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GEORGIA'S LEGAL LIGHTS.
COL. MERCER MORE POPULAR
THAN EVER.
Ho Presided Over the Eusiness Bes
olors End Acted as Toast Master at
the Banquet—Hon. F. D. Peabody
Beads a Paper in Opposition to the
Unanimity Rule fur Juries.
Augusta, Ga., May 16. —Hon. George A.
Mercer presided to—night as toast master at
the bar association banquet at the Arling
ton hotel, and thus concluded his tenure of
office as vre ide .t of the association. He
has presided with dignity and ability
over the sessions of the convention, and
added to the already high esteem in which
he is held by the members of the bar.
The session of the convention to-day was
an interesting one, and several valuable
papers were submitted.
THE UNANIMITY RULE IN JURIES.
The most important paper, and the one
most discu-s. and among the members, was one
by Hon. F. D. Peabody of Columbps. on
the "unanimity rule in making verdicts,”
in which he advocated amending the law so
that a less number than twelve might make
a verdict.
Ihe report of Chairman R. VV. Patterson
of Macon, for the committee on memorials,
in wnich Thomas R. K. Cobb was eulogized
as the greatest Georgia lawyer, and the re
port of Hon. Walter B. Hill on interstate
commerce, were notable papers.
The committee on nominations recom
mended Macon as the next place of meeting,
but Hon. F. D. Peabody came armed witn
invitations from the bar association, the
city council and the boa and of trade of Co
lumbus, and after a spirited fight carried
the next convention to Columbus.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The officers elected are:
President—F. H. Miller of Augusta
Vice Presidents—Marshall J. Clarke, C. N.
Featherstone, P. W. Meldrim, M. P. Reese,
and George D. Thomas,
Secretary—John W. Aiken.
Treasurer —J. D. Harrison of Atlanta
Executive Committee —T. J. Chappell,
F. D. Peabody, L. F. Garrard, Dupont
Guerry and B. P. Hollis.
At the banquet to-night Hon. P. W.
Meidrim responded to the toast, “The
Georgia Bar Association,” in a happy ms i
ner, and Chief Justice Bleckley, Judge
Marshall J. Clarke, Justice Mark Bland
ford, George Dudley Thomas, P. A. Stovall,
J. W. Aiken and others responded to senti
ments proposed.
DEATH IN THE HONEYMOON.
The Loss of Mrs. Dunwody of Bruns
wick Peculiarly Sad.
Brunswick, Ga., May 16.—One of the
saddest deaths that has occurred in Bruns
wick in years was that on yesterday of Mis.
Harry F. Duuwody, wife of one of Bruns
wick’s prominent young attorneys. The
marriage of this young couple occurred
in January. Toe bride was Miss
Eu'a Brown of Atlanta. No young
couple ever began life with brighter
prospects. The bride was young,
fceautifi.l, and greatly beloved. The groom
is honorable ad popular. Five days ago
Mrs. Duuwody l ecame ill. No ala’m was
felt by her husband aud f, ieuds,but Wednes
day her ill ess grew serious, and at 6
o’clock yesterday morning she died. Mrs.
Duuwody’s mother, who was then in Cin
cinnati, aud Judge Spencer R. Atkinson,
a relative who was in Augusta, were tele
graphed for, and arrived to-day. The
f neral will take place to-morrow from the
Methodist church.
ATHENIAN ATHLETES.
The University fctudente Not to Con
test With the Civilian a
Athens, Ga., May 16,—A full meeting
of the University Athletic Association was
held at their hail on the campus this after
noon. The meeting was very important, as
it will be the last one held by the associa
tion this season. The time of the old offi
cers had expired and new ones were elec.ed.
They are as follows:
President—Jesse Coates of Baltimore.
Vice President —J. E. U'helohel.
Secretary—EL EL Smith of Senoia.
Treasurer—A. A. Baggs of Athena.
The ques ion of entering a field day with
the city athletes was discu-sed. It was
fina.ly jiecided that the p ac ice required
■would interfere with the preparations for
the final examinations and other commence
ment eve-ta. So the invitation was not
acceped.
The outlook for the association next term
is excellent, aud the membership will be
greatly increased.
GOV. GORDON’S MISTAKE.
He Names Gen. Me Laws as the Repub
lican Commissioner to the Fair.
Atlanta, Ga., May 16.—Gov. Gordon
to-day designated commissioners and alter
nates to repieent Georgia at the Chicago
world’s fair. There were but two applicants
in the entire state. U..der the law the gov
ernor was required to appoint as commis
sioners one democrat and one republican.
The democrat selected is Col. C. H. Way,
and as the republican the governor names
Gen. Lafayette McLaws, also of Savannah.
As Gen. McLaws is a democrat, the gov
ernor is evid-ntly laboring under a misap
prehension as to his politics.
Capt. John T. Clarke of Augusta and
Gen. James Loagstreet of G&iuesviUe are
the alternates. ,
LLOYD HILL A P-.IBONBR.
He Won't be Apt to Shoot at Train
men Again Very Soon.
Albany, Ga., May 16.—Lloyd Hill, the
negro who shot at Conductor Harris and a
train-band, wounding the train-hand, some
days ago for putting him off while trying to
steal a ride on a Brunswick and Western
road freight train, was arres:ed yesterday.
