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AVe have 500Hammorks in stock that can
be closed out. If price will sell them they
will not be carried over. The assortment is
completo. Any kind or style t hat may be de
sired:
$6.00 Hammocks, How *3.50
4.50 Hammocks, Now 2.49
8.00 Hammocks. Now 1.73
2 50 Hammocks, Now 1.23
1.50 Hammocks, Now 73
1.00 Hammocks, Now 30
.75 Hammocks, Now .34
EXTENSION TABLES
assortment. Elegant Line. Special
*or This week. A beautifully finished O
foot Extension Table, handsome turned
legs. A beauty.
$3.98
PASTORS ON THEIR VACATIONS
SEVERAL OF THEM TAKING THEIR
SI MMER RECREATION.
Custom Has Arranged That Not All
Be Absent nt One Time—Where the
Absent Ones Are—Christ Church's
New Communion Altar In Place.
To-day'* Services In the Churches.
Savannah pastors are In line with the
members of their congregations in taking
vacations. Quite a number of pastors
have already taken their summer trips,
others are now away, while some few
have yet to go.
The pastors take their vacations at such
times as not to Interfere with worship In
the city, by having too many of them
away at one time. There is no under
standing about this, but It is always the
case. Their notions differ as to the tinj e
when a rest can be best enjoyed by them,
and this conflict of opinion happily keeps
all the ecclesiastical brethren from' leav
ing the city in a predicament of having
all the church doors closed.
Rev. Dr. William Schaeffer, pastor of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church, spent
part of his vacation at Glenn Springs, S.
0., having returned during the week.
From Glenn Springs he went to Brevard
and Sapphire, S. C., and also on the Tex
away and Balsam mountains. He had a
most delightful time, was much invigorat
ed, and is strengthened for another pros
perous year's work.
Rev. Dr. Jams V. Fair is now at Lin
coln, N. C., where he L enjoying him
self with near relatives. From there Dr.
Fair will go to Saratoga, where he will
sj<eiid several weeks. The church board
realized he was overtaxed, uud desiring
that he gel the most benefit out of h'.s so
journ. extended the lime beyond the us
ual allowance, insisting that he take six
weeks for himself. The members of Che In
dependent Presbyterian Church earnestly
hope Dr. Pair will receive much good while
away, and return much improved.
Rev. Arthur .1. SraLh. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, is also absent from
the city. He Is spending his vacation in
New York state, and will not return to Sa
vannah before October. Asa usual thin;.
Dr. Smith makes the best of his trip, and
returns in a happy, refreshed mood, ( hear
ing all with whom he meets and showing
In his manner Just wha: good a rest does.
Rev. and Mrs. John D. Jordan, accompa
nied by Mrs. Jordan’s mother and Os
ier, Mrs. A. N. Griffin and Miss Liz-
Xette Griffin of Meridian, Miss., will leave
the first of the week for a six weeks' trip
to New York and Canada. While -Mr. Jor
dan is out of the city his pulpit will be
Supplied by Rev. W. L. Richards of
Greenville. S. C. Mr. Richards comes high
ly reccomcnepded to the deacons of the
church by such men as Dr. Lansing Bur
rows and Dr. A. J. S. Thomas.
Rev, Charles H. Strong, rector of St.
John's Church, is North and Rev. Robb
White, rector of Christ Church is In Vir
ginia. Both have been absent some time.
There are a number of others who have
Is on away. Some went before the vacation
season set in. so that when it came they
did not feel like taking another trip. Oth
ers are yet to go. A rest for the pastor is
a rest for the congregation, as the aver
age church goers, no matter how devoted
they may be, relish an interim during the
hot months.
Episcopal.
The communion altar in Christ Church
is completed. it tviil probably la? used
only on communion days, however, the
Hist Sunday of each month. Had it been
BEDROOM SUITES.
We are now displaying
undoubtedly the most hand
some and completely assort
ed line of Bedroom Suites
ever shown in this citv. We
have them in all woods and
of the latest styles and fin
ishes. This week we will
oiler a lot of 25 Selected
Oak Suites, very neat de
sign, full size, beautifully
carved, well finished, shaped
tops and beveled plate mir
ror in dresser. Others call
them bargains at ffUfi QO
SIB.OO. Special price u) ! U. UU
Prompt abention to mail orders. No charge
for packing and shipping. Don't miss the op*
portunity.
RUGS.
