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MISS BLAINE’S WEDDING.
AN OLD-FASHIONED LOVI MATCH.
HOW IT CAME ABOUT.
The Young Couple First Met at Car
negie’s Castle, in Ecotland—A Ro
mantic Incident at Senator Hale’s.
The Arrangements for the Wedding.
(Copyright.)
Washington, Hay 17. —Ever since the
beginning of the present administration—
not to go back of that time—the tongue of
gossip has been busy concerning the public
and private affairs of the Blaine household.
First, when it was learned that Mr. Blaine
had taken the old houso in which Secretary
Seward u-ed to live and in which he was so
nearly murdered on the night that Lincoln
was shot, the prophets and the sons and
daughters of prophets declared that t his
was only the first theatric act of what was
going to be a highly dramatic administration
of the state department. Then, as time
failed to develop any very startling de
monstrations of the jingo sort, tie secre
tary ’s health became the subject of general
conversation, and it was agreed that he
could not survive the first year of the ad
ministration. When the terriole loss of a
so.i and a daughter fell upon the family
thtre was no lack of sincere sym
pathy, but gossip, which must
go on, turned from the household
t . the house itself and called upon its his
tory to prove that it is the abode of baa
luck. There are plenty of t eople in Wash
ington who will tell you that there is not a
superstitious hair in their heads and in the
same breath will say that they would not
live in the old Seward house if they could
have it rent free —not because there is any
physical defect i:i it, but because it is an
unlucky house
The announcement of the engagement of
Hiss Margaret Blaine to Walter Damrosch
gave to the gossips anew and profoundly
interesting subject, and straightway they
chose sides and went into a free-for-ail
discussion of its merits. I believe they have
not yet determined to their entire satisfac
tion whether it is a love match. It there
fore will delight me a few minutes later to
lay before them some facts which may
throw light on this important question.
As soon as the engagement was made
known it became necessary for the gossips
to learn as soon as possible what kind of a
wedding it was going to be. Some said the
ceremony would be performed in the old,
historic St. Matthew Catholic church.
Others said it would be a Protestant cere
mony. All agreed, however, that it would
be a very ostentatious affair. Not oven the
double bereavement of the secretary’s fam
ily could still this tongue of gossip. It was
stoutly maintained that, while it was going
to be in “the worst kind of taste,” yet, of
course, it was going to be a grand public
wedding.
As it has been throughout, pretty nearly
everthing that the gossips have said about
the Blaines since the beginning of this ad
ministration has turned out to be untrue,
with the exception of the assertion that the
house is unlucky, which has not turned out
at all, and is not likely to.
On another point—a p int, too, very dear
to the gossips—they are in error. Miss
Blaine and Mr. Damrosch did not have
their first meeting on the famous Carnegie
coaching trip. They met almost a year
before that at a dinner given by Mr. Car
negie at Kilgarston in Scotland,
where he had leased the mag
nificent estate for that season. The
seed of acquaintance which was sowed
at that time burst into fructification under
the morning sun of Mr. Carnegie’s watch
fulness during the coaching trip through
Scotland in the next year, for it was by his
arrangement that these young people were
•rated side by sido throughout the trip from
London to Cluny castle. At this grand old
castle the courtship proper began, and In
walks across the heath-cjvere l moors
and iu aimless wanderings through the
moonlit gardens, where every brush could
tell a tale of love, and every stone a tradi
tion of romantic interest, the lovers slyly
whispered the sweet old story of the young
heart’s desire.
'1 he understanding between the two young
people w as not made known to the company
by any word of theirs, but there were keen,
experienced eyes upon them, and the host,
with consummate skill, brought them to
gether under all sorts of propitious circum
stances, and at last placed them side by side
again for the return trip.
Last summer, while Secretary Blaine’s
family was at Bar Harbor, before even the
first faint rumor of Miss Blaine’s engage
ment had been whispered, she and Mr.
Damrosch wore among other guests of Seu
ator and Mrs. Hale at their residence in
Lb*worth, Me. With that keen perception
" bich a woman brings to bear upou hearts
which Master Cupid lias been shooting at
Mrs. Hale mode a discovery, and on the
occasion of the first dinner arranged
that the lovers should he together. On
the following day Mr. Damrosch sought
his hostess, and, complimenting her upon the
success of the previous eveniDg’s entertain
ment, began to dilate upon his own enjoy
ment of the occasion which had given to him
so agreeable a partner as Miss Blaine,
whereupon Mrs. Hale laughed heartily.and,
in response to his inquiry as to how she had
guessed bis little secret, said that bis choice
of partners was so very apparent it would
have been downright cruelty to arrange the
grouping otherwise. After that it was of
course understood by the lovers that they
were to be seated together ou ail occasions.
