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Newspaper Page TextAPT JENNIE’S 106 YEARS FREED in 1804. BUT ST LL WITH HER MASTER'S FAMILY. Traditions of Her Youth and Habits of Her Old Aara—Her Mysterious Re ticence— Rumors That She is Hoo dooed. Prom the Sew York Sun. Jennie Ader has lived on the Cutler place at Mjrrist-iwn. N. J., for 106 years. Ei- Coiigresssnan A. W. Cutler has traced her so far back beyond all question. There are some things which make him think she is gtill older. It is possible, even probable, that she is 110 years old. Bat in view of the doubt he gives her age as 106 and makes tho statement confidently. The members of the family call her Jen* nie or Aunt Jennie. So do the towDjfolk. Her last name Is a matter of tradition, She sometimes hesitates herself when asked what it is. so unfamiliar is she with it. She is colored and a servant. Everybody in Morristown knows all about her although few have seen her, for though she is strong and active aud accustomed to walk out of doors in ail sort3 of weather, she has not teen out of the front gate in thirty yean. Old Jennie was born a 6lave in the days when they had slaves in New Jersey. Tradition ’ has it that she was born In a negro hut adjoining the house where she now lives. The place was than known as the Condit place. It was a large, fertile farm, and on it stood the family mansion of Silas Condit, a great man In the days of the revolution, when he represented Now Jersey in the continental congress. It was a very respectable thing then to own slaves, and Silas' Condit had plenty of them. Tradition says that Jennie Ader was a likely young negress, black and jolly, and a favorite in her master’s family. Silas Cou dit’s daughter married Col. Joseph Cutler of the New Jersey state militia, and in course of time, inherited her father’s man sion and acres. Tho estate soon became known as the Cutler place, as it Is to-dav. Col. Joseph Cutler was the father of ex- Congressmau A. W. Cutler. He died many years ago. In 1894 New Jersey abolished slavery by a gradual emancipation which extended over two years. Thus Jennie became free, but, like most slaves of northern slave owue s, she did not avail herself of her liberty. Bhe had no “folks” except the Cutlers and no borne except the Cutler place. Her former master showed no dis position to cast her off. Ho she stayed there in voluntary service, together with most of the fau sly slaves, and she nursed the ohil dren of her youug mas tor and mistress. She was a buxom young woman of 10 years or more when she nursed little Yli-s Cutler, tho ex-oongressman’s older sißtor, Little Miss Cutler became Mrs. James B. Hyndshaw, and would be more tbau 90 years old to-dav if she hod lived. S o died long ago, but the young colored woman who nursed her when a baby is still strong and active, and smokes her daily pi; e with as much regu larity and pleasure as ever. Jennie nursed the ix-cougrcssman, too. She did not nurse the present generation. She was getting old and was in other occupations when they were children. Even then, aud that was long ago, she was tho last of the Cutler slaves and among the very fow of the New Jersey slaves still alive. For many years Jenne has besn moody and sileut, seldom speaking except when spoken to. It must not be supposed that she is morose or that her temper or disposition is not agreeable. Hhe is merely very quiet and self-contained. She enters into the family joys and sorrows heartily, but after a fashion of her own. Mrs. Cutler is the only one of tho family now living who pos sesses the art of “drawing her out.” Even to Mrs. Cutler she seldom speaks of old times. This is no recently developed habit on Jennie’s part. It has grown with age, of course, but as far back as the present members of the family oan remember Jen nie has been noticeably reticent. There is a story about this whioh has come down by tradition through generations of negroes from the time whan Jennie was a young woman. When Jennie was young and comely all the traditions make her oomelv when a girl—she was very gay end happy, and had a hearty laugh and no end of nonsense at her tongue's end. She was a great favorite in her master’s family, and she had many ad mirers among the young negroes. Thera could be no gathering among the young colored people without Jennie, and of course she inspired jealousies among the colored girls of tho neighborhood. One evening Jennie went to a picnic. Bef re the festivi ties were over she was missed. There was Ereat search for her, hut she was not found. 1 hen it was thought that she had run away, cut the next morning she returned to her home. They asked her where she had been, but she would not tell. She shook her hoad mysteriously and mournfully. She uever told what had happened to her that night, aud it was never learned. But that night 6UM hlne went out of Jennie’s life. From that time her lips were closed to chat and laughter. She avoided the society of her frionds. She lived much by herself, ‘.ho did not encourage the attentions of young men and she never married. .Now W hat was the matter with Jennie? The colored people shake their heads when y u ask the question. They renly in low voices that she was “hoodooed.” If you ask wimt that means they only shake their VRrv 9 n wf a !ln raySter ‘ uasl}r - U is Plainly a erj awful thing to be hoodooed. It is also P am from their talk that devils have a hand m the operation. thf ! i 1 ® 0 106, Jennie is a vory hut si in h* K i i°i wom9n - Hhe is not erect, hn J° lds '’ erßf ' lf well and walks slowly, u y ’ and despises tho aid of a cane, erav h' S muC ? wrinkled , and her hair is Bend U ° r * lKht and hearing are fairly Lv ’ . hhs , pretends to read, or not k* w hether she knows how Kuar.l I t S(?oret vvliich she has jealously msmw. f knowled -9 of tno present S th family. Hhe has not been Worked.!? Wu , rk for man Y years. Still she biU in She brings in wood from the kitehl , s bat;l£ yard - ap - d thß summer charge. This kitchen 'lav wh f ,ind <iu sts and arranges every loiis'nir,^ t ' le r Sed or not w ‘th mostscrupu aits dowrfv. \\ ne !! her duties are ended she WUh ahn / th n fir ° f ° r bOUrB at “ tinla nr,,. ojk 111 ker hand. She loves pict da'.