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ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA POT IN TYPE.
A Witticism Puts an End to a Duel.
What the State Leoturer of the Col
ored Farmers’ Alliance Says of the
Rumored Strike of the Cotton Pick
ers.
GEORGIA.
Capt. John H. Burrell died at Darien Fri
day.
Dr. Lowry of Athens is dangerously in
sane.
Bob W illiatns of Athens caught 300 rab
bits last year.
The rice bird is reported to be soarcer at
Darien tnan for years.
There are 523 colored patients in the state
lunatic asylum, confined in 416 rooms.
Newton Bass of Waynesboro lost two fin
gers o few days ago while working a buzz
saw in Pox’s planiug mill
Ed Burpee of Athens, who was shot in
Midway, S. C., Thur.dav morning, is still
alive, and there are some chances for his
recovery.
Senator Colquitt is soon to issue an address
to the pe pie of Georgia, urging them in j
stand firm to the Democratic party, and to
organize for the coming election.
A good deal of specuiation is being in
dulged in as to who will he the next speaker
of the House. Speaker Pro Tern 1 ramrueli
is often mentioned ia this cinaectiou.
The Athens Manufacturing Company is
now shipping its manufactured fabrics ail
over the union. They are filling orders from
Providence, K, I, Detroit, Mich., and
Milwaukee.
The mem tiers of the legislature are urg
ing the President to apfoint Hou. J. A.
Clements to the position of interstate rail
way commissioner. Friday forty members
mailed letters to President Harrison ashing
that ho he appointed.
Darien Gazette: The rice planters have
had two weeks of good weather up to yes
terday, when it oommenced to raiu. How
ever," they to jk advantage of the fine
weatner and did a b.g lot of work during
those two or three weeks.
There will be a reunion of the survivors
of the I'orty-ninth Georgia regiment at Ab
bevillo on Thursday, Deo. 3, next. Cos). J.
T. Jordan of Sparta was the gallant colonel
of the proud old organization. A cordial
invitation is extended to oil confederate
soldiers to be present.
Jim Rice of Laurens county ran across a
natural cariosity the other day. It was a
snake about eight inches In length of the
adder variety with two distinct and per
fect heads and four eyes. W hen inter
rupted its two tongues would dart simul
taneously and its four eyes glitter.
Sheriff N. H. AlcUinnis and TV. D. Fain
of Calhoun are in Augusta looking for Osh
Stem, the murderer, for whom there has
been a SIO,OOO reward offered, A few days
ago Stein was locked up in Calhoun by
Marshal Tanner, who arrested him on sus-
picion. Stein, by swearing out a writ of
habeas corpus and threatening to sue Tan
ner on his bond, succeeded in getting out of
Jail.
Next to the Berner bill, the bill of Mr.
Dismuke to move the agricultural college to
Griffin, is exciting most attention of the
legislature. TLe mends of the university
are opposing the bill with all their might,
while Griffin is making a telling fight for
removal. Most of the farmers in the legis
lature will favor its passage; they claim
that the lund belongs to the agricultural
college, and that they want it used for n
distinctive college devoted to the science of
agriculture.
Crawfordville Herald : One day this
week there was considerable Btlr created
over the report that there was a baby
offered for sale on our street. We investi
gated the matter and found it to be true. A
■white man was carrying in his arms a male
child about 18 months old, apparently of
white parentage. He claims that he came
from Wilkes county, ar,d that someone
gave the child to him. Later in the day he
offered to make any one a gift to it, if they
would take and rear it. Where it came
from remains a mystery.
Several yrars ago in one of tha municipal
campaigns at Augusta everything was red
hot at the polls in the fourth ward. Whites
and blacks were mixed in together, election
eoring for their candidate. Two negro
men had a fight, and one of them stuck a
knife in the other and ran away. A white
man standing near went to tha assistance of
the wounded man and attempioa to draw
the knife out The boy’s father here ap
peared on the scene, and thinking his son
was being killed, bit the white man with a
stick. A general fight, in which a number
were hurt then ensued, because of the gen
tleman’s kindly act.
North Georgia Citizen: Col. William
Headrick of Murray oounty is a great
stickler for the ways and methods of our
forefathers, and so far as the outside world
is concerned is as independent as one could
well wish to be. Though the snows of sixty
flve winters have whitened his hair, he says
he has never yet worn a single artiole of
clothing purchased from a store. All his
wearing apparel, coats, pants, socks, shirts,
etc., are "home-made” in the strictest sense
of the term, the material entering into the
construction of those artioles being raised,
woven, dyed and made up at home. Mr!
Headrick also says that there are several
members of bis family who have never
worn anything but home-made clothing.
Everything in the way of clothing and pro
visions is produced on his farm. Mr. Head
rick is a prosperous aud contented old gen
tleman and has a large and productive farm
in the rich valley land of the Connesauga.
Augusta Herald : A prominent gentle
man of this city was spjeaking yesteraay of
duelling, and in the course of tho conversa
tion told the following: Some years ago
there flourished in Virginia a politican who
was always getting Into trouble. He had
been challenged time and again and he al
ways went when called on, f rhe was game..
He never would shoot at his antagonist,
however, and had luckily escaped being hit.
Finally he was called out by a lame man
and went, of course. Tho duelling
ground lay beside the public
road, where a large mile post told
the dista ee to the city. The man with
the game leg drew the stand next to this
post, and he a-, ked as a favor that he be
allowed to lean against it when he shot.
This was granted by his polite antagonist,
and tte principals were ordered to take
their powtfcns, when the other one said:
‘•Gentlemen, 1 have granted the request of
my antagonist to lean against that mile
post whins be shot, and now I have a favor
to ask. Wonld tho gentleman object to my
leaning against the next mile post ?” This
ready wdt nut everybody in a good humor,
aud the fight was immediately postponed.
Greensboro Herald: A peculiar accident
happened last Tuesday evening just nt dark
at the railroad bridge near the Methodist
church. A party of young ladies and gen
tlemen had been lorsebacx riding during
the afternoon, and after escorting the
young ladies to their hi. mes the young men
were returning to the stables. They were
riding some distance in front and behind
them were the horses w hich the ladies had
ridden. Two negro boys bad charge of
them and were going at a sweeping gallop.