Sale is continued on
41.MOQUET RUCS..i|$
$5.00 Rugs 53.49
3.50 Rugs 2.00
1.50 Rugs 99
All New Patterns.
Best Quality.
Wait for announcement of
Great Cut on SMYRNA
RUGS.
completed last Sunday, which was great- |
Iv desired by the congregation, It would
have been used then. The altar Is one
of the most magnificent structures in tne I
city, and is decidedly the feature of in
terior beauty in Christ Church.
Rev. J. L, Scully will conduct the morn
ing services at St. John’s and the even
ing services at St. Paul's.
Lutlie ran.
Services will be held to-day at 11 a.
m. and 8 p. m. at the
Lutheran Church of the Ascen
,sion. Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, the
pastor, will conduct the morning services
and Prof. C. T. L. Fischer of Elizabeth
College, Charlotte, N. C., will preach the
sermon. President George B. Cromer of
Newberry College will address the Sun
day school at 5 j>. nt.
At 8:15 p. m. Bismarck memorial ser
vices will be held. Dr. Schaeffer will de
liver an English address and Mr. Hy
Moellering a German address. The music
will lye led by the Teutonia and Frohsin
Singing Societies.
The pastor, Rev. M. J. Epting, will con
duct the services in St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church. Morning service mid sermon at 11
o'clock, and Sunday school 5 p. m.
Methodist.
At Grace Church, Rev. O. F. Cook, the
paslor, will occupy the pulpit this morn
ing, and Rev. Jno. A. Thompson, D. D.,
will preach at the evening service.
The third quarterly conference for Grace
Church will be held this afternoon at 6
o'clock, Rev. J. A. Thompson, D. D., pre
siding.
Rev. J. A. Thompson, D. D., presiding
elder, will preach in Ihe Seventh Street
Church this morning. The pastor, Rev. E.
K. Morgan, will preach at night.
The third quarterly conference of the
Seventh Street Church will be held to-mor
row niirht. ,
Baptist.
Rev. J. D. Jordan will preach his last
sermons to-day before leaving for his
summer vacation. His morning subject
is. "Jesus and His Friends.” His even
ing subject is, "Jesus and His Enemies."
I’renhj tcl-inn.
There will bo no morning service al the
First Presbyterian Church. At the night
service Dr. Miugledorft will preach.
The \\ . t . T. I .
Mrs. R. Webb returns thanks to the
friends who responded to her appeal for
literature tor Col. Itay's regiment so
promptly, and begs to inform them that
-jO papers, 260 magazines, 3CO leaflets, 41
booklets, 22 tracts, 15 volumes published by
Moody’s Colporlage Society, 1 hymn book
and 15 T. s' aments were sent to them, and
also that 262 papers, 5S magazines, 23 ser
mons and GOO gospel and temperance
tracts, with 21 volumes of the Moody
books, were given for distribution to the
immune*. United States Volunteers to
Capt. J. E. Shelly, commanding Fifth
Mississippi, who gladly received them,
and she trusts thai those who receive and
those who gave will receive a blessing.
< It it rah Directory.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, corner of President and Barnard.
J. H. Scruggs, pastor. Services 11 a. rn.
and 8:15 p. nt., conducted by the pastor.
Sunday-school, 5 p. m; Epworth la cue
Wednesday 8-80 p.m.; prayer service
Thursday 8:30 p. m. Subject morning ser
mon: "Supernatural Help." Evening ser
mon: "All Things Are Yours.”
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1398.
Lawton Memorial Building andKnights Pytliias Hall
Both Elegant Structures, of Which Any City Might Well Be Proud.
We have recently added to our list of numerous Public Contract Victories the furnishing of these magnificent
buildings, it is in this Substantial Way that we demonstrate that we are Unquestionably the Furniture People
of Savannah. We have in the past eight months entered Six Public Contract Contests, and our Victories have
been Unanimous. We are the only Exclusive Furniture Dealers in this city. We conflict with no other business,
and recognize no competition in our line. For four years past we have Set the Pace, and others have Vainly En
deavored to follow. We are truly The Wreckers of High Prices, and it is due to our efforts that the people of Sa
vannah to-day enjoy the privilege of buying Furniture as cheap as in any market in this country. Come and in
spect our Mammoth Stock, which is increasing daily; the Larges t, Most Elegant and Complete in the city. Read
the following
4 Special Inducements for This Week: 4
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Fancy Rockers. Refrigerators. Dining Chairs,
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BOOKCASES AND DESKS. n&L. \ lH Unique designs, full
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HllnP aMjulubi; with the goods. Starling ivilh this O&qp ftSSg
1 Psf U-l 5U shelves, double week our whole line will be reduced
tY n IT ’'-'H'lCli thick plate glass nn I,y r Font Rfmt'lTllitT \YC oIQCDOUrCIS,
gj|P-5 door. A first-class J* , ~’ . i hidfllV DOlished fleal
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cneap at special mis weea Chance. See our Ele ant Homes- dw' /(()
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Grace Methodist Church, Jefferson f.nd
New Houston streets; Osgood F. Cook,
pastor. Services to-day at 11 a. m. and 8:39
p. m. Preaching in the morning by the
pastor, and in the evening by the presid
ing elder, Rev. Jno. A. Thompson, D. D.
