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BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY.
Dr Gibier Thirks That the Antidote is
the Poison Which tie Bacterium
Accretes—A Directory of Green Goods
Min-A Female Pedestrian Match.
"s'Ed' York, Nov. 29. —It -will cot be long
telore Dr. Paul Gibier, founder of the Pas
teur Instituto in New York, will be on his
wsy to this country bearing with him tto
remedy which so recently made Berlin a
ciecca for con umptives. Dr. Gibier was
not only one of Pasteur's most promising
pupils, tut he is almost as familiar with
tie Ulterior of Professor Koch’s laboratory
as ha is with ts at cf his own study. He was
associated with him iu many experiments,
and is entirely in sympathy w ith his methods.
Most m tropolitan physicians are exceed
ingly conservative in their expressions on
tte subject of the discovery. They remem
ber the Brown-Seqaard fiasco and are not
disposed to take anything for granted. Dr.
Gibier’s experience, however, wa rants him
m speaking with consi erabla freedom, lie
ib not only on terms of personal intimacy
wit:i the creat German savant, but has
himsell devoted much study to the problem
wn.ch has apparently been solved at Berlin.
He regards Pasteur as the pioneer, and de
scribes him as the man who was the
first to show that diseased germs
can be cultivated artificaily. He is,
ho wever, undisguised in bis admiration for
Dr. Koch’s achievements and believes the
remedy to be ti e greatest medical triumph
<-£ the a. e. Asa matter off ct Dr. Gibier,
up to the t me of the announcement of Dr.
Koch’s discovery, was engaged in worn of a
ouaracrer very similar to tnat which has
had such fruitful results in the Gorman
capital. This invests with considerable sig-
Riticun e wha; he has to say regarding Dr.
Koch’s elixir.
“I think that all Dr. Koch’s claims will be
abundau.lv verified,” sad Dr. Gibier. "The
Gerraa i professor is not an enthusiast. He
is a reticent, thoughtful and serious man.
Ho is exceedingly deliberate and makes
sure ot one step before be tunes another.
As far back as the time whan I was asso
ciated with him, which is several years ago,
his experiments relative to consumption
were already far advanced. His methods
are substantially similar to those of Pas
teur, and had there been no Pas
teur there would probably have beeu
no Koch. What was well begun
by one has teen wonderfully devel
oped by the other. Of course, we have for
some lime known a good deal about tuber
culosis. It is the result of the ravage- of
bacteria, one of the lowest forms of anima 1
life. These germs are so exceedingly minute
that a procession of over u thousand of
them would not stretch across the head of a
pin. They increase with inconceivable
rapidity. When their environments are
tavorable to reproduction the issue of a
i single j arasite will in twenty-four hours
run up into the millions. For some years
we have fairly well understood the character
of th.s insidious foe and the scope of its
operations. Physicians have been on its
track, so to speak, and I believe it has re
mained for Dr. Koch to show ns how to
grapple w ith it. Perhaps the whole matter
will be more intelligently understood when
! say there are bacteria and bacteria. There
i is t;.e health-giving germ and the disease
producing germ. Our tissues are composed
of minute organisms called cells. These
cells are of varied shapes and consistency,
and they display the phenomena to which
ws give the name of life. Each of
them has its separate individual
ity, and each of them has, in health, the
capacities necessary to its maintenance.
These capacities are displayed in the various
tr cesses whi h may be generally de-cribed
is waste and development. A little higher
up in the scale you come to another per
fectly independent organism, this time
composed of several cells. As you as
cend in the process of evolution you find
teat the oner ations of the individual cell
are conducted not solely with reference
to ijs own well being, but with reference
to the welfare of the w. ole group. In this
developed condition they are called upon to
perform special fnnc.ions for the good, as it
were, of the community at large. All of
these cells, even in their forms, are endowed
with the potentialities which make this
development possible. They are ready in
enn rgeucies to come to the rescue, so to
I speak, and are capable of astonishing
■ achievements when there is work to do in
■ the direction of reproduction and repair.
