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Newspaper Page Textthe WOMEN' OF DAHOMEY REMARKABLE FIQaTINO QU4U TIES CF FZM ALB WARRIORS. A British Scientist's Fine Description. Strong and Handsomely Formed and Built for Bard Work-Sworn to Celi bacy, but Itey May Become Wives of the Kin?. trom OMtnvaite'e Geographical Magazine. In Dahomey peace again reign*. France pa- e the king of that country an annual pension, and he ba* consented to surrender tig claims to the port of Koutanon, which sfs the great bone of contention during the recent trouble*. No one can tell how long the king will leave the French unmo lested. Tbe French never faced a more valian t garage enemy than these women proved to be. Time and regain they rushed up to the french entrenchments in spite of a storm of (ullets, which laid hundred* of their num ber lo w. The standing army of Dahomey consists if two bodies—a female corps called the Amazons, and who number over 3,000, are known in Dahomey by the title of “The King’s Wives,’’ and a male corps, composed sf tne pal*C9 guards, court criers and other officials, and tbe male adult* In Abomey, the capital. Up to the reign of Gezo, who came to the throne in ISIB, the Amazon force was com posed chiefly of criminals, that is, criminals in the Dshomey sense of the word. Wives detected in infidelity to their husbands and termagant* and soolds were drafted Into its ranks, and tbe great majority of the women given to the king by the provincial cbiefs, tDat is, lent to him as being worthy of death for misdemeanors or crimes, were, instead of being sacrificed at tbe annual custom, made women soldiers. STALWART MAIDENS PICKED FOR WAR. Gezo, who largely made use of tbe Ama zons to keep h<s own subjects iu check and to promote military rivalry, increased and improved the force. He directed every bead of a family to tend bis daughters to Abomey for inspection. Tbe most stalwart were enlisted. King Gelole, his sucoessor, had every girl brought to him before mar riage and enrolled those who pleased him. The women of Dahomey, having for many generations post endured all tbe ‘toil and performed all the bard labor of the country, have, for the weaker ser, an ex ceptional physique, which enables them to bear hardships and privations as well as, if not better than, tbe men, aud this, no doubt, was an important factor iu tbe causes which lod to tbe formation of tbe oorps. As Capt, Burton noted, the women are gen erally tall, muscular and broad, aDd the men “smooth," full-breasted, round-limbed and effeminate looking. AMAZONS MARRY ONLY THE KINO. By state policy the Amazons are consid ered the king’s wives aud cannot be touched without danger of death. They are sworn to celibacy, a necessary restriction in tbe case of a female corps, but the king has the privilege of taking any of their number to wife. A pecul.ar Vo-aesa, placed over the palace gate, is supposed to bring certain maternity to the Amazon who hag been unfaithful to her vow of chastity, and it is said that the dread of impending discovery has often led the woman to ooufess and doom herself and her lover to death. Nature, however, will assert itself, and when Capt. Burton visited Abomey 150 Amazons were found to be approaohing maternity and were brought to trial. Suob offenders are always put to death in secret within the palace, with cruelties that are only whis pered outside. In peace one of tbe duties of the Amazon is to escort the palace women when they go to the wells outside Abomey to fetch water, I'bey, in common with the real wives of the king, never leave their quarters without being preceded by a bell, wbioh Is a signal for the men to leave the road. WOMEN WHO DARE ANYTHING. The Amazons are taught to disregard ob stacles, dangers, wounds and death itself; hence they often display a ferocious courage which oarries all before it. Their chief aiin in battle is to carry off a large number of prisoners, human heads aDd jaw bones. They show utter callousness to human suffering. They deny all assistance to wounded prisoners. Reviews or maneuvers of the Amazons are held frequently during the annual cus tom and are not tbe playful affairs that they are in civilized countries. In a space used as a drill ground there is built a bank of thorny cactus bushes about 1,300 feet long, .’0 feet broad and 7 feet high. Beyond and parallel with this heap ia a house represent ing a fort. The barefooted female warriors have to surmount three time* tbe heap of thorns which represent the fortifications, descend into the clear space like a ditch, escalade the house, which represents a oitu uel bristling with defenses, and take tbe town simulated by the hut. They are to be twice repulsed by the enemy, but at tbe third assault they are victorious aud drag the prisoner* to the king’s feet In token of success. The first to surmount ail the ob stacles receive from bis hand the reward of bravery, for, says the king, "Wo reckon military valor as tbe first of the virtues." The king places himself at the bead of the column, harangues hie women soldiers, Inflames them, and at a given signal they throw themselves with the utmost fury upon the bank of thorns which torture their naked feet. At the first assault, when