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* BOOKS OF THE WAR.
g -THER>J POSTOFFIC3 H3C jBDB
FJONJ and bought.
g nance That Attended Thalr History
hen Ricbmond Was Evacuated
alue They Will Have to the Govern
l?nt.
From the New York Timea.
(j, 9 United States government. through
tipostoffiua department at Washington,
bfflmtpaii $12,0->0 for two verydilapi
dketl old books, and the transaction openi
gfinteresting page in the history of the
nr The books are of pecuniary cs well ns
value. One of thorn is the official
jjtt-r book of John H. Reagau, in use dur
i* his term of office as postmaster general
oflhe confederate states of America. It
eocsins all his official correspondence
sal orders, copied at the time of their exe
eutoo in the men orable days in Richmond
w hsn that city aspired to be a capital
rivilmg Washington. The other, while of
less value to historians, is the book that was
deened of sufficient pecuniary value to in
duct congress to appropriate so large a sum
for the purchase of the two. It is the regis
ter of reports of the confederate postoffice
department in use during the entire life of
the confederacy.
That these two important record books of
the confederate government have only now,
nearly thirty years after their pages were
closed, come into the hands of the Wash
ington authorities is a straDge circum
stance. In the postoffloe department are
hundreds of volumes of account books and
papers of the postoffloe department of the
confederacy. These camo into possession
of the military authorities soon after
the surrender of Lee’s and John
ston’s armies, and were carefully con
veyed in bulk to Washington. It was
believed until very recently that they were
the complete records of this department, the
only department that was supposed to have
escaped spoliation. There was nothing in
the arohivts of the postal department at
Richmond that was regarded as compro
mising in the way that were many of the
papers and letter books of the war and
state departments which disclosed the de
tails of the movement to destroy the union,
and, while the latter were being burned ou
the order to flee from Richmond and at a
later date to save them from falling into
the hands of the Washington authorities,
the postoffloe records were carefully pre
served, with the thought ot their future
vaiue, whatever might be the result of the
e ruggle at arms then so near its climax.
In the courso of the last session of con
gress i ' >s[master General Wanamaker was
apprised that these two books had been
found and could be purchased by the gov
ernment for a sum sufficiently large to re
ward the finders. The books had been dis
c ivered by chance in two negro cabins near
Chester, 15. C., where they had evidently
hiu over sines the ending of hostilities. The
books waeu founded were in a very much
used-up condition. Their heavy covers were
warpod and worn so as to remind one of a
weather-beaten army saddle. The pages
not covered with tho records of Reagan and
his assistants had been used by tho negroes
in crude attempts at learning to write, and
the leaves were covered with rude scrawls
and were dog-eared and dirty.
The darkies hod never gained an under
standing of the value of the books, and it is
also curious that no one chanced to soe
them who appreciated their worth, either
pecuniary or historical, until more than a
quarter of a century had gone by. There
is a mystery connected with the separation
of those two volumes from tho other rec irds
oi the department that has not yet been
cleared up, though several theories to ac
count for their removal from the confeder
ates archives and their falling into the hands
of the ignorant ex-slaves are advanced.
Though the money for the purchase of tho
two books was made available by
congress several months ago. Post
master General Wanamaker refused to
accept them until they were positively
identified. For this identification it was
necessary to call on some person who had
baen connected with the postoffloe depart
ment of the confederacy. Tho first assist
ant postmaster general under Jefferson
Davis’ administration was H. St.
GeorgeOlfut, now a resident of Flushing,
L. 1., and in business in this city as a dealer
in railroad supplies at 53 Trinity place.
For seventeen years previous to the organ
ization of the provisional government of
the confederate states of America at Mont
gomery, Ala., Mr. Offutt had been a prom
inent employe in the postoffloe depart
ment at Washington. Ho was chief
clerk in tho auditing department and
for one week, during the interregnum
between defaulting Postmaster Fowler’s
f reed retirement and the appointment of
Gen. Dix as his successor, Mr. OflTut was in
charge of the New York post office. He
was a Virginian by birth, and his sympa
thies were with the south. Ho wa6 therefore
among those in the national departments
who went-out when Lincoln was inaugu
rated, He went directly to Montgomery,
where Reagau had already beon appointed
postmaster general of the provisional gov
ernment, being immediately assigned the
place of his assistant.
Col. Offut.’s suooessor in the auditing
department at Washington was J. M.
McGraw. Mr. McGraw is now a lawyer
ir, \\ ashingtou, and it was he who was
intrusted by the men who secured the
b ■ ks from the negroes to carry on the ne
gotiations with the government for their
purchase. When the question of a posi
tive identification came up, Mr. McGraw
wr te to Col. Offutt describing the books,
especially the register of records, and
asked him if he could make affidavit that
they were the books actually in use
to the department at Richmond. In
the register of records were the signatures
w some twenty or thirty olerks ia
auditing department. Many of those
Offutt remembered, but in reply
Mr. McGraw’s request, he could not tell
f e any of the men were now to be found.