He had been working for the road aud when
the pay train stop; ed at Sylvester, about
thirty miles below here. Hill went Lu to draw
his money. The superintendent k new him
and brought him here aud turned him over
to the sheriff.
DROWNED WHILE SEINING.
A Colored Cotton Marker of Athene
Meets a Watery Grave.
Athens, Ga., May 16.—Oliver Carter, a
colored cotton marker of this city, em
ployed at the Reavet warehouse, was
drownid in the Oconee river late yesterday
afterno n. He was in seining near the
Horseshoe bed and got into deep water.
Being unable to swim, he went down three
times and never came up alive. His com
panions tried lo save him but couldn’t.
O iver was 25 years old aud bore a good
reputation.
A Negro Blown Up.
Atlanta, Ga., May 16.—Morgan George,
a negro workman, was blowu up by a
premature discharge of dynamite at the
i.itho iin granite quarries to-day and in
.lu!ed severely. Oe of his eyes was put
out and he v,as shockingly burned about
the face.
oiflay Reported Indicted.
Atlanta, Ga., May 18.—Henry Sifley
Is reported to have b-en indicted by the
grand J .iry to-day as riu access iry in the
How aid or S inner killing, which occured
at Eoisom’s hotel two weeks ago.
Cashier Gleason's Flight.
Atlanta, Ga., May 16.—M. J. Gleason
ex-casnier of the Doran & Wright Company
here, is said to have taken refuge in Canada.
The statement is discredited.
COTTRELL fc TILL AT LARGE.
A Revenue Cutter at Cedar Key to
Protect Its Collector.
Jacksonville, Fla, May 18.—A Cedar
K y special to the Times-Cnion says:
“Things have quieted down here consider
ably since the arrest of the town marsual
and the flight of Mayor Cottrell. The
revenue cutter McLane returned to the
city to-day after a fruitless search for C t
trell among the keys down tae
coast. Deputy Collector Pinkerton
l soar led her as soon as sbe reachet
her pier and it is sad that orders have been
received from the treasury department that
the revenue cutter officersex.ead protection
to the customs officials here as long as
Cottrell is at liber.y. Somepeoole tbi k
he is hiding in the city. The search for
him will be kept up, however.”!
MITCHELL STILL IN JAIL.
Town Marshal Mitchell of Cedar Key,
who was brought before the United States
court yesterday ch irged with conspiracy,
is still in the c >untv jail here unable to se
cure bail Cottrell’s brother, wao came
here when Mitchell was arrested, has re
turned to Cedar Key. He is said to have
expressed the opinion that Mitchell’s fate
will serve to keep the runaway in hiding
and at a safe distance from the United
States officers.
PLATE MATTER IN FLORIDA.
Pratt Brothers Start a New Enterprise
at Palatka.
Palatka, Fla., May 16.—Charles H.
Pratt, editor of the Palatka Herald , has
formed anew enterprise known as the
Florida Newspaper Union,and has made con
tracts with about forty Florida papers to
furnish them with “outsides” and “insides”
containing nothing but Florida new9, a
current report of ttie world’s news aud mis
cellaneous reading. Operations will be
commenced at once. The outlook is that
the enterprise will not only prove be eflcial
to the couutrv press, but to the proprietors,
Pratt Bros. The Florida editors universally
take well to the ne w m rve, as they can by
this plan have much in their papers that
would otherwise be omitted, owing to the
great expense attached in setting type.
The firm has $20,000 invested in their plant,
and have every facility for giving a better
service than can be had in foreign markets.
MP.S. CRAFIS’ HOUSE FIRED ON.
She Thinks It is an Outgrowth of the
Arrest of Mr. Schroder.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 16.—United
States Marshal Weeks has arrived here in
response to a letter from Mrs. Craft, with
whom be beards, stating that her house was
fired into Tuesday and Wednesday nights by
some unknown persons. A few days ago
Chairman Sc roder of the democrat c
county committee was invited by Mrs.
Craft to come into her house. He accepted
and whon inside wai confronted by Marshal
Weeks, who arrested him ani took him to
Jacksonville, where he gave bond in $2,00u
to appear before the United States court
on a charge of conspiracy In the
election of 188S. Mr. Schroder’s friends
w ere much incensed at the manner of his
arrest, and some republicans charge them
with the attack upon Mrs. Craft s hou-e.
The people do not believe this, and the mat
ter is being investigated to-night. There is
considerable excitement
Clifton at Atlanta.
Atlanta Ga, May 16.—Hon. William
Clifton of Savannah is here to-day.
NOBFJLK’3 BROKEN BANK
President Oldfield Flees Rather Than
fctand Trial.
Norfolk, Va., May 16.—1n November,
1883, the Home Savings Bank of this city
failed. An investigation instituted by the
depositors led to the indictment of the
officers of the bank. After several post
ponements for various reasons the trial
of President Geirge S. Oldfield
and the directors was fixed to
take place yesterday in the
corporation court of Norfolk. President
Oldfield failed t > appear for trial, and an
investigation showed that he was not under
bond, owing to an irregularity, although it
was believed that he was bailed ia the
amount of $23,000. It was not thought
ye-terdav tha', Oldfield’s absence was inten
tioual, and that he would anpojr to explain
his absence b)-d ty, but thus far nothing
has been beard of nim, and his family say
they know nothing of him.
