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STAHLMA.N MAKES ASTIR.
THE LEGISLATORS MAD OVER AL
LEGED BULLDOZING.
A Lively Reception Awaiting the Re
port of the Joint Conference Com
mittee When it Reaches the Two
Houses-A Number of Bills Passed—
The Governor Makes Several Acts
Lavs.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 18.—There is promise
to-day that the report of the joint confer
ence committee will meet with a lively
reception when it goes to the House and
Senate, as it will, probably to-morrow.
The committee has subjected itself to some
criticism in the House in disregarding
the instructions holding the conference
down to merely reoeinlng in writing the
claim of the lessees for b -ttertnent*. Ap
parently the Senate did not believe it had
joined in such instructions, but there is
indignation in both Houses over an occur
rence in the committee meeting to-day.
BTAHLMAN'S speech.
Mr. Stahlman had the floor yesterday in
an oral argument, and finished to-day. His
speech was full of open threats as to what
the lessees w >uld do if their claim was not
paid. Air. St ildman, as well as Gov. Brown,
has intimated these things before, but
to-day, acc rdiag to the impression made
on prominent members of the com
mittee, Mr. Stahlman was bulldozing and
almost iefiant.
Mr. Hariell of Webster, a House member
of the committee, withdrew from both, be
cause he was i dignant at Mr. Stahlman,
and felt that the oral argument was con
trary to his instruttiocs.
Maj. Gumming of Augusta concluded for
the lessees i . a written argument.
THE CHICAGO COMMITTEE.
A Chicago world’s fair committee, with
Carter Ha rison at its head, was entertained
here to-day. A visit to the capltol was
part of the programme, and in the house a
recess was tasen for their reception.
Speeches were made by Mr. Harrison,
Lyman Tru nbull and Judge Thoman. All
three talked about the world’s fair and
Chicago.
TO ADJOURN NOV. 7.
The House took up the resolution of the
joint committee on busings providing for
an adjournment Nov. 7. Ti is was adopted
■with an amendment providing that the
lease act shall have been passed. Some of
the members were opposed to fixing any
day, tdvo ing staying there till the last bit
of business was trail-acted. Amendments
for an earlier date were voted down. It is
the general opinion that the resolution
adopted with the lease act pr vise leaves
the matter of adjournment still in the air.
THE OLIVE BILL REVIVED.
Mr. Calvin of Richmond revived the
Olive bill in somewhat milder shape by in
troducing a bill to enforce the constitution by
preventing any corporation buying shares
of stock in any other corporation in this
etate or elsewhere, or make any contract or
agreement with such corp ration that will
tend to defeat or lessen competition or en
courage competition. The bill provides
that such contracts are illegal, inoperative
and void, and on conviction shall be so de
clared. Superior court judges are req lired
to give the provisions of the act in
their charge to grand juries. Any
corporation official, or other per* n acting
for such corporation, convicted of violation
of the act, shall be fined not less than SI,OOO
nor exceeding $5,000. Mr. Calvin voted
Against the Olive bill.
BILLS PASSED.
The House parsed the following bills:
To repeal the law allowing the admission
of inebriates to the lunatic asylum.
Mr. Gordon’s bill to prevent false billing,
classification and weighing of carload ship
ments of merchandise, to provide
a penalty for underbilling and
also overweighing, and to require railroads
to put scales at all large stations. In sup
port of this bill Mr. Gordon stated that,
with the exception of the last provision, it
is identical with the interstate commerce
law. and is favored by the Gee rgiacommis
sion, by the railroads, and by all honest
dealers.
The House also passed the joint resolution
providing for a commission of three, to be
appointed by the governor, to examine the
oyster industry and report such changes in
the present law m are needed.
The House also passed the bill to incor
porate the Americus and Jacksonville rail
road.
In the Senate to-day Mr. dußignon was
added to the committee to represent the
Senate at the state fair, and was made
chairman.
The governor to-day signed the following
bills:
To amend the act prescribing the time
for cutting turpentine boxes, changing the
time.
Incorporating the Enterprise street rail
road of Savannah.
Incorporating the Germania savings bank
of Savannah.
To require the assignees of insolvent
debtors to give bond.
Inoorpor&ting the Hawkinsville and
Florida Southern railroad.
Incorporating the Kansas City, Chatta
nooga and Port Royal railroad.
Incorporating the Batilla Transportation
Company.
ABOUT ABBEVILLE.
A Steamer for Sale—No Bain In Sev
eral Weeks.
Abbeville, Oct. 18.—The steamer Amer
icas of the Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery line is tied up at the wharf of the
company, and is for sale, so rumor says.
There has been no rain here for some time,
and the swamp is in good condition for
bunting and fishing.
The instruments composing the brass
band for this place have lieeu received, and
the people here will soon have plenty of
music.
The firm of Carswell & Stubbs, dealers
In general merchandise, will soon close out
its business here, and J. R. Monroe will
open business ill a few weeks.
Anew organ has been purchased for the
Baptist church, and the young ladies have
raised quite a sum to buy lamps for the
Methodist church.
KEY WBST’B BTBIKBR3.
