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IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
SEWS OP THE TWO STATE'S TOI.IJ
IN TAR AGHAPHS.
The Earth Care* in t Rome ami I)lk
cloxea an. Ice Cold Subterranean
Stream—House Horned at Atlirua.
A Brother Shoots HU Brother Head
While limiting.
GEORGIA.
Capt. Byrd of the Rome Hustler will not
be a candidate for state librarian.
Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt
to oreak into the i>ostofflee at Griffin Mon
day night.
Dr. J. R. Folsom, father of Montgom
ery Folsom of newspaper fame, died at
his hdlne at Cecil Monday night.
Cot. George VV, Dillingham, who was
one of the most prominent citizens of Col
umbus, died Monday from tlie effects of a
paralytic stroke.
buoy Ferguson, colored, said to be 120
years old, was found dead in bed at Col
umbus Monday. She was the oldest per
son living in that section.
While hunting on the farm of W. B. Orr,
a few miles from Palmetto Saturday,
Keith Royston shot Oscar Parrott acci
dentally, instantly killing him.
D. O. Porter, for many years connected
with the management of the Second Meth
odist church property, at Rome, was
stricken with paralysis Monday.
An election for ordinary, to till the va
cancy caused by the death of Judge Al
mand, will be, railed in Elbert county
soon. Two candidates—Capt. J. J. Birch
and J. L. Heard—have announced.
Fire destroyed the home and furniture
of T. M. ‘Brooks at Athens Monday night.
He and his family were on a visit to a
neighbor's, when the tire occurred. The
house was insured, but the furnishings
are a complete loss.
lid Stevens, the negro who killed Jack
Grisom at Dawson on the 24th instant, was
arrested in Thomasville Monday. Mack
Moss, Ben Miller, John Byrd, Laura Jones
and Annie May Turner, the negroes with
Ed Stevens when the killing was done, arc
also in jail.
Gov. Atkinson has Issued an order of
fering a reward of SIOO for the arrest and
delivery to the sheriff of Burke county of
Alford Jordan, who killed Wade H. Cros
well on Oet. 28. After killing Oroswell
Jordan escaped and has since that time
been a fugitive from Justice.
The body of Charlie Love, a 4-year-old
son of Dr. W. A. Love, of Atlanta, reach
ed that city from Albany Tuesday and
was Interred at Oakland cemetery. Thir
ty-four years ago the lad died at Albany
and now his parents have had him re
moved to Atlanta for final interment.
Willie and Johnny Sentell, brothers, aged
respectively 9 and 14 years, were out bird
hunting near their home seven miles north
of Vienna Tuesday. The gun in the hands
of John was accidentally discharged, the
whole load entering the younger boy's
body just above the heart and passing en
tirely through, producing instant death.
The boys were sons of Robert Sentell, a
prominent and well-to-do farmer.
George Sumner, the old man who was
shot at Fnadllla Sunday night by an un
known assassin, died Monday night from
the effects* of the wound. Sheriff J. W.
Roberls arreeted Homer Fareik, a young
white man. charged with the crime. Cir
cumstances point very strongly to him as
being the guilty party, though other ar
rests ard expected to follow. Those at
work on the case, however, refuse to talk
Of what evidence they have.
Glenn, Slaton & Phillips, attorneys for
Bluthenthal & Bickert, filed a petition at
Atlanta Tuesday asking for a temporary
receiver of the assets of M. Titlebaum,
agent for Mrs. M. Titlebaum, and a re
straining order to prevent the defendant
from diverting the assets. Mr. Titlebaum
tiled two mortgages on his stock of wines
and whiskies. One was in favor of L.
Cohen & Cos., for $2,900 and the other in
favor of Atlanta City Brewing Company
for $2,200.
Augusta Morning News: Masters Harry
Oates and Adolph Lesser, about 13 years
of age, who have been paying attention
to the same maiden, would have met on
Riverside Mills field in mortal combat
Tuesday afternoon but for the interference
of Officer Johnson, who was informed of
the affair by Mrs. Oates, mother of one of
the would-be duelists. As the story goes,
the youngsters were rivals for the smiles
of a 12-year-old miss, who preferred Oates
to Lesser, whereupon the latter chal
lenged the former in the following busi
ness like manner: "Augusta, Ga„ Dec.
23, 1896—Mr. Harry Oates, Jr.: Dear 3ir--
1 hereby challenge you, this day, Dec. 2S,
1896, to fight a duel to a finish. The weap
ons to be chosen by yourself, and the
place, the Riverside Mills field. An im
mediate reply is requested. (Sighed)
Adolph Lesser." The challenge was
promptly accepted and weapons and sec
onds chosen. Young Lesser, accompanied
by his seconds, repaired to the field
promptly at the hour apt minted. Mrs.
Oates, in some manner, learned of the
state of affairs and lost no time In com
municating her information to Officer
Johnson, who, upon going out to the pro
posed duelling grounds, took charge of
young Lesser, his second and weapons.
Young Oates failed to show up on time,
or the duel would probably have been
fought before the officer arrived upon the
scene.
