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A HEAD FROM ARIZONA.
It Once Belonged to an Outlaw and
Ought to Be Worth Thousands.
Bandit, Murderer and Thief A
Record of Crime That Extended
Over .Years—Other Criminals Who
c Dignified Their Crime With His
Name.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
Early in the 70s a young Mexican came
up from Chihuahua and went to work on
a cattle ranch in Arizona. He was ju#t
like any other vaquero for quite a while.
He could ride anything that had hoofs and
spent more on his hat and bridle than he
did on all the rest of his outfit. He got
drunk every pay day just like liny of the
other boys, played monte and growled
when he had to stand the night watch.
One day, just after getting the S3O,
which was his month's, earnings, he got
on a worse tear than usual, and ho had
not got the mescal thoroughly out of his
system .when he was selected by the
major domo to bring a band of cattle in
from one of the outer ranches. It was
an all-night job and the young Mexi
can did not like it. However, he
went along and got tlio cows.
He ought to have been back the next i,a*,
but he wasn’t, and he was missing the
day after that. Then the major domo
went after him. Hedidn’t find him at
the upper ranch, nor had he passed the
branding corral on his way home. At the
little ranch where he had gathered up
cattle all the tracks pointdd the. other
way. He had not even started to ctfmo
back. They found some of the hides and
more of the beef in a Imi teller shop at Tuc
son. and pretty soon it was the sheriff
who was looking for the young Mexican.
He found him eating supper at a ranch
on the Quijotoa road and arrested him.
They started back together, but they
never got to Tucson. Next day the dep
uty sheriff’s body was found by the road
side.
The young Mexican’s name was Ge
rouimo. Geronimo Baldon, they called
him on the company's pay-roll, hut
through the yeurs that followed, he
changed his name every time he changed
his horse, and that was whenever he
found a better one.
Geronimo’s head is now in San Fran
cisco. His body was food for coyotes
years ago.
Geronimo never was pretty to look at,
and death and mummification hare not im
proved his features.
That head, before he got through with
it. assumed a great value. To begin with,
there was the reward offered for him be
cause of the murder of the deputy sheriff
and the company's reward for his appre
hension as a cattle thief. He wore the head
for ten years after this and each year saw
au increaso in its value. When he
killed the deputy, Geronimo found
himself witli two good horses, a riiie, a
six-shooter-and au excellent stock of am
munition. He knew there would be other
deputy sheriffs after him, and he knew
that ho matter what he did now his pun
ishment woiira be no greater. So he
went into the bandit business and soon
arose to the heaa of his profession in the
territory. There w-ere stages running all
over the southern country at that time
and most of them carried bullion. If
they didn't have bullion on board there
was pretty sure to be a mining expert or
a visiting mining president, or something
of that sort to make a hold-up worth
while. It got so that the mere appear
ance of Geronimo along the roadside
would stop a stage.
He was not a courteous highwayman
like Claude Duval, and he did not write
poetry like Black Bart, but he was prob
ably more effective as a stage robber
than either; nor did he confine his at
tention entirely to the road. There were
lots like him in that section of Arizona,
and he could always get men to help him
run off a baud of cattle or rob a lonely
mountain store. He didn’t get away
with all his enterprises, however, and
he saw the inside of several jails in the
course of his career, but he was always
willing to take chances, and no adobe
prison could bold him. If there was a
jailer in the way Geronimo or his
friends attended to him. Once he
nearly reached the end of his rope in
Solomonville. A posse got him in a blind
canyon in the San Francisco mountains
and after shooting a few holes through
his legs and arms, secured him. It was
some time before he was well enough to
be tried. He had sufficient sense to keep
up the appearance of weakness as long as
possible. By the time the doctors and
the county authorities thought he was
well enough to totter to the court house,
he was really in condition for a prize
tight or a foot race. No one knows yet
exactly how he did it, but on the morning
that he was to go to court, the jailer en
tered his cell to wake him and foi/nd un
der the covers no bandit at all, but merely
pillovvs and other things bundled up to
look like a man.
He of course knew every- foot of the
mountains and deserts in the southeastern
corner of the territory, and had friends in
hiding places in all sorts of unlikely
spots. He was'heard of after his escape
m Yavapai county. A saloon row started
over some alleged crooked dealing in a
faro game, and when the smoke of the
pistols hud cleared away there were three
dead men on the floor. The smoke was
not all that disappeared. The Mexican
wno started the light was gone, and so
" a • the money that the faro dealer had
stacked on liis table —just as shopkeepers
have their displays in show windows,
l he Mexican was Geronimo Baldon. One
of the dead men was his partner; the
other two Were the dealer and lookout of
the faro came.
After Ge|penimo had got his reputation
hi 1 in Ariiono as a killer aud all-around
criminal, he was identified as Cipriano
A beiais. for whom the Mexican authori
-s had a stone wall and a file of soldiers
Suiting for a number of years. Cipriano
"as the head of quite a hand of bandits
wh,, rendezvoused in the Sierra Madre.
they committed all manner of depreda
tions and defied the soldiers and ciyil au
, 'amities of Chiliauhau and Sonora for a
“”..i time. Their last big achievement
■ the conquest of the town of Las
, ' Pas. They actually held the town for
> days and finally went off laden with
a’ot. So much did they attempt to carry
ii.at the soldiers overtook them and in
. nattle that followed the bandits were
Pre.iv well cleaned out. Cipriano es
aped, nor was he heard of again until
1 j,, ronimo he was continuing this same
''i > o. ousiness ou the American side of
the fine,.
