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SLEPT IX HIS COFFIN.
QUEER THINGS THAT UNDERTAK
ERS COME ACROSS.
Peculiar Notions of Many Persons
Concerning the Final Disposition of
Their Mortal Remains—The Woman
Who Buried Her Husbands Verti
cally—Curious Funereal Facts.
From the Baltimore Herald.
“I have met with a thousand and one odd
fancies and curious notions during my con
nection with the undertaking business,'’
said a prominent funeral director to a re
porter the other day. “Indeed, I think it
is safe to say that 1)9 out of every 100 per
sons have and express a preference of some
kind or another as to the disposition to be
made of their bodies after death. Some
times their requests ara complied with,
sometimes they’re not. Generally the
preference relates only to some minor de
tail, either of the coffin, of the grave, or of
the burial ceremony. Some people want a
plain, wooden coffin —mahogany, walnut,
©r ebony. Some want a metal casket. Home
want their casket covered with black cloth,
some with white. The desire for a certain
style of handle is often expressed, and
women are frequently concerned about ths
lining, wanting it of a color to suit their
complexion. Home people, too, want their
coffins made large and roomy; others want
them to fit exactly.
“Very often people want to be buried in a
particular spot, and give express instruc
tions as to the direction in which the grave
is to lie and how deep it must be. Then, too,
some persons want a quiet, private funeral,
while others areuneatiy until promised that
they will be given a grand aud costly burial.
“All these are matters that ca i ba easily
attended to.and they generally are. Hut there
are requests made by people in regard to
their obsequies that are extraordinary, and
In some instances ridiculous. I’ll toll you
about a few cases that have come under my
own notice.
“There was an old lady died a few years
ago who had had anew and very
costly set of teeth made just before her last
illness. When she learned that death was
imminent her greatest lament seemed to be
that she should never have au opportunity
to wear those teeth. Finally a bright
thought struck her, and calling her husband
to her bedside she begged him to have her
lips so arranged after death that her
friends would be able to see ami
admire her beautiful teeth. The
old man promised, and almost
with her dying breath she reminded him of
it. We were summoned to perform the
necessary duties after her death, and the
widower, having explained the matter of
the teeth, declared that his wife’s request
must be carried out. He had promised and
could not think of deceiving her. We did
the best we could. The result was rather
startling, but the teeth showed, and the old
man was satisfied—so we didn’t have any
thing to say, of course.
“I remember another case of a middle
aged single man who hail been a great
dresser—a regular dandy, in fact.. Ho left
directions tuat he should be buried in the
last suit of clothes he had bought. As he
■was a man of considerable woalrh aud had
left some very generous bequests to his
friends, they decided to comply with his
request, and his valet was told to bring the
suit. When he returned he carried the
loudest suit of clothes I ever saw. It was
of plaid two or throe inches broad,
and green, blue aud yellow in
color. With it came a shirt covered
with pictures of ballet dancers in every
conceivable attitude, and a necktie to
match. The appearance of these unex
pected articles caused some consternation,
but the dead man’s friends finally decided
to let him have his way and bury "him as he
bad requested. The body was accordingly
robed in the flashy shirt and suit, a dog
head pin stuck into the tie, a single oye
glasa placed over the staring eye, and the
dandy was ready for his last resting place.
“Bometimes people want things buried
with them. A lady whose principal fort
une consisted of her many and costly jew
els made a great stir among her friends
and relatives by requesting in her will that
she should be ornamented with all of them
when finally prepared for the grave. Hlio
had provided, too. that unless this was done
not one of her friends should receive a penny
from her estate. Here was a quandary, but
the matter was finally settled by placing
the jewels upon tiie corpse, and then after
it bad remained a few days in the vault, re
moving them.
“1 was once called upon to bury a man
who had at some previous period chopped off
one of hi3great toes. Just as I was about
to screw down the cover of the casket his
peeping widow came to me with a small
jar, and said that her husband had express
ly desired her to bury this with him. I
locked at it and found that it was the miss
ing toe, neatly aud carefully preserved in
alcohol.
“I never buried any one who had made
his own coffin, but I have hoard of such
cases. Several times, however, I have sold
people their own coffins, and in some in
stances two or three years or longer before
they died. Sometimes the boxes wero left
with me until needed, and sometimes they
were taken borne at once. The most
peculiar case of this kind I ever had was
that of an artist who lived in a couplo of
rooms by himself over in the western part
of the city. He had plenty of money, and
his rooms were elegantly furnished, but
all in the most somber colors. One
day he came to me and ordered a
coffin made. It was to be black inside and
out, and was to be large enough for him to
lie in comfortably. Another thing he was
explicit about was that it was to bo lined
throughout with spring cushions. I made
it and sent it to bis rooms, as be directed.
Four years later I was called to bury him.
I then found tnat during all that time he
had used his enffiu for u bed—sleeping in it
always—and he had left a request to be
buried in it. He said he had grown used to
it, and did not think he would sleep well in
any other.