It was, therefore, to Senator and Mrs. Hale
that their attachment for each other was
first communicated and that their engage
ment was first announced.
The public announcement of the engage
ment created great excitement among the
friends of Mr. Damrosch, but circumstances
which followed it is said to have created
even greater excitement One evening he
appeared among his companions almost un
recognizable by reason of the loss of those
long, luxuriant locks which he had for so
many years thrown back in such Dicturesquo
confusion. The change, it was' said, was
due to a wish expressed by his fiancee, to
ward whom he shows in ail things that glad
some deference which marks the genuine
lover.
WALTER DAMROSCH.
It would be fulsome flattery to say Miss
Blaine is a beautiful young woman, but it
may with justice be said that her face
bears those strong characteristics which, as
in the case of both hor father and her
mother, make a good intellect. The por
trait accompanying this article is made
from a photograph taken some time ago,
and shows Miss Blaine in a fancy costume
worn at a young people’s party. Never
since that time has anybody been able to
prevail upon her to sit for a portrait. In
this picture she looks very much as her
younger sister looks at the present time.
At the close of a scholastic career with
Miss Porter, of Farmington, Conn., Miss
Blaine went abroad with Mrs. Levi P. Mor
ton. Mr. Morton was at that time the
American minister to France. Almost
immediately after their arrival at Paris,
Mrs. Morton placed her young charge in the
Convent of the " Sacred Heart,
where sho remained two years,
devoting herself especially to the
study of languages, in which she
had already reached a remarkable degree
of proficiency. ludeed, she is regarded by
MARGARET BLAINE.
her friends not so much as a woman of mere
accomplishments as of profound learning.
She has no talent whatever for music, a face
which has given rise to much speculation
on tne part of the gossips as to why she
and Mr. Damrosch should ba drawn toward
each other. But gossips are likely to be
superficial in their observations.
Miss Blaine is, to the few whom she
classes as her intimate friends, a very in
teresting woman, her speech and actions
betraying, at times, a depth of feeling uu
gues3ed by those who judge her by her cold,
austere, outward manner. It has l>en noted,
however, even by those superficial judges,
that recently she has undergone a marked
change of manner. It is thought that the
kindled flame of love, added to the heart
aches resultant from the family’s recent
bereavements, has stirred the latent tender
ness of her nature, which hereto
fore has been demonstrated only
to her mother, to whom she has al ways ex
pressed in every act and word the very
deepest devotion. These two have been in
separable companions, the mother always
consulting the daughter on matters of mo
ment, and in the later years leaning heavily
upon her judgment. Those who are inti
mate with the family say that Miss Marga
ret is to the mother what Walker Blaine
was to the father; and they add that the
loss of the daughter bv marriage is almost
as great a bereavemeut to the mother as
the loss of the son by death was to the
father.
As the time for the wedding approached
the Blaine family had a considerable strug
gle with the question as to whether it
shou'd be a quiet affair or a society event.
Mr. and Mrs Blaine, sore at heart from re
cent losses, were favorable to a strictly pri
vate wedding, but Mr. Damrosch desired
that the occasion of his groat joy should ba
a memorable one. Some yielding cn both
sides resulted in the form of ceremony
which the readers of the country now know
was settled upon. It was intended at first
that onlv the President and Mrs.
Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie, Mr. and
Mrs. McKee, the cabinet families, and a few
personal friends of the bridal couple should be
invited, but Mr. Datnrosch deured the pres
ence of the German minister, and .Secretary
Blaine deemed it unwise to invite him with
out extending the invitation to the entire
diplomatic corps. Thii opened the door,
and it was with difficulty that it was closed
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again. And before it was closed a consider
able concourse of guests had been provided
for. These, together with the gifts they
bestow, make the scene of the ceremony a
much more ostentatious one than it was at
first intended to be.
Willis B. Hawkins.
A NIGHT AMONG CANNIBALS.
Two Seattle Citizens Witness the Or
gies of Nahwittl Indians.