Ihe rewards on his head in Arizona
V ; , v Mexico reached an astonishing
j.A 1 ‘ ■ hut-there were not a great many
who cared to attempt to
1 is unlikely that Geronimo committed
ii,, '’ niT ! l -' s that were charged to him.
wh, h ’ i l h'rcat convenience to many men
bur i J the opportunity to mislay a
■> ‘in of somebody eise's cows or settle
r i, f fudge from behind a rock in the
th-ir i, • Other road agents, too, found
hit Silve d trouble and. prevented
"*o announce, as they held up a
... that they were Geronimo. In this
em .i„„ ro ‘am# to be half a dozen differ-
E:-,....JthP'ioM of the bandit floating
htiu'h- ’ho territory, and when he was
to „ . htlled, as he corresponded
tiocK *[ i, one °f these descrip-
A mo', , Kre was trouble about the reward.
Gray killed him. Gray and
a bu s :!lan simply wont hunting him as
and 1,0u S v s P ro f>°Bltion. Both were brave
•cuid L,'? on ohicers. They knew they
ei y on one another and they were
experts at quick and long range shooting.
The hunt lasted for several months. They
patieutly followed his trail in the hills,
made long night inarches to surprise him,
lay by the roadside in wait for him and
I never thought of giving up because he
was hard to catch. The Mexican learned
that they were after him and sent word
that he would kill them both if they did
not get out of the hills. They ran on to
him at a stage station at last and almost
before he knew that there was a fight in
progress he was dead.
The two,men were, of course, tremen
dously elate# over their success, and they
packed Geronimo's body out of the moun
tains and claimed the reward. It
amounted to quite a little fortune. Gray
and his companion thought they had
never done so profitable a summer's work,
but they found that getting the reward
was harder work than getting the bandit.
The body did not have the right number
of scars, nor were thescars in the right
place. One sheriff said that Geronimo
was a taller man; another thought that
the dead bandit had too much length.
They compared him with the descriptions
and postponed the payment of the re
wards-. Gray preserved the body as long
as he could. When he had to get. rid of
it, he borrowed an old cavalry saber and
cut off the head, which he kept in a coal
oil can full of alcohol. The
canned head kicked around Gray's
cabin, making him mad, until ho could
stand it no longer. He made one more at
tempt to get the reward, and, failing in
that, he took off half the scalp as a
memento and buried the head in the sand
near Tucson. In addition to his time and
trouble Gray spent several hundred dol
lars trying to get the reward on Geronimo
Baldon.
The head dried up in the sand until re
cently. Then Charles Kobinson of Oak
land, who was down there with a party
of surveyors on the Southern Pacific, dug
it up. He carried it to the survey camp,
and finally brought it to San Francisco.
Wrapped in a blanket and covered with
a gunny sack, the head has for a week
past been in a stable on Fourth street,
near Townsend. The stabiemen have ter
rified the small boys of the neighborhood
with it, and have told any number of
blood-curdling tales about it. It has
stood for the head of John Son tag, Jesse
James and Wild Bill. If half the crimes
attributed to him were of his commission,
lie was a John Sontag, Jesse James ami
Wild Bill rolled into oue.
FRANCE’SFOREIQIT legion.
A Division Composed Principally of
Adventurers and Refugees.
From the New York Recorder.
Probably the most remarkable army di
vision in the world is tho foreign legion
of France. It is this legion which is in
variably sent into the greatest danger.
Asa rule, it heads the forlorn hope.
Whenever there are hardships to be
borne to which tho French authorities do
not care to expose the regular troops the
foreign legion is invariably designated
for the purpose. $
Naturally the question arises; Why is
this so?
The character of the men who fill its
ranks is the explanation.
Almost without exception they are
men who, while brave beyond question,
have a past which they wish to burv.
Many of them are serving under incogni
tos and place no value upon their lives.
Fully 50 per cent, are foreigners—ad
venturers and refugees.
A writer states that in one company he
has found a Roumanian prince, who was
under suspicion of having murdered his
brother; an Italian lieutenant colonel of
cavalry-, bearing an illustrious name, who
had been dismissed from King Humbert’s
army in disgrace in consequence of being
found cheating at cards; a Russian nihilist
who escaped from Siberia; an ex-canon of
the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Paris,
who had been suspended from his eccle
siastical functions in consequence of an
offense committed against public mor
ality ;au English ex-captain of the rifle
brigade and a German count, who had
not only served as a lieutenant in the
First regiment of guards at Berlin, but
who had also hold a position on the mili
tary staff of tho late Emperor of Ger
many.
All these men were serving as simple
privates in the ranks and were subjected
to tho iron discipline for which this corps
is celebrated.
In no other European army are the pun
ishments so severe as in the foreign legion
of France.
FRIGHTFUL PUNISHMENTS.
Composed as it is almost entirely of
social outlaws, men who have in many
cases a criminal record behind them, it is
not astonishing that the utmost severity
is needed to render them subservient to
orders.
The slighest offense or act of aggression
against a superior officer is punished with
death, and during the Tonquin war there
were as many as eleven members of oue
regiment court-martialed and shot in one
day.
The minor offenses are punishable by
the so-called ‘‘silo,” which consists of
burying the prisoner in the sand for hours,
leaving only liis head exposed to the rays
of tho sun by day and to tho stings of
insects by night, and the “crapadine,” in
which the man is bound hand and foot
and left for hours—nay, sometimes days
—on the sand lying helpless, somewhat in
the position of a trussed fowl.
