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yQRTHTHE NITR ATE KING'
BI g GREAT WEAITB, PALACE AND
RACING STABLES.
Bls frame as an Owner of Pace Heiress.
Compete in the Chicago Derby
Next Tear-Description of His Falac a
In England.
Washington Cor. of the Chicago Herald.
Perhaps the greatsst (porting event of
coming year will be the American
derby, which ito be run in Chicago next
Judo, and in which the pick of the horse*
„f the world will take part. One of the
c [,j e f competitor* in this race will be Col.
John T. North, the famed nitrate king, of
p-igland. Col. North has nearly a score of
torses in training for thi* race. and among
these are a number which have acquired a
world-wide reputation for their speed in the
past During my stay in London this fall
2 visited the stables where these horses
were in training and spent tome time at
the mansion of their owner in Kent. While
J was there the colonel was offered £15,000
for bis horse Nunthorpe, which had just
won in one of the great races of England,
snd has in all probability brought back to
the nitrate king the money which he had
lost on him io the city and suburban race a
year or so ago. At this time Col. North
backed Nunthorpe to the extent of about
#500,000, and when he was left at the post
the colonel's face never changed, and from
his smile you would suppose he had won
rather than lest.
Am g the horses which be will bring
here are Colorado, Lady Hermit, El Diablo,
6ir Frederick Roberts, Iddesleigb, Lady
Morgan, Sheldrake, Luoy Locket and a
number of other well-known horses of Eng
land. the most of which have been bred In
his own stable* and a few which are practi
cally unknown as yet. It n alraot impos
sible to describe the care that is taken of
those horses and the wonderful arrange
ments which Col. North has for keeping
them in the best of health and training.
They are more carefully exercised than any
prue-fighter and the stables at Eltbam have
better sanitary arrangements than many
hospitals. They are heated by steam, and
under one of the stables is a Turkish bath,
by which a horse can be thrown Into a
perspiration and the oold steamed out of
him. The walls of the stables are lined
with costly tiles. The box stalls are of
hardwood and the doors ere of cement. The
colonel’s horses during the past year have
been managed by Lord Randolph Churobill,
end his winnings from them must he enor
mous. Two of the horses whiah he brings
to thi* country won #50,000 for him in a
single year, and be puts as much i usineu
into his racing as he d< es into the manage
ment of his immense nitrate fields in C'hde,
which makes him one of the richest men
In the world.
CANNOT ESTIMATE HIS OWN RICHES.
No one, In fact, know* just how mueh
John T. North is worth. I doubt it he
knows himself. He has ventures in nearly
every part of the world, and his nitrate
fields are bettor than any gold mine in ex
istence. One of his most intimate friends
told me in I-ondon that bit expenses every
year, outsiue of bis business, are mere than
1500,000, and his income is supposed to be
more than $5,000,000 a year. He ha* ce
ment works in Belgium which bring him
in a fortune, and wbioh were, until he saw
them, nothing but a brickyard. Happening
to pas* by them in a trip to the continent,
bo noticed the clay, is that it was of a
superior quality, and at oaoe bought
the whole field. He has now in this
olaoe immense works which employ
thousands of hands and he has put up for
his employes sanitary cottages aud has
ouilt churches aud schools for them. He
has nover bad a strike and his people all
like him. He has other works of various
kinds in England and bis investments m
Chile extend to guano beds as well as
nitrate fields. During the war between
Chile and Peru his fortune was for a time
in danger and Baltnacedn was to a large
extent his agent. It was he that helped the
rebels and it was hU money that bought
the arms that carried on the war. Had he
failed he would have lost millions, and as
he saw the silver go by bushels he never
blinked his eye, but put up again and again
until he in faot, a big, bold
gambler and bis stakes are millions.
HOW NORTH MADE HIS MONET.
