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CAPITAL OF THE STATE.
IHS GOVERNOR FINISHES HIS
WORK ON THE BILLS.
Only Ore Veto Since the Legislature
Adjourned Several Measures of
Local Interest Among Those tigned
Yesterday—The Naming of Aider
men and Councilman Taken Out of
the Hands of the Ward Politicians.
AiLiMi, Ga., Not. 14.—The'governor
to-day signed the last of the ac sand reso
lutious left with him by the legislature. Ail
received his approval except the resolution
discharging inebriates from the state luna
tic asvium, which he vetoed yesterday.
There was some expectation that he would
veto the lottery advertisement bill, but it
was signed with the rest. Among tne acts
signed not already reported are the follow
ing:
To incorporate the Savannah and Isle of
Hope railway.
To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the
Order of United Southern Israelites.
To incorporate the Metropolitan Savings
and Loan Company of Savannah.
To redistrict the city of Savannah.
To amend the charter of the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery railroad, s > as
to authorize the construction of a telegraph
line.
To incorporate the Americus and Jack
sonville railroad.
To incorporate the St, Simon’s Short
Line railroad.
To incorporate the Georgia, Tennessee
and Illinois railroad.
To incorporate the Southern Travelers’
Association.
To incorporate the Southwest Exchange
and Banking Company of Blakely.
To require clerks of the superior courts
to keep a record book of superior court
charters.
To prohibit any further exemption from
taxation of manufacturing or other enter
prises.
To amend the charter of Brunswick so as
to authorize the levy and collection of a
special tax for public schools.
To require superior court clerks in
counties having a city of 10,000 inhabitants
or more, where two or more judges may
preside, to keep civil and criminal dockets.
A resolution relative to the removal of
obstructions to the passage of llsh in the
Savannah river at Augusta.
BACK FROM SAVANNAH.
Returning visitors from Savannah talk
of nothing but the hospitality of the Forest
Citv. All who came back this way report
a glorious time. Savannah evidently capt
ured the crowd.
MUNICIPAL POLITICS.
The city went bead over heels into
municipal politics tc-night. Tho wrangling
and bickering at the recent ward meetings
disgusted the people, and to-night au im
mense mass meeting, held at the court
bouse, took the nomination of aldermen
and councilmen out of the hands of the
ward politicians and turned it over to a
committee of one hundred.
A SEWING MACHINE AGENT ARRESTED.
L T. Shutton, a well-known Atlanta sew
ing machine agent, was arrested here to-day
on a telegraphic request from Athens on u
charge of forgery. Shutton denies the
charge and asserts that lie will come out
clear.
A CONFLAGRATION PREVENTED.
Chief Joiner, by prompt movements, ex
tinguished a fire in a building occupied by
Hancock & King, at the corner of Broad
and Alabama street-, at 11 o’clock to-night.
When discovered the fire was on throe
floors, and, with a high wind, a disastrous
fire was feared. The damage is slight.
A ROAD WITH A BIG NAME.
Its Directors Increased from Five
to Ten.
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 14.—At a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Mexican
Gulf, Pacific and Puget Sound Railroad
Company held in this city to-day the num
ber of directors was increased from five to
ten. The directory now stands as follows:
W. A. S. Wheeler, S. N. Vim Praag, Dr.
William H. Ross, Capt. J. M. Aiken, J. H.
Cross, Dennis Bur sand A. G. Mareno of
Pensacola, Daniel Macaulav and L. A. Van
Praag of New York, and Wm. C. M. Leon
of Grenada, Miss, As soon as tho party can
be made up and a few preliminaries can be
arranged a corps of surveyors will begin
the work of snrveying and locating the
road. It is proposed to build the line as far
as York, Ala., during the coming year.
A MILL HAND SHOT.
The Hegroes Excited Over the Affair
and May Make Trouble.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 14.—News has
just been received here of the shooting at
Paxton & Mattox’s saw-mill at Clinch
haven, near Homerville, of a negro mill
band by Lumber Inspector Cooley. Tne
negro was impudent to Mr. Croiev, and
subsequently abused andstruck him, where
upon Mr. Croley shot him, the ball lodging
in his head- He cannot recover. The ne
groes have been banding together, and sum
moning help from other sections, threaten
ing violent*. There are fears of trouble
to-night. The whites are on the watch, and
will meet auy assault.
PRISONERS BREAK JAIL.
Tools Furnished by Outside Parties
to Cut the Bars.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 14.—Late last
night seven .prisoners escaped from the
Glynn county jail. They were: J. H. Mine
ban (white), charged with murder; B.
Dickson (white), murder; E. L. Williams
(white), robbery; John Fox (white),
bigamy; D. O’Quinn (white), larceny;
Thomas Cook (white), burglary; Jimmie
Beasley (colored), larceny. They sawed
out the bars of their cells, using tools fur
nished from outside, and reached the
ground by means of a rope made of strips of
blankets. The sheriff offers a liberal re
ward for their capture and delivery.
TO HANG AFTER NEW TEAR’S.
Phil Bell Convicted of Killing J. L.
Evans at Louisville.
Louisville, Ga., Nov. 14.—There was
considerable excitement in and around the
court house to-day during the progress of
the trial of the negro Phil Bell, who shot
and killed J. L. Evans with a shotgun last
summer, at Matthews station. The evi
dence being conclusive, notwithstanding
the efforts of the prisoner’s counsel, Col.
