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Newspaper Page TextCOMING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS* Mora Indoreeminta of Don Watar From Influential Sources. Tfc* Indorsement* of th* *ep eater move* inenl are ooraina from th* aio*t unexpected nd unlocked for souroos. The letters sent c ut by Savannah busbies* men re bringing them m from all direction*. Mr. George Meyer received a .etter yester dav from tbe vioe president ol too Anht user- Hncb Brewing Association cf St. L<mu, as i ulows: "We shall do o.:r best to influence tbe Missouri representative* in congress to regard tbe proposition for an jppropriation todKpen the channel at yoir port favor ably We hope that the deey w ater move ae'.t for Savannah may be successful.’’ Fills, Young & Cos. have received a letter from John Reardon & Sons of Boston, Mass. They say: “We will write cur teiiater and representatives in reference to this mutter and wili also see our governor, with whom we are personally acquainted, aid will use cur influence with him in be half of the movemant if you bring it to the attention of our legislature, and also will see our senators and representatives in the legudature. If you have cot already done ao we would suggest that you make an ap peal to our chamber of commerce, we have no doubt It would take favorable action iu tbe matter. We will do all that we can to have tbe matter pushed in the chamber.” Xbe committees has already communi cated with tbo Massachusetts legislature aud with the Boston Chamber of Commerce and Las received tbe indorsement of the latter. Ellis, Young & Cos. have a : so received strong' letters from Ro. S. Bosher, presi dent of th* T. C. Williams Company, tobacco ~ a nufacturers of Richmond, Vo., iu which Mr. Bosher says: “We will do everything in our power toward securing tbe aid from congress that is required.” We have writ ten our representative in congress asking his support of the measure when it comes up.” These are only some of the that are being received daily by Capt. Purse through the business men of Savannah, who have taken an active interest iu the deep water movement that so generally affects them, by sending out personal letters to their correspondents all through the coun try. KAIL AND CBOS3TIE. E. B. Dunshee, representing the Windsor hotel, Jacksonville, is at the Pulaski. Mr. Dunshee lias traveled around the globe as advanoo agent, representative of various c income aud has seen a great many sights during his tour. He is always ready to talk hotel or railroad gossip, with which he is thoroughly familiar. The Railroad Commission of North Caro lina has made a decision as to the giving of free passes by railways. It adopts the de cision of tbe United States railway commis sion that it is a violation of the act to give such passes to officials. It reserves its de cision as to the right to give passes to news papers for advertising. The first of the Pennsylvania railroad’s personally conducted tourist excursions ar rived in Savannah at noon yesterday. Tho cars are all Pullman vestibules and brought a large number of passengers who are on their way to Florida. The schedule is run from Philadelphia every six weeks. The tram left for Jacksonville in the afternoon. The engineering party to survey the route (or the new north and south rood—tho Nor talk, Wilmington and Charleston—has been started out from Charleston. The road is to run between Charleston and Norfolk. It is to be the nearest to the Atlantic coast of any of the railroad systems. The work of survey through Virginia aud North Caro li a has been finished, arid the line from Charleston northward has been started. The party of surveyors engaged in the work is in charge of Assistant Engineer George M. Brockman of Norfolk, Va. It is not yet decided what points that road will touch between Norfolk and Charleston, since the present line is entirely a prelimi nary one and is by no means a location of the railroad. The party starting from Charleston will work northward to meet an other corps working southward, who have just crossed the North Carolina line. A third corps is at present completing the survey of the line from Norfolk through North Caro lina. Tho company hopes to complete tho entire preliminary lino botween Norfolk and Charleston by about March 1. The Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston road has the charter of tho Charleston, Mount He want and Little River (8. C.) railroad, and is to run through very much the same territory mapped out by that road. The officials of the Plant lines in Savan nah havo returned from the meeting at Charleston of renresentatives of the coast hue system between Jacksonville and New xork. Among those present were: Bunt. R G. Fleming, Traffio Manager Owens, General Freight Agent Papy and C. G Morel of Savannah; C. A. Chipley, assistant general freight agent, R. M. Pat terson, special agent of the transporlation department, and F. D. Howell, claim agent, of the Pennsylvania railroad; J. R. Keuly, general manager, T. M. Emerson, traffic manager, and W. A. Riacb, auditor, of the Atlantic Coast Line; C. A. Taylor, traffio manager, and J. E. Cox, auditor, of the Fredericksburg and Potomac rtulroad; C. S. Gadsden, superintendent, E. . AlcSwiney, general freight and passen ger agent, of the Charleston and Savannah railway; D. F. Jaok, auditor of tho Plant ystem, and T. G. Main, secretary of the Northeastern railroad. I, W. Smith acted as secretary of the meeting. Col. C. 8. Gadsden of Charleston was chair* ~* n ‘ The most important matter so far as tne publio Is concerned, was the arrange entof a fast freight service between New / a h < l Jacksonville. Heretofore most I ® Attention of the railroad authorities I ~, 06,1 l lrec dod to the improvement of the I lri.tcfw* 0r Berv * ce and the north-going I iur™K 8 ' 06 P° c,all y during the truck and I ••: b(,r 7 season. Perishable goods have I d / m ' mas for a quick lino of freight I The , l l6 *'"'®® ll ew ork and the south. I ( Vi e 'f tUru i demands of traffic have, how- Ia f.