Tba Powderly of Cuba Promises Them
Unlimited Assistance.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. IS.— A Key
West special to the Times- Union says:
•'Since the demand of tneir men for higher
pay three days ago th lockout by the cigar
manufacturers has betaine general. Eight
thousand employes are idle, over 5,000
of them being Cubans. Both sides are firm,
■with no indications of yielding. Trouble
is feared from the workmen, and i noendiary
fires set by Cubans mar be looked for
almost any moment. Property owners
have extra watchmen employed. Francisco
Feloze, the Powderly of Cubit and secretary
of (be united labor organizations, has tele
graphed 8. M. Eeoniez to-day that assist
ance without limit would be sent to the
striking cigartnakers here.”
Fire Near Wadley.
Wadley, Ga., Oct. 18. —The gin house
and five bales of cotton belonging t > M. (i.
lamb, a farmer living about five miles
south of here, was burned Wednesday
night. The loss was unout 11. 000. There
wssDOlusiira.ee. It is thought that the
fire was the work of au incendiary
Lumbar city# Jail Burned.
Li anna City, <la. Oct. 18. —The jail at
this i lace was burned last bight. It is sup.
read that negroes did it in revenge for the
iJUug of Harris y 1' well yeur lay.
Tire council offeis ||.'jo reward for t e
arreai with proof to unarm*. The jail will
be rm belli at anee
THE WHITE HOUSE FAMILY.
Little Things People Have Noticed
About the Harrison Folks.
From the Sew York Sun.
Washington, Oct 13.—1 t has been dis
j covered by a Washington man, who h:s
been acquainted with most of the white
house servants in late administrations, that
the personal, every-day behavior of the
presidents and the mistresses of the white
h use and the white house famines is al
ways interesting to notice, but never the
same in auv two cases. Mis3 Rose Eliza
beth Cleveland hardly ever paid the
slightest attention to ne of the servants.
Mrs. France* Folsom Cleveland, how
ever, was very gracious in this respect as
in all others, and to her the doorkeepers,
the watchmen and houseki-epors, the serv
ants in the kitchen even were very devoted.
Mrs. Han ison has made an impression verv
similar to this up >n the white h mse serv
ants. She always bows to them as she goes
in and out. ana has i een observed on m re
than one occasion to turn around and lo It
back in order to do this. She is about the
house seeing that everything is in order
much more than Mrs. Cleveland ever was.
President Cleveland seemed to enjoy
cultivating the good will of the white house
pe >pie. More than once, when he had been
about to leave town, he had directed Col.
Lamont to tell the and >orkeepers when he
was to depart, in order that t ey might,
if they chose, be at the door to sav good-by
to him. “Have them at ihe do rto see me
off, Dan,” he would sometimes say. He
would sometimes add, as he was about to
ride away: “Now, b >ys, run the adminis
tration to suit yourselves.”
A remark of this sort from the lips of
President Harri-on would make about the
same kind of a sensation in the white house
that the fading of an east room chandelier
would. The President is very much lost in
thought as he goes ab nit the executive
mansion, and has been observed not to pay
the slightest heed to the presence of one of
the white house servants. That has been
the way with Mrs. McKee, the President’s
daughter. With Mrs. Russell Harrison it
is very different. Russell Harrison is
entirely approachable too, unless he has
happened to come in very late at night.
The white house people like old Dr. Scjtt.
He bows to them and seems to appreciate
that their positions are as honsst as any
body’s.
Three weeks before he came to Washing
ton Mr. Harrison sent for a list of the white
house employes, and the understanding
was at the time that he into dod to look it
over to see what removals he could make.
Mr. Cleveland found five vacancies on the
executive roll. He filled these without
much delay, and before the end of his term
had removed four republicans. Of the
seven deni' orats who remained on tue roll
at the beginning of the Harrison adminis
tration the President has discharged six
and left one. Ihe one left is backed by ex-
Congressman Win. L. Scott of Erie, and is
believed to be doomed. One of the removod
democrats was a captain of volunteers in
the war, and now hus i pi ce in the poet
offlee departmant. at $1,300 a year. Another
was a cousin of Col. Lamont, and tins a
SI,OOO place in the interior department.
Besides removing the seven democrats, the
President, or the President's wife, has dis
missed nine colored servants and put in nitie
white ones.
The senators and the representatives have
not all been here together yet during the
Harrison ad uinittration, and it cannot be
predicted just how the republican President
will behave in his every-day home relations
with them. There is a tradition that Presi
dent Cleveland hesitated no more to swear
at a senator than he would at a lamp cleaner
who neglected his work. President Harri
son has not yet bean known to swear in the
white house, and it is predicted that he
never will be known to. When he is angry
he clenches his fists and lets his eyes snap
and betrays a fierce expression on his
countenance, but he does not swear; and
although he smokes a fine cigar and seems
to know all about tobacco, he doesn't chew
for a solace in his louely working hours, as
the late President did.
Mrs. Harrison has thus far soemed en
tirely capable of assuming the domestic
management of the white house. Tue
dignity aud decision of the last president,
however, needed to be called into play
sometimes. A colored messenger whom
Mr. Cleveland had brought from Albany
with him struck his friends with horror
once by getting drunk a second time.