Sunday-school at 5 p. m., quarterly con
ference at 6 p. m., Epworth League Tues
day 8:30 p. m.; prayer meeting Wednesd
ay 8:30 p. in. A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all.
Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, corner Seventh and Jefferson
streets; Rev. E. F. Morgan, pantor.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. John A.
Thompson, D. IX, and 8:30 p. m. by the
pastor; Sunday-school at 5 p. m.; third
quarterly conference Monday night at 8:30
o’clock.* A cordial invitation to all.
St. Paul’s Church, corner Barnard and
Duffy strXts; Rev. J. D. Scully, rector.
Services as follows: Early celebration of
lhe holy communion, 7:30 a. m.; evening
prayer anil sermon, 8:15 p. m.; Sunday
school, 4:30 p. m. Seats free.
Savannah Baptist Church, Chippewa
square. Pastor John D. Jordan will preach
his last sermon lieforo leaving for his va
cation. Morning subject. "Jesus and His
Friends.” Evening subject, "Jesus and
His Enemies." All persons without church
engagements are cordially invited to the
services of this church. Baptism will take
place at night.
First Presbyterian Church. No morning
services. Dr. Mingledorf will preach at 8:3)
p. rn.
St. Haul's Lutheran, Bull and First
streets; Rev. M. J. Epting. pastor. Preach
ing, 11 a. m.; Sunday-school, 5 p. in.;
prayer meeting Wednesday s;3i> p. m.
Visitors welcome to all the services.
White Ribbon Mission, 220 Broughton
street. Gospel services at 8:15, conducted
by Evangelist Wilson.
It ITS THAT TH VI EL lIY SKA.
Shifting of tlie Hat Population Due
to Ships.
From the New York Sun.
Every ship that comes into port brings
its quota of undesirable immigrants—not
Ihe human kind that can be sent back
by the next vessel, but ferocious, intelli
gent descendants of the army of rats which
the Pied Piper so deftly enticed from the
German town of Hamelin by his sweet
music. When they land they become
"wharf rats," "sewer rats,” and "house
rats.” Fortunately for us the majority
stick to the ships, and remain forever
"ship rats."
The average sailor welcomes the appear
ance of the ruts on shipboard, and, ns a
general rule a sailor would not ship on a
vessel destitute of rats. The presence of
the rats on the boat is a sure indication
that the ship is seaworthy, and when the
rats begin to leave it In a body the sailors
hove no further use for the vessel either.
The intelligence of the ship rats in this
respect is not to lie disputed, and the
stories of their abandoning a sinking ship
long before the skipper disco voted the
danger arc not founded upon superstitious
sailors' yarns. Similarly tiy mine rats
will foretell the caving in of a mine, and
their exodus from a certain mine in a body
wvl always cause a stampede among the
mtra rs, who, In their hasie to leave the
threatened place, will abandon tools, ma
chinery and dinner pails.
But the ship rais are tar more interest
ing to the average observer than the mine
rats, for they arc n part of a great world
movement that is as important in its way
as any shif ing of the human population.
The commercial navies of the world have
given rats the opportunity to shift their
population according to notions of their
own. Nature originally intended that the
brown rat should hav? one part of the
earth for its habitation, the black rat an
other section, and the white-bellied rodents
a third division. While these great na
tions overlapped each other a litiie, their
boundaries were pretty arbitrarily fixed
by the great oceans and other large bodies
of water. A colony of powerful rats might
swim across the straits and channels sep
arating two islands, and thus take posses
sion of anew country for their descend
ants, but they could not hope to cross the
Atlantic or Pacific, and journey unaided
from Eji&atnd to America, or from this
country' to Australia.
