The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 26, 1891, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 DEATH TOOK A HAND. IT WAS A DESPERATE POKER OAME AND 810 CASINO LOST Bverythlng Down to Hla Mother’s Wedding Ring, but It Was Nobly Wen Back by the Dead Hand—A Tribute to the tlan Who Played Square. From the Few York Recorder. Sutter’s Mills was shrouded In the Mack gloom of uight and the few low and scat tered houses seemed to shrink from the coming storm. The red swinging sign board in front of the Little Bohemia saloon creaked dismally in the Her**: wind blowing down the valley. The feeble ray of light that penetrated the dirty window was not strong enough to illuminate the road, yet it served as a guiding star to a solitary wanderer who, with head burled In his coat collar and hands deep in his pockets, was coming down the single street of the town headed for the saloon. Sutter's Hills was now world-famous and filled with a motley crowd, in which all gradation of the lights and shadows that make up the great picture ofl life were blended in one conglomerate whole, and this crowd had but one cry, oue prayer that has been on the lips of men In all ages: "Give ns this day our daily gold." Little Bohe mia was a gambling nouse owned and run by Henry Bingham. Rumor said he had been a sailor. He oontented himself with acquiring gold from those who took it from the ground. Lit tle Bohemia was or edited with be ing a good "claim.” It had panned out rioh. One of the rules that won popularity for the house was that when a player had staked his last dust the game should be for "table stakes,” thus giving the victim a chance to "resteoke his claim” on the show down. The wanderer had now reaohed the door and paused to listen to the voloei and bursts of laughter within. Hisjface dark ened and he muttered: "Surface Jim’s voice, as Pm a sinner. What can he be doing up here r He pushed open tbs door and shouts of welcome greeted bis entrance. Hank poured out a drink, whloh the ohilled man poured into himself without winking. "We was just saying as how Little Casino and the rest of the deok might oome down to-night," ■aid Hank. "l'he Four Aoes are aQ played out to night, but they told me to say they would be on hand for the regular game to morrow night,” Little Casino replied. For some abstruse and vaguely humorous reason, known only to tbs western mind, Bingham and his friends were known respectively as Big Casino and Little Casino and the Four Aoes. Jack Mar tin was the Little Casino, Joe Humphreys, Ham Ball, Geary and Turner were the Aoes. Perhaps It was because they all "counted” in anything going on at the Mill. When Little Casino’s thirst had been sat isfied to a reasonable degree the game pro ceeded. Little Casino’s buckskin pouch was oarefullv weighed and he reosived the value of tts dust In ohlpa. As the night wore on the other games broke up and the players departed for their homes. But at this table intense excitement dominated each player. Big Casino was losing stead ily and heavily. Do what he would the tide of look set steadily against him. Lit tle Casino was holding his own. He tried to divert Surface Jim’s attention from his friend, but to no purpose. Surface Jim played steadily on, with never a movement of bis muscles to tell whether he had won thousands, or lost even the money with whiob he intended to get bis breakfast. Once, when he bad gone to the bar, Bing ham loaned across the table and whisperedi "He is after my dust and be will get it. A yalter dog ran through the room to-day, I gave him lead, but be did not drop until be was in the road. It. Is a bad sign." Little Casino won several small pots, and when Big Casino had exhausted his pile, gave him more chips with which to con tinue. Hank gave a deed of his saloon dated a month ahead, and Surface Jim’s eyes glittered greedily as he raked it, also, in. "I’ll allow yon five ounces for the love token there," he calmly Bald, pointing to a broad, plain gold rlig on Big Casino's finder. Big Casino was now desperate, and hesitated bat for a moment He then, with much difficulty, succeeded in drawing it from his linger. Surface Jim balanced it carefully in the palm of bis hand and read aloud the now almost effaced Inscription on the inside: “Jennie to Henry." Big Casino’s face was white with passion at the insulting manner in which this was dona, and he hoarsely said: “That ‘love token,’ as you call It, was my mother's wedding ring. She gave it to my father before their marriage and he wed her with it You may weigh the riDg, but you cahnot thus weigh the few joys aud many sorrows with whioh It dowered her.” "Avery pretty sentiment,” sneered Sur face, "but I thought I was reading a romance of our younger days. You cleaned out my bank in ’Frisco and started your game here. I came for reveDge and have got all except your mother’s wedding ring, as you call it 1 Intend to have even that, though I don’t believe your mother ever had a wedding ring." And as he spoke he Impaled the ring upon the table by means of & glittering bowie knife. "Who wins the ring also rakes down the knife." be said. Big Casino’s face was ashen as he replied: “If you were not under the roof of a man who reepeots the laws or hospitality I’d kill you where you sit We’ll talk less now and play more, and—if I win I’ll slit your throat us sure as there’s gold in Sutter's MIL" Little Casino dealt the cards to eaoh. lUg Casino discarded three, and after the draw held three queens. *‘l think I shall keep my head on," he calmly said as be laid his cards face up upon the table. Bince Casino was broke the game was for table stakes and Surface Jim had not yet drawn. Ha called for three cards as he