As they reached the bridge,around wuich is a
low railing, one of the boys, seeking to
check the horse, pulled him to the right
and squarely up to the low railing. Such
was tho sp>ecd at which the horses were
going that tho one could not check him
self, but leaped the railing. Below the
bridge is a very high embankment perhaps
thirty feet, running up to the bridge on
either side. As the horse leaped th'e rail
ing he struck the edge of the bridge an i
plunged headlong to the ground below. He
fell on his head, breaking bis neck and in
stantly killing himself. The boy, however,
as he felt the horse taise fur tiie jump, aud,
knowing that ho was certain to go Into the
cut, threw himself to the left and fell on
the bridge.
Jack Carter of Tbomasville, stato lecturer
of ihe colored farmers’ alliance of Georgia,
and the man who hks probably more influ-
enee than any other man in the order in
the state, when asked about tt)“ threatened
strike of negro alliancemen for $1 a hundred
for picking cotton, said: “Asa member of
the great cause, established for the good and
improvement of my race, and not only
that, but as amember of the state board of
trustees, and as a mouthpiece of the colored
alliance of Georgia, I condemn the meas
ure, rot only as being foreign to the
constitution and every tru ®. purpose
rf the colored farmers’ alliance, but
strictly dangerous in every sense of the
word. It is da gerous for thousand
reas >n Lot me say to the oolored farmers
of Georgia: Have nothing to do with the
strike Thousands of you have made
debts to be raid by picking eottm, and you
know better than any one else what you can
pick cotton for, and whether you can live
without it or not. We do not mean to in
terfere with your local affairs. We would
j only advise you to arrange your matters a<
j suits your circumstances. Strikes may
1 Jo for the ailianca of Texas, where they
: have more cotton than brains, Georgia
| has more brains than cotton.
I Augusta Herald: Charles Reid is em
ployed as a clerk in Kidwell’s Woodlawn
grocery store. Thursday night he had
promised a friend to attend the Watson
demonstration. The hour for his departure
from the st ire being close to the time an
nounced for the speech, Mr. Reid concluded
to an ange a sutiper at the store. Accord
ingly ho opened a 10-cent box of potted
ham and emptied it in a saucer. On this
he poured a quantity of vinegar, and, with
bread, sat down to finish the luncn. He
used a spoon, but on attempting the
first swallow of the ham realized that
there was something foreign in it. But
the mouthful was half way down his
throat, beyond recall, and he qui"kly
swallowed again to avoid choking. Mr.
Reid knew at once what the obstruction
was. In the top of each box of Armour’s
potted meat there is a loose piece of tin
just the size of a quarter. What it is
placed there for no one knows, but Mr.
Held knew immediately th it he had swal
lowed it. All during the night be suffered
keenly, frequently having to stoop nearly
to the floor to overcome the pain. It tool;
uu’.il yesterday at 1 o’clock to pars from the
chest into the stomach, after which Mr.
Reid wus very much relieved, the
pain coming oniv at intervals.
Yesterday morning Lie was very de
spi ndont, but Dr. McNaughtin was sent for
and cheered him up considerably, saying
i ha’, in his opinion, there was no danger.
These pieces of tin are perfectly round, and
fortunately the edge is perfectly smooth,
therefore there is hardly any probability
that the digestive organs or intestines will
be lacerated. It is nevertheless a painful
situation in which to he placed, but still it
can hardly bo termed alarming. If it be
comes necessary the surgeons can open the
stomach and thus remove the obstruction.
Mr. Reid is middle-aged, but of strong
physique, and oould easily weather a long
slego.
FLORIDA.
Wildwood can boast of a veneer box
factory, two saw-mills and one grits and
feed mill, and will goon have another large
sa s -mill plant.
Joseph Williamson, the pioneer Porto
Rico pineapple grower of the Indian river,
has no reason to complain of ills favorite
variety, as lie cleared SBSO from less
than an acre in these grand plants this
season.
There is corn enough made in Jefferson
county this year to more than supply the
oounty for the next twelve months if prop
erly taken care of. Many of the farmers,
particularly the colored farmers, sell ihe r
corn every fall for 40 to 50 cents per bushel,
and then pay $1 for it next summer.
The signal aervloe office at Mioco, belong
ing to W. J. Nesbitt, was burned recently
from a defective gasoline stove. Loss on
building about $200; no insurance. The
officer in charge, Mr. Hardio, lost about
SIOO worth of furniture aud the govern
ment the office furniture. The office is in
Mr. Nesbitt’s residence for the present.
Monticello Tribune: George Letchworth
of East Driftou is a farmer from away
back. On a one-horse farm t his year he will
make six or sevon bales of short staple cot
ton, and corn, potatoes, syrup, pease aud
pumpkins enough to oarry him next yoar.
George carries out one part of the Bible—
that is, he makes his living by the sweat of
his brow,
A few days ago V. O. Spencer of Juno
celebrated his 79th birthday by giving a
dinner to his relatives on Lake Worth. A
few friends of the family were also invited.
It was one of the most pleasant occa
sions of the kind ever caiebinted. Mr.
Spencer is the oldest person on the lake
and one of the oldest settlers, but he is still
hale and hearty and active.
Pensacola News: Joe Schiaffioo, better
know as ‘‘Pippo,’’ the sailor boarding mas
ter, was trio,l Friday before United States
Commissioner Tunison oa a charge of
harboring and assisting to escape one F.
H. Thompson, a deserter from the U nited
States army, not for shanghaing the man,
as has been previously reported. The testi
mony was, apparently, decidedly ugainst
the defendant, who it appears took the
soldier into his house, relieved him of his
uniform and provided him with a citizens'
dress. The signing of tne articles by
Thompson, it seems, was a voluntary act.
Schlafflno was remanded to jail iu default of
SI,OOO bond for Ills appearance at tho next
torm of the United States court, as were
the witnesses against him, who could not
provide au appearance bond.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A commission lias been issued to the Gate
City Phosphate Company; place of business,
Greenwood, 8. C.; business, to manipulaie
aud manufacture phosphates ainlfertillz ir;
capital, SIOO,OOO.