Many of the most famous names of
France have figured at the head of these
regiments.
Among those who have held the rank
of colonel of the foreign legion are found,
for instance, the names of Marshal
Bazaiue, General do Negrier, General
Dupin, who so distinguished himself by
his cruelty during the guerrilla warfare
in Mexico and last but not least, the
brilliant Colonel de Malaret.
The last had in his younger days been
one of the gayest and most popular
officers of the Tuileries and a particular
favorite yf the Empress Eugenie.
Having, however, contracted some hor
rible malady which had practically eaten
away almost one entire side of his face,
he asked for Bnd obtained the command
of a regiment of the foreign legion, anx
ious to serve his country and yet to
withdraw sufficiently from the world to
be no longer exposed to the looks of
horror, disgust and pity which the ap
pearance ot his face excited, not only
among strangers, but even among former
friends.
Ho would arrive on the parade ground
with the hood of his military mantle
drawn over his head, even in the hottest
weather, in such a manner as to shroud
and almost entirely conceal his face. In
deed. one could see little else but his bril
liant, steel-gray eyes piercing through the
gloom. His lips rarely opened save to
order some more or less severe punish
ment.
Very different was General de Negrier,
who was beloved rather thad feared by
these strange troops, of whom it has been
said with some justice that they were a
strange mixture of the chivalrous and
liighminded gentlemen of birth, breeding
and honor, and the most criminal black
guards. ,
Tourists With Their Byes Shut.
From the Philadelphia Record.
“It is a funny thing,’’ said a prominent
Philadelphia artist, who has livedabroad,
the other day, “how some Americans liv
ing in Euro|>o will be Americans still to
the end of the chapter and actually pride
themselves on, living in Home but not
doing as the Homans do. For instance, I
know some Bostonians who have lived in
Paris a number of years, but who have
never in all that time drunk a bottle of
wine, and have their pork and baked
beans for Saturday night supper as regu
larly as if they wore still living in the
Hub. They miss all the flavor of foreign
life in that"way. but when they return to
this country they will huve no trouble in
falling back readily into their old habit*."
THE MOKXING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 29, Im.
OUR ANim REVIEW.
Savannah Still Solid.
A Few Pointers for Business Men,
DON’T HIDE YOUR LIGHT UN
DER A BUSHEL.
Savannah’s business solidity has never
shown forth more conspicuously than
during the past year, and especially so
within the last few months. With great
local losses by reason of the misfortunes
that have befallen the Central railroad,
in which many of her citizens had in
vested large amounts in securities, fol
lowed by a condition iu the business aud
financial circles of tho country the like
of which was never known before. Savan
nah has extended her borders to the ex
tent represented by over a quarter of a
million of dollars, and shows an increase
in other values of as much more, and a
net increase, after deducting from the
shrinkage iu stocks aud bonds, the cause
of which has already been stated, of
$95,682. These are not random figures,
hut arc those taken from the tax digest.
Its financial institutions and its busi
ness men have been tried and not found
wanting. Tho telegraph reports have
daily brought tidings of failures in other
cities, but the great commercial city of
the southeast has had no bad news to
send in return. This record is partly
due to the conservatism of its people, but
is mostly attributable to the fact that it
has a diversified commerce and trndo.
Savannah has no dull season. Business
may be slack at times, but it is never
really dull. Naval stores, cotton, rice,
lumber, vegetables and fruit, keep its
fleets of vessels busy from one year’s end
to another.
One improvement follows another, and
in spite of a close money market, now
buildings continue to grow under the
builders’ hands, and there are no vacant
houses, showing that the city’s popula
tion increases under all conditions.
The Florida and Northern railroad,
which is to give Savannah anew route to
Florida, is nearly ready for trains, and
,with its completion there is very little
doubt that anew through line to the
north will be established, via tho South
Bound railroad. The latter road has
fully realized the anticipations of its pro
jectors and builders by opening up a mag
nificent country to the business men of
Savauuah, who have reaped tho benefit
of a lucrative trade.
The trade on the lines of tho Savannah
Florida and Western Railway lias been
fully up to the standard, when the finan
cial condition of tho country is taken into
consideration, and the same may be said
of the Central Railroad. Both of these
great systems are in splendid condition
for handling the business of the territory
through which their lines extend, their
equipments being larger and better than
they have ever been.
The 26-foot, project is in course ol suc
cessful solution. The engineers and con
tractors are pushing the work rapidly,
and the completion of the improvement of
the river is iu the very near future. Deep
water at Savannah will not only have a
beneficial effect upon the commerce and
growth of the city, but will advance the
interests of the entire state of Georgia,
and the southern tier of states.
The reports of the incoming crop are
very favorable, and the outlook is that
planters wJU bo rewarded for their self
denials during the planting season, by re
ceiving fair prices for their crops. The
unusual condition of money matters will
necessarily retard the crop in getting to
market, but this will he advantageous, as
it will help to keep up prices. If the crop
should be rushed in, in the present state
of money affairs, it would result in mak
ing very low prices. It will probably
come in gradually and will bring prices
that will be helpful alike to the producer
aud the merchant.
On the whole the outlook for the city,
and the country with which it has close
business relations, is very hopeful.
The Morning News and the Weekly
News are the great advertisers of the
city, and through the columns of these
journals the commercial affairs, re
sources and general news are heralded to
the world. It is qn important business
duty of every merchant of Savannah, at
the opening of the business season, to in
form the farmers and merchants of the
surrounding country of their facilities
for handling tho great volume of trade
which belongs to thiscity.
