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CRUSH OF THE SCHOOLS.
EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING
IN THE CITS’ OVERCROWDED.
Many Pupils Unprovided With Desks
and Compelled to Sit on Benches.
Between 500 and 6DD Children
Turned way from the Colored
Schools for Lack of Room The De
mand for Increased Facilities Urgant.
Ths crowded condition of the public
schools is causing considerable comment
among those acquainted with the facts.
Probably a great many pe ipie, even
many parents of children attending the
schools, are not acquainted with the
fact that there is hardly a school building
ia the olty that is not overcrowded, and
many of them very badly.
Supt. Balier was seen yoßterday by a
Mousing News reporter In regard to the
matter. “There is no doubt," he said,
"that the trard of education will have to
devise some means of meeting the demand
for additional school facilities. There is no
question that the school accommodations are
not equal to the wants of the community,
aud we are not able to extend school facil
ities to all that desire them."
ALL THE SCHOOLS CROWDED.
AH the schools are crowded, some, of
oourse, more so than others. At the High
school, in the first grade of girls, there are
fiftv-eight pupils, when there should not be
over thiriy-tiv-e or forty to a grade.
At the Barnard Street sobool the second
and third grades have seventy-four pupil*
each, when forty-five to fifty pupils is con
sidered the maximum for good work.
in the first grade of St. Patrick’s school
there are sixty-six pupils; In the third grade
Of the Massie school there are sixty-seven;
in the fourth grade of the Cathedral school,
sixty-four; iu the third grade of the
Chatham school, eixty-flve— nearly twice as
many ia every instance as the. e should be.
"The school rooms are greatly crowded,
many of the pupils," the superintendent
says, “being without desks and compelled
to sit upon becohes alongside the wads."
“Will not the Henry Street school house
meet the demand for more room when com
pleted!” Sunt. Baker was asked.
„ i“I hardly think so," he replied, “The
Henry Street s h,ol house will just about
accommodate the pupils now using rooms
hired for school purposes by the board
of education. It will hardly le sen the de
mand for room in the schools in the north
ern part of the city."
THE COLORED SCHOOLS.
“The Bust Broad Street and West Broad
Street (colored) schools are vory badly
crowded. They have received all the pupils
they can possibly accommodate and from
: 500 to 600 children have been turned away
for want of room. The question of anew
school house for the colored people
t in the southern or southwestern portion of
the city came before the board of educa
tion at its meeling Monday night, and is
now under consideration.
“I had no idea.” said Supt. Baker in con
clusion, “that the attendance upon the
echo. Is would le so largo this year. To
judge by the schools Savannah’s population
must be rapidly increasing.”
The overcrowding of the schools is a sub
ject deserving of very serious consideration.
Not only is it unpleasatr and uuoomforlahle
for the children, but it Is impossible for the
teachers to accomplish satisfacn ry results
with twice as many children iu their classes
as there properly should be.
DANGER IN CASE OF DISEASE.
In cate an epidemic or contagious dis
ease should make its appearance the
crowded condition of tho schools would
facilitate its spreading. Provisions for the
proper accommodation of all tbo children
that apply are now the crying need ol the
schools.
A special meeting of the board of educa
tion has beeu c- ed f:r to-morrow uigat to
make prepvat.cm, f r the opening of the
night sch ol
Chatham Academy will probably be used
for the tefco 1 os during the last term.
Whether teacners from the day schools can
be secured for the night school ie not
known. The day school teachers are much
preferred, but a sufficient number may not
be willing to undertake the extra work. Ar
rangements will probably be made to run
ths school regularly every night. The
school is expected to open Nov. 1.
THi.TY WaNi PLACES.
The Civil Srvico Catches a Score and
u Half Job deckers.
The civil service examination of appli
cants for positions in the rail way mail ser
vice, departmental clerks aid copyists, was
held yesterday in the postofflce by Dr. A. J.
li'mtoanof V. ashlar ton, one of tbecivil ser
vice examiners, and Postmaster Doyle.
There were thirty applicants, five of whom
were white, and twenty-five colored. One
Ot the colored applicants was a female.
Twenty-six •• ant to get into ti e railway
mail service, three want to be copyist*, and
one would like to be a departmental clerk.
The examination consisted of spelling, read
ing; wr.ttng, arithmetic, geography and
history. The hardest part of the examina
tion " *s the reading of fifty address?*, each
in a did,- e .t handwriting, in ten minutes.
Many of the add esses were almost unpro
nouneea )e raises, and i was quite amus
ing to listen to the applicants trying to get
their tongues around them.
The examination lasted from 10 o'clock
in the morning until J o’clock in the after
noon. The tnaj rity of tne applicants were
from this city, but Augusta, Way cross and
fjpsrta were aiiso rep esented. Each ap
plicant bad a number and a record was
kept of the time occupied in the answering
of each paper. After the examination was
over Dr. Hurtoon forwarded ail the papers
to the civil ssrvice headquarter.!,
in Washington. There they will be gone
over by ex-erts, and the remits will be
arrived at. Koine of the applicants may
never agaiu hear cf the matter, while
others may be given positions io the near
future.