showed down a pair of jacks. The first card was a king, the second a king, and the lost oard on which the fortuue of the game depended turned up a jack. Surface Jim had won. There was a moan and Big Casino’s head fell heavily forward. Little Casino raised him in his arms and listened for the mut tered words that came faintly from be tween the frothing lips: “The claim is busted and I’ve cashed in." A spasmodic jerk and Big Casino’s head fell book so that the now sightless eves gated up Into the misty ones of Little Casino. The breath was out of him, and they laid down the “deserted claim" gently upon the bar. “Haart disease or apoplexy!" said tbe coroner. "A ‘cold’ deck and heart break," said Little Casino. • **••* It was a subdued and sorrowing crowd of miners that hung around "Little Bohe mia" all the next day, and when late in the afternoon .the Four Aces were descried coming down the mouutain road the sense of embarrassment increased. Who should be the one to tell them ? None dared or cared to do it, and so they passed on to “Little Bohemia,” where it fell upon Little Casino to tell how the game was lost. The sorrowing “pards” prepared a rough pine box and in it laid their frieud whom they were to "plant” the following day. Tbe long day ended at last, and with the sight came Surface Jim, wearing the ring upon his finger. When the restraint in the air became unbearable Little Casino passed around tbe body and behind the bar. He silently banded out the glasses, and when all baa filled he said: "Here’s to him as always doalt a square game , and may he have as good a chance in tba show-down of eternity to restake his 11 gave here. And may the dealer of Ufa's game give him a royal flush to play against life to come.” Every head was uncovered, even Surface Jms, and tbe reply, “right you oro, pard," echoed through the room as the glasses were drained. Each man wondered what to do next, but none cared to take the initiative. “Come, hoys, be is with us yet and would wish ns to do the same.” It was Little Casino who spoke, and hs seated himself at the green table. The Four Aces took their places around, but the dealer’s seat and oue other place was vacant. "Come, .Surface, we want you,” and Sur face Jim sat down. Little Casino dealt and dealt to the va cant seat. “Chip In the ante and whoever lays out will play the dead hand and look out for the kitty," he said. The strange game was played almost In dead silence. Rome unseen presenoe seemed to pervade the room. The dead hand won several plots, and the kitty waa fattened by nearly every hand. As the first rays of Hu- day morning’s sun male the oil lights look yellow and a large jack pot was being straggled for, Surface Jim drew the ring from his finger and cast it into the pot. The dead hand had first to say aud held "open ers”—a pair of queens. There were throe other good bands to draw to, but the players vaguely felt the righteousness of tbe ring being won by Its original owuer and refused to draw aardu Surface Jim drew but lost, and Little Ca sino again filled the glasses and replaced the ring on Big Casino’s oold finger as a bright ray of light broke through tbe morulng clouds aud shone In upon tbe face of the corpse. There Is now a lonely grave on tbe moun tain side, and at its bead is a tombstone which Little Casino bought with tbe pro ceeds of the dead band and the kitty. It bears the inscription: BIG CASINO'S LAST GAME. WON BY DEATH. ERECTED BY LITTLE CASINO AND THE FOUR ACES. PBNSAOOLA POINTERS. The Observance of Christmas—Two Stabbing Affrays. Pensacola, Fla, Dec. 25.—T0-day opened dark and gloomy and from ear ly morning until II o’clook a drizzling rain felt whloh prevented ladles from appearing on the streets. The day was very generally observed, nearly every place of business being closed after 12 o’clock. There was a vast amount of drunkenness last night and to-day, and tbe result it that the cells at the police statlou are filled with inmates to night. Between 12 and I o’clock this morning, while a young clerk named Gonzalez was going to his home from tbe store In whiob he was employed, he was attacked by a crowd of drunken negro hoodlums on one of tbe principal streets, and had one of his wrists broken. About 11:30 o’olook this morning Henry Goldsmith (colored) was severely stabbed by Robert Johnson at a saloon in the Whitechapel district, a locality that is noto rious for its disorder. Johnson is under arrest, but Goldsmith's wound Is not con sidered serious. About 1:20 o’olook to-night Addle Jones (colored) was stabbed in a most serious man ner by another colored woman. The wound was inflioted on the left breast in the re gion of the heart, penetrating the left lung. The wound will probably prove fotal. Both women were drunk. Ha rah James, who did tbe cutting, is looked up at the police station. DEATH AT A DANOB. One Man Killed and Five Others Wounded Near Macclenny. Jacksonville, Fla., Deo. 25. —A special from Macclenny to the Times-Union says: "A bloody and fatal fight cocurred about 2 o’clock this morning In the country district seven miles from here. A oountiw dance was in progress at tbe house of J. .Starling. James Sweat got into a difficulty with another dancer, who drew a revolver and shot him dead. The light then became general and five others were wounded, James W. Cowart, George Reynolds, James Reynolds, George Jones and J. W. Dorman. The Reynolds brothers were from Georgia. Shot-guns, revolvers and knives were freely used. Whisky was at the bottom of the trouble. No arrests have been mode, No one knows who killed Sweat. The doctor thinks the wounded men will recover. Most of the balls were extracted.” Pimples, blotches and sores anti their pause Is removed by Simmons Liver Regulator. Ad. A Fine Block In Ruins. Hutchinson, Kan., Deo. 35.