Gus Wootten, who made a splendid speech,
the prisoner was found guilty a.id sentenced
to be hanged on Jan. 3, next.
Court will probably continue in session
all the week.
A BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH.
The Roller of a Sugar Mill Turns Over
on Him.
Bainbridge, Ga., Nov. 14.—A fatal
accident occurred here this afternoon to
the 5-j ear-old son of one of the city’s most
respected merchants, I. Kivilec <i. The boy,
named Dolly, was playing on the platform
in front of his father’s store, where there
was a large roller to a sugar mill. The boy
was on top of the roller, when it turned,
throwing him to the grouud, and passing
over his skull, crushed it horribly. Death
was instantaneous.
A Murder Trial.
Dover, Ga., Nov. 14.—Superior court
will convene in this county on Monday
next, and among the few cases of import
ance that will be tried is tbat of Thomas
Heard, charged w ith killing J. M. Canner
m this county a short time ago.
BROOKSVILLE BRIEFS.
Orange Packing Houses—Syrup from
Cane-The High School.
Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 14.—Brooks
vilie ha cow in successful operation two
orange racking h> u>es, one owned and con
duc ed by W. E. Law, and the other by I.
W. Peck, both young and enterprising men.
These geulb nien are shipping and selling
by the carload. The oranges of many
orchards have been purchased on the trees,
and the products of other orchards have
been sold up< u delivery at dep t already
packed. Tti re are several priv ate packing
houses in town. Oi ange picking- packing and
shipping is almost the craz; now. Other
lines of busine s are looking up also, as
much money is being put into circulation.
CANE SYRUP.
Farmers will s on be making up juice
from their care into first-class Florida
syrup. During the spring, or early sum
mer, sorghum cane w s ground, ad the
juice was made up into a fair quality of
syrup.
It has been demonstrated by your cor
respondent that green sweet potato vines
make a fine forage for milch cows. The
cows are not only fond of them, but at the
same time they produce good milk and an
increased quantity.
The pastor in charge of the Methodist
Episcopal church at this place, Rev. Mr.
Hawkins, is now conducting a series of
meetings with his church and congregation.
So far he has no ministerial aid. As the
meeting has just cleverly begun, results
caunot be given.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
the high school is now tho “pet” of
Brooksville. It has iu attendance about 125
pupils. Its various departments are all
well conducted. The principal is Prof. E.
R. Warreuer, who is in charge for the third
term, and who has done a great deal to
build up the school Two years ago the
school was run in a small, one room nuild
ing;now it is conducted in anew and hand
some and tasty two-story six-room building.
It has normal and military deparimints,
and a commercial department is t dked of.
Mis- Baker and Miss Wooten are ths wide
awake assistant teachers, each filling a first
term. Col. Fred. L. Robertson aid Judge
W. S. Jennings have charge of the military
department.
Birmingham’s Fall Races.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14.— A1l the
hotels are crowded with horsemen and
visitors to see the races, which begin on
Saturday. Two hundred gnd forty-eight
horses are at the fair grounds and more
will come in. The first event Saturday w ill
be the Florence hotel handicap, SSOO added,
for which there are twelve entr es. This is
the first fall meeting Birmingham has lma.
Three other races for Saturday enter to
morrow.
A REVOLUTIONARY BOMB.
It Explodes in a Boy’s Bonfire After
More Than 100 Years.
From the St. Louis Republic.
New York, Nov. 11. —An explosion took
place in the back yard of George W. H.
Andrews, at 100 Ashford street, Brooklyn,
about dusk on Saturday while Mr. Andrews
was at dinner. Mr. Andrews’ 10-year-old
son, Freddie, brought home a rusty iron
ball about four inches in diameter about a
year ago. He and a companion foui.d the
ball imbedded in the ground in a field rear
the New Lots road. His father examined
it at the time and concluded it was the end
of a hammer used in hammer throwing
contests. There was a circular hole in the
ball about an inch and a half in diameter,
but this had been plugged up with lead.
The children in the neighborhood played
with the ball occasionally during the year.
On Saturday afternoon Freddie swept up
the fallen leaves aud other debris in tho
back yard, aud made a bonfire of the mass,
with the iron ball in the center of it. The
fi’-e burned slowly in the rain at first, but
afterward it began to flare up, and Mr.
Andrews suggested that the flames were
becoming dangerous. The boy then took a
dipper, and proceeded to drench the burn
ing mass with water. While he was doing
this the explosion occurred. It rattled the
disues on the table, and alarmed the neigh
borhood for blocks around. Mrs. Andrews
ran to the door, and met Freddie screaming
on his way to the house. Tne child’s face
was blackened and burned with powder,
aud the back of one of his hands was torn
and bleeding.
An investigation showed that the iron
ball, which he now believes was an old
bombshell of the revolutionary period, had
exploded. A piece of the shell passed
through a rear window into tho house of
his neighbor, Mr. Baunon, tearing away a
part of the sash, injuring the plaster of the
opposite wall and imbedding itself in the
studding. To-day Mr. Andrews picked out
of the fence and off the grouud seventeen
leaden bullets, each about three-quarters of
an inch iu diameter, wi h which tae shell
had been filled. The bullets had evideutlv
been cast in an old-fashioned hand mould.
