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MONEY FORTHEHARBORS
THE SENATE PASSES THE APPRO
PRIATION BILL.
Nearly All the Amendments Adopted
by the Committee of the Whole
Agreed To—Edmunds Wanted the
Total Appropriation Reduced to
$13,000,000, but It Wasn't.
Washington, Aug. 16.—The Senate thia
morning resumed consideration of the river
and baroor bill. After further prolonged
deba'.e on the item for the improvement of
Uarlem river Mr. Hawley's amendment
providing that bridges should be solid and
with some draw or openings was rejected.
Tho committee’s proposition was then
agreed to with an understanding that the
wnole question would be fixed up in the
conference committee.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Consideration of the river and harbor
bill was then proceeded with on the amend
ments offe el oy individual senators.
In the courseof discussion <>u an amend
ment offered by Mr. Bate as to an improve
ment in the Tennessee river Mr. Edmunds
expressed tbv idea that an appropriation
in bulk of *13,000,000 ihalf of the amount
carried in tbe billi would, with $5,000,001)
unexpended out of the river and harbor bill
of 1858, be amply sufficient for all the really
national works of internal improvement.
FEARS A bXFICIT.
He expected that it would turn out that on
June 30, 1891. the treasurv would be $50,-
000,000 shot, even if the duty were not
taken off sugar. In t at state of things he
was quite unwilling to bear his part
of the responsibility of sending
to the President a river and harbor
bill appropriating $26, ”00,000, when there
was already $5,000,001) unexpended out of
tbe bill of 1888. He had intended tosubmit
a proposition such as he suggested, but he
was convinced that it would be only weary
ing the patience of the Senate without any
good effect.
GOOD EFFECTS OF WATER WORK.
Mr. Frye, who was in charge of the bill,
replied to Mr. Edmunds and gave some
facts and figures to prove the immense
advantage to the commerce of the
country which had followed the
deepening of rivers and harbors. Among
others he used several North Carolina rivers
as illustrations. The improvement of the
Roanoke river had commenced in 1872 and
had extended for 128 miles. The total
expenditure had been $82,000. The reduction
of charges on freight had been between 10
and 75 cent., and the development of com
merce had become $10,800,000, an increase
of 130 per cent. Did the senator from Ver
mont, he asked, think that that was a mere
local improvement? So as to the Pimlico
river, on which $54,000 has been expended;
the freight charges reduced between 12 and
50 per ceDt. and commerce developed to
$4,000,000, an increase of 60 per cent.
DANIEL WANTS A SEPARATE VOTE.
m Mr. Daniel demanded a sepreate vote on
tbe amendment reducing the appropriation
for Nansemond river, Virginia, from SIO,OOO
to $7,500. Tbe amendment was rejected,
and the appropriation remains at SIO,OOO.
All the other amendments adopted by
committee of the whole were agreed to,
and the bill was passed.
A conference was asked, and Messrs.
Frye, Dolph and Ransom were appointed
conferees on the part of the Senate.
CHICK AM AUG A PARK.
The conference report on the House bill
to establish a national military park at the
battlefield of Chickamsuga was presented
by Mr. Hawley and agreed to.
Mr. Quay gave notice of his intention to
move for a change of the rules as set out in
tbe resolution which he had to-day asked
unanimous consent to offer, and said that
be would not call up the motion before
Tuesday next.
Aftqr a brief executive session the Senate
adjourned
•■i . .
PETER KENNEDY’S DEATH.
Apalachicola Mourn Him as One of
P er Best Citizens.
Apalachicola, Fla., Aug. 16.—Apa
lachicola has suffered a great loss in the
sudden and unexpected death of Peter T.
Kennedy, which was the result of the acci
denc he met with at Chattahoochee last
Sunday night. Mr. Kennedy was en route
to this city from his home in Bradford, Pa.
He left the train at the Chattahoochee
bridge and waited for the boat to bring
him to this city, which arrived at 10 o’clock
at night. Walking out of the hotel, which
is built above high water mark, to board
tbe steamer, he walked off the platform
which surrounds toe hotel and fell to the
ground, a distance cf fourteen feet, and sus
tained internal injuries which caused his
death Monday night.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Peter T. Kennedy was born in New York
city, IS3S, and was for tho most part reared
in that city and Brooklyn. He was a suc
cessful business man from the commence
ment of his career. He had large business
into; ests in different parts of the country,
and besides owning nearly the entire stock
of the Bradford National Bank, he was quite
largely interested in the oil business of
Pennsylvania, and was also president
of the Kennedy Lumber Company,
one of the busiest mills at this
place. Mr. Kennedy was proverbially
modest and unaffected by his wealth,
which is modern ely stated at $500,000.
His charity was as boundless as it was
void ;of display, and his kind heart,
frar.k and generous manner made him
friends wherever he went. Apalachicola
feels keenly the loss of this good man,
whose place cannot be filled.
GEORGIA’S ALLIANCE.
The State Association to Meet at At
lanta on Tuesday.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 16.—0n Tuesday
the state alliance meets in the hall of the
House of Representatives. There will be
about 125 delegates from the different
counties in attendance, some of whom have
already begun to arrive. Y'esterday the
executive commit: ee of the alliance met.