Every business man and business enter
prise should have something to say to the
readers of the Morning News through
its advertising columns. The Morning
News wants the immense trade of Geor
gia, Florida and South Carolina to icorae
to Savannah, and to that end it proposes
to devote, through its Annual Trade Re
view, its best efforts to convincing its
readers that the merchants of this city
are energetic and enterprising. Agents
of the Morning News are promptly osent
into all territory opened to Savannah by
railroads. These gentlemen are tho avant
couriers of Savannah and tho Morning
News to the people, and they assure our
new-made friends that our merchants and
citizens generally are glad to know them
and want closer social and business rela
tions.
This is the season for liberal advertis
ing. The farmers and country merchants
are daily reading the Morning News.
They read the advertisements of the en
terprising merchant. They conclude to
make their purchases at Savannah, and
from those who tell to the world the ad
vantages they ha ve to offer in the way of
business.
The Annual Trade Review will be is
sued early in September. It will contain
a history of the trade during the business
year, showing the deveiopements of tho
past twelve months and the encour
ageingly bright future prospects of our im
portant commercial city.
Every subscriber of the Morning News
and Weekly News will receive a copy of
the Annual Trade Review.
Advertisers get the advantage of reach
ing the thousands of readers of these two
great publications at a cost not exceed
ing thy price of space in either the Morn
ing News or the Weekly News.
Every merchant should be represented.
They cannot afford not to have their ads.
in the Annual Trade Review. It is impor-
tant and necessary that they proclaim
their business advantages to the world.
Tlie live business man knows the value
of advertising.
Those wanting advertising space in the
Annual Trade Review can obtain informa
tion at the office of the Morning News.
Those who so desire will be visited by a
representative of the Morning News.
Telephone 264.
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LADY YANQ YU’S TOILETTE.
In the Boudoir of the Wife of the
Chinese Ambassador.
From the San Frandsco Examiner.
An interview with the wife of the Chi
nese ambassador to America is not the
easiest thing in the world to get. I was
detailed to assault the triple-walleil cit
adel of Chinese etiquette, invade the ulti
mate stronghold of oriental exclusiveness
and ascertain what manner of creature
the swellest Chinese lady in America
might happen to be. But at the Palace
hotel I soon learned that an interview
with her ladyship was. even for a woman,
almost an impossibility; so stringent
are the Chinese customs regard
ing the exclusiveness of a woman of Lady
Yang's social position that no man, other
than her hus! and or a very near kins
man. is allowed to speak to her, and Lady
Yang hasn't a relative here who can
speak English. In fact, the minister him
self as au exclusive person and holds no
ordinary conversation even with his own
people. His cousin. Mr. Kwong, a big,
fat, important looking old Chinese, with
a ferocious gray mustache, conveys the
minister’s messages to his retinue. An
American wishing to speak to the minis
ter must first tell Mr. Chung, the inter
preter, what he wants to say: Mr. Chung
translates tho message to Mr. Kwong,
who can’t speak a word of English, anil
he delivers it to the minister.
I told NJf. Chung rav mission, he inter
preted it to Mr. ICivong, who instantly
disappeared, going, I thought, to tell tho
lady 1 wanted to see her. But I waited
and waited, and Mr. Kwong did not ap
pear.
1 was thinking very seriously of walk
ing in and introducing myself when a
pretty little chamber-maid came tripping
down the hall with a lot of towels over
her arm. Immediately 1 begged the
towels of her, borrowed her cap and
apron and entered the minister's apart
ments.
Lady Yang, hor children and three
maids were in her bedroom. She was in a
long, light ! iue silk dressing-gown that
was made more like a Japanese than a
Chinese garment. She was sitting in a
chair in front of the bureau, looking in
the mirror. Her long black hair was
down and a maid was combing it. Her
three children were playing around her.
The eldest is a hoy six years old, and
the only bit of English he attempted to
speak was “A, B, C, D,” and he repeated
the four letters over and over, seeming to
think they conveyed all he would like to
say to me.
Lady Yang looked at mo severely as I
stood talking to the children after I had
put the towols m their place, but I
dropped on m.v knees and began to play
with one of the little girls. She is really
very cute, a little dirtier than a white
child in the same position would have
been, but then the Chinese children do
not wear ‘‘wash materials” as white
children do.
While 1 played with the child I looked
at tho mother furtively. He toilet was
bewildering as it progressed. The inaid
brought her buck and front liairover tho
middle of a huge black comb that resem
bled nothing so much as a deer's antlers.
It struck out from her head about live
inches on either side, and these lateral
pieces were adorned with red and green
ami ipink artificial roses. Her hair was
coiled about the ’center of the comb in a
marvelous manner. A big patch of red
had been put on each cheek and her lips
painted and eyebrows blackened before I
went in.
Lady Yang is taller than the average
Chinese woman and very thin. She has
big feet, though she tries to conceal that
fact by wearing a sort of a square heel
under the middle of her slippers that
makes her walk as awkwardly as the
typical Chinese belie. Her little girls’
feet are not bound as Chinese baby girls’
generally are.
Several of the other Chinese gentlemen
have their wives with them. Mr. Shu,
who expects to be consul general, and Mr.
Hoo, who will probably be secretary to
the minister when the appointments are
made in Washington, kindly introduced
me to their wives, who speak only the
Chinese language. Mr. Shu does not
speak English, so Mr. Chung volunteered
to act as interpreter for us. Mrs. Shu
does not appear to be over lfiyearsof age.
