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Newspaper Page Text2 SENATOR BUTLER’S BILL. He Expresses foms Views with Re spect to It. Washington, Feb. ft.—l ha Ia little talk with Senator But’.-r to-day about his kill, which provides for an appropriation of $5,- 000,000 to assist th ne of the bl icks t) e Mi grate who wish t> do so. I also talked with other senators with re;p®ct to it. Senator Butler said: “There are more negroes in Snith Caro lina and several other states than are re quired, and their presence and co iduct serve to irritate ami excite to violence ti e worst classes of w i.e<- It is fruitless to snecu late on where lo lay the blame. N > reput able white man approves or excuses the recent massacre of blacks by whites m mv own state; but it may truthfully tie plea led that t. e lilacts were the li st agg ess ir-, and that the flair was sporadic—just such an soiated crime as might oeeu. in any community under like conditions. It is every way to be condemned and deplore I “Mi bid is inteude las a afety-valve. If the negroes feel ad know tha' a way is opened by which tbev can‘esc ip >’ if they wan: to, the reputable and peaceful ones will not want to. So ne others will, aid such can b spared. It is sai l that the e are 250,000 more bae k s than whites in mv state, if tins is an accurate estimate I think that 300,0 0 could be spaed ns weli as not. Although a majority, they have not poses-ion of the government, an apparent sole u-m in politics whico the people of the nort . find much diffi culty in understanding the reason of, unless they come and .ive among us. Yet I do uot flnd the people of New Yark g:a.eelect in . their colored fell iw-ciriz ns t > office. The fact is, that wi ere two ride a horse, one must ride tiehiud, and when a w hite man and a black man encounters each other the black m n must go out of the way.” I called on Senator Flatt of Connecticut, and asked wha ne thoug t about it. "Toe negroes are here,” he said, “and I have no doubt ihev are here to stay. Their expatriation is out of the question, and their wholesale transp nation f r long dis tances is equally out of the que-tion. The policy of giung them the right to vote is not now of profitable discussion, Tuey have the right guarmteed to the n by con stitutional law. Tbe best way to settle the so called race troubles of the south is, do exactjust.ee to all, io onfo.ee tne law, ad to let passen ers sit in first-class cars who tuy and pay for first-class tickets. No other way occurs to me.” I found writing in his committee room Senator Jones of Arkansas, always a good man to interview, not given to conversa tional oratory, but a witty story-teller, and always sufficiently urbane and respon sive. “One remedy,” he said, “would be to dis tribute tiie b acks throughout all the sta es pro rata. This woul 1 turn about 125,000 loose into Massscnusetts, and 500,000 into New York, as an addition to the regular population. Thi-would e able the folks of the Puritan a id the Dutch common wealths to get some glimpses of the situation m the 1 south. But such a remedy might be con sidered too cruel. “A tremendous responsibility lies on the soul of the Christian church. It has sup ported thousands of missionaries in China, Japan and the Pacific islands toconvert the heathen, but it has left tue colored heathen untaught. About the only preaching the blacks of the siuti ever heir is that of other blacks as ignora t and superstitious es theiqselves. The blacks of my district listen to the weekly ser.n ns of four hun dred black preachers and to n t one whi e preacher, as far as I kno w. These black preachers are grossly ig norant. And they hold and inculcate the ■wiliest supers uions, unheard of at the north—a sort of revision of the traits and barbarian fears f their African ancestors. I tell you tue thing the church, both nort i and south, ought to do is to send mission ori s to civilize these pe pie.” “Would white missionaries sent from the north be treated weli by your folks, senator I" “Ceriainly they would, unless they fra ternized with the blacks and inflamed tlieir discontent. To associate with our whites they w. uld have t hold themselves above the blacks. If they went and lived with the blacks, and ate and slept with them, and treated them as equals, tney would be ostra cised by the whit-—that is, they would bo left wholly to their choice.” “Wh are the superstitions you allude to, Sena's a?” “Well, many of our blacks have a very gross and degraded religion. Tney believe in the hoodoo. They call it being ‘trick >d.’ For instance, I have with ine a black man named King Johnson, far superior to a ma jority of his jieople in natural ability. He is quite a frank, honorable and manly fellow. I have frequently left him with con siderable responsibilities. When I returned from VV ashiugtou one year I asked the first hand I met wlia the news was. “*O t nothing,’ he said, ‘nothing particu lar, ’cept King Johnson hes kill and Cole man.’ This Coleman was a eil-knowu black on an adjoining pla tation. “ ‘Nonsense,’ I answered, ’it can’t be pos sible. “ ‘Yes, ’deed, it is true,’ he insisted. “So I waited, and that afternoon I met King. I looked bun in ti e eye and said: •Tney say. King, tuat you’ve killed Cole man. riwisil?’ “ ‘Weil, 1 tell you, Mr. Jones, how ’twas,’ he began. ‘This is how it ’ urred. I was took sick one da , an’ I got very sick, and I didn’t know but I would die. I was laying asleep on t e little be ch, y >u know, in front of my cabin, nd God come and stan’ right by me, and says Uc; "King, doan’ ye know w o’s i u te i vou? It’s Culetna i lies hurted you; he’s tricked you. The thing he done it ith he took an’went an’ bune l down de ro d.” An’ then he walked down an’ showed me where C de man had buried his trick, and he told me ef i would go and dig it up and turn it end for end Coleman would ■walk over it an’ ai-. So I crawled of’ i tue bainch an’ went down the road to where Go i pints i with his finger, an’ Id gge i in that spot an’ fou id the t nng that Coieman bed tricked me with. An’ I turned it over enderways. That was Sunday night. An’ Coleman come al ng ttie e an’ ue walked over the spot. An’ he died, tney say, Tues day morning. An’that’s all I know about what happened to Coleman, Mr. Jones.’ “I asked Ki g what it looked like. “‘Jest a most lilp. a little rot en root about ez big ez yer little finger. Of co’se you believe it wuz rotten roo . No, sir, not at alii It wuz not a rotten ro >t It wuz hard as iron, an’ I couldn’t break it. It wuz the thing C deman tricked me wnh.’ “No > reuietnb r t iat t.i s man K ng, •was a really b ight and nigh-mi ided man— one if the Pest of his class—and vou cau, perhaps, imagi e the current degradati m! “I had a colored girl, Maria, who was sick for a long time. Nothing seemed to do her any good. She had a s suicion she had been tricked, but sue couldn’t locate it. One night she met God—a irequent episode in the s nt h—and he showed her Where and how sue had been tricked, and told her that if she would dig betw, en the bricks in the chimney jamb she would find the thing that the f arful deed had been wrought w ith. I laughed’ at her and tr ed to and „suade her, but sue persist -d and dug into tbe chimnev aud found a little piece of brick or stone or something that she immediately recognized as the diaboli cal weapon. This, with duo formalities, she destroyed, i non sue came to me aud sail: ‘Mr. Jones you thiuk I’m a poor ig norant nigger and that I’m a to 1 and don’t know nothiug, and that vou ar smart aud can make speeches aud ho and offices aud all that, and you think that 1 wasn’t tricked. Mr. Jones, vou do kno v tnore’n 1 do about some things, but tuere’s some things u’ times when I snow an’ you dont. I’..is is one of them times. Tne trick is removed and i’m going to get well.’ She began to mend at once and became strong and beany. tie tiling the north eeis to ido is to send i .teliigent white minister , down to preach lot i southe u blacks.” ilaj. J. \V. Powell, director of the United State, geological survey, being present a the above narration, said: “I had a little of that sort. The thug the.; breaks the hoodoo spell in Washing'on is known ii color-d c >lloquv as a ‘cungeuce,’ but I don’t know h,w :• spell it. Our girl be -arne affiic ed ami she sail she had been hoodooed. Nothing c uld change her mind. To offset this damagi ,g witch speil s e male a ‘cungence’ and ceremoniously buried it in th* garden. Tbea she went and dug it up ad burnt it with great re jo cing. I saw the f rmiJable amulet or w ntever it urn ' le called in the E lgiish la igt.age. It was a lit le piece of salt p rk with hair w und around it in a ball a ,and a gi -I many pins stuck luto it. The girl got well.” In Washington and in Virginia and ! M 1 via;: i r Hind ah ut this belief in the powe of “tricking” people is very com mon, an i acl a sof imiiostors live b curl ig it kn )Wn as “doctoi niggers.” I interviewed my rheumatic cork ah at the u. “ T dunno.’ she said, hobb i g to a cha : r in the kitch-n. ‘G off many say s une t>ad nigger hurt me—put a speil on m and fill-d my -kin full of snakes and toads and bu;s. If feels like it, but I do.i’t see how ha could. Mv folk-i wants ne t > lure a doctor nigger, but Id an believe in ’em much. My sister was sick, aid sue paid a doctor niuger to draw tne bugs aud snakes out of her. He brought a c>w’s horn and put tne mo.it i of it agin her knee and sucked on the othe’ end. and there, sure en >ugh, he snowed iu the horn a handful of angrv worms. She was deligh ed, and handed over the $25 quick. Within a week a cousin of hers t id h-r about seeing this and et >r nigger dig those very angry worms and hide ’em ii t.e horn. No, I’ll keep h 'bbhng around.’ ” “What do you think of Senator Butler’s remedy, senator?” “it seems utterly impracticable. It would only stir up disc mtent, I tmuk. As a role, the blacks uon’t want to move, and will not move. A few w uld go off and c >me back again, arid transport tion com panies would tnak > some money. All the blacks want is to be let alone." W. a. Croffut. THAT PIE iNCiDENi. Ex-Minister Taylor Says It Occurred in Kansas, Not in Missouri. St. Louis, Feb. 6. —Iu this morning’s Republic t .e following dispatch from Kan sas City, Mo., appeared; Kansas City. Mo.. Jan. St.—C. 11. J. Taylor, the co! red politician, who was recently minis ter to Liberia and resigned. went into a restau rant here to-day an 1 asked for coffee aud pie. Tbe propri‘tor told him that pie and coff-e would c st him sl. Taylor replied that the price was all right, and the articles were placed before him. Afterwar Ihe walked up to the counter, took a handful of toothpicks, threw ID cents on tle counter, and said; "Now, ——, sue for the rest.’’ He walked out of the place la-fore the astonish,* I proprietor could r •- ply. The latter says he will su - for tne *0 cents, as Taylor accepted the price before he began eating. Iu replv C. H. J. Taylor says: “ I’his is almost entirely false. First, this affair did not occur in Kansas City, Mo., but iu Wyaud >tte, Kan., where the Republican party boast) ; uch love for the negro. The truth is, that on Jam “4 last, instea 1 of th - 31st, as your correspondent report; it, I wa kel into a restaurant on Minnesota avenue, in the toon formerly called Wyandotte, now called Ka sas City, Kan., and asked for a cup of c .tree a id piece -f p:e. The keeper of the restaurant and I were strangers. I took a seat at the lunch counter, never dreami g I would h ■ refused. He said to me: ‘ Tne coffee and pie will cost you s2.’ The restaur mt was crowded w ith per sons, a nuinb-r of whom know me—a id that well—politically speaking. Said Ito the restaurateur: ‘Give me tue pie and cdf e. I did not ask you about the price.” He did so. I satisfied my bu iger. O.i the wall I c >uld plai ily r -ad his rite sh -et. I paid him the price advertised (10 cents), and as i walked out I remarks I to him taat he would have to sue for the rest. At tuts the crowd roared with laugnter. I would not have gone into the stingy aide eap-looking restaurant if I had knowu they did not want colored customers. The laws of Kansas, section 2,018 of the Revi-ed Statutes, forbids discrimination on the grounds of color, but, for one, I do not fall behind that law in order to impose myseif oa that class of whites who do not regard a negro oust uner as a sweet-scented rose. lam one of tuose ne ;roes wiio do ot believe that food in a Whiteman’s restaurant is more pilatatle and delicious because it happens to be in said restaura it Iwo it in th restaurant t > eat, not 11 give offense. I did uot go in to b • robbed b cause I was colored. Ii hap pened in Kansas, n>t tn Missouri. As to the man’s intention to sue, he will find th t if lie does sue and obtain judgment I ova -sulfi— ei oit iu Kansas to satisfy his claim. You s for truth, conservatism and non-offeusive ness.” ELECTRIC’S STRIKE FATAL. Milkman Brady s Horae Touches a Wire and Drops Dead. From the Macon ( Ga .) Telegraph. It was nearly (>:3J o’clock Saturday morn ing when a negro boy drove up with the horse and milk wagon of B ady’s in front of Hicks & Parker’s salo m, on Fourth s reel, near the corner of Plum. Jumping out of the wagon, tbe b >y c irried several cans of inilk into the saloon, leaving the h -rse standing untied. The -aioon is lighted by incandescent ole -trie lignts of the Thomson-Houston svs te n. Directly in fro nof the building, and on the curbing is a tall polo, on w ich are strung the circuit wires, and near tha top of which are fas.eued the “transformer,' and ais > a lightning arrester. The lntt r comes into use when there happens to be an over charge on the wire, the surplus current running out through the arrester over an in ulated wire, w. ich is fastened to die poie, and which runs down its side into the ground s -ve a! inches. A pie e of iron pipin , a few s zee larger than the wire and seven feet in length, is fastened to the pole, and is driven i ito the ground. Tar nigh this piping the wire from the arrester passes on its w ly to the ground. The boy h and left tue animat untied and standing eignt. or ni ie feet awiyfron the p >!e. The early m>rii ig current was sup plying tue lights in the bud ii g. Doz -ns of pedestrians were on the streets hastening to their places of business. Suddenly and without warning the ani mal st igge ed and fell, his n sa tn i g the iron pipe on he post, which was suppised to insulate the wire. There was a twitch ing cf the mu cl-s, and tie next mo nent the animal was dead. The killing, as an eye-wit ess puts it, was “as if bv magic ” Bystanders ran to iiis side, and two negroes. Jack Davis and Julius Stephens, atte n ded to lift the h use u >. The latter to k hoi i of ttie head, and a; he did so a shock went through him that brought forth a veil of terror. Davis also felt a severe shock whoa ha touched the body. For half an hour the carcass lay in the ditch, the center of attraction for a hun dred or two curious spectators. Then the current was out off and it was lifted on a wagon and hauled off to the swamp. Garisle’s influenc >. From the Philadelphia Hecord. But C irisle, wuose eua ac or shines with new luster wnen contra-ted with lined’s, would not let such c mfusio igo on. So he comes down to the front, and iu so doing, such is his perso ial power over the House, immediately quiets a id soon silences b th sides—except the bulldozing Boutelle, who does not know euougn to be courteous to Car lisle.and must needs break in on his dignified rejue-t with some flippant impertinence. It is impressive to s-'e the member; si: down) it is more impressive tosee the wave; of exi'iteme t subside a; Mr. Ca l.sle speaks iu his ju licial tone. He makes evenß-ed listen; yes, a id mikes R.-ed state what the vote is o.i, aud then he quietly goes back to his seat, He is he greatest ma iin the chamber, blit it i-,uot uis ability but his fair ness bieh gives him such power. No, Reed does not c ivet it. He was born a partisan. He is content with a partis in’s power. He, too, ,as i “mailed hand.” He, too, be lieves that might makes right, and so asks only might. THE MORNING NEWS : MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1890. HAYSEEDS AS SHARP A3 STEEL. | A Countryman Who Presented a i $425,000 Check and Demanded I Legal Tenders From the Philadelphia Press. New York, Feb. 2.—Those mysterious beings who appear on Waii street on the heels of a panic have sent their advance gua'd t .ere. On Saturday morning a quaint and curi >us-lookiug person showed I himself there and was at once rec gnize 1 by I Cashier Cornell, who has bee * o i Wall street, unce the days of his boyli od, as the harbinger of this little group. He always cones ii-e a first shad or the firs" sprig .f May flower, to indicate that the season when these myst nous financiers are ready t j operate is at ha id. Thi- particular representative is one of th* most unique of his tribe. No bunco steerer would p xoacti him for there is not tbe dig itust sugge-tion of m >ney in uis ap p-arance. He ears old-fashioned cow hide boots, which never felt a blacking ■ rush. Once be appeared on Wall street’ in bl e jeans overalls, but yesterday bi< trousers were a see ly and faded pat e-n of ancient muke, and which had never fitted him. He is, in fact, a typical farm laborer, a man whom you would judge could scrub a living off a f >rty-acre pateu. This