Anew set of laborers have been employed
at the naval dry dock at Pert Royal at $1
per diem, the former rate, in place of the
strikers, who demanded $1 5J per diem. The
$1 rate Is considered fair wages for that part
of the country for ordinary labor.
The real property of Lexington county is
assessed at $1,585,720, railroads $653,430,
and the personal at $989,580, a total of
$3,178,700, and au increase over last year of
nearly SIOO,OOO. The total assessed value is
about ono-ihird, according to conservative
estimates, of tho real value of property.
Richland county’s treasurer has collected
$14,000 this year for the city schools, In
cluding SBOO and over tor poll taxes. This
is some $2,000 in oxcess of the j ear previous.
The poll taxes collected will probably reacu
SI,OOO, whtoh is considered excellent, al
though there are something over 2,000
“polls” that ought to be taxed.
A preliminary examination was held be
fore United States Commissioner Bauskett
at Columbia Wednesday in the case of Dex
ter Jenkins of Newberry county, ohargei
with sending improper matter through the
mail. Jenkins was held for trial at the
November term of the United States cir
cuit court, and in default of S3OO bond was
committed to jail.
A colored wood sawer, who was splitting
wood in the yard of W. D. Love at Colum
bia Wednesday, was somewhat surprised to
behold a wriggling s mko issue from the
cleft of a stick ne had just split. His snake
sbip, which proved to be a ground rattler,
was pursued, captured alive and inclosed
in a bottle, and has been added to Dr. J acs
son’s museum of curiosities.
The German Fusiliers of Charleston, who
have won several ehampionship prize iin
different military contests, mil probably
visit the Augusta exposition and enter into
the contest there. The Augusta exposition
offers a prize of $2,000 to the successful
company, provided fifteen commands enter
the contest. Otherwise the prize will be
scalled in proportion to the number of en
tries.
Bad reports of the sea island cotton crop
from Beaufort c mnty continue to come in.
The damage from the recent rains seems
almost universal. A considerable propor
tion of the cotton is shedding, and the plant
is checked in its growth. The picking i
backward for the season on acc unt of the
weather. Tho staple of the oottoo received
here so far is said to be good, though it will
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, iB9l.
I have to be spread to get rid of the moisture,
j Ginning has not started yet.
The Philadelphia neighborhood in York
county is suffering great injury from the
ravages of rabbits. These pests have be
-1 come so numerous that in some localities it
is impossible to secure a crop of certain
; kinds of vegetables, or even wheat, and at
; the present time they are working great in
jury to the growing cotton crop bycutting off
the limbs. Before the fence law went into
operation a great many young rabbits were
destroyed in the spring of the year by hogs,
but now, with nothing but an occasional
hunt to check th9lr increase, they are mul
tiplying at an alarming rate, and the ques
tion as to how they are to be gotten na of
presents a serious problem.
Gov. Tillman has replied as follows to an
invitation to attend the democratic rally
in Ohio Oct. 6. “Hon. James E. Neal,
Columbus, O. —My Dear Sir: Your let
ter of Sept. 3 inviting me to attend a
■grand democratic rally’ on Oct. 6 at the
capital of Ohio is received. I realize fully
the importance of the contest being waged
between democracy and republicanism in
your state this year, and would gladly lend
any aid in my power to secure the re-elec
tion of Gov. Campbell. If he is victorious,
and God grant he may be, he will be the
next President of the United States. The
south in general, and South Carolina in
particular, has grown disgusted with ‘the
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain,’ of New York’s greedy politic aus,
by which the national democracy has been
more than once betrayed—because of cor
rupt bargains in the struggle for supremacy
in New York city’s municipal elec.ion.
We long for a candidate who breathes a
purer political atmosphere, aud wiil rejoice
if Ohio furnishes the man. I regret that
ray official duties will not permit ms to be
with you on the day mentioned in person,
but I will be there in spirit, and bid you
godspeed Jin your glorious fight. Thanking
you for your kind invitation, I am, yours
truly, B. R. Tiliman, governor.”
GRAINS AND GRASSES.
Some Are Good to Eat, Some Ara
Giants and Others Aro Poisonous.
From the Washington Star.
The department of agriculture says that
the recant extraordinary rise in the grain
market wus not in the least surprising.
“This is the third year of short wheat
crops everywhere abroad,” said J.
Richards Dodge, the most eminent authority
on such matters In this country, to a Star
reporter yesterday. “Not only has the left
over surplus boon exhausted, but what is
called the ‘invisible’ reserve supply in the
farmers’ bins has been used up. The p ‘ev
ent wheat crop in this country is unusually
big, and it must bo drawn upon largely by
Europe-particulariy England, which eats
enormously more wheat than she produces.
Hence the lisa in price.
IN RUSSIA.
“ Russia is the rye-producing country of
the world. The crop is very poor, and the
cz3r has commanded that none of it shall
be exp rted. The Germans, who eit rye
aud not whoat, are alarmed. The soldiers
are grumbling seriously at the prospect of
being obliged to feed upon when., bread for
lack of rye bread t his year. Incidentally
the few millions of bushels of rye grown in
the United States have advanced in value.
CUSTOMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.
“It is very curious to observe how the
different nations eat different grains. Iu
the United States we foed largely upon
corn, which in England is thought to be
only good for horses. Avery few years
ago we ate no oats; at present we consume
more oatmeal than does any other poopl s.
We don’t care muen for rye, except for
distilling into whisky, and so our produc
tion of it is comparatively small. Ger
many and Russia eat rye while all Western
Europe feeds upon wheat. Go into a Ger
man beer saloon and it is always rye breud
that you will find upon the bar. China
and japan choose rice for their grain. So
does iudia. The latter also is a large con
sumer of millets —grassy-lookmg cereal
plants, which are only considered fit for
forage in this oouatry.”
GRASSES.
Speaking of grasses, wheat and rye are
both grasses—there is much that is most in
teresting to be said respecting them. Corn
is a kind of grass, aud so is oats, bariey and
rice likewise. In fact, all the grains are
grasses, modified somewhat and improved
as to their seed-bearing by cultivation and
crossing of stocks.