-" n > n 'r„f a . k . r ' s * u,r w alk outdoors every alav< “ atter w hnt the weather is. Hhe her h..>id' lr * S . ared hainluna wound around fashion m tko time-honored negro preria-‘ Un tlj e coldest or wettest day Bhe shawl an umhroii lln< * u or s houlders. She despises not beer a 148 Bke despises a cane. She has nd has net™ 8 P rem 'sea for thirty years im kf S her'T- travol °d on a railroad. She tobacco r.U’ lpe ® ver y day, and when her dry weed n eS ,, 1,116 flll s the P‘P B w ith a * hew supply) o<l froui tlie Harden, pending Concerning Your Wants. -MoHNiNm v oent a word '’ column of the the main, WS P*® o64 advertising within toli o?w*::L L ’ VeryoilU wll ° has anything to thrif* i„rf ta . ftllvttm>t ' Advertising thow-s of l.'i cenr ent/jr br.se. aud fer the small sum tre ro-i:’ ; 1 ™ cau denionstrat i that vou tofsto sn^. 1 ° f - t - oso VPrv necessary requi drcuia,Jf* 5 *® 8 111 } lfe - The Morni.no New3 tread hvri'-w ry ’ v i lere ' reackßS everybody, tf reorlJ‘ IChand P°° r alike, has thousands ’’•wspeper Wb ° never looK at uu y ottef woris V.t. P rinfc _ your- advertisement, if l! % op, , , üß3 ‘ d " r 15 cents, and charge you trouble addo d "ord. There is no % peculate w hat your advertise tisiijj ar !. y< ?u. If you have an adver- Voij L with the Mornino News, Tou do' your advertisement, if ° ra P- m- Business office .p— \r ' ' ■ lh *&uv ILUS Howard (now Mrs. Teniffel\ et erv ,i,° ress ' 1,a3 a different Huger ring for 1 J “l'm tbe year. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Continued from Seventh Page. Bri os. Emma I. Shaw [TV], .'-67 tons, Porter, Odessa, elJ—Slrachau & Ca One brig. aceooxxss. Eliza J Pendleton, Tl 4 tons, rletcbor, New York, Idg—Geo Harries Ik Cos. Thos A Ward, 765 tons’ Lyman. New York, ldz —Geo Harriss A Cos. Edith B Sewarl. U3l tons, Travis, Barbados. Idg—Geo Harriss & Cos. Lida J Lwls. 516 lons, Higbee, Baltimore, dis— Geo Harriss Jt Cos. William Neely. eSitons, Thompson, Baltimore dis—Geo Harriss & Cos John Hose. S#s tens, Allen, Norfolk, dis—Geo Harriss i Cos. Red Wing, 415 tons, Johnson, Baltimore, dis— Geo Harriss & C'o. Edward G Hlght. 467 tons, Richards. Baltimore, dis—Geo HarnsS JS Cos. Ella M Hawes. 2*) tons. Newbury. Porto Rico Idg—Jos A Roberts * Cos. Isabella Gill, 555 toi.s, Collison, Baltimore, Idg— Jos A Roberts A (jo. Ebenezer Ilaugett. 7'J.i tons, Poole, Baltimore, idg—Jos 4 Roberts A Cos. Preseilla Scr.buer, 475 tons, Mcßride, West Indies, idg—Jos A Roberts A Cos. Ctiarmer, 376 tons, llaboll. New York, idg— Jos A Roberts <£ Cos. Edward P Avery. 517 tone. Hawley, New York. idg—Joseph A. Roberts & Cos. Annie B iss. 33? tons, Phillips, Baltimore, clts- Dalo. Dixon & Cos. Ida Kawrenes, 4.49 ton*. Campbell, Baltimore. dis—Dale, Dixon A Cos. Sixteen schooners. Local Record for the Morning News. Local forecast for Savamah and vicinity for to-day: Generally fair; stationary temperature. rim Official forecast from Wosbing- I'u" ton for Georgia: Fair till Sunday 1 night; slightly cooler in the in terior; northwest winds. ComDartsomf temoorature atSavan sah. Ga.. Jan. 20, 1392, aud the mean of the same day foruinesesu years. Ileparture Msan Tehpsrxtcr* j from the Departure • normal I Since forlSyears Jan. 29, 52 -|- or Jail. 1,1892. 51 1 J>2 -2 | -115 Cjiup kr.\tiva .* vmf ili Hina u tit: Departure I Amount for Amount from the Departure 19/eard. for normal i Since Jau. 29, 92 j -j-or jjau. 1,1392. .n .op 1 —,h I —so. Maximum te.nparature. 63°, minimum torn perature. 39°. Tite height of the river at Augusta at 7:33 O’clock a. m. yesterday (Augusta time! was 10.1 feat, a fall of 0.6 feet during the past twenty-four hours. Observations ta*-in at the same moment of tlmeat all stations for the Mornino Nrw*. Bavannau. Jan. 29. 7:36 p. u.. city time. Rainfall a Velocity.. .- I j, £ Direction... jTenii>erature... Naur or Stations. Boston 31 S E| S .03 Cloudy. New York city.... 88: N 8 .00 Cloudless. Philadelphia 42jS W 6j .00;Cloudless. Washington city... 41 E | 6 *T Cloudy. Norfolk 48 S \ L ,0u Cloudy. Cliarlotte 61 NW] c .00, Cloudless. Hattcras 58 SW 11: .00 jPt’ly cloudy Wilmington 48]8W] 6 .(XI Cloudless. Charleston. 52]SW| 8; .OOiCloudless. Augusta 80; W j!0; .OO'Cloudless. SiVANNXH 58]SWjl2| .OO Cloudless. Jacksonville, BOSW isj .OOiCloudless. Tampa. ... 50 W |L .00 Cloudless. Pc. .lupiter 80 W ; L .00 Cloudless. Titusville 66 W j 6 .OO'Cloudless. Key West 65 V E 8 .OOiCloudless. Atlanta 56SWjl4 .OOiCloudless. Pensacola 56.5W12 .00 Cloudless. Mobile 5(5,; W | 8 .OOiCloudless. Montgomery 00; W ! 6 .00 Cloudless. Vicksburg 66: W 8 .00 Cloudless. New Orleans. 64 C m].. 00 Cloudless. Fort Smltn 62 NWi L .00 Cloudless. Galveston 80 3 W 12 .(X) Cloudless. Palestine 60] W ,L .00 Pt’ly cloudy Brownsville 68! E ' L .00 Cloudless. Knoxville 54; >V 12] .00 Cloudless. Memphis 62 W ,14 s .OOiCloudless. Nashville 58 XW 8j .00 Cloudless. Indianapolis. 40 VV 12 .00 Cloudless. Cincinnati 40,NW 10; *T Cloudy. Pittsburg 38SW 61 .02 Cloudy. Buffalo 8* \V ] 6! *r Cloudy. Detroit 80 W 10 .02 Snowing. Marquette 30 N 12 .Ol Cloudy. Chicago 32 W 1 20 *T ; Cloudless. St Paul . 32! W 6 .00 Cloudless. St. Louis 46 NW|24j .OOiCloudless. Kansas City 46 NW; 6 .00]Cloudless. Omaha 40|NW| 6| . 