Rome Correspondent Atlanta Constitu
tion: A gentleman who has just returned
from a visit to the recent cave-in at Rock
mart says that it is a very striking nat
ural phenomenon. The first depression In
the soil was noticed several weeks ago at
a spot in a field where then was a tall
tree growing, surrounded by a clump of
bushes. A day or two afterwards a man
by the name of Drummond was crossing
the field when he noticed the tree and the
bushes had all disappeared, and on ap
proaching the spot he found that there
was a hole in the ground about sixty feet
across and so deep that the top of the tree
had disappeared below the level. He re
ported what he had seen and the discovery
caused a great deal of excitement. Soon
afterwards tho people living In the vicinity
were startled by a rumbling noise, like the
tailing of a big building, and a distinct
shock was felt for quite a distance around.
After a time some of the more courageous
spirits explored the cavern and found a
tnin vapor arising from the mouth of It,
which suggested the notion thut a volcano
had broken loose among the slate quarries.
A closer Investigation revealed the fact
that there was a bold streum
of water flowing ohrough tbs
bottom of the and that
the water was Icy cdM.Meadlng to the
bwief lhat It Is a subn fran.-an stream
flowing from u great distance through lia
uudi+grouiid channel. The explorers il.
‘ hied that the ispor was of chemical ori
gin, caused by the contact of some sort
,!(■**.*?***?• being exposed to the
■lViMims. exhalation The caving
, ,ht lo b lias continued until the hole
Wopme'V hUn,lr -' 1 f **< “cross the top.
l ’ in * downward to a depth at about
W\T It is now supposed Uml
..‘an XTtK?*' *" htaiatonst?* ,T *"
*** **• *u u*
caused the surface to fall in. a goodly por
tion of the earth being borne away by the
swift current of the stream flowing
through the bottom.
FLORIDA.
The Punta Gorda Herald has reached
its fifth year of existence.
Pensacola congratulates herself on no
serious occurrence Christmas in that city.
The St. Augustine Light Infantry pro
pose to dance the old year out and the new
year in.
Not less than 80,009 pounds of pork has
been smoked at Blitchton and within a
•radius of three miles.
J. H. Mooney of Orlando last week in a
live-days' hunt killed four large bucks and
many quail in Osceola county.
Saturday, at Orlando, J. L. Empie, while
working a tenslign machine, had two lin
gers of the right hand severed.
J. H. Banta of DeLand is preparing him
self to enter the ministry in the service of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The schooner Charlotte T. Sibley has
been chartered to load coal at South Am
boy. N. J., for Jacksonville, and lumber
back to Elizabethport.
At the next session of the Florida legis
lature there will be gn effort made to re
turn the counties of Hernando and Citrus
to the Sixth judicial circuit.
John Jacob Astor is having his steam
yacht Nouramhal prepared for a cruise,
and it is rumored he will put into Jack
sonville. Mrs. Astor is to accompany him.
Congressman Davis was presented with
a gold-headed walking cane Christmas by
the democratic delegates who attended the
Sanford convention last summer, where
Davis was nominated.
About forty teachers from Alachua
county are attending the Florida Teach
ers' Association in Ocala. It is the largest
delegation that county has ever sent to
one of the annual meetings of teachers.
The Cyrene Vaudeville Company, which
appeared at the opera house at Jackson
ville last week, has gone to pieces, and
the cinephotograph outfit has rented a
store in that city, where exhibitions will
be given dally.
Hon. \V. D. Chipley, vice president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, has of
fered to transport the. trooin free from
West Florida points to River Junction to
attend the inauguration ceremonies at Tal
lahassee, Jan. 5.
Capt. D. B. Maxwell, for many years
employed in the freight office of the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular railroad, at
Tallahassee, has sent in his resignation,
to take effect on Jan. 1, when he will take
a position in the office of L. B. Wombwell,
commissioner of agriculture.
George Adams, the Jacksonville bicy
clist, will petition the national assembly
of the L. A. W., which will meet in Feb
ruary, to restore him to the amateur
ranks. Mr. Adams was declared a pro
fessional with a number of other riders of
a certain wheel several months ago. .
A party of about ten families of the
western part of Alachua county are mak
ing arrangements to leave in a few days
for Hamilton county, where they will lo
cate permanently. Others will remove to
Georgia. The exodus from Western
Alachua is one of the results of the storm.
The DeLand Record says: “You will And
no prettier groves, none better kept, than
the orange groves about this city, none
which promise earlier or better returns.
The. world over could not exceed us in the
quantity or qauiity of beautiful groves.
Many of them will furnish a fair crop next
year.”
Benjamin Gates, manager of the
Shaker colony, was in Kissimmee Tues
day with a lot of handsome pineapples.
He says that the Shakers are pleased
with the result of their year's work, and
that as soon as buildings shall be ready
for them a large number of their so
elty will move to Florida from Mt. Leba
non, N. Y.
Christopher Dudley, J 6 years old, was
killed by a shotgun wound inflicted acci
dentally Monday, while he was taking
dinner to his father, who was at work
about two miles south of Bartow. When
near his destination, Dudley was walking
across a railroad trestle. He made a mis
step and fell. His gun struck the ties,
and was discharged. The entire load of
birdshot entered his chest. He expired
two hours later.
