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jCES HER SON FOR $4(1,000
.. C SR ACCUSED OF EXTORTING
money from his parents.
..forced tt© Transfer to Himself of
*140,000 Worth of Property Under
of Having His Father Ar
rtted -or Wrecking a Chicago Bank.
Jv om u hich City Ho Had Been a Fu
rtive for Fifteen Years.
1 From the Sew York Sun.
jj-haWK, March 16.—Thirtf years ago
. y. tipencer left his father's home in
for the west. He engaged in the
ruling business, and about tifteon years
o was president of the Illinois State Sav-
Institution in Chicago. Spencer
necked the bank, and the day he left Chi
-0 „ due bill was found lying on his desk
totte bank which read: "Amount due the
tank l4N>,doo. David Spencer.” The bank
w 9( :se of the largest In Chicago, and the
depositors were nearly all wage earners.
Ifcousands of excited depositors gathered
,rouiid the bank on the day the doors were
closed. Had Spencer been found be would
been lynched on the spot. Spencer
escaped to Canada, where an effort was
nuae to kidnap him and bring him back to
Misstates. The effort failed, and Spencer
finally reached Belgium. Between Belgium
w d the United States there is no extradi
tion treaty.
In Belgium Spencer purchased a fine es
tate. bis wife joined him, and they remained
there for } ears. He endeavored to reach a
settleiueai with his Chicago creditors, and
shout five years ago he was in C anada,
bsre t. is sister, who resides in Mohawk,
and his attorney from Chicago met him.
Spencer weut back to Belg.um, but a year
ago he returned to Mohawk with his wife.
Be then said that be had come to spend his
remaining days in his native v Ullage.
,Vrs. Spencer obtained possession of the old
Bpenoer homestead and farm of 165 acres.
A small army of earpeuters were set at
work. The house was fitted up and fur
msbed elegantly,and Mr. and Airs. Spencer
intended to make their home the social cen
ter in the village, but Spencer’s old
acquaintances and schoolmates did not re
ceive him v ith open arms, hut greeted him
with a cold nod when he walked the streets.
Money v as not a sufficient passport to admit
the Spencers into Mohawk's charmed circle.
Spencer bad a son, Dewitt C., who lived
in Chicago, where he wa9 employed in one
of the packing houses. At the father’s re
quest Dewitt moved his household effects to
Mohawk, and with his wife made bis home
at bis father’s house. In less than a month
they were told to leave, and they went to
live with the wife’s mother, Mrs. John Me-
Cbesnev, in this village. Dewitt did not
have money enough to take him hack to
Chicago, but be sold to bis father the house
hold furniture be had brought from the
Windy city, and received a check large
enough to pay railroad fare.
When Dewitt reached Chicago he did not
go back to the slaughter house to work. On
bsturday evening, Jan. 14. in company
with two slick, well-dressed strangers, he
landed In Mohawk at 9 o'clock. The three
men went to the Spencer homestead, and
remained there all night and most of tnedav
following. On Sunday, at 9in the eveuing,
the two strangers were at the Mohawk Val
ley hotel in Mohawk, and bad a social ses
sion until 2in the morning with the mem
bers of the Owl Club. When the session
broke up, the men went back to Spencer’s.
On Hooday morning, as soon as the hank
opened, Mr. and Mrs. David D. Spencer
were there and acknowledged the execution
of a paper before N. D. Alexander,
notary publio. At the same time
Spencer called for a tin be kept in the
bank vaults. This box he did not return.
One l our later the paper acknowledged was
filed in the Herkimer couuty clerk’s office.
It was a deed from Sue D. Spencer to De
witt C. Spencer transferring the farm and
h mestead and all the personal preparty
thereon. At 2 o’oloek in the afternoon
David Spencer and wife took the express at
Herkimer for New York, where, it is sup
posed, they took a steamer for Europe.
Their baggage consisted of four large
trunks. Two hours later Dewitt C.
Spencer and fbe two mvsterious
strangers took the train for Chicago,
and Mrs. Dewitt C. Spenoer moved
into the Spencer homestead. Dewitt re
turned from Chicago two weeks ago, and
rn .March 4 two deeds were filed in the
olerk’s office conveying the same property.
The first was from Dewitt C. Spencer to
John McChesney aud the second from John
Mcl hesney to Mrs. Agues M. Spencer, wife
of Dewitt C. Spencer.
This week a summons and complaint in
an action entitled Sue D. Speucer against
Dev. itt C. Spencer, John Cbesney and
Agnes M. Speucer was served. Charles E.
S iyder of Herkimer is Mrs. Spencer’s at
torney. This is the romarkable story she
tells in the complaint:
Prior to Jan. 14 she was the owner of a
farm of 165 acres iu the village of Mohawk
worth 815,090, also personal property there
on worth #4,000. For several months prior
to Jan. 14, DoWitt C. Spenoer repeatedly
importuned her to deed him the farm, and
she refused. On Jan. 14, 1893, DeWitt C.
