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, Stort Crop Co uatry.
-of fruit in the Savannah
The scarcity 1 ked this year than it
is b lo *® .T, peach* are commit
- ra ilroad and are
i from along t- & crftt9 . The same
*53.- thUtima last year
w3O cents a crate- oa i y in the
Tr-e scarcity ot ** country. There is
JA but aliover the > fruic in the
S half a crop " f * IQ of No va Scotia.
, 'ous Annapoli* ‘ y ion j n the apple
Sastnl greaw r and Western
U <* , "vSn, along the lakes
latano a° d section* of
a il&ioe *“* Hampshire there is a
ermont ® * v . toeing best iu Maine.
U®.eld of *PP‘trn v- England New
hroughout Souttet ■ Jersey an d the
PennsylvM ®-- [v the promise of
,tenor states i 3 than ever before
‘inter fruit ls Z Lit of Western New
nown. rae aPP Ontario and Erie, which
ork, along Lak muc *h more than one
. good seasons sai| Y ork or foreign
1111 ion IfHjiJjt* no crop whatever this
larkets. has majority of farmers in
ear. The F“ J b ave enough apples for
j.* regi- 13
ome there is one consider
“curiously enough. “ e nd Kaußas , within
bleaream of City in
radius of 100 ® om „ na l crop of winter
rhich there is a P Eastera buyer y are
Pt‘* up at good prices Sum
iteady gobbliag algo sh , , rt and com
jer sad fall aPP* 65 cboice western fruit.
jsnigodPftX,. will probably rule at
ike prime Bam • Boston and Now
4 tofo per ba ‘ ‘ moD ths. Four dollars
r° rk , * :t , h ‘U a bid for one lot in Addison
as already bee 3 and the exoorts of apples
ounty, 'rTtSd States and Canada of the
over .=>oo.ooo
last ye.r
failure in south-
Pesches are* P • well as id
and Connecticut
a n d^ a f d plums yield unevenly, but are
an average crop and must com
“I? 1 ‘L°° d howe?er are an Immense crop,
&r4P SJfons f \>w Jersey and the s juth,
black rot is playing havoc with
of other fruits will sustain
l Th“Yhor:S of a Urge fruits is due to in
lot the fruit buds by the cold snaps fob
warm spells last winter, and to a cold
rave and ram that blasted the blossoms,
"Ikdrought m July caused much fruit to
Of'potatoes there will be a disastrous
hortaee in tae south and west, a curtailed
“V v York and a fair average yield in
So* England if soared by the rot. which is
low making its appearance.
Potatoes in Ireland are sadlv bl igntea,
ltd are also rotting iu Scotland.
OVER IN CH ARL3STON.
Happenings in 9 outh Carolina's
Metropolis.
\ Charleston druggist has on exhibition
ibe penholder and blotting pad used in sign
ng the ordinance of secession. The pen is
irimmed with a piece of palmetto which
ras used to decorate the hall la which the
loareotioa was held. Written on a card
hoardis the following interesting account
if these historic relics: “This blotting
taper and pen handle were used at the sign
ng of the ordinance of secession of South
Carolina, in the Institute ball, Charleston,
5. C., 20th December, A. D. 1860. They
sere procured by me fr ra the table on the
(age immediately after adjournment, and
kave been in my possession ever since. The
palmetto is fio-n a tree used as a decoration
on therame occasion.
Augustine T. Smythe.”
After numerous delays caused by exten-
Sve red tape at Washington, ine News and
Courier triumphantly remarks that the
work of repairing the old postoffice build
iig has begun.
The World says the largest steam yacht
which :as ever been constructed in the
souta is now being built at Pregnall’s ship
yard. It will be 100 feet long, 15 feet 9
inches wides and 9 feet deep. It is being
built for the “Lonesome Livelies,” a club of
Charlestonians who know how to enjoy
themselves.
SAIL AND CRO33TIS.
The gap between Aleovv river to New
b'jrn will soon be graded, thus completing
toe grade between Machen and Covington,
ihe track is expected to be ready for
service and trams in operation some time in
JSovember.
The Charleston, Sumter and Northern
railroad has completed iba Pond Bluff
Branch and has opened it for business. The
ra.ionsaion^, the line are Belvidere. three
11. from Eutaw villa and Ferguson, six
miles from EutawviUe
tender£?’ l he newl T appointed superin
tendent of the Savannan and Atlantic rail
(Jt v “sumed the duties of his position.
recently trainmaster of
Cenrrti aon f n and " e-tern division of the
‘eotraVtlmam eSpWtenCed a “^ompe-
Northern th ®e f}eors:ia - Carolina and
M ’henad 4° ad 13 pr ’greasing. The work
(an*a 131)61118 pushed as far as At
last -fthe "estern terminus. The
mires .J‘^ e ™ us Nestles between Whit
ha. ln4ia C oßd. R, 1 J!, AbbevUl ° cougty,
will run ~7“ 0d - Regular passenger trains
U l nv?,^ aiCllntotl b.v Sept. 1. Track
to tie Sal-4" com P' otfl d from Greenwood
°nrtt2SSS! riVe v' aad tha IrOQ bridge
wrkof S® IS i bemß P ut ln P la u*- The
toil# of Atlanta * g ° mg ° D within tf an
p i P F?a P n* o f PreS9ed Alr Company, at
kwttly eitendina- p^ eS9nt eu B a (?ed in
On the left bankof^ underground systems.