So it was that Ihe ships of men brought
about tjje lifst great change in the distri
bution of ratai JWln the first the rats
took as ducks take to waier.
They ftmnd grain, provisions, and water
in the hulls of the old wooden ships of
two centuries ago, and ever since then
they have reared a race of hearty eoaim n
that know the ways of the ocean as well
as any Jack tar. They have In-en traveling
back and forth to all parts of the earth for
many Mi nturies now. and they have cre
ated great changes in the rat population
of the globe. *
This Country never had any typical tats
—representatives of the genus Mus—until
the old black BTnglish rat came over here
on the ships of the early colonists. Ac
cording to the beet authorities, this rodent
originally came from India, from which
it has penetrated to every part of the hab
itable globe. Wherever ships go these
black rats are found. In three centuries
they have penetrated to every mainland
and island of the tropical, temperate, and
Arctic zones. They have become familiar
objects on all ships that travel the seas,
and they are the wharf rats of every sea
tiort, differing only a little in size and col
or. according to the abundance of the
food and the nature of the climate. In
temperate regions the English black tat
is of a bluish-black, but in tropical coun
tries it is often several shades lighter. It
Is about seven to eight inches long, with a
tail about one inch longer than its body.
For two centuries this English black rat
held undisputed sway on the ships of the
world's commercial navies, and they dis
tributed themselves over the- greater part
of the world's surface. Thou gradually
there appeared upon the seas another rat,
differing i materially from the black rat.
This alien creature had a black body with
a while belly. Sometimes the body was a
reddish gray, which made the creature
look large r and fiercer than it really was.
A trifle largi r and stronger than the black
rat. the white-bellied, or Alexandrian, rat
made war upon .the English rodents. The
two could never ship upon the same vessel.
There would be a war to the dentil licfore
the ship left port, and after that the suc
cessful hold undisputed sway
cn that particular vessel. This new race
of rats came from the tropica! countries.
Every ship that, started from Gaiapagoei,
Keeling, or Ascension island was sure to
carry away with it a company of Ihe
white-bellied rats. They would board the
ship as soon as she was tied up at the
waarf, and the Kngjish black rats would
be ruthlessly destroyed. Then the fiercer
Alexandrian rats would •sail away to .n
--known ports, it soon became evident that
they lil.'e I Hvarm countries, and they l. -
fused to land at any except a tropical
lurt. Thus they have spread to nearly all
tropical countries. es|ieciul!y ia South
America and our Southern states, leaving
the colder countries for their black rivals.
A ship that conics into tart with Alex
andrian rats on board undoubtedly halts
from some tropical land, and they do not
come ashore to settle down as inhabit
ants.
But more recently a third race of rats
has appeared upon the ship*, and these
threaten to exterminate and displace both
the black and Alexandrian rodents. Tills
brown or Norway rat is a native of China
and the Interior of Asia. It is a huge, fe
rocious creature, and wherever it goes it
destroys ail competitors and takes com
p'ete possession of the ships or wharves. In
its native land it is a large, powerful ro
dent, and upon the ships it attains even
a larger size. Its length Is from S to 9
inches, and its body is built on heavy lines.
Neither the black nor Alexandrian rat is
any match for it. So far this large brown
ral has extended its dominion largely over
coid countries, and it has come in contact
chiefly with the English black rat. But
in the warm countries where it has betn
artificially introduced it has quickly sup
planted all rivals. Thus it was taken to
Jamaica to destroy the "plantation” rats,
and it quickly subjugated them and then
proved as great a nuisance as the exter
minated rodents.
To-day the black rats are not found In
numbers on vessels sailing from any ports
where the brown or Norway rats have be
come established. Gradually they are be
ing forced inland by their more powerful
enemies, and, while we find the brown rats
mostly on ships, along wharves and in
the sewers, the black rats are met with
In houses under rafters and ceilings.
In this city all three kinds of rats are
found in considerable numbers, the crown
rats predominating on the ships and
wharves, the black rats in the stores and
warehouses, and the Alexandrian rats be
ing limited to the holds of the ships that
come front Southern ports. Weasels and
ferrets are bred to keep down their num
bers. The fecundity of the rats is so
great that in a few years they would over
whelm a whole city if they were not kept i
down by artificiat means. One pair will j
roar four or five families of ten or lifteen
to .each litter in one year, and in six
months these young ones are ready to re
produce. Thus one couple in the course
of throe years could raise a population of
several hundred thousand if not restrained
by any destructive measures.
