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A BALLET (UEEN’SPERU,
A SCENE ON THE STAGE THAT
WAS NOT ONrHE PROGRAMME.
Escape From Hr Case of a Vicious
Lioness, and he Mad Flight for
Safety of the Ballet, While Queen
Mab Alone Retains, and Her Lover,
With Only a lane, Vanquishes the
Beast.
From the \ench of Buet.
At the time I spe.k of they were playing
at the theater of he Porte-Montmartre a
marvelous fairy spctacie, where were de
filed all those adminble and charming crea
tions of the frhakeperean epoch, Cymbe
line and Portia, Dudemona and Cordelia,
Ophelia, Juliet md a hundred others,
blonde as wheat <r blacker than Erebus.
It was called, if I remember correctly, “La
Songs d’une Nui: c’Hiver.”
In the last act tefore the apotheosis, and
while a band jf Amazons, cuirassed in
silver, bravely sruggled against a troop of
warriors harneaed in trappiags of cloth of
•f gold, they txbibited an immense cage
full of African lions and savage panthers
that were goveaied with the prudence of a
bero and the tourage of a sorcerer by a
red-headed Eiglithman, dull and phleg
matic, a true bast tamer by vocation, and
rarely iudulgiuf in foolish business.
But it was rot assuredly ia the amiable
hope of seeiogthe tamer devoured by his
nea-ts that Loridan Moatagnac went every
evening to the Porte-Montmartre, though
he might have fcund a certain pleasure from
that meal withoit cost to the royal captives
No, if he entered every evening three
minutes before:Ue rising of the curtain; if
be took his place in chair No. 33, first row of
the balcony; if he trained his lorgnette on
the scene as f.ooi as t be three blows sounded,
it was because he little Lucie (Mile. Lucie
Bell) played ir “The Dream ot a Winter’s
Night” the roleof “Queen Mab.”
W ell, if Mile Lucio Bell had not yet be
come the greit oantatrice that Loudon,
Vieuua and Peersburg quarreled with Paris
Hbout, she was certainly the most graceful,
the prettiest aid most amiable child it was
possible t > find in any European city. More
than that, th world declared, without a
smile, that she was as good as Wise, and that
which was most astonishing was, tho world
sincerely believed it.
A tiny littls maiden, so tiny that one
might have clohed her w ith a lily loaf and
crowned her with a cedar straw, Lucie Bell
had hair the cdor of a suuset cloud, which
enveloped her ontirnly as In a lutnincua
aureole. A fplden fog you might have
called it, ligln and shining, its wonderful
meshes twistinj and curling in a thousand
intricate and coquettish tendrils.
Under this floating veil a wide white
brow, eyes th color ot a myostois blossom,
but which became at times a steel gray or a
pale sea-green, shaded with long brown
lasbes.
Then a mockinj, laughing mouth, scarlet
lips and a mole Ike a mustard seed coming
and going in ths creases of a charming
dimple, when Mile. Lucie 801 l saw fit to
display her pearlj little teeth in a ravishing
snule.
For the first time in his life, Loredan
Montaguao, cool, positive and correct gen
tleman that he wis, comprehended on see
ing these strange and splendid eyes illumi
nating that radiait visage that poets were
truly most impudent in daring to compare
eyes to stars.
Moreover, this darling little Lucie Bell
had a waist like a wasp, a flexible stem in a
corslet of lilac velvet, embroidered with
silver May lilies, and her petticoats, made
cf a pearl-gray gauze, were besprinkled
and sparkling, lesmingly with a whole
firmament of silvery crescents and constel
lations.
Her slender finger held an ivory scepter,
and on the diadem of her golden hair rested
a crown of white cyclamen blossoms,
mingled with humming bird's plumes. The
Fairy of Caprice, of Fancy, of Chimeras, of
Dreams had never been more handsomely
appareled.
To conceal nothing from you, our friend
Loredan, wearied as lie was with the vani
ties of this world, felt a lively passion con
suming his heart at sight of this human
fairy—a heart til ready so old that he be
lieved it completely dried up, hardened, ex
tinct, like a volcano where the fiery lava
no longer bolls.
But be was ill at esso in his mind re
garding this love of his, for ho had no illu
sions left, having sowed somewhat indis
criminately ail these charm mg companions
of early youth, which had tied away one by
one, never to return. And really, to love
a young girl and to make bar love you,
when one has a brow touched, or threaten
ing to bo touched, with snow—was it not a
madness ?
He loved her. nevertheless, without hope
ana without dosire. Even as the old Ali
ghieri, remounting from Hades, adored Be
atrice, so did Loredan Montagnao cherish
Lurie Bell, though he had never a thought
of doing her a wrong. Never for on instant I
She was tho joy of bis heart, the fairy of
his dreams, the friend of his soul I He saw
her everywhere; he ceaselessly ovoked her
adored image, and truly her beautiful azure
eyes, with their velvsty regard, were the
inextinguishable torches of his life.
And .Lucie Bell was better in a thousand
and one wavs than the other daughters of
Eve, her sisters. She noither knew how to
smilingly lie, to make a jest of the suffer
ings of others, nor how to mock at delicacies
of sentiment. She played the role of Celi
mene neither in the city nor on the boards
of the theater.
She was not one of those beautiful sirens,
frightfully coquettish and deliciously per
fidious, who calculate to ravish and ravage
at one and the same time, nevor to be a
loser, and always a gainer in that game of
chance where even the richest may ruin
themselves—the game of love.
Then, Loredan had never even spoken to
her, but contentedly enshrinod himself in
that fated arm-chair No. 83, where every
evening one saw him, glasses in hand, dil
igently attentive to the corteges, ballets,
Pantomimes and other accompaniments of
the bewitching Mab.
At the end of a fortnight he took so much
comfort in contemplating his idol that he
determined to give himself the additional
pleasure of assisting to adorn her pretty
rerson. He sent her, therefore, next morn
•ng, a set of turquoise, the following day a
of Oriental pearls, and the day after
that a cluster of coral and cameo brooches,
pluk aad white and exquisitely carved.
tor a fortnight, too, Lucie Bell entered
her logo to find there always a bunch of blue
toyosotis flowers, periwinkles or delicate
nounds-tongue, and a velvet jewel case con
taining some expensive trinket. She ended
f>y worrying over tho anonymous cadeaux
- -'eating the mysterious sender, and by
suspecting and laying the gifts to the credit
s °me twenty or thirty, more or less, dif
ferent and unconscious admirers, twolve of
whom were shop clerks, five were students,
one a poet aud three comedians,
But still she did not divine that Loredan
was the imonyrue; he was decidedly a too
discreet lover.