The full board, consisting of Felix Corput,
Dr. J. W. Taylor, Col. A. F. Pope, A-
W. Ivey and I. J. Stephens was pre eat.
Tbe financial rep *rt was compiled and put
in shape to be presented to the state meet
ing on Tuesday, after which the board ad
jourued. At 12 o’clock to-day the directors
of the state exchange, CoL L. T. Living
stem, L. S. Ledbetter, secretary;
W. A. Broughton, treasurer; A. J.
Cheeves, P. Strickland, A. A. Quinn,
Samuel Barren, J. E. Casswell,
E. L. McTyre and Seth Tatum met. Tuey
were in secret session for several hours ar
ranging for ihe meeting of Tuesday. The
county trustee stockholders of the exchange
will meet on Monday to receive the report
of Piesident Peek, showing that the busi
ness since tiie opening has been much more
satisfactory than tho originates hoped for.
President L. L. Pe k aid Secretary J. H.
Turner of the national alliance are ex
pected to be present at the meeting on
Tuesday.
Infant Boy Travelers.
New York Correspondence Philadelph a Ledger.
One if the lncnnsidered trifles which
cause great excitement within a limited
circle was disci- sed in Bro k-yn to-day.
Two very small boys, one 5, tbe other 3
years of age, wer • picked up in the City of
Churches yesterday. A general ularni was
sent out, hut uot until this morning was
there aiiy response. Then a telegram was
r-ceived staling that their home was in
Hoboken, and tnat a filend would call for
them. The gentleman who came for tnern,
and whom they immediately re gmzei,
said one of the boys was a ton of a H b -sen
ps licoman. How two iims’i little fellows
c .nld cross the N nth and East rivers, and
to ti.raugu New York city and [juris of
Brooklyn ad Hoboken without a*u*t
uooe, and with ut a trading Attention, is a
mystery.
ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE.
, Modern Science and Invention Ante
dated by Hundreds of Years.
From IV Chicago .iVea.
It may be well fur u, of the nineteenth
century occa-ionaliy to reflact that we are
not the originators a: and ins enters of every
go and thing, and ihat wisdom will not die
with us. We are accustomed to pride our
selves, and with reas n, upon the marvelous
stridos that have been made within tbe last
few decades in scio cs anf in its apDlica
| tion to the useful arts. It should be r.'Qiem
i bered t .at muca of the discovery woich we
| take to ourselvei was known in some form
or another in the m ruing hours of history.
Wendell Phillips has written an essay upon
“The Lost Arts,” the reading of wh ch
would startle many people. But, exclusive
of the knowledge which has passed away—
such as of the manufacture of liquid glass,
of steel suen as Damascus made —it is inter
esting to note how the facts of wnat we are
pleased to call modern science were known
hundreds of years ago.
Twenty centuries before Watt, Hero, a
mechanician of Alexandria, wrote a book 1
called “Pneumatica,” in which he described
a number of machines wnose motive poser
was stea i. In the same treatise he de
scribed another machi e wmcb he called
“aolipile," aluio t indentical with our
turbine wneel. Paddle wheels, like those of
our steamers, but propelled by hand in
war galleys, were among tbe Egyptians
from the earliest time. I l 1543 B.anc > de
Gavay, a Spaniard, built a ship ot 200 tons
burden, winch he propelled by steam in the
barb >r of Barcelona, at t e rate of three
miiee an hour. Fulton, w hen he launched
the Clermont, did not do much better.
In the twelftn century there lived in
Etruria priests who were thought to be in
commumcaiion with the spirits of heaven.
Tuey gained this credit by being able to
draw thunderbolts from the clouds; prob
ably Franklin never heard of them. His
torians of credit detail how, on the highest
bastion of the castle of Durino, on the shore
of the Adriatic, there <Wis an iron rod rising
some feet into the air. A guard was sta
tioned n-ar by, who, from time to time,
brought the point of his iron spear close to
the rod. If a spark passed, the sentinel
gave the alarm, and tbe fishermen near by
hastily gathered in their nets and prepared
for a coming storm.
Centuries and centuries before Dr. Jen
ner, the learned physicians of India and
the east understood the merits of vaccina
tion and practiced it. Dhanwantari, the
Esculapius of the east, explains the method
they employed in his sacred book, “Sayeya
Graothauo.” Drs. Jackson, Morton and
Wells dispute as to which of them is en
titled to the credit of having discovered
a aesthetics. In the “Odyssey” Homer de
scribes accurately the effects of au anaes
thetic under a name from which we get our
word “nepenthe,” the original word signi
fying "without suffering.” The French
academy possesses a venerable Chinese
work which describes a preparation of hemp
called "ma yo,” used 2,000 years ago to
deaden pain.
Nor was the science of optics unknown to
the ancient world. Alexander kept a copy
of the Iliad inclosed iu the shell of a nut;
this could not have been written without a
microscope. Mr. Layard found in a ruined
temple at Nineveh what was confessed by
Sir David Brewster to be “decidedly anil
designedly a magnifying glass.” The Em
peror Shan, who reigned in Asia 2225 B. C.,
it is somewhere recorded observed the
heavens through a “sliding tube.” One
smiles at a picture of the Emperor Nero at
a theater with an opera glass, but what
else was the gem through which he was
wont to gaze at the gladiators from his seat
in the amphitbeaier?