■ we begin, therefore, with that simplest of
■ living things, a single ceil, and end with
■t at triumph < f evoluti n—the wonderful
■ aggregate, with its differentiations in
■ structure and functions, its complexities was
■ co-ordinations andi ts harmonious workings
■ a-a wh le. Perhaps one of the most im
■ portent of the functions of the cell is that
■ which it is called upon to exercise in the
■ expulsio iof invaders. Bacteria are usually
■ rod shaped, I have already given you some
■ !nr *■ tbe ‘. r size. It was for along time
■ ui.liouit to determine whether they belonged
■to ibe animal world or to the vegetable
■ kingdom. It is now, however, definitely
■ *led that they are plants. Really they
■ are very simple forms of cell. They can
■'■ ist only in the presence of oxygen,
■ armth and moisture. They have to
■ a-mggie f..* existence just as energetically
■as higher forms of life. They are to bo
Bnf s'i ever ywhere. There are thousands
MnJu er , en * ; H'ecies of bacteria, and we are
B,;’ 1 ™ to D . Koch for a contrivance by
Hf,, 1 , these different species may be sepa
tV!'ll absolute certainty and culti
independently. He has done
acquaint us with their habits
l '' : a r act'Ti-tics. Wo can now cultivate
Hz,.- 1 as ily as any other plant can bo
Hi ‘ ra ted; we can arrange them in
ML’/®' ail< we rwl find out what condi
■j arf ‘ nmst likely to either superin-
B. lr development or to retard it.
Bf a rtUnately happens that there are
‘ BS wblca do not flourish iu
■L’ ® r the fashion of other bac-
tv aeQ ttiey lnva de’ the human
' l “ 8 y Krow at tae expense of the
H.,, s the disease producing bacterum,
-• : ' les a oois m—pt maine. The
cl ways the signal for the
lUg a stl ussle - !*■ 18 a fight for
.. “ ce ! A dh the bacteria on one side and
■ in.;' other. The latter attempt
K,,''.;’: swallow the invader or to
'/ QS to cut off its s mre-.'S of
” the hacteria are victorious,
■,l,?°®“ kills the cells. If the
H, Ti , 'lie bacteria are digested.
j, u ’'re-seventh of all the people
■r, ./?'/ carried off by tuberculosis. It
B- j// hV that infinitesimal rod-shaped
.’f‘Rallied access to the body.
i; ( ’. •* ’editions are favorable to their
: ,. 11 1 ’;"V Ktve birth to new tissue and
u "’ "ist e tubercle. Ofcourseit
’'ntnmonly found in the lungs,
., sea t f the irouhlo may bo
8i1i1,., J''”' H is not everybody who
111 " successfully attacked, but just
‘ ‘ '’''position lies hasn’t been dis
htd known is tha’ tuberculosis
11 .!* lt<s origin in anything but the
us; that it cannot be inherited
■: ,i„ ' wist invade the body from fhs
B bacillus iuberculosis may find
8., ■" a | l ' asy w.ien it attacks those who
.J' tenueucios, if such tenden-
B . ‘ ’ e ‘bhented, out why one should be
B . it? onslaught while another
B to 11 is, as J have intimated, still
A decade since th* man
■m. n J _ that the time was
°* investigatora would b3
B n s’imntin, Ce 4 witi2 such foas as
B r - sni 4 , an ‘l w ou and actually have
r -.r- fH ot **• , s ° to speak, underthe
n o,l 'd be regarded as visionary;
B • . ~_°n v lnced that Koch has plucked
lts m y story. Pasteur laid
r e . i when he di-cloa and the
l - u * fibfit u mugaifiefat
a „j'v4 l ’"i I’asteur sowefi the priceless
Brv.,.° ;‘" ct i 18 ro ping tu invaluable
i v' ~n , ‘?o ne *'• the foes of man, in
■ ~*,*!* baked ove, none has boen
B . tlv * s the tuhwculosis
B ’ aDJ ‘i now looks a* though Os
overthrow cccomahs ud. I have c.v-r,
'he mat era good deal of study mvs -... I
u super , ions for met > allude to w hat :>r ~
* bad rnaue iu this \ orv direction. Al!
tnat I have done in this direction has ' een
comp.eu-iv u>ei . ut by tae success of tin
Berlin physician. Of ourse, 1 am entirely
ignorant as to what tie ingredients a e
w ich he is usnig to sjch beuelicent effect,
iI tbay be tnat some drug Harmful to tha
microbe is injected l ito the nati -r.t, though
1 have a the 'ry atxiat the matter wiuca
mav turnout to he the light one. Tne bac
ter.utu can, as 1 have said, be artificially
cultivated. Conditions just as favorab eto
its growth outside of the human frame as
inside can be created. It can be put into a
vessel with a proper quant.tv of organic
matter and furnished with moisture, ox vgen
aDll m a It will pr ceed to multiply as
rapidly as though it we e devastating
human tissues. So long as there is a limit
to tae organic matter and other es-entials,
so loog will there, of ourse, be a limit to the
development of bacteria. In due course of
time the bacteria will perish—poisoned
by their own secratioas. What happens
to it will bt exactly what happens to a
man whea he is compelled bv some un
fortunate accident to breathe the air which
he has already taken iuro his lungs. The
man is poisoned. Well. I a:n inclined to
th.s poisonous secretion is what
Dr. Koch has found so valuable in destrov
ing the tubercul sis bacillus. I frankly
admit that I have no facts to bring forward
in support of this theory, and I shall not bo
surprised if it turns out to be entirely foreign
to the real s'ate of affairs. However, we
shall know definitely verv soon. The secret is
no longer in the exc.usive keeping of Dr.