001 Cloud less. *T indicates trace of raiu or snow. P. H. SkVTa. Observer. Weather Bureau. A $5,000,000 Sleigh Hide. From the New York Ledger. There was a sleigh-rida in Russia, more than a oentury ago, of such magnitude and splendor as to have been deemed worthy of historic commemoration. Russia’s im mortal historian, Karamtin, has devoted to its record several pages. It was the month of December, 1769. The celebrated Empress Catharine 11. was upon the throne. Frederic of Prussia and Cath arine were conspiring together for an at tack upon Poland, that they might divide that kingdom between them. Frederic sent his brother Henry to St. Petersburg, osten sibly for a frie dly visit, but in reality to mature plans for the treacherous invasion. During Pflnoe Henry’s stay Catharine gave in his honor a moonlight sleigh ride. The sleigh which conveyed Catharine and the Prussian prince was a beautiful parlor, capacious and furnished with every luxury of the time. It was covered and inclosed by double glasses in large plates, so that every object without could be distinctly seen. Mirrors were also ingeniously ar ranged so as to multiply and reflect all the scenes through which they passed. This imperial sledge, with its gorgeous decora tions, was drawn by sixteen horses. A re tinue of 2,000 sledges of the nobility fol lowed. Those were also constructed for the occasion at a vast expense, and embellished in the highest style of art. The great dig nitaries of the empire, ladies and gentlemen, in showy costumes, crowded these vehioies, which were drawn by four, six and eight horses. Expense seemed to have been ut terly disregarded in the preparation of the pageant. Every person except the einpreßS and her guest was dressed in fancy costume aud was masked. The night was calm and clear; not a breath of air was stirring, and the full moon rode brilliantly through the star sprent skies. The road, upon which thou sands of laborers had been employed to remove evert’ obstruction, wound along through valleys, aud forests, and moun tain gorges. Early in the evening, and with military pecision, the great pngsant swept from the palace through the streets of St. Petersburg. When two miles from the city the traiu passed through a triumphal arch blazing with variegated light. Every mile of the drive was thus marked by some grand structure which, with its blaze of light, outshone the splendor of the moon, and in the ingenuity of its dovioos, with llames of every hue,extortedineessaut exclamations of wonder and delight. There were shafts, temples, pyramids, colonnades illuminating the wintry soene. Opposite each of these structures ball rooms were reared, the sides composed of double glass, eo that everything within oould be dis tinctly seen. Here the peasantry were assembled, in each one a group of a few hundred, from some particular prov ince of the empire, dressed in the gayest ef their provincial garb and engaged in their rustio games and dances. The variety of costumes aud of sports was infinite, and often grotesque and amusing in the highest d-'gree The sledges wont slowly by, that all might wituoss the entertaining spectacle, and then passed on to the next theatric show. All the games and notional daoces were thus witnessed. The national airs were sung or performed by the best-trained bauds, aud ail sorts of gymnastic feats, such as vaulting, jumping and performances on the tight and slack rope, were exhibited. Through such scenes, incessantly re peated, the imperial pleasure party rode, until a high mountain arose before them, which was opened to their view through a broad avenue cut in the forest. The tnoua TIiE'MUKMIMti KEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1892. tain was arranged, by a dt-play of fire works, to represent Mount Hecla in one of the most violent of its eruptions. The earth seemed to quake beneath the terrific ex plosions. Vast billows of flame and fiery i missiles, of every form and hue, were j ejecting from its glowing crater hundreds | of feet into the air, descending upon the ; hillsides and roiling down the crags in a shower of fire. Tue spectacle was sj sublime ae to be almost appalling. In mute astonish * ment the pleasure party gazed upon the wonderful phenomenon, in which art . seemed to outvie the most mighty of the i energies of nature. The region for leagues around was illuminod with the lurid glare, | which gent a thrill of terror to tho peasants ( far away on the distant hillsides aud iu tbe | valleys. Again the horses were pushed on, and, before the spectators had recovered from the surprise the volcanic mountain had created, the train suddenly entered a Chinese village, which had been reared for the occasion upon the exact model of one of the most picturesque of Chinese towns, and inhabited by crowds of m?n. women and chil ireu in the garb arid engaged in the pastimes and sports of tho Chinese on a festive day. The long street through whioh the traiu passed wes brilliantly illuminated and presented a spectacle as novel ns it was entertaining. Tbe train passed slowly through the street, and then found that it was only the majestic portal to the imperial palace of Tzarkoselo. As the sledges drove to tho door they wore speedily einp'ied of their contents, aud the whole courtly throng of over 4,000 was sauntering in the salons, whioh were amply spacious to entertaiu them all. The palace was lighted with a countless number of chandeliers aud wax caudles. The imperial bands were there, and for two hours the pleasure-seekers for got time in the mazes of the cotillion. In the midst of the exhilarating soeue the heavy report of cannon was heard, and in stantly every musical instrument was still, every light was extinguished, every voice was hushed, and there was a moment of silence and darkness. Suddenly a magnificent display of fire works blazed up, extending iu front of all the windows of the palace. A* the display faded out there was another report of can non, aud as if by magio tbe candles blazed anew, and a sumptuous entertainment wa3 spread. Every luxury which Europe or Asia could afford was supplied for at he oc casion. Dancing was again renewed, and as the dawn of the morning dimly appeared the revelers returned to their homes. This is undoubtedly the most brilliant sloigh-ride on record. It is said to have cost ?5,000,900. To enable kings and nobles to indulge in such voluptuousness the millions of Russia were enslaved, doomed to mud hovels, ignorance, black broad and joyfulcess from the cradle to the grave. A Short Feast. Eva Lovett Carson , in Harper's Young People. There was once an old rat who lived iu a garret. He had bogun life there, and hav ing now a large family, he found it incon venient to move. But the garret had one drawback ns a place of residence. It was a long distance from the kitchen, aud tho rat, having to go so far to forage for food, found it not always easy to supply tho needs of his growing family. One night he started and iwn tho garr.'