The boy was not seriously hurt and uobedy
else was hurt at all.
CHEEK CARRIED HIM THROUGH
The Man Who Nominated Himself
Elected to the Legislature.
From the New York World.
Boston, Nov. 12.—Henry A. Cook of
Leominster, Mass., wanted to be elected to
the legislature; so early last month he pub
lished a notice to that effect in the loca'
p aper, hired a hall, and on Oct. 8 placed
himself ia nomination before a convention
of enthusiastic fellow-citizens. He asked
no one to ratify the nomination, but h > rat
ified it himself. He toid his constituents
why he was a good man for the honor, anti
that, bring sensibls pe .pie, he knew they
would take his advice and vote for him.
He said that there were now eight or ten
candidates in the Republican party ready
to go before the convention, and that he
intended to spike all their gu s bv telling
every mean thing he had ever done, to
gether wiih some of his good deeds, and
thus forestall the possibility of being slan
dered by his enemies.
He began with Ins birth, and shoved that
he had been a hostler, a peddl r, a tramp, a
grocer; man, a stableman, a cbairmaker, a
combmaker, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a
manufacturer, a gambler, a tmef, a large
real estate dealer, a lawyer, a detective,
and that his present occupation was seeking
the office of representative. He wanted it
understood that he was a total abs ainer
without being a prohibitionist. The humor
and frankness of the would-be legislator
made him hosts of friends.
He ran as an independent, and was elected
by a plurality of thirty-four votes over the
republican nominee in a strong republican
district.
Why 1900 is Not a Leap Year.
The following explanation will show you
why the year 1900 will not he counted
among leap years; The year is 365 davs 5
hours and 49 minutes long; 11 minutes are
taken every year to make the year 3boi,£
days long, and every fourth year we t ave
an extra day. This was Juliu- Cwsar’s
arrangement, as explained iu ‘‘Notes for
the Curious in the Republic of Aug. :4.
You may ask: “Where do these 11 minutes
c >me from F They come fro n.the future,
and are paid by omitting leap
year every 100 years. But if leap
year is omitted regularly every one hun
dredth year, in the course of 400 years
it is found that the 11 minutes taken
each year will not only have been paid
back, but that a whole day will have been
given up. So Pope Gregory XIII.. who
improved on Caesar’s calendar in 1582, de
creed that every ceuturial year divisible by
four should be a leap year after all. So we
borrow eleven minutes each year more than
paying our borrowings back by omitting
three leap years in tnree ceuturial years,
and square matters bv having a leap year
iu the fourth ceuturial year. Pope Greg
ory’s arrangement is so exact, and the bor
row ing and paying back balanced so nicely,
that we borrow more than we pay back to
the extent of only one day in 3,886 years.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1889.
WADE HAMPTON’S ANGER
WANAMAKER PUTS THE BLAME
ON THE PRESIDENT.
Two Appointments Made by Harrison
That the Postmaster-General Knew
Nothing About—the Latter Intended
to Keep His Promises and Doing His
Best to Make Them Good.
Washington, Nov. 14.—President Har
rison is responsible for Senator Hampton’s
indignation at Postmaster General Wana
makt-r. Mr. Wanamaker did premise
Senator Hampton, when Senator Hampton
was here, that he would not disturb Sena
tor Hampton’s relative. Postmaster Gibbes
of Columbia, until February. At about
the same time he said he would not disturb
the postmaster at Anderson Court Home
until Februrary, both terms expiring at
about the same time. He also promised the
South Carolina republicans that Russell
should be appointed postmaster at Colum
bia, and that Mrs. Cocarane, wife of Sena
tor Cochrane of reconstruction days, should
have tho Anderson postoffioe.
WANAMAKER MEANT WELL
Mr. Wanamaker would of course have
kept his promise all around, but within a
short ti ne after they were made, W. W.
Russell, the unfilial son of Col. Russell,
whom Mr. Wanamaker was to have made
postmaster at Columbia, came to Washing
ton, aud going to the President (who knew
nothing of Mr. Wanamaker’s promises ap
parently) persuaded him on the ground
t at he (VV. W. Russell) would thus be
helped in his efforts to build up a white
Republican party in South Carolina, to
appoiut W. W. Russell, himself, postmaster
Anderson Court House, and his friend,
Virgil Clayton, postmaster at Columbia,
being obliged to make removals to do so.
HOW WANAMAKER HEARD IT.
When the news got out the South Caro
lina republicans in town rushed down to
see Mr. Wanamaker. They did not care
about Senator Hampton’s relative, the post
master at Columbia, but they did want Mr.
Wanamaker’.-. other promises carried out.
“I did not know that W. W. Russell and
Mr. Clayton had been appointed,” said Mr.
Wanamaker, “until you told me. I will
see the President about it.” When
he had described his awkward situation
to the President and appealed to him
to help him keep his promises, t ie Presi
dent expressed regret and authorized a
suspension of Mr. Clayton. Mr. Wana
maker thereupon huug the President’s
appointments up, and it is pretty safe to
say that they never will be taken off the
hooks. Tho postmasters at Columbia and
at Anderson will probably remain until
February, when Col. Russell will succeed
at Columbia aud Mrs. Cochrane at Ander
son.
housekeeping FOR GIRLS.
It Should be Considered Part of Their
Education.
From the A'eio York Star.
