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to transfer the franchise.
IUSE BALL ASSOCI-
T,ii: lrlO\ TO HE ORGANISED.
IVI „ control the Savannah Club
“ . Be Organized Thi* Week.
MeVarluu to IK- Retained * Ma.m
--r „nd tlte Contracts For the
r * \1 ready Sinned to He Pro
malns'ed Once-The Team ns It
e c Bosche of Atlanta, president
, , he southeastern League, was in the
° " .<torday on business connected with
c/! ' . , n j the Savananh Base Bail
the
1 b 80-'he was busy all clay conferring
Savannah gentlemen in regard to or.
* an association to manage the
' affairs of the Savannah club and
** i 'he deal was not closed it probably
i be in a day or two.
It is more than likely that the Savannah
i n , will be transferred to the Savan
| association entire and the affairs of
1 club will be put in its hands. This
not in any way affect the team as
I jv Saned and A1 McFarlan will still
I he retained as manager.
Mr Bos he speaks in glowing terms of
the outlook for the new league and, as he
I j,,- been a student* of the game in the
I south for a number of years and been ac-
I lively connected with most of the various
I southern leagues, his views are valuable.
IHe says everything connected with the
I league"is in the best of shape and there is
I absolutely nothing in the way of a most
I successful season. Every city in the
I league has signed its manager and is
I working tooth and nail to secure the best
line o: players for their respective clubs
laVt ie salary limit allowed by the league.
| y McFarlan has his entire team signed
I bow and f rora the personnel of the men
111 is a era k-a-jark. In fact, he has more
Imtn signal than he intends to carry, but
■ some of them are only on trial. They will
Ibe given a chance to show themselves in
■ the exhibition games with the northern
■ clubs, and will be retained or let go, ac-
I cording to how they show up.
■ The names of the men a'nd where they
Iwib plav is as follows: Charles Petty,
■ pitcher;’William Leach, pltdlier; William
IBueoker. pitcher; A1 Gibson, catcher; Pop
■ Tate, first base; John Jobe, second base;
■ Spot Davis, third base; Bobbie Langsford,
B-thort s.op; James Adams, right fielder
lard change catcher;"Emmet Seery and A1
■Edwards, fielders. Besides these, Sanford
I Rumen, aim Bob Harper have signed con
■ trads. and it is more than probable that
■ Jim Ilallantyne of Savannah will be sign
led to catch, if the terms can be agreed
I upon.
■ Adams is from Decatur, 111., and is a
Ifas; man. lie had offers from Quincy and
ll’crt Worth, but preferred to come to Sa-
Bvannah. Seery is an old National Leaguer
land is a t excellent player. Bob Harper
land Jim Ballantyne are both Savannah
■boys, and have played ball here and in
lotber southern cities. They are both
■good men. and their friends are sure they
■will show up well enough to be retained
■on the team.
I Of course, the team cannot carry Six-
Man non, and it is not McFarlan’s inten
sion to do so. He will have eleven men,
■besides himself, so it will be seen that live
■of t ‘iron who have signed contracts will
Bias- to go. Who they are will depend en
tirely upon their playing in the trial
H;amrs.
■ Tne contracts of the men signed by Sa-
B'u: ' i . wi 1 lie promulgated by President
at mic, and will be published and
•atuird by Nick Young. Several of the
n have received offers from other
i but, of course, they cannot deal
] it nil not be dealt with by other
■ sci. dido of the league has been ar-
but is subject to changes. Sa-
ill will undoubtedly open at home,
iw v charleston being the opposing
s.v.iiinuh will have both Decora-
day and Fourth of July at home.
■ r > sIV i-ii.it* Base Ball Association will
•c-mp.z. ibis week, a cnarter applied
and ih.. orgaiiization of the club in
H business way will be perfected.
j lAIVERSITY NEWS NOTES.
Innnccments Made For Base Bull
I Games—Other Matter*.
I Athens, Ga., Jan. 17.—The athletic coun-
I th. University of Georgia held tin
Pportant meeting last night at the home
I 'H. Herty, instructor in athletics.
I Programme of athletic events for the
I -lastm was discussed and mapped
I Ute base ball season is at ha.id,
I st thing to be done will be the ar-
Pisement of the class games that begin
I ■ ( 'a;its. Lovejoy, Bradwell, Black,
■ougherty and Bryan will attend to this
I luring the coming week. Yianager
■oinuv,,. ot (jjp ’v a rsit y base ball team
I ‘ three games with the Uai
■ 7 | ! -Yafth Carolina, two to be playal
I ' Li.ta. April 27 and 28, and one lo
■ nil' ! m Athens, April 29. He has
K lll: '' ' a game with Mercer Uni
1, ” Played in Macon May 21.
It.nin , am " s , wlll . be arr,a <tged later. Hugh
■ i ■ Vm* arrive ln Athens about the
t’ h and commence his work
■ ainmg the’varsity base ball nine.
■iinrlt 01 " 1 T ' Jac kson returned from
■u'V„ yesterday with $155 ln cash,
■ iv, n i,y the Savannah alumni
Bu t, i' ' :u hie tic field now being con
lun . ii," tlle ‘ arnpus. When he an
.. h ' '’suit of his canvass of the
■ j " v the boys were all loud in
Praises.