Koch. It has been entrusted to other
physicians, and I hope soon to be one of the
custodians of it myself. I have telegraphed
to Dr. Koch asking whether or not ho will
reveal it to his former pupils, and the result
of the reply I have received is tnat I shall
soon be my way to Germany.”
A XEVV bIST OF ‘‘DON’TS.’’
The fact that a number of letter carriers
iu Xesv A ork have been helping the green
goods men by the delivery of mail goes to
show how hard it is to suppress these enter
prising swindlers.
I have before me nine communications,
all of a simi ar character, each having been
feat out by a "boodler” to tempt some dis
honest greenhorn to walk into the trap laid
for him. These communications aie signed
respectively by persons who give the follow
ing addresses: Charles Wilson, 1040 Adams
s reet, Hoboken, N. J.; D. O. Purdv, 100
Mulberry street, Xow York; G. W. Grace,
Liatner, Flatt county, Illinois; Charles
Church, 16 James Blip, New York; N. A.
Helmbold, New Oxford, Adams county,
Pennsylvania; Henry \Y. Brooks, care
of James Ketzilsk, 181 Mott street, New
York; M. Mason, Alatawan Station, Mata
wnu, N. J.; F. B. Ferry, 109 Mulberry
street, New York, and S. T. Goldfinch, UT
Baxter street. New York. I could give,
perhaps, 000 more addresses of “boo llers”
who are operating in this country, but these
are all that happen to be now before me,
and they are more than enough for the
present purpose, since, though every one of
them furnishes an interesting study, I can
not take space to tell the story of more than
one of them.
Charles W ilson is the first one that comes
to hand—let us see how he operates.
First, he-obtains the names of probable
greenhorns by inserting in a flash periodical,
which circulates among men who wish to
be deemed “sports,” an advertisement offer
ing something for nothing. Presuinatily,
anybody who would read that kind of a peri
odical would not hesitateto pass a little coun
terfeit money if he thought he could do it
without detection; and, presumably, any
body who answers such an adver.isement is a
greenhorn, not to say a fool. Of course,
Wilson does not sign to this advertisement
the same name or address that he
expects to use in his “boodling” operation.
He also obtains names of dupes by writing
to postmasters of small towns and offering
to pay them liberally for lists of addresses
of enterprising, go-ahead men in their places,
indicating that he is a manufacturer of a
racy sporting article, or something of that
sort. The postmaster, expecting to earn the
liberal reward, sends on a list of his towns
men, and never again hears from’ Wilson,
who, in this case also, uses another name
and address.
Whea Wilson gets hold of the Dame of a
po sibie sucker, he sands one of his “boodle”
communications to him. It is one of these
that now lies before me—one that was sent
to a North Carolian. The letter, which
looxs like a special typewrit
ten communication, but which really
is a printed circular, informs Mr.
Green that Wilson desires to obtain “a
good, shre w and agent” iu his locality. “The
enclosure herewith,” says Wilson, "gives ail
the information that could be desired, and
explains itself.” This enclosure is a slip
which purports to have been clipped from a
New York newspaper, but which really was
made especially for Wilson’s u*. It
descants on the wonderful cleverness of
certain counterfeits and contains not a word
of truth.
When the Carolinian bad read this he was
convinced that Wilson’s counterfeit was a
pretty good thing to have. Then he read
the rest of the letter, which told him that
if he wanted some of this remarkable
“medicine for the cure of the blues” he
must come to New York and meet
him personally. "I only deal face
to face with my customers,” says the
boodler; “by your coming on hero you see
what you are*buying and I see who I am
dealing with.” Then he goes on to tell Mr.
Green that he will give him $8,009 for $300;
$5,000 for S4OO ; 810,000 far $650; $30,000 for
$i,000; and that he will allow an additional
sum to cover the expenses of Green’s journey.
After this he instructs Green how lo p: o
ceed. “Don’t, as long as you live, ever
write a letter to me until I give
you permission. If you do, it will
be refused.” Thus Wilson dodges
the law relating to tne use of the mails for
swindling. "If you wish to come on here
and see me,” be continued, “send the fol
lowing telegram (remember telegram only
will be received) and simply say: “send In
structions,” then sign your name as per
pass word and number given you.” This
pass word and number were given on a
separate slip enclosed; Mr. Green’s pas
word was “Jackson 723.”
After repeated cautious to follow instruc
tion* implicitly. Wilson closes his letter by
telling his victim exactly how to conduct
himsaif in New York in order that ho may
not run afoul of some other confidence man
aud !00- ali his money before U ilsau can
get hold of it. “Don’t wesr a broad
brimmed hat,” he says, “they aro not worn
in this section of the country, conse
quently always attract great attention
Wear a Derby, or a black hat with
a narrow brim. Now, don’t
forget this; it is important. Don’t
bring drafts or checks; I do business only'
for cash. Don’tenter into any conversation
with straugars; who knows tut they are de
tectives or thieves? T iall individuals who
ask you questions simply say: ‘You attend
to your own business and I’ll attend tontine.