Orlando Reporter: W. B. Hull, who
lives southeast of the city, has an orange
grapefruit tree that was cut down by the
freexe two years ago. The original tree
was grapefruit, and he has had it budded
to sweet orange. When frozen down
sprouts came up from the grapefruit stock.
A part of the bud also grew, and now both
are bearing. He has gathered a fine lot
of oranges from the tree, also forty or
fifty beautiful grapefruit.
Tampa Times: Thursday afternoon
Judge Barron Phillips of the circuit court
had a process issued, citing W. F. Stovall,
editor of the Morning Tribune, and R,
Mugge to appear before him at 10 o'clock
on Monday, Jan. 4, to show cause why
they should not be punished for contempt
of court in publishing or causing to be
published In the issues of the Tribune of
the 22d, 23d, and 24th Inst., an article
charging the late grand Jury with “ignor
ance, malice. Intolerance and hypocrisy."
Judge Locke rendered his decision at
Jacksonville Tuesday In the libel case of
William A. Bisbee, owner of the tug
Dauntless, against the schooner Lois V.
Chaple*. The amount awarded for the
service rendered was $460, which included
both the towing service and that of salv
age. He further ordered that of this
amount slS> be taxed against the vessel
and $325 against the cargo. The award
carried with It the payment of the costs
of the case In the court in the same pro
portions.
Upon petition of the owners Judge
Locke, in the United States court at
Jacksonville Tuesday, made an order for
the sale of the wrecked Norwegian bark
Alianca, now at Key West, and the ap
praisement of her cargo. The bark was
found adrift, desertad and dismantled two
weeks ago by the tugs George W. Childs
and Clyde, and was towed from Rebecca
shoals to Key West. She was loaded with
cotton and stores. The vessel and cargo
were libeled for salvage. The owners as
certained that she was nnseaworthy and
petitioned the oourt to order her sold and
the cargo appraised.
DeLand News: If one believes Friday
to be an unlucky day he should "shake off
this mortal coll" before the year jgfff
dawns, for It will be a year of Friday#.
The year grill tome In and go out on Frl
| day; there wiy Vxififijy-Uirc. Friday# dur-
I lug the yeiffi'fivF ttmttfhe will have five
Friday* each, 1. 0., January, April, July.
October and December; the flret day of
the first month of the first quarter of the
year will be on Friday; (tie teat day of the
| laai month of the liutl quarter will be ou
i Friday; Ino,)!ryj, db V|•( the third quarter
will t>e <m Friday The first Friday of me
y<ar will Is* a legs, holiday, hut you wilt
uavs tv wvtk vie all vUt i niay*.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER ‘.51. 1890.
••V NADERIIILT'S PET.”
Melvensie Gordon, Tenor, Formerly
of Savannah.
From the New York Journal.
A romantic I ale comes from Savannah.
Gu., in regard to McKenzie Gordon, the
popular young tenor in the choir of St.
Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
church, in whose congregation are num
bered so many well known bankers, brok
ers and financiers.
One wintry day in ISSB, so the story runs,
as the steamship City of Augusta, of the
Savannah line, was about to leave New
York, it was discovered that the services
of a boy were required. On the pier stood
a Scotch lad shivering from the cold and
out of work. He seemed so bright and
willing that the captain employed him.
The lad gave the name of Peter McKen
zie.
Shortly after the steamship arrived at
Savanah the hoy became ill and was re
moved to a hospital, where his recovery
was slow. It was during his convale
scence that it was discovered that he had
a sweet tenor voice, and Marcellus Stew
art, organist of Christ Episcopal church
of Savannah, became interested in him.
It was through Mr. Stewart’s efforts that
the boy, soon after he left the hospital,
was made a member of the church choir.
He proved a great success, and his sweet
voice soon became the talk of the town.
When he went into the Christ church
choir he gave his name as George Mc-
Kenzie. The members of the congrega
tion tdok him up and he quickly became
a society favorite. At all big social events
it was considered the correct thing to
have young as an attraction.
Everything was roseate for the youthful
tenor. He lived in fashionable apartments,
commanded high prices and was a social
pet. He secured a good position with Lud
den & Bates, music dealers, and was pros
pering in every way, when for some rea
son he had a falling out with his old friend
and patfon, Organist Stewart. Then he
suddenly quit tho employ of Ludden &
Bates.
He went to an estimable lady of Sa
vannah and told her that it was his inten
tion to leave the city at once. She and
Mrs. M. C. Herman, the owners of a small
bakery, advanced him the money. It is
said, to go away. Mrs. Herman says he
promised to write to her after he became
settled in some city, but that although she
has sent several letters to him he has
never replied.
It was in 1891 that his departure from
Savannah took place. From there he went
to Knoxville, Tenn., where he was employ
ed by F. E. McArthur, a music dealer,
From Knoxville he proceeded to Chicago.
