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OS WIJII THE LEASE BII.L.
THE HOUSE ADOPTS THE FIFTH
SECTION OF THE MEASURE.
It Provides for a Commission of Five
to Make an Inventory of the Hoad
and Its Appurtenances The House
Passes the Brady Fertilizer Bill—
A Bill to Prohibit Railroad Combina
tions.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 15 —The lease bill
went forward one step to-lay in the adop
tion of the fifth section, which provides
that the government shall appoint a com
mittee of five citizens, two of whom are ex
pert in railroad management, who shall
make an inventory of the road and its
appurtenances after the exspiration of the
present lease; and also pr vides for
the incorporation of the new company.
The special order in the house was the
Brady fert lizer b.U, which parsed by a
vote of 101 to 39. The bdl provides for
pleading and proving failure of considera
tion on any pronu-ory note or other in
strument in writing given for commerc.al
fertilizers.
AGAINST RAILROAD COMBINATIONS.
Mr. Mclntyre of Thomas introduced a
new bill to-day, to enforce the constitu
tional ur< visi 'ii against railroad combina
tions. It provides that no corporation shall
buy shares or stock in any other cor
poration in this state or elsewhere,
or make 7, any contract or
agreement whatever with any such
corp radon w hich may have the (factor
be inteuded to have the effect to defeat or
lesse i competiti n in their respective busi
ness, or encourage monopoly, and all such
contracts and agieements sh ill boil egal
and void. Up m complaint by an v person
to the railroad commission that any
railrc ad or company has violated
the provision of the act the commission
shall inquire into the question and may
by advice of the attorney general bring
suit ir the name of the state to s t aside,
canoe, and declare void all such contracts.
OTHER CORPORATIONS INCLUDED.
The law will apply to a iy other class of
corporations. Upon complaint to auy
solicitor general of any circuit that any
r tilroad or other corporation lias purchased
or holds stock- in any ot ler corporation or
has done any act in violation of th > la r
the s licitor general tna.■ after submitting
the case t > tue attorney general and laving
obtained his consent, proceed to bring suit
in the county in which said corporation
was chartered to sot aside and declare s&ni
contract, purcuasa or holding Contrary to
law and void.
WHEN UNDER STATE CHARTER.
Any suit against railroad corporations,
and other corporations c .artered bv the
legislature, must bo brought in Fult n
county. If the attorney general be dis
qualified, the governor shall appoint >omc
competent attorney to act in his stead. If
any solicitor general be disqualified, the
judge of the circuit shall appoint a solicitor
general pro tempore to act in his stead.
The judge trying any such cases shall have
power to enforce any judgment rendered
bv him. Tnis will probably tako the place
of the Olive hill.
A PORTRAIT OF TOOMBS.
A resolution w s offered in the House to
pureha-e a life size portrait of Gen. 110 ert
To.) mbs.
The House passed the bill to provide for
the registration of voters in Mclntosh
county.
The Senate judiciary committee reported
against the bill making it a wisdaniauor for
minors to enter saloons.
Souator Bartlett introduced a bill to
legalize primary elections.
The House appropriations committee this
afternoon discovered tue disagreeable f icc
that there will (e a deficit in the treasury
of StSJ,OOO i r $70,0J0. The deficit is at
tributed to excessive appropriations but it
n.u t be me'. Tue only way suggested is
to levy a special tax, and Messrs. Gordon,
Huff ad H irt were appointed a committee
to provide for it.
GEORGIA'S CONFEDERATES.
The Organization at Atlanta of a State
Association.
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 15.—The state con
vention of the confederate vete ans met in
the old capitol to-day and organized with
Hon. Rufus E. Lester as chairman. There
were between 300 and 4JO delegates present,
representing nearly every section of the
state. The object of the c nvemi >n was to
form a state association, and it was effected
by the election of the following officers for
the first year:
Coiiimander-in-Cbief—Gen. Gordon.
Commanders—Gens. Colquitt, Cook,
Young ana Capt. Roll.
Division Commanders—There is one from
each c mgressional district, as follows; G.
M. Sorreil, R. T. Crittenden, A. S. Uutt-,
George H. Carmichael, \V. L. Calhoun, J.
T. Crowder, A. M. Foute. R. B. Nisbett, J.
W. Woodward and Claiborne Snead.
The association will meet annually on the
TV ednesday after the third Monday in Au
gust.
The convention indorsed Gov. Gordon’s
message recomrr.e ding pe sions for the
destitute widows of confederate soldiers,
and Senator Massengale’s bill to lease the
old capitol to the veterans’ association.
The convention adootod a resolution for
a reuuion of the survivors in Georgia at the
state lair at aeon.
The association met at the new capitol
to-night and was add essed by Gov. Gor
don, Mr. Grady, Representative Glenn,
Senator Massengdale and Dr. J. William
Jones. Gen. Lougstreet was among those
in attendance on the convention and re
ceived much attention.
A DOVE HUNTER SHOT.
The Wound Slight and No Serious
Consequences Feared.
Tennillk, Ga., Aug. 15. —A party of
twelve left on the Wnghtiville and Ten
nille railroad, yesterday, for Harrison for a
dove bunt. Doves were found in abundance,
and in the excitement Rob Hatch, son of Dr.
M. G. Hatch of this place, accidentally re
ceived several bird shot in his head and
breast, but o i account of his being sevoral
yards distai t, he was not hurt very muen,
the shot barely going through the skin.’
Dr. Joe Burdette was fort unately in the
party, ami gave the little fellow all the at
tention needed. Young Hatch is doing
splendidly, being able to be out to-day. In
three hours th? parte bagged 196 doves.
