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THE SAPELO QUARANTINE.
l)K. LB HAKUY ON THE GOVERN
MENT STATION.
With the Same Amount of Money
M, n OeiuH Expended There the
Savannah Quarantine Station
to uld lie Made a Better One. He
Things—The Methods In Vogue at
Sapvlo Hardly IP to Hate—The In
justice of Free Quarantine hy the
Government at Brunswick to the
Injury of Savannah—Tents and
Cots Added to the Facilities at the
Savannah Quarantine.
Health Officer LeHardy returned yester
day morning lrom Sapelo, where he visit
ed the government quarantine station. Dr.
LeHardy was accompanied by Maj. C. S.
Hardee, Mr. I’aul M. LeHardy and Mr. J.
£. Burgess. The latter has the contract
for the wharf work now In progress at
she station. _ T
The party spent the night on Warsaw
Island and arrived in the citjA early yes
terday morning.
Dr. LeHardy gave a very interesting
account ot his trip last night.
•Wl had a delightful trip.” he said.
• The Veather was perfect and the Theck
li at her best, and we lost not one min
ute traveling, except just this side of the
tfcouth of Augustine creek, where we were
vit-i lined a few minutes, having stuck
on i mud bank of mall formation. Capt.
Daniels is a thorough and competent sea
man and he and his crew handled the ves
sel as if she were a toy, and keep her as
bright as a Jewel. I spent a good part of
Saturday on the station, examining every
portion of it. The government is spend
ing a good round sum of money to put it
m some shape, and this was needed. I
tt is V. ry glad to have had the opportunity
of examining this station, for it has given
me a much better opinion of ours. The
United States station is built on stilts, at
a goodly distance from terra firma, and
although it may be very firmly anchored,
it may some day And itself floating as a
result of one of our West India cyclones.
• •This is a very queerly managed sta
tion,” said Dr. LeHardy. "The quarantine
physician and assistant live about eight
miles from the station and the water is so
shallow between, that half of the time
their launches can not be used, and the
only communication left is by land rul }~
ning with some vehicle round the beach.
We reached the station early
Friday evening (5:40), and, had
the officers been on duty there,
1 could have gotten the scant information
I was able to get on that day. As it was,
we had to spend the night there along
side a floating lighter and start the work
late next morning. The tides didn't suit,
and Dr. Nydegger had to come around by
the beach."
"What was the result of your visit?
Dr. LeHardy was asked.
‘ I consider my visit to Sapelo one of
great importance,” he replied. ‘‘lt fully
demonstrated that the methods used by
the marine hospital service there are no
better or safer than those in use at our
own station, and that, at an expense of
less than SIO,OOO, the amount of the
appropriation now being expended to re
pair and improve Sapelo quarantine sta
tion we could furnish our own station
-with a floating disinfecting plant equipped
with all the necessary apparatus for thor
ough disinfection of persons, of personal
effects and of vessels, and also provide
for the rapid removal of ballast. By so
doing we would give our city the benefit
of the results obtained by the most re
cent discoveries, affording greater security
against the introduction of contagious dis
eases by shipping, and at the same time
reducing the time of detention, to that
which is known to be consistent with per
fetc security. We would thus save to our
shipping the enormous expense of towage,
pilotage and unnecessarily long detention,
to which it has been, is now and will con
tinue to be subjected as long as the gov
ernor of Georgia will permit the unjust
discrimination between ports in our state,
as now exist between Brunswick and Sa
vannah, by allowing the marine hospital
service to retain the management of
Brunswick's local quarantine, and furnish
what they choose to call national quaran
tine regulations free of charge to all ves
sels going to that port, while, when treat
ed by our regulations, they must pay for
our inspection and for our quarantine reg
ulations. This is a discrimination which
works infinite Injury to this port, as per
sons connected with the lumber and n&val
stores business fully appreciate.
lor the lack of accommodation at Ba
peio vessels have been detained there as
long as thirty days. They are now in
cnSsing the length of their wharves to
net—ours is now 400 feet. Their meth
od of discharging ballast Is the same old
poky way we have of tolling it by hand
barrows. Then the crew must dip every
rook constituting the ballast in a 1 to XX)
solution of mercury, and after the vessels
nave gone through a fumigation by burn
ng sulphur in pots or in the sulphur
chamber and forced into the hold by a
a " “rough long metallic pipes, a process
■u h lasts a couple of days, so the sur
u n in charge told me, they are treated
, a mercurial spray bath and then de
tive days longer. Vessels going to
t,,,„ a rl' k ilre rarcly sent to Sapelo sta-
From Savannah he Informed me
~, Vw ' l were treated from May, 1896.
' ‘iy, 1597. Since last May, however,
*■ vessel has been sent there, the
urn artlM?n °P e . from Rio.
■'< asked 1 ' difference?” Dr. LeHardy
h* replied, "being Informed
TANARUS", kly oon ular reports to the Sec
e ry °; *£* Treasury of the sanitary eon
v n im thp ports whence vessels trading
eommu S 1 l,r ’ con "‘’ our hoard of sanitary
t • , , '"‘ ra hav ’e found but In one ship
'lons necessary, according to our
Bapeio*? r,<lulre vessels to be sent to
s*nT,hL tar<,y **•• *° be able to pre
t „ , s h ' “®hl*ary board shortly plans
1,, 1 ;,'i"g disinfecting plant. He has
'o find here a hull suitable for
•l- uh'. r. " f t<Ul ' h a l’* ant and will look
f nr- r, ' r llne - "’lth a floating disln
tilseh.rJ! . apparatus for the rapid
that J ballast. Dr. LeHardy believes
sit , “a'annah station will be in po
-1 r,i ,"'V? of any class likely
<£. _!** a inla port.