When Col. Wilson, then at the head of the
park department, discharged him, the mes
senger wrote a letter in his own defe sa,
which he handed to one of the yellow girls
in the house, aud which finally, thi ough
the intercession of Mrs. Cleveland, reached
the President himself. Mr. Cleveland sent
for the man, but not until he himself had
seen him drunk enough to neglect hi* duty.
The President told the messenger that lie
was perfectly willing he should drink, but
ho must not get drunk. The fellow prom
ised never to get drank, but he did, and had
to go.
The last steward of the white house was
a black man, and the Washington char tcter
mentioned at the outset of this account savs
that be gave the white house family of the
last administration the name of being
stingy, because he deprived the white
servants of much that they desired in the
way of things for their table in order to
favor the servants of his own color. The
present steward is a white man, and could
draw no color line if he chose, lie ause the
servants are now ajl white. Ziemaun is
considered a success already in Washington
society, as well as at the executive mansion,
because his engagement to a lady of this
town is already reported.
He Met a Man with a Load of Corn.
From the Sew York Sun.
I started out from the hotel at Paterson
to drive across the country to a small town
in company with a parior organ agent, He
had been drinking pretty freely, and as
soon as clear of the town he observed:
‘‘You never saw me fight, of course, but
I will soou give you an exhibition of what
I can do. I feel in the mood this morning,
and I’m going to lick the first man I can
pick a fuss with.”
"I wouldn’t get into any trouble,” I sug
gested. •
“O, there won’t be any trouble about it.
I’ll bring it around so as to have the other
man begin it, and then I’ll polish him off
and drive on.”
About two miles out we met a young
farmer driving into town with a wagon
box full of corn. He gave more than half
the road, but the o-gan man pulled up, gave
me a nudge,and exclaimed:
‘‘Young man, do you want to run over
us?"
“No, sir.”
“You act as if you did. It is evident
that you think yourself very smart, but
you’ll meet a man some day who’ll teach
you a lesson.”
“How?”
“Bv giving you a licking.”
“Perhaps vou want to try itf”
“What! bon’t you talk that way
to me!” shouted the agent, as lie nudged
me to signify that the leaven was working.
"If you do, just come down here!”cju
tinuod the young man as ho climbed o'er
the wheel.
"I think I will,” replied the agent. “I’m
a peaceful man, and 1 don’t believe in force,
but in t!ds case I regard it as my duty to
tcacu you a great moral lesson.”
lie handed me the lilies, jumped down
and squared off, and I don’t believe it was
two miuutes before ho lay in the Mar
weeds m the ditch, licked t i insensibility.
The young fellow knocked him out with the
very first blow, and then sat down and
hammered him bli id. When he let up h >
inside*! to me, climbed nisei th < corn, ami
us far as I o uld sw him he never looked
hack. 1 worked over the ngwit a quarter
of an hour to revive him, and another
quarter to get bi n iulo the huggv, amt it
was only as 1 drove on that no rallied
<m ugu to dreamily inquire:
“Mid you please bull iuu whether I am
selling lightning r***l or wind mills, and auto
what lay name iE’
it* ru I sow of Brooklyn tuut declare! to SCoopi
tire I*o.l.lei, •of | olmulus rolU-se
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY', OCTOBER 19, 1889.
LESS FEAR OVER MONEY.
■
THE SUPPLY IN THE INTERIOR
AMPLE FOR THE DEMAND.
Trade’s Volume, Bank Clearings, and
Railroad Earnings Continue Lar -
The Iron Trade Btill Healthy—Cotton
Manufacturers Thriving—Causes of
the Decline In Wheat.
New York, Oct. 18. —R G. Dun & Cos. ’s
weekly review of trade for the pa t week
reads as follows:
As before, the money market is the one
point of anxiety. The rates are higher, but
perhaps apprehension has somewhat less
ened, and the senseless cry that the pressure
was only manipulate!, has given place to a
more ratio-al understanding of the reality
aud consequent limitation of the
demand. The country still calls for
money largely, but reports from
nearly all the interi >r centers of supply
show that the supply is considered ample
for the commercial needs. The volume of
trade continues large; bank clearings exceed
last year’s: railroad earnings are encour
aging, and east-bound shipmeuts from Chi
cago are heavy.
THE IRON TRADE.
The iron trade is still healthy. Southern
furnaces so in t > have well sold up, and
though an offer of Lehigh valley brand No.
1 st sl*l 50 is reported, tne quotation for pig
is sl7 to $lB. Bar iron is not as firm as
other forms, and a surprisingly heavy de
mand for plates and structural forms is for
steel rathor than for iron. Rails are quote-1
at s3l 50, with saies for the week of 57,500
tons. An offer for 5,000 tons of American
iron to be shipped to Scotland failed because
freights were too high.
The wool trade Is still dull, and while
there is a fair movement of dress goods,
and enlarged discounts have caused mors
business in knitgoods, the demand for men’s
woolens is strictly moderate.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS.
Cotton manufacturers are thriving, and
the trade in goods is satisfactory, print
cloths selling at 3% cents for 64’s. A fur
ther decline of 1-1(5 cent In raw cotton
helps, and sales here were 540.000 bales for
the week. Receipts and exports both con
tinue to exceed last year’s, largely.
Speculation for higher prices in wheat has
not been active, for the last government
report and heavy northwestern receipts,
with scanty exports, combine to depress
prices, which have fallen 2,54 cents for the
week, with sales of 31,000,000 bushels,
against 30,000,000 last week.