Operator E. R. Dozier w s awarded tbe
blue ribbon, bagging twenty-six doves out
of fifty-three snots.
JAIL BARS OF NO AVAIL.
A Murderer Escapes from the Ameri-
CU9 Jail Most Mysteriously.
Americus, Ga., Aug. 15.—Daniel Daniel,
charged witii murder, escaped from jail
last night in a most riivste ious manner. He
and Andy Fletcher, convicted of arson,
were in the cell from which Charles Black
man escaped about a year ago. This morn
ing Daniel was gone, but left no sign as to
the manner of his e-cape. The do r was
securely locked. Fletc ier says Daniel left
while ne slept. Sheriff Bass is mystified,
as the keys were securely locked in "a trunk
in his room down stairs.
Downed by Negro Footpads.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 15. Frank Wal
lace (colored), a shoemaker, was badiy used
up by two unknown negroes to-night. Tnev
struck Frank with blunt instruments of
some kind simultano >uvlv. One of the
blows fell just above his left ear, laying tbe
flesh bare to the skull for two inenes. The
other blow split Ins left cheek open. The
two men then fled, leaving Wallace uncon
scious.
BRUNSWICK’S WIRE BUDGET.
The Btorage and Forwarding Company
Organized.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 15. —The Brun
! wick Storage aai Forwarding Company
was organize) here to-day with T. J. Bush
as presi lent, aid J. S. G. Iliedgs as man
ager. The concern is co uposed mostly of
.ocal capitalists, but Macon and At anta
merchants are i terested in it. They made
j a deal to-dar by w.iicn all the Busu *h irf
property was secured and is now under
! their sbsclut* control. Many thousa’d
dollars will > expended st once in building
tteir warehouses, of which there will be
four.
Sandy Andrews (colored) was airested
here to-day Ur forgery. He is a slick ras
cal, and is wanted elsew here on the same
charge.
G. Decastro (white! was jailed to-day on
a telegram from Isaacs of Jesup. The
nature of the c urge is ui.k own.
MOVEMENT OF MELONS.
Th® Car Loads Moved Yesterday and
Their Destinations.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 15. —Five cars of
melons from the Georgia, Sou hern and
Florida rail"ay were forwarded to-day.
They want as follows: Cincinnati 3, Bir
mingham !, Macon 1.
Cars of melons were forwarded by the
Savannah, Florida atid Wester i railroad
yesterday as follows; Indiana)*) 1, Naju
ville L
ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of tha Ginn 39twosn the
Ojuntry’d LexJing reams.
Washington. Aug. 15. —Base ball games
were played to-day with tho following re
sults:
At Pittsburg—
Pittsburg 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0— 9
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 2
Base hits: Pittsburg 10, New York 5. Errors:
Pittsburg 0, New York 3. Batteries: Morris
aud Carroll. Keefe, Murphy and Ewing.
At It.dianapolis—
Indianapolis ! 01000400-0
Philadelp ua 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 x— 8
Base hits: Indianapolis 11. Phila lelphia 14.
Err ors: Indianapolis 3, Philadelphia l. Itit
teries: Boyle and Hulkley, Sanders aud Shriver.
At K i sas City—
Kansas City........ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 o—2
Brooklyn 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 x— 7
Base bits: Kansas City 5, Brooklyn fi. Er
rors: Kansas city 6, Broo.lyn 4. Batteries:
Sowders and floor r. Hughes add Clara.
At L misville—
Baltimore 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x—3
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0
Base hits: Baltimore 7, Louisville 4. Errors:
Baltimore 0, Louisville 1. Batteries: Foreman
anJ Quinn, Eliret, Weaver and Cook.
At Cincinnati—
Cincinnati 2 0 3 O 0 2 2 0 o—9
Athletics 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 x— lo
Base hits: Cincinnati 10, Athletics 10. Errors:
Cincinnati 5, Athletics 1. Batteries: Iluryea
and Keenan, Weyhing and Cross.
Ai Oleyela il—
Cleveland 1 1 3 8 1 6 1 3 I—l 9
Bostou 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0— S
Base hits: Cleveland 27, Boston 10. Errors:
Cleveand 2, B iston 1. Batteries: ( i rubor,
Basely, Twitchell and Zimmer; .Madden ami
K- lly.
At Chicagii—
Chicago 1 001 4 1 000—7
Washington . 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 o—6
Base hits: Ciiieago 11, Washington 9. Errors:
Chicago 1. Washiugto i3. Batteries: Teut-r uud
Farrell, Fersou aud Daly.
At t. L uis—
St. Louis 6 2 4 0 2 3 2 0 x—l 9
Columbus 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 o— ll
Base hits: -St. Louis 20, Columbus 12. Errors:
St. Louis 7, Columbus 5. Batteries: King and
Mill! -an; Widner, Hast right, O'Connor aud
McCaffrey.
SARATOGA’S TRACK STICKY.
The Results of the (fix. Events of the
Lay.
Saratoga. N. Y., Aug. 15. —Tho weather
'■ a* fair to-day bui the track was sticky.
The events of tho day w ere a- follows:
First Race—Three-quarters or a mile. Mil
ton won. Polemus second and Successor third.
Ti ne 1:1954.
Second i:ace-One mile and a half furlong.
Hindu'•craft won, with Bessie June second
Tune l:5rW.
Third Race—One mile and five furlongs.
Lone Rose won. with Lavinia Bo le second ami
Gypsy Qtu en third. Time 3:04.