*lth a' "m u. W f UI ,lhort,y he equipped
Which ,;„;‘ |l|y °f cot* and tents, both of
* ah - ady been purchased. The
Si' t num, *' r . Avere seeured from
than w , nrr rm . n much lower price
i , "Vx '.''' 1 * ,y any h “lder* In this
rf*"'**'* 1 t the
'" •; w i 1 for the arrival of any
turns ,| , .. ' *'"** °f contagious or Infec
t, ,”1 :ihoar 'l- I’lstforms will be
Tw„ ' ' f ; ,r 'he floats of the tents,
r• 1 Jr. w "l he erected aepa
f"r vd|, „ esses snd others
••in' w 1 1 J b* t lcnts. The other four
of ■■r<‘ws and r and ,o,{othrr tor he us*
•U .I ,0 ? K . Pa ".r ,,er * w 'ho have been
“•'•d t,y , h „ ! Xl'°, tlon - Th *‘ cots will be
,r " ary ,™ p,OJ T" at ' h c "titlon snd
d ' r 'l'd' • iiui, V p *" o,lt, an<l Persona un-
J SICt RgSOR.
gt, . *"* *ent to Rome Prom
TUB r '* - "election.
4 £ r “‘ 1 ' ,u,y *-n wa. an-
ty that the names of
j, ~ ,<,n# B *hop Camlllua Paul
iln Bishop
sent to ft.—. ,* °f batches, Lave
" hon may J*• or *>r ‘hat a a*.
lilt Ar, si , ! na< te for a successor to
k -"., Af< hbishop Ji.mn of 0 “
LOCAL PERSON AL.
Mr. M. J. Dean of Darien was in the city
yesterday.
Mr. A. Berlack came up yesterday from
Jacksonville.
Mr. A. A. Hlrsch of Charleston spent
yesterday In the city.
Mr. J. L. Flanders came down yester
day from Swainsboro.
Registered at the De Soto yesterday was
Mr. Samuel Hale of Atlanta.
Among the guests at the Screven yestjpr
dav was Mr. G. T. Tyler of Midvllle.
Mr. F. M. Turpin of Macon was among
the guests at the De Soto yesterday.
Among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes
terday was Mr. O. N. Taylor of Bruns
wick.
Misses Apheha and TVallena Pritchard
have gone to Lookout Mountain for the
summer.
Among the guests registered at the De
Soto was 'Mr. Thomas Martin, who came
over from Bluffton.
Among the arrivals In the city yester
day was Mr. J. A. Wotton, who came
down from Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wimberly came
down yesterday morning iVom Hawktns
ville, and registered at the Pulaski.
Mr. T. S. Lucas, principal of Chatham
school No. 1, has gone to his former home
at Charleston to spend the summer holi
days.
THANKS FROM THE QUEEN.
The Attachment of Her Subject* in
America Appreciated.
New York, July 25.—Through the British
consulate here, Queen Victoria has sent
her thanks to ali her subjects in this
country who contributed to her jubilee.
Jubilee services were held in the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, in this city,
and the rector, Rev. Dr. DeCosta, has re
ceived the following letter:
"New York, July 23, 1887.—Sir: I have
the honor to inform you that I have to
day received a dispatch from the Marquis
of Salisbury, in which ftis lordship states
that he has been commanded to express
the queen’s gratification at the manifesta
tion of respect and attachment displayed
toward her majesty on the occasion of the
special commemorative service held In
New York on June 20 last, to celebate the
sixtieth anniversary of her majesty's ac
cession to the throne.
“As I am given to understand that the
special services at St. John's church on
the day in question were conceive* t and
carried out by yourself, it gives me much
pleasure to ( fonvey to you her majesty's
gracious message and at the same time I
would ask you to impart the same to all
those who participated in the services
and contributed to make them so great
a success.
“Signed. A Percy Bennett, Acting Con
sul General.”
Dr.DeCosta read the letter containing the
queen’s thanks to his congregation at the
morning and evening services at St. John's
to-day.
MUSICAL WEEK AT NASHVILLE.
The Three Day* Jubilee Festival
Full of Promise.
Nashville, Tenn., July 25.—The last week
in July promises to be one of the most in
teresting in the history of the centennial
exposition, and there is every reason to
believe that the attendance will be larger.
The early part of the week will not be
marked by any conventions or gatherings
of societies from other states, but will be
noted for many new and decidedly enter
taining amusement features, while the full
complement of musical performances,
night and day. will be given.
The important events of the week are
to occur on Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, the three days set apart for the jubi
lee festival, and no effort is being spared
to make this musical festival one of the
most attractive and delightful productions
ever given in the south.
On Thursday, grand opera day, scenes
from Cavaliera Rustieana and other fam
ous operas will be given. On Friday, in
ternational day, patriotic songs of all na
tions will be on the programme. On Sat
urday the jubilee festival will close with
a grand production of Innes’ famous spec
tacular ‘‘War and Peace,” in which all
the soldiers camped at the exposition and
many companies of the state guard, to
gether with several batteries of artillery,
will participate.
EXODUS FROM W ASHINGTOSI.
Congressmen anil Other Public Men
Hentlna n Retreat.
Washington, July 26.—There has been a
constant exodus from Washington of sen
ators and representatives during the past
twenty-four hours. It began even before
the adjournment of congress last night,
many members leaving on the early even
ing trains, and it has continued uninter
ruptedly during the day. Most of the
travelers left for their lfomes, while oth
ers have gone to the seaside and mountain
resorts. Speaker Heed is still here, hut
expects to leave during the early part of
the week. Chairman Dingley, started for
Maine to-day. The President and those
of his cabinet who Intend to leave Wash
ington for a vacation will do so in the
next few days, so that by the end of the
week the elty. politically and officially
speaking, will be deserted.