Gen. Lyman Banks and John Hutcheson,
two citizens of Seattle, have just returned
from a two months' cruise of the northern
coast of British Columbia, says the Phila
delphia Press, and they tell some thrilling
stories of sights they have seen and danger
ous adventures they experienced during
their cruise. The old Hudson Bay com
pany’s trappers all unite in calling the past
winter the worst that has been known in
that part of the country in tne last forty
years, and a leaf or two from their log
bo ks show that the cruisers found that
fact to be only too true.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter
happened to meet Gen. Banks on the street,
and at his request the general recited the
story of his most exciting and interesting
cruise. The story is interesting, and it is
given bolow in the language of Gen. Banks
himßelf. He began his narration as fol
lows :
“We started out full of great expectations
and pleasant anticipations, and wo did not
realize for a moment what trials we would
have to go through, and 1 tell you at times
it required a great doal of western grit and
push to get ahead. Those who are ac
quainted with the difficulties of traversing
in summer a coast forest, with its thousands
of uprooted trees and still worse upheaved
foundations, can readily imagine how much
greater a hardship it was for us to travel
over three feet of snow on a level, and
occasionally strike drifts much deeper, and
a great deal too much tangle of sal-lal bush
for snow-shoes. But, to add to all our dif
ficulties, our hall-breed guide and tho In
dian packers refused to go with us as soon
as we had penetrated a short distance in
land. We had just sighted some hi Is which
they said we could never pass over, and
they alleged that no human being had ever
succeeded in the attempt.
NOT TO BE DETERRED.
“They strongly urged and prayed us not
to proceed any further, but we had started
out w ith tho determination to accomplish a
work, and wo were not to bo ba filed so easily
in the beginning of our journey. Ho wo
packed up a coup.e of weeks’ rations and an
ax in our blankets, and shouldering our
Winchesters, we pushed on alone. Oh,
what a journey that was! I shall never
forget it as long as 1 live.
“Where the snow was too soft and deep
we managed to make progress by crawling
on our hands and knees, and at times we
were obliged to lay down and roll to get out
of the snow. It was hard struggling by day,
but tho snow made a soft bed at night. We
canoed over 30(1 miles of cur journey, and
some of it was in very rough waters.
But the most startling experience we
had, and the one that would interest you
most, happened one day just as we were
running into a cave to avoid a storm. We
got into the cave all right enough, but im
agine our horor and disgust when we found
ourselves in the midst of the Nahwitti In
dian tribe at their cannibal orgies. Canni
balism is prohibited by tho Dominion gov
ernment, but only a monthly visit from
vessels, and the nearest port being miles
away, they carry on the horrible practice
with impunity.
“We watched the heathens during the
day at loi g range, but under assurance of
safety we ventured after awhile into their
circle at night and watched them. I can
only describe the sight this way: There
was a high fire of logs in the center of tho
circle, which was constantly attended by
two men, and occasionally there was an
extra hiss and flesh as some uneaten fat w as
thrown ou. The entire tribe encircled the
fire, dressed in blankets of many brilliant
hues. There were naked dancers, and a
dozen or more lusty savages with clubs in
their hands beating an accompaniment to
their wild songs and dances, and the whole
sight made a weird scene that is not soon
forgotten. Their feast consisted of the
bodies of their dead. They seldom kill
strangers to furnish food for these horrible
orgies, as they were all the time quarreling
between themselves and generally had
enough dead bodies of braves to satify their
appetites.
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
“I had been told in Victoria of the possi
bility of this, and warned that when wild
with the dance the braves rush out and bite
a piece out of the first person they come to.
Now I have no objection to be eaten after I
am dead, but to bo bitten by one of those
wild ieliows would be as undesirable as tho
bite of a mad dog, and lest in their excite
ment they might forget their promise of
immunity I held my hand under my over
coat and grasped a 44-caliber revolver that
would have furnished rations fitting the oc
casion.
“Our sense of security was not increased
by one of them moki::g a speech, noticing
our presence and berating the white man’s
fovernment for trying to deprive the poor
ndian of the pleasure of being a cannibal
occasionally, especially if he only fed upou
his own dead.
“The boys crawled behind the older peo
ple and hid, men were bitten, or simulated
it, aud I was afterwards shown scars where
they claimed to have been bitten. But we
were not molested. One brave, however,
probably to tost us, made a dash in our di
rection, but others caught him and turned
him another way. It was an ‘all night ses
sion;’ no one was allowed to leave till
through, which was 5 o’clock the next morn
ing. We had seen enough, though, and
were glad to leave. We proceeded on our
journey and came back again without any
more exciting adventures, arriving in Seat
tle only a short time ago. But I never in
all my life put m such a night as I did the
time of those frightful orgies, and I can
didly confess I don’t want tofsoon again.”