■ r a hi, i„. council authorized the man-
B sen-i!''. ,l ack athletic team to secure
Bit a , a trainer - There is some
B he n* ' r ' <lordon Saussy of Savan-
Blt. ' I ' < ' s,, ' ure h for this Important
■litv'T, • S ' Polhran of the Unt
-8r,;,t.; Association handed ln
Bhis „ "" veßt erday. It was caused
raving time enough to devote
■ ' !.]< * * successor will bo chosen
(*j v | c .
Hr. j .j. • eropshlre medal contest will
B com My at 11,0 university chapel,
■' will be Shelby Myrlek,
■rtn.u! ' ■ Moore, Jackson; J. W.
B;!' V iv *' J ' -Huberts, Buch
■e. .V, llter ’ Monroe, and Robin
It if I'''tnll\ 1 '''tn ll\ of the Commercial
■ it,,,' '" s "unounces the following
■iv- , ' rot nmlttees: Finance, G.
| li'jij,;. A Mallory, K. H. Young
■knii,,,, , S. C. Upson, Ed
for ... ' A thorough can
r Jui. i beginii this week.
Hr J <■/ , , anl8 ’ stenographer for Col.
■l: , ■ Riurifl. la suffering from ap-
H ", an operation may have to
|! " i Bowles, living in Athens,
■M, ' ',, r n<t , for nearly a year with
' ,iT' lon * l * l J awl >one. Lust
I •’ wi!i.'i‘ e i‘r th h uame loose and
H ‘ ' lle was curious to see
'*V uy "as left, and, picking
six inches long, run
■'> i t 1,. , r ' U k, 'P t * oln K U P a "d
H'' , "“nr the end. He couldn't
■ V';!!,',!" "° sit It there. Friday
H l "' ' ii, ' J,| d Conway operated
H 1 u ~ort,on of his Jaw-
H Ui 'l- |, ' HO they found this splln
■ ! ""ties long in the man's
B'y of , ( , l i ;:i'"'"v has presented to the
H ke ’ 10 hun In the eu-
perior court room, a handsome portrait
of her husband, Col. William G. Deloney,
who was an eminent lawyer here before
the war, and who fell at Petersburg dur
ing the last struggle of the confederacy.
It Is probable that the city of Athens
will add three tire alarm boxes to its al
ready efficient system.
THE OI.U SPECKLED LEAF.
Former Favorite Florida Tobacco In
Favor Once More.
Tampa, Fla., Jan. 17.—The convention of
the National Tobacco Growers and Dealers
Association, which was held in Ocala
during the past week, has fixed a great
deal of attention upon this state and has
been the means of bringing many promi
nent people to Florida.
Among these visitors was that old pion
eer in tobacco raising, Carl Vogt of
Brooklyn, N. Y., who came down with his
wife, to attend the convention and then
extended his trip as far south as Tampa.
While at his great resort your correspond
ent called upon him and obtained his
views upon the question of tobacco grow
ing in the squth and especially in Florida.
His experience and the substance of his
views is given below.
Mr. Vogt was for many years a manu
facturer of cigars in Brooklyn, beginning
the business in the early days of his ca
reer. His experience was long and flat
tering with the old speckled leaf of Flor
ida, but w’hen this grade began to lose
its popularity with the breat host of smok
ers who were gradually transferring their
preference to the Connecticut leaf, he ca
tered to his trade by adopting the use of
the northern grown weed for wrappers and
binders. He was in the manufacturing
business for twenty-five years.
(Since that time he has operated a house
in New York, with the assistance of his
sons, where they deal in the imported and
domestic leaf. About ten years ago, when
the fancy of the smokers wasi again turn
ing to the Speckled leaf, they bethought
themselves of the days before the war,
when Florida and South Georgia pro
duced such an excellent speckled article,
and determined to make a southern tour
of investigation and search for that
grade of weed, or a suitable place for its
production.
Just ten years ago, this spring, the firm
located at Quincy, Fla., and put in a five
acre experimental patch. The quantity
and quality of the leaf produced from this
was entirely satisfactory, but the cost of
production was discouraging. But a de
mand existed for that class of leaf, and
it "was necessary that all enterprising
dealers make provisions to meet the re
quirements of the trade.
Every year thereafter the firm put in
tobacco, each year increasing the acre
age, and reducing the cost per acre. Dur
ing the past few years they have aver
aged 100 acres, They have planted all
varieties of seed, but for the past two
years have used the Sumatra seed, which
they think produces a leaf much more de
sirable for the American trade, as the
demand for light goods have prevailed
for some time past.
They have purchased 6,000 acres of de
sirable land in the vicinity of Quincy for
tobacco raising purposes. They look upon
the industry as a remedy for many of the
financial ills of the southern farmer, and
think the possibilities of its culture im
measureable. They have passed through
the experimental stages and believe that
the cultivation of tobacco in the south is
no longer an uncertain experiment, but a
possibility subject to the amount of en
ergy applied.
The entire state of Florida and Southern
Georgia he considers to be well adapted
for the successful operation of the indus
try, and he believes that if it was given a
thorough trial, all the southern states
would find It a most profitable crop to plant
extensively.
COWED BY FRIGHT.
Thrilling Experience of Guards and
Convicts in a Storm.
Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17.—A story new,
because it has never been in print and its
author has not been to town since its oc
currence, was told to the 'Morning News
correspondent to-day.
It is of thrilling interest and gives evi
dence of the power of fear over mankind.
The present tax receiver of Glynn, Mr.
Mason T. Scarlett, had charge of the con
victs at the time of the September storm.