The writer of this article has diligently
inquired, but cannot hear of any school or
college wherein girls aud young women are
taught housekeeping or household work of
any kind. Last year the public schools
of this city introduced cooki g, and
there are kitchen-garden schools maintained
by various charitable societies, where poor
children are taught how to make beds,
sweep rooms, dust aud set the table for
meals. Cooking is a part of ho :sekee,iiug,
of course; but why is it that only the chil
dren of the poor are taught the other
things? A man caonot become the manager
of a business house unless he has worked his
way up step by step, learning all the de
tails of the business aud how things should
be done, so that when he rescues the top
and is maua ;er he knows how to give
orders. Should not this sami system of
learning apply to girls who one day hotie to
have homes of t.eir own? How can a
woman expect to mana;e her hnuseho’d
successfully unless she has some knowledge
of the details of housekeeping, and so is
e mpotent to give orders?
Every one knows that servants are not
all they should be. It is extremely difficult
to obtain good ones even at high wages,
aud then it is not always easy to retain
them. And every girl who marries cannot,
periiaps, afford to pay the wages demande i
by the most compeient servants. Pernaps
if girls had a little more instruction in do
mestic arts their married lives would be a
little smoother, for it is an unde liable fact
that a comfortable and well-ordered home
prevents many a married man from run
ning after what he might be pleased to call
conqiensati ms. A smoking lamp aid a
poor dinner have driven many a man to the
drinking saloon, and untidy, cheerless
rooms drive many more to their clubs, or
the society of other women than their
wives, who live in cosy aud homelike apart
ments.
A knowledge of housekeeping and honse
w rk should not be despised by any woman.
To be able to successfully manage an estab
lishment, no matter how small, requires in
telligence, knowledge, system aud good
judgment. Without th <se qualities a woman
wi.i never be a successful housekeeper;
with them she will be c mootent to u de -
take the management of a house largo
enough to hold a regiment. And whatever
her prospects in lie, wh itever her expecta
tions, instruction iu the art of housekeep
i g suould be a part of her education. Even
am mg the wealthiest classes servants mis
behave, and the mistress of a luxu
rious home is often compelled to
ins.ructau unde, serva >t how to get up a
simple dinner, and perhaps to help in the
cooking of it herself. And there are cooks
who excel in certain elab rate dishes who
cannot prepare a simple dish. For insta ce,
a wealthy couple, living iu a great deal of
style, drank tea for breakfast because they
could not get a cook who knew how to
make coffee fit to drink, and tbev them
selves did not know ho.v to tell her it should
be made. And then there was a bride who
asked her mother why she had never cold
her that the ironing baud needed bed
clothes. How much uetter to learn these
things before having a house of one’s own.
American girls liavo an idet, perhaps,
that housework of any kind is degrading,
and that housekeeping is drudgery. They
are neither; and women holding the most
exalted p isitious ou the earth do not fail to
to take some part in the management of
their homes. The Empress of Austria is an
excellent housekeeper, and po sonally inter
views the servants of her household on ail
matters pertaining to the kite en, dining
room and linen. Sue regulates the
expenses, reads the reports of the cooks and
butlers, and orders changes in the
methods of preparing food. The wives of
the Presidents of the United States have
always taken part in the management of
tue white house, and there are cunv fash
ionable y uug married women in this city
wno consult their cooks and go to market
every morning. The Princess Powatow sky,
an American girl who was educated
abroad and lived in Paris, goes to an intel
ligence office to engage her servants, wuich
proves that neither money nor titles exempt
married women from the performance of
what the majority of girls will call, per
haps, “horrid drudgery.” In Germany all
girls, rich or poor,|si e thoroug ly instructed
in everything appertaining thousekeeping,
and in nearly every household the women,
old and young, share in the household
cares. But other branches of education
are not neglected, for a German giri has a
taste for accomplishments, as well as the
American. She is generally able to con
verse in one or two languages besides her
own, and music and the classics are familiar
to her.
In France, too, the girls are taught to
take an interest in tue household, and a
Frenchwoman reigns supreme ii her own
home. At Foutaiuebleau is a famous sc iool,
wed known to American mothers woo have
had their daughters educated there. Be
sides the ordinary studies that are taught to
ali the young ladies, each pupil is required
to do her share of the housekeeping. One
mon‘h it is the linen cioeet that fails to the
c re of t le your.g g.rl. and she is intrusted
wthtie gv ug out f me hou eh >id lier,
and is instructed in toe mystery of darA ig.
At another time she, with one or two
others to help her, will lay the cloth and
set the table; and then will come her
turn to order the dinner, or to attend to
the making of the be Is, and to see that the
telrioms are properly swept and dusted.
Ail this is a part of a girl’s education, and
should no more tie neglected than geogra
phy ora ritametic. Man • a girl sent to
boarding school at 12 or 14 years of age is
compelled to make her bed for the first
time an i to dust her room, a id she goes to
wo. k at tnese things in a very awkward
way; and this is ad the knowledge of nouse
hoid duties she obta ns to fit her for man
aging a ti use of her own. A boarding
sc.iool, if she must go to one, is a good place
to learn housekeeping, for a girl is generally
at school between the ages of 12 to 18, the
test time for learning anything.