— The My ton & Baldwin blook, one of the finest struct ures in the city, was burned yesterday. J. D. Weiner, a dry goods dealer, suffered a loss of SBO,OOO. The Knights Templars and Masons, who had lodge rooms in tbe top of tbe building, lost all their uniforms, etc. The building was valued at $50,000, and tho total loss is $140,000. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla makes the blood pure rich and vitalizing. Sold by all druggists. Ad- WAS ELKINS A GUERILLA? He Served Undsr Quantrell, According to One of That Leader’s Men. From the New York World. Nhvada, Mo., Dec. 22. —George Maddox, a former polioe officer of Nevada, who served with Quantrell during the war, has this to say of tbe soldier life of Stepheu B. Elkins, who, he baa no doubt, is the Stephen B. Elkins recently appointed Secretary of War: “It was in Jackson oounty, in June, 1802, that Stephen B. Elkins and bis brother Jim were in our command. They came aoross from the other side of the river, from Clay or Platte oounty, with Gordon, and remained with us until the following win ter. They were not sworn into Quantrell’s oommand, but bad been sworn into tbe service of the confederate states. They were, however, under Quantrell's command and were subject to his orders all ths time that they remained on our side of the river. "Steve was with us at Kiblev and partici pated in several fights that we' had during the summer. Ido not now recall how many fights be was In with us, but soveraL He was a dark-complexioned tellow. about 21 or 22 years old. So far as I ever saw or heard be conducted himself in battle like a soldier should, and you know Quantrell’s men ail fought to the death. They ex pected no quarter and gave none. The black flag floated in every battle where Quantrell commanded. "Steve Elkins left our command in tho fall or winter of 1863 and went hack over the river. I never saw htm again, but we heard afterward that he had joined tho yankoe mi'ltla. Of conrs?, we wore all anxious to see him after that. Had we ever run across him some other man would now be holding down a chair In Harrison’s cabi net as Secretary of War. My understand ing was that after he left us he went to Lib erty, in Clay county, and joined a company of militia there. His brother Jim went oil south with us, and joined the regular con federate service. “No, I could not swear that Secretary of War Stephen 1). Elkins is the same Stephen B. Elkins that rode with under the black flag on that June morning in 1862, but I rather think the two are identical.” Speaking of his own connection with Qnantrell, Maddock said: "I joined Quantrell at Blue Springs in June, 1861, and fought with him all the tune from then until he went to Kentucky, where he was killed." Maddcok carries on his body the scars of thirteen wounds received while fighting under Quantrell Iloa’t belch in people’s races. Take Sim mens Liver Regulator.—At! THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1891. THE MUSIC OF NATURE. INSTRUMENTS WHICH PRODUCE PLEASAN T SOUNDS. The Orchestra of Insects Musical Sands and What Causes the Tones. Tbe Singing Status of Memnon. Notes From Running Brooks—Bee and Mosquito Wings. From the Washington Star. The air is full of sound. Even on the stillest night, wheu not a breath of air seems to move, there is sound audible by closest attention, but not noticeable, be cause the ear has been so accustomed to loud, every-day confusion. The air Is full of minute sound waves, coming from every direction, and nature Is constantly engaged In produoing them. Were this not so, were there absolutely no sound which we are aware of without detect ing It, tbe silence would be ab solutely Intolerable. Perpetual sound is as much a constituent of nature as light or beat, and like them it is being produced, in cessantly set In motion. There is a tremor and with it a sounding over all creatluo. It rises into the uppermost air; it is in tbe oaverns of the earth. It comes from every forming frost orystal, and from every gos samer wing and tioy trumpet, and, once sent forth, goes on and on aud nover ceases. Really, there is a great noise in the silent night of which we would be well aware were it suddenly to cease. MUSICAL SANDS. The musical sands have attracted much attention from tbe curious circumstances no leas than the beauty of their tinkling notes. These stands are found in occasional patches along the sea shores, of which there are said to be forty-seven in the United States and many others in different parts of the world. Musical sand hills are found in acme of tbe deserts. At Studland Bay, England, there is a patch a few hundred feet square that gives out a clear, ringing note as high as A and F altiasimo. It is so clear and well defined that its place in the scale may be definitely determined. It Is a singular ciroumstance that these sands are in spots or patches In midst of vast stretches of the same kind appar ently, which are entirely non-musloal. The material, quartz. Is highly sonorous, like glass, and needs only to be properly rubbed to give out a musical note. When one walks across these sands the tread of the foot causes friction among the grains, millions in number, end this friction causes a sing- ing. just as .and on the same principle that a finger-bowl responds to the robbing of a moistened finger. Eaoh grain sounds, but alone oould not be heard, while the myriads of soumis in unison may be plainly heard even at a considerable distance. On the Hanks of Mount Hinai there Is a sand hill of similar kind, where the down pouring of tbe sand causes a sweet, tinkling music which the Bedouins, disregarding tbe true source, attribute to a wooden gong struck at the time of prayers by the monks in some under earth monastery. The winds of the desert replace the sands, whioh grad ually pour down again at angle of some 31°, keeping up the perpetual resonunoe. The .