Don’t ask me to meet you anywhere else
except at thepiacs meutio ,odin the instruc
tions. I Won’t.” And, since the success of
Wilson’s trick depends largely on the re
ceptacle in which the “counterfeit” money
is to leave his place, ho tells Green not to
bring any baggage. “I furnish all neces
sary receptacles for safe conveyance of tho
goods,” and so he does.
WOMEN’ WALKERS IN’ MADISON SQUARE.
Billy O’Brien, tho sporting man. who has
been instrumental in arranging all the big
go-as-you-please six-day w alking matches,
has about succeeded in leasing the new
Madison Square amphitheater and will
shortly announce a six-day match for
women nedesln n*. I saw him a few days
ago in Union Square, and be introduced me
to a plump little woman whose professional
name is Marie Toulonr. She i* said to be a
phenomenal walker a id is confident of win
ning one of the big prizes offered. This
will be her first appearance in this country.
- -
Oak. Pine and Light wood
For sale by R. B. Cassells, corner Gwin
nett street and B. F„ & W. Ry. Telephone
77 .-AJr.
THE MORNING NEWS : - SI NDAV. NOVEMBER .10, 1830—TWELVE PAGES.
WOMF.X AM) HORSES.
SOME OK THE F A DS OF G AY SOCIAL
CIRCLES.
Mrs. Leslie Carter’s Debut- Her Korn
eat Smuggle for Success, and Why
She Kas Won The Hjrse Show and
the Swagger Set -Laws of Carriage
Etiquette-Ethics of the Wheel—The
Chrysan ha mum Craze Woman’s
Influence In Banks —A Gallant Cashier.
Harmony in Hose-A Woman’s Idea
of Harmony.
Nkw \ ork, Nov. ifJ. I sat among
hundreds of po -pie tne other night, ti soe a
woman makj lie.- debut as an actre.s, a
woman entirely unknown to me, whom 1
had never seer., yet about wh >m l had
read and heard much; read and herrd so
much that 1 began to think there wouldn’t
be so much clatter if there was any truth
back of it all. And, while I was waiting
for the curtain to go up. I thought
out this: There can’t be anything
wrong in a woman who is willing to work
for her child’s sake; there can’t be any
thing wrong in a woman who for a year
has worked and striven th it she might pre
sent to the public a play that was not the
hurried result of a few rehearsals, but iu
which she gave the best of herself, the long
labor of in nths. No people in the worla
are as quick to judge and as quick to repe t
as the Americans, and I couldn’t believe,
although hosts of clubmen and fashionable
women were about me, that any had come
there to jeer.
DEVILS IN HUMAN FORM.
What is your past, my friend i What is
the past of your friend! What is the past
of your friend’s friend t Is there any little
scar up in any of them, and if there is, don’t
you t iuk that tne present can frequently
take out whatever wrong there was iu the
past? If you don’t think this, if you don’t
give every human being the right to try
and do better, the right that God himself
gives, then you are—what! Shall I tell you
plainly ! A devil in human form.
MRS. LESLIE CARTER,S DEBCT.
I thought all this out while the curtain
was down, and when it went up, and after
most of the company were on the stage,
there came, gracefully and a little timidly,
the woman wnom everybody had como to
see—Mrs. Leslie Carter. With a long cloak
draping her gown, with a foathor-trimmed
hat over her b-a itiful hair, she stood for a
second as if half inviting criticism and half
afraid of it, and so entirely in sympathy
vvuh her was that audience that she got a
welcome that was as hearty as it was true.
In a few minutes the hat was tossed
aside, the cloak was dropped, and then I
saw the woman. In a pretty, simple gown
of pink and white she stood there, slender,
lissome, and brave, but there was a little
catch in her voice, onceor twice she laughed
as if tears were struggling hard to come
uppermost, but she went on and on
until, when the curtain dropped, the audi
ence called and called, and when she made
her little bow she knew that again a woman
had triumphed, and that the future looked
bright.
Just
BFXtAtTSE SHE WAS A WOMAN*
Not a bit of it, bnt because as the play
went on the woman merged into the actress,
and people opened their eyes wide and said:
“Why, this woman is a professi >nal, not an
amateur.” Then they remembered the
awkwii dness of Mrs. Langtry as she first
walked across the stage at Wallack’s thea
ter; they were reminded of the frightful
gaucheries of Mrs. Potter as she openly
admired herself and gave the audience the
same privilege, and they thought that, after
all, because a womau had been unhappv
that was no reason why she shouldn’t suc
ceed, and the women gave little sighs and
thought perhaps unhappiness was some
times an incentive to succer-s.
Mrs. Leslie Carter as an actress is a suc
cess.