\ 680 1 heeded, and the establishment of I iidf.rn° Ut^ern frei Sht was the prime con- I ! After Borne discussion, the fol- I frpivio wai * decided upon for the I orrivn 1 h WD: York 7:30 p. m.; I time 1^ aV! 'nr.ah ~p. m., 90th meridian I JsckiinnvVi 6 Savannah Bp. tn.; arrive ■ will oiv 1 8 a - ni - The new management I tween ,h„ ° ne continuous freight traiu be- I meeting o and south each wav. The I thltm and ?l° Col " i . deretl th ” settlement of Isoss teMil 1 . ! nakl " K out <lf freight bills H The ...ff. 0 ‘‘ate the business of the roads. ■ imorchon torß . a * re u P° n a plan for tho IH L- thouJht 0 ' m ay anil ori ‘ual bills, which ■ keen tn , 1 t,e 0 considerableoonven- I agents height departments. The claim H their conß *dered some of the points in ■ u aßflß v ' b * u * 1 have been stumbling ■ case the supreme HC< „ e before it In years is that of HiOvolvl '!i u “ Bouthern against tho state, Brest constitutionality of the rnil ■ Lut tax 11 wa " argued ful;y B*'ve twin.! .i?° urt etiu I" doubt. They ' mt all counsel lab rested in B l! not i- ur, der the act in question, even ■or q , . ‘ s Particular case, may file briefs ■ wir o . a nd, n,low ‘ug questions: 1. If those H' tsl on th > tLls Bt at fi which are H>r rermi.TT ,asiß of their net incomes uni L , y tllß Bt ate to pay tho full >intv tlB imposed upon them for ■h thi,i poses * If not, does any defect j to taxing them invalidate the s, tliirt *i arter< of certain railroads i “nut tbe amount of taxatiou 1 ' site, is,, 0 lm P° s Pd on their property. ttvse conveyance*, for state ' rt - t.-e State can constitutionally oar, 1 ’ ' lero Qn additional tax for l ßn r T ,,s cvill the fact that this act e,„,h rov slon whatever for irn l^tt rj >ertv i, ,"’ v .taxes on railroads whose r ‘*n.e■ m ax ”‘ ,le upon the basisof their ,lo ' eu ” h as the Augusta and ■ ailroad) Invalidate this aot for want of uniformity. In that it doss not op o cte upon ail the railroads in the state* 8o- Savannah and Auguiva railroad tax case, 83 Ga., 4<iß . i Tae e being certain railroad companies ise© t>2 Ga. 473-485) wh se proferty is taxable up to a certain amount in value at the oharter ra’e, and the excess above that amouut at the general rate, cm this act under the system of returns therein directed to be made to the controller gen - era!, be applied to this class of railroad- * If it can not, how can tne act be reconciled with the constitution* 4. There being at least one railroad (the Centra ), the main line of whioh is one part (Atlanta to Maconi, sub ject to generel taxation, and in another part (Macon to Savannah) subject to taxa tion limited by its charter. Can this act be applied to that road! For instance, how can the rolling stock be apportioned be tween the two divisions of tho read men tioned: 5. Can the words, “Fourth, show ing the value of the company’s property iu each county through which it runs,” used iu tbe first section of the act, be construed to mean that the company’s return must show separately the value of realty and of per sonality belonging to tbe company located in each county? Is it cot necessary to give them this construction lu order to en forco constitutionally tne scheme of taxa tion provided t>y this act? If they cannot be so construed, hoiw can the act be iu foreed without twice taxing the personal property of the company located in the sev eral counties? HOW SAFES ARE “CRACKED.’’ “.Spike” Hennessey Tells Some of the Secrets of His Trade. FVom the Keto York Commercial Advertiser. “Willi tell you something about the methods employed by burglars in opening safes?” said the speaker, who was "Spike” Hennefsey, somewhat known to fame as a skillful “cracxsman." “Well, you see I’m not in the burglary business any more. I forso< k it when 1 became an actor three years ago, and I hardly care to talk about a part of my life that X would rather forget altogether.” Mr. Hennessey was urged to unbosom himself, and finally, lighting a perfecto, the ex-burglar began: “I started in the safe business when quite young, and staid in it right along, with the exception of course of a few vacations which certain bull-headed officials insisted on my taking. It was shortly after one of these vacations that I had the good fortune to at tract tho attention of Mr. Davis, who put me on the stage. Now, as for opening safes, there are more ways than one of doing it, just as thero are more ways of killing a dog than by choking him with butter. Banks ain’t burglarized very often, because it takes months sometimes to work up a job beforo you can go at it. When I was in the business I never worked with more than one man, who did the outside work, while I went in and wrestled with the safe. We had signals made by tapping or throwing sand against the window, so whoa my pa! would tip me everything was Berene I’d begin work with the drilling machine on ihe vault door. It doesn’t take long to cut into the lock, and the next thing is to punch out Ihe ‘dog’ that holds tho combination. 