“I once had a man who was abont to die
seed for me and order a cotlin. He was a
\ery small man, not more than four feet
high, but he said he wanted his coffin six
feet long. *1 he law,’said ho, ‘gives every
man six feet of earth, and I’m going to have
my full share.’
I frequently have people try to drive
bargains with me for caskets for their dead
friends. About the best case of economy
in that line I ever had, however, was that
of a young widow who gave orders that
her husband’s coffin should be placed
in the ground perpendicularly. A year
and a half later she had another hus
band to bury, and his coffin was plaoed side
by side with that of No. 1. At intervals
she had more husbands to bury, and finally
when No. 5 was placed under tae sod no
more space had been taken than is usually
occupied with one grave. She said it saved
trouble, because she really had only one
grave to attend to row, whereas if they had
been buried in the ordinary manner she
would have had five.”
Ropes Made of Heathen Women's Hair
From the New York Journal.
Speaking before a meeting of the Method
ist ministers recently, Bishop Fowler told
of anew heathen temple in the northern
part of Japan. It was of onormous size,
and the timbers for the temple from then
mountain hones were hauled up to the
temple and put in place by rones made from
the hair of the women of the province \n
edict went forth caUing for the long hair of
the women of the province, and two rop.> B
were made from thesetres-es-une IT inches
in circumference and 1,400 feet long, and
the other 10 to 11 inches around and 2 690
feet long. '
la£iS°Jac W k aS the GaShiQetoa dre “ ed
slm^r L T n l e - she hld on French
Inrt iTi a adw and , 3trl i K)i silk stockings, and
eU, l£ 1 remembar w^t
BISMARCK AS A JOKER.
The Humorous Side of the Man of
Blood and Iron.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck as a humorist! Old Btut und
Eisen as a funny man! This is a subject of
the latest German work concerning the
grizzled and furrowed diplomat of the
Wilhelm Strasse.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the
book relatei to Bismarck’s experiences in
Frankfort as Prussian delegate to the Ger
man diet in the years immediately succeed
ing 1850. In those days Bismarck did much
laugbiDg and joking with a purpose. Prob
ably no jokes aud laughter in the world’s
history have been so plainly significant of
great coming events. They foreshadowed
Duppel and Ko dggratz. and Sedan, the
partition of France and tho unification of
Germany.
The appointment of Bismarck as Prussian
delegate in I'rankfort caused the German
press to raise a big hue and cry against him
as an inexperienced, head-strong young
man, a me.o “diplomatic suckling.” When
Bismarck arrived in Frankfort, moreover,
he got a cold shoulder from his retiring
chief, Gen. von Rochow, who kept hirn
quite uninformed concerning the run of
affairs there, and “thus deprives his ‘diplo
matic suckling,’ as I have been called,”
wrote Bismarck, “of his proper nourish
ment.” As soon as Von Rochow got out of
the way, however.Bistnarck let himself out.
The Austrian delegate considered himself
the only big man in the whole concern, and
showed his conceit by knocking about in a
slovenly costume, presiding over the Diet
in a mannerless fashion, and allowing him
self sorts of petty privileges which
delegates from the little German states
didn’t dare ask for. Now, Prussia wished
to t e a big power in the diet, too, and
Austria was doing her best to keep
her down among the little powers.
Bismarck’s mission was to get as
muen influence in tho diet for Prusia as
Count Thun, tho Austrian delegate, was
maintaining for Austria. As the diet
rarely took hold of questions of great im
portance, the “diplomatic suckling” had to
gain most of his advantage over the wily
old Austrian count in a ridiculously petty
warfare In his official dispatches to Berlin
Bismarck described bis antagonist thus:
“Count Thun has somewhat of a bump
tious appearance, with a touch of the
Vienna roue about him. But the sins
which he commits in the latter capacity ho
tries to make up for in his own eyes aud in
those of the countess, by strictly observing
the precepts of the Catholic church.”
Baron Nell von Nellenburg, Count Thun’s
right-hand man, is thus hit off:
"A clever publicist, as the saying is; he
is nearly 60, writes poetry occasionally, U
sentimental, falls to weeping readily at the
theater, has an appearanco of good nature
and agreeableness, drinks more than he
can stand, and is said to have had family
misfortunes.”
Of the diet at large ho wrote to a friend:
"The men of the minor states are mostly
mere caricatures of periwig diplomatists,
who at once put on their official"visage if I
merely beg of them a light to my cigar,
aud who study their words and looks with
Regensburg care whon they ask for the key
of the lavatory.”
Bismarck’s behavior when he made his
first call upon Thun was typical. The serv
ant showed him directly to the study,
where the Austrian delegate sat in his shirt
sleeves, iiard at work with his correspond
ence. "Exactly so,” exclaimed Bismarck,
nettled by the informality of his reception;
“it is terribly warm here,” aud began at
once to pull off his coat, too. In a second
Thun jumped to his feet and into his coat,
for fear that tho delegate of little Prussia
would return bis rudeness with interest.
Of course Dr. Kohut does not omit the
famous Frankfort smoking story.