ALL BECAUSE OF AN UMBRELLA.
How a Young Woman of Sheffield,
England, Secured a Husband.
From the New York Star.
Miss Annie Hodgson, while working in an
umbrella factory in Sheffield, Eugland,
ab- ut three years ago, wrote her name and
address on the inside of an umbrella which
she hal just completed. The action was
done in a thoughtless moment, and she had
no idea that anything of particular m unent
would be the result. The umbrella was
placed in the stock, and with hundreds of
others was shipped to the United States.
Tnat umbrella had a mission to perform,
and nobly did it go about it. On arriving
in the port of New York it separated itself
from its companions, was sold t > a mer
chant and finally drifted with the same
purpose in view to Long Lake, Hamilton
county, where it was purchased by a young
man named Jerome Wood. He carried the
article for some weeks before the name on
the inside attracted his attention. Then,
impelled by the governing power which is
said to watch over the fate of all powers,
ho wrote to the young ladv, and she, actu
ated by the same impulse, answered his
letter. The correspondence thus started
lasted until the young lady left Eugland
and came to this country. She took up
her residence in Troy, where she as
sumed the position of housekeeper
for her brother. After some time
she went to Palmer’s Falls, thence to
Uacquette lake, where she was emuloved
during the summer at “The Antlers." Mr.
Wood was employed at the lake by W. W.
Durant, and it was on this lovely sheet of
water that the lady and gentleman first
met. Events rolled along, as such eveuts
will, and at Luzerne this week Miss Hodg
son and Mr. Wood were made one in the
strice interpretation of the law. Mr. and
Mrs. Hodgson should place in their parlor
a silk umbrella and cherish it among their
household gods. If they have in their pos
session the umbrella which brought about
the marriage it should bo decorated and
placed above the mantel, to be viewed with
awe by their descendants.
HANDLING THE RIBBONS.
DRIVING AN ART, THOUGH MANY
DO IT CLUMBILY.
Glen Cairn Telia of Amateurs Who
Buiu Their Horsee, and of Others
Who Are Adept Belnsmen— 1 11 Run
ning a Horse’s Lees Off.”
(Copyright.)
New York, May 17.—We were sitting
by the wiudow of a oozy little room that
looks out on the track at Fleetwood park,
when the conversation turned on geutlemeu
or amateur drivers. My companion was
Millard Saunders, the young man who had
token the sensational Guy (when artists like
Splan and others had pronounced his tem
per so bad that he would never make a
tretter) and made him the must tolked-of
horse of the year. Mr. Sau iders holds the
best record for four-in-hand and tandem
driving, and is ranked among tho most
accomplished reinsmen in the laud.
We had been chatting of the great per
formances of Guy and other kings of the
turf.
“What do you think of our amateur
drivers P’ 1 asked.
The trainer looked thoughtfully away
over the green field that separated us from
tho track, and paused before he made
answer.
“There are some of them,” he replied,
“that I think a great deal of, and others
that I could uot say as much tor; but I will
assert that the amateur drivers in New
York and vicinity are the best reinsmen in
the w orld. There are some men, however,
who should never be allowed to own a
horse, for they have no sense. A great
many rich men go and buy horses aud don’t
know the first thing aliout them, and tho
natural consequence is that, although they
may have the best intentions, they ill-use
their horse so grossly that ho becomes pre
maturely broken down. They may drive
him to excess and, not knowing how to l ake
care of him afterwards, leave it to ignorant
or lazv grooms, who don’t care wnat be
comes of the animal.
“But I want to tell you about a peculiar
thing 1 have often noticed. I have seen
amateur drivers who would buy a horse
and day after day bifiig him along till one
would thmk he must be made of iron to
stand it; yet that horse would keep on im
proving. Why this is I don’t know, but
.nearly every driver in the profession will
tell you he has met cases of this kind in his
own experience.
“On the other hand, we have many ama
teurs whom I consider as fine drivers as
there are in the laud. Take Mr. Kockfeller
for instance. Now, I myself nave learned
a great deal from him, and I think he can
develop aud improve a horse as thoroughly
as any man I ever saw.