The railway mail service is very uiuc-b in
need of eler..s, and examiners have been
cent to ali parts of the country to give tbe
citizens e. chance of showing the.i intent
go,ice and getting a gover .meat job.
Dr. Huutoon goes to Jacksonville to-day.
where an examination will be held, ar.d
from there ha will go to Macon.
NO MO RE RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Representative H.rtridge Says it W 11
Stop for Ths Season Anyhow.
Representative Qagaway Hartrlnge, who
has spent the last two days in the city,
doesn’t believe that the report of the oom
mittee deciartug the luass of the Central
railroad to the Georgia Pacilio Illegal will
be adopted. Ho said there will be no more
railroad legislation at this se.-siou, ! ecause
it will adjourn to-morrow, and won’t have
time to tackle the subject. Tho Senate,
Mr. Hartridge said, has shown that it is op
posed to railroad legislation, and all that
has been got through i.ad to be modified
greatly.
Mr. Hartridge believes that the people of
Georgia have noen the last of legislation
against railroads, The lawmakers recog
nize that there is no necessity for it and
only lias the effect of depreciating securities.
A cons -rvatlve comae, lie thinks, will her#
after tie followed by the legislators.
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Dyspepsia. and disease* Incident thereto.—
Ad. _
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THE WANDERER CASE.
Gen. Henry R Jackson to Explain It
to Atlantiane.
Gen. Henry R. Jackson, president of the
Georgia Historical Society, will deliver an
historical address in Atlanta undor the
auspice* of the Young Mens As
sociation about the middle of November.
The subjeot of Gen. Jackson s address
will be “The Wanderer Case,’ referring to
the prosecution of the owners of the last
slave ship that crossed the Atlantic. Gen.
J ackson was employed by the government
about the year 1559 to take c.arge of this
historical ase, and his ;r, seeutio.i was so
vigorous that he traced the owners of the
sluve snip to their homes. On the eve of
the civil war he found them in the land of
steady habits.
•This address is the first of a series on Geor
gia history to be delivered under the
auspioes of the Young Men’s Library Asso
ciation of Atlanta. The library board es
tablished a department of Georgia history
several months ago, and the committee in
charge has been quietly organizing since
then. The plan includes two main features—
the collection of historical material through
regular correspondents in eaefa
county, end contributions to
the subject of state history by distinguished
Georgians, who will be invited from time to
time to address the association. Those ad
dresses will be preserved and printed with
ether historical matter which may be ac
cumulated, and the publications will be ac
cessible hereafter in this library and others.
Cordial relations have beeu established
with the Georgia Historical Society, aod
Mr. Harden, its librarian, has consented to
act as the correapondent for Chatham.
Mr. Harden has recently presented the
Young Men’s library with a life of George
M. Troup, written by his father, and the
Georgia Historical Society has forwarded
copies of its publications, containing his
torical matter not to be found elsewhere.
THE GOATS ON TOP AGAIN.
Williams and Nannies Once More
Parading the Streets.
The goat ordinance seems to have become
a dead letter again, as It was for years.
The festive William and Nannie are once
more seen parading unmolested through the
streets tackling posters, tin cans, old shoes,
eto. The police have bec .tne tired of the
weary sport of chasing goats through the
streets and being laughed at for their
efforts to uphold the dignity of the city
ordinance. The goat is again more power
ful than the law, and whether the animals
are considered a political issue or not they
continue to hold the upper hand.
Who is to blame for the failure of the
enforcement of the ordinance which Mayor
McDonough so patriotically unearthed
from the dusty archives of tbe city a few
months ago, is a question which no one
seems able to answer.
The police were very Industrious for a
few days gathering iu the innocent-faced
animals, but the sport was probably too
much of an unhinging for their tired and
weary bones, and they gradually became
loss efficient in their foot racing qualities,
and let the goats severely alone.
Alderman Bailey, the man who brought
about tbe first spirit and received the
tha.Ks of a long-suffering community for
his self-sacrificing wont in re
moving from tbo public gaze tbe
great east side political factor, is
again alive to the situation. He says the
goats must go, even if the police have to
keep up their original campaign all winter.
He will probably bring tbe matter to the
attention of council to-night and ask a few
questions regarding the police and the goats.
SIILI. OOOL AND CLOUDY.
The Weather Keens About Where it
H&a Bean Several Days.
The weather continued cold and cloudy
yesterday. Tbo maximum temperature
was 59° aod the minimum 50°,*th mean
being 15" below the average for the day.
Atlanta reported); a maximum tempera
ture of 68“ yesterday, Montgomery 72°,
Pensacola 74°, Meridian 70°, Nashville 72°,
Memphis 74“, Vicksburg 78°. St. Louis and
Cairo 72", Shreveport 78’ and Palestine BJ\
The temperature at Savannah last night
at 8 o’clock was only 1" higher than at the
same hour Monday night.