TICKET SCALPER SHOT.
He-fnsnl to Give a Hearn Money the
Only Provocation.
St. Loulf, Mo., July 26.—George Herman,
who has charge of a ticket hrol/ers' office
opposite the union station, was fatally
shot to-night by a negro named Matthew
Hancock. The latter went into the ticket
office and demanded money, and when It
was refused shot Herman llvo times wPh
a revolver. A crowd of rabbles and other
hangers-on about the station chased the
negro with the Intention of lynching him,
but he was finally rescued by the police
and locked up at the Four Courts. J
BOLIVIA’* HEW MINISTER.
Honor Luis Pas Arrives nt Washing'
ton With Ills Heeretnry.
Washington. July 26.—Senor Ruta Tar.
the newly appointed minister from Ro-
Itvla to the United States, accompanied
by Dalro Gulterreg, first secretary of le
gation, arrived in the elty to-day. The
minister and his secretary eame to the
United States by way of Europe, where
they remained for about a month. Senor
I'ai exports to present his credentials (o
President McKinley before the latter's
departure for his summer vacation,
BEFORE YOU RIDE YOUR WHEEL
Be sure to shake Into your shoes Alton's
Foot-Ease, a powder for the feel. It keeps
your feet cool and comfortable, prevents
•wealing feet, and makes your endurance
Un-fold greater. Over 100.001) wheel people
are, using Allen's Foot-Ease. They all
praise It. Ladles, Insist on having 11. It
givea rest and comfort and prevents
smarting, hot, awollen, aching feet. At
a>l drugglais and shoe Mores, Me Sample
FREE by mall. Address Alien M. Olm
sted, 1* Hoy, N. Y.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 20, 1897.
Mrs. Josephine Polliill, of Due West
S. C., liatl a severe case of catarrh
whichfinaUybecameso (Jeep-seated
that she was entirely dear in one
ear, and part of the bone in her nose
sloughed off. The best physicians
treated her in vain, and she used
’.nr/'S 1 , niinrn dv
iSJKrt uUntll HI
avail. Fourteen bottles of S. S S.
promptly reached the seat of the dis
ease, and cured her sound and well.
dk S. S. S. never fails to
K ” ©k* euro a blood disease, and
Njgw ir >s the only matedy
, . xgk which reaches deep-seated
cases. Guaran teed pure
'NCSP' ly reget/ibtr. Books free:
iddress awiit Specific Cos., Atlanta, Gfe.
LIFE AT CAMP SATTF.HLEE.
Thy Eticnni|iment a. Sneeess—The
Crnek Companies.
Camp S.utterlee, St. Simons Island, G.,
July 25.—The camp has been quite a suc
cess. There litis been only one slight case
of sickness up to date. The military men
are well pleased, and Lieut. Col. T. M.
Hopkins says St. Simons should be made
a permanent place for encampment for
all companies south of Macon. Lieut. Col.
Hopkins says it would be a great saving
to the state and the troops would like the
new encampment. Although the encamp
ment expenses here are paid by the mem
bers of the regiment without assistance
from the state, Col. J. O. Varna Joe re
quires the strictest military discipline.
All who know Col. Varnadoe concede that
h e is one of the best officers In the state.
The Waycross Rifles, in the
various encampments of the regiment,
have furnished sixteen out of eighteen
orderlies. Orderlies are selected a* the
guard mount for their soldierly bearing,
their neat appearance, and cleanliness of
arms. Perhaps nq company in Georgia
has a better record for orderlies than the
Waycross Rifles. Capt. T. O'Brien will
not allow any member of his company
while In encampment to use any profane
or vulgar language.
The only members of Col. Varnadoe’s
staff that are present are: Lieut. Jeour
ger and Surgeon Blanton. Capt. C. P.
Hansew of the Thomasville Guards Is act
ing major of the First battalion in place
of Maj. Guery. Maj. Jerger of Thomas
ville is an extremely popular officer witlf
the regiment.
A3jt. W. O. Thornton of the First Bat
talion and Adjt. R. L. Wylly of the Sec
ond Battalion are very popular.
Orderly Sergt. A. J. Scott of the Albany
Guards wears a medal and is the best
drilled man in the regiment.
Capt. Dart of the Brunswick Rifles is
very strict, and is highly complimented.
Every company in the regiment is very
popular with the ladies, with possibly the
Waycross Rifles and the Brunswick Rifles
in the lead.
Dr. Hopkins, the venerable father of
Lieut. Col. T.N. Hopkins of Thomasville is
attending the encampment. Dr. Hopkins
was assistant surgeon, in the Seminole
war. He remembers when there wefe no
steam boats. The doctor says he has
bound volumes of every copy of the Au
gusta Chronicle from 1811 to 1816. The pa
pers are very Interesting reading the doc
tor says, giving what at that time was
fresh news from Europe.
ALL ABOUT AMERICAS.
Sew Cotton Compress—Home Insur
ance Company,
Americus, Ga., July 25.—A movement has
been started to organize a home fire In
surance company in Americus. Several
of the best business men in the city are
interested In the enterprise.
G. W. Guess, chief clerk to General
Manager Gabbett of the Georgia and Ala
bama railway, has tendered his resigna
tion and will go to North Carolina for
the present. He Is succeeded by W. H.
Ellerbee of Pass Christian, Miss.
Relatives In Americus have received a
letter from Hon. R. L. Oliver, United
States consul at Merida, Yucatan, staling
that he would shortly resign his position
there and return to his home in this city.