“How does he do it? you say. Well, he
does it because he thinks intelligently. Now,
if he wants to speed his horses at tho track
he jogs them out slowly, speeds them as
muen as he wishes, and then, instead of
ty-ing them up under the shed, he lets them
amble quietly home and by the time they
get there they are cooled out nicely and in
good condition.
“It is a great mistake for gentlemen to
drive out to tho track, speed their horses
and let let them stand under tho sued after
perhapsgiviug them a drink of cold water.
“Never put cold water into a hot stomach.
If you must give your horse a drink while
he is warm let him have some water that
has been standing in the sun and that is
tepid; but if you give it to him cold out of
the pumps you stiffen him and make him
sore all over. Above all, don’t work your
horse to excess. If you find ho is doing
well leave well alone, and don’t go trotting
him off his legs.
tV'By handling a horse in this way I saw
the gentleman I have mentioned develop
and drive the mare Jessie in 2:l‘Jwithout
track work of auy account.
“There are many other good gentlomon
drivers, amongst wh >m I might mention
Ally Bonner and Mr. Work.
“ When you drive a horse you mustn’t
think that you can sit bolt upright in your
road wagon and do,Rim justice. Sqwe men’s
backs am bent tho wrong way to drive a
horse. You must adapt your hand to your
horse’s mouth, and you can’t do this with
your back as stiff as a ramrod.
“Don’t hurt the horse’s mouth. Try and
imagine that your arms are elastic, and let
them give-and-take, as it were with tho
reins, so that you do not irr.tato, the horse
by the constant strain of hard pulliug
against him.
“If he should happen to break with you
don’t saw at his mouth; just take him back
gently, and if i.e does not catch himself,
which he generally will in a few jumps,
j use nip him on one side or the othor, de
pending on whicli side ho catches, for, as
you know, all horses do not catch on the
same side.
“I think that the majority of gentlemen
drivbrs mean well by their horses. At tho
same time they unwittingly neglect them.
Take their feet for example, (the most im
portant point in the driving horse). Gen
tlemen drivers generally leave their horses
feet to their groom or blacksmith, and
never give them the slightest personal atten-
tion.
“If you get a nice sot of shoes, that just
suit your horse, have them duplicated so
that next timo you want him shod you
know he will have just what suits him.
Above all, don’t let any black
smith pare your horse’s feat
down too much. A horse’s foot should be
handled with reference to the growth of
it and according to bis sizo and weight. I
think the convex shoes aro the best to -use
for gentlemen’s road driving, for they will
not pick up stones or throw much dirt. If
you only handle your horses carefully, you
can drive them a goad deal on the road and
not injure them; but you must give them
some of your personal attention. Now as to
handling your reins,” said Mr. Saunders,
“of course that depends altogether on the
kind of horse y.m are driviug, and it is
unnecessary for me to say anything about
the matter wheu you use both hands, as
most road drivers nowadays have hand
holds on their reius, aud it is only a simple
question of slipping your hands into them.
“But wheu one speaks of driving with one
band it alters the quo tion materially aud
requires some thought.
“A great many people drive with the
reins passed through their fingers. It seems
to be the most natural way for one to take
bold of his reins. I cau not say, however,
that I think it is the best, for the simpio rea
son that it givos one little or no leverage by
which to control or guide your horse.
“I have found the best method is to cross
your reins through the palm of your hand,
letting the rein which comes between your
first finger and thumb pass over the thumb.
In this way by simply turning your wrist
you cau guide and control your horse very
easily. Remember, however, to always
have your right hand free in case of acci
dent.
“Bo sure to get your horse bitted properly.
You must get a bit that your horse likes.
Some horses will almost pull your arms out
with a severe bit, but will give no trouble
at all if you put a leather or rubber bit in
tbeir mouths. Again, you may have your
horse checked too high. I consider this hard
and cruel on the horse that may have been
on the road all the afternoon, and it is sure
to irritate him so that in many cases he will
commence to act badly. Lengthen your
check to a reasonable extent and you will
find, in nine cases out of ton, it will benefit
both the horse and yourself.
“As to the use of the whip, I have noticed
many amateur drivers who whip their
hordes for every little mistake, such as
shying, etc. A whip is like a very poison
ous drug that must be used seldom and in
small quantities. If I said that under no
circumstances should you whip a horse,
1 think I would not be far wrong,
for it only adds fuel to the fire.