-E ilian harp, though constructed by man. Is played upon by nature. Steel wires are strung over a thin slab of rock placed over a slight excavation in the ground, thus forming the strings and sounding board of the piano. There is, however, this differ ence: The wires are fastened very firmly, and may be ten to fifteen feet long. They are keyed to true notes, and the wind sweeping over them vibrates according to its strength, one or another octave. Thus the musio varies greatly, and In Italy, where it is most in vogue, there is something weird and exquisitely beautiful In the sounds proceeding from some sylvan retreat. Another instance, famous in antiquity, was the singing at sunrise of the huge statues of UernnoD on the Nile. Tbe Egyp tians believed the water to be supernat ural, the Greeks in their skeptical way be lieved it to be imposture, while the undls- { rated fact of tones being emitbed has been ately explained by the irregular expansion of the upper parts of the fractured stone, first touched by the rays of the sun, and grating against the lower courses. How ever, it Is said to have been a series of beau tiful tones that greeted Apollo at his rising, and the priests made the most of the cir cumstance with the people. PROM BROOKS. Tbe exquisite music of brooks or running and plashing water has been the subject of careful and interesting inquiry. The first Impression Is that the muaio of running water is but a medley of rushing sounds, whereas it is found that they give forth dis tinct musloal notes. This again illustrates what has boon said —tbe ear is pleasurably affected without analyzing what it hears until express and oareful attention is turned to the subject, and hence It is the music heard in the midst of the rushing that makes it what it is and affords such delicate pleasure. It Is now known that the sounds are caused by the bilrstlng of a myriad bubbles, no one of which would be audible, but collectively produce a discerni ble and pleasing effect. With his usual propensity to invent, Dr. Franklin contrived a hnrmonicum consist ing of a series of bell glasses forming vibratory surfaces from large to small, that is, from the low to the high notes. These revolved on a shaft propelled by a treadle, the lower edges dipping in water iu tbe tank below. The performer, using fingers and thumbs of both hands, touched the moistened edges as they revolved, thus pro ducing a tune. The vibration of gluss gives an exceptionally pure tone. IN CAVERNS. Of all tbe sounds of naturo none are said to be more awe-inspiring than that heard in the vast cavern of the island of Hayti when occasionally In its dark recesses some piece of rock falls from the roof. There the sounds, unable to escape aud become dissipated iu the outer air, go on reverberating through halls and passages, broken into a thousand eohoes, disappearing and returning again and again, with suggestions of Stygian hor rors. Akin to the efforts of men Is the orchestra of insects. This instrument is similar to the violin. Tho inner surface of the bow is covered, on the legs of tho grasshopper, with barbs: When hej wants to perform a solo he bows the lower edge of his wing, which is provided with a somewhat harder lining, while the remainder of the wing affords a sonorous membrane not dis similar to the belly of tho violin or the sounding board of a piano. THE LOCUST’S WIND INSTRUMENT. Tho 17-year locust, however, plays on a wind Instrument, or rather on several. Over each air aperture is stretched a membrane haviug a longitudinal slit, which is mus cularly controlled so as to hold the lips of the covering more or less closely together. The air rushing through under one or the other condition of the membrane makes a variety of musical notes. Tnis contains the principle of wind Instruments having a vibratory tongue. The Greeks treated the ciclda as an in strument and confined it near the couch at night to play them to sleep with its tiny pipings. The scrap of wit they enjoyed was iu calling it “the happy." because its fe male is dumb, and the bit of romance is that when a eitbara player in a contest for a crown broke a string the cicada perched upon the instrument instead of the string and by its music enabled the player to win the prize. THE INSECT’S WINS. But tbe most beautiful of all Instrumenta tion in nature is that of the insect wing. It is usually a membraneous tissue that in flight vil rates as the tongue of a flageolet or othor pipes. It vibrates with extreme rapidity aud gives out a note, tbe pitch being high or low, according as the vibra tions are more or less rapid. The pitch of the mosquitoe’s buzzing is higher than that of the housefly. The be'B wing vibrates at 449 per second, and that of the bumblebee at 880, or twice as rapidly, and gives an oc tave higher, or A aitissimo. The rapidity in different insects has been ascertained by studying the pitch of their note, compared from the tuning fork. It will he remembered that all musical tone is produced by the periodic vibrations of a sonorous body, the rapidity giving tbe note or pitch and the amplitude of vibra tion giving the volume or loudness of the note. This is well illustrated by sounding glasses or the finger bowl, when the moist ened finger running around the edge pro duce a clear tone, By filling the bowl more or less with water we shorten or enlarge the vibrating part of tbe glass and so Increase or diminish the rapidity