-. stairs to find something for supper. His tail sounded thump, thump on every step. Any one listening could have heard the patter of his feet through the hall. But everybody wa9 asleep. The sitting-room door stood open. As the rat passed he glanced in, and noticed a queerly shaped bag lying upon the table. He ;went nearer to investigate and found a bag of lovely fresh biscuits—at least two pounds! Here was a treasure indeed 1 “Aha:” cried Mr. Rat, smacking his lips; “I shall not go down to the kitchen for supper to-night .” He reflected upon what he had better do. He could not carry the whole bag up stairs. If he took the biscuits up one at a time, he would not be able to secure all of them be fore he vs as discovered. Must ho lose this feast aud be content with tho two or three he could eat before morning! He looked about the room, and his eyes fell upon the open grate, bare and llreless. It was only used in the coldest weather. “.Just the thing!” said tbe wise rat. With a biscuit in his mouth he ran up the flue, and found there a splendid hiding place. The chimney was filled with a bag of straw, and behind it he seoreted the bis cuits. making many journeys, aud leaving only enough in the bog to provide a hearty supper for the youug rats after his exer tions. The next morning there was a great out cry among tho children. Someone had eaten tho sweet biscuits! The bag was empty! “Mice!” declared Aubrey. “Nonsense!” cried nurse. “No mouse— no, nor ten mice—could eat all those biscuits in one night!” But nobody solved the riddle. The rat family lived high for a week and Mr. Rat grew fat from finding continual suppers at such short range. At the end of the week there came a big snow storm, and then a hard frost. The house was very cold. Mamma decreed extra fires, and Nancy came up stairs to build a fire in the sitting-room grate. “Don’t forget the straw bag, Nanoy,” said nurse. “It’s put into the chimney to keep out the wind, but you must take it down before you start tho fire.” Nanoy put her arm up the chimney to pull down the straw bag. One end seemed quite loose, but the other was wedged in tight. She gave a hard tug, and the bag came away so suddenly that she tumbled over backward. “My goodness!" cried Nancy. For Hi rter the straw bag followed a shower of soot, and thca a shower of curiously shaped objects, which had once been white, but had grown gray and thou black in their hiding place. But the parties feasting upon them had never hesitated on that account. When she had examined thorn Nancy called nurse, who was duly surprised, and then she called the children, who added “Ohs!” and “Ahs!” to suit the occasion. “It’s them lost biscuits, to be sure ! ’’ pro nounced nurse. "Audit’s that old garret rat that’s done it—the wretch! I hear him come thumpin’down them garret stairs every night.” Presently the fire blazed and roared up the chimney, and threw flashes of light into tho farthest corners. That night when tho old garret rat eaino down and saw it, his heart sank down into his toes. He knew he would have to go all the way down to the kitchen again to find a supper. His royal time was over. “BIG BEN” C-IIMED THIRTEEN. The Death of the Duke of Clarence Re calls an Old Superstition. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Losnox, Jan. 26. —A moat curious coinci dence with regard to the death of Princa Albert Victor is an incident that occurred two mouths previously. There has long been a superstition that when “Big Ben,” the clock at Westminster, strikes irregularly at midnight, some evil is about to befall the royal family within the following three months. At 12 o’clock at night on Nov. 14 all tbe members of a political olub within a stone’s throw of the houses of parliament were as tonished to hear the quarter hour chimes sounding simultaneously with those for the hour, while immediately afterward “Big Ben” struck thirteen times. The event was commented on at the time, as it occurred on the day when the illness of Prince George reached its crisis, and since then it has been recalled to those who noted the unusual occurrence by the fact that tho death of his elder brother took place exactly two months afterward. The Spring: of .Eternal Youth. Carlsbad may be truly termed the Sprinz of Eternal Youth. For centuries the famous Sprudel has been used as the best natural remedy for constipation, catarrh of the stom ach, dyspepsia and liver and kidney complaints. Be sure to buy the g mine imported article onlv, which must have the signature of “Eisner & Mendelson Cos., Sole Agents, New York,” oa every package. Statb or Wkathsr. BEAUTIES OF THE PAST. THEY DON’T COMPARE WITH OCR NINETEENTH CENTURY GIRLS. The Standard of Beauty is Higher. Mary Qeeen of Scots. So Often De scribed ae Feauttfjl and Unfortu nate, Would Be Considered Plain Now—Women Become More Beauti ful Generation by Generation. Prom the New York Mail and Express. Is the standard .of beauty in woman ad ; vancing! One hears this question frequently nowa- I days. So frequently, in fact, that one is tempted to beltove-tbere is some good reason for the query, and that it may not be “old fogyism," whioh makes people say when a handsome woman is mentioned: “She is not fo handsome ns her mother was.” But if it is not old fogyisra it ig something equally foolish, for there is no doubt that there are more handsome women to day than there over were before, and that those haads imj women are haudsomer than were their mothers or grandmothers before them. Take, for instance, Mary (Jueen of Scot*. In hor time she was one of the inos beauti ful women in her realm, but if she were to walk into a drawing room to-day it is doubtful if she would cause more than n passing remark on the score of her beauty. It is true that Mary was very captivating in hor manner—at least wo must so conclude, for her portraits all show us a face which disappoints us—aud this inay account for her reputation ns a beauty, on the basis that "handsome is as handsome does,” but