NATURE HAS BEEN KIND TO HER
in giving her superb ruddy brown hair,
large, soft eyes, and a slender, gracoful
figure. The oue defect in her face is her
mouth, which is extremely large; but, as
her teeth are perfect, this little fault is for
gotten, and when she is less nervous her
mouth will not twitch so, and in that way
will bee me less noticeable. In the scene
that called for strong acting she was quite
equal to the occasion, and used her voice
with good effect. I think that here is an
actress who will do well in comedies that
are not quite melodramas ad ore not yet
farces. Unknown and unknowing, I wish
hergodspe yl.
HORSEY MEN AND WOMEN.
The swaggor set in New York this weok
is pervading the horse show. The men are
either imitating their grooms, or are permit
ting their grooms to closely imitate them.
This at once has its advantages and its dis
advantages, but it was rather funny to sea
a generous girl tip a well-known clubman
because she th ught be was one of
the grooms in her father’s stable, and
had given special att. ntion to her
riding horse. Horsey gentlemen always
sugeest gentlemanly horses. You know the
kind that look well enough to ride for a
while are then given to the cuildren to
drivo, and eventually end their lives in the
service of the cabmen. New York can give
a very good horse show, but it must be con
fessed that New York does not make a very
smart {showing of carriages in the park.
London and Paris are so far ahead of us in
that respect.
LAWS OF CARRIAGE ETIQUETTE.
A woman with lovely persistency con
cludes she can have a trap any way she
wants, and so she does, with entise disregard
of the fact that there are certain laws, ruies
and regulations laid down for carriage eti
quette. In the first place, the average New
York woman sits in the wrong place; she
ought always to be on the right of the car
riage behind her coachman. In the second
place, she is given over to the jangling of
chains, which is a worse stamp of vulgarity
than a claret livery with white collars and
cuffs and gold braid. Then the carriage is by
no means immaculate. There doesn’t seem
to bs auv capable body to order the stable
people just how to keep it, and her footman
is too apt to want a rod applied to him to
make him sit up. He ught to look as if he
had swallowed a board which had attached
itself to his spinal column, and if there were
throe thousand accidents he ought to look
perfectly impassive and be entirely un
moved. Whea such a footman is gotten he
is a treasure. The most correct livery is a
dark one, blue or black being preferred.
The boot tops should be white, the coat have
velvet collar and narrow velvet cuffs, the
gloves white, and the hat should shine as if
it were an advertisement for some polishing
stove stuff. The storm coats should bo of
white rubber, and in the winter time, when
the fur capes are worn, they should be of
black bearskin. On a hansom—that is a
private one—tlie driver does not wear a '
livery at all, and this is done to distinguish |
him from the ordinary hansom driver, who I
always wears a livery. Instead he wears a
box coat, hi* collar and scarf are itnmacu- !
late, and his high hat has n marvelous
polish, while his gloves are the dark tan
ones such a* a gentleman would wear if ho j
were driving.
In time New York will learn the ethics in |
carriages, and then we may hope to see as
fine a showing ns is made in Paris or Lon- i
don. With all its wealth there is Dot to-day
in New York city a turnout that either for j
correctness nr beauty com parol ith Mrs. |
Langtrv’s, which, by the by, took tho prize
at the show two years ago.
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM CRAZE.
Chrysanthemums are growing bigger and
bigger, until they nearly approach the size
of sunflowers, and the you ug woman who
wishes to be considered specially good form
walks down the avenue in a close-fitting
cloth gown, a cloth bonnet, and a huge
chrysanthemum fastened On he bodice.
Usually this is white, and than her
gloves and card case match it. Harmony
hoe teton possession of the soul o the New
N • rk glrL and her efforts at making 07 rv
t ing iuv rd f.re a; o.ioe a,..i:q.
in -inia'ie- v\ ten the ciysarunen.uni g •
the * re. i.l will tame its place, ad the young
man who sends the fi wa- will gro'< ar. i
moan and wisn that ore ids never pie-,
or. ;f they did, tLst the flor.sis would un
derstand his s!nte > f mind aud the condi
tion of lis purse, and reduce the in,.. ,>f
them.
WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IN H ANKS.
I heard a funny thing a fow days ago,
about one of the largest banks hero. 1 was
gleefully *1 owing eight silver quarters and
announcing that I hud cashed a check for
two dollars aud g >t'on it all in this w ay,
when the man to whom 1 was talking, saia;
“Do you know they always make it a p int
to be civil to wo ien in that bank) And
can you gne-s the reason by?” Of eour o
I said 1 couldn’t, but supposed it was
because won en were s > nice. “N mtense,”
he answered; “it's because they kn -v that
if they are not civil to women that women
will induce men to remove large accounts
from there to some other bank. ’ Wasn't
this a 1 wely tribute to the influence of
woman!
A (lALLANT NEW YORK CASHIER.
Then t remembered afterward that ono
Saturday morning a line of about twenty
iraie women were kept waiting while the
cashier told me bat a certified check was.