The ancient Gauls employedjjreaping ma
chines in their fields; Theophrastus (B. C.
382) gives a description of aprop >sed sower.
The tombs of Egypt furnished the lock to
which Hobbs gave his name, and which for
a long time was accounted the most secure.
Aristomachus of Soli, hundreds of years
bef ore Huber, gave fifty-eight years of his
life to the study of bees.
The sacred tires of the Magi, which have
burned perpetually since the time of
Zoroaster, w hat are they but jets of natural
gas? In one of the lower provinces of
China, for time immemorial, the people
have used it conveyed in bamboo tubes.
One of the most ancient of Chinese writers
speaks of boxes which gave out the sound
of voices of those long since dead, though
we must not oa this necount too hastily
accuse Mr. Edison of having stolen the idea
of the pbouograpb.
We are accustomed to date an era in the
world’s history from the invention of print
ing and of the mariner’s compass and the
discovery of America. The absurdity of
any “invention” of printing is well setforth
in some verses, almost forgotten now on the
invention of the “Three-Legged Stool.” It
is hard to imagine a time when the princi
pal of printing was not understood. The
stamping of coins, for instance, has been
practiced by all nations from the earliest
times. Disraeli says the Romans were more
over acquainted with movable types.
Writings dating from long before the so
called invention of the campass speak of it
as a thing long known. Tho inspired Book
of Mormon, indeed,; and what could be
higher authority!—provides the contem
poraries of Noah with compasses having all
ihe improvements of the modern binnacle.
The arguments on either side as to the dis
c -very of America by Columbus are well
known. It is a little difficult to account for
the finding off the eastern coast a skeleton
in armor declared to be an exact counter
part of those worn at the seige of Troy.
*: Some of our fondly che ished scl.-ntiflc
theories, claimed as the result of advanced
culture and scientific methods of induction,
are simply revivals of the specula:ions of
ancient wisdom. Such is the Darwin
hypothesis. The same system was set forth
about 1100 A. D. by Abubekrihu, an author
and philosopher of Arabia. And in 1671
Pecocke of Oxford university published an
accouut of this author and a review of his
theory.
Th doctrines of the correlation and con
servation of energy are enthusiastically de
nominated "the grand twin conceptions of
modern science.” They are but the resur
rected beliefs of 2,000 years ago. Justin
Martyr reports the peripatetic pnilosoDhers
to have said: “All things recur according
to the unchanging laws of endless progres
sion.” L ckyer himself could not have put
it better. Here wo we have Huxley and
Tyndall antedated by 2,000 years.
Defining a "Jag.”
From the New York Sun.
InJohnS. Farmer’s Americanisms Old
and New, published in London last year,
we find a common word of our street
vernacular thus curiously defined:
“‘Jag’ is also a slang term for an um
brella, possibly from that article being so
constantly carried.”
The source of Mr. Farmer’s conjecture
appears in this paragraph.w hich he appends
to his definition:
He came in very late (after an unsuccess
ful effort to unlock tho door with his
umbrella) through an unfastened coal hole
in the s.dewalk. C ruing to himself toward
daylight he fouad himself—spring over
coat, silk hat. ’jag' and all—stro.ch >d out in
a bath tub.”— Albany Journal, 1888.
The “jag” cou.d not be the coal hole, the
front door or the daylight. The spring
overco-t and the silk hat were accounted
for. What e!si could it be but tho um
brella i
Trip of the Fire Chiefs.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. id.—Chief Pu-ler of
tho Savannah fire department, with Chief
L. M. Jr joes of Macon, the hitter’s Recreta y,
J H. Oiipliant, and Chief Young of Au
gusta pa-sed through At lama to-day ou
their wav to tbe convention of fiie chiefs to
open in Detroit Uext Tuesdav.
Riper Haggard is said to look like the Em
peror of Germany. lie na- tho blue eyes and
11 “ t brown hair and tbe general physical
I e irmce ot the kaiser.
Mis* Carholan of ban Francisco described
esa “eunny haired girl WH a a Dreslei sbep
he-dass cotnot-xion ‘ gi.e u imn-‘usely itca
and extremely Charitable,
TITF. MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 17. 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
LASTN'EEK IN THE FIELD.
COOLER WEATHEE THAN USUAL
IN EVERT EC 1 lON.
Less Than the Usual Amount of Rain
Fast of the Rocky Mountains, Except
Along the Coast—Some Sections
Suffering: From Drought—How Cot
-1 ton Shows Up.
Washington, Aug. 16. The weather
; crop bulletin, issued to-day, says: ’‘The
week ending Aug. 16 has been cooler than
i usual over the entire country east of the
ninety-seventh meridian, the average daily
temperature being about 3° below normal
i for the week exceDt in Northern New Eng
land ana the lower Mississippi Valley,
where about the usual season temperature
prevailed. The week was also cool over the
southern and central plateau region, but
was warmer from the Rio Grande Valley
northward to Dakota and on the Pacific
coast, the greatest excess in temoera ure
occurring in Northern Texas, Wes ern
Kansas and Indian territory, where the
daily temperature was about 6’ above nor
mal for the week.