of vibration, and raising or lowering the pitch. Dr. Franklin, in his sleepless fertility In scientific research, invented a harmonica on this principle. Tho sonorous gloves of different rises n volve in water,and the fingers press against one tmd another glass result in quite a mu3 cal production. IV bat is true of size of vibratory surface in glasses or metal as affecting tbe high or low rate is likewise true of the highest of the air column In a wind Instrument. In this instrument the man standing blows across the opening of the hollow box, while the actor sitting on the stage works the plunger that lengthens or shortens the air column; in other worts, plays tbe tone. One is really the bellows and the other the performer. Twenty vibrations to the second produoe the lowest audible note, while they may In crease to 40,000, which may still be heard as a shrill, penetrating whistle. WHAT CONSTITUTES MUSIO, Now, it is this vibration, imparted to tbe air which breaks In little wares upon the ear,that constitutes music. We think of it as a succession of sweet tones is a succession of different length vibrations It Is a famil iar fact that whoa a note Is sounded on a violin the piano string of the cor responding note begins to vibrato. The violin makes tfie piano ret pood in sympathy. In this lies the whole secret of listening to musio. The auditory nerve in the ear consists of a bundle of minute fibers, each of which onds in what might be oalled a little sounding board. Eaoh fiber Is tuned to a separate tone, and when the violin plays the same thing happens to the ear as to the piano strings—each vibrates in sympathy to tbs note to wnioh it is tuned and is a perfect reproduction of the violin. There is in Germany an old legend of a musician who boasted he could destroy a heavy stone bridge without touohing it. Challenged, be took his violin and sounded on one string, and kept this up continuous ly until the arohes began to tremble and at last fell in. The constant vibration of one tone, sympathetically responded to by tne stone arches, pushed on them, so to speak, until they tumbled dowu. Believe it or not, the principle is true. A vibration that is irregular In the number of boats to the second produces a discordant noise; one that Is regular or periodic produces a musical tone, and It Is this regularity which, for some reason in our nature, we know not why, causes a pleasurable sensation. The national inusura has had prepared a catalogue of musical instruments whioh now numbers 4,000 names. Not that there are that many distinct kinds of instruments, but in variety of special forms used by dif ferent raoee of men, and at different times, ancient and modern, they are probably greatly In excess of that number, suoh is tbe interest taken by mankind and the happiness derived from the gentle art of melody. CRANE AND SENATOR PLUMB. The Actor Tells How He Game to Im itate the Senator’s Mannerisms. From the New York Recorder. Philadelphia, Deo. 22.— William H. Crane, who Impersonated the hero of "The Senator,” In an Interview says the charac ter was suggested by Mr. Plumb’s person ality, of which he was an ardent admirer. Mr. Crane first saw Senator Plumb about three years ago, when, on the Invitation of a friend, he oooupied a seat in the Senate gallery, and was particularly Impressed with tfco senator’s earnestness in debate and hls breezy gesticulations and western style. He secured an introduction through Sen ator Blackburn, "I carefully studied him from head to feet,” said Mr. Crane, “and left with the idea that he was Just tbe man I bad been hunting for. Now that was before ‘The Senator’ was written, but be was the In spiration of tbe part I have so frequently acted since. Mr Crane met the senator frequently sinoo that time and they became sincere friends. When he was in Washington last January Senator Plumb gave the actor a luncheon In his committee room a part of whloh was shown la the third aot of the play. Tbatnlght Senators Plumb and Blaek burn, who had attended the luncheon, went to eee the play, and the former oompH mented Mr. Crane on hls representation of his mannerism. “Didn’t the senator critloise your ’get up’ on account of wearing a high bat in the play?” was asked. "Oh, that high hat!” said Mr. Crane, laughingly. "Well, no; he never oritioieed it. But one night while be was in my dressing room at one of the New York theaters I happened to pick up the high hat from the table and incidentally remarked that I had boon told he had never worn a high hat in his life. ‘Well, It’s pretty nearly true," replied the senator,’‘l never wore a high hat but onoe, and I sold that for *l.’ “Senator Plumb then told the story of the higb hat, whioh was to the effeot that he had aociaer, tally won an election bet from a western editor, it being stipulated that he should wear the hat in case he won. The senator was then on his way to Westera Kansas, where he had an engagomeut to address a political meeting of farmers. While In tbe eastern part of tbe state he wore tbe high hat, but was advised by a friend that It would be bad policy to wear it before the oommon-seuse farmers. Tho senator readily accepted the situation and immediately sold tbe bat to his friend for sl. He then bought a soft hat, and has worn the same sort of headgear ever since. “It is a great mistake," added Air. Crane, “to think that I ever tried to imitate Sen ator Plumb in general appearance. I do imitate his mannerisms and I --ear a small chin beard like bis, but Senator Plumb was a man who weighed at least 100 pounds more thau L” A MASTIFF'S JEALOUSY. Kills a Fawn Which Wanted to I?oam Away. FYom the St. Louie Republic, Scranton, Dec. 16.