Then for a time his friends and acquaint
ances in Savannah lost all trace of the
sweet-voiced yoi.ng tenor. Finally one
of their number, Frederick Rott, discov
ered him in Chicago. The singer had
changed his name twice in the meantime,
'first calling himself Gordon Mackenzie,
but finally adopting the name McKenzie
Gordon, which he still retains.
His career in Chicago was apparently
quite as successful as it had been in Sa
vannah, for he came to New York three
years ago with excellent testimonials.
St. Bartholomew’s church at that time
was looking for a tenor to take the place
of Mr. Riekardson, whose marriage had
led to his resignation. It was Just then
that McKenzie Gordon put in his applica
tion. He had a trial before the church
committee on music and Organist Rich
ard Henry Warren, and he was at once
engaged. The place is worth $1,200 a year.
It Is tho highest pay that any church tenor
4n this city receives.
McKenzie has been a favorite with the
wealthy members of the congregation
ever since he joined St. Bartholomew's
choir. The Vanderbilts have taken an
especial liking to him, and he is invited
to all their social entertainments. He has
sung at the houses of all the family.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt was so ill at
Newport, McKenzie Gordon was sent for
to soothe the suffering millionaire with
his sweet songs.
Last summer Gordon was a guest
aboard E. C. Benedict’s yacht and delight
ed all hands with his melody.
The example set by these wealthy pa
trons of the young Scotchman has been
followed by society generally, and the de
mand for McKenzie Gordon's presence at
the social gatherings of the fashionable
set is so great that he cannot keep up
with It. It Is said that he earns S2OO a
month, Independent of his salary as choir
tenor, for singing at the houses of society
people.
Gordon Is now 27 years old. His present
home is at No. 62 West Thirty-fifth street.
He is not married, and he is considered a
very desirable match. The charm of his
voice is its sweetness. It is said that he
is not a perfect artist, and that he fails
to read notes quickly, but he is quite the
rage among the fashionable of Bt. Barth
olomew’s. and his charming personality
seems destined to make his popularity
lasting.
McKenzie Gordon was asked last even
ing about his interesting history, but he
modestly declined to discuss it, saying
there really had been nothing in it that
was worth narrating.
WHAT A SMALL BOY 13ATS.
An Indulgent Father line Kept Tab
For One Whole Day.
From Harper's Bazar.
I weigh in the neighborhood ef two hun
dred pounds, and X am the happy father
of a small boy who weighs about forty
pounds. As near as I can figure It I ought
to require about three or four times a3
much to eat as that boy. This calculation
takes into consideration the fact that tho
boy is growing.
Now, I eat three fairly good-sized meals
a day.
This is what my boy eats:
A glass of milk on getting up; two
crackers while getting dressed; one cooky
(purloined while breakfast Is being put on
the table).
Breakfast—about twice as much as I
eat.
A large piece of bread covered with Jam
to induce him to leave the table; two
sticks of candy to Induce him to be a
good boy; a pocketful of cookies to keep
him from starving while at hls morning
play; more or less sand while at said play;
one green apple; one marble (swallowed
accidentally); one gumdrop bamboozled
out of another boy; more or less baby food
hooked from hls baby sister; a piece of
pie (wheedlled out of the cook. It being her
baking day).
Dinner—about three times as much as I
eat.
Anothe stick of candy to induce him to
tie a good boy; more or less sand ana
gravel; a large wad of chewing gum (also
swallowed accidentally); one pin; three
glasses of milk to make him sleepy; an
other stick of candy to induce him to take
hls afternoon nap; a piece of bread and
Jam on waking from said nap; more
crackers; more cookies.
Supper—about four times as much as I
eat.
After supper, cookies, cake, candy, pis,
apples, nuts, raisins and crackers ad lit).;
three glasses of milk 'O make him sleepy
again; a large piece of bread and Jam to
Induce him to go to bed.
Now, will somebody please tell me tha
why and wherefore of all this, and what
hs does with It all?
—She—You should speak to papa first.
You don't expect him to make the ad
vances. do you?
He—Well if he doesn’t, how can we get
married?—Buck.
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STORIES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
Duel to tlio Death Between a Wild
Cut and a Rattler.
From the St. Louis Republic.
Three remarkable stories were told one
evening last week in the smoking room
at the Planters'. They were told In sin
cerity if not in truth by Edward Ridge
ly, cashier of the Ridgely National Bank;
Benjamin H. Brainerd, teller of the Ma
rine Bank, both of Springfield, 111., and
James R. Youatt, a literary gentleman of
Chicago, who has gained some reputation
as a bear hunter.
The three stories were widely different
in character. Mr. Ridgely told a snake
story, Mr. Brainerd a fish story and Mr.
Youatt recounted an experience he had
with a bear.
"A year or so ago, when I was down in
Arizona,” began .Mr. Ridgely as he lighted
an after-dinner cigar, “1 saw a ferocious
battle between a huge blacksnake and a
wildcat. Accompanied by a guide, I was
riding through the timber in the fodthills
of the mountains, when I heard a most dis
tressing cry in a thicket to the right, of
the trail. We stopped our horses, and Will
Patton, my guide, said he believed it was
a panther. ,
'T had always been anxious to kill a
panther, so 1 dismounted, got out my NNin
ehester, and leaving my horses with Pat
ton, picked my way carefully through the
thicket. I had gone perhaps a hundred
yards, when I came to an open space, per
haps thirty feet across. Near the cen
ter of this I could see something flopping
around. But it flopped with such vigor
that it was some time before I could make
out just what it was.