Ships leaving port for a long cruise ex
tending over a period of a year or two
have been known to come into port again
with a cargo of rats so large that the
seamen were unable to to put them down.
Others had been taken possession of by
the rats and the sailors forced to aban
don their vessel at sea. So voracious and
ferocious are the big brown rats that they
do not hesitate to attack the sailors when
pinched for food. Consequently, while
the sailors like to have rats as company
on. board the ships, they exercise precau
tion to limit their numbers. On sailing
vessels that are out at sea for a long
time thfre are rat-killing days, when ail
the sailbrs join forces to destroy the too
numerous rodents. The rats not only
prove dangerous to human life when al
lowed to multiply at will on shipboard,
but they are a constant menace to the
cargo. Usually there is a pet eat, weasel
or ferret carried on board of every sail
ing vessel, and the sailors have their
sport in getting up matches between the
fierce rats and their pet animals.
There is a relentless cannibalism prac
ticed among the rats themselves, and this
also helps to keep down their numbers.
The largest rats do not hesitate to kill
and devour the weaker ones. Thus, if
the English black rats were shipped
aboard with the big brown rats, the latter
would soon kill the former and eat them.
Similarly, if a dozen brown rats were con
fined in a cage, the stronger would soon
devour tlte w aker, and then tight sav
agely among themselves for supremacy.
V\ hen drifting about upon the seas on a
disabled wreck, the sailors face a danger
from the ship rats that grows more me
nacing as tho days go by. If the ship
In comes waterlogged the rats are forced
to seek safety on the upper decks, and
thus cut off from their food In tho hold
they watch eagerly the starving sailors,
j The y become bolder and fiercer as the
1 men gr. w weaker, and one day, if relief
does not come, a fearful tragedy is en-
I acted on the wreck.
—Two of the Spanish officers now being
| detained at Annapolis caused a sensation
the other afternoon by walking down
the street whistling “After the Ball."
j [■HL J"f| fyM \W jISSprH kMe
PffRLOR SUITES.
Have just placed an or
der for a carload of Parlor
Goods and Lounges. These
goods are ordered for imme
diate shipment, and we must
make room for them. We
have thirty Suites, which
must move, regardless of
cost or profit. Therefore,
for this Aveek. we offer
the line of thirty Suites at
50 per cent, discount. Think
of a handsome 5-piece Par
lor Suite, mahoganized
frame, neatly carved, uphol
stered in tapestry or bro
catel; good value at $35.00.
ouS„ $16.98
SEE THE LINE.
Largest assortment in the
city to select from. One
hundred new patterns just
received.
Nice Matting, pretty pat
terns, 81/2 c yard.
All the others as cheap in
proportion.
MONKEY GANGS.
How They Travel and llow They Are
Broken Up.
From the Strand Magazine.
Monkeys at;e an unmitigated nuisance,
especially In the country. I have often
come across in the jungles adjoining the
villages of Northern Bengal whole troops
of them, whose depredations in the fields
and orchards were the despair of the un
fortunate villagers. These troopis always
consisted of one huge male and about a
hundred females. The fact is, when a lit
tle monkey is born in the pack, it is suf
fered to live if a. female, but instantly
killed by tho father if it happens to be a
male. The mother, however, sometimes
manages to hide the little one until it is
able to get about, and then sends him
away before the big male catches sight of
him. In this way it often happens that In
dividual males are to be found living by
themselves in single blessedness. Now, get
ting tired of solitude after a time, and per
haps believing in union us a source of
strength, these bachelors often join to
gether and form a pack of their own—
as a sort of a club.
Then the fun begins. They want wives—
very naturally. But how are they to get
them? All the female monkeys of the
country belong to the harem of some big
brute or other. Clearly, the only solution
is to attack such a harem, kill the gotha
(the aforesaid big brute), and then divide
the spoils. So an ultimatum is sent —and
rejected. War is declared. The battle is a
fierce one, and often lasts several days.
The party attacking always tries to re
treat, and often traverses several jungles,
fields and even villages. But the pursuit
is hot and vigorous, and a last stand has
to be made—sometimes in a village green,
or even an orchard of some coumry man
sion. In the actual fight the females gen
erally remain faithful )o their lord and
master, and help him fiercely against his
numerous assailants. But the result is a
foregone copclusion, and the several
widows, after a very short period of
mourning—usually manifested by a show
of ill-temper—are consoled by the victori
ous males.