OLDFIELD’S RECORD.
He was from New York state, settled
here alter the war and was judge of the
ci y court some years ago. At tha time of
the time of the ladure of the bank, which
was a relict of the Old Freedman’s Savings
Bank, it was not generally believed that
Oldfield bad knowledge of the criminal
management of its affairs, but had been
deceived by the cashier, H. C. Perry, who
fled to Canada. His seeming fear of judi
cial investigation, however, has changed
puDlic opinion in th ,t regard.
ASHLEY’S HORROR.
Cf the 23 Men so far Taken Out 20 Are
Dead—Six still Missing.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 16.—Operations
in the wrecked mine at Ashley were sus
pended at 8 o’clock to-night because of the
great quantity of gas encountered. There
is some uncertainty about the number of
men in the mine. Nineteen have been
taken out dead aud four alive, of whom one
died to-day, and several o hers are still in
the mine—six, it is believed. Some of the
miners were Hungarians. Nearly all the
bodies were unrecoguizable. Some were
minus heads aud others lost limbs.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
John Allen, who died to-day, was assist
ant fire boss, and it was he ivno set the uiiue
on fiie. His lamp had gone out, and he in
sisted on religntiug it, notwithstanding the
Sreso.ice of gas. The explosion followed.
iineteen men were congregated In one
of the chambers awaiting rescue after the
cave-in, when the explosion killed them all
once.
ALL COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Allen and three others were some dis
tance away making their way out through
some of the old workings, when Allen’s
carelessness did the mischiof. All would
have been rescued but for this.
The scene at the mine as the bodies were
being brought out was heart rending in the
extreme. Men, wome.i and children,
shrieking and groaning, fell upon their
knees and lifted their hands and eyes toward
heaven and prayed for the dead.
FROSTS NIP THE CROPS.
Planters in Kansas and Missouri Suf
fer From a Freeze.
Kansas City, May 16.—Heavy frosts are
reported in portions of Kansas aud Mis
souri, doing some damage to crops, early
vegetables aud small fruits. A special to
the Star from Eldorado, Kan., says: “A
heavy, killing frost visited Southern Kansas
yesterday. After a slight raiu yesterday
afternoon the weather turned bitterly cold
last night, tne thermometer registering be
low tue freezing point, and this morning
tnere wus a thin scum of ice. some
thing that has not happened for
years at this season. Strawberries,
grapes and berries were completely
destroyed ad garden vegetables frozen
to the ground. A heavy ram is very
badiy needed. At Marshall, Mo., ice formed
one-eighta of an inch thick. Growing corn
has been much injured.”
Editors at Lynchburg.
Lynchburg, Va, May 16.— The Massa
chusetts Press Association arrived hero this
morning, and were met by a large number
of citizens, and were entertained at the
opera bouse to-night.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1890.
1 STOCKS MAY TAKE A DROP
! SPECULATORS AFRAID TO BET ON
THEM JUST NOW.
They May, However, Go Still Higher
—The Cotton Market Sluggish Be
cause Manufacturers are Afraid to
Buy the Raw Material at Fresent
Press—The General Outlook Good.
New York, May 16.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s
weekly trade review was issued to-day and
is as follows:
“Tbe stock market has rushed ahead until
it has absorbed all the money within reach,
and now some signs of reaction appear, with
little selling by foreign holders. Substan
tially the same phenomena have been ob
served in wheat and corn and in tbe market
for pork products. Each has at
command a limited amount of money.
When that supply is absorbed reac
tion is natural 8o the tendency
h“* been toward lower prices during the
past week as to most products that are
objects of active speculation, and after a
remarkable advance stocks at and bonds begin
to manifest some reaction, which is called
healthy by some operators. It means that
betting oj higher prices has reached its
limit, and now the question is whether still
higher prices will actually come.
COTTON SLUGGISH.
‘"The cotton market is sluggish, for it
begins to be understood that raw cotton at
the present price cannot be worked into
goods. The prospects for the next crop are
more favorable and the receipts for the
week n-arly equal, while the exports fail
much below tuose of last year.
“The market for iron is weaker, and in
cre-a-ed production is sufficient explanation.
The Philadelphia market is waiting, Pitts
burg is less strong in tone and sales
of southern iron continue to psh
down prices. At New York
steel rails have been sold this week at
$30.50, and s3l is freely quoted. The
structural market shows no improvement,
but plates are in fair demand, and bar ir n
is thought to Ie at the bottom. The kev of
the iron business is that railroad building
does not increase, though it is estimated
that above 5,000 miles may be built this
year, and the demand for structural iron is
cut down by the concession of an eight-hour
day to the building trades in many cities.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS,
“Reports from seventy-four other cities are
almost uniformly encouraging. Tho mone
tary situation at New York has not been
altogether satisfactory. The treasury has
taken in money, and now holds nearly
$212,000,000 casU. Mercantile credits have
not been disturbed by the failure of a firm
representing many bucketsnops, and the
foreign trade of the port is satisf ictorv,
showing an increase over last year
of $4,900,000 in exports for
half of May, more than 40
per cent., but money has bee i growing
closer, and 6 per cent, is now the selling
rate, with every indication that the supply
for speculative uses has been nearly if not
quite abs irbed by advances in the market
for securities.