NV ith money, perseverance, work and
ourage ona arrives at times, through
lultiplied obstacles, at success in fume-
Loredan succeeded in getting uu
ocked to him the iron door that led from
he ball to the side scenes. Neither was he
om polled to obtain this insignificant
J* Vor > to wr Ho a vaudeville or perpetrate a
-onnet. Fortune fairly loaded this lucky
with her favors.
i n*m |i e penetrated to tho bottom of those
iicr mysteries, the coulisses, wbero one
r :‘™j n a factitious life, absulutoly sepa
, ° * from the real world by au impregnable
npart a simple canvas pierce 1 with two
Uv * hat w bich he observed therj would
I? ®' c °mpoed an epop\ Hut Loredan
‘tagnao had other ideas.
I '-' t between toe mantle of Arlequln
fit of the first scene, little
• d_T".I * >out by the busy machinists sod
' , vigilant syo of tbs stage mas
in all"* °‘ , - ,w, uiplsU<d now a trifle closer
Vuweii Mab, io her aatctbyst-tlnUxl
HtUl i btspaugleJ wits jewels, and be
was even able to hoar her, when she was
not reciting the author’s prose, chattering
with her friends—a flock of magpies
buzzing in the foliage.
One ovening the curtain rose as usual on
the vast and magnificent scene representing
the palace of Queen Mab, a gallery as far
as the eye could reach, sustained by fluted
columns in malachite and lapiblazuli, with
bronze oapitala, alabaster staiues and mam
moth chandeUers.ca'-ved from solid crystals
One of those sumptuous caverns paved
with precious stones that Siubvl the sailor,
or the Count of Monte Cristo saw, perhaps,
in their distant wanderings. They could
not otherwise nave lodged a fairy.
The hail of the Porte Montmartre was
gorged with spectators; not a seat was
vaoant save oiair No. 33, which Loredan
Moutagnnc had only just quitted to take up
his station iu the coulisses. And there it
was that he presently found himself, lean
ing against a section of unused scenery, re
ceiving on bis bared head the flerv glow
from a triangle of flaring gas-jets. He
had even dispensed an amende of some
twenty-odd francs to the machinists and
shifters, his persecutors, for having inad
vertently called ropes that which these ex
cellent people, better advised, designated
“ends.”
The orchestra executed with fury and
fracas a grand triumphal march; the vio
lins shrieked, the haut boys groaned, the
contra trombones roared, the drums and
cymbals thundered, the flageolet whistled,
and all in a fashion to tickle the ear of a
Chinese bonze.
The “animated flowers" defiled across the
s age, the purple dahlia, the white camellia,
the anemone, mimosa, pink, peony and all
the way down through the lexicon of blos
soms to the royal belladonna, with its scar
let bells.
Then began tfco ballet before the gentle
Queen Mab, stretched upon tho cushions of
her throne relating to her chamberlains
how she had run allthe day long the wood
of Mendon iu company with a young lord,
by the name cf Raoul.
Behind the canvas at tho betel: U,ey were
maneuvering tho Iron cage where bouniod,
maddened by the crashing of tho instru
ments, the lions and panthers of the Eng
lishman, which Englishman, by the way,
having put a drop too much in his grog,
and drunk a drop too much of the self-same
grog, was enjoying a somnolent boatitude
while awaiting tho call to visit tho beasts
under the safeguard of a white-heated
iron.
All at onoe a hideous roaring made itself
heard above the blare of the trumpets.
Then a ory of anguish aud a despairing
clamor rising from a thousand throats.
Coryphees and danseusee, wild with terror,
precipitated themselves from stage to cor
ridor; women swooned with lamentable
moans, strident laughter and hysterical
sobs; men ran away.
Tho lioness, n sleek, vicious devil, had
made her esoape from the cage, leaped to
the front, felled with a blow of her power
ful paw a poor little marcher; then, terri
fied by the calcium glare, tho fltrao of the
footlights, scraping violins and sonorous
vibrations of the big bass drum, had sud
denly stopped snort in her bound, and stood
immovable. But only for a second. With
tail lashing her flanks like an angered cat,
the cruel fangs gloaming white between the
snarling iaws, she simply waited to select
the victim.
The red eyes blazed ferociously, the for
midable claws soratched and raked the
plank3. tearing to titters the tulle scraps,
the flowery gqrlauds and banners of the
poor little figufhntas, left behind in their
mad flight for safety.
What should be done? Seek arms I Brain
her where she stands! Send a shot to her
heart I A hundred voices commanded; no
body obeyed. Bowlings, calls, the deck’s
cleared for combat, but an insensate dis
order; bodies barring all the issues, a tor
rout of struggling bungs pouring from the
exits; doors and railings cracking like straw
under the pressure of the maddened crowd.
Never a more terrifying scene had dis
tracted Paris 1
Meanwhile little Queen Mab, poor Lucie
Bell, fascinated by ths basilisk gaze of the
beast, groaued inert and panting on her
heap of cushions. A livid pallor liad sud
denly changed that radiant visage to a mask
of wax, aud her blue eyes, drowned in
tears, were closed In a resigned stupor.
The lioness watched her. One second
more and the child would be tbe beast's
helpless prey 1
Loredan Montagnao did not stop to reflect.
In his hand he held his cane, a light, supple
stick, a flexible wa-.d, rather, topped with a
gold ball. Hr flung himsjlf forward, blind
to every thing but the faot of Lucie Bell’s
peril; tho cane descended once, twice,
thrice, rage and fury in the rain of blows
and the muscle of a good right arm.
At tiie sight of that man in the dress-coat
of Parisian society, fight jug for a life, aud
literally offering luoneif as a substitute to
the teeth and claws of the terrible animal,
the clamor redoubled, but only to still as
quickly to a solemn silenoe, as if to do hom
age to him who was going to die!