8 matimes it’s dangerous to punch the ‘dog’ out on account of the noise, in whicn casa you put a taper tap in tho bolt, follow it with a plug and cut a thread through the door. Then you screw a threaded bolt un til it strikes the detent, and by applying a wrench to the end of the bolt you twist the ‘dog’ off without a bit of noise. Then there’s the big steel safe standing smiling at you, and you are at liberty to go in aud dally with it.” "And how do you open a back safe?” anxiously inquired the reporter. “Well," roplied "Spike.” warily, "there ain’t so many knows how to do it, and those that do ain’t shouting it from the house tops. I will say, however, that nearly all improved bank safes are opened with ex plosives. The secret is how to get your dynamite, gas, or whatever explosive you are going to use, inside the door, and all you neod is an instrument to suck air and one to blow. In five or ten minutes you can have thecharge inside the door, and then you use a fulminating cap or electricity to touch hor off. You blanket the safe heav ily, lot her go and out drops the door. "The hard work to an export is not in the actual blowing or opening of the safe, but in getting into the place where it is, and in getting in at a time and in such a way that a man caa work unmolested by policemen. There are a good many ways of opening the common safe. It is easy enough to blow a thimbleful of powder into the lock and burst It off, or you can drill into the lock and then force it. In a case where the safe has double doors you can drill behind the inner doors, and insert a charge sufficiently pow erful to blow off both sets of doors at the same time.” "Well, how about getting the charge iu?” aekad the reporter. “O, that’s easy,” answered "Spike.” “You just—but say, young feller, I think I’ve told you as much as is good for you.” And so saying the gentle “Spike" percolated through the stage door. Phillips’ Digestible Cocoa Produces a feeling of lightness and buoyancy, as against that of weight, headache and depres sion, so common with the ordinary cocoa. Your druggist and grocer have It.—Ad. Wanted—A Boy. From Die S(ar of Pinta. A jolly boy. A boy full of vim. A boy who scorns a lie. A boy who will never smoke. A boy with some “stick to it.” A boy who takes to the bathtub. A boy who is proud of bis big sister. A boy who thinks hard work no disgrace. A boy who does chores without grum bling. A boy who believes that an education is worth while. A boy who plays with all his might—dur ing playing hours. A boy who listens not to unclean stories from any one. A boy who thinks his mother above all mothers is the mcddl. A boy who does not know more than all the rest of the house. A boy who does not think it inconsistent to mix playing aud praying. A boy wuo does not wait to be called a second time in tbe morning. For water brash and sour stomach, take Simmons Liver Regulator.—Ad. We will give you $2 50 in cash money with every $lO suit you purchase this week and guarantee to save you 21 per cent, be sides. Koblar, tho Lively Clothier, 158 Broughton street. — AA. Neckwear, Fisk, Clark & Flagg’s fine goods, at LaFar’s .-—Ad. Umbrellas, silk and gloria, and mackin tosh ooats at LaFar’s. —A if. Men’s handkerchiefs, linen or silk, and silk mufflers at LaFar’s.— Ad. Big lot of men’s shir.s aud drawers Just opened, bought from Bulch, Williams & Uo.’s failure, will soil them at 50 cents on the dollar. Kohler, tho Lively Clothier, 158 Broughton street.—Ati. 6UCC9S3 is the Reward of Merit. Sternberg’s reputation For fine jewelry Is fully sustained By experience. Sternberg’s prices are Never exorbitant. — -Ad. Military goods ordered in any quantity by LaFar. — Ad. We will give you $2 60 In ca9h money with every 10 suit you purchase tqis week and guarantee to save you 20 per cent, be „dos Kohler, tbe Lively Clothier, 158 Broughton street.—Ad. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1892. A STARTLING PROJECT. WHY CAN’T WE COMMUNICATE WITH THS PACPLE IN MABSt It la Feasible, Sara a Noted f dentist. time. Guzman's Will Whet the Teleeecpe Reveals—Zdieon’s Won deful Idea Fiatnmarion's Groat Rope. FVom the Chicaqo Tribune. Mine. Guzman, who died June 30 last In Pau, had been deeply interested iu the de scriptions of the planet Mars which I havo given in my works, and the theoretical possibility set forth therein of communica tion between our planet and the neighbor worlds. She made tbe following legacy: A prize of 100,000 francs is bequeathed to the Institute of France (science section) for the person, no matter of what nationality, who shall discover within ten years of the present time a ineaus of communicating with a star (planet or otherwise) and of re ceiving a reply. If the Institute cf France does not accept the legacy it will pass to the Institute of Milan, and in case of anew refusal to the Institute of New York. The Academy of Science has accepted tho legacy. NOTHING IRRATIONAL ABOUT IT. The idea in itself is not at all absurd, and it is perhaps les3 bold than that of the tele phone, or the phonograph, or the photo phone, or the cinetograph. It was first sug gested with respect to the moon. A trian gle traced in luminous lines on the lunar surface, each side from 12 to 15 kilometers long, would be visible from here by the aid of our telescopes. We observe detail* even much smaller—for instance the peculiar topographical formation noted iu the lunar circle of Plato. It follows then that a tri angle, a square or circle of tho dimensions stated, constructed by us upon a vast plan by means of luminous points reflected in the daytime by solar light and lighted at night by electricity, would be visible to tho astronomers of the moon, if astroogmer* there are, and if they have optical Instru ments os good as our own. HOW MARS LOOKS. The cold and deathly aspect of our pale satellite did not encourage the realization of the project and the imagination sped more easily to the planet Mars, which, to be sure, never approaches nearer to U3 than 4,000,000 leagues, but which is the best known of all the lands in the heavens, and which offers so many points of resemblance to our world that we would scarcely feel iiko exiles if we were to pack up our house hold goods and transfer them thither. The appearance of Mars; in fact, oomforts us a bit for that of the moon. One would believe, indeed, that he was in some terrestrial country; continents, seas, islands, fceaoheß, peninsulas, capes, gulfs, lakes, clouds, rains, floods, snows, seasons, winter and summer, springtime and autumn, days and nights, morning sand evenings; all these are there, occur thero, and succeed each other almost exactly ns they do here. The yeai s there aro longer, for