But the best time for beginning with
household duties is at the age of 9 or 10,
which ls about the tune when girls just be
gin to think of their looks. And just wuen
tuey begin to think of putting ribbons in
their hair, and taking an interest in deco
rating themselves, is a good time to
begin to teach them the rudiments of
housekeeping. And most children have a
taste for sweeping and putting things
in order. If the little girl has a room
of her own, she is sure to take a cer
tain amount of pride in her own posses
sions. She can begin by dusting her room
and keeping h r bureau drawers in order.
And if she have a small broom, which most
children have, there is no reason why she
should not be taught to sweep at this early
age. But sweep!..it is hard work com oared
to dusting; though the child should be
taught that dusting is not to be done by
whisking about a big feather duster,
after the fashion of our Irish
cousins, who make that kind of dus -
mg a business, and get well paid
for it. Properly done, dusting requires
time, and should bs do e with soft cloths
that are hemmed and kept for the purpose,
and washed when soiled. After dusting
and the care of bureau drawers have been
learned, thea comes bedraaking, a id this
will require considerable practice before the
young girl will be üble to lay the bedclothes
straight and tuck them iu ueatlv. The rna
j irity of girls really enjoy decorating their
bedrooms and keepl :g them in order, but
a little encouragement is sometimes nec
essary.
As girls grow older they may be taught
to dust the more valuable ornaments that
decorate the parlors, and their taste should
be consulted in the arrangement of the fur
niture of these rooms. It is their home,
aud surely th y should be allowed to have
something to say about where the piano
should stand, and how the tables and chairs
should be placed. If a girl has good taste,
or any artistic talent, it will soon be de
veloped in this way, and she will the more
readily turn to housenold duties when she
finds that her taste is to be consulted as
well as cleanliness ad comfort. To such a
girl the arrangement of the table with
pretty glass a .a china, s lowy dainak and
bright silver, will be an artistic pleasure.
Iu some households the most delicate china
aud glass is never intrusted to the servant*,
but is always washed by members of the
family.
Cooking is the most intricate part of
housekeeping, and requires, therefore, mo e
practic ■; but it is essential that every
wo nan should know s mielning of it.
Cooking classes are oxcelient things, no
doubt, but a girl will learn quite as much
by watchi ig the cook in her mother’s
kitchen, and taking a hand in helping her
occasionally. A good plan is to give the
kitchen up one morning in the week to tae
young people, and let them prepare a meal
while the cook looks on, giving her advice
only when it is asked. Advice is very well
in its way, but in cooking, as iu most ot ier
things in life, experience is the best teacher.
Housework is healthy, and many physi
cians recommend it to women who need ex
ercise. Walking is not enough. It exercises
only the legs, while dusting and sweeping
bring an entirely different set of muscles
Into play. Many girls take more interest in
tneir homes if encouraged to assist in the
care of them. And, perhaps, this was an
idea of Mrs. Donald G. Mitchell’s, who
brought up all of her daughters to do a
part of the domestic work of their
home. So ne mothers are williug
to give their daughters an al
lowance for doing this wore,
dividing between them what would be the
wages of a servant. This, of course, would
be an inducement to a girl who had no
taste tor housework, and would enable her
to gratify many little personal want : . It
seems, too, only just, unless the family is in
straightened circumstances, that" the
daughters should receive what would other
wise be paid to a servant.
Household duties, if properly plannel,
need take but very little tune out of a loug
day. To be systematic iu the discharge of
such duties is the only way to properly
accomplish the right am unt of work.
THE FIRST BABY.
An Experience Common to the Whole
World and. Makes It Akin.
Zonae Dane in Fuck.
Mrs. Filter and both grandmothers and
all the aunts have gone, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Verda t are to spend their first
night alone with their first born, a lusty
youth now 5 'weeks old. Mr. aud Mrs.
Ch rles are nervous and anxious. The
baby is serenely indifferent, and wholly
non-committal as to the programme he has
mapped out for himself.
"il nat if anyt ing should happen?” says
Mi s. Charles for the nineteenth time, as sue
and Charles lie down for the nigh:, out not
“in peace to sleep.”
“Oh, I guess he’ll be all right,” says
Charles.
“You have everything where you can
put your hand right on it at a moment’s
notice!'’
“Yes, dear.”
“The catnip in case of colic, you know?”
“Yes, dear.”
“ And his food for the night all ready T ’
“Yes; its all right.”
“1 wonder if there’s alcohol enough in the
spirit lamp to last all night?”
“O, yes; its full.”
“O, dear, I don’t believe I left this bottle
full of soda and water; and it must be left
so to keep it sweet, mamma said. Do get
up aud see!”
Charles gets up, and finds the bottle all
right. He lies down wearily. Silence for
ten min ites; then—
“Cuarles, did mamma and the nurse say
that his milk should be two-thirds or three
fourths water? I’m so afraid I’ve tna lea
mistake. I’ve got it written down some
pi .ce. Do get up aud see; it’s on a piece of
paper iu tnu left hand small drawer of the
bureau. I wouldnh make a mistake about
his food for the world. It might ruin his
precious linle stomach.”
Charles reports that the milk should be
about two-thirds water until baby is five or
six weeks old.
“What if it should have the croup?’’ asks
Mrs. Charles, with a gasp, at 11 o’clock.
“Babies of his age don’t have croup.”
“You sure?”
“The nurse said so.”
“O! I’m so glad. But, oh, dear! if he
should have a spasm 1”
“I guess he won’t.”
