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JEXERALSIX the saddle
FAMOUS men IN BOTH ARMIES
WHO WERE GOOD HORrEMEN.
-heir Characteristic* and Peculiari
ties in Camp and on the Field-Some
Imposing Figures on EorsebacU—
Grant was a Hard Rider and Sher.dan
w&a Centaur.
From the Rider and Driver.
All of the federal and confederate geu
traii wno won fame during tbe civil war
were go>i horsemen. Most of them learned
~e ar - of equitation under competent
;~acbers at West Point; but even those who
rose to military command from civil life sat
tbe saddle with more or lee* grace ana
dignity-
Gen. Grant was from bovhood an ardent
lorer of good horses, and while he was in
con.maud of all the United States armies
bn had a large number of exceedingly floe
tnimais at his disp .sal. It is an equine
tium that a merciful man is merciful to
his beast: hut though Gen. Grant had as full
, shjre of mercy in his heart as most men,
be was so earnest and stubborn as a soldier
that be never hesitated to sacrifice human
or animal life to gain a decided end. He
was,in fact, cruel to be Rind. He sat inthe
H idle rather ungainly—that is to say, he
ban an exceedingly good -eat, out his utter
Indifference regarding the uniform of his
rank somewhat detracted from bis appear
ance as a horseman. He never wore a sword
or a sasn after becoming a brigadier, even
on parade days for review. W bile on the
march or canipaigu Gen. Grant carried his
fiai-brinimed hat down over his eyes aud
wore a coat supposed to be one that hail
done duty at Vicksburg. It certainly
looked like it. Grant always went at a band
gallop when following the movements of his
troops, an unlighted cigar firmly clenched
in bis powerful jaws. When the Army of
the Potomac was pursuing Lees forces,
after tbe evacuation of Richmond and the
Petersburg siege works. Grant wore out no
less than six horses inside of three days.
So furiously did he ride from point to point
it frequently happened that all of his order
lies were left behind. Indeed, very few of
the headauarters staff could keep up the
pace. Grant once covered fifty miles in
four hours on three horses.
Gen. Lee bad a very graceful carriage in
the saddle. While in motion he sat ereot
and composed, but he seldom rode at a
(aster gait than a canter. He had a curious
habit of lnyiug bis hands on the pommel on
halting to converse with any one. Leaning
gently forward Lee's attitude was at once
courteous aud engaging. I chanced to meet
the great confederate leader on two occa
sions. being a wounded prisoner after the
tattle of the Wilderness. 1 was lying under
a locust tree by tbe roadside, when Lee
came slowly riding past. Quietly halting,
he leaned over me aud began asking ques
tions concerning the federal army. On ray
politely declining to answer some of his
queries the general’s face grew sad. He
bowed slightly, acknowledged my right to
refuse, and then rode on in deep thought,
for 1 had told him that Grant was present
aud iu real command of the Army of the
Potomac.
Maj. Gen. Meade was one of the m st per
fcot riders in the service. He sat erect at
all times, and it was an inspiring sight to
iee him gallop past a halted corps, hian
uver to the tumultuous oncers that invaria
bly greeted him on such occasions, he would
lilt his braided cap, and, holding it high
above bis head, past through the rauks of
I.is men like a meteor. Meade took good
care that bis charger were capable cf speed
aud endurance, ana he was very careful of
them.
Maj. Gan. G. K. Warren was an ungainly
herseman. His engine ring studies and
tendencies rendered him careless of his
equitation. Of course he could sit on a
horse, and gallop, but if he hud a position
to reconnoitre out of the saddle would he
go, in order to siainber on top of a rook
scarcely any higher than his horse’s back.
There< n foot, with solid ground tinder him,
Warreu could plan at leisure and with ease.
Neither was he particular regarding the
sort of home flush at his command. His
rank gave him a right to tbe best, and the
qua: terms iter always saw that he was well
mounted. He paid no attention to the mat
ter. The animals might be changed daily
aud the fact entirely escape Warren’s atten
tion so long as the old saddle remained. To
him a horse was a military necessity, and I
do not believe he rode on’horseback twenty
nnles after the war enaed.
.Maj. Ge.i. Burnside was an imposing
figure on a horse. His remarkable mus
taches aud whiskers, with the folded Burn
tide bat on his head, made him easily recog
nizable. He always wore full dress, even on
the march, while a huge pair of snow -white
gauntlets lent additional magnificence to
his costume. Asa rider Burnside was easy
and gracef jl, aud he seemed to love being
iu the saddle.
•Maj. Gen. McClellan was one of|tbeb*nd
eimest men on horseback m the federal ser
vice. It sat iu the saddle with a grace and
i ase peculiarly his own. All his appoint
ments were in the most correct taste, and
his horses were full-blooded animals. Wear
ing highly polished riding boots coming up
nearly to his hip3, and wrinkled from his in
step to his knee, he would go splashing over
the roads until horse, rider and boots were
covered with Virginia mud. probably tbe
stickiest substance in existence. His ser
vant, too, always had a clean pair of boots
for the generul on his return to quarters,
after which the man would spend a couple
of hours cleaning tbe other pair. The
soldiers at Yorktowu used to say that “Lit
tle Mac could collect in-re mud in an
Bout’s time than any other general in the
army. McClellan was passionately fond of
horses, and preferred to have them coal
biaek.
Gen. Sherman was a nervous and some
what careless rider. 11a wore his stirrup
leathers very long, seeming to be, almost all
(he time, standing in the irons. This ap
pearance was intensified by his habit of ris
ing in his stirrups on reaching a turn in the
road or gome advantageous point of obsor
'ation. While always careful of his ani
mals, bhermau did not appear to have that
oimness f°r them that Is so common among
good horsemen. He was constantly on the
go, and his eye seemed to be everywhere
neept where his horse was treading. Sher
loans rein was rather a loose one, for he
. ’ apparently, to the natural sagacity
01 tils steed, rather than to his own guid
ance. Seen at the head of a column of
nth 3 ' a* 1 ! ® :v j u S orders for their disposition
1° r Sherman presented a remarka
figure. Riding along the road he was
constantly gazing about him, noting the lay
{ “* km 1 pasted over, as if internally Diali
ng how a battle could be fought there After
‘is retirement from the army, Gen, Sher
eau seldom mouuted a horse, tor he said he
as getting too old, and had had enough of
uh exercise.