The giant of all the grasses is the bamboo,
single stems of which attain a length of 170
feot and a diameter of a foot. So rapidly
does this plant grow that it will attain a
bight of 100 feet in sixty days, certain
species adding ten foot to their statue
within twenty-four hours.
IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
grass from ten to fifteen feet tall forms im
penetrable thickets called canebrakes. its
leaves are so nutritious that cattle will live
all winter in such jungles with no other
food. Tho woody stems are s4d all over
the country for fishing poles.
A kind of crass grows ia Brazil that
affords living fountains of drink to the
thirsty traveler. Its stems roach forty feet
in hight and six inches in thickness. When
they are cut they gush with streams of cool
water.
The Indians of the upper Amazon in
South America use a sort of grass native to
those regions for blow pfpes. They cut
lengths sixteen feot between two joints, and
through these, hollowed out, they project
with their breath arrows envenomed with
the deadly “woorari” poison.
In India certain aromatic grasses aro cul
tivated for their delicious fragrance. From
one of these, called “lemon grass,” an essen
tial oil for flavoring purposes is obtained.
An extract from another is made the most
important ingredient of a cooling drink, and
is valued as a mild stimulant, like ginger.
POISONOUS GRASSES.
There are some very poisonous grasses in
the world. The plants are not so, tsut they
acquire tlieir deadly properties from certain
firtigi, which attack them aud invade their
tissue. Cattle eat them and perish. S ime
times tho seeds get mixed with grains and
poison people. One such species has re
cently taken root in this country, and it
may cause trouble yet. It came from
Europe, and is known as “lolium.” “Trem
bling grass" it is called, because it brings on
a sort of palsy.
VARIOUS KINDS OF GRASSES.
Two or three kinds of coarse marsh grass
are used, particularly iu Holland, to keep
the soil from blowing or being washed away
on the banks of streams or c mala. Their
roots form a complete network beneath the
surface, aud hold the earth together. Sugar
cane is a grass and so is sorghum. There
are about 3,200 speciej of grasses in the
world, and of this number the United
States bas 800 of all sorts —marsh grasses,
desert grasses, ec. Toere is a curious for
age grass in Brazil that is like very much
magnified oats, growing to the hight of
twelve feet. From some grasses paper is
made. The only genus of plants peculiar to
the arctic is a rare and beautiful grass Indi
genous to Melville Island.
BAMBOO CULTIVATION.
It is hoped by the department of agri
culture that the bamboo may yet be culti
vated in this country as it is iu China,
where it supplies a large port of the w ants
of the people, beiug apDliod to more than
500 different purooses. in the flowery king
dom it takes the place both of iron and steel.
The farmer builds his house and fences out
of it. his farming utensils as well as his
household furniture are manufactured from
it, while the teudsr shoots furnisn him with
a most delicious vege able for bis table.
VARIED USES.
The root* aro carved iuto fantastic
images, shaped into divining blocks to guess
the will of tne gods or cut into lantern
handles and canes. The tapering culms are
used for the props'of houses, the framework
of awnings, the ribs of sails and shafts of
rakes, f>r fences and e very sort of frames,
coops and cages, and ttie handles and ribs of
umbrellas and fans. The leaves are sewed
into ruin coats and thatches. The shavings
and curled threads furtusu material* for
WHISKY.
KNICKERBOCKER
A. TRUE TONIC.
Soli- by All Dealers in Liquors at SI per Bottle.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
ZDist2?±"b-u/bi:cLg -A-gem/bs.
stuffing pillows, while parts supply the bed
for sleeping, the chopsticks for eating,
the pipe for smoking, the broom
for sweeping, the mattress to He
upon, the chair to sit upon, the table
to eat on, the food to eat and the fuel to
cook it with. The ferule to govern with,
the book to study from, the reed pipe of
the organ, the shaft of the soldier’s spear
and the dreaded instrument of the judge,
the skewer to pin the hair and the hat to
screen the head, trie paper to write on, the
pencil to write with and the cup to put the
pencil in, the rule to measure lengths, the
cup to guago quantities and the bucket to
draw water, the bird cage, the crab net, the
fish pole, are one aud all furnished by this
plant, whose beauty when growing is com
mensurate to its usefulness when cut down.
A score or two of bamboo poles for joists
and rafters, fifty fathoms of rattan ropes
and a supply of palm leaves and bamboo
mats for a roof, supply material for a hut
in China.
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GIANT APES IN BOKNitO.
Curious Facts Alleged Cous’ns
of Man -hat Live in Trees.
From the Washington Star.
“My acquaintance with apes has been
chiefly made in Borneo,” said Prof. Henry
A. Ward, the famous natural science col
lector of Rochester, to a Star reporter the
other day. “That great island is the home
of the orang, which ia the most arboreal of
all monkeys. Tho animals live In trees
altogether, rarely, if ever, visiting the
ground. It take 6 two good marks
men to shoot one, because they dodge
around the trunks. They do all tueir
fighting aloft, and it is great fun to see
them drop the armfuls of fruit theyj have
gathered i:i contests for its possession. They
ara plentiful in the lowlands near the coast,
it I- rarely that anybody ventures into the
interior, because there tho head-huu#lug na
tives prowl. Among thorn each man is re
quired to have secured a head before he is
permitted to mairy, and on this account the
young gentleman savages ara continually
looking nbout for somebody to kill. This
makes traveling disagreeable.
NESTS OF ORANGS.
“One of the most noticeable festures of
the landscape lu B irnoo is the nests of
orangi which are scattered about thickly in
anongjthe tall trees. From their number
..ne might get o greatly exaggerated im
pression of the plentifuiueis of the species,
unless it were understood how and for what
p irpose these roosting places are con
siructad. Tho beasts ara greatly annoyed
by flies, from whioh they aro able to protect
the front part of their bodies with their
hands, but they cannot keep tho vicious in
sects from biting them in the rear, so they
gather a quantity of the leaves and branches
mid make them iuto couches to repose
agains among the boughs. A protection
of this s irt serves very well for a while, but
presently iis material begins to decompose
and the decay l.g ieives attract the dim,
which the orange is so anxious to got rid of.