, r - Olfutt, in answering the attorney’s
letter, informed him that the best man to
give information about tho books was John
h. Reagau, the postmaster general of the
ufederacy and late a United States
... from Texas. Lawyer McGraw
~ ot ? back that Mr. Reagau was not
. ln " aahington and asked to be allowed
the books to New York for Col.
u ‘ lß ’dertifleation. Later the two vol
umes were placed before Col. Offutt ia the
, J . c ® bbe assistant postmaster in this city
vf 0 J lO readil y recognized them as the
_xs McGraw bad described them to be.
of , k eßtory of the fldflidK of these fragments
dm. e t arolliT6s °* tbe °° n fedorate postoffloe
thsnrJ 0 ? 1 ' oauged no one more surprise
ho , yffutt, for no one knew better than
. ;“® history of all the records of the de
p,. m ™t up to the very hour when tho
t h H,ates military authorities received
bis hands at Chester, 3. C. Some
Mr 5, before the receipt of the letters from
xith rw raw ’ Col. Offutt bad corresponded
ten Ah P ost °ffl° e department at Washlng
?u t tbose records, had subsequently
fr .At ‘be national capital, and had seen a
tho 1 P' ,a, ber of the books—as he supposed,
oiMi'o'u 0 ar °bives of tho confederate poa t
tot., pttrt,mea t— stowed away there, with
i 0 Ilmc b of care and no degree of classi
jKMon. This was his first a.ght of the
Irene* 81 f Ce many years before, when amid
ha 1 . 01 upprehenaiou aud excitement he
n ’’ per bitended their packing for trans
jet?tlou out Richmond.
l te -*r on av ' s waa attending the morn-
Paul’s cliuroh in the oon
4prj ~ c “PihU on that memorable Sunday,
srsj ’.‘“bo. "he i the message was deliv
li a “‘m* from Gen. Lee that the latter’s
bAv n ere , olten and that Richmond must
ch Ur .n, a^f and th at evening. Davis loft the
hett auu was in consultation with cibi
o each cabinet oificor
of „ Jr , ” f°r the removal or destruction
'hsiiater 1^0 llve ® of bis department. The
6e r , . t 0 the confederacy that was now
lev w j , nd ‘‘ad been so far foreseen for
bays that many of the most impor
tant and voluminous records of
the government were already out of
the city, most of them haviug been
converts! by the Danville railroad to Char- ,
lotte, N. C. Col. Offutt especially had fore
seen the necessity of precautions when, more
than a week previous to the final departure
of Davis and hii cabinet, be had issued an
order in regard to the safe keeping of cer
tain articles belonging to tho department.
Ever since the day on which this letter was
written the archives of the poetoffice depart
ment that still remained in Richmond had
been in stro .g wooden eases, ready for im
mediate shipment. The extremely threaten
ing condition of affairs arournl the capital
city had practically paralyzed the postal
service, and, as in aii other da, arimentsot
the government, the employes were only
waiting with apprehension the end of tne
strugg;e between Lee and Grant.
Oo that April Sunday the railroad
sw itches at Richmond were filled with box
cars ready at the disposal of the govern
ment, aud the last meeting of the confeder-*
ate cabinet at Richmond had hardly closed
when the orders from heads of departments
caused the seizure of almost every available
wagon in the city for the work of removing
to the railway station the archives of the
various departments. The loading of the
heavy cases of books and papers on these
wagons and their movement toward the
railway station was the first notice to most
of the people of Richmond that the
city was to be evacuated by the
confederate goverment. The order
from Reagan was for wagon trans
portat.ou for about twocarioads of property
of this department and two cars to be set
apart for their reception and transmission.
These things wore to be in charge of H. St.
George Offutt and the other chiefs of bu
reaus. On the same afternoon Gea. Reagau
wrote an order on a half sheet of blue paper,
and in writing that shows now under what
excitement the missive was prepared, di
rected to all quartermasters or other gov
ernment officers or agents, stating ths
authority he had vested m the chiefs of the
postal bureaus for the transmission south
ward from Richmond of the important
documents and other property of the depart
ment.
Before sunset the records of the war,
state and various bureaus of the postotlice
department were passing out out of Rich
mond on the Danville road. They were
bound for Chester, a town of some size,
whicn still was garrisoned by Confederate
soldiers, in the northern part of South Car
olina, The long flight south from Rich
mond of the government employes in charge
of the many carloads of the effects of the
administrative department was made with
all possible speed as far rs Salisbury, N. C.