He was appointed to that position by Pres
ident Cleveland three years ago.
Jerome Hill, a prominent cotton factor
and compress operator of St. Louis, is
here for the purpose of locating a cotton
compress packing bales In cylindrical
form. By this method, he says, 189 bales
of cotton can be packed In a car, or al>out
100 more than under the present system.
It Is now believed there will |se no con
test over the rtcont election here for the
Issue of $35,0001 of bonds, and that the Is
sue will soon be made*.
The handsome new edifice of the Furlow
Lawn Baptist church is about completed,
and w ill probably he dedicated on Sunday
next. The new church occupies a beauti
ful site at the corner of Iso and College
streets, and will cost, completed, $5,000.
W Alt ROSS HEWS WAIFS.
City Honrd of Education—MnJ. Ilnn
limn In Town.
Wnyoross, Ga., July 2*s.—The city board
•f education last Friday afternoon held a
called meeting for ihe purpose of attend
ing to several special matters. Col. W. M.
Toomer ivas elected a member of the board
of education, vice 8. 8. Fltzslmons, re
signed. Mr. Fltzslmons resigned because
of his other duties requiring his being ab
sent much of the time.
MaJ. Bradford Dunham, general super
intendent of the Plant system, spent sev
eral hours this morning here.
ltev. If A. Hrown preached two excel
lent si'rmons at the Presbyterian church
to-day Mr. Brown will leave to-morrow
morning for Greensboro, N. C., and will
be back aguln In September.
The Millwood district Sunday . school
convention will be held at the Baptist
church In Millwood on the Fifth Sunday,
and Saturday night preceding, proximo.
These conventions are held quarterly.
HOnKKEEPI.It OH THE 111 M.
Ills Employers Accuse Him of Htcnl
lok $63 or gull.
Atlanta, Oa„ July 25.—The police are
on the watch for young Paul Lawshe
tiookkeeper for the Fulton Auction House
on Marietta street, conducted by Mass,
Rurgcn A Freech. Luwshe Is thought
to be on A big spree, and while under the
influence of liquor ycslcrday was so in
discreet as lo tap the till, according to
their story to the detectives, to the tune
of $56 to SBO. The youngster, they say.
after taking the money, sneaked out
through an adjoining barber shop to go
off. as they think, and get drunk some
more. The olficors have visited almost
every barroom Itv town, but Ihus far
without success.
—Mother—Do you know why your pa
called Mr. Ulowhead a liar. Tommy?
Tommy-Yes m; he's a smaller man than
tut.—Harlem Life,
BAD RIDING FOR BICYCLISTS.
THE 25TH INFANTRY CORPS’ 1 ,!(><>
MILE TRIP A HARO ONE.
Forty Ilnys OonsthiieJ an the dun
From Fort Missoula. Mont., to St.
Louis, tIS of Which Were Spent on
the Road—The Corps Composed ot
23 Men—The Txveiitj- Privates Ne
groes—Tlie Rond Bail Nearly the
Entire Distance.
St. Louis, Mo., July 25.—The Twenty
fifth United States Infantry bicycle corps,
which reached this city last night, com
pleting their 2,000-mile ride from Fort Mis
soula, 'Montana, in forty days, thirty-five
of which were actually spent on tlie road,
are encamped at Forest park. Despite
the rain that fell last night and this aft
ernoon, thousands of people visited the
troopers at the park.
During their stay here the officers, Lieut.
J. A. Moss and Surgeon J. M. Kennedy,
will be entertained by prominent citizens,
while the troopers, who are colored men,
are the guests of local bicycle clubs, and
later will be transferred to the Jefferson
barracks.
The Twenty-fifth United States Infantry
bicycle corps left Fort Missoula, Mont.,
on June 14, twenty-three in number—
Lieut. Moss, Surgeon J. M. Kennedy and
Edward H. Boos, the official reporter, and
twenty soldiers selected from (he troops
stationed at Fort Missoula. During the
trip one of the men was returned to Fort
Missoula on account of not being able to
keep up.
The first twelve days of the trip were
rajny and disagreeable, but good time
was made nevertheless. It was during
these days that the divide of the moun
tains was crossed, as well as the greater
part of Montana. There were a few pleas
ant days while the troops were In Mon
tana. While crossing the Crow Indian res
ervation heavy rains fell and the Corps
were stuck in the gumbo mud much of
the time. All of the way across Wyoming
rain hampered the progress of the com
pany and many hardships arose from lack
of good water.
The southwestern corner of South Da
kota was crossed, two days being occu
pied in that state. The sandy roads were
awful and the prairie beside the road was
a field of prickly pears, making travel on
the wheels very tiresome work. A stretch
of good but hilly road was struck after
leaving Edgemont and the run from that
place to the Nebraska, line was accom
plished in short order.
As soon as Nebraska was reached now
troubles confronted the corps in the shape
of sand hills and heat. From the state
line to Alliance the roads were fair, be
ing only sandy in patches, but after Alli
ance was reached and for a distance of
nearly 200 miles the sand in the roads was
eight and ten inches deep. The road was
given up and the railroad used, the men
riding as much as possible, but walking
the greater part of the time. While in this
desolate country there was no good water
to drink and a number of men were taken
sick. After four days of suffering the
sands hills were passed.
The corps passed through Grand Island,
Lincoln and Table Rock, In Nebraska, and
out of that state into Missouri on July 17
at Rulo. Asa whole the roads through
Nebraska are good, but far from being
level, short, steep hills being ontinually
encountejad. The find camp was made
at Napie* St. Joseph, Hamilton, Macpn,
Louisiana and St. Peters, being the
camping places for. the othef nights. The
roads across Missouri were bad a,nd hilly,
and with the exception of a few gfawel
roads, were the worst on the entire trip.