Then he is obliged to make another nest of
fre ill stuff, and so he may require dozens of
them in the course of a year. Inasmuch as
he does pot taka the trouble to removo the
old ones, they remaiu to adorn the tree tap
in which hswings himself about.
CURIOUS METHODS OF FIGHTING.
“Orucgs have a very curious method of
fighting. In their conflicts among them
selves, which are frequent, their effort is
always to seize tho fingers of their adver
saries and bite them. Avery boautiful
group of these animals at the National
museum, mounted by Mr. Korna lav, ad
mirably illustrates a typical encounter of
the scat. It is owing to this method of bat
tle that it is almost impossible to procure a
skin which does not lack some of tho fingers.
In defending itself against a man the beast
will always attempt to grab the arms of his
human opponent, so as to chew of his fin
gers. For this purpose its jaws are excel
lently adapted, being enormously powerful
and equipped with huge incisors.
THE FAVORITE FOOD
of the orang is the *durion’ fruit, which is,
perhaps, the most delicious in the world,
uniting, as it does, the flavors of the peach,
the pear, ami tho strawberry. Liko most
things nearly perfect, however, this fruit
has a drawback—namely, that it leaves a
tas eiu tho mouth the next day after it is
eaten, which is more abominable thau can
either be described or conceived. To pro
tect itself from the rain the orang crooks
its arms ever its head. The hair on the
orang’s upper arm points downward, while
on the lower arm it points upward, the ap
parent purpose beiug-to shed the rain like a
thatch when the attitude I have described is
assumed.
A NATURAL, ACROBAT.
“The other great ape which makes its
homo iu Borneo is the gibbon, which is a
small animal compared with tjie orang,
weighing only about forty or fifty pounds.
It is very frail in its bodily make-up. The
head is set squarely upon the shoulders and
it looks upward. When walking on the
ground it balances itself along like a walker
on the tight rope. Its remarkable power of
grasp and dexterity in using its hands is
equally with the shape of its cranium an
index of its superior intelligence, perhaps
because it is able to take hold of a greater
number of things and examine them. The
gibbon is a natural acrobat. Its trapeze
performances iu trees ore simply marvel
ous.
“The animals go in droves, whereas the
orange live by families, ami one of the most
interesting spectacles imaginable is to see a
troop of them crossing a great gap in the
forest by thro ring themselves in succession
through the air, etch one taking a swing or
two to gather momentum before launching
himself. So great is their agility that in
executing feats of this sort they seem like
birds.
“Natives in the countriej inhabited by
great apes regard them always as human
beings of inferior types, and it is for this
reason that for a long time it was fund
impossible to get hold of an extra gorilla
skin, because the ravages considered it re
ligiously necessary to cut off the hands and
foot of the atuuiats when they killed them,
just as they do with their onomies. ”
The only harmless oure for sick head
aches is called Quickstop, and sells for 3a
cents, at Solomons & Cos., druggists.— Ad.
SHIPPING.
BEAUFORT AMD PORT ROYAL, S?C.
STEAMER ALPHA. U A. Stromar.
Will leave every Tuesday and l’uursday, at
11 o'clock a ni,, returning every Wedaroduy
and irlday. No freight received after 10:30 a.
m ou sailing ilaya Will to on u: isiufttou on
’lu slity a i Friday.
Special trips to Ulnffton every Saturday after
noon at 4 o’e.ook, returning t a*.c Biuntoii a: 6
A. M M md-jr
For further information, apply to
C. 11. MED LOCK, Agent, Katie's wharf.
SHI PPING.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
FOB
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
CABIN . . 00
EXCURSION . 32 00
STEERAGE 10 00
PASBAGE TO BOSTON.
CABIN $K oo
EXCURSION 38 00
STEERAUE n 73
PASSAGE TO PHILADELPHIA
(Via Nsw York.)
CABIN $27 80
EXCURSION 30 00
STEERAGE 12 00
THE magnificent steamships of these lines
are appointed to Ball as foliows—standard
time:
TO NEW YORK
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt, Ylatiiarixe. MON
DAY, Sept. 14, 2 p. M.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. W. 11. Fisher,
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 4p. a.
KANSAS CITY, Cipt. Kemptox, FRIDAY,
Sept. 18, 8 p M.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. C. 11. Dagqhtt.
SATURDAY, Sept. 19, 6210 p. a.
NACOCCHEE. Capt. Smith, MONDAY, Sept.
21, 8 p. a
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Berg.
WEDNESDAY, Sept 23 !> 30 A. M.
TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. H. C. Lewis, THURS
DAY, Sept. 17. 6 p. a.
GATE CITY, Capt. C. B. Goooixs, TUESDAY.
Sept. 22, 8 p. a.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, Capt. Savage, THURS
DAY. Sept 21, 10:30 a. a.
Through Pills of laliug given to Eastern and
Northwestern poiuts and to ports of the United
Kingdom and tho continont.
For freight or passage apply to
C. G. ANDERSON, Agent,
Waldburg Building, west of Oitr Exchange,
Merchants’ and Miners'transportation Coni'y.
For Baltimore.
(STANDARD TIME.)
CABIN sls 00
CAHIN (ROUND TRIP) 25 00
INTERMEDIATE 10 00
CABIN TO WASHINGTON 16 20
CABIN TO PHILADELPHIA 17 30
INTERMEDIATE TO PHILADELPHIA.. 12 80
THE STEAMSHIPS of this oompany aro ap.
pointed to sail from Savannah for Haiti
more as follows—standard time,
WM. LAWRENCE. Oapt. J. W. KiawfN, TUES
DAY, Sept. 15, 3:30 p. m.
D. H. MILLER, Capt. G. W. Billups, SATUR
DAY, Sept. 19, 0:30 p. m.
WM. CRANE, Capt. Enos Foster, WEDNES
DAY, Sept. 23, 11 A. M.
And from Baltimore every five days.
Through bil.s of ladiug given to all points
West, all the manufacturing towns in New
England, a id to ports of the United Kingdom
aud the Continent.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Plant Steamship Line.
ecJH-vrsEXLY.