Here raiders tfrom tho union forces had set
fire to a railroad bridge across the river,
and the train came to a stop. Col. Offutt,
speaking of the exciting experiences of this
eventful trip, describes an iueident at this
point that well illustrates the state of
terrible confusion into which the affairs
of the government at this time hid
fallen. The destruction of the rivor bridge
had caused a vaßt accumulation of military
stores at the station south of Salisbury be
fore the trains containiug the government
archives arrived. On the station andfreight
house platforms wore huge piles of boxes
containing ammunition that ha 1 been hastily
unloaded from the cars which were needed
to return for other supplies that were in
danger of capture. It was necessary to u.-
load tho department records olbo, and Col.
Offutt had left the cars and was advancing
toward the platform to arrange for this
work. With him was S. Y. McNair,
now a resident of Tennessee, who was then a
clerk in the p.slofflce depart
ment.
All day long the refugees from Lc-e’s fast
diminishing army had been passing through
.Salisbury on their way to their homes. Tne
soldiers were animated with the spirit of in
dividual proprietorship in all that belonged
to the army, and the property at the rail
road station had suffered accordingly. The
cases of ammunition had been broken open
in a search for rifle powder. Not finding
what they wanted, or finding more of it
than they could carry away, the refugees
had loft the broken cases open and the con
tents rt many of them were scattered about
the platform. Fixed ammunition aud car
tridges and artillery powder were thus ex
posed as the department train drew up near
the platform. Col. Offutt had hardly ob
served this state of alarming chaos when bis
eye was attracted to a rickety old engine
coming down the track toward the station,
scattering live coals from its leaky fire-box
as it jounced over the poorly kept rails.
“That engine is going to cause a terrible
explosion," said Col. Offutt, “and 1 arn go
ing to get out of the way.” The two men
rau as fast as their legs would carry them.
McNair dropped behind a heavy- wagon
truck aud Col. Offutt got far enough in the
rear of the wall of an old warehou-e to be
sate from being buried under tho masonry
should the explosion that he was so sure of
blow it down. The two men bad hardly
taken these precautions to save themselves,
when there was a terrific roar and the air
was full of flying fragments of the old en
gine, the woodwork of the station and the
cases of ammunition that had stood ou its
platform. The first explosion was followed
by others and the people of Salisbury and
the union soldiers in the Salisbury prison
pen thought a bombardment of the town
had begun.
In spite of the disturbed condition of
affairs at this late date, the archives finally
were got away from Salisbury, ferried
across the-Tiver, and carried by train on
the Danville road to Charlotte. They
arrived there, however, only to find Davis
and bis cabinet gone, and the archives were
taken to Chester. Here there was a further
destruction of books and documents of the
war and state departments, but the post
oflice archives were carefully stored in a
cellar under the village postoffice. On the
27th Col. Offutt received a dispatch from
Reagan, dated at the Catawba river. The
extreme tcareity of paper in the south at
this time is shown by the fact that this dis
patch is written on both sides of two tiny
soraps that might almost have been
cut from the margin of a newspaper.
The telegram was an order to “come on
by way of Chester and Newbury to Cokes
bury, where you will meet me.” Before
any steps could be taken to obey this order,
the last of tho great confederate armies had
surrendered, and a United States officer hail
visited Chester and paroled all the people of
the town and taken charge of the official
records of the confederacy, inolu ling the
postoffice department archives. Incident
ally there is one item of interest in this dis
patch that records a fact not mentioned in
the histories of the confederate government.
It is the statement that John H. Reagan for
a brief period was secretary of the treasury
in Jefferson Davis’ cabinet. It was. how
ever, at a time when nearly all that re
mained of the confederacy was the little
group of hopeless men who were soeking
safety in flight with Jefferson Davis. At
the Catawba river, Trennan, tho secretary
of tbe treasury since Davis’ cabinet was
appointed at Montgomery, complained of
such illness that he was carriod across the
river in an ambulance. He then resigned
from the cabinet, left the Davis party and
returned to his horns in Cuarleston. Reagan
was appointed to take his piace, and he re
mained with Davis until h i was taken pris
oner along with the confederate president
at the camp near lrwinville, Ga.
Col. Offutt, soon after the parole, has
toned to rejoin his family, who had been
left behind in Richmond. He now recollects
distinctly that in one of ths strong boxes
stowed away by his order iu the cellar
under the Caester postoffice, among many
contract and record books of the auditing
departments, were the two volumes re
cently sold to the government. His theory,
when he learned a few months ago that they
were found near the village where he sup
posed he had placed them in the hands of
the accredited representative of the United
States government more than a quarter of a
century ago, was that soma person who had
known their value had broken open tho
esse containing them and stolen tho books.