When away from the railroad the people
were inhospitable.
The distance covered on the trip was
1,900 miles, the average run per day being
52 2-3 miles. After leaving the Nebraska
sand hills, the average was over 60 miles
per day. ii
The bikers stood the trip remarkably
well, but few accidents of a serious na
ture occurred, those that did occur being
through carelessness. According to L|eut,
Moss, the trip was a success from a mili
tary standpoint.
OCALA'S NEW TELEPHONE LINES.
AH the Small Towns For 30 Wiles
North Now Connected.
Ocala, Fla., July 26.—Ocala Is now con
nected with all of the small towns along
the line of the Plant system as far north
as Orange Lake, a distance of thirty miles,
with a telephone system, which has just
been completed by J. B. Carlisle, president
of the Ocala telephone exchange. To
morrow he will commence work on a line
lo Cltra, on the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular.
Over fifty loads of tobacco eame to Oca
la yesterday from the rural districts,
which were readily disposed of.
STICK A KNIFE IN HIS NECK.
Tailor on n Spree Calls Three Hoys lo
Ice Him Commit Suicide.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 25.—W. L. Mor
ris, about 35 years old, believed to have
belonged formerly in t.'rbana, 0., com
mitted suicide here this morning by cut
ting his throat. He haH been recently In
Daytona, this state, working at his trade
as a tailor. No motive for the act is
known. He had been on a spree and had
less than a dollar In his pockets. The
man called three small loys from th-*
street, promising to show them something,
and on (heir following him to bis room,
he deliberately plunged a knife Into hie
neck.
Steel Hurrels.
Electrically welded steel barrels are
made at Uxbridge, England, says the Han
Francisco Chronicle. By easing the rolls
at the ends the previously Impossible task
has been accomplished of rolling a fiat
steel sheet into the regulation barrel
form. The sheet metal Is extended at the
center only, the metall plate retaining Its
original width at the ends. After the ends
have been sheared the longitudinal seam
Is electrically welded by the process. The
heads are cut in a circular shearing ma
chine and then corrugated and dished 111
a 100-ton hydraulic press. The dished end
fits Inside the barrel head, and a ring of
sheet metal three-quarters of an Inch to
one Inch wide Is also placed outside the
barrel and the three edges of metal are
finally electrically welded. The bung
bosses are stamped out of Stef? and are
also welded on by (Tie sume process. These
I nrrels are principally used for storing
lubricating and lighting oils and for hold
ing the acetone used in the manufacture
of Mitt*.
—Measurement.—"Have you bought any
fireworks lo celebrate with?" Inquired
Broncho Bob.
"I should say I have," replied Derringer
Dan; "four gallons.”—Washington Star.
For Infant! and Children.
“v'G&Aff&zU 3L
MINISTERS IN LONDON.
Ambassador Bayard the Most Popu
lar American Representative.
William E. Curtis in the Chicago Record.
London. July I.—When Mr. Bayard left
for home the American colony in London
was afraid that it might never have an
other satisfactory ambassador at the
court ot St. James. Whatever may be
the opinion of Mr. Bayard at home, he is
certainly very popular here, both with
the English and with the American resi
dents. Some even contend that he is the
most popular man in England, and I have
heard it asserted that he would draw as
large a crowd as anybody in the king
dom except the Queen and the Prince
and Princess of Wales. There is no ques
tion that he has done a great deal of
good in softening the sentiment between
the two countries, and, although his
speeches may have been Indiscreet In
some respects, from our point of view,
they made him a great reputation as ail
orator, and have served to promote a
friendly relation between the governments
as well as the peoplo of both continents.
This was especially true during the agita
tion of the Venezuelan controversy, and
many people contend that it was he and
not Secretary Olney who secured the set
tlement of the question In such a peace
ful and satisfactory manner. Mr. Olney
did the work, but Mr. Bayard prepared
the ground.
In the American colony there was a feel
ing of the greatest regret and genuine
sorrow when Mr. Bayard was recalled,
and, as I have said, his fellow-country
men feared that they would never again
have so satisfactory a minister. Mr. Lin
coln and Mr. Phelps were thoroughly re
spected, but they were not what may be
called popular; Mr. Lowell, Mr. Rierpont,
Mr. Charles Francis Adams and others
who preceded them were disliked. Mr.
Lowell had little relation with his fel
low-countrymen in London, Mr. Picrpont
is said to have been snobbish and Mr.
Adams was an iceberg. Gen. Schenck
was exceedingly popular, although there
are few Americans here now who remem
ber him, for he came in Gen. Grant's time.
They tell a story of the late Emery
Storrs, who came to London while Mr.
Lowell was here, with a sort of semi-offi
cial commission, to negotiate on behalf of
the pork packers of Chicago for the mod
ification of the restrictions that were Im
posed against their goods. A friend who
met Mr. Storrs on the steamer asked him
what he was going to Europe for,
"I am going to nfhke James Russell
Lowell give me a dinner,” he replied. "I
understand that he has never entertained
an American, and 1 propose to persuade
him tp change the programme and invite
at least one of his fellow-countrymen to
partake of the hospitality of the legation.”
And Mr. Storrs carried his point. No
body knows how he did It, but Mr. Low
ell did actually give a dinner in his honor,
and Mr. Storrs selected tne guests. When
he askqd the privilege of doing so,Mr. Low
ell is said to have assented with and
trembling, because he expected that Storrs
would want nobody less than the queen,
the Prince of Wales and other members
of the royal family. He was, therefore,
not only surprised but relieved when
Storrs requested him to ask Irving. Toole,
Huxley, Tindall, and other actors, sci
entists and literary men.