On the day when this terrible and destruc
tive hurricane passed through Glynn coun
ty he had forty-five convicts in a forest
chopping timber. They were one mile
from camp when the storm clouds burst
over them. The convicts were quickly
lined up and double-shackled, as a precau
tionary measure to prevent attempts to
escape. No idea of the fierceness of the
coming storm tnen prevailed, but as mo
ments passed the wind increased in veloci
ty. Limbs of trees were hurled to the
ground, while a drenching rain poured un
ceasingly. The convicts were rushed into
the open and huddled together. The guards
stood over them with weapons handy, but
the increasing stbrm soon made their ap
pearance unnecessary.
Trees began to crash as the wind twist
ed them from their trunks, while the noise
of popping timber grew nearer, as if an
advancing fire of musketry were ap
proaching. The convicts were terror
stricken and afraid to move. The guards'
voices could not be heard above the din
of the crashing forest, and signals were
given by waves of the hand. Scarlett
stood under a maßslve oak, and as trees
would bend and break towards the right
he would wave the convicts to the left
out of danger, and vice versa. When the
storm was at its hight hts tree of shelter
was torn up by the roots, and his escape
from death was almost miraculous. Some
of the convicts cried, others prayed, while
others were unable to utter a sound. Each
and every one watched the arm waves of
Scarlett as a signal to run for
life, and the clanking of the
chains and shackles, added to the uproar
of falling trees, made a turmoil difficult
to describe. When it was all over the
men were massed together and given time
to recover from their fright, after which
they were marched to the camps through
land strewn with debris. Hardly a word
was spoken en route, and the most hard
ened criminal on the gang seemed to real
ize the danger they had jUBt passed
through. ft was three hours of horror
such as they had never spent, am) In their
manacled condition they felt their utter
helplessness.
Mr. William Johnston and party of the
Johnston Company line of steamships
•pent last night and a few hours of to-day
Here. They visited the Southern's cot
ton docks in charge of local agent Cand
ler and Maj. A. F. Churchill of the Bruns
wick Terminal Company.
Companies A and D, naval militia, and
the marine band will parade Tuesday af
tsrnoon at 1:30 o'clock, In honor of Lee’a
birthday, and afterwards have a rule
shoot. The Riflemen will spend the day
in target practice at the back
landing. Company D, of the
reserves are ready to be mustered into
the state’s service, and advices from the
adjutant general’s office state that this
will occur when Lieut. Brown returns
from his western trip, the officers are:
Lleutennnt commanding, James 8. Wright;
lieutenant, Junior grade, C. A. Taylor;
ensign, F. McC. Brown; ensign, W. B,
Cook. The officers elected by company A
Wednesday night are; Lieutenant com
manding, F. D, Aiken; lieutenant. Junior
grade, C. L. Elliot; ensigns, J. 8. M. Sy
mons, Taylor.
Deputy United States Marshal Emmett
Taylor is off on a trip up the Southern,
summoning witnesses for the Dauntless
trial, which occurs In Savannah Tuesday.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 18, IS<J7.
BANKER CLEiISt VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook aa Seen From
Wall Street.
New York, Jan. 16.—1n Wall street, the
year 1897 opens with a marked improve
ment of tone. Among the banks, in the
investment market, in speculative opera
tions and in the various branches of credit,
the recovery of confidence Is very con
spicuous. The change is no artificial pro
duct; it has come about through a grad
ual natural process, and is the result of a
growing conviction that a reaction has set
in from the various adverse conditions and
moods which, for tlte last three years, have
so comp.etely shaken the foundations of
public confidence. Not that the future is
regarded as entirely exempt from some
important uncertainties; for it is conceded
that adjustments remain to be accomplish
ed which are needful to establishing a
complete sense of public security.
One of the main things tending to this
current recovery is the evidence on every
side of a more conservative, intelligent
and rational public sentiment. Our three
years of severe trial has served as an in
valuable education. It has exposed cer
tain radical but unsuspected dangers in
our currency system and tn our financial
machinery. The first effect of those rev
elations was to produce a paralyzing
alarm, under which capital and industry
became utterly stagnated. The exposure
of our perils, however, stimulated investi
gation; and investigation has enabled us
to understand our complication of dis
eases, to measure their dangers, and to
put a reasonable estimate upon the reme
dies proposed for their removal. We
have thus come to understand our case
and are able to see the
way out of ■ it; which first
carries us out of the paralyzing stage of
fright, and then establishes more than a
hope that the national Judgment will pro
vide a way of escape from our industrial
and financial derangements. Having thus
passed beyond the stage of confused mis
conceptions into that of an intelligent
comprehension of the situation, the battle
with our adverse conditions is virtually
won. Amonfe active men of affairs there
is now a general consensus of opinion as
to what is needful to put our varied in
terests upon a sound and safe basis; and
it is this matured understanding of the
situation and its wants, together with the
public urgency for applying prompt rem
edies, that largely accounts for the great
improvement of tone which is now appear
ing in Wall street.
The foreign exchange market continues
steady and affords no symptoms of the ex
portation of gold which London and Paris
have been so confidently telling us must
appear soon after the opening of this year.