Their Intention to speculate on them
in the future, however, for
some reason was defeated. Per
haps the possession of the government
property became dangerous, and the pluu
-derera gave ths books to the ignorant
negroes, with whom or with whose deecend-
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1892.
ants they were found. Had the negroes"
been tho thieves they would doubtless have
tasen volumes that were' f less real worth
and of more apparent value as judged from
their bind mgs or ths number of the r blank
pages. If the government bad only appre
ciated th • fact that these books were among
the properly turned over to the United
States representative by the confederates at
Coaster It might have occurred to them
that persons who thus had government
chattels in their possession were more sub
jects for arrest than for reward, or at least
that there was no need of paying #l2,Uoofor
what it was the government's right to take
without payiag.
Ti ere is an especial reason just now why
this register of the records of the confeder
ate poetoffice department is of value. The
provisional government of the confederates
was formed at Montgomery, Ala.. in Feb
ruary, IStil. It was in full flourishing share
before March Bt, when the first quarter of
the year for all contrac t for carrying the
mails in the seceding states ended. Just
previous to this Doit master General Blair at
Waihiugtou hod issued an order for the
arrest of the United States postal service
in states wherever there was a rebellion,
and following on the heels of this came an
order from the confederate postmaster gen
eral assuming charge of the pos
tal route aud oflicee and directing
the postmasters to retain in their pos
•es-ion all prope ty connected with the
service. The question of paying the mail
carrying contractors for the first quarter of
the year came up in the confederate con
gress soon after Its organization, at Rich
mond, and a large amount was appropriated
for this purpose. The question earns up iu
Arkansas soon after the seizure of the gov
ernment arsenal and sub-treasury at Little
Rock, and as the mail contractors claimed
to be the only United States employes in the
state to whom money was due, the gold and
silver from the sub-treasury there was de
voted to paying the accounts of the con
tractors in tnat state.
According to Col. Offutt, divided among
these contractors, the specie paid within
20 per cent, of all thac as owing them,
ln the other states the money due for mail
carrying during this first quarter of 1861,
was paid iu the confederate currency.
Within the last year or two many bill have
been presented to the United States govern
ment for the carrying of mails in the south
during these three months, and what is
more interesting, very many of these bills
have been paid. Not many months ago an
officer of the auditing bureau of the post
offica department in Wasnington, wrote to
Col. Offutt and stated that a large batch of
those bills were awaiti. g action, naming
some of the applicaut9, and asked him if
the confederate government had ever
made payments of any accounts covering
this period, and if so, if any records
of the payments were extant. The regis
ter of reports found iu the negro cabin and
now in the hand s of Mr. Wa iamaker's
department contains records of ail pay
ments to mail contractors made by the
confederate government from the time of
the formation of the postoffice department
to April 2, 1865, the day of tho flight from
Richmond. The coutracters name is given,
his route and the amount claimed bz him
aud the amount paid to him. If the ac
count was for a contract that had been
male by the United States government and
assumed by the confederacy it was so stated
in the record. The book shows that about
$700,000 was paid to the contractors
for carrying mails during the quarter
for which there is now an attempt
to pre.-s claims against Uncle Sam.
The fact that some of these con
tractors have secured by presenting
their bills to the postoffice deprrtmei.t.a sec
ond payment for their services during the
three months that just preceded the hostili
ties between the north and the south
bids fair to open a grand raid on the treas
ury by the contract >rs of this early period
or their descendants, who might be un
scrupulous enough to take a Ivantage of
the careless action of the Washington
authorities in paying these olaims without
proper examinati >n into their past hiitory.
The book now in the hands of the postoffice
department will not only stop the further
payment of these old bills, but may not un
likely figure in suits for perjury against
those who have presented their bills and
sworn that they had not before received
money for the claims.
GEORGIA MARBLE.
Some Account of the Quarries and
How Thsy Are Worked.
Wadley, Ga., Feb. I.—l have been look
ing over the marble quarries in Piokens
county and examining the immense ma
ohiuery with which marble is quarried and
made ready for the market. This marble
industry is the biggest thing id the state.
Pickens oounty alone contains enough
marble to make every man iu Georgia oom
fortaOly rich, if it could all begotten out of
the earth at once and sold. There are
millions and millions of cubic feet of it—all
kinds and colors—hidden away under the
earth in Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer and
Fannin counties in Georgia, and Cherokee
county. North Carolina. Of course, there
are plenty of ores and minerals there, too,
but it is my intention to speak only of the
marble at present.
Beginning at Holly Springs, in Cherokee
county, a few miles south of Canton, where
the first outcroppings are seen, we find the
beautiful green marble, which is very rare.
No work on a large scale is done here.
Above Canton, at Nelson, on the line rf
Cherokee and Pickens,are situated the mills
of tbe Blue Ridge Marble Company. This
company was organized by tbe late Col. J.