She is a bright little woman, anil has feet
smaller than most 2-ycar-old American
babies have, but the way she gets about
in them is marvelous.
The rigor of Chinese etiquette was man
ifest during this interview. Though Mr.
Shu was iu the same room with us acting
as interpreter, lie addressed my questions
to Mrs. Lhu to her husband, who repeat
ed them to his wife as though she hail
not heard the interpreter’s voice. She
answered her husband, and he gave iier
answers to Mr. Chung, who finally told
me what she had said. It was about as
slow as getting messages from the spirit
land.
Only once during our conversation did
she manifest any animation, and that was
when 1 asked if she thought a man
should have more than one wife. Her
husband didn't repeat thequestion to her,
hut answered it himself, saying that as
she had been raised in China, where it
was customary for a man to have several
wives, she thought it was all right; but
she evidently did not. for she shook her
head most emphatically and held up one
finger.
Insect Life in Kansas.
From the Pittsburg (Kan.) Letter to Chicago
Herald.
The hot, stifling air brings fresh terrors
in tho form of winged insects and things
that creep. Bugs as big as clothespins
pounce upon the wayfarer and claw and
scratch until hurled from tho neck anil
stamped under foot. Then there is a
green bug which comes out of the night
like a rifle shot and sinks all its feet into
one’s flesh. This beast is now in season.
Grasshoppers as iong as the little finger of
a grown man crawl leisurely up the
screen of your window, stopping from
time to time to take observations and fin
ally tumbling back into the street to find
temporary lodgment in the whiskers of
tho native, who is almost certain to be in
range.
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time as it is voluntarily given up.
I HILL’S CHLORIDE OF GOLD TABLETS are
for sale by all first-class druggists at $i per packages
BEWARE OF FRAUD.
The wonderful success of Hill’s Tablets has caused
many worthless imitations to be placed upon the mar
ket. If your druggist does not keep Hill's Tablets,
but offers you something “just as good," shun it—he
is deceiving you in order to sell something in which
there is a greater profit.
REMKMBKR, we guarantee a complete and per.
manent cure,or failing, will refund the money paid us.
| FRKK. A pamphlet of particulars together with
testimonials from persons who have been cured by tho
use of our Taulkts, w’ill be sent free on application,
i If your druggist does not keep Hill's Tablets, send
ns SI.OO and we will forward you package by mail
Address THE OHIO CHEMICAL. CO.,
S'. 53 & 55 Opera Block, LIMA, OHIO
WILL SEND THE BONES TO CHINA.
Skeletons Exhumed in San Francis
co’s City Cemetery.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
To Canton tho bones of fifty dead
Chinamen are soon to go. Permits were
given yesterday by Health Officer Keeney
for tlie disinterment of that number of
bodies, and the work of digging up the
bout's at onee began.
The exhumation is made under the di
rection of an agent of tlie King of Chow
Company, oue of the powerful Six Com
panies, and he is giving his personal atten
tion to the matter. Asa fee of $lO is de
manded for a permit for tlie removal of
each coffinful of bones, the Chinese agent
manifested a determination to get the
full worth of tho #SOO that he was com
pelled to pay before ho was .permitted to
turn a shovelful of earth.
The contract was awarded to a firm of
white men who are experts in the- busi
ness of removing bodies, and they expect
to make wages, though they receive only
30 cents for each skeleton recovered.
When bodies are buried in clay soils the
disintegration is slow, and even after tho
lapse of six years, tlie time that these
bodies have been iu tlie ground, there is
much difficulty in preparing the bones for
shipment.
The sandy loam of the City cemetery,
where these bodies have been resting,
acted as if by magio on the fleshy tissues
of the bodies, anil in every grave opened
yesterday tlie hones were entirely di
vested of skin and flesh, leaving the bony
tissue as clean as if it had been scraped
The process of exhuming the hones is
simple and effective. When the mound
of the grave is located, a long steel rod,
called a “trying bar,” is thrust down
into the sand to the ilept li of six feet.
when the coffin is definitely located, a
couple of white men with shovels,quickly
throw out the sand. The coffin generally
a flimsy affair, is usually decomposed, and
is filled with sand. Tlie contents of the
coffin soon rest on the ground outside the
grave, anil the work of collecting the
fragments is quickly completed, lnorder
to make sure of getting the smaller bones,
the sand is dumped into a coarse sieve,
and by a sifting process the minor osseous
remains are soon added to the larger
pieces.
So sharp an expert is tho Chinese
agent that he can tell at a glance if any
important part of the skeleton is missing,
and volubly insists on continuing the
sifting operations until all the bones are
in tlie heap. When all arc collected the
bones are put into a neat box, which is
labeled and made ready for shipment to
China.
MEN AND THEIR MONEY.
People’s Characters Are Revealed By
the Way They Handle Their Cash.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
If you want to know something about a
man's character, watch how he hundles
his money.
The generous, careless man carries liis
money loose in his pocket—copper, silver
aqd gold all mixed up together—aud when
he is going to pay for anything he takes
out a handful and picks out tlie amount
he requires. He seems to have no fear
of robbery, for ho is of a trustful dis
position, and, being perfectly honest
himself, thinks most others must bo like
him.
Of course, he is often cheated and im
posed upon, yet ho never entirely loses
his faith in liis fellow- creatures. A fino
nature is liis—in fact, too fine to cope
with the many greedy, grasping mortals
that flood the world.