We have already mentioned the fact in
these advices that, at the end of last year,
about $36,000,000 in bills of exchange was
held here as a temporary investment, in
place of forwarding the bills to Europe in
the usual course. These obligations have
now begun to fall due. Were the collec
tions remitted in the ordinary course, we
should now be importing considerable
amounts of gold; the foreign bankers, how
ever, are glad to issue other bills against
these maturities, so that this large foreign
indebtedness to New York is being to a
considerable extent renewed as it becomes
payable. This operation suits the large
hoiders of idle balances here and helps
to sustain the local rate of Interest; and
it still better suits the convenience of the
foreign centers, which are afflicted by a
comparative derth of gold. This situation
strengthens the probability that little gold
will be sent hence to Europe during the
first half of the current year.
HOW JOE SENT WORD.
Strange Story of n Missing Son Who
Informed His Mother.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Ringgold, La.—Berry Hinson, living be
low this place, down in the "piney woods"
region, is a hard-working, fairly pros
perous farmer. Five years ago the Hin
sons were a very happy family, consisting
of Berry, his wife and one son, Joe. About
this time Joe, a steady, easy-going lad of
18 or 20, suddenly disappeared. All efforts
to trace him were unavailing. Some said
he was drowned, others that he was mur
dered, but the most diligent and faithful
search failed to reveal his whereabouts.
It is worthy of note that while both pa
rents grievously mourned his loss and
used every means In their power to ascer
tain news of him, from the first Mrs. Hin
son expressed a firm belief that the boy
was alive and well, and would one day
come back home. During all the years
that have passed she has persistently clung
to her belief, though not one word came
from Joe in the meantime.
Last November, during the latter part
of the month. Berry and a party of
friends went out to Lake Bisteneau duck
hunting. Though ducks were plentiful
and everybody else in the crowd killed
great numbers of them Hinson, usually a
fine shot, played to hard luck, and when
the last day of the hunt came hadn't
bagged a bird.
“If I were you, I’d save my ammunition.
Berry," said one of the party, seeing Hin
son load up for a shot Just as they were
preparing to break camp and return home.
"Just this one for luck,” was Berry’s
answer as he pulled the trigger, and one
lone duck dropped from his mates into the
water.
“Let it alone, old fellow, it’s only one,
and we’ve got enough to divided," said his
friends, seeing Hinson in the boat ready
to paddie out for the duck.
“No," was the answer, “I’ll get it and
carry it home to the old -woman Just for
luck.”
The rest of the story sounds like fiction,
but it Is a fact, nevertheless, and pretty
interesting.
Hinson captured his game, carried it
home and that night when Mrs. Hinson
was picking the duck she found a small
glass bottle, hermetically sealed and tied
to the bird's wing comfortably stored away
underneath among the down.
Breaking the seal Mrs. Hinson found a
small bit of paper within, on which, with
joy and wonder that may be better Imag
ined than described, she read the words:
"Tell mother to kill a turkey and bake
some potatoes for me Christmas. I’m
coming home. Joe."
Of course, this marvelous little episode
created a great deal of cogitation and
comment in the neighborhood, and every
body was on the qul vlve for the coming
of Christmas, wondering if the recreant
Joe would be as good as his word so mirac
ulously given.
It is needless to say that if there were
any doubting Thomases, Mrs. Hinson was
not one of them. With true mother instinct
she prepared the fatted calf, so to speak,
tnd though Christmas Eve came without
Joe she killed the biggest gobbler on the
place and robbed the potato bank of its
sweetest yams for the morrow’s hake.
The end Bounds tame, so true to story
book tale is It, for when Christmas day
eame, Just as dinner was ready to go on
the table. In walked Joe, a big, bearded
man now, but rejoiced to get home none
the less.
He says he captured the duck on one of
the Wisconsin lakes last summer, and
while he wrote that note and tied it on
the bird "Just for fun" he has ever since
had a vague feeling that his mother would
receive the message and be expecting him.
I dare say most wayward sons count
upon the mother at home being constantly
expecting them and ready to receive them
when they come, but not another, I sup
pose, could hope to send a message the
way Joe did.
A TIMELY TOPIC-
Wliat the Leading Paper* Say About
the Great Danger of These Days,
The leading question of the day among
scientific men, and in the leading papers,
is the alarming increase of pneumonia,
the death rate showing an Increase of
over FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT,
within thei last few years. Doctor Gou
verneur M. Smith, in an article in the
Medical Record, says that while medical
art has advance of recent years in many
directions, "so far as pneumonia is con
cerned science has shriveled.” The New
Y'ork Sun. writing on this subject, says:
“The great increase in the fatality of
pneumonia is very alarming, especially ns
the disease carries off so many in the full
ness of life and health." The New Y'ork
Herald says: ‘‘Considering the impending
weather changes, this dread disease opens
its campaign very vigorously.” Surgeon
General Moore of the army. In his annual
report, says: “The principal cause of
death In the army is pneumonia.”
There is one thing that every doctor,
every surgeon, and every nurse does upon
the first appearance of pneumonia, and
that Is to stimulate the system. The life
is weakened and must be stimulated to
throw oft this terrible disease. Pure spir
its do this; impure spirits do not. The
amount of Duffy's pure malt whisky
used by the doctors and nurses in the
land, in case of pneumonia, is enormous.
Great care should be exercised in secur
ing the genuine, and great promptness In
taking it on the approach of the first
symptoms.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
til midnight Monday: Clearing and gen
erally fair-weather during the day; colder;
winds, probably brisk and high, north
west.
Forecasts from Washington:
For Georgia, Alabama and Western
Florida—Clearing and generally fair dur
ing the day; colder; northerly winds.