The temperature rose slightly during the
day along the lower lake region aud the
middle Atlantic states, and 101 l 2" to 14" io
tho upper Mississippi valley and throughout
the northwest.
Nearly stationary temperature prevailed
throughout the cotton belt during yester
day with light rain in the Little Rock and
[Savannah districts
Unsettled conditions continue along the
entire Atlantic coast, with rain falling at
Boston, Black Island,Norfolx and Jackson
ville last night. Generally cl udy weather
prevailed in the upper Mississippi valley,
upper lake regions and throughout the
northwest, with rain failing at St. Louis,
Chicago and Marquette, Mich. Severe
gales prevail off tne New England coast.
THE ELECTRIC ROAD SCHSDULIL
Supt. McFarland Says It la All Right
Now.
Supt. J. W. McFarland, of the Electric
railway line, said last night to a Morning
News reporter that he did not consider it
necessary to make any answer to the card
of 11 Pa,-auger” in yesterday’s Morning
News, complaining that the road did not
run its oars regularly and that it had no
printod schedule.
The superintendent said that for
anew road he thought th-
Electrio railway line ai doing
very well. Anew road could not be ex
pected to run with the same ease and reg
ularity a* an old settled roa i. The reason
schedules have not been printed, be said,
was '.bat the road intends to begin extend
ing ite line shortly aud it is hardly necessary
to go to the expense of printing schedules
that would eoon be useless.
THS SOLDI;US' NEW CODE.
The Savannah Military Anxious for Its
Issue.
There is a good deal of interest among the
military in the new tactics about to be is
saH by tue government.
The Savannah companies expect
to provide themselves with the
regulations issued under the order of
the Secretary of War, and an order will bi
sent on to Washington at once.
The new taotics which are to supplant
Upton’s con tala more of the practioai ami
less of the fanoy. There is understood
to be a radical cuange in the manual of
arms aud in field maneuvers
so that the fancy drilling and marching of
the orauk Usiui will not be iu it under the
new order of things.
The Savannah companies are anxious for
the issue of the new regulations, and there
1* a promise of a lively rivalry In putting
them into practice.
The Marvin Mission Church
The Marvin mission church on West
Brood street is rapidly nearing completion.
The church will be a handsome building
when finished. It is forty feet front by
sixty feet depth, strongly built, with a
handsome metal roof an i a tower on the
West Broad street front. It is a frame
building and when completed will cost
about *5,00(1.
Its Excellent Qu times
Command to pubKc approval the California
liquid frail remedy Hyrup of Ki*. It i
pleasing to the eye. sad to the taste and bj
- gently souu* oo the kidnev*, liver and bow
- els, llßlcsnse* the system effectually, then
| by promoting the health an I comfort of •
j who use It. Ad
picture. In great variety and ad price*.
I If. T. Taylor. IK York street .-Ad.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891.
PLENTY OF COT TUN AT IT3 PRICE.
The Receipts Keep Increasing. But
Prlcss Don’t Boost.
Cotton receipts are simply phenomenal.
Yesterday’s receipt* at the ports were
72,889 bales, against 83,823 for the
same week last year, and a gain
of nearly 18,000 over the previous
week's receipts. It is Impossible to boost
price* while such receipts ss these oontinue.
Savannah’s receipt* yesterday were 12,131
bales, against 7,685 the same day last year.
New Orleaus eceived 30,404 bales
yestorday. Her receipts for the last throe
days are over 57,000 bales.
Galveston and Charleston are also holding
up wall as ccmparcd with last year.
Tbe Columbia State save that as the fall
season deepens tbe people of Columbia take
a greater interest in the approaching open
ing of the Sout i Bound railroad and are
anxiously awaiting the establishment of
connection with Savannah. A State
representative had a talk with CoL
C. H. Manson, one of the citizens of
Columbia interested in the build
ing of tbe road. Col. Manson
said the read would be completed and
connection established by 0ct.25. Col. Man
said that everything now tsemed to indicate
that Savannah trade was ooming to Col
umbia with the road. This he regarded os
very important, and believed that the lare
Savannah firms would establish branch
houses here. The distance is so short, and
Bavannah con ship cotton cheaper than
Charleston. He said the Savannah men
built tbe road to increase the business of
their port, and they intended to carry out
their plans. All northern travel aud
through freight, be said, will use the South
Bound, and this, with the above, will meau
much for Columbia.
Tbe general assembly in its hit-or-miss
style of legislation came near striking a
serious blow day before yesterday. Is was
on the consideration of the free
pats hill and the probability is that if the
members of the legislature had not been
unwilling to give up their free passes they
would have passed a bill for
bidding railroads to issue free
passes to anybody, newspaper
men included. The question was on the
consideration of the bill to make it unlaw
ful for judges or members of the
legislature to accept free passes for
transportation over the railroads of this
state. A substitute was offered making
it unlawful to issue passes to anybody. The
member* of the legislature, however, con
cluded that it would not be proper for them
to paw a a w -forbidding their successors to
aooept free passes after they had ridden on
them th-mselves until their term had
nearly expired.
BARR3L T3IEV2S AT WORK.