A. Dewar, the pioneer in the marble busi
ness m tbe south. The Georgia business of
this company, which has its headq inrters
in Cincinnati, is now managed by Harry
Dewar. This company buys most of the
marble it works, though it owns some fine
property ia Fannin county and Cherokee
county, North Carolina.
At Tate, tnree miles above Nelson.are the
most extensive quarries and largest mills
in the south. At least 83,000,090 have been
expended here jn machinery and buildings.
The most wonderful thing I ever saw was
the pneumatic cutting machine whiob re
volves so rapidly that by looking at it you
cannot tell whether it is running or not.
Besides the Georgia Marble Company, we
have here extended aloDg Long Swamp
creek, the Southern Marble Company, the
Piedmont Marble Company, the Persever
ance Marble Company; these last two being
organized by James P. Harrison of Atlanta.
Then there are the mil s of Grge B.Sicklts
& Cos., who make a specialty of tiling.
The Georgia Marble Company are work
ing several quarries. Here we find all the
colors except green, from the Kennesaw,
which is almost a pure white, to the Creole,
which is very dark. At one of these quar
ries is found the delicate pink martile. But
It is all crystalline, the most beau
tiful and durable marble in America.
The Tate generation own all the land
and marble property that is oper
ated upon by the Georgia Marble Com
pany, and have leased it to the com
pany for a term of ninety-nine years at a
good royalty per cubic foot. Consequently
the Tates are having riches absolutely
poured into their laps, and the company is
making money, too.
After tbe marble Is cut out in huge
blocks, by means of diamon d-pointed drills
and “channeling" mao ines, it is hoisted
with powerful steam derricks, which lift
blocks that weigh several tons, out from
the bottom of the quarries, some of which
are more than 100 feet deep and 60 and 100
square. The blocks are then placed under
the gang rams and cut into slabs of anv de
sired thickness, ready to be made into all
kinds of useful and ornamental articles.
There are, I believe, sixty-four of these
gangs in one building at the Georgia works,
all running at once, the power being furn
ished by u monster engi e of 250-horse
power. These mills run day and night,
everything being brilliantly lighted by
electricity at night.
This Goorgia marble is iu great demand
for building purposes in almost every city
of any consequence in the north and oast,
besides the tuousands of cosily and pretty
articles that are made from it. If Goorgia ii
to be represented by a display at the world’s
fair, that display will not be complete with
out a building made ot Georgia marble. ,
There is not a mill in North Georgia but
what is far behind with its orders, so great
is the demand for marble. And there are
miles and miles cf it there. The supply is
practically inexhaustible. A hundred years
from to-day will find it to all
intents and purposes juit as plentiful
as it is now. The development has just be
gun. Ihe marble bed is more than a in.ls
wid-N where it lias been tested, and creeps
out from Holly Springs, Oa„ to Murphy,
N. C. Even iu the comparatively small
portion of Pickens county where it is being
quarried, over 500 men find employment,
aud that is not a drop in the bucket to the
number that will be employed when the
whole marble belt shall have become dotted
all along with quarries and mills. These
bauds get from M cents to $2 50 per day.
It takes a great deal of experience before
one can become a successful cutter, and
most of the expert cutters are brought from
Ohio and Vermont, As yet very few Geor
gians have mastered the trade.
Northern men who have followed the
business for years tell pie that there is a
groat deal more mo ley terbe made quarry
ing marble here fban in Ohio and Vermont,
because here the rttarWe is of good quality
at the top of the ground, while in the north
the action of the frost for ages t ast has
damaged it to a great depth, thus making it
more expensive oo take out. Than, in this
state it is a very rare thing for the work to
be interfered with- by cold, while in the
northern states there, are sometimes weeks
at a time who i no wqrk cpn be done.
Georgia marble Is almost, or quite, as
valuable as the Italian marble. It is of the
“fish-scale" variety, attrl is the most beauti
ful In the world. " Finished —that is fobbed,
but not polished thebe IS nothing more beau
tiful, as the millions of scales show plainly,
a great many of them appearing to protrude
edgewise, as to stand in relief, fase front,
but a touch with tbe finger shows you that
it is perfectly s mth. Made thtu, half an
inch, or such a toaster, the white variety is
translucent, but of course tbe Creole and
other darker kinds do not show light so
plainly.
North Georgia is fifty years behind the
times. Fifty years from now, when her
minerals are developed, when her wealth of
timber is realized, when her wonderful
mineral springs have become known, when
tbe people of other sectiuns find out that
there is so much wonlth in t ie somber fas -
nessos of her rugged mountain-sides, health
in her ever-moving mountain breezes and
ice cold springs, and that no more wild aud
picturesque scenery can be found than
among tne mossy glens and many cataracts
made by the crystal streams that go plung
ing down the rocky cliffs—then that portion
of the slate will be looked upon as the gar
den spot of the south. M. B. Mixcey.