Fourth Hack—One mile and a furlong. Gym
nast w .n. Win: Voslnirg second and Ben Harri
son third. Tune 2:01.
Fifth Race- Three-quarters of a mile. Fene
lon won, with Big Brown Jug second and Item
sen third. Time 1:30'.:j.
Sixth Race— I'hr -e-quarters of a mile. Ma
caulay won, with Redstone second and Mamie
limit third. Time 1:21.
Seventh Rac* -Seven furlongs. Gregory won,
with Bradford second and Mary O. third. Time
SOGGY TRACK AT MONMOUTH.
Monmouth Park, N. J., Aug. 15.—The
track was soggy but tho weather was fine.
Following is su unary of the day’s events:
First Rack—Three-quarters of a mile. Civil
Service won, with King William second and
Ozone third. Time 1:20.
Second Rack -Six furlongs. Fanfan colt
won. with Mandilla filly second and Honduras
third. Time 1:21.
Third Race—One ill le and one-sixteenth.
Sluggard won, with Galop second and Qloekiicr
third. Time 1:5534.
Fourth Race—One mile and a ha.f. Eurus
■won, with Keuorita second au.l Firenzi third
Time 2:50.
Fifth Race -One mile. Newcastle won, with
Esau second and Groomsman third. Time
2: D—J-ij.
BUNCO WITH VIOLENCE.
An Aged Chicago Rustic Meets the
Gang With a Staff Correspondent.
From the .Xew York sun.
Samuel K. Ron an, who says he is a Chi
cago merchant, arrived at Earle’s hotel
with his wife on Aug. 5. He is 70 years
old, and had just returned from a trip to
Euro e. On Friday ho went out to buy
some goods. At Canal street and Broad
way a well-dressed man walked up to him,
grasped bun by the band,and aid heartily
“ How do you di, Mr. Rouan? When
did you get i ito town?”
Mr. Rouan didn’t recognize the man, but
supposed he must be some forgotten ac
quaintance, and they wore soon talking
about trade. he man said lie had some
samples of goods that were just what Mr.
Ronan was looking for, and they could be
had dirt cheap. Mr. Rouan accompanied
him to an offioe in a street whic i he failed
to get the name of, and was there intro
duced to several other men. They showed
him s >me samples which he liked.
“I’ve got some da dv goods here,” said
one of tbe men,” t iat I know are ju-t the
thing for your trade. Are you prepared to
buy them outright now?”
Mr. Ronan drew a roll of bills containing
*4BO out of his pocket to prove hi: ability
to purchase. He was immediately knocked
down, rootled of his money (to such straits
has come the once artistic game of bunco)
and thrown out into the street in a dazed
condition. Out tiiere a young man ap
proached him aud asked him what the
trouble was.
“I’in an Associated Press reporter,” said
this man, "and would like to got your
statement.”
As he seemed to be a kind young man, Mr.
Ronan related ins story. The mau t iok out
a pad of paper aud made notes of what Mr.
Ronan said. Then ho voluntee ed to see
him to his hotel, and Mr. Ronan aecrptei
his services. The man led him around
through a number of streets, and filially
landed him at the hotel. Mr. Ronan was
so exhausted by t is time that ho went
straight to bod. Yesterday lie calle lat
police tieadquariers o and told his story to
Inspector \\ illiams. He c uid not give any
intelligent description of the men, nor dill
he know in whatstreet he ha i been buncoed.
He went to Cbicag > with liis wife iu tbe
afternoon. T e police say there is no ovi
denc.' that they can get to work on. A
gang in Dey street, however, was working
precisely tho -a ne game, staff correspond
ent aud all a few years ago.
He -What would you do if I were to offer to
give you a kiss?
She—See if my little brother is under the sofa.
htaxtnn Herald.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1889.
A HANGING IN FLORIDA.
BILL WESTMORELAND SWUNG
FOR KILLING HIS WIFE.
The Black Culprit Unconcerned to the
Very Last—His Brother Told Not to
Weep, But to Brace up and Do
Bight—The Story of the Crime Con
cisely Told.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 15.—8i1l
Westmoreland, a negro murderer, was
hanged here to-day. He was in the com
pany of Father Kennv and Sister Mary
Anne from an early hour in tee morning,
and up to the moment he swung through
the scaffold exhibited a degree of nerve
aim st unparalleled. At 11 o'clock he was
led from his cell in ibe county jail, aud, in
passing through tuc office to the yard, was
permitted to tarry- a few minutes to bid
good-by 1 1 his brother, u prisoner in the
jail for wife-beating. The scene was very
affecting.
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
The brother broke down and wept, but
Bill sail: “That won’t do; brace up, and
when you g> t nut and i right and you won’t
have to die like me.” As he was led up to
tho scaffold by Sneriff Broward t e con
demned uia-i recognized several acquaint
ances or the wall of the jail yard, to several
of whom he nodded, aud to one he smiled
and gave a significant wi ,k. He repeated
all tue respun-.es after Fattier Kenny in a
loud, cleir voice, a ,and when his hands had
been pinioned by tiie sheriff lie straightened
himself up and said, “I’m ready.”
FALL OF THE TRAP.
The sheriff drooped his handkerchief as
a signal, and a y ung Kngilsiiman named
Hall, who had volunteered, then sprui g
the trap at exactly 11:25 o’clock. His . ecK
was broken in the fall and life was extinct
in four minutes.
Througn Sister Mary Anne, Westmore
la and sent a parting message to nis mother in
Georgia. He also left a written stat nie t
addressed to Hamilton Jay, city editor of
the Times-Union, in which he avowed com
plete repentance, and expressed no fear of
death.