But Loredan Montagnac did not die. Tho
force of his will was such that the uncon
scious will ofjthe beast gave away to man’s;
mind dominated matter. Loredan willed
to save Luoie Hell; he felt In him an un
known strength, for the moment super
human. inexhaustible and scornful of all
other strength.
Fast and furious the lithe wand leaped
aud played about the lioness’ muzzle, the
twitohiug ears, the aarrow skull, the long,
crooked fangs. Loredan’s gaze, charged
with bate, plunged deep Into the feroolous
eyes of his enemy. And—how was it done 1
that enemy was vanquished. In a minute?
In a century! No one coull tell which!
Then the Knglisbman, wakened by the up
roar from bis doltish sleep, arrived with his
net and his white-heated iron, aud sooner
than I can give you details the beast was
fast in the cage again, and Lucie Belle,
Queen Mab no longer, but a resuscitated
and loving woman, clinging to the neok of
her preserver and murmuring in a voice
warm with tenderness:
“It was you, then, that loved me!"
For that evening, at least, the spectators
received more than their money’s worth,
and Loredan the promise, later ou, of a pe
tite and charming wife, whom ho still calls
in moments of affectionate iutlmacy his
“Little Queen Mab.”
A BOY’S MOUNTAIN BIDS.
Sixty Miles at Breakneck Speed In the
Interest of Congressman Townsend.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Congressman Hosea Townsend of Colo
rado is In the oity visiting his brother-in
law, J. H. Braduor. Mr. Townsend was
re-elected to congress on Nov. 4. There
were two republican tickets in the field in
Colorado for county offices and member* of
toe legislature, but both factions were
friendly to Mr. Townsend for congress. One
faction was run by the editor of the Denver
Times aud the other by the editor of the
Denver Republican, both rapublioon pas
pers. The night before election the Times
came out with a latter claiming to lie
signed by Mr. Townsend, iu which he
agreed to back the Times crowd as against
the others. Great excitement prevailed in
Denvor, and Mr. Townsmd would doubts
less have been defeated had the letter gone
without a denial.
The congressman resided at Silver Cliff,
190 miles from Denver, and thirty miles
from a railroad or telegraph office. A mes
sage must be sent to him and an answer re
turned in time for tho next issue of the
Denver Republican. It was 7 o’clock that
evening before tbs operator at Cotopaxi, a
small station ou tho Denver and Hio Grande
railway, received bis message from the
Republican office. Mr. Townsend was at
his home in Silver Cliff, thirty milos away.
It was a long way off, and the rood was
rough, aud up hill aud down. The answer
must be in by 8:80 o’clock in the morning
or It would be too late tor pablioatiun.
The telegraph operator started out to
find n messenger. After a number of aion
bo4 refused to undertake the tiering ride be
at loot secured a txiv, only If years of age.
who said he would carry tb uu>ags to
Towueond and bring bis answer back within
the tkili'.
Darkness hod already nettled over tbs
village when the you*, mounted ona good
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1890.
horse, went galloping through the streets on
his midnight errand, he knew not the
contents of the message he oarriod. He had
simply been told that it was a matter of life
and death, and oa he rode, counting the
miles and the hours, and only knowing that
he was golug on time. The package he car
ried had been securely sealed, but be had no
interest whatever in the message except to
see it safely delivered. Ho had been prom
ised f35 for the trip,
West Cliff is located two miles this side of
Silver Cliff. Through the former town the
messenger rode at a breakneck speed, and
the inhabitants who had retired for the
night came out wondering what could be
tho matter. Not until the next morning
did they know of the wild ride and lta im
portance to Mr. Townsend.
The messenger reached Silver Cliff at
11:30 o’clock nud found Mr. Townseud at
his home in bed. Ha quiokly arose and
dressed himself, aud iu a tew minutes had
read the message and penned his answer,
denying the alleged letter published in the
Denver Times.
The next work in hand was to secure a
suitable horse to carry the messenger back
to the telegraph station. The one he had
ridden up was thoroughly exhausted and
could hardly have traveled another mile.
An hour of valuable time was lost iu finding
a horse. Finally a teamster was fouud who
gave up his broncho, and on the swift
footed animal the messenger started on the
return journey at 12:30 o’clock. But two
hours and forty minutes remained to reach
Cotopaxi, and the boy left with the deter
mination to reach the station on time or
kill the horse. The return ride was mostly
down hill, and again the messenger flew
through West Cliff, waking tho people from
their slumbers. The last eight miles of the
road lies in a steep gulch. Down this the
bronco went at full gait, and tho boy knew
he would be on time.
At ton minutes after 3 o’clock inquiries
came from the liepablican office for news
of the messenger. The operator all the
time had kept up a lonely watch waiting
for the metwoagew return. He answered
back that all was quiet and nothing to tall
of the boy’s progress. Another minute
passed, and the instrument clicked back the
answer that there was nothing now. The
minutes were oouuted off, and each time
tho same report was wired back. The
hands on the clock pointed 3:15, and the
operator said: “I hoar him coining.” It
was true, and the suspense was over, and
Representative Townsend’s denial of the
forgery was given to the peopla next
morning before the votes wore cast that
have returned him to congress for another
term.
SAVED BY HES BRAVERY.
Perilous Position of a Captain’s Wife
on a Fever-strlcksn Ship.
From the New York Star.
Particulars of a remarkable sea tale wore
received in this city yesterday by a Sonth
street shipping house from Molbourno, Aus
tralia. It concerns the struggles of a
woman, the wife of a sailing master, on a
fever-stricken vessel, which she brought
safely into port, thousands of miles from
her starting point, though every one of the
crew had (lied of contagion during the
voyage, and her husband, the soia survivor
on the ship boslde herself aud baby, was so
weakened'by the disaxso as to be unable to
get on deck.
Tue heroine of the story is Mrs. Teroas
Meiuder. With her husband, Capt. Emil
Meinder, she left the port of Maurlcius,
Peru, on April 3, on the schooner Johanno.
The Johanna, besides tho captain nud bis
wife and 3-year-old baby, carried a crew of
ten men. She was a snug little craft, sugar
laden and bound for Australian ports,
where her owners hoped to realize a hand
some profit on the cargo.