d°wn
tack it nu T n , al , r malas . and on the right
nr mains wji hi! lect r ic cables - The new
miles, , h " e a length of about eleven
',W/h rL D ~:f, V 6t 0 d'etribute about
te 'nj bu!T P th H ii r °? a naw station now
T>J-000 la m p 8 and itfi'fl? C .' bles wiU s upDly
miles i- .eTrh d -rT IU b 6 about thirty-eight
Mr maiusan 4 b6 u° rk ot Putting down
oia?*! nS^la WIU cost * the
theue® s ‘ and the cost of
At t h l ioa i “ 0511 mated at *1,200.009.
ttc Brotherhl>4"®. ? f Je,l ninga division of
a Charleston S )r ?° tlv ® E gi users,
not rt’i-w** "eek, there was
paame. ];\ v ‘ s , h a ua the regular pro
> T >Matatio, of medaU
l? u - who hfl tb ® comm ‘ttee of the
i? fc '■ “ raiiroad.rrh U '' Ce u 3Sfully ne gotiatod
f r ,m a nd R h H cban K e ‘n the ~ay
?“ the* A lCh ,** iu vogue on
o 'umrv er Vr e n I rmw ' ay syst6laa in
* " ' had </ e® “ ei, ' b ;. r * of the commit
t' mp.isned tl IS ”l U ‘! y aad pleasantly
:p ■ '-"onion E ■■ are Messrs.
t E X K -‘luavon Land,
L. as . pretented a ".‘lters. To
'd a shied nenda ds ?ute jewel, coi
'c,:r L< '■ngraveUi, fr °‘" a bar - ° n
On the VhtoM n r am °, J ° f the re "
‘B-LE*’ in Ul 1 1 Rold are tbo let
-- ' , f -J. blue and
Shield toe ,ir ‘‘ t:i6
*ta'"“ t V a ‘ y r E ight 7,7; uel " and
a " ‘ taZTf
’ a;-. 13 10 at ached to a
t* ‘ d-i -rtiii" u 1<,163r v **<*r
> .'•* |rue 1-, V 1 '* *-t*r h*v, a g
r. Phj o oohv”*' %a(l
■ . , ’ Quipped
•* 'Z:, JU, 1 'be troubU.
'<h. - ,j o, ioa m.,. , f 1 ’ w to ra *i,i to
** fist* “* 1 ““d thi— *u* _
y. M. O. A.’S BABLY beaten.
The Central Railroad Men Defeat ,
Them by a Score of 13 to 4.
The C. R. R.’s defeated the Y. M. C. A.’s
at the Coast Line ball grounds yesterday by
a score of 13 tu 4. There was a good
crowd, and the grand stand was well filled.
The game opened up for the Y. M. C. A.’s
with Coney as catcher and LeC.aire in the
box. LeClaire struck out throe men in the
first inning, and, wit 3 proper field mpport,
would have held the Centrals down to a
smaller score. In the fifth i mlng Murray
was put in to pitch, with LeClaire behind
the bat. LeClaire caught well. Harrigan
pitched a tine game for the Centrals and
was well supported, the playing of Farr
i eing especially good. Failure to bat Har
riga 1 safely and bad fielding errors lost the
Y. M. C. A-’sthe game. The following is
the score:
Y. M. C A. TB. R. BH. PC. A. K.
C vney, c. 2b 4 O 1 7 7 1
LeClaire, p. c...... 4 X 0 5 4 2
Hunter, lb. .. .... 4 1 1 6 0 3
Speer, 2b. 1f.... 4 1 1 3 0 2
Cochrane, ss 4 1 ! 0 1 3
Thompson, cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rob-rts, rf 3 0 0 0 O 0
Murray, If. p 3 0 0 1 4 3
Shivers, 3b 3 0 0 2 2 5
Total 83 4 4 24 18 19
C. a. R. TB. R. BH. PO. A. E.
Proctor. 2b. 5 3 1 2 2 2
Ferguson, J. G.,lf 5 3 1 1 0 1
Harrigan. p 5 l 1 0 10 O
Mayfield, c 5 0 0 7 4 1
Gorman, rf 5 1 1 0 O O
Rice, cf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Fifty, ss 4 2 0 1 2 1
O’Sullivan, 3b 3 l 1 1 1 1
Farr, lb. . 4 2 1 15 0 1
Total 40 13 6 27 19 7
BY INNINGS.
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Y. M. C. A 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 o—4
Central Railroad .1 1 1 5 0 2 1 2 x—l3
Two-base hits—Ferguson and Harrigan.
Double plays—Shivers and Speer, Proctor and
Farr.
Bases on balls—By LeClaire 3, by Murray 2.
by Harri ran 3.
Strung out—By LeClaire 5, by Murray 4. by
Harrigan 8.
Passed balls—Mayfield 1.
Wild pitches—LeC.aire 1.
Umpire—Burks.
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
Th® Results of th® Day's Gamas All
Oyer th® Couatry.
Washington, Aug. 16.—8a1l games were
played to-day as follows:
PLAYERS’ LEAGUE.
At Buffalo— r. a. H. k.