Spencer, together with one James A. Brady
and Col. Wilson, came to her home in Mo
hawk DeWitt C, Spencer represented
that Brady was a lawyer connected with
the district attorney’s office in Cook county,
111., and that Wilson was a United States
marshal; that a warrant of arrest had beau
granted by some oourt in Chioaeo for the
arrest of Mr. and Mrs, David D. Spencer;
that the warrant was in the possession of
ilson, and the officers were there for the
purpose of taking them back to
t hteago; that DeWitt C. Spenoer told the
plaintiff and her husband that if they
would give btm a deed of the farm and per
sonal p roperty thereon and $20,000 in cash
cr bonds, he would induce Wilson ad Brady
to leave the cate alone, not make the arrest,
and give them a chance to esoape back to
Belgium, and that Wilson and Brady agreed
to this proposition. The complaint fur her
alleges that the $20,000 in stocks, securities
and cash and the farm were transferred;
that Wilson and Brady were not officers,
had no warrant in their possession, and that
no warrant or order of arrest bad been is
sued by any oourt in Chicago for the arrest
of either the plaintiff or her husband, but
that W ilson aud Brady had been hired to
come to Mohawk and personate officers by
Dewitt C. Spencer. The plaintiff demands
judgment for the cancellation of the deeds,
return of the bonds and securities, and $49,-
000 damages.
The complaint is not verified, but is signed
by Charles E. Snyder as attorneys. At
tached to the complaint is an affidavit signed
”V Mr. Snyder, which alleges that Mrs.
David D. Spancor is now out of the state,
on 1 that the information of which the
complaint Is made was received by letters
from Mr. a id Mrs. David B. Springer, aud
hv investigation in Chicago at the distrjot
attorney’s office. The complaint als i asks
that the mot ry and securities be deposited
In court pending the action. Dewitt C.
Spencer left Mohawk this week for tne
**t. It is very doubtful if the securities
are ever recovered. In this village there is
'ery little sympathy for David D. Speucer.
Racing at New Orleaoa.
New Orleans, Maro'i 18. — The track
Was slow to-day, the weather fine and the
attendance good. Betting was brisk on
ear n event. Beeswing was the only beatou
favorite, and the books had none the best of
it on the day.
F irst Kaou— Selling, four and one-half fur
longs It was won -asily by three lengths by
In lime, with l ittle Cad second and Mary V.
‘bird. Time 0:67-14.
A“.cond Rack—Selling; five furlongs. Frank
Ellis wnu iu a gallop by five lengths, wi: n
bapuno second and i.ae-ii third. Tune l:OS'-4.
Third Ua< k—Selling, six furlongs Emperor
Fillet won, with Zaupost secoudand Ansel, Jr.,
third. Time
Fourth Kaos—Selling, one mile and a fur
long. Phelan won, with Wedgefleld eecond aud
B>- -swing third. Time 1 :59>4-
Fifth Kacs—Owners’ handicap, six furlongs,
tramp won, with Maud second and iteadin
thirj. Time 1:16-14.
KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN.
Hoc. Thomas Underhill of Volusia the
Victim of an Accident.
DeLasd, Fla., March 18. —Hon. Thomas
Underhill, member-elect of the legislature,
accidentally shot himself with fatal results
near his home at Barberville late yesterday
afternoon. He, his wife and a daughter
were returning from a day’s visit at his
Tick Island grove. Having rescued a land
ing in a severe rain storm, Mr. Underhill
hurriedly jumped from the boat, and while
pulling a rope from the boat hie shotgun.
loaded with No. 8 shot, was accidentally
discharged, the load passing un bis right
thigh and into the lower part of the abdo
men. They were six or eight miles from a
physician and no medical assistance
could he had, or bis life in all probability
could have been saved, as he practically
bled to death. He lived several hours after
the accident, and was conscious up to the
last moment, informing his wife of his
wishes as to the distribution of his large es
tate. He was born at Blackehear. Ga., in
1849.but had lived in and was an honored and
worthy citizen of this county for many
years. He was a self-made man, endowed
with noble traits and Christian character,
and had accumulated in groves, cattle,
lands, saw-mills and other property, a
handsome fortune. He was a Mason iu
high s'anding. The members of tbo lodge
at DeLand will assist in the funeral exer
cises at bis late home, at Barberville, to
morrow.
A SUIT FOR LIBEL.
The Alliance Paper at Swalnsboro in a
Peck of Tr üble.
SwAiifsßOßo, Ga., March 18.—Prof. W.
E. Arnold of the Swainsboro high school
to-day entered suit against the Farmers
and Laborers' Herald, the third party pa
per of this county, for $10,900 for libel. The
ground of the suit is a scurrilous article at
tacsing the private character of Prof. Ar
nold, denouncing him as a Judas Iso-mot
No. 2, a renegade and perjurer. He also
swore out a warrant for H. L. Smith, the
editor of the paper, for libel. Smith was
arrested yesterday, aud will be tried at an
early date in the county court.
Many Mortgages In Carroll.
Carrollton, Ga., Starch 18.— The
county clerk of Carroll oounty says tnat his
records show that more mortgages have
been recorded this year than any year for
years. The books show that 360 mortgages
have been recorded since Jan. 1. This is
nearly double the amount for the same time
last year. The mule trade of the town la re
sponsible for many of these nn rtgages.
There have been over 400 mules sold in town
since Jan. 1.
McGlynn Going North.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 18.—Father
McGlynn leaves Monday for Charleston,
thence for Washington, thence for New
York, and iu a week or two hence for Home.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN BELGIUM
Its Abolition Attended by a Great In
crease In Capital Crime.
From the St. James Oasette.
The race of public executioners is not
wholly extinct in Belgium, althougn the
office has been little more than a sinecure
for nearly half a century. The other day
the headsman of Brussels was borrowed by
headsmanless Bruges to go through with
becomtug soletnuity the exceedingly silly
ceremony of nailing to a post a sentence of
imprisonmentpronounoed indefaulton some
petty larcener. Antwerp almost simul
taneously obtained a loan for a similar pur
pose of the services of * ‘Monsieur de Liege,"
one Hamel, whose practical acquaintance
with the guillotine ceased in 1855. The dis
appearance of a oondemned convict neces
sitated the journey of M. Hamel to the
lianks of the Scheldt, where he gravely per
formed the same farce as was enacted hv his
colleague of Brussels In the city of Mem
ling. Since 1855 no assassin has perished
on a Belgian scaffold. Last year’s cata
logue of crime in Belgium was long and
terrible; 1893 is still young, but each week
has brought with it some deed of blood.