the most intrepid had already gained the sum mit of the house, I saw a woman soldier, who was at one of tbe ends, fall to the fround from a hlght of sixteen feet. She , wn "K* n K her hands and remained mated, though her comrades were trying to reanimate her courage, w hen the king him self came up and threw at her a glance and jry of Indignation. She sprang up then ns " electrified, oontiuued the maneuvers and tarried off the first prize. It is impossible to give an idea of the scene. A NEW GAMBLING DBVICE. A N lckel-in -the- ft lot Maohine That ia JU3t Out. From the New York Timet. The latest form of the slot machine, If it hnot suppressed by the authorities, will probably achieve a larger popularity than * n 7 of the nickel-devouring affairs which have preceded it. It is nothing more nor less than an automatic gambling device, ice apparatus oonsists of a wooden case about 18 lichee high by 12 wide and 3 thick. At the top is a slot for a nickel aud at the bottom a spout from which the Infrequent ■innings have issuance. The path of tbe nickels through the ma •ame is shown by two glass disks. Behind gloss disks are three paths for the nick to take. They are numbered 1, ' 3- The purpose of tbe individual no has money to throw away on the ma ® >to drop a nickel in the slot so that •m' 1 P* l * l No. 2, iu which case ho , 1 see three nickels drop out of the spout *w , bottom. It tbe nlokel goes into 1,, -or3,as it generally does, tbe nickel .Two little metallic poiuts are ar uged in the paths to deflect the nickel’s h *“'l it requires no very close scru , 7 discover that their arrangement is No 2 *** nickel rarely glide* Into path orl°„ ot,ler w ords, the odds are about six to ’ ***iiiit the man who expects to win u . Tor one. A lingular feature of t J a *rlce i* that two or three brass disks, , s*z of nickels, nocanlonaliy show disk U s b tho K l *** front, and these brass efu b * T 0 a Taibloo of dropping out very d„„JL*?? on E tho winnings They were mi • btediy p U t j„ the machines by the o !£rMo increaie *he odds. ""“’Bine* are being gradually ecat c’ Ter the olty, and are mostly to be facto lB t ,arrwJln *- The name of tba rnauu by, J! ® r do**> not appear upon the machli ~ >.°'* r , the -lot ere stamped the words: “touted eau, 15, twi). _ MEDICAL. many women suffer from Excessive or I Scant Menstruation; they don’t know " who to confide in to jet proper sdvice Don t confide in Anybody but try Bradfleld’s Female Regulator • Specific for PAINFUL. PROFUSE, SCANTY, SUPPRESSED and IRREGULAR I MENSTRUATION. Book to “WOMAN” mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, Ga. Sold by all DmgfUu. TELFAIR ACADEMY. The Olty Fund Which tho Trustees Have Reserved. Editor Morning -Veu-s : In your very complimentary and otherwise satis factory comments Upon my informal report to the Georgia Historical Sooiety last even ing, a few tnaocursicfes have very naturally occurred which I pray to correct. Toward the close of his remarks Gen. Jacksou referred to the fact that, had the society, as trustee under Miss Telfair’s will, administered tbe trust through the oourt of ordtnary.it would"have been legally entitled, at the very lowest rate of compensation, to 2% per cent, on all moneys received and also upon moneys disbursed, which, with 10 per cent, upon moneys realized from invest ments, would have made an aggregate of s7,4l4'but, he continued, not a dollar had been charged by the trustee society for tbe work it has done through its officers; and turning toward me he stated, most of this money, about $125,000, has been disbursed through the director and ho is the proper person to enlighten you with practical results. The president’s accounting had already shown that of tbe 5147,390 36, f 12,000 bad been applied to reduoing tbe debt and $5,891 65—through the architect, Mr. Schwab —to changing the old Telfair man sioa before my connection with tbe trust Tho aggregate of these $17,891 65 being sub tracted from "moneys received,” leaves a balance of only $129,504 71, which was quite insufficient to meet all other expenditure* and allow $125,000 for pure object* of art. This is explained by tbe fact that, very shortly after I was put in charge of the academy it began to pay the whole, or a large part, of its current expenses; and the coet of a few art purchases are charged as credits In tbe president’s accounts. The niasa of the money which has passed through my bauds was spent In perfecting the obanges of the Telfair residence* in buiiding the annex, composed of the hall, with marble stairway; the galleries and the residence, containing tbe studios and jani tor’s rooms, and in the purchase of works of art. The annex cost about $43,000. Now, the cost of Hodgson ball was about $60,000, and surely no competent architect will Bay that the former is not decidedly the most valuable structure. Mr. Lienau declared that it could not have been built in New York for less than nearly double that amount. I am confident that I place no exagger ated value upon the works of art which I have purchased for the academy, presented or produced for the academy, when I estimate it at $142,000. Assuming that the annex is worth simply what It cost, and that the improvements upon and around the Telfair mansion have given it an increased art value of SIO,OOO, we have an aggregate sum of $195,000 iu present value to show for the $135,396 36 lett after reduction of the debt, for all other purposes whatsoever; $70,000 more thau the largest estimate of moneys placed in ray hands for art purposes purely, namely; $125,000. 