Corn has declined % cent and oats
cent, while pork products, though still sus
tained by t e clique, are a little lower.
Coffee has yielded % cent and is weak at
Rio; traders suspect ou a better knowledge
of the yield than has been forwarded.
The coal business is better with cooler
weather, but by no means satisfactory.
The price of raw sugar has again declined
3tfc, and of refined jj'c, and a circular an
nounces the approacning opening of a large
Spreckels reft iery, but a fall in sugar trust
stock has been arrested by an upward re
action.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The stock market resists tight money
stubbornly, hut has yielded an average of
$1 per share on nctive railroad,stocks, with
s me recovery, however, on Friday. It is
the theory of some western managers that
an advance in prices, just before the meet
ing of tho legislatures in the granger
states, would be most unfortunate.
But a more generally controlling
influence is the conviction that western
competition threatens mischief and is not
restrained by the interstate act or by the
good sense of the managers, while for the
present monetary uncertainties are also
felt. The business failures occurring dur
ui g last week number for the United States
183, and for Canada 41.
ABOUT RATTLESNAKES.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Dan -
gerous Reptile.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Altoona, Fa., Oct. s.— The unusual
number of persons bitten by rattlesnakes
during the summer has created more than
ordinary interest in the subject, especially
with persons residing in the mountain dis
tricts of Pennsylvania, where the snake
crop is always up to the annual demand,
serpentine goods being marketable the same
as others productions of the country. Rat
tlesnakes command a price ranging from $1
to $5, according to size and condition.
Showmen and managers of museums pur
chase them, and there are persons
residing in the country who domesticate
and utilize them as household pets. Strange
as it may seem, there are peiple in the
mountain regions who regard a dish of
fried snake as a most delicate and whole
some luxury. Such persons entertain the
very singular belief that a diet of snake
possesses certain medicinal properties, and
in some instances physicians have recom
mended it as a sure cure for consumption.
The snake is oaotured, killed, skinned and
dressed the same as an eel, and those who
have partaken of it decl ire that the flesh of
a rattler has a most debcate and delicious
flavor.
SNAKE-BITTEN PEOPLE..
The present season has furnished a num
ber of real cases of snake bites, in addition
to those which occurred only in the imagi
nation of the writer. Recently al idy resid
ing in or near tiiis city was bitten by a
rattler, while out on the hills “berrying,”
but fortunately recovered.
An Altoona afternoon piper told its read
ers that Prof. Haverly, while on the mount
ains, had a contest with a large rattle
snake and came off victor by making a
rapid and successful rotroat. The saake, it
is reported, jumped at him three tim.es, and
each time the professor fired a charge from
his revolver, but the shots did not take ef
fect. He retreated without killing the rep
tile. It Is needless to say that rattlers never
jump, not even at a high school professor.
Several cases of snake bite are rep irted
from adjoining counties. In Huntingdon a
ohild was bitten and is not expected to re
cover. Near Chest creek, Cambria county,
two men, a woman and child were each
twice bitten by two snakes. None of these
cases proved fatal. In Clearfield county, a
man fishing on Lost Run near Senator
Wallace’s coal mines, was bitten and cured
himself by keeping his wounded leg in a
stream of cold water, after having swal
lowed a pint of whisky. Bald Knob, in the
same county, furnished auotner victim, who
at last reports was dying. Another case
occurred in Center county. A man who
was gathering huckleberries on Ice mount
ain, near the head of Moshannou creak,
attempted to capture a rattler for a show
man, stopping iu Tyrone. In trving to
force the snake into the cigar box the rep
tile struck him on the right hand. His re
covery is reported doubtful. A man from
this city went out a few days ago and capt
ured three large rattlers—two black and
one yellow—for the purpose of domesticat
ing them, but unfortunately one of the
snakes bit a favorite cat, which soon died.
A fearless domestic then dumped the snakes
into a heating furnace, and that was the
last of them.
TO UK HANDLED WITH CARE.
Any rattlesnake can be handled with im
punity and perfect safety, but the handling
must lie done with care. It is uot absolute
ly sale to make a necktie of a big rattler,
but it can lie done by one who understands
his business. Keep the snake in a good
humor, never touch its tail aud it will uot
In e. The writer has bseu bitten without
experiencing very serious man its, vet the
wound wa-exceedingly painful. V/ill power
n! me is a god reined y iu case of such ac
cidents. Many persons when bitte i die
fr mu pure fright. It has lieeu discovered
by • physician of this city Uial a oomom
tt-ated preparation of tern* >in, if applied un
me iiately, rends*. a snake hit* perfectly
harmless. 11ml this ben i known va . ago,
many prectoua ilvaa might have bueu saved.
SNAKE DESTROYERS.
Hogs attack, kill and eat snakes with
perfect impunity. Other animals are natu
ral enemies of the reutile, but the Ameri
can eagle is known to be the most savage
ami fearless foe of the deadly rattlesnake.