The Small Boys Already Gathering
Fuel for Christmas Fires.
The boy barrel thieves have oommenoed
their annual labors preparatory to the
Christmas bonfires, and people had better
keep their trash barrels and boxes indoors
unless they are anxious to furnish fuel
for young America’s holiday enthusiasm.
Some of the you ihs steal in broad day
light, while the majority wait untiltwilight
to begin their operations. It
is almost impossible tor tho
police to onpture the youthful
marauders, because if the officers start
after them they are generally left far be
hind in tbe race with an old barrel in their
hands. Rolling a barrel to the barracks
would be rather an undignified performance
for the police, not to speak of the useless
ness, because no one could or would care to
identify a barrel, and the result is that the
trash receptacle is left where the boys drop
it, only to be picked up by another gang.
A Morning News reporter witnessed
rather an amusing incident in connection
with the practice yesterday afternoon.
Four boys by some means found out that a
tmrrel was just insido of a gate on Barnard
street, near Liberty. After rec onnoltering
and making sure that no policeman was
around two of the boys opened the gate and
held it, while the other two went iaside and
seized the coveted treasure. Just as the
boys got outside with tbe barrel an old
colored female servant who had witnessed
the bold robbery wobbled out and demanded
that the barrel be brought naok.
“Come to the square, aunty, Christmas
night,” replied one of the quartette, “and
you can see it burning."
“ Look yer, chillen," cried tbe old woman
alter the boys, “ef you doan’ bring dat
jarrel back it’ll be kinlin’ wood to burn
you iu bell whim you die.”
The threat of future punishment had no
effect on the thieves, and they shouted back
to the old woman that if she didn’t shut
her m uth they’d go back and steal her.
ohe went back into tho yard expressing
horror at what had occurred, aad said that
hereafter she would keep “dat gate” looked,
or “de little debbils" would steal every thing
in the house for Christmas.
FOSTER S STOAM PROPHEHSS.
The Bt. Loueain F gurei on Several
Disturbances This Month.
Prof. Foster’s last weather prediction is
on frosts. Frosts, ha says, are important
weather events and the first froits in the
fall aud the last in spring are quite ditficult
to forecast. No si igie frost is sufficient to
kill all tender vegetable growths in the
same latitude, and where the ground is
very dry frosts are apt to occur.
A frost may kill all vegetation in one
spot and not kill anything a mile away.
The cold waves are generally of limited
area, running to a point toward the south
east, and it is not expected that a killing
:rot predicted to reaoh as far south as the
36 degree would affect vegetation along the
whole line of that latitude. A warm wave,
ite says, will be due to leavo the Pacific coast
about the 12th, cross the central valleys
about the 14th, aud reach the Atlantic
about the 16th.
Prof. Foster’s last letter gave forcasts of
the storm wave due to cross the continent
from the 7th to the Uth, and the noxt, he
-ays. will be due to leave the Pacific c -ast
about tho 13tn, cross She great central val
ley* from tne 14tb to the 16th aud reach the
Atlantic coast about the 17th. Tne can er
of ths low barometer of this storm wave
will probably crow the Mississippi river
about or north of St. L uis and will develop
ts greatest force oast of tbe river.
Tne f.iurta storm wave of the month will
he due to leave tbe Pacific ooast about tne
19:h, cross the central valleys from the 20th
to 22d aud reach the Atlantic coast abn.it
the 23d. A cool wave will cross the Rookies
about tbe 15th, the central valleys about
the 17th and reaoh the Atlantic coast about
the 19th.
One Way of Sending It.
The Morning News received yesterday
a remittance for advertising that in tbe
style of tM inclosure is a curiosity. The
remittance was a silver 10-ceot piece
wrapped in cotton and packed in a pill box.
Oo top of tbe eott -n w ore a couple of scrajis
of paper and one was tho advertisement,
vbich read like this; “Where is Henry
Gibbs now I He can cut heep of wood.” The
other read: “Augusta, Oa., Oct. 10, 1692.
’doHNiNO News, Dear Sir, please publish
this in tuesday paper. ’’ The pill box with
its ineloiures were tightly wrapped and ad
■t: ease-1 to the Morning News. If Henry
Gib • is anywhere around and this notice
catches hit eye be will most likely show
himself, _______________
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t avail Ac * alt mure'* Lard ware and
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Shipper* aud exporters of ett >n can have
t .elr Hants supplied la cothoa baskets at
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three Mm* one, one as* oise-hslf Ou4 two
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SHOOTING IVORY BALLS.
TBE C. L. A. BILLIARD AND POOL
TOURNAMENT BEGUN.
Harry Blurt Leads In tbe Eilllard Con
test. With R J. McHugh, the Winner
of the Last Two Tournaments, a
Close Seoond— William Kehoe Ahead
In the First Class of Pool, and R- W.
Bagwell and Joseph Gleason Tied tn
the Second Clasa-Playing Above the
Average and Some Good Scores
Made.