Within the last few days the Belgian press
has chronicled the deaths by deliberate vio
lence of no fewer than five persons, some of
them being uttended with circumstances of
aggravation which beggar description. In
view of this state ot affairs the Belgian
.Yews asks whether this long suspension,
amounting to almost abolition, of capital
punishment has or has not been for the pub
lic good, and suggests that in spite of the
great aversion whioh King Leopold Is
known to feel to signing a death warrant.the
amended Belgian constitution must (leal
effectually with a state of things which has
insensibly rendered negative aud illusive
that most salutary clause of the Belgiau
penal code whioh should, undor other cir'
cumstauces, strike terror into the hearts of
evil doers.
Anedote Of Gon. Beauregard.
The death of Gen. Beauregard recalls to
an old contributor to Harper's Weekly the
unusual oiroumstauces under which his
last interview with Beauregard took place.
He writes:
"When in confederate service I was
thrown in with Gen. Beauregard in a fairly
singular manner, and the incident of my
coming across him would have made a
neat episode for Archibald Forties, it was
two days after the fall of Columbia, 8. C. t
and I had been ordered on ticklish
service, which was to scout as near to
Columbia as possible.
"1 had been w rking on from dawn, aud
fairly familiar with the country, avoiding
the roads, I had taken short cuts across the
woods. 1 made out beyond a clump of
trees a man somewhat Napoleonesque in at
titude, for bis bands were clasped behind
his back. He was striding to and fro be
fore some embers. Beering through the
thicket which screened me, I knew it was
Gen. Beauregard. It never would have
done to have bounced in on him. My ar
rival was a surprise. He wheeled qnicsiy*
as if on a pivot, and faced me. I told him
that if he remained an hour more where he
was bivouacking, he stood a fair chance of
being captured.
"rie certainly did not know the danger he
was in, I was probably much more excited
than was Gan. Beauregard, for he received
the information I gave bim with perfect
sang f oid.. Then be called to an officer
woo was his aid, i suppose—who came in
tottering under an armful of wood, and ad
dressed httn in French. As I was familiar
with French; I said, ‘Gen. Beauregard,
English or French are about tho same to
me, bo if you don’t wish me to understand
what you are saying, I had netter go a a ay.’
I again explained conditions to him, giving
bim fuller details In a few minute-i the
mule was harnessed, the wagon crashed
through the nrush, and that was the last I
saw of Gen. Beauregard.
“Wanting to leara whether he remem
lered the incident, I wrote him in No
vember, 1884. and this ais portion of his
courteous reply: ‘I have a recollection of the
incident. I have no doubt that you saw
tne much troubled iu mind when
you came suddenly upon me on the
road. ;i wa- still iu doubt as to
which routs tb follow.’
•'Two hours afterward five companies of
UDited States cavalry, 400 strong, were
scouring that South Carolina wood.”
A Sea Captain's ReciDi for Plum Duff.
Fiom the Boston Transcript.
Put your flour in the pan. You want
some sour dough. Let it rise. Stir in some
baiting powder, according to how much
you make, so much for a quart, and so
much for a pint. You want a bag to put it
in ■an old stocking is be ter. Put the plums
in the bottom of the bag. Cook it till done.
Have tho Steward put the end with plums
next the captain, and the end without plums
next the mate.
Tint executive duties of First Vice President
Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania road have
been Increased, so as to Inc ude some that have
hit ertofore been performed by President
Roberts.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1893-SIXTEEX PAGES,
IN A MOORISH HAREM.
BUT LITTLE OF THE LUXURY RO
MANCE GIVES IT.
In Bare, Cold, Cheerless Rooms Wo
men Pass Their Aimless Lives—Even
In Morooco, Though, One Sometimes
Finds a Case of True Love.
From the Berlin Der Bazar.
In my first peregrinations through the nar
row, dirty 8 tree is of Tangier, trie ffreater part
of the people I encountered belonged to the
stronger sex—men In soiled dark blue kaftans
made of coarse mater al, bare-headed, bare
footed and barelegged; swarthy bedouins
from the deserts of the interior, and members
of the warlike tribes from the Atlas mountains;
men everywhere In diverse costumes, repre
senting ail races; and as I was passing along
slowly, riding on my little, sleepy donkey,
I almost despaired of meeting a feminine fig
ure.
The few women I met afterward passed
stealthily by the dirty, windowless houses with
their faces so covered with thick white cloth
that only their large, melancholy black eyes
were visible, while they wore large wooden san
dals on their naked feet. These evidently be
longed to the poorer classes.
Now and then w§ were surprised by the ap
pearance of odd looking beings with uncovered
fact s, but painted with a fiery red, surm~>umed
by eyelashes ami eyebrows dyed in the deepest
black.
They were dressed in variegated garments,
and their necks and arms sparkled with silver
ornaments and coins. My dragoman, Mus
tapha. informed me that they were Jewesses,
who were as numerous in Tangier as in other
parts of Mopxjco. None but Jewish women are
permitted to go through the streets w ith un
veiled faces.