Mr. Storr used to delight in telling this
story, and he said that about three weeks
after, when he left London for a little
tour over the continent, he visited the
picture gallery at Dresden and stood ab
sorbed and almost enraptured before the
Sistine Madonna.
"The room was crowded,” Mr. Storrs
used to say, "and 1 felt the strange seu.-n
--|tlon that comes to one who Is being stared
at. 1 found that most of the (tuple in the
loom were Americans, and they looked at
me with a sort of aw* —something more
than curiosity. Finally I turned Impa
tiently and said; ‘Ladles and gentlemen,
I eame 4,000 miles to see this beam Ifni
picture. I suppose you came for the same
purpose, and yet In the presence of the in
spired work of Raphael, the most won
derful a human hand ever painted, you
(stand staring at ms. I suppose It is tny
clothes that* you are looking at, and It
may relieve your curiosity when I tell you
that they were made In Chicago."
Mr. -Storrs says that a gentleman step
ped out of the crowd at that moment and
remarked: "Mr. Storrs, you are mistaken.
It is true that your fellow-countrymen re
gard you with the greatest interest, but it
is due to respect und admiration rather
1 han curiosity. You Arc famous all over
the world as the only American to whom
James Russell Lowell ever gave a din
ner."
But even the most critical American In
London concedes that Col. John Hay fills
Mr. Bayard's place to the utmost satis
faction. He has hail a trying experience
through the jubilee season, when every
body from the United States wanted
something at the embassy, and he had a
small army of special ambassadors to
look after, but as one of the older mem
hers of tho colony remarked the other
night; "Col. Hay seems to have the fac
ulty of doing everything just right."
Berhaps It is fortunate, as President Mo-
Kinley suggested, that Col. Hay Is
not an orator. That I* said to have been
one of the reasons why he was appointed
ambassador to Great Britain Instead of
Mr. Depew, because all of the mistake*
of Mr. Bayard were at banquets and at
other public functions, where he made al
lusions in his speeches lo political affairs
In the United States. Otherwise his ora
tions were models, and a London publish
er Is now collecting them for tho purpose
of publishing a book which will include
not only his public addresses, but those
of all the American ministers who pre
ceded him. Mr. Lowell made some very
fine speeches; Mr. Phelps did also, ana
Mr. Lincoln, who does not claim to be an
orator, made quite a reputation in that
line while he was minister here. Col. Hay
also demonstrated his ability to fulfill nil
requirements In this regard. He has made
one speech since his arrival, and that vns
on a notable occasion in May last, when
the bust of Sir Waiter Scott was unveil
ed in Westminster abbey. It is a beauti
ful genr of oratory, and the British critics
call It a classic.
Col. Hay has renewed the lease of his
house In Charlton terrace, where he lives
among the dukes and princes. He Is fort
unate In having a larger Income than Mr.
Bayard, and has expended It freely dur
ing the jubilee season for the benefit of
his fellow-countrymen and to keep up the
American end of the entertainments. Mrs.
Hay and Miss Hay have already made a
most pleasant Impression upon London
society, although they have been here hut
a short time. Go the day of tho royal
procession Col. Hay Invited a number of
Americana to witness the pageant from
tha terrace In the rear of his house, which
ovcrlooka fit. James park. On the even
ing of the 28th he gave a atate dinner in
honor of Whltelaw Reid, Gen. Miles and
Admiral Miller, at which lg>rd Salisbury,
Mr. Balfour, Mr Chamberlain, Sir Will
iam Harcourt, Mr. Asquith ‘and many
other promineni people were present, on
the Fourth of July Col. Hay gave a gen
eral reception to all the Aiflorlcans In
England. On the 14th of July he enter
tained In a similar manner,and Invites the
lords and ladtea of London to meet hla
friends who happen to be here from home,
I,ater In the season he will give a recep
tion In honor of the American bishops
who are attending the convocation at
Lambeth palace.
Mr. Whltelaw Held has renewed th*
lease of his house for another month, and
Intends to entertain largely, assisting Col.
Hay to return the hospitality that has
been offered American vlaltora to (lie jub
ilee. We do not often send special am
bassadors to represent our government
on ceremonial occasions, but this time we
Aavo had an unusually and sumo think
an unnecessarily large delegation, but
they have behaved themselves In a man
ner that has done credit to the government
and to the people of the. United States.
There has been no scandal like those that
disturbed the ceremonies at Moscow last
year, at the coronation of the czar, and
although Mr. Reid Is the only man in the
great company of the queen's guests who
has worn an ordinary suit of clothes,
that and his "squash" hat have only
served to make him conspicuous, and he
has shown how the sovereigns of our
country appear when they are out for a
good time.
The following is a list of the retinue
which has followed Mr. Reid through the
dizzy cermonles of the Jubilee and as
sisted him in presenting a letter to the
queen:
First secretary, Ogden Mills of Califor
nia, brother-ln-luw of the special ambas
sador.
Second secretary, H. Crfighton Webb of
New York, a brother-in-law of the Van
derbilts.
Third secretary. Erskine M. Hewitt, son
of ex-Mayor Hewitt of New York.
Military atarhe, Maj. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, commander United States army.
Aid-de-camp to military atache, Capt.
Mans, U. S. A.
Private secretary to military attache, N.
E. Dawson of Washington.
Attache to military attache, John U.
Henderson, Jr., of Washington, son of ox-
Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri.
Naval attache. Admiral R. A. Miller.
Staff of naval attache, Capt. F. A. Cook,
Commander William H. Emory. Lieut.
Thomas Slidell Rogers, IJeut. Philip An
drews and Lieut. John C. Colwell.