The fourth billiard and pool tournament
of the Catholic Library Association began
last night at its ball on Drayton street at 8
o’clock, a-id playing was kept up until II
o’olock. The large amusement room was
crowded with spectators dm ing the exhi
bition. The playing of the contestants,
taken as a whole, was far above the average,
and some of them handled tbe cues and
drove the ivory balls around like profession
als .;
Tbe tournament will conclude to-night.
Following is the score so far !u the billiard
contest:
Won. Lost.
Henry Blun, Jr 5 0
R. J. McHugh .4 1
Johu O'Gorman.... 4 3
J. R. Walsh 4 3
Gus Lalfit.>u 1 4
John Goette 1 4
The pool scor s is as follows:
FIRST CLASS.
Won. Lost.
W. .I. Kehoe 3 0
J. H-Strains .....4 1
F. K. Williams a 1
George C. Jackson 1 2
J. F. Merisrity.. ... 1 2
Courtland Dixon 0 3
SECOS D CLASS.
Won. Lost.
R. W. Bagwell 2 1
J. J. Gleason. ,.. 2 1
R. A. Morrissey 1 2
C. F. Pritchard 1 2
K. J. McHugh now holds the association
medal for the best billiard player, having
won it two years in -uccession. If he wiu3
in the contest now m progress the medal
will become his individual property. He
played well last night, hut Henry Blun is
leading him a game, and from the manner
in which he handled the cue la9t night Mc-
Hugh will have to do some extra fine work
to-night to hold the championship.
In the first cla-s of the pool contest Will
iam Kehoe leads Frank Williams and John
Strauss by a game, but the two latter are
good players, and will give Kehoe a close
race. In the second class R. Werner Bag
well aud J. J. Gleason are tied for first place,
with chances favoring Bagwell for winner.
Together witn the medal In the billiard
contest, a box of extra fine cigars will be
giveu to the victor, a pluih collar and cuff
box it the second prize. Ths one making
the best individual average in the tourna
ment will got a box of cigars.
The prize in the firs!, class of pool is a gold
scarf-pin, and in the second class an elegant
shaving glass.
Tho referees in the billiard contest are Dr.
W. E. Gntum, J. P. Kennedv and J. F. Mc-
Carthy, aud in the pool contest J. J. Gleason
and Ben Armstrong.
SIGNALS FOR THE FARMERS.
The Weather Bureau’s Now Scheme
for Distributing Forecasts.
Tho weather bureau is giving more atten
tion to the country, especially the farming
sections, in the way of furnishing weather
forecasts than the ilgnal bureau did. Sec
retary Rusk has been giving considerable of
his attention to the matter, and with
Prof. Harrington, chief of the weather
bureau, he lias evolved a plan
for a better distribution of
forecasts. An official oircular has just been
issued announcing that tbe bureau wishes
to find in every town and village a responsi
ble person who will undertake to display
weather flagi When these persons are em
ployed tbe forecast* will lie telegraphed to
them, aud the people will know wbac kind
of weather to expect.
The flags are to be made of tin, and their
sise, shape and color, with the code of sig
nals, will be as follows:
No. I—White flag, six feet square, will
indicate clesr or fair weather.
No. 2—Blue flag, six feet square, will in
dicate rain and snow.
No. 3—White and blue flag, six feet
square, will indicate that local rains or
slio .vers will occur and that the rainfall will
not be general.
No. 4—Black triangular flag, four feet at
tho base and six feet Tong, always refers to
temperature. When placed above flags
Nos. 1, 2 nnd 3 it will indicate warmer
weather. When placed below tbe pumbers
it will indicate colder weather.
Wnen it is not displayed tbe indications
are that the temperature will remain
stationary, or that the change in tempera
ture will not vary more than 4" from the
temperature of the same hour of the pre
ceding day from March to October, inclu
sive, aud not more than 6“ tor the remain
ing months of the year.
No. 6—White flag, six feet square, with,
black square in center, will indicate the ap
proach of a sudden and decided fall in the
tompera'.ur •.
This signal will not be displayed unless it
is expected that the temperature will fall
to 42“, or lower, and will be ordered dis
played at least twentv-fonr hours in ad
vance of the cold wave. W hen No. sis dis
played, No. 4 is always omitted.
Wbeu displayed on poles the signals will
be arranged to read downward; when dis
: la,el on horizontal support! a small
streamer will be attached to indicate tbe
point from which the signals are to be read.
No. 1, alone. Fair weather, stationary
temperature.
No. 2, alone. Rain or snow, stationary
temperature.
Na 3, alone. Local rain, stationary tem
perature.
No. 1 with No. 4 above it. Fair weather,'
warmer.
No. 1 with No. 4 below it. Fair weather,
colder.
No. 2 with No. 4 above it. Warmer
weather, rain or snow.
No. 2 with No. 4 below it. Colder weather,
rain or suow.
No. 3 with No. 4 above it. Warmer
weather, local rains,
No. 3 with No. 4 below it. Colder
weather, local rains.
No. 1 wua No. 6 above it. Fair weather,
cold wave.
No. 2 with No. 6 above it. Wet weather,
cold wave.