Near the large Moorish gate of the fort we
were approached by a little girl dressed in
ALL THE COLORS OF TUB RAINBOW’,
apparently Bor 9 years old. Her little face was
not veiled but was covered with a bright rouKO,
and she had painted her hands so skillfully
with henna that it appeared as if she wore
orange-colored gloves.
S e smiled pleasantly to Mustapha as we
passed, who told m * that it was his little sister,
who was married two mouths ago. A wife 8
years old.
Shortly afterward we halted before a massive
gate, the arch of which spanned the narrow
street. Here was one of the nareras which we
had proposed to visit. A Jewess, arrayed in a
loud dre® of orieutal pattern, adorned also
with cheap jewelry, received us at the door and
invited us to enter.
The gentlemen of the company were, of
course, anxious to be with us, but their attempt
to enter acted upon the little band of soldiers
who were recliniug on the stone benches near
tne gate like an electric shock, whose cries of
“Harem 1 harem!” warned ray inquisitive
friends away.
My inaid, Sophie, and I followed the Jewess
through a long, dark corridor, which led into
the patio, the square court to he found in a l
oriental dwellings A splashing fountain spread
an agreeable coolness over the surrounding
galler.es.
Marble pillars supported the lower gallery,
and between these pillars were the large doors
that lei into uninviting, murky little rooms.
The whole possessed me with singular and mys
terious impressions.
I bad found bouses of similar architecture in
Andausia, but there the walls had windows,
the courts were filled with flovt r.*, palm and
banana trees, and betweeu the massive columns
beautiful cages were suspended, where tne
constant 6ongs of the birds delighted the
visitors.
But this was all missing here, while the bare
walls were damp and dirty, and everything bore
the marks of
NEGLECT 2ND INDOLENCE.
I ascended the damp stone stairs and was
ushered into an oblong room, where, upon a
floor inlayed w.th azuleyos (glazed tiles), six
homely old wc men 6at od a rug They seen ed
to have just partaken of their afternoon tea, as
in the middle of the rug stood the teapot and
the empty cups.
It In remarkable that here in Morocco, the
most Mohammedan of countries, the national
drink is not coffee but tea. Neither the ladies
of the harem nor the large cat that was also
sti etched on the rug appeared to be much dis
turbed by our visit; cney greeted us simply
with a slight nodding of the head, expressive of
extreme indifference, showing that we were not
welcome.
It was a dreary apartment, devoid of furni
ture; notuchait or divan was to be seen in
this most inhospitable plaoe. Our cicerone
answered my questions only with monosyliabio
incomprehensibilities, as she could sp-ak only
in Arabic and understood but little Spanish.
Nevertheless, the very sight of these apa
thetic old women was of great interest to me.
Here, crouched together in the middle of a
large, damp apartment, devoid of everything
that makes home comfortable, tiiey spend the
greater part of the day for wesks an 1 months
and years, with no diversion of pleasant out
ings to change the miserable monotouy of tiieir
existence.
It is true that their bodies are bedecked with
costly silks and satins and precious jewels, gold
embroidered garments, diamond-studded brace
lets, n-cklaees and brooches. But can we con
ceive of female happiness without looking
glasses, p c ures and portraits, tables, tete a
tetes, rockers, wardrobes and the thousand and
one art cles and knick-knacks of European and
American homes?
WHAT CARE THESE
about their households? All the work is done
by female slaves. They neither sew nor knit
nor crochet, and they can neither read nor
write, Their master is their only male visitor,
and look :ig at the e specimens of my sex I
oould no: help pitying the lord of the harem.
I begged the attendant to show me the bed
rooms of the ladies. Sue led the way across the
patio to a large dreary dormitory iu wuich she
said they all slept.
Not a window in tho room, all the sunlight
that ever penetrates there comes through the
open door, which was hermetically closed at
night. This room was also bare ot furniture,
except that behind several portieres we beheld
a few Moorish mattresses with plain calico
coverings. These wers the beds.
Tuev know nothing of linen sheets, pillows,
quilts and Man-els. I looked in vain for mirrors
and toiler articles.
They evidently keep all these things "out of
sight,'' for judging !rom the appearance of
tueir h* r they devote much time to their
coiffure aud their painted faces, eye brows and
hands, and although not artistically finished,
yet denote that much care is bestowed on them.
They perform their ablutions in common at
the fountain in the patio in summer aud winter,
anoth-r reason why strange men were pro
hibited from visiting the harems.
A drenching rain, which threatened to last all
day, was not a happy omen for the visit on the
foilowmg day, which we bad purposed to pay to
a harem of much greater distinction.
Tne house before which we halted belonged
to oue of the most distinguished officials in Tan
gier, but
IT DIFFERED IN NOWISE
from the poor, windowiess structures of the
neighborhood.
The subjects of bis despotic majesty, who
rules over their life and death, family and pos
sessions, are in constant fear of being robbed
of tin ir property by this tyrant, so they dare
not display any luxury or wealtn.
But although 1 knew this I was chagrined
when, passing through the long corridor, 1 came
in the patio.
In the Alhambra, and in the Alcazar of Se
ville. in tho Moorish palaces of Spain, 1 had
Bien the extravagance and architectural
splendor which the see scors of the Taugicraus
had intro iuced there, so I hoped to see some
sign of th s former glory In this Moorish
dwelling.
It is true that th * patio was surrounded by
largi columns of beautiful marine, but they
were iu bad repair; of the glass dome overhead
most of t io paaes were broken, so tnat the ran
dropped down on our faces os we walked about
inspecting the naileries.
Hero again we were received by a Jewess.