"At the sittings of the military commit
tee,” Bismarck once said to his proper Bos
well, Dr. Busch, “when Rochow was the
Prussian representative at the diet, Austria
alone smoked. Rochow, who was a furious
smoker, would certainly have liked to do it,
but did not venture. Whon I succeeded
him 1, too, hankered after a cigar, aud, as l
did not see why I should not have it, I
asked the power in the president's (Austrian
envoy’s) chair to give me a light, which
seemed to cause him and the other gentle
men both astonishment and displeasure. It
was evidently au event for thorn. That time
only Austria and Prussia smoked. But the
other gentlemen obviouslv thought it so
serious that they reported it to their re
spective courts. The question required
mature deliberation, and for half a year
only the two great powers smoked.
“Then Schrenck, the Bavarian envoy,
asserted the dignity of his position by
smoking. Noslitz, the Saxon, had cer
tainly also a great wish to do so, but had
not received authority from his minister.
When, however he saw Bothnor, the Hano
verian, indulging himself at the next sit
ting he must—for he was intensely Aus
trian, having sons in tho army—have come
to some understanding with Rechbe -g (Aus
trian envoy presiding), for he also took out
a cigar from his case and puffed away.
Only Wurtemberg and Darmstadt were
left, and they did not smoko themselves.
But tho honor and dignity of their states
imperatively required it, so that the next
time we met Wurtemberg produoed a ci
gar—l see it now; it was a long, thin, light,
yellow thing—and smoked at least half as’
a burnt offering to the fatherland."
\\ hen asked by Thun to explain how he
managed to make such a favorable impres
sion upon Metternich, Bismarck answered:
“O, that was simple enough. I merely lis
tened to him for three days with au expres
sion of intelligence on my face.” Tuis
three-day commuuion of the two most
famous diplomats of this century on tiie
banks of the Rhine is compared rather
irreverently by Lowe, Berlin correspondent
of the London Times, in his life of Bis
marck, with the meeting of Elijah and
Elisha on the shores of the Jordan.
Bismarck’s realization of his isolated posi
tion in the diet is well illustrated by a keen
remark he made to an Austrian prince in
the same party of spectators wi;h him at
au imperial military parado near Frank
fort. The prince did not know Bismarck.
Ho saw in the giant Prussian only a bull
necked, broad-shouldered delegate in the
uniform of a militia lieutenant, and with
many orders on his breast. It ticklej the
prince amazingly to observe all these orders
on the breast of a pettifogging delegate,
and so, riding up to the big lieutenant-, he
asked ironically, “Pardon me, excellency
did you get all these decorations in the face
of the foe(” “Yes, yes, imperial majesty ”
Bismarck answers; “all in the face of the
foe—all here at Frankfort-on-the-Main.”
Bismarck gave Austria tit for tat iu the
German diet for eight Jyears, 1851-’59. He
was then recalled a.id sent as ambassador to
St. Petersburg—“ Put on ice,” as he said.
Many of Dr. Kuhut’s most interesting
stories are far from humorous, at least ac
cording to every uu-Gerinan standard. For
instance, he lets tho grim chancellor himself
tell this:
“lt was while I was concluding the treaty
of (rastern with Blome (Austrian negotiator
at the Austro-l’russian conference over the
Schleswig-Holstein question in I860), al
though I had given up playing games of
chance—for a long, long time had not played
at all—l then‘plunged’so recklessly as to
astound every olio. I knew what I was
doing. Blome ha-1 heard that at quiuie [the
game that Bismarck . as playing] a man
nad the best opportunity to study character
and he was anxious to try tho experiment.’
I thought, ‘I will give you a chance,” l
lost a couple of hundred thalers, which I
couki afterward have collected from tho
government had I wished, since they were
spent in the service of his majesty. How
ever. I deceived hnn. He was led to think
me reckless, and yielded to me in the ne
gotiations.”
A collector of Bismarckiana published in
1884 this anecdote concerning Bismarck
and Moltke at the battle of IConiggratz:
“At a critical point in the battle Bis
marck met Moltke and offered him a cigar
The strategist carefully selected the best
weed in the chancellor’s case, and tho latter
took comfort, thinking that if the go .era!
was still calm enough to make such u choice
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 2:?, 1889.
things could not te in such a bad way a.ter
! all."
What Bismarck did with his last cigar
; Dr. Kohut has allowed him to tell in his
own words:
“I hoarded my last cigar during the
, battle as a miser hoards his treasure. I
painted in glowing colors the delightful
hour when, after the battle was won, I
j could smoke it in peace. But I had mis
calculated. 1 saws poor wounded dragoon.
He lay there on the field helpless, with
' both "arms smashed, and whimpered for
some kind of reliof. I went through my
pockets, but found only money, aud that
would not help him. But wait: I had
still a fine cigar! This I lighted for him,
and stuck it between his teeth. You
ought to have seen that poor fellow’s grate
ful smile! No cigar ever tasted so good to
me as this one which 1 did not smoke.”