3 ' 3 1 pray further to correot, that Wilhelm von Kaulbach’s painting In our gallery is “Peter Arbues,” not the “Gefeoht” by Joseph von Brandt. And the painting re cently sold in New York for SIOO,OOO is not a work by Kaulbach, but by Munkacsy. Carl L. Brandt, N. A, Director. Local Record for the Morning News . Local foreoast for Savannah aud vioinity to-day: Fair; cooler Wednesday. Forecast for Georgia: Fair; FAIR lnln north winds; slightly warmer In the northwestern portion. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah, (Jo., March 8. 1892, and the mean of the same day for nineteen years: Departure Mkan Tsmpbhatorb. from the normal lia lOo.£ia lor 16 years; Mar. 8. ’92. -|- or - *• 58 | 64 -1-6 -169 COMPARATIVE RAIMFATaL STATEMENT. Amount A, “ tt &Jan for 19 years ji ar s *53 1,1832 12 .17 -1-.05 —3.58 Maximum temperature, 70"; minimum tem perature, 59". The hlght of the Savannah river at Augusta at 8 o’clock a. m. (75th meridian time), yesterday was 10.7 feet, a rise of L 0 during the past twenty-four hours. Observation* taken at tne same moment of timeat all stations for the Moaxixo Nsws. Savannah. March 8. 7:36 p. olty time. Temperature. Direction. J; a Velocity. ° I Rainfall. aiua or •TATIONA Boston 66 N E;2O .54 Raining. New York city. 40 NW 10 .74 Cloudy. Philadelphia....... 42JN K L 1.04 Cloudy. Washington City.. 44|NW;L .TO Cloudy. Norfolk 04i8Wj 8 .02 Cloudy Charlotte iW 53 W 12 .06; Cloudless. Hatteras 62jSW|l2 .24 Cloudy. Wilmington 02:8 W; 14 .00 Cloudy. Charleston 56 SW 12 .01 Cloudy. Augusta 82; W L .22 Cloudy. Savannah 3* 64 8 W 8 .01 Cloudy. Jacksonville 62 BWII2 10 Cloudy. Tampa 62 W 8 .58 Katuiug. Point Jupiter, Fla 60 W 6 1.84 Cloudy. Titusville 62 9 Wll2 80 Cloudy. Key West 60s N 12 I.SO Raining. Atlanta 50 NW 8 ,0o Cloudy. Pen9acola 54 NW 10 *T Cloudy. Mobile £*; W 6 .00 : Cloudie*s. Montgomery 54 W L .Ol Cloudy. Vicksburg 46 SW 6 ,00 P’tly cloudy Nfew Orleans 52; W 8 .00 Cloudy FortSmlth 56; W 0 .00 Cloudless. Galveston 52,NW 10 .00 Cloudless. Palestine 68 N W L .00 Cloudless. Brownsville 64 NW L .00 Cloudless. Knoxville 44 W L .18 Raining. Memphis 52 W L .0 Cloudless. Nashville 40iNW 8 ,0i Cloudy. Indianapolis 44;NW L ,0C Cloudless, Cincinnati 42 NW 8 .06 Cloudy Pittsburg 46|Cm .. .12,Katning Buffalo.. 40 NE L .14 Raining. Detroit 84 NW 12 .01 Cloudy. Marquette 84| N L *T Kiioniug. Chicago 4oi 8 6 .00 Cloudless. Bt. Paul 44 S E L .01 Cloudy. St. Louis 50 W 6 .00 Cloudless. Kansas City 64SWL .00 Cloudless. Omaha 42 W | 6 *T Cloudy. •T indicate* trace of snow or ralu. I’. H. jJmttb. Observer, Weather Bursau- A Handsome Russian Bandit. from the leashvilte American in* famous Russian woman bandit who has for the last ten year* been the terror of Hervia, has l ean captured in a cave on the Roumanian frontier, where she wa- nursing bar sick lover. Young, handsome and a perfect markawotuan, she went about In man's dross with her belt full of weapons and her rifle slung on her saddle, at tha head of a band of devoted Halducks, with whom she committed her robberies. Her people warned her tbet she was in dgugvr of capture, but she refused to abendon her lover and at.'.J surrendered after she had ktUtd two gendarmes. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1892. METHODS OF FRENCH WRITERS. Amusing Stortea of Noted Man in the Thrcea of Literary Creation. FVom the Philadelohia Daily Evening Tele graph. Paris, Feb. 16.—We have recently been treated to tome amusing information con cerning the way in which the great French authors do, or have done, their work. Vic tor Hugo, for instance, always wrote stand ing at a high desk, especially constructed for him, throwing off sheet after sheet as fast as he filled it, till he would be quite snowed up’in leave* of foolscap. He often rose in the middle of the night to note down an idea of a verse. He got up for the day usually at 6 o’clock, and would devote from six to eight hour* per diem to bis work. He made but few cor rections, his pcem* being thought out com plete iu nts brain before be put pen to paper. It is a well-known fact that be indulged In the arduous task of composition while tra versing the streets of Paris on the top of an omnibus. When working out some great conception he would spend hours in this wa^. The elder Dumas used to begin work by taking off his coat. He would then roll his shirt sleeves up to tbe elbows and would seat himself at nis writing table, covering with dizzy velocity sheet after sheet of blue office paper with the delicate caligraphy, legible as copperplate and fine as that of a fashionable lady, which bad proved his flrat bread winner In his early days. H;a son also uses blue glazed paper of the largest size, and always writes with a quill pen, several dozens of which are prepared aud placed in neat bundles on the desk in hit library. He likes, he says, to bear the quill pen ‘ ’scream" on the paper. Hu oomedtes