SUITS.B ITHING CAPS and SHOES
HAMMOCKS : HAMMOCKS 1
at Rcdyv.-d Pr.ces.
Oive an early cstl. PrmnDtand polite atter
lion to ali, at 2‘J HULL STREET.
STOVE*.
-GO TO—
CORNWELL & CHIPMAN.
P’ o Ii
Stoves and Ranges,
Refrigerators,
water Coolers,
Household G-ooda
Hardware.
ROOFS TINNED OR PAINTED, LEAKS
STOPPED, GUTTERS FIXED, Etc. i
156 Congress Street
13. Y. DANCY
GENERAL * COMMISSION MERCHANT;
COTTON, KICE, WOOL, ETC.,
92 Eay Street, - Savannah. Ga
Liberal odvanca* mads os camdcsaMfe.
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