The man who, if he has to pay a few
pence, won’t even take the trouble of
counting out the amount of coppers, but
throws down a piece of silver to be
changed—and by tho by he rarely counts
liis change—is a type of “a fool and his
money are soon parted.”
Perhaps a love of display, almost in
separable from such a character, has
something to do with this.
A careful man always carries a purse
and keeps the gold, silver and copper in
different compartments. A man like this
never wastes his money. He values it us
it ought to be valued, and, though not
niggardly, is determined to have his
money’s' worth. He quite believes that
’ any fool can make money, but it takes a
wise man to keep it.”
The, mean man never lets you see wliat
money he l as. When he is going to pay
for anything-he turns his hack to you,
clutches his money tight, and, to so say,
draws it out of his hand, placing the
coins down one by one, for he is loth to
part with them, even for necessaries.
Such a man is not fur removed from a
miser, who rarely carries money about
his person at all, unless it be sewn up in
his clothes.
Remember, tlie man who jingles his
money in ninety-nine eases out of a hun
dred hasn't got much. A hunch of keys
aud a few- coppers make a good deal of
noise.
You Are Thinking
Of a place to spend the summer. Write
now(a postal will do) to the Moming'News
for suggestions and information. Facts
about any summer resort in the world,
any railway time table, the circular of
any hotel or boarding house, sailings of
steamships, hints about routes—whatever
you want to know —will be sent postpaid,
without charge, on application, by spe
cial arrangement with the Recreation
Department of Christian Union. Address
the Morning News, Savannah, Ga. —Ad.
iter Idea of - Troutley—
Haven’t you caught anything yet, my
dear? ’ Mrs. Troutley—No. And that
horrid Miss Finn has caught three since
I’ve been here. I can’t seem to get this
lovely jelly-cake of mine to stuy on the
hook.—Puck.
He—Wo have a clock that says
“Cuckoo.” She—We are going to get one
that says, “What, must you go.”’—Life’s
Calendar.
FALK. CLOTHING CO.
XVF ARE ALWAYS
Apace with the timos sad recognize
the fact that a dollar >llOlllll purchase
considerably more to-day than hereto
fore and have marked our goods ac
cordingly Everybody who needs any
thing in Mon's or Boys’ apparel will
tlnil that they can supply themselves
at prices that will make hardly uny
drain on their purses -Those who do
not need anything but have some
ready money to spare, can make no
better Investment than tosypply their
wants now for next spring and summer,
Falk Clothing Cos,
The Childrens Suits we are now
selling are heavy enough for Fall wear.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENTA WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or mors.
In this column Inserted for ONE CENT A
WORD, Cash In Advance, each Insertion.
Everybody who has any want to supply, any
thing to buy or sell, uny business or accom
modations to secure; Indeed, any wish to
gratify, should advertise in this column.
PERSONAL.
ttfrUlF PATENT BANG" sho wore. Her
I wedding was the most brllUunt in Sa
vannah. The exclusive agenoy for that bang
is 112 1 , Broughton, where the finest selection
of bangs, switches and wigs In Georgia can be
examined.
HEFORE you buy or sell property consult
Robert H. Tatem, Real Estate Dealer.
No. 0 Bull stroet.
SUFFER no longer wt'U your feet, but call
on or send for me. and have your toenails,
put in order, your corns removed, and your
feet put in good walking condition. L. Davis,
82 Broughton street.
Mi' Hl.itERt). the "old reliable pawn
broker,” 179 Congress street; tho oldest
In the business; loans moro monoy on dia
monds, watches. jewelry, clothing, etc,, than
any place in the city. Business strictly con
fidential.
TUSTOPENED, Southern Pawnbroker and
♦J Loan Office, Arthur Deutsch. proprietor,.
1M Bryan street, opposite Market. Liberal
loans made on diamonds, jewelry, watches,
clocks, clothing and any other personal prop
erty. All transactions strictly confidential.
Open from 6 a. m. to 9.50 p. m.
HELP WANTED.^
lAT ANTED, good cook. Apply at 58 State
* ' street, second door west of Habersham.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
\ r OUNG man, experienced in the business.
A wants position of traveling agent for
naval stores factor, or position as clerk in
any kind of business. Address "J," P. O.
Box L
'VJ’OTICF., business men; stenographers,
LX typewriters, bookkeepers and other
office help furnished at Commercial Institute.
Telephone No. 655. C. S. Richmond, prlncl
pal.
ROUMS WAGGED.
XIT"ANTED.October Ist, flat of rooms stilted
“ for light, housekeeping for family of
three. South of Gaston street and north of
Henry street. Address 1). S., earo Morning
News.
AIT ANTED, October Ist. two unfurnished
I* rooms, with board for gentleman, wife,
and daughter, in vicinity of Park Extension.
Address. •Delta." care Morning News.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
VITANTED, about 10 ucres land near city
tt limits: must be cheup. Investoi, care
of News.
TIT ANT ED, vacant lot in good location for
t V about fI.HUO. Cash, care of News.
TIT ANTED, fl or 7 room residence in good
“ neighborhood for about $4,000 cash.
Confidential, care of News.
T\T ANTED, vacant lot In good location not
T V over $3,( 0). M., care of News.
TITANTED to purchase, a comfortable
“ home east of Whitaker street; S6,OUOto
jij,:.((. Home, care of News.
MOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT.
IjfiOK KENT, elegant brick residence, cor
ner Liberty and Habersham streets.
Apply to H.J. Thornusson, ID Bryan street.
XTOR RENT. No. 64 South Broarl and 48 Lin
X 1 coin streets. Apply to No. Hull street.