Buffalo 5 9 3
Chicago. 9 9 2
Batteries: Cunningham and Mack, Barston
and Boyle.
At New York— r b. h. e.
New York 15 12 10
Boston 16 12 9
Batteries: Keefe, Crane, Hatfield and Ewing;
Daley. Gumbert, Kelly and Murphy.
At Pittsburg— r. a. h. e.
Pittsburg 9 10 1
Cleveland ..4 10 2
Batteries: Staley and Quinn, Gruber and Sut
cliffe.
At Philadelphia— r. b. h. e.
Philadelphia 13 1
Brooklyn 4 8 1
Batteries: Sanders and Milligan, Weyhing
Murphy.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
A t Boston— R. B. B. s.
Boston 14 12 3
New York. 6 7 5
Batteries: Get rein and Hardy, Rusie and
Buckley.
At Brooklyn— r. b. h. e.
Brooklyn 3 7 5
Philadelphia 10 12 3
Batteries: Gleason and Clements, Caruthers
and Clark.
At Chicago— r. b. h. k.
Chicago 18 19 3
Pittsburg 5 10 8
Batteries: Hutchinson and Kittredge, Phillips
and Decker.
At Cincinnati— r, b. h. e.
Cincinnati 10 17 0
Cleveland 0 5 \
Batteries: Rhines and Harrington, Young
and Zimmer.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Columbus— r. b. h, e.
Columbus 7 14 1
Syracuse 1 6 3
Batteries: Knauss and Doyle, Keefe and
Briggs.
At Toledo— R. B. H. E.
Toledo 9 12 .3
Brooklyn 3 5 1
Batteries: Smith and Rogers, McCullough
and Bowes.
At St. Louis— R. B. H. E.
St. Louis 12 17 1
Athletics 11 12 2
Batteries: Stivetts, Ramsay and Munyan;
Seward. McMahon and Baldwin.
At Louisville— r. b. h. e.
Louisville 9 15 1
Rochester 7 7 2
Batterries: Ehret and Ryan Barr and McJ
Keogh.
An Inquiry of a Postmaster.
Pembroke, Aug. 15. —Editor Morning
News: This embryo town, hitherto so quiet
and staid, was thrown into volcanic excite
ment yesterday by the incoming mail from
Washington, which brought the official in
telligence of the removal of a popular post
master, J. A. Murrow, and the appoint
ment of J. D. Strickland of Bulloch county
as his successor.
Dr. Murrow has bean a faithful and effi
cient officer, a democrat of conservative
but positive views, and it is marvelously
strange that he should be removed for
offeusive partisanship. Strickland, his
successor, has always been regarded as a
democrat, but the startliug fact now leaks
out that he secretly claims to be a radical,
and by indorsements to this effect by lead
ing republicans of Bryan county, supple
mented by charges against Dr. Murrow,
has secured the appointment of postmaster.
The people here are indignant, and want
to know precisely where Strickland stands.
To sottle this matter please publish this letter
and this question:
Messrs. W. J. and J. D. Strickland, the
people want to know where you stand. Are
you a radical or a democrat? Hoist your
flag aad let the people knew.
Enquirer.
JOHN BULL AND HI3 GUN.
Secretary Proctor Receives a Present
from the British Government.
From the Washington Star.
Secretary Proctor has received a present
of anew Enfield rifle fro n the English gov
ernment as a sample of the style of arm
now in use in the British service. It is
handsomely encased in a polished wooden
box, with silver places and corners, and
lined with blue velvet. It is of the latesc
magazine pattern, thirty caliber,and weighs
about ten pounds. The action is exceed
ingly strong and positive, the breecn me
chanism being thoroughly automatic. The
magazine is a sheet-irnn" case half an inch
thick and about tour inches square, fitting
to the under side of the lock. A gate shuts
it off at the will of the o|>erator, so that the
gun can be used either as magazine or a
single firing arm. It is provided with a
novelty in the way of a long raugs sight
designed to cover distances from 1,800 to
3,500 yards, but the ordinary sight is not
considered as fine as that in use on the
American Springfield r,fle. The cartriges
are shaped s unewhat after the design of the
famous Lebel cartridge, the lenden ball
boing encased iu a thi 1 steel sheet for the
purpose of preventing the distortion of the
bullet.
The bayonet 13 of anew design, that of a
broad-bladed, double-edgei knife, sharp
one lat the point. It fits on the gun in such
a manner ttiat the eight is not interfered
with, this being anew aivantage. The
bayonet is provide! with a leather shea b
a j 1 is useful for many purpos-s o:ber tuun
tha’ of jub ing into human vitals. The
s i.all caliber ui t is gun is *.n going t>
be adopted m the Atnencm e v.ce, as it
has i.ow come 10 he r* nsidered the uv<*t
effective. A board will soon be ordered U 1
examine the various ruaga/:ne guns ot
small calibers n m in u>e, with a view u>
t ie >election ot a more m dero arm for our
forces.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
THE LUMBER INTERESTS.
What is to be Dons at the Saw-mill
Men's Meeting at Macon.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. IC.—The lumber
manufacturers of F orida are reauested to
meet with the Georgia Saw-mill Associa
tion at Macon, Ga., Tuesday Oct. 30, 1890.
Besides securing a closer union of the lum
ber interests of the two states, another and
m >re pertinent question is to be handled.