the various like nesses of “Scotia’s beauteous queen,” if thoy bo likenesses, do cot show us the lace of a woman who would to-day be termed hand some. THE STANDARD STEADILY RISINO. Since we of to-day are not satisfied with the features which enraptured our fathers, which sent tbe oontetqp Tariea of Mary off their heads and was the occasion of much jealousy m her oousiu Elizabeth, it is fair to infer that the standard of beauty has risen—a rise which has been gradual, but none tbe less constant, with each generation making some advanco over tho cno whioh precoded it. This conclusion is irresistibly reached after looking over the por traits of one family for several gen erations. This one can rarely find oppor tunity for doing in America, but if you have ever examined tho family portraits in the gallery of an old English family you muy have been struck with the change in types of beauty which the portraits display. The further you go back the plainer the features appear to us; aud if we begin with the earli est and progress to the ones taken in tho present generation, wo observe that tbe portraits grow steadily more beautiful as we advance. NOT TITE FAULT OF THE PAINTERS. It may bo objeoted that this is tho fault of tbe ol£ painters—that they did not know how to make a good likeness. But the works which some of tbe old painters have left us seem, by their very excellence, to refute this theory. The touch of the mas ter’s hand has not transferred to the canvas a miracle of painting and a caricature at the same time. Look at Holbein’s portnit of Henry VIII., and you must feel that tho pictures, fuli of life and character, are faith ful to tho original—almost as if tho real Henry stood before you. And If this great painter can give us a lifelike picture of Henry, shall he be pronounced incompetent to present to u* auy idea of Anne Boleyn? And the beauty of Anne Boleyn as Hol bein presents it—the fatal beauty which was the cause of Henry breaking his al legiance to Catherine—is not a beauty about which men would rave iu those latter days. Froof is not lacking either that Holbein was able to flatter his sitters, even as are also some of the portrait painters of our day. One of the best possible proofs of this is tbe fact that It was Holbein’s picture of “Anne of Clevee” which caused Henry to determine to marry that princess, although the “Royal Bluebeard,” we are told, was “fearfully dis couraged and ainszed” when Anne appeared before him in propria persona. This seems to present another proof that the beauty of tho sixteenth century was moasured by a lower standard than thßt of the present time. This, it is evident, can have been due only to tbe lack of a higher degree of beauty from whioh to form an ideal. van dyke’s faces prettier. The portraits of the ladies of the next oenturv, however, show an appreciable ad vance in beauty over that of their grand mothers, who were tbe reigning belles of their period. Indeed, it U among the ladies of the roign of Charles 1., who were painted by Van Dyke, that we find the first who are pretty according to our ideas of beauty; evon though they are somewhat monoto nous in consequence of the endeavors of the artist to give them all a resemblance to Henrietta Maria. Take, again, the beauties of the days of George 111. Standing in tbi3 period we are iu the midst of the masters. They have left to us a record of all that was noble aud beautiful in the reign of the mad king. A collection of Reynoldses and Gainsboroughs gives you at once the impression that the entire feminine world of that day was made up of beautiful women—also teat the pain ters were in great luck to have such fair sitters for their brushes. But a more care ful inspection is likely to convince you that there is more real attraction in the pictures than in tbe faces, and that the luo.r was rather on the side of the sitter than on that of the artist. There are plenty of beautiful faces among them, of course, but the beauty is not general, and, above all, there is no beauty there that cannot be equaled and even easily surpassed by the women of t*o present day. THE "BEAUTIFUL” MISSES GUNNINGS. If more definite and oonoiusive evidence of this were necessary, we need only refer to tbe pictures of the Misses Gunnings. They were the most famous beauties of their day. They were spoken of by their contemporaries as the “handsomest women alive.” They were literally mobbed by cu rious gazers if they walked in the park; it is said that when they traveled people sat up all night so as not to miss seeing them as they got into their carriage in the morning; and, to crown it all, when they were pre- \ sen tod at court, the ladles stood upon the chairs to get a glimpse of thorn. Nothing of this kind is seen to-day, how ever—not because we have nothing tr ex cite our enthusiasm, nor that we admire beauty less than did our fathers, but because we have greater beauty and more of it to admire than they had. Iu proof, the beauty of tbe Mi-s Gunnings cau certainly have lost nothing under the brush of Reynolds, and yet his portraits of them show us noth ing that we consider wonderful, nor which wo could not see surpassed almost any after noon iu a short walk oa uptown Broadway. A fair oomparisoD of the beauties of ; previous centuries easily proves tho propo- j eition that the handsomest women tbe ! world ever know are among us in the pres ent time. What will be said of them by tbe generations who shali follow us cannot be predicted now, but let us admire it while it is ours, aud not spend cur time la depre catory companions with the beuuties of the past, who were never nearly so beautiful aa our women, any way. Queon Victoria's Joke. Few people are perhaps aware hew thoroughly tho Queen of England enjoys a joke. A gentleman in waiting, whom let us cad Nr. A——, diHilngui-hod for his imitative powers and dramatic talent, is i.ot infrequently called upon to trip the light fantastl • toe. figuratively speaking, when in attendance at indsoraud Balmoral. One day tbe great lady, looking with a certain austerity straight into tbe face of Mr. A de