On April 5, only two days out from port,
yellow fever in its most virulent form
broke out on board. One after the other
the seamen were strloken, and ns nothing
could be done for them, with tho limited
provisions that were at band, they died
almost as rapidly as tao disease attacked
them.
In leBS than as many days nine fever
bloated corpses had been thrown overboard
to the sharks that followed in the little
vessels wake. Besides the captain and hi;
wife and child not a living soul remained
on board excopt the cook, who was forced
to do duty as a seaman. The captain’s
wife did likewise, and under her husband's
instructions was soon able to perform
seaman’s duty.
It was a trying ordeal for thecomraauder
and his wife, but they comforted themselves
with the reflection that the worst had come,
and that in a few weeks they would reach a
port. But tho worst nail hardly boon hiatod
at. The vessel at tho time was two months
out and prospects were fair, when tho cook
developed fever symptoms.
On June 8 he succumbed to the fate of his
companions, and before nightfall his dead
body was flung into tho soa to feod the sharks
which had kept steadily on tho schooner's
track.
With the cook’s death came worse diffi
culties than ever, but the plucky man and
wife faced them boldly until June 10, two
day’s after the cook’s death, when Capt.
Meinder experienced the first symptoms of
the terrible disease that had decimated liis
ship. Oa the following day he was in bed,
delirious.
The task of working the ship now de
volved wholly on the woman, who bad
fought so bravely against the most terrible
odds. Besides, she had also to nurse her
husband and look af :er her baby. Naturally
ths schooner made but little progress, but
tho sailor man’s wife managed to make
some little progress in the proper direction.
When it was necessary to go aloft to look
after the canvas, or bslow to attend her de
lirious husband or seek a few hours of rest,
she would firmly lash the wheel and take
her bearings as soon as she came back on
deck.
For a month the captain nai confined to
bis cabin, hovering between life and death.
Fortunately the weather was good during
most of this time. But whoa the vessel
was within tea miles of the harbor of Fro
mentlo a florce storm sprang up. The wo
man worked unflinchingly through tho
tempest, whils the little craft bid fair to go
to pieces at any moment.
The captain waa recovering at the time,
and, weak as he was, ha left nis cabin and
helped his wife. But even then their unitod
efforts promised poorly; for, to raftke mat
ters worse, if possible, than they were
already, the vessel sprang a leak, and the
water began to pour Into her at an alarm
ing rate. Two hundred and fifty bags of
sugar were jettisoned, and though this
lightened the vessel, both husband and wife
believed that after their brave struggle
they were to die in the and.
Just as they were losing all hope a pilot
boat have iu sight, and the captain, his
wife and child were taken off and into
port.
Tugs were sent out to hunt the Johanno,
and after a ssven-hours search they found
and brought her into port. Capt
Meiuder recovered sufficiently three weeks
ago to start on the return journey to Peru,
and he is at present once more on the Paclflo
In the Jobaane with his pluosy wife, bound
for the South American port from which
he started.
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A HUDSON’S BAY ROMANCE.
Mica Klrleby Know Her Husband
Wben She Saw Him.
From the A'sui York Sun.
Not many years ago Dr. Farcy Matthews
wa physician tor tho littlo colony of York
Factory, a part of tho Hudson's Bay Com
pany, far away In the bleak northern wil
derness. Tbe chaplain was the Her. Mr.
Kirkby. Both men are alire, and Mr.
Kirk by was for a tune employed In tbe
Hi Pie House, tbls city. York Factory U
not a factory at all lu the modern under
standing of that torm—that Is, nothing is
male on tha prsmlses; but factors, moan
ing traders, esc oasge flour, blankaU,
km vss aud buttons for tie leaver skips of
tho Indians. As bardly twenty |**otls Ur*
there Uireugb tlis ysr, and as there i
usually bat use ship a; and from KugiaaS
during tua summer, it is a toauwme j laos.
Dr. Matthews, who was young and fond i
of company, found it especially hard to j
live iu it, cue reason beiug that there was
no female society at the post except two or
three squaws aud half-breeds. wives of
laborers employed by the company. He
often complained at this shortcoming, but
he had little sympathy from the bachelors,
for it is remarkable in how short a time
some men come not only to endure solitude,
but to like it.
Mr. Kirkby had a daughter at school in
England, aud one summer he resolved to go
abroad to see her and enjoy a little civilisa
tion. There was to be an extra ship to
York Factory in the fall, though he did not ,
intend to return on it, but as he was em
barking he turned to Dr. Matthews, who
was iu a gloom at the prospect of losing a |
friend when he had so few to spare, aud
said: “Doctor, can 1 scud anything back to
you from England i”
“Nothing—unless you send me your
daughter," replied the young man, half rue
fully and half in banter.
The clergyman smiled, shook his hand
and went aboard; lines were cast off, good
bys were shouted and the ship headed for
England, while the doctor turned back with
a sigh.
Tho arrival of a ship is a great event at
York Factory, and when, or e bright day in
autumn, a sail was described to the north
eastward, the whole population of the place
helped it in by sitting ou the shore and
looking at it. Dr. Matthews was there, and
as the ship neared tho lane he was surprised
and pleased at the appearance of a bloom
ing, trimly dressed young woman on the
deck, for his heart fluttered respon
sive to tho flutter of a petticoat. Tho
gang plank was run out, this damsel
tripped ashore, nud after looking ut the
strange faces on the wharf for a moment
her eyes fell cn Dr. Matthews. She ad
vanced toward him with a smile and with
the remark, “My dear Percy!’’ put up her
lips to be kissed. There was a resounding
smack, and Dr. Matthews, amazed, de
lighted and feeling as if ho walked on air,
lea the lady tf> tho post, which was never
largo enough for him after that. They had
never seen each other before, but the good
chaplain hail so described tho doctor to ills
daughter and had spoken so many good
words for him that, sue felt ns if she had
known him from childhood, and the recog
nition was a thing of no difficulty. It whs
not long before tiio banns were published
between l)r. Matthews and Miss Kirkbv.
So they were married and they lived
happily ever after.
SPEAKING HIS PlffiCH.
An Actor Who Rehearsed la the
Street Gate in Trouble.
from the Youth's Companion.