The Alabama mills will be well represented
at this meeting. The inspection law now
being prepared will be discussed, and after
making whatever changes the meeting may
deem proper, the bill will be introduced at
each of the legislatures of Georgia, Florida
ana Alabama and possibly other states.
The terms of the proposed act will be en
tirely in the hands of the meeting to deter
mine. It is safe to believe that whatever
law the lumbermen unite upon will be
favorably received by the several legisla
tures. To make the law effective it should
be uniform in at least the three states
named.
Whatever else may be embodied in the
act, it is hoped a system of lumber inspec
tion will be provided; that inspection at
mill or some other point within the juris
diction of the state courts be absolute, tha:
delivery to the buyer be made either at the
mill or at some point in the state where the
mill is located. The objects of these pro
vis ons are easily understood. Transactions
in lumber may then be consummated within
the jurisdiction of state courts. Under the
present system of lumber delivery the
s lier is practically without redress, if be
should fall into the hands of an unreason
able and dishonest buyer. The mill men of
Florida will be notified by postal card ten
days before the meeting. Their attendance
is urgently requested.
Reduced ticket rates will probably be
secured. However, In view of the import
ance of the meeting, it is hoped that the
mill men will not be detained on account of
the difference of a few dollars in the rail
road fare, it is an opportunity to unite the
interest of the mill men of the southeast,
the good of which all experienced mill men
reuoguize, and should not be 1 ist.
C. J. Harden, Secretary.
CONGRESSMAN CANNON’S HAND3.
Peculiar Characteristics Which a
Study of Them Reveals.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois,
the distinguished chairman of the House
committee on appropriations, and the Hon.
W. H. Martin, the famous congressman
from the Lone Star State, are national
characters, and whatever pertains to them
must prove interesting to the public. Here
is the result of a little cbirosophical study
of their Lands:
At a first glance the student of chirosophy
is unabie to decide whether Joe Cannon’s
hand Delongs to the spatulate or square
shape variety. It is not pronounced, like
the hand of Speaker Reed Oa a close in
spection, however, you will note that the
finger tips are more inclined to be spatulate
than otherwise, and the development of the
phalanges or joints gives the subject some
of the attributes that belong to those whose
hands come under the head of the knotty or
philosophic. For the sake of brevity one
may weil call Mr. Cannon’s hand the spatu
late-philosophic.
The attributes of this hand are prompt
ness, enthusiasm, a desire to take advan
tage of every opportunity, and a tendency
to day dreaming. Cannon’s hana is of
good size; the thumb large; the palm some
what thick and rather hard; the mounts of
Venus, Mercury and Apollo are well devel
oped and give the k >y to his character.
There is no affectation about Cannon; he
is always the same except when he is suffer
ing from an attack of indigestion, and then
he can wither you with a look The spatu
late-philosophic subject, especially when the
thumb is large, is liable to be overconfident
and rate his abilities above his fellow
mortals. These subjects always have a
good opinion of themselves, but, at the
same time, they are willing to recog
nize merit, and reward it accord
ingly. They possess a certain amount of
philosophy that stands them in good turn
when they beoome excited, whether in de
bate or quarrel. Among the spatulate
philosophic subjects are found the masters
of sopnistry. It matters not what they
undertake they always carry out their in
tentions and purposes in the same way—
i. e.: they attract attention to themselves
by the wonderful amount of enthusiasm
tney display, and ia so doing they generally
succeed.
The mount of Mercury gives to Cannon
good business instinct. He would make a
successful contractor or merchant Venus
gives him a love for music, gallantry, ten
derness and benevolence. One would say
that when not worried with the cares of
state or business Cannon derives considera
ble enjoyment from a romp with the child
ren. He also likes to be made a great deal
of aid is fond of ladies’ society, while in no
sense a pronounced lady’s man.
To conclude the reading of Cannon’s
hands, he is a little curious and has an origi
nal way of “pumping” a fellow for infor
mation ; be doesn’t pay any attention to the
fashions nor is he a close observer of men;
his philosophy keeps his ambition in check;
when he shakes hands with you it’s a hearty
shake and you almost bear him remark,
“have another with me.”
He is a good talker as wail as a listener
and he retains most of what he reads. He
posses-es more sentiment than Reed, and
tenfold more sympathy. He is a to'erant
of all forms of religion, and one would
think somewhat skeptical. He prefers
quantity to quality, and doesn’t stop to
consider the price of uny thing on which he
ha3 set his heart.
There is a big difference between the
hands of Martin and the hands of Cannon.
Martin’s hand is larger than Cannon’s and
belongs to a spatulate type. The fingers are
long and thick, whi'e the thumb is abeve
the medium size. Martin’s will and logic
are about evenly divided. None of tbe
mounts are particularly prominent except
the mount of Mars. A man with such a
hand as this is a subject of even tempera
ment: one who prefers outdoor life
and exercise, who loves nature for
w hat she is. Any one who possesses a good
amount of intuition could read Martin’s
character by looking at his hand. The de
velopment of the mount of Mars gives him
resignation as well as courage. He has
little or no imagination, but at the same
tune he has a certain amount of cunning
that those who attempt to play practical
jokes on the old gentlemen would do well to
remomber.