“How you can you speak so catniy about
it? I should go wild if he did!”
At 11:3d o’clock Charles begins his first
nap. At 11:35 o’clock his wife asks anx
iously :
“O! Charles, do you think he’s breathing
all i ight?”
Charles’ear is held over baby’s red and
wrinkled little mouth.
“Why, yes; I guess so, dear.”
“O! don’t you know?”
“Why, yes; I fell quite sure.”
“It seemed to me that he wasn’t, and I
was so worried! Charles Verdant, I should
die if anything should happen t > this baby!
Do you think tne room is quite warm
enough? Do get up and look at the ther
mometer! Babyhood, says that tue tem
perature should not be less tuau 50’ for a
young baby.”
“It’s just 54",” says Charles, as he stands
enveloped in a blanket, eight lamp in hand
before the therm jrneter.
“'■ee what time it is.”
“Fiftee minute* until 12 o’clock.”
“He must have his battle at 12 o’clock.
We might as well get up now, so as to give
ourselves plenty of time to get it readv
cirefully. Br.ng in the milk. Ido wonder
if the m lk nan dies bring us mile from one
cow. Biby must not have mixed mila.’’
At preci-ely 12 o’clock the inviting look
ing rubber cap oa baby’s bjttia is sl.pped
be ween his red gums and Charles drops
down wearily.
“Mercy! Cnarles Verdant! You almost
rolled on the baby! p.u so afraid you will
roil on him some'night and kill him! Sucn
thi igs hive happened. Why doesn’t he
tike hi; dinnerT’
“He’s asleep, I gue s.”
“I wonder if he’s well. Do bring the
lamp!” 6
Charles brings the lamp.
“What makes him twitch his mouth and
wrinkle up his brow like that?”
“Oa! all babies and >, I guess.”
“I don’t believe it. Oa, Charles, shouldn’t
you go for ma umaf'
"Oh, no, dear; he’s all right.”
“Oh. I’m afraid he isn’t! We’d never for
gave ourselves if anything happened to him.
You’d better go for mamma” (who lives
three miles away).
“It’s nothing but a little griping in his
stomach.” •
“Oh, fie poor, poor, little precious darl
ing! Does hi3 own little tn nmiek hurt
him? Mamma won’t let it hurt him sue
naughty, naughty pain! Caarles, get up
and warm that catnip, and light the fire in
the range, and heat this flannel sba wl hot,
and be ready to go for mamma and the
doctor at a moment’s notic e lam so wor
ried. You would better get Bridges up.
We may need her help any moment. Bring
me the powder box a id t.Vo small and one
large safety pins. Light the gas. Look at
the thermometer again. Only forty-nine!
Go right down and shake up the furnace!
Don’t take your eyes oil baby for an instant
while I dress.
The gray dawn of the morning finds Mr.
and Mrs. Verdant and Bridget hovering
over the kite ten range. They have bee t
hovering there most ot the night. But one
person in that anxious household has slept
sweetly and peacefully, and that person is—
the baby.
BATHS AND BATH-TUBS.
Mrs. Langtry’s Silver Tub and Some
Luxurious English Rooms.
After making much inquiry, a writer in
the Pail Modi Gazette finds that cold tub
bing in England is confined to men.
Women like a warm bath, he says, and
then they don’t make a noise over it like
the people who have joined in the cold tu >
controversy. Mrs. Langtry, it is true, has
a silver bath, but, of course, that fact would
not be known were it not for the keen
searching for the reporters after the details
of her daily existence.
“Touching the same silver bath, I heard
a curious story as to its origin. Bath
makers believe that there is only one silver
bath in the world. This was made some
years ago for an Indian prince by a London
bathmaker. and he supposes that, the owner
having died, the silver bath came into the
market, and Mrs. Langtry purchased it. A
silver bath is a tre uendous affair. Some
few wealthy people have co >per baths
plated with silver, but the cost is but a
trifle compared with the genuine article.
The baths most commonly use 1 in the best
houses are of enameled c pper. This is
what is placed in the bathrooms of Marl
borough house. There is no special luxury
about the prince’s bathing apparatus.
Some wealthy people who go in for luxuri
ous bathing fili’tbeir bathrooms with statu
ary, have paiuted tile walls, and the bath
itself is fitted into a case of carved oak.
Then there are marble baths. They are
both cold and costly.
“The most novel thing in baths, how
ever, is one fitted with a shower bath over
head, a needle spray bath at the sides, and
a wave bath that rushes out at the foot.
These are in addition to the ordinary hot
and cold taps. So that a possessor of one
of these ingenious things can have five
styles of batuiag. They cost about £25.
“There are half a dozen or more different
sorts of towels for bathing. After the or
dinary Turkish and huckaback towels some
doctors are fond of recommending a towel
of rusnes, made, appropriately enough, 1 y
Russian peasants. It is very hard ano stiff,
and feels like a coarse di-hcloth. Its use is
confined to bathroom fanatics who think
they are happy in abrading their skins.
Then there is an elastic towel made of net.
and another skin raiser called “loofah.”
This is imoor ed from Egypt. The loofah
is made of dried grass, and it doesn’t soften
by immersion in water. As for flesh brus ,es
and other equivalents of the hair shir:, are
they not to be found in every chemist’s
shop?”
MKDICAJa.