are exeouted in the silence ami seclusion of the country. Alphonse Daudet spends whole days at his desk, trying in tho ardor of composition, to distract his thoughts from tho tortures inflicted upon him by the chronic rheumatism that has afflicted him for long years past. He is so very near-sighted that he writes with his head bent down close to the paper, almost touching it with his nose. Emile Zola’s habits are extremely regular. Ho takes a walk every morning, usually leaving his house, whether at Medan or at Paris, about 9 o’clock. He lunches at mid day, and writes from 1 o’clock till 6, re ceiving no visitors and transacting no bus iness in the afte noon. He hna a particular liking for large and massive pieces of furniture, so his writing table and bis library chairs are of colossal proportions, as is also bis inkstand, which Is in brouze and repre sents a lion. De Musset always wrote at night in a room brilliantly lighted up with lamps and candles. Sardou receives callers before luncheon, arid Is invisible from 1 o’clock to dinner time, being absorbed in writing. He writes a very minute band, corrects, changes and alters his work continually, aud Is fur from being satisfied with what he has doae even when it finally leaves bis hand. He is an incomparable stage director for bis own plays, and often makes on tbe margin of bis manuscripts rough sketches of the scenery and of the attitudes of the personages that he considers ueceisary for certain Important situations. George Sand always wrote at night, and when the fever of composition was upon her she was wont to work all night. There is a story told of her finishing a novel at 1 o’clock in the morning, and immediately taking up a fresh quire of paper aud writ ing the first chapter of anew one before she retired to tost. Like Viotor Hugo, Francois Coppee has need of motion when composing hi 9 poetry, and works out his ideas while taking long walks through the streets of Paris. Guy de Maupas sant planned out his novels and stories while on his yacht, and once returned to land, he put his matured id as upon pnper with great rapidity. Henri Rochefort is an excitable writer. He begius bis work al ways in a very oorrect costume. Then, as he proceeds, he will first tear off his coat, next his waistcoat and then the collar and cravat. It is fortunate if he does not ruin his shirt front by pulling it open, regard less of buttonholes and studs. A MALIGNED ANIMAL. The Bloodhound la Heally Gentle and Affectionate and Not Ferocious. From the Christian Union. One of the loveliest dogs ever bred, one of tbe gentlest and most loyal, has by some curious misapprehension of bis qualities fal len into such disrepute that the legislature of the state of Massachusetts has enacted a statute which makes it a misdemeanor fer anyone to keep a dog of his breeding within tbe confines of of tbe common wealth. Tbli is the bloodhound, which is generally sup posed to follow the trail of men, and oathc ing them, to rend their human viotims limb from limb. If this were tbe characteristic of the dog I should not blame those who have con tributed to his disrepute. But, as a matter of fact, a well-bred and well-traiued blood hound would no more think of jumping upon and biting bis quarry than would a pointer spring upon the pheasant or part ridge he had scented. His business Is not to kill game, bat to find it. I have seen a man-hunt in the hills of Vermont—the only place where the pure English bloodhound is bred—and when the dogs came up with tbe men they bad trailed they only showed delight at their success, and by their cessa tion from barking indicated to the hunts man that they bad found their game. I have heard it said that Mrs. Stowe, in her ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” did muoh toward bringing upon tbe bloodhound his disrepute. To see if this were so, I read over Mrs. Stowe’s book reoentlv, aud was surprised to find that she only " once alluded to blood hounds in all her highly-colored narrative, and never a single time brought them on the scene. She bad other objects in view without going out ' f her way to malign a family of dogs. But those who dramatized Mrs. Stowe's story used the bloodhounds with great realistic effect, and none of the wandering troupes which have played this drama has been so poor that it has not had a pack of dogs. But I have never known a troupe to have a pack of real bloodhounds. Instead, they have moDgrelsof various kinds, but always mongrels that looked savage and blood thirsty. The bloodhound is not only not enrage, but does not look so. On tbe con trary, he is amiable in disposition and has a singularly dignified and benevolent ex pression. BTATB OF WEATHBIL Sarsaparilla ( me/ .AU cAu&te/jdal? yteifa-u/l&.suAucA' ( sdes/sA'S /Air' /Acd/' sA&VZi' . Ai/idA/ .