He is unsuspecting and seldom sees below
the surface. His will is indomitable, which
enables him to keep excellent control over
his temper, otherwise it would go hard with
some of the fellows who have made fun at
his expens e Toe mount of Jupiter is de
veloped ju~t enough to give Martin a deep
reverence for religion. Judging from his
hand he is not fanatical, but, nevertheless,
wants those around him to observe Sunday.
He has a certain amount of imitation and
likes to be considered in the swim. He has
a high regard for the opinion of others, b it
when he gets a i idea he’ll stick to it until
the last horn blows. You cannot take ad
vantage of him twice; if you deceive him
once and be finds it out you can never do it
a second time. He appreciates a good story
and can see tbs point as quickly as the next
one.
Hooking at his bands, one would say he
regards reading as a waste of time; he
waits everybody to be up and doing.
Spatulato band subjects like to be on the go,
especially if they follow agriculture. They
rui early and work lute. They know the
\ aloe of money, and it’s this class who leave
biblud a fortune to be spent and enjoyed
by th.ur heir. They want to hear all that's
gang on, aid generally they know all
ah nit tneir neighbor’> lium*; like <a i
u i.i, only a little more ludllf -rent, Martin
cares nothing f*>r the and cree of fashion
He is affectionate a <d very jealous of what
U,- loves. Oue of his weak so ts it Ins
v/iin y. which it made a § and-off by 01*
true Irmidshp.
DR F/3 NARROW ESCAPE.
He Ran Against Something a Pew
Nights go.
From the Sew York Tribune.
Dr. F., age 34, weigat 170, good looking
and good company, is a member of the
Union Club. Some of his rich friends bet
on the races. He does not. Some play
poker. He doe* Dot. He is not dependent
on his profession for a livelihood, yet he
practices it. His home and his practice are
m the “Tenderloin” precinct, and his frienos
occasionally run accross him at The Studio ;
eating a chop or a rarebit He usually
drops in long after the good folk of the pre
cinct have gone to bed and the street** are
giving up to vagrants, prowling tom cats i
and Hans Beattie's dust-raisers.
The Studio’s specialties are animal and
liquid refreshments. Kidney* on toast made
its reputation, and k dneys on toast are un
making it. The old chef took his recipe off
with him a year ago and the new one has
failed to invent anything approaching it. j
Its rarebits, its golden bucks, its golden
eagles, fish balls and chops, its tobies of
Bass, its beer, its porter, whiskies and wines
are still without flaw or blemish, and all
have their admirers among artists, doctors
and newspaper men. The walls are buried
under clouds of canvas or protected with
armor plate*, ancient guns, spears, cut
lasses, battle-axes, sabers and cimeters:
here a coat of mail of marvellous texture,
its brass links as soft to the touch as India
silk; yonder a steel helmet, visor up aud
plume bravely waving; on the east wall a
nude figure reclining on a four-ply blue
grass lawn, w ith a wood in the background
(probably Eve in the Garden cf Eden);on
the left a pastoral scene, on tt,e right, war.
Some sort of picture is stuck in every nook
and corner. A few of the canvasses bear
the signatures of noted pal ters, a good
many are the brusawoi k of geniuse* for
whom fame and glory may still be waiting
at tUe next bend of the road.
At 11 p. m. The Studio is usually crowded.
It was so on tne occasion of Dr. F.’slast
visit. There was only one vacant chair,
and he took it. It was at a table one side
of which was occupied by two men, and as
he sat down the heavier man scowled iu a
rather savage fashion. Now there is no
individual property in either tables 01-
chairs among tha guests of The Studio, and
Dr. F. wss entirely we.come to sit wherever
he pleased. Knowing this, he settled him
self comfortably, ordered a brace of chops
and lit a cigarette. At the first puff the
man of the savage scowl deliberately laid
down his knife aud fork. At the second he
started up. At the third he opened bis
mouth. Turning to his companion, he said,
loud enough for half the ineu in the room
to hear:
“The smoke of that cigarette which this
individual has got in his mouth over here
is nasty. He’s got to put it away or get
out.’’
Dr. F. smoked on. She savage man’s
companion tried to soothe him. but failed.
Looking straight at the doctor, he said,
plainly and slowly:
“See here, my friend, the smoke of that
cigarette is nasty.”
The doctor continued to puff away with
out betrying the least concern, and except
for the fact that he c iref ully avoided blow
ing the smoke in the direction of the offended
Eerson, no one would have supposed that
e had heard the remark. Tne man was
not much taller than Dr. F., but must have
weighed fifty pouuds more. Unquestiably
he had been taken a little too much wine,
yet not enough to make him boisterous. He
did not seem angry. Apparently he had no
nerves. There was a calui deliberation
about him that indicated a perfect con
fidence in himself, as well as a contempt for
his fellow men. He pushed his chair back
and began folding his napkin.
“Did you hear what I said, my friend?”
he continued, sharpening his glance at Dr.
F. “1 said the smoke of that cigarette is
nasty. You’ve got to put it away, or get
out.”
He finished folding the napkin and laid
it beside his plate, t hen be got up and
started slowly around the table. Dr. F.,
not seriously alarmed, but determined to
defena himself, also arose, and placing his
hat and cigarette on the table bacned up
against the wall, where he awaited the at
tack.