No other preparation combines the posi
tive economy, the peculiar merit and the
medicinal power of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.—
Ad.
PET NAMES.
The Meaning and Origin of Nicknames
and Diminutives.
From Bow Bella.
Tbe use of pot names is pocuiiar neither
to this century nor the last. The favorite
diminutive at present Is “ey” or “ie,” as
seen in Charlie, Georgie, Maudie and so on.
In earlier times the popular terminations
were in, on, et, kin, cock and others. Emma
was shortened to Em. and for 1 ve’s sake it
became E nmot or Eminet. Matilda was
first Til, then Tillot. Bartholomew was
Bart, then Little Bart or Bartlett.
The p ipularitv ot these pet names is seen
in the great number of them which event
ually became family names. The fillotsons,
tbe Emmeis, the Bartletts are numerous In
England and America, although few dream
that these names were originally pet names
and not surnames. Before the u-e of family
names it was often necessary to use the
diminutive forms, from the fact that the
same name was not infrequently gtvon to
two or three children of the same family.
The original of the surname Robinson
is the pet name Robin, or Little
Robert, ltawlin, found as a surname in
Rawlins and ltawlinson, was originally
Little Ralph and Dickens Little Dick. As
Germans of to-day add chen to children’s
names as a term of endearment, making
Anna Annchen. Elizabeth Lisohon, so our
English ancestry used the equivalent kin.
Watkin was lift e Walter. Simkin littie
Simeon, Perkin little Peter; Wilcox was
once Wilcock, or, as wo
would say, Willie. Hitchcock or Hiscosk, or
Hicock or Hickok was Isaac the younger.
Terminations in kin and cook were in "use
among the lower orders—that is, among the
Anglo-Saxons—while the diminut ves in,
on and et were more aristocratic and used
by families of Norman blood.
So frequent was the use of diminutives on
account of tho limited number of names
that Bardsiey calls the period from the
Norman conquest to the reformation the
“pet name epoch” in England. Names of
favorite saints wero repeated over and over,
John and Thomas, Emma and Matilda
being among those most freely used.
As showing to what baso uses names may
come at last, we have the French word
Guillaume —derived from gild, helm, or
golden helmet—twice thrown into pet form,
becoming Guillotin, or Little William.
Then it became a surname and the family
name of the doctor who invented, or rather
adapted, tho deadly machine which bears
his name. So from a noble defender
William became an infernal persecutor.
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
BABYCURED OFECZENIA
——— - ■ -- %
Mother’* and Minister's Testimony. Head
.Mass of Putrefaction. Doctor Fails.
Cured in Rulck Time by Cuticura.
I deem it my duty to inform you of the won •
derful euro of cczoina which ('cth-cha Rzme
mis brought uponourlittlc- baby, threw months
old. When about two andoue-half months
old, the whole of its litlio head became one mass
of putrefaction, over win ti we became very
much alarmed, as th* medietas prescribed by
cur physician only seemed to aggravate and
increase the intense .pain the little tiling seemed
to be in. We were utterly at a los6 to know
what to do, as th* physician seemed'to have ex
hausted all effort*, to give relief. >lut through
the recommendation of Rev. J. U. Aberu. pastor
of Brooks cirouit M. E. Church hocittv. we
were induced to try the Ccticcra I.iscmir,
and after a few day*' application, try wnv as
tonished as well as delighted over the result.
We continued tWedjhe of the medtelneaCeord
ing to directions, after a few woefeH. the
I.ttle fellow was outde y cured with no traces
of tbe disease left, Jlanv ttmnfc* for tbit won
derful cure. miMMs. JOHN HOLSTEIN,
neve. •* Quitman, (ia.
It gives mo grettt pleasure to testify to tho
facts contained In -Mm. John Horitom't p'sti
inonial ooncermpg th* cure of herditUe baov.
When I saw it I did .not think it iv,sniffle for It
to live. I. howiydfr. rwjntfunended Crthci R*.
knowing that if A curp wns possible, UrnrrßA
Remedies would do lt. My most tanguiho ex
pectation culminated ip a perfect curb.
J. G. TastorM t: Ch. So.,
do;.. : Quitman, Ga.
•ie “* . •v. -t i
Cuticura Resolvent
The new Blood Purifier, internally (to cleanse
the blood of all impurities and poisonous ele
ments and thus rmnov i the cause), and Cm
crp.x, the grevt Skin Cure, and Outioura Soap,
ail exquisite Skin Beautifier, externally (to clear
the skin and scalp, and restore the hair), cure
every disease and humor of the skin and blood,
from pimples to scrofula.
Sold everywhere. Price, Cctioura, 50c. ; Soap,
25c.; Resolvent, sl. Pre: ared by the Potter
Drug and Chekicai. Corporation, Boston.
fVr Send for "How to Cure Hlood Diseases.”
f) 1 QY* O Skin and Scalp purified and beauti-
DnUI u lieu by Cuticura Soap. Absolutely
pure.