“The business failures for the week num
ber for the United States 111. and for Can
ada 21, a total of 212. against 209 last week.”
BATTLES WITH BILL AND BAT.
Tbs Results of tha Day’s Games All
Oyer tbe Country.
Washington, May 16.—8a1l games were
played to-day as follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn- m, n. H . c.
Brooklyn 6 9 8
Pittsburg 9 8 3
Batteries: Caruthers and Clark. Baker and
Wilson.
At Boston- E . H . E
Boston 0 2 3
Chicago 5 7 3
Batteries: Nichols and Bennett. Hutchinson
anil Kit redye.
At Pmlaielphia— r. ah. e.
Cincinnati 5 jo o
Philadelphia . j 4 7
Batteries: Khiues and Baldwin, Gleason and
Sch river.
At New York— r. b . h. e.
New York. 1 7 3
Cleveland 5 7 2
Batteries: Welch and Morphy, Beatin and
Zimmer.
PLAYERS* LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn— R. b. h. e.
Brooklyn 8 H S
Chicago 5 9 7
Batteries: Weyhing>nd Clark, Baldwin and
Ferrell.
At Philadelphia— r, ah . b
Philadelphia. 10 17" 3
Pittsburg 11 15 3
Batteries: Buffington, Sanders and Cross
Galvin and Carroll.
At Boston— b. B R. E .
Cleveland ...It) 12 2
Boston 4 8 6
Batteries: Gruber and Sutcliffe, Kilrov and
Kelly.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Philadelphia— r. r. g. E
Athletics 8 12 6
Louisville fi 34 o
Bateries: Mc.Vlahon and Robinson, Stratton
and Ryan. Ten innings.
At Syracuse— R . B , H . E .
Syracuse j 4 5 a
St. Louis 7 7 4
Batteries: Morrison and Briggs, Chamber
lain. Stivetts and Earle.
At Rochester— a b. h. e.
Rochester 0 12' j
Columbus 2 7 2
Batteries: Coilihan and McKeogu, Widner
and O’Connor.
HORSaiS SHOW THEIR HEELS.
The Day at Brooklyn lame Compared
with the Previous One.
Brooklyn, May 16.—T0-day’s racing
events bere were as follows:
First Race—Six furlongs. Kempla*d won,
with Shotover second and Royal Garter third.
Time 1:17?4.
Second Race— Mile and a furlong. Judge
Morrow won, with Elevs second aud Grimaldi
third. Time 2:021.^.
Third Race— Mi,e and a sixteenth. Raymond
G -won, with Gol .en Reel second and Lotion
third. Time 1:5215.
Fourth Racz— five furlongs. Woodcutter
won, with Sequence Colt second and Carolina
third. Time , :03L<j.
Fifth Race—Six furlongs. Dalzyrian won,
with Rancoras second and One Stryk third.
Time I:l'9i.
Sixth Race— One mile. Excel won, with Lisa
mony second and Sam Morse third. Time 1:4694.
EVENTS AT LOUISVILLE.
Louisville, May 16.—T0-day’s racing
events hero were as follows:
First RACE-One mile and one hundred yards.
Jo Jo won, with Camilla second, aud Wnite Nose
thdrd Time 1:56)4.
Second Race— One and one-sixteenth miles
Spoilsman won, with Bla neystoue second, and
Polemus third. Time 1:55)4.
Third Race—One mile. Bliss won, with
Lledernrauz second, and Dalgetty third. Time
1 151)4.
Fourth Race—Five furlongs. Roseland won
with Rose Howard second, aud Etta S. third
Time 1:06.
Fifth R.(Ve—One and one-eighth miles.
Birtnday won, with Rowiand second, and Julia
W. third. Time 2:06)5.
Fowderly Calls for Aid.
Philadelphia, May 16.—An urgent ap
peal is inuue to the Knights of Labor by
General Master Workman Powderlv for
assistance for the members of the order in
Chicago. Mr. Powderly says the case is
urgent, the needs serious, and the honor of
the order 111 Chicago is ut stake. “Let your
assistance be liberal and let it be prompt.”
Killed by Palling Rock.
Scranton, Pa., May 16.—This afternoon
five I alian labore.s were caught under a
quantity of culm at a bank from which
which tnoy were loading cars. They bad
uudermineil it aud it caved in upon them.
Two wore rescued alive, but badly hurt,'
and three were taken out dead.
Fire at a Coal Mine.
Scranton, Pa., My 16.—The boiler
bouse of the Neilson suaft aud au immense
breaker were burned tonight. Tho loss is
? 175,003. A!1 the miners escaped.
FAMED MONTE CAfXO.
Paradise a.-.d rurgatorj- With the
Glamor of Royalty.
From ttie Pittiburg Donate k.
Msnte Carlo is a spot on Mm- sur
face where heaTen and its antipodes may be
and to meet. It has enj >yei this distinc
tion since the year 1546, having only bad a
monopoly of “charm without danger,” up
to that time. Anew Dante is needed to
paint is now delirious excitements, and its
*>ft. tranquillizing, and indefinable charms.