—Ellas Shaw of Racket Creek caught a doe fawn on North mountain early In the summer. He took her home, made a pet of her, and named her Fannie. Mrs. Shaw’s mastiff, Teaser, took a great fancy Cos the fawn from the start. He soon became very much attached to her and she to him. By the middle of the summer Teaser and Faunie were in separable companions. Tbe dog looked after the fawn with great care, proteoted her from other dogs, and appeared to be jealous whenever any one fondled her. They roamed over the farm together, and the dog wouldn’t allow Fannie to get out of his sight. By her aotlons the fawn showed that she wa9 pleased with the deg’s atten tions, and she frequently licked him on the head and capered with him in tbe yard. Along in the fall the fawn got in the notion of wandering away to the woods. The dog coaxed her back a number of times, seem ing to fear that something would happen to her if she went far from the farm buildings. After a while Fannie got so that she didn't like to be restrained of her freedom by the dog. She was determined to go to the woods, and when Teaser found that he couldn’t coax her any more he headed her off and drove her back to the house every time she started foi- tho forest. One afternoon last week Mr. Shaw missed the fawn and dog for several hours. Ho was about to send tbe boys iu eearoh of them when Teaser resumed to the house without Fannie. His face was oovered with blood, and he whined and made a great fuss. “Teaser, where’s Fannie!" Mr. Shaw asked ldta. The dog uttered several mourn ful how I3 anl started oa a ran toward the I nearest woodland, looking back as be ran. Mr. Bhaw followed him for nearly two miles into the woods, the dog giving vent all the way to bowls of distress. In a little dark ravine the dog led Mr. Bhaw to the dead body of the fawn, where be sat ud and cried ns though be had lost his beet friend. Mr. Bhaw raised the fawn's bead, and the dog lay down, lioked her nose, aud whined pitifully. The fawn’s throat had been torn, and she hnd bled to death. Teaser had slain Fannie rather than let her desert him and become wild. VERT NEARLY HANGED. Texans Were Not Satisfied With His Story About a Horse. /Von* the New York Recorder. I turned my face homeward from Ap pomattox half wishing that the ball which had torn through my thigh at Gettysburg had penetrated my heart Instead. I walked to my home in Orange oounty. North Caro lina. and found it in ruins The blight and rutn which prevailed around the plaoe were so heartrending that it required but a short time to arrlvo at a determination to sell the land for whatever It would bring and move to Texas and begin life anew. A straggler of Sherman’s army paid me $BOO for It, apart of which I invested in a horse and saddle, and on June 1,1805, I commenoed the long Journey. The trip was a long and weary one, the desolation along my path showing full well how great was the disaster that had overtaken the south. On tho third day of the following Sep tember I crossed Red river near Clarksville and landed on Texas sail, i pursued my journey to the southwest, and three days later I arrived at McKinney, at which plaoe my horse fell slok and died. In look ing around for another horse I met “Cuss ing" Tom Kingsley, a ranchman of con siderable fame, and he sold me a sorrel pony for $6O, remarking as I took possession that the beast had been lost for two weeks aud was found the same morning about a mile from home. Kingsley was an agreeable fellow, barring his profanity, and learning that 1 was going to Dallas asked me to wait until the follow ing morning and be would accompany me. I preferred to make the trip at night while it was cool, and after a ride of seven hours I reaohed Dallas shortly after midnight. I slept the remaining hours of the night at a tavern kept by a grotesque Individual known as "Roman Nose" John Lewis. Next morning 1 walked into a barroom to get a drink ol Texas whisky. There was a crowd of frontiersmen in the plaoe who eyed me closely os I went in. At tho bar a greasy fellow addressed me as follows: “Pardner, my name is Cooper Nott and nothing but straight ‘lioker’ goes here. Come on, boys." And the boys came on and drank $8 worth of Cooper Nott’s “licker,” for which I paid. Shortly afterward a man appeared at the dooraDd shouted: “Here, Jim Steere, Jack Zurn, Barney Fagao, you fellers >me out bore. By , here’s Tom Kingsley’s boss." The orowd rushed out, leaving me inside, but they returned soon, bringing many others with them. Then the man named Steere walked up to me and said: “Stranger, you’ve rid Tom Kingsley’s boss into Dowd and I’m sorry for ye. We mout put up with a seasonable killin’ now and then, but this thing of stealing hosses has got to be stopped in this oouutry.” With this the men grasped me, tied my hands and started off with me. In vain did I protest that I had bought the horse from Kingsley. One of the men said be had been hunting the horse for two weeks and he knew it had been stolen. Arrived at a grove a rope was produced and a noose mode, which was soon around my neck. “My God, boys,” I said, “surely you are not going to hang me—an lnnoceut man I” “Young feller, said Steere, “ye’d better say your prayers if ye’ve got any interest In the other world, and when ye git thar ye’d better quit stealia’ hosses." *’Gentlemen," I appealed to them, “I can prove that the horse is mine if you will only give me a chance.” * ‘Ho to 1” the mob roared In reply. “O, God I” I cried in my desperation, “was 1 spared an honorable death for my country to be murdered like a dog by these misguided ruffians, who think I am a Ihorse thief. Words were of no avail’ The mob had adjusted the rope and then thoy pulled. O, the horror of that moment 