I hadn’t one and didn't w ant, one, but as I j
saw the name up I thought I would like to
know what it, was. Of course 1 knew it !
wasn't anything to eat or drink, hut 1
thought it had something to do ith the
marriage ceremony on account of its being
certified. I am n t exac ly clear about it
yet, though the cashier brought ail his
b ain power to tear upon mo, and 1 smiled
my sweetest and said “how nice,” and
ween 1 went home and told the family about
it the masculine part of it called me a de
lightful idiot, but again announced that
they would like to see any i asliier in New
York take the time to info m a man about
anything. There are a number of advant
ages attached to being a woman . for otia
thing, you do get such a lot of information!
HARMONY IN HOSE.
The latest fad in stockings is the tartan;
the plaid extends midway of the leg, and
above that is a plain color. The Gordon,
Stewart, McDuff ad Argyles are already
to the fore, aud undoubtedly the lesser
clans will make their appearance iu due
time. And what sort of a garter do you
suppose is worn with them' One thut h s
for its clasp a thistle wrought out iu silver,
with a pur pie cairngorm for the heart of
the flower! Isn’t that beautifully harmo
nious*
A WOMAN'S IDEA OK HARMONY.
There is nothing, after all, like being in
harmony with yourselves and your fellow
man.
We are all in harmony about the Mc-
Kinley bill—what sort of a bill is it that
raises the price of champaJim, of broad
cloth, and of pretty powder puffs'
We are ali in harmony as regards the
value of the typewriter—what would the
editors do with the people who can’t write
clearly if it weren’t for her?
We aro all in harmony about the beauty
of the closs-fitting cloth suit —that is, when
it is worn by the right woman, the one
whose carves are caught on to even by the
irreverent messenger boy.
We are all in harmony a 1 out the value
of the telegraph, though we fail to see why
a telegraph operator eau’t learn to spell
correctly, and why, if your name is Kathe
rine, wit.i a K, ho will spell it with a C.
We are all in barmonv as to the value of
the new bonnet, though to be sure its value,
as rated by me, may he different from tnat
ns rated by the milliner.
We aro all in harmony about pleasant
men and pretty women; the more of them
there are the more there will be to drink
that funny little toast of the Clover Club:
“A long life arid a merry one—
A quick death and a happy one—
A pretty girl and a true one—
A cold bottle and another one.”
That’s a good wish, and it comes from yours
harmoniously. ~ j Bab.
handsome charlby did it.
The Man Who Precipitated tho Attack
on Fort Sumter.
If it had not been fot* Handsome Charley,
says the New York San, there might not
have been auv war between the north and
the south. How so* A many and many a
year ago in a city by tho sea handsome
Charley went to what Hamlet called that
undiscovered country fro n whose bourne no
traveler ralurns, although a traveler had
returned and had talked to Hamlet in very
excellent blank verse only a few nights
before.
Who, then, was Handsome Charley? He
was for a great many years, in the good
old times, and, in sane respect?, perhaps,
the bad old iiraes, generally spoken of as
“befo’ the wait," a resident of Charleston.
S. C. Charley used to say of himself: “I
am an Irisnman by birth, an American by
adoption, talented by chance, aud
no coward, by Jasus.” So far
from being a coward, Charley was a*
brave a* a bulldog, and wa* a very great
fighter when it w>as his cue to fight; but he
always helped the weaker party, aud iu
Charleston, where tho people ara noted for
warm heartedness, there was not a warmer
hearted nor a more charitable man than
Handsome Charley. But whv was he called
handsome? Was ho really a handsome man ?
Oh, no; not at all. Not by no means, as the
Artful Dodger would have remarked.
In a trial for murder in Charleston, about
forty years ago, Isaac B. Hayr.e was attor
ney general, and Richard Yeadon, a lawyer
of high standing, and also editor of the
Charleston Courier, represented the
prisoner. Col. Hayne, besides being a great
lawyer and a brave man, was remarkably
handsome, while Yeadon was not gifted in
form or figure. Cnarley was a w ituess, and
Yeadon examined him thus:
Yeadon—What is your name?
Charley—Charles Farley, better known as
Handsome Charley.
Yeadon—Why are you called Handsome
Charley ?
Charley—l’ll answer thut if you will tell
mo why you a e called Limping Dice.
Yeadon—Certainly. My name is Richard
and they call me Dick, and as I am a little
lame they call me Limping loick.
Charley—That’s fair and square. Now
the rayson I’m called Handsome Charley is
this: If any mao was to ask me whp I
think is the handsomest, Dick Yeadon or
nieself, my answer would be that Mr. Hayne
is the handsomest.
South Carolina passed the ordinance of
secession on Dec. 30, 1 SCO. At this time
there was no garrison in Fort Sumter, which
stands in the harbor between Sullivan
Island and Morris Island, and is surrounded
by water; but Anderson and hi* command
were in Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan Island.