During my stay at Col. North's house I
took lunch with him aad the family, and
after this chatted with him for s me time
of himself and other matters. He is cow
alout 50 years old and weighs, I should
judee, 160 pounds. He is about 5 feet 10
niches high. His eyes are blue, his face is
rosy and his hair aud whiskers are of a rich
red hue. He puts cn no airs whatever,
and when we walked around the
around* he covered bi3 head with
an old st aw hat which looked some
what out of place among his magnificent
surroundings. He is an Englishman by
birth and he comes from YorKshire. Hu
father was a coal merchant, who brought
him up as a civil engineer and put him into
business as soon as he was able to do any
thing for himself. He was connected as an
employe in a steam plow works wheu his
father died, leaving about $30,000 to his
family. Young North, though he was then
married, at once gave h;s share of the
estate to his mother, and shortly after this
he went to Suuth Amerioa with his wife to
teek his fortune. He went there as a civil
engineer and so n saw the immense possi
bilities for fortune making which exist on
the western coast of that country. He in
vested in a number of different speculations
and made money. He then began to buy
nitrate, and kept buying from time to time
until he at lastgot control of the biggest
nitrate fields in the world. He made mil-
lions by buying guano, and it so'-ms that
•verything he touches iuros into gold.
I wish I could give you an idea of the
country palace of this nitrate king. It is
far more comfortable and homelike than
ay of the palaces of the great monarch!
of Europe, and it is a thousand times more
hospitable and happy. It ia, in fact, a
Kteaatio home in which the guests, as well
as the family, and > and act as they please,
and where there are no brass buttons or
severe eyes to disturb you. I met Mr.
florth through bis intimate friend,
Col. Tom Ochiltree, and I was
•pads as much at home as though the hot.se
had been given to me in the real 8 util
American fashion, by which your host
greets you with the words: “I am glad to
see you, senor. Come into your own house
and take cessession of it.” Col. North
calls his place Avery hill. It is a vast
wick house of two stories, situate I in the
Sudst of 200 acres of lawn and forest. The
“ruse itself is about 200 feet wide and it
has a wide ontranceway in the center.
The vestibule, which is about thirty feet
square, is finished in South Ameri
ca's mahogany and it is lighted
with a ceiling of stained glass. At each
corner of it stands upon its bind legs a
stuffed bear, and the immense animal at
the right as you enter was sb t last sura
mer by the (srand Duke Nicholas of Russia,
ana presented by blra to Col. North. In
*n ther oorner stands a life-size figure of a
™aa in armor, and the front doors of the
nail in front of you are wonderfully carved,
and they cost SI,OOO apiece. The floor of
this ■ estibule is of oolored marble, and the
“is are wainsooated in marnles of dif
nrent col re. Looking t the right yon see
a auor which opens into an enormous
Picture gal ery, at the back of which there
• a mirble balcony for the musicians when
Jr? i* used for dancing, and you pass
" this gallery between pillars of inar le.
‘“tough a hall tha walls of which
*, °t red and yellow marble
I. ,n panels and sene aled
itccat flat marble columns, which have
' ■ Tintbia capitals of gold The dado
red which sbnes like Je*els.
•nt 'he marbLe grow lighter as they nee to
J , o*ding, la* hall i. lighted from the
' • 41 'd between ifc. marble well and tha
* there are curved windows of stained
frame or window being set Into
of m.V'" 4uJ **' h made In boo * of some
“*• t4 “*ad muli*ton of tha paet Thu
hallway is lined with marble busts or pil
lars of onyx and a number of these busts
are family portraits of the household in
marble.
A VAST ROOM or ONYX.
The picture gallery Itself would be an
ornament to any palace in the world It is
100 feet long and 50 feet wide, and the ceil -
ing is at least twenty-five feet above the
white mosaic floor. The finishings of this
room are of Mexican onyx. You think you
are giving a nice wedding present to your
friends when you present them an onyx
clock a foot and a half high. What would
you think of a vast room finished in this
neb stone? Every bit of it is of the finest
quality. The doorway to the room would
Le large euough for a cathedral. The col
umns at its side are two feet thick and they
ris-fifteen feet above the floor before they
aupport the arobway made in a ridge and as
big as the end of a good-sized cottage.
The walls of this room are oovered
with pictures and there are some
very fine paintings amoug them. One
which struck me was that of "A Meeting of
the Four-In-Hand Club”in Hyde para during
the jubilee. The plunger, Benson, was
looking at tbit painting while the artist
was making it, and as he watched the brush
doing its work he concluded he would like
to have it, and he said to the artist. “What
do you want for itf" "Would you like to
be in it?” replied the artist. “Yes,” said the
plunger. “What will you take for it and
put me In?” "Two thi uaand pounds," was
the reply. “I’ll take it,” said the plunger,
and the sale was made. In time the plunger
had to sell it and Col. North bought it.