Port Tampa, Key West and Havana,
SOUTH-BOUND.
Lv Port Tampa Mon. and Thur.. 10 p. a.
Ar Key Weet Tues. and Frt. at 4 p. a,
Ar Havana Wod. and Sat., 4 a. k.
NORTH-BOUND.
I.v Havana Wed. and Sat. at 12:90 p. h.
Ar Key Weet Wed. and Sat. at 9 p. m.
Ar Port Tampa Thum. and Sun , 3 p. u.
Connecting at Port, Tampa with Weet India
Fast Mail train to and from Northern and East
ern cities. For stateroom accommodation* ap
ply to F. R. ARMSTRONG, Ticket Agent. Port
Tam pA
WILBUR McCOY, G. F. and T. A.
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
French Line to Havre.
I) ETWEE N New York and Havre, from pier
No. 42, N. H., foot of Morton street. Trav
elers by this line avoid both transit by English
railway and the discomfort of crossing the
ohaunei in a small boat. Special train leaving
the company's dock at Havre direct for Paris
on arrival of steamers. Baggage checked at
Now York through to Paris.
LA BRETAGNE, Collie*. SATURDAY’, Sept,
19. 4 A M
La CHAMPAGNE, Boyer, SATURDAY’, Sept.
20, 10 A. M.
LA B< ‘URGUGNE, Libokuf, SATURDAY’, Oct.
3. 3:30 a. M.
PRICE OF PASSAGE (including wine):
TO HAVRE- First Cabin, from s*> to SIBO,
according to location: Second Cabin, S6O; Steer
age from New Y’ork to Havre $24 5 >. stt-erage
from New Y’ork to Paris $27 50, including wine,
bedding and utensils.
A. FORGET, General Agent, 3 Bowling Green,
foot of Broadway. New York
Or R. W. HUNT, Esq , 20 Ball street. Messrs.
WILDER <£ 00., 120 Bay street, Savanuah
Agents.
FOR DARIEN, BRUNSWICK
And Intermediate Points. BTR. BELLEVUE.
Iyaviug Savannah Tuesdays and Fridays at 5
p. .; returning, leave Brunswick Wednesdays
and Saturdays 3 p. m ; leave Darien Wednesdays
and Saturdays 7p. 11. ; arrive Savannah Thurs
days and Sundays Ba, x For any Infonna
flon apply to W. T. QIdSON. Manager, Ethel's
Wharf.
DON’T fail to get a copy of Sunday s issue of
the Moawmo Nsws. For sale at BtKHOP’B
DRUG STORE, corner Hall aad Price streets. J
RAILROADS,
Florida Central and Peninsular Railm^T
FLORIDA TRUNK LINE-TIME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE it
QOINO SOUTH-READ DOWN— OWNC^R-j^T^-^
Daily Daily. | Daily.
fraily.
IS S3 pm 7:01 am iLv Savannah Ar 7:50 pm —•—
6SO pm 11:25 aniLv Callahan tv 1:45 pni
11.21 pm 2:23piniAr Hawthorne Lv 10:11 am l^ai*
"i’fiVrn S:3l pm! At Silver Springs Lv 9:l6am 8;0 *P
l:0am s:l4pra|Ar Leesburg Lr H:o3am J ; lsaoa
s.soara s:!op;ntAr Tavares Lv 7:3oam ? :4a pt
•'■••• •■ 8:50 p,,
— . 5:30 pm
9:2S pm 9:08 pm Ar Winter Park Lvi,
Ar Kissimmee Lv •>
'•‘ k) am 8:85 pm Ar Tampa Lv 5:00 am "• 7^3 Pa
2:30 pm 8:20 pm Ar Tarpon Spring* Lv ~i7TTT
S:(Bpm B:SS pm Ar Sutherland. Lv r, U? m .
6:3opm 9:15 pm Ar St, Petersburg Lv 6 45am
.*2 : llA>n| *7:o4pm Ar Dunellon Lv *B-36 •
10:J0 am ; * W:Ou P |U Ar Homusaasa.... Lv *0:81 a:t I'm
~ SAVANaa AND FERNANDLNa.
7:65 pm I 7:01 am ILv Savannah Ar 7"7~, .
9:loam | gdßpmUr Feruandina Lv lOMfikm 7!00 2m
Except Sunday. trMnnwr. ~ " “Lkl
Solid trains Oaliabau to Tainpa and Orlando. Close connection nt .. „
R. for Port Tampa Key West and Havana. Close connection at Owt nsborcf within °iri and
for La Wo land and H&rtow. (Tise connection at Tavares with J T and K w p w # £
I Titusville. Pullman Buffet sleeping oars on night trains. Through short line' * IJ
Orleans, Jacksonville to Thomasville. Montgomery and Cincinnati Ticker 1 <£ua Soa ' r i^t to -’*
ohecked through to ail p dots in the United States. Canada and Mstico slli ii ‘t a l .
Florida published, and for any information desired, to * T * or map of
I — D : £ MAXW !I LU a ” • A. 0. MACDONELU 0. P. A.. Jacksonville
Savannah, Florida and W^esterrTßailwav
WAYCROSS BHORT LINE-TIME CARD IN EFFECT UTtl 1 km, /’
_ SCHEDULEJJF THROUGH TRAINS TO FLORIDA AND BOUTHERN GEORGIA
| 01)1X0 SOUTH—READ DOWN. GOING NORTH-READ Vp~
I i | 14 | ~~ ‘7-
1 ; .Vj pro;lt ; 80 pm 7:01 am Lv Savannah Ar 18:14 ran T-Wnn
-10:o0 p- u sI:4U pm B.BS am Vr Jcsup Lv *o*34 am &*35 ijin 9ij ac *
e,.h.am 5:00 pm Ar.. Brunswick, KT.ILv 8 :i5 aS . _. P “i
1:21 pm 9:4am Vr.. . Waycross.. ..Lv :15 am! 4:05 pm: ""H *:££J
..8H am . .12:05 pra Ar.Brunswick.RtW.Lv 7:ooam ... j
1:45 am 8:06 pm Ar Albany Ia 4*46 am i‘ h f ,fl *
6:aoaai 7:36 pm !j:oon’n Ar... Jacksonville . ..Lv 7:ooam iiio pin *.!!!*'“ e ; *)rS
- Ar Ba.’iford Lv I:lsam 7:35am... . " pa|
j I 3:56 pm Ar Tampa Lv 7:45 pm !