“At length the object became more quiet
and I went forward. There on the ground
before me lay the biggest wild cat I ever
saw, and wound around it was a monster
blacksnake. The snake had first taken a
hitch about the abdomen of the cat and
then dexterously coiled itself about poor
pussy's neck and fastened its fangs in her
jaw.
“The cat nude a fierce fight, for It was
at least fortv minutes before the struggle
was over. When pussy ceased her strug
gles the snake began to uncoil itself, but
before it had finished Us head dropped to
the ground, and a moment later it, too,
was dead.
“Upon examination I found that the eat,
with her hind feet had clawed a large hole
in the snake's side, and the moment it
loosed its hold the entrails gushed out. It
was a duel to the death.”
“That is, indeed, a most remarkable
story,” began Brainerd, when his contem
porary In the banking business had fin
ished. "It reminds me of a remarkable
battle I once witnessed between a mag
nificent pike and a large water moccasin.
It was down in Florida, and I was fishing
in one of those clear, limpid streams which
apparently have no current. Jake Bunn,
a gentleman of unquestionable veracity,
was with me, but so remarkable was the in
cident that 1 don't think he ever related
it, lest someone might doubt his word.
"We had been fishing nearly half a day
with but indifferent success, when I saw
a large water moccasin crawl out of the
stream and stretch itself along on a log
in the sun. ,
“I called Jakiffc attention to it and he
w“nt back a few rods to get his gun for
the purpose of shooting the reptile.
“About three inches of the snake's tail
was in the water. As Jake was about to
tuke aim a pike, that must have weighed
at least five pounds, darted up, seized the
snake’s tail, and in an instant the reptile
was yanked into the water with a sud
deness that must have astonished it.
Back and forth, across the stream, up
and down, the greedy pike tore with its
victim. Meanwhile the snake was vainly
endeavoring to coll itself about the cour
ageous fish. At length the fish began to
show signs of weakening strength and we
began to fear that the moccasin would fin
ally win the battle.
“But we were wrong. At the very mo
ment when it seemed as though the snake
was going to overpower the fish a second
pike appeared. It was quite as large as
the first and was evidently Its mate. And
I shall always believe the pair had planned
the battle in advance. The snake had
turned about, and its mouth was within a
few inches of the tail of the now almost
exhausted fish. When No. 2 darted forward
like a flash and seized the snake Just back
of its head. Then came the final struggle.
The water was lashed into a foam for a
few minutes. The serpent writhed and
struggled, but in vain. It grew weaker
and weaker and the fight ended, where
upon the sagacious fish devoured the raoc
"Wonderful, very wonderful,” broke in
Mr. Youatt. “Both are remarkable in the
extreme. Hearing them reminds me of a
grizzly bear out in Montana several years
ago.
“Nat Wright, a newspaper Correspond
ent, was with me, and we were hunting
for elk. We had separated and Nat was
going up one side of a ravine and I, about
500 vards away, was going up the other.
We had proceeded about two miles in this
way when I rounded a curve in the ravine
and came upon a grizzly bear that must
have weighed over 1.000 pounds. It stood
upon all-fours and was staring intently
into a little clump of bushes beneath an
overhanging rock. It was shaking all
over as though in a fit of ague. It paid
no heed to me and I fell back behind the
bend. Nat saw me and I signaled him to
come over.
“I have had great experience in killing
bears and I knew that if we got this mon
ster great care must be taken. I couldn’t
for the life of me, however, tell what was
the matter with the beast. We decided
that the safest plan would be to climb up
on the cliff and shoot him from above.
We soon gained a point about fifty feet
above the strangely acting bruin and
could see the brute s eyes. They glisten
ed like two coals of fire.
“I aimed at the right eye and Nat at
the left, and at a given signal we both
fired. Roar followed roar, and when the
smoke had cleared away we saw the mad
dened monster writhing about on the
ground. Both eyes were gone, but griz
zlies die hard, and it was at least half an
hour before we dared come down from our
perch. Then it was we saw what had
been the matter. Colled up beneath the
brush into which the bear had been star
ing was the largest rattlesnake I ever
saw. It was over five feet long and In the
middle was at least six inches in diameter.
The snake had charmed the bear or hyp
notized it and that was the reason it was
trembling so when we came upon it."
TIIE lilt 113 It PIPE.
Where the Material Comes From
anil How the Bowl Is Cut.
From the New York Sun.
The brier used In the making of brier
pipes comes chiefly from France, and
largely from the region of the Pyrenees;
it is said that the very best brier comes
from Sicily. Only the root, or that part
of the wood that grows underground, is
used. It is sawed into oblong blocks which
have no semblance to the form of a pipe,
but each of sufficient dimensions to per
mit the fashioning of a pipe from it. The
suwrd blocks are soaked in salt water,
dried and seasoned. They are imported
Into this country In large bags.