Martin Luther is said to h ive bjected to
the possession in which his satanic majesty
held all the “good tunes,” and one might
with propriety say that the ki g of the
infernal regions should not have laid claim
to this health breathing an otherwise vir
tn uj spot, where every prospect pleases
and only man is vile. Monte Carlo, from
its shejtared situation, is beauty, the entire
salubrity of ail its c millions, its remarka
ble cheapness, is marked out as the natural
refuge for invalids, half-pay officers, wid
ows, the clergy, ad t o angels, if indeed
these last are not already comprehended in
the other classifications. There are, how
ever, carping critics who would here ob
serve that if Monte Carlo were given over
to the good only, that it wcuid not be os
amusing as it now is,
MORALITY OF GAMBLING.
Gambling is a vice which it is hard to
classify. It is not forbidden in the deca
-1 gue. No man commits mortal sin by
payng or tetting, uniess the command
ment “Thoushalt not steal” may compre
hend it. And yet not one, but ail the vices
are covers 1 by this passion. It is every
thing ; demoralization, degradation, despair;
it brings all in its train. Its victims are
more haggard and more moribund than the
victims oi absinthe. Nj vice brings so cer
tain a doom. The respectable and thought
ful man, the elderly and careful woman,
are as sure to be ruined as is the young
spendthrift, who has youth and its impul
sive heart-throb to excuse him. Indeed, it
may be culled the vice of mid lie ago—as
Byron spoke of avarice, “a good old gentle
manly vice.”
Who can explain therefore.the deliberate
tampering with this Miaetour who devours
his victims, in utter oblivion of age or sex,
daily and hourly at Monte Carlo? Who?
The philosopher has not been found. There
are several class s of gamblers. There are
those who c >me regularly to it as a business
a id who make money. There are those who
put aside a portion of their income to play
with, just a, a man decides that he will
spend $ 10,000 a year on pictu es. There are
invalids who seak at the tables distraction
from the inevitable pain, and ennui of a
mortal disease.
THE LAW SANCTIONS IT.
Every oil! ha3a rigut to be there. It is
law, and no one can say that it is not gos
pel. It is by the common consent of man
kind pronounced hideous, senseless, dauger
ous, and yet among its votaries are tho
most sagacious bankers, the coolest poliii
cians aid the most respected mothers of
families. It would be hard to condemn a
woman in Europe for being a gamble.-; it
would come very near home, in the houses
of the aristocracy, the clergy and amid the
respectable Bourgeoisie. A famous old
gambler at Bsden Baden used to boast that
he h and educated a family of sons, who had
filled high places In Europe, by his win
nings at the gaming table.
But tbe tables are not put there for any
of these classes. They are arranged for the
fools, as Carlyle said of Engla id, “139,000,-
000, mostly fools.” So one is tempted in
the gambling rooms at Monte Carlo to thus
classify the humau race. It is the fool who
plays and loses all he 1 as, who cannot come
away when he has won, who goe3 on fol
lowing the siren, knowng very well that
she leads 10 the edge of a gulf, who feeds
with his half-crowns that ever voracious
appetite of tbe bank. Yet if the respect
able gambler commits a sin, it is that y
his presence he encourages and keeps alive
this indus ry. Who that has seen the pale
face, the kitted brow, the shocking expres
sion about tho mouth of a female gambler,
new to the trade, who has not wished that
some great law should be passed against
this indefinite crime?
CASES OF SUICIDE.
Ono thing only arrests the game, that is
when some desperate mau blows out his
brains. He kal better have doue it before
ho begun to play, but he doei it afterward.
If nt the table he is removed so quiekly that
scarcely his next neighbor knows it. Tho
croupier does not turn pale. A woman
)crtams, perhaps, and brea.is the luck of
the gambler next to her, who declares noth
ing else can make his pulse quicker or
more even in its beat. They may then go
out and drown themselves, but no one eau
find out who or where. The papers along
the Hiviora are all subsidized to this item.
N > reporter makes his bread by “willing
up” a suicide.
Many women, the deserted friends of
gamblers, kill tnemselves; but they have
the decency to go away and poison them
selves out of sight. A woman ca mot shoot
herself or cut her throat, well; she there
fore uses tbe little bottle of aconite or
laudanum or prussic acid. One of the sad
dest sides of the gambling st ry is this of
the ruined favorite, who is in such a heyday
of prosperity, brilliant in diamonds one
day, but who is so deeply miserable the next
week.
A few year3 ago a few philanthropic
Etigli-h ladies, dressed as Sisters of Charity,
walked the streets of Mo.ite Carlo at night
to try and rescue and save some of the vic
tims of despair. Their success was very
great, and some day this story will be to and.
These Sisters of Cnarity often hear stories
which make all the novels of Ouida seem
poor and col riess, and indeed sometimes a
tragedy which Dante or Milton could alone
write out —a “Commedia Inferno,” or a
"Commedia Divina,” which Monte Carlo is,
in every hour of its existence.
A LITERARY VORTEX.
Gambling he Is are said to enepurago
every kind of industry, particularly novel
writing. From this spot, therefore.have all
the fertile English novel writers drawn
their easily cultivated inspirations. There
is nothing left to be said about the blue sky,
the moonlight nights, the facile climate,
fresh, yet warm, tne eternal glare, the dis
solute Russian princess, the actor, the
singer, the prince. All the e.ementi of the
three volume novel are here in perfection
from early dawn to late eve.