General conditions: The weather is gen
erally cloudy over the entire country, and
at 8 p. m. rain was failing at nearly all
stations along the Middle and South At
lantic coast, and it was snowing in Upper
Michigan; no heavy falls are reported.
The temperatures are considerably
higher throughout the southeast and
along the Gulf coast, but it is colder In
the extreme northwest, where, at 8 p. m.,
a temperature of 6 degrees above zero was
recorded at St. Paul.
Yesterday’s' Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 3:15 pm. 69 degrees
Minimum temperature 7:30 am... 13 degrees
Mean temperature 56 degrees
Normal temperature 62 degrees
Excess of temperature 4 degrees
Accumulated excess since Jan. 1.21 degrees
Rainfall .... .00 inches
Normal 11 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 1 74 inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m., 75th me
ridian time, yesterday, was 10.1 feet, a
fall of 1.6 feet during the preceding twen
ty-four hours.
The following telegram was received
from the chief of the weather bureau;
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 17, 1897.—Ob
server, Savannah, Ga.; Hoist information
signal at 11 p. m. at Savannah, Savannah
section; Wilmington, Wilmington section;
Moorehead and Washington. Winds will
probably shift to northwest and become
brisk and high on the South Atlantic
coast Monday. Willis L. Moore,
31:30 p. m. Chief of Bureau.
Observations taken Jan. 17, 1897, 8 p. m.
(75th meridian time), at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News:
Narae of Station. | -|-T.| ‘V. (Rain
Boston, cloudy | 38 | STI “t“
New Y'ork city, cloudy ,| 42 | 32 j .<H
Philadelphia, raining ~..| 48 | 26 j .04
Washington city, cloudy, j 44 12 | .04
Norfolk, raining 62 18 | .04
Hatteras, cloudy 54 10 I .00
Wilmington, cloudy 68 8 | .00
Charlotte, raining 40 20 j .4o
Atlanta, raining 48 12 | .68
Jacksonville, part cloudy. 64 6 | .00
Jupiter, clear 66 6 .00
Key West, clear 72 6 .00
Tampa, clear 68 L .00
Pensacola- partly cloudy. 62 18 .01
Montgomery, cloudy ..... 66 L .34
Vicksburg, cloudy 50 6 .06
New Orleans, cloudy .... 64 8 .14
Galveston, cloudy 66 8 .06
Corpus Christ), p't cl’dy. 64 16 .02
Palestine, partly cloudy. 56 8 .00
Memphis, clear 44 24 .00
Cincinnati, partly cloudy. 42 24 .02
Pittsburg, clear 66 12 .14
Buffalo, cloudy 46 34 .14
Detroit, cloudy 36 36 .18
Chicago, cloudy 32 36 .02
Marquette, snowing 22 26 .06
St. Paul, clear 6 S 24 .01
Davenport, partly cloudy. 28 | 32 .01
St. Louis, cloudy 36 j 20 .00
Kansas City, clear 34 ! 6 .00
North Platte, clear 26 | L 1
Dodge City, clear 32 L | .00
-|-Temperature; of wind.
J. M. Sherler,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
BUftULAR OUTWITTED.
Cnle Farmer Young I* S2OO Richer
Than He Wa* on Friday Morning.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Farmer Y’oung, who lives in Kleckners
vllle, a few milts from Bethlehem, figured
in a sensational incident yesterday that
made him SSOO richer and the envy of all
the farmers ln the neighborhood. Accord
ing to his story he was driving along a
deserted part of the road yesterday, when
a woman hailed hint and asked for a lift
for a short distance. The good-natured
farmer consented. He had not driven far,
however, when he discovered that his com
panion we* not a woman, but a man. The
farmer, half-scared to death, tried to
think of a scheme to get rid of the intrud
er. Finally he dropped his whip ln tho
road.
The stranger offered to hold the horse
while Mr. Young got out for the whip.
The farmer declared the horse wild and
skittish and begged the stranger to Jump
out and get the whip. The latter did so,
and then'the farmer sent bis nag along at
a break-neck speed. Three shots from the
dlsguished stranger whizzed by his head,
but he reached home safely. Arriving
there he found that the stranger had left
a satchel ln the buggy. The satchel was
a gold mine for the farmer. It contained
nearly *SOO in gold and silver coin, a com
plete set of burglar tools and three bull
dog revolvers.
The old farmer has all the articles In his
possession and that Is what makes him
the envy of every individual for miles
around. But Farmer Young Is a religious
man, and say a If the woman Impersonator
calls he can have his property.
CASTOR IA
For Infant* and Children.
MAKE-BELIEVE ELEGANCE.
Marble Tlint in Not Marble anil Carv
ed Wood That I* Not Wood.
Frcm the New Y'ork Tribune.
People who live in large cities where the
struggle for existence whets the inventive |
genius and stimulates competition, often [
learn the truth of the old saw; "Things
art seldom what they seem." Shams and [
imitations of all kinds are placed upon the i
market, and the Imitations range in all j
branches and lines of business, from skim- j
milk which masquerades as cream, to the )
piece of glass which has to do service as ;
a "real diamond." These frauds are trans- -
parent to a great part of the population,
and the sham Jewelry, sham fur and the
humbugs generally ure palmed*off on that
class of the population which would rath
er have an imitation than nothing, or upon
the rural visitor who lives in blissful Igno
rance of many tricks of the various trades.