Sin bad bsen ins ructe l to bid us welcome and
to conduct us through the harem. As we
reached the first gallery we were in t by a lady
w,th very refined features, who accosted us
with a friendly mien.
I learned that she represented the whole
karem ail by herself, that she was the only wife
of Abd’cl Falem Reschid. and hero 1 portrayed
myself a harem idled with a great variety of
eastern beauties.
Lop r 1 heard the simple and touching history
of tuis pale arid melanchi 1/ lady. She was the
daughter of a rich and influential > oorisb
family and bad been given In marriage as a
mere child to the motner of her present hus
band. lie died aad bequeathed all bis property
to her.
IT WAS A CASE Or TRUE LOVE
and she never thought of a second marriage
But the brother in law continued to importune
her, and did all in his power to induce tne con
sent of the family. Si e succeeded for a long
time in eluding oer lover until the latter in
voiced the interf rence of the sultan, who toler
ated no objections.
The bold lover, however, had to give her his
solemn promise to take no second wife as long
an s e lived. Resohid sept his vows, aud it was
sai l that > he was now happy, although I mast
nay her melancholy countenance did not con
firm this rumor.
bbe bad a pretty Uttle 6-year-old daughter
who seemed to take great delight in exhibiting
to us all the treasures -f her rich toilet. A ith
a naive and honest vanity she would bring one
article after another and oflfer It for our inspec
tion, craving our Sb* was already
betr< thed aud is t<A>e married two years hence-
As we ueecended again into the patio I t*?beld
a pathetic scene Issuing against one of the
marble pillars stood a little 7-year-old girl in
coarse apparel. She greeted us with a pleasant
•mile and looked on us with great curiosity.
But Sa ita. the child of the house. wr:o had
accompanied downstairs, ran to her and
pulled her hair and clothing, *nd attera ted to
tease her in many ways, which she bore with
patient indifference.
It was a little orphan, the daughter of a de
ceased slave (slavery is still in vogue all o er
Morocco), who was allowed to remain as slave
aud playmate for the daughter of the house
On tne road home I coui l not help thinking
of the sad condition of the Moorish lad leg. which
in dreams is j ictured to us as the lie plus ultra
of a most agr cable existence free from cares
and paiufui duties. How different is the reality 1
PHYSIOGNOMY.
Characteristics Indicated by the Pace
and Parte of the Body.
From the St. LouU Globe-Democrat ,
A dry eye means a bard heart.
Brown eyes are the most Kindly.
Voltaire had the typical fox f*>ce.
A pouting upper lip indicates timidity.
Italians have the best mouths and chins.
Black eyos are the most rash and impetu
ous.
An insignificant noee means an insignifi
cant man.
An open mouth is a sure sign of an empty
head.
Very large, thick lipe are a sign of sensu
ality.
Coarse hair always indicates coarse organ
ization.
Very full cheeks indicate great digestive
powers.
A double chin is Invariably a sign of a
lover of the table.
Pointed noses generally belong to meddle
some people.
Blue eyes belong to people of an enthusi
astic turn of mind.
Large eyes In a small face always betoken
malicious ess.
There are types of faces among men as
among animals.
Narrow, thin nostrils indicate small lungs
and low vitality.
Power of language is indicated by fullness
beneath the eyes.
A retreating chin shows lack of resolu
tion.
If the forehead be shorter tbui the nose
the sign is of stupidity.
Oblique eyes are unfavorable; they show
cunning and deceit.
An oblique mouth is a bad sign; It indi
cates a crocked character.
English-speaking people have the best
foreheads and eyebrows.
A steely blue eye is often the sign of a mer
ciless disposition.
The most prominent French characteristic
is the prominent nose.
Fine hair generally betokens native good
taste and intelligence.
Double lips are unfavorable, indicating a
tendanoy to grosiuess.
Large, wide-spreading nostrils show
ample lungs aud good health.
Bhort, thick curly har is an indication of
groat natural strength.
Very tightly closed Ups are usually found
in secretive characters.
Irregular teeth generally indicate lack of
culture and refinement.
Freckles, like red hair, are an indication
of an ardent temperament.
A long forehead indicates intelligence; a
short forehead, activity.
The ridge of the perfect nose should be
broad and almost straight.
A curling upper Up betokens a supercili
ous and haughty temperament.
A projecting under lip indicates ostenta
tion. self-oonoeit aud folly.
The chief characteristics of a broad face
are inflexibility and obstinacy.
A money lover carries his head inclined
forward and a little to one side.
Gray eyes are generally found associated
with prudence ami forethought.
Daniel Webster had the typical lion face;
heavy, strong and snturmoe.
A pale complexion indicates a weak con
stitution, ofteu heart trouble.
A broad, oouspiouous forehoad always in
dicates great mental penetration.
Projecting, rolling eyes belong to people
destitute of genuine veneration.
Thd snub uose is peculiar to Russians, Es
quimaux, Tartars and Africaus.
A mouth exactly twice as broad as the
eye shows dullness of apprehension.
Warts on the cbin or neck indicate indus
trious, active, sanguine persons.
Any ms. ked peculiarity ot countenance
indicates some peculiarity of mind.
A projecting nose aud mouth show self
confidence, impudence and rashness.
Thick, heavy, regularly-arched eyebrows
always indicate sound judgment.
The best noses always show a concavity
between tbe nose and ths forebead.
Noses wbiob wrinkle easily are rarely
found in men of good natural disposition.
Very small, tliln e<rs are usually asso
ciated with great delicacy and refinement.
High cheek bones always indicate great
force of character in some direction.