In the pipe factory here the brier blocks
are sorted out In sizes, for larger and
smaller pipes, and then, if necessary, they
are trimmed down before going to the
machines that are actually to shape the
pipe; little slabs or bits may be sawed off
the block to bring It down close to the
size of the pipe that Is to be cut from It;
hut not much needs to be cut off, for the
Mocks are sawed originally so that there
will he as little waste as possible Then
the brier block goes to the borer, the first
of the machines employed In the actual
fashioning of the pipe.
The. boring machine has three knives,
set in the same plane; the middle knife
bores out the bowl of the pipe, the two
outer knives cut away the wood on the
outside and form the ihupe of the pipe.
These knlvss. set In a lathe, make more
than 4,(8*) revolutions a minute. The mid
dle knife which bores out the bowl. Is
longer than the two outside knives, which
shape the howl. The borer cut* the pipe
out to Its full depth, the cutters, in the
wise of an egg-shaped pipe, dig down to
the point of the pipe's greatest circum
ference In making a wood pipe of the
bulldog shape, an additional aide tool is
used to shape the trowl for a little space
below its greatest clreumfersnce. In mak
ing an egg-shaped pin- the knives #*•
made to :urn: in making a pip* of bull*
dog shape tile block Is revolved,
A* Die nrler block comes from tha bores
it la still in lubr Mora, with (its plot how U
iHired down Into otto end of It and tha oqal
*l4* v{ lit* pipv vvwl-sfiapud do wit for tJ_
CASTOR IA
- ; • • • ' 1 . ■ •
for Infants and Ghißdren.
* Castor!a Is so well adapted to children that
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Abcher, M. D.,
11l So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. V.
“Tha use ot ‘Castoria’ is so universal and
Its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
With in easy reach."
Carlos Marttn, D. T>„
Kew York C3ty.
New Years
Will soon be here, and we want everybody to start
out well, and we are willing to help you do it by
offering to take
Periodical Tickets
from every one who calls and pays their accounts
before the first day of January. It is well to start
the new year free of debt.
We Pay You to Do It
by taking tickets from every one who calls and
pays us their bill before the new year starts. It
is well to remember that the
Best Bicycles and Best Stoves,
Best Furniture and Best Carpets,
are to be found in our store, and we are very de
sirous lor you to come and get acquainted with the
fact that prices are right and that we can make
terms to suit every one.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
its depth. The block with the pipe thus
partly cut In it goes to a lathe similar to
the lathes used in cutting gun stocks and
other irregular forms. The cutting tool
used with this lathe is circular, like a cir
cular saw. It has peculiar, knife-like teeth.
It is revolved, like a circular saw, at high
velocity. The brier block, with the bowl
partly shaped out, is secured upon the
lathe, to which has already been attached
a metal patterns of the shape that it is
desired to cut the block. This metal pat
tern is made to turn against a smooth
edged wheel attached to the lathe. The
brier block turns with the pattern, and is
brought Into contact with the smooth
wheel. As the pattern is turned the cen
ter line of the block is brought near to it
or recedes from the teeth cut into the
wood deeply or lightly accordingly.
Whether the stem of the pipe is round,
oval or square makes no difference; the
cutting wheel cuts away the w’ood so that
the wood that Is left Is shaped in accord
ance with the pattern.
The work of the irregular lathe is done
very quickly, and the pipe comes from it
with the bowl and stem completely shaped
out, but there is as yet no hole in the stem.
The stem here spoken of is the brier stem
continuous from the bowl, and not a bit,
or mouthpiece.
The pipe is then rough finished and fine
finished on wheels covered, one with
coarse and the other with fine sand-paper,
and subsequently is further fine finished
by polishing it on a wheel with ground
pomtce stone.
After the first finishing the pipes are as
sorted into firsts and seconds. Firsts are
pipes without a blemish; seconds are pipes
that have any outside defect.
The hole through the stem is bored with
a steel wire having a cutting tip, and turn
ing rapidly In a lathe. Fine pipes are cen
tered, so that the hole through the stem
may be bored exactly in the center; ordi
nary pipes are held against the wire borer
by hand, but pipes thus bored are almost
without exception bored squarely in the
center.
Then the pipe goes into another machine
which cuts the thread in the end of the
stem to hold the bit, or mouthpiece. Then
the band, if it is to have one, around the
wood stem where tt is joined by the bit, or
mouthpiece, is put on, and the bit is at
tached to the pipe.
THE TALKING OF BIROS.
There Is No f’nlvrrsal Bird Speech.
Habits of Some Specimens.
From the London Spectator.
Two features In the "talking” of birds
will occur to every one. There Is no "uni
versal bird language," or even a language
common to two species, though certain
sounds of warning when uttered by one
species are naturally understood by an
other. Becondly, the talking faculty is
very capriciously distributed. The crows,
which easily learn to imitate human
speech, have very few notes or calls. The
Jay has only one, a harsh screech, modi
fied when it is pleased Into a croak; and
a chuckle, varied by a squeak, is the whole
natural vocabulary of the magpie. Yet
the piping crow and the nut-cracker crow
are songsters of a rather high order, and
the former has an infinite variety of
"worda” and culls.