But some of the great metropolitan build
ings which have been erected recently
have w ithin their walls shams in the way
of decorations which are so well made, so
artistically constructed that they are
looked upon as genuine by men to whom
the average sham is an open book. In
a building which was recently erected in
the residence part of the city there are
groups and columns w’hich look to the
casual observer like shafts of highly col
ored marble, seamed and veined so intri
cately and colored so harmoniously that
a person with appreciation for the beau
tiful could not help noticing them and
praising their beauty.
“But they are not marble,” said one who
knew all about the builder's shams. “They
are not even stone. The highly polished
columns are made of Iron and decorated
to imitate marble.”
"But the surface feels like stone and
not at all like metal.”
“It is not metal, nor is it stone," was the
expert’s reply. “Over the surface of the
iron column there is a coating, the chief
ingredient of which is powdered marble.
This coating is several inches thick, and
becomes a solid, homogeneous mass, sus
ceptible to the highest polish; and when
it has been rubbed down and painted its
general appearance will deceive most peo
ple."
In the same building there are cornices
and panels which seem to the casual ob
server masterpieces of the carver’s ar*
but the garlands and groups of fruits and
flowers which appear to be stone and
ivory and polished wood are only plaster
or prepared paper pulp coated with colo-s
which aid in the work of deception. Ceil
ings which represent great areas of carved
and chiseled stone are only plaster, and
the fluted columns surmounted by highly
ornate capitals which stand neur the great
make-believe monoliths may be unmasked
with the prick of a pin and shown to be
plain, ordinary wood, disguised and mas
querading under colors and tints artis
tically applied.
The "Altedenteche Blerstube," the Dutch
tap room and the old English banqueting
hall, with their dark wood furniture, un
finished ceilings and massive carvings,
have all been reproduced In some of the
modern metropolitan buildings, and one
of the most recent of these furnishes an
artistic sample of the decorator's ability
to deceive. Over an open 'fireplace there
is a hood, which looks like a piece of carv
ed wood, black with age. The general de
sign is curried along on the top of an
equally dark wainscottong which encircles
the room. The knowing man who shows
all this to the visitor whom he favors with
his confidence reyeals the fact that the
hoods over the fireplace, the mantel carv
ings and the ornamental wainscoting are
not wood at all, but plaster, and that the
darkness was produced by well-mixed
paint, and not by time.
"But the rafters overhead,” said the vis
itor, pointing to the exposed pieces, “they
are of the same color, Just as dark and
possessing the same degree of polish—how
about that?"
“Why," said the guide, "they are made
of the same material as the fireplace orna
ments. Sham rafters, and if you could
get at them you would see that there is
no wood about them."
It was said in explanation that the plas
ter rafters were not put in to save money,
and that hardwood might have been used
without extra expense. But by the use of
wood the weight upon the frame would
have exceeded the architect’s calcula
tions; hence the lighter material was re
sorted to, and In that instance the decep
tion was prompted by the builder's pre
caution.
"in all modern buildings,” said a decora
tor, "may be found examples of work
which was put in to represent something
which it is not, but the effect is always
pleasing, and the fact that the work Is
so well done and that it deceives people
who know the real things when they gee
them shows that the industry has devel
oped artists in that Held."
REVIVAL*IN AUGUSTA.
An Important Evangelical Work in
augurated by Hev. W. R, Gale*.
Augusta, Ga., Jan, 17.—Rev. -\V. R.
Gales, an evangelist, began in Augusta
to-night a series of union meetings, in
which all the evangelical churches will
unite. His opening sermon indicates
that the meetings will be on a high
plane. The sermon to-night was to
church members, and was intended to pre
pare them for the work In hand. The
meetings will be held In the St. John’s
Methodist church dally and nightly for
the next few weeks. To-night the pas
tors of all the leading churches were
present on the platform, and In spite of
rain, all the afternoon and at the church
hour, there were 500 people present.
—"lt,” said the grinning savage, as he
turned the machine gun on the discomfited
Christian civilizers, "|g a poor Maxim that
won’t work both ways.”—lndianapolis
Journal.
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ERYTHING IN
CHINA AND GLASS.
YOU CAN GET THE BEST
ALWAYS AT
WEST’S SUB
There is no doubt
about the quality ,or
style if the article
comes from West’s.
Household Supplies
of the best kind are
sold lower here than
elsewhere.
When you want the
best goods, always come
to us.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERSONAL.
’’BIRTHDAYS” ONLY COME ONCE A
year; a handsome finger ring, an accurate
watch, a useful pair of spectacles or a
nice bracelet make a lasting and welcome
girt; always with the wearer. Fegeas,
the reliable jeweler, 28 East Broughton,
the place where even the smallest purse
can be suited.
“'DANCING, DANCING MISS l’.EN
nett will give a grand reception Friday
evening, Jan. 22, at Armory hall.
“TYBEE SCHEDULE, LEAVE SAVAN
nah Sundays 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. Leave
Tybee Sundays 11:30 a. m. and 4:45 p. m.
Leave Savannah Tuesdays 9:30 a. m.
Leave Tybee 4 p. tn. Leave Savannah
Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30 p. m.
Leave Tybee 4:45 p. m. All trains leave
by city time. J. J, McDonough.
BAY STREET * EXTENSION—POPTJ
lar road for blcylists; stop at Jasper
Springs for refreshments; select member
ship to Jasper Club solicited.