Besides preying upon birds and small ani
mals, the eagle has a relish for serpents and
also gathers them in as food for its young. On
one occasion while a party of gunners were
out on the mountains of Center county they
espied an eagle several hundred fee: in the
air, slowly winging its way toward a dis
tant pine forest. When dire tly oyer them
the men fired seye al shots at the bird and
were greatly surprised to see it dr p what
they supposed to be a large eel. Going to
the spot where it fell, the men were startled
at the sight of a full grown rattlesnake
almost lifeless, but still squirming among
the fern shrub*. The snake was badly
torn by the eagle’s talons, ad having been
severely shake i up by the f Ul, it was easily
dispatched with a club. At another time
near the head of Trout run, in the same
county, an eagle was seen to rise from the
summit of a high rock. Suddenly the bird
began to flutter one of its wings and fell to
the ground below the roo-.s, making a
rapid descent of ab ut 100 feet. Three or
four coal prospectors who had witnos-ed
the singular affair rau to the scene and
found the eagle aud a rattlesnake locked in
deadly embrace. The rattier had thrown
a vigorous coil around one of the bird’s
wings, and down tne contestants came to
gether, more dead than alive. One day
near the middle of last August a log cutter
living not far from Houtzdale heard a ter
rible racket among his chickens while in
camp enjoying his noon repast. Getting
up hurriedly from his rough board table he
went out to an old log stable from whence
the noise proceeded, aud was astonished to
find that an old hen in defending her little
“chicks” had picked the eyes out of a four
feet rattlesnake. The other chickens took
no part in the fight, except ail Old rooster
that had cautiously enough “tackled” a baby
rattlesnake, and. holding it up In his beak,
was making a big display before his admir
ing lady friends.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RATTLERS.
The rattlesnake belongs to the genius
crotalus which is sub-divided, making sev
eral family distinctions w ithout any mate
rial difference, except in size and color.
Those inhabiting the Allegheny mountains
are described as black and yellow, with an
occasional specimen of the brown, making
tnre i family or tribal distinctions. The
fangs are seldom less than half an inch in
length—sometimes three-fourths. They are
curved similar to a cat’s claw and sharp as
the finest needle. Not infrequently there
are nine on either side, but they are usually
in pairs. These dangerous weapons are
movable and controlled by the action of
strong muscles. Wheu not i.u u e they are
drawn back in close proximity to the poi
sm gland*, tne virus from which is pressed
through the fangs, which are hollow al
most to the point. All rattlesnakes a e
spotted or rather variegated in color, which
produces a mottled, finely blended and
beautiful velvety appearance. In the man
ner of reproduction, the rattlesnake is
viviparous. Iu the fall, like other snakes,
the rattler seek; a home among the rocks
and remains torpid until spring.
SOMETHING SCIENCE HAS NOT SOLVED.
As to the genesis of the rattlesnake,
science has hitherto failed to evolve a clear
and reliable system or exegesis on the sub
ject of reptilian evolution. It is generally
conceded by scientists that all birds, large
and small, represent a link in the ohain
of natural evolution, extending back to the
order reptilia. In other words, the crane,
for instance, is merely a serpeut that has
been improved by the development of
wings, legs and feathers. This theory was
adopted by the late Richard A. Proctor,
but neither he nor Darwin, not even Huxley,
ever gave the world a complete system
explaining the origin of reptiles, which por
tion of the animal kingdom is loosely as
signed to the Devonian period. The rattle
snake could not have reached its present
state of development later than the carbon
iferous era, and the later formations being
absent in Pennsylvania. It is uncertain
yet whether reptiles were originally para
sites, that clung to nobler and higher orders
of being, or whether they had a legitimate
origin, one that can be traced back along
the chain of evolutionary being to the first
germs of life in the oarlier ages. “Flying
serpents” are heard of away baok. Those
accounts may be mythical, and yet not
altogether myths. Science confirms what
mythology owes to tradition. So far as
Known the only fossil rattlesnake ever dis
covered in Pennsylvania was in the Mahon
ing sandrocks over the coal measures, in
Center county. Tho form was perfect, even
to the shape of the rattles.
SUPERS TITIONB ABOUT BABIES.
The Customs They are Subjected to
in Various Countries.
From the Springfield Republican.
In Ireland a belt made of woman’s hair
is placed about a child to keep harm away.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are put into
the cradle of a new-born babe in Holland.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons
around the ankles of their children to pre
serve them from harm, while Esthonian
mothers attach bits of asafetida to tie
necks of their offspring.
Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or a
knife in the cradle to insure the safety of
their children; the knife is also used for the
same purpose in some parts of England.
Among the Vosges peasants children born
at anew moon are supposed to have their
tongues better hung than others, while those
born at the last quarter are supposed to
have less tongue, but better reasoning pow
ers. A daughter born during the waxsng
moon is always precocious.
At the birth of a child in lower Brittany
the neighboring women take it in charge,
wash it, crack its joints and rub its head
with oil to solder the cranium bones. It is
then wrapped in a tight bundle, and its lips
are anointed with brandy to make it a full
Breton.
The Grecian mother, before patting her
child in its cradle, turns three times around
before the fire while singing her favorite
song to ward off evil spirits.
In Scotland it is said that to rock the
empty cradle will insure the coming of
other occupants for it.
The Loudon mother places a book under
the head of the new-born infant, that it
may be quick at reading, and puts money
into the first bath to guarantee its wealth
in the future.