Among the amusing personal experiences
of Mr. Irving Montagu, as related in his
•‘Camp and Studio,” is one connected with
some early attempts ut play-acting as an
amateur—“for local charities," us he is
careful to explain. He was living in one of
the now suburbs of London, whore there
were still long roads and terraces only half
finished. It was the night before a perform
ance, and he was oa his way home from the
final rehearsal.
I had not been sa successful as I could
hove wished, especially iu the opening
scene, where 1 was supposed to look up uu
old friend, Higgins by name, at his hsteh
Under thess circumstances, as it was
nearly midnight, and there was not a soul
within sight nr bearing, why should I not
imagine tho first gas-lamp I came to to bo
Riggius, rush up to it, and go through that
p irconce again—slapping the baw of tbe
lamp-post as if it had beeu Iliggins’ spinal
vertebne—and address it as follows:
Now, ainco the great point of this open
ing speech was that it be said in a rapid,
jerky manner, and, if possible, In on;
breath, I leave you to suppose the onergy
necessary to such a sustained harangue. 1
will also leave you to fonoy my blank as
tonishment xvhon I, ou its condition, re
ceived a blow on my own spinal vertebrae,
while, with a bull’s eye lantern flashed in
my face, I found myself vis-a-vis with a
mild eyed, pitying policeman,Jand while,
from a house near bj r , came peals of laugh
ter.
“Aint you wall, sir?” sai l the mild-eyed
member of the foroe. “Nothing wrong
with the huppor story, I ’ope; ’cos, you
kno, this ’ere aint ’lggins as you’* a-ravin’
about.”
Explanations we'-o as long as they were
unsatisfactory. The mild-eyed man raw
me to the end of his boat, and it is hardly
necessary to addj that when I next wont
home that way 1 made a slight detour, so
as to avoid.that particular road and lamp
post.
We other Foreoaet.
Local torses. for Sovanuah and vicinity
for to-day: Rain, with colder weather.
Special forecast for Georgia:
RAiN u, a in; easterly winds; colder
weather.
Comparison of moan temperature at Savan
nah. Ga.. Dec. 25, 1390. and tho mean ot the
same day for slrtasu years.
; Depart lire i
Slkxx TzapsHATCRX [ from ths Departure
. 1 normal ; Since
for 38yeai-si Dec. 25, ’9o| -|-or jjan. l,lBßa
631 i 65 j _ 2 | -;-C3
CompiiM-tire r<unf*U iCibC*RvHt:
Departure |
Amount for Amount from toe | Departtire
16 years. for normal Since
Dee 23 90. | -|-or Jan. 1,1890.
12 .CO I—. 12 -6 33
Maximum temperature. 83; minimum tem
perature. 47.
The bight of the river at Augusta at 7:33
o’clock a. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was
7.0 feet. no change during the past
twenty-four hourz.
Observations taken at the sp.me moment of
time at all stations for ths Moainxo Nxws.
SavsNsaa. Dec. 25. 7:?8 p. n.. city time.
Temperature, j
Direction. ? 1
1 Yelocjty. 9 i
Rainfall.
KXXS
or
rrsTious.
PortlaDa HNWI fit..,. CRmldsss.
Bouton 1-’ NXV 14 Cloudless.
Block Island *' N E ; l9 .... Cloudless.
New Y’ork city VO N llt Cloudy.
Piuliidelpbia fil.N E I P tly cloudy
YVashiagton City.. 26 E 12 .10 Snowing.
Norfolk N .80 Raining.
Cliarlotte 33 K 0 .08 liainnlg.
Hatteraa
Wilmington 40 N Kiw, .08 (doudy.
Charleston 48 N E 1f!..,. Cloudy.
Auguuta 413 ll 8 Cloudy.
tUVANKAK 62; E , 12:.... Cloudy.
Jacksonville ; .. I— i
Tampa | 1 -- 1....|......
Point Jupitor, Fla. 661S K!lG] P’tly cloudy
Titusville ! 0! 8 ....Cloudless.
Key Weot j 72iS Ei 6;.... Cloudless.
Atlanta 40j E lOj .(2 Ruining.
i’ensoooio i (IV K ‘54 60 Cloudy.
Mobile 62 3 ,101 02 Raining.
Montgomery. ... CdSWUIi 12 Raining.
VicksDurg i 40'N W 14; ... Cloudy.
New Orleans 62,3 W’ kjl 74,Clouay.
Hhreveport ..| H’vJfW.l2, 02 Raining.
Foi-tSmith j Miffwj 8 Ot’lClmdy.
Galveston.. | M.NWlffi -OliCloudy.
Paloetinn j 34 N Hi— Cloudy.
Brorrnesviile .......... I ......
Knoxville 42 N K * Mi Rain lag.
Memphis.. !
Nashville . ... 8 118
Indianapolis I 24 N E,lO 54 Snowing.
Cincinnati. 38 !f 14, 38 .snowing.
Plttaburg I 24 E t 10 knowing.
Buffalo i 14 K B*r doirlr.
Iwirolt. 90 N E : 101. Cloedy.
Marquette I 16 8 8 , Coufiless.
Chicago 24 H Die .... ( los4> .
Duluth , MrtW 01'Cloudy.
Bt. Paul I 18 B E 10; *T P’tiy cloudy
St. L*ui I HONE, 10) urn.udy
Kansas Jlty '* VK' 1... Cloudless.
Omaha. I 30 8 6....'Cloudless.
Cheyenne <e W 'Mi ... Clou y.
Fort Buford. 80 K. cloudy.
fit. Vincent 18 rt *T P'uy cloudy
*Tluiloates trees, vlaoues ea t huudredthe.
C. 9 G-ioese. Observer hlisnal Corps.
Ri'iitntus. who Is a Jew by hSrth, M betog
Uterelly lirthrm a outer Koeete t>y the Jew beters
In Rjveleu w.olety. it is reported, ate! will be
Use /t. timoii Ul< rso.altilbg years in either
Paris or Rome. Ills wife beiuhge to Use Rue
hte uobibty.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENTRA WORD.
A P rTRTTSJfXS.VTS, 15 Words or
■wm, in this oolumn wuertei far OS’K
CJEJVT A H OHJJ, iYiafr ift J tinning.