, a j- Gen. Hooker was probably the best
bolting mouuted officer mat ever rode at the
ft*® federal army. He was a true
•ilier of the old type, had an easy car
®ge, a firm seat, and sat In the saddle as
I ,” u k nt as an Hrrow. Sometimes the
iin ÜBec * " as atcaight as an India ,”
w an Indian never sits on a horse straight,
Wevtr he may walk.
, ’(aj. Gen. Kilpatrick might be called a
jl'i. tu ' r *? man , f° r he was never s > happy
w hen in the saddle. Though a perfect
nat el 'i ißn * u eTer - v of the word, Kil-
F. did not present a good appearance
Ho rode more like a Coma ;-
_nni* • u than the pupil of a school of
che" n lou ’ an< * cou 'd tfiSbt like a Comau
tbn i fu . re Ma J- Gen. Sickles lost his leg at
„■‘•Lie of Gettysburg he was a pictur
th ‘ J ® a K'ire on h rsoback. Accustomed to
■ th or, ‘! nar y riding saddle before he donned
rn’l U | i ° r "’ - “Ehin,” as his soldiers always
M e “ “}m, fell into the military one with
and freedom. Sickles sat in the .-addle
anr 30 “Blomb peculiarly bis own, and he
hoV*i tu advantage on the gallop, for
rirti 6 Most men look well when
u over a clean country road at the
thev r n moT ’ ,l ß column of troops, for
.. e * or tn a part of the pomp and ciroum
ance of war. At any rate, Gen. Sickles
did, for he was a gallant aud brave officer a
gantlemanby ins mor and breeding.
Maj. Gen. YVade Hampton was, like ail
southerners, a graceful rider. Like Sickle*
the loss of a leg has ended his borseman
ship, bur. ue was not de, rived of the utef and
member by a casualty ou the battl-Held.
V ade wa* a borieuuui, d&adifiei
iu his attire, and somewhat fond of utsplay,
hut he did good service for his sida of the
ge at national quarrel, a..d is deservedly
popular among tne men of tee south. One
of my comrades who saw him ride over a
field noils the former lava wounded pris
oner, tails me that Hampton mad? apleudnl
figure in the saddle, which he sat while on
the gallop with ra _ e ease, scarcely a swing
being noticeable, de.-pite the rapid pace. He
was always magnificently mounted, and
“could ride like the devil, - ’ as mv friend ex
pressed it.
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler oould sit
on u bone and ride without fatigue, but to
the eye of a riding master 1 1 ■ would be a
source of humor. Not that Butler was a
bad horseman, but lie was too neavv a inau
for easy carriage, while tre portentous boots
he always wore iu the field made him look
like a iiirfc Hatteraick suddenly lifted into
asa idle. Whether it was his huge b sits or
the eaturine temneramaut of the man, be
nevertheless rede as if the horse was a
mechanical one and not ina to of flesh und
blood. If he tried a gallop, which was sel
dom, it looked as if rider and steed would
soon part Company, for bis bodv rcs aud
fell Violently ar every stride. Bat Butler
never prided himself on his feats of horse
manship, and active Held movement was not
his forte.
Maj. Gen. John Pope made himself fa
mous in ’862 by issuing a grandiloquent bul
letin to bis army that until further orders
headauarters would bo in tne saddle. Then
the reverses to McClellan began, and Pope’s
headquarters were kept on the steady run
by Lee all through the Virginia valley. The
soldiers used to say that Pope’s hindquarters
were in the saddle and his headquarters no
where. But soldiers are always sarcastic.
Gen. Pope was a flue horseman, and looked
exceedingly well in the saddle.
Gen. Sheridan did not appear to advan
tage on foot. In the saddle he was a cen
taur. When astride of a horse the Shenan
doah valley hero gain 'd In inches, for he
was longer in stature above his sword belt
than below it. Sheridan always sat well
back, unconsciously leaning against the
rear pommel of his military saddle. This
attitude brought his fee; a little in advance
of the correct line but did not detract much
from his appearance as a horseman. The
fierce bundle of icrves that were incased in
his small body would not permit Gen. Sheri
dan to long sit still, and lie was always on
the gallop, even when his army was lying
idle and the pickets were silent.
Maj. Geu. Custer was the beau ideal of a
perfect hi rseinin. He sat in the saddle as
if born in it, for his seat was so very easy
and graceful that he and his steel seemed
one. At West Point he was at the head of
all the classes in horsemanship, and de
lighted in hemg on the taubark. It is ro
tated of him that he could cut down more
wooden heads on the gallop than unv other
one of the cadets. Unlike most ardent
raiders during the war, Gen. Custer seldom
punished his horses. It was ouly when the
moment for charging arrived that he
loosened rein for a headlong dash.
Maj. Geu. Alfred Pleasanton was an ex
quisite horseman, both in his dross and
manuer of riding. Slightly under the av
erage higbt for military men, Pleasanton
would have looked boyish in the saddle but
for his neatly trimmed and glossy beard.
He always wore tight-fitting riding boots
that came just to the bend of the knee, and
he had a habit of tapping them while in
conversation with the feminine riding whip
be invariably carried in his hand. Asa
cavalry leader he had few oquals, da-plte
the fact that Sheridan subsequently became
so prominent in that branch of the service.
Maj. Gen. Hancock looked exceedingly
well in the saddle. Those who only remem
ber him when his hair became gray can
have no idea of the change in his personal
appearance. During the war Hancock bad
a swarthy complexion, the result of being
so much in the open air. His dark hair and
huge goatee gave his face a look of stern
ness, though it was frequently lighted up
by a pleasant and engaging smile. His
figure was rather slender than, which made
him seem taller than he really was. He sat
on his horse bolt upright, bridle hand well
forward, and with scarcely a baud in the
knee. He had usually a tall horse, which
added tojtiie imposing effect of his figure.