Tne Turkish mother loads her child with
amulets as soon as it is born, and a small
bit of mud, well steeped in hot water, pre
pared by previous charms, is stuck on its
forehead.
In Spain the infant’s face is swept with a
pine-tree bough to bring good luck.
In America the child is handed over to a
nurse witn instructions to “raise it on the
bottle."
ON THE DIAMOND.
The Games Played Yesterday on the
Ball Fields.
Washington, Oct 18.—Base ball games
were played to-day with tho following re
sults:
First game world’s championship series
at New York —
New York 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 o—lo
Brooklyn. 5102400 0-12
Base hits: New York IS, Brooklyn 16. Errors:
New York 1, Brooklyn 4. Batteries: Keefe and
Ewing, Terry an! I’iark.
At the end of the eighth inning darkness
prevented further play, but neither umpire
formally called game. It is probable that
the game will tie given to Brooklyn, as
I'iupire Ferguson declared the third man
out on the Brooklyn side.
Life Imprisonment for Murder.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18.—Henry Taylor
was 10-day convicted in Whitfield c unty
of the murder of State Senator Ham tel
Field, aud sentenced to life imprisonment.
Death at Columbus.
CoLcusrs, Ua., Oct DC—L. L. Cosvdery ,
a pr< *in,neut uiarcuaiit bore, d;a<l last nig .t
at the advanced age of 81 years.
HENRIK IBSEN’S PLAYS.
Something About the Old Norse Salt
and Kis Work.
From the October Book-Buyer.
The performance recently in London of
two of Henrik Ibson’s plays, “The Doll’s
House” and “The Pillars of Society,” at
tracted a good deal of attention iu literary
and dramatic circles, and has given rise to a
wide discussion, not only of the merits and
defects of Ibsen’s plays, but of the social
questions which his drama raise. For Ib
sen’s function is that of a satirist of the
follies of Society and of the weaknesses of
human nature. The shams and humbugs
in morals, Dolitics, literature and society are
the targets for his w 11-aime 1 shots.
Ibsen’s writings are his life. They are
not conjectural!/ autobiographic, but liter
ally and designedly so. “Everything that
I have writ.en,” he says, “is most inti
mately connected with what I have experi
enced or have not experienced. Each new
poem has served for me the purpose of puri
fying and enlightening the miud, for one is
never without a certain share iu and re
sponsibility toward the society to which one
belongs."
A. M. Palmer, tho manager of the Madi
son square theater, has purchased tho
American rights in “ i’he Pillars of Society,”
and so this play is likely to be seen upon the
New York stage the coming season. “The
Doll’s House,” which treats of tae marriage
que.tionand the position of woman in so
ciety, is regarded as the strongest of Ibsen’s
dramas. It was produced at the Novelty
theater, London, in the presence of an audi
ence of distinguished literary pe >ple. The
translation used was by William Archer;
and it is now proposed to issue in London
an edition de luxe of this translation, with
photographic illustrations of scenes from
the play as performed at the Novelty thea
ter.
Andrew Lang, as opposed to Edmund
Gosse and other English admirers of Ibsen,
thinks that “his social dramas are full of
the cares of this world; they are clamor
ous with invectives against law and order,
and all that prevents mankind from jump
ing off its shadow, from eating its cake aud
having it, and from proving that two aud
two come to any arithmetical result you
happen to fancy,”
Ibsen is 61 years old. The Journal des
Debats describes him as having “rude fea
tures, piercing eyes, a firm mouth, a shock
of turn iled hair, a mass of white beard at
the throat, and the air of an old Norse salt”
—a pen picture that it will be interesting
to compare with the portrait of tne dra
matist.
A Fortunate Mistake.
From the New York Star.
Dr. Norvin Green told me an amusing inci
dent the other day ill connection with his ex
perience with reporters. “A Philadelphia
newspaper man came to see me some time
ago.’* said the doctor, “regarding some diffi
culty the Western Union Company had had
with the Quaker City authorities over the
question of placing our telegraph wires under
ground. They had passed ordinances directing
us to do the work, and it so happened that at
that time the Bell Telephone Company had the
streets open for the same purpose. We
wanted to run our telegraph wires in the same
trenches, but the city would not let us do it.
After I had talked the matter over with the
Philadelphia man. wiiat did he do but go home
and print that 1 had said that the Bell Telephone
folks would not allow us to use their trenches.
When the Philadelphia common council read
that the Beil people were opposed to us they
rescinded th.-tr resolution prohibiting us from
using the Bell trenches, and so sought to shift
the responsibility on to them.” Dr. Green
laughed heartily as he recalled the affair, and
continued: “You may be sure we were not slow
in availing ourselves of the sought-for privilege,
and the work was done, thanks to the blunder
of the newspaper man. ”
RACING AT LATONIA.
The Weather Good and the Track
Fast—A Summary.
Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 18.—The weather
was good and the track fast at the Latonia
races to-day. The events were as follows:
First Race—For 9-year-old fillies; half a
mile. Madumma woo, with Martha Page
second, and Fiyerjthird. Time 0:4954.
Second Race— Three-quarters of a mile.
Rimini won, with F,cstacy second, and Warpeak
third. Time 1:16G.
Third Race—Sidling purse, for 2-year-olds;
five turlongs. Lizzie I) won, with King Fortune
second, and Salute third. Time ! :03.