*ns Cures Others. Will Cure you. MEDICAL. Xn mis the ua —a dose at Dr. Pierce's Pleasant FeUeis. Sick or Bilious Head aches. Dizziness, Constipation. In digestion. Bilious Attacks. and all , . mz derangements <A If, tbe liver, stomach and bowels are promptly relieved and^permanently But not in the way tbe huge, old-fash ioned pill tries to do it These little Pel lots have better methods. They cleanse and regulate tho whole system naturally. In other words, they ao it thoroughly, but mildly and gently. There's no dis turbance to the system, diet or occupa tion. They’re the smallest In site, but tho most effective in reeult—purely vege table, perfectly harmless. Only one little sugar-coated Pellet for a laxative—three for a cathartic. They’re the cheapest pill* you can buy, for they’re guaranteed to give satisfac tion, or your money is returned. You pay only for the good you get TIMMINS AND THE TELEPHONE. The Timely Wrecking of aa Instru ment May Hava Averted an Appeal to tbe Divorce Court. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Welcome Timmins moved here last week from St Loins and expressed themselves aa greatly pleased with the change until their domestic happiness received a little set-back yesterday. On the advice of hi* old friend, Mr. Speek with, Mr. Timmins secured telephonic con nection with his home. He was delighted when the telephone man ba l completed the fixtures aud presented him with three cigars on his departure. "Now, my dear,” said Mr. Timmins, standing before the telephone, and propar ing to explain its mysteries and advantages to his wife. ’ ‘Now, my dear, this is going to prove the moat convenient thing we ever had in tbe house. Wben I want to talk to any one I just turn this handle and sav ‘Hullo! Hullo!’and tbe girl at the central says‘Hullo! Hullo!' and I tell her who I want, and she calls him up. Now I’ll ask for Mr. Speck wick," and Mr. Timmins turned the handle, having previously taken down tbe transmitter, thereby breaking tbe connection. “What does he say?" asks Mrs. Timmins, cocking her head on one side, as a woman always does when her husband Is trying to listen. “Ho dosen’t say anything yet,” growled Mr. Timmins. “He isn’t like you. He waits until he has got something important on his mind, and then he says it. Hullo I hullo!” roared Mr. Timmins, giving the handle a violous twist, and glaring into the receiver with a vindiotivo look. “I suppose it is really that girl’s fault,” murmured Mrs. Timmins, sniffing at the instrument, aa though she smelled tbe young lady from afar and found her no better than she ought to be; “I don’t sup pose she’s there at aIL More likely she’s gadding about.” "What d’ye want to talk just then fori” howled Mr. Timmins. “What is your object in breaking out with the conversa tional smallpox at this particular juncture! Don’t you know she was just beginning to talk and you made me lose her l . “Hullo? hullol Call ud Mr. Bpeokwick, main, 4,705," bawled Mr. Titnmius, appar ently convinced by his wife's manner or his own experience. “There, she’s gone! No use for me to try anything when you’re about. Another time, whan 1 want to talk through a telephone, I’ll take it aver to the middle of some field. Do you know of anything that will keep you quiet for a mo ment?" demanded Mr. Timmins, his wrath rising as he contemplated his ill-usage. "Never mind tho expense; just the same artiole. Why didn’t you tell me when you referred me to your old dad that I was pro posing marriage to a steam dictionary i" “My dear, can I talk through it?” cooed Mrs. Timmins, anxious to disarm her hus band. “Is there anything you can talk through?" squealed Mr. Timmins, beginning to realize that there was something about the tele phone that he did not thoroughly under stand. “When I get a telephone for you the diaphragm will be of double and twisted wrought steel, with railway rails for wires, and I don’t believe that will last for mor’n an hour aud a half. Hullo, hull-o-o! wake up and callup Speck wick, Main—4,7os!” and Mr. Timmins rattled away at the handle until bis arm ached. ‘‘Be patient, dear. Maybe she’s gone, and it’s a long way to Mr. Speckwick’s bouse. Perhaps be isn’t at home, aud she’s waiting for him.” “That’s th eway it works, eh?” shrieked Mr. Timmins. “When I call that girl she goes home to dinner, aud along to Mr. Speckwick’s house in the evening, and brings him here in aoab. That’s your idea of It? P’raps you’ve got some sort of a notion that she runs the wires through Speckwick, turns on the current and slams him right up here through the side of the house. That your Idea ? Well, she doesn’t,” “I think I understand how it works,” fal tered Mrs. Timmins. "You say, ‘Yellow, yellow ’ ’’ “There’s the combination?” yelled Mr. Timmins. "You’ve got it! Why didn't you tell me I was bringing this thing home to the inventor? Wbat’d you want to let me stand up here and explain this thing to the only comprehensive brain that ever tackled it for? You’ve got It. With what you know now and what, you’ve got to find out, you only need a little wire and an in sulator to bo the whole science of electricity. I tell you this is the wav it works,” and Mr! Timmins fetched the instrument a kick that splintered it. “Bee it work?” he demanded, pulling at the wires until they cut his hands. “Watch it, while I convoy your regard to the other lunatics 1” and he danced on the remnants of the instrument and smashed the fragments against the wait. "Never mind, dear,” remonstrated Mrs. Tim ’ ins, trotting after him and trying to soo'hohim. "When yon want Mr. Speck wick again we'll just send a servant r .und after him. Tbat’U be much nicer