If a horse should shy when driving, try
and make him acquainted m the most
peaceable way you can with the object he is
afraid of. You must teach your horse to
have confidence in you, and when he once
has this he will learn to rely on you. If
you have been kind to a little colt and
something frightens it it will run at once
toward you. The horse can be taught re
liance in a man just as implicitly and more
inteligeutly.
“Some horses know more than the men
who drive them.” added Mr. Saunders,
jocosely, in conclusion.
Glen Cairn.
POINTERS FROM A CHAMELEON.
How Lord Aylesford Won SIOO,OOO
by Watching tne Creature Change
Color.
The were talking about alligators at the
Union League the other day, says tho
Chicago Mail. A gentleman in the party
had just returned from Florida, and had
been telling some rather acrobatic stories
about shooting the saunans from the deck
of a river steamboat. “Ah alligator,” he
explained, “is only a big lizard, any way.
All (he legged and tailed reptiles belong to
the same family, hut vary in size and hab
its. Why, I’ve seen lizards an inch long,
and alligators'thirteen feet, yet their anat
omy is about the same.
“Speaking of lizards,” said another
gentleman, “reminds me of a story in
which one about 2 1 j inches long played a
prominent part. Did any of you ever know
the late Lord Aylesford? Ho died in Texas
a couple of years ago, I believe; had a
ranch next to mine down there, and I got
very well acquainted with him. Joe was a
good fellow—one of God’s own, in fact, in
generosity, cordiality, and the general
characteristics which go to make up a good
fellow. He was, however, considerable of a
sport.
“Well, as I say, I met Joe in Texas, and
later in the same season went abroad with
him. We stayed in London for a fortnight,
and then ran over to Paris for a week. I
had been there before, but I’d never seen
the town under the tutelage of a fellow like
Joe. We went everywhere—to the varie
ties, tho circus, and —other places. At the
end of a week we had about enough of
Paris for once, and when Joe proposed a
run down to Monte Carlo I was ready at
short notice. I had never been in
the Kiviera. Well, we got to
Monte Carlo, and wero out
seeing the sights. It was during
our stroll that Joe picked up this little liz
ard. He was a dirty black when he caught
him, hut changed in a few moments to a
dull rod. ‘Chamelon,’ said Joe. ‘Think I’ll
keep him.’ I laughed, but he put the li:tlo
beast into his pocket, aud on the way back
to the hotel stopped in a jewelry store a i l
had a little gold baud fastened around the
lizard and hooked to a light gold chain,
which he pinned to his waistcoat 1 thought
it a queer fancy, but Jbo said the Cuba is
had a habit of carrying them that way, and
he was going to give it to a Cuban lady at
the hotel.
“That night Joe aud I went to tho Casino
after the promenade concert and got places
at a rouge-et-noir table. I didn’t bet much,
only a few rouleaux of five-franc pieces, and
lost. Joe, however, won the first small bet
lie put down, and then began doubling. He
kept winning, and finally began playing
higher and higher till he reached tho limit.
He stuffed his winnings all into an outside
pocket, and played every turn. Pretty soon
ho began to attract attention even in that
absorbed crowd. People left the other tables
and came to watch his play. One young
fellow followed his bets and made a number
of winnings and quit. Auother, an old
German, ‘coppered’ him and lost his pile.
Fresenily I nudged Joe, and told him to
quit. No! he was going to break the bank!
That settled it. Word passed around the
room that an Englishman was doing some
fabulous winning, and presently the crowd
around that table amounted to a perfect
crush. Joe didn’t seem to bo plnyiug any
system. He would bet the black twice,
mayi e, and then the red a dozen times, ami
vice versa. The croupiers were excited and
amazed. Exclamations came from all
sides in a dozen different languages. ‘He’s
crazy 1’ ‘No he isn’t!’ ‘The black won’t
stand another turn!’ ‘By Jovo I he’s going
to try it again 1’ ‘He’s tempting provi
dence 1’
“Joe paid no attention to anybody. He
played steadily along, winning two bets out
of every three, and novur bositaiiug. I was
a little behind him, and wedged in next was
an old French w'oman with u nose like a
hawk's beak. Her eyes fairly popped out
as she watched tho play, and onco or twice
a minute sho would gasp when tho crouper
Cushed Joe’s winnings over. His pockets
y this time bulged with n tos and he had
more gold com tnan he could carry in his
trousers. The rouleaux were stacked in
front of him like chins. The game had
been going about two hours whon the croup
ier said: ‘Monsieur, if you win this time
the bank closes,’ Joe bad the limit on
the red. The wheel turued and red won.