1 As my feet left the ground and the rope tightened about my neck, I felt rny eyes straining in their very sockets. My chest heaved in a spasm of agony, but could get not a breath of air. Then came a vigorous jerking in my legs, followed by convulsions in every portion of my body. Vision re ceded, and as oonsoiousness faded I beard a shot. I semed to fall to the ground, and with that I knew no more. Three hours later I came to life again. I was in my room at “Roman Nose" Lewis’ tavern, and my late oxeoutiouers wore around me. Was It dream? “It was a close call, pard,” one of them said, and then ono told me tho story: "Just about the time we thought you had croaked Tom Kingsley came ridin’ like hell and yelling like a Comanche. He pulled his gun. sir, and cut that rope clean In two at the first shot. He told us you’d bought the horse from him, aud then we picked you up and tried to bring you baok ugain.” Kingsley was presout. He had reached Dallas just in time to hear about the nook tie party and lost no time in coming to my rescue. He came not too soon. Two sec onds later and this story would never have been spread before human eyes for reading. A quarter of a century has passed since that fateful hour. Mauy of the members of the mob are among my best friends, and the plesaoter associations of these latter days give a golden lining to the horrible recollections of an event whioh will never be forgotten by those who participated in it, aud certainly not by him who was hanged for a horse thief. Thomesvllle Topics. Thomasvxlle, Ga., Dec. 25.—Miss Susie C. Brown of this ojty aud J. T. M. Watkins of Lei Ho a, were married yesterday. Rev. A. M. Wynn officiating. W. P. Finn of Savannah died in this city Tuesday night at the residence of his brother, J. L. Finn. His remains were sent north to his old home for burial. MKDICAL CgTi. ray. ,ii ||B mTiSßrniti ilj JMPM ■■■**■ y COMPOUND EXTRACT A ■.• Mil, The Importance of purifying the blood can* not be overestimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good health. At this season nearly every one needs a good medicine to purify, vitalize, and enrich the blood, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla is worthy your confidence. It is peculiar in that it strengthens and builds up the system, creates an appetite, and tones the digestion, while It eradicates disease. Give it a trial. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. Prepared by C. 1. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses Ono Dollar ytrirgWAt- invitations. 6CANLON.— The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Scablox and family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the latter from her late residence. So. 58 East boun larv street, at 10 o'clock THIS iSaturday) MORNING. SPECIAL NOT I CHS. On and after Feb 1.1890, the basis of meas urement of all advertising in the Mornino News will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for the first insertion. No Special Notice inserted for lass than $1 00. M E RCII At TS NATIONAL' B ANIL oP SAVANNAH. Savannah. Ga.. Dec. 9,1891. The annual election for directors will be held at the banking housetooruer St. Julian and Drayton streets), TUESDAY, Jan. 12, 1898. from 12 to 1 o'clock p. a. W. S. ROCKWELL. Cashier. TUG CHATHAM BANK. Savannah, Ga., Dec. S3, 1891. The Board of Directors baa declared a divi dend of 3 per cent. )$! 80 per share) from the earnings of the past six months, payable to stockholders of THIS DAY’S record on and after JAN. 4,1898) The transfer books will be closed from DEO. 83 to JAN. 4, inclusive. R. F. BURDELL, Oashler. WHERE WILL TOO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS? If you feel badly, suffering from a bad cold, la grippe, nervous debillty.overwork or fatigue, there is no such place for reet and recreation as SUWANNEE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Should you be afflicted with dyspepsia, liver or kidney trouble, rheumatism, eczema, any skin disease or impure blood, even a week’s drinking and bathing in the waters of the famous SUWANNEE SULPHUR SPRINGS Will greatly benefit, if not fully restore and cure you. Pullman Sleeping Car leaves via Savannah, Florida and Western railway every SUNDAY at 7:88 p. a. direct for 6UWANNEE SULPHUR SPRINGS. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED ELECTION NOTICE. Citt of Savannah, 1 Office Clerk of Council, Dec. 34, 1891. ( At the first regular meeting to be held in January, that is to gay on WEDNESDAY, Jan uary 9, 1893, Council will open bids and select the following contract for the year 1898: CITY PRINTER. Ordinance, Deo. 24,1890: Sac. 2. All bids for contract stated above mußt be filed with tbe Clerk of Council at Or before 3 o'clock p. h. on the Monday preceding the day of election, which bids must be oooom !-ant'd with the names of sureties or bondsmen (two required), who will be required to qualify before u notary publio or other offleor. Such qualification to accompany tbe bid. No bid will receive the consideration of Council unless filed lu accordance with the provisions recited above By order of Coaucil FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Council. ELECTION NOTICE. Citt of Savannah, I Omen Ci*rk of Council, Dec. 34, 1891. f Pursuant to an ordinance passed by tbe City Counoil December 23, 1881, notice is hereby given that Counoll will elect at Its next regular meeting, that Is to say, on January 9. p)9B. an ad ditional city physician, who shall hold hit offloe, unites sooner removed, until the next regular election thereafter for city physicians. Salary at the rate of SI,OOO 00 per annum. Applicants must hand In their applications to the ortice of the Clerk of Council at or before 2 p. M.on MONDAY, January 4, 1898. By order of Council. FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Counoll. We have received a large supply of nCVLKR’S CAN BIBS. Fine Mixed Chooolates Buttercups, Figalettes, Maron Glace, Cream Mints, old-fasbfoned Mo lasses, Marshmallows, etc., in assorted size packages and fancy boxes and baskets. SOLOMONS & CO., 163 Congress Street and 113 Bull Htrept, , FilEII) A HICKs” THE RESTAURANT. EVERYTHING IN SEASON. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. G, 14 and 13 Market. Telephone 846. JUST RECEIVED, A large supply of PEASE. BEANS AND ONION BETB, Which we offer at lowest prices at Wholesale and Retail. SOLOMONS C 0., Druggists, Market Square. SILVERWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SILVER NOVELTIES OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE CHARACTER. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY. SAMUEL KIRK <Sc SON, Established 1817. 114 BALTIMORE BTREET EAST. Baltimore, Md. FOR CHRISTMAS. FINE TABLE AND COOKING WINES. FINE OLD WHISKIES AND BRANDIES. JELLIES, JAMS AND PRESERVES. FINEST FRENCH AND AMERICAN VEGE TABLES AND FRUITS* FINE CANDIES AND NUTS AT WM. G. COOPER’S, 3S Whitaker Street. FOR RENT OR SALE, At Isle of Hope, a nloo cottage and outbuild ings with about forty (40) acres of farming land. Possession given immediately. Apply to WALTHOUR & RIVERS. SULLIVAN’S RESTAURANT, 110 aan 112 Bryan Street. Northern and western meats, game of all kinds In season, Blue Point oysters and Little Neck dams, lobsters, soft shell ora be and Span ?sh mackerel by every steamer. CTO COUNTY OFFICERS.-Books and Plant* 1 required by county officers for tbe usw of tti© courts, or for office use. supplied te order tar the MORNING NEWS PRInKnU HOUCkI Wkitaiar utraat. Savannah. CLOTHING. We HafTßi Ruth Christmas week; sold lots of goods, but we have plenty left. Come and see us this week, while we are in good trading humor and Belling clothing at Inventory pri.a*. Prices Tkat Beat Any So-eilled DISCOUNT Sale in This City. ~ You know we mean every word wa say. Come and tee for yourselves at APPEL A Mill, The One Price Clothlera ALWAYS WIDE AWAKE. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATER. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, December 25 and 26. SATURDAY MATINEE J. C. STEWART’S GREATEST LAUGHING SUCCEBS "THU TWO JOHNS,’’ Brighter aud funnier than ever before. An entirely New Company, including the CASBIE SISTERS, Chalaoiat D&ncors. THEIR FIRST AMERICAN TOUR. SEATS AT DAVIS MUSIC CO. DEC. 81. Next ftttraction -CORA TANNER. Peg 30*31 BANKS. THE BERMMIMI SAVANNAH, GA CAPITAL, $200,000 In ooaneotioa with ft*, general banking buai neas it has a SAYINGS DEPARTMENT, WHERE 4 Per Cent Per Am Ikpatd on deposit* compounded Quarterly. Da poaitors of ail clansss are solicited. With M obhgtng staff of o(Boors and conservative man agement patrons and those d-wiring to dsoosll wwb it may be assured that their Interests will be carefully guarded. OB’B’rOERS. HENRY BLUR, GEO. W. OWENS, President. Vice President JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier. YJIRtecTOItS. HENRY BLUN. GEO. Y 7. OWENS, Attorney at law P. BRENNAN of Kavana.igh & llrentAa. R. M. HULL of Dealing & null WILLIAM KKHOa, of Win. Kehoe A Go. AMSON MOHR, Of Mohr Bros. DR J. B. READ. T. F, STUBBS, of Stubbs & Tiaon. AP. SOLOMON, of neoiy Solomon £ Soon G. M, RYaLB. IRVIN B. TEED KM AM. of Geo. W. Tledeman* Rro. A 0. HARMON, Broker and Commission Mar chant. Jos. O. Who, Jno. C. Rosuko, Vrveiocptv. vtci-eemiocivT. JB. M. HUNTED, etmii*. Savannah Bank & Trust Cos. SAVINGS DEPT mows 4% Deposits of $1 and Upward Received. Interest on Deposits Payable quarterly. DIRECTORS. JOSKPH D. wtiu, of J. D. Weed <S On. JOHN C. ROWLAND, Capitalist. C. A R KITZR. Exchange aud Insurance. R. O. ERWIN, at Chisholm, Erwin A duHgnoe. EDWARD KAROW, of Strauss A On. IBAAO O. HAAS, General Broker. M. V. RaoINTYKS, at M.Y. A D. 1. Maclntyre. JOHN LYONS, of John Lyons A 00. WALTER OOMfcT, of Patterson. Downing A 00. D. C. BACON, Lumber. PRINTERS AN D BOOKBINDERS. fiEO. N, NICHOLS, PRINTING, BINDING, BLANK BOOKS. 934 Bay St. Savannah. EDUCATIONAL. LEXINGTON, KY. u C%eapeMt and bast Susineat College in tfeJTorM. . HiemsT Award at World'sßerosition. 10.000<Jr*dut Business. 13 teaohftrs amployed. Coat of Buaiaus Corn**, in eluding Tntitoa, Stationery and Board, about SO. Trra-wßinwQ and TnLsoaapnY apocialtiea. Novacation.** row. Graduates uaoe*sfll. Sparta’. dep’t fbr ladies. _/ 1,000 students In attendauoo past year. For circulars, aaa WILBUR R. SMITH. Pres't, LEXINGTON. * “ wish and orsTJtaa StablishkoTsm. M. M. Sullivan & Son, Wholesale Fish and Oyster Dealers, 150 Bryan at. and 132 Bay laDe, Savannah, Ga Fish orders for Punta Gorda reoelved bore have prompt attention. _____ PROPOSALS WANTED. notice/^ Officb Coontv Enoineeb, I Savawwaii, Ga.. Dec. 15. 1891.1 SEALED BIDS ere solicited for constructing an iron bridgo fifty (50) feot long by eighteen 08) feet wide, on brick abutments. To be erected at Pipe Maker creek, on the Augusta road, five miles from Savannah. Plans and specifications can be seen at this office. Bid* must be banded to John it. Dillon, olerk Board of County Commissioners, on or before Jan. Ist, 1862. Right reserved to reject all bids. EDWARD J. THOMAS, PAINTS OILS. JOHN G. BUTLER, paints; railroad, steamer and mill SUPPLIES; SASHES, DOORS. BUNDS ANU BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent LADD LIME, CALCINED PLASTER CRMENI. hair and Land plaster 140 Congress street and 139 St. Julian street, ISavannah, Georgia ___ ON’T fall to get a tmpVoC BmW•'JScM tbe Moment o News. For sale at BIBHJr-D DRUG S TO RE. corner Hall and Price street*.