Among the notables at this meeting were
Col. North and bis wife, and the two are
represented in this picture nearby the
Prince of Wales.
THB TROPICS IN ENGLAND.
At the end of this grand hall there is a
sun parlor, and beyond this are the conserv
atories. where tropical flowers and plants
bloom and blossom all winter long. These
conservatories consist of vast rooms under
glass. They have waterfalls iu them, where
the streams gush out of rocks aud p'ay in
and out through feme and tropical plants,
and now and then spread out into pools
almost big enough for fish ponds. Here you
may study the botany ot half a dozen cli
mates, aud you find here plants from all
parts of the world. The different rooms
are kept at different temperatures, and you
can go from one zone to another in pasting
through it.
At the entrance to the conservatory
among the statues of the sun parlor is an
extraordinary life-size figure of Marguerite,
and os you look at it you see Kau>t, also life
size, looking|most lovingly at her from be
hind. You imagine this Faust to be a sec
ond statue until you come close to the
figure of Marguerite, when you see that the
back of the statue is carved to represent
Faust, and what you suppose to be a second
statue is only the reflection of Marguerite’s
back iu the loug mirror behind it.
A RICH MAN’S PARLORS.
Tbe balls and parols of this nitrate
king’s palace are papered in the finest of
satins and are finished in woo lwork of ma
hogany' and other fine wo- ds wonderfully
carved. Morey has been lavished to such
an extent that every Inch might be plated
with gold leaf and cot approach tbe actual
cost. The diningjroom itself Is more than 100
feet long and is hung round with the golden
and silver trophies which Col. North’s norses
and dogs have won. He has soma
of the finest dog* in the world and
his greyhounds have taken many cups. One
of his dogs has won nearly SIO,OOO in stakes
for him, aud ba has great solid silver cups
wnlch will bold a gallon, wonderfully
carved, which have been won by bis famous
oanines. Tbe Waterloo cup which his dog
Fullerton won Is worth $3,500. and on either
side of tbe mantel are great disks of silver
and gold, the prices of dog contests. You
cau seat fifty people at the dining table of
bis room and it is bigger than the state din
ing room of the white house. Tbe drawing
rooms are proportionately large and the
bedrooms are each big enough for parlors.
THE CHAMBERS OF THE RICH.
It may interest you to look into tbe
chambers of the rich. There are, I judge,
about thirty bedrooms connected with this
house, and these are all papered with satm
and silks of various colors. An electric
light hangs over each bed ana a bell button
is within easy reach. The halt is finished in
brocaded velvet, and Col. North lays his
red bead on'a white down pillow in a room
tbe tint of which Is old gold. Ail of his
toilet articles have handles of silver, and
great cases, which contain his many suits
of clothes, are of polished maple. One de
partment of the wardrobe is devoted en
tirely to short sank coats, another is for
dres- suits, and a third is tilled wi h over
coats. He never has to worry about the
buttons ou his shirts, and If his pantaloo s
begin to bag at the knees tie has enough in
reserve to give him anew pair without
speaking to his tailor.
I wish I could descri’ e Miss North’s bed
room. It is the -weetest little symphony in
blue I have ever seen. The walls are of
blue satin and a e covered with pictures and
photographs. Tbe great brass beditea 1 has
a rich curtain of the finest satin brocade,
and a wonderfully decorated quilt of satin,
embroidered in Japan, lies on the bed.
There are easy aofas about the room, and
the dressing room, adjoining the bedroom,
is finished in the same way. Mrs. North’s
room is equally flue, and the bath rooms of
this house form a suite of themselves.
They are walls 1 with marble of different
colors,and tbe light come-into them through
panes of staine l glass, and you walk about
on mosaio floors among pillars of marble.