RHEUMATIC PAINS.
In one minute the Cuticura As
f tl-Paln Piaster relieves rheumatic,
/ Yj\ sciatic, hip, kidney, chest and mus
' —a" \cular pains aud weaknesses. Price,
85c.
GLOVES*.
- — * — y-
MEDICAL*
P, P. P. Pimples
PRICKLY ASH, POKE ROOT Blotches
AND POTASSIUM
Makes 3™!
.. . „ Old Sores
Marvelous Cures—
Prickly Ash.Foke Root and Potassium,
m the greatest blood purifier on earth.
■Bt Ojanirl Oaiamh Bolls, eresypelas, syphilis, rheuma
-111 Itlinrin I Fll'?rill tism, scrofula.blood poison, mercurial
111 UIUUU I USwUll poison, and all otherlmpuritiesof tho
—— Blood arc cured by I’. 1“. I\
Randall Pope, the retired druggist of
■ • Madison, Fla .says : P. P. P. isuie tiest
UnQIinVItIOM alterative and blood medicine on tho
llulldlll market. Heheingadruggistandhav-
MlßUteilSUliUgil ing sold all kindsof medlcino, his un
■*" 11 ■“ solicited testimonial is of great impor
tance to the sick and suffering.
0AW Capt. J. . Johnston.
(Hjjfll Al.rnißllrfl 7b nil whom it may concernl take
WIIM vvl v/imsUl frrrtit ilßur* in testifying to Mi ofrl
- cieut qualities of the popular remedy
for eruptions of tho skin known ag
_ _ P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root aud
P. P. P. purifies th© blood, builds up Potassium.) I suffered for at roral
tho weak and debilitated, Kirosefrenfcth years with an unsightly and di4rre
to weakened nerves, expels diseases, cable eruption on my face, and tried
Riving the putient health and happiness various remedies to remove it, non© of
where sickness, gl>omy feelings and which accomplished tho object, until
lassitude first prevailed. this valuable preparation was resorted
In blood poison, mercurial poison, A/ter taking th**©© bottles, in oo
mnloria, dyajiennia and in all blood and coraanc© with directions, I am now en
skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, tircly cured. J. D. JOHNSTON,
old chronic ulcers, tetter, scaldhead,
w© may say without fear of contra- Bavannan, Go.
diction that P. P. P. is the best blood tt-*-xz *v.~
niiriflAr inth© world Henry winter, superintendent of the
1 L J oworld * Savannah Brewery, says : he has had
Ladies whose systems are poisoned rheumatism of the heart for several
and whose blood is in an impure con- years, often unable to walk his pain w.uj
dilion, due to menstrual irregularities, so intense; ho had professors in Phila
aro peculiarly benefited by the won- delphiabut received no relief until he
derful tonic and blood cleansing pro- came to Savannah and tried I*. P. P.
Parties of P. P. P., Prickly Aah, Poke Two bottles made him a well man and
Root and Potassium. he renders thanks to P. P. P.
All druggists sell it.
LIPPMAX BUGS., Proprietors,
Lippman's Block, Jdavannah, Gkv
r. t(i> amthiiuli;]* K contains no opium or other anodyne, but
- Destroy a the Specific Asthma Fei>n in the Alontl,
11 ■ H Lbi M free
M M J&m tea H Oi rorSalebyall
f- ' fc mo Ihstvou need not neglect wowr hn.inm.l ORUOOIST._
17 IRI Jor it P all night gnuping for breath for feor of sut loca-
DR. TAFT RROS MEDICIkC CO , 142 Stain SI . HOOHFSTER. N V.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
WILL HAVE IN THIS WEEK A FULL SUPPLY OF
1892 Bicycles!
Of the following celebrated makes •
WARWICK—COLUMBIA—ORMONDE.
We have the finest wheel in the country for SIOO, SOO,
$75 and SGO for men; S2O, $25, S3O, $35 and S4O for
boys and girls.
THE CHEAPEST LINE OF
Furniture, Matliip, States, 1 Cloths,
RUGS, MATS, Etc., in the Country.
We are giving away our stock of
WALL PAPER and DECORATIONS,
As we are closing out this branch of our business. If you
want paper come to us and get it for a song.
WHISKY.
SOLOMON’S ANSWER
To tbe many inquiries of numerous friend* and patrons out of the
city. We are iu full blast again with everything fresh and now.
We are receiving large quantities of GiiORGIA BELLE and
MOTHER HHIPI'ON FLOURS. One hundred varieties of tbe
celebrated zE CRACKERS, these are the best that are made; ws
are receiving other makes which we sell at very low prices. We
have also CANDIES ln all styles and qualities.