they last 687 days, but the intensity of the seasons is absolutely tho same as with us, the inclination of the axis of Mars being the same as the earth’s. The days there are also a little longer, since the diurnal rotation of that world is accomplished in 24 hours 37 minutes and 23 seconds; but, as you see, the difference is not great, and note, that is matter of exact knowledge; this diurnal rotation, for in stance, Is calculated nearly to one-tenth of a second. When on a beautiful starry night we ex amine thi3 world ttrongu the telescope, when we see those polar snows that melt lu the Bummer, these continent! clearly defined, these Mediterranean sea-, with their great gulfs; this delightful aud varied geograph ical confiugratiou, we cannot refrain from asking whether the sun that lights this world as it does our own shines upon noth ing living there, whether these showers fer tilize nothing, whether this atmosphere is breathed by no living being, and whether this world of Mars, w bioh whirls with such rapidity through space, is like a railway train traveling empty, without passengers, without merchandise? It is understood, then, that we must ap ply to the planet Mars the idea originally suggested iu regard to the moon. The dis tance of this world is such that, although it is far superior to the moon in volume, it yet appears when it is nearest ua to be sixty three times smaller. Nevertheless it is clear from this that a telescope of only sixty three magnifying power shows Mars with the dimensions that the moon appears to havo to tho naked eye, and that a magnify ing power of 630 gives it A diameter ten times greater than that of our satellite as seen by the naked eye and a surface 100 times greater. But if wo attempt to put Into practice any project whatever for communication between this world and our own the signals must be established upou a much greater scale. It will not be a matter of construct ing triangles, squares and circles measured by a few kilometers, but the figures must be 100 or more kilometers in extent and al ways upon tho hypothesis: First, that Mars is inhabited; second, that tbe inhabit ants are versed in astronomy; third, that they have optical instruments of sufficient power; fourth, that they observe our planet with care, a planet which is to tnem a splendid star of the first magnitude, the morniugor the evening star, and, in fact, tho most brilliant star in their sky. Wo are, indeed, for them, “L’etoiledu Berger,” or our Venus, and their mythology ought to erect altars to us. THE INHABITANTS OF MARS. “Why ever try to begin an optical corre spondence with the world of Marsh’ say the wiseacres. “If it is inhabited {he inhadit unts could not be possessed of our force, and the labor would he wasted. Further, even should they see our signals they would have no idea that we were addressing them. Therefore let us never begin.” Note again what we said above. Tho will of the venerable lady of Pau shows that the idea is making progress in tbe human mind and is ceasing to be considered as the purely imaginative. Moreover, Mars is truly tempting. Its geography, climate, the mouths of its great rivers, its immense canals, offer themselves to us like invita tions to be aot too disdainful of this neigh boring country. Older tnan the earth, smaller, lighter in weigkt, more quickly cooled, it is furthor advauoed than wo in its astral life, and everything leads to believe that its intelligent races, whatever they are, are far superior to us. But it may he said, Why do not they themselves begin to try to enter into rela tions with ust It is by no means proved that they have not done so. Look at the maps published by M. Schiaparelli of Milan. You will see there the geometrical triangulations which gave rise very naturally to tho idea that they should not be regarded as wholly foreign to some rational design. Further, men have sometimes observed luminous points which appear placed very regularly. It is proba ble that these points represent mountains covered with snow. However, if our neigh bors wanted to address us they could not do better than to traoo lines of this kiud. The supposition is a bold one, I confess; dualit ies these cousins of tne sky ooncern them selves about us no more than we concern ourselves about them; but, in a word, if they should do so they could go about It in this way. COMMUNICATION BY SIGNAL. It will always be moro difficult for us to send signals to them than to receive signals from tnem because of our position in space and because of our phases. It is tbo noc turnal terrestrial hemisphere that L turned toward tbe planet Mars in tbe periods when we approach moet nearly to it, and it ihows us in full Its lighted hemisphere. From here we can perceive upon Mais tracts of land of the size of Sicily. Asaph Hall of the observatory at Wash ington, who discovered the moons of Mars and measured them as well as ponlble, con sidering their extreme smallness, not ex ceeding three or one-hnndredths of a second—true, these are brilliant detached points upon tbe dark background of the sky —himself alluded to the proposal of which we have been speaking—that is,of attempt ing communication with the moon by the aid of geometrical figures—and he concluded with these worts: "It Is by no means a chimerical project." If the inhabitants of Mars could observe us by the aid of methods giving results analogous to ours we should then have to trace by electric light geometrical figures of a rather large extent. Let us forget, however, that in the his tory of progress the impossible of yesterday become* the reality of to-morrow. The method of interastral communication, if ever one be discovered, will probably not resemble any of those that wo cau think of now. May not lnterastral magnetism play a part? Edison’s new idea. All aro familiar with tbe new idoa of tbe great American inventor. Edison. Experi menting not loug ago