The execution was witnessed by about 100
people in the jail yard, but the surrounding
streets, ro fs of houses and trees were filled
with negroes anxious to eaten a glimpse of
the terrible scene.
Just prior to ascending the scaffold Wes’ -
moroland had his photograph taken. He
made no speech.
THE MURDERER AND HIS CRIME.
Westmoreland was born in Macon, Ga.,
twenty-two years ago, his parents having
belonged to Dr. Westmoreland of that city.
Both Westmoreland and his wife bore un
savory reputations, and were constantly
engaged in broils. The husband was par
ticularly jealous of his wife, amt having a
vicious temper, h? several times threatened
her life and frequently maltreated her.
KILLED WITHOUT WARNING,
Matters got so serious that the wife finally
had him arrested and jailed, and on liii
r lease he remained quiet for a time, but
finding that she would not live with him
any lougor, on the night of April 4 he en
le ed a bouse where she was saying ii
Brooklyn, a suburb, and being frenzied bv
and l k lie deliberately pulled out a pistol anil
killed her without a word of warning.
The ether occunant "f the room, a negro
named Dan Gibbeu, the i received the con
tents of the pist 1, but fortunately was not
killed, although severely wounded, by West
more,and, who, ii addition to the pistol
bali, bit him savagely on the face and
body.
W estmoreland, when captured, was very
sullen and savage and manifested very
little interest in his trial. However,
through the influence of Rev. Father
Kenny, the savage nature was completely
subdued, and, finally, when tne day of his
execution arrived, Westmoreland was a
changed man.
BULLETS FROM BATTLE FIELDS.
Sold for Old Lead by the Pound in an
Alexandria Junk Shop.
From the Philadelphia Inqui r-r.
Alexandria, Va., Aug. 12.—A quarter
of a century has elapsed since the war, yet
mauy of tbe farmers of Virginia are still
realizing from yankee lend and brass quit?
a revenue. It is th? children of these farm
ers living nearest the gre.it battle fields tha.
bring to light most of tha buried relics of
the cruel past. Their tiny fingers, some
times in play, again with the hope of adding
to the family coffer, unearth pounds of lead.
Iu strolling tins ugh the historic town,
the writer came across a veritable old
curiosity shop down by the wharf. It i,
kept by ail old junk dealer, wno, yielding
to a desire f r a glimpse at tho iate-t
curiosity, brought ;oligut a big box, which
had just arrive t from the country that
morning. There, in reckless confusion,
were bullets, musket balls, old pieces of
b as-, epaulettes, sword n.lts, buckles atul
buttons, all na ter, and and brui-ed and cor
roded by the earth in which tiiev had been
buried for so many years. This box, the
dealer said, would weign about lot) pounds,
and was but one of many tuat he was con
stantly receiving.
From the midst of the debris a button
was fished out upon which was inscribed
the arms of V ermont (Freedom aud Unity),
showing that they must have belonged t ’
some member of the first militia that was
mustered iuto service, as the troops were
afterward uniformed by the United State
These war relics e .me from the battlefields
of Manassas, Culpepper, Fredericksburg
and the Yal ey of Virginia, and are sdd
timply for their valueiti old lead and brass.
Occasionally an invoice of snells an ives
wnie.i throws the down town inhabitants
into n state of consternation. Not so very
long ago quite a i atch of these wicked look
ing things wore promptly hustled out of
town by c mmand of the mayor.
If tho farmeis zero wise they would pre
serve the most interesting of these memen
toes,lffor there wifi no doubt come a time
when even the most insignificant will nave
its value.
HANGED UP FOR HIS HEALTH.
A French Medical Discovery That
Rivals the Elixir.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
New York, Aug. 13. —Harry Chapman
is a theatrical manager of some little promi
ne .ce, who is pretty well known in tho
vicinity of Union Square, the Riaito of
act rs ir. New York. He has been laid up
for some eighteen or twenty months with
what was supposed to lie sciatic rheuma
tism, and is new around again under cir
cumstances that ure remarkable. The
surgeons of to is country have learned
a groat many things from the skill
ful professional gen l inen of Franc
one of whom, Dr Charcot, made himself
famous by practicing .mat is known
us tho “hanging” treatment for imperfect
pow rs of locomotions and nervousdisord-rs.
Chapman’s disease, after being improperly
dingiiosed for over a year, ua finally set
tled upon by a consulting physician as
“multiple neuritis.” The physician pro
ceeded to lin g Chapman up, with heavv
weights on his extremities. After half a
minute’s stretening all pam ceased, and has
not since returned. Chapmau lias been
walking four to six miles a day since the
treatment was begun, althoug be ore tha
hec uld not walk a block. He takes his
daily stretching With aa muc : regularity
as if it was ids breakfas-, aud his roc >very
is counted among t..e Ria to frequenters as
marvelous.
And now it turns out that the wicked cam
biers at Lons Branch have humbugged the
nobie Baron do Pardonnet again. They dallied
w ith Uiin until the only meeting of the excise
commissioners at which he could com plan was
!eXd W l s eUCrUe ‘‘ yrefU * ldW relUr “ I
THE RATTLESNAKE.
What Happens When It Means Mis
chief!
From the August Century.
Let u* observe what happens when the
rattlesnake means mischief. He throws
himself into a spiral, ami about one-third
of his length, carrying the head, rises from
the coil and stands upright. The attitude
is fine ami warlike, and artists who attempt
1 to portray it al*av fail. He does not pur
sue, he waits. Little animals ho scorns un
less he is hungry, so that tne mouse or toad
he leaves for davs unnoticed in his cage.