IjlOK RENT, desirable residence. 182 Dray
ton, fronting Park. Apply Peter T.
Foyc, 153 Broughton street.
IPOR KENT, The Murshall House, com-
J pletcly furnished. Address, Herman
Myers, city. ,
HOUSE for rent, 91 Whitaker. Apply at
premises from 9 till 5 p. m . or at Stern
berg's store. Jacob Cohem
I TOR RENT, From Oct. Ist, No. 194 corner
Barnard and Holton streets. All con
veniences. Apply at 190 Barnard
street.
IffOK RENT, a desirable dwelling, No. 97
.1’ Jones street. John T. Rowland, real es
tate agent, No. 122 Bryan street.
TTtOR RENT, residence 80(4 South Broad
X street, Oct. 1, 1803. M. S. Baker, Real
Estate agent.
TjXOR rent, several desirable residences In
X good locution, modern improvements.
Salomon Cohen. 8 Hull street.
fXOR KENT, two-story house, second from
Habersham on New Houston street,
south side: recently painted and renovated;
rent twenty-live dollars a month. P. A. War
ing, post office.
I TOR RENT, 149 Gordon block; repairs to
suit tenant. Apply to E.C. Way, o Dray
ton street.
STORE and dwelling corner Wayne and
Whitaker; good stand, suitable for any
business. John Lyons.
TOOK RENT, dwalling. 139 Charlton street.
Ii possession immediately. Apply IJ3
Charlton street.
I BOR RENT, from Sept. 1, tho Vale Royal
Company s warehonse unil building In
front of same. located on West Broad street,
at the head of Broughton, now occupied by
the Savannah Carriage and \\ agon Company.
Apply to H. P. Smurt or telephono No. 271.
FORJALt.
A UG'TION—At Younglovo .t Goodman’s,
il Tuesday, Aug. 2U. Horses, mules, wag
ons. etc.: also live extra line milch cows with
young calves.
fPHREE good milch cows with young calves.
-1 James Mehrtens,Bs Jefferson street.
IVOR SAI.E, the largest and best assorted
stock of white pine sash, doors, blinds,
moldings, etc., etc., In the south: also all
standard brands of pure white leads, colors,
dry and In ail mixed paints, varnishes, etc.;
mill supplies; builders' hardware is my spec
ialty; lime, plaster and hair; direct importa
tions of Koaendale and Portland eement;
sewer, culvert and flue pipe, all sizes, bends,
traps, Ts, etc.; call or write for my prices and
get estimates before buying. Andrew Han
ley.
SUMMERSES 0 R T S!
T)RIVATE family In Greenville. 8. C., would
I take a limited number of summer board
ers. comfortable rooms, pleasant location;
references.- Address 12 West street, Green
ville, S. C.
AUCTION TO-DAY.
J. H. OPPEHHEIM i SOU, Auctioneers,
Will sell at It o’clock THIS MORNING, of
their sales rooms. 6 and 7 Whitaker streak
Flour. Herrings, Ptgarß. Cigarettes, Show
Case. Scales, Stoves. Child's Carriage.
Also, large lot of all kinds of Furnltur*
Mattresses, etc.
' AUCHON SALES
UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE.
The following unclaimed baggage and pate
cels at Savannah. Florida ana Western Rail,
way Depot for past six months will be sold at
public auction at Down Freight Depot
WEDNESDAY. Sept next, unless claimed
on or before that date.
By J. H, OPPENHEIM & SON, Auctionneers,
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6 next, at 10:30 a. m.,
13 black valises, no mark: 1 white raliee, S,
F A W check 2.191: 2 brown valises, no mark;
1 blnck valisa, S. F A W check 3.481; 1 brown
hand suchel, no mark; 3 yellow valises, no
mark: 1 plush sachel no murk: 8 yellow
trunks, no mark; green trunk, no marks; I
yellow trunk. A A G check 1,549. marked L. 11.
Shaw. Thomasvillo. Ga.; 1 zinc trunk. S, F ft
W check 4.728 no mark; 2 mixed zinc trunks,
no mark: I large yellow trunk, S. P A W, no
mark; 1 sailor's bag. C A S eheck 1.015: 1
green trunk, S, FA W eheck 2.464; 1 zino
trunk. L A N local check 6.128, L; l zlno
trunk, S, F A W special chock 825; 1 zlno
trunk. N E special chock 390; 1 green trunk,
no mark: 1 yellow trunk, S. F A W check
5,399: 1 zinc trunk. A A N (' cheek2Bß: 2crocus
sacks, no mark: I sailor's bag. no mark: I
rollow trunk. S. F& W check 4 086; 1 yellow
trunk, A& G check 1.051: I green trunk, no
mark; 1 piece scenery. S, F A W check 5,360;
1 bundle bedding, no mark; 1 small box, no
mark: 18 umbrellas. 1 parasol. 2 (tvercoata,
hats, shoes. 1 black trunk. 1 yellow trunk, S
A (! ohock 2,031, 2,476: 1 yellow trunk, SAC
check 5.164.
H. W. RIOHTON, Q. B. A.
LEGAL SALES.
TN pursuance of an interlocutory docroe iq
* the case of L. P Masters et. al. vs. O. H.