THE RAINFALL
“There has been less than the usual
amount of rain generally over the region
east of the Rocky mountains, except along
the Atlantic coast gout a of Boston, and iu
portions of Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,
Southern Mis ouri. Northern Minnesota
and Wes ern Kansas and Nebraska, where
local exce ses are reported. There was an
excess of rain in eastern Col rado, wnere,
in localities, the rainfall exceeded three
inches. No rain occurred iu Northern
Ohio, Southeast Michigan, Northwast
Louisiana, the interior of Texas and on the
Pacific coast.
WHERE RAIN IS NEEDED.
“Only light showers were reported from
Ohio, the Upper Mississippi and Central
Missouri valleys, and these showers were
not sufficient to relieve the drought condi
tions in these sections. The drought con
tinues in South Dakota, and the weather
during tho week has been generally un
favorable, causing permanent injury to
crops. In some localities frost in
the early part of the week did
little or no damage. The weather condi
itions were generally favorable and
resulted in improvement in the crop con
ditions from Kansas and Nebraska east
ward to Indiana, although more rain is
needed. All the crops are suffering in
Michigan, and corn has been seriously in
jured by the continued dry weather.
“In Kentucky and Te messee corn and
tobacco were improved, while inArknansas
the weather was too dry for corn, but cotton
is doing well and is in good condition.
IN THE COTTON REGION.
“Throughout the cotton region from
South Carolina westward to Texas the
weather during the past week has been
favorable |for all, Crop's, except in Western
Texas, where the drought continues, and
has caused some injury to late cotton. Cot
ton picking is in progress in Eastern Texas
and Louisiana, where some damage is re
ported from drought, although generally
the crop is in good condition.
“The weather has been favorable in the
rice and sugar region, where the rice har
vest is in progress, and cane is in an
unusually good condition.
RUST IN ALABAMA.
“In some sections of Alabama cotton has
been injured by rust, and in North Carolina
cotton is still shedding, although the
weather was favorable. More sunshine is
needed in South Carolina, where the cropi s
beginning to open.
“Crops were generally improved by the
favorable weather of the week in the Mid
dle Atlantic states, although some sections
need more rain. All crops are growing
rapidlv.
“Potatoes and grapes promise fair in New
York.
PENNSYLVANIA FIELDS.
“Early tobacco in; Pensylvania will be
ready for cutting during the coming week,
and New Jersey reports corn, potatoes and
all truck maturing nicely but more ram
needed. Plowing has commenced. The
ground Is very hard. The yield of pota
t es will be large.
“New England reports a drought affect
ing the cro; s.
“Tobacc ■> cutting is in progress in Con
necticut, with a file crop promised.”
SPEED OF THE STEEDS.
Results of the Day's Races at Bara
toga and Monmouth.
Saratoga, Aug. 16.—T0-day’s racing
events here were as follows:
Fir-t Race—Six furiougs. Void won, with
May Belle second and Hueueme third Time
11:6.
Second Race— Free handicap sweepstakes:
One mile. Reclare won, with Belle d’Or second
an i Wilfred third. Time 1:424a.
Third Race— Foxhall stakes; one mile and a
quarter. Sir John won. with Windham second
and Uncle Bob third. Time 2:104.1.
Fourth Race— Six furlongs. Ben Harrison
won, with Kitty Van second and Cornet third.
Time 1:15.
Fifth Race—One mile. Hydla won, with
Satisfaction second and Bohemian third. Time
1:44)4.
AT MONMOUTH PARK.
Monmouth Park, Aug. 16.—The weather
and track were perfect to-day. The events
were as follows:
First Race— Free handicap sweepstakes;
sl,oooadded; seven furlongs. Arab von. with
Strideway second aud Glory third. Time I:26>q.
Second Race—August stakes for two-year
olds; 1,500 aided; six furlongs. Chatham
won, with St. Charles second and Equity third.
Time 1:1545.
Third Race—Rahway handicap sweepstakos.
$1,500 added: mile Eurus won, with Major
Dowd second and My Fellow third. Time 1:41.
Fourth Race— West End hotel stakes for
8-year-old fillies; $1,500 added; one and a half
miles. Bibelot won, with Her Highness second
and Druidess third. Time 2:41)4.
Fifth Race -Free handicap sweepstakes.
Stockton won. with Oriflamine second and
Philosopher third. Time 2:22.
Sixth Race—Six furiougs. Autocrat won,
with Samaria second and Tom Hood third.
Time 1:15
Seventh Race— Beacon stakes, free welter
weight handicap sweepstakes; seven furl ngs.
L uly Reel won, with Brussels second aud Ed
Hooper third. Time 1:2944.
Eighth Race—Extra, sweepstakes for maiden
2-year-olds, live furlongs. Wiregrass colt won,
with Key West second and Average third.
Time 1:0144.
Avoid all Filth and Dirt.
From the Philadelphia Press.
"Precautions against Asiatic cholera” and
all other forms of disease especially to be
feared Jat this season are treated of in a
little circular which has just been issue i by
the Pennsylvania state board of health.