Perhaps the least emphasized feature of
the Riviera life o 1 its b >st side is the cheap
villa, the home of the literary man or ar
tist, where for SI,OOO a year a man and his
family can live most c.mif rtably, under
conditions of health, ease and natural scen
ery, amusement and quiet unsurpassed in
the world. It is onl v a wonder that large
sanitariums do not flourish ali along this
famed c 'ast for those who do uot care to
play. The deligh ful concerts at Moots
Carlo must bo c unted in as one of the best
results of gambling. In where else can one
hear such music for nothing? A classical
concert every Thursday, miscellaneous con
certs every day and evening, and all so well
managed. This alone makes one feel tie
morn! necessity of g' ing into ttio rooms and
depositing a 5 franc piece before the mouth
of tho Minotaur to help pay for the music.
THE PEOPLE OF MONTE CARLO.
Monte Carlo has a very respectable popu
lation of sober English, American, Gorman
ami French people who live here to econo
mize. For, there being no taxes to pay,
Monte Carlo is very cheap as to house rent,
aud in summer it, is not too hot, while in
March, April and May it is transcendently
delightful, with its wealth cf wild flowers
and orange blossoms, its Japanese peach
and almond flowers, its gray, stony bills,
coveicd with palms and cacti. The ex
peditions are endless. A br . i.ast in a
pine grove at Cape Martin, a drive thence
to Mentonue, to hear Strauss waltzes i 1 the
open air, is an ideal way of spending an
Ai ril day. What could be more maguifi
eeutiy picturesque than the drive to V-ilie
franche, where I breakfasted in a villa cu
riously ad .’rued wlt.r olu liaiian frescoes,
and later dined “al fresco” in an orange
grove, Tais is all a gift und a surprise to u
non hern nature. It is all a vision of the
Garden of Edetv—icrluding the snake.
The “luck of some people” is astonishing, j
and his majesty of the Inferno has his fa
vorites and treats them well. Although the
| pasri n for gambling is as great among An
glo-Sax es as among Frenchmen, although
tnere is said to he more “money changing
in the American game of poker than
is possible at roulette, still a Monte Carlo
would he impossible in either America or
England.
NEEDS FRENCH POLITENESS.
It needs the vigilant politeness w hieh is
second nature to the French;it needs that
taste for ceremony which is visible in all
their personal intercourse at tbe gambling
table, where only a decent enamel of out
ward manner can keep the strongest pas
sions in check; it needs, in a word, toe
polished phraseology of France. Even the
word “messieurs” and tbe frequent use of
“pardon” have their calmi g influence.
When an Englishman says “sir,” it is a chal
lenge; when a Frenchman says “mousieur,”
it is a compliment. It is chsrmiug to greet
this one remnant cf feudalism in republican
France. A Frenchman of the byst class
never forgets his polite manner even in
hi' meats of fatigue and vexation.
It is well put on at the gaming table,
which is the real republic, the only true
democracy where the prince elbows the
common st man, where tbe duchess a id the
dressmaker sit side by side, where the most
careful Puritan plays high against the lady
of the half-world. Both are engaged in the
most energetic avarice, both stimulated to
the last degree by the pa-sions of hope and
despair. What can enable them to sit there
with safety but that formal, ceremonio s
politeness, which tne E iglish people have
discarded, and which Americ las a nation
has never known! Tho gaming table may
be said to be the place wnere tue vanishing
feudalism of the eighteenth century aud the
uniform mediocriiy of manners, not to say
the tendency toward rudeness, of the nine
teenth cent’iry meet.
RULES OF THE TABLES.
It is the business of the croupier to pre
serve the vanishing feudalism. He allows
no talking. There is a Sabbath stillness in
the ar. The gambler’s superstition is re
garded. The duchess eve \ if she grasp her
neighbor’s gains, receives a gentle tan on
berdTieate knuckles. The only safety to
the player is a decent self-control. Death
and disagreeable images are carefully ex
cluded. Is it remarkable, therefore, that
there are no statistics of suicide? The “His
tory of Despair” is not on the shelves of any
library of Monte Carlo, but one hears much
of the lucky fellow who is 70,000 francs
ahead of the bank, of tha wonderful 10
francs that earned 8,000, of success, never
of failure.
Meantime the Minotaur lias eaten up so
much that he gains £1.000,003 sterling clear
profit at the end of the year, and can aff Td
to pay the prince of Monaco so handsome a
rent for the Casino that he is declared nn
admirable tenant and goe3 on eating his
victims!
Another reason why Monte Carlo is so in
teresting is the press ca of kings, royal
dukes, princes and mo.iarchs out of busi
ness. Although “that divinity which doth
hedge a king" is out of fashio 1, or ought t >
be, in tbe republican nineteenth century,
still the poetry of title remains. It is es
pecially noticeble in tbe ease of servants
and innkeepers. They stand aside, bare
headed, when a prince passes, although he
may be impecunious to a degree.
HOMAGE TO AMERICAN MAMMON.
The rich Americans, representing King
Mammon, are receive! with the next degree
of homage by this class, for there is no such
stimul tor of politeness as an empty
pocket. But curiously enough, it is the
newest and f eshest republican, the most
ardent follower of President Carnot, or tbe
latest arrival from America, who is most
1 moresied witb glamor of title.