The absence of any universal bird
speech Is seen most clearly by any one
who observes their habits In places where
such a common language would naturally
be expected. on the shores of some eatuar.
les, or of the North Norfolk coast, it is
possible to sea from a thousand to ner
hups three thousand birds closely united
In race, and living all day in sight of one
another, associating in (Turks, with com
mon feeding-grounds and common danger!
—a "community" of plovers, knots, ring
dotterels, stints, curlews, sandpipers and
other kindred species. Their interchange
vif ideas by me ins of the voice is very
limited, and a common code might e,i“il
o- learnt. H.
They require a eall-tto'aaew
where are yojLjl>“< man, "and if )
ao<Huiim<-s Uoarff water In Hades, |*. would
-"'‘jlan at least "
said nothing, but rode on
■■tang di ply.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Kill3 Worms, gives Sleep, and promotes dU
gestion.
Without injurious medication.
“For several years I have recommended
‘Castoria,’ and shall always continue to do
so, as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Pardee, M. D.,
125th Street and 7th Avo., New York CKy.
Thf. Centaur Company, 57 Murray Street, New York City.
rious musical whistles make one ot the
charms of the winter shore; but they show
the curious sectionalism of bird-language.
The ease with which they might adopt
a common tongue is evident from the fact
that many coast-men learn some, and a
few of great natural ability as fowlers
learn all of these calls. As in Heligoland,
where the islanders "whistle down’’ pass
ing birds from the sky, so on the Norfolk
coast there are men who can “call down"
a single golden plover, a stint or even a
curlew. One of the most extraordinary in
stances ever known, both of the man's
skill and of the bird's intense and un
suspecting reliance on language, occurred
not long ago on the Norfolk coast, where
a noted "caller’’ brought a golden plover
down from a great night in the sky, and
kept it running about within a few yards
of a party lunching in the san i-hllls. It
is remarked, also, that Uie peewit, which
has the largest range of notes of all shore
birds, and, therefore, 's presumably the
cleverest at (listing usni.ig me meaning and
differences of the peewit language, is also
the most difficult to ‘call."
BURIED SHIPS.
They Were Found Under n Portion
of Dublin by Sewer Workmen.
From the Dublin Independent.
The excavations in connection with the
main drainage works have resulted in
some discoveries of considerable interest,
particularly to the antiquarian. Unfortu
nately, those who come on the finds are
not enthusiastic seachers into the secrets
of the past, and they did not overexert
themselves in the work of investigation.
When the trench for the main sewer at
Upper Ormond quay was being dug the
diggers came on an old ship, which was
buried in the ground, some twenty feet
down, nearly opposite the head ot East
Arran street. The direction of the ship
was at right angles to the quay wail, the
bow proteclng toward up river.
The vessel was evidently swallowed up
in the sands which formed the bands of
the river long ere the present quays were
built. The width of the ship is fifteen feet,
its length Is an unknown quantity, for
those who found the vessel simply cut
away as much as was necessary to con
struct the sewer. Even its depth was not
ascertained, because the bottom of the
new sewer is only some two feet under
neath tne point where the gunwails of
the boat begin, and the workmen did not
go to a greater debth than they were com
pelled for main drainage purposes. The
material of which the ship was made is
oak, but owing to Us long stay in the
ground the wood is stained almost black.
A peculiar feature of the construction of
the vessel is that the timbers are almoee
all fastened together by mean* of oak
plugs, there being very little iron em
ployed. r rom the charred appeara.nce of
the deck timbers, It is considered probable
that an attempt was made to set lire to the
ship, but the lire did not spread, as the
trtdo timbers show no traces of burning.
Near the top of the ship was found a
quantity of coal, and a fourteen-pound
cannon ball was also discovered. Higher
u £ Hi? ql ii* y ’ opposite the oily
sheriff a office, another ahip was foun I
This one, which lay in the direction parai
lei to the quay wall, had arso evidently
been swallowed up by the sands which
used to border the Llffey In Us progress
through the Dublin and other bays. The
same peculiarities of construction as were
noticed In that of the second. They old
not, however, appear to have been an at
tempt to set the boat on fire.
... Th '\-? worhm *' n ,?* l ’ rßß " their belief that
the ships are old us the days of Brian,
the iutter name being rather a familiar
reference to the conqueror of Cloniarf
The presence of a cannon ball would ueetri
to do away with this iheory, for at the
time of (his httorlc conflict firearmes were
unknown, and the gentle art of projecting
heavy missiles at one’# fellow-creatures
by means of artillery was not employed
f "r Ihe spread of civilteatlun until Brian
reearva had been In the grave for sev
atne time if rc. It is however,
(he pressure voltAire'A,She 01,1 *" ‘be
Is charging Ihem may b., mm of Gueon
given off is of a fixed Join
enl entirely upon the numbers Day
tell, coupled together. , T>buw
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
—FOR— ‘
New York,Boston
—AND—
PHILADELPHIA.