person has for man ■ years appearel iu Wall s rent whe ever there was a ua ic or any sig : of one, and tie has been led, doub less, to c me yesterday turougb the reikirt; of the failure of three b inks and t e imp essi m that bank stocks woul 1 lit' heavy I rs >me days, an I p >ssibly some fi lanci il trouble be hj nerience I. His purpose is to pick up first class stock; at a bargain, and he must have made hundreds of thousands of dollars in this business. A HAYSEED FINANCIER. At tbe time of the Grant an 1 Ward fail ure, w hen a small panic affec.ed the market and a general whirlwind ii stocks seemed likely, this individual wa3 seen by Cashier Cornell standing on the ste sof one of tbe downtown banks. He evidently knew who Mr. Cornell was, for he hailed him and asked him several questions about certain stocks, ad particularly about railroad bonds. He then declared that he waited to buy a- mmy as h - could g -t, preferri g a certain line of ra 1 road securities. Mr. Cor nell looked at hi n iu a uazenienr. He ( seemed more like a mau who song it to bor row m >ney rather than to bur b md;. Dnr i ig this conversation tnere was a rusu of brokers into tie ba k is well a- into one or two adjoining banking iust tutions. They were an excited and frightened lot of men, aud s me of them had in their ha ds the securities which they proposed to hypothe oa eor sell. Cash was commanding a tre mendous premium, and hard to get at that, ad the only sale of securities possible wa; that which could be consummated with heavy capitalists who were on the street picking up b irgains. The cou tryinan asked Mr. Cornell how he could best, pick up the bonds ho was afier, and was tol l Po sta id where he was and he could collar enough brokers in half an hour who would be very glad to make a bargain with him. “But how can you pay for them?” the cashier asked. “Nobody will take checks, n >i even car ill) l ch cn t >-l ly, because it is hard cash they vvaut." The countryman replied that he thought he had money enough about him to take all the stock he wanted to get. “I’m i retty good . t a bargain.” he said, “but I ai i’t quick at fig ;e: lu’,” and lie p o posed to Mr. Corned that he sh ul l bring the customers ha might secure to the cashier that his skillful pen might figure out those computations wliicu were n ce sary to effect a bargain aud sale. Mr. Cornell go id nature ily sai l he would do it, u >t having toe slightest idea that auythiug wou.d come of it. A BIG ROLL OF BANK NOTES. Within five minutes the countryman had hook -d a broke• an l led him into the bin r. He made a i offer for some bonds about 2J par out. below the rna icet value, as the quotations of a day or two bet >re had made tue n, aud toe broker snee el at hi n. Toe ountryman thrust one hand into his trous ers pocket and produced theref.mni a roll of bills strapped together with a skate strap. It was so big that both hands could uot encompass i . due bait took the broker, he laid down the bonds and the countryman asked Cashier Cornell to figure for him. Toe computation was made in a moment or two, the broker received the cash anil the co :nt yma i the bonds. He put them into a sort of book, ho ne-ma le, tne leaves having bre.i stitched together wita needl and thread, and thrust them into an inside po ket. Then he disap peared. Within ten minutes he re-entered the bank with another broker iu tow, wuom oa had collared on the bank steps, a ;d speedily had again exchanged some ' f his cash for b mds. This remarkable operation was con tinued for nearly three hours, the farmer finally divi ig into his coat-tail picket, whence tie produced another r 11 of bil s. When ho quit this busine s he had received so nethi ig iika $75,000 worth of b>uds aid stocks, and had paid out less than $00,00!) for them. Within ten days these securities were again quoted at heir nor oal i ate and then tnese identi.-ai stocks and bonds began to appear in Wall street, coming from differ ent out of town places. The countryman ust nave made ne iriv $20,000 out of that operation. T ds ,s the same fe low w o showed him self agnn yesterday in Wall street, but wuetiier lie has made uny bargains or not, no one can tell. C rtajnlv he did uot con summate t hem iu the dramatic and curi >us tnanne. wh o i c ar icterized his opera-ions in the spring of 18S5. Mr. Cornell says he does not know who the man is, aud doubts wether any one m Wall street dues, but ho is practicing the only method which will make men surely pr sperous, aud that is to buy cheap and sell uear. DREW $425,000 IN LEGAL TENDERS. All sorts and conditi ms of men are met with by those who do busi ms ■ in batiks or o i Wall street. Mr. Cornell’s narration of the anecdote respactmg the c luntrvinan eallei to min i a lother experience winch ha not long ag > enjoyed, and wnich he decl ires is oie of the most remarkable illustrations of the curiosity of human nature respect ing banking matters. There walked into o.ie of the Wall street banks a cadav erous, solemn-eyed and melancholy man nered man, one day ot long since, who was s . tall tha he could look over the w ire railing enclosing the tel.er’s desk and so tni.i that lie s -enitd lik i a shadow. He t .rus a check into the opening, which on ex limitation proved to be tue draft of one of the largest firms of br kers on Wa l street, and called f r $425,000. It was n unusually large draft. The teller, how ever, proceeded to certify it, for the b ok ers’ account there averaged something like i1,000,000. The thin man thrus hi; hand t.irough the opeui g anil snatched the check away, asxing tne teller what he was doing with that check. “1 am certifying it,” was tne reply. “I don’t want a certified cheek. I want the legal lenders ihar this check calls for.” The teller was dumb for a moment and the i