To see a prince, a royal duke, a noble of
high degree playing and losing, like any
ordinary mortui, has, to a worshiper of this
sort, a kind of novel entertamme it in it.
“Tuose who are born in tha purple, have
they then the same madness as ourselves?
if a pi inoe looses, then why should not I.
That is what they say to t eraselves. It
is a revelation of tbe inevitable snobbish
ness, which, Thackeray declared, underlaid
our common nature. The readers of history
remember when titles meant something,
when the motto “Noblesse oblige” had not
lost its meaning. It is ta that brilliant mo
ment (not yet entirely obscured, iet us
hope,) that we refer, with fond reverence,
when we make reverential room at tho
tables for the royal duke that he may sit
next to us.
This is purgatory, but when we come out
of the feverisn atmo phere into the light of
a Monte Carlo sunset, who shall say that it
is not paradise ?
M. E. W. Sherwood.
WON A FORTUNE AND A BRIDE.
Fulfillment of an Engagement that Has
Lasted for Nineteen Years.
From the Xew York Sun.
The porch of an old-fashi _>ned farm house
in the neighboring town of O.selic was re
cently tbe scene of the iulfillme it of one of
the longest marriage engagements on record.
Nineteen years ago Miss Della Newton, then
17 years of ago. lived with her parents in
the house. In a neighboring farm house
lived Arthur R. Tucker, who had just
attained his majority. The pair had been
playmates and were lovers. Thej’oungman
was poor, and,ha decided to go to Virginia
and ssek his fortune, and when he had ac
quired it return and claim the girl as his
wife. Tbe lovers parted at the porch of
the old farm house, he glvu.g and sho
accepting a plain gold ring as a mutual
pledge of enduring effection ad constancy.
The young man sottl and in R c imond, and
buckled bravely to work. But fate was
cruel, and for many long years sickness and
other misfortunes interposed n bar to the
nuptials. At last his luqk changed, and he
s ruck a high tide of prosperity. Then he
hastened back to Chenango county to claim
the betrothed who for nineteen years had
faithfully awaited his coming. They were
united in wedlock by tbe Rjv. J. A. Pack
ard in the porch of tho old farm house
whore they bad parted, the well-worn be
trothal ring serving as a marriage ring.
MEDIC A U
mm
The importance of purif jing the blood can
not be overestimated, for without pure
blood you cannot enjoy good health.
At this season nearly every ono needs a
good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich
the blood, and Hood's Sarsaparilla is worthy
your confidence. It is peculiar In that it
strengthens and builds up the system, creates
an appetite, and tones the digestion, while
It eradicates disease. Give it a trial.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is sold by all druggists.
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
- ’h CENTS A WEEK pays for thl
• / J-w DAILY MORNING NEWS, deliw
m lered EARLY EVERY MORNING
m any par? 'it the caU.
fuveral invitations.
MILKINS.—Tbe friends of Miss Asm
Wilkins and Mrs. M. S. Cunningham are
invited to attend the funeral of the former
THIS AFTER \OON. 5 o'clock, from residence,
80>a South Broad street.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, lfhW, the basis of meas
urement of all advertising in the Moasiso
News u ill be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an
inch for the fint insertion.
SAVANNAH RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
Savannah, Ga.. May 17,1390.
Members of tbe association who hare not re
plied to my circular letter under date 12th inst.,
in reference to tbe anniversary dinner, are re
quested to do so not later than 2 O’CLOCK
P. M. TO-DAY', or their silence will be consid
ered a decimation, and no provision will be
made for them. JOHN M. BRYAN,
Secretary and Treasurer.
TO-DAY.
THIS SATURDAY’S SPECIAL PRICES
AT HEIDT’S.
40c. Chocolate Creams 16c.
40c. Lime Juice Tablets ......25c,
75c Crystallized Fruits ..... 49c.
Me. Fine Assorted Candy 24c.
35c. Pure Sugar Candy iSc.
50c. Whitman’s Finest Mixture 45c.
10c. Tooth Brushes, Artesian Water Toilet Soap,
Pint Bottle Ammonia. 35c. Pound Insect
Powder.
WANTED.
CARPENTERS to build depots on the Savan
nah and Western extension. Apply to
f. y. dabsey.
Chief Engineer,
Central Railroad Office, New Building.
CUT THIS OCT.
An early car leaves the Belt Line Office each
way on SUNDAY MORNING at 6:12.
Car going north passes S., F. and W. depot at
6:30 and C. R. R. depot at 6:54.
Car going south, over the bridge, passes C. R.
R- depot at 6:42 and S., F. and W. depot at 7:18.
These cars also take passengers to foot of
Indian street.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Parties interested are notified that the Elgin
Watch will be raffled at 8 o'clock THIS EVEN
ING at store of Simon Gazan, Bull and Brough
ton streets. THOS, F. THOMBQN.
THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS
Will be found reguiarly on sale at the following
places,
ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT, 21V* Bull street.
CONNER'S NEWS STAND.
E. J. KIEFFER’S DRUG STORE.
Corner West Broad and Stewart streets.
T. A. MULLRYNE & CO.’S DRUG STORE,
West Broad and Waldborg streets.
ST. J. R. YONGE’S DRUG STORE,
Corner Whitaker and Duffy streets,
W. A. BISHOP'S DRUG STORE,
Corner Hall and Price streets.