It was customary in those days to allow
visitors to enter and inspect Fort Moultrie,
and as war had not been declared, although
South Carolina had seceded, Anderson was
placed in an awkward position, as there
was always danger that tne fort would be
takeu by surprise. Handsome Charley
made an offer to the mayor of Charleston
(Macbeth, I think) and also, if i remember
aright, to Gov. Pickens, to attempt its cap
ture; but, of course, the offer was refused,
as there was stroug h pe that, principally
through the influence of New York city,
Congress would allow peaceable secession.
Anderson, however, had no doubt heard of
CParley's offer, aud, therefore, on Christ
mas uight he moved bis garrison over to
Sumter. This movement was regarded as
a menace, and tne South Carollauians un
wisely determined to attempt to capture
Sumter.
The attempt succeeded, for on April 12,
1861, Fort Sumter was attacked, and, as it
was set ou fire by hot shot tnrown by
Ripley at Fort Moultrie, and as the powder
magazine wa* in great danger, Anderson
wasonliged to sunender on April 13. The
fall of Sumter united the north, caused
J Jucoln * call for troops, and the war began
in earnest. Hod it not been for Handsome
Charier, Gen. Anderson might have re
mained in Fort Moultrie, and war might
hare been averted.
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orders for books or letter* fur advice should b
directed as above.
MamormE
•PILLS"
nre the safest, surest and speediest vegetable rem
edy in the world lor all diseases of the Stomach
and Liver.
They clean the linings of Stomach and Bowels.
Reduce congestion in all the organs.
Heal irritated and excited parts.
Promote healthy action and sweet secretions.
Correct the bile and cure biliousness.
Make pure blood and give it free flow.
Thus send nutriment to every part.
For Sale by all Druggists. Price, asets. p£rbox:
3 boxes for 65 ctf.; or sent by mail .postage free, on
receipt of price. Dr.J. H. Schenck & Son, Phila’d.
USB HOFFMAN’S
’ Harmless headaclia
u t-w, i-C a y Lt nM Powders.
~ 4 THEY JIBE A SPUCIEIO,
Containing no opium
k A® bromides or narcotics
;U\j tvJhr*" They are not a catbar
(vavv tj c Prlc *, 25 (ents.
For *Sale b • Druggists,
SHOES.
IT IT !! !! I!
EVERYTHING
IN YOUR FAVOR.
A light store, frosh stock, atten
tive clerks, goods the choicest
picks, prices the lowest possible con
sistent with fair dealing. Can you
not see where your interns: lies?
Don’t leave your interest and princi
pal both at the high pricod stores,
but
Come to Butler & Morrissey.
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Leaders
IN
Lew Prices
A I ? *T” Confound this rlajm with
WI Nj I theclaimsof otherswbich
are not substantiated by facts. Our goods are
back of our pr cos. and we stand back of our
goods ready to make every promise good.
BUTLER & MORRISSEY,
Broughton St.
HARDWARE.
HARDWARE,
BAR, BAM AND HOOP IRON,
Wagon Material,
NAVAL STORE SUPPLIES,
FOR BALE BY
Edward Lovell's Sons.
155 BROUGHTON AND 138-140
STATE STREET.
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mm CTSTS will par for THE DAILY
*1 t MORNING NEWS ooa weak. lUUver.yt
/ 'lto any part of u,a city. Ken<l your ad
Ou VI (ires* witn itt cents to tna hustnsu
gfiUie and haw Um paper daiusred r guinrty.
KL'KMISUINU GOODY,
LaFAR,
Hatter anil Men’s Furnisher.
Dunlap’s SIDs and Stiff Hats
and Stetson’s Soft Hats, all the
New Shapes for Fall and W Inter.
Full Dress Shirts. Vests and
Neckwear.
Fine Canes and Elegant Um
brellas.
Mackintosh Coats & Leggina
Hunting Bools in JEiubbsr, and
Canvas Gaiters.
Ladles’ Riding Gauntlets and
Crops.
Elegant Buggy Robes and
Wraps, in Seal and Plushoa
Black Suspenders. Guiot Sus
penders. Suspenders for Em
broidering.
Perrin’s and Foster’s Kid
Gloves for Men, all sizes and
shades.
Men’s Fine Furnishings Gen
erally, at
LaFAR’S,
27 BULL ST.
FLOUR.
HAVE 1 li
IIW'IW* 1 ■)■■! 111 PI mu'l"|
Heeler’s Self-Raising
Sweet Corn Flour ?
IT MAKES DELICIOUS COJIN CAK£S, GRID
OLE CAKES, MUFFINS, OEMS, ETC.,
AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE.
FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS.
.1 E W ELK X .
STERLING ”
Silver Inlaid Spoons aud Forks.