Maj. Geu. Logan made a conspicuous fig
ure in the saddle. His coal black hair and
tremendous mustache gave him a ferocious
aupearaoce, though in reality his dlsposi
tiou was a genial une. But he often had fits
of passion, and then his eyes blazed; but
these ebullitions of temper were evanescent
aod they usually occurred on the battle
field. Logan was an exoeedingiy good
horseman, his seat being firr.i yet easy.
When galloping he used to lean backward,
his fe?t well to the front. At critical mo
ments in an engagement he was wont to go
at tremendous speed tow&rd the threatened
part of his line of battle. Then he was
magnificent. His hat jammed down over
his eyes, his eyes bright and his long mus
tache waving in the air gave him an odd
look, while the terrific pace of liis steed was
appalling. He overcame every obstacle
with ease, and it was a beautiful sight tosee
his horse go Hying over fences, ditches, or
fallen trees, while the rider sat iu the -addle
with ease and apparent reckless indiffer
ence.
Lieut. Gen. Thomas Jonathan (Stone
waill Jackson was a great horseman. He
sat the saddle easily, while there was a sort
of abandon visible which showed bis fa ni
liarity with horseflesh from boyhood. His
Beat was very erect, and though it had
none of the stiffness of th ) cavalry style, it
was very correct. His stirrups were short
ened to give a slight bend to the kiiioa and
enable him to adjust his body to the m ive
ments of his steeijj without apparent exer
tion.
Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart
(best known as "Jeb,” from the initials of
bis name) was a grand horseman. He was
the Pleasanton or Sheridan of theemfed
erate army. No man could ride better or
faster than Stuart. He carried a careloss
rein, gripping the sad lie with a knee clasp
which prevented his being unseats 1. Ue
was always well dressed, and as the uni
form of a confederate general was a vary
handsome one, Btuart made a das sing ap
penrance.
Maj. Gen. Marlin T. McMahon was a
debonair rider, from the days whe.i he rode
as a captain iu McClellan’s staff until he de
servedly rose to higher command. I once
saw him walk across a battlefield, having
had his horse killod under him, and be was
swearing away at a terrible rate. Just then
on orderly rode up and surrendered his own
horse. Mae stopped swearing, a 1, leaping
inio the saddle with au angelic smile, gal
loped off to deliver his interrupted orders.
Maj. Goa. Philip Kearny, who was
killed among the pines at Hanover Court
Hoti-e, Va., during McClellan's .peninsular
campaign, bad left an arm in Mexico. Like
Howard, he depended ou the knee for
guiding hiß horse. He was a brave but ex
ceedingly rash man. During the fit year
of the war officers were apt to expose txein
selves by riding off alone, and Kearny had
not learned that southern soldiers were not
Mexican greasers. Daring the battle of
Hanover Court House be rode into a Galt
of voung pines on a personal reconnaissance,
only to find himself confronted witn a
group of confederate infantry men acting
as a vidette. They called ou him to sur
render, when "Phil" turned his steed
swiftly and galloped away. But bullets
travel faster than horses, and lOarnv fell
from his saddle perfectly riddled. There
was a reckless manner about Kearny that
was peculiarly fascinating. He was a hard
fighter und fairly revelled in the tumult of
a battle. Had he lived he would undoubt
edlv have attained important command.
Maj. Gen. C. C. Ord was a famous horse
man,' He sat bolt upright, with loug stir
rup leathers, but there was a peculiar firm
ness in his seat. He had great endurance,
for he seldom alighted except, when on the
march, while his corps was halted for rest.
He favored tall animals like himself, so
that steel and rider were well fitted,
Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace was a fine rider.
Though disposed to be rather careless of
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1891.
his ou' war 1 appearance during a compaign.
allace always had good Dorses and knew
how to use them. He was an exceedingly
pleasant tempered man, aud war corre
spondents were fond cf him, because he w as
not afraid of them, as many g nerals were.
There was not much of the military style
about his seat, but it was a firm and secure
one.
Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early was a fierce
rider. Auytbing be attempted or did was
fiercely conducted. He had a swinging,
easy seat, the result of constant galloping,
for during a battle Early was here, there
and everywhere. Though i eatly dries and.
he was one of the few confederate generals
who were not miiitarr or soldierly in their
apDearauce. He sat in the sa Idle tike a
southern gentleman: but ft was the insignia
of bis rank that showed him to be a s luier.
He would have looked fully as welliu the
old suit of homespun he had worn bsfore the
war.
Maj. Geu. N. P. Banks rode a horse bean
pole fashion. Being exceedingly long
legged, his stirrup leathers were lowered to
t,e very last hole. Thet efore, he teemed to
ho sitting on a fence and not oti a hor-e.
Despite this he rode well, and as his body
was as long as bis legs, h“ made a tolerably
go: -1 appearance. Galloping with him was
evidently hard work, showing that bis seat
was too rigid.
Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry made a youthful
appearance in the saddle. But he was a
perfect horseman and rode very eseily.
His horses ware beautiful, and he was very
careful of them. Fond of a gallop. Terry
would go over a fence or a ditch like a
bird, au i so lightly did he occupy the sad
dle that his horse -s seldo n blown, even
after a hard stretch acr ss the fie and. After
the war Terry was in the saddle almost
every day for several years. He rode from
Bismarck, to the Canadian line in
search of Sitting Bull: and officers ou that
tedious and tiresome expedition have told
me that the general was always the fresh
est man in the command when nightfall
called for a halt and camp.
DO. lORa AND BURGEONS.
Some Strange and Ludicrous Samples
of Diagnoses.
From Harper's Magazin e.