than trusting to a nasty wire, and I know there was a draught through the box, for I could feel it ns soon as J came in the room." "O, you could feel it!” roared Mr. Tim mins rather wondering how be was going to account to the company for the destruc tion of bis instiument, and be pulled his hat over hi* ears and rushed round to the tele phone office to see what had better be done about the matter. “I don’t care." murmured Mr*. Timmins, ns she flopped down on the floor to pick up the pieces of the wrecked instrument, "he’ll not have any opportunity for standing up here and talking to that girl until his legs are tired ;’’ and with this sage expression of her satisfaction over the results of her ex periment, Mrs. Timmins broke off the ends of the bent wires and laid them away to orimp her hair. "What have they woundup on that cart?" asked the old lady who was visiting the fire engine house. ‘ Firemen's hose,” was the answer. "Go away," she rejoined indignantly. "You can't make that nay tiro man or any body site ever had legs to fit those."—Wash ington Star.* IFhca Baby ■** siek. w* *av* her Caste ria When she waa a Child, she cried tor Caatorta Whan aha became Mias, she clung to CatSaria. Whan she had Children, she gav* them Caktorty Par Oh rott! Warts and Bunions Us* only Abbott's East Indian Corn Foist, ad FALK CLOTHING GO. Have you seen the lines of Shirts, Collars and Cuffs made by the County Down Manu facturing Company? If not, you ought surely do so. FALK OLOTHINGf CO. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENT A WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or more. In this column inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash in Advanoe, each Insertion. Everybody who has auy want to supply, any thing to buy or sell, any business or accommo dations to seoure; indeed, auy wish to gratify, should advertise in this ooluinn. PKJtSOSAU " ("and oto headquarters for fine cabinet photo- I graphs aud crayons; cheapest and best. J. N. WILSON, SI Bull street. r PHE Electric Railway Company transfer* 1 passengers from either Hide of the city market for oue fore. See special notice. Wf HEN you n ed a superior quality of old v Madeira*, Burgundies, Sauterues, Ports, Sherries, Clarets or Brandies, our stoox will suit you. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE. THE WONDERFUL SPRINOI-Thompson’s Bromine and,Arsenic Water.—Wo ask the medical profession to say whether or not they know of any spring's or well's water that sug gests so many Important uses in medicine. It is a panacea for Indigestion, persistent nausea, loss of appetite, all blood and skin diseases, all stomach, kidney and bowel troubles, insomnia and nervous complaints. Pamphlets. SOLO MON3 .V ( O. DON’T fall to get a copy of Bunaay’s issue of the Moksixa Ngws. For sale at BISHOP'S DRUG 8 TORE.corner Hall and Price streets. 17 you are tn need ot money ana want a liberal loan for any length of time, at lowest rule of Interest, on diamonds, watches, Jewelry, clothing, etc., and If you want your valuables returned in the same condition as left, patronise home enterprise and coll at the Old lleliablo Savannah Licensed pawnbroker House, 179 Oongrees street, EL MUHLIIKRG. Manager V XJ E have moved Into our new quarters. HO v V Bay street, with an Immense stock of all kinds of wines and liquor* which we are anxious to show and to sell. M. LAVIN’B ESTATE. HBI.P WAHTKD C'OOK WANTED; willing worker preferred: / also references wanted. LAMBERT, 206 Liberty street. WANTED, a good house girl; none other need apply. 106 State street. \\f ANTED, two good guitar players who can * play a good accompaniment for a mandj lin orchestra. Address M. J. O. BICYCLES! New. $l4O. latest pattern, cush ion tire Cycles, for SIOO. Cheaper grades in proportion. Lists free. Agents wanted. A. W GUMP, Dayton, uhio. A GENTS, 16 to $lO per day collecting small il pictures for us to copy and enlarge; satis faction guaranteed and a $4 outfit free. A. DUNNE & 00., 86 Reads street, New York. Salesmen wanted, to sen our good* by sample to the wholesale and retail trade. Liberal salary aud expenses paid. Permanent position. Money advanced for wages, advertis ing, etc. For full particulars and reference, address CENTENNIAL MFG. CO., Chicago, IU. I PHYSICIAN Splendid opportunity for a good physician in a live, growing southern town. For further Information address OPPOR TUNITY, care Savannah News. W r IDE awake workers everywhere for the greatest book on earth: “Nhepp't Photo graphs of the World." costing $100,t00; mam moth illustrated circulars and terms free; un paralleled success; Mr Thomas L. Martin, Cen terville, Tex , oleared s7ll In nine days: Miss Rose Adams, Wooster, 0., $23 In forty minutes; Rev. J. Howard Madison, Lyons, N. Y.. slOl in seven hours; a bonanza; magnificent outfit only sl. Books on credit; freight paid. Address, GLOBE BIBLE PUBLISHING CO., No. 705 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., or Chicago, EMPLOY MB MT WAKTKIi. • A RESPECTABLE woman wants a place as plain cook, with child, on premises. Ad dress DIFFICULTY. Morning News, by 11 o'clock. TJMNE infants' sewing and ladles underwear U done by an expert. Address INFANTS’ WEAR, care Morning News. WANTED, situation as woodsman (turpen tine business). Have eight years practical experience. Best references furnished. Corre spondence solicited. Address ARCHIE WAT SON, Milledgeyllle, Ga rooms wan I'eu. IV ANTED, flat of three rooms, unfurnished, VV for light housekeeping; must have gas connection for stove: location must be cential; man and wife only. Address CENTRAL, News office. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. tUANTED TO HIRE, hand-organ for one Vt wees, wanted the 12th: state price. Ad dress office "TilK TATLKR," St. Augustine, Fla. WANTED, a conveniently situated ware house; reut must be moderate. Address warehouse, taro News. \\7 ANTED, city real estate, improved and un- VV improved, lo sell. W. K. WILKINSON. Real Estate Dealer. WANTED, on y an opportunity to convince V V the most skeptical of our ability to com pete wl :h alt rivals In quality and price. M. LA TINTS ESTATE, SO Bay street WANTED, the public to know that for nearly forty years we have made a specialty of the wine and liquor trade. We import direct and bur from distillers. M. LAVIN’B ESTATE. rooms’ to rentT UOR RENT, two large connecting south P rooms; also furnished rooms, at 56 Barnard street. TT'OR RENT, large room, first floor.front, fur x nlabed Or unfurnished; 155 s uth Broad IT'OR RENT, neatly furnished room, second I floor; gas and bath on same floor. York, first door west Wbitater r AROE, pleasant room, with board, at 106 1 j South Broad A SOUTH furnished room for gentlemen, or light housekeeping; a small one; five dol lars a month, feu Congress street XJ IOELY furnished rooms, en suits or single. Gas, bath IVrnu reasonable. Address 11 M., Morning News. HOARD! Nv. \FEW gentlemen can get excellent table board at 106 South Broad BOARDING, nloely furnished front room with t,oard; 164 South Brood street. BOARDERS WANTED- Two pleasant rooms, on* double, one ilngla. Apply at $7 Whit aAar. HOUSES AND STORK* FOB RENT BRICK residence No ts Habersham street; water and gas throughout; spacious out building* By W. J HARTY. I TOR RENT, a desirable residence with extra large yard. Apply to JOHN W. GOLDEN at gas e ffise IpOR RENT, that desirable store No. 80 Bay street; has all neceisary conven--ncee. Rent verr reasonable. Apply to WALTHOUR A RIVERS, Drayton and St. Julian. TJ'OR RENT, desirable residence. 101 Taylor V street, between Drayton and Abe room; •ruth front Apply to & GUTKENHEIMER A BOMB. FORSAU. U'OR BALE, fine houses near Bull street. A EDWARD S. ELLIOTT. 118 Bryan street. COW, COW—Three gallou acclimated milker, young calf and fine springers at J. F OUft.M ARTIN A CO.’S BTABLKS. IOTB- Few choice lota left on Oak and J Charles streets. Terms easy. Address CHARLES HOHKNBTEIH. TV OR SALE, lots at Stillwell, on the South F Bound railroad, for twenty-five dollars each. C. H. DORSETT, 142 Congress FX>R SALE, largo comer lot In new settle mem near the water works; suitable for a store C. H. DORSETT. 142 Congress IVOR SALE, a completely equipped dairy, r near the olty on a shelled rosd.Tn., dally out put consists of about seventy-five gallons olyrillk with demand (or more, from as good a line of takers as the o!ty affords There are about sixty head of cattle, most of them bring Jersey*, six horse* and mules, two buggies, three milk wagons, harness, twenty bead .of hogs, two hundred head of poultry, milking and fsrrn utensils and all of the appliances to do the dairy business and truck farming in an eco nomical and thorough manner. City property would he taken In exchange. C. H. DORSETT. 142 Congress street. FVOR SALE, residence on Bolton, near Jeffer son; very cheap, C. H. DORSETT, 145 Congress. IVOR RALE, at Islo of Hope, large front lot, I near tbe depot; also smaller lot* fronting the depot. C. H. DORSETT, 14* Congress. IVOR SALE, for fifteen huudrod dollar*, reei- I dence on Huntingdon, near Price. Cl. H. DORSETT. 142 Congress. IVOR KALE, ales and Deers; the best brands foreign and American beers, Lowtnbrau beer. Imperial beer; Bass ale and Ouinness porter. Read Bros’, bottling; at M. LAVIN'B KSTaTE. 80 Bay street. TVOR SALE, at Thunderbolt, a very eligibly I located cottage, with large grounds and very convenient to ttie railroad. C. H. DOR SETT, 142 ''PIIE ORF.AT MEDICINAL BEVERAGE.- .1 We offer for sale 100 cases Thompson's Bromine and Arsenic Spring Water. The light est and purest water known in this country, and recommended by eminent physicians every where os a sure cure for all stomach and blood diseases, also nervous dyspepsia, indigestion, kidney and bladder troubles, insomnia and weak lungs. Singlo bottle, 50c. Pamphlets with analysis and certificates, on application. SOL OMONS * CO. IJV)R KALE, the largest and Dost assorted stock ot White Pine Hash, Doors. BUnda, Moldings, etc , etc., In the south. Also all standard brand* of Pure White Lead*, colors, dry and In all Mixed Paints, Varnishes, eta. Mill supplies. Builders' hardware Is my •peolalty. I.lme. Plaster and Hair. Direct Im portations of Roeendnle and Portland Cement. Hewer, Culvert aud Flue Pipe, all idzee, bonds, trajw, T*. etc Call or write for my nrloee, and get estimates before buying. ANDREW HAN LEY. FOR RALE, two-story rcsld-nee, western portion of the olty, for twenty-five hundred dollars. C. H. DORSETT, 142 Congress. IX) k SALE, champagne; Carte Ulanobe, Geo. Goulet, Piper Heldseok, Chat. Held seek aud California champagnes. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE, Telephone 340. t2 l n £ for 25 feet rubber hose, nozzle and •Pi couplings. NEIDLINUKR <fc RA BUN. Ij*Oß SALE, two or three lota, convenient to S. F. A W. railwoy, eastern end of tiwla nett street, O. H, DORSETT, 142 Congress. BLACK cypress shingles for sale cheap. Ap ply to BREWER A COOPER, Dover. 644 C. R. H. LOST. IOST. on Monday night, on Abercora or J Drayton, a blaok hand sachet. Suitable re ward will be paid if delivered at 138 Abercora street. IOST, a hunch of keys on block bounded by * liryan, Bay and Drayton streets. 1 A liberal rev aril If left at board of trade room* with C. WALLACE HOWARD, Superintendent MISCELLANEOUS. ARLINGTON while spine cucumber seed, Bermuda and lawn grasflower seeds, pots and plant food at GARDNER'S. BEFORE you buy or sell prop-rty consult ROBERT H. TATEM, Real Estate Dealer and Auctioneer, FLOWERS and Fancy Ferns. Floral designs for all occasions at short notice at Strong s pharmacy. GEORGE WAGNER, ThundtrboU road. Telephone 498. r PRY White mountain birch; you’ll find It de -1 lightful. For Bale at GARDNER'S. '’PINNING, plumbing aud gas fitting by care -1 ful and ekperlenced workmen. V. H. KIERNAN, 30)6 Whitaker street. C ARR I AGES, HU(4(3IKH, EXC. Central R 1 R d Stockholders DON'T GET ALARMED Any Precipitation Now Might be Disastrous to Your Holdings. IF YOU WILL CALL ON US AT ONCE WE CAN GiTB You a Pointer vrf] j On matt-re pertaining to anything you might need in the Vehicle and Harness line. Yours truly. The Savannah Carriage and Wagon Cos. jkWKLRx. A. L. DESBOUILLONS, THE JEWELER, Ci ALLS the attention of the public to his most ! carefully stock of GOLD WATCHES of the beat make and quality, also hi* selection of Clock* of all patera* which he sells AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICE, Alao his fine line of Sterling Silverware tbe beat thing for wedding presents. EVERYTHING WARRANTED. Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry don* with the best workmanship at A. L. DESBOUILLONS', 131 Bull Street. FINANCrAU J. MAR MANUS FISHER <4 SON, Bankers and Brokers, 16 South Street, BALTIMORE MD. Special facilities for placing collateral notea on Southern Securities known in Northern Mar kola. Kafereoa*. Merchant*' National lienk of Balti more. AUCTION ‘ALES FUTURE DAYS mm mm house bold FURNITURE AT AUCTION, C. H. Barsett, Auctioneer, Will sell at 96 Jones street, between Abercora and Drayton, on THURSDAY. 10th instant, oammenoing at 11 a. ii . the contents of a residence but recently furnished with new and elegant furniture: BEDROOMS—Very handsome Oak and Walnut Seta, with extra large mirror and in late styles; fine Carpets and Rugs. Chamber Sets, Window Shades, elegant Lounge, Wardrobe, Mantel Ornaments and Pict ures. BATH ROOM—Oaa Heater, Washstand. Oil Cloth, Rugs. HALLS—Carpets, Stair Carpets, handsome Oak Hall Stand. Umbrella Stand. Halt Chairs, Rockers, etc.; Refrigerator, Baby Carriage. DINING ROOM—Window Shades, Massive Oak Sideboard, Dining Room Chairs. Rockers. Child's Chair, very fine Extension Table In Oak, Carpets and Rugs, Mantel Orna ments, Piotures, Glassware, China, Silver ware. PARLOR—Upright Piano, a very desirable ta strument; Portiere and Pole, Easels and Valuable Plaque, Angora Rug. Parlor Set, Fancy Chairs, Clock, Maatel Orna ments KlTCHEN—Broadway Range, No. 9; Tinware, etc. UNCLAIMED FREIGHT. The sale at auction of unclaimed freight at the 8.. F. aud W, Depot By J. McLaughlin & Son, As advertised in the Morning News, Maroh 7, 1892, for the first Monday in April. 1892, will ba • M on tho WEDNESDAY following, that Is, WEDNESDAY, the 6th DAY OF APRIL, 1892, AT 10 O’CLOCK. W. 8. KING, Savannah Freight Agent. LEUAL NOTH'Kh. NOTIChTtO DEBTORS AND CREDITimsT* ALL persona having claims against tba estate of Rev. JAMES E. L. HOLMES. D. D., late of Chatham County, Georgia, deceased, will please present the same to that undersigned for payment, and those indebted to him are required to make payment to tho undersigned. B. A. DENMARK, Administrator. Febihjaxy, 8, 1899. Cv EORGIA, Chatham County.— Notice Ig T hereby given to all parties having demands against CATHERINE FEELEY, late of said county, deceased, to present them to the uuder signen, properly made out within the time pre scribed by law, so as to show their character! and amount; and all persons Indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make immedi ate payment to me. MICHAEL FEELEY, Executor of Will Catherine Feeley, Deceased. FKimt'ARY 9, 1892. HAUCR. The Original and Genuina (WORCESTERSHIRE)! LEA&PERRINS’ SAUCE Impart! the moet dell clou! taste and Met til EXTRACT IB SOUPS, of a LETTER from Hg a MEDICAL OEM- L'f GRAVIES, TLEMAN at Mad- |M| rue. to bis brother EmK FIBH, at WORCESTER, May, UR /A HOT A COLO LEA ft PERRINS" iWjEjlflg MEATS, that their sauce Is Kf.IT-jiiK'iJj highly esteemed In GAME, India, and Is In my H c*SmM opinion, !the most B 1 * "VSm WELSll palatable, as well ffiSOWvSH as the moat whole RAREBITS, some sauce that la I jOT made.” fcc. 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