When It is considered that. Queen Victo
ria has been entertaining all of these gen
tlemen, it will lie realized that we have
done our share in making the occasion
glorious. Mr. Reid is said to have been
the happiest man In London during the
ceremonies. Gen. Miles has been a gtiod
second, and has pressed him close for the
first place, but Mr. Reid has had an ad
vantage in the fact that Mr. Chaunccy M.
Depew. who was dying to come here us
special ambassador, has been wandering
around the corridors of the hotels looking
for somebody to entertain him, has not
been invited to any of Queen Victoria's
dinner parties and balls, afid lias not had
an opportunity to make a single speech
since he came to London. Taking those
circumstances into consideration, Mr. Retd
has been a very happy man.
Gen. Miles, however, has been able to
wear a uniform and ride one of the queen’s
horses, and has received a great deal of
attehtlon from the military authorities.
His lordship, Gen. Wolseley. has been es
corting Miles around, and has Introduced
him to tho clubs and military messes.
Miles has reviewed nearly all the soldiers
in Great Britain, and has been by far the
handsomest man who has appeared on r a
rado. For manly beauty Queen Victoria
has never seen his equal.
Everybody agrees that the finest sight
that was witnessed during the naval pa
rade was during tho evening when the
Prince of Wales was making an Inspection
of the Illuminations. The night was very
dark, so that the lights upon the vessels
were much more eff* olive than ttiey would
have been otherwise. Just as the royal
yacht was passing down the line of visit
ing ships one of the vessels threw a
searchlight upon tin* United States flag
ihal floated from the mizzenmast of the
Brooklyn, and held it there so thal the
stars and stripes appeared for at least five
minutes as if suspended like a planet in
the sky. The Prince of Wales started a
cheer, which was promptly responded to
upon tlie royal yacht and was Immediate
ly communicated lo the other ships, until
several hundred thousand people who wit
nessed tile spectacle were shouting at the
top of their lungs and the hands upon ail
the men-of-war were playing "Yankee
Doodle.”
An Isliiikl of Pence.
From !,;t Revue Seientlflque.
In the Bacllic, nthlway between New
Zealand and New Caledonia, there IS an
Island whose history Is curious enough. II
Is Norfolk Island, discovered In 177*1 by the
celebrated navigator Cook. Its coasts are
nearly Inaccessible; cliffs prevent landing
on all sides, except nt two points, on the
north and the south respectively, which
permit of access and which are so utilized
by vessels. The soil, which Is of a dark
tint, Is very fertile. Jt produces nearly all
the tropical plantrf) as well tut those of
temperate countries. Besides coffee, ban
anas, sugar-cane, leguminous vegetables
of all kinds, oranges, lemons and citrons,
the grape, apples, etc., flourish there mar
velously. As for che flora peculiar to the
Island. It Is necessary only to mention the
famous Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria
exeelsal. We have said that the history of
the Island Is vi-ty curious. In the begin
ning Norfolk received from Sydney, Its
sister colony, a population of convicts;
ilpn abandoned and again reoceuplcd. It
became In I*3B a place for the transporta
tion of condemned habitual criminals. Ter
rible anil bloo'iy scenes were enacted there
but at the suppression of transportation
(o the Australian colonies the island was
again abandoned. Now there was at this
date In the Pacific ocean another Island
whose Inhabitants asked nothing better
than to lie removed; theae Islanders were
the descendants of the mutinous crew of
the English ship Bounty, whose history,
too long to tell here, and. besides, well
known doubtless lo the reader, forms one
of the most dramatic episodes of the mari
time annals of the eighteenth century. Tho
mutineers of the Bounty, after taking
wives at Tahiti, settled on Idtcalrn Is
land, not less Inaccessible than Norfolk.
They were leading there a-life unknown
to the rest of the world, with which they
had broken off all relations, when, long
years after, an English ship having by
chance touched at this unknown and sup
posedly lb sorted isle, was surprised lo
find there human beings—compatriots.
The origin of this population whs not
such as to recommend It, but long years
had flown and the past was forgotten.
Everybody In England showed the deep
est Interest In these new Robinson Cru
soes when their history became known.
With time the Islanders had mul
tiplied and found their Island
of I'ltcraJrn too small for them.
They asked that England, which
was, after all, the suzerain of those
subjects of whose existence she. had so
long been Ignorant, should rede lo them
the abandoned Norfolk Island, with ull
Its buildings, penitentiary and agricul
tural. We see, then, the Islanders break
ing up their homes to go and settle In a
place nearly S.ooO miles away, where they
debarked on Juno N, 1838, to the number
of 198 persons of both sexes. These I*l
are to-day 832, living by the whale fishery
and by agriculture, under n government
that Is simplicity Itself. The Island is un
der the jurisdiction of the governor of
New South Wales; It is administered by
three functionaries, of whom the princi
pal of "chief magistrate” receives $125
yearly salary; the chief postmaster has S4O
and the register of land $26. Perhaps these
salaries may seem small, but It must be
added that there Is no public revenue, since
there are no duties. The sole tax consists
of obligatory labor, to which all the male
inhabitants from It to GO years of age nre
subject, and which represents four days
of work between January and June, chiefly
in road repairing. The luws, which are
few In number and simple as the political
and administrative organisation of ths Isl
and, do not fill more than two sheets of
patter. Police would he needless; as no
body commits any crimes, there nro no
prisons. The climate being very healthful,
sickness is unknown; nevertheless there le,
*
the chaplain, Is an official agent; both of
them are paid from a fund administered by
the governor of New South Waive,
AUCTION 8 \I.KS.
SALETHISDAYI ~
MR. C. 11. liOHSETT hsving otlie*
Business to attend to,
j. McLaughlin <& son
Will sell, it! No. It Uong;rrss street,
west, at 11 o'clock!