“A doctor and a surgeon may be the same
person,” remarked the philosophical trainer,
oracularly, *‘but thev seldom are. If you
whine—as the dogs do when thoir feet hurt
after a hunt —or if you limp or complain, a
dootor guesses what is the matter with yo.i.
Then he guesses what will cure you. If
both gueses are tight you are iu luck and
he is a skillful dootor. In uiue cases out of
ton be is giving you something harmless,
while he is taking a second and third look
at you (at your expense, of course,) to guess
over after himself."
His medical pessimism and his surgical
optimism amused aud entertained me, and I
encouraged him to go on.
"Now, with a surgeon it is different. Sur
gery is an exact science. Before 1 took this
position I was a surgeon’s assistant in a hos
pital. Iu some places we are called trained
nurses. In our place we were called sur
geons’ assistants. That’s why I make such
a distinction between doo'orj and surgeons.
I’ve seen the two work side Py sido so long.
I’ve seen some of the funniest mistakes
made, aud I've seen mistakes ttiat were not
funny. I’vo seen post-mortem examinations
that would have made a surgeon a<hamed
that he had ever been bjrn looked upon by
the doctor who treated the case as not at all
strange; didn’t stagger him a bit in his own
opinion of himself and his scientific knowl
edge next time. I remember one case. It
was a Japanese boy. He was as solid as a
little ox, but he told Dr. G that he’d
been taking a homeopathic prescription for
a cold. That was enough for Dr. G . A
red rag in the vau or a bovine animal is
nothing to the word ‘h mioopathy’ to Dr.
G-—. Hydropathy gives him fits! and ec
lectio sm almost lays him out. Not long
ago he sat on a jury which sent a man to
prison who had failed iu a ease of ‘mind
cure.' That gave deep delight to his ‘regu
lar’ soul. Well, Dr. G questioned the
little Jap, who could not speak good En
glish, and had the national inclination to
agree with whatever you say. Ever been
iu Japan? No? Well, they are a droll lot.
Always strive to agree with all you say or
suggest.
“•Did you ever spit blood?’ asked Dr.
G , by’aud-by, after ta could find noth
ing else wrong oxcept the little cold for
which the homeopathic physician was treat
ing the boy.
“ ‘Oaee, - replied the youthful victim.
“ ‘Ahal wa are getting at the root of this
matter now,’said Dr. G . ‘Now tell me
truly. Be careful! Did you spit much
bloo If"
•“Yes, sir; a good deal.’
"The doctor sniffed. He always knew
that a homeopathic humbug could not and ag
uose a case, and would be likely to get just
about as near the fact as a light cold would
come to tuberculosis. v
“ ‘Hosv long did this last !' ha inquired of
the smiliag boy.
“‘I think—it seemed to me '
“‘A half hour?’ queried the doctor;
•twenty minutes?’
“T think so. Yes, sir. About half an
hour—twenty minutes,’ responded the oblig
ing youth.
•‘I heard that talk. Common sense told
me the boy’s lungs were ail right, but it was
none of mv business, and so I watched him
treated, off and on, for lung trouble for
over a month before I got a chance to ask
him any questions. Then I asked incide jt
ally:
••* What made you spit that blood that
time, Gihi!’ ”
“ ‘1 didn’t know I ought to swallow him,’
he replied, wide-eyed and anxious. ‘Dent
ist pul! tooth. Hesaytoine: “Spit blood
here.” Ido like he tell me. Y r our doctor
say ver had for ludgs, spit blood. Next
time I swallow him.'
“I helped another practitioner, in good
and regular standing, to examine a man’s
heart. Ho found % pretty bad wheeze in
the left side. ( had to nurse thit mun. He
had been ou a bat, and on all earth that
ailed him was tnat spree, but begot treated
for heart trouble, it scared the man almost
to dealn.
"I’d learned how a heart should sound, so
one day I tried hi*. He was in hed then,
and It sounded all right, so when the doctor
came in I took him aside and told him that I
didn’t want to interfere, but that man was
scared about to death over his heart, and it
seemed to me it was ail right—sounded
like other hearts —and Isis pulse wa; all
right, too. The and ictor was mad as a March
hare, though ho had told me t > make two
or three tests, and keep the record for him
against the time of his next visit. Well, to
make a loug matter short, the final discov
ery was—the mau don’t kno v it yet, a id he
is going'around in dread of dropping off
any minute with heart failure—that at the
first examination the man had removed
only his coat aud ve3t and his new sus-
V under o.i his starched shirt had made the
squeak. That ii a cold fact, and that man
paid over SBO for the treatment he had for
his fioirt."
GOING 10COLLEGE ON HIS MUSCLE
A Good Footb ill Playar to Get Hie
Education for Nothing.
Buffalo, Nov. I.—Six months ago
Robert Actofi cams to Buffalo. He had
graduated from a school in Cork, Ireland.
He applied for a place as clerk in several of
the leading dry goods stores here, but met
with no success. He was at last obliged to
engage as a common dock laborer. Here he
has w rked for the past flve months at Jl a
day, stopping at a low sailors’ boarding
house. Acton is a bright fellow, and his
great strength won for him the title of
Hercules.
Friday he left Buffalo for Yale College.
The circumstances of his going are interest
ing. Acton was a member of a football
team in England, and has won several
medals for good work fn the held. The
students at Yale heard that Acton was in
Buffalo, and proposed that he attend col
lege at their expense and play in tbeir foot
ball team. He accepted the terms, and a
draft for S3OO was sent to him.
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BOLD BY ALL PBPQQISIS.
AN ADVENTURE IN MIE-AIR.
Two Sparrows Entangled in a Piece o!\
Twine Fight for Liberty.
From the Philadelphia Tinier.
