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2 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. education al. A Southern FBitialo. 1 1 I|T<COX) College. | *S“h. Sertn “' Twenty-one -rsssl -ibrar.t. mi !. , —-— fom, museum mourned leieftcupn, appar.t i-, gvmiiasiu .i Normal courses in literary an 1 mns- ii, keeping, telegraphy, typmvrti g. dressmukj,- ’ locution and art fine. In Mu-irm-ven Twit er. Misses Cox continue Dire-:ors-ladies or chestra. Healthful and h ineh!;.'. Send f r illustrated catalogue giving full particulars. ,\j. dress Mrs. I. F. COX, President LaOraaee iji Pupils last term from Canada 11 Texas' TRINITY HALL, BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY. \HOME SCHOOL of the highest order for young ladles. Solid culture in English, Music, Art, Languages; careful training inman ner, mind and heart. Twenty second year be gins Sept. ‘lB. For circular address Miss RACHELLE GIBBONS HUNT, Principal LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,' ATHENS, GA. A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. LAD? teachers. All denominations represented , Board, SIS a month. No secret societies. Health record unsurpassed. Fall term com mences Sept. 25. 188 b. MISS M. RUTHERFORD. Principal RUTGERS c j 55-56 W. 55th street, N. Y. City. 51st year opens Sept. 25th. Special, Elective and full collegi ate course. Rev. G. W. SAMSON, D. It, Pres. Preparatory and boarding departments con nected with the college, opsn Sept. 25. Sen! for circular. ORKLIND PARE MIUTMiC JEM Best training, thorough educntion.level[* I highest physical and mental cultur •. it? I system leads boys to success. Catalogue I with terms of entrance and ind I by many promineut citizens. CIIAS. .1 I NEEL. Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga I EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL I FOR BOY’S. I Near Alexandria. Va. I L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A.. Principal. I L. HOXTON, Associate Principal. I With ample corps or assitia-its. Fifty first ■ year opens SEPT. 25, 1389. Catalogues seat. | Sacred Hear! Seminary, I SHARON, TALIAFERRO COUNTY I I? OR Young Boys from 4 years old up to H ■ completed; in charge of the Sisters ■ Joseph, who are so well note l for their ■ management and training o' boys. Hea J ■ location. Terms m den te. Fo" ftirtuer par ■ ticulars ap* ly to MOTHER SUPERIOR- _ ■ TT ENGSELAER POLYTECHNI INSI - I It Troy, N. Y. Theulaeit scho-tl j U eeriny in the United Suites. Next term ■ gins Sept. IS. The register for IS&> cont ■ list of graduates for 04 years, with tneir i ■ tions; also course of study, reipurrmenu* ■ admission, expenses, etc. Candidates iivi• ■ a distance nmv be examined flt their ho ■ Address DAVII) M. GREENE. ■ THE PACKER COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE I IVES SYSTEMATIC and thorough irstn ■ \ T tion in academic and collegiate j I study. The official residence of the -In ■ an inviting and elegant horn-' torß quiries concerning reside iu-' at tue 'j’y,’,-j ■ should be addressed to MRS. N r. b ■ ■ SURE. !ir Montaguesti-eeE i;r,-:^ : ; lesL ■ Staunton Male Academy I STAUNTON, VIRGINIA- ,*t ■ A Military Boarding School f* r fa i o g\j ■ and Boys. Handsome Illustrated c ■ mailed on application. B ’RAILROADS. ■ Savaanah aaJ TyN^yl SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE Urn I t' TANC I AKD TIM LI n , gmuis' 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 -. ■ 6:4U. 9:25 I’■ M. c.ra:,::ab Tl SUN DA Y SCHEDULE—L"?' " B *11:40 A. m„ 2:iio. 8:15 and n ;•*.*• ■ Returning, leave Tvbe 5:30.6:15. 9:25 p. m. _*To Va>anW ■ gusta Fast Mail. No stop Lei ar -.vii 0 and Tybee Depot. Will await the B Augusta train. Music every day. ro inutes “* ■ Trains leave south End 15 K| than time of leaving Tybee o■ y.'-’j:, ?::pt HR H. H. WOODRUFF, G. F. J' l - 1 RA ~ I CARRIAGE WtHliv-- --K CAIIIiI.UIi. WOlilv^l SANBEBG & Co, ’^B St. Julian. Congress and MorJgom erJ g FRANKLIN &JhARr. We offer to the public the be ’“ H lino in the citv. H| REX' MAG NU 9 FOR SALE BY - gwfvßl C. M. GILBERT G R a || Agents lor Ge.rg.ia aa i fljrlJv I||