eaid that the man must be mist ken, for nobody ever carried away from toe bank on their pers >a nay such sum in legal teud ers as that. “Is the cheek good? That’s what I want to Know?” the man asked. "Ic is perfectly good.” “Then 1 demand th < legal tenders for it, and if you do n t give them to me you know wnat tiieconseque .ces wi.l be.” T e teller invited the thin man Into the president’s roo n, aud meanwhile sent a messenger to tne brokers’ office. Ihe m - senger returned with a note from tue brokers declaring the man was all righ;. and lo piy uim what Ue wanted, und as ne want.si it. The preside t f the bank began to argue with him, declaring it was folly for a ma i to carry away on his person over $400,00 i of legal lender notes, but the thin man oould not be persuaded. He insisted upon the cash, and the president instructed the teller to bring it to lain. A great pil; of money was brought in. I laid ut*.n the preside ■ t’s desk, aid he pro , cecde I to count It, taking bills by bill from ! the pile and p itting tne . i:i the thin inan’K lap. S -me of the bid were for #lO/<K) each, and a good ma iy for SI,OOO, yet the am u it was so large that it tons three quarter; of an hour to count it. When the co nting was finished tbe thin man put the mo .ey in an old-fashioned carpet-bag and disappeared. COUPON BONDS IN A TRUNK. The trail ;action was so extraordinory that t e brokers were questioned by the president of the bank, merely as a ma ter of curiosity. They said that some thirty yeirs ng i a rail oad was laid through thi man’s property, which was farm lad of c insiderabla txtent. Iu payment fir the la id iu part t e railroad company gave thi; min a large number of ins coupon bonds and he also bo igut up the coupon bond- which had been used to pay s me neigab >rs of his, a:.d which were market able th n at 50 cents on the dollars. Having thus git p ssessioa of these bonds, he put them l i a trunk in his bed' oosn and there they remained for thirty rear;. Not" asi igle coupon had bee i cu: If. He had never recei ed a penny’s in terest aud the railroad compa iy had for a number of years been puzzled because their accoun's showed that a large number of coupons had never beeu presented for re dem .tion, nor had the bonds been presented when t *ei- time expi ed. It wns a constant cha-ge on the property, wa.c i has Hues bee une one of the most important roads in the c .untry. At last after thirty years this curious in dividual to k the bon is, coupons and all, from his trunk,came fro u a great distance to Wall with sati-fac >ry pioof as ti his identity and ownership a id negotiated the b n is within an hour, receiving this ch ck for $425,000 iu payment. It is an experience believed to he unprecedented on Wail street. SHARP BARGAIN MAKERS. There are a number of men who have made hands ma form .es by just the kind of business w.iicn tha countryman above re ferred to practices. Rome of them are wei -known cap talists in this city, who always carry plenty o cash, and who are ready :o pick up g eat bargiiusin moments of panic. But these men are known, as they are always app aedto in mch crises. There also comes from the country a curi ous a id motley group of men who do the same thiag. They are not known, but they speedily make taeir purpose; apparent, an i no is a sharp broker who gets the better of them. One of these men lives in a little farming town iu Connecticut, a person so miserly that he does uot wear .stockings, so that he may save the wear of hoisery, and who, when t; aveling in a weitera sc te on busi ness last win er, saved tue remnants . f one meal which he ate at a restaurant, putting them in his pocket that ho mignt be spared the expense of buyi.ig his supper. This man Is reputed to be worth at lea;t $2,0 )0,- 000, almost every peony of wnich, except ing original investment, has been made in just this w av. HOW HE EARNS BIG PAY. A Wine Drummer Who Saya He,Gets a ; alary ot $20,000. From the Washington Star. “I get the higho t sal wry paid to any wine drummer ii t -e countr y,’' said the cadaver ous-looking mau with the fur-trimmed over coat aud silver-mounted traveling case in f he smoking compartment on the road from Baltimore to Wi shington. "I receive $20,- 000 a year for se nug champagne, aud I ea n c very cent of tne money.” “Is it such very hard work, then?” asked the reporter. “.Selling champagne is a verv easy and a very d.fliuult employment," respond'd tha commercial traveler, paradoxically. “Whetner it is difficult or easy depends u o circumstances. Amai is not paid $20,000 per a num for loafing arou and in the ciubs and reco amending ih.s or tiist bra id to one’s fellow dudes. Nor is such an in fo ne earned by exercising powers profes sionally pa suas,ve upon wholesale dealers and tne lute. It is quite another branch of the busiuess that offers the big wage; to the few men who are capable of executing its du ies. Tue pay is large because the occu pation i< proportionately hazirdous.” “You don’t mean dangerous?” “1 do mean tuat my employment is very da gerous. It is very disagreeable also, besides requiri g great experience, wide aeq isintano aud u i little sn.il 1 . To be suc cess.ul in it one must be comparatively reckless of danger, indifferent to tne main tenance of personal reputation, and callable of making himself popular in all sorts of society, down to the very dregs of dissipated humanity. Of alt tra le<, mine, I will ven ture to assert, is the least agreeable, and taat is precis iy the reason way it is that an expert in it is paid so highly.” “But I had always supposed that cham pagne s filing was tha easiest and most agreeable work possiuie.” “ fhe ordinary wine agent’s labor is com monplace enough and n t at all unpleasant, bit uiv iiuti in the busiuess is altogether apart, a id though the most important in the trade, s irprisiagly little is kuown iu regard to it. Perhaps some folks might toi k the less said toe b tter, but if you lixe I’U tell you a fo v fac s about it.” “Pray do so. lam much interested.” “Well, of course, I sell wine wherever and wnenever lean—.o whole alers, hotels, or individua s, but my specific line of wont is to get oriers fro u patrons of a class not recognized as reputaol) by the gt spei tem perance element of the cotnmu uty. Salo 'li ke -po sof thebe er class are aino g tie leistj objectio ante of my customers. Gather before your mi d’s eye all the es tablishments m the United States organ* iz.