Fullness of tbe temples is supposed to
show powers of mathematical calculation
First impressions in tbe study of counte
nances are always tbe most reliable.
The Homan no-e shows tbe greater charac
ter; the Greek nose the greater taste.
Half-shut eyes show great natural shrewd
ness, together with a lack of sincerity.
The man whose temples are full in the
lower part is apt to be a great lover of eat
ing.
A small mouth, with nose and nostril also
small, shows indecision and cowardice.
Individuality is indicated by a promi
nence of the forehead just above the eye
brows.
A head flat on the top indicate) lack of
reverence.
Slow-moving eyes are always found in
the heads of persons of prudenoe and ability.
Hmall black eyes, under strong eyebrows,
always indicate cunning and iienetration.
An irregular, knotty forehead is a sure
sign of a bold, original and investigating
mind.
Avery short upper lip indicates liveli
ness of disposition, though not ulways kind
liness.
B’rong eyebrows betoken not mental but
physical power; when shaggy, laok of
culture.
Parallel, oblique wrinkles in the forehead
are always signs of a weak, suspicious mind.
Combativeness is indicated t.y a swelling
of tbe bead just above aud a little tehiud
the ear.
The perfect forehead ends with almost
horizontal eyebrows, clear, heavy and well
defined.
The typical monkey face may be seen al
most any day on the streets or at the mati
nees.
Smooth, fin) hair, of whatever color, al
ways shows some degree of taste and refine
ment.
Eyes with long corners and thick lids that
cover naif the pupil are always indicative of
talent.
Delicate features are never found in the
faces of men of low organlzati in or ooarse
habits.
The greater tbo angle made by the eye in
profile with the mouth the greater the stu
pidity.
A deep cavity between the nose aod the
center of the upper lip is a sigu of wit and
cunning.
A mouth that, when viewel in profile,
turns up in a curve wheu smiling is a sigu
of frivolity.
A small nead does not necessarily mean
little wit, the old adage to the oontrary
notwithstanding.
A forebeud rounded et the upper temples
indicates large imagination, mirthfulness
aud good nature.
A conceited man is apt to walk with the
lower part of his laoe thrown out, a man of
wisdom and modesty with tbe lower part
drawn in, the forehead meantime inclined
forward.
His Sister's Suitor—Here, Ralph, is a
quarter; now tell me what your sister ssys
about me, Ralph—Gimme another quarter
and 1 won't tell you what she says about
you.—. Puck.
TELFAIR ACADEMY.
A Plan to Get a Great Pict
ure for It.
The Morxino Nkwr t>el:xa th posses
sion by the Telfair academy of one of the
great pictures that will be exhibited at ths
Columbian fair would give pleasure to ail
the friends of the Academy. Wby not raise
an amount sufficient to purchase one of
them! The Academy's friends nan easily do
it. If each one of them will give the under
taking bis support the thiug will be accom
plished.
The Academy has many friends, and they
are not confined to this city or state. They
are to be found in many states, for of tne
thousands of visitors to the city within the
last two or three years from all parts of the
country, many of them have passed pleas
ant hours viewing its treasures. From some
of these help may be expected.
Of course Bavanuabiaoa will respond gen
erously, and so will Georgians outside ot
Savannah, Ihe Academy is in facta south
ern institution. It is the only Aoade
my of fine arts south of Washington.
The sources therefore from whioh assistance
may be booed for are many.
Subscriptions will be received by the
Morning News and promptly acknowl
edged in the oolumn that will he devoted to
that puru >se. Let every friend of ths
Academy help In this undertaking and the
institution will h ive among its collection
ono of the great pictures of the Chioago
Exposition
The Mohnino Nkws subscribes. SIOO 00
A Friend of the Academy 100 00
The T elfair Ladies' Literary aud Art
Association .'. 862 00
Tne late Chester Newell 60 00
Art Dramatic Association 112 21
A Member of tue Board of Managers 280 00
R-DMunford 60 00
George H. Stone, M. 1) 60 01
L. G. Young 5 (JO
Albert H. Slape, Salem. N. J 1 00
George Hires. Salem. N. J 1 00
Enclosed please And a small donation
to the fund you are endeavoring to
create, and I wish you all possible suc
cess— B. Fritz, Cincinnati 10 00
A Friend 25 00
EC. Pacettt 6 00
A Friend of Art—l have but little my
self, but gladly assist 200
MB. RUCKEK’S HAT.
A Washington Editor Thinks He
Should Have Gone Back for It.
FVom the Washington Btar.
Teenie Rucker of Georgia is much less
politio than he should be and may yet be
offieele,! when such other eminent Geor
gians as Pod Dismuke, Dink Bolts and
Potsdam Sams are reveling in official lux
ury. Teenie Ruoker lost his hat while call
ing upon President Cleveland and was com
i elled to wait bareheaded until Speaker
Crisp oould purchase anew piece of bead,
gear. Yesterday the P.esideut notified
Teenie Rucker that the mislaid hat
had been found and might be nailed
for nt any time. That was much more
of an Invitation than has been given to
thousands of waiting democrats, but
Teenie Rucker says he will not go bsoic to
the white bouse tor any hat; he i as anew
one; what he wants is a situation. In
reaching this conclusion to ignore the presi
dential courtesy Tea de Ruuker has un
doubtedly committed a grave error. If he
thoug t to impress the nation's chief with
indifference as to a mere hat he erred egre
gtously, tor this is the era of economy, and
the man who is careless as to his personal
property will hardly fit into a government
which is to be constructed, if the House
idea prevails, on the saviugs hank principle.