1 :9.40pm Ar Port Tampa . Lv 7:oopm . '"j ♦
2:'°““ Ar....M.ntiosiia....Lv::::::::: ioiSSS
H.St) am , B:3ipm .Wr.... LairbruL/e t* lo*fk)Am a io PI *
=P"> I 4:10 pm \r. .Chattahiiocuee !lv , 10 * O ° W ". 4:40
J 8: i 8:00pm l f r n 1 f e/S0 ? Lv 10:25 pm; 9:05
V Rni* b:,,opro ar.. ...Atlanta Lv 7:05 pm s:3oam “"l";*
4.4 Upm _.jjoaml * \r Monthroin*ry Lv 7:30 nm P:?/>ail
ACCOM MUDA. Din -. ally e x.nuuday j No. 4. ACCOMMODATION Du.ly ex.dunday Nof^
?® vannah 4:50 pm Lv Jeeup 77T r.-iv ™
Ar Jasup 8:38 1 m \r Savannah .' pv.li sq
U! J,I*T S only train 48 will l ave Savannah 0:30 p. ;j ; arrive Waycross 10-55 p J" v„ ,1.
will leave Way-cross 4:30 a m ; arrive Savannah 9:00 A. M ' uaycr,S9 lU.So p. m. No. 41
Tr ., „ SLEEPING CAR SERVICE AND CONNECTIONS.
Port Tamr., N,, *1 M aTO Pullman Sleeping Oara between New York, Jacksonville an!
! 1 i,‘i S ,as Pullmm Sleepers between Jacksonville and New York. No. 78 stops a t
p ? 4weeo Jaoksonvlile and Savannah wlien passengers are to get on or off.
T _,,* .' v a a “ a . 6 _ carry Pullman Bleepers between savannah and Jacksonville
.t LLLf “, k , t ' onD “ ct at '^ t ’ aun tor Macon, Atlanta and thewest
L l Rt : )r „ Alh9n /’ Montgomery, New Orlesns. Nashville. Evansvllls. flncinrSs
T^‘ rol K'h Pullman Sle-rier Wayoro.iato St. lomis. Trnius ii and 6 connect with
Ainbmna Midland radwav at Rainbridge for Montgomery and the West. connect with
necr^f,So i t '^r 1 i ><, . llJtB ana cheeked through; also sleeping car berths and section*
secored at kHveng'-r Ktations. and t eket offlee, 22 Ihi i street. J. I). OLT VEROS, Ticket Agent
K. G. FUMING, huperinteodent. W 61. DAVIDSON. General Passenger Agent.
Richmond & Danville Railroad Company
OPERATING THE ' '
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA.
T.v rffbct Sept. 6th. 1891 (standard time, 90tb meridian.)
TO MACON, AUGUSTA AND ATLANTA,,
ALSO BIRMINGHAM VIA ATLANTA. |
Lv Savannah 8:40 am HttOpin !
Ar Macon 3-.15 p m 8:85 am
Ar Augusta 1:56 pm 6:15 am
Ar Atlanta 7:85 pm 7:45 am
Ar Birmingham.. 6:40 am 10:10 pm
TO ROME .\NT>" ( HATTA. VIA ATLANTA
Lv Savannah 8:40 am 8:10 pm
Ar Macon 8:35 pm 3:25 am
Ar Atlai ta 7:35 pm 7:45 a m
Ar Kingston 9:41 pm 10:16 am
Arßome *11:36 am
Ar Qhattaoooga. .12:25 a m 1:14 p m
TO ROME .7 CHaTTA. VIA CARROLLTON.
Lv Savannah K:4 iam H:lopni
Lv Macon 8:45 p m 3:45 am
Lv Griffln * 9:25 a m
Ar Carrollton 12:10 p m
Arßome i:45 pm
Ar Chattanooga 6:15 pm
TO BIRMINGHAM AND MEMPHIS
Via Macon and Columbus.
LvSavnnnab 8:10pm
Ar Macon 3:25 a m
Ar Columbus 11:35 am
Ar Birmingham 7:00 pm
Ar Memphis 7:20 am
TO BIRMINGHAM AND MEMPHIS
Via Lyons and Americas.
Lv Savannah 7:35 am 7:40 pm
Ar Lyons 13:80 pm 11:00 pm
ArAmericus 6:lopm 8:00am
Ar Columbus 10:10 am
Ar Birmingham 7:00 p m
Ar Memphis 7:2!am
THROUGH SCHEDULES TO SAVANNAH
Lv Birmingham 8:oo a m
Lv Columbus] 8-55 p m
Lv Americus V , Americus B:2n ain 7:00 p m
I.v Lyons f vla Americus 2:10 p m 3:00 a m
Ar Savannah J 7:36 p m 8:00 a in
I.v Birmingham 8:00 a in
Ar Savannah )' Macon..
Lv Montgomery I 7:39 pm 0:55 am
Lv Eufaula > via Macon 10:24 p in 10:01 a m
Ar Savannah ) 6:20 pm 0:30 am
•Daily except Sunday. tSunday only.
Maconf Savannah aimAUint'a. S ““ h ttQd ABheTiUa ™ and
daihtSunday excepted.* 111 nah 2: °° P ' 3:30p. m.; ar. Savannah 4:30p. m.
**> *• - *
cyondaleand fe 0 ' 0 WIU stO P at Gui ' ton aD(I make all regular stop, batmen Hal-
Paasengera for Sylvania, WHghtsville, Miliedgeville and Eatonton should taka fi in m
For Carrollton. Ft. Gaines, Talhotton, take 8:10 p. m. train take 8,10 a. m. train.
Ticket office 19 Bull street and depot.