Kwsrvfcxf|r who has any want to msnstn,
aavtkmg to bay or ssU, any tmmmmsar
aosommodations to ssours; indeed,ony wish
to tjr&ify, should advertise in this orumq
CALENDAR.
DECEMBER
FRIDAY
Wickedness takss the shorter road and virtue
the longer. —Latin.
SMOKE
Em Cortez Cipro
EVERY PAY.
VKRHOVA i>.
< ’Oto the FoRKST'CITY' PHUTOORAFH
* - ROOMS, lh'Hi Congress street, for tine
photographs. All styles from smallest to life
sire cabinets a speciality, $2 per dozen. All
furniture, accessories and Instruments new and
of the latest design. FOREST CITY PHOTO
GRAPHIC ROOMS.
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AT HEIDT’B
Cut Prices among Special Notices. To
morrow iSaturday) Special Prices prevail, and
Pocket Calendars given away with Sample
Cologne this Saturday. Try box Buttercups.
SC ARF won st 13 Habersham, by MR. W. A.
McDEKMIN. Call no lator than the 23th,
at 134 State street.
DON T delay ordering your holiday Wines
and I,unions until Christmas eve. M.
LA Vi.VS ESTATE, Tolophoue M.
DR F. O. EXLF.Y, dentist, offers bis services
to the people of Savannah. Office, 153
Liberty street.
TNCLK ADAM'S” pawnshop will advance
U you money on anything of value you
have of “personal" property, at lowest rate of
Interest. Also unredeemed pledges for sals
at lowest prices. NEW YORK LOAN OFFICE,
SO Jefferson street.
DON'T fall to get a copy of Sunday’s issue of
the Moiinim a News. For sale at BISHOP’S
DRUG STORE, corner Hall and Price streets.
(t IVEN AWAY, one handsome almost lifts
T size pioture with eaoli dozen Cabinet Photo
graphs. Call and see samples. LAUNKY &
U< iKBRL, Savannah, Ga.
Du YOU not know that besides possessing
other advantages, that we nave the
agencies for several reliable firms, and offer
special inducements to cash customers? M.
LAVIN’S ESTATE, 45 East Broad street.
I>E A I) the Sunday Mormnii N i.w-i. For slo
Ik at KIEFFKR'B DRUG STORE, West
Broad and Stewart streets.
IF you am is need of money and
want a liberal loan, for any length of
time, at lowest rate of interest, on Diamonds.
Watches, Jewelry. Clothing, etc., and if yon
want your valuables returned In the sains con
dition as left, imi-.uii/.e home enterprise and
call at the Old Reliable Savannah IJcunsod
Pawnbroker House, K 9 Congress street, E.
MUHLBEB3, Manager.
ltii; BARGAIN (X L Corner liberty and
J Jefferson streets, has a very fine Waterloo
organ at a very low price.
HEAL ESTATE Before buying or selling
consult W. K. WILKINSON, Real Estate
Dealer and And ioneer.
Ill’Ll* WANTED.
\\T ANTED, a coin potent dining room servunt,
t V at 110 Libe. ty street. References re
quired.
ANTED, a competent house girl. Apply at
M D Broughton street.
"VST'ANTED, u competent cook; must come
t well recommended. Apply, during morn
ing hours, at 2112 South Broad street.
KMFLOTMKNT W ANTED.
VOUNO man, 'JO years old, with soma years’
I experience and knowledge of bookkeep
ing, desires position in an office. Can give best
references. Salary moderate. W..P. O. box 12’.’.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
TIT ANTED, everybody to know that the ftel
v ’ vntor liter, extra brow for Xmas, 1890, is
on tap at (JUS FOX'S, Broughton street.
cpiIKRK is everything to interest you m tho
1 Sunday Morning Nbws. For sale at
YONGE’6 DRUG STORE, Whitaker and Duffy
streets.
117 ANTED, every one to know where they
V V can get the best value for their money iu
the lino of Liquors; we still hare surplus stock
whic iwo are anxious to convert into cash. M.
LAVIN’S ESTATE.
ROOMS TO fcENT.
IPO ft KENT, newly furnished room for gen
’ tlemen only. 139 Liberty street.
TPOR RENT, flatof rooms over office, Empire
I 1 Steam Laundry, 109 Broughton street,
suitable for business office, architectural, In
surance, real estate, etc., etc. Apply at office
below.
HOUSES AND STORKS FOB RENT
IPOR RENT, the new elegant four-story store
JT adji biing our own; all the latest con
veniences; r.-nt moderate; possession given at
once. Apply to DAVIB BROS.
I TOR RENT, two-story English basement resi
-1 denoe, on Hull Hired, near Barnard. All
modern conveniences. Possession .mmedlate.
JNO. .SCI. LI VAN &CO, 1(74* Bay.
STORE TO RENT, Bay street, three stories
and cellar, with elevator; S6O. J. 11.
KUWE.
IPOR RENT, very desirable dwelling; Hall
I i-treet, near Barnard, all modern con
venience!!. Tenant will sell furniture very
cheap. Possession at once. JNO. SULLIVAN
& CO.. 104 Bay street.
IPO H RENT OK LEASE, the Whitfield build
-1 ing; it is a handsome new edifice, eligibly
located, strongly constructed and well adapted
to any close of businaa: possession given imme
diate, v. Apply to JOHN SULLIVAN, Treas
urer Union Booiety.
IYOR RENT OR HALE, flu# new house on
1 Gaston street, between Llnooln end Usber
bham Just completed. All oonruoleuoes. Im
mediate possession. Apply to A. ft. LAWTON
Jr., 114 Bryan, or W. TKENHOLM HOPKINS,
at Hevannab Guano Company, 88 Bay.
FOR HOT Mlh< I.LLAXEOUB.
I,X)R RENT, a convenient and well-lighted of
’ floe, over the new Chatham Bank building,
oti west side of Johnson square. Apply ut the
Bank
IYOR RENT, a large, well lighted and veat.l
- ialed kali, over tte Chatham Bonk hui.d-
Isg. on west side of Johnson square. Apply at
the Bank.
LXIB KENT, warehouse on alter street, tor-
I roerly occupied by Arteetan Ins Orcapalty.