DR. T. F. ROBERSON,
—DENTIST,-
FROM HYDRA, GREECE,
A firm has sent us through the New York
custom house some elegant
BATH AND FACE SPONGES,
Such as were never seen here before. Carriage
and Coupe Sponges and Chamoise at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
SAVANNAH'S GREAT ENTERPRISE.
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Beg leave to inform.tbe public that
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, SOth INST.
ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS
OF THIS city
WILL ATTEND TO AND PROMPTLY FILL
ALL ORDERS FOR
F A MIL Y US E
Of the Savannah Brewing Company’s
EXTRA PLLSEN BEER,
MUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER,
A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest
Bavarian Hops of our own importation.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.
If. is a broad assertion, but nevertheless true,
that Ulmer's “Liver Corrector,” a faultless
family medicine, is worth its weight in gold.
Prominent medical men indorse it, and thou
sands of citizens who have usod it bear willing
and cheerful testimony to the above assertion.
Silver medal and diploma awarded over com
petitors. Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist,
Savaxnah, Ga.
Price, One Dollar Per Bottle.
If you cannot obtain the “Corrector” from
your druggist, send your orders direct and it
will be forwarded by express, freight paid.
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING.
QET YOUR BLANK BOOKS " p
ONE BETTER THAN THOSE MADE BY L>
ICHOLS. HEH AS THE BEST PAPERS |
J N STOCK, AND YOU
QAN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM m
J J APPY IF YOU WILL j
GIVE HIM AN ORDER FOR A SET. 'Vf
of BANKS and BUSINESS HOUSES p
O END TO HIM FOR THEIR BOOKS. m" X
BAY ST '
HARDWARE.
Oliver Chilled Plow.
BEST PLOW MADE. FOR SALE BY
J. D. WEED & CO,
GENERAL -ACKENTTS.
AMTSEMEXTS.
tybee.
SUNDAY, May 18,
CAPT. PAUL eOYTON’S,
WONDERFUL AQUATIC EXHIBITION AT
Hotel Tybee.
Special schedule on Tybee Railroad for thi.
occasion. n,!
tyOrand Reception and Concert at Hotel
after performance, SC.S'D AY. May IS.
EXCURSIONS.
EXCURSIONS
Steamer CRESCENT CITY
will MAKE EXCURSIONS TO
WARSAW
Every Wedn£sday and Saturday,
Leaving wharf 9 A. M., connecting at Thunder
bolt witn train leaving city at 10 a. m.
FARE fCc. I CHILDREN 35,.
Sunday Excursion to Warsaw,
Leaving wharf foot of ' bereorn street Si 1
connecting at Thunderbolt with trains leaving
city 10 a. M. and 2 r. u. *
“SANITARY PLCM.BING
SPECIAL NOTICE.
THE SAVANNAH PLUMBING CO. curie.
tne only stocs of Brass end Glass Cuaa ie
hers m the city. Bracket, Hall and Newel
Lights of a.l kinds. Globes, Rings, and iii
kinds of gas materials. 1
Large stoek of beautiful FnameDd and r-on
per Bath Tubs, Decorate 1 Bowls, Mar do \Va\
Bowls, Decorated Bowls. Enameled Wash
Stan Is. Iron,Lead anil Block Tin Pipe, Pitcher
Force and Cistern Pumps of alt kinds. Artesian
Casings, Brass, Cast, ...alleable anj Galvanized
Iron Steam Fittings. a
We also earn- the finest and most coruDlete
line of Patent Water Closets and Urinals in tbe
city. We also have the ag-nev for tne Erics
sou s Caloric Pumps and Iron Fencing for
cemetery lots at manufacturers' prices.
Our Plumbing Department
Will be carried on and conducted by comntent
workmen, and all work intrusted to oar care
will be executed in the most improved and
sanitary manner, and all work guaranteed
All orders from out tbe citv will receive our
careful and prompt attention. Send us vour
orders. J
Saranal Plaiii Cos„
150 Broughton Street
PUB IA CATIONS.
a. m; ap
OF
SAVANNAH.
SIZE 30x34 INCHES.
SHOWING THE TRUE STREET AND PROP
ERTY LINES OF THE CITY.
"ORINTED ON BOND PAPER and put up in
book form. Every property owner aadraal
estate dealer, aud every other person interestei
m the city should have a copy.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
FOR SALE AT
BULL'S MS HOT!
YVOOL.
DIRECT YOUR CONSIGNMENTS TO
Lee Roy lyers & Cos.,
133 BAY STREET.
SAVANNAH. - GEOBG-IA
PORTLAND CEMENT.
‘TiOBT. DILLON.''
'Brig)
DISCHARGING
3,000 BARRELS
CEMENT,
HOFFMANN BRAND.
Bark Brabant, from Antwerp, with
4,000 BARRELS
PORTLAND.
STANDARD brands.
For sale in car load or smaller lots by
ANDREWHANLEY
Builders’Supply Materials, Builders' Hardware.
Sashes, Blinds and Doors,
Paints and Oils,
HANLEY’S BROCK.
savannah, oa.
| SAVINGS BANK!!
IATIISIU Bill 4 MSI U 1
4°\o
Deposits of $1 and Upward Receivei
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