‘d for disreputable purposes; c insider collectively an tha dives and places of dissipated resort in the country; assemble within the ra <ge of your mental vision the e dire number of haunts for vice aud wickedness from the Atlantic to the P iciiic and from tue guif coast to the Canada border, and vou are overlooking the field of inv professional ex e tions. Champagne is tue essence of dissi pation, as you in gat say, inasmuch as its consumption usually aceompa des every sort of mal-aruuseineat known to civiliza tion. Where people a e too poor io buy the real stuff they must have an imitation if they have money to squin dor. Myraugeof work extends from Twen ty-seventh stre t aud Sixth av nue, New York city, to the bloodhound-guarded dens of Wisconsin, thegam iitig lielisof C icago, and ho opium joints of Sail Francisco, through tue big towns east of tue Missis sippi, and along the line of n >to 1 jusly Pad towns from the f tiier of rivers westward, with a i occasion .1 excursion to the south. It is my task t > make tuy never-e iding way traveling expenses paid. To sum ttie matte • up, there is scared a dis sipated qu irter in any t >wn oa the Ameri cm co nine it tuat is not my s a aping ground. Ia n acquainted in eve y den; I kn w every dive keeper: lam on familiar terms with every gambler of prominence— in snort, t,e ent.re vicious population of the cou try forms my social aud business circle. This knowledge, with the experience n i noli s, is what ciiiefly makes me worth s2i),oiK) a year to the company that employs me, and I am cueap at the price, oonsid "r --iug tue number of bottles per annum tuat I sed. Fhe incidental danger, too, must be takeu i to view.” “And where does that come in?” “Where does it come in? U by, young man, do you sup v se ihat a person can Joeiid his time from yeir’s o id to year’s eudiu aud about tne worst hau its of vice from Washi igto i c’itv to the G fiden Gate with oit being frequently exposed to peril? Five times avo I been attached iu dens, whore I was cornered, and omy escaped with mv life by using or threatening with mv re volvers; twice I have eluded murderous y disp sed entertainers by lowering mvseif from my bedroom vyinda ; ; o i four occa io.is I have been rob.ied of all mv personal effects, even to my sample case, and once I was ad but lvncned on suspici >n of stealing six m ilex Daugerl Look here.” The traviMnj man opened ais frock coat and revealed to view a b“lt snugly fitted around bis waist with two small rusto s of heavy caliber and a bowie k ife stuck iu it. “I never go anywhere without that equip ment," said he, “and in the far western towns I wear it on the out ide. People sbo tend cut quicker out there.” "I don’t think I should c .re to be a wir.e agent,” remarked the r j p rter with sme empnasi —“ ot even for $20,000 ayiar.” "It all depends upon the iine of trade,” rem irk dth ■ ebamuagne seller. “My run of business is a 1. ttie rough o i tbe nerves. V ic*, 1 dare say. is all very well when pur sued for fun, but when it is madea business of it ceases to be amusing.” WAB XT A GIGANTIC FRAUD? The American Eu iding and Loan Association. From the Sere York Times. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 6.—The American Building aid Loan Association of this city, capitalized at $10,010,000 and doing a business of $1,000,000 per annum, must wind np its affairs. Pu Uc Examiner Ke lyon yesterday c impleted an investi gation of its affairs, and has filed a re port with the attorney general, in which he says: “I hare to report the following facts in regard to the flaanc al transactions and condition of the American Building ad Loan Associa ion of Minneapolis, which facts make it appear to me tnat it is unsafe or inexpedient for such corporation to con tinue to transact business. An examination of the busi ess of the association shows that ths total sum paid iu by the share holders upt) Dec. 7, 1889. was' $1,24(5,719 21, less $35,220 92 pre niums pai l aud $7,000 31 installments withdrawn, leaving $1,203,- 437 98. The as.ets are $1,131,719 70, sho ing an excess of receipts over as ets of $74,- 718 26. The association being organized for the purpo oof making a pr n; for share holders, after having run the business two rears or more, shows a deficiency of $74,- 718 26 iu a counting for mono s received trom its shareholders, notwithstanding the shareholders have paid to its age ts, in ad dition to tne above, a large sum (estimated at $266,000) in admission fees, for expenses of the agents in obiaining the subscriptions of st ckholders to the stock. “The deficiency appears to be nearly 6 per cent, of the total sum received, and I know of no loaning busi ess that can safely be pursued where the expense fur all pur poses reaches that percentage.” In c mcludiag his report the public ex aminer calls attention to several vi ilati >ns of the state la.v iu i ives'.me its made on be half of the a<s ciation by its officers. Tue at orney general is expected to acton the report ad begin proceedings at once against the association. Concerning Your Wants. The “one cent a word” column of the Morning News places advertising within the reach