W. 11. GREEN. Gen. Manager. V.E. McBEE, Gen. Supt. SOL HAAS Traffic
J. L. TAYLOR. Qeu. Passenger Agent. S. H HARDWICK. a g! P.A^.Savm^ah^i* 1^
Charleston and Savannah Railroad.
Schednla in Effect July 26th, 1891.
rpRAINS leave and arrive at Savannah by
A Staudardtime, whiehis 30 minutes slower
than city time. Time at Charleston, 75th me
ridian.
NORTHWARD.
No. 36*. No. 14*. No. 78*. No. 42J. No. 40{.
Lv.Savannah
Ar Beaufort
...11:35am s:l3pm
Ar Allendale
...11:20am 78:10 pm
Ar Augusta
1 45 pm
Ar Walterboro
...11:20am s:lopm
Ar Charleston
. ..1:06 pm 5:06 pm 12:56 am 9:20 pm 11:55 am
SOUTHWARD.
No. lot. No. 357. No. 2?*. No. 32*. No. 41{.
Lv Charleston
Lv Walterboro ,
Lv Augusta
Lv Allendale
...5:40 am 2:09 p m
Lv Beaufort
Ar Savannah
... ll:3Uam 6:20 pm 6:44am 7:35 pm 10:45 am
•Daily, tliaily exoept Sunday. {Sunday only.
Train No. 14 stops at stations between Savau
nah and Yemassee on signal, and at Green
Pond.
Train No. 78 stops only at Montieth, Hardoe
ville. Kidgeland, Coosawautchie, Green Pond
Ravenel.
Tmins No. 15, 35. 36.39, 40.41 and 42 stop at all
stations. Trams 14. 78, 27 daily: 13, 33 aud ai*
daily except Sunday. Trains 39,40,41 and 42 Sun
day only.
No connection to or from Walterboro on Sun
day.
For tickets. Pullman car reservations and
other information aoply to J. B. OUVEROB,
Ticket Agent, 22 hull i-treet. and at depot.
E. P. MrSWINEY. Geu. Pass. Agent.
C. S. GADSDEN, Superintendent.
TO SPARTANBURO AND ASHEVILLE.
Lv Savannah 8:10pm ...
Ar Augusta 6:15 am
Ar Spartanburg 1:50 pm
Arßlatßock 4:o9pm
Ar Hendersonville 4-22 nm
Ar Asheville. 5:17 pm
TO NEW ORLEANS VIA MACON * ATLANTA
I .‘ 7^’ on . nah 8:40 am
aImoSo 0 ® ':Oo2m
Ar inoDilo 10.4(5., _
Ar New Orleans.....- . . , ,J.'! 4.45 j, ™
TO NEW ORLEANS VIA MACON & COLUMBUS
Lv Savannah 8:10 pm
?? a , con 7 * 3:25 a m
Ar Mobile. j:SO a ra
Ar New Orleans 7:30a m
TO NEW ORLEANS via MACON & EUFAULA
Lv Savannah B:4oam 8:10pm
r v a f oD i 3:35 pm 3:26 am
ArEufaula 4:loam 4:l2pm
Ar Montgomery 7:35 ain 7:2opm
Ar Mobile 12:10 pm 3:15 am
Ar New Orleans 4:4opm 7:35am
TO ALBANY VIA MACON.
Lv Savannah 8:40 a m 8:10 p m
I.V Macon 8:25 pm 10:20 am
LvAmencii*. HUMora 1:08 pm
Lv Smlthvillß 11:50 pm 2:05 pnr
Ar Albany m 2:SB *
Lv Americus I . 3:38 am 1:03 p m
Ar Savannah f “ laton ■ -6:20p m 6:50 a m
Lv Augusta *12:50 pm 8:50 pra
Ar Savannah 6:20 pin 6:30 ain
Lv Albany i 2:15 am 11:10 am
Lv Macon via Macon.. 11:00 a m 11:15pm
Ar Savannah > 6:20 p m 6:80 am
Lv Atlanta 7:loam 7:10 pm
Ar Savannah 6:20 p m 6:39 ara
BUB URBAN BALL WAYS.
On and after WEDNESDAY, May
BUMMER SCHEDULE
Ciiy & Suburban By. 6 Tout Line i{. fi. Cos.
For Bonaventure. Thunderbolt, I„.a 0 f Hope.
Montgomery and Beaulieu. City Time.
dhe +3:45 p m. train leaves from Second Ave
nue depot. All other trains leave from Bolton
street depot.
4.20, 6.00, <:00 p. m Returning, leave 6:15, 8.-30
a._in., 12.00 noon, 1:25, smo, 6:25, 7:30 and. m.
For 1,13 of Hope 10:01a. m.. 2:30, 73:41 p. in.
Returning, leave 6:00,83)0 a, m., 1:05, 3:10. 0:05
p. m.
For Montgomery and Beaulieu 6:40, *10:00 a.
m , 3:45 p. in. Returning, 7:30 a. m., 12:30, 5:40
p. m.
cflowdayß, Saturdays and Sundays only.
♦Second avenue and Wnitaker streets.
Trains leave Bonaventure 5 miuutes after
leaving Thunderbolt.
Saturday nigijfs train leavescity 7:30.
See special Sunday schedule in Sunday’s Issue,
G. W. ALLEY* Supt.
—— —— 1
Tybea Schedule.
RicliEond and Danville Railroad Cempany,
Operating the Central Railroad of Georgia.
TO TAKE EFFECT SEPT. 3, 1891.
I.itAVE Savannah (Standard Tlrnel Lfavk Trask
*9:30 am dally ®7:10 a m daily
2:COp in dailv *ll:00a mdaily
6:20 p m dtniv ex. Sunday, 4:80 pm daily ex. Sun
7:25 p m Sunday only 6:00 p m Sunday only
Trains iiinrked thus* carry freight.
On family excursion days (Tuesdays and Fri
days] the rate will be for round trip, whole
tickets, 35 cents; half tickets, 20 ceuta.
Passengers are required to purcliaee tickets
who wish the lieneflt of excursion rates.
J. L TAYLOR. Uen. Pane. Agt.
s. h. Hardwick, a. a. P. a*
V. E. McBEE, Oen. Supt.