Although there Is no reason for behoving
that an epidemic is threatened, sound ideas
are given about diet, bathi..g aud ihe use of
disinfectants.
Dr. Lee, the secretary of the board
writes:
“Filth is the home, nest and breeding
place of cholera. Ihe removal of filth be
forehand is of infinitely more use thil l its at
tempted disinfection after the epidemic has
1 egun. To this end it is essential:
“To examine the condition of all public
water supplies, aud, if pollution is discov
ered, cut off its source.
"To examine the surroundings of all pri
vate weiis with reference to the existence of
can es of polluiio i.
“To remove all house refuse, offal and
garbage fro m the neighborhood of habita
tions, and either bury or burn it.
“To use copperas, dry or in solution ia
pound t > the gallon of water), in all places
winch ure the least < ff msive
i “To examine thoroughly all house-plumb
j tug ad dramag >, and remedy defeats.
“To thoroughly aud frequently cleanse
I all cellars, outhouse*, stables aud pig-*trs,
using wutt wash fr ely.
“To drum all wet nlaoes in tbe inmediate
neighborhood Of dwellings, and t> drain,
I ventilate, and, if necessary, cement damp
| cellars. ”
STUD-HORSE POKER.
The Origin of This Exciting Game
of Cards.
Fro n the Den ver Reoubliean.
“Bud” McDonald, an old-time sporting
man, was cooling hu heels in front of the
Markham last evening. Mr. McDonald
was not reticent, and it did not take him
long to get into a reminiscent strain, which
was a veritable bo- anza of anecdotes and
inc.dents of ea ly life on the Mississippi.
The icftit entertaining And instructive of
these was an account, which he gave in
a happy vei iof how the game of “stud
hor e poker” originated.
“There was in the litter ’fifties and early
’sixties a man who occasionally made a trip
on the river by the name of McCool,” said
Mr. McDonald. “He was a confirmed
gambler, and what we called in those days
a ‘high roller,' that is. he would not only
play for heavy stakes, but would have
gambled the last of h s possessions, even had
it been a block of brick building iu Denver,
on what he thought wouid be the top hand.
Where McCool came from to the river, as
well as whither he went upon leaving it,
nobody knew. But while he was there he
made a name and a fortune which were the
envy of many a less successful sporting
rran. His penchant for and success at
draw poker won for him the pseudonym of
‘Poker McCool,’ and I venture to say that
if one were to take a trip down the river to
day he could fin i a 8 nail army of ante
re >e.lion slaves who were won or lost by
M~ 001.
“There was no game at which Poker Mc-
Cos 1 ouldn’t play,” resumed Mr. McDon
ald. “I have seen him bet SSUO that two
quarre l ig dogs in the street wouldn’t come
to a fignt, and win it, arid I remember that
he bet an astroao idea! ge.iiU3 wuo was
boas ing of his accomplishments, that he
couldn’t tell which side of the m on was
the convex when it came up, and he won
again. He took care that the astronomer
was se drunk that he couldn’t tell the moon
fro n a saloon cuspidor ; when it did get up.
In short, McCool was a betting man. But
of all his experience the day that he played
a game of poker which gave birth to that
degen-rate nondescript which now is known
as ‘stud-horse poker,’was his most excit
ing, and I believe that the downfall aud
ruin dated from that time. It shook his
con fid 1 nee.
“McCool spent much of his time at New
Orl ans, an l he becime a conspicuous
equestrian figure there in time. He owned
a big black stallion, f r which he had paid
SI,OOO, and when he was astride of the ani
mal he was an attractive object—he aud
the horse. He thought much of the animal
and money could not have touched him.
Well, on the afternoon I am speaking about,
McCool got into a poker game (good old
draw poker it was) with a wealthy gambler
named Brady. Neither McCool nor Brady
belonged to a temperance organization, ana
a feature of the game was the frequent
turning of the ‘low card’ for a drink. It
was about sundown when the deal began
whi b ended the game and left McCool
afoot and bankrupt.
“"The deal wa3 Brady’s, and the first card
had been given to each of them, when Mc-
Cool wanted a card turned for another
round of drinks. Brady turned it, and a
four spot fell to each. With a recklessness
and gambling informality which had char
acterized the game throughout McCool
threw a large sum of money on the table
and Brady called it. It seemed to be merely
a bet before the draw, and tue players tac
itly understood in what manner it would be
won or lost. McCool called for another
card to be turned, and it was done. Each
got a five spot. McCool made another ad
dition to the pot, which Brady covered, and
a third card was turned. Each got a six.
Up to this time the players had intended
that, after deciding the question of
drinks, the draw- should be pro
ceeded with; but now the game
took another turn, and it was decided to
settle the hands without drawing. The
fifth card was accordingly turned, and it
was a deuce. There was an immense pile
in the pot, and the interest among the
crowd, which was packed around the table,
was so intense and the silence so deep, that
the ticking of the tall clock behind the bar
sounded like a hammer striking on an anvil,
Both me i sat deeply absorbed in study.
McOool’s buried card was a six spot, and
he was certain enough th it his pair had
Brady beaten. Brady’s buried card was a
trey, and he had a straight and a sure
thing. His credit, sitting behind that hand,
was unlimited, aud ho was prepared to play
it out.