Larger or noisy creatures alarm him. Then
his head and neck are thrown far back, his
mouth is opened very wide, t!# fang held
firmly erect, an t with an abrupt swiftness,
lor which his ordinary motions prepare one
but lit 1, he stride! once and is back on
guard again, vigilant uud brave. The blow
is a stab, and is given h. t irowing the head
f irward while the half-coils below it are
j straightened out ti lengthen the neck
and give power to tho motions
w hich drive the fangs iuto the opponent’s
flesh: as they enter, the temporal muscle
closes the lower jaw on the part struck, and
thus forces tne sharp fang deeper in. It is
a :hrust aided by a iLe. At this moment
the poison duct is pene 1 by the relaxation
of the muscle wh:cn surrounds it, aid he
same muscle which shuts the jaw squeezes
the g.and, aud drives the venom tir >ugh
the duct and hollow fang into the hi ten
part.
“In so complicated a series of acts there
is often failure. The tooth strikes on tounh
s in and doubles hack or fails to enter, or
the serpent mi judges distauce and falls
short ad may squr t tbe ve .oni four or
five feet in the air, doing no harm. I had
a curious exper.eaee of tuis km 1 in which
a snake h feet 6 inches long threw a toa
spoo ful or more f poUon athwart my
torehead. It missed mv eyes by an inch or
two. I have had many near escapes, but
this was the grimmest of all. An inch lower
would have cost me my sight aud probablv
my life.
“A sake will turn and strike from any
posture, but the coil is the attitude always
assumed when possi .de. The coil acts as n :
auch r aud enables the animal to shake its
fangs loose from the wound. A snake can
rarely strike beyond half his length. If
hot i fangs enter, t o hurt is doubly danger
ous, bocau-e the dose of venom is doubled.
At times a fang is left in the flesh, but this
does not trouble ihe serpeut’s powers as a
poisoner, since numberless teeth lie ready to
become firmly fixed in l s place, and both
fangs aro never lost together. The nervous
me. nanism which c mtrols tne act of strik
ing seems to be in the spinal cord, for if we
cut off a snake’s head aud then pincu it-,
tail, the stump of the neck returns and with
some accuracy hits tne hand of the experi
menter—if he has the nerve to hold on.
Few men have. 1 h ive not. A little Irish
man who took care of my laboratory aston
ished be by coolly sustaining this test. He
did it by closing his eyes aud so shutting
out for a moment the too suggestive view
of the returning stump. Snakes have al
ways seemed to me averse to striking,
auu the. have been on the whole muc..
maligned.
“A iy cool, quiet person moving slowly
and steadily may pick up and handle gently
most venomous serpents. I fancy, however,
tuat the vipers nd the c p per heads are un
certai i pets. Mr. Thompson, the snake
keeper at the Phil uielphia Z loiogical, han
oles his serpents with impunity; but one
day having dropped some little moccasins a
few days old down his sleeve while he car
ried their mamma in his hand, one ot the
babiei bit him and made an ugly wound.
At pre-eut the snake staff is used to handle
snakes.
”1 saw-, one October, in Tangiers, what I
had long desiivd to o serve—a snake
cnarmer. Most of his snakes were harm
less; but be refused, with well-acted hor
ror, to permit me to lake hold of the n. He
had also two large brown vqiers; those he
handled with care, but I saw at once that
they were kept exhausted of their venom
by havi g been daily teased int. biting on a
bundle of i ags tied to a stick. They were
too tired to be dangerous. I have often
seen snakes in this state. After three or
tour fruitless ac s of i .sti.ictive ue of then
venom tnev give up. and seem to become
indifferent to approaches,and even to rough
handling.’'
THE DEADLY TOOTHPICK.
What a Physician and a Dentist Bay
About It.
From the Boston Herald.
“Do you k iow,” said a physician to a
Herald man yesterday, “thAt the great
Amer.can i abit of toothpick chewing is
resooiisible fora very large number of hu
man id ?” Tne y uiig man wa. more than
surprised. He said he’d he glad to learn
jus. how these evils are wrought by the a
- harmless aud indispensable tooth
pick.
"Well,” said the physician, “of course I
refer more particularly to the practice of
chewing wooden toothpicks. And when I
modify my statement m this way I don’t
have any hesitation iu rei.erati.ig thrt t ie
woeden toothpick is an engine of destruc
tion. If you have ever noticed these things
much you have observed that a good many
people who take their u.eals at restaurants
or hotel cafes, and rush out immediately
afterward to business, suatdh on the way a
toothpick, sometimes several of the n, and
thrust the little svoode.i spears into the
mouth.
In nine cases out of ten they don’t uso tho
toothpick quickly and as a matter of busi
ness, but t ley retain it iu the mouth aUer
all necessity for its function has ceased.
They cuew on it and wobbie it about under
the jaws, and finally tho piece of wood is
reduced to a ragged pulp, aud then it is
u uaiiy cast away. Very frequently small
particles of tho • ood are swallowed, aud I
know of one man who iu the liabit of
eating his in hpick. I became acquainted
with him, because he wanted me to gi ve
him something to heal hi) st uiiach, which
was really in a Slacora ed condition.