At that moment theold Frenchwoman gave
a yell that startled the house and jumped
about two feet in the air. Everybody
started. ‘The snake! Take it off I’she cried,
and dropped down on the floor in a faint.
As sho did I saw Joe, who was piling his
gold into his hat, grin and pull up the lizard
bv the chain. ‘The little brute Is what
frightened her,’ he said. ‘But he’s all right.
He’s my system.’
“Gentlemen,” continued the narrator, “it
was true. That fellow had let that lizard
crawl around the table in front of him on
the painted squares, and had won 500,000
francs, betting on him as he changed color
from red to black, and vice versa.”
Australia’s Wild Horses.
It may be some twenty years or so ago,
says the author of ‘‘Cussell’s Picturesque
Australasia,” that a settler lost two valu
able mares. The sand flies were bad, and,
driven by them, now walking and now
trotting, these mares, one followed by a
noble colt foal, never touched by man’s
hands, and with blood in him that could tell
of Epsom and the grand national, journeyed
on toward the west. Fifty miles fi om their
owner's home is reached; but the country is
rugged and not to their taste, and on they
go. Another fifty miles, and a pleasant
valley affords good water and plentiful
grass; but a sudden panic—caused, perhaps,
by a party of blacks chasing native game—
starts them afresh, and still westward they
go, till finally they rest in peace far from
the dwellings of men—far from the sound
of clanging hobble-chain or tinkling horse
bell.
Month after month rolls on. Each mare
foals again, and two strangers straying
from soino other part join themselves to
the little herd of five, and raise their num
ber to seven. Then another summer begins
and four additional little foals bring up the
total to eleven. The next recruits arrive
with hobbles on their logs, and, could they
but speak, would tell the others a strange,
sad tragedy. Not thirty miles from here,
while they, thus hobbled, fed quietly on the
greeu grass within sight of their owner's
camp, they had seen their master at sunrise
advancing slowly, bridle and halter in
hand, toward them. Then from tho ground,
as it were, a black stump suddenly grew
into a black man; then another appeared,
and another, then a short dialogue between
the one white man and the fifty black
devils, followed by a death-cry and
the yells of many demons. Fear lent
them wings, and, manacled as they
were, they flew many a weary
mile, till, now, with a joyous neigh and the
sense of safety in numbers, they throw
themselves into the little group who stand
shaded by the leafy curragong. These trot
round in some alarm and snort at the jang
ling hobblechain; but the older mares are
soon reconciled and the young stallion, the
sire of countless future brumbies, adds theie
two last comers to bis increasing harem.
Such, then, was the origin of the brumbies.
Daily they grew wilder and more on the
alert for danger; constant gallops from im
aginary enemies strengthened their sinews
and improved their wind, liecruits began
to pour in as civilization invades the wild
west, and when finally they were first
really determinedly hunted by the white
man, ho succeeded'in taking but a few of
the quieter ones, while those who escaped
became sharper than the sharpest, wilder
than the wildest and fleeter than the fleetest
roebuck.
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CORN ICES.
OH A3. A* COX
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A HD——
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Pati mates for city or country work promptly
furnished.
Agent for the oetebrated Swedish Metafile
Faint.
Agent for Walter’s Patent Tin Shingle*.
COTTON FACTORS.
Thomas F. Stubbs. William S. Tison.
STUBBS TISON,
Cotton Factors,
86 13AY STREET,
SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA
Liberal advances made on consignments of
cotton.
" lIARDWARS.”
HOSE.
REELS,
SPRINKLERS,
STICKS,
TROWELS,
HOES AND RAKES.
TILE.
H
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$
FOR SALE BY
Edward Lovell’s Sons
IS n BKODOHTOy BT.
Savannah, Beaufort and Way Landing
THE STEAMER
“ BELLEVUE,”
Capt. T. E. BALDWIN,
WILL LEAVE steamer Katie’s wharf every
WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 10:30 a. m.,
landing at Bluffton on the Wednesday trip.
Returning, leavo Beaufort every MONDAY and
THURSDAY at S a. m., landing at Bluffton on
the Monday trip.
rAKE 8! 30 | ROUND TRIP.. $1.75
For further information apply to J. Q. MED
LOCK, Agent.
LOTTERY.
DAST ALL PRECEDENT f
1 OVER TWO MILLION DISTRIBUTED,
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Incorporated bv the Legislature for educ*
tior.aluud charitable purposes, and it* franchA*
made a part ot tire present state
in 1879. by an overwnelminsr popular vote.