“The scene at this time was the most im
pressive that lie ieve I ever witnessed. I
never saw an aggregation of men so thor
oughly impressed with the fact that a tre
m; udousjstake bung in the balance. The
betting proceeded slowly but heavily until
finally McCool had all is earthly posses
sions represented in tho stake on the table
except two objects. One of these was his
stallion, who stood champing bis bit on the
street outside: the other was his old negro
slave, who stood holding the horse. Finally
McCool ordered tbe negro to be brought in,
and Brady deposited $2,1)0,) against him, at
the same time raising McCool $5,000.
“After some mom ntsof cxil study Mc-
Cool to'd Brady that all he owned was on
the table, with the exception of his horse.
He was willing to put him up against tho
last bet that Brady had made. The prop -
sition was accepted, and McCool ordered
the horse led inani he •-. Tbe interest
I have describe, as attending the game be
fore now seemed intensified, if that were
possible, and the picture there pre euted,
with the faithful old slave standing by
his master’s chair, the agony of
the suspense which he was undergoing
plainly depicted upon his face, the magnifi
cent horse, who seemed all but conscious of
the wealth at stake, and lastly the players
and tho spectators, was one never to be for
gotten. When the betting was at last over
and uotbiug was lacking to decide the game
but the appearance of the two buried cards,
McCool called for a glass of liquor. It was
not until he had emptied this tnat he asked
to see his opponent’s card.
“When it was shown down he silently,
got up from tbe table and walked through
the crowd, which pa; ted for his passage,
out into the street. He never sat in a game
that drew a crowd again, and it was but a
few months from that time when he dis
appeared permanently from the river. He
was the first man to lose big money at
‘stud-horse poker,’ and I e has had my re
pectful sympathy ever since.”
MEDICAD.
Be Sure
If you have made up your mind to buy
Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any other. A Boston lady, whoso example is
worthy imitation, tells her experience below:
“In one store where I went to buy Hood’s
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy
their own instead of Hood's; he told me their's
would last longer; that I might take it on ten
To Get
days’ trial; that if I did not like it I need not
pay anything, etc. But he could not prevail
on me to change. I told him I had taken
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what it was, was
satisfied with it, and did not want any other.
When I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable with dyspepsia,
and so weak that at times I could hardly
Hood’s
stand. I looked like a person 'nsurnp
tioo. Hood's Sarsaparilla did me so much
good that I wonder at myself someilmes,
and my friends frequenrly speak of it." Mrs.
Ella A. Goff, 61 Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
fold Py all druggists gristxforfs Prrpsirdoajy
by C I HOOD ACO . Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
(OO Dcses One Dollar
MEETINGS.
"cimEW s*virA*v amociatioST'
Orrici Cttizbss' Saxitary
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 17, 1830. f
A quarterly meeting ot th- I'itizen* Sanitary
Association will be held MONDAY EVENING,
Aug 18th, at 8 o’clock p. at. the office of the
association. J. B. READ.
President.
Dims J. Morphy, Sec’y.
SPKCiAL~NOTICK.
On and after Feb. 1, 1830, the home of meas
urement of all advertisin'] in the Mornino
News will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an
inr A for the first insertion.
TO THE PATRONS AND FRIENDS OF
THE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Mr. Crowther has already, through the
Morni.no News, announced that he will, on
account of the condition of his health, take a
year's rest, and that the school will, in the
meantime, be under my direction as Principal.
It only remains for me to say that, assisted, by
capable and experienced teachers, I shall spare
no labor to keep the school up to that standard
of efficiency, both as to its teaching and disci
pline, that has in the past merited the confi
dence and support of the people of Savannah.
At the end of a year we propose to combine
and use our united efforts to increase the use
fulness and efficiency of the school, and make
it ail the more worthy of the success it has
already achieved. I refer with confidence to
my testimonials, whic i will be found enclosed
with the new catalogue. lon y ask for a trial,
feeliug sure that the school will continue to
give satisfaction under my management.
Respectfully,
J. R. BAYLOR, Jr.
A SPLENDID INVESTMENT AT PRI.
V.ATE S\LE
8. D. LiROCHI.
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
lIK Bryan,
Is offering 3 Tracts of Land, one containing 2S
acres on Springfield Plantation, Gwinnrtt street
extension; the other oa Bull street extended,
running through the Waters Road. Terms
will be made reasonable.
PRO BONO BUBLICO.
-T H E—
ROBINSON STEAM PRINTING COMPANY,
Leaders in
ARTISTIC DESIGNS,
Originators of
MODERATE PRICES,
Purveyors to the
BUSINESS MAN,
Promoters of
PUSH AND PERSEVERANCE,
Possessors or
A FLOURISHING, BUSINESS,
MODEL ESTABLISHMENT,
CORRECT BUSINESS SYSTEM.
NEW IDEAS,
AND
Every one Should Patronize
-T H E
ROBINSON STEAM PRINTING COMPANY,
K Whitaker Street. 410 Telephone.
GEORGIA STATE BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION OF SAVANNAH.