After the battle was won Bismarcs made
the magnificent Nic Jsburg castle-of the
Austrian minister of foreign affairs his head
quarters, a “much better dace for con
cluding a treaty with Austria,” he said,
“than my old Schonhausen manor.” One
day in Nicholsburg Bismarck found a com
pany of Prussian soldiers flogging an Aus-
trian peasant.
“Hello, wbat’s up here!” he inquired.
“He’s been calling the Prussians names,”
shouted a dozen soldiers.
“That’s a lie,” shouted back the peasant,
who did not recognize the chancellor. “I
only called Bismarck names."
There was a roar of laughter, aud every
one looked inquiringly at Bismarck, who
laughed a little, too, as he said:
“Let him go. Others and greater than
he have done the same.”
The closing days of the Austro-Prussian
war wero groat days for Bismarck. Per
haps for the the first time he then saw his
way clear to accomplishing the unification
of Germany. Little wonder that he often
dropped into the happy moods which gave
admirers of Dr. Kohut’s kind bushels of
sparkling biographical material. But un
derneath the grim humor which bubbled
upon the surface flowed the deep, strong un
dercurrent of German piety and sentiment
which have directed his life alike in trial,
conflict, and success.
“It is not agreeable,” he wrote, “to be
lorgnetted at fourteen paces and to be shot
at four paces, and the little vanity which
gets satisfaction out of being stared at is of
short duration. All the little vanities of
life attract only so long as they are unat
tained. As soon as they are attained King
Holomon’s words aro found to be true, that
all is vanity, and that fame brings with it
no real contentment. I cannot therefore
understand how a man can endure this life
if lie does not believe in another and better
one.”
CELESTIAL COBBLING.
The Methods of the Chinese Repairers
of Shoes.
From the Hartford Times.
Chinese shoes, with their curved up toes
and thick soles, have always been more or
less of an object of curiosity to the average
American, who cannot conceive how the
clumsy-looking things can be kept upon the
feot, as they are neither buttonod nor laced,
w hile the highest ones never reach above
the instep.
Although there are no shoe
makers in Boston’s little Chinatown, there
is one old celestial who, if he doesn’t pre
tend to be able to manufacture shoes in the
advanced state of porfection in which they
are made in the land of tea, yet he can re
pair the sabots with neatness and dispatch,
and while he does not make that his sole
means of support, he manages to earn $2 or
#3 every week by mending the dilapidated
shoos of some of his altnoud-eyed brethren.
It was for the purpose of fluding out
something about the curious-looking shoes
that a reporter for the Boston Globe paid
old Sing Lee a visit. His shop is situated
in tho cellar of one of the houses of the
block on Harrisou avenue, between Essex
and Beach streets, but which one of the
houses it is in would boa hard matter to de
cide. for it is reached from a narrow, dark
alley which runs bet ween Oxford street and
Oxford place.
The writer was directed to tho place by a
good-natured Celestial employed in one of
the general merchandise stores on the ave
nue, and had the guide not been very ex
plicit in his directions, which by the way
were given in the choicest of pigeon En
glish, it is feared the place never would
have been found.
At last, however, after stumbling
through several dark, damp, ill-smelling
passages, the writer by lighting a match
found himself in front of a door. As it was
the only door in sight, it was reasoned that
it must be tho entrance to the cobbler’s
shop. There were several signs painted in
black on the customary red paper pasted on
the panels, but as the writer is not very
well posted in the intricacios of Celestials’
writings, they proved valueless, and so,
as door bells aro unknown and knocking is
not practiced in Chinatown, ho boidly
pus lied open the door and stepped into the
room.
Everything was ’as dark as pitch iu the
cellar, which smelled close and damp, while
the air was laden with the stale fumes of
opium.
“What you wantee?” came in a treble
key from the occupant of the room, who
was as yet invisible to the intruder, who
nevertheless shouted, “Ho-la-mah,” which
is the Chinese for How do you do! and fur
ther added: “I came to sen you mend soino
shoes, Bing.”
“Me not mend shoe; you go home,” said
the old Celestial, who was now seen in the
dim light that struggled through the little
grated collar window, sitting on a bunk on
which, previous to the interruption, he had
evidently beeu snoozing.
It wasn’t a very warm recoption, but then
Chinamen are seldom polite or pleasant to
white people who may chance to intrude
upon them in their own apartments—that
is, unless there is money in it. Tho writer,
fully appreciating this" fact, made his way
to where the old “Chink” was seated, and,
putting a quarter into his hand, offering
him at the same time a cigar, and mention
ing the name of the Chinaman who sent
him, proceeded to make himself as comfort
nblo as possible by appropriating a sto >1
that was near.
It was curious to see tho effect of the
money and the cigar on tho old man, who
with a “smile that was childlike and bland,”
said:
“O, me see. You likee lookee see how
China boy shoe be mended.”
“Yes, that’s it,” returned the writer.
“You mend shoos, don’t you!”
“O, yes, me metidee shoe,” he said with
a grin. “Before me not know who you be,
me likee you to go way. Now me know, you
stay and see.”