Tne big man’s companion rushed after
him, put himself in his way, talked to him,
argueid with him, did everything in his
power to keep him off the doctor, but he
might as well have tried to stop a laud
slide. He turned to the doctor and ap
pealed to him t) go out into the street.
“Eor heaven’s sake, sir, go oatside,” he
cried. “He means what he says, and will
hurt you if you stav hera You’ve got no
chance against him.”
Dr. F. is no coward.
“No, sir,” he said, pale but firm, “I’ll not
be chased out of any place by any ruffian
living. Here, you waiters, all of you, put
this fellow in the street. Why do you stand
gaping there while a ruffian attempts to
assault one of the guests of the house? Put
him oqt, I say. I insist upon it.”
Three waiters took hold of the enemy,
and tried to f ireo him out, but they couldn’t
move him. He seemed to have grown to
the floor. Dr. F. went to their assistance,
reaching for the man’s collar and getting a
firm grip on it, while the waiters fasteued
upon his arms and back. He shrugged his
shoulders, shook himself after the manner
of a dog leaving the water, spread out his
arms and they all fell away. He made no
attempt to hurt them, but seeme i satisfied
to enjoy their discomfiture. They seized
him a third time and succeeded in turning
him half round. Then Dr. F., with a
sudden lunge of his foot, followed by a
quick backward motion, tried to trip him,
but succeeded only in tripping himself. He
might as well have tried his skill against
a tree. As his hand slid off the man’s
shoulder, down his arm, he felt a bulging
mound of muscle thatseverelv shocked him.
What had he ruu up against?
“Here, waiter,” he ”called to one of the
discomfited ones, “call in a policeman and
have this ruffian arrested.”
The policeman happened to be standin g
near the door and came in at once, but no
sooner had he made the man a prisoner than
he released him a.d started out. The mail’s
companion had whispered some magic word
in his ear.
Dr. F. was thunderstruck.
“Officer, arrest this man,” he said. “I
charge him with disorderly conduct and
attempted assault.”
“Oh. he seems to be all right,” said the
officer. “He hasn’t hurt you, as far as I
can see. He’s behavin’ himself.”
"But he attempted to assault me, and I
insist that you arrest him.”
By this time the man had sat down again,
and was calmly finishing his chop and a
bottle of Bass. The policeman nodd *daud
walked out. Dr. F. resumed his cigarette
at another table. At la. m. The Studio
was deserted.
Dr. F. dropped in for a c >cktail the next
day, and found tne bartender unusually
communicative
“Had a narrow escape last night. Doctor,”
he rein irked.
“Rather unpleasant affair,” the Doctor
replied.
“He was in here agai 1 just now to pay
for a couple of goblets ha broke. Here's his
oard. ”
Dr. F. looked at it and read in the center:
"WILLIAM MULDOON,”
and down iu the left hand corner, in very
small type: “Trainer of John L. Suilivan. ’
Only Once an Hour.
A mm who had a clock in his lap. says the
New York Sun. had a seat on a car coming
down from the Grand Central depot the other
day, and a passenger next to him naturally in
quired:
"Heen buying a timepiece, eb’"
"It's ons I b >ugbt abut a week ego, and I'm
taking it back "
■ Out of time''''
“Oil. no, it runs all right ; but the follow
swindled me on it. I expect to have a row with
nun
• What's wrong with it*"
“Why. be warranted it to be a cuckoo clock,
and be lied about it "
It look to me to he a cuckoo clock”
“Wed. It lan't W. eu it s'rikas the hour a
door o,was. a turd comes ou: and y.-l.s ffoo
boo' boo-b o' and lust sail there la to It (or
lue next sixty lain itsa I'll make teat jeaster
tued before I gut through with bin '
THE TRADE REVIEW.
For years, on the opening of each suc
ceeding season, there has been presented
evidence of a large increase in Savannah’s
business. Heretofore this increase has beten
due to the natural growth of Savannah's
tributary territory, a letter understanding
of her commercial advantages, and the
gradual enlargement of her two great rail
road systems. These things will continue to
contribute to her growth and prosperity,
and, in addition to them, there are others,
which have recently come into existence,
that will make the business year of 1890-91
more notable than any preceding one in her
history.
Since the last trade review of the Morn
ing News there have been built three new
and important railroads to Savannah, or to
connect with her railroad systems. They
are the Alabama Midland, the Savannah
and Western, and the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery. These railroads have
already brought hundreds of buyers to
Savannah and increased her trade greatly.
But the number of buyers aud the amount
of trade which these new railroads will
contribute to her markets when the crops
now in the fields tributary to them are
harvested wdl be many times larger. The
people will have money then and they will
seek Savannah to supply their wants.
JJjThe advanced condition of the cotton crop
justifies the opinion that the business season
will open early and with great activity.
The people are already thinking, probably,
of what they will buy with the fruits of
their labor. They are scanning the columns
of the Morning News to see who are the
live and progressive business men of Savan
nah and what they are offering for sale.
There is a large and lucrative trade to be
secured from the territory which the new
railroads have made tributary to Savan
nah, as well as from the territory which has
heretofore been tributary to her. If our
merchants are wise they will not neglect the
only proper method of getting this trade.
That method is liberal advertising.