manded: “Now, Mr. A—, I am perfectly well aware that when my back is turned you imitate ms I wish to see you no it now, this minute!" Boor Mr. A fell straightway into tbe royal trap, crimsoned, faltered, utterly lost Ins countenance. “Ah!" exclaimed the queen. “I seel was right! You ought to he ashamed of yourself," anil thbn added, laughing as heartily as auy school girl, "But don't do it again." MEDICAL A boil hurts, but It r helps. It shows you f vii* Plainly what you need. f ‘ It wouldn’t be there, if ( | t your blood were pure l and your system in the jP* y' ft right conditiou. And \ v / , Jj they would be, if you’d H f a t a Dr. Pierce’s Golden frit Medical Discovery, vw- sj /A i It carries health with /, ** *jlt B-' All Blood, Skin, aud LvuTyj Scalp Diseases, from a VT-q wtj common blotch or erup jjjwjsjsw tion to the worst Scrof ula, are cured by it It invigorates tho liver, purities and enriches the blockl, and rouses every organ into healthful action. Iu the most stubborn forms of idkin Disease*, sqch as Salt-rheum, Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas. Carbuncles, and kindred ailments, and with Scrofula in every shape, and all blood-taintrt, these’s nothing thnt can equal it as a perfect and permanent rem edy. That’s the reason it's the only jnodi cine of its kind that can bo guanmteetl. If it fails to benefit or cure, In any case, yon havo your money back. Anil that mates it tho cheapest blood-purifier sold. PUBLICATIONS. Ready Saturday, January 30th. j? The Midwinter. 4* \ February, fCENTURYf J* CONTAINS: An exposure of the <B* methods and doings of T • The J* j* | Louisiana A x Lottery, A f m In an article entitled “ The Degra -A dation of a State,” the result of an JL 'w' investigation by one of the Editors " f °f The Century, describing the \ v Tr men who have made millions of cj dollars out of this gigantic evil, y' and laying stress upon the im- m? 'jr portancc of the pending fight as a jT 'w national issue. w Other contents include “Reffey,” JT. a striking story of Western rail road life by Wolcott Balestier; aw 7 story by the author of “ The An- JT glomaniacs”; illustrated on “The New National Guard”; -A. lT “The Jews in New York “ Pio few necr Days in San Francisco,” etc. vjW Ready everywhere Saturday, jj W January 30th. Price 35 cents. W 1L Subscriptions may begin at any Jf, W time, price $4.00 a year. Nr W THE CENTURY CO. W PV BLICATIOXh. )Cfi#mFßEE|i f M,*! JOHN C.|;B Ma M . - - WHOLESALE GROCERS. GOOD HEALTH I one of the prenteat blessings bestowed on mankind. Excesses are groat destroyers of health. A little stimulant when taken In mod eration, such n thn OLD KNICKERBOCKER RYE and OLD FASHIONED RYE WHISKIES are preservatives. Ask your grocers for these with our name and guarantee. HENRY SOLOMON & SON, Wholesale Liquor Dealers, Savannah, Ga. BHOKKUs. ~J. HARMANUS FISHER k SON. Bankers and Brokers. 16 South Street. BALTIMORE, MD. Special facilities for placing collatorul notes on Southern Securities known in Northern Mar kets. Keferenoe: Merchants' National Bank of Balti more. F. C. WYLLY~ STOCK, BOND AND REAL ESTATE BROKER. Strict Attention Given to All Orders. Investment Securities always on hand. Correspondence Solicited. COFFEE. HOCfiA AND JAVA COFFEE, For sale by C. M. GILBERT & CO. — ' 1 ■ 1 PRINTING. SOUTHERN HEADQUARTERS FOR ACCOUNT BOOKS, PRINTING, AND LITHOGRAPHING. Blank Boob th&t Open Fiat a Specialty. FINE BINDING in all Styles, for Public and Private Lihrarisa Turkey Morooec, Crushed BeaL or Le vant, Hi mala and other (JuafiUea. MUSIC andMAGAZINES, IN MARBLE, PLAIN OB GILT EDGES. Morning News Steam Printing House Printing, Lithographing and Binding, SAVANNAH. - - CrA. Corporations. Officials, Merchants, and busi ness men generally who require the very beet Sualltyof work are invited to favor us with jeir patronage. Our Account Books have been used by the leading houses in the South for the past twenty years, aud havo stood the test for STRZNOTH, DURABUZTY AND WORKMANSHIP, NeW copcerns can be fitted out prompt!; at reason able prices.with whatever supplies .they require in our line. |>r-AU. ORDER# EXECUTED ON OUR OWN PREMIA EM MERCHANTS, mmauractorers. msrsTustiaa, corporation*, and all others In Deed of printing, lithographing, and blank books mm have their orders promptly filled, at modssati Bowk** riififfutaul I,SWB FALIi CLOTHING CO. tYe have still left quit* a fsw of that special lot ct Handker chiefs at fISO a dozen. The as sortment is not as large as it originally was, still there are lots of good ones left, but as each day visibly diminishes them yon had better call around as soon as possible. We have also some of those $8 Suits and Overcoats left. Not many of them, but your size Is apt to be among them ami if it Is you will find tho grpa'est bar gain evor offered In Savannah. Tho actual value of most of these goods range from sl3 00 to *ls 00. FALK CLOTHING* CO. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENT A WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, t.t Word* or more. Id this column Insartcd for ONE CENT A WORD, Caah Id Advanoe, each Insertion. Everybody who has any want to supply, any thing to buy or sell, uny business or accommo dations to KOOur-; indeed, any wish to gratify, should advertise iu this qplnmn. i’lilUUiiAL OIIOTOGKAPHY: All styles and sizes from k stamps to-life size; line cabinets n spe cialty. IVieo $2 pec dozen. Business cßtals fished June 4, ISCS. J. N. WILSON, 21 Bull street. r pilE PARTY who took a black fur cap*'at I Odd Fellows hull Thursday evening and left a jacket inst-ad, can get I lie jacket by calling on GEORGE .MIDDLETON. Morning News Job Department, with cape. VfOTICE—I nm no longer connected with the I_S Kandy Kitchen L. HARGROVE. Cabinet Photographs, lire gl/e crayons, easels, frames and molding, D. L. WATERS, 171 Congress street. A SUITABLE REWARD will be paid to any i Y one furnishing us witli the present ad dresses of the following parties: Anna Jatrett, residence In July. I*9o, nt No. lATattnall strew; John Jackson ni (i Stewart street in October, lst>o; .Mrs. John Reid at Brownsville in