of every oue who has anything to sell or wants anything. Advertising shows thrift and enterpr.se, and for the small sum of 15 cents you can demonstrate that you are possessed of those very necessary requi sites to success in life. The Morning News circulates everywhere, reaches everybody, is re id by rich aud poor alike, has thousands of readers who never look at any other newspaper. It will print your advertisement, if 15 words or less, for 15 cents, and charge you one cent for each added word. There is no trouble t > calcu.a e what your advertise ment will cost you. If you have an adver tising account wita the Morning News, you can teleohone your advertisement, if you do so before 10 p. m. Business office telephone is 364. SPECIAL NOTICES. SILVERMLDAL^^ And diploma awarded over all competitors, and indorsed by our leading physicians. Durin a visit to Savannah I had occasion to use Dr Ulmer’s Liver Corrector, and found it to be all that is claimed for it, and I most heart ily recommend it. N. E. Hulbext, With Tarrant & Cos., New Yorx city. As for ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR, and take no other. Prepared by B. F. ULJIER, M. D. Pharmacist, Savannah, Qa. Price $1 per bottle. If you cannot obtain the "Corrector” from your druggl-t, send your order direct an l it will be forwarded by ex press, freight paid. ‘ REMEMBER, THE SALE OF LOTS —A T— SOUTH SAVANNAH will positively close on MONDAY EVENING, THE IOTH INST. Don’t let this opportunity slip you. Call at once and secure one or more, as your means will permit. ROWLAND & MYERS, 04 Bay Street. LOIS AT SOUTH SAVANNAH. @SO EACH. 8* CASH and 82 A MONTH until paid for. NO INTEREST. NO ATTORNEY’S FEES. The above liberal offer will hold good only until MONDAY EVENING, THE 10rH INST. The sale will POSITIVELY close, so all who wish to avail t iem;e!ves ot this unusual oppor tunity will have to call at once. ROWLAND & MYERS, O 4 B t) street. BUST PEAS AND BEANS. Just arrived and still coming in, large quanti ties Huist 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 an i Stewart Streets. HiR SALE, 20 EXTRA FINE MULES. Suitable for city or country work. Apply to JAS. E. MORAN, No. 100 Bay street, or No. 31 New street. MONEY TO LOAN. Liberal loans made on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Watch-s. Jewelry, Clocks, Silverware, Guns, Pistols, Clothing, Tools, and on almost anything of value, at the old reliable Pawn broker House, 170 Congress street. E. MUHLBERG, Manager. Highest prices paid for old Gold and Silver. NOlTi 11 ( AMOLINA isKEII il 1 CE. A CHOICE LOT —OF— WHITE SEED RICE to arrive from Wilmington, and for sale ia quantities to suit planters by W. W. GORDON & CO. IP YOU WANT If you want a DAY BOOK MADE. If you want a JOURNAL MADE, 11 you want a CASH BOOK MADE. If you wait a LEDGER MADE, It you want a RECORD MADE. 11 you want a CHECK BOOK MADE. If you want LETTER HEADS. 11 you want NOTE HEADS. If you want BILL HEADS. If you want BUSINESS CARD3. —SEND YOUH oaUEILS TO — Morning News Steam Printing House, Morning News Building. 3 Whitutjr Street. MARRIAGES. CHAP.PIOT—TAYLOR. Married at the resi dence of the bride, Sunday, Peer nary 9. bv Rev. J U- L Holmes, S. A. Ckarpiot of Mac o and Mrs. E. N. Taylor of Savannah. FUNERAL INVITATIONS. LINGENFELSEih—Ttie friends and acquaint ance of Mr. an i Mrs. O. Linceufelser are re spectfully invited to att ni the funeral of iheir o:d st son. Francis 0.. from the Cathedral of st. John t e Baptist, at 3;3G o'clock THIS AFTERNOON. MEETINGS. CLINTON LODGE NO, 51,FA A M A regular communication of this lodge will be bell at Masonic Temple THIS iMondayi EVENING, February lUtb, at S o’clock. The 4’. C. and -gree will be conferred. Members of sister lodges and viuting brethren are cordially invited to meet with us. FRANK H. MOF.SE, W. M. Waring Russell, Jr , Secretary. MAGNOLIA ENCAMPMENT NO, 10, 7. O. F. Regular meeting JL will be held THIS akV (Monday) EVENING . n Kgj'M at 8 o'clock, in hall of ’ * y ‘ Trinity Methodist Jkif church building, cur eswraT. $ ner of President and ''‘•BFsEJSSHiiiSirhri* 71 ’ Jefferson streets. Geo. G. WILSON, C. P. A. N. Mantcy, Scribe. DeKALB LODGE NO. U, I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 3 o’clock, sun time. Metropolitan Hall, corner Whitaker and President Streets. First degree will be conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordiallv invited to attend. By order of J. D. GOODMAN, N. G. John Riley. Secretary. CALANTHE LODGE NO. 28, K. OF P. The regular meeting of the Lodge will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock. fej To* A Punctual attendance is desired. P*>hYsV) j. w. daniel. c. c. J. E. Freeman. K. of R. and S. GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The regular monthly meeting of this society will be held THIS (M mday) EVENING, at 7:30 o’clock p. m., in Knights of Pythias hall. WM. SCHEMING, President. A. Heller, Secretary. SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS. Headquarteus Battalion 1’• Savannah Volunteer Guards. V Savannah, Ga., Feb. 4, 1390.) ); General Order No. 10. The regular monthly meeting of the Corps wili be held at tue Armory on M iNDAY, 10th inst., at 8:15 o'clock p. m. By order cf LIr.UT. COL. GARRARD. Commanding. Wm. P. Hunter, Ist Lieut, and Adjutanr. SPECIAL NOTICES^ On and after Feh. 1, lSilO, the basis of meas urement of all advertising m the Morning News mil be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for the first insertion. I j ■ % Jtjhp PILSEHBEER I THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY Beg to inform the public that on and after MONDAY, 20th inst., ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS Of this city will attend to and promptly fill all ord rs f r family use of the Savannah Brewing Company’s EXTRA PILSEN