with a telephone line of great length supplied with a metallic circuit, tho inventor often noticed strango sounds in the apparatus that could not have arisen from anything but to: restrial magnet ism. A* at this period solar eruptions worn frequent and of great violence he did not hesitate to correlate the two orders of facts. Later, making magnetic observations near the Ogden mine, bis property in New Jer sey, he verified ut various times the and relatively considerable deviations which confirmed him in his former opinion. That a correlation does exist between the solar phenemeua and magnetic disturbance upon the earth, is beyond all doubt to-day. The great inventor is convinced that his apparatus will enable him ta verify the formidable movements of which the "sun is the theater, to judge of their intensity, and, adds the interviewer to whom he gave these details, to hear the noise whioh accom panies tbe tremendous solar tempests. At first eight such au assertion seems ex traordinary. It is, indeed, well established that sound cannot bo propagated in the en tire absence of a material medium, solid, liquid or vaporous, and it is not less well estabiiihed that between the earth and the sun, beyond our atmosphere, such a medium does not exist. Furthermore, if ssund could be propagated from tho sun to the earth, following known laws, it would take at least thirteen years to traverse the distance. We could not then make com parißons between the sounds perceived and the sun spots without referring to observa tions made here about thirteen years ago. But the sounds heard by Edison through his telephone are due, acoordiug to all ap pearance, to terrestrial maguetio disturb ances. If we admit that these be no more than the oonseque ices of phenomena of the same order that take place in the sun the sound would be transmitted electrically in a manner analogous to that that passes over our telephonic lines, tho impossibility dis appears. A GREAT HOPS. We must hope, then, that the arrange ments at the Ogden mine are preparing us for important revelations. Lot us pray that it will be so, and also that a servant will arise capable of Interpreting them. Very surely the problem of interastral communication; win not bo solved to day, and centuries wili doubtless pass before wo oan think of.it as practicable But per haps it will come some day through anew and unexpected discovery. Even tbe idea of discovering tbe chemical composition of tbe stars declared absurd by Auguste Compte aad other great thinkers, a few years only before the analysis of tbe spec trum suddenly caused this revelation to 101 l from the sky. The glass is a marvel; before it was known people bad uo idoa of anything in astronom)' or mioogiaphy. Tho eiectrlo telegraph is another marvel which has transformed tho world, and may thore not oaist botween the planetary hu manities psyohialives that we" do not know of yet? We stand but at iho vestibule of knowledge of tbuUlmverae. Let us aot be lieve that there is only an eternal Utopia in the very sensible hope that some day wo may enter a litthi further! KxoeUntrl 'Camille Flamaiarion. ANCIENT TfcLSGSAPH^ e/ ■ ■■ 1 The Greeks and Romans Rod eCurioua Systeuh in Olden Times. Frim Spare Moments. The ancient Greeks and Romans practiced telegraphy with tbe help of pots Idled with straw and twigs saturated with oil, which, being placed in rows, expressed cortain let. ters according tq the order in which they were lighted; but tho only one of their con trivances that merits a detailed description was that invented by a Grecian general named jEneas, who flourished iu tbe ti*ie of Aristotle, intended for communication between the generals of au army. It con sisted of two exactly similar earthen ves sels, filled with'water, each provided with a cock that would discharge an equal quanti'y of water in a given time, so that the whole or auy part or tho contents would escape in precisely the same period from both vessels. On tho surface of each floated a piece of cork supporting an upright markei off into divisions, each division having a certain sen tence inscribed upon it. One of tne vessels was placed at each station and when either party desired to oommunlcate he lighted a torob, which he held aloft until the other did the same, as a sign that he was ail attention. On the sender of the me sage lowering or ox tiuguishing Ms torch each party im mediately opened the cock of ■ his vessel and so left it until the sender relighted bis torch, when it was at once closed. The receiver then roa 1 the sentence on the division of tbe upright that was level with tbe mouth of the ves sel, and which, if everything had been executed with exactness, corresponded with that of the sender and so conveyed tbe de sired information. The first eiectrlo tele graph at all deserving the name was in vented by Cooke & Wheatstone and was laid on tbo London and Black wall railway in June, 1837. Cause of the Cotton Decline. From the St. Louis Republic. It was not alone the big crop that brought down the price of ootton so low this season. The weather about the time cf ripening and picking was such as to bring the crop into market much earlier and more rapidly than usual. This broke down prices at the outset, and the heavy yield and oontikiued rush of stock on tho market prevented recovery. Such a combination might not occur again soon, but every planter would do well not to placo his sole dependence on a single staple. There are few plantations that would not show better average results by a greater va riety of products. MEDICAL S Something you can't do is tt> get Dr. Pierce’s genuine medicines at what pretend tib be "cut prices.” They don’t collie to you in that way. To prevent fraud and imposition, the genuine guaranteed medicines are sold only through druggists duly authorized os agents, and always at these long-established prices: —Dr. Piarqp’s Golden MedicnJ Discovery (for the Liver, Blood, and Lungs), #I.OO per bot tle ; Dr. Pieree’s Fa vorite Prescription (for woman’s weaknesses ond ailments), SI.OO per bottle; and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, 25 cente a viah Nothing else, no matter what the price, can be as cheap, for Dr. Pierce’s medicines cro guaranteed, la every case whore they fail to benefit or cure, you havo your money back. Beware of dilutions, imita tions, and substitutes, offered at lower prices. NO WONDER A Tenderfoot’s Rather Unpleasant Fredlcament. FYom Forest and Stream. A young man last summer essayed to descend from the Red mountain crag, which rears its umber hesd above the little station of Wagon Wheel Gap, Cob, and does not care to risk the chaffing that that poor fel low got. He had climbed up to the top of tbe cliff, as adventurous and sight-loving youth will sometimes do,and about 4o'clock iu the evening essayed to come down, and in about bait an hour, after a rough experi enc* in rolling, slipping and struggling downward, found himself clinging to the face of tbe chff at a point where h* could neither go up nor down. He was fairly ti’eed, and perforce began to wake the echoes calling for help, A mile away, to the Hot Springs hotel, one camo riding in hot haste. A man had fallen from the cliff and broken his leg, and the doctor should come ut once; aud there was a hurrying to and fro, aud a chorus of exclamations aud a great stir among the guests, and the doctor was off like the wind, and numerous lights could be seen from afar climbing the mountain, and when help reached him he was neither dead nor dying, had uo broken limb nor strained arm or ankle, but was simplv rock-bound, entirely unable to help himself. Above him was tho perpendicular cliff, below a narrow over hanging shelf of rock and a fall of thirty feet to tho broken stones below, with a pos sible roll all the way to the bottom of the niouutaiu. These mountain folk aro rough jesters; when they found that he was unhurt they began to ehaff him unmercifully. They told him they had brought caudles to have a wake; that he should have a first-class funeral; that they didn’t s*e what he could do but just to drop off over the shelf and tako his chances and be done with it. But kind-hearted, as they always are, one of their number climbed up under the protect ing shelf of rock, got a firm hold with one hand, and outstretched his other arm to give what aid he could, and the others stood bo low to catch him as he fell, and thus, if pos sible, save bis life; and be was directed to back over tho cliff ornwflsh fashion, face downward, swing off and then hang on like grim death. This dono, the nearest man, with his outstretched arm, grabbed his feet and plaoed them upon his shoulders, aud the poor fellow let go to find himself the next, moment convulsively grabbing the neok and shoulders of his roicuer.and some how he slid down to the others without broken bones. But how he was chaffed and ridiculed! He fled away in the darkness and was not seen agaiu fur days. Local Record for the Morning News. Local foreoait fir Savannah and violnlty for to-day* Clearing Thursday morning; oontinued low temperature. Official foroenst from Wnshing riin ton for Georgia: Fair till Friday; : Alfi slightly colder on the coast, warmer north winds, Comparisonf mean temperature at Savan nah. (ia„ Jau. 20, 1892, and tho mean of the sametnr for nineteen yairt. Departure Mkaw Tkhpbratorb j from the Departure ■ 1 normal Since for 18 years Jan. 20,12 j -|- or Jan. 1,1802 M L_ 4i 1 -71 ri.qf.ili utat * n at: Departure I Amountfor Amount from the \ Departure ly /earn. fn* normal Hinoa Jan. WO, W -|- or ! Jan. 1,1I0& _ .11 .83 -1 92 119 'darimimi peratare, 39'*. The bight of the river at Augusta at 7:33 o’clock a. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 31.0 feet, a rise of 4.8 feet duriug the past twenty-four hours. Observation* taken at tbe same moment of timeatalltationii for the Mohnimq News. tUvANNA.i. Jan. tf). 7:89 p. city time. Rainfall | la Velocity.. i > Direction... V* ' Temperature... j Namb or Stations. Boston 19 N |L .001 Cloudless. New York city.... 121 NW 14; .00 Cloudless. Washington city.. K> NW L! .00 Cloudless. Norfolk 2t N 0 .10 Cloudlese. Charlotte 32 N R (V .00 Cloud lees. Wilmington | 32 NE U\ .09 Cloudy Charleston. 40| N j f*| .00 Cloudy. Augusta 42jNW 6 .00 Cloudy. Havannah 42. N 6 .00 Cloudy, Jacksonville 41 N 0 .fljd.BtMy cloudy Tampa. 54 NW I, .00 Cloudless. l*t. Jupiter. To NW tti ,0u Pt’ly cloudy Titusville 5 ' '•W Ift .02 Cloudy. Key W’est 70 N K L .00:Pt’iy cloudy Atlanta 30 E ,10| ,00| Cloud less. Pensacola • 3H N 10: .00 Cloudy. Mobile 34 N I2i .00 Pt’ly cloudy Montgomery 80NW12] .00 Cloudless. Vlcksburtr i 34 N .00 Cloudless. New Orleans. 38 N Lj .00 Pt'ly cloudy Fort Smltn So E 0 .00 Cloudy. Galveston ! 40 N K (V> .0J Cloudy. Palestine 2* N L .00 Cloudless. Knoxville 28 N K LI .00 Cloudy. Memphis 32 Cm 0. .00 Cloud less. Nashville 24 S K L .00,Cloudless. Indianapolis. 9ojß K fl *T Cloudy. Cincinnati 20 S L .00 Cloudy. Pittsburg 16 8 W L .00 Cloudless. Buffalo.. 14 SW IS .00 Cloudy. Detroit 12 8 W 18 .011 Cloud less. Marquette 201NVV :2 *T Snowing. Chicago 12 8 W 26 .00 Pt'ly Cloudy 8k Paul 2i\ W io! .OOjCloudiJss. St. Louis 2IINW ft 00 Cloudless. Kansas City 20 8 W L' 00 Cloudy. Omaha 90|9W 6 .00 Cloud *T indicates trass of rain or snow. P. 11. Stfrra. Observer. Weather Bureau. M KDICAL. Rheumatism THREE YEARS. I After Ruff Sing untold agonies three years from Rheumatism, having had much treatment without relief. I decided to take Swift's Specific. Eight bottles CURED ME ENTIRELY and I wish other sufferers to know of the value of your great remedy for Rheumatism. John McDonald, McDonald’s Mills, Ga. I Scad for free Treatise on the Blood and Skin. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. PLUMBER. FINK LINK OB’ GAS FIXTURES AM) GLOBES L, A. MCCARTHY’S, A -a DRAYTON HT. LEATHER GOODS. NEIDLINGER <fc RABUN^ DEALERS IN ROBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, Sea Uoq Wrapping. Saddles, Harness. Leather Savannah, Ga. PAINTS AND OILS. JOHN a. butler; WHITE LEADS, COLORS. OILS, GLABS, VARNISH, ETC. ; READY MIXED PAINTS; RAILROAD. STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES; SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS AND BUILD RS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for LADD LIME, CALCINED PLASTER. CEMENT. HAIR AND LAND PLASTER 140 Congress street and !89 Bt. Julian street, l&avanuab, Georgia. KzVLIv Cl„OTiri>*o CO. It is the value in them which makes the Suits we have marked down to $9 00 so cheap. You can buy a Suit or an Overcoat for much less than $8 00 but you will never again get such values as we are offering for the money, There is not a Suit or an Overcoat in the lot worth lessthan $lO 00 and many are worth $lB 00. The wearing qualities of our goods are too well known to need comment. FALK CLOTH IN T G 00. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENT A WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or more, in this column Inserted for ONH CENT A WORD, Cash In Advanoo, each insertion. Everybody who has any want to supply, any thing; to buy or sell, any business or aceommo datlone to secure; indeed, any wish to gratify, should advertise In this column. I’IUMOS'aU TFHOTOGKaVHY: Alt styles and sizes from * stamp* to life size; Hu* cabinets a spe cialty. l’iiee J 2 per dozen Business estab lished June 4, 1885. J. W. WILSON. 31 Bull street. O HAKTING3, Pulleys, Mangers and .aiil work O nil kinds, and repairs anil suppllaa LOM BARD & CX)., Augusta, (M. 1 >I!OT< MJKAi’II4 J 2 per dozen, cabinet size, i D. L WATERS, 171 Congress strsat. WHEN you n ed a superior quality of old Madeira-, Burgundies. Sauternes, Ports, Sherries, Clarets or Brandies, our stock will suit you. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE. ATI AS and Krto Engines, Boilers. Tanks and Stacks, <imle liars and Building Casting*. LoMBAISI) V (Si,, Augxista, Oa. UT E have moved into out new quarters, 80 Bay street, with an inimouae stock of all kinds of wines and liquors which we are anxious to show and to sell. M. LAVIN'B EBTATF,. C’oTTON GINS—Tim Improved Augusta, the ! Pratt Vanwinkle. We have 100 In stock for immediate shipment: also Presses. Hhafting Full}h, etc. JJ >MHAHD & GO., Augusta. IF you are io neod of moDey and want a liberal loan for any length of time, at lowest rato of Interest, on diamonds, watshes, jewelry, clothing, etc , and If you want your valuable* returned iu tbe same rendition as left patronise home unterprlso and coll at the Old Reliable Savannah Doe need Pawnbroker House, 172 Congress street, E. MUHLREKO. Manager iii e HELP W ANTBD YE/"ANTED, competent child’s nurse, at 72 v v Huntingdon street; none ueedapply with out good references. AID ANTED, a nurse. Apply at 77 Bolton v street, third door east of Aberoorn. \\T ANTED, a cook to live on premises. Apply H 181 New Houston street. AI7"ANTED, a competent cook Apply BO v Gwinnett street. WANTED, a competent white girl, well v V recommended, to do housework. Apply at 107 Bull street. VV7"ANTED, a first class lumber inspector; v v none other need apply; reference wanted. WEBT BROS., Wsstfarm, Fla. YVANTED, a competent male teacher for 7 7 Jesup Academy; address with refereace, JAMES STEKi.E, Secretary Board of Trustees, Jesup, Ga. KMI ’D< >VMK NT W ANTED. \W ill >w lady would like a place as cashier, housekeeper or ordinary nurse; woulk tnaLn herself generally useful. A4dresa EARNEST, News office. ROOMS wan ted. WANTED, by two gentlemen, strangers. with city references, a furnished room with or without hoard. State all particulars Address METROPOLITAN. MISKTiLLANROI b WANTS. C MALL family desires board In private fam lly, with home oomforts. B. R., Nows office. WANTED— J O wfll be paid for a three days’ option from a responsible party rfn ten thousand dollars of the first mortgage six per cent, bands of the Electric Railway Company of Savannah at sixty. Address BUBINKHB, car* News. w r ANTED, a small job press (second hand). 7 7 Address D. B , this office. A A,"ANTED, at Guyton, a small furnished 7 7 house or two or three furn shed room* until June. Address, giving terms, L, box 83, Morning News. V YOUNG married couple desires board In private family. Stale terms. Address T. D., Morning News. WANTED, purchaser for Stoinwav concert grand piano; In good order. Will be sold very low Party leaving city. Address, STKIN WA Y, News office. XAT ANTED, only an opportunity to convince 7 7 the most skeptical of our ability to com pete with all rivals in quality and price. M. DY VIN/S ESTATE, 80 Bay street. WANTED, the publio to know that for nearly forty years we have made a specialty of the wine and liquor trade. We import direct and buv from distillers. M. LAVIN'B ESTATE. WANTED, merchants to try the boneflts of advertising in the "One oeut a word” columns of the Momtigq Nsws. It will certainly pay- Statb or WZATHBn. ROOMS TO KENT. 12 OR RENT, ono nicely fnrnlshed room for gentlemen. Gas and bath. &0 Habersham street. * SOUTH basement room; furnished; suitable for physician’s offioe. 102 Macon street, corner Drayton. SOUTHERN room and board for twe young men, in private family. ‘’COMFORTS,’’ News office. INOR KENT, nicely furnished front room. 119 Barnard street, near Gaston. TT'OR RENT, flat of three pantry rooms and I closets, with use of bath. 27 Liberty street. IBOR RENT, unfurnished, slegsnt double par lors, south front, beautifully situated, near lie Soto hotel. Address KNOX, care News of fice. fpOR RENT, one flat of three connecting rooms, closets and kitchen. 