“All right, I’ll watch you mend a shoe,
and then I won’t bother you any more,”
“No trouble,” said Sing, and he reached
for a pile of shoes that lay in a heap on the
floor at the foot of the bunk. Picking out
one on which the sole had been badly worn,
he proceeded to rip off a portion of the old
felt, and getting a smooth surface at last,
he pulled a big sheet of thick felting from
a drawer and proceeded, after the fashion
of a yankee cobbler, to cut anew sole.
I his done, he fltted it upon the sabot, and
then taking an awl, through the handle ot
which a thong was run, he placad the point
on the surface of the felt, tue shoe being
held firmly between his knees. Then taking
the thong in both hands, he gave it a
peculiar twist and the awl wont through
the uew felt aud the old solo tbat remained
on the shoe.
Repeating this operation several times,
he stuck small pegs in the holes to hold tno
felt in position and then proceeded to bore
holes in rows all over the surface of the sole
of the shoe, until there were eight or ten
rows of many holes each. Then the sewing
commenced, and it as surprising how dex
terously he used tho needle. When sewed
on it would seem that a sole would never
of U. nnd ’ fact . Sing said they seldom
did. That part of the work finished, he
took a sharp knife and pared the new sole
down at the sides until it exactly flttei with
the old, and then dipping a little stiff brush
into something that looked like whiting he
daubed It all over the edges and over the
bottom, aud after rubbing it over with a
cloth, the shoe was proaouuced completed.
He next tad a leather-soled shoe to deal
with, and it was operated upon m exactly
the same way as tfce other, the lines of
stitching running all the wav acrc the
bottom. The writer, during the above
operations, asked many questions, and, as
Sing bad warmed into a pleasant communi
cative mood, the following very interesting
information regarding -b -es was gleaned:
Ifcln China, where, of course, the greater
portion of all the shoes worn bv CeFstials
in this country are made, there is an ab
sence of well-tanned leather, and it is for
this all-important reason that the leather
soled shoes aro made so thick. If a thin
layer of that poor leather were used, the
shoes would wear out in no time, and as
they are rather expensive from a Cel -stial
Doint of view, a wearer of thin-soled shoes
would have a heavy bill for foot-wear to
pay. It is for the same reason that the
uppers of all the shoes are made of cloth,
for there is very little of the thin, orna
mental leather in the country, and as the
Chinese are not very progressive, they
would never think of importing that very
useful article so as to make their shoes more
durable.
Of the cloth tops there are many varie
ties, although by far the greater percent
age of Chinamen wear those of black silk
or cotton, ornamented with embroideries of
different sorts. The designs upon them
take many forms, and some of the more
elaborate of the sabots cost as high as #l3
and sls a pair, while those worn by the rich
mandarins in China are even more ex
pensive than that. An ordinary pair of
shoes, however, can be purchased for about
#3, and it is only the well-to-do merchants
or lnundryuien or the Celestial dude who
can buy the more expensive sorts.
Chinese dudes, by the way, often wear
shoes the uppers of which are made of blue,
purple or red satin or silk embroidered
with some other contrasting color, but
these, as a rule, are sent to them direct from
China, where some sweetheart or living
almond-eyed wife has worked on them for
many days, so that her absent lord may cut
a dash among the swells of Chinatown.
The shoes with felt soles are much more
popular than the other, aud it is thought by
the wearers of them that they last longer
aud look better than those made of leather.
The soles are also easier to whiten, aud this
is a great point in their favor.
The Tartar ladies, who do not follow the
custom of Chinese ladies of rank in cramp
ing their feet, wear the same sort of shoes
as the men, but the soles are made thicker.
The only reason Sing could give why the
soles of the shoes were sewed all the way
across was that if the felt or leather used
was sewed only around the edge, it would
warp out of all reasonable shape on the
first wetting.
There are also Chinese slippers that are
quite a novelty in their way, and very
cheap. They are made either of woven
straw or bamboo with flat soles, no heels
nor counters, and resemble what are known
in New England as slipshods. In tho front
beneath the woven bamboo are placed strips
of different colored paper, which have quite
a good effect. •
Hing Loe lives very modestly, and as he
makes sometimes as high as $1 iu a single
day on mending shoes, he does pretty well,
and is quite satisfied with his life.
A Georgia Diamond.
The Asheville (N. C.) Citizen has seen
a Georgia diamond, owned by J. D.
Caldon, a mineral aud mining engineer. It
was found some time since, in this state, by
a boy, who sold it for 50 cents. The pur
chaser did uot know its value, but Mr.
Caldon, at a venture, gave him S2O for it.
It was seut to Tiffany, who pronounced it a
veritable diamond, and offered #220 for it;
but Mr. Caldon preferred to keep possession
of it. The stone weighs carats. There
is one peculiarity in the external appearance
worth mentioning, because it fixes unmis
takably the character of the rough
diamond: it has a “greasy” look
and feel. This is said to indicate
the luster and brilliancy of the
stone when cut. It is a flattish, translucent
pebble, which would not strike the inex
perienced as having value over any other
quartz-like stones to be picked up in any
running stream. Those who had road some
thing of the appearance of the uncut stone
would, howeveba attracted by the crys
tallization and the curved outline of the
angles, and an expert would have no diffi
culty in pronouncing upon its character.