They lnolude Turkish baf.s and Russ au
baths, and you csn have any sort of a bath
you want. During the latter part of my
visit 1 went down into the strong room in
which is kept gold and silver table sei vices
which belong to Col. North and where the
ladies store their jewels. It is floored with
cement and walled with granite, and wa
went through many iron gates, the doors
of which were guarded with burglar alarms
and combination locks to get into it, and I
found tbe treasures kept in irou cages about
thirty feet under tbe ground. I looked at
them, feeling like the penniless boy who
glues his nose against the candy store
windows and feasts his eyes on the sweet
ness within, and as I looked I wished I were
rich. But a second thought |howed me
that these bolts and bars were merely one of
tbe many worries of tbe millionaire, and I
went away comparatively happy.
The sportsman of to-day appears to stand be
tween "the devil and the deep blue sea," says
the New York Sun. In some parts of Wiscon
sin the gec&l settler snares or traps game,
while he plants set guns in convenient localities
to kill or mutilate the unfortunate amateur wuo
may be out for a day a shooting. A correspon
dent of the American -t-d gives an instance
of a snortsman who, while hunting in Wiscon
sin a short time since, stumbled over one of
thes- machines and was riddled with huckshot
He died almost immediately. It begins to look
as it the only use the sportsman of the future
will have for a shotgun will be that suggested
by a Denver (Col. > dealer in fir-arms, in whose
window reposed a fairly nice looking weapon,
while above it was suspended a placard hearing
the following legend: “Why be bothered by a
mother In law, when you may purchase a gun
like this for s:i 80. ”
UIDItAL
S.S.S.
cuncs
MALARIAL ♦ •
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life had no CHARMS.
Wnr Urre vttrt I rofcl4 with malarial peise*.
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bmiVn r.cifA tlun ever. J. A Kiv-
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St vii*r o**Oi*'O Cos ert /twr . OA.
WANTED, rae*haea to sir tae beaesite of
alrertieiag ia the ”<**• ,?21,i
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THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1893.
SBOO
THE REASON.
To clear up odds
and ends, and at the
same time to adver
tise our rightly
made goods.
FALK CLOTHING COMPANY.
This is a mighty strong advertisement, but remember that we never ex
aggerate one iota—either m our store or in the newspapers.
WHEN YOU SEE THE GOODS NO ARGUMENT WILL BE NECESSARY.
Castoria.
“Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good affect upon their children.”
Da. G. C Osooop.
Lowell, Mas.
“ Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which lam acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the read
interest of their children, and nse Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved one*, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves.”
Da. J. T. Kwckxlo*,
Conway, Ark.
lIRY GOOJJSs.
NOW IS THE TIME TOE COLD WEATHER IS HERE.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCOUNT SALE ANOTHER
WEEK.
20
DISCOUNT ON HEAVY UNDERWEAR AT
BROUGHTON CTurn
Nature should
be assisted to
throw ofTimpuri
llesof the blood.
Nothing does it
so well, so safely
or so promptly as
Hwifvs Specific.
THE PRICE
IS
$8 00,
CASTOR IA
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Nawotlc substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OU.
It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ nse by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevent* vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and natnlepcy,
Castoria assimilates tbe food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend.
The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City.
We inaugurate to-day
a special suit sale which
will eclipse all of our
former clearance sales.
MEDICAL,.
What is
Castoria,
“ Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me,”
H. A. Axcnxs. M. D.,
til So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
“ Our physicians in the children's de-pert
inent have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medicai supplies what is known as regular
products, yet wo ate free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it.”
tJsiTxn Hospital akd Dispkssart,
Boston, Haas.
A LUCK C. Smith, Pm.,
FALK CLOTHING COMI’ANT.
BICYCLES.
1893. x 1893.
Is on us and we suppose
everyone is interested in
the new
0
smm aa
Bicycles! Bicycles!
Forthisyear. We ha v ref aired two of the 1593 patterns already, the RALEIGH and
RELAY, aud will have on Wednesday of this week the balance of tbe new patterns
You can buv the balance of our 1892 patterns at 25 per cent off he list. We have several
styles, ar.d if you are interested come and see us or write f> r photograph*. We have the
only expert bicycle repairer in tht part of th* country. He can do any kind of a job.
Come aud inspect the new wheels at
Lindsay & Morgan’s.
WIIIAKY.
SOLID BIT
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
Have a world-wide reputation. Send your orders to
them and get full value for your monev.
/Tx t JOHN ROURKE & SON.^^S
ObSS>ntß& NOVELTY IRON WORKS,
AND BRASS FOUNDERS AND
MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS
THJbi BAMSON SUGAR MILLS AND PANS.