GUARANTEED TO WEAR 25 YEARS,
Arem&doof the best nickel Bilver metal inlaid
with sterling silver, then plated entire a heavy
plate containing more silver than any spoons
and forks now iu the market. They are more
durable than any other exception solid silver,
because a portion of tne metal In cut out at
points exposed to wear and the cavit y is filled
wit h sterling silver manufactured only by the
Holmes & Edwards Silver Company.
SPECIAL AGENT
A. L. DESBOUILLONS,
Watchmaker, Jewelry, Silverware
21 BULL STREET,
SAVANNAH,
ii...... iii i mm gag
LIQUID GOLD.
Oil Da ■
Ready far Instant Use.
WILIJAMS’ LIQUID GOLD insures the
splendid effect of Solid Gold, no matter where
applied, and it can be used by the most inexpe
rienced amateur. It wa* employed to decorate
the magnificent borne* of W. H.VANDEBBILT,
JAY GOULD, JUDGE HILTON, and many
other wealthy and distinguished New Yorkers.
It Gila* Fksmks, Wood, Silk, Metai,. Papeh.
etc., equal to Gold and LA HI ICS can
find no more charming Art Work than gilding
with Wit.r.iAMs’ Liquid Gou>.
f 'amel* Hair Brush in every box. PRICE 81-
Avoid trasl.y imitations. Sent bv mail o.x be
era pt of the I’iuoE. Circular free.
N;<w York Chemical Mrs Cos., * E. Bh st.. ,V.Y.
hold bv DRUGGISTS and ART DEALERS.
INSURANCE.
■JOHN X. JOHXSOX. A. L. KAJUE.
11l MOM
FIRE,
MARINE, CYCLONE
INSURANCE.
REPRESENT ONLY FIR-Sl’-CLAStt COM
PANIES.
98 BAY STREET.
Telephone 01. P. O. kox 4
COTTON F ACTORS,
Thomas F. Stubbs. 5V illiam S. Tisom.
STUBBSJ& TISON,
Cotton Factors,
86 BAY STREET.
SAVANNAH. - GEORGIA
Liberal afivaaoaa mafia on oncuHgßmacta <tf
rpitr MORHINO NTWS carrier* reach
i I I 1- „*ry part of tb cjyaarly. Twenty
1 11 Jj (W ociita a nook wo* (or Us* Daily.
!noja.
m mu
IN
FANCY SHOES
FOR
EVENING WEAR.
An •ndless oanpram. of beautiful
f?eeti In Satin*, Brnn-ei,
Patent* and Ooies,
Beaded or Plain.
We are displaying a beautiful selection of
GENTLEMEN'S SLIPPEES
. IN—
All Colors of Ooze Calf
PATENT AND RUSSIAN LEATHER
ALL SOURCES
/AND ALL MARKETS,
J PATERNS AND STYLES .
J AY ON OUR COMMODIOUS SHELVES.-
NEED TKK
'VIC MOST
SAY DESIRABLE
■0
MOltE? STOCK IJM
TOWN, AT Tpß
GLOBE SHOE STOKE,
169 Broughton street
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SANITARY n.UBMINO ,/
HAPPY -WIVES
ADJE>
Cheerful Husbands,
JUST THINK OF IT!
No more (Ires in the grate*.
No more coal ami wool taken oYrcarpet.
No more soiled carpets ami burnt rugs.
Only one (Ire to keep going now.
And only half tne wood amt coal necessarr.
THE SAVANNAH PLUMBING CO.
lias the agency (or the best hot water beater In
the world, ami Is new ready to guarantee any
temp-rat,ure or distribution of >rtntb re
quired. It Is done by the true HOT WaTBR
SYSTEM, that is, an apparatus absolutely with
out pressure, either from eteam or mechanical
obstruction.
The ladles and gentlemen of Reranuah are
cordially invited to call at our office and see one
In operation and find out how much time, fuel
and trouble ran be saved by heating I heir nomad
by this system.
Savannah Piniin? Ca
o
150 Broughton Street.
< AKIIIAI.IX BUGGIES, ETC.
It is well under-pmilT
stood that CASllis"*”*! ■
a powerful ac^or -i|%||j
Just now it will do||(jVv
the work of a 20-horse
power engine at (jj|§H
our repositories. If
you need E)AR-nnrQ
RIAGES or VE-UvCd
“WONDERS
consult us.
The Savannah Carriage k Wagon Cos,
Bay and Montgomery Streets.
FLOUR
YAEGER’S
“ROYAL LILY” FLOUR,
Made by the new Cornelius ay item, oil
the moisture contained in the groin is kept
in the flour. No matter where it has beet*
tried housekeepers have uniformly pro*
pounced it* superiority. For sale by
3. W. BRANCH,
Corner Broughton and Whitaker s'-recta.
l a' McCarthy,
44 babnard BTBEET.
(Coder Knights FytUea’ HoUk
PLUMBING AND GAB FITTING*
STUM HKATIHG 4 SPBCUJJTC. ;
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