MJUiIOAb,
Catarrh
Is a constitutional and not a local
and therefore it cannot be cured by local ap
plications. It requires a constitutional rem
edy like Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, working
through the blood, eradicates the impurity
which causes and promotes the disease, and
Catarrh
effects a permanent cure. Thousands of
people testify to the success of Hood’s Sarsa
parilla as a remedy for catarrh when other
preparations had failed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
also builds up the whole system, and makes
you feel renewed in health and strength.
Catarrh
“ For several years I have been troubled
with that terribly disagreeable disease, ca
tarrh. I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla with the
very best results. It cured me of that contin
ual dropping in my throat, and stuffed-up feel
ing. It has also helped my molher, who has •
taken it for run down state of health and kid
ney trouble.” Mrs. S. D. Heath, Putnam, Ct.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for #5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
tOO Doses On p Dollar
nOTKLS.
Inti Is
4
LEADING POPULAR HOTEL OF
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Electrio lights and bells. Artesian wel
water. Street ears to all depots. Only 2:
Hotel in the City. Meals 50 Cents.
M. L. HARNETT.
A comfortable well-kept hotel that charger
reasonable rates is the Harnett House,
Bavannah, Ga., so long conducted by Mr.
M. L. Harnett. —New York World.
TRE3IONT HOUSE;
Centrally Located, Corner Pine and
Forsyth Streets,
.Jacksonville, Fla.
GEO. W. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
OEO. R. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
SARATOGA, HOTEL
82 OO PER DAY. 82 50.
PALATKA, FLA.
Centrally located, near depots and steamer
wharves.
A. S. WASHBUUNE, Proprietor.
THE MORRISON HOUSE
CENTRA! J,Y located, on linn of street oar*,
offers pleasant south rooms, with excellent
board, lowest rates. With new baths, sewerage
and ventilation perfect, the sanitary oonditiou
of tho house is of the heat. Comer Broughton
and Drayton streets. Savannah. Go.
MEETINGS.
DeHALB LODUE AO. 9. I. O. I).
A remlu meeting will be beM THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o’clock, Bun time. Metropolitan
Hall, corner Whitaker and President Streeta
A full attendance is desired, as tne matter of
increasing the fur.eral beneSt in the new By-
Laws will be Bub-rntted for adoption. The
iniatorv decree will be conferred.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
By order of U. H. McLAWS, N. G.
John Rilxt. Secretary.
CALANTHE LODGE AO. *H, K. OF P.
The regular meeting of the Lodge will /Pv
be held THIS (Mondayj EVENING, at / w
-8 o’clock. fe wT'a
A full attendance is desired. Election
of officers will take place. \y- y
JACOB GARDNER. C. &
J. E. Freeman. K. of R. and S.
SPECIAL NOTIC ES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices" will be charged Si 00 a Square each
insertion.
GEORGIA HI BEAR.' BAZAR.
AUCTION SALES MONDAY NIGHT.
Some of the handsomest ans most valuable
articles still unsold.
The sales MONDAY NIGHT will include the
following, in addition to a large number of
other articles:
One Boynton Superb Baltimore Heater.
One New Home Sewing Machine.
One Remington Type Writer.
Three Rockers.
Three Arm Chairs.
Four Enameled Chairs.
One piece Broad Tapestry.
One Burglar Alarm.
Two handsome sets of Account Books.
One case of Sherry, Vintage of 1815.
One dozen R. E. Lee Madeira.
Saddle, Saddle Cloths, Bridles, Spurs, Ham
mock, China, Glassware, Fancy Groceries, To
bacco, etc. .
SALE BEGINS AT 8 O’CLOCK.
OUR BOXES,
BASKETS,
TRIMMED HAMPERS,
—OF—
GLACE FRUITS,
CHOCOLATES, =======
BON BONB.-- L =
FRENCH NOUCI A.
Excel anything ever shown in Savannah. None
ever here before, none now, that m any sense
will compare with them.
MOST EXTENSIVE * LINE FINE CONFEC
TIONERY TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY.
Our catalogue of Confectionery, now ready,
evidences that fact. Don’t dream of buying
until you look at our baskets, boxes, etc., and
even though you conclude not to buy, you will
at least have the satisfaction of knowing that
you have had a look at the tlnest in Coulec
tioaery that money can buy.
John ,i. reily.
Telephone 165, 30 Whitaker Street.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship ARIEL
must be presented at our office before 12 o'clock
noon, THIS DAY, Dec, 23, 1889, or payment
will be debarred.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD. Agents.
FOB A PRESENT.
WHAT IS NICER THAN
PERFUMERY.
Handkerchief Extracts, Cologne*, and Fancy
Bottles a specialty, at
—II E I P T ’ S-
17C. FOR USUAL IOC. CHOCOLATE
CREAMS,
15C. FOR FINE MIXED CANDY,
81 40 for 10-pound box CANDY,
_ AT HEIDT’S,
GROUSE, VENISON, ANO WILD DICKS,
TURKEYS, GEESE, AND DUCKS.