Two Suites Parlor Furniture, 6 Suite*
Bedroom. 2 Secretary Hook Cases. Fancy!
Tables, Fancy Chairs, Dining-room Ta
llies. Chairs, upholstered in Morooco,
Desks, Engravings, Walnut Hat Rack,
Large Mirror, cost $129; handsome Oalc
Sideboard. Walnut Sideboar&s, 2 plain
Wardrobes, 1 Mahogany-Sideboard, 1 Wal
terbaek Cooking Stove, 1 small Gas Stove,
Kitchen Safe, Crockery, etc., etc.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^
PERSONAL.
practical'
knowledge of his business and his untir
ing efforts, to please his customers, ac
count for the amazing success of the pro
prietor of the Savannah Hair, Jewelry and
Shaving Supply House, the place in Geor
gia for ail kinds of hair goods, artistic and
becoming hair dressing, and the sole de
pot for Emiiu's hair tonic. 28 East Brough*
ton street.
TURK ISH AND "RUSSIAN BATHSJ
medical electric treatment free; excellent
attention. 115 Drayton street, William F
Rendnnt, proprietor.
INGROWING NAILft-l CAN CURB
Ingrowing toe-nails, never mind how long
they have been troubling you, or In whac
condition they are In. I have hundred*
of testimonials from the best people In
Savannah. Charges moderate. Office 108
President street, east. Office hours 6 to
9 a. m., 1 to 3 p m., and 6 to 8 p. m. Lem
Davis, Surgeon Chiropodist.
’ SPECI AL SALE 6# "CASH REQIB
- typewriters, bikes, iron safes, caslt
drawers, show cases, desks, buggies,
wagons, scales, and variety of glassware,
etc., at P. J. Finn's commission room.
No. 212 East Broughton street, near Ab
ercorn.
FOR RENT-ROOM*. ~
ROOM FUrI
nished or unfurnished. Also front base*
ment room. 113 Jones, west.
FOR lit:\T—HOUSE*.
AT ISLE OF HOPE, FOR RENT, FOR
balance of summer, Small cottage. Ad*
dross L., 16 East State street.
FOR RENT.
four-story dwelling, 106 Jones, west, will
put In good order. S4O. G. H. Remshart.
FOR RENT, DWELLING OVER
drug store, corner South Broad and Wes*
Broad, S2O. G. H. Remshart.
F<R RENT. N>i 418 PRICE STREET,
seven rooms, good condition, Just repaint
ed; Immediate possession; sls per month,
W. E. Guerard, 216 New Houston street.
"FOR rent; Wo. 628 GORDON
street, good condition. Just painted; tent
dollars per month. W. E. Guerard. 219
N w Houston street.
" FOR RENT FROM OCTOBER i, THAT*
convenient residence northwest corner o|
Oglethorpe avenue and Abcrcorn street.
J. C. Rowland, 16 Bryan, cast.
FOR RENT. SEVERAL DESIRABLH
dwellings; centrally located; all modern
Improvements; possession now or Ist Oc
tober. Apply to Champion & Oarmany,
16 Bryan street east.
FOR KENT—STORKS.
“TvMpRICNTrFKOIvrTjoVEirBEir^
Ist, store and promises. No. 41 Barnard
street, now occupied by Geil & Quint. Ap
ply to Walthour & Rivers.
FOR SALE—HEAL ESTATE.
buy house and lot on the main street
that cost two thousand dollars sixteen
months ago. Write at once. P. O. Bo*
218, Miami, Fla.
FOR SALE—MISI T.LI.ANEOUS.
HKI*
second calf; good milker; also a youn<*
stock bull, Jersey butt-headed. Inqulrg
of Joseph H. Bandy, Isle of Hope,
'for HALE. 85 DEAD STOCK AND*
beef cattle, $7.50 per head. For parttcu' i
lars apply S. V. Clark, Lawton and Jeffer*
son streets, near Best.
"FOR SALE, “MOWINcT machine*; !
horse rakes, hay tedders and hay press,
by O. W. Parish.
FOR SALE AT HUMMEITRA'i'ES, UN-*
tl) Sept. 15, butter, 25 centa a pound (
cream, 40 cents a quart; milk tickets, U
quarts for a dollar, payable on delivery]
telephone, 808, or address box 200. Vais.
Royal Dairy.
“FOR SALbT *7) UTTER, crbaM;
curds and milk. Orders by wagon drivers
or telephone 806. Vile Royal Dairy.
CYPRESS SHINGLES AND PILING.
We are now selling cypress shingles at tM
reduced prices of $1.26, $1.76 and 12.2! peg
thousand. Special prices on carload lota.
Boats con load at the mills. Can also fur
nish cypress piles in any quantity on short
notice. Vale Royal Manufacturing Com
pany.
* " ” —-'■* as
STRAYED.
STRAYED FROM PREMISES, ONIjJ
black and white Holstein cow, reward fog
any Information. 20 Weat Harris,
STRAYED Fit l > M ISLE OF HOPe£
July 21,0ne red cow,brass tip on one horn,
spiked muzzle on nose. Liberal rewanj
If Information as to her whereabouts left
at Ilyok Bros., Broughton and Whltakcg
streets.
MISCELLANEOUS.
manage houbesJ
rented and rents collected by Robert H.
Tatem, real estate dealer. No. 1 Yorlg
street west. B'l. ,
FLY, RAT, ROACH
TRAPS.
Step Ladders,
Carden Tools,
Fluting Machines..
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS
II YOl WAN P <!< H \t v i; HI Ale
and work, order your lithographed and
printed stationery and blank books frog]
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