A sparrow with a long piece of string
dangling from his beak was scaring aloft
yesterday, bound for the steeple of old In
dependence hall. Mr. Sparrow's lofty as
pirations, however, were destined to be
nipped in the hud, for when tbe lower cor
nice of the clock tower was reached the
siring caught on a nail, suddenly retarding
the bird pirate’s upward j mruey. No
sooner had the string caught vian die irrita
ble little bird made a violent attempt to
lo sen it by taking it firmly in his beak and
starting off at lightning speed. The string
d.d not loosen or break, but snapped like a
rubber elastic, and, the sparrow hanging
on, tiecaine enta gied in such a wav that
he could not move, so hung suspended by
the string.
A moment later a brother sparrow' came
to the rescue and in his frantic efforts to
extricate bis companion he too became en
tangled. The latter’s wings were left free,
however, aud after fluttering them wildly
for a few moments the string finally broke,
precipitating the captives to the ground be
low.
All this time a large crowd of people had
been intently gazing at the mid-air advent
ure, and when at last toe string broso let
ting the actors iali to the grouud one of the
admiring spectators rushed to their rescue
and cut the string, giving the birds their
freedom for wtiich they had fought so hard
and tenaciously.
BAEIES IN THE INCUBATOR.
Two Tiny Weaklings Nursed Into Life
at an Almshouse.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The success of the incubator at the Phila
delphia hospital has been proved under
peculiar circumstances. Not long ago a
colored girl, apparently not more than Is
years of age, was brought to the hospital in
such a precarious statu that the c.essriau
operation was performed. The child had n t
attained full development, and as the moth
er herself w.vs in a daugerous condition, her
care of it was out of the quesdon. It wag
therefore placed in the iucubator and care
fully watched.
In a short time great improvement was
noticed. Though the growth was slow end
scarcely perceptible, yet not many days
elapsed before it had gained in weight.
When placed in the incubator its weight
was but three pounds. A few days ago u
tipped the beam at twelve pounds. Tbe in
cubator has been abandoned as lls a ode,
and the girl mother now tenderly guards its
destinies.
Another occupant was found for the incu
bator, a tiny colored girl babe, found ourled
in a shoe-box on the street a week ago. She
was 4 days old, and weighed but a few
pounds. She is now increasing her avordu
pois at the rate of tight ounces a day, and
is progressing with energy. With a grate
ful thought to her rescuer, galiauL.Police
Officer (lgden,.tliey have duUe.ii. Car with
due ceremony, Nellie Ugden.
A BT2AMER SAVED BY A WOMAN.
The Cabin Firod by Lamps Thrown
Prom Their Places In a Storm.
From the .\>to York World.
Kingston, Ont., Nov. I.—A terrific gale
blew on the Canadian side of the lakes last
night. Tt o propeller Alma Munro, bound
from Montreal to Toronto, with a cargo of
merchandise, including many barrels of
coal oil, would have been lost near Presque
Isle, Like Ontario, but fur the courage and
skill of Capl. Brown and the crew.
At midnight, when the storm was at its
higflt, and when the boat was many mHrs
from land, the captain tried to turn her
about iu order to run back hero. This wa
ft difficult task. The steamboat rolled in
the trough of the saa for p. long time.
Gang-planks and part of the cargo on deck
were wnshei overboard.
The cabin coal oil lamps fell out of otiai;
delien and .set the carpet on fire. Flames
burst oat of the windows and it looked as
if the craft was doomed.
Nellie Gray of Hamilton, the ladies’ maid,
saved the steamer by smothering the flames
with wee blankets. Finally the boat was
and reached hero.
Are Ycu in Doubt?
-YWRve tdiug season Is now ou in all its
V Igor amt bu-Ue. Presents go with the
weddings. "vYbat is appropriate* What is
proper? What is the. east: 1 AU these im
portant points are admirably settled on
Sternberg’s second floor. A perfect pano
rama of lovely articles, useful and orna
mental. Fine Plush Goods, Elegant China,
Bronzes, Statues, Toilet Sets, Curios, Brie
a-brae. Fancy Lamps, Imported Art Wares,
Tea Sets and innumerable other articles,
“just the vsry thing you waut.” The prices
are adjustaldk to your inclination. (Qual
ity guaranteed. Stlhnberg’u,
— Ad. 1.17 Hroughtou street.
Huy ler’s candies ju9t received at Solomons
& Co.’s two stores.—Ad.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has
teen used for over fifty years by millions
of mothers for tbeir children while toothing,
with perfect success. It soothes the child,
softens tho gums, allays all pain, cures wind
colic and is the best remedy for Diarrbue).
It will relieve the oo ir little sufferer imme
diately. Sold by druggists in every part of
tbe count y, i'weuty five cents a bottle.
Be sure and ask for “Mrs. Winslow’s Sootb
n g Syrup," and take no other kind. Ad.
Hayler’s candies just received at Solo
mons & Co.’s two drug stores. —Adi
Men’s Underwear, cheap! Cheap!
La Far is closiug out a tine lot nice
good-. Low prices. J.aFar, V Bull street.
—-4tf. ’
Roys’ Windsor Ties
And •oarfs, elegant variety atLaFar’s.—Ad.
Neckwear.
New Puff scarfs and tecks. All the new
siiks at La Far’s. — Ad.
Fine Dress Shirts, Kid Gloves,
Undressed anil finished. AU oolors, at
LaFar’s. Ad.
Harderfoid Sanitary Underwear,
Equal to Jaeger’s, but not so expensive.
LaFar, agent for Savannah. Ad.
Men’s Hat3, Boys' Hats,
Btetson’s, Dunlap’s or Nascimentoe.
LaFar’s.—Ad.
FALK CLOTHING CO.
We carry .ow.pr cod suits, sod
want every one in Savanna# to
to know it. aid they a r e deeded
ly cheaper thin any other goods
of a sim larpr ce to be found in
Vie city.
Our forte, however, is our finer
grades, wh ch represent the pe
faction of the art o ( tailoring, and
ti.hhem we beg to direct the atte n
‘tioc. of the good and essars who have
oeen accustomed to have their
Hctues made to order.
FALK CLOTHING CO.
CHEAP ADVERTISING!
ONE CENT A WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, !•% Word# or niorr, In
tins column inserted for ONE CENT A WOKD,
Cash in Advance, each insertion.