From E. A. Faust, St. Louis.
CHOICE CHRISTMAS BEEF, MUTTON, AND
VEAL,
From Swift * Cos., Chicago.
WILD DUCKS, VENISON, AND WILD
TURKEYS,
—AT—
LOGAN’S, City Market.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
—ON AND AFTER
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14,
We shall serve, besides oaf
STANDARD PILSEN BEER,
—THE DELICIOUS—
MLNCH EN E R HO FB RA U.
PRICE 82 50 NET PER KEG.
—THE—
SUPERIOR BAVARIAN HOPS
Of our own importation give the Beer a de
lightful flavor, and in combination with our
CHOICE CANADA MALT,
Makes a beverage at once wholesome and nu
tricious. For family use in boxes of 2 dozen
pints at 82-
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY.
Office 118 % Bay Street Telephone 429.
FOR SALE.
THE LEASE, FURNITURE AND GOOD WILL
—OF THE—
HARNETT IT OUS E,
Which is conceded to be the best second-class
hotel in the south.
DU IDEND NO. 7.
Brush Electric Light and Tower Cos . 1
Savannah, Ga , Dec. 20, 1889. f
A dividend of THREE ($3) DOLLARS per
share from the earnings of this company for
the past six months has been declared on the
stock as it appeared of record at the close of
business this day payable ON AND AFTER
DEC. 30th Inst., and the transfer books will be
closed until that date.
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON.
President and Treasurer,
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOT R E. ~
AH bills against the British steamship
ALCESTER, Matthew, Master, must be pre
sented at our office by or before 12 ■. THIS
DAY, Dec 23, or payment thereof will be de
barred.
A- MINIS A- SONS. Consignees.
“BLAVV FELL,”
Steamir Direct From
ANTWERP. BELGIUM,
WITH A CARGO OF
1 I I PORTLAND CEMENT, II?
tlffllltfltfltftt
EXPRESSLY FOB
rr—" - - ~A . HANLEY, - ...
Stronger than wax
Better than lime ,
Portland Cement
Outlasts time.
Portland Cement is a superior article, well
known to the BuiidiDg Trade, and is specially
imported by
A. HANLEY,
Builders' Materials and Supplies,
Bay and Whitaker streets.
ELECTION Foil DIRECTOR*.
Central Railroad Bank, I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 6. 1889. f
An election for thirteen directors to manage
the affairs of this company for the ensuing year
will be held at the banking house, in Savannah,
MONDAY, the SIXTH DAY’ OF JANUARY.
1890, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
2 o’clock p. m. Stockholders and their families
will be passed free over the company's road, to
attend the election, from the FOURTH to the
SIXTH OF JANUARY inclusive, and be passed
tree returning, from the SIXTH to the EIGHTH
OF JANUARY inclusive, on presentation of
their stock certificates to the conductors.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
BUST PEAS AND BEANS.
Just arrived and still coming in, large quanti
ties Buist Premium Peas, Philadelphia Extra
Early, Black Eye, Marrowfat and all other
varieties at lowest market price. Call and see
me. Yours, E. J. KIEFFER,
Corner West Broad and Stewart Streets.
TURKEYS,
. ’ Give your orders to JOYCE for O
T* fine selected Turkeys and Chix. “
Also, don t fail to order a fine ”
® Roast from his Xmas Beef. A O
■" fine selection of Oranges, Apples
* and Bananas.
hs
> Telephone 107. v
AND KALAMAZOO CELERY.
DIVIDEND.
The Citizens’ Bank of Savannah. |
Savannah, Ga , Dec. 18, 1889. f
A dividend of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents
per share from the earnings of the Bank has
been declared on the stock as it appeared
of record at the close of business this day.
The said dividend will be paid on and after
JANUARY 6th, 1890.
GEO. C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
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. MUHLBERO, Manager.
Highest prices paid for old Gold and Silver.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
Merchants’ National Bank, (
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 14, 1889. i
The annual election for directors of this bank
will be held at the banking house on TUESDAY’,
JAN. 14, 3890, between the hours of 12 and 1
o'clock. TIIOS. G. GADSDEN,
Cashier.
TO RENT.
THE LARGE, SPYQIOUS STORE UNDER
THE MARSHALL HOUSE,
Recently used ns Barber Shop.
SPLENDID BUSINESS STAND. RENT
MODERATE.
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.
W ould 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 31 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.
TR VINED BUFFALOES.
BUFFALO LITHIA WATER, fresh from the
springs, in half gallon bottles. Sold by single
bottle or case of twelve bottles. Send for cir
cular. ,
SARATOGA. CARLSBAD AND VICHY
WATERS, UNDERWOOD SPRING WATER,
—AT—
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
0!
Corner Bull and Congress streets.
STOVES.
CORN WELL & CHI PM AN~
156 Congress Street,
—HAVE a—
NICE LINE
OF
HEATHS STOTES.