Fourth Race— Selling purse, for 2-year-olds;
five furlongs. Pullman won, with Romaine
second, and Hopeful third. Time 1:0354-
Fifth Race— Seven furlongs. Sportsman
won, with Princess Bowling second, and Tom
Hood third.
MEDICAL.
Yea
Hood> Nnrsaparilln purifies the blood,
builds up weak and debilitated systems,
gives strength to weakened nerves, over
comes that tired feeling, tones the digestive
organs, invigorates and regulates the kid
neys and liver, expels disease and gives
vigorous health. Young people say: “It is
the best medicine we ever took.” Old peo
ple say: “ It makes us feel young again.”
fePKCIAL NOTICES.
REILY’S TOMATO C'HITNA.
Most delicious sauce ever evolved from the
tomato. Different from any you ever tried.
Admirable with meats, fish, oysters hot but
tered toast, macaroni, etc. So cheap that every
one may use it freely.
Hj Oallon Stone Jugs of it 8 75
l Gallon Stone Jugs of it 1 43
2- Stone J ugs of it 2 75
3- Stone Jugs of it 3 95
JOHN J. REILY,
Telephone 165. 30 Whitaker street.
FOR SALE.
AN ELEGANT BUILDING LOT, 60x105.
It is one of the finest in the market, being
near tho pars extension, well shaded, with
handsome oaks, fenced and paved. mg
C. 11. DORSETT,
Real Estate Dealer.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship HARROGATE, Husband,
Master, will he responsible for any debts con
tracted by the crew.
A. MINIS A SONS. Consignee.,
PATRONIZE THE ti. M. HEIIIT CO.,
Corner Congress nod Whitaker streets,
ros RELIABLE
DBUOB. FANCY ARTICLE!*, FINE CONFKC j
TIOKEBY AND FRESH fcLEDft I
DEATHS.
HANSELL.—Died, at Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 5,
1889. Margaret Charlton, wife of Char.es P.
Hanseli, an i youngest daughter of the late
Robert M. Charlton.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices" teiil be ckar'jil $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
REGARDING BITTER.
Aiming to have in all ray specialties the best
that money can buy, I am pleased to announce
that I have tins 'lay been appointed sole ayent
for Savannah of the
ELLINGTON CREAMERY,
—of—
MELROSE. CONN.
This creamery is named by the editor of the
All y nan as one of the three creameries in the
United States making the best butter possible
to get.
Their butter is only sold in 54!h and lib prints
or bricks, each of which bears their stamo.
E. C. Cos.
I have arranged with them to make me two
shipments a week of their butter. As soon as
the butter is made and printed it will be packed
at the creamery with ice in their
patent refrigerator butter
CARRIERS
And expressed to me. As the carriers take
sufficient ice to last from the time it leaves the
creamery until I receive It, and as 1 keep it on
ice until it is sent out, consumers can rely upon
getting this butter in the best shape imaginable.
Those desiring to be supplied with it should
leave standing orders to have it sent regularly
to them on certain days each week.
JOHN J. REILY,
Telephone 165. 30 Whitaker street
TOWN LOTS
AT
SACKVILLE, GA.
40x110 Feet. 40x103 Feet. tOxIOO Feet.
Facing north and south. Each fronting 40 or
50 feet avenue four-fifths of a mile long. Each
block containing twenty lots is divided by a
lane running parallel with the avenues. These
lots are offered for sale at the rate of
@25 FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY,
And every one desirous of obtaining one or
more lots will do well to make their selections
and close their bargain before the 30th of No
vember, after which this offer will be with
drawn. To make it convenient for parties
wishing to buy or seeking information, they
may call at Messrs. I. D. Laßoche * Son. IRS
Bay street, or call at Sackviile on Sunday,
where all information is cheerfully given by
HENRY SACK.
MY CANDIES AND CONFECTIONS
Eclipse any ever brought to Savannah. A line
of odd and pretty Baskets, V4-lb to 5-lh, suitable
for packing confections in, just received.
Finest Bon Bons. Chocolates, and Fruits,
packed freshly every day, in elegant style.
75c. for l-t> Boxes. 40c. for 54-lb Boxes.
JOHN J. REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
30 Whitaker Street. Telephone 165.
If outside the city, send 20c. additional
per pound for postage.
BANANAS! BANANAS!
500 BUNCHES
FINE, RIPE, YELLOW BANANAS.
Must be sold
REGARDLESS OF COST.
Call early and secure a bunch.
J. S. COLLINS & CO.
DtIIIET’B EXTRA SUPERFINE
PURE OLIVE OR SALAD OIL,
BY THEY BOTTLE, CASE. QUART, GALLON,
OR FIVE-GALLON TIN.
JOHN J. REILY,
Importer of and Sole Agent for Duret’s French
Salad Oil.
ONION SETS
And all other FALL GARDEN SEEDS of the
best quality and perfectly fresh, at
E. J. KIEFFER’S,
West Broad and Srewart streets.
REILY’S ROASTED COFFEES
Are the delight of those who appreciate a
“ready good cup of coffee. ”
ROASTED FRESHLY EVERY DAY.
$5,000 invested in Coffee Roasting Machinery.
JOHN J. REILY.