BEER, MUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER, A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest Bavarian Hops of our own importation. THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY Will discontinue the direot delivery from that date. NOTICE. All hills against the British steamship ASHBURNE, Lambert, Master, must be pre sented at our onto by or before 12 m. THIS DAY, Feb. 10th, or payment thereof will be debarred. A. MINIS & SONS. Consignees. FOR SPRING PLANTING. BULBS, FLOWER —and— GARDEN SEEDS, From Reliable Growers, at Low Prices, at H E I D T ’ S. BUILDERS Are hereby notified of the superior advantages we offer them in the purchase of their many items of HARD W A R E such as Locks. Hinges, Knobs, Doors. Sashes Blinds, Etc. Our facilities are such that prices can be uarned as low as the largest manufact urers. We intend to make this A S PECI AL T Y of our mammoth New Depot, now being fin ished. Oet our estimates and lists on Port land Cement, Paints and Oils. A. HANLEY, Bay and Whitaker Streets. —BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.— NOTICE TO ARTESIAN WELL CON TRACTORS. SPECIFICATIONS for putting down an Arte sian well for the city water works in the city of Waycross, Ga.. tnav be obtaine I bv a-ldres in? H. MURPHY. Chairman of the Board, Wav cros , Ga. Bids will be received up to the la,t of February. TRUE MERIT. " THE CELEBRATED BOWDEN LYTHIA WATER Is now on draught and in bottles. Price in quantity same as at springs. This newly-discov ered Georgia Mineral Water is unquestionably richer in mineral salts thau any spring extant. Send for circulars giving analysis, only at BUTLER'S PHARMACY, Corner Bull and Congress Streets. ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE FOR 1890. CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, I Savannah, Ga., Feb. 6th, 1390. f Tbe Asessmea Book, containi ig a ueneral re-asses9m nt ot R a! Estate tor taxation and ir n,K tbe year 18A\ bavin* been duly filed in this ofHue for t*ie inspection of taxpayers, notice is hereby given r > all concerned to muke objection, if an> tuey have, within T.iIKTY DaYS from this aa.e, otherwise tue assessments and valua tions th rein contain *d w 11 be final, and shall orm the bu.is upon which to estimate tbe lax to be collected. Objections to valuations made by the asses sors must be iu writing, addressedtothe Awiess uieut Com niaee, and appeals from valuations as revised by t'.e Assessment Committee must ho' addressed to council accompanied bv an affidavit- that the assessment isuoovo the market value of the property. C. HARDEE, City Treasurer. AMTSEMKXTS. sav’annah theateaT Week Commencing February 10— Mtln-e W edneaiay, Friday aud Saturday at 2:30 RETURN OF THE FAVORITE : PROF, D. M. BRISTOL’S 30—Perfectly Educated— 30 HORSES, PONIES & MULES. A LL the Old Fav ri-e< retains,l and manv ax ew one. added since our !as: visit. “ r y \ER ” the famous ue t ome :iai. and en-Vrl c mpnnv in the ferry Come ly of -THE HOKKu SCHOOL” IW Swiss B-11 Hinge™ Mathematicians, Horse Tight-Ro Walker etc. Ni r)t Prices—2sc.. 50c. an ! 75c. Matm-ei 50c.: chi.dren under 12, 25c. A unny rnl- f >P the litt’o on s at n atiness. Seats on sal- nr Butl-r’s Fe >. Bth. 9 a. m Next Attraction - Lilt e Lord Fau tleroy.” Fen. .1 and 2:. SHOES. CflUTiOii bo “®“- W the dealer rimnutTu^yV,** price direCt *° fac,o,, >'> enclosing adserii^j \ Z-i- h hr yst m j V- -- , W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE o~n F i%W Fine Fair, Heavy Laced Grain and Creed moor Waterproof. Heo in Ihe world. Kvnmine his 83.00 GENUINE HtMI-kEWKiI SHOE. 8100 II NND-BEWKD WELT SHOE 83.50 POLICE AND F\R HERS’ SHOE 82-50 EX TR 4 V VLI’E N L5-’ SHOE ’ 82 25 A s2 WORMING VI E '3 B{] JEB 82 OO and 81.75 BOVS’ SCHOOL SHOES. AH mad - in Congress, Button and lace $3 & $2 SHOES ../ia, 81 75 SHOE FOR M.SSF.B. Best Material. Best Style. Best Fitting, W. L. Douglas. Brockton, ’.Mass, Sold by *' BYCK BROI! E S. BY CK & CO. FURNISHING GOODS. FINE GOODS For Gentlemen's Wear, AND Dunlap’s and Nascimento’sHats. liii-MMflsriar SUITABLE FOR OUR CLIMATE. MEN’S “FULL DRESS” SHIRTS and VESTS in White. Marseilles, and Black Silk. WHITE LAWN BOWS, and BLACK SATIN TIES and BOWS for evening. PERRIN’S KID and DRIVING GLOVES, Evening Shades, and for street wear. FIVE UMBRELLAS, SILK HANDKER CHIEFS, and MUFFLERS. CHEST PROTECTORS . .f Black Silk, Quilted. MACKINTOSH COATS, Water Proof, and Light Weight. Men’s Underwear and Fine Goods Generally AT— LaFAR’S, 27 Bull Street. machinery. McDonough & Ballantyae, IRON FOUNDERS, Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths, MANUFACTURERS OF STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES, VERTICAL AND TOP IiUXNI G CORN MILLS, SUGAR MILLS anti PANS. AGENTS for AK rt and Union Injectors tha s.mpiest aud most *£T ctive on too market; Gullett Ujrht Draft Magnolia Cotton Gin, tbj best in the market. All orsier promptly attended to. Send for Price List. HARDWARE. Ciraeil & iipm 156 CONGRESS ST, A GENTS for Boynton Furnace Company, of Now York; the Tnomas Roberts Stevon son Company, Philadelphia; Isaac A Sheppard Company of Baltimore. Tne most celebrated Stove makers in the country. Every Stove guaranteed to be perfect, a.id a call will satisfy you that our prices are under all others in tho tra ie. PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER. BUSINESS IS OPENTnG, 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, 03 Bay. GEO. N. NICHOLS. v (>TTO N FAC I’Olt 3. Thomas F. Stubbs. William S. Tison. STUBBS & TISON. / (Successors to Garnett, Stubbs & Cos.) Cotton Factors, 86 BAY STREET. SAVANNAH. - GEORGIA Liberal advances made on* consignments of cotton. _ l a. McCarthy, 4,4, BARNARD STREET, (Uml.-r Knights of PjtblaV Hall), PLIMG AND GAS FITTING. STEAM HEATING A SPECIALTY.