Everybody who has any want to supply, any
thin* to buy or soil, any business or accommo
dations to secure; indeed, any wish to gratify,
should advertise in this column.
FKKaGHiAU
I JHOTOGRAPHY—Prices reduoeJ, cabinets
I 5b por dozen. Work first-clam in evory
particular. J. N. WILSON. HI l*ulUti>*t.
S£l (10 AND I PWARD for cleaning and
1 repairing watches; work guar&n
teod, FEOEAS, 112 liroughton street.
IJMNANOJaL— Persons having §lO and up
ward to invest will find It to their ad van t
age to address PROFITABLE, care News.
WE Are the only agent * for Lowenbrau beer.
▼ Jt is bottled at the brewery iu Munich,
and Imported'in glass pints and quarts. M.
LAVIN'* ESTATE.
/ \L'R corresjjon ients are among tbe most
' * reliable distillers and wine growers lu Ku
rope aod America. M. LAV IN’B ESTATE,
w holesale liquor dealers and importers.
nANCINti and French pedal calisthenics;
tin higher pbysica l education. School nt 7'J
Broughton street . Tuition Tuesday. Thursday.
Saturday at 3; Monday. Wednesday, Friday
at H; private lessons at any time. Appiy at the
school or at Harnett House.
I)FRSON.\L— It is of interest to you to place
your advertisements lo tbe cheap columns
of the Mornins News. Merchants receive great
benefits in tbeir use.
/ \LD NEWSPAPER*—2OO for cents —at
V / PiK3lrv.**t Office Morning News.
YXT£ are now receiving lsrce shipments of
tv wines and liquors for the winter trade
Get our t rices and samples b fore purchasing
eiaowii re. M. LAVIN'* ESTATE. Telephone 51
I F you are in need of money and want a
I liberal loan for any lengt'i of time, at lowest
rate of interest, on diamonds, watches
jewelry, clothing, etc., and if jou warn your
valuable® returned iu the same condition as left,
patronize homo enterprise and call at toe Old
Reliable Savannah Licensed Pawnbroker House,
ITP Congress street, K. ML'BLUE HO. Manager.
liKU* WANTED
\V* ANTED, a white laundress. Apply ia the
jV morning at :G0 Liberty street.
V \T ANTEO, a colored cook and a house girl.
▼ v Mrs. J. S. WOOD, corner OwinueLt and
Whitaker.
\if ANTED, seaintresa at 03 Btrnard hir.et,
f v eorasr Jonas street.
AN TED, agents: eomething new; Kells in
tv every house; bier commission paid. Ad
dress D H., News office.
YY" ANTED, a No 1 carpet and matting layer;
tV first class men only need apply Savan
nah Furniture Company, W. O. BUKKS, Man
agrer.
YY ,r ANTED, n -rents, ladies and gontlemrn, to
* work in city; to $5 per day easily made
by good wrrkers; references require!. Address
A , Th.s office.
V GENTS, s'* to 910 per day collecting small
pictures for us to copy and enlarge; satin
far*ti n guaranteed and a£l outfit free. A.
DUNNE & CO.. 55 [trade street. New York
\%J ANTED, twenty salesmen to carry as a side
tY line our ••Cash on Delivery" cigar with
gold-filled watch; bi* pay. C. O. D. CIGAR CO..
Winston, N. (J.
EMPLOY MEN! \\ ANTED.
SITUATION WANTED, by first class dry
goods clerk*. Address for two days, F. L ,
Morning New®.
ANTED -An experienced bookkeeper and
Y t general accountant desires an engage
ment. host references.- Address W. D. W.,
this paper.
YY/ ANTED-An experienced and
Y general acoountaut desires an eugasrt*
meet Pest references. Aldrets W. D. W.,
this office.
vllSUfiLbANllUlis WANTS.
\\'ANTED, own rs f real estate to place
’ property in my bands for sale. Prompt
personal attention giv -u ami every effort made
to sell to adiantagie. W. K. WILKINSON,
Real Estate Dealer.
WANTED, the public to know that we are
r now prepared to fill all orders for tho
best imiKirted or domestic wine-., liquors, cor
dials, ales, beer, etc. M. LAVIX’S ESTATE,
telephone 54.
\ 4"ANTED, merchants to try the benefits of
r - advertising in the "Olio cent a word"
columns of the M.’iXlso News. It will certainly
pay-
ROOMS to HKN'I .
L’OR KENT, large south room, furnished or
I unfurnished. 155 South Broa.l
FTO RENT, a fiat o' three rooms, with kitchen
1 and rervants' room, centrally located,
nicely (planted fur housekeeping. Address, this
office, RENT.
Ij'OK RENT, third floor ll.itter.ny's building.
corner Bay and Drayton streets Laige,
airy rooms, suitable for club purposes or bach
elors'quarters Apply L T. TURNER, admin
istrator, 118 Bay street.
rpo BENT, rooms on second and third floors,
X WUllUold building, over the postoflioe;
) k'Otlon must desirable inthe city. Apply to
JOHN SULLIVAN A 00.. Htt'-j Hay street,
17*011 REWT. furnished room, with privilege
of bath; gentlemen only. Appiy i!l4 Lib
erty.
HOUSES AND AiOKRs FOB RUN f
f p.J RENT, a store and dwelling, first-class
1 bu Guess stand. Oget-cliee road and Bit
inarok street*. Apply j), \V. corner
FpOR RENT, the oremDes 156 Broughton
street, fronting thirty feet on Hrougutun
street aud running hack to the lane. Ecu terms
apply to QEO. W. OWENS, 134 Bryan street.
IT'OR RENT OB SALE, a very desirable resi
dence near the park: possession imme
diately. JOHN N. JOHNSON A CO.
I JOB RENT, store southwest corner Brough
ton and Ahercorn sire- to Poss sslon given
•t once. Apply to 8. GUCKENHEIMER &
SONS.