DKA.Li.RS IS
STEAM ENGINES, INJECTORS, STEAM AND WATER FITTINGS
COK&E6PONDENCK SOLICITED—ESTIMATES GIVEN
Na St, 4 and U Bar and L, St, 3.4, fi and 8 Hiver StraaU
SAVANNAH CPA-
THE REAL VALUES
ARL
10, 12, 15 Oc 18
SBOO
THE RESULT.
The biggest bar
gains ever offered
in Savannah. Call
early and take your
pick.
MEDICAL.
QJRE^L^N
AND
BLOOD DISEASES:
|Th>U ah. andor*# P. P. a a
, •B'l preecrlbo It with get eatlefartlon for th cor* of *lt
Primary. fraa.'daTT Tert*ry
PPP
URES SCROFULA.
Mill,. JUiU lik.,HU
Snr.#, Glandular Swelling*, Rheumatism, Malaria, of!
Chrvnlo Lien th.t hare rwtiM all treatment, Ottwih,
fP Ft t CURES
r.r.r. Biood Poison
carlal Poleon, Tetter, S-'ald Head, *tc., ate.
t 1 > 1 •' , Lifi ivj tut excellent >wtjwr.
Cures* rheumatism
•uildiiix up tbe eyiiem rapidly.
Ladle* who* irtem* are pot****] and whoee blond *• to
an Impure c*~d thm, due to pacptlrnal IrTr,IMIUM,
CURES
r.r.r. Malaria
TCT"
cleaning properties* of l\ P P , Prickly Ath, Pok* Root
end I’l.'namm
Cuiis dyspepsia
LiPPMAN BEOS., Propriston,
Druggists, Lippmaa’s Block, BAVAMAH,O4
HOTELS.
finl
SAVANNAH, OA.
CHARLES F. GRAHAM, • • - Proprietor,
Formerly of the Ocean House, Tvbe*
EVERYTHIN!} NEW AND FIRM-CASS.
Comfort and convenience for tourists tai
commercial travelers
The De Soto,
H VVANNAII, GA,
One of the most elegantly appointed hotele
in the world. Accommodation* for 600 guest*.
Special rates for Saveuuah families desiring
permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS.
PROPRIETORS.
HOTEL O- n ENOBLB
58th lo s?th street and 7th avenue. New York
lineal Fireproof Hotel in the City, with
Apartme ts ad mining
EUROPEAN PI,AN
Acknowledged to be the greatest success of
any Hotel in the country.
Cuisine and appointments cannot be surpassed,
WILLIAM NOBLE, Owner and Proprietor.
THE MORRISON HOUSE"
/Centrally located on line of etreet cars, off eye
V - pleasant south rooms, with excellent
hoard at moderate prices. Sewerage
and ventilation perfect, tbe sanitary condi
tion of the house is of the b -st. Corner Brough
on end Drayton streets. Savannah, Ua.
(MM if CM
DELIVERS
ICE
IN ANY PART OF THE CITY.
ICE PACKED FOR THE COUNT RT i
SPECIALTY
Gorrie Ice Manufacturing Cos.,
Savannah. G-a.
LROCERrKS.
FINE CONFECTIONERY.
CHOCOLATE CREAMS.
CHOCOLATE ALMONDS.
CHOCOLATE WALNUTS
CHOCOLATE NOUGAT.
WHITMAN S FINE CANDIES.
WM. G. COOPER’S,
28 Whitaker Street.
A*AdNTS ani> OX la.
JOHN G. BUTLER*
Headquarter* for Plain and Decorative Well
Paper, Paintz, Oil. White Lea la, Varmah. Gloat,
liaihoad and Stea nboat Supp.ies, Sashe*.
Door*, blinds and . uilflers' Hardware, Catciaed
Plaster, Cement and Hair.
tOLK AGENTS FOR LADD'S LIME.
140 Congress street and 139 SI. Julian street.
Savannah. Georgia.
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SURGICAL.
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE
y/„-C ATLANTA. GA.
1 ißw J*av Trsat* Dst rmteiss sw
/IK iff f
if 1 JJai-ewrtra
£ I ft Bof abeCrlaerv Gveaat,*M
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