.JEWELRY .
J. MARIL, the Jeweler,
147 CONGRESS STREET,
NEXT TO “HEIDT’S.”
Appropriate Presents for Xmas.
DIAMOND RINGS. Go'd Watches, Chains,
Rings, Fancy Clocks, Silver and Gold
Filled Watches for Ladies and Gents, etc., etc.
My stock is not the largest in the city, but it
is Indisputably the LOWEST PRICED.
Get my prices before making your purchases.
j. ivxa.ixxl.
REAL ESTATE.
J. K. FULTON
Real Estate and General Collecting
Agent,
8 DRAYTON STREET.
QPECIAL attention given to the collection ot
rents and the care of real estate. Patron
age respectfully solicited.
/—-v CENTS A WEEK pays for the
• 9 l-'v DAILY MORNING NEWS, deliv
m leied EARLY EVERY MORNING
At™ in any part of the city.
AM USEMEXTS.
SA V ANN AH THEATER!
SATI RDAY and MONDAY, Dec. 21 an- 1 23.
A *L> E>r benedict.
Supported by the Great Emotional Actress
.. . Miss Frances Field,
And his Own Excellent Company, in the Great
est Romantic SoectacnUr Melo- •
drama ever written.
—fabio RQNiAisrri •
A story of rax dead
SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY,
x- , I r ßea " tlful Plating of the Bay of
Turner's celebrated masterpiece.
Act 11.-aTbe Mausoleum of the Romani
Moonlit \ lew of the Ancient Sepulchral Vault"
Picture que Representation of the Palace of the
Romani on the \ ine-elad Slopes ot Mount Vesu
viu. Acr in.—The Statue of PhrynJ a? t
>' —Terrace of the Statues in the Villa Ro
"T r o aples ; Arr V—Grand Realistic
Spectacular Reproduction of Naples and its
Picturesque Bay Mount Vesuvius and its in
teresting surroundings—Cathedrals. Viaducts
Aqueducts as it appeared on tbeeveof the fam
ous Historical Eruption of 1690. Thrilling and
Interesting Earthquake Effect, simultane us
witn an Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; Iliu nina
tlnn of the Biy of Naples—forming the most
Magnificent Spect acuiar Tab eau ever attempted
on any stage. Mr Benedict carries ail the
scenery used in this immense production Seats
on sale at Butler's Dec 19
Next Attraction—-Si Perkins, ” Dec. 27.
furmishimo goods.
Mis Mi
AT
LaFar s
LJENTLEMEN’S SILK UMBRELLAS, Men’s
c Smoking Jackets and Caps, Fine Silk
Suspenders and Mufflers, Elegant Neckwear
New Shapes; Card Sets. Whisk Brooms, Hat
and Key Racks (room ornaments). Shaving
Sets, Dressing Cases, Elegant Night Robes, a
most useful present; Gold-Head Walkiug Canes,
Elegant Quilted Chest Protectors for wearing
evening parties. Weather Vests of Chamois
Skin, Initial Handkerchiefs in Silk and Fine
Linen, all letters; Perin’s Fine Gloves and
Foster s Soft Undressed Gloves, Fur Top, and
Tanned anl Oiled: Leather Gloves, Elegantly
Embroidered Dress Shirts and Men’s Under
wear.
AT
La FAR’S,
27 BULL ST.
PUBLICATIONS. * ~
ftisiirfeiH
AT
No. 2U Bull Street. *
London H’ustrated News .^**7so
London Graphic 753
Figaro... 00
l aris illustre 750
Holly Leaves 75-j
Chatterbox Christmas Box 75c
Lady’s Pictorial ' ‘ 754.
Pictorial World " 734,
Chatterbox §1 pg
Frank Leslie’s Christmas Book 75c
The Judge 300
Puck SOo
Life.. .300
Harper’s Bazar 154.
Leslie's Illustrated jr„,
Texas Siftings 150
Harper’s Weekly 15c
Young Ladies' Journal, double number
with fine chromo . 60c
New York Fashion Bazar with chromo...’.. 50c
Dramatic Mirror 25c.
Dramatic News, with Chromo. ..... 26c!
Mailed to any postofflee on receipt of price.
Address all orders to
WILLIAM ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga.
GRAIN, HAY, ETC.
S ZEE ITRY®
COTTON SEED MEAL,
Rust Proof Seed Oats,
OUR OWN COW FEED,
Corn, Oats and Hay.
T. J. DAVIS & CO.,
156 BAY STREET.
AND BOOKKIUI)EB.
BUSIN ESS 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. QEO. N. NICHOLS.
SILVERWARE. *
MILL SUPPLIES. '
Suppllea
JENKINS’ PACKING. JENKINS' VALVES
—Fca SALfI T
J. D.WEED& CO.
NURSERY.
KIESLING-’S NURSERY,
WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
PLANTS, Bouquets, Designs, Cut Flower*
furnished to order. Leave orders at I)AVId
BROS.’, cor. Bull and York sts. The Belt Rail
way passes through the nursery. Telephone Mil
TRUNKS.