Tho small particles of wood that
are swallowed frequently lodge in
the walls of the stomach somewhere,
ami induce gastri disturbances. I knew
several oases which proved fatal. A man
may go on chewing tookpicks for
titty- years and plover suffer any
ill effects, but his less' fortunate neighbor
may chew them for a few days
and die on ■account of it. I tell you a fact
"hen I say tiiac lots of troubles with the
digestive apparatus and lots of more seri
ous ailments inav- be, and have been by me
in many instance-, traced to tue use of
to >thpicks as 1 have p inted out. The
liabit, I notice, is one that ii growing rap
idly, and, aside from the fact that it’ is an
ill-bred uud rude custom, it is to be detested
o.i nygieiuc principles. I found tne other
day that s .me restaurants dip their tooth
picks in some aromatic fluid, like ciunam n,
and this tends to cause a big spread of the
toothpick-chewing habit. Tne person who
puts one of th se pra. ared s loks in his
m ut.i can hardly resist the temptation t>
chew on it. It’s an awful habit, and I’d
like to see people stop it.”
“The Herald" man saw his friend, tbe
dentist, yeste. day, aid told tiim bout tio
physicia ’ warning and advice, and ask?d
him what ho thought about it. “Well,” he
said smiling. “I don't know that I ought to
t Ik of sfleh a thing. If we fellow-; give tbe
public too much advice where w:il our trade
c> ue from? The fact 's, the habit of tooth
pick chewing brings the dentists lots of
customers. In a1 ng practice I nave seen
bow very destructive and dangerous th?
wooden toothpick is when chewed. It de
stroys the gu "Sand the toetn, its chewed
fibers lacerate the bronchial pissiges, tr?t
into the throat and heui, and induce
catarrh, bad t reath and general disfigure
ment of the rnoutn. If I were a philan
thropist, instead of tho dentist, I should
advise everybody to avoid chewing tooth
picks,”
Nathaniel Pierce of Wisconsin, and George
B Pierce of Oneida county, New York, are
twins born iu April. 1800. They are exactlv
alike in appearance, and seventy years ago
courted the same girl, visiting her" on alternate I
nights. Being detected, they both got tno i
mitten
I'HE WAIL OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
It Seemed a Very Hum n Cry to the
Grief-stricken Engineer.
From the Dee Moines header.
A railroad roundhouse was in fiameT.
Fire had leaned, apparently in a self-born
demon, out of the waste box. and before a
hand could ne found with the skill to “pull
out” its waiting locomotives, some of them
with boilers full of water and low fires, it
was too late. For it was a small roundhouse
in a small town, and the lone watchman
had been left to care for it, and it was nigh
midnight. His loud call summoned a con
course of citizens in heat bless haste, but
ail they cou.d do was to stand and see
the great sheet of fire from the pitched
roof, and how the imfl&mm ble material
inside made every locomotive stall a cal
dron of fire, and all the windows glared,
all the doors poured out smoke a .and roar aud
long flames.
There stood the steam giants plainly visi
ble vibra i g iu the intense heat, unap
proachable as though set in fie infernal re
gi n-.. S ill it was a fire where the element
of human danger was all missing. Sudden
ly, long and dolorous, one of these engines
began to sm:id tho danger sig ial Heat
within and without made its boiler shake
with the leap of fi rceivboiiiig 'ater. A hit
of failing iron bent and pulled downward t le
lever, moving is escape valvu so it could
and did sound ceasele-sly. Loud, thrilling
it was a note of terror. It a-vod every
hearer. Listen, some day, thoughtfully io
the danger signal of a locomotive. Even iu
the broad and peaeefu. da.' it is the keenest
and strongest, t.ie most lorrible sound man
ha in vente J. It reaches the dull intelligence
ot slowest beasts as a warning. The solem i
power, then, of this cry, apparently rai.sei
by the will of the engine itself, iu the
midst of its torture, as indescribable. It
was hard not to feel that it was a seDtient
thing pleading for help. It pealed on, an
urgent monotone, the tremulous voice of
senseless force.
One man heard it, distressed by it beyond
tei ing. He was its engineer. .he engine
he loved with the peculiar attachment these
men have for the thing of power thoy con
trol see i.ed to be crying to him vo.uutarily
with the appe U his hand had often evolve i
from it. He wanted to plunge in to its res
cue. The fiery f irnace of the Hebrew
children was matened by its surroundings,
and he ciuld only listen and trem le and
lit it call in vain. It was all a curious bU
of pathos, en olvad wholly from material
things, tiy chance, and costing not a pang
to its source, yet it touched and saddened
every soul that heard it. But none of them
could quite comprehend the feed ig of its
driver.cr know how pitifully the next morn
i g he toucued his gray, burned out ruinod
giant that lia.l poured its shriek into his
ears forthat long half hour.
A RAILROAD MAN'S GENTLE SAR
CASM,
Which Illustrates the Hard Lines of
Railroad Inventors.
From the New York Sun.
“Bothered by cranks aud inventors,” re
peated tho railroad man; “well, I should
smile! They will average three per week
the whole year round, and their inventions
outnumber the stars.”
“Tbe man with the car coupler turns uo
pretty often, I suppose?” queried the scribe.
“Twice a week on the average, but I’ve
know., six of them to be iu ttiis office at
oene ”
“Do you make a test of every invention?”
“Nearly every one. That’s what I am
here for. The correct title of my positio i
is, 'The Railroad Invention Tester ad
Crank Discourager!’ When a chap comes
along with a patent car coupler I always
tike him down into the yards aud give his
patent a trial.”
“And y u hit a. good thing now and then,
do you not?”