Coffees, Teas, Cigars and Soaps,
ALSO
Old-Fashioned Bye and Knickerbocker Bye Whiskies in Cases.
We have from the reserved stocks of the best distillers of whom
we have drawn supplies of liquors for many years. WHISKIES,
GINS, RUMS and BRANDIES in bulk; of the-,e we have a very
large and complete assortment at lowest prices.
SEND YOUR ORDERS ALONG, OUR GOODS ARE AL
WAYS RELIABLE AND AT BOTTOM FIGURES.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
162, 168, 170, 183, 190, 192 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
PULASKI HC OTJ SE,
SAVANNAH, GFA„
NEW MANAGEMENT | SafigStßr,! PROPR,ETO,I
(FORMERLY OF THE BROWN HOUSE, MACON, GA.) *
This Hotel has been renovated and put in flrst-claa* order in every particular. All the latest
conveniences and modera improvements. Special accommodations for tourists.
Cry for Pitcher’s Castorla. 1
OAKIBL HOGA*.
THIS
WEEK
Wo have something to
say about JJ-JJQ.Q
Tasty housekeepers lixe nice RUGS and plenty
of them. Nothing “sets off" a room more than
a neat display of rugs, and thev are always or
namental ami useful. Housekeepers will, we
are sure, thank us for this week's opportunity
at meritorious good* at fabulously low prices.
We offer us follows:
1 lot of SMYRNA BUGS at $: 10, reduced
from $l5O.
I lot at $1 55, formerly $2 '•
1 lot at $2 J 6, formerly S3 15
1 lot at $2 75, formerly $3 90
1 lot at $3 65, formerly $5 60
We mult again impress on you tbe extraordi
nary value, we are giving in Carpets. If you
will please beer in mind that our offerings are
divested of the buncombe and olap-Uap that
pervades alleged "bargain sales ’ nowadaye,
jou will appreciate the sincerity and genuine
ness of our Inducements We want the public
to realize that when we stamp “BARGAIN" on
any articla or articlea, it inay be relied on as a
CHIM BARGAIN.
But reverting to CARPETS we offer
50 pieces TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, best
make, at 65 cents.
50 pieces BODY BRUSSELS at 85cents,
formerly $1 15.
1 lot BODY BRUSSELS, best made, at
$1 00, reduced from $1 50.
These Prices are for SPOT CASH, nd
are live investments.
33s Per Cent.
This Week on All
FUR AND PLUSH CAPE3,
PLUSH JACKETS,
And Misses* Long and Short
CLOAKS,
LACES
AND
EMBROIDERIES
For SPRING WEAR ar.
riving by every steamer.
D. HOGAN.
BUTJSLa.
HOTELS
=CORDOVA
St. Augustine, Fla,
E. N. WILSON, Manager.
THE MARSHALL,
H. N. FISH’S
European Hotel and
Restaurant,
Broughton St., Savannah, G-a.
ROOMS 80c, 750, 8! per day. eaoh person.
THE MORRISON HOUSE
( Centrally located on line of street cars, often
V pleasant south rooms, with excellent
hoard at moderate price*. Sewerage
and ventilation perfect, the sanitary concii*
tioa of the house is of the best. Corner Brough
ton and Drayton streets. Savannah, Ga.
SAUCE.
The Original and Genuine
(WORCESTERSHIRE) j
LEA&PERRINS'
SAUCE
Imparts the most delicious taste and net (5
EXTRACT C-} SOUPS,
of a LETTER from CfciS
a MEDICAL GEN- El GRAVIES,
TI.EMAN at Mad- jja
ran, to his brother K 9 PISH,
at WORCESTER, Iffl
May, 186 L AfP ABk HOT Sc COLD
••Ten l&iljcm
LEA ft PEBI'.INH’ MEATS,
that their sauce is Ei-V'jS’tq
highly esteemed in GAME,
India, and is in my
opinion, the most E*®rHj|jjH WELSH
palatable, as well RijijgVfc&gSy ..
as the most whole- Ir-vW iy \| RAREBITS*
some sauce that Is 8* 3*521
mado.” dtc.
Bewareoflmitetions;
see that you get Lea & Perrins’
FHgnatnro on every bottle of Original ft GenntaA
JOHN DINCAX’S SONS, NEW YORK.
PLUMBER.
FIN® LINE OB'
GAS FIXTURES AND GLOBES
AT
L. A. MCCARTHY’S,
46 DRAYTON FT,
LEATHER GOODS.
NEIDLINGER & RABUN, ~
DEALERS IN
ROBBER AND LEATHER BELTING
Sea Lion Wrapping, Saddles, Harness, Leather
Savannah, Oa.
READ tbe Sunday Morning Naws. For sale
at KIEFFF.R'S DKUU STOBE, West
Broad and Stewart atreeta.
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