Apply te F. (J. BELL, Bustness Offloe, Homing
News.
i 1 —n
L OUT.
It INT, a green parrot |Ni! I (obi* reward will
J be given by returning same 944 Broughton
street
I( ST, a pearl aad diamond scarf pin. A
j luoerol resold will be tid to the finder,
iMWug in*t_A k. a <m.
I<MT. a Gears Pwnfcettoofc. ouMsMnmg •
4 sum of money aid papv/e, reuetnu. etc
finder will be rewarded by tearing U at tide
office, |
PAT
OF
▼EATHtm.
FOU SALK.
s ri RKTUItN TUBULAR BOILERS and En
I*' urines cheap and good. GKO. It. LOM
BARDS CO.. Augusta. Go.
ITVYR BAI.E, a small deer. 5 months old per
fectlytame Call at 3th Wilson street.
Ij'Oß SALE, a handsome cypress ogles onun-
I ter; can be bought reasonably. Apply at
the CHATHAM HANK.
r CENTS gets Uie Sunday ssue of the Muni
O iso News. Bi sure and road it. For sale
at MULLRYNE'B DUNG STORE. West Breed
and Waldburg atreeta.
T\lR SALE, grocery store, with new stock of
1 liiturea Complete; pajlug busmoee. Apply
to HENRY tOtOMOK ARON.
1/OB SAI.E. SchlitTs Milwaukee Baer. In pi it
bottles, fl per doxeu. by J H. A. WILLE,
corner West Broad and Bolton atreeta
ij'Oß SALE, a very desirable residence,
oetitrallv located. Apply to JOHN N.
JOHNSON & CO.
PHOSPHATE LANDS—I have some great
1 bargains In phosphate lands, nothing an
prior In t lie state aj to quality, quantity and
price. All business strictly confidential. T.
IIItIGHAM BISHOP. Ocala, Florida.
CENTS gets the Sunday issue of the Mokk
l*o Newa. Be sure and road lb Kor sale
at MULLRYNE’S DRUG STORE, West Brood
and Waldhurg streets.
Ij'OK SALE, a handsome cypress office conn
tvr; can be bought reasonably. Apply at
H ATHAM HANK
Horses, mules, msm. best in city: carriage,
. uraugnt, business, big 'tad medium mules.
Nice drugs, buggies, and saddle horses In livery.
GUILMaKTIN a MKHRTENS, Boarding, Sale,
Livery Stables. Telephoue 951.
IffOß BAI.F saloon and pool ]>arlor. Good
stand in a progressive town ill South
Florida. Present owner lias 100 much other
businesn on hand. Address P. O. liox 77?, Jack
sonville, Flu.
DON'T fall to get a copy of Sunday’s Issue of
the Momma Nzws. For tala at BISHOP'S
DRUGSTORE, corner Hall and Price streets.
I NOR BALK—IMPORTED GOODS
-1 FRENCH- Champagne*. Clarets. Saufernes,
Burgundies, Cordials and Liqueurs and
Brandies.
ITALlAN—Vermouth, Benedictine, Chartreuse,
Maraschino.
Pi tRTUGUESE—Oporto Port.
SPANISH—Duff Gordon and Andaluola Sher
ries
GERMAN—Rhine Wine.
IRISH Jamieson's Whisky, Oulnnoss Btout,
Belfast Ale aud Soda Water.
SCOTCH Ramsay's Whisky.
KNGLIBH—Boos' Ale
HOLLAND- Gin, nu l Curacoa, and Anisette.
RUSSIAN- Kummel,
SWISS-Absinthe.
M. LAVIN’S ESTATE.
Telephone 54.
MISCELLANEOUS*
HOUSES RENTED and rent collected.
ROUT. H. TATKM, Real Estate Dealer,
Bull street, opposite Pulaski house.
/ lUT FLOWERS, Floral Designs, Floral line
V ' orations and Plnuta. Orders solicited,
J. GARDNER, agent, OeUchlg’s Nursery.
r |illßßE is everything to Interest you m the
JL Hunday Mossing News. For sale at
YONUK’S DRUG BfURJC, Whitaker and Dully
streets.
1 ATOR” foot and "gator” leather nurses,
' * pbotooand soiuonirs, atUAKDENKII’S,
.’1(11* Bull fit root.
C( ALL ON MgOAULEY Jt CO., druggists, and
/ get a copy of Hunday’* Morniwo Niwh,
HANLEY’S FURNITURE POLISH tor nol
lidiing all kinds of furniture. ANDREW
HANLEY, corner Whitaker and l'roslUuut
streets,
A KJCW DAYB’ ADVERTISING in this column
will surely bring great results Try it aud
be oonviricad.
READ the Sunday Mohnino Nrws. For sale
at KIEFFER’B DRUG STORE, West
Broad and Htewurt Htreets
MATTRESSES renovated in best form in the
idly by Empire Bargain Cos , Liberty and
Jefferson streets.
I.IANCY CHAIRS, cabinet*. IVisels, Shaving
Stands uud elegant odd pieces at 'THE A. J.
MILLER COMPANY.
111 NENT line of llodroom, l’arler and Dining
Furniture The pick of tho market at THE
A J. MILLER COMPANY.
(NUT PRICES on holiday goods. Our immense
/ stock must go. THE A. J. .Mil.l,Kit COM
PANY.
I) KI’ORE you buy or mil property commit
) lto UERT 11, TATKM, Real Eotttto Dealer
and Auctioneer.
A CHOICE selection of flu'-uiaatos Juatro-
JY received, from fiOc toJDu pair. Call and
nee them. K. 15. 00.
IYURNITUREof all kinds repaired in flrst
-1 claa'i fityle liv E. B. 00.
G ’HK SUNDAY MORNING NEWS Is on sale
1 at MoCAULEY’H DRUG STORE, New
Houston and Di dyton.
INSURANCE, protect yopr prqiierty against
1 fire, storms aud cyclones See advertise
ment JOHN N. JOHNSON A 00.
(NALIFORNIA (diampagne, Br.aady, Claret.