March, James Horatio, at 2.1 Ila 1 street iu May, Bta; i.uoy Mors , Bolton lane, east of a., K & YV. U. It., in October, 1880: Mrs. A. Bell, Harris, 4th Wof East Broad, in Sopternber, 18-7; Mrs. t’hloe Campbell, DufTy street lane. lietweeu YVest Broad and Montgomery, In October, Iss7; Charity Anderson, 2HU Harris street, in Kep teiuber, 1887; Rallle Fisher, Perry street, Jones Old Field, in December, 1890; Mrs Hattie llug less. 9li Liberty street lane, in January, lSfll, Address INFORMATION, care News. \I7UEN you n el a superior quality of old v v Ma ieiras, Burgundies. Bauternes, Ports, Sherries. Clarets or Brandies, our stock will suit you. M. LAVIN'S ESTATE. W have moved into our new quarters, 80 > v Bay street, with an immense stock of all kinds of wines and liquors which we are anxious to show arid to sell. M. LAVIN'S ESTATE. IF you ore in need ot money aud want a liberal loan for any length of time, at lowest rnPi of Interest, on diamonds, watches, jewelry, olqthlng. ofco., and if you want your valuables returned In the same condition as left, patronize home enterprise and call at tho Old Reliable Savannah Licensed Pawnbroker House 179 Congress street. K. MUHLBERG, Manager HELP YVAJTTBD UT ANTED, competent lady cashier and bookkeeper in fancy retail grocery store nice place for lady that understands her busi ness; must he rapid writer and quick ut figures. Address '1 hi H'l ii, News office. W ANTED, a nurse. Apply nt STORE 178 “ St. Julian street. WANTED, a light-colored colored man. at —_ HYINUSTQN’S PHARMACY'. WANTED, a nurse. Apply at 77 Bolton street, 3d door east of Abercorn. WANTED, men and women at once. SBS to * $250 monthly. J. B. CAMPBELL, Presi dent, 21H LaSalle street, Chicago. \y ANTED, a first-class sawyer for a yellow v pine circular saw mill; none but sawyers need apply. Address PANTING, Ainoskeag, EMI’IAiYM ENT IVAVTEIh YYTANTED, by a middle-ago l German lady, a French and German. Address M, YV., this office. M ISOBLEAN BOUI YV A VI R. Y\’ ANTED, to purchase second-hand Victor Vf or Columbia Bafety, in good order. Ad dress BYCIKLE, I*. O. box 96, stating price. *. \V7ANTED, only on opportunity to convince * the most skeptical of our ability to com pete wi h all rivals in quality and price. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE, 80 Bay street WANTED, the public to Know that for ' v nearly forty years we have made a specialty of tho wine and liquor trade. Wo import direct and buy from distillers. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE. ROOMS TO UKM. IjVYU RENT, three beautiful connecting rooms, closets, bath, kitchen. 43 York street; pos session immediately. I .NOR RENT, one flat of five large connecting rooms. 161 South Broad street. fpURNIKHKB ROOMS to rent, with bath on same floor. 44 Jefferson street, near Y'ork. RENT, two furnished rooms; 178 Gordon street; bath room same floor. VFI.AT of rooms with all conveniences to let. Apply 55 Abcrborn. IJOK RENT, floor, uso of bath room. Apply 164 Jones street, corner of Barnard. IKIUSIW ANI) dTOUSS FOK RENT ITOB RENT, house !7ii Jones street. Inquire of S. Reynolds, J. P. t or 83 Broughtun street, of F. J, RUCKERT. I.XJR RENT, house 79 Jones street, one door from Abercorn. Modern improvements. Twenty-five dollars. JOHN 11. RUWE, 58 South Broad street. _____ FOR RENT, desirable residence, 100 Taylor street, between Drayton and Aberoorn; south front. Apply to S. OUCKE.NHKLMKH A SONS. FOR REN I- *1 ISC ELLA NBO DA CYOYtyA Twickenham Dairy. Residence, cow J sheds, barn and enough pasture. J. F. GUILMARTIN & CO.'S STABLES. ITVik RENT, th- cheap columns of the Mohs t iso Nbws at "one oent a word" for each in sertion: an excellent mode of advertising. FOR NALL. " TXIR SALE, a very pretty pony, gentle and F sound and suitaole for a child. Also a stylisii pair of horses, drag and harness. Sold for no fault. C. H. DOHSETr, 142 Congress. I7OiR SALE, one (1) steam tugboat. Apply at . NAVAL STATION, Port Royal, 8. C. JT'OR SALE, house on Gwinnett street, $1,200; JT small cash pay ment, balance monthly; lot 30x110. B. H. JONES. I/OR SAI.E, 30 head of stock, at A. RIcOOR r MICK’S STABLES. IXIR HALF,, a well-paving grocery, with bar I attached; very good locality in tbe city; r-n—" * i move in the country. Address GRO CERY, N ■. 57, Morning Neva. OLD NEWSPAPERS—2OO for 25 ceuta-at Bushinas Offlue Morning News. FOR SALE. FOR Rale, the largest and oest assorted mock ot White Pice Sash, Doors. Blit as. Moldings, etc . etc., in the south. Also all standard brands of Pure White t>?ads. colors, dry aud in ail Mixed Paints. Varnishes, etc. Mill supplies. Binders’ hardware is my specialty, lime. Plaster and Hair. Direct im portations of Kosendale and Portland Cement. Sewer. Culvrrt and Flue Pipe, all sizes, bends, traps. Ts. etc. Call or write for my prices, ana gc estimates before buying. ANDREW HAN LEY. UOII SALE, champagne; Carte Blanche, Geo, I Ooulot. i'lper Heidseck, Chaa Heidseek and California champagnes- M. LAVIN'S ESTATE, Telephone 340. /a CENTS per foot for rubber bote; buggy bar *) ness five dollars; canvas covers for drays and truck* cheap. Ni IDUNi !LR A RABUN. I,X>R RALE, ales and bears; tbe best brands T foreign and American beers, Lowenbrait beer. Imperial beer; Hass a|e and Guinness porter. Read Bros'. bottUng; at M. LAY’IN’S ESTATE. 