IJOR RENT, desirable residence 100 Taylor
I street, between Drayton and Ahercorn;
south front. Possession Nov. 1. Apply to
9. GUCKENHEIMER & bONa.
I "OR REN TANARUS, the premises 181 Congress street,
now occupied by Apoel & Sohaul Posses
sion Sept. X. For terms spply to OKO. W.
OWENS, IS4 Bryan street.
KENT, residence iSfl Duffy street, be
tween Bull and Whitaker streets; uewand
commodious. P. D. DAFFIN & SON.
FOR KKNT-MISCRI.LAICEOC7S.
r pRUCK FARM for rofit. c roer Gwinnett
I and Stvles avenue, opposite new water
works WM. HONE
RENT, one large and and sirable office.
with fiue light and veutilatiou, on Bay
street, front of Low's building: also, ama I
office in same building. Appiy to WM. L.
WaKEI.EF, 54 Bay street.
CVYR KENT, tb cheap columns of the Moa.\
I ino News at “one cent a word” for each in
aertiou; au excellent inode f advertising.
FOR SALE.
HORSES AND MULES acc.lmatod
mules, family broke horse*, nice driving
Mum, heavy truck and delivery wagon horse*,
ail kinds saddle and ha r neHx. fine mares and
hors** Livery i.a* latest *;y.e riga; bent ac
commodated and best frd hoarding stock in
city. Mv.ro ix-ts stati* and mill* pens.
rt; t**.t guaranteed; b-et stock and more of
them than any otucr stable. J. F. UUILMAR
TIN .y CO.'S STABLER.
SALE, a paring drug business cheap;
raine had health. Call or addresa DRUG
STORE, corner 1 urban and Farm stieel*.
SALE, a lot of fine South Carolina grade
Jer-ey milch cows. J. K. GUILMARTIN
& CO. STABLES.
SALE, Shufeldt’s Imperial gin. in bar
rels. half barrel* and kegs, and .Shufeldt's
superior henls of old rye whitkiee. M. LA
ViN'S ESTATE. 45 hast Broad itreet
T \ 1 ■ Blaakata: Bant llaroraa
l os *?. k . Kvt * r J rthU, K Cheap at NEIDLINUER
& K A 01. N 3,
\\f.\OONKT, t-arrips comfort
* ▼ at. 4/, suitable for hotel bus iu smaller
towns, hunting parties; li<bt ru mnsc and nice
loo'vi-i*; also, canopy top surrey; also, piss*
trout landaulet, ery Uniome anfi styllsli; all
Cheap for cash. J. F. HUM.M ARTIN * CO.’S
BTABLKB.
171 >R SALE, Johannlsmineral wster. thetw-st
I imported natural spring water; misur
passed as an aperient or table waier M.
LaVIN’SKSIATiC.
IjV)K SALE, tin? lar.-est and beet assorted
"took of White Ihne Sash, I oors. iiiiu.ia
Mouldiiuff!, etc., etc., in too South. A*ao ail
scon turd brand* of thire White l-eada, ool.J,
dry and in all Mixed i’atnta. Varnishes, etc.
MUi supp les. Builders' hardware Is my
specialty. Lime, I'lastor and Hair. Direct im
portation* of R- emtle and Portland Cwment
Sewer. < bilven ami Flue Pipe, all tlr.tw. hernia.
Traps, Ts, oto Call or writo for my prices, and
set iwUmate* before buying. ANDREW
HANLEY.
BOA It I*l
pOVKDPPS IV ANT KD at 191 York street;
1 > alto furnished rooms for tent, (lentiemen
only.
bon,
I OST. on Monday night, at King & Franklin s
show,a dlani. nd-set cuff-button. A suit
able reward will be paid if left at O. K.
BAKERY. M Bryan street.
STOUEK.
CT 1 >LF.N OR STRAYED, from my Stahl-., t
• ’ Lincoln street, Nov. ba- horse, tatt f ire
foot white and white spot in taoe. Ten dollars
reward lor information leading to recovery.
CHAS. RAMSEY, Stevedore.
MIBCKLLAN Hi > U.>.
IjINOLISH TOOTHBRUSHES, SOc.; house-
J hold ammonia, large bottle, 10c.; wood
toothpicks, fic : Pear's wap, Sforlttc.; refined
borax. UOc. pound, at LIVINGSTON'S PllAll
M ACY ;
/ ' RE VT RENF.FITS are gained by the popular
U mode of advertising in this column. Try
it to day.
It EFORE you buy or sell jwoperiy consult
ROBERT H. TATEM. Koal Estate Dealer
and Auctioneer.
II OT ( iiOI’OLATE and hot ginger fruit, with
Ia little snack, sc. cup, at LiVISOSTOJJ'B
PHARMACY.
1 ALOW KKS—A fresh supply at Strong's drug
store dally. Floral dtwigus at short notion.
GEORGE WaGNEK, telephone IDS.
C AltHI VGI£S, liUOUIttsT KTCT
"Plie Poor Man’s
SALVATION
m his poverty,
ITia 90 cont earning potrer must needs answer
a $1 purchasing equivalent. Quantity or
Quality, either; but not beth
It’s poor reasoning, but it's po; Carriage
profits were once an unknown qua lMty — not ho
now; except, jeri ape, Hi© dealer, who enjoys
only an "ucvasional" sale.
Quantity cuts a big figure,
Quantity always cuts profits;
Quality fills the gap, and the poor man steps
iu.
Reason In all things.
We sell the Q-mniitr—Quality is self evident.
Ah with Buggies, otc. ; ho Is it with llai nesH J
which now D a eotisideraUj Item in our dally
sales. Consider this. < five us a cal'.
i'ou li be convinced.
OtlOi'
I Argent Vehicle and Harness Dealers flouth.
LEGAL SALK*.