J Port, Sherry. Acgelica, Malaga anil
Catawba at M. LAVIN’B ESTa’I E, Telephone Ob
SPECIAL PRICES FOE THE HOUDAYB—
(Juui drops <Jc, mixture 10c. Perfumes Sso
to $1 to in handsome boxes. Chocolate creams
10c. Cologne bottles 2Sc p*r jstlr. Combs
brushes, toilet articles In profusion Call aed
see us, West, Broad and Bryan street. Belt line
to the door. BaHIK’H.
LEGAL MOTICEhb
(1 EORGIA, Ciistham Couktt. Notice is
,T hereby given that wo have rnnde application
to the Court of Ordinary for Chatham County
for leave to sell all the real estate and the Im
provements thereon belonging to the estate of
Maria B. WILLETT, deceased, for the pay
meat of debts and distribution, and that said
order wdl be granted at the JANUARY' TERM,
1890, of said court unless objections are filed
thereto.
Die, 4, 1890. G. M. WILLETT,
1). J. NAGLE,
Executors wIM Marla B. Willett.
aontfh
THE
DE SOTO,
SAVANNAH. GA
On of the ino*t ©lerantly appointed hotels
Io the world.
Accomodations for GOO
GrUCHtS.
OPEN ALL YEAR.
WATSON & POWERS.
PULASKI HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
UAnogegMDt strictly flrit-cluM.
fK,.
Situated la the business center,
h W. BCOVILL*
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
C'ENTUALLY LOCATED on line of street
f oars, offers pleasant south rooms, with
regular >-r table beard at lowest summer rates.
New talks, sewerage and veaulstion perfect,
the sanitary condition of the nuuee la of lbs
|j|El
Cost BROUGHTON aas iIKATTOk ETHEETH
.. ' 1 1
til (UkkHv.
F. C. WYl_£y,
SK/G, UlMluimLßimbMtlt
/ kjf> MM a (all Uu > ut Owsoebto ioUms,
"/ vis •toot At bwc. -uni obd Elorefe
Is. bavamum awl M eua da. aaaauah liens
and Trust Gewpany stock, sic., etc.
ATTCTION SAMS TO-DAT.
Temporary iinusiratar’s Sale.
1.0. Laßoche &Son, Auctioneers.
By virtue of an order granted by the Honomhla
Hairpton L Fenrill. ordinary for CbAthAm
County, we will well at at S-oiilo
on the White Bluff road, for cash, to the
hi/hest bidders, on FRIDAY, the 30th dAy of
Iwo-inber. UKfc):
1 Fino MOLIN’, GOLD WATCH, ACCOR
DKON. law aeaortmerit of flnect varietiea of
ROHRS and GRAPFIS, torether with all the
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS
PHILIP SANDERS,
Temp. Adm. Eat. Ferdinand Wark.
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS.
,N ' VyV ' Be*s-'s
Hotice to Contractors
I HAVE FIFTY MILES OF
TEAM AND STATION
WORK ON THFi
SOUTHBOUNDRAILROAD
BETWEEN THE
Savannah River and Grahams,
-ON THE—
South Carolina Railroad, to Let.
GOOD PRICES WILL HF, PAID FOR QUICK
WORK. APPLY TO TIIF. UNDERSIGNED
AT SAVANNAH, UA.
GEO. DOLE WADLEY,
Chief Engineer.
1 —a
TEN ANT WANTED.
BUTLER’S ISLAND.’
Wanted, a tenant for this well knowu and
valuable property for a merely nominal rent,
on a one or three years' lease, as desired.
Apply, for further particulars, to
CHASL 8. WYLLY, Ag t.,
Darien, Ga.
I*D BI.ICATIONR.
Christmas Periodicals \
-AT
ESTILL’S HEWS DEPOT,
21 1-2 Bull Street.
'“■ ri 1 ‘ •
i-Rtoad
Christinas Number London Graphic 8 60
Christmas Number Holly I eaves SO
Chatterbox Christmas- Box 60
('hrlst mas S umber Ladies' Pictorial t*i
Christmas Number Pictorial World 60
(IbrLtmas Number Tlw Journalist 60
Christmas Number 1 0 Figaro, illustrs,
French t-xt . .... 1 00
Christmas Number 1/j Figaro. 111 astro En
gllsh text 100
Christmas Number Izmdun Illustrated
Nows 60
Christinas Number New York Dramatic
Nows 60
Christmas Number New York Dramatlo
Mirror as
Christmas Number Life as
Christmas Number Puck as
('ll list mas Number Judge 25
Christmas Number Munsey's Weekly a3
Christmasßumber Illustrated American... as
Christmas Number Town Topics 25
Christinas Number Truth ..; ... 25
Chrlatmas Number Leslie’s flln-t rated
Newspaper 29
Christmas Number Leslie's Popular
Monthly a8
Address all orders to
WILLIAM ESTILL,
Bavarmah, Ga.
V LOU it.
ALWAYS HEADY.
ALWAYS RELIABLE.
PERFEOTLY~HE!ALTHFI7I*
HECKE R’S
SELF-RAISING
FLOUR
Will be found the
CHEAPEST AND BEST*
for making the the most Superior
Bread. Biscuit, Light ,1
Paktry, etc. /.
A6k your Grocer for It- ;
GEO.V, HECKER&COJ
SOAP.
HOWDY
HAVE YOU TRIED
BROWN'S
SEA FOAM SOAP?
It Preserves the Clothes, M an Pxoellent Tolies
and Bath Koap, bung vary FRAGRANT.
Pul up in large liars at Five cents each. Can
be had of all popular grocers.
Henry Solomon & Son
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
"■■■ g" ■——■*■" . Lit
COTTON TIBS*.
ARROW COTTON TIES
FOR SALE BY
C. M. Gilbert & Cos.,
IMPORTERS.
■ IN. 1 1 II Will J
UUtJUt* AN IJ MEOICiNKft.
The Boss Corn Varnish
C UKEB < kirns, Warts and Bunions. No kolfa.
/ No outUug. No palu. Hurt our* *r no pay.
bold by all druggist*.
J. C. MIMS& CO. ( Proprietor,
lIAKDWAUk,
Oliver Chilled Plow.
J4FJIT J'l/>W MAltK* kUU I4LI MV
J.D.WEED& CO.,
(ik fit MiMjU* AO MiM 'l'm
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