“Never. The car coupler of thirty years
ago is the best in use, and indeed about the
only one. You can get nothing better. How
ever, you have got to prove an inve tion
worthies* before you can c oke off the in
vent r. If the e is any cost to att .ch it to
a car he pays for it. I bad one here last
week with a patent freight car coupler
which was to tie worked by a lever, thus
rendering it unnecessary for the brakeman
to place himself bet ween the bunuers. I
saw half a dozen defects, but he was enthu
siastic, and so I bad it put ontoao iupie of
cars. W went out int i the yards, hi.che 1
to a suitable engine, and made a trial. The
brake failed to vv .rk, and the invent t
stepped in to :oggleatit. a id he wascaugnt
between the bumpers and smas ied so flat
t iat he covered a tvnoie door. He was No.
36. I b lieve.”
“Tnirty-s.x what?”
“Victims since Jan. I. I keep a memo
randum of them. Most of ’em "were killed
outright, but some we it home to die. It
is all done hy their own inventions, and we
cannot be held responsible. I keep an old
and or a id four yard men handy to carry off
the body, aud that’s all they can reas mabiy
expect. Ah, but here comes a man with a
patent draw-bar. If you can come around
about day after to-morrow. I’ll b - ready to
try it, and it’s ten to ono you’ll see him car
ried off. Had six draw-barmen here last
mouth, and five of ’em were shipped horn?
by the undertaker.”
THE OLDEST SUMMER RSdOST.
The Old Heath House that was Built in
1793.
From the Buffalo Express.
Few of the thousands who enjoy the rest
or excitement of the American su inner re
sorts are aware that up among the Jersey
mountains is the oldest “resort” of all. The
old Heath ouse at Sehooley’s Mountain,
built in 1793, is one of tie first e tablish
meuts of its kind erected iu the country.
General Washingto i slept in it while Fresi
den-, and his room is ju-t as ha left it, all
the old furniture an 1 fixings having been
jealoudy guarded by the sav * \I proprie
tors. In the early years of the pres
ent ceutury Saratoga was tiie only
rival of Schooley’s -Mountain
and the two resorts vied witn each other in
point of excitement and entertainment.
Each bonded of its springs, and each at
tracted the best people of America, but
“the mountain,”as it was oommo dy Known,
was nearer the great ci ies, and the s ages
from Philadelphia, Baltimore and New
York carried more pas<eugers through the
German valley, a id up the beautiful ravine
of Schooley'scresk than over journeyed to
Saratoga.
For seventy years the old place led the
watering places of the country, but although
it is still healthful, beautiful ami lively, it
has been comparatively lost in the growth
of great resorts ii every corner of the coun
try. The present season, however, is re
plete with evid no of resurrec i >n
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
QF.T YOL'R BLANK BOOKS p
NLONK BETTER THAN THOSE MADE BY p
HE HAS TUE BEST PAPERS £
JN STOCK, AND YOU ££
p.AN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM ip
J-JAPPY IF YOU WILL
QNLY GIVE HIM AN ORDER FOR A SET.jq"
pOTS OF BANKS AND BUSINESS HOUSESQ,
OEND TO HIM FOB THEIR BOOKS. 93
BAY ST. j
TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons are cautioned against pureliasinz
that tract of land iu Chatham C .unty Geo- -la
immediately s.iuth of the extended limits of
the city of Savannah, known as the BRANCH
TKACI\ containing Oue Himdrmi and Seven
Aci’ps, more or less, bounded on the north bv
hstili Avenue, east bv Waters Hoad, south by
lands of Barstow, and west by lands of Gen. A.
li. Lawton, as l have made a contract f r tiie
purchase tnereof. ami intend to apply to the
courts for a specific performance of tiie con
“"g01 - . J. ii. EfcTILL.
Savannah. Aue. 30. 1883.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
FERST —Toe friends, relatives and acquaint
ance of Mr. Moses F Rsr, Joseph Ferst, Aaron
Ferst, Sam A. Einstein and their families are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the
former, which will tane place from his late resi
dence. )08 Liberty street, at 3:30 o'clock TUIS
AFIERN ON.
New York Herald please copy.
MEETINGS.
MYRTLE LODGE NO. O. K. OF f*.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will sfSTv
be held THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock. !?
Sister Lodges and transient Knight*
are invited. WMI
s. r. Harris, c. c. v&fr
Fred Einsfeld, K of K and S.
PULASKI COUNCIL NO. 153. B. A.
A regular meeting THIS EVENING at 8
o'clock at Knights of Pythias Hall.
W. P. SCHIKM, Regent.
Clarence S. Connerat. Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisement* inserted under “.Special
Notices" wilt be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
SEMI 2 i L VIfC
And I will give you for triala bottle of the
famous Worc.stshire Sauce.
“MONTSERRAT.”
lam sole agent for Savannah. This Sauce is
made in Liverpool by Evans’Sons A Cos , and
has been for some years past the CLUB S.vU E
of England. It is the beat Worcestshire Sauce
on the market. Two years ago I accepted the
agency on it, and I have yet to find a consumer
that has given it a trial that does not continu?
to use It. This season I propose to put this
Sauce in every house in Savannah, and to do it
effectively I have had Messrs. Evans’ Sons send
me 3,(XK) small bottles which I propose to dis
tribute at 2c. each (about the cost ot duty). The
Sauce comes regularly in
V 6 Pint Bottles. Pint Bottles, Quart Bottles,
All of which are English Imperial measure.
Our prices on it are fuiiy 25 per cent, less than
is charged for other Sauces of toe same stand
ard, such as Lea & Perrins, etc.
For large consumers I am bringing out a lot
in gallon bottles. Send 2c. for a bottle and
try it.
JOHN J. REILY.