(VEORGIA, Chatham County.—Notice is
.% hereby giv*n to all parties having de
nr.an is against estate of THOS. P TOWNS
END, late of said county, now doceoaed, to
present them t > tue undersigned, properly
made out, aud within the time prescribed by
law, so an to s’iow their character and amount,
and all persons indebted to said dcce&eed are
hereby required to make immediate payment
to me.
J. V. BROOKS.
Administrator of ©Htate of T. P. Townsend,
deceased. No. 185 Bay street.
Savannah. Ga . <>ct. 0, IMI.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
V <)TICE i hen by given to ft 1 km r >nn having
A demands aca nst MRS. ESTEgLE SAV
AGE, late of rad county, dee* ase 1 to present
them duly attested In the time prescribed by
law, and all persons indebted to said deceased
af© t.errb/ required to make j aynient to J. B.
BAUSSY, Executor.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
N OTICE is hereby given to all persona having
demands against M RS. EVE CAMPBELL,
late of said county, deceased, to present them
properly made out in the time prescribed by
law, ami it 1 persons iGebledto said deceased
are hereby required to make payment to
POMPEY BUTLER, Administrator.
WHOLESALE G ItOCKRS,
Soli’s Answer!
READ IT
IN THIS ISSUE.
Also In Issues of MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
aaa FRIDAY.
PAINTS ANI) OIL’S.
JOHN G. BUTLER*
W 1Im; LEADS, oolors, oils, GLASA
TY VARNISH, ETC’.; READY MIXES
PAIMSL RAILROAD. STEAMER AND MIIX
builders hardware. Hole av at fa*
LADD LIME. CALCINED PLASTER, CEMKITK
BAIR AND LAND PLASTKR.
ttfCsocreas three- and IK St. Ml
Yzmttnah. Oeands.
LEATHER goods.
NEIDLINGER & RABUN,
DEALERS IN
HDBBEII AND LEATHER BELTING
ties Lion M> rapping. Saddles. Harness. Leather
Savashah, Ga
READ the Bunday Mosstso News. For sal#
at KIEFFERS DRUG STORE. West
Broad and Stewart streets.
AUCTION A LES FUTURE DATS.
Fine Furnirure
AT AUCTION 1
By I. D. Laßoche & Son,
Auctioneers.
!On FRIDAY, the 6TH DAY OF N F.NBIR,
1!*9I. at It o'clock, we will sell to th highest
bidder for cash, at premises. P'l New HouAoa
street i near Jefferson street).
All the Furniture contains! therein, consist
ing Of BEDROOM SETS. CARPETS. T JILET
SETS. PICTURES, BRIC-A BRA .STAIRCAR.
PET, LA MI’S. STOVES, PARLOR FURNI
TURE. FINK PARLOR C vKPET. SIDE
BOARD, DINING TABLE, CHAIRS. REFRIG
ATuR, STOVES, and In fact everything neces
sary for keeping house.
GROCERIES.
New Goods Just Received
CHEESE DEPARTMENT.
This department we make a specialty, and
keep a fill! line of the best Imported end Do
mestic Go ids on tie market: Csramembert
Cheese, Mnenst -r Cheese, Roquefort Cheeee,
Froiuage De lir s Cheese, Neupchatel Cheeee,
I’almoaon Grated Cheese, Sap Sago Cheese,
Llmburger Cheese, Swiss Caeese, English
Dairy Cheese, Full Worcester Cream Clroese.
NEW PRESERVE:
"French Watermelon," verTfine: new Shell-1
Jordan Almond-, new Shelled Valencia Al
in 'iids, new (,'ltro -. new Raisins, new
Currautii, new Pruues, new Figs, new Evapo
r.iteit Apples, new Selected Queen Olives, now
Manzanillo ‘dives, new Sliced Lobsters, new
Salmon Steaks, new California Fruits.
Call and examine our new line of Preserve*
and Jellies, without a doubt, the finest Une in
the city, put up in all sty es, both iu bulk and
packages.
Always on band a full line of only th* bei
the market affords, in botn Domestic and lm
por.ed Groceries.
Solo Agents for the Celebrated Imported
KAISER BEER
EML ii MKIIILD,
NO. 144 CONGRESS ST.
are.
IMB • Kl.Tl.su
RUBBER BELTING.
RUBBER : PACKING,
Hemp Parking, Soap Stone
Packing, Asbestos Packing,
Empire Packing. Eureka Pack
ing, Usudurian Packing, Gar
lock’s Spiral Packing, Tuxt
Rubber Back Packing, Raw
Hide Lace Leather.
’alirWraCo.
- 11 1. I |l!*J
GKAIN AND PROVISIONS*
STRAW! STRAVIH
STRAW I
Four hundred tons nice dean, bright straw tr
small bales
Texas R. P. Oats, Seed Rye, Hay.
Corn and Oats, Our Own Cow
Peed, Cotton Seed MoaL
T* J. DAVIS,
*K3i Bny Street.
Solo Agent for Orsno Manhattan Food.
MACH IN KECK.
J. W. TYNAN,
ENGINEER and MACHINIST,
BAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Corner West Broad and Indian Street*
All kinds of machinery. boiler!,
Etc , made avl repaired. STEAM PUMW,
GOVERNORS, INJECTORS AND STKAfI
Water FITTINGS of aU kinds for sal*
SUTBIaS.
THE MARSHALL;
11. N. FISH'S
European Hotel and
Restaurant,
Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
INSURANCE.
CHARLES r. PRENDERGAST
(Successor to R. H. Footman A Oo.J
FIRE, MARINE AND STORM INSURANCE,
108 BAY BTP.EET,
fS>rt West of the Cotton Exchange.!
Telephone Call No. Ji. Savannah. G*
PLUMBER.
FIXE LINE OF
GAS FiXTGRES AND GLOBES
AT
L. A. MCCARTHY’S,
46 DRAYTON FT,
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
WHITE BLUFF ROADt
PANTS, Bou.juct* Design* Cut Flowers
furnished to order. Leave orders at DAVtg
BROS.’, cor. Bull and York sta. The Bolt Rail
war passe* through the nursery. Teetphoasttt
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