Few are Free
FROM Scrofula, which, being heredi
tary, is the latent cause o£ Consump
tion, Catarrh, Loss of Sight, Eruptions,
and numerous other maladies. To ef
fect a cure, purify the blood with
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Begin early, and
persist till every trace of the poison is
eradicated.
“ I can heartily recommend Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla for all those who are afflict
ed with scrofulous humors. I had
suffered for years, and tried various
remedies without effect. Finally, Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla gave relief and put tne in
my present good healthy condition.”—
E. M. Howard, Newport, N. H.
“My daughter was greatly troubled
with scrofula, and, at ono time, it was
feared she would lose her sight. Ayer's
Sarsaparilla has completely restored
her health, and her eyes are as well
and strong as ever, with not. a trace of
scrofula in her system.’’ —Geo. King,
Killingly, Conn.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
PREPARED EY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Cos., Lowe’if Mas*.
Price $1; eix bottles, $5. "Worth #5 a bcttle.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER.'
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SATUR
DAY MATINEE, NOV. 15 and 16.
lie lend Chase
Ably Supported by a Great Company of
Comedians and Vocalists and an Operatic
Chorus of Trained Voices.
The Funniest Comedians, the Best Dancers,
and the Prettiest Chorus that money and good
management can secure, presenting MlbS
CHASE'S most successful comedy,
Little Coquette.
Seat* now on sale. Next Attraction—”A Pos
sible Case,” Nov. 18 and 19.
PLUMBEK,
L. a. McCarthy,
4*4, Barnard street,
(Under Knights of Pythias’ Hall),
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING.
STEAM HEATIHG a SPECIALTY.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
SWEAT.—The relatives and
s. SwtxT are invited to att nd his funeral from
the residence of James T. Wells, Waldbur*
street, corner Howard, THIS MOBNIaG at 11
o'clock.
SMITH.—The friends and acquaintance of
Rgbiut J. Smith arj respectfully invited to
attend his funeral from his lace rest :enoe
South Broad and Randolph streets, at 2 30
o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. '
MEETINGS.
LIUDRCM LODGE \O.
A regular communication of 'is A
Lodge will be held THIS (Friday; EV Eh-
ING at 8 o'clock, at Masonic Temple. ,^Nr\
The M. M. degree v.-ill be conferred.
Memoers of sister lodges and transient breth
ren are cordially invited to attend. By order of
„ _ _ A. H. MACDONELL, W. M.
H E. Y\ iLsoy, Secretary.
MYRTLE LODGE \O. 6, K. OF P.
The members of Myrtle Lodge are notified
that a regular meeting will be held THIS (Fri
day) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Members of sister
lodges cordially invited.
S. R. HARRIS, C C.
Fred Einsfeld. K. of R. and S.
PULASKI COUNCIL NO. 153, K. A.
A regular meeting THIS EVENING at 8
o clock at Knights of Pythias Hall.
W. P. SCHIRM, Regent.
Clarence S. Coxnerat. Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under "Special
Notices" t ßill be charged Si 00 a Square each
insertion.
~foiTsaleT ~"
THE LEASE, FURNITURE AND GOOD WILL
—OF THE—
HARNETT HOUSE,
Which is conceded to be the best second-class
hotel in the south.
13 5 CONGRESS STREET.
DIME SAVINGS BAN 13
—OF THE—
TITLE GUARANTEE AND LOAN CO.
Receives deposits from One Dime upward and
pays or compounds interest thereon quarterly,
at 4 per cent, per annum.
Special arrangements for money deposited
for fixed periods.
85 PER WF.F.fc,
With interest compounded quarterly, amounts
in five years to $1,430; in ten years to $3,274,
and in twenty years to $8,053. This company
GUARANTEES TITLES TO LAND
For the benefit of purchasers and mortgagees.
135 CONGRESS STREET
SOLOMONS A CO.’S
©RANCH DRUG STORE,
92 Bull Street.
Telephone 390.
It is the universal opinion that our branch i 8
a perfect gem and one of the “sights” of the
city, well worth a visit.
Our Mr. J. M. SOLOMONS will have charge,
assisted by Mr. L. E. WELCH, Jr. (formerly of
Albany. Ga.,), a graduate of the Chicago Col
lege of Pharmacy.
A full line of Drugs, Chemicals. Patent Medi
cines and Surgical instruments, and an elegant
assortment of Toilet Articles.
T
M
BLACKING
THE BEST IN USE.
SPONGES.'
An importation of Mediterranean Bath Sponges.
Bath Brushes, etc., at
BUTLER'S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress streets.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES ISB9.
Office Collector State and County Taxes, 1
Chatham County, Georgia. >
Savannah. Ga., Oct. 5, 1889. )
The Digest is now open for the collection of
the above taxes on all property, real and per
sonal; the specific tax on p ofVssions: also the
POLL TAX for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
on all MALE RESIDENTS of the city and
county between the ages of 21 and 60 years.
Office at the Court House (Whitfield Building)
Hours 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
james j. McGowan,
Tax Collector C. C.
CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITION
—AT—
OELSCHIGS NURSERY,
LOVERS LANE.
EVERYBODY RESPECTFULLY INVITED.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British st?amship ATHA -
BASCA must be presented at our office before
12 o’clock noon, THIS DAY, Nov. 15, 1839, or
payment will be debarred.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Agents.