The Morning News proposes to make a
special effort to reach every buyer in the
new field that has been opened by Savan
nah’s enterprise. The sgents of the Morn
ing News are traveling through the coun
try, and the people are taking tha paper
just as rapidly as the mail facilities which
are being established permit them to.
it is proposed to send a copy of the trade
review to each subscriber to the Weekly
News, as well as to each subscriber to the
daily, thus giving advertisers the benefit of
both editions at a little more than the usual
price of ona
An advertisement in a newspaper is an in
vitation to buyers to call. It virtually says,
“Wheu you are in town please call on us.
We have all these things to show you."
The annual review will contain the usual
resume of the business of the city for the
last year. It will be sent to thousands of
people who are Interested in Savannah’*
welfare and prosperity.
The Trade Review edition will be issued
Sept. 4. Space in its columns can be ob
tained upon application to the business
office. *
STILLWELL'S THRILLING STORY
A Remarkable Battle Between a Man
and a Monster Rat.
From the Seattle Press.
George Stillwell, a laborer, had a very
exciting adventure with a rat, which was,
if Mr. Stillwell’s word can bo taken for it,
about t * o feet in length.
Mr. Stiliwell had occasion to go under
Yesler’s wharf in a rewboat early in the
afternoon. He was in a small rowboat,
wmcb he had pushed in far enough to be
almost in darkness, when suddenly he was
startled by hearing a series of noises that
resembled the squeaking made by a rat,
only louder and more inten-ie. The noise
not only continued, but multiplied, until he
appeared to be surrounded on ail sides by
r dents, which, judging from the noise,
were of mammoth size. He looked round
him in the gloom, and then ha became
thoroughly frightened. Glaring at him
from all directions were eyes that resem
bled living balls of fi e. It seemed to his
excited imagination as though there were
hundreds of these pairs of eyes, and the
noise made by the animals was deafening.
Mr. Stillwell endeavored to turn his boat
around and bead it for the open water, when
suddenly there was a spl.isa of the water,
and then a heavy object struck the boat
with such force that it caused it to rock
violently. In terror Stillwell glanced
toward the ster.i of the boat, and could see
two fiery eyes glaring at him. The eyes
were lai ge enough to have belonged to a
panther.
S ill well’s terror increased, and he com
menced to work his boat out into deep
water, all the time keeping an eye on the
unwelcome passenger in the stern sheets.
In the meantime the noise continued, and
when be took his eye for an ins tarn, from
the animal in the stern he could see the eyes
ou all sids still glaring at him.
Suddenly the man became aware that the
animal in the stern was moving toward
him. He felt for his knite which he usually
carried iu his pocket, but it was not there.
Then he cautiously raised aloft an oar, pre
paratory to striking the animal an awful
blow.
Just as Stillwell was about to strike, the
animal gave a spring. Still well drop; ed
his oar and grabbed it, just as it sack its
sharp fangs into his clothes, scratching the
skin. Stillwell was astonished to find that
the animal he had seized was apparently
about twice as largo and heavy as a full
grown cat. He struggle i with the animal
and finally succeeded in throwing it from
him into the water, but not until he had
received several bad scratches and bites.
Stillwell then pushed his boat out into
the open water, and says he will never go
under that wharf again.
This is the story that Stillwell tells of the
manner in which his clothes became torn
and his face scratched, and if you don’t be
lieve the yarn he says ie will take you
down and show you the wharf and the skiff [
to verify his statement.
Ignatius Donnelly's Latest.
from the Vtirn Observer.
Some years ago Senator Blair of New
Hatnpiblro favored the project of changing
tile Gulf stream. He must no w look to bis
laurels, or Ignatius Donnelly will capture
ih'jrn The frequent and deadly visitation
of cyclones has of late engaged tile atten
tion of tbi) man who discovered tbat Bac <n
wrote Hbakespear and be thinks be bas
masters 1 the science of preventing them.
Hi* idea is tose. and up in every locality a big
balloon anchored to tbe earth with metal
cable*, lie maintains that cyclones are of
electrical origin, and that toe balloons
would act i. Ttg.itolng rods, gathering the
superfluous and uneipioded thunderbolt,*
overheat, and slipping them to tba ground
win ll.tie friction snd disturbance The
piojoct i< worthy of the gre.t oipbarit
It L to be hoped that Donnelly’* device will
be p -rtecied tu tune for ts* world'* fair.
AMTTSEMEXTS.
FOR THE BENEFIT
—or THE
SACRED HEART CHUM!
W. H Baker’s Two Act Prams.
ABOVE THE CLOUDS
—BY THE
FLEMINO DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION,
J Savannah Theatre, Aug 26, 1890.
Tickets -upstairs> Be., with reserved seat
coupons 50c Boa sheet opens Monday, Aug £5.
at 9a . M.. at Butler’s Drug Store.
REAL ESTATE? ~
HOUSES PET UP ON
EASY TERMS.
200 BUILDING LOTS-200
ON
South Lake and Germantown Rwy.,
Adjacent to City.
For purchasers of these lots tn the install
ment plan witbla the next
80 DAYS 30 DAYS 30 DAYS,
I will build a comfortable House and allow It
PAID FOR TN INSTALLMENTS.
The best offer ever made to PERSONS OF
MODERATE MEANS.
Don’t go Into a LOAN COMPANY, but see
me. REMMEMBER NOW IS THE APPOINT
ED TIME. No extortion, no Interest. When
you start you know th- day of the last pay
ment. Put up with a little savings for a short
time and own the shelter over the WIFE
AND BABIES.