48 York street. HOUSES AND STOKES VOS RENT STORE-DWELLING, southeast corner Whit aker and Boutk Broad lane Good stand for drug store or grocery. E. F. BRYAN. ITtOH HUNT, dwelling on Gwinnett street, near ' Park extension. Apply I. D. LaKOCHE St SON, 152 Bay street. TT'OR RENT, desirable residence, 109 Taylof X 1 street, between Drayton and Aberoorn; south front. Apply to S. GUCKENHEIMER St SONS. TT'OR RENT, dwelling house next northeait I oorner President and Lincoln streets; In quire of JAMES DOUGLASS, Barnard and Broughton street lane. FOB RENT—MISC ELLANEOUS. r l’ BENT, a farm of 80 QZO. 1 DIETER, Waters road aad Lovers lane. TL’OR REST, a large warehouse for storago r purpo**ti, on Broughton *tre€t lane: pr.oe Eio jer inootri, or more reaa jnaol term* to |>rtv making long lease. Apply KOHLER'S, 158 Broughton street. pOWH Twickenham Lairy. Residence, co*r ! V Aheds. barn an<l enough pasture. J. F. OUILMARTIN A OO.’S STABLER >k KENT, th* cheap column* of tbe Mont * wo N* *at **one cent a word" for **ech ia eertl**n: an excellent mode of adrertUinfif. FOB SALE. |X)H BALI, a Kentucky galled ml Be hor*e. i also drives we.l in harn*se, both tingle ana double C. E. BTULTB IJOR SALE, lota on Lawton etreet. four sold i Mil* month and only two left. C-H. DOR- H RTT. SALE—A few piano* anl organa were •lightly lamaged by the Are lav week: will *e 11 cheap anion eaay terms. I>AVIB MUBIO COMPANY npo EXCHANGE. $3,000 stork of hardware 1 for real estate and ono-thtrJ -ab. A. J. PARSONS. Verona, Fla . Duval county. fjVOR SALE, ales and beers; the bpst brand* foreign aad American beers, Lrwenbrau beer. Imperial beer; Raa* ale ami Guinru-sj torrer. Heed Bros’, bottling; at M. LATIN'IS ESTATE. 80 Bay ■treet. FpOK SALE, hundred dollars, a lot thirty by ninety, two arroet* from, Dolt Line on Lawton, between Barnard and Whitaker C H. DOIIBETT. _____ I? OR SALE, bora# agitable for leiiea to drive. Al*o buggy and hameaa. Apply T. Mo* DONNELL, Vt Went Broad street. BALE—A fc v pianos and organ* were slightly damaged by tho Are lost week; will! sell cheap and on easy terms. DAVIS MUBKJ COMPANY. | ITVjR SALE.4WO flfios mares, suitable for la dlea to drive; one cheap horse, wagon, andf harness. Will sell any of above at a bargain. W. H HAY, Fast Broad and River street*. CENTS per foot for rubber hose; buggy har* D ness five dollars; canvas covers for dray* iodtruck*cheap, NLIDLINGKR A HABCNV SALE - A few nAnoi and organs slightly damaged by tho lire last weok; wlln soil <-hoap and on easy terms. DAVIS MUSIC* COMPANY. I/OK SALE, now flat, mad > of cypress and! r plno; capacity about forty cords. Apply to id LaROOHK a son. TjBOH HALE, an established business, pay mg I from S7OO to SI,OOO per month; a golden! opportunity for a live business man; don’ll answer unless you mean business G„ Sew offips. IT’uH BALK—A few pianos and organs were I slightly damaged by tho fir# Ust week; wilj sell cheap and on easy terms. DAVI3 MUBIO COMPANY. IjSOR SALE, the largest anl best, stock of WMto Pine Sash, Poore. Blind*. Moldings, etc , etc.. In the south. Also aIP standard brands of Pure White Leads, oolors,. dry and In all Mixed Paints, Varnishes, sto. SHU supplies. Builders* hardware is mV specialty. Lime. Plaster and flair Direct im portations of R. sendale and Portland Cement., Newer, Culvert arid Flu# Pipe, all sizes, bendsj trap*. Ts, et*. Call or write for my prices, and got estimate* before buying. ANDREW HAN LEY. |,X)R SALE, lot on north side of Owinneth A street near the mill of McCauley, Still well,t Cos.; terms one hundred dollars oaah balance easy payments. C. H. DORSETT. TT'OR SALE—A few pianos and organs wer I *1 ghtly damaged by the fire last week; will sell cheap and on easy terms. DAVIS MUSIC COMPANY. I /OH HALE, champagne; Carte Blanche, OeoT Ooitlaf. Piper Heidaepk, dins. Heidreckami California champagnes. M. LAViN'S ESTATE. Telephone 840. rar-rt" 1 " ■ _j tun. IOST, slo in currency (one $lO and one $5 s Uiil). Tlie finder will bo suitably rewarded by leaving same at SOLOMON & CO.'S Bull Btreet branch store IOST. a small brown and white pointer J puppy, answers to tbe name of Gray. Liberal reward if returned to 68 Houtli Broad street. fIOABBIifG. HOARDERS WANTED, also rooms to let at I * 191 York street MRS. LEE. HOARDING. —A married couple or two gen tlemen can get a large room, with modem' conveniences, in private family. Address, with, reference, D. E. G., care of Morning SuwtS offioe. * 1 KS MISCELLANEOUS. ALL my old customer* will find me at No. 83 Broughton, corner Abercorn, where they can got a first-class shave and hair cut. LEM Da TIB. 1 ■'INNING, plumbing and gas fitting by care ful and experienced workmen. P. 11. KIERNAN, 3(R6 Whitaker street. Tourists, in ip ask at pulaski housb .Stables, victorias, glass front landaus. Rum bles, Kensingtons and buggies; the best in tbo city. Nos. 18M and 140 Bryan street. Telephon® No. 15. E. O, QLBABQN ' WANTED, tbs public to know that In addl tiou to our fancy groceries, <' carry % full lin* of fine brandies, wines and whiskies, bottled bear, etc, R. D. McDONELL & CO,. 26 aud SI Barnard street. or “H 1 property consul* HOBBfrr H. TATUM, Rral Estate Dealer and Auctioneer. l/LOWKHB— A fresh supply at throng's drug s stops daUy Floral designs st sbon notice. OHOWHC WAGNER, teispbone 4fi. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ETC. -jffi Yon— Ever looked thro’ our different styles of SPRING WAGONS ? After all oae wants variety, and the Largest Assortment in the South CAN BE FOUND AT TIIE Savannah Carriage and Wagon Co.’s SEF.D POTATOES. AROOSTOOK^ Early Rose, Early Goodrich, New York State Rose Seed Potatoes, Texas and Kansas Seed Oats, Oranges, Apples. Onions, Turnips, Etc. Hay, Grain and Peed. W. D, SIMKINS, LEGAL NOTICES. CJ.EOROIA, Chatham County—Notice 19 here- I by fciven to all perjous having demamla against EMMA J. McINTIRE, deceased, to pre sent them to me properly mads out within the time prescribed by law so as to show their char* acter and amount, and all persons indebted to ■aid deceased are hereby required to make im mediate payment to me. r tom WM M DAVIDSON, JR. January 6,1802. Executor. 3