80 Bay street. STOLEN. I'TOLEN from lot back of stable Monday a” night, bay mare 9 years old; braise on right hip an 1 lame from amo: $25 reward for proof to convict the thief; stolen niare is a plug. J. F. GUI I, MARTIN CO. MISCELLANEOUS. rHICKENR, ducks, geese, turkeys, smelts, at COHEN BROS., stalls 47 and 48 Market House. r T'INNrNG, plumbing and gas fitting by cara -1 fill and experienced workmen. P. *H. MKItNAN, 30H Mhiiakerstreet. El EFOHK you buy or sell property ronsnU > ROBERT IL TATEM. Real Estate Doaisr and Auctioneer. (rtOHEN BROS., stalls 47 and 43 MarkeO J lluuso. licensed dealers finest grades but te rlue indorsed by leadin' nhysieians; manu factured tinder government supervision; 2 and 25c per poun. ''|X>URISTB— In stoek at. PULASKI HOUBH 1 StaWea, victorias, k!a*s front landaus. Hum bles, and tbe lKst in tne city. Nog. IJW and 140 Hryan street. Telephone No. 12. JE. C. GLEASON. CENTS irota tho Sunday ssu* or tho >foß?r --• ) ino News. lUi oir and r*ad it. For gala at MULLKYNE'S DRUG BTOKE. West broad and Waldburg streets. A fman rnippiy at ,s:r. Rt>rv daily. Floral dealing nt short notion. QKOBGB WaGWEH, tslspbofism CARRIAGES* BUGGIES, BTC. "FORTY-EIGHT-FIFTY.” [COPY] ARMOUR PACKING 00. (Kanrai City, U. 3. A.) Savannah, Oa., Jan, 20, 1832, The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Cos., Cilgt QttNTUtMIN- The “FORTY’-EIGHT-FIFTY’* bought of you some time since has proved to bq all that you claimed for it it has given eiq-ira satisfaction, and we consider it as good for till* mono) ns any Wagon we havo in use. Very truly, [SiONZDj ARMOUR PACKING 00. C. A. Drayton, Manager. We can siimv hundreds of such testimonial* on our VEHICLES SAVANNAH CARRIAGE AND WAG ON CO. PETJTIONS FOR INfOKPOHATXOiS O TATE OFGEORGIA, Chatham County—To D the Superior Court of said County: The pe tit! nor WM. H. STILLWELL, T. 11. GIIINIL -1-IAT, K. F. BRYAN. WM. L. (iIIIMLUAT. J H. ESTILIs WM. K. LEAKKN. A. M. BKOSIUB. OHAB. M. TYSON, C. N. WEST. GEO. T CANS. J. F. CANN, J„P. WILLIAMS. JOHN r>. GOULD, W. W. FRASER, (DO. T. ROGERS, J. W. HUGER, T. F. STUBBS, 0 H. WILCOX. A. J. IVEH, C. F. PRENDEKOAST, a. r. lawton, jr., r. and. giunilliat, w. F. MOSS. P. W. MELD RIM and T B. FLOYIJ or said state of Georgia, a’ul WM N. HEY WARD, ,1. ST.CLAIIt WHITE and ISAAC I>K C. POROHEK of the state of South Carolina, respectfully sbewetU that they desire a charter liioeruorating themselves, their associates anil successors for the term of twenty years (with the privilege of renewal at the expiration ot such term), under the corporate name of the AMERICAN AERONAUTIC MACHINE COM PANY, And that the objects of thoir association and the particular business they propose to carry on are as follows: To purchase an invention known as the OIGNILLIAT FLYING MA CHINE aid any other invention or device what soever, now patented or which may hereafter be i atented or conceived and to acquire title thereto by Ue:d, transfer, assignment, contract or agreement conveying such Inventions and devices prior to tbo application for, or Issuing of letters, patent and by transfer aod assign ment of all letters (latent of the United States and all foreign countries aud of all application* therefor, now pending or which inay hereafter be filed; to own, hold, sell and in every way deal in Inventions and patenfl rights of flying nuiouines, machinery of any other device whatever, to build, manufact ure, operate, sell, lease, rent and in every wav deal in suid OIGNILLIAT FLYING MACHINE and all other inventions and devices which 10 (the said company) at any tiino may own or acquire title to or secure; to apply for and ob tain iu Its name, or In the name of one of Its officers, letters patent of the United States and foreign countries, on any unpatented inven tions or devices which it may own, secure or ac quire title to ns aforesaid; to buy, sell anrl deal in Hying machines, machinery and hardware, to carry on a wholesale retail or commission business In inventions, devices, Hying machines, hardware, machinery or other commodities, and do all other acts necessary to further it aforesaid objects. Your petitioners further pray that said company be authorized to organ ize other oo npamos anl have tne same Incor porated for the purpose of carrying out any ob ject connected with the promoting of the enter prises, whether such object be Included iu this petition or not. and subscribe for, purchase, own, receive, hold, sell and otherwise deal id stocKS, bonds, shares, debentures, notes, oblL gatlons aud other securities of other corpora tions now existing or hereafter to be formed, either in or out of this’state, and In the notes, obligations aud securities or Individuals; and to blue notes, bonds aud other ev idences of debr, and to Becure the same by mortgage of their corpo rate property and franchises, cr other convey ance of, or lien noon the same, with tho righs to said corporation to sue aud be sue 1, to have and use a commonweal, to make by-laws bind i gon its members not inconsistent with tl r laws of this state or of the United States to re ceive donations by gift or will, to purchase aud hold such property, real and personal, as 1* necessary to the purpose ot its orgauizat.on. and to do all such acts us are necessary for the legitimate execution of tills purposo-no stock holder being liable for the debts or acts of said corporation, except to the extent of his unpaid stock subscription, if any. And your petitioner* show that the amount of capita! to he employed by thern actually paid la is SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND 175,600) DOLLARS, but they desire the privilege of increasing the capital stock of said company, from time to time, in the discre tion of its board of directors, to any amount not to exceed iu all FIVE MILLION (5,000,(i00) DOI-I.A RS, and of decreasing the same similarly, but not below said original sum qf SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND (7*000) J>OLIjARtt. The principal place of business of said company will bo In Savannah, in said county of Chatham, but petitioners desire that said company shall have the right to establish offices and agencies anywhere in this state or elsewhere. , Wherefore petitioners pray for an order granting said charter, with all the powers aud privileges above set forth. WM. L. GIONILUAT, G. T. & J. F. CANN. Petitioners’ Attorneys. Hied in office January, 1838. JAMES K. P. CARR. Clerk 8. C., C. 0., Ga. GEORGIA, Okxth -m County.—The above and foregoing application tor courier of the American Aer nauiic Machine Company is a true and correct copy of the original petition, as appears on file in this office. JAMES K. P. CARR, Clerk 8. C„ C. C., Ga. KIESLINGKSNURSERY^ WHITE BLUFF ROAD. YYLANTB. Bouquets, Designs, Out Mower* X furnished to order. Leave orders at DaVIH BROS.’, oor. Bull and York sts. The Belt Ral way passes through the nursery, leelphoa* 3