HAVB~YOU SEEN~ THE NEW FIRE
klndlor? Cheap, quick, sure, safe; no dan
ger; lookout for agents, who will call; Ig
nites coal quick.
FEET VERSUS BRAINS.—I TREAT
your understanding—not your brains, but
your feet; it Is as great a luxury to have
good feet as to have a clear head; corns.
Ingrowing nails and other diseases of the
feet skillfully treated at moderate
charges; I have 300 references In Savan
nah; leave orders at Wheeler’s drug store,
or at my office, 215 Broughton street, east.
Lem Davis, Surgeon Chiropodist.
“JASPER CLUB, AT JASPER SPRINGS,
now open for members and their friends;
delightful resort to spend the afternoon;
take the Electric cars.
“HAVE YOU seen'THE NEW FIRE
kindler? Cheap, quick, sure, safe; no dan
ger; lookout for agents, who will call; Ig
nites coal quick.
“COMMISSION ROOM; YOU
can find almost anything you want; I pay
spot cash for bicycles,, or will buy any
kind of fixtures and merchandise.
HELP \\ ANTED—MALES.
"^WANTtuX^TiVO
boys, musicians preferred; one girl that
sings and can do skirt dance, that is mus
ical. Address lock box 162, Newton, N. C.
L.
“WANTED, IMMEDIATELY, “GOOD
blank book forwarder. The H. & W. B.
Drew Company, Jacksonville, Fla.
■"DEPUTIES TO REPRESENT THE
American Renevolent Legion and organize
councils in every town and city of the
United States; the most popular system of
Insurance in the world: contracts liberal.
Address American Benevolent Legion, 1600
Chemical Building, St. Louis, Mo.
AGENTS WANTED. ~
■TrTHTirYHjNTTrTNirEjrPENSKHrTO
sell cigars; chance for advance; experience
unnecessary. Bailey Bros., 921 Arch street,
Philadelphia. _____
"WANTED, LADY OH GENTLEMAN
to iearn business, then travel or corre
spond from home on salary. Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. Ua.skell Cos.,
443 Dearborn street, Chicago.
“ TRAVELING SALEHMAN" FOR Cf
gars; old reliable house; experience un
necessary; extra inducements to custom
ers; $75 to $l5O per month and expenses.
Charles C. Bishop & Cos., St. Louis.
WANTED, MEN AND WOMEN,
young and old, to work for us in their
own homes in spare time, day or evening.
We pay $lO to sls per week. No canvassing.
Any child can do the work. Send address
to-day. We send work at once. The Vail
Art Company, Dept. No. $25, Vail, Pa.
~s3o A WEEK SALARY AND Ex
penses paid salesmen; experience not nec
essary; permanent position. The W. L.
Kline Cos., St. Louis, Me.
ROOMS W ANTED.
ed rooms, gentleman, lady and child, with
or without board, in private family; best
references. Address "Savannah,” News.
“ WANTED—MINCKLLANEOi *.
■''wANTElA^'jVlO^
grass lands In exchange for grape vine
yard* located on Lake Erie. Address H. B,
Jlalloek, 348 Superior street, Cleveland, O.
FOR RENT—ROOMS.
■'To'RKrUrT^IHtKK^SOU?!^^
. furnished or unfurnished; single or to
gether. 208 South Broad, west.
'FOR RENT, TWO FLATS, THREE
and four rooms; all conveniences; cheap
to good tenant. 119 Gordon, west.
FOR“RBNT’“a"FLAT or FOUR CON
nectlng room*, with bath. Apply at hou*e,
northwest corner Abercorn and Wald
burg. __
NICELY FURNISHED ROOM, 305
Tattnall street, near Liberty.
"ON* ELEGANT ROOM, FIRST
floor; one large hall, third floor, in Lyons’
block. John Lyons.
FOR RENT—HOLHES.
FOR RENT, THAT DESIRABLE
four-story residence, 108 Jones street west;
all conveniences and rent reasonable. G.
1 H. Remshart.
"TO REN’S *U HUNTINGDON
street; rent twenty-two fifty per month;
i Dcascsslon Pvt),
AUCTION SALES.
RKDROOM AND PARLOR SETS, PIC-
Tt RES AND FANCY ARTICLES.
C, 11. OORBGIT, Auctioneer,
Will sell MONDAY, IBth, at 11 o’clock.
Matting, Enameled Iron Ue-lstead,Ban
qect Lamp, Hair Mattresses, Walnut Li
brary Table, Handsome Oak Dining Ta
ble, Beautiful Banquet Lump, Mahogany
Center Table, Bed Spring,Portable Wash
Stands, Oak Dining Chair, Handsomely
Decorated Chamber Set, Fine Pictures,
Oak and Walnut Bedroom Sets, Extra
long Walnut Dining Table (round cor
ners), Fine Oak Wardrobe, Walnut Side
boards, Clock, 2 Large Ranges, 3 Office
or Bedroom Heaters, Gas Stoves, colls of
Tarred Rope, Cork Floats for Seines,
Sheaves, Parlor Sets, and sundry other
articles.
AUCTION BY A. K. WILSON^
At II o’clock at 231 Congress street west.
Fine Oak Sideboard, Hat Rack, Ward
robes. Bedroom Suits, and a variety of
nice Furniture, Matting, Rugs, Stoves,
Kerosene Oil Heaters, Lamps, Books,
Scales, Iron Safe, Groceries, Sundries, etc.