If he Imagined that the President would
keep the hat and send him an appointment
in its stead then he was wrong again. Per
haps Teenie Rucker's blunder may not be
fatal in its effects, but it lookß to an un
prejudiced observer as though Teeuie
Rucker was standing on oue ot his own
feet while the balance of the procession was
moving toward the green pastures and still
waters reserved for the faithful. Already
has Cooper Pope been provided for, aud
there is easy possibility of success in tbo
campaigns of Potsdam Sam, Pod Dismuke
and Dink Butts, l ut beyond these there are
clouds. If Teenie Ruoker cares to acoept
a little friendly advice he wdl oall for that
hat. He may not care to wear it now that
he has anew one, but on a pinch he can use
it to talk through.
A tad R*turn From Inauguration.
trom the Courier-Journal.
“Just before we left Washington on our
homeward journey ."remarked a prominent
member of the Bandana Club yesterday
afternoon, ‘ one of tbe other boys and my
self purchased a bottle of very fine liquor.
We thought we would save it for tbo latter
half of our journey, and so did not touch it,
not even removing the tin foil that was
wrapped about the oork. Our oar was very
warm, so in order to keep the whisky cool I
tied a stout cord around the neck of the
bottle and hung it cut of the car window,
tying the other end of the string securely on
the iDside. We stopped for a few moments
at Morehead. My companion and I were
stretched out on one sent of a coach and
were both thinking of tbe whisky. I had
hold of the string.
“ 'I say, Bill,’ said ray friend, ’let’s take a
drink o’the whisky. We are no; so very
far from Louisville, and if we want to drink
it ali before we get there we’d I etter fx gin.’
*•‘O, wait a little while yet,’ I answered,
to tM* him a little, for I was dry, too.
“'O, uo,’he urged; 'let’s drink it now.’
And he tried to reach the string, but 1 kept
him back.
“J ust then there was a tremendous tug at
tho string, whioh broke it in two. We both
looked out of tbe window just in time to tee
a mountaineer making off up tbe street as
hard as be could.
“ ‘Now see what you’ve done, you blamed
fool!’ said my companion, and I was too
much cast down to answer him.”
MKIUCAU
Cures bcrotula
Mrs. R. J. Rowe!!, Medford, Mass., says her
mother has been cured of Scrofula bytheuseof
four bottle3 of PJES'tSSttpJ after having had
much other trs Ifts'bJHTg atmoat, and being
reduced to qui * *to a low condition
of health, as it was thought she could not live.
INHERITED SCROFULA.
(L,jUJiei* UJ Cured my little boy of hereditary
Scrofula, which appeared ali over
f stfiifiMß his face. For a year I had given
npall hope of lm recovery, when finally I sa:-
imluced to use A fcw bottles
cured him, and B>-*?8 > -*?T l lf off no symptoms of
tho disease remain. M..L T. 1.. Mathers,
Mathervllle, Miss
Our book on 8100 I FV>n Dl'-.fv.-* frew
&ROCURIK.~~
FINE HiilS.
Celebrated DAVIS HAMS,
Celebrated FERRIS HAMS,
Celebrated BUSY BEE HAMS,
The Finest HAMS Cured.
AT
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26 Whitaker Street.
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required by county officers for the use of
tbe courts, or for office use. supplied to ardor by
ke MORNING NEWS PRINTING liCRMS, *
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ROLF MWTF ACTT KERR.
AUCTION &AUES PUTUBH DAYs
Commissioners’ Sale
OF
Valuable Land Within the Corporate
Limits of Savannah, Ga,
AT AUCTION.
I. D. &. R, D. LaROCHE, Auctioneers.
Under a decree of the Superior Court of Chat
ham county, tro will sell t>efore tho C urt
Home door, durum tne egal hours of sale, on
TUESDAY, tne 4th day of April, 1893:
Lota 10f>, 111 and 112 of the Springfield plan
tation t act, containing sixty ono (hi) aoren of
land, more or lens, and situated immediately
south of ih - lands of (apts. Blun and Hone
Sale subject to confirmation of court. Terms
at sale. Ti.ese lota may be treated for at pri
vate sale iu the meantime.
CHARLES ELLIS. Br.
GUO Ik. BOUKQUIN,
JOSEPH A. CKONK,
Commissioners.
COURT HOUSE SALE.
WILL OFFER FOR RALE
TUESDAY, APRIL. 4,
One lot at White Bluff, In the center of the
town, on the river front, 92x317 feet.
Al*o, one lot and 2 story housi-*, with eight
rooms.
This is Known as the John Ryan property,
next to property of the histern of Mercy, aud is
beautifully located for a summer home.
Will sell cheap and on easy terms. Oan be
treated for at private sa e
I. 1). & R. D. LaROCHE,
118 Bryau street.
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Hotel Trine for Lease.
V
The magnificent new H >tel Tvbee, situa
ted on tbe south eud of Tybee Island, facing
one of tho most beautiful strands ou tho
Atlantic coast, together with all its appur
tenances, consisting of standing furniture,
bil.iard room, laundry, bath mums and
open-air pavilions, togetf.er with sixteen
acres of land, more or less, upon whioil the
buildings are located, is offered for lease for
oue year, with privilege of a three or a live
yeir lease.
This hotel contains 120 rooms and is fur
nished throughout with artesian wnti-r, and
gas and sanitation is perfect. The dining
rooms having capacity to seat 3‘Jo guests
It is iu direct railway communication sin
the great trunk lines leading int ■ Savain ali.
The property is Id good condition aod ready
for oocupanov. Addres* for particulars,
JAMES R. BHELDON,
Chairman Committee.