Arrangements are also to be made to
have the flags displayed on railroad cars.
The starting points of the trains on all tbe
railroads will be supplied every morning
with tho forecast, and one man on each
traiu will be assigned to the duty of dis
piavmg the flags.
When tbe public has made itself familiar
with th* code, every person can a*certain
tbe forecast by looking at any passing
train.
A plan to have loooraotives and factories
whistle tho forecasts for the information of
farmer* who live too far away to see tbe
11 igi ha* also been Invented by the pro
fessor.
Notification will be given in every town
and village where there is a steam whistle
that at a certain hour every day the whistle
will sound tho signal to indicate the
probable weather for tbe ensuing twenty
four hours.
Factories will receive the forecast by
telegraph, atui looumotlv* eugmeers will
receive it at their starting point.
Tba warning signal to attract attention
will lie what .* call* i th* lung bias:, lasting
twenty sec aids. After this s.g.al has been
sound'd, blast* of from four to sis seconds’
duration will refer to tbe weather; slioit
blasts of three seconds each will refer to the
ifc*rtui>., those for th* weather to be
•feuded first, like this:
Masts I ud !o*u.iit
G<ui 10ng.,, Fair weather
Two long ............ Item or ettow
l ures lou* Lueairatu*
hie short Lower temperature
Two short Higher temperature
Tnrarshort.... ... .(.old save
BAKING POWDER.I
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Powder
ABSOSJUTEI*’ PURE
The combination blasts are as follows:
One long, alone—fair weather; stationary
tempsrature.
Two long, alone—rain or snow; station
ary temperature.
One long and one short—fair weather;
lower temperature.
Two long and two short—rain or show;
higher temperature.
One long aad three short —fair weather;
cold ware.
Three long and two short—local raius;
higher temperature.
Each combination will be repeated a few
times, with an interval of ten seoonda be
tween. This will avoid the possibility of
any error in ascertaining the forecast.
Some difficulty may arise with regard to
the locomotive whistle*. Engineers have to
give railroad signals and the public mind
may become confused by the two, but the
professor thinks this difficulty can be over
come.
He expects to have the system in full
operation before 1392.
LOCAL PERSONAL..
W. T. Rhodes of Lotbair is at the Scre
ven.
A. W. Crookshank of Atlanta is at the
De Soto.
James K. Clarke of Darien was in the
city yesterday.
John Palmar of Lake Park is registered
at the Screven. •
Thomas E. Hichs of Richmond la regis
tered at the De Soto.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Blitch of Statesboro
are stopping at the Screven.
H. McA. Schley came home yesterday
morning on the City of Augusta.
Mist Annie Frederick leaves this morning
for Americus on an extends:! visit
J. K. Clarke, Jr., was a passenger on the
City of Augusta from New York yesterday.
Walter Kay and W. R. McDuffie of
Beard’s Creek are stopping at the Scraven.
Thomas Early returned yesterday morn
ing on the City of Augusta from New
York.
M.D. King of Crockettsville, S.C., and P.
Miras of Walterboro, S.C, ,are guests of the
Screven.
Mrs. Charles Dixon arrived home yester
day morning from the uorth on the City of
Augusta.
Capt. Frauk Blair and family returned
from the north yesterday on the City of
Augusta.
Mrs. W. C. McDonough returned bom:-
yesterday morning on the City of Augusta
from the north.
Miss Minnie Bar.non returned yesterday
on the City of Augusta from a two weeks’
visit in New York.
Matt L. Berry, busines* manager of the
•‘Spider and Fly” Compsny is iu the city
arranging for its appearance here Oct. 20.
Judge W. W. Montgomery and Mrs.
Montgomery of Augusta arrived yesterday
morning ou the steamship City of Maoou.
Miss Betty Ehlers returned yesterday
from San Francisco, where she has spent
the past two years with friends and rela
tives.
OITY Ba&VlTlffl3.
A meeting of the Commercial Club will
be held to-night.
Young Men’s Hebrew Association holds a
meeting to-night.
Regular meeting of Savannah Lodge No.
52, K. of P., to-night.
Regular monthly meeting of the Mer
chants and Mechanic's Loan and Building
Association to-night.
Rev. C. E. Dowraan, pastor of Wesley
Monumental churoh, is carrying on a eerie;
of revival services at his church. The
cervices will be continued nightly through
next week.
Tlie Young Men's Democratic Club
of Atlanta invited Hon. F. G. dußignon
to be one of the speakers at theii
banquet to-night, but the murder trial at
Reidsville, in which the noted orator is en
gaged, prevented his acceptance.
Several appeal liquor cases are sot for
trial by city council at to-night’s meeting.
Alderman Meldritu’s resignation will also
be accepted, but it is doubtful if a successor
will be eleoted before the next meeting.
Ex-Alderman Faiiigant has been suggested
as the proper man for the place, in view of
the faot that he received the greatest uum
ber of votes am ng the defeated candidates.