Telephone 1 65.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
I herewith beg to inform my friends and the
public that
BEGINNING TO-DAY, OCT. 19,
I WILL HAVE AT MV STORE,
CORNER DRAYTON AND LIBERTY STS.
OPPOSITE DE SOTO HOTEL,
THE CELEBRATED FAUST BEER
ON DRAUGHT,
AS WELL AS ' ~ V -
IN BOTTLES FOR FAMILY USE,
And I will serve this fine beer in as good style
as can be had anywhere in the city.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM SCHEIHING.
CONFECTIONS
'.‘l
.1
RECEIVED FRESH 7 7*
THREE TIMES A WEEK
—AT—
B T L BBS PHARMACY.
HR. FALl.lt* ANT
Will resume the practice of Medicine from this
date.
Office and Residence,
18t SOUTn BROAD STREET.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor consigners of the
British steamship ASIATIC, Chamberlain,
Master, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by the crew
A. Ml Nib A SONS, Consignees.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PILSEN BEER I
BESIDES OCR REGULAR
PILSEN BEER,
WE ARK NOW SERVING
BOHEMIAN BEER
AT THF PRICE OF
8 2 NET PER K EO.
SPECIAL
The twelfth annual session of Sherwood's
Dancing Academy, at Masonic Temple, will re
open SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Oct! 19, at 4
o’clock, with Misses and Masters’ class and ™,i
MONDAY E-WINING, Oct. 21. at
Ladies and Gentlemen's class. Misses an.i
Maulers' class will be continue ! everv Tl’vj
DAT THURSDAY and SATURDAY AFTER
NOONS at 8 o’clock, and Ladies and Gentle,
men’s class every MONDAY and FRlinv
EVENINGS at 8 o’clock. For terms, etc £l.
at hall or send for circular. Address ’
J. B. SHERWOOD, Masonic Temple,
READ THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE".
I have used Dr. Ulmer’s Corrector in mv
family for some time, and can testify to iu
efficacy as a great family medicine. For ladies
I think It unrivaled. GEO. M. KNIGHT,
Blandon Springs, Ala.
Would not take SI,OOO for the good derived
from the use of Ulmer’s Liver Corrector
H. H. KAYTON, New York.
Recommended by prominent physicians, and
awarded highest prize over Competitors Ask
for UL MER'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 vour
order direct, and it will be forwarded by ex
press, freight paid.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER.'
1 NIGHT ONLY--MONDAY, OCT. 21.
A ROYAL FEAST!
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST’
LILLY CLAY'S
COLOSSAL
GAIETY COMPANY,
Under the personal management of SAM T
JACK.
4-O—ARTISTS—4O
Presesenting the Gorgeous Spectacle of
Beauty in Dreamland;
Or, PEARLS OF THE ORIENT.
(Copyrighted May, 1889.)
And the Sparkling Burlesque of The Devil’s
Frolic ; or, Little Faust on a Lark.
SUPERB DOUBLE BILL.
Seats on sale at Butler’s Drug Store Oct. 18.
Next Attraction—LOUlS JAMES, Oct. 24.
RUBBER BELTS ETC.
Mill Supplies.
Rubber Belting.
Leather Belting.
Rubber Packing.
Hemp Packing.
Traction Beit Grease
Manilla Rope.
Coil Chain.
PALMER BROS.
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston 4 Satannah Kaiiaaj Ca
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.
COMMENCING SATURDAY, June 15th, this
company will sail Excursion Tickets to
CHARLESTON and WALTERBORO by follow
ing trains,at following rates:
SATURDAYS.
Leave Savannah 12:39 p. m. Returning, I
leave Charleston 7:20 following Mon- V 8“
day morning )
SATURDAYS.
Leave Savannah 12:39 p. m. Returning. 1 -
leave Walterboro 1 a. m. following >B 3 m
Monday morning I
SUNDAYS.
Leave Savannah 6:45 a. m. Returning, 1 -
leave Charleston 7:20 following Mon ’ c- rl
day morning )
LeaveSavannah6:4s a. m. Sunday morn-1
tag. Returning, leave Charleston VB l w
3:10 p. m. same day 1
Leave Savannah 6:45 A. m. Returning, I aj 50
leave Walterboro 4:15 p. m !
E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen, Pass.
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
BUSINESS IS OPENING,
And Business Men are needing
their supplies of Office Station
ery. Orders for Blank Books
and Printed Blanks of all kinds
will have prompt and careful a
tention if left with the Old an
Reliable Printer and Binder.
93 Bay. GEO. N. NICHOLS
EDUCATIONAL.
~S,YVAN.VAH ACADIA 1 ) 1
HR BULL STREET, MADISON SIJUARt-
HPHE Sevannh Academy opened TUEPW •
1 Ist of October. Instruction piven in .
dent and modern languages.
English. Special attention riven to the .
mar School Department so that student. .
enter business at an early age. Catalog” .
talned al Davie Bros, or Savannah
Office bourn 8 to 10 a. u. snd 2 to 4 e a-
JOHN TAUAFE^
st. johnTT mTjtary SCHOOL
MANJ.ITTS. If. Y.
CGVIL ENGINEERING. ('!•, t
/ Hr Ray. r. U HUNTINGTON.
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