BOOMING ! BOOMING ! ! BOOMING ! ! 1
Never Were the People More Interested.
The demand for money is very great, and when
it is considered that the "GEORGIA STATE"
i* daily supplying that demand this problem is
readily solved. Wg organized not to fail, but
TO SUCCEED, and we expect to do this by
meeting the demands of the people. For
further information consult the cheap column.
A CARD
I wish to Inform my friends and the public
that the report circulated of my intention of
selling is false. I have not offered store for
sale nor expect to. Respectfully,
O. T. SHAFFER.
THK OLD SAYING.”
"RATHER BE DEAD THAN OUT OF FASH
ION" HOLDS GOOD IN THIS LINE.
Our buyers are ever on the alert for the latest
novelties in Vehicles, and our Repositories now
display some very new and pretty designs.
Those
“LITTLE BEAUTIES’’
Will be the “go” this season. Surreys in nat
ural wood finish, very rich and handsome. Our
“FORTY-EIGHT FIFTY" still leads; another
carload just in.
EXAMINE US >
THE SAVANNAH CARRIAGE
AND WAGON COMPANY.
NOTICE.
We have the following stock on hand to-day
ready for delivery:
CABBAGES,
POTATOES.
TURNIPS and
EGGS.
While our Grocery stock is as yet incomplete,
let your orders for same come in.
Electric Light and Telephone, as well as our
selves, are ready for business.
Give us a call.
A. H. CHAMPION’S SON,
Opposite Old Stand. 1 4ilW Congress street.
THE LAST EXCURSION
—PROM THE—
CELEBRATD
BUFFALO
LITHIA
SPRINGS
Was a Urge shipment of this renowned curative
water direct to
BUTLER’S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
In a short time my connection with the Sa
vannah Furniture Company will terminate and
I intend to engage in the Real Estate Agency
business. I will endeavor to attend to any bust
ness that may be entrusted to me in the most
satisfactory manner, and would be glad to get
houses to rent in all parts of the city. Office:
108 Droughton street. A. 0. ROGERS.
DESIGNS FOR HOMES.
Over -100 designs, suitable for all classes and
conditions. Call and look them over. I bought
them for the benefit and convenience of the peo
ple of Savannah, and to try to inspire them with
tt e h ime building desire Don't represent any
architect; don't want any orders for plans.
W. K. WILKI->SON, 112 St. Julian St.,
Real Estato Dealer.
ROWLIN t* K I ,
Pharmacist and Chemist,
Successor to J. R. Haltiwanger,
Broughton and Drayton Streets.
Telephone 46. Y
E. C. PACETTI,
PRACTICAL WORKMAN.
TIN ROOFING. GUTTERS AND LEADERS
REPAIRING TIN ROOFS, Etc , Ere.
Galvanized Cornices and Window Caps a
specialty.
Agent forCortright Metal Roofing Shingles.
Corner Jefferson and State Stre ts.
EMPIRE STEAM LAI NDRvi
•## Broughton street. Savannah, Ga
With the be->t ekihei labor, is p epired to turn
out tue fin-st laundry w ork done in the country.
Crists, Pa it: and Vest*, also Ladies’ Suits,
soured. cleaned sod pressed at reasonable
CMrgts
MATHER A BATTEN, Proprietors
Telephone 90.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CHRONIC CONsTIPA UON~4 I RED?
Serge S. C. Lee. of Satannah. Gives His
Experience With the Eleefropotae—Num
ber* in lee in (be City, and ell Report*
the Same.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15,1890.
Southern Eleetropoise Cos.:
Gentlemen—After one month's use of the
Electropoise. I note wit” pleasure its beneficial
effects. For many years I have been a suf
erer from constipation, never having a
passage without an enema. Within a short
time after beginning the use of the Electropoise,
and without other remedies. I became perfectly
regular and natural. I can conscientiously rec
ommend the Electropoise to any one simi
larly affected. Serqt. S. C. Lee.
The Electropoise is a specific for rheumatism,
dyspepsia, liver complaint, female troubles,
fever, blood poison and general debility. Do
not despair, no matter what you have been told
about your case. Call at our office in the Ma
sonic Temple.
THE TITLE GUARANTEE AND LOAN
COMPANY OF SAVANNAH,
Insures Titles to Real Estate for the benefit of
purchasers and mortgagees.
Money invested in first-class Real Estate
Security, deposits received and interest allowed
thereon.
GEORGE H. STONE. President.
E. L. HACKETT, Treasurer.
ISAAC BECKETT, Secretary.
R R. RICHARDS. Advisory Counsel.
THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST COM
PANY,
131 Congress Street, Savannah, Ga.
Authorized Capital 5i,000,000.
MAKES LOANS. EXECUTES TRUSTS.
MAKES INVESTMENTS, TAKES CHARGE OF
REAL ESTATE.
MAKES COLLECTIONS. STORES GOODS,
MAKES SPECIALTY OF NEW YORK AND
STERLING EXCHANGE.
WM. FALCONER. President.
WM. ROGEKS, Vice President.
C. P. MILLER. Treasurer.
G. A. GREGORY. Secretary.
GREAT HOME ENTERPRISE,
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY’S
PILSEN —AND— TIVOLI
B E E R S
—roa sale-
IN EVERY FIRST-CLASS SALOON.