A correspondent requests the Morning
Siws to call attention to the condition of
Wneaton st set between the canal bridge
and Waters road. The street or road is not
only full of holes and ruts, but for a dis
tance of about UK) yards it is a quagmire
The street has been in a bad condition for
some time, and being the principal thor
oughfa e leading out of the oity, and a part
of Savannah’s favorite drive, it ought to be
kept in good shape. It is something unusual
to have such a condition for so long a time,
and people are wondering why it is permit
ted. The question is naturally asked: Is
there an itme between the city authorities
and the shell road company as to whose
duty it Is to keep the road in order, or has
the matter simply escaped the attention of
the rreet aud lane department? One thing
is beyond cavil, and that is that the street
or road, whichever it may be termed,
should be repaired, and that without fur
ther delay.
AT THE THBATEB.
Ada Melrose to Make Her Bow to Sa
vannah Theater-goers To-night
Miss Ada Melrose, the bright young in
genue, who appears to-night in the new
play “A Southern Rose,” has been creating
quite a sensation in the south. Miss Mel
rose brings with her as au importaut acces
sory to the play what is said to be one of
best bands and orchestras that ever toured
the country. Tte magioian9, says the Nor
folk iAindinark, orente a seusation by ap
pearing iu tbeir musical street promenade
day lu full evening costume, giving
them a genteel, dignified bearing, while the
musio discoursed is pronounced equal to
anytbiug heard at the most fashionable
resort* and conservatories. Asa matter of
o.urse thts argues well for the effective
presentation of the play, since it abounds
iu sougs, dances aud musical lntarpo.ations.
The engagement is for one night only.
Delight Followed by Tormsnt.
i What man or woman will deny that a good
[ dinner is a preeent delight. Equally undeniable
! Is It that when a well coked meal is succeeded
| by a fit of indigestion, rapture is convened into
I torture, fiou'c charge your dyspepsia to your
j dinner. No, my dear sir, your gastric ,1 part
| ment waa out of order to begin with. Had you
I regulated it with Hostetler's tjtomsc'r Bitters,
the cargo that you took on board would have
bean comfortably stowed assy without the
slightest ierousulou*e Thu Incomparable
•lomeoblc entirely reforms faulty digesting,
and regulates. Is: Idas, tne liver and the bowels,
which must act baruioamti.jy with the digestive
organ, at ait three fall out of gear Take Lie
Haters lot kidney and rbeuiuasut comp,alula
<*d in ail ceasw of malar is am a tonic, appetiser
I end grown/ier of coavalasceune ll has aw pee*
HAIL AND CBOSdTIi’.
W. P, Epperson, who has been with the
Central railroad os conductor for some
time, leaves Augusta for Savannah to-day.
He comes to accent the position of master
of transportation' of the South Bound rail
road.
A wonderful story of growth is told in
the following figures, showing the railway
mileage of the United States by decades for
the past sixty years: In 1830, 28 miles; in
1810, 2.818 miles; in 1850, 9,021 miles; in
1860, 30,636 miles; in 1870, 53.932 miles; in
1880, 93,296 miles; in 1890,186,817 raiiea. In
the last ten yearß the increase was 73,5?1
miles, or more than 78 per cent.—au aver
age of 7,351) miles each year. If the increase
in the next decade is only 5,000 miles per
year, our railway miles iu 1900 will ba
about 217,000.
The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday says:
McLaughlin Bros., the o utractors, who
have been constructing the South Bound
railroad, left last night for Greenville,
Miss., after resting their force in Augusta
for a few days. They carried with them
their construction force of forty whites and
100 black hands. .Several special cars had
to be attached to the Georgia night express
to carry the force. From Atlanta they will
go direot to Greenville in a special train.
Their force while working ou the South
Bouud constructed 185 miles of road, be
sides bridges aad other work. They have
one of the finest construction forces in the
south.
The annual report of the Louisville and
Nashville, as made at the annual meeting
of the directors, shows that the length of
roads operated by the company and of
those lu which it was interested at the olos s
of the year ending June 30 to tie; Number
of miles owned absolutely by the company
3,498.11. number of miles of road leased,
operated or interested in 2,210.19.
Bonded debt outstanding June 30
was shown to be $60,772,060,
showing an increase over last year in
the bonded debt of $10,545,000. For the
cost ot road and equipment there was ex
pended during the year $3,295,161 15, to
which is added the cost of the Pensacola
and Atlantic road, $3,703,459 91, and the
cost of the Alabama Mineral railroad, $2,-
■524.711 27,both of which will hereatter form
a part of the Louisville and Nashvil.e sys
tem. In addition to tnis, tho disc >uut on
the unified 54 per oeat. gold mortgage band
sold has beau oharged to various divisions,
makes tho t t U cost upto June 30, 1891,just
$88,157,336 98. The equipment of the road
nt the eud of the year on June 80, was
14,515 cars and 477 locomotives.