Now these battles cause sad havoc to the
fields and orchards of the country, and
often prove a poslilve danger to the peo
ple; for, though monkeys seldom attack
men, woe to the luckless one who ven
tures to come near them In their deadly
struggle.Moreover,when pressed by hunger
these packs are not to be trifled with. You
may not mind even the damage done to
your orchard by hundreds of monkeys gob
bling up everything they can lay their
hands on; but it Is quite a different matter
when you have to shut your doors and win
dows and stay In for days at a time be
cause of the army outside.
Consequently the object of the natives is
to break up these packs by capturing their
leaders. Killing is against the dictates of
conscience, but capture is not, especially
as the monkey is liberated In a shoret time
as w'Jl appenr presently. So when a pack
is about the natives employ the following
method: Close to an orchard a hit of level
space is selected and a hole dug In It,
about two feet deep and six inchts or eight
inches in diameter. A noose in made at
one end of a long. Stout cord uqd placed
over the mouth of the hole. The cord is
then passed through a pulley or ring at
tached to a tree close to the house, and
the other end held some dtatanee away by
a concealed person. The noose and obout
ton feet or fifteen feet.d# the cord are
covered over with sand; Then a nice,
tempting banana Is placed In the hole,and
a numtierof rotten ones—covered, however,
with fresh skins—are strewn all over the
ground near the hole.
When the pack oomes, the females are
too shy to venture out into the open space
near the house. But the big gotha is a
brave fellow. He sees the bananas on the
ground, leaps down, takes up qne—throws
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it away in disgust. Then another—with the
same result. Suddenly he notices the nice,
tempting one in the hole and plunges his
arm in—immediately the cord is pulled, the
noose fastened on the arm close to the
shoulder, and the monkey dragged willy
nilly to the tree where the pulley, or ring
is attached. Then the hiding shikari comes
forth, and, circling round and round the
tree with the cord held tight in his hand,
binds the unfortunate monkey safe and fust
all but the head. The pulley or ring is in
troduced not merely' to bind the monkey
to the tree, but also because it would be
highly dangerous to drag the infuriated
brute right up to a person.
The monkey, however, is not killed. In
stead, they lather his head and face, no
special care being taken in selecting the
finest soap or the purest water. The oper
ation is an interesting one and a source of
great amusement—to 1 , the one and aj source
of great amusement—to the bystanders.
The monkey, however, dodges his head
about, only to get a good dose of soap in
his eyes and mouth. Then he has enough
of it, especially as he feels dreadfully achy
all over, and the cords cutting into his
body every inch—to say nothing of the
personal remarks and the highly adjectiv
al language of the bystanders. He submi t
to his fate with Eastern stoicism. His
head is shaved clean as a billiard-ball.and
the face as well, nice and smooth like a
baby's. Then they let him go. But, alas!
such is the vanity of life! His wives will
not have him now that his beauty is gone!
They disown him completely; cut him
dead. Nay, they drive him away from the
pack with contumely, with the end of their
tails—!n the absence of domestic broom
sticks. And thus, being without a leader,
the pack Is soon broken up.
—Mention was recently made of ths
death of Robert Taylor, postmaster at
Searva, County Down, Ireland, who was
asserted to be over 131 years old. He had
certainly been postmaster for seventy-s x
years, and last -May the British postoiflea
made inquiry on the subject. The resu t
Is not yet published. Mr. Taylor used to
say he was born five years before Na
poleon; he went to Paris to see Bony, and
found him a little fellow, such as hS
could easily down—for Taylor, though of
small stature himself, was u gTeat wrest
ler, and it was his natural measure of
other men. He was not an In h patriot,
but regarded the agitators as nuisances.
He married in 1872, when he was 108, for
the first time, having courted his bride
for fifty years.
A-=V>
COUNTRY
MERCHANT
Is no less a Business man than
his city friend. If lie is pains
taking in his transactions lie is
worthy of success. If lie uses
NEATLY PRINTED STATIONERY,
lie gives tone to his business
and gains the respect of his
customers. Printed mutter is
cheap enough now-tt-davs. No
business man can allord to use
“ Fools Cap ” paper When the
cost of attractive letter and
bil! heads is so little.
WRITE TO US ABOUT IT.
MORNING NEWS,
J. H. ESTILL, President.
SAVANNAH. GA.