AMUSEMENT*.
SAVANNAH THEATBrT
The Only Opera Company of the reason.
ONE WEEK.
MATINEES IV DNESDAY AND SATURDAY,
Commencing MONDAY. Slarch 20.
GRAU’S OPERA CO.
Greatest in America at Popular Prices.
25, 3.1 aud 60 cents. Reserved seats 25c. extra.
Mo day Night BOCCACCIO
Tue-dav Night SAID PASHA
Wedne dv> Matinee.. BOHF IAN GIRL
Wedn sday Night FRABIAVOLO
Thur-day Night MARTHA
1-rtday Nig t CLOVER
Satur ay Matinee FATiMTZA
Saturuay N'iglit GONDOLIERS
Our own Orchestra.
Finest Chorus Ever Heard South'
Seats at Livingstons Pharmacy, March IT,
9 A. at.
ext Attraction—CHAßlTY BALL, March 27.
k.VCU H Si *N 9%
Savannah, Florida and Western
AND
Charleston and Savannah Railways'
EMPLOYES’
Mutual Biiisf Association
SIXTEENTH
I*l - Eicursi
TO
FLORIDA,
April loth, 1893.
RATES FROM SAVANNAH.
To Jacksonville and return $ goo
To St. Augustine and return frQO
To Ruck lodge an l return 1000
To Palatka and return r oo
To Sanford and return 7 00
To Port Tampa and return 11 00
LOW' RATES TO ALL POIN’TS SOUTH OF
JACKSONVILLE.
Tickets to Palat ka an t Sanford are sold via
J., T. and K. W. Ry from .Jankaonvilie, bat ex
cursionists who desire %o visit those pol its via
81. Johns river steamers can do so at the naiua
rate of fare
SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Savannah Mon
day morning, April 10. Tickets are good for
*even days. Excursionists may return on any
day ami on any train over the 8., F. and W. Ry.
up to midnight of April 10.
T © xcursion this year is earlier by flrteea
days than It was last year, and Is given with a
view of affording our patrons an opportunity of
eung those modern woncs of architecture, art
and beauty, the Ponce de Leon. Cordova. Alca
zar and Tampa Bay hotels before the close of
the tourist season
Tickets and any Information that raav be de
sired can be had from the following c<> ram (Meat
W W. DOWELL, Chairman.
John McLaughlin, Jr., P. H. Jearov,
F. T. Nichols, D. J. Fravsr.
Jno. E Maoi irk, C. H. Carroll,
Jno. D. Leigh, K. M. Haderskait,
W. R. Pinckney, rt. Okring.
B P. Lockwood, James L. Gallaohei,
J. W f . Chandler, W W. Hitarpk.
AUCTION HALES FI TI KE OAY*
Ad Ebaot liesideace
0
AT PUBLIC SALE
On the Premises at 4 o’clock,
Thursday, March 23, 1893.
C. H. DOHSETT. Auctioneer,
Will sell on the premises. No. 213 Whitaker
street, near Wald burg, the elegant Brick
Residence with Mansard Roof, but recently
completed, and not yet occupied.
This house was built with unusual care and
i no expense was spared to combine in it all that
is desirable In a home to secure comfort, con
; vience and elegance
There are large parlors and dining rooms*
Mpacious servant's quarters, six large bed cham
j hers, store rooms and closets, tiled floors in
j halls, bath room and kitchen, hard wood wain-
Hcoting in halls, stairway and other rooms, sta
tionary basins, nickel-plated water pipes and
fixture*, porcelain hath tub, hard wood oabinet
mantels with tiled hearths and facings, full
electrical bell service aud speaking tubes, and
many other points of merit, which must bo
seen to be appreciated.
THE TEKMB ARE EXTRAORDINARILY
I ASX, TO WIT: ,
Three thousand dollars cash, and the balance
Id one, two, three, four and Are years (or leas)
with interest at* |>er cent, payable annually;
deferred payments secured by mortgage.
Residence Sale of FarnUM
Piano, Fine Parlor, Dining Room
and Chamber Furniture
AT AUCTION.
C. H. Dorsett. Auctioneer.
Will sell on TUESDAY, March 21st, 1833. at 84
Gaston, next to corner of Abercorn, at 1U
m , the entire contents of said residence, con
sisting in part of:
HALU—Hat Rack, Umbrella Stand, Carpet,
Stair Carpet.
PARLOR—Carpets, Mathushek Plano, Carpet.
Angora Hug, Elegant Massive Mirror,
Cherry Parlor Set, Lamp Stand, Cherry
Table. Pictures, iirlc a-lirac.
DINING ROOM—Walnut Extension Table,
Marble-top Walnut Sideboard, Book
Case and t everal volumes of Standard
Works. Handsome Clock, Glass and
China s are, set of leather Seat Dining
Chairs, Whist Table, Carpet, Leather
I.ounge.
CHAMBERS— Willow Rockers, Lounges, Single
n and Double Bedsteads, Single Bureau,
Elegant Masuve Walnut Bedstead, Bu
reau nud Wardrobe, Carpets. Clocks,
Oak Set, New Domestic Sewing Ma
chine. Rugs, very fine Spring Mattress,
made to order, Large ROCKERS,
CHAIRS.
KITCHEN—Stoves, New Ice Chest, Pots, Pans,
Crockery, eto.
FEED.
COW FEED.
Combination Steam Cooked Cow and
Horse Feed.
CEREAL FEED.
Mansfield’s Magic Food.
CHICKEN FEED.
W. D. SIMKINS,
FR m E .
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