Its GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWINGS
take place Semi-Annually, (June and Decent
bar), and it* GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAW
Inga take place in each of the other ten month!
of the year, and are all drawn in public, at tht
Academy of Music, New Orleans, La.
“We do hereby certify that ice supervise ths
arrangements for all the Monthly and Semi-An,
nual l>rau:in<jof the Ixtuisiana State Lottery
Company , and in person manage and contra
the Drawings themselves , and that the same an
conducted with honesty , fairness, and in good
faith toward all parties, and we authorize th<
Company to use this certitlcaie, with facsimiles
of our signatures attacked , in its advertise*
meats. ”
f'ommlHAlonem.
We the undersigned Banks and Hankers wilt
pay all prizes drawn in the Louisiana Stats
Lotteries which may be presented at our count
tern
11. M. W V LMKLEY,Trent.Louisiana Nat.Rk*
PIKKRR LWVIX, Preat. Sian* Aat’l. Bk,
A. It \Ll>\\ l\. Prowl. New Orleaim Aat’l. Rk
CAUL ROH.V Prcut. Inion .National Bank*
MAMMOTH DRAWING
At the Academy Music, New Orleans,
Tuesday. June 17, 1890.
Capital Prize $600,000
100,000 Ticket* at #10; Halve* #2O; Muar.
tec* #IO; Eighth* #.%; Twentieths
#2; Fortieth* #l.
LIST OP CHIZHS.
i prize cr soo,noo u s6oo,not
1 PRIZE OF 2(0,000 is 300.00 C
1 PRIZE OF 100,0001s 100,001
1 PRIZE OF 50,000 is SO.OtX
2 PRIZES OF 20,000 are 40,00(
5 PRIZES OF 10,000 are 50,00(
10 PRIZES OF 5.00) are 50.00 C
25 PRIZES OF 2,000 aro 50.00 C
100 PRIZES OF MOO are HO.OOC
2gk PRIZES OF 600 aro .. 120.00 C
500 PRIZES OF 400 are 200,00(1
APPROXIMATION prizes.
100 Prizes off 1,000 are SIOO,OOO
100 Prizes of 300 are NO,OOO
100 Prizes of too are 40,000
TWO NPHRKR TERIfIINAI,S,
1,998 l*rizos of S2OO are ~5390,600
3,11 i Prizes amounting to. #2,ls!),t>t)(|
agentsTwanted.
t&r- Fob Club Rates, or any further Infor
mation desired, write legibly to the undersigned,
clearly statin# your residence, with State,
County. Street and Number. More rapid return
mail delivery will be assured by your enclosing
an Envelop" bearing- your full address.
IMPORTANT.
Adilress M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or M. A. DAI IMIIY, *
Washington, It. C.
By ordinary letter containing Money Or,hi
issued by all Express Companies, New York Ex*
change. Draft or Postal Note.
Address Registered Letters Contain*
ing Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATION VL HANK,
New Orlean*, La.
“REMEMBER, that the payment of Prizes
Is 111 AIIANTKKIt IIY POl.lt NATIONAB
llt.YKfcof New < (rleans, and the tickets art
signed by the President ot an Institution, whoa*
chartered rights are recognized in the highest
courts; therefore, beware of oil imitations ot
anonymous schemes.
ONE DOLLAR is tho price of the smallest!
part or fraction of a ticket 188 FED IIY IX in
any drawing. Anything In our name offered
for less than a Dollar is a swindle.
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SAVANNAH, GA.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. O,
Turpentine Stlls
AJl> FIXTURES,
General Copper Workers*
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JEWELRY.
lifiiiil
HAS A FINE SELECTION OF
Diamonds, Earrings, Finger
Rings and Unmounted
Diamonds,
Which He Sells at Very Close Figures,
Also, FINE STERLING - SILVER WARE in
elegant cases, and FINE TEA TABLES, genu,
ine Vernls Martin, a beautiful thing for a wed*
ding present.
IN-KAKAT PLAIN RING a specialty.
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Boiler Makers and Blackamith^
STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL AN D TOP RUNNING CORN
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simplest and most effective on the markm*
Guliett Light Draft Magnolia Cotton ote the
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Price List.
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44. Barnard street,
(Under Knights of Pythias' Hall),
PLUMBING AND GAS Firm
STE4J4 ABATING K SPECUWT.
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