We would especially recommend our Bottle
Beer to families, as
NO ADULTERATIONS ARE NECESSARY
FOB THE HOME TRADE
CALL FOR THE BEER AND SEE THAT YOU
GET IT.
We pay 15 cents a dozen for all empties
returned to us.
TELEPHONE NO. 429.
ONE THING UNCLE SAM OVERLOOKED !
The census man had a good many questions
to ask individuals, but not one to ask the
churches, asylums and organizations holding
vast property all over the union. If Grace and
Trinity churches, and tile Catholic cathe
dral and others in New York paid
taxes, the country could have an im
mense water works erected which would
supply us all with mineral water. Tugs a man
manufacturing cigars with a plant valued at
$250. and he had to answer eight pages of ques
tions. There will always be collections for
churches, and there can be one to pay taxes and
it will tie paid by the people, thereby making
the individual tax lower. Tax or to tax, have
your Printing and Binding done by Towns
end. He is the best workman in this section.
TOWNSEND.
-FINE PRINTER, BINDER AND RULER,-
56 and 85 Bryan Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
BACK AGAIN I.N MY ACCUSTOMED
PLACE.
New Ideas gathered on my travels will show
the citizens of Savannah what excellent LAUN
DRY WORK we will do. None have ever
El ' tied OUR Work, and none will be able to
re eh OUR Standard. The Finest Work in the
Lind to be had only at the
savannah steam laundry,
131 Congress Street,
THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS
Will be found regularly on sale at the followin' 5
places,
ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT, 21 Bull street.
CONNOR'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 Waldburg streets.
ST. J. R. YONGE’S DRUG STORE,
Corner Whitaker and Duffy streets.
W. A. BISHOP’S DRUG STORE.
Corner Hall and Price streets.
McCauley & co.’s drug store,
_ Corner New Houston and Drayton streets.
ho: for ty bee.
There will be a Foot Race to-day in front of
Seaside Pavilion, between two noted runner*.
All trains stop at Seaside; there will also be
music all day. Dinner only 50c.; bath suits 15c.
JC. TOSHACH. I
OR. T. F. ROBERSON,
DENTIST
ODD FELLOWS BUILDING.
Corner Barnard and State Streets.
SGU9RANTEED TO CURE ,i„, M
33N02BSCA til GLUT AjJ&M
OR MONEY REFUNDED. MW
l I Ih. j
bole Agent, Savannah. Ga.
_JEXCTJMIOMS.
EXCURSIONS
Steamer CRESCENT CITY
will make trips to
WARSAW
and WILMING TO x
EVERY 30AY
(Except Mondays)
leaving wharf at 9a. m. conmvii,. _
_ 4 Ji erbolt fain leaving city ^ u °-
FABE I CHILDREN
Fish Dinners at Warsaw ‘
Trains connecting with steamer tv
bolt leave Coast Line Depot, citv “ J hanl -
Sunday an extra trip is made YomA?' 0a
Thunderbolt with 2:30 p M train *>
Excursion ticket", are good on
train from or to Savannah*” eltlwr boat or
Office on wharf, foo?of* aotc~rn str^r. r
FLRNISHiNCx '
FURNACES
SOLE AGEXCY FOR
RICHARDSON
A N D
BOYNTON’S
Famous HOT AIR
Furnaces,
Hot Water
Heaters,
Fireplace———— —
— -Heaters.
Leading Stoves
and Ranges.
Cor. Barna and and Broughton Lane
SUCCESSOR TO J A D. & CO
JASJOCUffI
STOVES
NORTON&HANLEJ
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
West Shore Ranges
LIBERTY RANGE,
IRON KING,
FARMERS’ FRIEND,
AND
Southern Girl
COOKIXG STOVES
WOOD AND SLATE
MANTELS,
House Furnishing Goods,
Crockery and Glass war a
NORTON tS HANLEY,
York, President and Whitaker
Streets, Savannah, Ga.
———-msiimih i— ■■■ i- -inui i.i u i
PUBLICATIONS.
AM AP
OF
SAVANNAH.
SIZE 30x34 INCHES.
SHOWING THE TRUE STREET AND PROP
ERTY LINES OF THE CITY.
PRINTED ON BOND PAPER and put up’n
A book form. Every property owner a-uireil
estate dealer, and every otuer person interesteJ
n the city should have a copy.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
FOR SALE AT'
BULL'S NEWS DEPOT.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Notice! Natics!
Sixty Barrels Cho.’ce Georgia Syrup,
CYPRESS BARRELS.
Containing3o to 38 Gallons, Just Received
25 SACKS COW PEAS
Suitable for Feed, Fifty cent per bushel
A EHRLICH & BHO..
Wholesale Grocers and Liquor De alers,
153 and 155 Bay St.
Send for price list.
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I SAVINGS BANT
SAVANNAH BANK 4 IBIS M
4°\o
Deposit* of II and Upward RerfiTei
InMgjjtocDepaiMPa^Jj
\ k-A CENTS A WEEK ‘J
* I -y MORNINO NEWS J A*/ r oJ j.
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