NOTICE.
All persons are cautioned against harboring
or trusting any of the crew of the British
steamship INCHRHONA. as neither the
Captain nor Consignees will be responsible for
any debts contracted by them.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD,
Consignees.
STRAW TOR SALE.
Two stacks, representing 225 acres, within
twenty feet of river and wharf, ten miles from
city. Planter will engage to bale and ship if
furnished with press. Apply to
W. G. MORRELL.
NOTICE.
Neither the Master nor Consignees of the
British steamship HAMPSHIRE, Kerrnish,
Master, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
FRESH SUPPLY "
Butter Cups, Assorted Fruit Paste, Raspberry
Strings, White Nougat, Molasses Candy, Vanilla
Caramels, Roasted Almonds, Superb Choco
lates, Pearl of Pekin Bon Bons, Licorice Tab
lets, Lime Juice Drops and Pure Gum Drops,
all at low prices at HEIDT'S.
TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons are cautioned against purchasing
that tract of land in Chatham County, Georgia,
immediately south of the extended limits of
the city of Savannah, known as the BRANCH
TRACT, containing One Hundred and Seven
Acres, more or less, bounded on the north bv
Estill Avenue, east by Waters Road, south by
lands of Earetow, ana west by lands of Gen. A.
R. Lawton, as I have made "a contract for the
purchase thereof, and intend to apply to the
courts for a specific performance of the con
tract. J. H. ESTILL.
Savannah, Aug. 30,1888.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
NOR TO N , “
S°le Agent in Savannah for the sale of
THE IRON KING,
BOUTHERN GIRL,
—AND—
FARMER S FRIEND COOKING STOVES,
THE LIBERTY, HANDSOME
—AND—
-BAM RANGES.
THE YORK BELLE FIREPLACE STOVE,
A substitute for fireplace grates. Will j.. TO
more than double the heat of the ordinary fire
place grate. Can be fitted to all sizes of grate
or mantel openings. Fire can he kept cont.au
ously. Grate and fire pot can he replaced w„ ea
required without removing stove from Onphc,
Its construction is such that it can be used
either as an open fire or a close stove. Oold air
is admitted at the bottom, passing around the
fire chamber and out into the room through
the top of the stove, thus keeping the " air ” n
constant circulation, and heating the
alike in every part. ° um
HOT AIR FURNACES.
J W. NORTON, Agt,
Bryan street, 2d door west of Whitaker
NEW YORK OYSTER AXdThophuP^-
8. W. CORNER BROUGHTON AND
DRAYTON STREETS.
I have made arrangements to get fresh per
refrigerator car. direct from A. E. Faust
ESQ., ST. LOUIS, weekly consignments of
PRAIRIE CHICKENS OR GROUSE,
And will have them constantly on hand
together with
KALAMAZOO CELERY,
BLUE POINT OYSTERS,
TEAL, CANVAS-BACK AND SUMMER
DUCKS.
GAME AND FISH
Of all descriptions. Haring the best order cook
I feel sure that I can satisfy the most fastidious
The first invoice of
PRAIRIS CHICKENS ARRIVED TO-DAY
CALL EARLY.
THOS. H. ENRIGHT,
PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Our direct importation of extra fine
BAVARIAN HOPS
Has come to hand, and will henceforth be used
The quality is the best gathered for years, and
will impart a specially delicate flavor to our
Beer.
OUR EXTRA PILSEN BOTTLE BFFP
Put up in pint bottles for family use, is highly
recommended by physicians as a mild stimulant
and for its nutritive effect.
Price @1 89 per Two Dozen Bottles.
Orders by Telephone received. Call No. 429.
THE TITLE GUARANTEE AND LOAN
COMPANY OF SAVANNAH.
NOTICE.
The twentieth (20th) installment to the capital
stock of the Title Guarantee and Loan Com
pany is due THIS DAY, and must be paid at
the bank, 135 Congress street, on or before the
20th inst. to avoid fines. Office hours 9 to 2
o'clock. E. L. HACKETT, Treasurer.
Savannah, Nov. 15, 1889.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Liberal loans made on Diamonds, Gold and
Silver Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware,
Guns, Pistols, Clothing, Tools, and on almost
anything of value, at the old reliable Pawn
broker House, 179 Congress street.
E. MUHLBERG, Manager.
Highest prices paid for old Gold and Silver
READTHE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE
I have used Dr. Ulmer’s Corrector in my
family for some time, and can testify to its
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 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. ______
baggs "<& Mclntosh,
WOOD DEALERS.
230 Harris Street.
Wood of best quality always on band and
delivered promptly, sawed aDd stick. Orders
solicited. Telephone 278.
JUST ARRIVED,
Immense stock of Alabastine, Glue, Paris
White, Paints, Oils and Brushes. Lowe-t mar
ket prices. * E. J. KIEFFER-
West Broad and Stewart streets.
jrmmm GUARANTEED TO CURE envfl
and MNOIIHIA an 4 MJtH
Bryg ORMONE^REFUNDER
xistl WliyjStapb^sSi
N. T. PIKE, Sole Agent,
Corner Jefferson and South Broad streets,
Savannah, Ga. .
PRIN TER AJSL HOOKBINDHR.
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 at
tention if left with the Old and
Reliable Printer and Binder,
93 Bay. GEO. N. NICHOLS.