Stein et. al.. in Chatham superior court.scaled
bids In writing will bo received by the un
dersigned at No. 96 Bryan street, Savannah,
Ga , until 12 o'clock a. m.. WEDNESDAY,
Sept. 6, 1893, for all of the prouorty of every
description belonging to the partnership
known as THE SAVANNAH TELEGRAM
PUBLISHING COMPANY, consisting of fur
niture. material, gas engine, presses, type,
puper. ink. and all and Hlugulur tho other ar
ticles unil things constituting the outfit of a
printing office of every description; also tha
notes and accounts and other evidences of in
debtedness due to and belonging to said con
cern.
Ihe terms of the sale, which must be speci
fied In the bid. are as follows: Bids may ba
made for cash, or they may bo made on credit
of one, two, and three months from day of
sale, with notes and security to the satisfac
tion of the judge of the superior court. No
bldfl will be raoqiTOd after 12 a. m., sept. 8,
ie" Joseph ,i iukii.an.
miscellaneous.
(TANARY birds, young singers, rages, seed,
\J cuttle brackets, gravel and bird medi
cine. at Gardner's, 118 Broughton stroet.
■CILOWEH.S and fancy ferns: floral designs
X for all occasions ut short notlca at
Strong's pharmacy. George Wagner, Thun
derbolt road. Telephone 498.
OUCA TI ON ™
ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY,
WASHINGTON, GA. ’
FOR YOUNG LADIES.
fUllis Institution is under the care of the
X sisters of St. Joseph Tho course of
study Includes all the branches of a useful
and Christian education. Terms, regulations,
etc . nre given In full‘ii catalogue, tor which
apply to MOTHER SUPERIOR.
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE;
ATHENS, GA.
The exercises of this school will be resumed
September 14th, 1893.
Miss M. RUTHERFORD,
Principal.
ST. MARY’S SCHOOL FOR BIRLST
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
mHE advent term of tho fifty second school
X year will begin Sept. 21. 1893. Special at.
tention paid to Physical Culture and Hygiene.
Address the rector,
Rev H SMEDES, A. M.
XJOCKVILLE ACADEMY FOR BOYS,
IV Rockville, Md., opens September 13:
thirty minutes from Washington; terms
moderate. For catalogue address W. P. MA
SON, U. S. N. A., Principal.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARTACADIMY;
CHARLESTON, S. C.
IJURELY military Institution. Established
and maintained by the state. Terms S3OO a
year, payable Iti throe equal Installments.
(Covers every expense.! Academic year 1893-
94 begins Oct. 2, '93. For further Information
address Commanding Officer,Citadel, Charles
ton, S. C.
NORFOLK ACADEMY.
A school for Boys and Young Men. Send
for catalogue.
ROBERT W. TUNSTALL, B. A..
(Un. of Va.j. Principal, Norfolk, Va.
Virginia College for Young Ladies
KOANOKE, VA. Opens Sept. 14, 1893.
Magnificent new buildings, among the
finest In the South. All modern Improve
ments. Campus ten acres: grand mountain
senery; In valley of Virginia, famed for
health European and American teachers.
Full course. Aluslc, Art. all branches unex
celled. Oue of tho most beautiful and attrac
tive college homes in tho South For cata
logue address the president. W. A. HARRIS,
D. D., Roanoke, Vn.
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STAUNTON, VA.
Mbs. Gen. J. K. B. STUART, Principal.
The next session of nine months opens
Sept. 14 with a full corps of superior teachers.
Terms reasonable. Apply early. Catalogues
sent upon application to the principal.
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND.
Collegiate institute for Young Ladies and
Preparatory School for Little Girls, conduc
ted oy the school Sisters of Notre Dame.
KMBLA, P. 0., near Baltimore,
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTON# VA. .
66th Year Hint Military, Solimtifir and Technical
School. Thorough Course* in general and applied
hemiatrjr, and in Engineering Confers degree of
graduate in Acoderaic Course, also dejrreos or Bache
lor of Science and Civil Engineer in Technical
Courses. AU expenses, including clothing and inci
dentals, provided at the rate of $36.60 per month, a#
an avemat for the four years, ex ftfnurfir New
Cadets report bept Ist. Geit. SOOTT BHIPP. Snpts
LAW SCHOOL7
WASHINGTON ANI> LEE UNIVERSITY,
Lexington, Vikminia. J
Opens Sept. 14. For --atalogue address
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER, Demo, I
EI)W. Vf. BROWN. WM. LAZARON.
EDW.W.BROWN & CO.
Real Estate Dealers anti Auctioneers,
OFFER FOR SALK:
Large Dividend Paying Investments.
15 PER CENT.- -Store and dwelling north
east corner Farm and Olive street*. Kents
for $l6B per annum: $1,100: easy terms.
13 PER CENT. Six room cottage. No. 33
Randolph street. Kents for $132 per an
num: SI,OOO.
12 PER CENT. —Neat 4-room cottage, 43
Walker street; never vacant. Kents for
$96 per annum; SBOO cash.
10 PER CENT.—Large brick residence 3-
story on basement, beautifully arranged
Inside.southwest corner Taylor and Whita
ker streets. Rents for SOOO per annum:
$6,003: easy terms.
12 PER CENT.—f our2-story 6 room houses
on New Houston street, four 2-story 6-room
houses on New Houston street lane:
always rented $928 per annum; $7,800;
easy terms.
13 Pfcß CENT. —Two 4-room houses on
Maple street, two 4 room houses on Oak
street: always rented $384 per annum;
$3,000: easy terms.
WEST SAVANNAH lots will be advanced
on Sept. Ito S3OO for inside. Call at onoe
and make your purchase.
EDW. W.BROWN & GO
Real Estate Dealers and Auctioneers,
107 BAY STREET. ’FUONS 6#7.