THE MOST DESIRALEr
BUILDING LOTS IN THE CITY
FOlt HALE
—at— ’ i
Greatly Reduced Prices.
20 LOTS, 30x105,
Located on DUFFY, NEW HOUSTON
and WALDBURG streets, east of Price.
The Waring estate desires to develop
the neighborhood in the section above,
and for prompt sales will make a great
reduction in price, together with accom
modating terms. The location is unsur
passed—three street car lines, high and
dry lots, water, gas and electricty. Thess
lotH are not in the country, but are in tha
very heart of the city. For building or In
vestment they are the best obtainable.
For particulars apply to
I*. A. WARING,
Post Office.
FOIt RENT—HOL : SEfI.~
~FOeT"KEN UV'iU'LROOYT'^^
Apply at 543 Huntingdon street.
■“BRICK house, corner jeffer
son and York lane, for rent. Apply A. 8,
Cohen, 5 Bull street.
FOR REN TANARUS,“ TIIA 'l' DESIRABLE RES-
Idence, southwest corner Whitaker and
Perry streets. Possession immediately. An
drew Hanley, 127 WhltuKer street.
TO RENT. FROM JaN. 1. 1897," THB
linnilsom, residence 215 Whitaker street,
between Wnldburg and New Houston
street* (next to Col. Estiil’s). ilaa aU
modern improvements Apply to F. (J.
Bell, Morning News office.
“ FOR' RENT, DESIRABLE Resi
dences, In beat locations. Apply to Cham
pion & Garmany, 113 Bryan street.
FOR RENT. NO. 3 AND 5 DUFFY
street, east; have all modern improve
ments; rent reasonable. Apply to Wal
thour & Rivers, Drayton and St. Julian
streets.
FOIt RENT—STORES.
FOR RENT, TWO FLOORS ABOVE)
Paulsen's, corner Bay and Barnard, front
ing on Bay, each floor measures about
4,000 square feet; rent reasonable. O. H.
Remshart.
"ONE" CORNER AND ADJOINING
store. West Broad and South Broad
streets, from Oct. Ist; glass fronts, fac
ing South Broad street, which will be
paved soon. J. F. Gullmartln & Cos.
FOR RENT—MISCELLANEOUS.
■^TO*RKNTTTTi^ > ITAU^
bar.
FOR SAI.K—MISCELLANEOUS.
by A. K. Wilson, at 221 Congress street
west; fine furniture, iron safe, scales,
groceries, etc.
' HIC YCLE3; 9)0 FI ft E “SECOND-HAND
wheels, all makes, mußt be closed out;
$5 to sls; write for descriptive lists, F. O.
Mead Cycle 00., Chicago.
OAK WOOD. *l.lO PER LOAD; PING
block, one dollar. Aimar’s; telephone, 121.
■“FOR SALE, CUSTOM HOUSE~SHAI>ES
saloon cheap; terms spot cash. Apply,
No. 9 Drayton, Joseph Galina.
“at “public auction, horses!
horses, horses. On Tuesday at 11:30, t
will sell at my regular auction, 25 head
of horses consigned to me from the north,
among them are some with speed and ex
tra good business horses. C. B. Young
love.
“SOVEREIGN REMEDY CURES GRIP,
cough or money refunded; 25 cents.
Persse’s drug store.
“FOR SALE, CHeXp7"ONE CARLOAD
lime in bulk. Apply to J. W. Comer,
purchasing agent.
“25 SHARES OF STOCK OF NATIONAL
Bank of Brunswick, Ga., at par. Worth
about 120. Box "C," Gainesville, Fla.
“CYPRESS SHINGLES AND PILINO.
We sell good cypress shingles at $2.25 per
thousand. Special prices on carload lots;
boats can load at the mills; can also fur
nish cypress piles in any quantity on
short notice. Vale Royal Manufacturing
Company. ■
“for sale! seventy“fivb! BET*
of timber carts fit for turpentine or tim
ber. Will be sold cheap in lots to suit
purchasers. Enquire of The Atlantic Con
tracting Company, foot of East Broad
street, John F. Gaynor, president.
LOST AND FOUND.
LOST, A HOOK CALLED "CELH
bfated Trials.” A suitable reward will be
paid If it is left at the News office.
“l/BT. SATURDAY AFTERNOON,“A
gold brooch, design, one large and small
daisy, with diamond in center of each. Re
ward if returned to Jackson, Metzger &
Cos.
BTHIIKU.
YELLOW BUTT
head cow; ring branded on right; finder
will get reward. 404 State street west.
MISCELLANEOUS.
erty, consult Robert H. Tatem, real es
tate dealer. No. 7 West York street, near
Bull street.
e. <?. i’Acirrn. roofing, ref a I rt
ing and painting; special attention given
to repairing tin and slate roofs, 136 Whit
aker. •
™™ m ntOPO^TTTTANTED^^™" I ™
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, ST.
Augustine, Fla., Jan. 16, 1897.—Pro
posals tor building guti and mortar bat
teries at Key West, Fla., will be received
until 2 p. m.. Jan. 30, 1897. and then public
ly opened. For Information apply to W,
H. H. Benyaurd, Lieut. Col., Engineers.
Toyblu
r lull 013 Plant*. a Q i oat tlowon
Lease orders at Uoseafeld A Murrey’s, Ji
W iuuker u, or Teiepaoue :wt SUiUXii
Take Halt Lius railway^(ttf
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