Mr. lugalls of tho Big Four and Chesa
peake and Ohio roads, when in Indianapolis
recently, remarked to the Indianapolis
Journal that he thought the railroad com
panies were making a m.stako in not prop
erly advertising their lines and he intended,
as early as practicable, to establish a Big
Four and Chesapeake and Ohio advertising
bureau. About eighteen months ago the
Pennsylvania company took steps iu this
direction and has dnue all its adver
tising of late through the news
papers, aad tho result* have been
very gratifying to General Passenger Agent
Fora and his subordinates. The Railway
Review in its la-t issue contains a very well
writteu article ou tho manner of properly
advertising a railroad, its ad vautages, at
tractions, eto. The gist of it Is that mer
chants in large cities, in order to catch the
trade of buyers in a million people, spend
annually ten time* the amount expended by
railways to get the favor aud good will i.f
ten million people. A casual examination
into this matter will demonstrate that a
larger expenditure to attract business is
made througn the dsndhead system than
is spent in direct appeals to
the traveling public via the me
dium of news aper work. Special fltuess
is required for the proper running of the
road. Men are ch *sen and given large sal
aries solely for the reason of recognized
worth; but, although thoroughly equipped
in every other branch of service, ihe so
called progressive railway is still without
the inva uahle aid of au advertising bureau,
in oharge of a capable head or chief. The
writer says: “£ kpow of several roads
whose equipment in every particular
is almost a dream of Aladdin’s
lamp in magnificence, passing
through sesnery unbounded aad unlimited
in sublimity and beauty, a panorama of
delightful restfulueas to the eye, speeding
by pictures painted by nature in her most
beautiful colorings— yet a morning train,
consisting of not more than four coaches
(a .and nfte-i less) is only fairly filled and n
corresponding train at night has scarcely
twenty passe igers. Why, these roads could
fill their coaches and compel ere long the
running of trains in sections if they
would but organize an advertising
department on a practical basw. There
are plenty of men capabie of bringing busi
ness to a road after a little training. Man
agers will cut, slash and dash for a the
atrical troupe of twenty persons and then
blow about it as a big thing. If they would
spend the same energy in advertising their
line to the people ou or near their line or
connecting lines they would gain a larger
troupe at full rates.”
THE BIViSR AND HAftBOB.
Kavanaugh & Brennan cleared yester
day the Norwegian steamship Carl Kouow
for Bloeflelds, Nicaragua, with a cargo of
general merchandise, valued at $733 99.
The sohooner Varuna, Capt. Heyer,
arrived yesterday from New York in bal
last, having made the run down iu sixtv
tix hours, which is almost steamer time.
She is consigned to Jos. A. Roberts & Cos.,
and will load for Newport News, Va., with
lumber.
Thin and impure blood is made rich and
healthful by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It
cures scrofula, salt rheum, ail blood dis
orders. — Ad.
Old newspapers— 3oo for 25 cents— at
business office. Morning News.—Ad.
Important to travelers.
The Everett, the largest aud finest hotel
in Jacksonville, Fla., is now open for the
season of 1891-’9&
—Ad. Mclver & Baker
Concerning Tour Wants.
The “one cent a word” column of the
Morning News places advertising within
the reacn of every one who has anything to
veil or wants anything. Advertising shows
thrift and enterpr.se. and for the 3mail sum
of 15 cents you can demonstrate that you
are pos.-essed of those very necessary requi
sites to success in life. The Morning News
circulates everywhere, reaches everybody,
is read uy rich and poor alike, has thousands
of readers who never look at auy other
newspaper.
It will priut your advertisement. If IS
worths or ises. for 15 cents, and charge you
one cent for each added word. There it no
trouble 1 1 calculate what your advertise
lueiit will oust you. If yoe" tiave an adver-
Using a<-c uut with th* M'JRNiNo News
you can telephone your advertisement, if
you do ao before 10 p. (a. Business office
telephone u 3*4.
NO USE TO ADERTISE.
That’s what a wise man
said in this newspaper la<t
week:—at least he said
twas no me to advertise
unless you have something
WORTS ADVERTISING.
The last part of his re
mark revives our drooping
spirits. We may not know
how to tell the story in the
best language, but we wish
you would all remember
That we've been twonly.one yesrj
building up the biggest Piano and
Organ trade in the south, —
_B_Jt)at_no_house^.living can showroT
better instruments.
such low prices for cash, or such"
easy time to pay
By the time you have
mastered this much of our
“alf abet,” if you don’t think
we’ve got something worth
advertising, come in and
say so. We will listen pa
tiently and convince you
positively—for your own
good—and a little bit for
our own profit,that the only
place to buy is at
LUDDEN & BATES S. M H.
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ilMOffj®
Beg to announce to their
patrons and the public in gen
eral that in the selecting ol
their FALL AND WINTER
STOCK this season they have
surpassed all former efforts.
We call special attention to
our stock of BLACK AND
COLORED DRESS GOODS,
SILKS, VELVETS, HOS
IERY, UNDERWEAR,
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS,
CHILDREN’S CAPSinplush,
Surah and Wash Silks. Also
our new line of Jouvin’s Cele
brated KID GLOVES now
complete in all shades and
sizes.
137 Broughton St.
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