Importer and Specialist,
Telephone IGS. 30 Whitaker Street.
LOTS! LOTS •
The sale of lots south of the city and near
Southover will close on TO-MORROW (Satur
day) NIGHT. After that time the few that are
left will be held at SSJ each, payable in monthly
payments of 82. We hope those who have
faith in the future of this place ill not lose this
opportunity. Land cannot be bought there now
for less than per acre. A locality uithin
two and a half miles of the cou t house, afford
ing railway facilities which must, in time, be
equal to those of an elevated railroad, cannot
fail to have a big future. Such a place is South
over J unction.
W. O. AVOODFIN,
i. and. Laroche & son.
NOTICE TO PETIT JURORS OF eIPE-
ItlOK COURT.
Petit Jurors will appear in Court on FRIDAY.
23d inst., instead of FRIDAY 10th iust., unless
otherwise ordered through the newspapers.
By direction of His Houor Judge Fai.ligant.
JAMES K. P. CARR,
Clerk S. C-, C. C.
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT OF
GEORGIA.
Headquarters i
First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, v
Savannah, Ga , Aug. loth, 1889. (
Official lists of Regimental Drawing can be
obtained and all prize tickets will bo cashed
upon application at Air. J. B. Fernandez's store
any- time after 3 p. m., TO-DAY.
Lieut. AI. A. O'BYRNE, Chairman.
NOTICE.
Neither the captain nor consignees of the
German bark MOZART, Muller, Master, will be
responsible for any debts contracted by the
crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
NQTICE.
During my absence from the city Mr. HENRY'
J. WINKERS will attend to my business.
Parties wishing information about the HART
FORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE
COMPANY can obtain the same by calling at
my office. No. 7. Bull street.
HENRY I. SEEMAN, General Agent.
38 DOZEN
Felt and Wool HATS, both stiff and soft, just
opened and for sale very low at
JAUDON'S, 150 St. Julian street.
12 DOZEN
Very pretty FLANNEL COATS AND VESTS,
light colored, just in aud for sale at one-half
price by
J A UPON, 1 50 St. Julian street.
FOR FALL PLANTING
FRESH BEAN, CABBAGE. TURNIP SEED
From reliable growers at Low Prices.
THE G. M. HEIDT COMPANY,
Cor, Congress and Whitaker Sts.
BUST T Lit Ml* (SEEa
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. KIKFFER,
Druggist and Seedsman,.
Corner West Broad and Stewart Sts.
THE ART OF MANICURE.
We have, direct from Dr. J. Parker Pravl
manicure specialist:
ROSALINE, a cosmetic for tinting the nails.
DIAMOND NAIL ENAMEL, for polishing.
for removing suuerliu us tlesh.
EMER\ BOARD, for rounding the edges.
CUTICLE AND NAIL SCISSORS. 8
FILE, in steel and ivorv.
BUFFERS or POLISHERS.
In fact every requisite for beautifying the nails.
Something new in Manicure Sets, complete,
just opened at
BUTLER'S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
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 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 NOTICE!
In compliance with the requests of many
small investors, the Savannah Cotton Mills
Company have decided to offer the stock of the
company to toe public on the installment plan
The shares will be §IUO 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. Warfi -la, corner Bryan and Dray
ton streets (over Citizens'Baukh between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m.
Gll AND SUCCESS
or—
HOME ENTERPRISE.
THE COOLING, STIMULATING. INVIGOR
ATING PILSEN BEER.
PRICE $2 25 TER QUARTER BARREL.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
N. B.—Our bottling department will be in
operation in a few days, when we shall be able
to till the demand for family consumption.
AMUSEMENT*
C RIO SET" Taij.v'
(At Base Ball Part, A Y,
Harp and Shamrocks vi Forest Ci; T3
IADIES especially invited a-.-. .
A 15c.; Lame, free- Grandsn^s'' =i ° n to P*r|r
called at 3:30 P . g. ldc.
ON ACCOUNT OF _ oioUSDi~i^r~-—-
WET THE T °°
GAME OP BAt t
Between the CHATHAM arttt iU
GEORGIA HUSSARS, for the
Hussars' Armory Fund, has -, flt n , f ' *
MONDAY, 19th INST., AT i a UB: 1
The weather permittm-' tv-.
called sharp at thealmve tlrn*’ * ame Wi ‘ : be
—
Having been
Messrs. Abendroth Bp.os. of
New York their sole a-ent i n
this city for the sale o°f fheir
YORK RANGES,
FIRE-PLACE HEATERS
AND
Hot Air Furnaces,
I am now prepared to furnish
estimates on all work in this
line. Having a force of com
petent and experienced me
chanics, I guarantee satisfac
tion in all work entrusted to
em.
J. W. Norton, w ,
148 BRYAN STREET,
2d door west of Whitaker.
Telephone No. 320.
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Normal courses in literary an 1 mns- ii,
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dress Mrs. I. F. COX, President LaOraaee iji
Pupils last term from Canada 11 Texas'
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LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,'
ATHENS, GA.
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Board, SIS a month. No secret societies.
Health record unsurpassed. Fall term com
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Trains leave Sava.mail daily " H
9:30 a. M., 2:3d, 4, 6:25. 8:15. , - iCa. si. s B
Returning, leave Tybee depot -. ■
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and Tybee Depot. Will await the B
Augusta train.
Music every day. ro inutes “* ■
Trains leave south End 15 K|
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St. Julian. Congress and MorJgom erJ g
FRANKLIN &JhARr.
We offer to the public the be ’“ H
lino in the citv. H|
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