THE GOOD WIFE WILL TAKE PRIDE IN
BEAUTIFYING WHAT 19
HER OWN.
THE PROUD FATHER WILL BE HAPPY
TO KNOW THAT HE SHELTERS
HIS DEAR ONES.
REMEMBER I MEAN WHAT I SAY
CALL AT ONCE.
I ALSO OFFER
A large Tract of Land on the Middle
Oround Road. Rare chance for investors.
Very easy terms. Another tract on
Skidaway Shell Road. Another fine
tract on Montgomery Cross
Roads. OTHER LANDS
IN ACRES, NEAR
THE CITY.
WILL SELL 5 OR 10 ACRE TRACTS ON
EASY TIC RAIS.
A Beautiful Lot on a Corner
ON ANDERSON STREET.
These offers are made for
30 Days
Ctas. P. Rossignol,
Broker and Agent
SHOES.
A Br®t Penny
will pleas© a child, but you would not think of
giving a man a penny. The Idea then of offer
mg man or woman
A PENN! BRIBE
to draw in their custom! Yet that is Just, what
is offered when a REPUTED dollar article is
marked at NINETY-NINE CENTS.
A PENN! BAIT
is a small thing to go a Ashing for custom with:
too small for a large Arm, and quite too small
for us. Our motto Is
sj,oo WORTH FOR SI,OO
and we live up to it, and we are not going to
lower our standard a cent’s worth. We give a
premium in the quality of our goods that's
worth more than a cent's worth of chewing
Kum.
iiller 4 lorrissev,
* 120 Broughton Street.
TAILOR ANT) IMPORTER. "
E. J. KENNEDY,
Tailor and Importer,
Savannah, Os.,
1890-FALL AND WINTER-1890.
lam now offering a fine line of Woolens
for the Fall and Winter, and at Popular
Prices.
E. J. KENNEDY,
Cor. Bull and York Sts.
PRINTING.
33333 1 IZHX|
OThe MORNING NEWS Print
Ing House (Job Departments; has
added a large stock of Wadding
“““ Stationery, and prints and
H Lithographs Invitations,
Cards, etc.. In the
latest styles. /
TTrrr - Vand
Wedding j £
j
Invitations;
!!■— Partisc contemplating tak- ***
lug this important step in Ufa
Owe rMpetfalir solicited to call on *
or address V
MORNING NEWS PRINTING MOUSE.
Morning Ntws Building, Sivannnh, Gi.
OBall and Party Stationer/, V sit jag Card*,
! and ether floe work, wither printed or
oagreved at the shortest uotte#
L,„: i..i, i i,J
Wedding*.
Wadding invitations and cards printed or
engraved at the shortest notice and in the
atest styles. We carry an extensive and
well selected stock of floe papers, envelopes
and cards especially for such orders Sam
piss sent on application. Mosul no Nswg
Printing JJousu, osvsunah, Gs.
DRY GOODS.
The Great Slaughter Sale continues at ~eck!
STEIN'S A great rusn on our bargains' En
tire stock of Summer Goods sc any price.
Gustave Eckstein & Cos.
On MONDAY morning will begin s great sale
of Silks. Black and oolored Silks will be offered
at an immense sacrifice
Bargains Black Dress Silks.
Bargains Black burah Silks.
Bargains Black Faille Silks
Bargains Black Armure Silks.
Bargains Colored Surah Silk*.
Bargains Cos ored Faille Silks.
Bargains Fanoy India Silks
Bargains Every Kind of Silks.
FRENCH SATINES
Another lot superb quality French Satines;
very best quality; choioe styles; regular 35
cents quality—a gift at 13c.
2c.
For a nice quality Handkerchief.
sc.
For Fancy and Mourning Handkerchiefs.
10c.
For Fine all Linen Handkerchiefs,
25c.
For finest Handkerchiefs ever sold.
TABLE LINENS.
20c.
For Linen Damask Unbleached.
25c.
For oholce Turkey Red Damask.
30c.
Cor Bleached Linen Damask.
Stall lii Gils
.
A large asortment—Lower than erer.
10c.
For extra quality Pillow Casing.
16c.
For full width Brown Sheetings.
18c.
For Heavy Bleached 10-4 Bheetlnga.
Fine Lace Goods
Lace Dress Goods In Nets, dotted and figured.
Chantilly Flouncing. Cream. Ecru and Black
All Over Laces; price dropped tn $1 00 a yard.
rnCCID Values will be entirely forgotten
uUuOil during this sale. A clean sweep of
all Summer Goods our object. Now is the time
to get Great Big Bargains: Get the best goods
and save your money at ECKSTEIN'S.
Isc.
$Ar the best Towels ever sold here.
50c.
ffor our regular One Dollar Corsets.
50c.
For very fancy Lisle Thread La lies' Hose.
WHITE GOODS.
AD our stock of fine White Goods to move.
No common starched up trash. Goods of real
merit, worth 25 and 3) cents, now half prioe, 15c.
Sacrifice in muslin Underwear.
Sacrifice Parasols and Umbrellas.
Sacrifice Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
No rove. Sacrifice Sale
as Afivertisefl.
C. ECKSTEIN 4 Cl.
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