SPEED —COMFORT AND SAFER
Unsurpassed cabin accommodation u
spray baths. Electric lights all night ? *
ex. • Ued table. Improved ventilation L “:
samtary plumbing. 1 on
T ie express steamships ot this
apj>ointed to sail as follows (Rom a, 4r *
null. Central (90th) meridian ,.
low. *• as be.
TO NEW YORK
? ABIN 120.00jEXCURSION* Kara
In.ermediate .. 16.001 EXCURSION
STEERAGE SIO.OO. * " 2iu4
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Cant u
ion, THURSDAY, Dec. 31, at 3 p.' m Han ‘
CITY OF AUGUSTA Cam iv
SATURDAY, Jan. 2, at 5?30 p. m Uag SU,
KANSAS CITY Canf
DAY, Jan. 5, 1897, at7:oo p!' TUES *
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM cw „
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, at 9:30 a m Burg <
TO BOxSTON
STEERAGE $11.76. N1 **
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askina JCDTr,.
Jan. 1, 1897. at 4:30 p! m ' FRIDa 7,
N.yCOOCHEE, Capt. Smith THT-nar,
Jan. 7. 1897. at 7:00 p m ’ rHLR3 DAY,
"KESHKA*-*-*
TO PHILADELPHIA
CA8.’N..... SI7.SO|EXCURSION t* l
Interi.’jediate.... 12.50|EXCURS10N' *!!
STEERAGE $9.00. " 20
°m?3l. IT 3 T p C m Pt ' G °° SinS ’ THUR SDAY,
tue3 -
Through bills of lading Klven „
eastern and northwestern points and 1
the principal ports of Europe ' J *
Fr freight or passage apply to
C-. <3. ANDERSON, Agent
Central Railroad Bans.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS'
transportation CO,
rates op' passace
TO NEW YORii—Steamer aid Rail,
Cabin, limited 5 days, $18.30; cabin unlim
ited, $20.00. Excursion. ’532.00,' se ni
class, $14.76. *
TO BOSTON—Steamer and Rail-Cabin
unlimited, $22.00; second class limited 4
days, $17.00. *
TO BOSTON—Steamer-cabin, limited
10 days, $20.00; excursion, $36.00; aecond.
class, limited 10 days, $15.00.
TO WASHINGTON—Steamer and Rail,
Cabin, $16.20; second-class, $11.20.
TO PHILADELPHIA— Steamer and
Rail—Cabin, $17.80; second-class, $12.50.
TO PHILADELPHIA— Steamer—Cabin.
$16.00; second-das*. $11.50.
TO BALTIMORE—Cabin, $16.00; excur
slon, $26.00; second-class, SIO.OO.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti
more as follows (standard time):
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Peters, SAT
URDAY, Jan. 2, 6 p. m.
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Biilups, WEDNES
DAY, Jan. 6, at 8:30 a. m.
BERKSHIRE, Capt. Kl wan, SATUR.
DAY, 9, at 10 p. m.
And from Baltimore evtry TUESDA?
and FRIDAY.
J. J. CARULAN, Agent.
savannah, ua
W. F. TURNER, G. P. A.,
A. D. STEVENS, A. T. M,
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md,
AMERICAN LINE.
NEW YORK—SOUTHAMPTON (Lon
don—Paris).
Sailing at 10 a. m.
ST. LOUIS....Jan. 6(ST.LOUIS Jan
PARIS Jan. 13|PARIS Feb. 5
NEW YORK. Jan.-20|8T. PAUL ..Feb. 1
RED STAR LINE.
NEW YORK—ANTWERP.
WEBTERNLAND. Wednesday, Jan. 6,n00n
SOUTHWARK.. Wednesday ,Jan. 13,1 P®.
BERLIN Wednesday, Jan. 20, noon
NOORDLAND,. Wednesday, Jan. 27, noon
International Navigation Company
Piers 14 and 15 North River. Office
Bowling Green, New York. Whitehead *
Cos., A. E. Horrocks. Savannah,
FOR BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON
Steamer GOV. SAFFORD will leave Sa
vannah for Beaufort, Port t
Station and way landings at M a r “ u “^ f
days, Tuesdays and Thursdays, returniw
"steamer STAR will leave Blufftond>j7
(except Sunday) at 7a. mJ return g
leave Savannah at 3 p. m.yeiepn^^
TOOLCHESTS
DOLLAR WATCHES,
OIL STOVES,
RAISIN SEEDERS,
MEAT CHOPPERS,
POCKET KNIVES,
SAFETY RAZORS.
For sale hy .
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SEED W
Virginia Second Crop.
EARLY ROSE. BUSS and ÜB<
AROOSTOOK and iIOULTO*.
Maine Early Rime.
Hay, Grain, Feed, riour, eto.
w. D. SIMKINB.
JOHN G. BUTLS
—.DEALER s*— j,
Paints, Oils and Glass, B*eb. pe*
and Builders* Supplies, pl,Ul *
rativo Wail Paper, Foreign and D
Cements, UM
iMC-nt for Asbestine told Wat ST F® |(
UP Congrese and 139 St Ju-* n
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